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Tsipras to attend public mourning of Fidel Castro

Newsroom November 28 12:11

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will be departing for Cuba Monday night to attend the 9-day public mourning ceremony for the deceased former Cuban President-dictator Fidel Castro. Tsipras will be among other world leaders in attendance at the Plaza de la Revolucion where the people of Cuba will gather to honour Castro. The Greek MP is scheduled to return to Greece on Thursday, while the funeral of Castro, whose death was announced on state-run TV by his brother and successor Raul, will take place on Sunday, December 4.

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