EU official Marta Kos cancels Serbia trip over planned Mladic tribute
EU enlargement chief condemns Ratko Mladic ‘glorification’ as incompatible with European values.
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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]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1788566265.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![Britain's Foreign Minister Ed Miliband (front L) walks past European Commission High Representative and Vice President Kaja Kallas (C-front) and Ireland's Defence and Foreign Minister Helen McEntee (3rd R-front) after posing for a group photo with other visiting EU foreign affairs ministers during their informal meeting. [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6a98d48f9dec-1788400783.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






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