NewzSenior European Union official Marta Kos has cancelled a planned trip to Serbia following the scheduling of a public tribute to Ratko Mladić. Kos condemned the glorification of the convicted war criminal, stating that such actions are fundamentally incompatible with European values.
The cancellation underscores ongoing tensions between EU integration standards and domestic political sentiments in the region regarding war crimes tribunals and accountability from the conflicts of the 1990s.
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