Belgrade crowds honor convicted war criminal Mladic; EU candidate status questioned

Thousands in Belgrade queue to pay respects to Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. The public display of reverence, in a country formally seeking EU membership, signals persistent nationalist sentiment and complicates Serbia's EU accession narrative. The event underscores a domestic political cleavage between pro-EU reformers and nationalist factions.