‘Carlsberg discriminated against us on a national basis’: Bosniak staffer

Former Carlsberg employee Edin Hadzic from Sarajevo says his troubles began when he requested a framed picture of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic to be removed from the company's premises in Serbia [Mersiha Gadzo/Al Jazeera]

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – When Edin Hadzic sent an email to his employer, Denmark’s Carlsberg beer company, requesting for a large, framed picture of convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic to be removed from the site of Serbia’s branch, he did not expect to be fired and for the incident to drag into a lengthy legal battle.

“When it comes to Carlsberg, everything surprised me,” Hadzic told Al Jazeera from Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo. “Their behaviour is totally inappropriate. I can’t believe [what they’ve done].”