Ratko Mladic was convicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for his role in the Srebrenica massacre, which occurred in July 1995, when more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed. The article mentions that members of the Serbian Government paid tribute to this war criminal.
Mladic was considered responsible for approximately 8,000 deaths during the massacre. Serbia has been a candidate for accession to the European Union since 2012, which creates tension between the country and the EU, given that paying tribute to a convicted war criminal goes against European values.
