The tragedy in Kocani cannot be explained away as another case of local corruption.
Ceremonies held across the country, but main funeral was in Kocani, where 30 victims were buried.
The small North Macedonian town of Kocani held a mass burial for victims of the Pulse nightclub fire.
![Coffins are placed next to the graves as people gather at a cemetery for the funeral ceremony of the victims of a massive nightclub fire in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Thursday, March 20, 2025. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo] (AP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AP25079377304888_cropped-1742483138.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
People smashed out windows of a pub suspected to be owned by the same owner nightclub where a fire killed 59 people.
Local authorities arrest 20 people in connection with the blaze, including officials and the nightclub manager.
Around 20 people have been arrested in connection with fire at an illegal nightclub in North Macedonia.
At least 59 killed and more than 100 injured after a huge fire rips through a nightclub in the eastern town of Kocani.
Blaze started as pyrotechnic devices blasted sparks that ignited the crowded nightclub concert venue.
![The burned-down nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, where at least 59 people were killed [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Gaza-1742130582.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
More than 100 people injured in the deadly fire at a nightclub in Kocani, 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Skopje.
What drives the popularity of Hungary’s Viktor Orban is not his geopolitical game but his governance model.
Sentiments towards the EU expressed by some civil society actors increasingly overlap with those of anti-EU forces.
Right-wing party secures a parliamentary majority, and its candidate has become the country’s first female president.
The vote is the first in a series of polls that could decide whether the diverse Balkan country will ever join the EU.
As the war enters its 571st day, these are the main developments.
