Puppet state

The Belgrade Higher Court has dismissed the request of Milan Nedic's family to rehabilitate the leader of Serbia’s Nazi-backed World War II puppet government.

A Serbian village church declined to comment on why it has a plaque honouring the WWII collaborationist leader Milan Nedic, who headed a puppet government during German occupation.

Serbians took to social networks to condemn Nazi saluting at a rally to commemorate WWII-era Prime Minister Milan Nedic, who led a puppet government during German occupation.

A witness at a rehabilitation hearing for Milan Nedic argued that the Nazi-backed WWII-era puppet government leader helped many Serbs survive the German occupation of the region.

At the first rehabilitation hearing for Nazi-backed WWII-era puppet government leader Milan Nedic, his family's legal team said he was not a war criminal as he was branded by the Yugoslav Communists.

Serbia’s high court was ordered to reconsider its decision to reject the rehabilitation of Milan Nedic, the controversial leader of a Nazi-backed puppet government during World War II.

CANBERRA – Serbia condemns in the strongest terms the recent celebration in Australia of the foundation date of the Nazi puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an event attended by a number of Australian officials, the Serbian Embassy in Canberra said in a release on Thursday.