“Any glorification of war criminals, genocide denial and revisionism contradict the most fundamental European values,” an EU spokesman says after Ratko Mladic's funeral.

Serbian armed forces gesture above the coffin of late Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic during a funeral ceremony at St Lukas church in Belgrade on Sep 7, 2026.

Mladic, 84, died last week after suffering several strokes while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during the 1990s war in Bosnia. (Photo: AFP/Oliver Bunic)

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