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MPs point fingers over banks’ crisis Deputies demand answers and names as blame game underway By George Psyllides

AWMAKERS yesterday demanded to know the names of people – including bank executives, board members and politicians – who may have received preferential treatment in securing loans, as part of a probe into the operations of the financial sector. MPs also want to know who had their loans written off and whether any bank board members were also linked to companies. Attorney-general Petros Clerides suggested that it would be “practically impossible” for the information to be put together. “Do you really expect the Central Bank (CB) or the finance ministry to give you a list that includes all those who got loans at lower interest rates from the CB, Bank of Cyprus, Popular bank, Hellenic Bank or their village cooperatives?” Clerides said. He wondered rhetorically if it would be possible for authorities to find out from the Agros cooperative whether his motherin-law’s fourth niece had received preferential treatment in securing a loan. Independent MP Zacharias Koulias replied that they only wanted the information concerning Bank of Cyprus and Popular, because, they received state assistance (only Popular has received state support). Clerides pointed out it was wrong anyway. “Is it not wrong for someone to get preferential treatment at any other bank?” Clerides said.

Lawmakers asked dozens of questions and also made allegations and insinuations, which remained unanswered. Committee chairman, EVROKO MP, Demetris Syllouris said all questions will be put in writing and ofﬁcials can respond at a next meeting, which will take place behind closed doors. Meanwhile, serious allegations were left lingering. DISY MP Sophocles Hadjiyiannis asked if rumours were true that a member of the team carrying out an audit of the banks’ loan portfolios had worked as an advisor in various bank administrations and whether a member of another organisation – investigating why banks sought state support – was close to an (unnamed) banker who affected the sector. AKEL on the other hand took a shot at former CB governor Athanasios Orphanides who allegedly received loans with a zero to 1.0 per cent interest rate. AKEL MP Pambos Papageorgiou asked whether Orphanides had returned two laptop hard drives he had taken with him after he left the position. “Will the CB examine the legality of the loans?” AKEL lawmaker Irini Charalambidou said afterwards. “We want to know if he will return the two drives and if it is considered a criminal offence if he does not.” The Cyprus Mail understands that the loan Orphanides received was to buy a house. Borrowing from the CB was provided for

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The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and Queen Elizabeth II are taken on a ceremonial procession into the grounds of Windsor Castle yesterday. Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the Emir to Britain with a gilded carriage ride at the start of a three-day state visit. The trip, aimed at cementing the strong relations between London and its oil-rich Gulf ally, kicked off with a traditional display of ceremonial pomp in Windsor (AFP)

China’s top paper goes to town with ‘sexy’ Kim CHINA’S top newspaper went to town yesterday with a 55-page online picture spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un being named The Onion’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive for 2012’, appearing to fall for a spoof by the US satirical website. Seemingly clueless as to the real nature of The Onion’s tongue-in-cheek award for Kim, the People’s Daily splashed fullpage photographs of the portly young leader riding horses, clapping his hands, waving and clasping children’s cheeks on his tours around North Korea. “With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyangbred heartthrob is every woman’s

dream come true,” the English online edition of the People’s Daily quoted The Onion as saying. “Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper’s editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile.” The People’s Daily is the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party and because it is widely believed to broadly reﬂect thinking within the Chinese government, it is among the better regarded newspapers in the country. “He has that rare ability to somehow be completely adorable and completely

macho at the same time,” the People’s Daily quoted Marissa Blake-Zweiber, an Onion editor, as saying. A time stamp on the Onion website suggests it had published its satire piece on Kim earlier this month. The Onion said previous winners of its ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ award include Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is ﬁghting an uprising against his rule, and ﬁnancial swindler Bernie Madoff, who is serving a 150-year prison sentence. China is Pyongyang’s only major ally, with Beijing concerned a political or economic collapse in North Korea could send a wave of refugees to its poor northeast.

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REVENUE collected by the taxman dropped 1.0 per cent during the ﬁrst ten months of this year compared to the same period last year, data showed yesterday. Between January and October the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) collected €1.57 billion, compared to €1.58 billion during the same period of 2011 On a monthly basis, IRD collections dropped in October 2012 by 11.11 per cent or €23 million, to €184 million, from €207 million in September this year. In August, IRD collections reached €198.29 million. However, on a year-to-year basis, IRD collections just for October recorded an increase of 37.3 per cent, reaching €184 million from €134 million in October 2011. Collections for January-October 2012 from the income tax of civil servants and the broader public sector recorded a drop of 5 per cent to €164.78 million, from

€173.53 million in the first ten months of last year. Revenue from the income tax of private sector employees recorded a 4.0 per cent increase during the first ten months of 2012, reaching €297.18 million from €286.62 million last year, while collections from the income tax of selfemployed persons recorded an increase of 59 per cent, reaching €72.12 million, from €45.28 million for the same period in 2011. Collections from corporate tax dropped during the first ten months of 2012 by 3.0 per cent to €547.40 million, from €566.23 million in the respective period of 2011. Furthermore, IRD collections from the extraordinary contribution to defence dropped during the period JanuaryOctober 2012 by 3.0 per cent, to €351.27 million, from €363.07 million during the respective period last year, while collections from various other taxes rose by 58 per cent, reaching €5.96 million, com-

pared to €3.78 million in the same period of 2011. Collections from the tax on capital gains recorded a signiﬁcant drop of 22 per cent to €47.20 million, from €60.46 million during the respective period of 2011. IRD income from stamps recorded a drop of 15 per cent to €30.03 million from €35.20 million in the period January-October 2011, while collections from other charges dropped by 53 per cent to €20.32 million, from €43.18 million. Collections from property tax increased by 85 per cent to €20.94 million, from €11.34 million. The total IRD income during the ﬁrst ten months of 2012 also included collections worth €18.95 million from the extraordinary contribution of the private and public sector to the state, as well as collections worth €3.59 million from the contribution of the public sector for pensions.

Shipping industry manages to defy the crisis By Peter Stevenson REVENUE from ship management came to €435 million during the first six months of 2012 according to statistics gathered by the Central Bank. This represents five per cent of Cyprus’ GDP and is a two per cent rise from the same period in 2011. This is despite the global financial crisis, the bank said. There was a large increase in revenue during 2008 and a subsequent decline in 2009 and 2010, following the beginning of the global financial crisis. Despite this decline, revenues increased again in 2011, as the industry is more dependent on countries that were less affected by the crisis than Europe. During the first half of 2012, the ship management industry in Cyprus increased its revenues to €435 million. This represents a two per cent increase when compared with the results of the second half of 2011 (€428 million). The size of the industry, not in value added terms but as turnover, rose to five per cent of the country’s GDP, which is the highest percentage that has been observed during the last two years. In a statement to the Cyprus News Agency, the directorgeneral of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, Thomas Kaza-

The shipping industry’s contribution to GDP has risen significantly kos hailed the relatively small but steady rise in the shipping industry’s contribution to the GDP. “Considering what global shipping has gone through in recent years, during the most difficult economic period in decades in terms of the low freight market and the possibility of unsatisfactory financing by banks, the constant and increasingly positive contribution of the Cypriot shipping industry to the island’s economy proves that it is one of the most important and enduring financial contributors, “he said. Kazakos also referred to the need to restore stability to

Cyprus’ economy as soon as possible. “This will restore the credibility and attractiveness of Cyprus in investment circles abroad,” he added. He also spoke of the necessary measures for the further development of Cypriot shipping. The CFC presented their proposals to the island’s presidential candidates. These were the creation of the position ‘Deputy Minister of Shipping’, the expansion and promotion of the shipping tax system and the immediate lifting of the Turkish embargo on Cypriot ships. It is expected that ship registrations will increase following the recent policy changes

in taxation and flag benefits by the government. This tax is considered by shipping agents to be one of the most competitive in Europe. The industry in Cyprus is relatively concentrated with 30 per cent of the companies accounting for 88 per cent of the industry’s revenues. Ship management services such as crew, technical and full management provided the majority of the industry’s revenues for the first half of 2012 with 66 per cent. Additional contributions were provided by freight with 17 per cent, chartering with 9.0 per cent and other services such as finance and logistics.

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SOME 12,000 small and medium businesses (SMEs) have closed in the past four years, lawmakers heard yesterday, and these days ﬁve go out of business each day. The problems of SMEs was discussed by the House Commerce Committee, which heard that 67,000 such businesses were suffering from lack of cash ﬂow and high interest rates, as well as the other effects of the economic crisis. Committee chairman, DISY MP, Lefteris Christoforou said these businesses must remain alive “so that they restart the Cypriot economy.” Their death would be the death of the econ-

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omy, he said. The small business organisation said 4,000 businesses had shut down in the ﬁrst nine months of the year wit 90 per cent of the rest in immediate danger of suffering the same fate. MPs criticised the delay in setting up a state organisation that would guarantee low-interest loans to SMEs. Christoforou suggested it would take another year for the organisation to be up and running and it would be too late for many SMEs. The government announced last month that it would allocate some €200 million to support SMEs.

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Home Unions will meet to discuss response to preliminary bailout By Stefanos Evripidou THE TOP three unions SEK, PEO and PASYDY will meet today to discuss their response to the preliminary agreement announced last week between government and international lenders over the terms of the island’s bailout. Carefully avoiding any speciﬁc mention of industrial action, the big union bosses yesterday spoke of their “dissatisfaction” with the measures agreed by the government. The measures reportedly include staggered public payroll cuts of up to 12.5 per cent, a freeze in wage indexation until 2016, fol-

lowed by a 50 per cent cut after it is restored, and taxing part of the lump sum civil servants receive upon retirement. According to yesterday’s Alithia, the government has undertaken to commission an independent study into the public service next year, and implement its ﬁndings in 2014. The focus of the study will be on: organisation, stafﬁng, terms of employment compared with other EU countries and the private sector, and a proposal to abolish free health care in the public sector, reported Alithia. Speaking after a meeting of the union’s executive committee, SEK boss Nicos Moyseos said yesterday the aim was not to create labour unrest in the Cyprus economy. However, SEK disagrees with the preliminary agreement because it dumps

MPs point fingers over bank crisis (continued from front page) in his contract – and those of previous governors – in order to prevent conﬂict of interest by going to a commercial bank. The interest rate is in line with the rates paid by all bank employees. Orphanides had said that the hard drives held personal email correspondence, which had nothing to do with the CB. There was no way this data could be erased from the hard drives, the former governor said. A statement released by his lawyers in September said: “That was the reason why, during talks between Mr. Orphanides and bank ofﬁcials prior to his departure in April 2012, it was decided that the hard drives would be removed from these laptops before the latter were to be returned to the Central Bank.” Just hours later, Fitch Ratings said it had has taken various rating actions on Bank of Cyprus’ (BoC) ‘BB-’/Negative, and Cyprus Popular Bank’s (CPB) ‘BB-’/Negative Cypriot covered bonds. BoC covered bonds (Greek cover pool) were downgraded to ‘BB-’/Negative from ‘BB’/ Negative; BoC covered bonds (Cypriot cover pool) were downgraded to ‘BB’/Negative from ‘BBB-’/Negative, CPB covered bonds (Programme I) were downgraded to ‘BB-’/ Negative from ‘BB’/Negative and CPB covered bonds (Programme II) were downgraded to ‘BB’/Negative, from ‘BBB-’/ Negative. The rating actions follow Fitch’s downgrade of Cyprus to ‘BB-’/Negative/’B’ from ‘BB+’/Negative/’B’ on November 21 and the subsequent downgrade of the banks.

the huge responsibilities of the banks and government onto the shoulders of workers and citizens, he said. The memorandum will take from salaries, punish pensioners and lead thousands of Cypriots to poverty, misery and social exclusion, he added. “SEK considers the handling of negotiations for the memorandum amateurish,” said Moyseos, in reference to President Demetris Christoﬁas’ game of brinkmanship with the troika over whether he would sign a deal or not. Speaking after a meeting of PEO’s executive council, PEO head Pambis Kyritsis said the bailout measures were “hard and painful”, quickly adding that they could have been worse had the government not “negotiated hard” with the international lenders.

Breathing space for Cyprus banks Greek debt deal has helped but ‘we’re not out of the woods yet’ say analysts By Elias Hazou

AG Petros Clerides (top right) says no one should receive preferential treatment from banks (Christos Theodorides)

THE LATEST Greek debt deal, which avoided a second haircut on Greek bonds, has simply afforded more breathing space for Athens - and the same goes for Nicosia as well, analysts say. The Greek debt deal clinched on Monday represented a compromise of sorts. Athens gets enough money to stop the country going bust, Angela Merkel has done enough to keep Greece in the euro until after next year’s German elections. After a marathon session of the Eurogroup, the European Central Bank fended off calls for it to take a haircut on its holdings of Greek bonds. To avoid another haircut, a formula was worked out cutting the interest rate on loans to Greece, and returning some €11 billion to Athens in proﬁts from ECB purchases of Greek government bonds. Eurozone ﬁnance ministers have also agreed to help Greece buy back its own bonds from private investors. But what would have happened to Cyprus in the event of a new write-down of Greek debt? “It depends what kind of debt you’re talking about” said Theodore Panayotou, the director of the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM).

“In this particular case, what was under discussion was Greece’s debt to the ECB, which has nothing to do with Cyprus and would not have impacted us,” he explained. But we’re not out of the woods yet, he cautions. In the future the IMF and EU could decide a new haircut is necessary to make Greece’s national debt sustainable. And if that write-down should relate to private debt, then Cyprus would be in more hot water. Cypriot banks hold an estimated €20 billion to €30 billion in loans to Greek private investors - individuals and businesses. Should Greece default on these, Cypriot banks’ recapitalisation needs would soar by that amount overnight - a nightmarish scenario. On the other hand, the prospect of a Greek default always looms, although Panayotou thinks the EU would never allow that to happen. “But with Cyprus, it’s a different story. We’re not too big to fail, and we need to start grasping that,” he said. He said that certain EU countries, such as Germany and Finland, are “itching” to ﬁnd a scapegoat among the debt-ridden nations that have applied for a bailout. “They’re looking to make an example out of someone. Being small in size and importance, Cyprus is a prime tar-

get. It’s up to us to stop that.” A loan from the EU/IMF would only buy Cyprus some breathing time, says Panayotou. What the island needs to do in the long term to make its debt sustainable is improve its competitiveness. Each year Malta attracts around €20 billion in direct foreign investment; by contrast, Cyprus draws just €900 million. The only remaining competitive edge Cyprus has is its low corporate tax, but that is under assault from countries like Germany, he said. Economic analyst Dr. Stelios Platis agrees that the avoidance of a Greek haircut is “not the end of the road.” To him, the real concern is whether Cyprus’ debt is sustainable. This consists of two parameters: ﬁrst, whether the island can pay the interest on a loan, and second its ability to pay off the actual loan in the long term. Platis says the ﬁrst part servicing the loan - is more critical. Yet even here he thinks Cyprus should be able to cope. “If a bailout comes to, say, €10 billion, with an interest of 3 per cent, that works out to €300 million a year in interest payments. Would we able to raise that €300 million? It can be done, because unlike Greece, Cyprus has scope for more cutbacks.”

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No one wants to sit on the parole board Dozens of applications from convicts have been shelved due to lack of interest by retired judges By Poly Pantelides DOZENS of parole applications have been shelved because qualiﬁed individuals are not interested in serving on the parole board, the House human rights committee has heard. Earlier this week, the justice ministry informed legislators that the cabinet had not yet found anyone to replace the previous board’s members whose terms of ofﬁce expired on June 24. The members of the previous board did not express an interest in carrying on citing “other obligations,” the justice ministry’s permanent secretary, Stelios Chimonas told the House.

PENDING The former parole board chairman Giorgos Mettouris told the Cyprus Mail that when he left in June, there were about 50 pending applications by convicts who wanted early release. “The reason I didn’t want to carry on is because I became tired,” said Mettouris when asked to explain why he did not continue his term in ofﬁce. Mettouris, a 66-year-old Limassol resident, said he wanted to enjoy a “carefree life” without the worries and anxieties that come with being

the chairman of the parole board. But he said that he had suggested to the justice ministry to consider making law amendments so that they do not have to rely on former judges. By law, the parole board needs to include one former judge. Mettouris said that few judges retire every year, with Supreme Court judges sometimes working until the age of 68, and so it is understandable they might want to relax on retirement. “Life is short after all,” he said. Asked whether the roughly €60 per board meeting is too low a remuneration to be enticing to judges who make more on their pension, Mettouris said that to him the fee was “neither an incentive nor a disincentive”. “It was an honour to be asked to chair the board,” he said. The justice ministry told parliament this week they needed to discuss law amendments with the state legal services, but would not elaborate. The ﬁrst – and so far only – board was set up in 2010 after one lifer challenged the system at the European Court of Human Rights. Until then, only the attorney-general or the President of the Republic could release prisoners early. Asked whether he or the board were threatened or intimidated by friends or families of convicts, Mettouris

said that convicts and their families were appreciative and supportive. “The truth is that the families have been very understanding,” he said adding that the central prison management even noticed that convicts were better behaved once the parole system was in place. “I was never threatened,” Mettouris said.

STRUCTURE During Mettouris’ term the board granted early release to seven convicts, rejected four and looked at well over 100 more applications filed by prisoners who did not fulfil the criteria and so were rejected outright. Mettouris said that although problems and adjustments are inevitable, “the structure is there now” for whoever wants to take over. “We started the board from scratch and successfully resolved problems such as a lack of probation officers. There was literally nothing before,” Mettouris said adding that he was sorry to go. “It was like my child,” he said. To qualify for early release, convicts need to have completed half their sentence. Lifers need to serve at least 12 years, and those serving successive sentences need to complete 25 years. The human rights committee has asked to be updated on the parole board in March.

Most don’t believe the campaign promises THE MAJORITY of people polled by TV station Ant-1 believe that none of the presidential candidates will keep their campaign promises. The poll, which Ant-1 has taken over the years during November, also conﬁrmed that Nicos Anastasiades is still the favourite for president. According to the poll, 37.1 per cent intend to vote for Anastasiades in the

upcoming February presidential elections, a 0.2 per cent rise from a poll taken in October. Stavros Malas is in second place with 20.8 per cent, also up by 0.2 per cent and Giorgos Lillikas third with 19.6 per cent of the vote, a ﬁgure that rose by 1.9 per cent. Nearly 10 per cent of people polled said they would not vote, a ﬁgure which is down 1.1 per cent from those taken last month. Some 9.0 per

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cent were undecided, 0.6 per cent said they will vote for someone other than the three main candidates, and 3.0 per cent said they would cast a blank vote. Around 38 per cent of those polled believe that no candidate will keep their campaign promises, 29.8 per cent believe Anastasiades will keep them, 14.1 believe Lillikas will keep them and 11.3 per cent believe Malas will keep them. Asked who they felt had the best grasp of the Cyprus problem, 54.9 per cent answered Anastasia-

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Orphanides supermarket apologises over tree blunder ORPHANIDES supermarkets yesterday removed a massive Christmas tree that was on a parking spot reserved for the disabled, a few days after a photograph of the tree did the rounds on Facebook. The tree stood outside a branch in Larnaca’s Skarinou, spanning two stories and taking up almost all of the parking spot for the disabled as well as some of the adjacent space, also reserved for disabled drivers. A photograph was widely shared on Facebook after a passer-by uploaded it a few days ago. One commenter said, “Stay classy, Cyprus” another joked, “The tree IS disabled,” while others expressed anger at the lack of respect towards the disabled. But Orphanides apologised yesterday on their Facebook page, saying the company “recognised that such an unfortunate lack of oversight could have been avoided”. “We never intended to upset or inconvenience people with disabilities,” Orphanides said. “We assure that an incident of this kind will not be repeated,” the announcement said. Orphanides said that they had moved the tree, and thanked the public for making them aware of the situation.

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Home Measures to cut waiting time, new judges needed says the Supreme Court president

Justice system is facing collapse By Stefanos Evripidou THE JUSTICE system faces collapse if measures are not taken very soon to reduce the time it takes to process civil, criminal, administrative cases and appeals, the head of the Supreme Court said yesterday. Supreme Court President Petros Artemis called for the appointment of 20 new judges and the establishment of an administrative court of ﬁrst instance to take some load off the highest court. In a report released yesterday, Artemis said the Supreme Court, “conscious of the serious problems afﬂicting the judicial service and facing the risk of the justice system in Cyprus collapsing”, appointed three of its members to study the long delays experienced in the justice system and other problems facing judges, lawyers, court staff and, by extension, members of the public. The three-member committee prepared a report with the aim of “shaking from lethargy” those who must take the necessary decisions as soon as possible to deal effectively with the deteriorating

situation before it’s too late, said Artemis. The full bench of the Supreme Court approved the report. “We understand that the recommendations contained in the report involve economic costs, but we feel, despite the crisis the country is going through, if the necessary measures are not taken in time, the system’s collapse cannot be ruled out,” said the top judge. Meanwhile, district court judges have en masse filed appeals to the Supreme Court challenging last year’s government decision to cut wages across the public sector by a small percentage. Judges are citing an article in the constitution which expressly protects judges’ salaries and benefits, instead counter-proposing a voluntarily contribution of their salary (not pension or retirement bonus) to help efforts to rein in the state payroll. According to yesterday’s report, delays in hearing civil and criminal cases in the first instance and subsequent appeals are taking on “alarming proportions”. “The Supreme Court recognises that the problem of

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The state of court buildings was also questioned, as was their security arrangements delays in hearing civil and criminal cases in the first and second instance is the Achilles’ heel of the courts. The phenomenon is not endemic, similar situations exist in most countries of Europe,” said the report, adding however, “The increase in time delays has recently started to take on alarming proportions.” Efforts to expedite cases have largely proved ineffective, noted the report. Easy access to the courts has seen an increase in the number of cases, applications for injunctions or warrants and appeals filed, said the three-member committee. They argue that Supreme Court judges devote much of their time to ruling on a large number of cases of first instance when they could be focusing more on hearing criminal and civil appeals, making Cypriot case law more reliable and legally airtight.

“The proposal to establish an administrative court of first instance (which specialises in administrative law) as the most appropriate measure in the circumstances was never discussed nor was any other alternative. The creation of administrative courts will bring multiple and significant benefits. It is estimated that the time for appeals will be reduced considerably, while the preoccupation of the Supreme Court to hear appeals will contribute to the certainty of case law.” The report calls for the following measures to be adopted as soon as possible: increase the number of district court judges and judges of other courts of first instance based on the immediate and medium-term needs; create administrative courts of first instance; and, introduce stenotype machines to keep a full record of all court proceedings.

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Doctor Helen Margaret Mellor Soteriou OBE, FRCS, FRCR, FRCP Consultant in Radiotherapy and Oncology and Social Campaigner, passed away peacefully in Nicosia on the 19th November 2012 aged 92, after a short illness. Widow of the late Andreas Soteriou. Much missed by her family and friends. The funeral will take place at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Byron Avenue, Nicosia today Wednesday, 28th November at 2.30 p.m. The Church will be open from 11.30 a.m. for those who wish to pay their respects. Family flowers only please. Donations may be made to The Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society or other cancer charity.

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The Supreme Court judges referred to the maxim that delaying justice constitutes denying justice, arguing this should be a warning sign highlighting the need to take immediate measures to turn the situation around. To meet short-term needs, at least 20 new judges need to be appointed, with a corresponding increase in courtrooms, ofﬁces and courtroom staff. The report also

highlights the state of the buildings used by the justice system and the need for the computerisation of all court services. It also calls for beefed up security at the courts with the introduction of alarm systems and metal detectors on the premises. On a ﬁnal note, the report reminds the authorities of EU law providing for appropriate training programmes for EU member state judges.

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Families ordered to leave unsafe homes New blow for Armou residents as homes deemed uninhabitable

By Elias Hazou

By Bejay Browne HOMEOWNERS at a stricken development in Armou in Paphos were left shocked and confused after a representative of the Paphos district office accompanied by the local village leader placed notices on all of the houses informing them that they were unfit to live in. The notice states the decree shall remain in force until such time as repair works deemed necessary by the District Officer are carried out. The Sunday Mail first highlighted the dire plight of the homeowners in March. The six houses which make up the development in the picturesque village are still moving down the hillside and are likely to collapse completely if rains are heavy this winter. One of the houses has already been deemed unfit for habitation and has been condemned. A number of the homeowners have begun court proceedings against the developer. All of the houses, which were only built in 2004, have serious structural problems, from slanting floors, to the partial collapse of stairs, walls, swimming pools and patio areas. Outside drains are exposed in one garden and retaining walls have split. Yesterday, homeowner Geoff Higgs contacted the Cyprus Mail from England, where he is now living. “We have just received a distressed phone call from our daughter who said that our homes are not fit to live in and may be demolished,” he said. Geoff and Maggie Higgs were forced to leave their ‘dream home’ a few months ago as they no longer felt

Antoniadou vows to fight on in dismissal dispute

Briton Simon Phillips shows the huge cracks in his Armou home safe. Only two homes are now occupied, one by Simon Phillips, his wife and two children. The Higgs’ daughter, Sian Sparrow, her husband Jason and two children are renting a house next to theirs to keep an eye on her parents’ property. Jason Sparrow said: “There was a knock at the door just after 2pm and a woman from the district ofﬁce and the mukhtar said they were putting notices on all of our doors. They told us that we will all have to leave and if it comes to the point of pulling the houses down and we are still here, the police will be asked to come and get us out.” The Sparrows immediately contacted the British embassy who translated the notices for them as they are written in Greek. Sparrow added: “We were told the notices say that the homes aren’t ﬁt for human habitation and we must leave until repairs are carried out. Its very confusing as no time-

APPLICATION TO THE CYPRUS ENERGY REGULATORY AUTHORITY (CERA) THE ELECTRICITY MARKET LAW OF 2003 - 2008, N. 122(I)/2003, N.239(I)/2004, N.143(I)/2005, N.173(I)/2006 & N.92(I)/2006 According to the Regulations of 2004, Chapter 5 (1) of the Electricity Market Laws (Issuing of Licenses), VIPP Ltd announces that, on November 27 2012, submitted to CERA the applications for issuing of the Construction and Operation Licenses of a 58.6 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant, in the Vassilikos area. In addition, it is announced that the complete application documents are available for review by the public, at CERA’s premises, at 81-83 Griva Digeni Street, 3rd Floor, 1080, Nicosia, Tel: 22 666 363

frame is given for us to leave the property.” When contacted by the Cyprus Mail, Evagoros Andreou of the Paphos district ofﬁce planning permit department said he was unable to shed any light on the matter. “We have given them notices within the law and I’m not advised to give out any further information. The homeowners will be sent letters tomorrow (Wednesday).” The Cyprus Mail asked if these would be translated into English the native language of all of the homeowners, he said: “The letters are in Greek which is the language of this country.” The estate was constructed on land locals had long been warned was unsafe. One of the access roads to the development is currently impassable and although a second road was repaired, large cracks have again appeared. The developer responsible for the estate is JNM, but despite repeated efforts, the Cyprus Mail has been un-

The notice pinned yesterday able to contact them. A report by the president of Paphos’ architects and civil engineers association, Chrysostomos Italos was completed in June and has been handed over to the legal advisers of the homeowners. Italos places the blame ﬁrmly on the developer. Armou village leader Panicos Hadjitheoris said: “I feel very sorry for these people and I will try to do what I can to help.”

PUBLICATION THE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE RULE 32 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAPHOS PROBATE JURISDICTION Appl. No. 314/2012

FORMER commerce minister Praxoulla Antoniadou has pledged to ﬁght on after the Supreme Court said it could not overturn the appointment of her successor. Antoniadou had taken recourse to the top court challenging the President’s decision early this year to appoint Neoclis Sylikiotis as her replacement. She argued that since she was never formally sacked and never tendered her resignation, Sylikiotis’ appointment was illegal. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction over the appointment and termination of government ministers by the President. In its ruling, the court said also that “an omission to terminate a minister who never resigned, prior to the appointment of another minister...is a matter of political credibility alone.” Antoniadou said yesterday she has instructed her lawyer to appeal the decision. In a written statement, she said the Supreme Court washed its hands of the case by not taking into account the material facts. She said moreover that during the hearings the respondent - the state - never presented to the court any evidence countering her claim that she was in fact never terminated. “The court’s decision would lead to the conclusion that the political credibility of the President of the Republic goes un-

Praxoulla Antoniadou and her successor as minister, Neoclis Sylikiotis checked,” she said, adding: “Which leaves unanswered the key question, namely, is it possible to check a President who is not credible? No doubt the people have the power to do this at the end of a President’s five-year term. “But because it has been shown that five years is enough time to bring about a disaster, any democratic state based on the rule of law must have those mechanisms in place to keep in check the untrustworthy actions of any state official, including the President.” Antoniadou had been sacked in March after just eight months in office. In a parting shot, she charged that during her tenure she was continuously being undermined and pressured by her colleagues into following different policies from those suggested by the president. The claims were rejected by the government. Antoniadou went on a media offensive after her replacement; in a letter sent to newspapers, she signed herself as ‘the nonresigned Minister of Commerce.”

‘Dogs are for life, not just for Christmas’ “DOGS are for life, not only for Christmas,” is the message the Young Greens are promoting in the run-up to the holiday season. “Pets are not toys that bring temporary joy and then can be forgotten in the corner of the garden or left on the road,” a press release from the party said. “To adopt an animal is a commitment that the whole family must be ready to take on,” it concluded. The Young Greens are sending a message to people to think hard before they decide to take on a pet and not be carried away by the holiday ‘spirit’. Pet and animal lovers can visit one of the many animal shelters on the island and donate money or support the shelters by volunteering to help this very difﬁcult cause instead of giving “living souls as a short-term toy”, the party said. Thousands of dogs are abandoned in Cyprus every year, Mary Anastasi, president of the Voice of the Animals said. “Animal shelters cannot cope with this huge burden, which has unfortunately worsened with the economic crisis,” she added.

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN BAKER, LATE OF PAPHOS DECEASED Notice is hereby given, that, after the expiration of 8 days from the date of the present publication, an application, will be lodged in the Principal Probate Registry of Paphos, for the probate of the will of the late JOHN BAKER of the UK to be given to Mr. Paul (Pavlos) G. Efthymiou Lawyer of Paphos Paul (Pavlos) G. Efthymiou Lawyer and Executor of the will On behalf of PAUL (PAVLOS) G. EFTHYMIOU L.L.C. 3, Kinyras Street. GLORIA HOUSE office 301, Paphos Tel: 26948526, Fax: 26949324, Email epcats@logos.cy.net

Four arrests after football match POLICE arrested two 17-year-olds and two 28-year-olds on Monday before the kick off of the AEL–APOEL match in Limassol. The four men were detained to aid police investigations in cases of illegal possession of a ﬁrecracker, illegal possession ﬁreworks and public insult. They were charged in writing and released.

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Britain

OAP dies in flood-ravaged home as rivers still swell

BBC chief defends ‘hell of a’ pay-off

Cameron pledges help in visit to stricken area

THE head of the BBC’s governing body yesterday defended paying a “hell of a lot of money” to the corporation’s ex-boss and said the cost of two inquiries into the causes of his departure would have to come from its publicly-funded coffers. Director general George Entwistle came under ﬁre for the BBC’s slow and unconvincing response to revelations a former star presenter, the late Jimmy Savile, was a serial paedophile, and for a programme featuring false sex abuse allegations. Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, said he had been left with little choice but to agree to a £450,000 pay-off for Entwistle who resigned as director general this month after just 54 days in the post. Patten told parliament’s media committee he agreed to Entwistle receiving 12 months’ pay after lawyers said Entwistle could not be sacked and any other outcome could leave the BBC facing a bigger bill for unfair dismissal. “450,000 pounds is one hell of a lot of money. But the options I had were absolutely clear,” he said.

RESIDENTS yesterday described the “heartbreaking” damage heavy rain wrought on its flood-ravaged streets and homes - as the body of an elderly woman was pulled from a house. The tiny Welsh city of St Asaph, Denbighshire became the latest to be devastated by the floods which are sweeping Britain, as co-ordinated rescue teams hauled residents from their properties. Hundreds of people were urged to flee water-logged homes after the River Elwy reached record levels and burst through flood defences. Five hundred people living in one of Britain’s smallest cities, with a population of around 3,400, were encouraged to pack their bags yesterday and move in with friends or family until the risk subsided. The Environment Agency (EA) warned last night of a continued risk of flooding across England despite a drop in rainfall. Prime Minister David Cameron visited flood-ravaged homes in Buckfastleigh, Devon, where he told residents the government would do everything to “help them with the recovery”. Mother-of-two Helen Ross, 37, who works at a local school in St Asaph, said the water

An elderly couple are evacuated as ﬂood waters surround their home in St Asaph, north Wales yesterday (AFP)

level in St Asaph reached more than a foot above her ﬂoorboards, causing extensive damage to her living and dining rooms and kitchen. “My husband phoned me at 7am to say parts of the city were being evacuated. I looked out of the window and there was water over the road and then, within an hour, it was in the house.” Wiping away tears she added: “We’ve lost everything downstairs. It’s heartbreaking.” “Seven feet of water came in at some places and people were boat-lifted out of their windows with babies crying,” Cafe assistant Heidi Chaplin, 31, said. North Wales Police said the body of a woman was found at noon as they carried out house-to-house checks in the

Tair Felin area. Ofﬁcers said there were no suspicious circumstances and her death was being treated as unexplained. Three other people have died since the latest bout of wet weather struck. A man killed when his 4x4 was submerged after getting wedged under a bridge in Somerset was reported yesterday to have been John McNair, a 77-year-old grandfather of ten. The Elwy, which was still rising yesterday afternoon, reached a record high of 4.35m at St Asaph, making it more than 1m deeper than its previous record of 3.47m in November 2009. Two EA severe ﬂood warnings for the river - one for St Asaph - indicating a potential

rain would soon abate but with some areas already saturated, any wet weather could still cause problems. Freezing temperatures are expected to take hold of the UK over the next few days, with snow forecast to hit many coastal areas.

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danger to life, remained in force last night. The EA warned river levels are set to peak in the next 48 hours, putting further properties at risk, with the Thames, Trent and the Severn deemed to be of particular concern. Forecasters said the heavy

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World WORLD TODAY

New bin Laden film based on first-hand accounts

All survive plane crash A PLANE crashed in the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands yesterday after suffering mechanical problems, but all 29 people on board survived, officials said. The Embraer jet went down about 200 metres from Moroni airport, five minutes after taking off at about 1020 GMT, they said. The plane, belonging to Inter-Iles, had been bound for the neighbouring island of Anjouan. A senior military official who gave his name only as Zarouk and was on board the plane, said aircraft fuel was leaking “like an open tap” upon take-off. He alerted the pilot who decided to return to the airport, but was unable to land in time, instead plunging into the sea.

Facebook block TAJIKISTAN has blocked access to Facebook in response to a slew of comments spreading “mud and slander” about veteran President Imomali Rakhmon and ofﬁcials in the Central Asian republic. The ban on the popular social networking site is the latest crackdown on dissent in Tajikistan a year before an election that could extend Rakhmon’s two-decade rule. Beg Zukhurov, head of the state-run communications service that is enforcing the ban - the second time Tajikistan has blocked Facebook this year - accused unnamed donors of paying users to post negative comments about “respected ﬁgures. “With public support, a decision was taken to block this site, where some people are receiving $5,000 to $10,000 for every critical comment that they post.”

Santa-sans MAGIC tricks and straight answers are all part of being Santa in Japan - at least according to Tokyo’s Santa Claus Academy, which trains St. Nicks in a country with little Christian tradition and a Christmas that’s far more retail than religion. On a recent weekend, 88 Santa wannabes packed the school in Tokyo’s fashionable Roppongi district for a crash course in how to behave as “Santasan,” as the man in red is known in Japan. “There are many children who don’t believe in Santa Claus anymore,” said Masaki Azuma, head of the school. “So I said to myself, ‘Let’s bring Santa Claus back.’” The morning session began with Azuma training students in the mindset of being Santa Claus.

Caught: bin Laden

THE makers of a Hollywood movie about the US operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied asking for classified material for their film, but say they did conduct interviews with a CIA officer and others at the heart of the decade-long hunt for the al Qaeda leader. “It was all based on firsthand accounts so it really felt very vivid and very vital and very, very immediate and visceral of course which is very exciting as a filmmaker,” Kathryn Bigelow, director of Zero Dark Thirty, told ABC News in an interview. Bigelow and screenwriter

Mark Boal said in a Nightline interview that they were originally working on a ﬁlm about the failed bid to ﬁnd bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan during the US-led invasion there in 2001. But their plans changed swiftly after US President Barack Obama announced in May 2011 that a Navy commando unit had killed bin Laden in a compound in Pakistan. “I picked up the phone and started calling sources and asking them what they knew and taking referrals and knocking on doors and really approached it as com-

prehensively as I could,” Boal told Nightline. “I certainly did a lot of homework, but I never asked for classiﬁed material,” he said. “To my knowledge I never received any.” The release of Zero Dark Thirty - seen as a strong contender for Oscar nominations - was pushed back to December after the ﬁlm got caught up earlier this year in a US election year controversy. The US admiral who oversaw the secret operation in May denied a claim that the Obama administration arranged for Bigelow and Boal to be given special access to

top officials while researching their movie. The film reconstructs the hunt for bin Laden largely through the eyes of a young female CIA officer, played by Jessica Chastain, who helps find him through a long-forgotten courier. Obama only makes a fleeting appearance in the film. While some of the dialogue is word for word and based on interviews with the young CIA officer and others, some of the dialogue is dramatised, said the Oscarwinning makers of 2008’s The Hurt Locker, about a US Army bomb disposal team during the Iraq War.

Egyptians challenge Mursi in protests held nationwide Tahrir rally a show of strength for fractious opposition By Tamim Elyan TENS OF thousands Egyptians protested yesterday against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest rallies since Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in streets near the main protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, heart of the uprising that toppled Mubarak last year. Clashes between Mursi’s opponents and supporters erupted in a city north of Cairo. But violence could not overshadow the show of strength by the normally divided opponents of Islamists in power, posing Mursi with the biggest challenge in his five months in office. “The people want to bring down the regime,” protest-

Tens of thousands of people take part in a mass rally against President Mohamed Mursi in Egypt’s Tahrir Square yesterday (AFP)

ers in Tahrir chanted, echoing slogans used in the 2011 revolt. Protesters also turned out in Alexandria, Suez, Minya and other Nile Delta cities. Yesterday’s protest called by leftists, liberals and other groups deepened the worst crisis since the Muslim Brotherhood politician was elected in June, and exposed the deep divide between the newly empowered Islamists and their opponents. A 52-year-old protester died after inhaling teargas in Cairo, the second death

since Mursi last week issued a decree that expanded his powers and barred court challenges to his decisions. Mursi’s administration has defended the decree as an effort to speed up reforms and complete a democratic transformation. But opponents say Mursi is behaving like a modern-day pharaoh, a jibe levelled at Mubarak. “We don’t want a dictatorship again. The Mubarak regime was a dictatorship. We had a revolution to have justice and freedom,” 32-year-

old Ahmed Husseini said in Cairo. Mursi’s move provoked a rebellion by judges and has battered confidence in an economy struggling after two years of turmoil. The president still has to implement unpopular measures to rein in Egypt’s crushing budget deficit, action needed to finalise a deal for a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan. Some scholars from the prestigious al-Azhar mosque and university joined yesterday’s protest, showing that

Mursi and his Brotherhood have alienated some more moderate Muslims. Members of Egypt’s large Christian minority also joined in. Mursi formally quit the Brotherhood on taking ofﬁce, saying he would be a president for all Egyptians, but he is still a member of its Freedom and Justice Party. The decree issued on Thursday expanded his powers and protected his decisions from judicial review until the election of a new parliament expected in the ﬁrst half of 2013.

ACLU sues over US policy barring Turkish PM Erdogan fumes over steamy ottoman soap women from ground combat role opera branding weekly shows historically inaccurate THE American Civil Liberties Union sued yesterday on behalf of four US servicewomen to challenge a longstanding policy barring women from thousands of ground combat positions, citing the changing nature of warfare and fairness for career soldiers. The civil rights group argued in a legal complaint ﬁled in federal court in Northern California a military policy to bar women from combat roles on the basis of gender was unconstitutional. “Nearly a century after women ﬁrst earned the right of suffrage, the combat exclusion policy still denies women a core component of full citizenship - serving on equal footing in the military defence of our nation,” reads the suit, on behalf of four women soldiers who have fought in Iraq or Afghanistan. Their career opportunities also had been limited by the policy, the women said. The Department of Defense has been dropping such restrictions. In February it allowed some women to serve in combat battalions, a unit of 300 to 1,000 members, and dropped restrictions on women serving in units that were required to be based with combat units.

A HIT TV show about the Ottoman Empire’s longest-reigning Sultan has raised a political storm in Turkey, with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urging legal action over historical inaccuracies and the opposition accusing him of artistic tyranny. Erdogan tore into the weekly soap opera Magniﬁcent Century, which attracts an audience of up to 150 million people in Turkey as well the Balkans and Middle East, in response to criticism of his government’s foreign policy. The lavish television production, which grips audiences with tales of power struggles and palace intrigue, is set during the 16th century reign of Suleiman the Magniﬁcent, when Ottoman rulers held sway over an empire straddling three continents. Bristling at suggestions that Turkey was meddling too much in its neighbours’ affairs, Erdogan recalled Turkey’s heritage, and said

Suleiman had been a proud conqueror rather than the indulgent harem-lover portrayed. “(Critics) ask why are we dealing with the affairs of Iraq, Syria and Gaza,” Erdogan said. “They know our fathers and ancestors through Magniﬁcent Century, but we don’t know such a Suleiman. He spent 30 years on horseback, not in the palace, not what you see in that series.” Scenes that showed Suleiman with women in the harem have prompted calls from viewers in the mostly Muslim and largely conservative country for the broadcasting regulator (RTUK) to ban the series. Erdogan’s opponents accused him of authoritarianism. “The prime minister must be jealous of the series’ popularity. He thinks there’s no need for another sultan when he’s in power,” said Muharrem Ince, deputy chairman of opposition Republican People’s Party.

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World France backs state for Palestine

Poison samples are taken from Arafatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corpse Experts will look for radioactive poison By Jihan Abdalla FORENSIC experts took samples from Yasser Arafatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corpse in the West Bank yesterday, trying to determine if he was murdered with the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, polonium. Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their hero and longtime leader eight years ago, but conspiracy theories surrounding his death have never been laid to rest. Many are convinced their icon was the victim of assassination by Israeli agents, and may have been poisoned wittingly or unwittingly by a Palestinian. Arafatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was uncovered in the grave and samples removed without moving the corpse. The tomb was resealed in hours and wreaths placed by Palestinian leaders including Prime

Minister Salam Fayyad. The head of the Palestinian investigation committee, TawďŹ q Tirawi, said the procedure went smoothly. A Palestinian medical team took samples and gave them to each of the Swiss, French and Russian forensic teams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need proof in order to ďŹ nd those who are behind this assassination and take it to the ICC (International Criminal Court),â&#x20AC;? he said. French magistrates in August opened a murder inquiry into Arafatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in Paris in 2004, after a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of polonium on clothing of his which was supplied by his widow, Suha, for a television documentary. Jordanian doctor Abdullah al Bashir, head of the Palestinian medical committee, said about 20 samples were taken and analysis would

take at least three months. Arafat was always a freedom ďŹ ghter to Palestinians but a terrorist to Israelis ďŹ rst, and a partner for peace only later. He led the bid for a Palestinian state through years of war and peacemaking, then died in a French hospital aged 75 after a short, mysterious illness. No autopsy was carried out at the time, at the request of Suha, and French doctors who treated him said they were unable to determine the cause of death. But allegations of foul play surfaced immediately. Arafat had enemies among Eight years is considered the limit to detect any traces of the fast-decaying polonium and Lausanne hospital questioned in August if it would be worth seeking any samples, if access to Arafatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was delayed as late as â&#x20AC;&#x153;October or November.â&#x20AC;?

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A Palestinian security ofďŹ cer stands in front of a mural depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Ain El-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon yesterday (AFP)

FRANCE said yesterday it would vote in favour of Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations, an important boost in Palestinian efforts to secure greater international recognition. The Palestinians have lobbied for support from European countries for their bid at watered-down statehood at the UN set for tomorrow. While Israel has lobbied against them, the Palestinians are set for a sure victory in the 193-member world body made up mostly of developing countries long sympathetic to their cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Thursday or Friday, when the question is asked, France will vote yes,â&#x20AC;? French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced in the French National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is only with negotiations between the two sides that we demand immediately without any preconditions that a Palestinian state can become a reality,â&#x20AC;? he said. Palestinian ofďŹ cials keen on solidifying as much European favour as they can in the hours before the vote have indicated they will not immediately seek to accede to the International Criminal Court (ICC), addressing a last international concern.

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Europe

Russian Cossacks test powers in Moscow Street patrol of men in high lambswool hats and epaulettes backed by Putin Tractors belonging to dairy farmers park on Cinquantenaire square in Brussels yesterday on the second day of a protest against EU agricultural policies. Dairy farmers are protesting against falling milk prices caused by overproduction in Europe (AFP)

Ireland to clarify abortion rules within weeks IRELAND will clarify its abortion laws within weeks, the government said yesterday, as it strives to answer criticism over the death of a woman who was refused an abortion of her dying foetus. Abortions were banned in all circumstances in overwhelmingly Catholic Ireland by a 1983 constitutional

amendment. But when the ban was challenged in 1992 by a 14-year-old rape victim, the Supreme Court ruled a termination was permitted when a woman’s life was at risk. “A government decision will be made in relation to this before the end of December and implemented in the new year,”

Health Minister James Reilly said. “This issue will not be allowed to drag on.” The issue has been highlighted in the past fortnight by the death of 31-yearold Indian woman Savita Halappanavar, who was denied an abortion of her dying foetus at a hospital in Ireland and later died of blood poisoning.

Russia asked to return looted jewish scrolls HUNGARIAN Jews have asked Russia to return scrolls and valuable religious items looted by Nazis and the Red Army in World War Two and their claim has been backed by the Budapest government. Some 300 to 400 Torah scrolls and thousands of vestments, crowns and other articles are being held in museums and storage in Russia, said Slomo Koves, executive rabbi of the Uniﬁed Hungarian Jewish Congregation. Seized by Nazi Germany during the war and then by the Red Army in 1945, many of the items had been stored for safety in the Hungarian National Bank during the Holocaust. Koves said he had sent a letter to Russian authorities about the religious artifacts, which are part of a larger body of art and valuables that Hungarian authorities say the Soviets took from the country when the war ended. “Our request is that if we’re not speaking about looted art, at least we can speak about all the pieces that are important to the Jewish community,” Koves said. He had asked for Moscow to allow a delegation to document the items and then work out a process for their return. Hungarian Foreign Minister Janosz Martonyi has also written to Moscow to say the issue had been “unfortunately dragging on for a long time now” and saying it was “of great national importance for the whole country”.

By Steve Gutterman and Thomas Grove BY TRADITION, Cossacks protected Russia’s borderlands, but yesterday descendants of the Tsarist warrior caste patrolled a patch of central Moscow as part of a resurgence encouraged by President Vladimir Putin. A handful of men in high lambswool hats and epaulettes paced a slushy square around a major railway station, looking for illegal trade and other infractions in what they called a trial run for further patrols in the heart of the Russian capital. While a few venders in a chilly underpass left when Cossacks approached, the patrol - unarmed and outnumbered by journalists - was uneventful for a group with a reputation as whip-wielding horseback warriors protecting frontiers from foreign threats. But it was a sign of a Cossack revival that plays into Putin’s calls for patriotism and his praise of Russian traditions - and which critics say aggravates the ethnic tension the president has struggled to keep under control. “Our aim is very clear: we want there to be law and order in the capital, for people to live and work honestly and for crime to be punished,” said Vladimir Timofeyev, who identiﬁed himself as a “Cossack colonel” and wore a green camouﬂage coat. The Cossacks cannot make arrests or check documents. They receive free public transport but no pay. Claiming descent from nomads and fugitives from serfdom who served tsars with their swords and lived in relative freedom on Russia’s

edges, Cossacks are symbols of Russian patriotism. Their past is also coloured by anti-Jewish pogroms in the tsarist era, and their nationalism is a volatile additive to tension between ethnic Russians and minorities in cities such as Moscow, where many migrants are Muslims from the North Caucasus and ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia. Cossacks faced systematic killings and deportation at the hands of the communists following the Russian revolution, and have enjoyed a resurgence since the 1991 Soviet collapse. Putin praised the Cossacks in an article published during his campaign for the March 2012 presidential election. “The state’s task is to help the Cossacks in every way, to attract them into military service and into the military and patriotic upbringing of young people,” Putin said. The use of Cossack patrols has been on the rise in recent months, both in outlying areas of Moscow as well as their historic heartland in the southern Russian steppe. Cossacks announced plans for patrols around churches in southeastern Moscow after punk group Pussy Riot belted out a vulgarity-laced “punk protest” in the capital’s main Russian Orthodox cathedral. They blocked the entrance to a Moscow art gallery exhibiting art depicting Pussy Riot last month, leading to a standoff with riot police called in to disperse them. “This is not the ﬁrst time that Cossacks are emerging as a conservative force ready to punish or warn those who from their point of view are acting improperly,” said Maria Lipman, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center.

Anger as Hungarian far-right leader demands lists of jews A HUNGARIAN far-right politician urged the government to draw up lists of Jews who pose a “national security risk”, stirring outrage among Jewish leaders who saw echoes of fascist policies that led to the Holocaust. Marton Gyongyosi, a leader of Hungary’s third-strongest political party Jobbik, said the list was necessary because of heightened tensions following the brief conﬂict in Gaza and should include members of parliament. Opponents have condemned frequent anti-Semitic slurs and tough rhetoric against the Roma minority by Gyongyosi’s party as populist point scoring ahead of elections in 2014. Jobbik has never called publicly for lists of Jews. Between 500,000 and 600,000 Hungarian Jews died in the Holocaust, according to the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Budapest. According to some accounts, one in three Jews killed in Auschwitz were Hungarian nationals.

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Business

Greece, markets content with EU-IMF Greek deal

America ‘fiscal cliff’ deal elusive

Bloc’s major state default risk held off for now

THE U.S. Congress advanced by inches yesterday toward compromise on taxes and spending, but a firm deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year still seemed miles away, despite growing pressure from business interests for action. President Barack Obama was set to hold meetings with business leaders yesterday and today and then travel to a factory in Pennsylvania on Friday to press his case on taxes. Fresh from his November 6 re-election, Obama wants to extend low income tax rates for middle-class Americans, but let tax rates rise on income over $250,000 a year per family. Republicans oppose this position and favour extending low income tax rates, adopted during the administration of former President George W. Bush, for all income levels. Without action by Congress, the Bush tax cuts will expire at year-end and rates will go up for most taxpayers. The tax rate dispute is the central obstacle to an agreement that would prevent the nation from plunging off the fiscal cliff, a convergence of an estimated $600-billion in tax increases and spending cuts that threatens to trigger another recession. “There remains no clarity on the ultimate status on the Bush tax cuts, which have to be resolved before you can move forward with the remainder of the fiscal cliff,” said Chris Krueger, an analyst at Guggenheim Securities’ Washington Research Group. The debate in Congress raged on as the government reported another increase in planned US business spending in October, while US stock prices were broadly flat on Wall Street.

By Jan Strupczewski and Luke Baker THE Greek government and financial markets were cheered yesterday by an agreement between eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund to reduce Greece’s debt, paving the way for the release of urgently needed aid loans. The deal, clinched at the third attempt after weeks of wrangling, removes the biggest risk of a sovereign default in the eurozone for now, ensuring the near-bankrupt country will stay afloat at least until after a 2013 German general election. “Tomorrow, a new day starts for all Greeks,” Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told reporters at 3am in Athens after staying up to follow the tense Brussels negotiations. After 12 hours of talks, international lenders agreed on a package of measures to reduce Greek debt by more than 40 billion euros, projected to cut it to 124 per cent of gross domestic product by 2020. In an additional new promise, ministers committed to taking further steps to lower Greece’s debt to “significantly below 110 per cent” in 2022. That was a veiled acknowledgement that some write-off of loans may be necessary in 2016, the point when Greece is forecast to reach a prima-

International lenders have agreed on a package to reduce Greek debt by more than 40 billion euros ry budget surplus, although Germany and its northern allies continue to reject such a step publicly. Analyst Alex White of JP Morgan called it “another moment of ‘creative ambiguity’ to match the June (EU) Summit deal on legacy bank assets; i.e. a statement from which all sides can take a degree of comfort”. The euro strengthened, European shares climbed to near a three-week high and safe haven German bonds fell yesterday, after the agreement to reduce Greek debt and release loans to keep the economy aﬂoat. “The political will to reward the Greek austerity and re-

form measures has already been there for a while. Now, this political will has finally been supplemented by financial support,” economist Carsten Brzeski of ING said. To reduce the debt pile, ministers agreed to cut the interest rate on official loans, extend the maturity of Greece’s loans from the EFSF bailout fund by 15 years to 30 years, and grant a 10-year interest repayment deferral on those loans. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Athens had to come close to achieving a primary surplus, where state income covers its expenditure, excluding the huge debt repayments.

“When Greece has achieved, or is about to achieve, a primary surplus and fulﬁlled all of its conditions, we will, if need be, consider further measures for the reduction of the total debt,” Schaeuble said. Eurogroup Chairman JeanClaude Juncker said ministers would formally approve the release of a major aid instalment needed to recapitalise Greece’s teetering banks and enable the government to pay wages, pensions and suppliers on Dec. 13 - after those national parliaments that need to approve the package do so. The German and Dutch lower houses of parliament

and the Grand Committee of the Finnish parliament have to endorse the deal. Schaeuble said he had asked German lawmakers to vote on the package this week. Greece will receive 43.7 billion euros in four instalments once it fulﬁls all conditions. The 34.4 billion euro December payment will comprise 23.8 billion for banks and 10.6 billion in budget assistance. The IMF’s share, less than a third of the total, will be paid out only once a buy-back of Greek debt has occurred in the coming weeks, but IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the Fund had no intention of pulling out of the programme.

King: new BoE chief to face slow recovery FOGL’s oil well setback Rates THE Bank of England’s outgoing governor Mervyn King underlined yesterday the uphill task his successor faces, saying the bank might have to buy even more government bonds to help drag Britain’s economy back to health. Chancellor George Osborne delivered a shock on Monday by naming Canada’s central bank head Mark Carney to be the first non-Briton to head the Bank, just over a week before he lays out the government’s latest budget plans. The eurozone debt crisis, high inflation and fiscal austerity have weighed heavily on economic recovery, which in turn has undermined the Conservative-led government’s efforts to pay off the costs of the 2008 financial crisis. While official numbers yesterday confirmed the UK economy grew 1 per cent in the third quarter, King said his regime at the central bank should probably have made clear earlier that a substantial recovery would not come in 2013 and 2014.

King cautioned that a substantial UK recovery would not come in 2013 and 2014 “It may be unreasonable to expect anything other than a slow and protracted recovery, absent a further fall in the real exchange rate,” King told a parliamentary committee. “In such an environment,

there are limits to the ability of domestic policy to stimulate private sector demand as the economy adjusts to a new equilibrium,” he said. “In the event further easing is required, I believe it appropriate to continue with our policy of purchasing gilts.” Paul Fisher, a BoE policymaker speaking alongside King, said Britain’s economy may well need more monetary easing next year. Two other policymakers, Ben Broadbent and Martin Weale, said they might have backed more asset purchases in November had it not been for high inflation and a BoE transfer of money to the government that will provide about 35 billion pounds’ stimulus. Yesterday’s official figures confirmed the country had exited recession. But the expansion was flattered by spending at the London Olympics and a rebound from the preceding quarter, when an extra public holiday dented output.

FALKLAND Oil and Gas, on a rollercoaster ride to find oil offshore the disputed South Atlantic islands, lost almost half of its value yesterday when it said it would abandon a well after disappointing results. The statement wiped 48 per cent off FOGL’s volatile stock, sending its shares to an historic low of 32 pence, giving it a market value of 103 million pounds ($165 million). The stock price hit a high of 267 pence in July 2010. FOGL, which is partnered with US firm Noble Energy and Italian utility Edison on the project, said a reservoir at its Scotia exploration well appeared to be of poor quality, with low permeability. “Today’s much anticipated well results will come as a disappointment for investors in FOGL, following their gas find at the Loligo prospect in September,” analyst Sam Wahab at Seymour Pierce said. Investors had been hoping that Scotia would find oil, he said. FOGL’s top shareholder RAB Capital, which holds 11.3 per cent of the company according to Thomson Reuters data, said it remained convinced of the firm’s viability. “We have held FOGL since its inception in 2004 and it is still early in its drilling history, consequently we believe in the long term potential for the company,” RAB said in a statement yesterday. But with FOGL representing over 28 per cent of RAB’s Special Situations Master Fund, the fund’s net asset value per share would be materially impacted by the fall in the explorer’s shares, it said. Oil exploration by British companies in the area has been controversial and complicated from the start. It has sparked anger in Argentina, which claims sovereignty over the islands it knows as the Malvinas and which has called the drilling there ‘illicit’.

These Bank of Cyprus rates for telegraphic transfer transactions (spot deals) apply to yesterday, but provide a good guide to today’s value against the euro. Buying Selling Pound St

0.8138 0.8058

US Dollar

1.3053 1.2923

Australian $

1.2547 1.2237

Canadian Dol.

1.3050 1.2728

Swiss Fr

1.2116 1.1972

Denmark Kr

7.5512 7.3648

Japan Yen

107.4408 106.1592

Norwegian Kr

7.4247 7.2413

Polish Zloty

4.1492

4.0468

Romanian Leu 4.6089 4.4281 Russian Ruble 40.6721 39.6679 Swedish Kr

8.6731 8.4589

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Opinion

Empty promises candidate Lillikas hopes to fool the electorate DEMAGOGUERY and populism have been taken to new heights by the presidential candidate who is supposedly offering an “alternative proposal of government” – EDEK-backed Giorgos Lillikas. The former AKEL deputy may have packaged himself as an alternative candidate, who is independent of the political parties, and answerable directly to the citizens in order to differentiate himself from the party establishment, currently at its lowest ebb, but his rhetoric remains emphatically old school. Lillikas’ campaign messages are based on the old election principles of telling people what they want to hear, making empty promises and peddling negativity as national resistance. He is the candidate who has been telling us that he would not sign a bailout if it ceded our national sovereignty, if it envisaged the privatisation of semi-governmental organisations, and if it allowed the troika “to get its hands on our natural gas.” So what would he have done last week if he were president and there was an immediate danger of a banking collapse because of his refusal to agree a bailout? Would he have allowed it to happen and declared that by so doing he saved our national sovereignty or would he have agreed verbally, for the sake of the economy, without having any intention of signing it? These are hypothetical questions that Lillikas would have answered with his proposal about monetising our natural gas resources, a proposal that belongs to the realm of fantasy. But this has not stopped him from claiming that his proposal would make a bailout unnecessary and create prospects of economic recovery. He would set up a state gas company that would raise big amounts of money by selling shares or bonds to investors seeking to profit from our hydrocarbon reserves. The superficiality of this idea defies belief, especially when we consider that we still do not know specifically what quantities of natural gas exist and whether it would be viable to extract it given the falling world price of natural gas. Lillikas the demagogue put its value at €80 billion, even though we do not even know how we would make it available – pipelines, CNG, LNG – and whether we would find markets. And the most modest estimates are that we would need eight years before we would start to receive any cash. Where Lillikas would find people to invest in this uncertainty he did not tell us. This is because demagogues do not offer any answers or solutions. They just make empty promises in the hope of fooling the naive members of the electorate. It suffices to say that Lillikas also promises to find a solution of the Cyprus problem that would satisfy all Greek Cypriot demands.

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Life-saving killer drugs and their misconceptions Comment Alasdair Breckenridge

HE HARMFUL effects of medicines capture headlines worldwide. After all, horror stories about “killer drugs” are easy to sell. But, while drugs’ damaging effects are a legitimate cause for concern, they do not necessarily constitute a serious public-health issue, provided that they are outweighed by the benefits they confer. Drugs with serious adverse safety profiles are used to treat potentially fatal conditions – including various forms of cancer, inflammatory arthritis, and HIV – because they ultimately help more than they hurt. Rather than assess a medicine’s safety in isolation, its adverse effects must be considered in relation to its efficacy. In other words, a benefit-risk balance must be struck. But getting this message across to the public has proven to be difficult. Successful drug treatment and disease prevention can fail to capture the attention of readers or voters. Moreover, drug safety is a leading factor in determining how medicines are regulated. In 1961, thalidomide, a hypnotic drug also used to treat nausea in pregnant women, was found to have caused severe birth defects in more than 10,000 children in 46 countries since its introduction four years earlier. In the tragedy’s wake, drugdevelopment processes were adjusted in order to bolster medicines’ safety profile. As a result, many of the most widely prescribed drugs today were subject to a long process of preclinical experimentation, followed by clinical studies that lasted several years and cost millions of dollars, before gaining regulators’ approval. But this development model is no longer sustainable. Not only is it expensive and slow, but it also has been unproductive. Since 2001-2002, the pharmaceutical sector has spent $1.1 trillion on research

Many of the most widely prescribed drugs today were subject to a long process of experimentation and development, but the 12 largest companies have received regulatory approval for only 139 new molecular compounds. But things are changing. Doctors and their patients are now eager to gain early access to biopharmaceutical medicines – a new variety of injectable drugs, including proteins, nucleic acids, and vaccines that are produced using biotechnology. Such drugs have the realistic potential to cure forms of cancer and autoimmune diseases rather than merely treat the symptoms of disease. So access is requested earlier than the regulator normally allows in the licensing process. This poses a dilemma, because regulators are concerned about the lack of safety information about these new drugs. But that concern might be as unnecessary as it is inhibiting. New models of socalled adaptive licensing, or conditional approval, are being used to balance patients’ needs with regulators’ caution. Patients with serious conditions can gain early access to promising drugs be-

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fore they are fully licensed. In exchange, they are subjected to rigorous evaluation to assess the drug’s safety and effectiveness for general use. The adaptive licensing model thus recasts drug licensing as a more fluid process, based on the benefit-risk ratio. Rather than determining simply whether the drug is effective or has unwanted side-effects, it aims to appraise the benefits and risks in view of the patient’s specific needs. The price of medicines has become increasingly important as the cost of developing new medicines such as biopharmaceuticals has risen. In the United Kingdom, a biologically-based drug costs, on average, £9,500 ($15,200) per patient annually, compared to £450 for conventional drug treatment. Given the substantial discrepancy, cash-strapped health-care payers must assess whether the new generation of medicines represents value for money. As a result, drug developers are increasingly aware that surmounting the regulatory hurdle is no longer enough;

they must also satisfy the payer, who in effect has become a second gatekeeper to patients’ access to new medicines. A related issue is the advent of what is known as personalized medicine. Increasing knowledge of genetics is producing a new generation of medicines speciﬁcally tailored for individual patients, posing yet another new challenge to the industry, regulators, and payers. In short, innovations in medical research demand an updated drug-development process in which the patient is paramount. By relying on beneﬁt-risk analysis, rather than on a more rigid, phased approval process, potentially life-saving medications can better reach the patients who need them. Alasdair Breckenridge, former Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool and Chair of the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM), is Chair of the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Project Syndicate 2012

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

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25 years ago Saturday November 28, 1987

William Blake (d.1827), English poet, painter, and engraver, who created an unusual form of illustrated verse, was born.

President Kyprianou has announced that he is ready to accept the challenge of his rival presidential candidates to take part in a joint television debate, even if that means standing one against three. But Kyprianou said that in view of the constraints of his ofﬁce, which prevent him from speaking as openly on certain matters as the others, this should be done in January.

1820 Friedrich Engels (d.1895), German revolutionary political economist and cofounder, (with Karl Marx), of communism was born.

1905 Irish political party Sinn Fein is founded in Dublin by Arthur Grifﬁth.

1979 A New Zealander sightseeing plane travelling over Antarctica crashes, killing all 257 people on board.

1990 Margaret Thatcher emerges for the last time from Downing Street to bid a tearful farewell to the press after being ousted from the leadership of the Conservative Party.

35 years ago Monday November 28, 1977 The Cyprus government is opposed to the widening of the intercommunal talks to include representatives of the guarantor powers or anyone else, the government spokesman in Nicosia said yesterday. He was commenting on a statement by the Turkish Foreign Minister Ihsan Sabri Cahlayangil in an interview with the Istanbul paper Miliyet.

45 years ago Tuesday November 28, 1967 President Makarios declared yesterday “I do not think there is going to be war” and reliable sources said he was willing to see mainland Greek troops withdrawn from Cyprus. The Archbishop made his comment at a meeting with Jose Rolz-Bennett, the peace envoy sent here by UN Secretary-general U-Thant.

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Education Pupils ‘need Once bitter foes overcome the past as Russia expands cultural links Christianity teaching’ By Amie Ferris-Rotman

SCHOOLCHILDREN in Britain need to learn about Christianity in order to understand English history and culture, a survey by Oxford University suggests. The poll suggests that many adults believe it is important for youngsters to be taught about the religion in RE lessons. Almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of the more than 1,800 people questioned said that children need to learn about Christianity to understand English history, while more than half (57 per cent) said it was important if pupils are to understand the English culture and way of life. More than two-ﬁfths (43 per cent) of the adults surveyed said that more attention should be given to teaching about Christianity in RE lessons than is done so at the moment. But just over a third (37 per cent) said they believe that many RE teachers do not know enough about Christianity to be able to teach it effectively. The poll also asked which topics of Christianity should children be taught about. The most popular answer was the history of the religion, chosen by 58 per cent, followed by major festivals such as Easter and Christmas (56 per cent) and how Christianity distinguishes right from wrong (51 per cent). The poll was commissioned by Oxford as part of a new project by researchers at the university to support teachers in RE lessons. Oxford said it launched the project following concerns from inspectors and other quarters about how the subject is taught in schools. Research has suggested that teachers can be nervous about teaching issues related to Christianity for fear it could be seen as evangelising, the university said.

An Afghan man walks past old Soviet armoured vehicles in Kabul

USSIAN culture and language are making a surprising comeback in Afghanistan, where the Soviets fought a disastrous decade-long war, as Moscow vies to regain influence ahead of the planned withdrawal of foreign troops. Bulldozers are clearing the way for a sparkling Russian cultural centre in Kabul, to replace its behemoth, Soviet-era predecessor which for many came to symbolise Moscow’s war and its humiliating 1989 defeat that cost 15,000 Soviet lives. “We are here in the region, and we will be in the future. And to have good, friendly, neighbourly relations you must have some cultural component to it,” Russia’s envoy to Kabul, Andrey Avetisyan, told Reuters of the decision to rebuild the centre. Moscow fears the exit of most NATO-led troops by the end of 2014 will lead to a dangerous power vacuum south of ex-Soviet Central Asia’s borders, threatening its own security and allowing for a larger influx of heroin. The new centre will teach Russian language, singing, dancing and handicrafts and will boast a concert hall, similar to the one built in 1983. Its rebuild is reminiscent of Soviet influence in Afghanistan before the 1979 invasion, when they heavily supported education and the arts. It also coincides with renewed interest by Afghans in the Russian language, who see it as increasingly useful in their country’s changing landscape amid the emergence of new regional powers. “Demand for the Russian language is growing. It is more widely spoken in Afghanistan than five years ago,” Avetisyan said, adding: “Foreign advisers and experts are not going to be here forever. NATO, the European Union, they will all go”. When asked when it would open, he chuckled and said: “Everything is about the year 2014”. The centre replaces a dilapidated, bullet-ridden shell of a building that became home to scores of heroin addicts before the Russians finally demolished it several months ago at the behest of Kabul authorities, who complained it “ruined the skyline”, Avetisyan said. Russian engineers from state company Spetstroi Rossii will oversee the project, which has been contracted

Russia eyes a rebirth in Afghan classrooms by the Russian government. It will employ Afghan construction ﬁrms. Though Afghanistan was devastated by the Soviet Union’s war here, which by some estimates killed millions and destroyed its once-thriving agriculture, both sides have started to take a more upbeat view of their relationship, helping Moscow gain a bigger role. At the sprawling and leafy Kabul University, the country’s largest, demand is growing for degrees in Russian language and literature. “Our students are too young to worry about the past. Instead they see Russian as a bridge to social and economic opportunities,” said Mo-

hammad Rahim Banaizada, one of six professors in its Russian department. Around 220 students are currently studying for four year degrees in Russian, almost double that of ﬁve years ago, Banaizada told Reuters beside framed pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai. They hung next to copies of typed Cyrillic letters from Afghan King Amanullah Khan in 1919 to Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, afﬁrming the countries’ friendly ties two years after the Bolsheviks swept to power. “Russia is our neighbour with a cul-

ture we love. Things were good when they were here,” said third-year student Sharifullah, 22, who gave only his first name. The cultural centre is the first of a series of ambitious Russian construction projects in Afghanistan. Most are aimed at reinforcing stability in a country where Russia believes Washington is at risk of repeating its own mistakes. After the Soviets rushed out, financial aid dried up and the Afghan communist government collapsed, leading to infighting between warlords and a vicious civil war that paved the way for the Taliban’s rise to power in 1996.

Teenagers rise to the innovation challenge OVER 100 high school students competed in the second annual “creativity and innovation challenge” at the University of Nicosia earlier this month. The challenge is an international project of Junior AchievementYoung Enterprise Europe (JA-YE Europe), aimed at encouraging young people to use their skills in enterprising and innovative ways, ultimately increasing their employability and entrepreneurial flair. The competition was attended by 117 students, aged 15-18, from lyceums and technical schools from all over Cyprus, accompanied by their teachers. In groups of five or six, the students were asked to find the answer to a business challenge unveiled to them on the same day. The challenge, which focused on the current economic crisis, required the students to suggest a product or service that they could develop that would not only create jobs for other young people, but help to establish Cyprus as a

great example of how to get rid of the label “crisis country”. Students had only a few hours to learn to work as a team with other students they had not met before, and to collectively shape their ideas in order to propose an innovative solution that would impress the jury. At the end of the day, all teams presented their solutions (products/services/innovations) in front of a panel of experts, consisting of representatives from the University of Nicosia, Hellenic Bank, Microsoft Cyprus, Bionic, Cyprus Trading Corporation (CTC) and Wadja Media Limited. The presentations and jury questions were in English. First prize was for an idea - Unique Fashionable Cheap Clothes (UFCC) – in a team consisting of Andreas Tsiartas (Lyceum Olympion, Nicosia), Constantinos Efstathiou (Lyceum A Ethnarxi Makariou III, Paphos), Constantina Photiadou (Lyceum Idaliou, Nicosia), Chrysostomos Charalambous (Lyceum Livadion,

Larnaca) and Angeliki Christodoulou (Lyceum Ayiou Charalambous Embas, Paphos) The second prize was for CyJobOpportunities.com, an idea developed by Marios Charalambous (Lyceum Idaliou, Nicosia) , Natasha Christoforou (Lyceum Livadion, Larnaca), Stylianos Milisavlievits (Lyceum Laniteio B. Limassol), Xenios Herodotou (Lyceum Ayiou Charalambous Embas, Paphos) and Grace Panteli (Terra Santa, Nicosia) The third prize - Pomegranate: The New Diamond – went to a team consisting of Markos P Merkouris (Lyceum Arch. Makariou III, Nicosia), Maria Pelivanide (Lyceum Makariou III, Larnaca), Maria Andreou (Lyceum Soleas, Nicosia), Anna Prodromou (Lyceum Laniteio A, Limassol) and Savvas Touloupis (Larnaca Technical School) The director of secondary education, Dr Zena Poulli awarded the ﬁrst prize to the winning team.

One of the teams at work at the JAYE Europe event

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

What’s on

films

(K) All Audiences (12/15/18) No admittance to Under-12s/ 15s/ 18s (N/A) Not Available

NICOSIA Killing Them Softly (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383 To Rome With Love (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 3.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.45pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

CINEMA WEBSITES: K-Cineplex: http://kcineplex.com, Friends of the Cinema Society: http://www.ofk.org.cy

Frankenweenie (12) Rio 2, weekdays at 6.10pm, weekends at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) Rio 4 at 7.45pm (weekends at 8.10pm) and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Skyfall (12) Rio 3 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5pm; Rio 2 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Help Cine Studio, Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96420491, www.ofk.org.cy

To Rome With Love (12) Rio 6 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekdays at 6.10pm, weekends at 3.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Killing Them Softly (18) Rio 2, weekdays at 8pm, weekends at 8.15pm; Rio 3 at 10.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 5 at 7.45pm (weekends at 8.15pm) and 10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 3, 4.45 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410

LARNACA Killing Them Softly (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

To Rome With Love (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.40, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Taken 2 (12) Rio 4 at 6, 7.45 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 4pm. Tel: 26-207000

Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 3.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Skyfall (12) Rio 7 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

Looper (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.45pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Descendants Blue Pine Bar and Restaurant, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Film Society. Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Killing Them Softly (18) Rio 5, weekdays at 7.45pm, weekends at 7.30pm; Rio 6 at 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Taken 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 1 at 5.30, 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 5, 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Frankenweenie (12) Rio 6, weekdays at 6 and 7.45pm, weekends at 4, 5.45 and 7.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

To Rome With Love (12) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.40pm. Tel: 26207000 Looper (15) Rio 3, weekdays at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 7.30 and 9.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Paranormal Activity 4 (15) Rio 5 at 9.30pm. Tel: 26207000 Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekdays at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Brave (K) Rio 1 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 3.40pm. Tel: 26-207000 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 3 (in English, in 2D), weekdays at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibition Do You Have New Plans? Group mixed-media art exhibition. Opens November 28, 7pm until January 7. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-343670

Music The Zilla Project Four-piece local blues band play live. November 28. Blue Bar, The Classic Hotel, 94 Rigenis Street, Nicosia. 9.30pm. Tel: 22-664006 Hernan Romero Exclusive appearance by guitar virtuoso. November 28. Oxo Hall, 7 Themidos Street, Limassol. 9.30pm. €10 (including 1 drink). Tel: 99-119002

Other Events Seeing Ourselves through the Eyes of Others Lecture by Liz Wells, Professor in Photographic Culture, Plymouth University, looking at photography, representation and identity in relation to place, race, nation and gender. November 28. Photography Studio, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol. 2.30pm. Tel: 25-0002311. www.cut.ac.cy

Dynamic of Dialogue Dance Gate presents a workshop on dance/movement improvisation with Jurij Konjar and Franck Beaubois. November 30-December 2. Danceworks Studio, 4 Pindou Street, Industrial area Engomi (opposite Hilton Park), Nicosia. November 30, 6.30pm-8.30pm. December 1 & 2, 2.30pm-7.30pm. This workshop is appropriate for all who perceive the world through change and who aspire to being beginners again. Registration fee by November 28. €50. Tel: 70-007046. www.cyprusdance.org

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Ongoing Other Events European Political Thought A series of seminars to be presented by Dr Eleni Papamichael, followed by a discussion. Participants to more than six seminars will be awarded Diplomas of Attendance. Until January 23. M106 (Millennium building 1st floor) at the University of Nicosia 8.45pm. Every Wednesday. €50. Monitoring individual lectures €10. Tel: 22-841600/ 99-536311 and/or cceia@unic.ac.cy

Theatre Exhibition Giorgos Kostonis Solo painting exhibition. Opens November 29, 7.30pm until December 22. Intercollege, 52 Famagusta Avenue, Larnaca Road. Monday-Friday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 24-747500

Music Peter Sheppard Skærved Violinist returns for a recital with Bach’s Partitas and Sonatas interspersed with premieres by contemporary composers Lars Bagger and Sadie Harrison. November 29. The Shoe Factory. 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15 /10. Tel. 70-009304/ 22-663871

The Cherry Orchard Open Arts presents a site-specific production of Anton Chekhov’s last play. Until November 30. Tivoli Luna Park, Engomi, Nicosia. Monday through Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 96-765575 The Grönholm Method By the New Stage of THOC. Until December 1. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900 Haroula The Central Stage of ETHAL presents Cypriot play by Christos Zanos. Until December 2. Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. On specific days at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €10. In Greek

The Harley Jacket THOC’s New Stage presents play by Vasilis Katsikonouris. Until December 7. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday to Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300

11:16 Anemona Theatre presents a mystery by C. G. Wilson. Until December 23. Anemona Theatre, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-573031

Oscar Bt the New Stage of THOC. Until December 8. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every two weeks Wednesday through Saturday. 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900

Shakespeare in an Hour Pirasmos Productions presents the theatrical comedy. Until December 23. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Thursday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 70-001910

Samia Revival of ancient Greek comedy by Menander. Until December 9. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6pm. €12/6. In Greek. The performances on December 1 and 2 will be with Greek and English surtitles. Tel: 22-864300

Just Broken Up Act Theatre presents play by Vassilis Myrianthopoulos & Vangelis Hatzinikolaou. Cyprus Dialect Adaptation by Christiana Artemiou. Until January 6. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue, Nicosia. On specific days at 8.30pm and 6pm on Sundays. €20. Tel: 77-777181

4 one-act plays Plays tied together with live music, in a natural scenic space in a restored mansion at Lympia. Until December 19. Shilas Mansion, 4 Dimokratias Street, Lympia, Nicosia. Every Wednesday at 8pm. €5 with free drinks. Tel: 99-787090

Exhibitions

Death and the Maiden Satiriko Theatro presents play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. Until December 21. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros, Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609

Far Away, So Close An exhibition of paintings by Alek Popov dedicated to those affected by cancer. Until November 28. Pegasus Art Foundation Gallery - Art Studio 55, Heroes Square, Limassol. (next to the Rialto Theatre). Tel: 99-603316 Birthday City Solo painting exhibition by Savvas Georgiadis. Until November 30. Open daily: 9am-1pm & 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 9am-2pm. Zacharias Gallery, 147 Irinis Street, Limassol. Tel: 25-358311

Domenicos Theotokopoulos: From Candia to Toledo – The Footsteps of a European Journey Exhibition featuring paintings by famous Greek artist El Greco. It will also include texts and audiovisual material. Until November 30. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open except Mondays: 10am-4.30pm. Wednesdays open until 10pm. Tel: 22-661475 Lex Drewinski An exhibition of prize-winning posters by Polish born designer. Until November 30. Goethe-Institut Cyprus hall, 21 Markou Drakou Str, Nicosia. Tel: 22-674607 Painting with Light Solo art exhibition by Petros Yiannakas. Until December 1. Dinos Art Café, 62-66 Irinis Street, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10.30am to midnight and Sunday: 4pm to midnight. Tel: 25-762030 Fish Dreams Solo painting exhibition by Marinos Kartikkis. Until December 1. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia. Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983 Collective Drones Solo art exhibition by Maria Aristotelous. Until December 2. Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol. Tuesday – Friday: 11am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 3pm-8pm. Tel: 99-522977/25-340727

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Last Chance Other Events Who dunnit? IT’S ABOUT to get very mysterious over at the Elea Golf Club in Paphos. This year In Any Event, the Paphos-based event planners, are holding a themed Red and Black Christmas Ball with a difference. In addition to the high quality four-course meal and dancing to a live entertainer there will be an intriguing twist to the evening’s entertainment. The event, which will take place on Saturday, will open with a professional UK actor, who will stage a Murder Mystery at the pre dinner cocktail reception. During dinner ‘things’ start happening so arrival in time for dinner is an essential part of the evening. Guests will then be invited to solve the crime before the meal ends. The actor has 15 years experience in staging these events. The mystery is optional and you do not have to actively participate if you so chose but you will probably be caught up in the drama and join in anyway. Tickets are available now at €60. While the event is fully booked, should you wish to be added to the waiting list in case of cancellation (which happens more often then one realises) please drop the organisers a line or give them a call. Red and Black Christmas Ball with Intrigue Welcome drink, four course Christmas style meal with coffee, wine and soft drinks inc. Professional UK actor will stage a Murder Mystery at the pre dinner cocktail reception. Dancing to live music. Intrigue and entertainment for Christmas. December 1. Elea Golf Club, Paphos. 7pm. €60. Black or Red Tie (optional). Tel: 99-387311 or e-mail: mail@in-any-event-biz

Tomorrow Music Virtuoso violinist returns GRAMMY-nominated British violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved returns to The Shoe Factory tomorrow evening for a unique recital. Sheppard Skærved has a worldwide reputation for innovative programmes, bringing together the most colourful range of music from today’s composers with pioneers from the past. According to organisers, over 300 works have been dedicated to him, by composers such as George Rochberg, Judith Weir and Hans Werner Henze. One of the world’s foremost Paganini scholars, he is the only British violinist to have been invited to play Paganini’s violin “il Cannone” more than once (ﬁve times

Pantomime season is almost here IT’S A matter of days until the start of December, which can only mean one thing – dames are applying their makeup, princes are pulling on their tights and princesses are practising their curtsey - yes folks, the panto season is well and truly upon us. Love it or hate it, for many families across the island, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the oldfashioned British tradition of pantomime. Over the years, the Anglo Cypriot Theatre group (ACT) has staged numerous pantomimes, including Treasure Island, Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty – with great siasm to the delight of success and enthusiasm s alike and this children and adults eliver more year promises to deliver rriment. tomfoolery and merriment. osen this The pantomime chosen erella. The time round is Cinderella. ave stars of the show have heir been busy tuning their sing voices and rehearsing their lines ready forr their ﬁrst performance this weekend.. The fairy tale of Cinderella is one we have all grown up with and, in many cases, have loved since childhood. But few have ever had the good forin total). He is currently the Viotti Lecturer in Performance Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Having him at the Shoe Factory is a great honour for local audiences as collaborating with museums and alternative art spaces is a major part of his work. He has curated an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, and has ongoing projects with the Library of Congress, Washington DC, the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is the leader of the Kreutzer Quartet. He is also the author of a number of books ranging from a monograph on 19th century painting, to a major work on music in post-revolutionary Paris and London. He has made site-speciﬁc projects involving diverse performers in challenging spaces in the Americas and Europe, with a particular focus in the Balkan States. Previous professional collaborations with Nigel Clarke have resulted in a series

tune of seeing a live performance of the beloved classic, and fewer still have ever seen the story unfold as a British pantomime adaptation – until now. The enchanting rags-to-riches tale of Cinderella will be transformed from page to stage in this latest production complete with glass slippers, a Fairy Godmother, a pumpkin stagecoach and Prince Charming, as audiences are transported into the home of Baron Hardup, where they will meet Cinderella and all her friends. Poor old Cinderella is a lowly housemaid with a wicked stepmother and two very ugly sisters. sisters When they refuse to let her go to the ball, Cinderella’s fairy godmother ﬁxes it for her to a attend, but she must return b by midnight or risk turning into a pumpkin. Will Cinde derella get to go to the b ball, meet the prince of h her dreams… and live h happily ever after? Or w will she forever remain in the evil clutches of tw two of the ugliest (and na nastiest) sisters you’ve ev ever clapped eyes on? T To ﬁnd answers to all tthese questions, go tto one of the performa ances at the Russian Cultural Centre.

Once again you can expect the usual fun and frolics that pantomimes have become renowned for as well as a few surprises along the way and you even get two Dames for the price of one with Ugly Sisters Euthanasia and Asphyxia. Like previous seasons, there are a total of seven performances including matinee and evening shows, with performances taking place this weekend and the following weekend. Tickets for the ACT Christmas pantomime sell very quickly so book your tickets as soon as possible, especially if you want to take advantage of the cheaper price for children during the ﬁrst weekend. It’s the perfect opening to the Christmas period, so get ready to raise the curtain on your own festive season. Time to cue the boos, hisses, slapstick, outlandish dames and villains, as ACT throws away any semblance of decorum and welcomes panto action to the theatre’s weathered walls once more. Cinderella Annual production of pantomime staged by ACT. December 1-2 & 7-9. Russian Cultural Centre, Nicosia. December 1. 3pm & 7.30pm. December 2. 3pm. December 7. 7.30pm. December 8. 3pm & 7.30pm and December 9. 3pm. €12 /6. Tickets available at the Russian Cultural Centre Monday-Friday between 4-6pm. Tel : 99-924363 By Ledha Socratous

of groundbreaking works for solo violin, violin and ensemble, violin and orchestra, and chamber works, performed all over the world. For his recital tomorrow, Sheppard Skærved brings his renowned reading of the Bach solo works to light, along with Sonatas interspersed with premieres by contemporary composers Lars Bagger and Sadie Harrison. He plays on a Stradivari previously owned by the great Joseph Joachim, who famously popularised these works in the 19th century, and whose playing and compositions had a profound inﬂuence on the work of Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms. Peter Sheppard Skærved Violinist returns for a recital with Bach’s Partitas and Sonatas interspersed with premieres by contemporary composers Lars Bagger and Sadie Harrison. November 29. The Shoe Factory. 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15 /10. Tel. 70-009304/22663871

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Lifestyle He took merciless flak over tuition fees and his poll ratings have bombed, but devoted father and Briton’s deputy PM Nick Clegg tells Charlotte Edwardes his reform of paternity leave has finally given him something to smile about

“I Cooking up a storm: Clegg’s wife Miriam with Nigella Lawson

Bundle of joy: Nick Clegg and wife Miriam with their youngest son shortly after he was born in 2009

’M chuffed to bits to finally get this through,” Nick Clegg says of his radical reform of paternity leave. “It’s something I’ve been campaigning for all my political life.” Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, 45, is sitting on a large cream sofa in the Cabinet Office, looking triumphant. He is holding a cup of tea and wearing a tie the colour of buttercups. Nick Clegg is a Nice Guy. He’s the politician who apologies for mistakes, cries listening to music, and is unwarily candid about past dalliances. He hasn’t gone through that rapid ageing process of most men in public office - he’s babyfaced and considerate in a way grandparents would approve of. (“Coasters for the tea please!” he calls. “Otherwise it marks the table.”) In the past, Clegg has been straight talking and honest - qualities that journalists love and spin doctors hate. Today he is shadowed by two aides with a faintly menacing air about them. His startling lack of machismo is mirrored in his policies: he wants more time for dads at home, more time for women to chase high-flying careers. From 2015, parents in the UK can share up to one year of “parental leave” after the birth of a child. They can take time off together, take it in turns, or the father can take it all. Clegg’s commitment to equality in the workplace is strident: “We really are squandering the talents of so many women in our country,” he says, “particularly in comparison with other countries, where there are a higher proportion of women working in high paid, highquality jobs.” In part he blames this on the current system of maternity leave in the UK (women get a year, men two weeks), which he describes as “antiquated and out-of-step” with modern parenting. “We had rules that only worked in a world that no longer exists. I dragged these rules into the 21st century,” he says. “There are still people who think we should pigeonhole men and women.” Clegg says he would have taken paternity leave even further and given fathers a block of “take it or lose it” time off but for the “fragile state” of the economy. “Business,” he explains, “is understandably anxious about too many changes at once.” The economy is also the reason Clegg hasn’t been able to do more about affordable childcare. “If we can find some extra money,” he says, “and there aren’t billions of pounds lying around, I’ll put delivering affordable, good quality childcare high up on the list.” He has, he points out, addressed this in another, cheaper, way. Employees can now officially ask for flexitime so that working

The ties that bind: Nick Clegg wants to give fathers in the UK even more time with their newborns

A DAD’ grandparents, for example, can shift their hours around “to help out with grandchildren”. It comes as little surprise to hear that Clegg’s policy-making on family dynamics is heavily inﬂuenced by personal experience. His Spanish wife Miriam, 44, is a focused feminist lawyer whose commitment to her own work stopped her from taking time off to help him with his election campaign. They are the hard-working parents of three boys (Antonio, 10, Alberto, seven, and Miguel, three). He earns £134,565, so Miriam is technically the breadwinner, reportedly pulling in around £500,000 as a partner at Dechert LLP. When Antonio was born in 2002 it was a critical time in Miriam’s career. “It hit me like any man of my generation,” says Clegg. “I thought: ‘What? Miriam is expected to do it all? I’m only allowed two weeks off?’ And it seemed unbelievably old-fashioned. She went back to work after a few weeks and I was able to juggle things much more ﬂexibily than she could. We were able to mix and

match. But no thanks to the law.” Would it have affected her work if she couldn’t have gone back? “It would have had a big effect,” he says. “We were lucky.” It was different with the births of Alberto and Miguel. “Sometimes it depends how you physically feel,” he says. “Miriam had a much more difﬁcult birth with Alberto. “When Miguel was born I was party leader. I didn’t have much time

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Home help: Clegg visiting a nursery

This morning he got up at 5.30am and after two hours “catching up on paperwork”, he made the children breakfast and, “walked them to school in the rain”

Daddy time: Clegg with his wife Miriam

S LIFE off, but Miriam was at a stage where she could take a more conventional block of maternity leave.” Miriam (who uses her maiden name, Gonzalez Durantez, for work) seems to have shrugged off her early image of a ball-breaking, briefcasecarrying alpha female. She has emerged in softer focus, with a more colourful wardrobe and has been photographed with Nigella Lawson frying up croquetas.

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But her opinion on the childcare responsibilities of fathers is much more steely: “If they don’t want to be involved, they shouldn’t have them, no?” she recently said. “She’s amazing,” Clegg acknowledges. “I don’t know how she does it. We’re both very involved at home but I’m rubbish in the kitchen. I’m involved with the children: with breakfast, homework or ferrying them around to football games on a cold Sunday morning. We’re like any couple, we divvy things up.” Actually they are not really like “any other couple”. A day in the life of the Cleggs is not for the fainthearted. This morning he got up at 5.30am and after two hours “catching up on paperwork”, he made the children breakfast and, “walked them to school in the rain”. He and Miriam are strict about ensuring one of them takes them to school and one of them is always there to put them to bed. “We are pretty disciplined about that. When it’s my turn I will race off to southwest London, read them a

story and put them to bed. Then I come back to Westminster. I work until late. Sometimes Miriam has to travel and I do more, sometimes I have to travel and she does more.” He quickly adds: “I don’t say that with any smidgen of regret, I am incredibly happy as a dad to three lovely boys.” Do they have help? “My mother helps one day a week and we have a nanny.” And Miriam’s mother is coming over “in the new year for a while”. He tries to keep the family “grounded” he says, and to that end they have stayed in their house in Putney. It’s expensively furnished, with paintings of ancestors hanging from the walls, and a Shaker-style kitchen. “There was some talk after the election of ﬂats in the Whitehall jungle,” he says, “but we decided to stay to allow the children to feel continuity. And - apart from the fact that there’s now a policeman standing outside our door – everything has remained the same.” The two eldest attend a state primary and the youngest is at nursery. “In one sense I’d love the world to see my children because I tend to think like any dad that they’re the most wonderful kids in the world,” he says, “but we keep them completely out of public gaze.” One wonders if he’s having a dig at David

Cameron. Does he go out with them a lot? “I took my two oldest boys to see the north London derby last Saturday and they haven’t stopped talking about it! They have Arsenal shirts with their names on. I’ve been dragged into being a supporter now.” He looks over at one of his aides and laughs: “He’s a Tottenham supporter - look at that, look at those daggers!” I glance over but

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he’s looking at me exactly as he has since I arrived. Big Ben tolls outside and the aide calls time. “We’ve got a bit more no?” says Clegg. No. He rounds the interview up, modestly positive, in a way that shows this is not the end of his childcare crusade. “While I think we’ve made a massive stride forward, I wouldn’t ever be complacent. We’ve still got quite a way to travel.”

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DO YOU NEED A WEB-SITE BUT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST? Web design & hosting at exceptionally low prices, experienced designer & programmer , your dream web-site is only a phone call away. Don’t delay!!! Call Andros for a free quote or consultation on 99335078, info@akalou. com, - islandwide CHIMNEY SWEEP, when did you last have your chimney swept or log burner cleaned? Build-up of soot can cause respiratory problems and ﬁres. All areas, call Dave, a professional sweep, now on 99819137. Also available for weddings. www.paphosluckychimneysweep.com

AUSTRIAN INGENEUR, 50 years, searching for a nice women. Mobile:004917365562 or 00491726293462 *****************************

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MOLLY is sweet and polite and very gentle. Aged around 2 yrs, she is a Pinscher cross, small sized and will do best in a quiet home. She is good with other dogs. A bit scared/shy around children and prefers peace, quiet and cuddles. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid. *****************************

‘’SEBASTIAN”, German Pointer cross, around 6 years old. He is very big and strong, he is gentle with humans and adores children. Come and meet him! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid. *****************************

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URGENTLY LOOKING FOR HOMES together or separately. Two female ginger cats, good natured and neutered. Call: 99 682327.

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PRIVATE TUITION Experienced, UK-qualiﬁed teacher offers full/part-time private home tuition in Maths, English, the Sciences, Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS3 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. 9 years experience in Cyprus; references available. Telephone 99318796 *****************************

SNOW is a female lab x hound

DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled ﬂoors and surfaces. Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/ external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 or 96333961 All areas *****************************

K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdﬂyscreens.com *****************************

LESSONS

TIME FOR A CAREER CHANGE? Learn how to teach English! The London Teacher Training College is offering TEFL Certiﬁcate courses in Cyprus. For more information call now on 99839307.

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

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ACUPUNCTURE, cupping, skin honing, massage. For the alleviation of aches, pains, stress and rehabilitation from illness or injury. Qualiﬁed Chinese practitioner. Pafos [Konia] 9922 1851. CLINICAL PILATES. Personalised Clinical Pilates by

cross around 10 months old. Snow is energetic and sweet. Best suited to a home with lots of space and older children she can play with. She will do great in a home with other dog/s. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid.

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WHOEVER HAS UNWANTED CD/DVD, books, decorative items and homeware in good condition can donate it to the Hiv Cyprus Foundation so we can re-sell them at the Gynaikopazaro in Nicosia every ﬁrst Saturday of the month in support of these families. We can even collect them from your house or if you dont live in Nicosia you can send them via Akis/Travel Express and we can pay the fare. For further info please contact 99 55 95 94. Thank you!

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385

WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work. For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS CLOTHES STOCKS AND SHOP FITTINGS FOR SALE. Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French clothes and shoes. Also women’s dummies and modern wall ﬁttings (clothes rails.) Selling at very low prices for clearance. Tel: 99-168943 *****************************

TIMI, PLOTS, a few selected available, seaview, near the 2 golf courses, Venus Rock and airport 60% building factor, €99.000. Half registration fees til the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914 *****************************

LARNACA, ALETHRIKO, plots for sale, 525 sqm, 90% building factor, near highway Limassol-Larnaca, 5 min from airport, quiet residential area €109.000. Half registration fees till the 31.12.12. Tel. 99621914 *****************************

TREMITHOUSA, plots for sale in a very quiet area, unobstructed sea and mountain views, 600 – 700 sqm, prices from €170.000 Tel: 99510420 *****************************

PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN LIMASSOL. 40, 000 sq.m., zoning Ka7 (80% -45% - 3 stories). Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway. Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc. Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554 *****************************

FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554. *****************************

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FLAT OR HOUSE TO RENT, 2-3 bedrooms, veranda/terrace or garden, prefer furnished, SW of Nicosia (in approx area Lakadamia to Kapedes and Kalo Chorio) alan.tye@birdlifecyprus.org. cy, 22455072, 99089083. *****************************

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES FORD FOCUS GHIA (2006) diesel, 1600cc, 98000km,

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 18 Employment Miscellaneous 18 Pets 18 Lessons 18 Health & Fitness 18 Personal 18 Services 18 For Sale Miscellaneous 19 For Sale Land/ Property Business 19 For Sale Motor vehicles 20 Wanted 20 To Let Nicosia 20 To Let Limassol 21 To Let Larnaca 21 To Let Paphos 22 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -To Let Athens -Land For Sale Bulgaria -For Sale Nicosia 24 For Sale Limassol 24 For Sale Larnaca -For Sale Paphos 24 For Sale Ayia Napa -For Sale Famagusta Protaras -For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads 25

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Please note tel nos. that begin with: 22 = Nicosia 23 = Paralimni/Protaras 24 = Larnaca 25 = Limassol 26 = Paphos

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Advertiser FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES blue, automatic - tiptronic. dual zone climate control, power steering, electric windows, 6 airbags, central locking, cruise control, computer board, alloy wheels, and many extras. €7500. Contact: 99022779 - Nicosia *****************************

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA *****************************

FOR RENT OR SELL: 2 bedroom flat in Nikis Avn in Nicosia, 80 m. Completely renovated, with electric supplies. Excellent for office or flat. 3 bed-room flat and some furnitures in Nicosia near Central Bank, 140 m. Completely renovated like new. Mob : 99 460 860

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FLATS / HOUSES FOR RENT: studio Aglantzia €350, 1bdrm Ag. Andreas furnished €425, Hilton €400, Strovolos €350, Acropolis €380, Kennedy furnished €400, 2bdrm Ag. Dometios €400, Lykavitos €550, Kennedy €400, Acropolis rear house €300, 3bdrm m/ssa with garden €500, Str/ los €400, Acropolis €550, 4 bdrm new house Dasoupolis €1,200, Acropolis g/f €800. 21 PROPERTY FINDER A.M. 627 A.A.108 / E 99474839, 99646822

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MODERN 2 BDRM, first floor flat in attractive building in Anthoupolis, very quiet area between the Grammar School and the European University, also very convenient for Pascal and Highgate Schools and the University of Nicosia. Large front veranda, all appliances, modern fittings, light and bright. Furnished or unfurnished €550p.m. Call 99900177.

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LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT A luxurious one ﬂoor apartment situated in central Nicosia in an area of exceptional Beauty at 3 Museum Street, is available to let. It has been recently renovated and consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, big dining and sitting rooms, kitchen and a huge veranda. Approximate covered area 250 sqm. Monthly rent €1400.00 o.n.o. Tel: 99622370. *****************************

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2 ROOMS €125 each, near McDonald’s Engomi only Philippine girls. Call 99663927. *****************************

FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank. 3 W.C., fully airconditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554 *****************************

FOR RENT – three-bedroom ﬂat in Lykavitos, Nicosia. Open plan fully-equipped kitchen and living area, two bathrooms, air conditioning and central heating. Big veranda. Near the town centre and University of Cyprus. Contact 99-721911 / 99454141 *****************************

3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm.

(furnished if required). Tel: 97773358. *****************************

LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website). 2. H3AR0004-R, 3 bedr luxury detached house with central heating, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor throughout the house, big sitting and dining area, big

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kitchen with family room opening onto the swimming pool which has big covered area with wooden deck, bbq area, covered parking, in a very quiet area behind Apoel football training ground - Archagelos - €1700 (photos in website). 3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €650 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with ﬁre place, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with ﬂowers, trees and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neigh-

borhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos in website). 5. 4 bedr new luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, central heating, full Ac, 260sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all the windows, 4wc, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 covered parking, big garden with grass in a quiet neighbourhood in a dead end near French Ambassador house - Strovolos €1400 (H4ST10045-R), (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house, 210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1200 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website). 7. 3 bedr detached ground ﬂoor

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house with big garden with grass and covered patio with bbq and bar, central heating, a/c, 230sq.m, FULLY FURNISHED or partially, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighborhood opposite Acropolis park. Acropolis - €1500 - H3ACS0004-R (photos in website). 8. H4LAK0002-R, 3 bedr + office space luxury detached house, built on a big plot, 350sq. m, big swimming pool with cover, garden with grass, big sitting and dining room, separate family room, central heating, a/c, curtains on all the windows, cooker, dishwasher and dryer, parquet floor throughout the house,3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking in a quiet area on the borders of Strovolos with Lakatamia Lakatamia- €1600 (photos in website). 9. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedroom in the basement luxury detached house(all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which has also separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor all the house, big sitting and dining room with fire place, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big overfloor, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar(bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker), mature

garden around the house, 2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre- PLATY AGLANTZIAS €3500 (H5PAG0002-R), (photos in the website). 10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.STROVOLOS €700 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website). 11. 4 bedr luxury semi detached house with good size garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, central heating, a/c units, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, in a quiet area in a dead end close to all amenities and schools. - ANTHOUPOLIS €1300 (H4ANT0002-R), (photos in the website). 12. H4AGZ0010-R, 3 bedr RENOVATED GROUND FLOOR HOUSE with big separate 1 bedroom flat with multi room, big sitting and dining room , separate tv room, big kitchen with family room and fitted cooker and oven, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, very big 5 X 6 bedrooms with solid parquet floor, central heating with petrol independent, a/c units, double glazed windows with shutters, big verandas around the house, in a very quiet neighbourhood

200metres from FRENCH school and near Athalassas park - Aglantzia - €1300 (photos in website). 13. 3 bedr ground floor house with big separate 80sq,m room with shower and wc for multi use, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, 2 shower,1 bathroom, fully furnished, small garden, bbq area, parking, on a small building in a very quiet area near Agios Vasilios church. Strovolos - €900 - H4ST10028-R (photos in website). 14. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/ maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC, 450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven, 6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website). 15. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in

2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3000 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates. com

NICELY FURNISHED, in the centre behind Cleopatra hotel – Nicosia Centre - € 550 - A1NIC0020-R (photos in website). 4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website). 5. 2 bedr new luxury modern furnished apartment , central heating ind, 2 a/c, big covered veranda and covered parking in a quiet area behind the Municipal building – Agios Dometios - € 660 - A2ADO0004-R (photos in website). 6. 1 bedr new modern luxury apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, nicely modern furnished, 3rd floor, covered parking, 6 year old in a quiet neighbourhood off Kantaras street. - STROVOLOS €370 (A1ST10009-R), (photos in the website). 7. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full hidden wall unit a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, bbq on the veranda in the kitchen, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, alarm system, big veranda on a small

building off Athalasas avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis - € 1100 - A4DAS0002-R (photos in website). 8. A1ACS0007- R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with 2 a/c for hot and cold, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered veranda, blinds, covered parking, in a quiet area near Acropolis park. NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website). 9. 3 bedr new luxury finished PENTHOUSE apartment 150sq.m internal areas+120sq. verandas, solid parquet floor all the flat, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, big semi separate kitchen with electrical appliances, home cine ma with big screen, LCD tv, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood near CYTA, Laiki + Hellenic bank headquarters and French school. CAN BE RENTED ALSO expensive MODERN furnished – Dasoupolis - € 1200 - A3DAS0019-R (photos in website). 10. A2AOM0009-R 2 bedr luxury finished apartment in a small building with 4 flats only, central heating with petrol independent, full a/c, 2 bedrooms with en-suite bathroom/shower, separate guest wc, NICE MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNITURE, big covered veranda, covered park-

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LUXURY FLATS: 1. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment, with central heating independent, 3a/c, big sitting and dining room, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds, 2 bathrooms(on en suite), big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, near Ippokration private hospital. Available end of November – Engomi - € 550 - A2ENG0012-R (photos in website). 2. AINIC0006- R, 1 bedr., fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2AC for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, nice view, off Makarios avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop. Nicosia centre, € 450 (photos in website). 3. 1 bedr spacious apartment with separate kitchen, 2a/c for hot and cold, big bedroom, covered veranda,

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ing, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood very close to Junior school and the park - Agioi Omologites € 800 (photos in website). 11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €720 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 12. A2LYK0006-R, 2 bedr penthouse apartment with big veranda 60sq.m, storage heaters, full a/c, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), big sitting room, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds, covered parking near Agios Antonios market CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY. Lykavitos €510 (photos in website). 13. A2ST10028- R, 2 bedr new luxury apartment on the 1st floor of a 2 storey building, with a/c for hot and cold, fully nicely modern furnished, big covered veranda, parking, in a quiet neighbourhood. (no common expenses). Strovolos €600 (photos in website). 14. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with

floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fire place, covered parking and big overfloor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighborhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital Engomi €2000 - A4ENG0003-R (photos in website). 15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating, full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €550 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates. com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates. com *****************************

2 BDRM ﬂat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927. *****************************

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FOR RENT luxury 2 bedroom ﬂat near Alasia hotel very close to Debenhams (Makarios avenue), with kitchen, ofﬁce room, dining room, big sitting room, two wc, a/c, verandas. For further information please call 99465365

TO LET LIMASSOL from Limassol) in a quiet and peaceful area fully furnished €180 per month minimum contract 1 year. For info mob 99548855 *****************************

GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year. Laminated parke ﬂoor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 *****************************

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TO LET: 22 Mesopotamias street off Larnaca - Dhekelia Road, (between Lenios Hotel and Galazio Kyma Restaurant) right on the beach. Contains two bedrooms, shower/ toilet, large attic, kitchen and lounge on ground ﬂoor. Furnished. Tel 99608776

BEDROOM HOUSE IN EPISKOPI Split level 4-yearold house detached with central heating, a/c all over the house, lounge dinning room, separate kitchen, utility room, en-suite master bedroom, parking, three wcs. Price 800 euros (negotiable) 25337400

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FOR RENT spacious 3 bedroom apartment with balcony situated in centre of town, semi furnished. Please call 99311152 *****************************

FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per

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3 BEDROOM HOUSE IN YPSONAS 3-year-old two storey detached house situated in a private area of Ypsonas with separate kitchen, lounge dinning room,garden, parking en-suite master bedroom a/c all over house. 25 337400 Price 700 euros *****************************

2 BEDROOM COTTAGE FOR RENT IN LANIA VILLAGE in a quiet and peaceful area, fully furnished, storage heaters, a/c, rent €300 per month. Minimum contract 1 year. Info mob 99548855 FOR RENT new ground ﬂoor terrace studios for rent in Kouka village (20 minutes

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PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 *****************************

FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 *****************************

1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished 1st ﬂoor 2 bedroom apartment. High quality furnishings throughout. 400 Euros per calendar month. Pyla. Quote TLL1088. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in

TO LET LARNACA the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel.(00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – LARGEST RANGE OF PROPERTIES. OVER 200 RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE LARNACA DISTRICT AT THE MOST COMPETITIVE RATES! FLEXIBLE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent Simply Stunning! Fully furnished 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom Villa with a good sized rear garden & private pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1415. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OBLIGATION OR FEES. View our full range of over 200 properties by visiting www.KSLlettings.com updated daily. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE! *****************************

Women’s Friendship Group Christmas Bazaar 24.11.12. The following are the nos. of rafﬂe ticket winners: 0399 0859 0699 1042 0802 0617 0156 0818 0585 0449 1267 1239 1188 0107 0245 0430 0314 0095 0431 0593 1041 0038 0890 0279 0515 0539 1315 0434 0570 0291 0532 0076 0852 0856 0715 Christmas Cake number 45 . Enquires 99924363

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TO LET PAPHOS 200/month inc. communal charges. Phone 99-493862 *****************************

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BARGAIN PROPERTY FOR RENT - Moutallos, 3 bedroom ﬁrst ﬂoor apartment, fully furnished, 2 bathrooms, 1 en-suite, balcony, very close to all amenities, euro 350 per month o.n.o tel: 99127195 *****************************

Long Term Rentals 1. Chlorakas 1 bed ground ﬂoor furnished apartment with central heating, communal pool and parking, sky TV. €335 pcm including all bills 2. Tala 2 bed quality furnished apartment. Stunning sea views, large balcony, well kept gardens, communal pool, quiet area. €375 pcm 3. Chlorakas Large 4 bed detached villa, secluded position, large private pool, a/c, and parking. Unfurnished. Very nice well worth seeing. €800 pcm reduced 4. Peyia Unfurnished 2 bed 2 bathroom house, a/c, ceiling fans, ﬂy screens, storage, satellite TV, private parking, swimming pool, From €350 pcm REDUCED THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELCTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON info@unique-consultancy. eu LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT. *****************************

GREAT VALUE STUDIO FLAT FOR RENT, just off Tomb of the Kings, very convenient position, easy walk to harbour, town centre or Kato Paphos. Fully furnished (washing machine etc.) Only Euro

1. UNIVERSAL – superb 2 bed furnished apartment for rent. Lovely quiet complex with pool, private parking, entry phone system & storage room. €350 per month. 2. UNIVERSAL – one bed furnished apartment on 2nd ﬂoor, small quiet well maintained complex with sea views. €300 per month. 3. UNIVERSAL – 2 two bed, 2 bath apartments on superb quiet complex, with 3 pools, gym, sauna, jaccuzi & bowling green. 1 apt furnished, 1 unfurnished from €400 per month. 4. TALA – 2 two bed, 2 bath villa style apts on stunning quiet complex with 4 pools, with off road and underground parking. 1 apt furnished 1 U/F from €360 per month. PLEASE CALL 96203009 *****************************

FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Chlorakas & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus *****************************

1. MANDRIA, 2 bedroom apartment, fully furnished with modern furniture, separate kitchen, communal swimming pool, air conditioning throught, 2 balconies euro 375 p/m o.N.O 2. SEA CAVES, 3 bedroom bungalow, specially ﬁtted for people with disabilities , stunning sea views, free wiﬁ, fully furnished with modern furniture, swimming pool, all bedrooms with en-sute, utility room, air conditioning throughout, shutters, very

FOR SALE Semi-detached house in Archangelos area split level on a hill, no houses in front, 3 big bedrooms, 2 big bathrooms and TV room big lounge & dining area, fireplace, fitted kitchen, 40 sq.m. store room, C/H, A/C, solar. For information call: 99496541

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green and secluded area euro 1100 p/m o.N.O 3. EMBA, 2 bedroom apartment, 2 bathroom, modern furnished, air conditioned throughout, communal swimming pool, covered parking, close to all amenities, euro 330 p/m 4. CHLORAKA, 3 bedroom furnished villa with pool, amazing views , master en-suite , in cul-de-sac, fully airconditioned with ﬁreplace , euro 700 p/m PLEASE CALL : 99 387842

bathrooms, fully furnished, double garage, very spacious with private swimming pool, fantastic views only €1.600.00 per month neg. Peyia 3 bedroom villa with two bathrooms fully furnished, air conditioning throughout, communal swimming pool and parking. Nice location close to all amenities €500.00 per month Now available at DT property lettings Many other properties available. Please call : Tel 2683543 or 97675123

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CHLORAKAS, 2 bedroom apartment, fully furnished, large veranda, very quiet location, communal pool, Euro 280 – o.n.o Please call : 99699019 /26910140 *****************************

KISSONERGA VILLAGE, St Kononas area, 3 bedroom ﬂat with private parking, private roof garden with barbeque, elevator, full a/c & electrical appliances provided, beautiful sea and mountain views. €400 per month. Call: 99 553741 *****************************

FOR RENT KATO PAPHOS spacious 2 bed F/F garden apartment. Enclosed garden with 2 covered patios next to green area, cul-de-sac setting. AC, SAT TV, comm. pool, bath/shower. Superb location with private covered parking and entrance. Quiet yet close to all amenities. €400 p/m. Contact 26 911540 or 99955302. *****************************

DT PROPERTY LETTINGS PRESENTS : Chloraka 4 bed Villa fully furnished, 3 bathrooms, 2 lounges, air conditioning throughout, private garage, large garden only €700.00 per month Universal 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom ground ﬂoor apartment fully furnished, air conditioning, communal pool and private parking special rate €320.00 Tsada 5 bedroom villa with 4

PEYIA, available now for rent in a most sought after location next to the municipal park, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments with magniﬁcent sea and mountain views, furnished or unfurnished, off street parking, quiet area, for viewing, ring: 99 887251 / 99 025173 *****************************

A DELIGHTFUL AND SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment, F/F, top ﬂoor, new, located at a peaceful location just 500 from St. George hotel in Choraka, with breathtaking sea views. A+ quality apt, With walking distance to amenities, part of a beautiful building with swimming pool, list and other amenities. Only €350pm Other apts also available. Call 99403261, 26934650 *****************************

PAPHOS RENTALS SECTION TREMITHOUSA - Very sought after location, Modern 2 Bedroom, F/F, Town House, Lovely Communal Pool, Sea views, Early viewing highly recommended, 400 Euros PAPHOS - Very large 3 Bedroom Apt , Fully Furnished to a very high standard ,Would suit 3 Professionals sharing, Within close proximity to Hospital and Court, Central Heating, 2 Bathrooms, Laundry, 350 Euros. TALA - Luxurious 4 Bedroom, F/F to a very high standard, 2 bathrooms, 2 en-suite, Swimming Pool, Landscaped Gar-

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den and Spectacular Views, 700 Euros. EMPA - Immaculate, Spacious 2 Bedroom, U/F, House, Large kitchen, Patio, Quiet location, Must be seen, 300 Euros WANTED - 2 bedroom furnished properties MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922

furnished , with private pool, in nice quiet cul-de-sac, off street parking, AC. quality kitchen, 3 bedrooms upstairs. Ref 855 price €600 PEGEIA A superb character 4 bedroom villa, with beams, ﬁre place, central heating. Italian kitchen, sitting and dining areas, 3 good size bedroom, with downstairs bedroom with en suite. Outside mature gardens, private pool, fantastic views, peaceful location. Ref: 765 Price €900 Mandria A modern unfurnished 4 bed Villa with private pool. Downstairs bedroom with shower, sitting room with log burner, 3 bedrooms upstairs, master bed with en suite shower room. Property has private fence and pets are welcome. Ref 1174 price €700 YEROSKIPOU 2 bed furnished apartment with communal pool, gym, under cover parking on modern new complex Apartment is furnished, with bathroom, modern kitchen and blinds + AC Ref: 1164 price €350 ARMOU A 3 bedroom fully furnished bungalow with private pool. Nice clean modern property with log burner, 3 good size bedrooms, master en suite, large family bathroom, garage, fantastic views of the sea. Ref 854 Price €750 MANDRIA Modern 2 bedroom apartment, offered furnished.

Property is modern and has a large outside veranda, great views, large communal pool. Not far from all local amenities. Ref: 882 Price €400 Please call for a free viewing on Ofﬁce 26600450 Mobile: 97614070 many more properties on our website at www.ﬂowron.com - www. paphospropertycyprus. com LANDLORDS IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT, PLEASE CALL US!!!!!! Your Vision is our Mission

townhouse situated on a quiet peaceful complex with manicured gardens, communal inﬁnity pools & a large indoor gym. Fully furnished with modern furniture & sateliite. Garden with country & sea views. Website reference number: rtl_647 2. TSADA €380 charming 2 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow with gas central heating throughout, log burner in living area and real ﬁreplace in bedroom, perfect for those winter months. A fully enclosed pretty courtyard offers stunning views. Available furnished or part furnished. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference number: rtl_644 3. KISSONERGA €550 modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area. Master bedroom with ensuite, separate kitchen, downstairs guest wc. Enclosed garden offering private pool & off street parking. Available unfurnished though can include kitchen appliances. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference number: rtl_501 4. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite tv & electric radiators throughout. One bedroom & bathroom

on ground floor. A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning sea views. Off street parking. Website reference number: rtl_401 5. MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool. Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, curtains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference number: rtl_633 offers considered. 6. CHLORAKA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom 3 bathroom villa with ground floor bedroom & bathroom. Beautifully furnished with good quality modern furniture includes sky satellite, fly screens & feature fireplace with modern gas fire. Private pool offering views of the sea. Off street parking. Situated within walking distance of bus routes & shops. Website reference number: rtl_611 7. KATO PAPHOS €800 large 4 bedroom detached villa situated in the sought after residential area of Limnaria. Walking distance to the beach and the many amenities of Kato Paphos. Spacious living accomodation offering an enclosed garden with storage & communal pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture & solar panels. Website

reference number: rtl_442 8. TALA €900 a charming detached 4 bedroom villa with character, situated on a corner plot in a quiet residental area with breathtaking sea views. Spacious living rooms with central heating & real ﬁreplace. Separate kitchen & dining room. Good sized garden offering private pool and stone built barbeque area. Undercover parking. Available fully furnished. Website reference number rtl_638 TEL: 97790883 OFFICE: 26271858 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MANY MORE PROPERTIES www.mrrentpaphos.net Email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net

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FLOWRON PROPERTY RENTALS, YOUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES. LOOKING FOR A RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, CALL THE EXPERTS TODAY!! TIMI 3 bed modern villa with wood burner, Ac, offered fully furnished. Spacious living areas with 2 sitting areas, big kitchen,3 upstairs bedrooms, master on suite shower, family bathroom, Small private pool, off street parking. Quite location not far from the village amenities. Paphos Town. Ref: 722 price €600 KISSONERGRA A bed luxury villa on its own private grounds, with fantastic views of the sea, private pool, Modem Furnishings, quality appliances, downstairs bedroom, large kitchen, upstairs bedroom with en suite, family bathroom. Ref 0000 Price €950 ANARITA A 3 bed villa offered

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PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and ﬁnishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, inﬁnity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call: 99389426 *****************************

BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 *****************************

MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. ANARITA €375 modern 2 bedroom 2.5 Bathroom

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PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground ﬂoor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with ensuite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 400.00 a month. 2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath fur-

TO LET PAPHOS nished apartment in handy location close to the shopping areas. Large open plan living area and dining area.. Fully ﬁtted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. Utilty room. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Balcony & and parking. Euros 500.00 a

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Nicosia ........................22 802 020 Limassol ......................25 805 050 Larnaca .......................24 804 040 Paphos ........................26 806 060 Famagusta ..................23 803 030

Nicosia General .............22-801400 Nicosia Makarios ...........22-405000 Limassol Old ................25-305333 Limassol New ................25-801100 Larnaca Old...................24-630312 Larnaca New .................24-630300 Paphos ..........................26-821800 Famagusta ....................23-821211

Drug Law Enforcement Unit ......................................... 1498 (Confidential Information) Rescue Co-ordination Centre ............................. 1441 (Immediate Response Service for Aeronautical or Maritime Accident & Incidents) Game Fund Service: (Wildlife and hunting) Central offices (Nicosia): 22867786, 22-867897 Nicosia: 22-664606, 99-445697 Limassol: 25-343800, 99-445728, Larnaca/Famagusta: 24-805128, 99-634325 Paphos: 26-306211, 99-445679 Forest Fires ..................... 1407

Narcotics Helpline ......... 1410 (Outside hours.............. 22-304160) AIDS Advisory Bureau ................................ 22-302826 Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims) Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401 Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267 Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information) Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

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month. Suit non-drivers! 3. TOMB OF THE KINGS – 3 bed fully furnished apartment in established block. Own entrance via stairway. Open plan living area. Dining kitchen. 3 bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, sat TV. Internet available. Large balcony area. Parking. Euros 350.00 per month 4. KISSONEGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area. Full itted kitchen. Small utility area. Conservatory room. Ground floor bed room with en-suite. Stairs to two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Pool and off street parking. Euros 600.00 per month 5. STROUMBI – 2 bed fully furnished stone bungalow set in quiet location. Open plan living area with working fireplace. Spacious dining kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom with corner bath. Landscaped gardens, swimming pool and covered parking. Realistically priced Euros 500.00 per month or close offers only 6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area, comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Uni-

versal starting at 250 euros per month. 7. CORAL BAY - 3 bed, 3.5 bath furnished/unfurnished villa situated very near to the centre and within easy walking of beaches and restaurants. Open plan living area with fully fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Ground floor bedroom with ensuite. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 2 double bedroom both with en-suite and balcony areas. Private pool, gardens, BBQ area and covered verandahs. Central location. Euros 650.00 per month or close offers. 8. STROUMBI– 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/ OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:inforentals@aol. com *****************************

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village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt ﬁreplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610. *****************************

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NICOSIA, FLAT FOR SALE: 2 bdrm ﬂat with title deeds, 110 sq.m., fully renovated, best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, €99.000. Tel. 99621914. *****************************

FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, ﬁreplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596.

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FOR SALE PAPHOS - House (detached) 3-Bed, 2 Bath, on ½ plot, Koloni, Paphos in cul-de-sac. Near amenities, highway and airport. 5 min from sea. - Two Traditional stone village houses, large common courtyard in picturesque village of Lysos, Paphos. 10min from Latchi. - 5017m2 Land with 10% building rights, in Lysos village on main road to Stavro Tis Psokas. - 8362m2 Land with 10% building rights in Lysos village on boarder of housing zone which is to be extended. QUICK SALE FOR SERIOUS OFFERS EURO 800,000 Tel : 99452241/99848757 *****************************

UNIVERSAL AREA, 3 bedroom detached villa, covered area 122 sqm, master bedroom en-suite, air conditioned throughout, all white goods, solar panels, garden irrigation, plot size 273 sqm, communal pool, euro 165.000 o.v.n.o. – title deeds available Call : 99682644- no agents *****************************

KISSONERGA, 2 bedroom detached house, 250 sqm plot, two levels, almost ﬁnished, quiet area but near town centre, large terrace, sea view euro 200.000 – No agents call: 96637054

1. PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kissonerga, 3 bdrm ﬂat with title deeds, in a block of 4 ﬂats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sq.m closed area, c/h, a/c, covered parking, excelent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees titll 31.12.12 reduced to €135.000 or rent €450 per month. Tel. 99621914.

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FOR SALE special offer, €79, 000 ﬁrst ﬂoor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941. *****************************

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1.AYIA NAPA, Studio for sale, 38 sqm, furnished and fully renovated,. with title deed, in licensed complex, 5030m from Nissi Beach €49.000. Tel. 99621914. LARNACA *****************************

Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal Reg no 2423

Annual Christmas Fair 8th & 9th December 2012 at The Atlantica Miramare Beach Hotel Potamos Yermasoyia Limassol Buy all your Christmas Gifts under one roof with 700sq metres of Exhibitions: Dolls Houses and accessories to suit all from 3 years to the young at heart- Exquisite Beadwork- Mosaics- Aromatherapy –Soaps - Beautiful Candles - Fun with Encaustic Art-Jewellery - Denise with Hair Clips and an exciting new product -Patchwork –Woodcraft - Felted items – Knitwear – Cards –Books - Hand Painted Glassware - Chutneys and Jams - Helen’s Indian Treasures -Handmade accessories Numerous other gift ideas. Kiddies Korner with Santa Lucky Dip / Magic / Face Painting / Friends for Life / Cake Stall / Bric Brac / Books / Art Exhibition Limassol Theatre Arts School will be performing on Saturday 8th December at 11:45 a.m. "Limassol Theatre Arts School (LTAS) is a dynamic Stage School which nurtures and inspires young performers. Under the expert guidance of a team of experienced professionals and ex West End performer, LTAS provides high quality training in Musical Theatre, Dance, Singing and Drama/Acting. LTAS prepares its students to be the stars of the future!"

Tombola – Grand Draw Excellent Car parking with Wheelchair & Pushchair access Open 11am – 7pm Entry Adults €2, including Free Tombola Ticket - Children Free Entrance Door Prize kindly donated by the Atlantica Miramare Hotel Further details contact Anne on 99269016 or 25632446 All Proceeds to the Limassol Hospice Care Appeal

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Advertiser FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581 CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS. Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods! NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!! PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600. FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 WORLD ANIMAL DAY. On Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be micro chipping pets for only €20 including all the paperwork. For further information telephone 26953496. To celebrate World Animal Day on Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be offering free spaying/neutering for all feral and unwanted animals as they do throughout the year. Contact 26953496 for further details. PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2 CHARITY HAIR CUT. On Thursday 4th October 09.30-17.30 without an appointment Andri at Atlantic Bay Hotel (2nd Floor) will be charging €5 for a haircut with all proceeds going to Paphiakos. Telephone Suzanne on 99151996 or Andri on 99604783. PAPHIAKOS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm at the Crazy Spoon Restaurant. For further details contact 99151996. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey Rides, Pirate Pat and many more.

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FILM: She’s The One A cab driver rekindles his love for his former ﬁancee, who is having an affair with his married brother. Romantic comedy, starring Edward Burns. 1996.

Centurion (LTV 17.45) Family 01:50 EastEnders 02:20 Doctors Dirty Little Pig 02:50 32 Brinkburn Street 03:35 Doctor Who Conﬁdential Odds And Ends 03:50 Lark Rise To Candleford 04:40 Ideal The Red Bag 05:10 Ideal The Documentary 05:40 Last Man Standing Mongolian Wrestling 06:30 2 Point 4 Children Curiosity Killed The Cat 07:00 Tellytales The Sword In The Stone 07:10 Boogie Beebies 07:25 Teletubbies Snowy Day 07:50 Balamory The Love Letter 08:10 Tellytales The Sword In The Stone 08:20 Boogie Beebies 08:35 Teletubbies Snowy Day 09:00 Balamory The Love Letter 09:20 Garth And Bev Toothbrush 09:30 Buzz & Tell 09:35 Big Top Skydiver 10:05 2 Point 4 Children Curiosity Killed The Cat 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 EastEnders 11:50 Doctors Dirty Little Pig 12:20 Born And Bred The Inspector Calls 13:10 Lark Rise To Candleford 14:00 Dad’s Army The Bullet Is Not For Firing 14:30 Big Top Skydiver 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors Dirty Little Pig 16:45 Born And Bred The Inspector Calls 17:35 Lark Rise To Candleford 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors I Know What You Did Last Night 20:10 Casualty 21:00 My Family One Of The Boys 21:30 Twenty Twelve 22:00 Single Father 22:50 One Foot In The Grave Monday Morning Will 23:20 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 The Royle

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Heartland Thunder 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Dual Survival 22:00 Get Out Alive 23:00 Body Invaders 00:00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 01:00 The Real Hustle 01:55 Dual Survival 02:50 Get Out Alive 03:50 Body Invaders 04:50 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Motorsports: Gta Road To Dubai 09:45 Swimming: European

Short Course Championships France 10:45 Football: Eurogoals 11:30 Figure Skating: Isu Grand Prix Japan 12:30 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup Sweden 14:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 15:00 Biathlon: World Cup Sweden 16:00 Swimming: European Short Course Championships France 16:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Norway 17:45

Biathlon: World Cup Sweden 20:00 Football: Next Gen Series 22:00 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 22:05 Polo: Tortugas Open Argentina 23:05 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 23:10 Golf: The European Tour-Dubai World Championship 23:40 Golf: Golf Club 23:45 Sailing: Extreme Sailing Series 00:15 Sailing: Yacht Club 00:20 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 00:30 All Sports: Campus - All Sports: Campus 01:00 Poker: Partouche Poker Tour Cannes 02:05 Football: Next Gen Series

05:40 Private Practice 06:25 Castle 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 Happy Endings 08:00 Once Upon A Time 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Private Practice 10:25 Castle 11:10 Modern Family 11:35 Happy Endings 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 13:40 Once Upon A Time 14:30 Masterchef 15:20 Private Practice 16:05 Castle 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 Happy Endings 17:40 Once Upon A Time 18:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 19:20 Private Practice 20:10 Castle 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 21:50 Private Practice 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 Happy Endings 23:30 Grey’s Anatomy 00:20 Private Practice 01:10 Castle 02:00 Private Practice 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 Happy Endings 03:35 Rita Rocks 04:00 Once Upon A Time 04:50 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

07:00 Pawn Stars 6 07:30 Storage Wars 2 08:00 UFO Hunters 09:00 Patton 360 10:00 Pawn Stars 6 10:30 Storage Wars 2 11:00 Ancient Aliens 3 12:00 Storage Wars 2 13:00 American Pickers 3 14:00 Patton 360 15:00 UFO Hunters 16:00 Storage Wars 2 17:00 American Pickers 3 18:00 Patton 360 19:00 UFO Hunters 20:00 Pawn Stars 6 20:30 Storage Wars 2 21:00 Ancient Aliens 3 22:00 Swamp People 23:00 Top Shot 00:00 Pawn Stars 6 00:30 Storage Wars 2 01:00 Ancient Aliens 3 02:00 Swamp People 03:00 Top Shot 04:00 UFO Hunters 05:00 Patton 360 06:00 Ancient Aliens 3 07:30 Middle Men 09:30 The Guitar 11:30 Chloe 13:30 The General’s Daughter 15:30 Feast Of Love 17:15 Hollywood Buzz 17:45 Centurion 19:30 Videofashion 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 We Own The Night 23:10 U.S. Marshals 01:20 Hustler TV 02:50 Reservation Road 04:35 Sex And The Single Girl 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Chowder 07:25 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack 07:50 The Tom & Jerry Show 08:15 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Super-

man: The Animated Series 09:55 The Looney Tunes Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 The X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 The Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 ICarly 15:20 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Planet Speed 17:30 PBA AllStar Shootout 18:00 Nascar Sprint Cup Series 21:00 La Liga World 21:45 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 23:45 Copa Del Rey 201213 02:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 04:00 Toyota Australian Football International 2012 05:00 Liga BBVA 2012-13

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 The Big Bang Theory 08:30 The Mentalist 09:15 C.S.I. New York 10:00 Eastbound & Down 10:30 Aliens In America 11:15 The Closer 12:15 Harry’s Law 13:00 Hawaii Five-0 13:45 According To Jim 14:30 The Mentalist 15:15 C.S.I. New York 16:00 Entourage 16:30 Gossip Girl 17:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 19:00 Hawaii Five-0 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 How To Make It In America 21:00 Pan Am 22:30 Curb Your Enthusiasm 23:20 Sons Of Anarchy 00:10 St Trinian’s Ii: The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold 02:05 Buried 03:45 Entourage 04:15 Gossip Girl 05:00 NCIS: Los Angeles 06:30 Hawaii Five-0

07:30 Funny Bones 10:00 The Parallax View 11:45 Pearl Diver 13:20 Action Zone 14:00 Lionheart 16:00 The Last Starﬁghter 18:00 Spoken Word 20:00 Step Up 3 22:00 Sin Nombre 00:05 Daring! TV 03:45 The Road 05:45 Something’s Gotta Give

05:55 Killing Bono 07:50 Breaking Wind 11:10 Burlesque 13:20 Another Earth 15:00 Love Stories 17:45 Cine News 18:40 Retreat 20:15 My Week With Marilyn 22:00 Korkoro 00:00 Animal Kingdom 02:00 Malena 03:35 Gran Torino

By Preston Wilder

The King of Comedy (Novacinema2, 19.05) Let us take a moment to remember years gone by, like the time (I’m going back a bit now) when Robert De Niro was a fearless, compelling actor, as opposed to a grumpy old man with a permanently jaded expression. Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver was one of the monsters he played for director Martin Scorsese, and Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy was another - though Rupert is very different, the psycho as passive-aggressive loser. He lives with his mum and dreams about making it big as a stand-up comic, preferably on the TV show hosted by Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) - and, when his attempts to approach

Langford come to naught, he and a deranged cohort hatch a ludicrous (but dangerous) kidnap plot. A very prescient film, anticipating today’s cult of celebrity (everyone’s a fantasist in the Age of X-Factor), though don’t let the title and Lewis’ presence fool you: I still recall the excruciating silence when I watched it, back in the day, in a cinema full of parents who’d brought their kids to see the new Jerry Lewis comedy. Not that kind of movie. Not at all. Made in 1983.

Sin Nombre (LTV3, 22.00) Another Wednesday-night foreign flick on LTV3 - and this Spanish-language film won awards aplenty but the plot is basically melodramatic, the young lovers

(perhaps inevitably) not very interesting, and the whole thing reinforces the assumptions of North Americans that anything south of the border is Hell on Earth. We start off in Central America, where a Honduran family start the long trek to a hoped-for better life in the US - but most of the action takes place in Mexico, where a barely-teenage boy is initiated into a gang by a slightly older friend named Casper. They later rob the Honduran family, but Casper kills another gang member when the latter tries to rape the family’s teenage daughter - then decides to stay with the girl, pursued by his fellow gangstas as well as the new initiate. A B-movie plot dressed up as gritty Truth, but still very slick and watchable. Made in 2009.

Sin Nombre

06:35 Cine News 07:35 True Grit 2010 09:25 The Pink Panther Strikes Again 11:10 Cine News 11:40 Larry Crowne 13:20 Cine News 13:50 Appaloosa 15:45 First Daughter 17:35 Films And Stars 18:10 The Hours 19.05 The King of Comedy 22:00 Cowboys & Aliens 00:05 Conan The Barbarian 02:00 Reindeer Games 03:50 Cine News 04:45 Winter’s Bone

19:20 Monsters 23:00 Get Carter 23:55 The Mechanic 01:30 Adult Zone

19:05 The King Of Comedy 21:00 Men Of Honor 23:15 Just Go With It 01:15 Yo Tambien

07:00 An American in Paris 08:55 King Solomon’s Mines 10:40 Three Little Words 12:25 The Yearling 14:35 What’s Up, Doc? 16:20 The Liquidator 18:05 Father’s Little Dividend 19:25 The Shoes of the Fisherman 22:00 Shaft 23:45 The V.I.P.S 01:40 Somebody Up There Likes Me 03:35 White Heat 05:25 Never Let Me Go

CYPRUS MAIL Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Showbiz ‘Two and a Half Men’ star calls show ‘filth’

Crisis of faith: Angus T. Jones has voiced his discomfort at being on raunchy TV series Two and a Half Men

ACTOR Angus T. Jones, star of CBS’s raunchy television comedy Two and a Half Men, has urged viewers to change the channel, saying his newfound religious beliefs are at odds with his job playing a fun-loving teen on the popular show. Jones, 19, who has played Jake Harper - the son of Jon Cryer’s character Alan - for nine years, appealed to fans to stop watching the show “and ﬁlling your head with ﬁlth”. In a YouTube video made for the California-based Forerunner Christian Church, Jones said his recent Bible studies made him uncomfortable with the risqué humor that marks one of the most-watched comedies on US television.

“If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching Two and a Half Men,” Jones says in the video. “I’m on Two and a Half Men and I don’t want to be on it.” “If I am doing any harm, I don’t want to be here. I don’t want to be contributing to the enemy’s plan ... You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that. “I’m not okay with what I’m learning, what the Bible says and being on that television show,” Jones added. The CBS network and Warner Bros Television, which makes the comedy, both declined to comment on Monday on Jones’ remarks. Jones’s character recently had a

brief ﬂing with actress Miley Cyrus, who made a guest appearance as a young temptress in an October episode. His remarks could pose new problems for the comedy, which was revamped in 2011 following the ﬁring of star Charlie Sheen for erratic behavior off screen and his vicious public dispute with the show’s producers. Sheen’s womanizing bachelor character and alter-ego, Charlie Harper, was killed off and replaced by Ashton Kutcher, playing an Internet billionaire. The comedy, now in its 10th season, is watched by about 14 million Americans, and is seen in more than 20 countries around the world.

Aubry secures a restraint order against Berry fiancé

Lohan wants her own TV series

Canadian model gets protection from Martinez after bust-up

LINDSAY Lohan wants to star in her own comedy series. The 26-year-old actress is reportedly hoping to get her career back on track by proving her talent on her own sitcom, after she received mixed reviews for her latest movie Liz & Dick. A source told gossip website RadarOnline.com that Lindsay was advised to try her hand at a comedy TV series by her close friend Charlie Sheen, who also allegedly helped her pay back her debts recently. The insider said: “Lindsay has asked her manager and agent to look into getting her her own television sitcom. “Lindsay feels that the small screen would be a great way for her to revitalize her acting career and that a comedy would be the best bet. Lindsay feels most comfortable doing comedy and it was Charlie Sheen that told her she should do it. Charlie told Lindsay that it was an easy way to make very good money and help her to get her movie career back on track. “Lindsay is loving the idea of having her own sitcom and would love to play someone in a story based on her crazy life.” The former Two And A Half Men star has been helping the troubled actress a lot recently according to reports. He is also said to have sent her a cheque for $100,000 to cover almost half of her hefty tax bill after they bonded during ﬁlming Scary Movie 5 together in September.

GABRIEL Aubry has secured a restraining order against Olivier Martinez. The Canadian model was granted his own civil protection from the French actor - who is engaged to his ex-girlfriend Halle Berry - in Los Angeles Monday morning after claiming Olivier threatened to kill him when they got into a violent bust-up during the Thanksgiving holiday last Thursday. A source told E! News that the 36year-old claimed in court documents that Olivier said he would kill him if he didn’t let Halle move to France with their four-year-old daughter Nahla. The duo got into a heated ﬁght after which Gabriel was hospitalised for multiple injuries including a broken rib and a swollen black eye before he was later arrested on suspicion of a misdemeanour battery. Halle immediately secured a temporary emergency protection order against him to keep him at least 100 yards away for her, their four-yearold daughter Nahla and Olivier for 72 hours. The actress’s lawyer has conﬁrmed she plans to ask for the order to be extended this week and a hearing has already been scheduled to decide whether to make it permanent for December 17. The insider said that two police of-

Former couple Aubry and Berry have been locked in a custody ﬁght over their fouryear-old daughter, Nahla

ficers arrived at Halle’s home in an unmarked car yesterday afternoon and stayed for about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, Child Protective Services are formally investigating the fight because Nahla was reportedly present. A source told RadarOnline.com: “Nahla wasn’t actually involved in the melee, and by all accounts, Halle whisked her out of the driveway as soon as the fight between

Olivier and Gabe started. “However, DCFS (Department of Children and Family Services) was contacted because there has been a history of allegations of physical abuse. “Social workers will be interviewing Halle, Gabriel and Olivier about what happened on Thanksgiving. DCFS must ensure that Nahla’s environment is safe.”

For his part, Aubry’s court papers stated: “I suffered numerous injuries as a result of the attack, including a fractured rib, multiple bruises on my face and a number of cuts which required stitches. “It all happened so fast and so suddenly; I did not see Mr Martinez’s actions coming and thus I was not ready for it and was not able to defend myself.”

Katy to spend Christmas with Suri, family Liz wants a lengthy engagement with Shane KATIE Holmes will reportedly spend Christmas with Suri Cruise and her own family. The Dead Accounts Broadway star - who split from Mission Impossible actor Tom Cruise in June after six years of marriage and has sole custody of their six-year-old daughter - is said to have agreed that Suri will spend the festive season with her after she spent Thanksgiving with him in London last week. A source told the MailOnline: “Katie and Tom are focused on Suri and as part of their divorce agreement, Suri will spend Christmas with Katie. “They are trying to be amicable and Tom will see Suri over the holidays - but on Christmas, Suri will be with Katie and her family.” The little girl was spotted back at her New York school after spending last week in England with Tom, who has been

shooting a movie there and prior to last week’s visit hadn’t seen her for three months. A source told the Daily Mirror that Tom hired four guards to protect Suri and treated her to a day at the Harry Potter World theme park in Hertfordshire on Friday (23.11.12). Katie, 33, spent the holiday with her own family in her native Ohio. She previously opened up about her plans, saying: “We have Thursday off, so I’m going to have a chance to go home with my family. “My sister makes a really good sausage stufﬁng and my mom makes a great turkey. Many years ago, my dad started this tradition where we all do this run in the local park. “It’s a three mile run called the Turkey Trot. There’s even a prize, which I haven’t won yet. But it’s really fun.”

ELIZABETH Hurley wants to have a long engagement with Shane Warne. The 47-year-old actressand-model got betrothed to the 43-year-old Australian cricketer in September 2011 and they still have not set a date for their big day. However, Elizabeth isn’t concerned because the couple always planned to have a lengthy engagement. She told Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “We are loving our long engagement and had always planned it this way. We have a great deal of organising to do, mostly because Shane is now based in England while his children are based in

Liz and Shane are in no hurry yet to tie the knot Australia, along with much of his work. We need this time to plan out how all our lives can work. We have committed to share our

lives and are trying as hard as we can to make it fabulous for everyone involved and we’ve had a lot of fun doing it.” Although the couple are content to wait to walk down the aisle, the Bedazzled star - who was previously married to Indian textile heir Arun Nayar - says her son Damian and Shane’s three kids, Brooke, Summer and Jackson, are very keen for them to marry. She said: “I think the children are longing for us to get a move on - but it has to be the right time for all of us. We have a plan in mind, but it’s still early days.”

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

CRYPTIC 2248

7 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

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HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved, you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. With the ‘X’ sudoku, the shaded X must also contain the numbers 1-9.

20 21

24 25 26 (5) 14 Stirring game? (5) 18 Jack, during trip, had a small drum (6) 19 Scoffed as it had been sent

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by train? (6) 22 Go away quickly from Muscat (4) 23 Not very good without money (4)

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Comical; 5 Mope; 7 Perspiration; 9 Butt; 10 Farewell; 12 Lodger; 13 Claret; 16 Tempting; 18 Carl; 20 Praiseworthy; 21 Clot; 22 Launder. Down – 1 Capability; 2 Merited; 3 Cope; 4 Lariat; 5 Motherly; 6 Probe; 8 Platelayer; 11 Restrict; 14 Roasted; 15 Unwell; 17 Moral; 19 Tofu. QUICK: Across – 1 Paciﬁc; 5 Call; 7 Congratulate; 9 Sure; 10 Pharisee; 12 Talker; 13 Street; 16 Embattle; 18 Cute; 20 Disagreeable; 21 Spin; 22 Dessert. Down – 1 Pace-setter; 2 Control; 3 Form; 4 Catchy; 5 Celerity; 6 Lotus; 8 Settlement; 11 Restrain; 14 Equable; 15 Flared; 17 Blimp; 19 Mess.

Rating EASY

Answers to crossword 2247

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2 & 3 Thickening part of the milk with fish (8) 4 Old money in Africa (6) 5 Cost I’m revising of the programme (3-3) 6 Crash course? (9) 7 Ashen-faced old man? (9) 11 Accompanying a servant (9) 12 Small greedy person had to rely on the money-box (5-4) 13 Delia troubled and afflicted

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1 Green record included by eastern company first (9) 8 Scowl at Louise by the river (4) 9 & 10 Employ in a dramatic role (5,4,4) 13 Fabulous author? (5) 15 For the most part trifling with petty details (6) 16 Gives us some other dessert (6) 17 Young bird beagle tried to consume! (6) 19 Painter in Kildare no Irishman (6) 20 Dhaka sounds like the capital of another country (5) 21 & 24 His job is to see that people settle (4,9) 25 Not one to back out, not one (4) 26 Wrongly portrayed as seeking prey (9)

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1 Ostracise (9) 8 Way out (4) 9 Involve (9) 10 Bantu warriors (4) 13 Poison (5) 15 Small village (6) 16 Lodestone (6) 17 Pantry (6) 19 Bend (6) 20 Channel port (5) 21 Incline (4) 24 Drawing (9) 25 Den (4) 26 Accumulate (9)

2 Garage incline (4) 3 Condiment (4) 4 Din (6) 5 Deepest part (6) 6 Testing (9) 7 Adverse remark (9) 11 Stamp collecting (9) 12 Lily-like flower (9) 13 Cross (5) 14 Greater (5) 18 Firework (6) 19 Glasgow football team (6) 22 Man (4) 23 Dark dye (4)

HOROSCOPE

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Mars forges an exact conjunction with Pluto today. This is where two planets are exactly side by side, and these are the two planets that rule the intense zodiac sign of Scorpio. Something important can change in your working life now or if you have a prominent public role. Expect to be in the spotlight. Ambitions are powerfully aroused.

If you have any simmering frustration about the demands or expectations others have or put upon you, these can reach fever pitch. This is unlikely to be a good day for anyone to ask you for yet more effort or concessions, unless it is eminently fair to you. However, if there is any task or project you want to get completed, little will stop you.

It can be an expensive time of the year, but you may get the urge to splash out on something for you personally. If you have your own money, you can do so with abandon, but if you are in a partnership, your mindset may be to spend, spend, spend, despite what your other half thinks. This need for instant gratiﬁcation can certainly knock harmony.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

A point of principle may come up for discussion today. This could be over a drink with a friend, and you can agree to disagree. However, it is also possible that you will have some kind of conversation around a contract, service agreement or legal matter. This is not, quite frankly, a good time to have any contact with law enforcement agencies.

You can be very self-sacriﬁcing, but today, if you feel you have done something that is praiseworthy, you can ﬁnd yourself more in need of approval. If it is not forthcoming, or goes to what you perceive as a less deserving cause, you could seethe with the injustice of it all. However, it is also important to let others enjoy some attention too.

You may not be someone with a particularly strong need to get your own way, not ordinarily anyway, but a very forceful planetary inﬂuence located in your sign, can see you much more determined to do as you please. This may cause ructions, yet equally this can give you the spark to get energy into a project, plan or hope that is important to you.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Who owns or contributes what can be the burning question today, especially in a close romantic context, or for that matter, a business alliance. It may not be possible for each of you to invest exactly the same amounts of money, but this isn’t about a quid pro quo balance, it’s where both sides feel appreciated and fully respected. Hold the bigger picture.

It’s not like you to be defensive, but you might find it harder than usual to control your emotions today. If someone makes the wrong kind of comment, as you see it, is insensitive or too brusque, you might find yourself bristling with indignation. There is a danger with such an acute planetary influence at play, you may take yourself too seriously.

We all have an emotional locker, and much of the time, many of us like to keep it firmly shut. But today, if you find that your mood is more volatile than usual, or you find your emotions going up and down like a rollercoaster, well it could be something unresolved within yours that you may need to pick over. Don’t hold back from doing so.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

A clash of personalities is possible today, when some very forceful vibes can work their way into all sorts of situations. Balancing your need to have your say, with being able to let those you interact with have theirs, may be challenging. As ever, it’s about both sides being attuned to listening and trying to understand their respective situations.

As your two guide planets sync-up together, you will be determined to have your voice heard. The problem is, the volume could also rise, because your need to persuade others of your viewpoint, will become almost a compulsion. You may also ﬁnd you need to do something quite physically active. Indeed, this would be a good way of burning off any frustration.

Sparks can ﬂy between you and a friend. Perhaps in the past you have got along really well, but if one of you always seems to make the decisions, and this is not you, you may be minded to make a stand for what you want. If you are used to speaking frankly to one another, this won’t impact much. If you are not, this could be a seminal moment.

CYPRUS MAIL Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sport Robson lands newcomer award

GB’s Ben Ainslie rules out competing in Rio

Australia’s Arthur stands by Ponting

LAURA Robson has been rewarded for a brilliant 2012 season by being named the WTA Tour’s newcomer of the year. The 18-year-old, who pipped fellow British player Heather Watson to the award, defeated former grand slam champions Kim Clijsters and Li Na to reach the fourth round of the US Open in September. She then became the first British woman to make the singles final at a WTA Tour event in 22 years, in Guangzhou, while she also won an Olympic silver medal in mixed doubles alongside Andy Murray. Robson began the year ranked 131 and will finish it at 53, four places below 20-year-old Watson, who bettered her compatriot by winning the WTA Tour title in Osaka last month. “It’s a huge honour to have won the 2012 WTA Newcomer Of The Year award,” said Robson, who is the first British player to win one of the awards since Virginia Wade was named player of the year in 1977. “I looked at the list of past winners and it’s certainly a very impressive line-up that includes many of my idols growing up. I hope that I can go on to achieve close to what many of the past winners have achieved in their careers.” Former winners of the award include Clijsters, Maria Sharapova, Venus and Serena Williams, Martina Hingis and Jennifer Capriati.

Olympian to focus on America’s Cup challenge

AUSTRALIA coach Mickey Arthur is adamant Ricky Ponting has the unanimous backing of selectors and will not be axed this summer. Ponting has mustered just 20 runs in the two Tests against South Africa, but made the cut for the ﬁnal clash with the Proteas in Perth starting on Friday. After smashing 355 runs in Shefﬁeld Shield cricket at an average of 118, the former Test captain’s form has dipped steeply on the international stage. With a three-match series against Sri Lanka to come in December followed by a trip to India for a four-Test contest beginning in late February, Arthur said Ponting remains a key part of the set-up. But what will be most reassuring for the undersiege veteran was Arthur’s indication that he wanted the right-hander for the 2013 Ashes tour in June. “At the moment Ricky Ponting has the unanimous backing of the selection panel ... we want Ricky Ponting to go to the Ashes, there is no doubt about that,” Arthur said. “We want Ricky Ponting certainly around for the next six months. “By his own admission Perth (against South Africa) is a big Test for him, but Ricky’s prepared brilliantly. “He will leave no stone unturned in his preparation going into Perth and I’m backing him for a big score.” While Ponting’s spot is secure for the foreseeable future, Rob Quiney lost his place at number three after a score of nine in the opening Brisbane Test followed by a pair in Adelaide. A 14-man extended squad for the Perth clash was named on Monday that saw recovered vice-captain Shane Watson replace Quiney, while pace trio Mitchell Johnson, John Hastings and Josh Hazlewood will battle with Brisbane and Adelaide Tests’ 12th man Mitchell Starc for the injured James Pattinson’s position.

IN BRIEF

The 18-year-old has had a brilliant 2012 season

FOUR-time Olympic sailing gold medallist Ben Ainslie has announced he will not compete at Rio 2016. Ainslie, 35, has decided to call time on his glittering Olympic career to focus on his America’s Cup campaign. Ainslie won the Finn class at London 2012 - his fourth gold medal in his fifth Games - but will not defend that title in Rio. “It fills me with both relief and sadness to write these words but I can now officially confirm that I have donned my Team GB tracksuit for the last time,” Ainslie told the Daily Telegraph. “No more Olympic villages. No more opening or closing ceremonies. After almost 20 years entirely dedicated to the pursuit of gold, taking in five Olympic campaigns, I have decided I will not attempt a sixth at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.” Ainslie won silver at his first Olympics in Atlanta in 1996 in the Laser class and took Laser gold in Sydney four years later. He then moved to the Finn class taking gold in Athens, Beijing and London. Ainslie did not announce his Olympic retirement immediately after winning in Weymouth. Instead he waited for the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) conference in Dublin to find out which classes would be on the Olympic programme for Rio. He admits that had the Star two-handed dinghy been reinstated he might have considered “giving that a go” but it was not. “Because of the wear and tear of a lifetime spent sailing, particularly on my back, which was a real issue this summer, it was always going

Great Britain’s Ben Ainslie won the Finn class at London 2012 - his fourth gold medal in his ﬁfth Games - but will not defend that title in Rio to be an uphill struggle to do the Finn again in Brazil,” he said. Ainslie will now concentrate on an America’s Cup World Series campaign with JP Morgan BAR. “I feel increasingly conﬁdent that we can one day challenge for the America’s Cup proper. Not at next year’s event in San Francisco - that will be too soon - but perhaps the one after that.” Royal Yachting Association performance director John Derbyshire paid tribute to Ainslie. “The word ‘legend’ is often over-used in sport, but Ben really is one - a determined yet unassuming, modest, often under-recognised leg-

end in this nation’s sporting history. “He has been a talismanic ﬁgure in the RYA’s Olympic programme for over 16 years, through his successes inspiring new waves of sailors to get involved in the sport, and passing on his tireless work ethic and campaign skills to other young talents, who will look to follow in his footsteps and take on the challenge of keeping GBR a leading light in Olympic sailing in the years to come. “Ben has always made it clear that his two career goals have been to win Olympic gold, and to win the America’s Cup. With four Olympic golds and a silver across ﬁve Games, and now the most successful

Olympic sailor of all time, he has nothing left to prove in Olympic terms and there can be no question that he’s more than achieved his ﬁrst goal. “It’s therefore entirely understandable that he should now want to turn his attentions to the second, and hopefully lead a British team to win the oldest trophy in sport for the very ﬁrst time.” RYA Olympic manager Stephen Park said: “From our side, the door is always open for Ben to return if he feels that gold in Rio is a viable prospect, but we wish him every success with JPMorgan Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) and his uncompromising focus on an America’s Cup-winning campaign.”

New Zealand’s Carter Nets win first New York battle Panthers punish Eagles, confident of facing English in an overtime thriller spoiling Brown’s hot debut NEW Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter is confident he will be fit to play England at Twickenham on Saturday. Carter missed the 33-10 victory over Wales three days ago due to a calf injury he suffered in training and was replaced by Aaron Cruden who kicked 18 points. “Hopefully, I’ll be ready, nothing’s changed over the last couple of days,” Carter told reporters yesterday. “The plan was to get through training and it was pretty light today, I didn’t go over 50 per cent. I got through it well ... I’m pretty confident I’ll be right to play, I just need some positive thinking. It’s the last game of the year and I want to be part of it.”

THE Brooklyn Nets beat the visiting New York Knicks 9689 in an overtime thriller on Monday in the ﬁrst battle for ‘Big Apple’ bragging rights between the city rivals. Brooklyn’s victory at the new Barclays Centre lifted the Nets (9-4) into a tie with the Knicks (9-4) for ﬁrst place in the Atlantic Division in front of a boisterous crowd. “Every time some sort of Knick contingent started to cheer, our fans got louder and this is what we have been dreaming about since I have been here,” said Nets coach Avery Johnson, recalling sparse crowds in the last few seasons in New Jersey. “It is a nice feeling and I am glad we rewarded our fans with a victory. They deserved it.”

THE Carolina Panthers claimed a 30-22 win to condemn the Philadelphia Eagles to a seventh NFL defeat in a row. Cam Newton threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another two to underpin the Panthers’ success, while they took the lead for good when Graham Gano slotted over a ﬁeld goal from 23 yards. There was one positive for the beleagured Eagles, with Bryce Brown setting a new club record for rookie rushing - clocking up 178 yards, including a touchdown run totalling 65 yards on his ﬁrst start in the big league.

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‘Defence is the key stresses Sao Paulo’s Toloi SAO Paulo defender Rafael Toloi believes his side’s excellent defensive record will help the Brazilian giants reach the Copa Sudamericana final. Sao Paulo host Chilean side Universidad Catolica tonight in the second leg of the tournament’s semi-finals. Ney Franco’s side have not conceded any goals at home in the competition so far, and Toloi knows a goalless draw will help them progress after a 1-1 draw in Santiago last week. “Catolica are a great team but we have been playing very well in defence. If we do not concede goals we’ll reach the final,” Toloi told reporters in Sao Paulo. “I’m hopeful we mark well in order to progress. All the players go back

to mark when needed, even forwards, so we are hopeful of a repeat on Wednesday. “It is important to be careful all the time and not concede goals.” Midfielder Jadson does not believe penalties will be needed tomorrow night, adding: “We are not expecting penalties. If we play the same way we’ve been playing so far, we’ll qualify. “The draw in Chile was a shame because it could have been a 3-1 win for us. We created opportunities we failed to finish. We hope to be more lucky next game.” Defender Rhodolfo is doubtful for Sao Paulo due to a shin injury, while midfielder Fernando Cordero is expected to return to the Universidad side after he was banned for the first leg.

Catolica’s Argentinian forward Nicolas Trecco told reporters in Santiago: “We are full of hope and confidence. “We know the 0-0 score is useless for us. We must play a very intelligent match. In the first match, when we attacked them they felt uncomfortable and we had a chance to win.” Forward Alvaro Ramos added: “We know we can play a good game. We are totally convinced and hopeful of qualifying. “Sao Paulo will feel the pressure and we must be calm, show our football on the field and win.” The remaining semi-final will be played in Bogota tomorrow between Colombian side Millonarios and Argentina’s Tigre after a 0-0 draw in the first leg.

Brazilian giants Sao Paulo have not conceded any goals at home in the Copa Sudamericana tournament so far

Messi’s pursuit of record on hold

We must not fear Bayern, says Freiburg boss Streich

FORMER Germany and Bayern Munich striker Gerd Mueller’s record of 85 goals in a calendar year will stand for a little longer after Barcelona decided to rest Lionel Messi for a midweek outing in the King’s Cup against lowly Alaves. The Argentina forward, a favourite to secure a fourth straight World Player of the Year award in January, is three goals short of the tally Mueller set in 1972 after netting twice in La Liga at the weekend. “Messi’s only thinking about helping the team to win, not about personal records,” Barca coach Tito Vilanova told a news conference yesterday. “If he was thinking the other way he would have asked me to play in the Cup.” Holders Barcelona host third-tier Alaves in a last-32 second leg at the Nou Camp today when they will defend a 3-0 lead. Vilanova left out ﬁrst-team regulars such as Messi, Victor Valdes, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Gerard Pique when naming a 16-man squad, while calling up a number of Academy players. “We have given the players who have played the most recently a rest,” Vilanova said. “It will be a good game for those just back from injury such as Thiago (Alcantara), Adriano and the players from Barca B.” Spain striker David Villa returned to the side after missing Sunday’s trip to Levante with an ankle problem, though he has yet to be given the go-ahead to play by the club’s medical services. “David’s ﬁne. We’ll see how he is tomorrow but there shouldn’t be a problem with him playing,” Vilanova added. The unbeaten La Liga leaders moved 11 points clear of champions Real Madrid at the weekend, after Jose Mourinho’s men were surprise 1-0 losers at Real Betis.

Insists all pressure is on Bavarian giants ahead of clash FREIBURG coach Christian Streich says that his side must not fear Bayern Munich when the Bavarian giants visit the Mage Solar Stadion tonight. A 3-0 win over Stuttgart on Sunday lifted Freiburg to sixth in the Bundesliga table, a position which would earn them a place in next season’s Europa League. And after picking up 14 points from their last seven games, Streich sees no reason why his south-west outﬁt should stand in awe of the league leaders tonight. “We are happy to be a small club, we feel good that way, but we don’t always want to be small,” Streich told a press conference. “We want to grow bigger. My lads have no fear, I know that. We always want three points, anything else would be bad anyway.” Streich says that his side can play without any pressure tonight, given that all the expectations are for a Bayern victory, while a seven-point cushion on the bottom three means they do not have to look over their shoulders too much. “I am incredibly delighted that we don’t have our backs

High expectations: Bayern’s aim cannot be any lower than getting three points to give them a comfortable margin over Dortumund, before the two titans of German football meet at the Allianz Arena on Saturday to the wall,” Streich added. “Our quality of life is better and we are sleeping better, and that does you good.” Streich’s achievement in lifting Freiburg to sixth place after 13 games of the season is not lost on Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes either.

“Freiburg’s best man is sat on their bench,” he said. “He (Streich) has not only worked on the foundations, but he has also started a revival at Freiburg. “He is down to earth, competent and has his team play modern football.” Nevertheless, Bayern’s aim

cannot be any lower than getting three points to give them a comfortable margin over Borussia Dortmund before the two giants of German football meet at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. “I am only focusing on Freiburg,” Heynckes told a

pre-match press conference. “They are in good form.” Heynckes is still without the injured Arjen Robben, but Mario Gomez is an option again after marking his return after a four-month injury absence with a goal at the weekend.

Giant Euro 2020 concept has wide support among national federations - DFB A PLAN to stage the 2020 European football championships across the entire continent instead of one or two countries enjoys wide support among national federations, Germany’s football association (DFB) said yesterday. Ahead of two days of meetings in Brussels with European football’s governing body UEFA, DFB General Secretary Helmut Sandrock said they

were initially surprised by UEFA boss Michel Platini’s concept. The proposal, yet to be ratiﬁed by the UEFA executive committee, could see 12 countries hosting an expanded tournament involving 24 teams, up from the current 16. “We were surprised when we ﬁrst heard the idea,” Sandrock told ZDF television before departing for

Brussels. “But I myself had discussions to learn more about this idea and we know that there have been two strategy discussions with national federations already and there is a lot of support for such a Euro tournament,” Sandrock said. “We discussed this idea at the DFB as we had supported the Turkey 2020 bid, but we know there is wide sup-

port from our partners in Europe (for Platini’s pan).” Turkey have expressed a wish to stage the tournament on a conventional, single-country basis, but their bid will be dropped if Istanbul is awarded the Olympics in the same year. Scotland, Wales and Ireland have also declared their interest in staging the ﬁnals.

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Benitez: winning matches will appease fans Jeered interim Chelsea boss aims to prove that he is in charge for the right reasons By Josh Reich INTERIM Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez said he understood why some of the club’s fans are opposed to his appointment but is hoping to secure their backing by winning matches. Benitez was jeered by supporters angry at the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo before the 0-0 draw with Manchester City on Sunday, the Spaniard’s ﬁrst match in charge. “Clearly I understand the feeling of the fans, I know how they feel at the moment because of my time at Liverpool, we had a rivalry and it was quite difﬁcult,” Benitez told a news conference yesterday ahead of Chelsea’s next game against Fulham. “At the same time I will try to prove to them that I am here for the right reasons, I will try to prove to them I want to win, and if I can do it, they will be pleased,” the former Liverpool manager added.

“I will concentrate in my coaching, try to improve players, then it will be easier to win games and bring the fans back.” Di Matteo led Chelsea to the Champions League trophy for the ﬁrst time and the FA Cup after taking charge in March. Some fans have called for Benitez to apologise for comments he made while in charge of Liverpool that he would never manage Chelsea.

‘TRUST’ “We can analyse what I say, what I didn’t say, we cannot be checking the press, if it’s true, if it’s not true, but for me, from my point of view, is to show them that I will try my best, that I will try hard to win their trust,” Benitez said. Chelsea supporters will hope Benitez’s arrival improves the form of striker Fernando Torres who enjoyed the most successful period of his career in England under the guid-

ance of his compatriot at Liverpool. Torres, who cost Chelsea a club record 50 million pounds ($80 million) last year, continued to look a shadow of his former self in the dour 0-0 draw with City. “I’ll try to give him some conﬁdence, see what he can do in a different way and improve him - along with the rest of the team physically,” Benitez said. “If you are strong in defence, you can regain the ball easier, you will have more chances as you will have more possession, so that’s the idea. We will try to improve the shape of the team but keep their quality and mobility. “He’s not exactly the same now because he was at the maximum level at that time. He can come back and improve but the team has to help him.” Chelsea defender John Terry, midﬁelder Frank Lampard and striker Daniel Sturridge will miss tonight’s match against Fulham due to injury.

Chelsea fans will hope Benitez’s arrival improves the form of striker Torres, who enjoyed the most successful period of his career in England under his compatriot’s guidance at Liverpool

AVB: football fans within their rights to boo Clarke has his own style TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas thinks football fans are well within their rights to criticise their manager after a weekend which saw both Rafael Benitez and Arsene Wenger come under ﬁre. Chelsea supporters made their dissatisfaction clear over the appointment of Benitez as interim head coach at the weekend when they jeered the Spaniard and chanted the name of the man he replaced, Roberto Di Matteo, before the Blues’ 0-0 draw against Manchester City. Benitez was not the only manager to feel the heat from the terraces as Arsenal boss Wenger was also jeered for his decision to substitute Olivier Giroud for Francis Coquelin during their goalless draw at Aston Villa on Saturday. Villas-Boas himself has been subjected to boos from some Spurs fans on occasion this season, but he insists supporters should be entitled to air their views if they think something is not right with their club. Villas-Boas, who was sacked by Chelsea after less than nine months in charge

Villas-Boas himself has been subjected to Spurs’ supporters’ displeasure of the club, told a press conference: “The fans have the right to everything in my opinion. “They are the ones who breathe the biggest passion for the football club, they are the essence and they breathe the values of the football club. “They are entitled to whatever they want to say or chant; disappointment, belief, encouragement, positiveness. “It is all down to them,

football is about them, it is about their passion. They have the right more than anybody to show that. “(As a manager) you have to take it. Sometimes we don’t like what we hear but that’s life.” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has not suffered the same fate as Benitez and Wenger so far this season despite the Reds’ mixed start to the season. Rodgers, who signed a three-year deal at Anﬁeld this summer, has only been able to guide Liverpool to 11th in the Barclays Premier League so far this season after a summer of upheaval on Merseyside. Rodgers allowed 11 of his players to leave in the transfer window and put his faith in a raft of promising youngsters like Raheem Sterling, Andre Wisdom and Spanish forward Suso. Villas-Boas will take on the Northern Irishman tonight when Liverpool come to White Hart Lane and he is convinced both he and Rodgers will do well at their respective clubs because of the time they spent together under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea.

WEST Brom boss Steve Clarke has received messages of support from Jose Mourinho but insists he is his own person when it comes to management. Clarke worked as number two to Mourinho and Avram Grant at Chelsea and had spells under Ruud Gullit and Sir Bobby Robson (Newcastle), Gianfranco Zola (West Ham) and Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool). He received a text from Real Madrid supremo Mourinho ahead of Saturday’s 4-2 win at Sunderland offering encouragement after Albion’s flying start to the Barclays Premier League season. But Clarke has been determined to do things his way since taking charge at the Hawthorns in the summer. Clarke, whose third-placed side visit Swansea tonight, said: “Jose sent me a little text before the game at the weekend. It was a nice text. “There were some good things in it although it’s private between me and Jose. “But it was about encouragement and just to keep going and to keep working. “Did I give Mourinho any advice? The text was sent before his defeat at the weekend. I didn’t. It’s not for me to give Jose advice. He is (was) my boss. “But I do just try and be myself on the training ground and in the press conferences. “I always said when I took the job, although I’ve worked with a number of top coaches, I would just be myself. “As you can tell, I’m quite a level-headed person and I try and convey that to the players as well.” Albion will be bidding to win a fifth successive top-flight game for the first time in 34 years at the Liberty Stadium. But Clarke knows many testing hurdles lie ahead before he will allow himself the luxury of enjoying Albion’s success. He said: “This is where you get tested. This is a test of the squad, the character of the group. “So far every time they’ve been tested, asked the question, they have passed the test, and there have been some pivotal moments. “We have to keep facing those challenges and we have to keep our season on the right track.”

EVERTON manager David Moyes believes Arsenal are benefiting from the years of Mikel Arteta’s development spent under his guidance. The Spaniard left Goodison Park for the Gunners in a £10million deal on the final day of the summer transfer window last year after six years playing for the Scot. Moyes admits when he first brought in Arteta from Real Sociedad, after a twoyear spell with Rangers, he was unsure how well he would fare. However, he now sees Arteta as a key player and one of the leaders in Arsene Wenger’s side, the visitors tonight. “I’m not surprised. He is a very gifted footballer, he is a great lad to work with,” said Moyes. “I think the manager (Wenger) was probably surprised by what he offers: he is a great professional, a really good footballer and I’ll be delighted to see him back - just disappointed it is in an Arsenal jersey. “I see Mikel now and when they are having a bit of a huddle he is the one who is the leader and I think they look to him; he has taken on a lot of the leadership qualities in that side. “He was part of the rebuilding process that had to take place at Everton when we tried to develop the team and move it on. “We took Mikel on loan from Real Sociedad after he’d been at Rangers and it hadn’t quite worked for him. “We were a bit unsure when he first came here. He was a bit lightweight to play in the middle and so we played him off the side and he was great there for us, he really was. “Eventually he moved on to be a real key figure in that period and was a big part of us developing and moving Everton forward.” Arsenal were the last team to beat the Toffees at Goodison in the league, last March. Since then they are 10 unbeaten on home turf and although a run of one win in their last seven matches has curtailed what was a promising start to the campaign, Moyes is confident it has given them a platform on which to build their season. “We are going to try to push,” added the Scot, whose fifth-placed team are just a point ahead of the Gunners.

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Sport City’s Platt hails ‘exceptional’ Nastasic abilities MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini avoided media duties on his 48th birthday, leaving first-team coach David Platt to sing the praises of defender Matija Nastasic. Earlier this month Mancini walked into one of his press conferences wearing a Platt mask, a jovial reference to his recent habit of asking his number two to speak on his behalf. And it was Platt again who addressed reporters as City previewed their midweek Barclays Premier League trip to Wigan. The former England midfielder claimed it had nothing to do with the fact it was the Italian’s birthday, but said there was work to do with the game coming just three days after the last. Platt said: “It’s not just his birthday, the games are coming thick and fast and his words are in the system.” Platt went on to speak positively about the champions’ defence, with Sunday’s goalless draw at Chelsea bringing a fifth clean sheet in seven Premier League games. Among their key performers has been 19-year-old Nastasic, who is now blocking the return of fit-again England centre-back Joleon Lescott to the team. The Serbian, signed from Fiorentina on deadline day in August, has started the last seven matches in all competitions. Lescott missed part of that sequence with a back injury but has been back in contention for the last three games. Platt said: “That is testament to him (Nastasic). He has stepped in. The first

couple of games he has had to get used to English football, but he has done that very quickly. “The really, really good performance ... but the real one where it might have been a bit alien to him was when we went down to West Ham. “You knew the ball was coming in, they were hitting the diagonal balls towards Andy Carroll and I thought he acquitted himself exceptionally well.” Lescott did not even make the bench at Stamford Bridge with Kolo Toure preferred as back-up central defender, but Platt does not think much should read into that. He said: “Joleon is ﬁne. He will be available for selection like he was available for selection at the weekend.” City also have no worries about the ﬁtness of key defender and captain Vincent Kompany, after suggestions the Belgian could be rested after defying the knee injury suffered in last week’s Champions League clash against Real Madrid to play 90 minutes at Chelsea. While City were solid at the weekend, they were also frustrated at their failure to convert any chances. They have not reproduced the brilliance of the early part of their last campaign, when by this stage, 13 games, they had scored 43 goals, 11 more than their current tally. But Platt was taking little notice of the league table ahead of the clash at the DW Stadium. Despite Wigan having won just four games and remaining in the lower reaches of the table, Platt feels they have produced some eye-catching play.

City’s 19-year-old Nastasic (right) is now blocking the return of ﬁt-again England centre-back Joleon Lescott

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WEST HAM BOSS: UNITED HAVE LEAKED MORE GOALS THAN NORMAL Meanwhile, West Ham’s manager can only hope Andy Carroll’s (left) Premier League goal-drought is ﬁnally behind him

Allardyce targeting porous Red Devils By Paul Hirst

est Ham manager Sam Allardyce thinks Manchester United are not the impenetrable defensive unit they once were. The Hammers play their second game of a tough ﬁvematch sequence tonight when they travel to face the Barclays Premier League leaders at Old Trafford. Although Sir Alex Ferguson’s team have seamlessly climbed above Manchester City and Chelsea to reach the summit in recent weeks, the Scot has regularly bemoaned the standard of his team’s defending this season. The Red Devils have conceded just short of 29 goals per season over the last ﬁve years, but they have already conceded 19 this term after just 13 matches, thanks to a mixture of injuries to key players and sloppy errors by

those who have featured. Allardyce, whose side lost 3-1 at Spurs on Sunday, admits West Ham will face a big task if they are to win tonight, but he takes comfort from the fact that the days of regular shut-outs at Old Trafford are now rare. “Manchester United have leaked a few more goals than normal,” Allardyce said. “Their defensive qualities haven’t been as good as they have been over the past few years. “The problem is at the other end they never stop scoring goals, but if we can get our defensive unit on song and if we play as a team in and out of possession then you never know what will happen.” The controversial chanting that came from West Ham supporters during the game at White Hart Lane drew attention away from what was arguably the worst league performance of the Hammers’ season.

Allardyce’s men had climbed to joint sixth in the table after making a surprisingly good start to the season, but they lacked pace, ideas and concentration against Spurs, who ripped them apart with ease. With games against Chelsea, Liverpool and high-ﬂying West Brom coming up, Allardyce knows his team are in danger of slipping into the bottom half of the table, but he thinks his players will bounce back with a better performance at United tonight. “The team did brilliantly when we drew against Manchester City and beat Newcastle, so let’s see if they can do it against Manchester United, Chelsea, West Brom or Liverpool,” the 58-yearold said. Another disappointing factor of Sunday’s defeat was that Mark Noble picked up his ﬁfth booking of the season and is therefore suspended tonight.

Chelsea express their ‘regrets’ over handling of Clattenburg racist abuse complaint CHELSEA yesterday expressed “regrets” over their handling of the complaint of racist abuse against Mark Clattenburg. The European champions issued

a joint statement with referees body Professional Game Match Ofﬁcials Limited and the Premier League in which they admitted that they should have “given more

consideration” before making their allegation public. The Football Association last week decided to take no disciplinary action against Clattenburg following

an investigation into Chelsea’s allegation he used “inappropriate language” against midﬁelder John Obi Mikel, while the police also shelved a probe into the matter.

The only plus point from last weekend for Allardyce was that Andy Carroll ended his 1,062-minute Premier League goal-drought. Allardyce hopes the £35million striker, on loan from Liverpool until the end of the season, now starts scoring on a more regular basis. “One of the things we have been really good at has been providing service and opportunities to lots of players to score,” Allardyce added. “Our problem has been everyone, not just Andy, converting those chances. I hope he kicks on now.” Allardyce also has doubts over left-back George McCartney, who suffered an ankle injury against Tottenham, while Yossi Benayoun’s persistent thigh problem means he will once again be missing tonight. West Ham’s injuries mean Allardyce may be forced to enter the transfer market in January.