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59 Dead, 155 Injured After Massive Fire At North Macedonia Nightclub
Skopje: A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the venue ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people. They said 155 injured people had...

Foreign and health ministers of North Macedonia visit Kocani burn victims in Thessaloniki
The foreign affairs and health ministers of neighbouring North Macedonia on Tuesday paid a visit to three burn victims from North Macedonia who were admitted to an ICU at Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. North Macedonia’s...

Injured North Macedonians Treated in Budapest Hospital
Two people injured in a fire in the town of Kočani in North Macedonia on Sunday morning are being treated at the North Pest Center Hospital – Honvédkórház, both suffering from burns and smoke inhalation, the institution informed MTI. According to...

At least 51 dead, dozens more injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia -- A massive fire that broke out early Sunday in a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani has killed 51 people and injured about 100 more, interior minister Panche Toshkovski told a press conference. The...
UKC Maribor takes in two burn victims from North Macedonia
Maribor, 18 March - UKC Maribor took in on Tuesday two burn victims from Sunday's deadly nightclub fire in North Macedonia, one of whom is in life-threatening condition, said Gregor Prosen, the head of the urgent care centre at the hospital. Four...

59 Dead, over 100 Injured in Nightclub Fire in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) – A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:35 a.m. during a concert by a local...

Condition of North Macedonia Fire Victims in Bulgaria Remains Critical
The condition of those injured in the nightclub fire in North Macedonia and receiving treatment in Bulgaria remains critical, the Ministry of Health announced on its Facebook page on Tuesday. All eight patients hospitalized at Pirogov Emergency...

Ambassador of North Macedonia Agneza Popovska: Change is inevitable, there is severe corruption
Citizens want to eradicate corruption in the Republic of North Macedonia. Change in the Republic of North Macedonia is inevitable. The public wants a cleansing of the system and accountability. This was stated by the Ambassador of North Macedonia...
Fire at packed North Macedonia nightclub kills 59
SKOPJE, North Macedonia – Fire ripped through a packed and unlicensed nightclub early on March 16 in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, killing 59 people and injuring more than 150, officials said, after sparks ignited the roof as a live band...

world Crowds demand justice for 59 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire
KOCANI, North Macedonia — Sporadic violence broke out in North Macedonia on Monday (March 17) as thousands of people demanded justice for 59 people killed in a nightclub blaze and called for an end to the corruption that they say was behind the...

Nightclub fire sparks violent protests in North Macedonia
Violent protests erupted in Kocani, North Macedonia, on March 17 after a nightclub fire claimed the lives of 59 people, with citizens demanding accountability for the disaster. North Macedonia is in mourning following the catastrophic fire that...

President and Speaker of the Parliament express condolences at the North Macedonian Embassy
We are waiting for North Macedonia to decide whether there is a need to transport 10 more of the Kočani fire victims to Bulgaria. This was what President Rumen Radev said after signing the book of condolences at the Embassy of North Macedonia in...

59 dead, more than 150 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
Skopje, North Macedonia – A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:30 a.m. during a concert by a local pop...

Deadly blaze leaves North Macedonia in mourning
This photo taken on March 16, 2025 shows the site of a fire at a nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia. [Photo/Xinhua] KOCANI, North Macedonia — After North Macedonia's deadliest tragedy in recent memory, with dozens dying in a nightclub inferno,...

Dozens dead after fire rips through overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia
KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and BORIS GRDANOSKI The Associated Press KOCANI, North Macedonia -- A massive fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia on Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring 155 in a chaotic escape during a live...

Luxembourg conducts medical evacuations after North Macedonia club fire
Luxembourg has supported the international medical evacuation of nightclub fire victims from North Macedonia, coordinating flights to Hungary and Croatia through its emergency relief system. At least 59 people were killed and over 150 injured in a...

51 people killed, more than 100 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 51 people and injuring more than 100, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:35 a.m. during a concert...
59 Teenagers Burned to Death at Disco Fire in North Macedonia
Nightclub Pulse in the North Macedonia town of Kocani was the number one hang out among locals and visitors, 100 kilometres east of the country’s capital city of Skopje. Kocani has a population of about 25,000 and is the scene of one of the...

President: Bulgaria and North Macedonia Are in Mourning, Share Hope for Speedy Recovery of Injured in Kocani Fire
Bulgaria and North Macedonia are in mourning over the youths who lost their lives in Sunday's fire in Kocani, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told journalists here on Tuesday. "We share the pain of the loss of innocent human lives and the hope for...

Blaze kills 59 in North Macedonia nightclub
SKOPJE: A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early on Sunday (Mar 16), killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the place ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people. They said 155 injured...