Bosnian TV Airs Recent Footage of Fugitive Serb Army Chief

Earlier this week, footage of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic was aired on Bosnian TV. Mladic is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on war crimes charges related to the Bosnian civil war.

A Serbian minister said it was "simply impossible" there was video from 2008.

"The material that was shown last night was seized in Mladic's house in December 2008 and handed to the Hague Tribunal in March this year," said Rasim Ljajic, the chairman of the Serbian National Council for Co-operation with the ICTY.

"Not a single shot is less than eight years old."

Mr Ljajic said he believed the videos had been released to increase the political pressure on Serbia days before EU foreign ministers are due to discuss its progress towards co-operating with the tribunal.

"It is obvious that some within the international community don't have the best intentions for Serbia," he added.