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And this is just the beginning House passes tax hikes and wage cuts Shiarly: most crucial budget ever Page 2 Christofias breaks down at PEO event Page 2

By Elias Hazou and George Psyllides

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NDER THE threat ‘bailout or bust’, legislators yesterday approved the first batch of tax hikes and salary cuts, giving Cypriots a glimpse of even tougher times ahead.

The three items passed by the plenum relate to tax hikes on tobacco and alcohol, an increase in VAT, and across-the-board salary cuts for the broader public sector – and that’s just for starters.

The whole situation proved too much for President Demetris Christofias who burst into tears last night during an address he gave at left-wing PEO union, promising to continue to fight for the workers “until his last breath”.

All three bills were passed by unanimous vote yesterday. Despite gripes over being backed into a wall, opposition deputies nevertheless seemed to recognise the sense of urgency, imparted by Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly earlier in the day when he addressed parliament on what he called the “most crucial budget ever”.

“There is no longer any room for complacency, neither personal nor party aspirations,” the minister warned deputies.

The permanent secretary of the finance ministry,

Christos Patsalides had sent the same message to MPs during the House finance committee in the morning with a stark plea: “Passing the bills is vital, it’s either this or bankruptcy.”

Patsalides also warned deputies the items should be passed ‘as is’, adding that there was simply no leeway for amendments.

“It’s by no means the end of the road. Many other bills are on the way, and this is just the beginning when it comes to implementing the memorandum,” DIKO MP Nicholas Papadopoulos said, alluding to the fiscal and budgetary measures the government has agreed to in exchange for a multibillion loan from the EU and IMF. The approved bills provide for the tax on rolling tobacco to be increased to €150kg from €60kg, almost three times the price, and for packet cigarettes to €2.43 for 20 from €2.20 for 20. That’s expected to fetch the state some €22 million.

Cigars are not affected.

Alcohol is also set to become more expensive: tax on beer will rise to €6/100 litres from €4.78/100 litres.

This means a bottle of 0.5 litres with an alcohol content of 5 per cent would be taxed €0.15 instead of the current €0.12.

For spirits, the tax will go up to €956.82/100 litres from

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A worker controls a tapping of a blast furnace at Europe’s largest steel factory of Germany’s industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG, in the western German city of Duisburg yesterday

Tardy British lottery winner loses out on £64m fortune A MYSTERY UK lottery player has lost out on a £64-million fortune after the deadline for them to claim the lifechanging prize expired.

The unlucky individual, who bought the winning EuroMillions ticket in Hertfordshire, had until 11pm on Wednesday to collect the massive windfall.

But despite a National Lottery publicity campaign, the would-be multi-millionaire missed the 180-day deadline - making the £63,837,543.60 prize the biggest unclaimed lottery win in history.

The bumper haul of money, plus all the interest it has generated, will now go to the National Lottery Good Causes

- adding to the £29 billion already raised through sales of lottery tickets since the National Lottery launched in November 1994.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said: “Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticketholder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this staggering amount of money.

“The vast majority of prizes are claimed within the 180 days, but to avoid this unfortunate situation happening again, we would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis.”

The now-expired ticket was purchased in the Stevenage and Hitchin area for the EuroMillions draw on Friday June 8.

National Lottery officials launched a desperate search for the holder - with even a town crier proclaiming the win from a Lamborghini.

All lottery players were urged to check their tickets and search some of the more unusual places where “lost” tickets have been found in the past, such as in bin bags, wedged down the back of sofas and stashed in car sun visors.

The lottery spokeswoman added: “it’s a real shame that they have missed out, but there is still one winner - the nation”.

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Shiarly gives pep talk in budget speech THE 2013 budget is perhaps the most crucial parliament would have to approve in the island’s modern history, Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday, as he urged parties to put their differences aside for the good of the country.

Shiarly said Cyprus’ recession will extend through 2013 as austerity measures taken under an EU/IMF bailout weigh, even as they lay the foundations for future growth.

He said 2013 would also be “particularly difficult”. Presenting next year’s budget before the House plenum, Shiarly said that only through unity on the domestic front “will we be able to protect the interests of the Cypriot people.” He forecast GDP would shrink 3.5 per cent in 2013 after a contraction of 2.4 per cent in 2012.

“There is no longer any room for complacency, neither personal nor party aspirations,” the minister said. Shiarly said next year’s budget was perhaps the most crucial in Cyprus’ modern history.

“I do not wish to scare-monger. On the contrary, I want to emphasise that everyone’s priority should be the good of the country. The important thing is to protect our country, the survival and the future of its people,” he said. Parliament is scheduled to discuss the budget from December 18, with a vote expected on December 20. “Our people have pride and dignity but also the will to work for the best, as they indisputably proved after 1974,” the minister said. “How-

Christofias breaks down while giving an address at left-wing union PEO PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias broke down in tears last night during an impassioned speech before delegates of left-wing trade union PEO. The head of state became emotional while talking about looming austerity measures resulting from an expected foreign bailout.

“My concern and priority has always been for the good of the workers, of the common people,” Christofias said, before choking up and taking a few seconds to wipe off tears with a handkerchief, sniffling some more and blowing his nose.

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Shiarly addresses parliament yesterday ever, we, the executive and the legislature, must live to the expectations of society.” The 2013 budget incorporates the terms agreed between Cyprus and international lenders a couple of weeks ago.

A four-year austerity programme is designed to generate savings of up to €1.3 billion. Cuts have been incorporated into the 2013 budget.

Expenditure has been cut 5.8 per cent on an annualised basis to €7.01 billion and revenue is seen at €5.86 billion, a 1.3 per cent increase over 2012.

The government has already submitted a batch of ‘bailout bills’ for approval by parliament, ahead of a Eurogroup meeting next Thursday. Deputies must discuss and vote on some 28 bills by then.

Having composed himself, he added: “I assure you that I shall continue to fight for these values to my last breath.”

As president, Christofias was appearing before the congress of PEO for the last time; the incumbent will not be running for reelection.

In the same address, Christofias claimed his administration was being undermined on the domestic front during the negotiations with the troika. Some quarters had even ‘threatened’ his government to sign a loan deal ‘here and now’, he said.

The communist leader went on to say that the consequences of the crisis would have been far worse had any other administration been in charge: “Were it up to conservative and neo-liberal forces here, the consequences on the working people would have been devastating,” he said.

Orphanides: President made false statement

By George Psyllides THE FORMER Central Bank governor yesterday rejected suggestions that he did not stop a bank deal, which President Demetris Christofias said had cost the island some €4 billion.

In his public address on Tuesday, Christofias said Athanasios Orphanides had approved the conversion of Marfin Egnatia bank from a subsidiary of Popular Bank in Greece to a branch, thus making Cyprus responsible for covering any capital needs it may have.

The former top banker said the lender’s status would not have made a difference – the parent company would have to foot the bill anyway.

“Deliberate or not – I am not in a position to know – the president’s statement is false both as regards the issue of approving the merger and the merger’s effects,” Orphanides said in a written statement. Orphanides said Cyprus was already the group’s base in 2010.

“The merger, through which Popular absorbed Marfin Egnatia, was approved with a decision from the Nicosia district court on December 15, 2010,” Orpha-

nides said. According to the European regulatory framework, as stipulated by the 2006/48 European Capital Requirements Directive and the European Banking Authority (EBA) guidelines, converting a subsidiary bank to a branch does not change the obligations of the parent company as regards its capital requirements.

“This is why the stress tests carried out by the EBA in 2011 did not alter the obligations of parent companies in connection with any problems their subsidiaries or branches may have, nor did it change the obligations of the country of origin,” Orphanides said.

He gave the example of French lender Credit Agricole, which had to foot the bill for its Greek subsidiary Emporiki Bank.

And the fact that Cyprus has been asked to carry out due diligence on the loan portfolios of Greek banks Alpha Bank Cyprus, and Eurobank Cyprus in order to inform their home authority, proved the point further, Orphanides said.

The decision that the country of origin would deal with any problems faced by a group was taken by eurozone governments during the October 26 EU summit, which Christofias attended, Orphanides

added. “At the same summit Greece demanded and won additional capital for its banks – over and above the approved funds – to cover the new needs arising from the Greek bond haircut,” Orphanides said. “I am not in a position to know if Cyprus had demanded similar protection for its banks before President Christofias agreed with the decision (to write-down Greek debt).”

The former governor has blamed Christofias for not securing protection for the island’s banks before agreeing with the decision to write-down their Greek debt holdings, prompting them to seek state assistance. “I was not a state leader and I did not attend the summit where this decision was taken,” Orphanides said. “I was a central banker and I disagreed outright with the haircut.”

Orphanides said there would have been no problem if no permission was given for the merger back in 2006 by then governor Christodoulos Christodoulou.

Christodoulou could have also set as condition for the merger that the group’s base would be Greece.

“This would indeed transfer the responsibility of covering any capital needs to the Greek state,” Orphanides said.

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By Stefanos Evripidou CENTRAL BANK governor Panicos Demetriades has sent a letter to House President Yiannakis Omirou requesting that the independent institution be temporarily excluded from four bills tabled before parliament as part of efforts to curb public expenditure.

The four bills provide for reductions in salaries and pensions in the wider public sector, ad-hoc contributions and freezes on salaries and wage indexation.

The CB governor explained that it was “imperative and necessary” to follow proper pro-

cedure and get the opinion of the European Central Bank (ECB) before any changes to its pay structure can be implemented. Commenting on the letter, Chairman of the House Institutions Committee Demetris Syllouris said: “Some people in this country must realise that the knife of the economic crisis has cut deep into the poor and the weak, and they need to think two or three times before they consider themselves aggrieved.”

One government source put his comment down to unadulterated populism since the CB has in no way suggested it will refuse to implement austerity measures applying to the wider public sector. However, there are rules to be-

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ing a member of the Eurozone, one of which relates to safeguarding the independence of the national central banks, meaning the ECB must approve any changes to salaries, payments, benefits and pensions. Central Bank spokeswoman Aliki Stylianou said the matter was purely “procedural”.

“The CB is obliged to inform the ECB first based on the relevant regulations of the Eurozone,” she said. “That is why we requested a grace period to inform the ECB on the matter, as the relevant Eurozone rules oblige us to do.”

Stylianou said as soon as the CB received the draft bills earlier this week, it sent a letter seeking the opinion of the ECB.

She noted that last year, the former CB governor Athanasios Orphanides had failed to follow procedure when implementing austerity measures including a 3 per cent contribution from public sector salaries for two years and pension contribution.

His failure to inform the then ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet caused a stink, resulting in then finance minister Kikis Kazamias having to write a letter to Trichet on September 11, 2011 effectively apologising for the omission. When the government later wanted to implement salary and wage indexation freezes in the public sector, this time the CB followed procedure requesting the opinion of the ECB.

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Some 28 bills must pass through House in a week (continued from front page) €598.01/100 litres of pure alcohol. By way of example, a litre of Zivania would now cost €3.83, up from €2.39.

Wine and Commandaria remain unaffected. The projected revenue is €10 million. Significantly, the law includes a provision empowering the finance minister to adjust the rates on the basis of the consumer price index by issuing a decree.

The second bill relates to VAT, to rise by one percentage point to 18 per cent as of January 1, 2013 and a further rise to 19 per cent on January 1, 2014. The reduced VAT rate will also rise by one percentage point to 9 per cent as of January 1, 2014.

Thirdly, parliament passed salary and pension cuts for public-sector workers, effective immediately. With retroactive effect, as of December 1 this year, there will be a scaled reduction in emoluments of public and broader public sector pensioners and employees as follows: €0-1000: 0 per cent; €1001-1500: 6.5 per cent; €15012000: 8.5 per cent; €2001-3000: 9.5 per cent; €3001-4000: 11.5

per cent; above €4001: 12.5 per cent. And as of January 1, 2014 salaries and pensions will see an additional reduction of 3 per cent across the board.

These cuts will generate annual savings of €201 million as of 2013. Twenty-five more government bills are set to be submitted to parliament.

In total, the government has drafted 28 items of legislation which must be enacted by December 13. The administration is hoping to score points with eurozone finance ministers before the next meeting of the Eurogroup that is scheduled to discuss Cyprus’ bailout.

Lawmakers will be racing against time this week and the next, and an extraordinary session of the plenum is likely to be held on Wednesday to pass the remaining bills.

Speaking after the session of the House Finance Committee, DIKO’s Papadopoulos said it was practically impossible to amend the bills due to the time factor.

“Any changes would mean we’d have to go back to the troika and re-negotiate with them…that would require additional time, and there is

FIVE Griffon Vultures are to be brought in from Crete today as part of the ‘GYPAS’ project to increase the population of the Griffon Vulture in Cyprus, which is dangerously close to extinction.

The new arrivals will bring their number to 11. Griffon Vultures function as environmental ‘cleaners’, helping reduce the chance of diseases from carrion.

Project GYPAS comes under the ‘Cross-

Border Cooperation Programme Greece and Cyprus 2007-2013’. It is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the national resources of both Greece and Cyprus.

Tomorrow the vultures will be put in an enclosure of the Forestry Department in the Ayios Ioannis area of Paphos where they will stay until they become familiarised with their surroundings.

Pimco report on island’s banks due for issue THE INTERIM report of Pimco, which will contain the amount deemed necessary for the recapitalisation of Cyprus’ banking sector, will be sent this evening from the US. The Cyprus News Agency said however that details would not be made public until tomorrow morning.

“It is not yet clear if Pimco will be making the announcement,” the agency said.

Pimco’s interim report will be sent to the tenmember Steering Committee, which has been set up to follow the study being carried out by Californiabased Pimco.

The Steering Committee comprises representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, the Cooperative Central Bank, the troika, the European Banking Authority and the European Support Mechanism EFSF/ESM. The amount in Pimco’s report will determine the amount Cyprus will be borrowing from the troika and whether or not the Cypriot debt will be viable, meaning that it will not exceed 120 per cent of the country’s GDP, a condition set by the IMF for its participation in the financial aid packages for eurozone countries which are out of the market.

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Pipeline to Greece unviable

Cypriot-flagged ship in collision

Conference experts argue that the cons of such a pipeline far outweighed the pros

DUTCH rescuers said yesterday it was unlikely six missing seamen would be found alive after Wednesday night’s collision off Rotterdam between the Cypriot-flagged and German-owned container ship Corvus J, and the Bahamasflagged Baltic Ace. Five of the Baltic Ace’s crew were confirmed dead after the collision. The coastguard said 13 of the 24 crew were rescued on Wednesday, but snow and three-metre-high waves made the search difficult The Dutch Defence Ministry said conditions were treacherous when the two vessels collided, sending 1,400 new cars, mostly Mitsubishis from Japan and Thailand, to the seabed. The Dutch coastguard said freezing cold and gale force winds meant there was only a slim chance of finding the Baltic Ace’s missing crew.

Its sailors were from Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Philippines and Poland.

Officials said the Corvus J was damaged but resumed its route to Belgium where it had been headed from Scotland.

The Baltic Ace had been en route from Belgium to Finland. The exact cause of the crash is under investigation.

The car carrier, built in 2007, sank in 15 minutes. The owners of the Corvus J, German shipping firm Juengerhans, did not discuss responsibility for the collision in a statement published on its website, Reuters said.

By Elias Hazou PIPING gas from Cyprus to Greece and then onto European markers would not be commercially viable, the consensus seemed to be yesterday among businesspeople, financiers and analysts at the 2nd Cyprus Energy Forum in Nicosia.

Anthony Livanios, CEO of Energy Stream CMG Gmb, an international advisory firm based in Frankfurt and Athens, argued that the cons of such a pipeline far outweighed the pros. In addition to the actual cost of construction being prohibitive, he said, the pipeline option would require long-term supply contracts with the price formula linked

to oil. It would also limit the export markets. By contrast, trading LNG by ship is more flexible, since the gas could be exported to a variety of markets (Europe as well as Asia), and selling on the spot market would yield more competitive prices.

Livanios said land-based LNG was the best way forward for Cyprus, whether the island chose to go it alone or were it to partner up with Israel.

And Solon Kassinis, head of the Energy Service, said the government was simply covering all the bases when

exploring the Cyprus-Greece pipeline option, in order to discover to what extent such a project could be funded by the EU. He seemed to hint that this idea has since been all but abandoned.

A joint Cypriot-Israeli LNG project was another key theme during the forum. Kassinis said he and other officials have been talking with their Israeli counterparts about the possibility of an LNG facility on the island to export gas from Cyprus’ reserves and from Israel’s Leviathan field.

Leviathan is expected to

come online in 2016. With that in mind, said Kassinis, authorities here are planning to allocate land that would host an LNG facility with up to three trains, with a total capacity of up to 15 million tones a year.

A typical LNG train – a plant’s liquefaction and purification facilities – has a capacity of some 5 million tonnes a year.

“We envisage having more than 60 trillion cubic feet,” Kassinis said of the estimated total gas reserves in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone.

Speaking to reporters on the

sidelines of the event, the energy chief was asked to comment on recent news that Australia’s Woodside Petroleum would be buying a 30 per cent stake in the Leviathan project for around $1.5 billion (€1.1 billion).

With the island facing a massive debt following an expected EU bailout, Kassinis was asked whether the government could ‘sell’ its stake in offshore Block 12.

The official said that was hypothetically possible, but stressed that it was more important to bring in a strategic investor with experience (such as Woodside) rather than – for the sake of a fast cash injection – selling the rights to a ‘sleeping partner’ who would have no active participation.

Encouraging Russian women to succeed here THE RUSSIAN Business Woman of the Year Awards for 2012 will take place tonight at the Elea Club in Paphos.

The two main categories that candidates will be competing for are corporate industry and creative industry.

There is a high level of female entrepreneurs in Cyprus, who are creators, innovators and extremely hard workers, often wives and mothers with family commitments as well, according to organisers who said these women contribute to the economy and professional sectors in a significant way.

“This is an important event that encourages Russian women to try to succeed in a field that is difficult for anyone, let alone women,” said creator of the Russian community www.sevodnya.com and candidate for the award, Irina Bykova.

The Business Woman of the Year Awards were founded

by Janice Ruffle in 2006 who herself won two awards in the UK for success in business.

“These awards are extremely valuable as they increase confidence and expand the contact base of applicants,” Ruffle said.

This year will see the introduction of a funding scheme which will give the chance to young female entrepreneurs to develop their businesses.

Particular attention will be given to applicants who wish to improve their professional skills via training pro-

grammes or who are looking to invest in high-tech machinery with the aim of increasing their client base. British Business Woman, South African Business Woman, Russian Business Woman, Cypriot Business Woman and Crème de la Crème Cyprus Business Woman are the five annual awards that celebrate female entrepreneurs in Cyprus.

“Each community has a significant role to play in Cyprus and the Russian Business Woman award tends to be the most high-profile thanks to the large influence that Russians play in the Cyprus economy,” Ruffle added.

Judges of the event will be Russian businessmen and women who have contributed to Cyprus’ commercial community and will be looking at the candidates who have contributed to the business and creative communities the most. The generation of environmental awareness, taking part in training and self-development courses and enhancing Cypriot-Russian relations are also some of the criteria judges will be considering. They will be focusing on the individual’s journey, not necessarily the level of success, looking closely at character and what obstacles and challenges they might have overcome.

“We love this country and appreciate the opportunity and encouragement to succeed,” concluded Bykova.

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‘Property tax will kill hotels’ For a five-star hotel in Ayia Napa, IPT will go from €20,000 in 2011 to €215,000

By Stefanos Evripidou HOTELIERS yesterday warned the restructuring of immovable property tax (IPT) as provided in the draft memorandum with the troika, would put them out of business and kill off any competitive edge Cyprus has over neighbouring countries.

Increases in the immovable property tax (IPT) regime, agreed as part of the island’s bailout, make Cyprus an extremely expensive tourism destination, they argued.

The Cyprus Hotels Association (PASYXE) and the Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (STEK) yesterday said they were willing to pay double what they pay now in IPT but argued that the new regime effectively increases hotels’ taxes tenfold.

Instead of taking measures to raise €20m from immoveable property as the troika requested, the government decided to go even further and propose measures to collect €69m next year, they said.

However, both PASYXE and STEK yesterday claimed that the new property tax regime will result in much higher revenues of €180m - €200m.

The hoteliers called on the government to get the Land Registry to calculate how much the new IPT will bring the state in taxes.

The two hotel associations called for a reduction in the proposed tax and for implementation of an open skies policy with neighbouring re-

gions like Asia, which include important new tourism markets like Russia and potential markets like China.

They revealed a letter sent to Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis by Russian tour operator Biblio Globus, responsible for bringing 265,000 Russian tourists to Cyprus this year alone, accounting for 70 per cent of all Russian arrivals.

In the letter, Biblio Globus calls on the government to lift flight restrictions imposed on its strategic partner Transaero Airlines which prevent it from landing in Cyprus eight months of the year.

Regarding the proposed tax increase, PASYXE chairman Haris Loizides highlighted his case, giving an example of a four star hotel with 200 beds which will be charged an extra €200,000 as a result of the IPT adjustment, and double that taking into account other general tax increases, including VAT, fuel, alcohol, social insurance contributions, and ad-hoc contributions, taking the total amount in new taxes to €410,000 annually.

“For a four star hotel in Larnaca, the IPT goes from €21,000 in 2011 to €191,000 in 2013. For a five star hotel in Ayia Napa, the IPT goes from €20,000 in 2011 to €215,000. A five star hotel in Limassol will pay from €27,000 to €253,000 and a five star hotel in Paphos the tax goes from €37,000 to €260,000. You understand these are not numbers that one can call reasonable,” said Loizides.

Instead of helping the one industry that seems to be weathering the storm of the economic crisis, the government is helping to shrink it, said Loizides.

“We cannot understand logic which strangles the only positive aspect of the economy today,” he said.

He further noted that for an equivalent four star hotel in Greece with 250 rooms on 70 acres, the IPT came to €2,000 before the country signed a memorandum with the troika.

After the memorandum, the hotel will pay €20,000 a year for two years only.

How can Cypriot hotels compete with Greece, he asked.

The Cyprus Association of Immovable Property Owners also expressed their “intense concern, agitation and confusion” about the proposed law yesterday.

The association warned of “the serious risk that properties will be concentrated in the hands of the few and wealthy since the rest will be forced to sell to avoid the heavy tax burden.”

Earlier in the week, developers also voiced their concern over the changes, saying it will jeopardise the already badlyhit sector’s prospects.

In a written statement, the developers association also warned that many people will be forced to sell their properties because of the high tax.

This will in turn force the value of mortgaged property down and create fresh recapitalisation needs for the banks, the developers said. (see editorial page 12)

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Nicosia municipality’s Soulla Kollakidou (R) and chairman of the Nicosia Marathon’s organising committee, Giorgos Killas (2L) yesterday received the marathon

flame at Larnaca airport. It was the first time Cyprus received the flame. It will be carried by athletes to the starting point of Sunday’s marathon at Famagusta Gate

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Cyprus jumps up transparency index CYPRUS has jumped from the 30th spot to the 29th spot among 176 other countries in Transparency International’s corruption perception index, the non-governmental organisation said yesterday.

“We should not be complacent since there is room for improvement,” said Maria Krambia-Kapardis who heads Transparency Cyprus.

Cyprus got a rating of 66, from 100, meaning the country is perceived as very clean with a zero rating indicating a country which is considered highly corrupt. Denmark, Finland and New Zealand got the highest scores with a rating of 90 while Somalia, North Korea and Afghanistan at the bottom of the chart got a rating of eight.

The UK was 17th among all countries along with Japan, with a score of 74. China was 80th with a score of 39.

Cyprus is somewhere in the middle in Europe when it comes to the perception of corruption, but Kapardis said that promoting legislation to make parties’ finances more transparent would help Cyprus as that is thought to be important in fighting and limiting corruption. Find out more at www.transparencycyprus.org

By Peter Stevenson MARATHON talks were due to take place last night between trade unions and the transport ministry in an attempt to resolve the ongoing bus drivers’ strike.

Communications Minister, Efthymios Flourentzos is expecting a response from the bus companies and trade unions today as to whether they will continue to strike.

Bus drivers from the districts of Nicosia, Limassol and Famagusta continued their strike yesterday for the fourth day after the ministry failed to insure payment of all their December salaries.

Hundreds of drivers gathered outside parliament yesterday asking to meet with House communications committee chairman Antonis Antoniou and hand their proposals to him. “We want to get paid just like everyone else that works and gets paid,” bus driver Ni-

Three arrests after Larnaca brawl Bus drivers yesterday continued their strike for a fourth day cos Pettemerides said. “Our suggestion is that the drivers receive their salaries directly from the government,” he added. In response, Flourentzos said such a move would be unconstitutional.

“Drivers are not responsible for the situation,” Antoniou said, “but a solution needs to be found so that we’re not back here every two months

with more strikes,” he added.

Antoniou pleaded with the drivers to end their strike, insisting that a solution would be found in the next 24 hours.

Speaking to the protesters, Flourentzos said that the ministry would deposit the rest of the drivers’ salaries despite rumours to the contrary. “We are discussing measures to increase the liquidity of the bus

(Christos Theodorides) companies so they can meet the rising costs of fuel and labour,” Flourentzos said.

“I completely understand your frustration and the feelings you have and an effort has been made to find a solution so you can return to your jobs,” he said. “From our side we have done everything that we were contracted to do,” he concluded.

School breakfasts move gathers momentum

By Peter Stevenson PREPARATIONS are underway at the education ministry to supply over 8,000 needy school-children with breakfast as soon as possible.

The ministry is co-ordinating efforts between the church, parent associations, schools, school boards and the Red Cross to provide a sandwich and a juice or milk for children deemed to need assistance.

“The ministry has been collecting data since the start of the year about which children need help and it has passed on

this information to the school and school boards to make the final decision on who will receive breakfast,” said ministry official Elena Theodosiadou.

Those who are on the school board’s list of needy children will receive a coupon for €1.60 they can exchange for a sandwich and juice from canteens whose owners can redeem from the board. “Although this is a rather complicated process on the face of it, we feel it is the best way to be discreet,” Theodosiadou said.

Theodosiadou also said the growing number of children falling below the poverty line has encouraged the ministry to

seek help from private businesses. Recently the Shacolas Group, and Charalambides Kristis respectively announced they would be providing food and milk for primary school children.

“Any money donated towards this cause goes into the ministry’s Student Welfare Fund, and food donations are checked to make sure they meet strict dietary specifications,” Theodasiadou said. “We are aware that the lack of breakfast is not the only problem these children have but as breakfast is the only meal that falls during school hours we felt it was the least we could do,” she added.

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A GROUP of Larnaca men were yesterday due to be charged with causing real bodily harm and disturbing the public peace following a fight on Tuesday night near the Larnaca port.

A police source said that a group of people, about 60 in total, exchanged blows on Tuesday night before the police had a chance to break them up.

“Usually, someone will give us advance warning and we break groups like that before they start fighting but this time we got the phone call a bit later,” the source said.

Five people – hurt in the fight – gave in a police report on Tuesday and the police obtained testimonies against four Larnaca men.

One of them, a 44-year-old, gave himself up willingly on Wednesday and police arrested two others on Tuesday, aged 38 and 45. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides confirmed the three arrests and added police were looking for a 29year-old. The trio were due to be charged and released pending a court appearance at a later date. The police did not name the men.

Eurovision escapes CyBC budget axe FANS of the Eurovision Song Contest were able to breathe a sigh of relief yesterday as state broadcaster CyBC announced that it would not be cutting the show from its 2013 budget.

“The Eurovision Song Contest is the number one rated show on television with 80 per cent of the viewing public, tuning in,” CyBC chairman Makis Symeou said.

The show’s budget has been reduced from €150,000 in 2012 to €100,000 next year but due to the corporation making around a €20,000 profit from the show in 2012, members of the board voted against scrapping it.

“This year, more than ever, Cyprus’ entry will be dignified and modest in keeping with the current economic climate,” Symeou said. “But especially during this time of hardship, this contest is important because we need to keep our spirits up through song and dance,” he concluded.

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THE Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council (PVCC) is organising a fundraiser for the creation of centres in each town where the needy can receive help without red tape.

The centres, which will be located within PVCC branches in all towns, will provide basic supplies such as food and clothing.

The fundraising begins today, in both Nicosia and Paphos, while in Limassol and Larnaca the fundraising will take place on December 14.

The money collected will mostly go towards the infrastructure of the ‘Social First Aid Centres’ but will also cover the supplies to stock each one, such as food and baby clothes.

The volunteers at PVCC want to create an environment where people can go to receive immediate help when basic needs such as food and clothing are not being met, without having to deal with paperwork that may be required elsewhere.

According to the head of PVCC, Stavros Olympios, the local PVCC offices in each town will see to it that their own centre is operated to a high standard.

“Any citizen who decides to volunteer is more than welcome to stay on and help even after the two days of fundraising,” Olympios said.

Volunteers will be gathering donations today in Nicosia and Paphos and in Limassol and Larnaca next Friday. Contributions can also be made to the following bank accounts: Bank of Cyprus 357005889524; Popular Bank 005-31-039544; Hellenic Bank 105-11-137244-01; Alpha Bank 202-105-024772-7 and the Co-operative Central Bank 1001050008387

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Russian state television presenter shot dead

EUROPE TODAY UK publicist arrested MAX Clifford, Britain’s most high-profile celebrity publicist, was arrested for alleged sex crimes yesterday by a special police unit set up in the wake of an abuse scandal involving a former BBC TV star, his lawyer said.

Clifford, 69, made his name and fortune helping some of Britain’s most famous people defend and shape their reputations in the country’s muckraking tabloid press and has been a longstanding media pundit on celebrity scandal and the press.

He is the fifth person to be arrested since police launched an extensive inquiry into sex crime allegations against the late Jimmy Savile, one of the BBC’s most high profile stars in the 1970s and ’80s. His arrest suggests detectives are continuing to expand the scope of their investigation.

“Max Clifford is being interviewed by police.

Mr Clifford will assist the police as best he can with their enquiries. When we are in a position to provide further information, we will,” his lawyer, Charlotte Harris, said in a statement.

German NPD ban going ahead THE heads of Germany’s 16 federal states unanimously agreed yesterday to push ahead with a legal bid to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), despite reservations from Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The agreement follows a similar recommendation by regional interior ministers on Wednesday. The Bundesrat upper house, which represents the federal states, will now vote on December 14 on whether to file a case with the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

Opposition Social Democrat (SPD) Brandenburg state premier Matthias Platzeck said the decision sent a clear signal. “Our democracy is well-fortified and we will not just stand by and watch the activities of neo-Nazis,” he said.

Supporters of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hold a banner reading ‘Silvio, Italy believes in you’ in front of Berlusconi’s Roman residence yesterday

Monti loses support of Berlusconi party

By Giuseppe Fonte SILVIO Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party withdrew its support for Italy’s technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti yesterday, setting up a conflict that could force an early election.

The People of Freedom (PDL) walked out of a Senate confidence vote on a package of economic measures and said it would abstain in a separate confidence vote in the lower house later in the afternoon after criticism of Berlusconi from a senior government minister.

Although the symbolic moves did not directly threaten the survival of Monti’s government, formed to help Italy avert a bailout, the centreleft Democratic Party (PD) indicated it would ask President Giorgio Napolitano to dissolve parliament if Monti could not be sure of the back-

Italy centre-right walks out of Senate confidence vote ing of the centre-right PDL. “We think that if the PDL confirms this position, the head of state will find the right ways and forms to manage this incident in the most orderly form possible for the good of the country,” PD leader Pier Luigi Bersani told reporters.

The conflict underlined the deep uncertainty in Italian politics before an election expected early next year, weakening Italian bond prices.

In an increasingly fevered pre-election atmosphere, Berlusconi dropped a strong hint late on Wednesday that he could go back on previous statements and run for a fifth term as prime minister in the election.

In a television interview early yesterday, Industry Minister Corrado Passera expressed strong reservations about a return by the 76-year-old billionaire, who left office in a cloud of scandal last year as investors despaired of him resolving the country’s economic crisis.

“Anything which can make the rest of the world or our partners imagine that we are turning back is not a good thing for Italy,” Passera told state broadcaster RAI. The premium investors demand to hold Italian 10-year BTP bonds rather than lower-risk German Bunds widened to 324 basis points, having fallen below 300 points earlier in the week.

The stand-off deepens the confusion surrounding the election, which has been expected to take place in March and threatens to open a severe political crisis in the eurozone’s third largest economy.

The government easily won the Senate vote by 127 to 17 votes with 23 abstentions, but the result made it clear that Monti could not rely on a majority.

Monti, widely credited with restoring Italy’s international credibility since he replaced Berlusconi last year, relies on the support of both the PDL and the PD in parliament, but the alliance has frequently been fractious.

Berlusconi on Wednesday accused Monti’s government of dragging Italy into an “endless recessive spiral” with its austerity policies. Passera retorted that most of Italy’s deep economic problems were the result of a decade of poor management.

A STATE television presenter in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus was shot dead late on Wednesday, a killing federal investigators said may have been meant as a warning to journalists reporting on an Islamist insurgency.

Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, who worked for a local channel of Russian state broadcaster VGTRK, was killed in Nalchik, capital of the internal republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the federal Investigative Committee said.

He was not known for reporting on crime or the insurgency, which is less prevalent in Kabardino-Balkaria than in other areas nearby such as Dagestan.

A woman identified as a witness by another VGTRK channel said two people had got out of a car and asked Gekkiyev, “Are you TV presenter Kazbek Gekkiyev?” before the shots were fired.

Colleagues were reported as saying they did not understand the motive for the killing, and the investigators said they were not ruling out any possible cause.

President Vladimir Putin urged security forces to find those responsible for the killing.

“All people must be protected ... and I am sure that our law enforcement bodies will do everything so that the criminals will be revealed and punished,” he told reporters in the city of Sochi, a few hundred kilometres away from Nalchik.

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said last year that the North Caucasus, a mostly Muslim area in southern Russia, was one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. Local representatives of federal bodies, especially the Interior Ministry, are often targets of violence there.

Britain’s Kate leaves hospital after treatment for morning sickness PRINCE William’s pregnant wife Kate left the King Edward VII hospital in central London yesterday where she had spent four days being treated for acute morning sickness.

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There has been no announcement about when the baby is due, although

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“She is feeling better but now requires a period of rest,” a royal spokeswoman said. “Their royal highnesses would like to thank the staff at the hospital for the care and treatment the duchess has received,” the spokeswoman added.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chemical scare a pretext for intervention,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; says Assad govt

Egyptian soldiers stand outside the presidential palace after setting up barbed wire barricades, as demonstrators gather to protest against President Mursi yesterday in Cairo

WESTERN powers are whipping up fear of chemical weapons as a pretext to intervene in Syria, President Bashar alAssadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government said on Thursday, after several Western countries said they feared Assad might use poison gas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Syria stresses again, for the tenth, the hundredth time, that if we had such weapons, they would not be used against its people. We would not commit suicide,â&#x20AC;? Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Maqdad told Lebanonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Al Manar television, the voice of the pro-Assad Hezbollah movement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We fear there is a conspiracy to provide a pretext for any subsequent interventions in Syria by these countries that are increasing pressure on Syria.â&#x20AC;?

As darkness fell in the embattled capital, the highway to Damascus international airport was closed by ďŹ ghting, witnesses said. Rebels said they would not storm the airport but would encircle it to stop ďŹ&#x201A;ights supplying the army.

Fighting in Syriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20month civil war has intensiďŹ ed around the capital in the past week, prompting Western commentators to speak of an â&#x20AC;&#x153;end-gameâ&#x20AC;? that could see Assad toppled soon.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Maqdad Several Western countries have issued coordinated warnings this week to Assadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government not to use chemical weapons, many citing secret intelligence that U.S. ofďŹ cials said showed the Assad government might be preparing to use poison gas.

Syria has not signed the international chemical weapons treaty that bans the use and storage of poison gas, but has repeatedly said it would never use such arms on its own people.

NATO also decided this

week to send US, German and Dutch batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Turkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s border with Syria, meaning hundreds of American and European troops deploying to the frontier for the ďŹ rst time.

Western countries have so far resisted conducting the sort of intervention in Syriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s civil war that saw NATO air strikes help topple Libyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Muammar GaddaďŹ last year.

Germany approved the Patriot missile mission yesterday. NATO says it is a defensive step to prevent cross border missile strikes on alliance member Turkey, but Syria fears it could be a prelude to imposing a no-ďŹ&#x201A;y zone over its territory.

With conditions worsening on the ground, Russia and the United States will seek a â&#x20AC;&#x153;creativeâ&#x20AC;? solution to the Syrian crisis, the international Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said yesterday, after meeting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russia, backed by China, has so far blocked UN resolutions against Assad in a war that has killed more than 40,000 people. But a Russian lawmaker yesterday said â&#x20AC;&#x153;time has shownâ&#x20AC;? Syriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government has lost the strength to function as it should.

Military halts clashes in Egypt Mursi calls for national dialogue meeting

By Yasmine Saleh EGYPTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Republican Guard restored order around the presidential palace yesterday after clashes killed seven people, but passions ran high in a contest over the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future.

For his part, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said yesterday that a political crisis sparked by his move to expand his powers should be resolved by dialogue not violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such painful events happened because of political differences that should be resolved through dialogue,â&#x20AC;? the Islamist president said in a televised address to the nation after two days of violence during protests. He also called for a national dialogue meeting tomorrow.

Earlier yesterday, Mursi supporters withdrew before a mid-afternoon deadline set

by the Republican Guard, an elite unit whose duties include protecting the palace. Opposition protesters remained, kept away by a barbed wire barricade guarded by tanks, and by evening their numbers had swelled to a few thousand.

The military played a big role in removing President Hosni Mubarak during last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular revolt, taking over to manage a transitional period, but had stayed out of the latest crisis.

Thousands of Mursiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Islamist partisans fought protesters well into yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early hours during duelling demonstrations over the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s November 22 decree to expand his powers to help him push through a mostly Islamist-drafted constitution.

OfďŹ cials said seven people were killed and 350 wounded in the violence, for which each side blamed the other.

Six of the dead were Mursi supporters, the Muslim

Brotherhood said.

The street clashes reďŹ&#x201A;ected a deep political divide in the most populous Arab nation, where contrasting visions of Islamists and their liberal rivals have complicated a struggle to embed democracy after Mubarakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30 years of one-man rule.

The United States, worried about the stability of an Arab partner which has a peace deal with Israel and which receives $1.3 billion a year in US military aid, has urged dialogue.

Prosecutors investigating the unrest said Brotherhood members had detained 49 wounded protesters and were refusing to release them to the authorities, the state news agency said.

The Brotherhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan denied this, saying all â&#x20AC;&#x153;thugsâ&#x20AC;? detained by members of the Islamist group had been handed over to the police or the Republican Guard.

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She framed her message as friendly advice to an increasingly isolated Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose move has drawn international condemnation, including from European states and Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closest ally the United States.

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At a joint news conference with Netanyahu in Berlin, Merkel was more muted in her criticism than her government has recently been, although she acknowledged they had discussed the housing plan over dinner on Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course we spoke about it ... we agreed to disagree,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Former Thai PM is charged over crackdown deaths If found guilty could face death, life in jail

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre THAI authorities charged former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday with giving orders to use live ammunition that led to civilian deaths during a military crackdown on an anti-government protest in May 2010.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI), part of the Justice Ministry that has a similar role to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, charged Abhisit and former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban for their role in the 2010 events.

“They allowed security forces to use weapons and live ammunition that led to the death of civilians,” said DSI chief Tarit Pengdith.

The DSI’s decision to press charges was influenced by a court ruling on September 17

in the inquest into the death of taxi driver Phan Kamthong during the protests. The inquest found that troops, acting on orders from state officials, killed Phan.

The two politicians were charged under article 288 of the criminal code.

If found guilty, they could face the death penalty or up to life in prison. Neither was present when the charges were read out.

Thousands of protesters, supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a coup in 2006, had taken to the streets of Bangkok in March 2010 to demand elections. More than 90 people died during the protracted protest.

Suthep headed the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES), a crisis control centre that authorised “live fire” zones

during the protest and used emergency powers to shut down websites, radio stations and a television station.

Government-backed troops forcibly dispersed the crowd on May 19, prompting rioting and arson attacks that saw over 30 buildings set ablaze in some of the worst violence in modern Thai history.

Thaksin’s sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is now prime minister. Her Puea Thai Party beat Abhisit’s Democrat Party in an election in July 2011 and he became leader of the opposition.

“The DSI is working at the behest of the government and the investigation is completely one-sided,” said Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, a Democrat party spokesman. “The DSI wants to put pressure on Suthep to admit responsibility for the 2010 deaths and we will fight back.”

Abhisit’s government’s probe laid blame for the 2010 deaths on the military and a shadowy group of militants On September 17, the Truth for Reconciliation Commission, set up by Abhisit’s government to investigate the deadly clashes, released a 351page report that laid blame for the deaths on the military and a shadowy group of militants dressed in black who hid among the protesters.

Some analysts said the charges were a way for the ruling Puea Thai Party to pressure the opposition into accepting a broad amnesty deal that could whitewash guilt on both sides of the conflict and bring Thaksin home from his self-imposed exile in Dubai.

Marijuana possession goes legal in US state WASHINGTON state made history yesterday as the first in the nation to legalise marijuana possession for adult recreational use, an occasion celebrated by dozens of users near Seattle’s famed Space Needle tower amid blaring reggae music and a haze of pot smoke.

The public gathering defied a key provision of the state’s landmark marijuana law, which forbids users from lighting up outside the privacy of their homes. And it underscored mixed messages that law enforcement officials have conveyed about the new statute.

Hours earlier, Seattle’s city attorney issued a stern warning that pot puffing in public would not be tolerated and that violators faced citations carrying $100 fines.

But the local prosecutor’s admonition was contradicted by the Seattle Police Department’s own instructions to its officers to limit their enforcement actions to warnings, at least for the time being.

Passed by voters last month as a ballot measure called Initiative 502, the new marijuana law removes criminal sanctions for anyone 21 or older possessing 1 ounce (28.5 grams) or less of pot for personal recreational use.

It also legalises possession of up to 16 ounces (0.45 kg) of solid cannabis-infused goods and up to 72 ounces (2.4 kg) of weed in liquid form.

However, driving under the influence of cannabis, or imbibing in public places remains illegal.

“If you’re smoking in plain public view, you’re subject to a ticket,” Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said at a news conference on Wednesday. “Initiative 502 uses the alcohol model. If drinking in public is disallowed, so is smoking marijuana in public.”

The new law ultimately will permit cannabis to be legally sold and taxed at state-licensed stores in a system to be modelled after those in many states for alcohol sales. But for now, it remains a crime to sell, cultivate or even share one’s own stash, even though the law allows individuals to purchase a limited amount for personal possession.

MO Yan, the Chinese winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, yesterday declined to issue a direct call for the release of jailed compatriot and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and said he would not back a petition for his freedom.

A group of 134 Nobel laureates including the Dalai Lama, wrote to Chinese Communist Party chief and president-inwaiting Xi Jinping urging that he release detained Liu, who won the prize two years ago, and his wife.

The case has drawn attention to China’s human rights record, although China itself says that Liu is a criminal and decries such criticism as unwarranted interference in its internal affairs.

Mo, a portly 57-year-old whose adopted pen name Mo Yan means “don’t speak”, refused to express support for Liu. “I have already issued my opinion about this matter,” he told a news conference in Stockholm days ahead of the formal award ceremony.

“I have said this prize is about literature. Not for politics,” he added.

In October, after the award announcement, Mo said he hoped Liu would achieve his freedom as soon as possible.

“I am sure you know what I said that day (in October).

Why do you want to repeat that? Time is precious,” he said.

Pressed on whether he would support the call from the 134 laureates, Mo said he had “always been independent”.

“I like it that way ... when I am forced to express my opinion, I will not do it,” he said.

Liu, a veteran dissident involved in 1989 pro-democracy protests crushed by the Chinese army, won the prize in 2010. He was jailed the year earlier and is serving an 11year sentence. His wife Liu Xia is under house arrest.

‘Independent’: Mo Yan

Rescue continues as Philippine typhoon toll hits 379 RESCUE workers searched yesterday through thick mud, broken homes and fallen trees for survivors, two days after a typhoon swept the southern Philippines killing nearly 400 people and leaving at least as many missing.

Typhoon Bopha, with central winds of up to 120 kph (74 mph) and gusts of up to 150 kph (93 mph), was moving west-northwest of the central Philippines after ravaging the resource-rich island of Mindanao.

The National Disaster Agency put the death toll at 379 after Bopha triggered landslides and floods along the coast and in farming and mining towns inland in the provinces of

Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. The death toll is expected to rise.

Arturo “Arthur” Uy, governor of Compostela Valley, the worst-hit area, said estimates showed 200 had died and almost 600 remained missing in his province alone, higher than the agency’s tally.

“This is the first time a typhoon with signal number three has crossed our province,” he said. “We evacuated people from riverbanks and shorelines. But the floods and strong winds battered not just the riverbanks but also places where residents where supposed to be safe.”

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Business

ECB depicts bleak 2013 as rates are left on hold

RollsRoyce probed for bribery

Interest rates held at a record low of 0.75 pct

AEROSPACE and defence group Rolls-Royce may face prosecution after Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ordered it to hand over details of possible bribery and corruption in China and elsewhere, the company said yesterday.

The world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines said the SFO had asked it to conduct an internal inquiry into dealings involving intermediaries in China, Indonesia and other overseas markets, which it did not name, and report the results.

“It is too early to predict the outcomes, but these could include the prosecution of individuals and of the company.

We will cooperate fully,” Chief Executive John Rishton said.

Shares in Rolls-Royce, which have risen a quarter this year, fell as much as 5.6 per cent in early trade. The stock was down 3 per cent at 886.75 pence by 1410 GMT, valuing the group at around 16.6 billion pounds ($26.7 billion).

A source close to the investigation said the allegations relate to events in the “distant past” and Rolls-Royce had told the US Department of Justice about the inquiry.

A separate source said a whistleblower had raised the allegations with the SFO, which then ordered RollsRoyce to undertake a preliminary investigation earlier this year. The company hired a law firm for the task and passed the results, which had identified matters of concern, to the SFO. The company, a major British exporter, dates back to 1884 and on its website says it prides itself on its “integrity, reliability and innovation”.

“I want to make it crystal clear that neither I nor the board will tolerate improper business conduct of any sort and will take all necessary action to ensure compliance,” Rishton said in a statement.

By Eva Kuehnen THE eurozone economy is likely to shrink next year as it has in 2012, the European Central Bank predicted yesterday, sharply downgrading its outlook after holding interest rates at a record low of 0.75 per cent.

The bank’s new staff projections put gross domestic product in a range of falling by 0.9 per cent to growing by just 0.3 per cent next year, suggesting contraction is far more likely than not. ECB President Mario Draghi said downside risks prevailed.

In September, the ECB’s staff had pencilled in a significantly higher range of -0.4 to +1.4 percent for the euro area economy.

“Economic weakness in the eurozone is expected to extend into next year,” Draghi told a news conference after the central bank’s monthly policy meeting.

“Later in 2013, economic activity should gradually recover as global demand strengthens and our accommodative monetary policy stance and significantly improved financial market confidence work their way through the economy.”

The Governing Council’s decision to leave its main interest rate unchanged matched economists’ expectations in a Reuters poll, which also showed opinion was split down

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said downside risks prevailed the middle over the chances of a cut early next year.

“The Governing Council continues to see downside risk to the economic outlook for the euro area,” Draghi said. “These are mainly related to uncertainties about the resolution of sovereign debt and governance issues in the euro area.”

A political impasse over the United States’ fiscal policy, which could presage steep tax hikes and budget cuts if a deal is not reached, could also dampen sentiment for longer, he said.

The level of uncertainty was reflected in the ECB’s first

attempt to forecast 2014, for which it pencilled in growth of between 0.2 and 2.2 percent. The midpoint forecast for 2012 was pushed slightly lower to -0.5 per cent.

Draghi said rates were not lowered because of high indirect taxes and increasing energy prices in some eurozone countries.

“There was a wide discussion ... but the consensus was to leave the rates unchanged,” he said, a hint that opinions differed about what course to take.

He also said the policymakers discussed setting a negative rate on the ECB’s deposit

facility in an attempt to encourage banks not to hoard cash at the ECB, but lend it into the real economy instead.

German Bund futures rose in response to that and the euro came under pressure.

The ECB will also continue to supply eurozone banks with all the liquidity they ask for in the central bank’s refinancing operations at least until July 2013, Draghi said.

While financial markets have calmed since the European Union and the International Monetary Fund put in place further steps to help Greece, and the ECB promised to do what it takes to

(AFP) preserve the euro, the bloc’s economy has sunk into recession from which it shows few signs of emerging soon.

An inflation forecast of 1.1 to 2.1 per cent next year compared with the ECB’s target of close to but below two per cent - indicates there would be plenty of room to cut rates further.

But recent policymakers’ comments have suggested the ECB is unlikely to do so in the near future and the central bank is wary of taking any action that could see the bloc’s governments softpedal on budget consolidation efforts.

ArcelorMittal pulls French bid for EU steel project A POLITICALLY charged deal between the French government and ArcelorMittal to preserve jobs at an ailing steelworks looked at risk of unravelling yesterday after the global steel giant ditched a bid to run an EU-funded project there.

ArcelorMittal, 40-per cent owned by India’s Mittal family, withdrew an application to use the Florange site in northern France for an EU pilot project in less polluting steel that Paris had hoped could keep two idled blast furnaces going.

ArcelorMittal and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the move did not mean the idea of using Florange for the ULCOS “green steel” project was being permanently abandoned, nor that the deal with the French government had been undone.

But unions and local politicians reacted angrily.

ArcelorMittal, which has been under fire for months in France over its plan to permanently shut its Florange furnaces on the grounds they are not economically viable, said it could not currently pursue the ULCOS project for technical reasons. “(This) is perfectly coherent with what is in the agreement signed with the French government,” it said, adding: “This in no way means the ULCOS project is being abandoned.”

Ayrault, whose government was appointed by Francois Hollande after the Socialist was elected president in May, said in a statement that the European Commission had indicated that the project could be pursued in a future tender.

Yet in the best case, a potential startdate would now be delayed by several years, throwing into question the idea

that ArcelorMittal would keep spending money to keep its mothballed Florange furnaces in viable working order.

“We’ve been conned. They are liars,” Michel Liegbott, a Socialist lawmaker for the surrounding Moselle region, told BFM television. “They should have said what they are saying today six months or a year ago.”

CFDT trade union leader Edouard Martin told French media that ArcelorMittal had “misled everybody” and vowed to restart the fight to keep Florange operational.

Ayrault’s own industry minister, leftist Arnaud Montebourg, had made waves before the deal was struck by accusing the steel firm’s Indian chief executive Lakshmi Mittal of telling “shameful lies” and saying he was no longer welcome in France.

Rates 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

Blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal in Florange, France

Coffee chain Starbucks says that it could pay up to 20 million pounds more in British taxes COFFEE chain Starbucks said that it could pay up to 20 million pounds more in tax as it announced plans to change its accounting practices, surrendering to criticism from lawmakers, campaigners and the

media.

A Reuters examination of Starbucks accounts published in October showed the company had reported 13 years of losses at its UK unit, even as it told investors the operation

was profitable and among the best performing of its overseas markets.

“We are making a commitment that we will propose to pay a significant amount of corporation tax during 2013 and 2014,

regardless of whether our company is profitable during these years,” Starbucks UK managing director Kris Engskov said in the transcript of a speech sent to Reuters.

“We are still working

through some of the calculations, but we believe we could pay or prepay somewhere in the range of 10 million pounds in each of the next two years in addition to the variety of taxes we already pay.”

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Opinion

LETTER to the Editor

Government’s ill-conceived property tax will only deepen the recession THE HIGHER TAX on immovable property that would be levied from next year will have many negative repercussions that were obviously not considered by the government when it drafted the tax categories. Its only consideration was to satisfy the long-standing demand by moaning union bosses for the taxing of wealth. Now it could boast that it was taxing ‘the haves’, even though it would be creating additional problems for the struggling economy in the process.

The funny thing was that the troika had, reportedly, forecasted a revenue of €20 million from the tax, but the government increased the tax rate so that revenue would be €70 million. However, based on the calculations of the Cyprus Hoteliers’ Association, the tax would bring the government revenue closer to €200 million, indicating that it is punitive, badlythought out taxation than just an attempt to improve state finances.

At a news conference yesterday, representatives of the two hoteliers’ organisations explained that the immovable property tax that hotels would have to pay would increase tenfold. For example, a four-star hotel that paid €21,000 in immovable property tax in 2011 would be called to pay €191,000 next year; a five-star hotel in Ayia Napa which paid €20,000 last year would pay €215,000 in 2013.

The higher valuation would also translate into higher sewage rates and municipal rates, which could add tens of thousands more on its annual tax bill.

How ironic that a government that constantly harps on about the need for growth and development would propose tax increases that would make the tourist industry less competitive. Is this how new jobs will be created, by increasing the annual tax bill of hotels, even when they’re operating at a loss?

It just makes no sense and we suspect the government gave no thought to the matter in proposing tax rates three times higher than what the troika had demanded.

But it is not only hotels that will be lumbered with crippling tax costs. Other businesses will also suffer, as will householders.

What will happen to developers, with scores of unsold apartments, who are already heavily indebted to the banks? Where will they find the money to pay the immovable property tax, at a time when the property market is stagnant? In a way, it would be punishment for developers who have failed to issue title deeds to buyers as they will be lumbered with the immovable property tax. And what will happen to the country’s biggest landowner – the Church? Where will it find the millions it would have to pay in taxes on all its property holdings? Will it be exempted again?

We do not know what scope the political parties have to modify the provisions of the bill on the immovable property tax, but if it is passed unchanged it would push the economy even deeper into recession.

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Surrealism and savagery with a touch of desperation…it’s 2017

I

freely admit to being utterly incapable of reiterating the current thoughts of Mayor Savvas Vergas or those of the Paphos municipal council.

The only artist capable of reproducing effectively the truly surreal atmosphere and decision making processes of these individuals would have been the late great Catalan born painter Salvador Dali.

Talking of the Catalans, on November 25, they introduced to the Catalan Parliament a “marginal” party composed entirely of local volunteers. After two years and minus any strict party structure this group entered into the society of the financially distressed Catalan population and managed to then have three representatives voted into Parliament.

This has to be a stark warning to all political parties, particularly here in Paphos - where it’s clear that our 2017 dedicated volunteers have absolutely no intention of remaining inactive or on the sidelines.

When Paphos started out in the race towards becoming European Capital of Culture 2017, citizens with neither financial nor political agendas all got together to aim for a better future for the Paphos region. All gave unselfishly of their time, money, talents, personal relationships and above all, their vision for the fulfillment of this dream.

These are local men and women, all unpaid volunteers whom the Jury had met and talked to during their visits to Paphos and before they made their final decision on which town deserved the title in 2017.

I do not believe there is single volunteer who is not very angry and deeply frustrated, by the manner in which the elected politicians of the Paphos region are now dealing with the setting up of the new organisation, the one which will be responsible for actioning and being accountable for the entire cultural celebration.

As a volunteer and an active citizen I want to put forward the following very important points which must be urgently addressed before final decisions are taken by the municipality.

Paphos has been chosen as European Cultural Capital 2017 I agree that the municipal council and Mayor Savvas Vergas worked hard to elect Paphos as the European Capital of Culture for 2017. For this we congratulate them.

But, this achievement does not give them either the authority or carte blanche to make themselves sole rulers over ‘Paphos 2017’.

The municipal council is but the appointed flag holder of this parade. They have to act, behave and be utterly inclusive.

They need to call for REAL unity and co-found the new organisation in perfect harmony with the other municipalities in the Paphos region as well as drawing in local business and social partners.

Sadly, or should I say worryingly, the manner in which the council is currently acting is not short of authoritarian and this is blatantly wrong.

Perhaps they should take another look at the authorised (and accepted by the judges)

ON THIS DAY DECEMBER 7

Paphos 2017 Bid Book.

In case the mayors of the other smaller municipalities (not meaning Yeroskipou, since Yeroskipou has already expressed openly their intention to participate actively), are not willing to have an active participation in the whole process due to their financial difficulties, this gives no right either to them nor to Paphos Municipality to then exclude them.

Excluding municipalities means excluding citizens, this is something only the citizens can decide and is not within the remit of our politicians.

We should just all stop and remind ourselves that the elected mayors of the Pahos region used Paphos 2017 as one of their key promotional elements during the elections, surely they should now be honour bound to uphold those exciting electoral promises.

As for our German consultants, during the second last meeting of the municipal

council one of the co founders of the German consultancy bureau admitted that Essen 2010 was the perfect model to follow in order to assure a successful European Capital of Culture.

Interestingly Essen neither saw its mayor as president of the management organisation nor did its council have any political representative on the board. So, my question is this, why now are we changing the rules of the game by having political dominance on the board here. Did our German friends not know about this?

If they did, why did they back the decision regardless of what the EU directives on Cultural Capitals dictates regarding direct level political influences being ‘verboten’. .

We all know that if political parties are the ones who are going to suggest the members of the board, and if the board are then to be presided over by the mayor, well, it’s as clear as day that its entire independence will be seriously compromised.

The board of the new organisation is not the board that will execute the budgeted works mentioned in the final Bid Book. The new organisation will assure that the works are started and will finish on the due date, and be responsible in assuring artistic excellence and transparent management. The theatre, the streets, the squares and other infrastructure needed for 2017 will be supervised, executed and finalised by the different Municipalities, this is how the politicians will have their share of glory. If they do want to assure their sense of immortality they have to simply do their work efficiently.

Finally I need all those who feel passionate about this situation to join with me and others at the next municipal council meeting in order to inform the politicians that we are indeed active, also fully aware of what is now occurring behind closed doors. We do however, need to fling open these doors for and on behalf of the people of Paphos.

Petros Mavros, Paphos

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1941

25 years ago Wednesday, December 7, 1987

World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbour – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a treaty abolishing medium-range missiles aimed at achieving even more sweeping arms cuts. The intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty would destroy in three years some 2,800 missiles with 3,800 warheads, mainland based in Europe.

1963 Instant Replay is used for the first time in an Army-Navy game by its inventor, director, Tony Verna.

1965 Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.

1988 Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.

1999 The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.

35 years ago Friday, December 7, 1977 The Cyprus government has welcomed a statement by the US State department saying that no promise has been made to Turkey to lift the arms embargo. “The American spokesman’s statement has been received with satisfaction and we expect that official American assurances to Cyprus that the arms embargo against Turkey will not be lifted before progress is made in the Cyprus problem”, the Cyprus government spokesman said.

45 years ago Saturday, December 7, 1967 The Famagusta harbour space reserved for the British bases services was used yesterday by the Greek soldiers who are leaving Cyprus under the agreement between Greece and Turkey. The Greek Navy troopship Lesvos and the merchant fleet passenger vessel Philippos sailed in while two escort vessels stayed outside the harbour.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, December 7, 2012

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Health

Health

bites

IVF birth ‘doubles asthma risk’ AN IVF birth more than doubles the likelihood of a child developing asthma, research has shown.

In the most extreme cases the risk is increased almost five times, according to new study findings.

Children conceived with artificial help are also more likely to wheeze or take anti-asthmatic medicines by the age of five.

Scientists discovered the link after analysing data on 18,818 children from across the UK born between 2000 and 2002.

But they point out that the association may not be causal, and the chances of a child conceived after IVF treatment becoming asthmatic are still slim.

Children born to sub-fertile parents were 39 per cent more likely to be experiencing asthma symptoms by the age of five and 27 per cent more likely to wheeze.

Extroverts ‘may live longer’

Gene link to teenage binge drinking

HAVING an extrovert personality could help you live longer, an international study of gorilla behaviour suggests.

Several theories exist about why there is an apparent link between the two, but one possibility is that being good at social interaction could act as a buffer against the effects of stress.

Another theory is that extroversion indicates that an individual has a good immune system.

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh, studied almost 300 gorillas in zoos and sanctuaries in the United States over 18 years.

Particular attention was paid to four personality traits: dominance, extroversion, neuroticism and agreeableness.

Of the four traits, extroversion, associated with sociability, activity, play and curiosity, is linked with longer survival, the study concludes.

The connection between extroversion and survival was not affected by age or gender, rearing condition or how many times the gorilla moved location, it said.

SCIENTISTS have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explain why some young people have more of a tendency to binge drink.

A study published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal found that a gene known as RASGRF-2 plays a crucial role in controlling how alcohol stimulates the brain to release dopamine, triggering feelings of reward.

“If people have a genetic variation of the RASGRF-2 gene, alcohol gives them a stronger sense of reward, making them more likely to be heavy drinkers,” said Gunter Schumann, who led the study at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry.

Alcohol and other addictive drugs activate the brain’s dopamine systems, which induces feelings of pleasure and reward.

Worldwide, some 2.5 million people die each year from the harmful use of alcohol, accounting for about 3.8 per cent of all deaths, according to the World Health Organisation.

Parenthood linked to Although this means disabilities too are expected to rise longer life

More premies surviving

By Kate Kelland LITTLE progress has been made in improving the long-term health of extremely premature babies, and with pre-term births on the rise across Europe, rates of serious disability are likely to increase, doctors said.

A decade of advances in medicine mean more babies born at between 22 and 26 weeks gestation manage to survive, but rates of severe health complications remain as high as they were in 1995, according to research by neonatal specialists in Britain.

The findings of two separate studies published in the British Medical Journal suggest the number of children and adults with disabilities caused by premature birth will rise in coming years.

Babies born before 27 weeks of gestation - 13 weeks before they would be considered full term face a battle for survival.

Many of those who do survive face problems such as lung conditions, learning difficulties and cerebral palsy.

Rates of premature birth are rising in many European countries and are particularly high in Britain and the United States.

“As the number of children that survive pre-term birth continues to rise, so will the number who experience disability throughout their lives,” said Neil Marlow, of University College London’s Institute for Women’s Health, who worked on both studies.

He said this was “likely to have an impact on the demand for health, education and social care services.”

The two studies, led by Marlow and Kate Costeloe of Queen Mary, University of London, compared a group of babies born in

Increased numbers of babies born early are making it into childhood the UK between 22 and 26 weeks’ gestation in 2006 with those born between 22 and 25 weeks over a 10-month period in 1995.

The first one looked at the immediate survival rates and the health - until they went home from hospital - of extremely premature babies born in 2006 and compared them with 1995 rates.

Researchers found the number of babies born at 22 to 25 weeks and admitted to intensive care increased by 44 per cent during this period. The number of babies who survived long enough to go home from hospital increased by 13 per cent.

The second study looked at the health of the 2006 babies when at three years

old and compared this with 1995. It found that while 11 per cent more babies survived to three without disabilities the proportion of survivors

born between 22 and 25 weeks with severe disability was about the same - at 18 per cent in 1995 and 19 per cent in 2006.

The researchers also

found a link between gestational age and the risk of disability, with babies born earlier more likely to have serious health complications at three years of age.

HALF ‘SMOKE AGAIN AFTER PREGNANCY’ ALMOST half of mothers who quit smoking while pregnant resume the habit after they have given birth, research suggests.

Of 512 mothers who took part in the study, 47 per cent resumed smoking within six weeks of delivery, according to the study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

More needs to be done to reduce the number, the authors said.

Mothers living with another smoker were six times more likely to take up smoking again, the paper suggests.

Researchers, who examined data from the child health surveillance system across the UK, also found that women who resume smoking

are more likely to be living in deprived urban areas, have two or more children and not have breastfed their babies.

Dr Anjum Memon, senior lecturer in public health at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, run jointly by Brighton and Sussex universities, said: “Preventing smoking relapse is an important public health issue because of the serious health consequences for mother and child.

“This research shows that women who are most vulnerable to relapse can be identified in the antenatal period as requiring extra support or counselling after the delivery to maintain a smoke-free status”.

BECOMING a parent cuts the risk of early death, particularly among women, a new study suggests.

Contrary to popular belief amongst some parents that having children shortens their lives, the reverse appears to be true, according to a follow-up study of 21,276 couples in Denmark registered for IVF treatment.

The early death rate from circulatory disease, cancers, and accidents amongst women who remained childless was four times as high as that amongst those who subsequently gave birth to their own child, and 50 per cent lower among women who adopted, the study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed.

Similarly, rates of death were around twice as high among men who did not become parents, either biologically or through adoption.

The researchers based their findings on data from population registers in Denmark on births and deaths, assisted conception (IVF) procedures, hospital admissions, psychiatric service contacts, and labour market statistics for the period from 1994 to 2008.

The study is presumed to be the first to use the outcome of IVF treatment as a natural experiment to investigate the impact of childlessness on death rates and psychiatric illness, the authors said.

“Mindful that association is not causation, our results suggest that the mortality rates are higher in the childless,” the authors, from Aarhus University in Denmark concluded.

“Rates of psychiatric illness do not appear to vary with childlessness, but the rate of psychiatric illness in parents who adopt is decreased.”

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What’s on

films

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

NICOSIA Shadow Dancer (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Lawless (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.15pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

Killing Them Softly (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.50pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

Wings of Desire (mostly in German, call for details of subtitles) Eirini Hall (Peace Room) at 7.30pm. Tel: 99-434923

Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1), weekends only at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1), weekends only at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ashes and Diamonds (in Polish, call for details of subtitles) Eirini Hall (Peace Room) at 9pm.

Tel: 99-434923

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.40 and 10.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Un Cuento Chino (in Spanish, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, tonight at 9pm, Sunday at 8pm, Tuesday and Thursday at 9pm. Tel: 96420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Shadow Dancer (12) Rio 6 at 5.30pm (weekends only) and 7.45pm. Rio 5, weekdays at 10pm, weekends at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 2 (in Greek, in 3D), weekdays at 6 and 7.45pm, weekends at 3, 4.45, 6.30 and 8.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Lawless (15) Rio 6, weekdays at 10pm, weekends at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekdays 7.45 and 10pm, weekends 3, 4.50, 6.35, 8.20 and 10.10pm; Rio 1 (in English, in 2D), weekdays only 6pm; Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekdays 6pm, weekends 2.50, 4.40 and 6.25pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (in Greek, in 3D) 5.30pm, weekends also 3.25pm; K-Cineplex (in English, in 2D) 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Killing Them Softly (18) Rio 3 at 10.35pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1), weekends only at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 1, weekdays at 7.55 and 10.10pm, weekends at 3, 5.15, 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.35, 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Taken 2 (12) Rio 5 at 5.30pm (weekends only) and 7.45pm. Tel: 25-871410 Skyfall (12) Rio 3, weekdays at 7.50pm, weekends at 8.10pm; Rio 2 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) at 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Un Cuento Chino (in Spanish, with Greek subtitles) Rio 5, Monday at 8.30pm. www. cinelesxi.org

LARNACA Shadow Dancer (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Lawless (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.35, 7.50 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Killing Them Softly (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Frankenweenie (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1), weekends only 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. Tel: 7777-8383

Taken 2 (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Skyfall (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.40 and 10.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 A Serious Man Larnaca Municipal Theatre, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Film Society. Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 1 (in Greek, in 3D), weekdays at 6, 7.45 and 9.30pm, weekends at 3, 4.45, 6.30, 8.15 and 10pm; Rio 3 (in Greek, in 2D), weekends only at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 Frankenweenie (12) Rio 6, weekdays at 6pm, weekends at 4 and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 5 at 5.30, 7.45 and 10pm.

Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibitions Textures and Colors Ceramics and photo art exhibition by Dora Georgiadou. Opens December 7, 7pm until December 9. Temporary Space, Liasidou and Aeschylou str, Nicosia old city. Saturday and Sunday: 11am-10pm Daniella Georgiou Leather accessories with one of a kind bags and accessories. December 7.

Cava Nostra, 5A Sophouli Str Nicosia.

Tel: 99-407237/22-374840 Not Quite a Memory Solo painting exhibition by Zenon Jepras.

Opens December 7, 7pm until December 18. Alpha Gallery, Makarios Avenue & 3 Papanikoli Street, Nicosia. Tel: 22751325. e-mail: info@art.com.cy Inside the Megalo Tama Installation by artist Miriam Mc Connon Papageorgiou. Opens December 7, 7pm until December 9. The House of Art and Letters, Paphos. Open daily: 10am-1pm. Tel: 99-554829

Music Without a Conductor Cyprus Symphony Orchestra with strings and winds presenting a programme with works by Grieg, Wirén and Gounod. December 7. Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €12/7. Tel: 22-313010

Virtuosity and Melody of Italian Music Concert by I Solisti Veneti one of the most famous Italian chamber orchestras who play with modern instruments. December 7. Pallas Theatre, old Nicosia. 8.30pm. Free. Tel: 22-358258 Peggy Zina Live performance with popular Greek singer accompanied by Loukas Giorkas. December 7. Monte Caputo. 9pm. €70/55/45. Tel: 99-247373/25-636333

Theatre Cinderella Annual production of pantomime staged by ACT. December 7-9. Russian Cultural Centre, Nicosia. 7.30pm. €12 /6. Tickets available at the Russian Cultural Centre Monday-Friday between 4-6pm. Tel : 99-924363

Other Events Prix Jeunesse’s Best in Kid’s TV Seminar and screenings coordinated

by Prix Jeunesse representative Kirsten Schneid. December 7 and 8.

Goethe-Institut Cyprus Hall, Nicosia’s buffer zone. 4pm. The films screened in Nicosia will be the winners of the 2012 Prix Jeunesse International film festival. There will also be screenings for children and parents on December 8 starting from 4pm (for age group 7-11 years) and from 6pm (for age group 12-15 years). Free. All films are with English subtitles. Tel: 22-674606 or email Elena.Petrou@ nikosia.goethe.org

The Michael Jackson Show Navi, the World’s No.1 Michael Jackson impersonator live in Cyprus.

December 7. Club Basement, 91 Georgiou A’ Street, Potamos Germasogias, Limassol. Family show at 7pm & Adult Show at 12am. €10/20. Tel: 25325752. www.soldout-tickets.com.cy

Roman Law and its Byzantine Renaissances Law and Society lecture series bringing to Cyprus world-leading scholars.

December 11, RSVP by December 7. UCLan Cyprus Campus, Pyla, Larnaca. 6pm. Tel: 24-694001/2 or SAlekou@uclan.ac.uk

The Arab Spring: The Egyptian Experience & Evolution of a Revolution Presentations by guest speakers, exhibition, screening and public debate on the Arab Spring. December 7 & 8.

ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation, 64, Ay. Omoloyites Avenue, Nicosia. 6pm. In English. Exhibition open until December 11. Opening hours: Saturday: 10am-1pm. MondayTuesday: 10am-5pm. Tel: 22-445455. info@artosfoundation.org

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A live poetry and music event featuring Bafta nominated artist Stuart Silver. December 7. The Shoe Factory, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €5 (tickets sold only at the door). Tel: 22-663871 ANTI-DORA Pegasus Art Foundation organises a big Charity fair and silent Auction where small pieces of Art will be exhibited with the occasion of the Festive season. Opens December 7 until December 13. Pegasus Art Foundation – 55 Art Studio. 23, Andreas Drousiotis Street , Plateia Heroon, Limassol. Part of the money will go towards, funding a new school in Ethiopia. Tel: 25-340739 or E-mail: cymakart@cytanet.com.cy

Exhibition Dialogues Group exhibition by the academic staff and associates of Aigaia School of Art and Design. Opens December 8, 8pm until December 22. Aigaia School of Art and Design, 81 Ag Omologiton Ave, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 9am-1pm & 4pm-8pm.

Saturday: 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-445757

Music Chamber Music Concert Concert with musicians of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. December 8.

Pallas Theatre, old Nicosia. 5pm.

Free. Tel: 22-463144 Gangnam Night Dance to the rhythm of Gangnam Style with the Dance Style Crew. DJ Peter on the decks with the biggest hits.

December 8. Club Nuovo, 11 Stasinou Street, Engomi, Nicosia. 11.30pm. €20 Open Bar. Tel: 96-336649

Silver Bells Limassol Theatre Arts School (LTAS) Christmas concert. December 8 and 9. Limassol Theatre Arts School 13 Panathineon Street, Limassol. 3pm and 6.30pm. Tel: 99-784927/99324123. limassol.arts@gmail.com, admin@limassolarts.com www.limassolarts.com

Theatre All I Want For Christmas.....

A play staged by Antidote Theatre, written and performed by Catherine Beger. December 8. The Spirit of Christmas Fair, Body & Soul Place (Off Dekhelia Rd, near Jumbo). 4pm.

In English. €7/5. Tel: 96-216435 A play about... Trash The theatre group Point To, in collaboration with Scarabeo Lounge Bar, present a comedy directed by Evagelia Onoufriou.

December 8. Scarabeo Bar, 4 Nikokreontos Street, Nicosia. 9.30pm. €10. In Greek. Tel: 99-935777/99-740773

Other Events Engage on the Move A ceremony organised to announce the opening of the restored courtyard area.

The event will include live music, a short film projection, traditional dances, authentic Cyprus foods and refreshments as well as various activities for the children. December 8. Kontea Village. 1pm-4pm. Nicosia: 10am from Apostolos Varnavas Church, Athalassa Ave – Tel: 99-654027. Limassol:

For a full guide to the week’s events and regular meetings, make sure you get a copy of the Sunday Mail

09:45am from E&S Supermarket Parking space – Tel: 99-469975. Larnaca: 11am from Central Fire Station – Tel: 99-607303/ 99-534550

Ongoing Other Events Drought Project Center of performing Arts MITOS is celebrating five years of creative activity and presents a theatre performance, art exhibition and book edition as part of the cultural events of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of Europe. Theatre performance, art exhibition, book edition, based on the myth of Ariadne. December 5-9. Palio Xydadiko, Limassol. 8.30pm. Art exhibition open until December 9. Open daily: 4pm-10pm. Tel: 99- 864970 Small Volunteers Campaign collection of new Christmas gifts for needy families. Until December 16. Nicosia Presse Café Cross Ledra and St. Anthony, as well as in stores Costas Theodorou and Original Marines (102 Pericles Street, Strovolos, 28th Oct Street, 12 Makedonitissa), Limassol (Zavos Shopping Center, 25 Street Kolonaki, 25 Street), Larnaca (80 Zenon Kitios) and Paphos (92 Makarios Avenue). Tel: 22-818884

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Coming Up Other Events X-Dream fest slaves away THE X-Dream Festival, a festival with a multidisciplinary approach based on curiosity, experimentation and play, returns for the fourth consecutive year.

It has grown to have a strong European dimension, offering the possibility of dialogue and exchange between artists of various art forms. This year, the festival begins on Sunday, with a performance entitled S|L|AVE by Eleni Theodoridou, which questions the slave trade. Theodoridou was born in Thessaloniki, where she studied at the Education Faculty of the Aristotle University, and moved to Athens to study films.

Looking Ahead Music Five for a tenor YOU’VE most likely heard of the Three Tenors, but how about the Tenors of the XXI Century?

On Tuesday the Larnaca Municipal Theatre will be hosting a special Christmas with the Tenors of the XXI Century, one of the most popular ensembles from Russia.

During its five-year existence they have gained international acclaim, performing with renowned orchestras and conductors. The members of this project are world-class soloists of Moscow s leading opera Moscow’s

Don’t Forget Other Events Law of the (Roman) land UCLan Cyprus is set to welcome one of the world’s foremost legal historians to the island. Professor Boudewijn Sirks, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford University

Since then she directs, writes scripts and does performances.

Theodoridou’s 20-minute piece will be followed on the same evening by a performance of electronic music by Julien Cox from France. The performance includes traditional sounds and goes on a journey of different styles of electronic music.

The following week a special two-day event on contemporary ‘silent’ moving image and experimental sound will take place.

The festival then comes to a close with the new production by Theatro Dentro.

S|L|AVE by Eleni Theodoridou & Music performance by Julien Cox Two performances within the framework of the Fourth X-Dream Festival. December 9.

ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation, 64, Ay. Omoloyites Avenue, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €5.

Tel: 22-445455. info@artosfoundation.org. www.artosfoundation.org

houses with an impressive artistic career, and this art project offers an extraordinary opportunity to see them live together on stage.

For their upcoming show in Larnaca just five out of the eight soloists will perform live, in a programme with well-known arias, classic pop hits and Christmas carols. Keep in mind that there will also be a show at the Rialto Theatre.

Tenors of the XXI Century Christmas Concert by the most famous Russian tenors from the best opera houses in Russia.

8.30pm. €20/10 (for children up to 12 years old). www.tickethour.com.cy.

December 11: Larnaca Municipal Theatre.Tel: 24-665795 December 12: Rialto Theatre, Limassol. Tel: 77-777745

and Fellow of All Souls will be delivering a keynote lecture on Tuesday entitled Roman Law and its Byzantine Renaissances.

The event will be the first in the Law and Society Lecture Series. As part of UCLan Cyprus’ commitment to bringing worldleading research to the region, the School of Law will be organising a series of keynote lectures throughout the year bringing the world’s finest legal scholars to Cyprus.

Festive cheer!

AS WE head into the second weekend of December the yuletide cheer is well and truly under way as cities across the island prepare for a whole host of festive fun and games in the run up to the big day.

Streets are being transformed into a sparkling spectacular, while Christmas markets are popping up in cities and towns, offering the chance to purchase gifts, from stocking-fillers to that something extra special. Last weekend saw a number of markets take place and this weekend it’s much the same, with more planned to come over the next coming weeks.

Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the high street, an alternative shopping experience awaits. This Saturday Utopia Collectiva is organising a winter flea market in front of the shop Utopia (beneath the OXI parking space). This year, special emphasis will be given to local, natural, organic and homemade products, which can be found daily in the shop.

During the day visitors to the flea market will have the chance to meet Utopia’s friends, who produce various snacks, traditional products and handmade crafts; to test these products and learn how they are manufactured. Utopia Collectiva will be offering food and drinks, a kids’ corner while different activities will take place such as the LoopyDoopy upcycling workshop for Christmas creations using scrap materials. Music will add to the ambiance of the event.

Also in Nicosia, Julia Astreou-Christoforou’s Weaving Workshop is hosting a little celebration of new creations. The weaving workshop/ showroom/gallery, based in Kaimakli is housed in the artist’s great-grandmother’s 19th-century traditional Cypriot family house. It’s all about holding onto tradition here, but with a slight twist, this weekend, hand woven creations made on the traditional loom will be showcased along with brooches made with Lefkara lace, small rugs, pouches and folders and more. Music from Constantinople will add to the jolly ambience, Georgia Mesaritou and Christina Iona will play the lafta and the lyre.

The Souni Zanatzia Residents Association is hosting a Christmas Craft Fayre at Lenia’s Tavern & Pub tomorrow. Here you’ll find handmade art and crafts including Chrimbo decorations, jewellery, tom cards and much more. Stallss include raffle, tombola, books and bric-a-brac.. Refreshments will be available including mulled wine and mince pies. p the seaAlternatively why not soak up p Arts & sonal atmosphere at Lollipop Crafts, in Limassol (next to Debenhams Apollon). They have prepared unique handmade creationss and everyone is invited to their first Christmas collection cocktail party on Saturday - the more the merrier. Lollipop Arts & Crafts will also Professor Sirks, is a Dutch legal academic who is an expert in Roman law and in Byzantine law in particular. The position of Regius Professor of Civil Law is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Oxford, dating back to the 1540s.

Professor Sirks will be delivering his keynote lecture on Roman Law. It is the historical root for the civil law system which dominates the continent of Europe (including Greece). Study of both

be celebrating their second birthday, so you’ll find some special offers on various christening and wedding events.

The Youth Foundation in Larnaca and All Glass are organising an exhibition called All About Arts & Crafts this weekend with different artists showing their work through their own perspective and their own material in a Christmas environment. All visitors can take part in a raffle with prizes from the artists on Sunday night.

Every year, the Village Square at the Aphrodite Hills plays host to a traditional Christmas Market, providing a warm and merry mood to be enjoyed by the whole family. Traditional markets such as these are loved by everyone all around the world, there is nothing better to lift winter spirits than market booths and stalls filled to bursting with tempting, exotic goods. A magical tone created by the Christmas lights, the aroma of mulled wine and pine needles, all make for storybook atmosphere. And there’s a lively programme of entertainment too.

Winter Flea Market Local, natural, organic and home made products, workshop for Xmas creations, kids corner, food & drinks and music. December 8. Utopia Collectiva, Areos Street, old Nicosia (beneath the OXI parking space). 12pm-9pm. Tel: 99-583947. www.facebook.com/UtopiaCollectiva Julia Astreou-Christoforou’s Weaving Workshop Celebration of new creations, special Christmas presents, music from Constantinople and more. December 8-9. 1 St. Barbara’s Street, (besides St Barbara’s Church) Kaimakli, Nicosia. 11am-12 midday. Tel: 99-475219/22-466373 SZRA Christmas Craft Fayre Hand-made art and crafts including Christmas decorations, jewellery, cards and much more. December 8.

Lenia’s Tavern & Pub, Souni, Limassol. 3pm- 5pm. Free Christmas Spirit at Lollipop Arts & Crafts Unique handmade creations and special offers for various christening and wedding events. December 8. Lollipop Arts & Crafts, 15 Ammochostou Street, (next to Debenhams Apollon) Limassol. 5pm-9pm. Tel: 25-331862 All About Arts & Crafts Exhibition Different artists showcase their work in a Christmas atmosphe Opens December 8, 4pm until atmosphere.

Decembe 9. Youth Foundation, 81-83 St. December Lazarous Str, Larnaca. Saturday: 3pm-9pm Sund 10am-9pm. Free entrance. Raffle and Sunday: Sunday night. Tel: 24-664622/99-461812

Private and Public International law is not complete without a thorough grounding in Roman law. A surprisingly large amount of Roman legal literature has survived thanks to the vigilance of Justinian and other later Byzantine emperors.

His Beatitude, Archbishop of New Ioustiniana and All Cyprus, Chrysostomos II, will deliver the address welcoming Professor Sirks to the island. The event will commence at UCLan Cyprus’

A Aphrodite Hills Christmas Market C Christmas celebrations in style with sstalls offering a variety of goodies.

December 9. Aphrodite Hills, 1 Aphrodite Avenue, Paphos. 11am6pm

By Ledha Socratous multi-million euro and state-ofthe-art campus in Pyla (near Larnaca). The event will be preceded, from 6pm, by a cocktail reception, those interested in attending are requested to RSVP today or tomorrow at the latest.

Roman Law and its Byzantine Renaissances Law and Society lecture series bringing to Cyprus world-leading scholars. December 11, RSVP by December 7. UCLan Cyprus Campus, Pyla, Larnaca. 6pm. Tel: 24-694001/2 or SAlekou@uclan.ac.uk

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Film ES SUMMARIES Shadow Dancer (See page opposite)

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Hotel Transylvania (See page opposite) Our rating:

Lawless It’s 1930, and America is in the grip of Prohibition. The Bondurant brothers, timid Jack (Shia LaBeouf), tough-as-nails Forrest (Tom Hardy), and psychotic Howard (Jason Clarke), are bootleggers, making ‘moonshine’ whisky which they sell to friends and neighbours – including the local sheriff – in Franklin County, Virginia. Their livelihood is threatened by the arrival of Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce), a ‘special deputy’ from Chicago who has come to Virginia to stop those who violate the law of the land.

What that means is that those who pay a fee are allowed to continue bootlegging while those who don’t are shut down, often by force.

The Bondurants refuse to give in to Rakes, and their stubbornness instigates a war. Also starring Jessica Chastain, Gary Oldman and Mia Wasikowska. Directed by John Hillcoat. (Crime drama, 116 mins.)

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hero within. Directed by Peter Ramsey. In 3D. (Cartoon adventure, 97 mins.)

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Killing Them Softly Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta) runs one of the Mob’s many secret and lucrative poker games – a potential magnet for crooks tempted to cash in on the piles of ready cash on the tables. When two young, opportunistic petty crims, Frankie (Scoot McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), are talked into robbing Markie’s game at gunpoint by local lowlife Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola), the Mob sends in Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), one of its hitmen, to find and punish those responsible. Since he knows Amato, he’s reluctant to make the hit himself and suggests they call in the heavy Mickey (James Gandolfini) from New York. Mickey turns up – but Jackie is unimpressed, and has to take matters into his own hands. Also starring Richard Jenkins. Directed

by Andrew Dominik. (Crime drama, 97 mins.)

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Frankenweenie After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, geeky young

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entire town learns that getting a new ‘leash on life’ can be monstrous. Also with the voices of Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder. Directed by Tim Burton. In 3D. (Animated comedy, 87 mins.)

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Rise of the Guardians Jack Frost (voice of Chris Pine) is chosen to join an elite group of superheroes – the so-called ‘Guardians’, namely Santa Claus (voice of Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (voice of Hugh Jackman), the Tooth Fairy (voice of Isla Fisher) and the Sandman, whose job is to protect children everywhere. Jack is an unwilling hero; he’d prefer to roam the world on his own, freezing ponds and causing snow days – but the world’s children are threatened by Pitch (voice of Jude Law), a.k.a. The Boogie Man, who wants to turn dreams into nightmares and banish belief in Santa, Bunny, and Tooth. Jack reluctantly agrees to help and, in the process, discovers the true

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new menace. The vampire Irina (Maggie Grace) believes a child like Renesmee could challenge the power and existence of the Volturi.

As Irina rallies the Volturi to destroy this potential threat, Bella and the Cullens – together with any allies they can assemble – prepare for a crucial battle to protect their family. Also starring Taylor Lautner and Billy Burke. Directed by Bill Condon. (Fantasy drama, 115 mins.)

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Taken 2

Victor (voiced by Charlie Tahan) harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life, albeit with a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out – and Victor’s fellow students try to copy his work with some Frankenstein shenanigans of their own – the

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Bella (Kristen Stewart) is enjoying her new life and new powers after the birth of Renesmee, her daughter with vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson).

Soon, however, their family bliss is threatened again, by a

Four years ago, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) stopped at nothing to save his 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), kidnapped in Paris by Albanian kidnappers to be sold into prostitution. Murad (Rade Serbedzija), the father of one of the kidnappers killed by Mills in that operation, has sworn revenge, and takes Mills and his wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul.

Mills enlists his daughter to help them escape. Directed by Olivier Megaton. (Action-thriller, 92 mins.)

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Skyfall

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

A hard-drive listing all NATO operatives undercover in terrorist organisations is stolen, and used to make M (Judi Dench), the head of British Intelligence, look bad.

Though not in peak condition after a near-death experience, secret agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) sets out to recover the drive, which leads him to mystery man Silva (Javier Bardem) – a psycho who’s nursing a grudge, and has a revenge scheme in mind. Also starring Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes and Albert Finney. Directed

by Sam Mendes. (Action-drama, 143 mins.)

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Madagascar 3: Europe’s rope’s Most Wanted Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman man the giraffe (David Schwimmer) er) are still trying to get back to New York and their beloved Centrall Park zoo, but first they need too find the penguins. When theyy travel to Monte Carlo, they attract act the attention of obsessive animalnimalhunter Chantal Dubois off Animal Control after gate-crashing ng a party, and are joined by the penguins, nguins, the monkeys, King Julian (Sacha acha Baron Cohen) and the rest of the he crew.

How does such a crazy menagerie travel through Europe without thout attracting attention? Simple. ple. They join a travelling circus. Directed

by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath Grath and Conrad Vernon. In 3D. D. (Kids’ cartoon comedy, 93 mins.) ns.)

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Un Cuento Chino [Chinese Chinese Take-Away] When lonely, embittered and eccentric hardware shopkeeper pkeeper Roberto (Ricardo Darin) goes to the aid of Jun (Ignacio Huang) uang) a Chinese man who’s being ng thrown out of a Buenos Aires taxi, xi, he is drawn into Jun’s search for his uncle via a tattooed address ress on Jun’s arm. Jun speaks noo Spanish, so Roberto takes him to the police station, but the cops wants nts to jail him so Roberto takes Junn in as his house guest for the night. After a series of incidents, a Chinese take-away delivery boy translates ranslates for Jun, and Roberto discovers covers the dramatic event that brought ght Jun to Argentina. Directed by Sebastian ebastian Borensztein. In Spanish, with Greek subtitles. (Drama, 93 mins.) ns.)

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How to Start a Revolution volution The untold story of Nobel el Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp, rp, the

world’s leading expert on non-violent revolution whose work has given a new generation of revolutionary leaders the weapons needed to overthrow dictators.

It shows how his 198 steps to nonviolent regime change have inspired uprisings from Serbia to Ukraine and from Egypt to Syria, and how his work has spread across the globe in a wave of democratic change.

Directed by Ruaridh Arrow.

(Documentary, 85 mins.)

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A Serious Man It’s 1967 and Midwestern physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) starts to see his life unravel when his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) prepares to leave him for their seriously pompous friend Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed). Meanwhile, a Korean student tries to bribe him for a passing grade, his teenage children Danny (Aaron Wolf) and Sarah (Jessica McManus) are off the planet, and his unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch. His self-esteem in ruins and his prospects of a steady, happy life receding daily, things get even more complicated for Larry, after a couple of car accidents.

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. (Dark comedy, 106 mins.)

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NEW FILMS Shadow Dancer Directed by: James Marsh Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson UK/Ireland 2012, 101 mins.

Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, and the K-Cineplex in Larnaca.

THE PLOT Single mother Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) is a Republican living in 1993 Belfast with her mother and hardliner IRA brothers.

When she’s arrested for her part in an aborted IRA bomb plot in London, an M15 officer called Mac (Clive Owen) offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison for 25 years, or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With W her son’s life in her hands, han Collette chooses to place her trust in Mac and return ho home.

But when her brothers’ secret sec operation is ambushed, s suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds herh self and her family in grave gr danger.

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Pro: “Director James Marsh Ma revels in the cinema of anxiety. Whether it’s stretchstret ing the viewer’s tension to breaking point as we watch wa a Man On Wire between N New York’s Twin Towers or men menacing our nerves with creep creeping jeopardy in The King, his w work brings with it the unnerv unnerving tick of situations just waiting wait to explode.

Trou“Northern Ireland’s Tr bles, then, with its communicommu ties perpetually waiting for the next random bomb bombing or death while attempting to maintain ‘regular’ life is the perfect setting for his br brand of screw turning. Distilling Distillin a country’s worth of tensions tensi down to the dynamics of o a single household, he has p produced a thriller so taut that tha it makes last year’s masterc masterclass in dread, Tinker Tailor SolS dier Spy, pale in comparison. comparis And this tension was particupart larly illustrated at the film’s l Sundance Film Festival world wo premiere, by the woman n next to me, who fidgeted agitatagi edly throughout the runtime, runti punctuating proceedings at regular intervals with barely ba restrained gasps of, ‘Oh no... n oh no’…

“Just when the tension is almost too much to take, take it is broken but it brings w with it desolation, not catharcath prisonsis. Marsh takes no pris apologies ers, makes no apolo you’re and kicks you when yo makes down, all of which ma his films dangerous, iinfinitely watchable and al-

most unbearably surprising.”

Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film (UK) “Marsh’s movie is calm, level, downbeat. The tension is subtle – perhaps subtler than it really should be. Its dramatic style reminded me of Jim Sheridan’s film In the Name of the Father (made in that crucial year of 1993), though one exchange between Mac and Colette, filmed with the pair facing in profile, may possibly have been inspired by the very much more extended dialogue scene between the priest and Bobby Sands in Steve McQueen’s Hunger…

“Together, Marsh and [screenwriter] Bradby carry it off successfully, particularly with a good ‘IRA funeral’ scene, a military-style salute defiantly carried out under the noses of the British soldiers. There are some less convincing moments. For some reason, Colette wears a vivid red shiny-looking coat, which makes her look more like a stripper-gram than an undercover agent. Surely she should be wearing something less conspicuous? And the last act and the final reveal, in which the murky conspiracy is brought to light, doesn’t deliver quite the hard narrative punch I was hoping for.

“Riseborough’s performance is certainly very good, though, and another demonstration of her technique, intelligence and versatility: she is so good at suggesting thoughts and emotions that surface slowly and gradually. And the movie is very good at showing the sheer misery of the time. In one republican pub, a tense notice says: ‘Singing Not Allowed’.

Nothing shows the mood of national depression and fear more clearly than that.”

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)

Hotel Transylvania Directed by: Genndy Tartakovsky Dubbed into Greek US 2012, 91 mins.

In 3D. Showing from today at the K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex (Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, the Rio and K-Cineplex in Limassol, the K-Cineplex in Larnaca and the Rio in Paphos.

THE PLOT Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish fivestake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. It’s a special weekend and Dracula has invited some of his best friends – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man,

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the Werewolf family and many more – to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday. For good old Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem; but everything could change for the over-protective dad when one ordinary human guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Pro/Mixed: “The pleasantly disposable animated flick Hotel Transylvania, which gathers all the monsters in the world under one roof, is better than it should be, if not quite as good as it could be. Directed by the Russian animator Genndy Tartakovsky, who has a bit of a following thanks to TV shows like Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars, the slight, simple tale has sharp, speedy animation that keeps its mostly uninspired plot moving along. But it’s also got enough belly-laughs to keep us entertained – even if they are basically the same joke repeated ad infinitum…

“The what’s-down-is-up humour and premise here will remind you occasionally of Monsters, Inc., but without the endless invention and spiralling wit that the visionaries over at Pixar brought to that film. No, it’s all strictly one-note stuff. But it’s a fun-

ny note, and the film has a grand old time giving us the same type of gag over and over again. The Hydra’s heads quarrel with one another. The Invisible Man tries to play charades and all anyone can see are his glasses. The Fly keeps nonchalantly vomiting.

Lounging in the hotel sauna, the Blob takes little pieces of itself and tosses them on the coals to make steam. The most edgy thing here occurs during a climactic hearse chase, when a werewolf clears a road full of sheep by eating all of them – much to the horror of his fellow monster passengers. Hey, I laughed.”

Bilge Ebiri, New York (US) Mixed/Anti: “The feature debut of Genndy Tartakovsky – the mad scientist behind Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack – this zany monster mash could’ve been something special.

“Alas, a deluge of fart gags and grating dance numbers soil the 3D furnishings, making Hotel Transylvania more of a serviceable B&B than a five-star all-inclusive…

“Eschewing the retro-cool stylings of his TV ’toons, Tartakovsky channels Tex Avery with a 90-minute barrage of weapons-grade lunacy.

“Rarely is the screen free from something running, screaming, gurning or belch-

ing in your face. It bursts with ideas and the characters are warmly drawn; it’s just a shame the jokes come so thin and fast.”

Paul Bradshaw, Total Film (UK) Anti: “Throwing a bunch of Universal classic monster archetypes into an animated film and then using a generic coming-of-age, father-daughter relationship as the lynchpin might’ve seemed like a good idea on paper, but onscreen Hotel Transylvania is as generically vacant as Mrs. Bates’ eye sockets…

“What’s really irksome is the film’s everything-and-thewitch’s-cauldron approach to the storytelling and the gags, hardly any of which elicit more than a sigh. Even the werewolf is a dull compendium of subAbbott & Costello jokes, while the completely random use of the familiar Universal monsters appears to be nothing more than a seasonal marketing gimmick. Universal should sue for damages to the reputation of its classic movie monsters. Everyone else should head directly to the infinitely better, spookier, and altogether more inspired ParaNorman.

As for Hotel Transylvania, no need to put a stake in it – it’s deadly dull already.”

Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle (US)

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LUXURY FLAT 1-bedroom, fully furnished, 58 sq.m/entrance camera with Jacuzzi, Italian equipment, Central autonomous heating, ALL

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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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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).

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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).

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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).

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MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNITURE, big covered veranda, covered parking, 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

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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).

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TO LET NICOSIA 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).

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TO LET LARNACA bedroom apartment with balcony situated in centre of town, semi furnished.

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BEDROOM HOUSE IN EPISKOPI Split level 4-year- old 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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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 ensuite master bedroom a/c all over house. 25 337400 Price 700 euros

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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 month For more info pls call 99639378 ****************************

FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370.

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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

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FOR RENT new ground floor terrace studios for rent in Kouka village (20 minutes from Limassol) in a quiet and peaceful area fully furnished €180 per month minimum contract 1 year.

For info mob 99548855

€290 /mnth Acropolis Heights (a) ,Chlorakas (b) € 380 /mnth Universal area and Both are

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

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TO LET 3 bdrm detached villa & pool. Fully furnished.

2 bdrms en suite, garage with r/m control, garden, lovely view. Near Tsada Golf Course. Price €750 per month. Tel. 99603330.

2-bed houses, beautiful locations, in Cul-de-sacs, 10 years old, 90 sq. mts, Furnished, Open-Plan Lounge/Kitchen, Front Car-port, Garden, (a) is Ground floor, 1 W.C/bath. (b) is 2-Floors, 2 W.CS/Bath and part air-conditioned. Call 99632388.’ *****************************

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. Stun-

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ning 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.

nished 1 U/F from €360 per month.

PLEASE CALL 96203009

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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 fur-

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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 wi-fi, fully furnished with modern furniture, swimming pool, all bedrooms with en-sute, utility room, air conditioning throughout, shutters, very 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 ensuite, in cul-de-sac, fully airconditioned with fireplace, euro 700 p/m PLEASE CALL : 99 387842 *****************************

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

A DELIGHTFUL AND SPACIOUS 1 bedroom apartment, F/F, top floor, new, located at a peaceful location just 500 from St. George hotel in Chloraka.

A+ quality apt. Within walking distance to amenities, part of a beautiful building with swimming pool, list and other amenities. Only €250p/m Other apts also available near Carrefour in the Centre of Paphos. 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 Garden 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 *****************************

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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.

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fered 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 bed-

rooms, 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

RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS 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 in this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen.

2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom.

Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates..

Comm swimming pool and landscaped gardens. €425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex €400.00 a month.

2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath furnished 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. €500.00 a 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. €350.00 per month 4. TALA - 3 bed 3 bath quality furnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area with dining space.

Fully fitted kitchen with all appliances, door to rear garden. Storage room.

Ground floor bedroom with adjacent shower.

Stairs to two double bedrooms both en-suite, one with Jacuzzi tub. Small seating area with adjacent balcony. Pool and off street parking. Landscaped gardens €750.00 per month or close offers only 5. SEA CAVES – 2 bed, 2 bath fully furnished large townhouse set in quiet location. Open plan living area. Fully fitted kitchen.

2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. Garden area and parking. Realistically priced. Suit retired

people or those wanting a quiet area. €400.00 per month 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 Universal starting at €250 per month.

7. LOWER PEYIA - 3 bed, 2.5 bath part furnished villa situated in quiet cul du sac. Open plan living and dining area with doors out to pool and garden. Very large breakfast fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 3 double bedrooms. Master bedroom very large with en-suite shower. Family bathroom. Private pool, gardens, shutters. €550.00 per month or close offers only.

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 €550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES 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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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 ****************************

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REFURBISHED stone-built 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

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Advertiser FOR SALE NICOSIA renovated, best central area, 800m from the European University, excellent view, €99.000. Tel. 99621914. ****************************

FOR SALE PENTHOUSE

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

FOR SALE PAPHOS

FOR SALE PAPHOS

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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

tle 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.

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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PROPERTY SALE BLOCK BUY INVESTMENT - House (detached) 3-Bed,

U SEFUL PHONE NUMBERS POLICE DIVISION HQ

HOSPITALS ........ 1400

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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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 1. PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: Kissonerga, 3 bdrm flat with ti-

AYIA NAPA 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

FOR SALE Well-kept detached bungalow on the edge of Pano Kivides. Quiet location with open view. Kitchen/diner 5.55m x 3.75 Separate lounge of similar size. Two bedrooms, with A/C, fitted wardrobes.

Good size bathroom. Mains drainage. Entrance hall, used as an office. Gas CH. All new double glazed windows. Conservatory 7.26m x 2.46m. Outside, plot in excess of 700 sq. m.. Large covered area including brick built workshop 5.3m x 4.8m . Hot tub. Car port, TITLE DEEDS. Euros 198000. Private sale. No agents. No VAT. Why pay for a building site with no services when you could move into a comfortable home, with no hassle, but lots of potential, for less?

Tel. 99995906 or 99995992.

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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.

AYIA NAPA and DHERYNIA (Anglican Church in S.E Cyprus) Sunday Worship 9.30am Morning Prayer every Sunday morning at St Constantinos & Eleni Chapel, Dherynia (near Hospital in Dherynia) 11am at Scandinavian Church, off Nissi Avenue (opp Tassia Maris Hotel), Ayia Napa nd 6pm at St Constantinos & Eleni (2 week) Chaplain : Revd Simon Holloway M.A. Tel: 97 839349 www.angsecyp.org Visitors especially welcome

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Paizoume Kypriaka New season of local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

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News Patates 8 Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

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Greek FILM: Agapi Mou Paliogria Comedy. 1972.

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Top Gear Fourteenth season.

Episode 4. Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. Ferrari’s fourwheel-drive FF is pitted against the revised, V8-engined Bentley Continental GT on a test track at the edge of the Arctic Circle, while James puts the Fisker Karma through its paces in Florida, and meets AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson.

New local drama series inspired by Maro Kranidioti’s book ‘Otan i Moira Apofasizei’.

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NRG Zone Kids’ TV Olympic Magazine Kati Psinetai (rpt) Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Great Goals of the UEFA EURO (rpt) NRG Zone FILM: Mouse Hunt Two brothers want to auction off the valuable family home, but face a battle of wits to rid the property of its resident mouse. Slapstick comedy, starring Lee Evans and Nathan Lane. 1997.

Entehnos Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Live cookery show.

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ANTENNA

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Criminal Minds Fifth season. ‘... A Thousand Words’. A serial killer commits suicide, but the agents suspect one of his targets might still be alive.

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Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Deligianneio Parthenagogeio (rpt) Englimata (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) FTHIS Panselinos (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Tha Vreis To Daskalo Sou (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt)

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Action-thriller, starring Kate Beckinsale and Alex O’Loughlin. 2009.

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Yia Sena

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News Eisai To Tairi Mou (rpt) Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt) News Klemmena Oneira

Local talk-show.

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New season of Greek drama series.

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Porta Kleidomeni

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FILM: Prom Night

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Variety show featuring entertainment as well as segments on cooking, health, astrology, lifestyle, youth issues and more. Hosted by well-known presenter Eleni Menegaki.

10.20 11.10 12.00 14.20 15.20 18.00 18.05 18.30

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I Apli Methodos Ton Trion (rpt) Yia Sena (rpt) Charlie’s Angels Proino Mou (rpt)

Repeats

Vasiliki (rpt) 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Aspra Balonia (rpt) Magazino News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama The Del Monte Heirs Latin American telenovela.

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7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites

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News Aspra Balonia

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Oikogeneiakes Istories CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Local drama series.

A teenager finds her parents’ murder coming back to haunt her at her prom when the killer crashes the party. Horror remake, starring Brittany Snow and Scott Porter. 2008.

With News at 00.00.

The Del Monte Heirs (rpt) Protoselido Eleni

Local drama series.

PLUS TV 06.45 07.20 07.50 09.00 09.30 10.55

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Cookery show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition.

Hosted by Dina Nikolaou.

11.00 11.30 12.30 13.15 15.00 15.55 16.35

Kids’ TV Star News Mesimeriani Meleti

17.30 18.15

Showbiz news and gossip show hosted by Eleonora Meleti.

Kids’ TV Exelixeis Stin Showbiz Fotis Maria Live Mila

21.15

An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.

22.00

Dekati Entoli (rpt) Epistrofi (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Otan Megaloso (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

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FILM: A Moment Of Truth No details supplied.

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Satirical show focusing on the sports and news.

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News Sports Time Rubi FILM: Home Town Legend An American football coach throws in the towel following the death of his son, but a newcomer to the team helps him overcome his grief. Drama, starring Terry O’Quinn.

2002.

23.00

Exelixeis Stin Showbiz La Bomba Sportshow

Kids’ TV Magikos Kosmos S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Remington Steele Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue With News at 18.30.

19.15 19.50 20.05 21.00

Discussions about various issues based on woman’s life (men, relationships, sex, kids etc.) with showbiz guests. Hosted by Tatiana Stefanidou.

Local drama series.

00.05

Star News Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mila (rpt) Nistikoi Praktores (rpt)

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O Megalos Paramthas LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

FILM: Original Sin A wealthy businessman in 19th-century Cuba is overjoyed when his ‘mail-order’ bride turns out to be a sultry beauty - but she soon arouses suspicions. Period thriller, starring Antonio Banderas. 2001.

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01:00 Tribal Wives 02:55 Born And Bred 02:50 The Weakest Link 03:35 EastEnders 04:05 Doctors 04:35 Keeping Up Appearances 05:05 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 05:35 Born And Bred 06:30 Keeping Up Appearances 07:00 Tellytales 07:10 Boogie Beebies 07:25 Teletubbies 07:50 Balamory 08:10 Tellytales 08:20 Boogie Beebies 08:35 Teletubbies 09:00 Balamory 09:20 Garth And Bev 09:30 Buzz & Tell 09:35 Keeping Up Appearances 10:05 Mastermind 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 EastEnders 11:50 Doctors 12:20 Ray Mears’ Wild Foods 13:10 Tribal Wives 14:00 Mastermind 14:30 Keeping Up Appearances 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 Ray Mears’ Wild Foods 17:35 Tribal Wives 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 Big Cat Diary 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Robin Hood 21:00 Lead Balloon 21:30 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 22:00 Tribal Wives 22:50 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 23:35 Sport Relief 2012 - Little Britain’s Big Swim 24:35 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

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 Fifth Gear 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 Cruise Ship Disaster 22:00 Curiosity 23:00 How We Invented The World 00:00 Curiosity 01:00 Nothing Personal 01:55 Cruise Ship Disaster 02:50 Curiosity 03:50 How We Invented The World 04:50 Curiosity 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’ lin’ 09:30 Snooker: Uk Championship Canada 10:15 Luge: World Cup 10:45 Biathlon: World Cup Sweden 11:30 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 12:30 Biathlon: World Cup Austria 13:45 Alpine Skiing: World Cup Switzerland 15:30 Biathlon: World Cup Austria 16:45 Snooker: Uk Championship Canada 17:30 Figure Skating: Isu Grand Prix Final Russia 18:30 Ski Jumping: World Cup Finland 19:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Russia 20:00 Biathlon: World Cup Austria 21:00 Cross Country Skiing: World Cup 22:30 Snooker: Uk Championship Canada 00:00 Equestrian: Horse Racing Time 00:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Russia 01:00 Motorsports: Gta Road To Dubai 01:15 Biathlon: World Cup Austria 02:15 All Sports: Watts

05:40 Off The Map 06:25 Castle 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 Happy Endings 08:00 The Gates 08:50 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 09:40 Off The Map 10:25 Castle 11:10 Modern Family 11:35 Happy Endings 12:00 New Girl 12:50 Glee 13:40 The Gates 14:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 15:20 Off The Map 16:05 Castle 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 Happy Endings 17:40 The Gates 18:30 Jamie’s Fish Supper 19:20 Off The Map 20:10 Castle 21:00 Happy Endings 21:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 23 21:50 Glee 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 Happy Endings 23:55 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 00:20 Glee 01:10 Castle 02:00 Off The Map 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 Happy Endings 03:35 Rita Rocks 04:00 The Gates 04:50 Jamie’s Fish Supper

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 08:00 American Pickers 09:00 American Restoration 09:30 Storage Wars 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 Ancient Aliens 12:00 Ice Road Truckers 13:00 Ax Men 14:00 American Pickers 15:00 American Restoration 15:30 Storage Wars 16:00 Ice Road Truckers 17:00 Ax Men 18:00 American

Pickers 19:00 American Restoration 19:30 Storage Wars 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Ancient Aliens 22:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 23:00 Mankind: The Story Of All Of Us 01:00 Ancient Aliens 02:00 Mankind: The Story Of All Of Us 04:00 American Pickers 05:00 American Restoration 05:30 Storage Wars 06:00 Ancient Aliens

07:30 Lottery Ticket 09:15 All The King’s Men 11:30 Any Given Sunday 14:15 I Love You, Beth Cooper 16:00 Poseidon 17:45 Going The Distance 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Assassination Games 23:00 Fair Game 01:00 Hustler TV 02:40 Guitar 04:20 Ghost Writer 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 Superman: 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, KaiLan 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 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 NBA Action 19:00 La Liga World 19:30 Barclays Premier League 201213 21:30 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 La Liga Show 2012-13 00:30 ATP World Tour Uncovered 01:00 Barclays Premier League Review 02:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 03:00 ESPN Films 04:00 Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition 04:30 NBA 2012-13

07:15 Aliens N America 07:40 Two And A Half Men 08:05 Eastbound & Down 08:40 The Closer 09:25 Harry’s Law 10:10 Chuck 10:55 2 Broke Girls 11:20 Supernatural 12:45 Strike Back 13:35 Aliens N

America 14:00 Two And A Half Men X 14:25 The Closer 15:15 Harry’s Law 16:05 The Big Bang Theory 16:30 According To Jim 17:15 The Mentalist 18:00 C.S.I. New York 18:55 Strike Back 19:45 Gossip Girl 20:30 Entourage 21:00 Ncis: Los Angeles 22:30 True Blood 23:30 Tell Me You Love Me 00:25 Centurion 02:00 Hall Pass 03:45 The Big Bang Theory 04:10 According To Jim 04:55 The Mentalist 05:40 C.S.I. New York 06:25 Strike Back

08:30 Hot Coffee 10:15 Alive 12:30 High Life 14:00 Everybody Wants To Be Italian 16:00 Spaced Invaders 18:00 Midnight Chronicles 20:00 Adventures In Babysitting 22:00 Greenberg 00:05 Daring! Tv 03:30 Red (2010) 05:30 Vincere

05:00 The Change-Up 06:50 Manolete 08:20 From Time To Time 09:55 Cine News 10:55 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 12:40 Habemus Papam 14:30 Cine News 15:00 «Love Stories» Something Borrowed 17:00 Johnny English Reborn 18:45 Mad On Novacinema 19:25 Beastly 21:00 Ncis 22:00 Blitz 23:45 Bright Star 01:45 Cine News 02:15 Essential Killing 03:40 Sniper Reloaded

07:50 Cine News 08:40 Take Shelter 10:40 Good Neighbor Sam 12:50 Cine News 13:05 Kate And Leopold 15:05 Loufa Kai Parallagi: Sirines Sti Steria 17:00 Spotlight On 17:35 Manuale D’am3re 19:45 Anonymous 22:00 Shall We Dance? 01:50 The Roommate 03:25 Cine News 04:25 Payback

21:00 Your Highness 22:45 Cine News 23:00 Scream 4 01:00 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone 03:35 Quarantine 2: Terminal

19:00 The Conquest 21:00 Oranges And Sunshine 22:55 Absence Of Malice 00:55 Love And Other Drugs 02:50 Mpilompa 04:35 Haevnen

07:00 Day At The Races, A 08:50 Adventures of Quentin Durward, The 10:30 Guns For San Sebastian 12:20 Logan’s Run 14:15 Boom Town 16:10 Mogambo 18:05 Kim 19:55 The Journey 22:00 Clash Of The Titans 23:55 All This, and Heaven Too 02:10 Reckless 03:40Spinout 05:10 Clash By Night

By Preston Wilder

Assassination Games (LTV, 21.00) The world went gaga for The Hunger Games earlier this year (over $400 million in the US alone), but Jean-Claude Van Damme is all about the Assassination Games. “I’m a weapon. And I shoot when I’m pointed,” says the Muscles From Brussels, even if he has to team up with a younger man (British kickboxer Scott Adkins) for this latest vehicle. JC and Scott are hitmen, initially rivals who agree to work together in order to take down a target protected by dirty cops; “Just what I need - a partner with a vendetta,” growls JC, unhappy to learn that Scott is taking it personally, but it’s all he can do to keep his head in between the shoot-outs, scantily-clad women and Russian gang-

sters saying things like “I want de man who keeeeled my brother”. “You’re over-reacting,” our hero is told; “If I over-reacted ... you’d be dead,” he replies. Suck on that, puny teenage Hunger Gamers! Made in 2011.

Don’t Trust the B... in Apartment 23 (Fox Life, 21.25) First it was Neil Patrick Harris in Harold and Kumar, then Sam J. ‘Flash Gordon’ Jones in Ted, now here’s James Van Der Beek (remember James Van Der Beek? don’t feel bad if you don’t) in this wacky new sitcom.

This trend of has-been actors playing themselves for ‘ironic’ laughs needs to stop - but in fact James Van Der Beek isn’t even the star here, that honour going

to Krysten Ritter as Chloe, the titular b... (hopefully they censored the title to make ‘b’ rhyme with ‘23’, not because the word ‘bitch’ is considered too offensive to our delicate sensibilities). Chloe’s a friend of James Van Der Beek, but also a mean, dishonest person unlike June, played by Dreama Walker (yup, that’s her real name), a naive small-town girl who comes to NYC and is forced to move in with Chloe, little knowing she’s the latest in a long line of roommates tormented by the bitch so they’ll leave without their deposit.

Hi-jinks follow, though of course June is still there at the end because that’s the premise of the show - another distaff Odd Couple, like 2 Broke Girls on LTV. All this, and James Van Der Beek too. Part 1 of 7.

Dont’ Trust the B... in Apartment 23

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Showbiz Keys Male artists lead next year’s Alicia dethrones Grammy Awards nominations Rihanna from Billboard Frank Ocean, fun., Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye in the frame top spot

By Vernell Hackett

By Eric Kelsey MALE artists led the nominations announced on Wednesday for the 2013 Grammys, as fun., Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys landed six nods each for music’s biggest awards.

The nominations for New York-based indie-pop band fun. - made up of Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff - included the four main categories for record, song and album of the year, and best new artist. fun., which also performed at the Grammy nominations concert with Janelle Monae, said it felt good to be recognized and “took pride” in its live performances.

“Tonight, all I wanted to do was get up and really give it our all ... receiving the nomination is amazing and a culmination of hard work the three of us have put into this band,” lead singer Ruess told reporters backstage.

The group scored a huge hit with its first single, ‘We Are Young’, and then followed that up with its successful album Some Nights and single of the same name.

Joining it in the album, record of the year and best new artist categories was hip hop artist Ocean.

The 25-year-old rappersinger made waves earlier this year after revealing his first love was a man, a groundbreaking move in the hip hop industry, which has faced criticism in the past for being hostile to-

Nate Ruess (left) of the band fun. performs with Janelle Monae during the Grammy Nominations Concert in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday ward gays.

His debut album, Channel Orange was a critical and commercial success, debuting at No.2 on the Billboard 200 album chart in July.

Ocean and fun. will be competing with blues-rock group Alabama Shakes, country singer Hunter Hayes and folk-rockers The Lumineers for the coveted best new artist title.

While young male artists made up a large portion of nominees in key categories, noticeably absent was 18year-old Canadian singer Justin Bieber, one of 2012’s

biggest pop music stars with chart-topping album Believe and singles such as ‘Boyfriend’.

The winners will be announced at the televised awards show in Los Angeles on February 10.

After British singer Adele dominated the previous Grammy Awards with her juggernaut album 21, male artists took the lead in the album of the year category, where Ocean and fun. are competing with The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons and Jack White.

British folk band Mumford

& Sons, which scored six nominations both in 2011 and 2012 for its debut album, Sigh No More, landed six more nominations on Wednesday for its charttopping sophomore album, Babel, which is the second biggest-selling album in the United States this year.

Ohio rock duo The Black Keys, formed by frontman Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, landed five nominations, while Auerbach also notched a nonclassical producer of the year nomination for his work on four albums.

Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West continued to pick up nods for their 2011 album, Watch The Throne.

Kelly Clarkson was one of the few leading female nominees, picking up three nominations, including record of the year and best pop vocal album.

R&B singer Rihanna also landed three nods, including best solo pop performance for Where Have You Been.

British rock legends The Who will receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Evel Knievel’s daredevil Brandi slams Eddie and LeAnn helmet hits auction block

By Jill Serjeant THE blue and white crash helmet worn by the late Evel Knievel in a daredevil 1975 London motorcycle jump, and one of his signature leather jumpsuits, are expected to fetch more than $100,000 (62,131 pounds) at a Los Angeles auction next week.

Auction house Profiles in History said on Wednesday the leather jumpsuit was one of the last surviving custommade suits worn by the American stunt performer, who died in 2007 at the age of 69. Knievel was photographed wearing it on the cover of a 1999 biography of him by Ace Collins.

SPECTACULAR CRASH Knievel, whose real name was Robert Knievel, wore the helmet in his famous May 1975 attempt to leap over 13 single-decker buses in London - a stunt that ended in a spectacular crash and left him with a broken hand and pelvis.

The London jump, which came about nine months after Knievel attempted to leap over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho, caused the entertainer to declare his retirement - although he continued his daredevil career for another 11 years until 1981.

Profiles in History said the suit is expected to fetch $40,000 to $60,000 at its December 15-16 auction, while the battered crash helmet could fetch $60,000 to $80,000.

The Los Angeles auction house said both items come from a private collection.

Country and pop singer LeAnn has been insulted on Twitter

BRANDI Glanville has hit back at her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian after he sent her a scathing email ordering her to stop being consumed with ‘wine and narcissism’ and insulting his new wife LeAnn, who she claimed had a ‘severe eating disorder’ and was a bad influence on her two children.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has now taken the feud to another level in a furious twitter rant, claiming ‘horrid’ country singer LeAnn - who spent 30 days in rehab for stress and anxiety this summer - has earned the nickname ‘angelfish’ because of her angelic voice and alleged alcohol dependency.

Brandi, 40, posted: “My kids are my life.. However, ur wife is **** and addicted to laxatives. Your ‘close friends’ talk sh*t about u and ur wife ALL the time...

“Leann is horrid she is addicted to laxatives and aderol has severe metal issues and (redacted) who was all to ready to spill on both of you. (sic)”

American R&B singer Alicia Keys scored her fifth No.1 album on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday with Girl on Fire, unseating reigning chart queen Rihanna.

Keys’ fifth studio album sold 159,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which was the lowest opening week of sales for any of the soulful singer’s career.

Keys, 31, held off countrypop starlet Taylor Swift’s Red and Rod Stewart’s Merry Christmas, Baby for the top spot.

British boy band One Direction’s Take Me Home and country-rock singer Phillip Phillips’ The World from the Side of the Moon were fourth and fifth on the chart respectively. Rihanna’s Unapologetic slid to sixth in its second week on the chart.

Keys’ only album not to debut atop the Billboard chart was 2009’s The Element of Freedom, which sold 417,000 copies in its first week but was thwarted from the top spot by British talent-show sensation Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream.

First-week sales of Girl on Fire were in line with industry expectations of 145,000 to 170,000 units sold, Billboard said.

Album sales tumbled the week after the holiday shopping season kicked off, falling 23 per cent overall.

Only 13 albums picked up more sales in the top 100 this week, not counting chart debuts and re-entries.

The 7.52 million albums sold last week was a decline of 7 per cent from the same week last year. In 2012, some 275.3 million albums have been sold so far, marking a 4 per cent decline compared with the same point in 2011, according to Nielsen.

Black Eyed Peas mastermind will.i.am’s single ‘Scream & Shout’ featuring Britney Spears knocked Korean viral dance hit ‘Gangnam Style’ by PSY out of the top spot in digital songs.

‘Scream & Shout’, which was released on November 21, leaped from No.66 to the top spot with 169,000

Keys scored her fifth No.1 album on the Billboard chart

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

This can be an exceptionally busy time of the year, and many of us are rushing from pillar to post to keep up with all the different demands. If you think any of these are becoming too much, have the confidence to say no.

Of course, if you know this can affect someone else, you might feel guilty, so try to prioritise who you want to help most.

If you feel that other people are enjoying the upside of the festive season, and you are caught up in the nitty gritty elements, fear not. This month is yet young, and there are lots of good things set to head your way, as the days go by. And today, the phone can start to ring with possibilities for the weekend. Soon you will be in party mood.

You will be pushing people, contacts and life in general to take more notice of what you have to offer. Mars is making you more conscious of your worth, and the combination with the Sun means that recognition, appreciation and potentially earning extra money, can all go hand in hand.

In love, resist being too demanding, it can be counterproductive.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

The Sun and Mars are perfectly positioned today to help you to make some really decisive moves. In fact, from now until the end of the month, working closely with one other person can help you to make some important financial or business decisions. You can see how certain changes can be worth embracing and will help you to feel more secure.

One of the things people really appreciate about you is your ability to sort the wheat from the chaff. And your powers of organisation, structuring and communication can hold you in good stead for some months to come. As ever, to maximise this, it will require application or the ability to get others to help you - and you can ask charmingly!

You are going to need to express your personality and individuality in the coming months, and you need to be able to link with people who can appreciate who you are, but also respect your need for independence. A great way to achieve this is through co-operation. Informal or formal ways of approaching this can really bear fruit if you apply yourself.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

You have a reputation for buzzing from one project or situation to another, but is this really fair? For the rest of this month, and into the first three months of next year, Saturn the planet of structure, angles superbly to Pluto, that of change. You’ll be able to apply yourself like never before, and through unstinting effort can come tangible rewards.

The Moon enters your sign later today, and if part of you has felt quieter or becalmed, or affected by the Quarter Moon of earlier this week, which may have made you anxious about some people’s intent, you can begin to regain your equilibrium. Furthermore, solid news on plans for Christmas can be laid, ones which can reassure and delight.

Your openness helps you to have many different connections to people, not least because you have the gift for seeing the goodness within folk and remain unswayed by appearances or protocol. And one person, who may not be particularly obvious today, is set to play a really important role in the months to come. Their entrance could be low key.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Your great virtue is that generally you don’t expect perfection from situations. You realise that life is a series of compromises, and this keeps you more balanced than some people. However, that doesn’t mean you won’t have found one person really tough to get along with of late. Yet what you can now deploy is your awesome tenacity.

How are you finding Saturn in Scorpio? It’s not been with you long, about two months, so you just have another twenty eight months of its passage to go! Now, despite this being a potentially difficult and limiting influence, it partners up with Pluto. Use this combination to view any alterations that are occurring as being for the best, even if not easy.

A friend can make an important introduction. This could be purely a socially based opportunity or something more, but something you are very keen on achieving can be boosted by their knowledge and by their contacts. In love, if you find yourself thinking about who would be good for you, you need to be really honest about your own needs first.

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Sport Moufflons ready for Slovenia as they chase world record All-conquering Cyprus rugby team are on a 16-match winning streak

By Alexander McCowan “We won’t let the world record affect our preparation for this game,” said Cyprus national rugby coach Paul Shanks, as the Moufflons chase the world record of 18 straight wins, set by Lithuania.

Cyprus are currently on a 16-match winning streak dating back to 2009.

The all-conquering Moufflons take on Slovenia tomorrow at 3pm at the Paphiakos Stadium in Paphos in their first home game of the season. Having dispatched Austria 54-20 last month, Cyprus currently sit at the top of European Cup division 2C which contains Hungary, Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria - the latter was thrashed 94-5 when they last engaged with Cyprus in Division 2D back in May 2012.

Should Cyprus beat Slovenia, they will have a chance to equal the world record when they take on Hungary in March next year.

“I take it one game at a time, and will concentrate on our fitness and tactics,” said Shanks.

“Slovenia are an unknown quantity and are undefeated in the league so far. Like us they have beaten Austria, albeit by a smaller margin, but nevertheless they have to be treated with the utmost respect. As far as I am concerned the record is a side issue, what matters is winning on Saturday.”

However it is clear that Shanks is not resting on his

Mighty Moufflons: Cyprus haven’t lost a match since 2009, and thrashed Austria 54-20 in their last encounter laurels when it comes to tomorrow’s game.

Last week a Cyprus Sevens side under the tutelage of veteran coach John Long participated in the Dubai Sevens, the most prestigious competition of its kind in the world.

The team, entered as the IML Moufflons, encountered the most powerful opposition imaginable. Teams from the national academies of the world’s strongest southern and northern

hemispheres countries enabled the young IML Moufflons to rub shoulders with players who will be wearing full international colours in a year or two.

Laurence Vassiliades, president of the Cyprus Rugby Federation said: “What John Long has done in such a short time with his newly-formed sevens squad is truly amazing. Just to enter the Dubai’s was a triumph and the level of opposition was world class.

“The experience gained by our young players will remain with them for the rest of their rugby careers.

“On Saturday, Cyprus take one more step towards the world record if we win, which will give us 17 straight victories that means we have two to go for the outright record.

“I have every confidence in the team and our coaches, and anticipate a first class game and hopefully we will emerge as winners.

“Our last home game was watched by schoolchildren from Dhali who thoroughly enjoyed the experience of witnessing Cyprus demolish Greece and, now that we have a training programme in the Nicosia state schools, we are expecting to entertain a lot more children who will be admitted free to the ground.”

Tomorrow’s match will be covered live by LTV who have been a major supporter of rugby in Cyprus.

Senden swoops early to take lead at Australia Open

By Nick Mulvenney

John Senden is going for a second title at his national open after his 2006 triumph

JOHN Senden made the most of benign early conditions to shoot a six-under-par 66 and take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the $1.25 million Australian Open yesterday.

The Queenslander, going for a second title at his national open after his 2006 triumph, believes he is playing the best golf of his career and showed why with a six-birdie blitz in his first 10 holes.

He stuttered with bogeys on his 11th and 12th holes but picked up another couple of shots on the run home to stand two shots clear of world number four Justin Rose and four others with a share of second place after carding 68s.

“We had the perfect conditions this morning, teeing off at seven o’clock,” the 41-yearold Senden, who has won once on the U.S. PGA Tour, told reporters.

“You won’t get much of a better day. I thought there were a lot of birdies out there and there would probably be some good scores this morning.”

Australia’s top player Adam Scott was also

among the early starters but struggled with three bogeys and two birdies on his front nine before steadying his round with a single birdie in an otherwise flawless back nine for a 72.

The world number seven, fresh from a victory at the Australian Masters, stuck with his belly putter and said he had paid the price for being too aggressive at the start of his round.

Eight-time major winner Tom Watson, now 63, and Chinese sensation Guan Tianlang, 14, were among the later starters and suffered for it as the wind picked up at The Lakes course.

American Watson said he was “embarrassed” with his round after starting with three bogeys and two double bogeys on the front nine and ending up with a six-over-par 78.

Guan, who next year will become the youngest player to take part in the U.S. Masters after winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship last month, failed to record a single birdie in his round of 82.

“He was unlucky today,” his father Guan Hanwen told Reuters. “He lipped out on four holes. He played this tournament to get used to these kind of conditions which he is unfamiliar with.”

IN BRIEF IOC tells Rio 2016: ‘time is ticking’ RIO de Janeiro 2016 Olympics organisers were told this week they needed to push ahead with their preparations because time was an issue, the International Olympic Committee said.

Rio has not finalised its budget for the Olympics as well as the venues for several sports, including rugby, hockey and golf.

Rio organisers said last month the Sao Januario Stadium, home of football club Vasco da Gama, had missed the October 31 deadline and they would therefore revisit plans for the Joao Havelange Stadium to host the rugby sevens tournament instead.

“Our message remains but time is ticking. Organisers need to carry on attacking this one with all vigour,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters.

Brazil is also hosting the 2014 World Cup and organisers for that event have also been urged to speed up preparations by world football’s governing body FIFA. Adams said the IOC Executive Board also asked organisers about the state of the country’s economy with new figures showing lower than expected growth.

Rio, which was was awarded the Games in 2009, is the first South American city to be picked to host the Olympics.

Higgins out despite 147 THREE-TIME champion John Higgins suffered a 6-5 defeat by world number 16 Mark Davis in the UK Championship despite making a 147 maximum break.

The Scot, 37, struggled for form as Davis moved into a 5-2 lead in their best-of11 second-round match.

A run of three frames, including a seventh maximum of Higgins’ career - and 95th in history forced a decider.

But Higgins missed a regulation final pink to let Davis back in and the Englishman potted it to clinch the win.

“I’m gutted,” said Higgins. “Normally clearing up in the last frame I’d have done it. I didn’t deserve to win that match.

Who knows where the 147 came from?”

Davis faces Matthew Stevens in the last eight.

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Lennon revels in Hoops progress on special night

Barcelona confirm Messi only has bruised left knee

‘No one gave us a prayer in this group’

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has a bruised left knee and is a doubt for the leaders’ next match in La Liga this weekend, the club said yesterday ending fears that the player had suffered a more serious injury.

“Tests carried out on Wednesday night have confirmed that the player has a bruising of the bone on the outside of the left knee,” Barca said in a statement.

“The rate of his recovery will determine whether he will be available for the next game, on Sunday against Real Betis.”

The World Player of the Year, who came on as a second-half substitute, was carried off on a stretcher near the end of their Champions League Group G match at home to Benfica.

The Argentine collapsed to the ground clutching his knee after colliding with Benfica goalkeeper Artur and looked to be in severe discomfort as he was taken from the pitch.

The initial diagnosis was that he had suffered only bruising.

“After beating the offside trap Messi tried to dribble round opposing keeper Artur, who dealt him a blow, but Messi continued with the move,” Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.com).

“After shooting with his left foot the player fell to the ground with pain in his left knee,” the statement added.

The game ended 0-0 with Barca already through to the last 16 as group winners and Benfica forced to settle for a place in the Europa League.

Messi remains one goal short of Gerd Mueller’s record of 85 goals in a calendar year set in 1972.

The last time Messi suffered an injury was in September 2010 at Atletico Madrid when a hefty challenge left him with ankle damage that ruled him out of two games, the club said.

By Ronnie Esplin NEIL Lennon believes he got the last laugh on his doubters after Kris Commons’ dramatic late penalty gave the Hoops a 2-1 victory over Spartak Moscow at Parkhead to secure a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Striker Gary Hooper opened the scoring for the home side, who had to better Benfica’s result in Barcelona, in the 21st minute but that was cancelled out by Ari before the break.

However, the Scottish champions were not to be denied and after defender Marek Suchy conceded a penalty kick in the 80th minute for a barge on Georgios Samaras, up stepped Commons to slam the ball in off the bar.

Two minutes from time Spartak midfielder Kim Kallstrom picked up a second yellow card for a foul on Commons who was taken off on a stretcher, the only sour note in a momentous night for Lennon’s side who, following a goalless draw in the Nou Camp, finished second in Group G behind Barcelona with 10 points and who are in the knockout stages for the first time since season 2007/08.

The Parkhead men had to fight their way through two qualifying rounds and were then unfancied when drawn alongside the Russian club, Benfica and Barcelona and the Celtic manager was referring to that scepticism

By Iain Rogers and Mark Elkington

Group G Team

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1 Barcelona 2 Celtic 3 Benfica 4 Spartak Moscow

6 5 6 6

4 3 2 1

1 1 2 0

1 2 2 5

11 9 5 7

when he said: “It means the world to me as a young manager in my first year in the Champions League to qualify with 10 points, I am very proud of the players, they have performed a miracle.

“People laughed at me when I said at the start that my target was to qualify.

“No one gave us a prayer going into this group but we have qualified and deservedly so. I think you could see the players progressing last year.

“We have some really talented players who I felt could play at European level.

“I didn’t want them just to be remembered for beating Barcelona but we have beaten Barcelona and qualified for the last-16 and that is a fantastic feather to have in your cap.”

Celtic could face Manchester United, Malaga, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke or PSG in the knockout stages.

“You just don’t know what shape teams are going to be in two or three months’ time. But we are there, we are going to enjoy it and we want to progress as far as we

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can in the competition.

“Who knows where it can take you?

“The spirit is fantastic, we have some quality players, they have put everything into the group and they have grown as the campaign has gone on and some of them have enhanced their reputations no end.

“The draw is on the 20th and it is something that we look forward to, I just want them to concentrate on domestic duties now.”

Spartak caretaker coach Valery Karpin “didn’t want to talk about the referee” with regards Celtic’s penalty, however, he was mostly magnanimous in defeat.

He said: “I would like to congratulate Celtic, they deserved it because they have had a very good Champions League campaign.

“The first half was the probably the best we have played in a long time, so it is disappointing to lose matches when you play well.

“But I cannot blame any of our players, I have to thank them and the fans who came to Glasgow to support us when the game did not mean anything to us.”

Manager Neil Lennon (top) says he is now having the last laugh against his critics after the Glasgow giants qualified

UEFA confirm multi-city Euro 2020

Euro 2012, which saw Spain triumph again as they had in 2008, was hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine

UEFA will stage the Euro 2020 tournament in a number of cities across the continent, the European governing body decided yesterday.

The decision was taken by UEFA’s executive committee at a meeting in Lausanne yesterday.

It means there will be no one country hosting the tournament. The Football Association have already put forward Wembley to UEFA as a possible venue for the final.

The announcement will also give hope to Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland hosting some Euro 2020 matches - they too have already expressed their interest to UEFA. UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino told a press conference after the meeting: “Some important deci-

sions have been taken.

“UEFA Euro 2020 will be staged across the continent, in various major cities, following a decision taken today. A Euro for Europe follows an initial idea by UEFA president Michel Platini.

“The response has been extremely positive from all the national associations.”

Turkey had initially bid to host Euro 2020 and the country’s UEFA vice-president Senes Erzik opposed the decision, Infantino confirmed.

The format and number of cities that will be involved in the tournament will be decided by UEFA’s national teams committee.

Infantino said the bidding process for the host cities would start in March and would take a year with decisions made in the spring of 2014.

UEFA also decided that the 2013/14 European women’s under-17 tournament will be hosted in England.

UEFA also announced that the third-party ownership of players will be banned in their competitions - as already happens in English football.

The practice, widespread in Portuguese and Spanish football, sees individuals owning the ‘economic rights’ of a player and often securing a large percentage of transfer fees.

UEFA said: “The committee decided that the ownership of football players by third parties should be prohibited as a matter of principle. Consequently, FIFA will be requested to issue relevant worldwide regulations prohibiting third-party ownership of players.”

The Argentine’s injury has turned out to be a minor one

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Fergie pleased with improving Rooney despite shock Cluj loss

Hiroshima win Club World Cup opener

Striker ‘will be firing on all cylinders’ against City

JAPAN’S Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat New Zealand parttimers Auckland City 1-0 in the opening game of the Club World Cup yesterday thanks to a 25-metre rocket from Toshihiro Aoyama.

The match was the first in which FIFA officially used goal-line technology although there was little opportunity to test its effectiveness in a game of few chances.

Aoyama’s dipping drive in the 66th minute lit up a pedestrian encounter and sent the J-League champions into Sunday’s quarter-finals where they face Egypt’s AlAhly.

Yojiro Takahagi and Ryota Moriwaki hit the woodwork from long distance after the break as Hiroshima dominated.

By Simon Stone SIR Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney will be firing on all cylinders in Sunday’s Manchester derby.

Rooney was the only player to retain his place from last weekend’s win at Reading as Manchester United ended their Champions League group stage campaign with a 1-0 defeat

by CFR Cluj at Old Trafford, the only goal coming from Luis Alberto early in the second half.

But the 27-year-old was not being punished.

Instead Ferguson felt it was an essential step towards Rooney regaining full fitness following his recent absence with tonsillitis.

“Wayne has another 90 minutes under his belt and hopefully by Sunday he is in real top form,” said Ferguson.

“He is approaching that now but Sunday will be a different kettle of fish altogether.”

With Phil Jones and Chris Smalling coming through unscathed, Ferguson declared himself satisfied with the evening, even though his side suffered their third defeat in five European home games.

And, midfielder Tom Cleverley is almost certainly out of Sunday’s crucial

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Wayne Rooney is regaining full fitness following his recent absence with tonsillitis, says the Man United manager

Group H Team

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showdown at the Etihad Stadium after limping off on Wednesday night with a calf strain.

“Tom felt his calf a little bit,” said Ferguson.

“We will assess it but it is

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not good news.”

Ferguson confirmed he will make wholesale changes on Sunday, which means a return to the players he accused of comical defending after United’s 4-3 win at

the Madejski Stadium.

For, whilst Ferguson was satisfied with the combined efforts of Jones, Smalling, Scott Wootton and Alex Buttner on Wednesday, it is the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra on whom United will be relying this Sunday.

“The defence did their job quite well,” said Ferguson.

“I was pleased at the commitment and the composure was very good.

“But that doesn’t solve the issue of defending.

That was the future.

“On Sunday, the experienced players have to get

their act together. It is as simple as that.”

Although Ferguson has ruled skipper Nemanja Vidic out of the game, central defensive colleague Jonny Evans could be available despite missing the Cluj defeat.

However, Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa seems certain to miss out.

“Kagawa is a fantastic player,” said Ferguson.

“He is back doing some running but I don’t know if he will make Sunday.

“At least he is training.

Hopefully he will join in the football part on Monday.”

Alessio bows out with vital win as Juve make it through JUVENTUS assistant coach Angelo Alessio was happy to hand the reins back to the returning Antonio Conte having sealed progression to the last 16 of the Champions League.

A 1-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk, courtesy of Oleksandr Kucher’s owngoal in the 56th minute, also saw the Bianconeri top Group E and avoid a clutch of tricky opponents in the next round.

Juve head coach Conte returns from a four-month suspension for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal to take control of Juve at Palermo this weekend.

And Alessio was delighted to cede control to Conte with the team in such rude health, telling juventus. com: “We knew we were in for a tough game and coming out on top fills us with pride.

“It was no simple task but once we managed to put the reins on their forwards they found it hard to play their usual game and support the front men.

“We’re delighted to go through and to have qualified as group winners. Credit must go to these lads because even without Antonio they’ve done everything that’s been asked of them.

“As time has passed we’ve become more and more confident in our own means.

We showed that first against Chelsea then again this evening.”

Despite defeat in the Donbass Arena, Shakhtar claimed second place in the group and progression to the knockout stages at the expense of reigning champions Chelsea.

It had been suggested that Juve and Shakhtar would play for a convenient draw

to make it mathematically impossible for the Blues to progress, a tactic Bianconeri director Beppe Marotta flatly rejected employing.

He said: “We knew we were up against a top team and that we only needed a point, but we didn’t play for a draw. Our aim was to win and win we did.

“We’ve come through a tough group, winning the last two games against European champions Chelsea and the revelation of the tournament, Shakhtar.

“Our self-esteem has increased with each game and we’ve shown that we can compete with anyone.”

Diminutive forward Sebastian Giovinco played a significant role in the only goal of the game, nipping onto Stephan Lichtsteiner’s cross to get a touch on the ball before Kucher turned it into his own net.

Udinese Liverpool

0 1

Young Boys Anzhi

3 1

Hapoel Tel-Aviv Academica

2 0

Plzen Atletico Madrid

1 0

AEL Marseille

3 0

Fenerbahce B. M’gladbach

0 3

Bordeaux Newcastle

2 0

Maritimo Club Bruges

2 1

Copenhagen 1 Steaua Bucharest 1 Stuttgart Molde

0 1

Dnipro AIK Solna

4 0

Napoli PSV Eindhoven

1 3

Genk Basel

0 0

Sporting Lisbon Videoton

PPD

Inter Milan Neftchi

2 2

Partizan Belgrade 1 Rubin Kazan 1 Athletic Bilbao Sparta Prague

0 0

Lyon Kiryat Schmona

2 0

NK Maribor Lazio

1 4

Tottenham Panathinaikos

3 1

Bayer Leverkusen 1 Rosenborg 0

Well played: the Italian champions have looked impressive

Rapid Vienna Metalist Kharkiv

1 0

FC Twente Helsingborgs

2 2

Levante Hannover

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Sport Pressure heightened for Chelsea’s Japan quest after Euro exit

By Alastair Himmer SUCH is Rafael Benitez’s curse in a loveless marriage at Chelsea that a 6-1 win put his team under even more pressure before they fly out to compete at the Club World Cup in Japan.

Wednesday’s thrashing of Nordsjaelland was in vain as the London club became the first holders of the Champions League to be eliminated at the group stage.

Chelsea visit Sunderland tomorrow before their quest for a world title which would ring hollow but could just buy interim coach Benitez a little longer in the hot seat.

Brazil’s Corinthians are expected to meet the dethroned European champions in the final in Yokohama on December 16, barring any embarrassing slip-ups in the semi-finals.

“It gives you the chance to say you’re champions of the world,” Chelsea’s Brazilian midfielder Oscar said of a 6000-mile trip the Blues hope will offer them some brief refuge.

Chelsea face either South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai or Mexican side Monterrey in Yokohama on December 13.

“Barcelona took it very seriously last year,” added Oscar. We’ll do the same.”

The Barca side who won the trophy in 2009 and 2011 were superior to Chelsea, whose first win in four games under Benitez failed to paper over the cracks of a team short on confidence.

Corinthians, winners of the FIFA Club World Cup’s first edition in 2000, became the Libertadores Cup’s first unbeaten champions since 1978 this year, a fact not lost on Oscar.

“Corinthians are a very strong side, well organised,” he said. “It won’t be easy. They will be desperate to win the World Cup - it’s so important in South America.”

On Wednesday, Benitez was

again jeered by Chelsea fans unhappy at the hiring of the former Liverpool manager following Roberto Di Matteo’s sacking, hardly ideal preparation.

However, Fernando Torres, who scored twice on Wednesday to break a two-month goal drought, was sure Chelsea would be ready for the December 6-16 tournament.

“We will prepare mentally,” said the Spain striker.

“Hopefully we arrive there with enough time to adapt and be focused to win this tournament and take it seriously.”

Defender David Luiz spoke candidly after Wednesday night’s exit. “There was embarrassment in the dressing room and also sadness,” said Luiz.

“We won the Champions League last season and to get knocked out after the group stage is a great disappointment.

“This is a big club and big clubs deserve to play in big games; the best games in the world are in the Champions League.”

Benitez promised Chelsea’s fortunes would improve despite their early exit.

“At the moment the players are not happy,” he said.

“But there is also the feeling they played well and the future can be good.”

In an ironic twist that will not be lost on Chelsea fans, FIFA will use goal-line technology for the first time in an official tournament.

Benitez’s Liverpool beat the Londoners in the 2005 Champions League semifinal through Luis Garcia’s ‘ghost’ goal.

After failing to progress in Europe as holders, Chelsea’s trip to the Far East takes on added significance for the under-fire Benitez.

Another disappointment on top of the fan backlash and it would be little surprise to see owner Roman Abramovich go out and employ a new manager for Christmas.

From heroes to zeroes: the dethroned European champions have failed to get out of the group stage

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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC HITS MILESTONE 23RD HUNDRED AGAINST INDIA

Master centurion: Cook also became the youngest batsman in history to score 7,000 runs after a brilliant display

Cook sets England Test century record

By David Clough

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LASTAIR Cook became England’s most prolific Test centurion when he completed his 23rd - and third in successive matches - at Eden Gardens in Kolkata yesterday.

Cook (136 not out) is also the youngest batsman in history to score 7,000 runs, a milestone he passed with his 88th in the afternoon as he and Nick Compton took control in an opening stand of 165 on day two of the third Test against India.

By the time Cook reached his hundred, a fifth in consecutive Tests as captain dating back to his time as Andrew Strauss’ deputy in Bangladesh almost three years ago, the tourists were well on their way to a stumps total of 216 for one, in reply to 316 all out.

His latest century inches him one ahead of team-mate Kevin Pietersen - as well as three other greats in Geoff Boycott, Wally Hammond and Colin Cowdrey.

Cook is still only joint 20th in an all-time list headed

by India’s own Sachin Tendulkar on 51, but at the age of 27 should have many

Geoff Boycott: ‘He’s in the best years of his life. He should be well on the way to 40 hundreds by the time he’s finished’ years ahead of him to move up the table.

“I don’t think it will be such a big deal to him,” said Boycott on the BBC’s Test Match Special. “At his age he’s going to get quite a lot more unless he has a serious illness or injury.

“He’s in the best years of his life and will automatically play, he has a good technique and should be well on the way to 40 hundreds by the time he’s finished.”

Cook also surpassed Strauss to move up to ninth in the list of England’s alltime highest run-scorers with 7,048. Graham Gooch holds the record with 8,900.

Cook was dropped by Cheteshwar Pujara at slip off the bowling of Zaheer Khan on 17 but did not offer

a further chance in a confident and controlled innings featuring 19 fours and a six.

England’s openers needed a little fortune to go with their skill, against pace and spin, as they turned their fourth 50 stand in succession into a first century together.

Cook duly reached his 179-ball century with a legglance off Ravichandran Ashwin - having previously also hit the off-spinner for one memorable straight six.

Compton (57) had fewer obvious scoring options but also profited from using his feet, hitting Pragyan Ojha for a six of his own over long-on, on his way to a maiden Test half-century in 123 balls.

Grandson of Denis, and two years Cook’s senior, Compton therefore claimed

a notable milestone of his own - albeit on a reduced scale to his captain’s - before Ojha got his revenge.

Cook was safely past his hundred when Compton missed an attempted sweep at the slow left-armer and was, eventually, given out lbw by umpire Rod Tucker just as the batsmen completed what they thought by then was a leg-bye.

Jonathan Trott had made two ducks in his last three Test innings, but did enough here to help Cook consolidate an advantage which gives England clear prospects of pushing for a second successive win over their hosts.

Monty Panesar had earlier finished with four for 90, to add to his 11 wickets in the series-levelling victory in Mumbai, as England picked up the last three Indian wickets for 43 runs in the morning - despite some late belligerence from Mahendra Singh Dhoni (52).