Balkan Insight

07/09/2026

07/09/2026

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Elmedin Konakovic said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had been “cowardly” to stay away from the funeral of Ratko Mladić, but claimed that “we all know very well that he is the organiser, implementer and personally the most responsible person”.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

07/09/2026

Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gordan Grlic Radman has slammed the commemorations of Ratko Mladic.

“Glorifying this war criminal is truly incompatible with European values,” Grlic Radman said.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

07/09/2026

A military funeral band played as the coffin carrying Mladic’s body was taken out of the funeral vehicle after arriving at the cemetery from the church.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

07/09/2026

The former head of the Pristina-based Institute for Advancing Interethnic Relations, Fatmir Sheholli, pleaded not guilty to spying for Serbia's intelligence agency, the BIA.

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The former head of the Pristina-based Institute for Advancing Interethnic Relations, Fatmir Sheholli, pleaded not guilty to spying for Serbia's intelligence agency, the BIA.

07/09/2026

A van carrying Ratko Mladic’s coffin has been passing along the road from the Church of Saint Luke the Apostle to Topcider Cemetery, where he will be buried. All the police officers along the route saluted the van as it went by.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

07/09/2026

Members of the Serbian Armed Forces have lined up along the route that the procession carrying Mladic’s body will take from the church to Topcider Cemetery.

Several thousand people are already gathered at and around the cemetery, with many arriving from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

07/09/2026

Hundreds joined the annual Belgrade Pride march, marking a quarter of a century since the first event was held in the Serbian capital in 2001, when it was disrupted by violence.

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Hundreds joined the annual Belgrade Pride march, marking a quarter of a century since the first event was held in the Serbian capital in 2001, when it was disrupted by violence.

07/09/2026

Officials from Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity, including the Serb member of Bosnia’s state-level presidency, Zeljka Cvijanovic, Republika Srpska president Sinisa Karan and interior minister Zeljko Budimir – as well as the veteran Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik – have arrived to attend the funeral and pay respects to convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic.

Follow BIRN’s reporters for the latest developments as the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, is buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

07/09/2026

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije has arrived at the Church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke in Belgrade’s Kosutnjak neighbourhood, where he is due to lead the funeral service for convicted Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic at noon local time.

Photo: BIRN