Balgarianovinite.com Medical staff at the Pirogov Emergency Hospital in Sofia have been awarded a certificate of appreciation by authorities in North Macedonia for the treatment of children and young people severely injured in the Kocani nightclub fire in March 2025, the hospital reported on its website on Monday.
North Macedonia Ambassador to Bulgaria Agneza Rusi Popovska presented the certificate to Pirogov Hospital Director Valentin Dimitrov, who thanked her for the attention and recognition and stated that the hospital is always ready to provide highly specialized care to all patients in need.
During her visit to the hospital, Ambassador Popovska also met with medical staff from the Clinic of Burns and Plastic-Reconstructive Surgery, highlighting the contribution of the Pirogov teams to the survival and recovery of the children and young people hospitalized in the aftermath of the incident. The medical teams updated the diplomat on the current condition of the patients, who continue to visit Pirogov according to a scheduled programme.
On March 16, 2025, a fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia killed 63 people and injured 193, mostly youths. The fire was caused by sparks from indoor fireworks during a concert of Macedonian hip-hop duo DNK. Fourteen severely injured youths were transported to Bulgaria for treatment. Eight were admitted to Pirogov, while the others were treated in hospitals in Varna and Plovdiv. Following their admission, the Bulgarian Red Cross organized a blood donation campaign to support the victims, which involved nearly 1,000 donors from across Bulgaria. By mid-May 2025, the last of the eight patients admitted to Pirogov had been discharged. North Macedonia Honours Bulgarian Hospital for Treating Severely Injured Kocani Fire Victims 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-02 17:29:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law