Quick coordination and on-the-ground efforts allowed AP to secure the first images and video of a massive fire that tore ...

Funeral services are being held across North Macedonia for victims of the March 16 nightclub fire, which claimed 59 lives.

Thousands of mourners gathered at cemeteries across North Macedonia on Thursday for the funerals of dozens of people killed ...

Dragi Stojanov cries holding a photograph of his son Tomche Stojanov, one of the victims of a massive nightclub fire, during a vigil joined by hundreds in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Monday, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters take part in a rally, for the victims of a massive ...

The disaster has intensified scrutiny of corruption in North Macedonia, which the EU has previously identified as a major obstacle to the country’s accession to the bloc. Authorities are investigating ...

A man lights candles during a vigil in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 following a massive fire in a nightclub early Sunday. Credit: AP/Armin Durgut The tiny Balkan nation ...

North Macedonia has shut down dozens of nightclubs following a fire in the eastern town of Kocani that killed 59 people ...

People attend a funeral ceremony for the victims of a fire at the Pulse nightclub, in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia [Valdrin Xhemaj/Reuters] Several people overcome by grief required medical ...

Kocani, North Macedonia — North Macedonia is grappling with the loss of dozens of young lives in a nightclub inferno while trying to hold those responsible to account and prevent another calamity.

KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) — Thousands of mourners flocked to funerals Thursday in North Macedonia for the dozens of victims of last weekend’s devastating nightclub fire, bringing flowers ...