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Police officers walk past a mural depicting former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in Belgrade
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Ratko Mladic

The former Bosnian Serb army chief was sentenced to life in prison on November 22, 2017 for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.

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Europe has praised the Serbian parliament's declaration condemning the Srebrenica massacre.
March 31, 2010
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Suspect arrested

A man suspected of committing war crimes during the Bosnian war has been arrested in Serbia.
January 4, 2010
A pedestrian walking by a poster of war crimes fugitive Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic

Eluding capture

The official in charge of Serbia's hunt for war criminals resigns after failing to get his man.
December 29, 2009
Serb President Boris Tadic alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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President Boris Tadic travels to Sweden to submit Serbia's application for EU membership.
December 22, 2009
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The Butcher of Bosnia

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July 22, 2008
Carla del Ponte

Mladic Arrest

Carla del Ponte says if Belgrade doesn't hand over Mladic, she'll block Serbia's path to the EU.
December 7, 2007

Steinmeier Urges Serbs to Bring Mladic to Justice

At a meeting in Belgrade, Germany's foreign minister strongly urged Serbia to deliver war criminals to a UN tribunal; he also discussed sensitive territory issues regarding Kosovo and Montenegro.
March 2, 2006

Confusion Surrounds Reports of Serbian War Criminal's Capture

The fate of top war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic remained unclear as Serbian media said Wednesday he was closer to custody than ever since being indicted for genocide a decade ago. But the government denied his arrest.
February 22, 2006

Bosnian Help With War Criminals Key

March 22, 2005

Milosevic's Army Chief Surrenders to War Crimes Tribunal

A former Yugoslav army commander surrendered to the UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague on Thursday. But 17 more suspects indicted by the UN have refused to turn themselves in.
April 25, 2002

Hunting the Milosevic Trial's Missing Link

When Bosnian Serb warrior and alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic escaped arrest last week, a big sigh of relief was likely breathed in a Hague prison cell – by Slobodan Milosevic.
March 6, 2002