But Mr. Ker-Lindsay says Serbs are conflicted because they understand that their country’s future has to be a part of Europe.

JAMES KER-LINDSAY: "It’s not about forgetting what took place in Bosnia or, indeed, the entire Western Balkans in the nineteen nineties. But it’s about recognizing that Serbia’s got to atone for this, pay its price and move on. And people understand that Mladic is absolutely central to that process."

And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

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Contributing: Selah Hennessy and Kate Woodsome