More than three decades after the guns fell silent in Bosnia, the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic in Belgrade has reminded the region that the past is never truly buried. Serbian officials attended ceremonies that, whatever their formal designation, carried the unmistakable weight of state honor — and the reverberations crossed the border immediately, freezing diplomatic ties between Sarajevo and Belgrade and reopening wounds that Srebrenica's survivors have carried since 1995. With elections approaching in both countries, the ceremony has become less a moment of mourning than a
Mladic funeral deepens Bosnia divide as election looms
The funeral reignited pain for families of Srebrenica genocide victims and deepened ethnic divisions affecting reconciliation efforts in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.