The death of Slobodan Milosevic does not change the need for Serbia and Montenegro to come to terms with its past, the Austrian presidency of the European Union said.
"This does not change or alter in any way the need to come to terms with the past, with the legacy of which Slobodan Milosevic has been a part," said Ursula Plassnik, foreign minister of Austria, which holds the rotating EU chair.
"This will be one of the big challenges ahead for the region in order to reach what is the ultimate goal we are all working on, and this is lasting peace and reconciliation," she said at a news conference during an EU foreign minister meeting.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/eu-says-serbia-must-still-come-to-terms-with-past/2006/03/12/1141701742519.html#
All the Serbs are sad, apparently....
In Milosevic's homeland, Serbia, the former president's supporters declared his death a "huge loss" for the Balkan country and its people, and blamed it on the UN tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, where he was being tried for genocide.
but everyone else isn't....
However, in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo, which were ravaged by the conflicts masterminded and fuelled by Milosevic, officials and ordinary citizens alike said his death brought some justice to the victims.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/03/11/pf-1483219.html