Senior EU official cancels Serbia trip over planned tribute to Mladic

EU’s Marta Kos cancels Serbia visit, condemning Ratko Mladic ‘glorification’ as incompatible with European values.Published On 5 Sep 20265 Sep 2026The European Union’s enlargement chief Marta Kos has cancelled her upcoming visit to Serbia over what she called the “glorification” of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic following his death.Kos took to X on Friday to condemn the “glorification surrounding his death”, saying it “is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Mladic’s body arrives to full military honours in Serbialist 2 of 4Mladic died a happy manlist 3 of 4Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladic still hailed as a hero by some Serbslist 4 of 4Serbia welcomes return of war criminal Mladic’s body with military honoursend of listMladic’s body was flown from The Hague to Belgrade, where it was received with a guard of honour on Thursday, days before his scheduled burial.“In this context, I have decided not to proceed with my planned visit to Serbia at this time,” Kos added.Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia”, Mladic died at the age of 84 on August 27 while serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, crimes against hum...