A Funeral Fit for a Warlord: What Mladic's Return Means for Serbia and the World The arrival of Ratko Mladic's body in Belgrade on Thursday brought together two seemingly contradictory aspects of Serbian society: nostalgia for a bygone era and reverence for the country's troubled past.
The war criminal, who died last week at 84 while serving a life sentence for genocide and war crimes, received a hero's welcome from the government and its supporters.
A Nation in Denial Mladic's funeral is expected to be one of the largest in recent history, a stark reminder that many Serbs still refuse to confront the atrocities committed during the Bosnian war.