https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/serbia-accused-of-glorifying-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladi-ahead-of-funeralContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/serbia-accused-of-glorifying-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladi-ahead-of-funeralhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/serbia-accused-of-glorifying-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladi-ahead-of-funeral#u60951Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:52:18 +0000Thousands of people attended the funeral of Ratko Mladic after his body lay in state in Belgrade on Monday. The Serbian government ignored European Union warnings against allowing public homage to the former Bosnian Serb commander. Mladic died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, including the first case of genocide in Europe since World War II. The event coincided with fan-led tributes at a football match, where a large tifo honored the convicted war criminal.Why it mattersMladic was known as the Butcher of Bosnia. His conviction for genocide in the 1990s makes these public tributes https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/serbia-accused-of-glorifying-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladi-ahead-of-funeralhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/serbia-accused-of-glorifying-convicted-war-criminal-ratko-mladi-ahead-of-funeral#u59738Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:56:05 +0000Serbia faces intense international condemnation for glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic following his death while serving a life sentence. Mladic's body was returned to Serbia on a government plane and lay in state in Belgrade ahead of his funeral. While authorities maintained there were no state honors, the commemorations drew sharp rebukes. A senior European Union official canceled a planned trip to Serbia over the tributes, prompting Serbian leadership to dismiss the condemnation as stupid. Critics argue that honoring the man known as the Butcher of Bosnia continues the deni