Trial opens into North Macedonia nightclub fire that killed 63

Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and

Guy Delauney,Balkans correspondent

AFP Dejan Jovanov-Deko (C), one of the defendants and owner of the nightclub, looks on at the start of the trial for the blaze that killed 63 in Kocani earlier in 2025, in the courtroom next to the Idrizovo correctional facility near Skopje on November 19, 2025AFP

The club’s owner, nearest the camera, is among those on trial

Thirty-five people and three institutions have gone on trial in North Macedonia over a devastating fire at a…

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