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The pandemic forced many people to reflect how they might die with dignity, and the numbers of those wanting to die at home is on the riseWhen Marlene Viggers was told her newly diagnosed cancer was untreatable, she said she wanted to go home to die. “She was the matriarch of the family, she held everything together, and she wanted to have her family all around her,” said Neil Andrews, her son-in-law.For the next few weeks, until Marlene died in January 2022 at the age of 73, she was given round-the-clock care by her closest relatives supported by Marie Curie,

Blaze reportedly broke out in the early hours at Pulse club in town 60 miles from SkopjeRelatives of some of the victims have gathered in front of hospitals and Kocani’s city offices asking authorities for more information, according to reports.As a reminder, Kocani is a small town of around 30,000 people about 60 miles (100km) east of the capital, Skopje. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/16/north-macedonia-nightclub-fire-pulse-kocani-europe-live Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-03-16 10:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Fire broke out at hip-hop concert attended by about 1,500 people in town of Kočani, state news agency saysAt least 50 people have been killed in a fire that broke out at a nightclub in North Macedonia where more than a thousand had gathered for a concert, the state news agency MIA reported.Citing the interior ministry, MIA said “at least 50 people died in a discotheque in Kočani”, a town about 60 miles east of the capital, Skopje, where “around 1,500 people attended a concert”. AFP could not immediately confirm this information with the Balkan state’s authorities. Continue reading... Source