Genaris recovering from heart attack brought on by news of Kranidiotis death

NEWS of the tragic death of Greek deputy Foreign Minister Yiannos Kranidiotis apparently caused one of the island’s best-know political correspondents to have a heart attack.Costas Genaris, a veteran Cyprus problem reporter for the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), was yesterday recovering in hospital after suffering a cardiac episode late on Tuesday night. His condition was described as stable.Kranidiotis died when the plane in which he was travelling to Bucharest plunged 23,000 feet on Tuesday night.

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