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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-31
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[01] Funeral service for Constantine Mitsotakis underway in Athens
[01] Funeral service for Constantine Mitsotakis underway in Athens
The funeral service for former Greek premier and honorary New Democracy
president Constantine Mitsotakis began at the Athens Methropolitan
Cathedral shortly after 15:00 on Wednesday afternoon, with crowds of
people and Greece's current and former political leaders attending,
including Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President of the Hellenic
Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos.
The former premier's body had lain in state in the cathedral throughout
the morning, where members of the ordinary public and state officials
were able to pay their last respects, among them Greece's ex-monarch.
The funeral service is being held with the honours reserved for a serving
prime minister and started with salutes by military honour guards and the
Athens Guard military band playing in the courtyard outside the cathedral.
Mitsotakis passed away on Monday, at the age of 98.
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