Funerals held for two more of serial killer’s victims
Funeral services were held on Thursday for Mary Rose Tiburcio and Maricar Valdez Arquila, two of the seven victims of confessed serial killer Nicos Metaxas.
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Sand from a Famagusta beach a parting gift to late mayor (Updated)
FAMAGUSTA mayor Alexis Galanos was buried at the Engomi cemetery on Monday after a funeral service at the Church of the Wisdom of God in
Galanos’ funeral to be held next Monday in Strovolos
The funeral for Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos, 78, who died suddenly on Monday while on holiday on the Greek island of Kos will be held
Tsipras flying in for Christofias’ funeral, people pay their respects at Akel
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Tuesday meet Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the presidential palace. The meeting will take place at 4.30pm. Tsipras is
Four-days of mourning declared for Demetris Christofias (Updated)
Following a meeting of the cabinet, during which ministers stood for a minute’s silence, an announcement said that the state funeral for Christofias will be
Mother and daughter victims of serial killer buried in Nicosia
Friends and relatives of murder victims Livia Bunea and her daughter Elena Natalia, 8, and also members of the search and rescue crews who found
Hundreds attend funeral of murdered Bulgarian journalist
Hundreds of Bulgarians queued silently at a church in Ruse on Friday to pay their last respects to Viktoria Marinova, the television journalist whose brutal rape
Passing of Photiades an ‘immense loss’ says president
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday described businessman Photos Photiades, who died on Friday at the age of 98, as a pioneering entrepreneur and “a leading
Mourners gather to honour Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Detroit church on Friday for a music-infused funeral for Aretha Franklin, featuring tributes by former US President Bill Clinton and singer
Girls killed in car crash laid to rest (Update 1)
The funeral service for the two 11-year-old girls killed last Sunday in a car crash was held at noon on Thursday in the church of
Hawking’s voice beamed into space at final send-off
The voice of Stephen Hawking was beamed into space with a message of peace and hope on Friday as the British physicist, who gained international acclaim for
U.S. evangelist Graham ‘followed Jesus all the way to heaven,’ son says
By Jeff Mason and Greg Lacour U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who preached to millions and counseled presidents in his 70-year career, was remembered as
News podcast: MPs trying to regulate funeral donations to charity
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local
Palestinian president, Netanyahu shake hands at Peres funeral
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands and exchanged brief words at the funeral on Friday of Shimon Peres, the
Anastasiades in Israel for Peres funeral
President Nicos Anastasiades was in Israel on Friday to attend the funeral of Shimon Peres. The former Israeli prime minister and president died on Wednesday at
Smash and grab from car during Larnaca funeral
Personal items worth more than €400, cash and credit cards were stolen on Tuesday from a car that was parked outside the cemetery in Troulli,
Arrest of man alleged to have pocketed funeral collection
A 32-year-old man from Larnaca has been arrested for allegedly keeping more than €3,000 he had collected as donations supposedly to help another man undergo
Police officer suspended after pistol stolen (Updated)
A policeman who had his service sidearm stolen from his car Tuesday as he attended a funeral in Nicosia district was suspended from duty immediately
Cypriot pilot of doomed Russian plane finally laid to rest
Dozens of friends and relatives of Aristos Socratous, the pilot of the doomed Flydubai flight that crashed in Russia in March killing all 62
Second firefighter laid to rest
Andreas Sophocleous, the second firefighter who lost his life while battling the flames in the Solea area, was laid to rest on Thursday as grieving