Serbs have done with Yugoslav Wars

Around ten thousand Serb nationalists protested on the weekend against the arrest and impending extradition of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladić to face trial in The Hague. In the eyes of the liberal daily Sme the fact that Mladić supporters weren't able to get more people on the streets is good news: "Above all this means that the Serbs are finally coming to terms with the war in the former Yugoslavia and are nearly mature for EU membership talks. Two things still need to be put in order: firstly there must be a credible answer to the questions of how Mladić was able to stay in hiding for 15 years, who helped him, whether these people are still in state or army service and what is to be done with them. ... The second question pertains to Kosovo. Perhaps it was no coincidence that Mladić was arrested at a time when even the Serb parties are breaking a taboo and seriously beginning to consider recognising the former province."

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