EU warns Serbia over Mladić funeral, linking memory to EU bid

The EU’s Marta Kos warned that Serbia’s public tributes to Ratko Mladić, the convicted Bosnian Serb commander, clash with European values and could jeopardize Serbia’s EU accession path, prompting her to cancel a planned visit. Mladić, who led the Bosnian Serb Army during the 1992–1995 war and was later jailed for crimes against humanity including the Srebrenica massacre, died in The Hague and will be buried in Belgrade amid tributes that Serbia’s government says are not an official act; EU officials and member states urged reconciliation and warned that glorifying war criminals has no place in the bloc.