19/12/2011 | World

Czechs mourn 'Velvet Revolution' leader Havel

Thousands of Czechs streamed through Prague Castle and the historical city centre to write condolences and bid farewell to Vaclav Havel, the playwright who became president after leading a "Velvet Revolution" to topple Communist rule.

04/03/2012 | World

Poland to mourn 16 killed in head-on train crash

Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski announced a two-day national mourning period on Sunday for the 16 people killed in a head-on collision of two trains in the country's worst rail accident in more than two decades.

07/04/2012 | World

Greeks mourn suicide pensioner, vowing to fight on

In a sombre atmosphere in an Athens graveyard, hundreds of Greeks said farewell on Saturday to Dimitris Christoulas, a pensioner who became a symbol of the pain inflicted by austerity when he shot himself in the head outside parliament.

06/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuelans mourn Chávez as focus turns to election

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's death has unleashed a flood of emotional tributes that his allies hope will help ensure the survival of his self-styled socialist revolution when voters elect a successor.

06/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuelans react on the streets of Caracas

Venezuelans react on the streets of Caracas after the death of President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías.

06/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuelans bid farewell to Chávez