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Serbia faced a similar incident when a roofing collapse at a renovated railway station killed 16 people. Critics attributed this disaster to corruption and poor oversight, highlighting how contracts had suspiciously gone to a consortium of Chinese firms. The protests that followed began as a reaction to this tragedy but evolved into a broader movement against democratic erosion and state corruption.
In North Macedonia, protests, albeit smaller in scale, emerged after a nightclub fire claimed 59 lives, again tied to institutional neglect and bribery. This incident followed a pattern of preventable tragedies linked to regulatory failures, indicating a broader crisis of accountability in public safety.