Obituary

By Nouritza Matossian Born April 26, 1944, died August 6, 2025 Ruth Keshishian’s heart beat to the polyrhythms of Cyprus and Armenia. Her brilliant mind encompassed different disciplines and structures driven by her ...

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit ...

Ruth Keshishian, who had an encyclopedic knowledge and understanding of Cyprus’ history and literature, and owned the Moufflon Bookshop in Nicosia for decades, passed away on Wednesday night. She was 81. ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more ...

Controversial Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir died on Sunday night at the age of 83. Nadir rose to prominence in the United Kingdom when he transformed textile company Polly Peck into ...

A heartfelt tribute from Agnieszka Rakoczy Soft spoken and known for his great sense of humour, Martin Hellicar, the highly respected environmentalist who died last week at the age of 56, ...

By Peter Cooney and Steve Gorman Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed “Earthrise” photo during Nasa’s ...

Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned ...

Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called “an extension of myself” owing to his wife’s prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly ...

Former hotels association (Pasyxe) head, well-known businessman, and head of Anorthosis football club Kikis Constantinou was buried on Monday, a week after his passing. Constantinou was a well-known hotelier in ...

On Monday this week – in a quiet event and surrounded by family and many dozens of friends and collaborators from across the island – Martin Marancos was laid to rest under ...

Well-known Cypriot tetraplegic mouth painter Kyriacos Kyriacou from has died aged 67 after being hospitalised for the past ten months at the Nicosia general hospital, his family announced on Saturday. “He ...

It was announced on Monday that Christos Iacovides, part of the board of directors and a managing director of the MSJ Group, passed away unexpectedly. The MSJ Group describes itself ...

Writing an obituary can be difficult, particularly when you are in the midst of grief and mourning. However, it is an important way to honour and remember the person who ...

By Bill Trott Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an American network evening news broadcast and one of TV’...

Professor Polemitis was a pioneer of higher education in Cyprus The University of Nicosia (UNIC) expresses its deep sadness on the passing of Professor Andreas Polemitis, who played a foundational ...

Renowned Cypriot artist Yiorgos Skotinos died at the age of 85 on Thursday after almost seven decades as a painter whose works had its roots in the country and its history. ...

Cypriot popular actress and writer Dora Kakouratou died on Wednesday at the age of 77 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Limassol in 1945, Kakouratou was known for having played ...

Writer, poet, journalist and actor Leonidas Malenis, best known for his poem that later became a song ‘Chrysoprasino Fyllo’, died at age 85 on Monday. Malenis was born in 1937 in Nicosia. ...

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese state ...

Andreas Demetropoulos, the former director of the fisheries department and the head of the Cyprus Wildlife Society, died on Saturday at the age of 84. Demetropoulos is well known for this ...

By Lanting Liu Real estate tycoon and art collector, Yan Lugen, who was the chairman of YJ Cyprus Group passed away in New York on September 5, aged 67. Yan, who built ...

The crowning achievement of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, was to maintain the popularity of the monarchy across decades of seismic political, ...

Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the ...