In every corner of our society, when we want to do something outside the rules, we proudly say: “I have a man inside.” But it is precisely that “man inside” that is stifling us. He is the reason why the system does not function, why justice does not reach the real culprits, why our security is threatened every day. The tragedy in Kocani, …
Lessons learned from catastrophic events with many human casualties are inevitably the focus of attention regarding the tragic consequences. But there is no doubt that the lessons are already present, both as warnings and before the accident occurs. It has already been established, although it cannot remotely have the power of any healing consolation, that the dimensions of the enormous …
Kocani 2025 – Gothenburg 1998: fire and catastrophic distrust Read More »
Sunday morning. Calm, at first glance. You open your eyes, open the portal on your phone. And then – a blow. You learn about a tragedy in your country from a foreign media outlet. You read in a foreign language and try to understand – maybe you didn’t understand it well? Maybe something in the translation is wrong? You go back, reread, again and again. Everything …
If, while following the reports about the catastrophic fire in the "nightclub" in Kocani, in which 59, mostly very young, lives have been lost so far - as many as 45 of the over 150 injured are in serious condition and the toll so far is almost certainly not final - you have a feeling of having seen it all before, that ...
The Balkans were rocked last weekend by two events in which the main protagonists were young people and students, and one of them, unfortunately, was tragic. In the protests in Belgrade, students were the initiators of the event, and in the fire in the nightclub in North Macedonia, which killed 59 people, the victims were young people. Both those who protested and …
