Cuba

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did his bit in Havana. It is no small thing to speak at an event commemorating the life of a figure who is a symbol, albeit of an obsolete world, of an ideology that survives only in a handful of corners of the Earth (terrible for their populations), a utopia that was defeated by reality even inside Fidel Castro's Cuba.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic signed at the Cuban embassy in Belgrade on Monday a book of condolences for Fidel Castro, the late leader of the Cuban revolution.

It is important that the ideas with which Castro liberated and led Cuba live on in the Cuban nation and leaders, Nikolic wrote in the message.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid tribute to Fidel Castro as Havana held a mass eulogy for the late Cuban leader in a ceremony that underscored the polarizing influence of the late revolutionary.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday signed a book of condolences opened at the Cuban embassy in the wake of the passing of Fidel Castro.

"Great leaders, such as the leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro, never die. His spirit will live forever in freedom-loving nations and countries across the planet," Vucic wrote.

A delegation from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will travel to Cuba to attend the funeral of Cuba's iconic late leader Fidel Castro on Dec. 4. 

The will be headed by CHP Deputy Chair Veli Ağbaba, Istanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu and Kocaeli deputy Tahsin Tarhan, the party announced on Nov. 29. 

A nine-story portrait of a young Fidel Castro has joined the towering images of fallen guerrillas overlooking Havana's Plaza of the Revolution, the massive square where Cuba began Nov. 28 to bid farewell to the man who ruled the island for nearly half a century.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic signed at the Cuban embassy in Belgrade on Monday a book of condolences for Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban revolution.

"It is important that the ideas with which Castro liberated and led Cuba live on in the Cuban nation and leaders," Nikolic wrote in the message, according to Tanjug.

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.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Monday signed a book of condolences at the Cuban embassy, opened after the passing of Fidel Castro.

Cuba mourned revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and defied U.S. efforts to topple him for five decades, as the island prepared to say its last goodbyes to the towering giant of modern history with mass memorials and a four-day funeral procession.