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In the immediate aftermath, the EU&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu\/what\/civil-protection\/emergency-response-coordination-centre-ercc_en\">Emergency Response Coordination Centre<\/a>\u00a0established contact with the civil protection authorities in North Macedonia to offer solidarity and support. North Macedonia activated the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu\/what\/civil-protection\/eu-civil-protection-mechanism_en\">EU Civil Protection Mechanism<\/a>\u00a0requesting assistance to\u00a0<strong>evacuate<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>15 patients<\/strong>\u00a0suffering from severe burns. In a swift reaction, 9 European countries \u2013\u00a0<strong>Croatia, Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Lithuania, Hungary, Luxembourg and Norway<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 made immediate offers of assistance via the mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Already, several patients have been evacuated to Hungary by Luxembourg and Romania is transporting patients to Lithuania. The EU is now\u00a0<strong>coordinating the transportation<\/strong>\u00a0of further patients to countries that have offered treatment. The EU remains in close contact with the national authorities in North Macedonia and stands ready to mobilise\u00a0<strong>more assistance if needed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis Management and Equality, Hadja\u00a0<strong>Lahbib<\/strong>, said:\u00a0<em>\u201cWe express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and all those affected. The EU stands in solidarity with the people of North Macedonia at this difficult time.<\/em>\u00a0<em>I thank European countries for quickly offering treatment and assistance to the victims via our Civil Protection Mechanism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of Sunday, 16 March, a fire broke out in a nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, killing 59 people and injuring more <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1935473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"country-for-news":[53],"class_list":["post-1935471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-for-news-north-macedonia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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