Media reactions
2026
September
Jutarnji List
("Martens: Europe neglected Serbia; Mladić’s funeral showed how little it knows about the country")
13 September 2026
Delhir
("A blunt sword: German newspaper says the EU’s threat to halt accession talks with Serbia is futile")
13 September 2026
Deutsche Welle
("Events in Serbia are a surprise only to the uninformed")
13 September 2026
Oslobođenje
("German journalist and Balkan expert: Now we see how little Europe knows about Serbia")
13 September 2026
Slobodna Dalmacija
("German journalist: Now we see how little Europe knows about Serbia. It is disgusting that people in Belgrade bowed to a mass murderer")
13 September 2026
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
("Serbia after the death of Ratko Mladić: No EU talks?")
12 September 2026
N1 BiH
("Ćerimagić: Halting negotiations with Serbia would be justified, but it would cost Belgrade nothing")
10 September 2026
Politicki.ba
("Ćerimagić: Halting Serbia’s EU accession negotiations would be justified, but it would cost Belgrade almost nothing")
10 September 2026
N1 Srbija
("Most German parties criticise Belgrade over Mladić’s funeral – AfD defends it")
10 September 2026
Nova.rs
("Most German parties criticise Belgrade over Mladić, AfD defends it")
10 September 2026
Der Spiegel
("Serbia glorifies a war criminal – and Europe watches helplessly")
9 September 2026
Deutsche Welle
("Most German parties criticise Belgrade, AfD defends it")
9 September 2026
POV International
("After his death, Mladic divides opinion")
9 September 2026
Danas
("Right-wing AfD sides with Belgrade: The German government did not react to Ratko Mladić’s funeral, but Bundestag MPs did")
9 September 2026
N1 Srbija
("Most German parties criticise Belgrade over Mladić’s funeral, AfD defends it")
9 September 2026
Index.hr
("German MP: Under Vučić, Serbia has turned away from the European course")
9 September 2026
Federalna
("AfD sides with Belgrade after Mladić’s funeral: ‘Serbia should not be condemned’")
9 September 2026
Raport
("Vučić’s Serbia increasingly distant from the European Union: Germany angered by events following Mladić’s death")
9 September 2026
Slobodna Bosna
("‘Such behaviour will not remain without consequences’: German Greens demand tough sanctions against Belgrade over the glorification of war criminals")
9 September 2026
Večernji list
("German politicians line up to criticise Serbia over Mladić; only AfD finds justification: ‘It should not be condemned across the board")
9 September 2026
Jutarnji List
("Germany demands consequences for Serbia over the glorification of Ratko Mladić")
9 September 2026
Radio Sarajevo
("Green politician on Mladić and Vučić")
9 September 2026
Der Standard
("And if war comes to Austria?")
Op-ed by Kristof Bender
8 September 2026
El Español
("Serbia buries Ratko Mladic, ‘the Butcher of the Balkans’ convicted of the Srebrenica genocide, with honours")
7 September 2026
Dnevni Avaz
("Ćerimagić on the European Commission’s reaction to Mladić’s funeral: This says more about Brussels than Belgrade")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
7 September 2026
CouchCrash
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
6 September 2026
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
("'Why should we sacrifice the right to asylum when we can control irregular migration without breaking the law?', asks migration researcher Gerald Knaus")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
1 September 2026
Die Welt
("'The AfD has been playing both sides for a long time'")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
1 September 2026
FENA
("Enlargement is one of the EU’s strongest and, at the same time, least expensive foreign policy instruments")
1 September 2026
Politicki.ba
("Enlargement without illusions: Why the EU must offer the Single Market to the Western Balkans and Ukraine")
1 September 2026
August
Gazeta Wyborcza
("Expert: The migration crisis would have ended long ago if the governments of Sweden, France and Poland had not fallen into the trap of the right wing")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
31 August 2026
El Mundo
("The attempt to turn the Butcher of Bosnia into a hero: ‘Neither the state nor much of Serbian society has honestly confronted what was done’")
30 August 2026
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
("How can we put an end to irregular migration to Europe, Gerald Knaus?")
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
27 August 2026
El Mundo America
27 August 2026
El Mundo
("Ratko Mladic, the butcher of the Balkans, convicted for the Srebrenica massacre, dies")
27 August 2026
Politico
("What the AfD means by ‘remigration’")
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
26 August 2026
Correctiv
("“The EU currently has no strategy”: Migration researcher Knaus on Ceuta")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
19 August 2026
n-tv
("‘Disaster’ this autumn? Merz warns of a ‘treacherous course’")
TV Interview with Gerald Knaus
18 August 2026
n-tv
("In Saxony-Anhalt, ‘a disaster is set to occur’")
17 August 2026
Buka
("Ćerimagić: Bosnia and Herzegovina is last in line, and citizens are paying the price")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
15 August 2026
Die Welt
("Defenceless against migration? “The EU could simply blackmail them in return”")
14 August 2026
The Big Story
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
13 August 2026
First Balkan Media
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
12 August 2026
RTCG
("Ćerimagić for RTCG: Montenegro is meeting expectations and strengthening its position in the region")
12 August 2026
Web.de
("Migration expert Knaus: ‘The status quo is deadly for migrants’")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
12 August 2026
Klix.ba
("Zelensky’s visit to Belgrade: Vučić has not made a U-turn but is continuing his established tactic; there is no rift with Dodik")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
11 August 2026
Plenum
("Bursać: Vučić embraces Zelensky, Dodik Putin, while together they build the ‘Serbian world’")
11 August 2026
Slobodna Bosna
("'Vučić has not turned his back on Russia’: Ćerimagić explains what lies behind the meeting with Zelensky")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
11 August 2026