EU official Marta Kos cancels Serbia trip over planned Mladic tribute
EU enlargement chief condemns Ratko Mladic ‘glorification’ as incompatible with European values.
![People gathered on a footbridge over a motorway light flares and hold a banner reading “Thank you general” as a convoy carrying the body of convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic passes through Belgrade [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1788566265.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
EU enlargement chief condemns Ratko Mladic ‘glorification’ as incompatible with European values.
![People gathered on a footbridge over a motorway light flares and hold a banner reading “Thank you general” as a convoy carrying the body of convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic passes through Belgrade [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1788566265.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![People react in front of the picture of the deceased Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic outside the Orthodox Cathedral Christ the Savior in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 27, 2026. [REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1788120625.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






Ratko Mladic filed the request to be released on health grounds last month, saying he only had a few months to live.
Follow our coverage throughout the day as we relive the chaos, and heartbreak of one of Europe’s darkest chapters.