A court in The Hague has freed two Croatian generals, who were convicted of committing atrocities against Serbs in the 90s.
General Ante Gotovina and General Mladen Markac were sentenced to 24 years and 18 years respectively last year, for crimes of murder, persecution and plunder.
Their release was met by jubilations across Croatia, where the majority of people see both men as war heroes.
"The verdict confirms everything that we believe in Croatia: that generals Gotovina and Markac are innocent," Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said.
However, the Serbian government condemned the verdict.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic said that the war crimes court had "lost all its credibility", according to Serbia's Beta news agency.
Mr Ljajic said the verdict was "proof of selective justice which is worse than any injustice" and that it was "a move backwards and the public opinion of the tribunal (in Serbia) will be worse than it already is".
