- Serbia held a military-style, hero's funeral for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, with the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch, soldiers and some government ministers in attendance.
- EU leaders called the scenes "shocking," saying the glorification clashes with EU values and could jeopardize Serbia's accession prospects and ties with Brussels.
- President Aleksandar Vučić is balancing nationalist support ahead of possible early elections while trying not to alienate the EU, a dynamic complicated by his party's links to the European People's Party.
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