Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleEU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has cancelled a planned visit to Serbia after the country gave convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic an elaborate military funeral. Mladic, known as the Butcher of Bosnia, died aged 84 in a UN prison in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes. His coffin was wrapped in a Serbian flag and carried by soldiers as his body lay in state in Belgrade, ignoring warnings from the European Union. Ms Kos warned that glorifying Mladic is incompatible with EU values and reconciliation, putting Serbia's bid for EU membership at risk. Serbia continues to refuse to acknowledge its role in the Balkan wars or recognise the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims as genocide. In fullSerbia accused of glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic by allowing elaborate military funeralMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Anger as ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic is given hero’s funeral in Serbia
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleEU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has cancelled a planned visit to Serbia after the country gave convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic an elaborate military funeral. Mladic, known as the Butcher of Bosnia, died aged 84 in a UN prison in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes. His coffin was wrapped in a Serbian flag and carried by soldiers as his body lay in state in Belgrade, ignoring warnings from the European Union. Ms Kos warned that glorifying Mladic is incompatible with EU values and reconciliation, putting Serbia's bid for EU membership at risk. Serbia continues to refuse to acknowledge its role in the Balkan wars or recognise the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims as genocide. In fullSerbia accused of glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic by allowing elaborate military funeralMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
