Family wants state funeral

THE family and supporters of Slobodan Milosevic are pushing for a state funeral for the suspected war criminal.

Legal aide Zdenko Tomanovic said Milosevic’s family wanted a state funeral in Belgrade, apparently resolving an internal dispute over whether he should be buried in Serbia, Russia or Montenegro.

However, Serbian President Boris Tadic has said a state funeral would be “absolutely inappropriate”. It was unclear if Serb authorities would approve a Belgrade funeral.