Cyprus bid farewell to George Vassiliou on Saturday, the country’s third president, European visionary and staunch supporter of a federal solution to the island’s 50-year division. He was 94. His funeral will take place with presidential honours at the Tis Tou Theou Sophias Cathedral in Nicosia at 1pm on Saturday, declared a national holiday. All flags have been flying half mast since Tuesday. The former president’s death was announced on Tuesday by his wife of 59 years, former European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou. “After two years of suffering, my beloved George, my life partner of The post Cyprus bids farewell to EU visionary and peacemaker Vassiliou appeared first on Financial Mirror .