EU condemns Serbia’s ministers for attending funeral of war criminal Mladic
EU leaders condemn Serbian officials’ presence at Ratko Mladic’s funeral as a failure to confront past war crimes.
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EU leaders condemn Serbian officials’ presence at Ratko Mladic’s funeral as a failure to confront past war crimes.
![A large crowd of mourners gathers for a funeral procession at a cemetery during the funeral ceremony for late Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic in Belgrade on September 7, 2026 [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260907__C7KM9ZQ__v1__HighRes__SerbiaBosniaGenocideMladicFuneral-1788872824.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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The 40-year-old scored 73 goals in 151 appearances, making him Bosnia’s most-capped player and all-time leading scorer.

Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs gathered to pay tribute to former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić.
Mladic died in prison in The Hague after failed requests by Serbian authorities to secure early release to home country.

Drought and extreme heat are drying up rivers and farmland across Europe.

Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies

‘Even his own family should not be mourning him.’
Ratko Mladic a Bosnian Serb war criminal, has died in prison aged 84.

Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general known as the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, has died.
The ‘butcher of Bosnia’ died age 84 in a UN prison hospital in the Netherlands, the UN tribunal in The Hague confirmed.