{"id":217975,"date":"2026-09-07T16:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=217975"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:40:21","slug":"ratko-mladics-funeral-on-front-pages-world-media-report-on-thousands-of-people-who-came-to-pay-their-respects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/ratko-mladics-funeral-on-front-pages-world-media-report-on-thousands-of-people-who-came-to-pay-their-respects\/","title":{"rendered":"RATKO MLADI\u0106\u2019S FUNERAL ON FRONT PAGES: World media report on thousands of people who came to pay their respects!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>World<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/mediji\/\">media<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>are featuring the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladi\u0107 on their front pages, reporting that thousands of people gathered to pay their respects to him and that he was given a hero\u2019s send-off.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AP news agency writes that the body of Ratko Mladi\u0107, who died while serving a life sentence, was put on public display this morning, while Serbia defied EU warnings not to publicly honor a man found guilty in the first case of genocide in Europe since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency adds that thousands of mourners gathered early this morning at St. Luke\u2019s Church in Belgrade to pay their respects to Mladi\u0107, \u201cwhom many Serbs still regard as a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis military cap and saber rested on the coffin, around which men in uniform stood,\u201d an AP journalist described the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also quoted pro-government media in Serbia, which reported that Mladi\u0107 would be given full military honors, while the funeral service was led by Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/porfirije\/\">Porfirije<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency also quoted Milan Dobri\u0107, who came from Kosovo to attend the funeral, saying that Mladi\u0107 \u201cwas a man who gave everything in his life for the Serbian people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am glad that people came this morning to show him special respect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AP also recalls that although the funeral was formally organized by Mladi\u0107\u2019s family, the Serbian government sent a plane last week to transport his remains to Belgrade, while soldiers carried his coffin, wrapped in the national flag. It adds that a military commemoration was held on Saturday at the Army House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPopulist President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, a former extreme nationalist who supported Serbia\u2019s expansionist policy during the wars of the 1990s, described the funeral as an outpouring of emotion that had nothing to do with whether he had allowed something or not,\u201d AP notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency also states that, among others, Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko attended the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American agency\u2019s report was also featured on CNN\u2019s front page, under the headline: \u201cWar criminal Ratko Mladi\u0107 to be buried with full military honors as crowds gather.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Guardian: \u201cButcher of Bosnia\u201d buried as a hero<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an article titled \u201cRatko Mladi\u0107, \u2018Butcher of Bosnia\u2019, given hero\u2019s funeral in Serbia,\u201d The Guardian writes that \u201cthe fanfare at the funeral of a man convicted of genocide raises questions over Serbia\u2019s EU integration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newspaper states that Mladi\u0107 remains a beloved figure for many Serbs, including politicians, and also recalls that his body was brought to Serbia on a government plane, wrapped in the national flag, and carried by uniformed soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the car carrying his remains drove from the airport, people gathered along the route, holding banners glorifying Mladi\u0107, The Guardian writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It adds that \u201cscenes of military pomp prompted condemnation from European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, who on Friday canceled her upcoming visit to Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis remains being returned to Belgrade reminds Europe of the darkest pages of our recent history,\u201d Kos said on social media, The Guardian recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ryWa87TgTm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/dve-strane-srbije-dok-desetine-hiljada-gradjana-ispracaju-generala-mladica-vucic-docekuje-predsednika-uzbekistana\/\">DVE STRANE SRBIJE: Dok desetine hiljada gra\u0111ana ispra\u0107aju generala Mladi\u0107a, Vu\u010di\u0107 do\u010dekuje predsednika Uzbekistana!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201eDVE STRANE SRBIJE: Dok desetine hiljada gra\u0111ana ispra\u0107aju generala Mladi\u0107a, Vu\u010di\u0107 do\u010dekuje predsednika Uzbekistana!\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/dve-strane-srbije-dok-desetine-hiljada-gradjana-ispracaju-generala-mladica-vucic-docekuje-predsednika-uzbekistana\/embed\/#?secret=IYpSdU9eFV#?secret=ryWa87TgTm\" data-secret=\"ryWa87TgTm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reuters: \u201cMladi\u0107 remains a revered figure among many Serbs\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an article titled \u201cThousands gather in Belgrade for funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladi\u0107,\u201d Reuters assesses that \u201cMladi\u0107 remains a revered figure among many Serbs in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, within Republika Srpska, despite his convictions over his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Describing the atmosphere outside St. Luke\u2019s Church in Vidikovac, where Mladi\u0107\u2019s body was on display, Reuters says that people carrying Serbian flags and photographs of Mladi\u0107 wearing a traditional Serbian military cap arrived at the church hours before the scheduled funeral to light candles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency also reports that free bus transportation was provided from Bosnia and most cities in Serbia for anyone who wanted to pay their respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters writes that six men, mostly veterans from Serbia and Bosnia, stood around Mladi\u0107\u2019s coffin inside the church, while his wife, son and grandchildren stood nearby and received condolences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTime will tell, time is the best judge that will show what kind of person someone was and whom they belonged to,\u201d the agency quoted Belgrade resident Jovan Vin\u010di\u0107, who came to the church, as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMladi\u0107\u2019s death has stirred strong feelings about the breakup of Yugoslavia and the ethnic conflicts that followed in the Balkans,\u201d Reuters assesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deutsche Welle: Vu\u010di\u0107 found a middle ground \u2013 funeral with military, but not state honors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deutsche Welle Serbian, under the headline \u201cBlockbuster funeral to kick off election campaign,\u201d states that pro-government media have turned it into a spectacle ahead of an election campaign that Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 could finally lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German media outlet also writes that Informer, \u201ca mouthpiece of the authorities, is providing live coverage of the \u2018magnificent send-off,\u2019 without mentioning the approximately 8,000 Bosniak civilians and prisoners massacred by Mladi\u0107\u2019s troops in Srebrenica.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe situation is tricky for Vu\u010di\u0107. Apparently, he will call snap parliamentary elections for October 25 as early as this week, when there is a realistic chance that he could lose to the Student Movement. Vu\u010di\u0107 will run in the election as his Serbian Progressive Party\u2019s candidate for prime minister. Observers familiar with the situation say that Vu\u010di\u0107 has therefore found a middle ground \u2013 Mladi\u0107 was not buried with state honors, but with military honors, while the president said that the state respects the family\u2019s wishes and is only providing a dignified funeral,\u201d Deutsche Welle writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/we-wont-let-them-treat-us-like-tourists-drivers-from-bih-serbia-montenegro-and-macedonia-to-protest-tomorrow-threaten-border-blockades-if-brussels-does-not-back-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWE WON\u2019T LET THEM TREAT US LIKE TOURISTS\u201d: Drivers from BiH, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to protest tomorrow, threaten border blockades if Brussels does not back down!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/with-the-money-of-citizens-who-have-no-water-cacak-spent-two-million-on-a-breskvica-concert-but-only-around-60-people-attended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WITH THE MONEY OF CITIZENS WHO HAVE NO WATER: \u010ca\u010dak spent two million on a Breskvica concert, but only around 60 people attended!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/new-blow-to-education-government-preparing-a-law-that-will-punish-everyone-teachers-could-lose-their-licenses-while-students-could-be-transferred-out-of-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW BLOW TO EDUCATION: Government preparing a law that will punish everyone \u2013 teachers could lose their licenses, while students could be transferred out of school!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-medal-serbia-had-been-waiting-seven-years-for-marko-finishes-second-at-the-world-rowing-championships-silver-shining-like-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE MEDAL SERBIA HAD BEEN WAITING SEVEN YEARS FOR: Marko finishes second at the World Rowing Championships, silver shining like gold!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/human-and-sporting-greatness-dokovic-sends-powerful-words-to-one-of-his-greatest-rivals-on-his-induction-into-the-hall-of-fame-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HUMAN AND SPORTING GREATNESS: \u0110okovi\u0107 sends powerful words to one of his greatest rivals on his induction into the Hall of Fame! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/gathered-in-honor-of-ratko-mladic-thousands-of-citizens-across-cities-in-republika-srpska-also-took-to-the-streets-last-night-to-pay-tribute-to-the-late-general-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GATHERED IN HONOR OF RATKO MLADI\u0106: Thousands of citizens across cities in Republika Srpska also took to the streets last night to pay tribute to the late general! (PHOTO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Source<\/strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/n1info.rs\/vesti\/svetski-mediji-o-sahrani-mladica-hiljade-ljudi-odalo-postu-osudjenom-ratnom-zlocincu-ispracen-kao-heroj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N1 <\/a>; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: BETAPHOTO\/SPS\/LS PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World media are featuring the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladi\u0107 on their front pages, reporting that thousands of people gathered to pay their respects to him and that he was given a hero\u2019s send-off. 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