The funeral of Ratko Mladić is among the main news stories across the region. Here is how the media from the territory of the former common state, Yugoslavia, reported on the event.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: “a mirror of a lost society”
The Bosnian portal Klix.ba covers the event under the title “Why does Serbia need to celebrate evil: The funeral of a war criminal as a mirror of a lost society and a powerless Europe”. The same portal also published the texts “American senators sent a message to Serbia and the RS before the funeral of the criminal Mladić: ‘The coming days will be a test'” and “OSCE is harsh on RTRS for commemorating a war criminal: Content transmitted without reference to court-established facts”.
Avaz.ba publishes the same news under the headings “SHAMEFUL SEND-OFF Hundreds of people send off war criminal Mladić: In Belgrade, he was greeted with flags, decorations and military insignia”, “Ahead of the funeral of criminal Mladić, American senators sent a message to Serbia and RS: The next days will be a test” and “OSCE: Public broadcasters must not give space to the glorification of convicted war criminals”.
Oslobođenje reports on the funeral under the title “Several-hour parade of shame: The coffin with the body of the criminal Mladić on display in a church in Belgrade, surrounded by soldiers”.
The Radio Sarajevo portal deals with the topic from several angles. On the sports side, the main text on the front page is the new headline “From Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first complaint was filed with UEFA over the shameful scenes at the stadium in Belgrade”, and next to it the regional story “Actor Slobodan Ćustić, known for the role of Kuduz in the cult film, arrived at the funeral of a war criminal”.
Republika Srpska: “the general reunited the Serbian people”
As far as the media from Republika Srpska are concerned, ATV has a blog titled “Funeral of General Ratko Mladić” as the main item on its front page. Nezavisne novine states that “the casket with the body of Ratko Mladić is on display in the church, with a cap, saber and decorations on it”. Srpska Info reports under the title “TODAY THE BURIAL OF RATKO MLADIĆ. The coffin is displayed in the church of the Holy Apostle Luke, citizens gather”.
RTRS states that “the casket with the body of General Mladić is on display in the Church of Saint Luke”, alongside further texts including “Thousands of citizens in a column in front of the Church of Saint Luke; they pay tribute to General Mladić” and “Ostojić: General Mladić reunited the Serbian people”.
Croatia: “shameful scenes” leading the front pages
Mladić’s funeral is among the breaking news in Croatia as well. The portal 24sata.hr leads its front page with “Disgusting. The army by Mladić’s coffin, sabers on the casket. Thousands are waiting in line at the church”. Net.hr reports under the title “SURREAL SCENES Look at the coffin with the body of war criminal Mladić: A river of Serbs pays tribute to him”.
Jutarnji list runs an article entitled “SHAMEFUL SCENES Honorary military guard, a saber on the coffin: An endless column of people came to see off the war criminal Ratko Mladić” as the lead item on its front page. Večernji list positioned the report on the funeral as one of the two main texts on its front page, under the title “PHOTO Exposed body of criminal Mladić: Thousands of people in a column, laid two things next to him”, while Index.hr states “Thousands of people in Belgrade are waiting in line in front of Mladić’s coffin”.
Montenegro: silence from RTCG and cdm.me
As for the Montenegrin media, the RTCG portal had not covered Mladić’s funeral by the time this text was published, and the same goes for cdm.me. As of this morning, the Vijesti portal only carries the text titled “When the truth dies, a ‘hero’ is born” at the top of its front page.
Slovenia: “the last farewell to a war criminal”
The Slovenian portal 24ur.com leads with “Zadnje slovo od vojnega zločinca” (“The last farewell to a war criminal”) in the main text on its front page, while Delo lists among its secondary news “A crowd as far as the eye could see gathered at the funeral of Ratko Mladić”.
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Source: Telegraf.rs, 07.09.2026