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‘My pain is incurable.’ Nightclub fire leaves North Macedonia grappling with grief, accountability

  • A fire at Club Pulse in Kocani, North Macedonia, killed 59 people and injured 155, leading to a national mourning period of seven days.
  • Investigations are underway for safety violations and possible bribery, with 15 individuals detained for questioning about the club's licensing.
  • Health Minister Arben Taravari reported that 20 injured individuals are in critical condition and neighboring countries are providing medical assistance.
  • President Gordana Davkova Siljanovska expressed disbelief and sorrow, emphasizing the nation's grief over the tragic loss of young lives.
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The Director of the FSSHM, Sasho Klekovski, emphasized at today's press conference that in the last four years we have had 28 cases, of which six with high-degree burns. "We have about a hundred burns per year throughout the territory of Macedonia during a year, including burns from iron, hot water and all possible causes. Fire burns are the most serious category because in addition to skin damage, they also include respiratory damage. Of these …

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Pain and anger grip N. Macedonia after fire tragedy

Despair mixed with anger at corruption in Kocani, North Macedonia on Tuesday in the wake of a nightclub fire that left dozens dead and more injured, prompting demands for justice.

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Today, the students blocking the faculties in Belgrade paid their respects to the 15 victims of the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, but also to every victim of the fire in Kočani, with a silence that lasted 74 minutes in front of the Embassy of North Macedonia.

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Thousands of people left on Monday for the streets of the capital of Northern Macedonia, Skopje, and the eastern town of Kocani (25,000 inhabitants) to demand responsibility for the fire in a discotheque that caused at least 59 deaths and 150 injuries in the early morning of Sunday. “We want justice!” chanted the approximately 5,000 students who gathered in the main courtyard of St. Cyril’s University and Methodius of Skopje to pay tribute to th…

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hbl.fi broke the news in on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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