Cypriots mourn ex-President Alexis Christofias at funeral
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, trade unionists, European communists and politicians and leaders from Cyprus’ breakaway Turkish Cypriot community were among those attending a funeral service for the country’s former president, Dimitris Christofias. Hundreds of people thronged the Church of God’s Wisdom in Nicosia, the capital, on Tuesday to pay a final