Army of Republika Srpska

Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic visited convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in custody in The Hague and said that Serbia will probably request his temporary release for medical treatment.

They include the Serbian Army, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior (MUP), and the Security Information Agency (BIA).

The decision on payment of bonuses in the amount of RSD 10,000 was made due to the fiscal consolidation measures that the government of Serbia implemented in the previous three years, the government announced on its website.

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Serbian doctors who examined Ratko Mladic in the Hague detention on Monday and Tuesday were not allowed to use the ECG or the scanner, although they needed them and they were available, reports Serbian daily "Vecernje Novosti".

On the day that Bosnia's presidency members visited Serbia, posters with the image of war crimes convict Ratko Mladic and the logo of a banned far-right group were pasted on walls in Belgrade.

The final decision to open chapters 6 (company law) and 30 (external relations) was made on Wednesday by EU member-states' ambassadors, Tanjug said.

Although chapter 33 on financial and budgetary provisions has been the subject of consideration among member-states until the last moment, Tanjug learned that five countries did not greenlight its opening.

The posters show Mladic giving a military salute, with the words "I will not betray!" printed below, and signed by the Homeland Movement Obraz.

The N1 broadcaster said that a great number of these posters has been seen in central Belgrade, and in the suburbs.

Praljak was one of the leaders of Bosnian Croats during the 1990s war convicted of war crimes by the tribunal.

He died in the hospital shortly after reportedly "taking poison" in the courtroom - during the reading of the Appeals Chamber verdict, that also declared Croatia's state leadership of the time complicit in a joint criminal enterprise targeting Muslims in Bosnia.

A plaque honouring former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, installed by war veterans in East Sarajevo in Serb-dominated Republika Srpska, will not be removed despite his conviction last week.

Hundreds of fans of Red Star Belgrade chanted support for recently-convicted Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, while players at a small provincial Serbian club wore shirts featuring his picture.

OSLO - The ICTY's judgement in the Ratko Mladic case comes as no surprise to the Serbian nation but "we need to look to the future, so we finally have a stable country," Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in Oslo Wednesday.

"We need to leave the past behind," Reuters quoted her as saying.