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Hundreds turn out to bid farewell to prominent lawyer Andreas Neocleous

Jean ChristouOctober 4, 2021October 4, 2021

By Jean ChristouOctober 4, 2021October 4, 202101861

Hundreds of people, including President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended the funeral of prominent lawyer, businessman and owner of the Cyprus Mail newspaper Andreas Neocleous,...

Cyprus Featured

‘It was a huge shock to find out she’d died’

Bejay BrowneSeptember 12, 2021September 12, 2021

By Bejay BrowneSeptember 12, 2021September 12, 2021017066

Relatives of British woman whose body lies in Paphos morgue have been found The relatives of a British woman whose body has lain unclaimed in...

Cyprus Featured

Four workers who perished in last week’s fires buried in Egypt

Evie AndreouJuly 11, 2021July 11, 2021

By Evie AndreouJuly 11, 2021July 11, 202101474

The funerals of the four Egyptian workers who died in the fires last week in the mountainous areas of the Larnaca and Limassol districts took...

Cyprus Featured

Anastasiades pays tribute to Nicos Rolandis in eulogy for former minister

Antigoni PittaMay 29, 2021May 29, 2021

By Antigoni PittaMay 29, 2021May 29, 20210960

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday delivered a eulogy for the late Nicos Rolandis, who passed away at age 86 earlier this week. The funeral took...

Cyprus

Funeral for Vassos Lyssarides on Wednesday, venue changed (Updated)

Staff ReporterMay 2, 2021May 2, 2021

By Staff ReporterMay 2, 2021May 2, 202101277

The funeral of the former leader of Edek Vassos Lyssarides will be held on Wednesday May 5. Lyssarides, a central figure in Cyprus politics since...

Cyprus

Funeral of former minister to be held on Sunday

Gina AgapiouApril 9, 2021April 9, 2021

By Gina AgapiouApril 9, 2021April 9, 202101182

The funeral of former Interior and Defence Minister Socratis Hasikos who died earlier this week will take place on Sunday in the presence of the...

Cyprus

Coronavirus: police to file case with AG’s office after funeral allegedly violated decrees

Gina AgapiouJanuary 8, 2021

By Gina AgapiouJanuary 8, 202102525

Police will submit a criminal case file to the attorney general’s office concerning the funeral of a coronavirus patient which was attended by more than...

Asia World

Thousands attend Pakistani cleric’s funeral despite COVID-19 curbs

Reuters News ServiceNovember 21, 2020

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 21, 20200504

Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral of a hardline Pakistani cleric in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, defying a government ban on...

Cyprus

Body mix-up in north

Evie AndreouJanuary 9, 2020

By Evie AndreouJanuary 9, 20200663

A Turkish Cypriot family living in the north were devastated when they discovered they had been given the wrong person to bury after their own...

Cyprus

Funeral held for another of Metaxas’ victims

George PsyllidesSeptember 5, 2019

By George PsyllidesSeptember 5, 201901093

A funeral service was held Thursday for one of the victims of serial killer Nicos Metaxas who claimed the lives of five women and two...

Cyprus

Funerals held for two more of serial killer’s victims

Staff ReporterJuly 25, 2019

By Staff ReporterJuly 25, 20190429

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....

Cyprus

Sand from a Famagusta beach a parting gift to late mayor (Updated)

Lizzy IoannidouJuly 22, 2019July 22, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouJuly 22, 2019July 22, 201901081

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...

Cyprus

Galanos’ funeral to be held next Monday in Strovolos

Jean ChristouJuly 16, 2019July 16, 2019

By Jean ChristouJuly 16, 2019July 16, 20190735

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...

Cyprus

Tsipras flying in for Christofias’ funeral, people pay their respects at Akel

Staff ReporterJune 25, 2019June 25, 2019

By Staff ReporterJune 25, 2019June 25, 201902245

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...

Cyprus Featured

Four-days of mourning declared for Demetris Christofias (Updated)

Peter MichaelJune 22, 2019August 22, 2019

By Peter MichaelJune 22, 2019August 22, 201904947

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...

Cyprus

Mother and daughter victims of serial killer buried in Nicosia

Evie AndreouJune 13, 2019June 25, 2019

By Evie AndreouJune 13, 2019June 25, 201904973

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...

Europe

Hundreds attend funeral of murdered Bulgarian journalist

Reuters News ServiceOctober 12, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 12, 20180140

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...

Cyprus

Passing of Photiades an ‘immense loss’ says president

Elias HazouOctober 8, 2018October 8, 2018

By Elias HazouOctober 8, 2018October 8, 20180184

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...

Americas Showbiz

Mourners gather to honour Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul

Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 20180109

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...

Cyprus

Girls killed in car crash laid to rest (Update 1)

Annette ChrysostomouJuly 5, 2018July 5, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouJuly 5, 2018July 5, 20182 125

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...