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State alone needs €4.5b says Shiarly Finance minister predicts deal with troika by autumn By Elias Hazou

HE state needs some €4.5 billion just to refinance its debt, Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday, predicting that a deal with the troika on an EU bailout could be clinched by early autumn. Cyprus formally applied for financial support from its EU partners last month, becoming the fifth member in the eurozone to do so because of a runaway budget deficit and its banks’ vast exposure to Greek sovereign debt. Inspectors from the troika - the European Commission, the IMF and European Central Bank – are due back on the island next week to continue gathering data on the government’s accounts and on the recapitalisation requirements of commercial banks. The officials would stay here for about 10 days, Shiarly said. After that, talks between them and authorities would continue via teleconferencing sessions. “On September 14, there will take place in Cyprus an informal meeting of ECOFIN, which will give us a chance to talk [with our EU partners]. I anticipate that, after that date, we could close the subject,” the minister said, alluding

to a bailout agreement. Bailouts must be approved by all 17 eurozone members. On the banks, Shiarly said it was too early to say how much cash they’d need. The amount of recapitalisation would be determined jointly with the troika, he said. The official line so far has been that the island’s two largest lenders – Bank of Cyprus and Popular – need at least a combined €2.3 billion. But that sounds too conservative compared to numbers quoted very recently by both European officials and ratings agencies. Earlier this week, Standard and Poor’s said €4.48 billion would be needed to sufficiently recapitalise the damaged banking sector in accordance with the standards set by the European Banking Authority. On the government’s requirements, S&P said €6.59 billion of additional financing would be needed between 2012 and 2014 for both “the underlying budget deficit plus the amount of (government) debt maturing.” The ratings service estimated the total cost of Cyprus’ rescue package from the EU would exceed €15 billion or 83 per cent of total GDP. Responding to reporters’

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Sailboats parade yesterday in the Crozon Bay, western France, during the 2012 “Tonnerres de Brest” maritime festival, which featured thousands of traditional sailboats (AFP)

Text me, say Britons too busy to make phonecalls BRITONS prefer to text friends or keep in touch on Facebook rather than chat on the phone, leading to the ﬁrst ever decline in mobile voice calls, according to the UK’s telecoms regulator. The average consumer now sends 50 texts a week, a number that has doubled in four years, with over 150 billion text messages sent in

2011, Ofcom said in its annual Communications Market Report. They also spend almost an hour and a half a week using email, on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, or using a mobile to access the Internet, while fewer calls were made on both ﬁxed-line and mobile phones. The amount of time spent

talking on the phone fell by 5 per cent in 2011, the survey said, reﬂecting a 10 per cent drop in the volume of calls from landlines and, for the ﬁrst time, a fall in mobile calls, by just over 1 per cent. Unsurprisingly, young people are leading the charge, despite saying they prefer to talk face to face. Some 96 per cent of 16- to

24-year-olds use a text-based application to keep in touch with friends and family daily, it found, with 90 per cent sending texts and 73 per cent using social networking sites. The change in habits went hand in hand with rising numbers of smartphones, which make accessing the Internet on the move easier.

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The ministry has checked prices consumers are paying at 235 of the island’s petrol stations By Jacqueline Agathocleous COMMERCE Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis yesterday said he wouldn’t hesitate to place a ceiling on fuel prices after the recent barrage of hikes prompted him to launch an investigation into the matter. He said regardless of any reactions, the ministry couldn’t sit back and observe efforts to dupe consumers. Petrol prices have been on an upward spiral since the end of last year, with 95 octane unleaded fuel peaking at around €1.40 per litre just a couple of months ago. Only recently was there some respite with prices dropping to between €1.23 and €1.25. But at the start of the week, prices suddenly rose as much as €0.05 per litre. “The reason I ordered an investigation was to see what has been going on in the recent past,” said Sylikiotis. “We won’t hesitate to issue an order placing a ceiling, if there is evidence to justify it.” The minister said his aim was to check all the data that had been recorded – how the prices were lowered, when the fuel was received, how much it cost on arrival – which will be put together by the ministry’s price observatory body (POB) in co-operation with the customs department.

“Based on the data from when the fuel arrives from abroad, we will see how the increases were imposed,” said Sylikiotis. “I noticed in recent days there were perpetual increases and when there is evidence of wrongdoing and it is conﬁrmed, then the ministry needs to intervene to restrict the prices and ensure the consumers aren’t being duped, as our main responsibility is to protect the public,” the minister added.

PETROL PRICES PER DISTRICT (PER LITRE) Nicosia Unleaded 95: €1.237-€1.290 Unleaded 98: €1.269-€1.324 Diesel: €1.214-€1.318 Limassol Unleaded 95: €1.237-€1.319 Unleaded 98: €1.218-€1.359 Diesel: €1.262-€1.349 Larnaca Unleaded 95: €1.236-€1.289 Unleaded 98: €1.269-€1.340 Diesel: €1.261-€1.315 Paphos Unleaded 95: €1.239-€1.289 Unleaded 98: €1.269-€1.329 Diesel: €1.264-€1.319 Famagusta Unleaded 95: €1.246-€1.289 Unleaded 98: €1.278-€1.329 Diesel: €1.267-€1.318

Meanwhile, POB yesterday issued the ﬁndings of an inspection of 235 of the island’s petrol stations, which took place on Wednesday. According to the report, the cheapest Unleaded 95 fuel can be found in Larnaca at €1.236, though it is only marginally cheaper. A Limassol petrol station was the dearest, selling Unleaded 95 at €1.319/l. There is a steeper difference between the cheapest Unleaded 98 vendor and the rest

of the districts, with a petrol station in Limassol selling it for €1.218/l compared to the average €1.269/l of other districts. And the cheapest diesel can be found in Nicosia at €1.214/l, whereas its costs the most in the Famagusta district (€1.318). Consumers can check the observatories on the commerce ministry’s website, though their reports are in Greek. There is also a consumers’ hotline on 1429 for queries or complaints.

CHEAPEST PETROL STATIONS Nicosia Unleaded 95: EKO (Sp Christodoulou Avenue, Pallouriotissa) and Staroil (Gregoris Afxentiou, Pera Orinis) at €1.237 Unleaded 98: EKO (Aglandja Ave, Aglandja), EKO (Makarios Ave, Kokkinotrimithia), EKO (Sp. Christodoulou Avenue, Pallouriotissa) and EKO (G.Grivas Digenis, Arediou) at €1.269 Diesel: ESSO (Makedonitissis, Strovolos) at €1.214 Limassol Unleaded 95: EKO (Ayias Fylaxeos) at €1.237 Unleaded 98: EKO (Makarios Avenue) at €1.218 Diesel: EKO (Ayias Fylaxeos) at €1.262 Larnaca Unleaded 95: ESSO (Theokri-

tou, Athienou) at €1.236 Unleaded 98: EKO (Gregoris Afxentiou Avenue, Oroklini), EKO (Ammochostou Avenue, Kalo Chorio) at €1.269 Diesel: EKO (Theokritou, Athienou) and ESSO (Theokritou, Athienou) at €1.261 Paphos Unleaded 95: Petrolina (Ayios Georgios Ave, Peyia) at €1.239 Unleaded 98: Petrolina (Ayios Georgios Ave, Peyia) at €1.269 Diesel: Petrolina (Ayios Georgios Avenue, Peyia) at €1.264 Famagusta Unleaded 95: EKO (Markou Drakou, Avgorou) at €1.246 Unleaded 98: EKO (Markou Drakou, Avgorou) at €1.278 Diesel: EKO (Markou Drakou, Avgorou) at €1.267

Motorcyclist killed in traffic accident

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A 27-year-old man died yesterday after his motorcycle veered off the Ayia Fyla-Palodia main road. According to the police, the biker – from the village of Louvaras - was trailing a pickup. At one point the vehicle in front turned off the road into the parking space of a private residence. The trailing biker applied the brakes to avoid colliding, but was thrown off the bike and skidded on the pavement, his head hitting a cement wall. Police said that though the man was wearing a helmet at the time, the force of the collision was such that death was probably instantaneous.

THE negative climate prevailing in the tourist industry has been reversed during the last three months, chairman of Cyprus Tourism Organisation Alekos Orountiotis said yesterday, estimating that tourist arrivals in 2012 will be maintained at the same level as last year. Orountiotis said that the

negative projections for 2012 were conﬁrmed during the ﬁrst months of the year. “We indeed had some losses in tourist arrivals and in the income from tourism,” he said, noting however, that things changed and the negative climate regarding the reservations has been reversed.

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Ongoing heatwave claims first victim A 65-year-old woman died on Wednesday night in Nicosia from heat stroke, according to health ministry officials. She is the first woman to have died as the result of the heatwave that has been ongoing for the last week. “She was taken to Nicosia General Hospital by ambulance where efforts were made to revive her but unfortunately she died,” said Ioanna Grigoriou, from the health services. According to Grigoriou, the woman, who suffered from chronic health problems, was found at home alone by a relative who also tried to revive her. “The post-mortem, that took place this morning (yesterday), confirmed the diagnosis of heat stroke,” added Grigoriou. Yesterday there were two new cases of heat stroke – men aged 54 and 49 - bringing the total

number hospitalised to nine in Limassol, Nicosia and Famagusta. However, Grigoriou reassured that they are all doing well. From the previous cases two have already been discharged. Meanwhile the Met Office said that temperatures will drop to 40C inland by today, 32-36C on the coast and 32C in the mountains. Meteorological officer Marios Theofilou said that these temperatures are still higher than the norm for the month which is 37C inland, 32C on the coast and 28 in the mountains. Temperatures will begin to drop by the weekend, he said. The Labour Ministry issued an announcement yesterday saying that employees should not be exposed to the sun until after 4pm. “Light work can be done in a shady area wearing light clothes while also drinking plenty of cool water,” they said.

Mistaken identity – Malaysian Queen did not visit the north THE TURKISH Cypriot authorities were fooled into thinking they had welcomed and hosted the Queen of Malaysia, media reports claimed yesterday. Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris wrote on its front page yesterday the Turkish Cypriots had been “cheated” into believing the Queen of Malaysia visited the occupied

Not here: Queen Tuanku nur Zahirah of Malaysia

areas. The woman believed to be the Malaysian Queen came to the island for a four-day vacation, staying at the Cratos Premium Hotel in occupied Kyrenia to much fanfare from the Turkish Cypriot press. The honorary guest got to meet dignitaries of the breakaway regime including the wife of the ‘prime minister’ Gulin Kucuk and ‘labour minister’ Serife Unverdi. However, as Kibris reported, it turned out the guest was not the Queen of Malaysia but the spouse of the Sultan of Pahang state, the third largest state in Malaysia after Sarawak and Sabah, who goes by the name Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom binti Abdullah. It was not clear from the media report whether the Sultanah of Pahang visited the north under false pretences or whether her mistaken identity was a case of over-enthusiasm on the part of the media or her Turkish Cypriot hosts.

House Finance Committee Chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos, Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly and Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades at the House yesterday (Christos Theodorides)

State alone needs €4.5b Presidential candidate Lillikas says time to turn to gas continued from page one questions, Shiarly said he did not think the troika would impose “punishing terms” on Cyprus for a loan. “If we have made mistakes, we can discuss these. We will explain to them the sensibilities in our country, and I hope that at the end of the day we shall succeed. If certain minor concessions are needed, we shall make them for the good of the country and for our future,” he said. He said two foreign banks operating here recently renewed their treasury bills, “in order not to create a problem for the state.”

So far, two banks have renewed bills worth €300 million, while another two credit institutions could renew bills worth €100 million. Also yesterday, Shiarly and Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades briefed MPs on the state of the economy. Following the brieﬁng during an extraordinary session of the House Finance Committee, opposition politicians hammered away at the government’s economic policy, calling it an abject failure. DIKO MP Nicholas Papadopoulos criticised the administration for not asking

for EU assistance in May last year when Cyprus was locked out of international markets. “They’ve waited until the last moment to apply to the support mechanism, and this to perpetuate the myth that it’s the banks’ fault,” said Papadopoulos. Shiarly later dismissed as scaremongering the opposition’s allegations that soon the government would run out of cash and stop payments. Cyprus should waste no time in tapping its offshore hydrocarbon wealth as a springboard to halt the on-

going recession, independent presidential candidate George Lillikas said yesterday. The former foreign minister proposed the establishment of a hydrocarbons corporation that would issue corporate bonds. “Making use of international markets and modern methods of raising capital, we propose that the rights of the Republic on Block 12 be immediately put to use, without necessarily waiting for the extraction and liquefaction of the gas or selling our reserves at bargain prices,” Lillikas said.

EAC pensions fund rejects govt loan request THE managing committee of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus’ (EAC) pensions fund yesterday rejected the state’s request for a €200 million loan. EAC vice chairman and head of the fund’s managing committee, Giorgos Pistentis informed Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly on the decision yesterday afternoon. “After serious thought and deliberation, and having assessed all the facts and taken into account the positions of the ministry as well as the representatives of the unions, the EAC’s

pensions fund’s managing committee has unanimously decided to not participate in the issuing of a treasury bill, as the ﬁnance ministry proposed a week ago,” Pistentis said. The government requested a €200 million loan in the form of a treasury bill, which would have been settled within three months. Pistentis said the committee took into consideration the “very big sum” that was requested, and the organisation’s reserves – the amount constitutes a third of the fund’s reserves. Also the fund has already invested

in government bonds, to the tune of €127 million, he pointed out. “We also took into serious account the statements of the Government Spokesman that there are alternative options, and we hope the state ﬁnds these alternative ways, because we understand the difﬁcult position the Cypriot economy is in,” said Pistentis. “The committee had to take into account the future of the pensions’ fund, meaning the pensions of the workers of the organisation, and the view is shared by the workers and all unions without exception,” said Pistentis.

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CYPRUS TODAY Shark caught A 4m basking shark was the main attraction at Latsi’s small harbour yesterday after being caught by professional fisher Loizos Loizou. The shark, which weighed in around 350kg, is in fact protected. It was caught in deep waters around 3km from shore. Basking shark are generally harmless filter feeders, eating zooplankton, small fish and invertebrates mainly. Fishing of sharks in the waters around the island have recently been in the news following a number of photos online depicting tourists who have been taken out on boats to recreationally fish for sharks, many of which are protected. The amateur fishing of sharks, especially those that are protected is illegal.

Paphos blaze ABOUT dozen fire engines and a helicopter battled a blaze in Mesogi in Paphos that broke out at 1pm, coming close to homes and enveloping a shop. Authorities believe the fire started during paving works on Mesogi’s central road and think sparks ignited old tyres in a field next to a shop selling tyres. The fire raised clouds of black smoke and “enveloped the shop and got up to its main entrance,” spokeswoman for the fire services, Liza Kemidji said. The fire was put under control by mid-afternoon.

Wrong runway A RUSSIAN aircraft landed on the wrong runway yesterday morning at Paphos airport. According to reports, the pilot landed on the runway used exclusively for military planes and helicopters that are stationed at Andreas Papandreou air base. The aircraft carrying 123 passengers landed safely nonetheless.

President of the Greek parliament Evangelos Meimarakis lays a wreath at a memorial in Nicosia for Greek soldiers killed during the 1974 invasion, 38 years ago today

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(the union is not an executive body), “we ask the President and the ﬁnance minister to [help us] tackle the problem”. He said President Demetris Christoﬁas had not responded to a letter sent last month where he stated problems for the nth time. Municipalities expected €71 million in the 2012 budget but because of austerity measures the interior ministry recommended reducing the grant by 8.3 per cent and Parliament cut another 8.0 per cent, leaving municipalities with €60 million. Municipalities also lost €7.0 million when the state reduced a subsidy offered as compensation for the abolition of the professional tax in 2003. Budget cuts coincided with the addition of six new municipalities, translating to a smaller slice of the pie for everyone. And with expenses growing and loans looming for municipalities, “growth has stopped,” Galanos said adding even with the costcutting measures, the state needed to take an interest.

Around one in eight people from Greece Nicosia submits bid for By Natalie Hami European cultural capital GREEKS and citizens from the UK are top of the list of EU nationals living on the island, according to recent ﬁgures released by the Statistical Services. According to the 2011 census, out of a total population of 840,407 around 667,398 are Cypriot, 106,270 are EU citizens and 64,113 are from third countries (the nationality of 2,626 citizens is not stated). The ﬁgures from the service show that Greeks at 29,321 are top of the list of EU citizens living on the island, the majority of which are males at 16,347. The majority of Greeks live in Nicosia – 12,429 – with Famagusta being the least popular area for them with a meagre 582 living there. The second highest group are from the UK, at 24,046, this time with the majority being female, at 12,503. The majority are living in towns such as Paphos and Limassol – 9,132 and 5,968 respectively

– with the least living in Nicosia, 2,001. Next are Romanians with 23,706 living in Cyprus, with many of them preferring the Nicosia and Limassol areas at 9,843 and 6,486 respectively, but only around 734 living in the Famagusta area. The majority are males at 12,604. The statistics also reveal there are around 18,536 Bulgarians living on the island, with the majority being females at 9,939.

LUXEMBOURG It appears that most Bulgarians prefer living in Nicosia, 5,885 with only 2,254 in the Famagusta area. Luxembourg comes last on the list of EU citizens living in Cyprus, with only seven of them living here, six of them being female. Citizens from the Philippines are at the top of the list of those from third countries with 9,413, from which the majority are female, outnumbering the

men at, 9,016. Most citizens from the Philippines live in Nicosia, 5,001, and Limassol, 2,531 with only around 285 living in Famagusta. Second to them, according to the ﬁgures, come Russians with 8,164 people living here, the majority of which are women at 5,211. Just over 4,000 Russians live in Limassol while the rest mainly live in Nicosia and Paphos, at 1,629 and 1,370 respectively. Citizens from Sri Lanka and Vietnam almost come shoulder to shoulder with 7,269 and 7,028 respectively. Those coming from Sri Lanka and settling on the island are mainly female at 6,118. The majority of Sri Lankans living on the island are in Nicosia, 3,619 and Limassol, 1,730. From the Vietnamese living here the vast majority again are female, 6,779. Most Vietnamese citizens live in Limassol and Nicosia with 2,530 and 2,430 respectively.

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THE municipalities’ union is recommending cost-saving measures to its members but the state needs to realise that budget cuts have crippled local authorities’ ability to function, its head Alexis Galanos said yesterday. Galanos said they had put together a list of measures to save “a quite signiﬁcant amount” by cutting down administrative expenses, restructuring budgets, and having greater control over taxes and services, among others. The suggestions incorporate recommendations from auditor-general Chrystalla Georghadji on improving internal audits, and sharing out duties and outsourcing to save money, Galanos said. “Municipalities are fully aware of what’s happening,” Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas added, referring to the debt crisis in Europe and Cyprus. “We’re even discussing outsourcing rubbish collection to the private sector,” Vergas said, adding that they all needed to be “daring”. But Galanos said that although they were recommending austerity measures

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By Andria Kades NICOSIA MAYOR Constantinos Yiorkadjis yesterday submitted Nicosia’s proposal to be the European Capital of Culture in 2017 by taking a unique route through the capital in specially decorated buses. Yiorkadjis departed yesterday morning from the Home for Cooperation in the heart of the buffer zone with buses emblazed with the ofﬁcial logo ‘Get in the Zone’ to submit the proposal a day before the deadline. The Nicosia delegation took a symbolic route through areas of the capital earmarked in the proposal for upgrades and regeneration. The last stop of the one-hour journey was the Ministry of Culture and Education where the proposal was submitted to the ministry’s permanent secretary Olympia Stylianou. The mayor said in the di-

vided capital, the title would be a starting point for a long road towards a better future of creativity and change. Other passengers on the bus included mayors of greater Nicosia, municipal councillors and officials, members of bi-communal non governmental organisations, artists and supporters of Nicosia’s candidacy. The official website describes the bid’s vision as being to develop a strong, internationally recognised cultural scene that engenders, develops and retains local talent as well as empowering the public and especially youth. The final selection stage will take place in September in a battle between remaining contenders Nicosia and Paphos, after Limassol failed to make it in the final round. The city to host the European Capital of Culture is expected to be announced in May 2013.

‘State should bail out investors’ THE state should bail out investors who were misled into buying high risk securities, EDEK’s deputy head Marinos Sizopoulos said yesterday. The state could buy securities at their nominal values and covert them to shares, Sizopoulos said. “In this way the problem is solved without third party interventions.” The state needs an EU bailout to service its debt and support its banks and investors who feel cheated have asked the government not to accept a securities’ write-down. The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and Popular Bank – in need of funds to recapitalise - have stopped interest payments. A number of investors claim they were misled by BoC and Popular into investing in securities, without the risks being explained by trained professionals. The banks accumulated €1.4 billion in securities: €600 million for the BoC and €800 million for Popular Bank. Sizopoulos said the securities could also be exchanged into bonds with a lower interest, a ﬁve-year expiry date and the option to withdraw 20 per cent of the capital each year. “It’s a huge social question,” he said.

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UNFICYP to remain a further six months But questions remain regarding Britain’s down to the wire ‘machinations’ at UN over peacekeeping mission By Stefanos Evripidou THE U.N. Security Council yesterday renewed the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a further six months after days of wrangling between Britain and other members over the need to review the force. In a seemingly peculiar move, Britain chose to play hardball almost on its own, holding out against pressure from two thirds of the Security Council until the final hour on a contested clause in the draft resolution calling for a review of UNFICYP’s presence on the island. Britain finally agreed to withdraw the controversial phrase saying the UN Security Council was “looking forward” to a review of UNFICYP. In diplomatic speak, this could have opened the door to an actual review within 2013, with Britain possibly using negotiations on the next renewal in January as an opportunity to include a specific request for such a review. Instead, the UK agreed to replace the phrase with: the Security Council welcomes “the intention of the Secretary-General to keep all peacekeeping operations under close review to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, including a review of UNFICYP when appropriate”. The latter was accepted by Cyprus, which understands the need for constant review of all missions, but questions why the issue has been raised now, when Cyprus is going through its EU Presidency, the Turkish Cypriots refuse to continue high-level peace talks and Turkey maintains a passive aggressive stance on hydrocarbon exploration in the region. The final draft was passed by 13 votes in favour and two abstentions (Pakistan and Azerbaijan), extending UN-

FICYP’s mandate to January 31, 2013. The insistence of British diplomats in New York to keep the wording did not go unnoticed in Cyprus. Speaking at an event on missing persons on Wednesday evening, President Demetris Christoﬁas accused Britain of pursuing its agenda “at the heart of the UN”. “We have been battling for nearly 10 days not to allow the English machinations to succeed, who want to kill UNFICYP and leave us completely naked. There are such agendas. These are heavy words spoken by the president, but this is the reality,” said Christoﬁas.

MOTIVES The Cyprus Mail spoke to numerous diplomats and analysts who suggested a number of motives behind Britain’s seemingly tough stance. These ranged from an effort to tighten belts and redistribute peacekeeping forces to locations that have a greater need for them, to a desire to poke the Greek Cypriots out of their comfort zone after having secured EU accession and access to natural resources, while incentivising them towards a solution. A third option raised was that by downgrading UNFICYP, possibly to an observer mission, this would reduce the international focus on Turkey, letting it somewhat off the hook while allowing it to focus on its EU accession path. UNFICYP arrived on the island in 1964, numbering 6,411. The last review occurred in 2004 after which the force was reduced from 1,230 to 860. The consistent view of senior members of UNIFCYP management is that the force is at its minimum strength to carry out its current mandate. Unless that

mandate changes, cuts cannot be made. One senior ofﬁcer said in essence, the force was already an observer mission since it now focuses on unarmed mobile patrols of the buffer zone, as opposed to end to end observation posts. Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis yesterday rubbished the idea that money was the motive since Greece and Cyprus pay for half the cost of UNFICYP each year. “We’ve been paying for years for the maintenance of UNFICYP, money is not the issue,” she said. The minister questioned why Britain insisted for so long on wording that implied a review was needed “immediately”. “I cannot understand the UK’s insistence to have the review now,” she said, noting that the “vast majority” of the UN Security Council did not support this view. “UNFICYP is needed in its present strength. It plays a vital role in security and humanitarian issues.”

FRUSTRATION James Ker-Lindsay, an expert on South East Europe at the London School of Economics, said the issue has probably arisen out of a general frustration with both sides over the deadlock in Cyprus. One British motive could be to use UNFICYP’s renewal as a stick to incentivise Greek Cypriots towards a solution. “UNFICYP matters crucially to Greek Cypriots. It’s seen as holding the line to Turkish aggression, whether that threat currently exists or not. The Turkish Cypriots couldn’t care less about UNFICYP,” he said. “It’s there to create conditions for a peace settlement, but in about 18 months it will have been there for 50 years

Terrorism suspect due in court today POLICE are today expected to re-remand in custody the Lebanese man arrested on suspicion of planning possible terrorist attacks against Israeli targets in Cyprus. The 24-year-old, who arrived here on a Swedish passport on a ﬂight from Heathrow, today appears before Limassol district court for a new remand hearing. The suspect had previously been twice remanded in custody. He has not been charged with any crime. Although authorities are keeping tightlipped about the case, police said he was being held “on possible charges pertaining to terrorism laws.” The man was arrested on July 7 during a raid on his hotel in the tourist resort of Limassol, two days after arriving on the island. Reports said he was scouting Israeli targets and tracking Israeli tourists. It’s understood the Lebanese national may have been acting alone, at least while on his alleged mission in Cyprus. Last Sunday, Israel explicitly accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas and Iran of plotting

to attack its citizens in Cyprus after police took the man into custody. In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident “the attempted terrorist attack by Hezbollah against an Israeli target in Cyprus”. He accused the Shi’ite guerrilla group’s sponsor, Iran, of overall responsibility. Authorities here are meanwhile beefing up security at the airports and all ports of entry, a police spokesman said yesterday. The enhanced security comes a day after the bombing of a busload of Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport, again attributed by Israel to Hezbollah and Iran, and which Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev linked to the Cyprus arrest. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said the extra security applies not only to the airport terminals but also covers the grounds outside the airports, with officers instructed to be on alert for “suspicious behaviour.” Security is also being stepped up for possible Israeli targets on the island, such as the offices of companies.

and there is no indication of the two sides being ready to make a deal. By any reasonable assessment, UN peacekeeping is not designed to be a mission in perpetuity. “The UK is raising an international point that 50 years makes a mockery of peacekeeping,” he said. Ker-Lindsay argued that Britain had no hidden agenda and did not support one side over the other. He highlighted that the UK was a staunch supporter of the Cyprus Republic’s sovereign right to exploit its natural resources within its exclusive economic zone. “A clear incentive that works on the Turkish Cypriots is the possibility of gas ... London is pushing the point that Turkey’s threats are unacceptable, so you need to see this in a more balanced way. It’s not about London being the nemesis of the Greek Cypriots,” he said.

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Cyprus radio claims in new Hammarskjöld probe Case of 1961 air crash that killed UN Secretary-general to be re-examined By Nathan Morley A FRESH inquiry is to be launched into the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed the UN secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld following the emergence of new evidence, including the testimony of a soldier based in Cyprus at the time of the crash. The powerful claims which sparked the new investigation, were featured in the book Who Killed Dag Hammarskjöld? written by academic Susan Williams. It presents a four-year probe outlining the possibility that foul play was behind the fatal ﬂight. The new inquiry will be headed by David Lea, working alongside several high-proﬁle jurists including South African judge

Richard Goldstone, former Swedish diplomat Hans Correll and Dutch Supreme Court judge Wilhelmina Thomassen. Williams, a senior research fellow at the University of London’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies, says some of the strongest revelations about the crash come from American pilot Charles Southall, who was working at the National Security Agency listening station in Nicosia. It’s been claimed that Hammarskjöld’s plane was shot down over Britishruled Northern Rhodesia, possibly by western mercenaries or the CIA, and that the assassination was covered up by colonial authorities. In Nicosia, Southall was listening to classiﬁed trafﬁc via short-wave radio in

Crash: Hammarskjöld Cyprus on the night of the crash and claims to have heard events unfolding 3,000 miles away as Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate a cease-ﬁre between UN forces and Katangese troops of President

Moise Tshombe. The transmission beamed the voice of an unidentified pilot giving a running commentary of what seemed to be an aerial attack on Hammarskjöld’s DC-6 by a hostile aircraft. According to Southall, the pilot in the transmission said: “I see a transport plane coming low. All the lights are on. I’m going down to make a run on it. Yes it is the Transair DC6. It’s the plane.” After the sound of cannons firing he says: “I’ve hit it. There are flames. It’s going down. It’s crashing.” A British-run commission of inquiry blamed the crash in 1961 on pilot error and a later UN investigation recorded an open verdict but both inquires have been disputed for decades. “I am very pleased to learn

of this new enquiry into the death of Dag Hammarskjöld and hope this tragic event will now receive full analysis and understanding,” Southall told the Cyprus Mail last night. Susan Williams says that the Cyprus connection “underlines the global dimension of the story.” In an interview with the Cyprus Mail last year, Hammarskjöld’s nephew Knut called for an investigation in light of the new evidence. “I think what Susan Williams has worked on and written gives us a very good spring board to continue investigations.” The jurists hope to review the evidence, complete their report within a year and submit the ﬁndings to the UN, but the ﬁndings will not carry legal status.

Time to get competitive says commerce minister HOW entrepreneurship can be utilised as an engine for growth in the wake of the economic crisis was discussed yesterday at the Informal EU Competitiveness Council in Nicosia. Spokesman for the Cyprus EU Presidency, Costas Yennaris said Europe must return to economic growth and entrepreneurship can play an important role in this direction. The European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani and Minister for Commerce Neoklis Sylikiotis were also present at the council, with the minister stating, “we are conﬁdent that today’s discussion will bring to surface new targeted policies, which will help startups turn into large businesses, create more jobs and promote economic prosperity.” Sylikiotis reported that the council’s discussions centred around four main themes:

entrepreneurship in education, women’s entrepreneurship, innovation, and offering a second chance to honest entrepreneurs who had gone bankrupt. “In our discussions we must consider how can we help promote and energise female employment within businesses through ﬁnancial support of business initiatives, and how we can network women entrepreneurs throughout the business community more effectively,” he said. Pointing out innovation completely intertwines with entrepreneurship, Sylikiotis also said policies to promote innovation must be based on introducing it at work and designing new products and services, engaging businesses in clusters, stimulating demand through innovative products and services, creating new business models, promoting social innovation and development of funding tools.

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Heart pilot programme launched CYPRUS will implement a National Response Plan for heart attacks which will get rid of waiting lists for patients needing angioplasty, Health Minister Stavros Malas said yesterday. The decision to create a pilot programme was taken during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Cyprus is the eighth country in Europe to implement such as programme Through the programme, whoever has a heart attack will immediately undergo catheterisation, which involves the insertion of a catheter into a chamber of the heart for investigational purposes, without any time-consuming procedures that may have previously existed. For the moment the pilot programme will take place at Nicosia and Limassol General Hospital, however, Malas said that the programme will be fully implemented once parliament unfreezes the funds for overtime pay.

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Cypriot researchers get funding TWO Cypriot researchers funded by the European Research Council (ERC) will give a talk today at the informal Competitiveness Council in Nicosia. Dr Marios Avraamides and Prof Marios Polycarpou, both from the University of Cyprus, will highlight the beneﬁts of ERC funding and present their projects during the lunch event with the 27 EU research ministers.

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POLICE suspect arson as the cause of a fire that broke out at a law firm in Larnaca yesterday morning. The fire destroyed documents and furniture, as well as the walls of the office, spanning two apartments, causing damages amounting to around €100,000. “Some evidence has been confiscated from the scene and it appears the fire was started intentionally,” said Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou. According to Andreou, the Fire Services received a call at around 7.30am from a member of the public that there was a fire on the first floor of a building near the new GSZ roundabout.

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RUSSIA and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution yesterday that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did not halt violence against an uprising, thwarting Western hopes for tough action as the crisis in Syria escalates. It was the third time Russia, a key ally of the Syrian government, and China have used their veto power to block UN Security Council resolutions designed to put pressure on Syrian President Bashar alAssad and halt the violence in a 16-month conﬂict that has killed thousands of people. As efforts to forge a diplomatic solution appeared to collapse, Syrian rebels clashed with forces loyal to Assad in Damascus, a day after the killing of three close allies of the president led to fresh warnings that the situation was spinning out of control. The vetoed resolution, which would have extended a UN observer mission in Syria for 45 days, received 11 votes in favor, while South Africa and Pakistan abstained. International mediator Koﬁ Annan, who had sought a tough resolution to save his disintegrating peace plan, voiced disappointment, saying the council had failed “to take the strong and concerted action he had urged and hoped for”. Russia, which had proposed its own alternative resolution without the sanctions threat, said it did not now plan to bring that measure to a vote, leaving the future of the monitoring mission hanging in the balance less than two days before its UN mandate expires. Britain proposed a resolution to extend the monitoring mission for 30 days and hoped to put it to a vote yesterday, diplomats said, but it remained unclear how much backing this new measure might win. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, described the twin vetoes as “dangerous and deplorable” and said the Security Council had “failed utterly”. “The United States has not, and will not, pin its policy on an unarmed observer mission that is deployed in the midst of such widespread violence and that cannot even count on the most minimal support of this Security Council,” Rice said. “Instead, we will intensify our work with a diverse range of partners outside the Security Council to bring pressure to bear on the Assad regime and to deliver assistance to those in need.” The United States has been instrumental in forming the “Friends of Syria” group, which includes a wide range of Western and Arab countries, that has sought to increase pressure on Damascus and encourage more unity among Syria’s fractured opposition.

By Angel Krasimirov A SUICIDE bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said yesterday, and Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame. Iran denied it was behind Wednesday’s attack at Burgas airport, a popular gateway for tourists visiting the Black Sea coast. Video surveillance footage showed the bomber was similar in appearance to tourists arriving at the airport, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said. The bomber had been circling around a group of buses, which were about to take Israeli tourists to a resort near Burgas, for about an hour before the explosion, the footage showed. “We have established there was a person who was a suicide bomber in this attack. This person had a fake driving licence from the United States, from the state of Michigan,” Tsvetanov told reporters at the airport. “He looked like anyone else - a normal person with Bermuda shorts and a backpack,” he said. The bomber was said to be 36 years old and had been in

the country for between four and seven days before the attack. Special forces had managed to obtain DNA samples from the fingers of the bomber and were now checking databases in an attempt to identify him, Tsvetanov said. The foreign ministry said seven people were killed in the attack, including the Bulgarian bus driver and the bomber. The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed that five Israelis were killed. The tourists had arrived in Bulgaria on a charter flight from Israel and were on the bus in the airport car park when the blast tore through the vehicle. Body parts were strewn across the ground, mangled metal hung from the double-decker bus’s ripped roof and black smoke billowed over the airport.

AIRPORT CLOSED On Thursday, the airport in Burgas - a city of 200,000 people at the centre of a string of seaside resorts - remained closed and police prevented people from approaching. Beyond the cordons, about 100 holidaymakers waited for their ﬂights but had been told they would be there until midnight. Ofﬁcials were setting up portable toilets and tents for stranded trav-

ellers and Bulgaria’s parliament opened with a one minute silence in memory of the bombing victims. “It felt like an earthquake and then I saw flying pieces of meat,” said Georgi Stoev, an airport official. “It was horrible, just like in a horror movie.” “Yesterday’s attack in Bulgaria was perpetrated by Hezbollah, Iran’s leading terrorist proxy,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “We will continue to fight against Iranian terror. It will not defeat us. We will act against it with great force.” Israel however indicated it would not hasten into any open conflict with Iran or Hezbollah. Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Israel would “do everything possible in order to find those responsible, and those who dispatched them, and punish them” - language that appeared to suggest covert action against individuals. Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev linked the arrest of a foreigner in Cyprus this month on suspicion of plotting an attack on Israeli tourists there with the Bulgaria bombing. “The suspect who was arrested in Cyprus, in his interrogation, revealed an operational plan that is almost

An Israeli medic helps a survivor of the bomb attack to board an ambulance - in order to catch a ﬂight back to Israel - in Burgas, Bulgaria yesterday (AFP) identical to what happened in Bulgaria. He is from Hezbollah ... this is a further indication of Hezbollah and Iran’s direct responsibility,” he told Reuters. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman dismissed Israel’s “baseless accusations” that Tehran was involved in

the bombing. Medical ofﬁcials said two badly injured Israeli tourists were taken to hospitals in Bulgaria’s capital Soﬁa. One woman was in intensive care with head and chest injuries and a man was in a critical state with burns covering 55 per cent of his body.

Egypt former spy chief dies in US Women of the veil on TV EGYPT’S former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, one of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s closest associates and briefly his deputy, died in the United States while undergoing medical tests, one of his aides said. He was 76. An urbane, shadowy figure, Suleiman was Mubarak’s gobetween of choice with Israel and the United States. As one of the autocratic leader’s most trusted advisers, he takes some of the fallen government’s most closely-guarded secrets to his grave. “He was fine. It came suddenly while he was having medical tests in Cleveland,” the aide, Hussein Kamal, told Reuters without saying what caused the death. Preparations were under way to bring his body back home for burial, Kamal said.

Ex spy chief Suleiman Suleiman stepped brieﬂy into the limelight last year when he was made Mubarak’s vice president to try to end the Arab Spring uprising against his three-decade rule. The gamble failed when the Egyptians massed in the streets to demand Mubarak

step down rejected the political concessions Suleiman offered to appease them. Many protesters were incensed when Suleiman suggested they were not yet ready for democracy. Days later, Mubarak fell. He returned to the public sphere in April, alarming the mostly-young revolutionaries who led the January 2011 uprising by bidding for the presidency. He promised to restore security and end the political turmoil sparked by Mubarak’s overthrow and took a policy cue from the anti-Islamist policies of his former boss. He was disqualiﬁed when he failed to win the required backing and thereafter left the country, travelling to Abu Dhabi with relatives, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Tunisia sentences Ben Ali, officials over revolt deaths A TUNISIAN court sentenced ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to life in prison and his security chiefs to up to 20 years on Wednesday, over the deaths of protesters during the revolution that launched the Arab Spring. Former Interior Minister Raﬁk Belhaj

Kacem was sentenced to 15 years in jail and Ben Ali’s security chief Ali Seriati was given 20 years over the killing of protesters in the capital Tunis and the towns of Sousse, Nabeul, Bizerte and Zaghouan as a popular uprising spread through the country early last year. Ben Ali ﬂed with his family to Saudi Arabia.

ABEER Shahin graduated from the prestigious American University in Cairo but struggled to ﬁnd a job because of employers’ aversion to her full Islamic face veil, or niqab. But now she has found a job she hopes will change how Egyptian society views niqab wearers once and for all: she is going to work as a TV anchor for a new channel being managed and run exclusively by women who wear the full veil. “It’s unfair to deal with veiled women as a standard religious housewife. No, she can be a doctor, a professor and an engineer,” said Shahin, wearing a loose black robe and a black head scarf that reveals only her eyes. “I was told that it (TV anchorwoman wearing niqab) won’t work because of the body language. Well, the tone of my voice can convey my emotions and reactions.” In an age of new freedoms in the post-Hosni Mubarak Egypt, niqab-wearing women long oppressed socially and politically are hoping for a new place in society. Though Egypt is a deeply conservative and predominantly Muslim society, niqab wearers

An Egyptian woman wearing the niqab have cited discrimination in the job market, education and elsewhere. There have been instances where some were even prevented from sitting their university exams. Shahin hopes the channel, to be launched this weekend on the ﬁrst day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, will let people know “that there are successful women wearing niqab”.

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Hollande won power on pledges to reboot the French economy and get rid of a large deﬁcit without subjecting voters to Greek-style austerity (AFP)

3,000 hunted after riot INDIAN police were searching yesterday for 3,000 people they want to detain after one person was killed and scores injured in a riot at a car factory in the north of the country. Hundreds of police have secured the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar, arresting 88 people after property was smashed and parts of the factory set on ﬁre during Wednesday’s violence, police said. Labour unrest at the factory, where the union has accused India’s biggest car manufacturer of antiworker and anti-union activities, cost the company more than $500 million in lost production in 2011.

Missing search RESCUE workers fought rough seas yesterday to search for more than 100 people missing after an overcrowded ferry sank near the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar, but hopes of ﬁnding survivors were slim. At least 38 people, including an American citizen, were conﬁrmed dead and 145 were rescued after the MV Skagit/Kalama passenger boat capsized on Wednesday around midday near Chumbe island, west of Zanzibar. The vessel had set sail from mainland Tanzania to the semi-autonomous archipelago, a popular tourist beach destination.

Hostages safe ONE Italian and two Spanish hostages freed by their al Qaeda-linked captors in Mali arrived safely in neighbouring Burkina Faso yesterday. However the Burkina ofﬁcer leading the operation said the release was only made possible by the release of two Islamists in jail in Mauritania as part of a deal with Mali’s MUJWA, the al Qaeda splinter group which had been holding the hostages.

France votes out tax breaks of Sarkozy era By Brian Love FRANCE’S Socialist-dominated parliament voted yesterday to end tax breaks on overtime work and raise wealth tax, abolishing two cornerstones of the economic policy conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy pursued over the past ﬁve years. The measures were in a budget bill that France’s ﬁrst left-wing government in a decade presented to the National Assembly after taking power following Francois Hollande’s presidential election victory in May. In one vote, the lower house of parliament endorsed plans to scrap the tax-free status of overtime hours from August onwards, unstitching tax breaks that symbolised the “work more, earn more” slogan which swept Sarkozy

Tax breaks on overtime work to end, tax on wealth to rise to power in 2007. The vote, ﬁrst scheduled for Wednesday, was delayed until a few hours before dawn yesterday by bickering between Socialist supporters and centre-right opponents who say the measure will damage people’s spending power. Laurent Wauquiez, a centre-right politician who was a member of Sarkozy’s government, denounced what he called a “rip-off” by Hollande’s Socialists, saying the tax changes would knock 5 to 7 per cent off the incomes of more than 9.5 million people in France, where the working population is roughly 25 million.

Hitting back, government spokeswoman Najat VallaudBelkacem said the tax breaks Sarkozy put in place had encouraged ﬁrms to pay overtime instead of hiring, costing the economy anything between 40,000 and 80,000 jobs and costing the state a total of ¤25 billion ($30.6 billion). “It cost 5 billion euros a year without doing much for economic activity and growth,” she told France Info radio. Hollande won power on pledges to reboot the economy and get rid of a large deﬁcit without subjecting voters to Greek-style austerity, primarily by proposing a tax-andspend programme he says will

hit the rich harder. The second measure approved in a National Assembly vote was an emergency rise in wealth tax designed to generate an extra ¤2.3 billion for the cash-strapped government pending fuller legislation next year to repeal tax reductions Sarkozy introduced in 2011. The overtime and wealth tax measures are key elements of a bill that revises the 2012 budget as Hollande bids to deliver on European promises to cut France’s public deﬁcit to 4.5 per cent of GDP this year from 5.2 per cent last year, and to 3 per cent of GDP in 2013. France reduced the legal working week from 39 to 35 hours just over a decade ago when a Socialist government was last in power, arguing the move would encourage hiring. Without scrapping it, Sarkozy nonetheless eased welfare levies and income tax on over-

Strikes by train drivers, passport officials threaten major disruption of Games STRIKES by train drivers and passport ofﬁcials threaten major disruptions to the London Olympics, prompting the UK government to warn unions yesterday they risked public anger if the industrial action went ahead.

The Aslef rail union announced yesterday that 450 of its members in central England would walk out between August 6 and 8 in a dispute over pensions, affecting passengers travelling from cities such as Shefﬁeld, Nottingham

and Derby to the capital. The decision coincided with a move by border ofﬁcials to strike on July 26, the day before the start of the Games, potentially delaying thousands of visitors arriving for the showpiece event.

THE senior Islamic official in Russia’s largely Muslim Tatarstan region was wounded in a bomb attack and a deputy was killed in a separate shooting yesterday, rocking a province seen as a showcase of religious tolerance in Russia. Tatarstan’s mufti, Ildis Faizov, was hospitalised after three blasts threw him from a vehicle in Tatarstan’s capital Kazan, the federal Investigative Committee said. Reuters TV footage showed the vehicle engulfed in flames and billowing smoke on a wide, green-lined avenue in central Kazan, a popular destination for tourists from Moscow, about 735 km east of Russia’s capital. Around the same time, deputy mufti Valiulla Yakupov was shot dead outside his home, the Investigative Committee said. Militants fighting to carve an Islamic state out of a strip of mainly Muslim regions of the Caucasus along Russia’s southern flank sometimes target mainstream Muslim leaders, who are backed by the authorities. Leaders of the insurgency in the Caucasus have issued appeals to Muslims in other regions of the predominantly Orthodox Christian country, where Muslims are a minority of about 15 per cent, to join their fight. But Tatarstan, home to a large central mosque in Kazan, is relatively peaceful.

Four charged with terrorism BRITISH police said yesterday four people have been charged with offences under the anti-terrorism law but they were not connected to the Olympic Games that start in just over a week. The four were arrested during a series of police raids on July 5 and 7. Police said from the start the arrests were the result of a long-running intelligence operation and were not connected to the pending Games.

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Easy Merkel victory in Spanish aid vote

CENTRAL bankers and regulators will hold talks in September on whether the troubled global Libor interest rate can be reformed or whether it is so damaged that the benchmark of borrowing costs should be scrapped. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King told fellow central bankers in a letter that it was “very clear that radical reforms of the Libor system are needed”. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and global financial regulator Mark Carney, who is also governor of the Bank of Canada, on Wednesday floated possible alternatives to the London interbank offered rate, which some bankers manipulated in the 2007-09 financial crisis. “There are different alternatives if Libor cannot be fixed,” Carney said. “If it’s structurally flawed and can’t be fixed - which is a possibility - there may need to be different types of approaches, and we need to think that through.” The concerns over Libor prompted scrutiny of lending benchmarks elsewhere. The European Central Bank (ECB) is putting pressure

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BoE's Mervyn King on the organisers of Euribor to shore up faith in the euro benchmark, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan announced reviews of the way interbank benchmark rates were set in the Asian ﬁnancial centres, while in South Korea the anti-trust agency widened a probe into possible rate-ﬁxing. Bank of England Governor King put the Libor issue on the agenda of the Economic Consultative Committee of global central bankers that will meet in Basel, Switzerland, on September 9, a central bank source said.

By Annika Breidthardt and Michelle Martin GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel easily won a parliamentary vote on a eurozone rescue package for Spanish banks yesterday, despite growing unease in her centre-right coalition about the rising cost of Europe’s debt crisis for German taxpayers. Merkel, who won broad opposition support, managed to secure a simple majority from her own coalition in the Bundestag lower house of parliament. With each vote on the eu-

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rozone’s debt crisis, concern about Germany’s creeping liabilities has hardened, prompting a growing number of coalition lawmakers to rebel in recent decisions and cramping the government’s room for manoeuvre in European policy. The Bundestag backed the bailout by 473 votes, while 97 voted against, including 22 from Merkel’s coalition fewer than the 26 coalition deputies who rebelled in a more far-reaching vote on the eurozone’s permanent rescue scheme, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), last month. Appealing to lawmakers to back aid for Madrid, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the slightest perceived risk of Spanish insolvency could trip up the entire 17-nation eurozone. “Any problems in the Spanish banking sector are a problem for the ﬁnancial stability of the eurozone,” he said.

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As in June’s ESM vote, Merkel - whose tough stance on the euro crisis has boosted her popularity ahead of a 2013 federal election - fell short of the symbolically important “chancellor majority", which would have required the support of 311 of her coalition’s 330 MPs in the 620-seat chamber. The result had largely been a foregone conclusion after the opposition said it would vote in favour. “Spain is the fourth biggest economy in the eurozone and a couple of its banks need to be stabilised. If we don’t do it, the country that suffers most is Germany, so it is in Germany’s interests to help Spain,” Andrea Nahles, deputy party leader for the main opposition Social Democrats (SPD), said. But some lawmakers remain concerned that bailing out Spanish banks would not address the real problems in the eurozone and was unfair.

“The big countries in Europe get suitcases of money and the small countries in Europe get a ‘sparkommissar’ (austerity commissar),” said Frank Schaeffler, a backbencher from the Free Democrats (FDP), Merkel’s junior coalition partner. “That’s got nothing to do with justice." Spain applied for a eurozone bailout late last month as the state of its banking sector, laden with bad debts, deteriorated rapidly. Yesterday, Bankinter posted first half net profit down more than 77 per cent and said it had written down 275.2 million euros against deteriorating real estate assets. The Spanish government had to offer a euro lifetime record interest rate yesterday to sell five-year bonds, highlighting Madrid’s precarious position and pushing 10-year bond yields back above the 7 per cent level seen as unsustainable in the long term.

British retailers feeling the pain of rain and recession THE economic impact of Britain’s sodden summer was laid bare yesterday by dire news from major retailers showing that torrential rain had hurt already weak demand in an economy showing few signs of pulling out of recession. Shops selling everything from home-improvement items to sportswear and goods for mothers and babies were hit. Official retail data also indicated celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee failed to provide the much hopedfor boost to spending, raising the question of whether the London Olympics will get the shop tills ringing. Britain has not fully recovered from the 2008/2009 crisis that has left many Britons’ worse off and ripped a deep hole into public finances. The economy fell into its second recession in four years around the turn of the year. Although inflation is easing and unemployment falling ongoing government austerity measures and turmoil in the eurozone are hurting Britons’ morale and spending power. Prime Minister David Cameron will have done little to lift the mood when he said in a newspaper report that Britain’s programme of spending cuts could last until 2020. “I can’t see any time soon when ... the pressure will be off,” he said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. The government remains under pressure to get growth going despite taking steps to get credit to businesses flowing and to boost infrastructure investment. The Bank of England may yet pump more money into the economy. The wettest April to June period since records began exacerbated an already grim situation for retailers, hitting sales of goods ranging from barbecues to bicycles to football shirts.

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Opinion

Russian bear still has teeth Cyprob rituals ever moving us toward partition CYPRUS marks the 38th anniversary of the Turkish invasion today. We will hear the same defiant speeches about the struggle for a fair and just solution to the Cyprus problem and the familiar calls for the withdrawal of the Turkish occupation troops, while north of the dividing line the Turks will stage the obligatory military parade and engage in the familiar celebrations. Some things never change in Cyprus. Another UN-brokered peace initiative ended in deadlock earlier this year, after more than three years of negotiations, with each side blaming the other for the failure. The UN team facilitating the talks has stayed in Cyprus in the hope it could undertake a new initiative after February’s presidential election, on the grounds it does not want all the convergences reached to go to waste. Meanwhile, at the UN Security Council, the familiar bickering over the six-monthly renewal of UNFICYP’s mandate took place this week, with Britain incurring Greek Cypriot wrath by trying to include a provision for a review of the peacekeeping force. In September, President Christofias, who claimed on Wednesday he was doing everything in his power to keep Britain’s clause out of the resolution, will travel to New York for the annual ritual of addressing an indifferent UN General Assembly. While the Cyprus problem rituals remain the same, some things have changed. The majority of the population in the occupied north consists of Turkish nationals, many of whom have set up businesses and have a stake in the occupied area. The Turkish Cypriots have become a minority and have been expressing fears that before long they will be nothing more than citizens of a province of Turkey, which seems to be how Ankara views the north nowadays. Things have also changed legally, after the recognition of the Immovable Property Commission by the European Court of Human Rights. A couple of weeks ago, the Cyprus government sanctioned and funded a property exchange between a Greek Cypriot claimant and the IPC. This may have just been the start of the exchange of properties the Turkish Cypriot side has always demanded. We are gradually moving closer to the formalisation of partition, but the Greek Cypriot leadership seems too engrossed in the Cyprus problem rituals and rhetoric to take any notice. Presidential candidate Giorgos Lillikas is marketing himself as a Cyprus problem hard-liner who supposedly wants negotiations to start from scratch, in his search for votes. Christofias engaged in talks without suffocating time-frames and arbitration, to ensure there was no conclusion. Party leaders want a settlement that the Turkish side would never agree to, without explaining how they can achieve this. By which anniversary of the invasion will the Greek Cypriot leadership finally realise that its obsession with maintaining the Cyprus problem ritual is actually helping Turkey achieve all its objectives?

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Analysis Max Seddon

ladimir Putin sounded like the saber-rattler of old last week, when he accused the so-called historical West of trying to claw back its waning economic influence by waging “missile-bomb diplomacy” and “unilateral moves in violation of international law.” His stonewalling continued as he again refused to support further action on the Syrian crisis: Kofi Annan was greeted in Moscow this week with accusations of Western “blackmail”, and left without Russian backing for a future UN vote to sanction Syria. Putin even seems to be losing interest in the niceties of being a foreign leader, telling fellow G8 members, future Chinese premier Xi Jinping and the Olympic opening ceremony that he was “too busy” to meet with them. What sets Putin 3.0 apart from the man who in 2007 fuelled talk of a “new Cold War” is that he now leads a country widely considered to be in terminal decline. The last bellicose phase of Russian foreign policy saw Time name Putin its man of the year; “the Bear is back”, the magazine declared, hailing the new juggernaut Russian petrostate. But now policymakers question whether Russia is even worth classifying as a major developing nation. A recent European Council on Foreign Relations report warned Russia “clearly cannot keep pace with the dynamism and the growth perspective of the other BRICs.” The IMF projects a 4 per cent growth rate for Russia in 2012, far below that of all five former Soviet republics in Central Asia. Generous

spending promises Putin made during his campaign mean Russia’s budget will only balance if the price of oil stays above $100 a barrel, where it has spent most of the last six months. These paradoxical narratives hold that Russia wallows in isolation and decline while frustrating Western powers single-handedly – the dying Russian bear strikes again! But that would be giving short shrift to Moscow’s growing influence on the world stage. The Kremlin is more integrated with Western liberal democracy today than ever before. Russia will join the WTO this year, recently signed a visa facilitation agreement with the US (negotiations over a similar agreement with the EU are ongoing) and, despite the threat of sanctions against officials involved in human rights abuses, is closer than ever to becoming a full American trade partner. Putin is also far more willing to cooperate with the West on key security issues than five years ago, when he accused the US of wanting to be the world’s “sole master”. Last month, Russia gave its approval for NATO to use a base in the Urals for the Afghan war effort, over local protests and nationalist objections. And though Russia’s top general has threatened to “use destructive force pre-emptively” if the alliance builds a missile shield in Eastern Europe, Russia continues to push for an integrated system that would share all sides’ capabilities. Putin’s foreign policy is clearly more subtle than his fiery rhetoric would suggest. Russia is successful at using its pragmatic, hard-nosed diplomacy to its advantage. Understanding its role “situationally,” as former presidential adviser Igor Yurgens terms it, allows Russia to play

Putin’s foreign policy is more subtle than his ﬁery rhetoric would suggest (EPA) the international stage as it lays. And it gets results. In Syria, for example, Russia has successfully defended its noninterventionist principle and kept Western forces in check, while putting relatively little at risk save its reputation. Much-vaunted supplies of Russian weaponry to the Assad regime only made up 3 per cent of Russia’s total arms exports in 2011, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Moscow pledged to suspend future sales indeﬁnitely last week. Russia’s strategic interest in having a friendly power in the Middle East or maintaining a base there is far less than, say, the US’s in Bahrain. Whatever ties may linger from

its Soviet-era partnership with Syria pale in signiﬁcance compared with, for example, wooing Ukraine into the suggested post-Soviet common economic space Putin calls the “Eurasian Union”. That’s not to say Russian intransigence on some issues prevents fruitful partnerships elsewhere. When Putin visited Israel last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed him to take a stronger line on the Iranian nuclear programme, which Russia supports through fuel sales and watering down sanctions in the UN. But Israel’s chagrin over Russian support for Iran and Palestine has done nothing to prevent the rapid development of commercial and cultural ties between the two: Russian tourists in Israel are outnumbered only by Americans, while Russian-speakers make up a ﬁfth of Israel’s population. Thus reports of Russia’s demise seem premature when one considers it has achieved most of its major foreign policy goals in the past several years. The nearby “colour revolutions” that so rattled the Kremlin circa 2004 have been rolled back and Russia’s economy is all the more intertwined with the West’s. And for all the problems inherent in Russia’s reliance on petrodollars, new gas pipelines to China and Germany – which are likely to remain the dominant powers on their respective continents for the foreseeable future – should help ensure Russia remains a major part of the world economy for some time. The West, therefore, would do well to realise Russia is still a serious global power that can get what it wants and frustrate its partners when it suits its purposes. Russia merits being dealt with on its own terms.

OPEN LETTER to Bill Clinton Is price of oil true culprit behind econ crisis?

our Excellency, Your visit to our little war-stricken island is welcomed by all Cypriots as a great honour. I understand that during your upcoming lecture here you will share opinions and points of view with the audience, so I take the liberty to submit the following query for your consideration: What might be the real cause of today’s unprecedented world economic crisis? Could it

be the role of the price of oil? My humble opinion is that because of the astronomical increases in the price of oil over a few years, colossal amounts of money have been withdrawn from the world markets and are now frozen, out of circulation, in the hands of a few entities, who do not ﬁnd solvent-enough borrowers to lend it to. Until 1970 or so, the price of oil was stable for decades below US $3 per barrel. After

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1970, the price started escalating rapidly, and during the last 10 to 15 years, it exceeded, at times, US $150 per barrel. We are talking about colossal, incalculable amounts of money that has been drained from the world markets due to these huge increases. Where is all that money now? Meanwhile, as a consequence, the prices of cereals and all industrial products based on oil/ electricity have followed suit, absorbing additional capital

from circulation. During the same period of time, the price of gold has gone up considerably because a good part of the oil wealth has gone to the purchase of this precious metal, and is also frozen. Would you please comment, your Excellency, on the above as the possible cause of the world economic crisis? Photos Ja. Photiades, Ph.D, Nicosia

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1944

25 years ago Wednesday July 20, 1987

An attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at his Rastenberg headquarters is undertaken as part of Operation Valkyrie.

US warships formed a convoy of tankers yesterday ready for the run past Iranian missile batteries in the Gulf as Tehran indicated it would reject a UN call for a ceaseﬁre in its war with Iraq. The Iranian Foreign Ministry described it as unjust and said the council had failed in its duty to preserve peace and international security.

1950 In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.

1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike makes history when she becomes the ﬁrst-ever female head of government.

1974 Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.

2000 The leaders of Salt Lake City’s bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering.

35 years ago Friday July 20, 1977 President Makarios said yesterday that materialisation of the Turkish threat to colonise the new town of Famagusta would remove all hope for an early settlement of the Cyprus problem. The President said that if Ankara realised its threat about Famagusta, he would make an immediate recourse to the UN.

45 years ago Saturday July 20, 1967 Greek and Turkish Cypriots at the mixed village of Ayios Theodoros in the Larnaca district exchanged shots for more than three hours late on Thursday night. The ﬁring which came at intervals and was sometimes heavy, continued until the early hours of yesterday when a ceaseﬁre was arranged through UNFICYP negotiations.

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Showbiz

Original Bollywood heart throb Rajesh Khanna dies

Paparazzo may face Bieber charges

Enjoyed a thirty-year reign at top of Indian film industry

By Alex Dobuzinskis

RAJESH Khanna, the first actor to gain superstar status in Indian movies during a near three-decade reign at the top of the Bollywood film industry, has died this weeek aged 69 after a brief illness. His wife, actress Dimple Kapadia, and two daughters were at his bedside when he died at his home in Mumbai, said his son-in-law, Akshay Kumar, also an actor. Khanna began his career in the mid-1960s in romantic films that were hugely popular. He played the lead in 120 of the 170 movies he appeared in and won scores of awards. His enormous success was a new phenomenon in India. Screaming fans surrounded him whenever he appeared in public. Women married his photograph and wrote him letters in their blood. He was born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942, in the northern town of Amritsar. He took to acting while in school and adopted the name Rajesh Khanna when he began his career in films. After his early success he became a favourite with film directors wanting a sure box office winner.

Gone, but never forgotten: the superstar had women falling at his feet as a young man. He is pictured at an awards ceremony earlier this year (right) During the 1970s he had 15 consecutive movies that broke box ofﬁce records. He was feted as the king of romance and mobbed by hysterical fans, who kissed his car when they could not get near him. Javed Akhtar, a screenwriter and poet, said: “Khanna witnessed unbelievable popularity, such that no one had ever seen or imagined. In fact from 1969 to 1973, it was a one-horse race.” Khanna’s popularity dimmed when action ﬁlms

became the rage and younger stars rose to the top. As his career in ﬁlms faded, Khanna shifted to politics and was elected to parliament in 1992 and served until 1996. In Mumbai, large crowds of people gathered outside his house as word spread that his condition was worsening. As news of his death became known, the crowds swelled and police had to push back the throng. Film stars and directors who

worked with him visited his home to offer condolences. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also conveyed his wishes to Khanna’s family and fans in a Twitter message. Banu, a Bollywood actress who acted in nearly a dozen ﬁlms with Khanna, said: “It’s a terrible day for all of us in the industry. He was a very humble person despite his superstar status in the industry.” “Rajesh Khanna taught us how to smile. He added

dignity to our concept of romance,” actor Anupam Kher wrote on Twitter. His role as a dashing young pilot in Aradhana and a terminally ill cancer patient in Anand remain some of the most remembered characters in Bollywood, and many of the lines are part of Indian pop culture. His last appearance before the camera was an ad for a ceiling fan brand earlier this year, where his gaunt and haggard appearance distressed many fans.

Sofia Vergara tops Forbes rich list The Who hit replay on Quadrophenia for new tour By Bob Tourtellotte LEGENDARY British rockers the Who will hit the road for their first North American concert tour in four years, playing the entire rock opera Quadrophenia alongside other memorable hits, the band said this week. The road trip starts in Florida on November 1, and features founding members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, alongside Zak Starkey, Pino Palladino, Simon Townshend, Chris Stainton, Loren Gold and Frank Simes. The Who are among the bands that led the British Invasion of the United States in the mid-1960s following the massive success of the Beatles. Joining Daltrey and Townshend originally were Keith Moon on drums and John Entwistle on bass, both of whom have died. The foursome scored hits such as ‘My Generation’ and ‘I Can See for Miles’ and like many of their rock peers, they began experimenting with new styles that led to their first rock opera, Tommy. The 1969 work was about a deaf, dumb and blind kid who was a wiz at pinball - that generation’s equivalent of videogames. The band followed Tommy with Quadrophenia (1973), a musical tale of a young boy’s coming of age that features hits such as ‘5:15’ and ‘The Real Me’ and is considered a rock classic. The 36-date tour features a first leg that runs six weeks and ends in Connecticut on December 9. The band will take a holiday break and resume a second leg on January 28 in California, concluding at the end of February in Rhode Island.

The actress took home $19 million in the past 12 months

Modern Family actress Soﬁa Vergara edged out Kim Kardashian as the highestearning woman in US television, taking in $19 million for the past 12 months on a list released by Forbes.com. The Colombian-born Vergara took the No.1 spot thanks to her Emmy Award-winning role on the ABC sitcom, a clothing line, endorsement deals and her partnership role in Latin World Entertainment, an entertainment company that Forbes said “was poised to become a new media powerhouse.” The 40-year-old actress beat out Kim Kardashian, who came in second, earning an estimated $18 million from her reality TV series, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, a clothing line, endorsement deals, a huge Twitter and media presence augmented by a recent romance with singer Kanye West, Forbes said. Eva Longoria came in third, while fellow Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman also made the top ten, earning $9 million.

PROSECUTORS are weighing whether to charge a paparazzo with driving recklessly on a Los Angeles freeway to photograph pop star Justin Bieber in what could be the first use of a new anti-paparazzi law, an official said on Tuesday. The case stems from a July 6 incident that saw police cite Bieber for speeding in his flashy Fisker Karma sports car. At the time, the 18-year-old singer told officers he was being chased on the freeway by paparazzi. A second car that police saw pursuing the performer sped away without being stopped, but the California Highway Patrol said at the time it was investigating whether paparazzi were chasing him. The Highway Patrol has since turned over the case to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office to determine whether charges should be filed, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney. “Our prosecutors are taking a look at what’s been filed by the CHP,” Mateljan said. He said the city attorney’s office is considering charging a single paparazzo. The name of the person has not been released. If a charge is filed, it would mark the first time anyone has been prosecuted under a 2010 California law that prohibits driving recklessly while attempting to take a photo, said Mateljan, whose office was instrumental in getting the law passed by the state’s legislature. When the bill was approved, the California Newspaper Publishers Association warned it could lead to needless prosecutions of journalists travelling to the scene of emergencies. Bieber, whom police described as polite and cooperative when pulled over, was issued a traffic ticket for speeding and was released. He was cited for driving 80 mph (129 kph) in a 65 mph (105 kph)zone. But a Los Angeles city councilman who happened to be driving on that portion of the freeway at the time said the Fisker Karma that roared past him was doing at least 100 mph (160 kph). “He was driving in a careless, reckless fashion,” Councilman Dennis Zine told Reuters earlier this month.

Justin Bieber was said to be driving ‘recklessly’

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, July 20, 2012

Health

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Living near sea ‘good for health’ PEOPLE living near the coast tend to be healthier than those who live inland, Devon-based scientists have said. A study published by the European Centre for Environment & Human Health at the University of Exeter’s Peninsula College of Medicine says people are more likely to have good health the closer they live to the sea. The analysis, taken from data compiled for the 2001 Census, also showed that the link between living near the coast and good health was strongest in the most economically deprived communities. Study lead author Dr Ben Wheeler said: “We know that people usually have a good time when they go to the beach, but there is strikingly little evidence of how spending time at the coast can affect health and wellbeing. “By analysing data for the whole population, our re-

search suggests that there is a positive effect, although this type of study cannot prove cause and effect.” Researchers looked at the proportion of people who reported their health as being “good”, rather than “fairly good” or “not good”, and compared this with how close those respondents lived to the coastline.

Heavy babies ‘double cancer risk’ GIVING birth to a heavyweight baby can more than double a woman’s risk of breast cancer, a study has found. The association may be caused by hormonal changes to the womb environment, scientists believe. Researchers in the US looked at data on 410 women taking part in the Framingham Offspring Birth History Study. Around 7.6 per cent of the women were later diagnosed with breast cancer. Those who gave birth to the heaviest infants were two and a half times more at risk of developing the disease. Another study which collected data on almost 24,000 pregnancies showed hormonal changes likely to affect infant birth weight and breast cancer risk. Lead researcher Professor Radek Bukowski, from the University of Texas, said: “We found that women deliver-

ing large babies - those in the top quintile (ﬁfth) of this study, which included babies whose weight was 8.25 or more pounds - have increased levels of hormones that create a ‘pro-carcinogenic environment’.”

Toddlers’ TV habits linked to size TODDLERS’ TV-viewing habits have a direct impact on their ﬁtness and fatness in later childhood, a study has shown. Each hour per week of television watched by a twoyear-old corresponded to a reduced level of long jump performance by the age of eight to 10, researchers found. Every extra hour of weekly TV between the ages of two and four also led to almost half a millimetre increase in waist circumference. For children watching an average 8.82 hours a week, this amounted to a 0.41cm fatter waistline. Youngsters exposed to more than 18 hours of TV a week - almost 15 per cent of those studied - were almost a centimetre wider around the middle by 10 years of age. Lead researcher Dr Linda Pagani, from the University of Montreal, said: “The bottom line is that watching too much television – beyond recommended amounts - is not good”.

Global AIDs deaths drop as access to drugs improves

Bingedrink OAPs risk brain damage

Infections among children continue to decline dramatically

By John von Radowitz

FEWER people infected with HIV globally are dying as more of them get access to crucial antiretroviral drugs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations AIDS programme said this week. The United Nations estimates that about 34 million people are living with the human immunodeﬁciency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. In a report released ahead of the International AIDS Society’s 2012 annual meeting set for next week in Washington DC, it said that the number of worldwide AIDS-related deaths fell to 1.7 million last year from some 1.8 million in 2010. AIDS deaths peaked at 2.3 million in 2005. The decline has been fuelled by greater access to medications that help more people live with the disease. An estimated eight million people in lower-income countries are receiving antiretroviral drugs, and the United Nations has set a target to raise that to 15 million by 2015. Funding for HIV prevention and treatment totalled $16.8 billion last year. Of that, $8.2 billion came from international sources including the United States, which donated 48 per cent of it. The amount of money spent by poor and middle-income countries reached $8.6 billion last year, surpassing international investment for the ﬁrst time. The UN estimates that another $5 billion is needed to reach its 2015 goals.

Two men look at a panel of The AIDS Memorial Quilt assembled to mark 30 years since the HIV and AIDS epidemic was diagnosed in America, on the National Mall in Washington (AFP) The UN is also talking with pharmaceutical companies about how to improve access to lower-cost versions of simpler HIV treatments that combine several drugs in a single pill. “We need innovation which will reduce the cost of medicine,” Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS, said. “If we want to maintain people on second and thirdline medicine it will not be possible with the price of the drugs we have today.” Paul De Lay, UNAIDS deputy executive director, speaking of a brieﬁng in Geneva, said overall progress in treating the disease could be jeopardised by a surge in infection seen in smaller patient groups, including in Eastern Europe and the United States. “We are looking at an epidemic that’s going to last another 40 to 50 years to get down to what we would

consider the lowest possible number of infections,” De Lay said. “It reminds us that prevention must be sustained, just the way we talk about sustaining treatment. Until we have a vaccine this is still going to have to be part of all countries’ health programmes,” he said. Public health ofﬁcials are considering wider use of HIV medications in people who are not infected with the virus but have a high risk of contracting it. Earlier this week, US health regulators for the ﬁrst time approved use of Gilead Sciences Inc’s Truvada drug for preventing HIV. Such antiretroviral drugs, also sold by companies like GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co, are designed to keep the virus that causes AIDS in check by suppressing viral replication in the blood. Researchers are also work-

ing on using HIV-ﬁghting antibodies to prevent infection, and they say their efforts could yield a licensed vaccine. In the meantime, treating more people infected with HIV remains a priority. UNAIDS estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa, a region encompassing countries like Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, 31 per cent fewer people died from AIDS-related causes in 2011 compared with 2005. The region “has actually been able to scale up more than other parts of the world, more than Eastern Europe and Central Asia, more than North Africa and the Middle East, and even more than Asia, with a 62 per cent coverage rate of people eligible for treatment able to access treatment,” said Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, director of the HIV Department at the World Health Organization.

Access to therapy also led to lower rates of AIDS-related deaths in Latin America, the Caribbean and Oceania. In Western and Central Europe, as well as North America, where antiretroviral therapy is extensively available, the combined number of AIDS-related deaths has varied little over the past decade, totalling about 29,000 last year, according to the United Nations. Death rates were also stable in Asia at an estimated 330,000, while AIDS-related deaths continued to rise in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. New infections among children declined for the second year in a row amid focused efforts to protect them and their mothers against HIV. About 330,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2011, down from 570,000 in 2003.

PENSIONERS have been warned not to binge-drink after new research revealed they could be damaging their brains. Binge-drinking - defined as downing four or more drinks in one go - blunts thinking ability and memory in later life, the findings showed. A heavy drinking session twice a month more than doubled the risk of men and women aged 65 and older suffering high levels of mental decline and memory loss. Binge-drinking once a month had a lesser effect, but still increased the risk by up to 62 per cent. Other research has suggested that small amounts of alcohol may actually benefit the brain. But the new British study showed a clear association between boozing to excess and cognitive impairment. Lead scientist Dr Iain Lang, from the University of Exeter, said: “We know binge-drinking can be harmful. For example, it can increase the risk of harm to the cardiovascular system, including the chance of developing heart disease, and it is related to increased risk of both intentional and unintentional injuries. “In our group of communitydwelling older adults, bingedrinking is associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline. Those who reported binge-drinking at least twice a month were more than twice as likely to have the greatest decline in cognitive function and memory.” The results showed that twice-monthly binge-drinkers were 147 per cent more likely to experience the highest levels of mental decline. They were also 149 per cent more likely than non-bingedrinkers to suffer the greatest amount of poor memory. For once-monthly bingedrinkers, the risk for mental decline was raised by 62 per cent and for memory by 27 per cent.

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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 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30pm, and (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.25am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm, and (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Lucky One (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8.05 and 10.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 8.05 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.45pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.45, 8 and 10.25pm; KCineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.45, 8 and 10.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.45pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.25pm and 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.45, 8 and 10.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.25pm and 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.45 and 8pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.25pm and 3.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.05, 7.45 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 5.05, 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 2.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Haywire (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

The Lucky One (N/A) Rio 4 at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 4) at 8.05 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 2 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.05, 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek) 6.30 and 8.20pm, weekends also 4.45pm, The Dictator (15) and (in 3D, in English) at 10.10pm. Rio 1 at 6.30, 8.10 and 10pm, Rio 5 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6.30, weekends at 5, 6.40, 8.20 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; Kalso at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30pm, K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in 3D, in and (Screen 1) at 8 and English) at 5.45pm. K-Cineplex 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.45, 8 and 10.25pm. K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.45 The Amazing Spider-Man and 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LIMASSOL

Haywire (15) Rio 6 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 5.05, 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383

Snow White and Huntsman (12) Rio 6 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 5.20pm. Tel: 25-871410

Haywire (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.30pm. Tel: 77778383

LARNACA The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30pm, and (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Lucky One (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 8.05 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.45pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.45, 8 and 10.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.45, 8 and 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Haywire

PAPHOS The Dictator (15) Rio 7 at 6pm (weekends at 6.20pm), 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Lucky One (N/A) Rio 5 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 1 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 3 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Rio 6 (in 3D, in English) at 6 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20 and 10pm. Rio 6 (in 3D, in Greek) at 8pm, weekends at 8.10pm, and Rio 7 (in 3D, in Greek), weekends only at 4.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

Haywire (15) Rio 4 at 10pm, weekends at 10.10pm. Tel: 26-207000 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (K) Rio 4 at 6 and 8pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30 and 8.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Snow White and the Huntsman (12) Rio 2 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibition Nicosia International Airport Solo photography exhibition by Andreas Efstathiou. Opens July 20, 8pm until August 30. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-343670

Music Helena Paparizou – Melisses Famous Greek singer is joined by pop band for a summer concert. July 20. Summer Club (Barrio Del Mar), Yeroskipou Beach, Paphos. Tel: 70-000801

Theatre Electra Drama by Sophocles performed by the Morphes Ekphrasis Theatre, Greece, within the framework of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. July 20. Curium Ancient Theatre, Episkopi, Limassol. 9pm. €10/17. With English and Greek subtitles. Tel: 77-772717/25-324015 /26-947037. www.tickethour.com

Dance Wings of Dance – Stars of World Ballet A unique show of soloists and ballet stars from well-known ballet theatres presenting a combination of the most famous pieces of the Great classical ballet repertoire. July 20-21. Municipal Theatre Gardens, Limassol. 8.30pm. €40/60. Tel: 70-009303 www.cyprus-tickets.com

Tomorrow Theatre Bacchae Drama by Euripides performed by the Mitos Theatre Group, Cyprus, within the framework of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. July 21. Paphos Ancient Odeon. 9pm. €10/17. With English and Greek subtitles. Tel: 77-772717/25-324015/26-947037. www.tickethour.com

Other Events An Evening with England and Ireland Rugby Stars The event includes luxury buffet, welcome drinks, Q & A, auction and raffle. July 21. Eléa Estate, 1 Eleon Avenue, Geroskipou, Paphos. 8.30pm. €75. Tel: 26-202003/ 99-389535

Zing GB An evening of entertainment to celebrate Jubilee year and the Olympics with entertainment provided by The Zingers. Feel free to dress in red, white and blue. July 21. Kouinta Café Theatre in Konia, known as The Old Kamaroudi. 8pm. €5, all of which goes to the charity as the Zingers meet all other costs themselves. Tel: 99-370103 Summer Sunset Party Good food, good music & drinks on a catamaran stationed at the beautiful setting of Green bay. Money raised will go towards Nicosia Dog Shelter. July 21. Protaras. 7.30 pm until midnight. Tel: 22-357005/96-328080, text on 99-520511 or email on nicosiadogshelter@gmail.com. Performance and Live Art Platform 2012 A two-day platform that will feature live performances by artists, open discussions between the public and artists, a party to close the platform and much more. July 21-22. Foundation of Cultural Creativity for Children and Young People, 81-83 St Lazarus Street, Larnaca. 5pm-11pm. Tel: 96725270. E-mail: yiota.a.demetriou@ gmail.com.

Ongoing Other Events 11th Countryside Animafest Cyprus A film festival with varied animation screenings and competition sections in a village setting. July 19-22. Prastio Avdimou village, Limassol. 8.30pm. Free for all screenings. www.cafcy.org

Theatre Backgammon Buzz Productions Theatre Company presents a comedy in the Cypriot dialect, based on the play by Dimitris Kechaidis. July 17-20. House of Arts and Literature, 41-43 Athinas Street, Paphos. 9pm. €10. Tel: 26-818560 Miss Pepsi Anemona Theatre presents classic comedy by French author Pierrette Bruno. Until July 29. Anemona Theatre, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-573031 Yialloura Satiriko Theatre presents Cypriot play by Michalis Pashiardis, based on the poem by Dimitris Lipertis. Until July 29. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia. Every Saturday and Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €12/7. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609

Exhibitions Marina Karatsioli + Kids Group exhibition showcasing work by Marina’s art school. Until July 20. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia. Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983

Dimitris Mihlis Solo painting exhibition. Until August 30. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. MondaySaturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm. Sunday:11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24-621109

Golden Roots Solo painting exhibition by Andreas C. Chrysafis. Until July 20. Gallery Technis Dromena, 53 Arch. Kyprianou, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-496398

Twice a Stranger Multimedia exhibition about forced migration and population exchange. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, Temporary Exhibitions Hall, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-4.30pm. Tel: 22-661475/ 22-671997

At the Straits of Lembeh A unique underwater photo exhibition by award-winning Cypriot photographer Louis Tsiakkiros. Until July 24. Panos Solomonides Municipal Cultural Centre in Limassol. Monday-Friday: 9am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Weekends: 5pm-8pm. Tel: 99-558696

I Will follow you to the end of the World - Immigrating for Love Exhibition by visual artist Lia Lapithi influenced the story of Queen Caterina Cornaro. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475

Armenian-Cypriot Painters and Photographers Group exhibition. Until July 31. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. SaturdaySunday: 6pm-9pm. Tel: 22-800970

Diaspora Exhibition by visual artist Nkos Kourossis. Until September 2. The Leventis Municipal Museum, 15-17 Hippocrates Street, Laiki Yitonia, Nicosia. Open: 3.30pm -5.30pm. Tel: 22-661475

Maniera Cypria: Lemesos, Fabula, Historia, Memoria Exhibition dedicated to ancient findings. Until August 12. Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Lanitis Carob Mill, Limassol. 5pm-9pm daily except Mondays. Tel: 25-342123

The Area is Sacred Solo art exhibition by Panagiotis Mina. Until September 13. 50-1 Gallery, Limassol. Monday-Friday: 11am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Saturday: 11am-1pm. Tel: 99-522977

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Tonight Exhibition Caught in time warp ANDROS Efstathiou presents his new photographic work entitled Nicosia International Airport at Is Not Gallery in Nicosia. The exhibition opens tonight, and will remain open until August 30, coinciding with the anniversary of the Turkish invasion of 1974. The once-bustling Nicosia airport served as the central port of entry and departure and catered to the needs of the newly formed, fledgling Cyprus Republic. Plans to upgrade and expand it in 1974 were frustrated by the invasion; it was heavily bombed, becoming the scene for severe fighting, which led the United Nations Security Council to declare it a United Nations Protected Area (UNPA). This required both sides to withdraw at least 500 metres from the perimeter of the airport. With the ceasefire signed on August 16,

Review Theatre Electra by Sophocles, performed by the Morphes Ekphrasis Theatre, Greece as part of the Festival of Ancient Greek Drama at the Paphos Odeon Wednesday, July 18 THIS was the third play in this year’s festival to feature Electra, the previous two had included her character in the writings of Aeschylus and Euripides. This interpretation was based solely on Sophocles, where he focuses on the predicament of Electra. In Aeschylus Orestes ﬁnds himself at the centre of a cosmic dilemma: to obey the will of the god Apollo he must incur the guilt of matricide. In Sophocles, he commits the deed and that is that. The complexity arises in the ﬁgure of Electra, who suffers powerlessly, yearning for the return of her brother, only to have her hopes dashed by the false news of Orestes’ death. The action of the play takes place in Argos, ruled by Clytemnestra (Elena Orfanidou) and Aegisthus (Thomas Kindinis). Electra (Zoi Nalmpanti) showed her only preoccupation was how to take revenge on her father’s death. She anxiously waits for her brother Orestes to return from Phokis. Orestes (Giannis Costaras) arrives in Argos and gains admittance to the palace, having sent his old tutor to say

1974, Nicosia Airport became part of the United Nations controlled Buffer Zone separating the two communities, and it has been inoperable as a fully functioning airport ever since. Nearly 40 years on the site remains largely as it was on the day of its closure – frozen in time. Today it has become a source of inspiration for many artists. A number of local photographers and artists have been given permission to enter the airport and record what remains of the past, with an abandoned Cyprus Airways plane standing as a stark reminder that the place was once a hub of activity. Local artist Efstathiou has taken it a step further by adding a human dimension to the barren landscape. He sought out staff that used to frequent the airport, brought together the old Cyprus Airways crew and had their pictures taken against this eerie derelict backdrop. Nicosia International Airport Solo photography exhibition by Andreas Efstathiou. Opens July 20, 8pm until August 30. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-343670

that he had died in an accident at the Pythian Games. Electra tries vainly to persuade her sister Chrysothemis (Vlasia Ververi) to help her in a desperate attempt to kill Aegisthus. Suddenly Orestes arrives and seeing Electra’s desperate condition makes himself known to her. After that Orestes and Electra proceed into the palace where Clytemnestra’s appeals and deathcries are heard. Now Aegistheus comes in and following further histrionics he is quickly disposed of. This synopsis gives credence to the strong nature of the original story and its need today for even stronger interpretation. Unfortunately, with the exception of Electra, the actors were not of the ‘old school’ and therefore not strong enough to put across the drama that rose to the heights upon Aegisthus’ entrance and needed a ‘Donald Wolﬁt’ performance to reach this peak. The Chorus, like Electra, worked hard under Thomas Kindinis’ direction (who as well as playing the role of The Tutor to Orestes doubled as Aegistheus – busy man!). Suitably atmospheric music was provided by Pan Kaperneka and Constantinos Roumelis. However, the entire performance lacked ‘ﬁre’ and despite such hard work raised little emotion in this writer. Electra Drama by Sophocles performed by the Morphes Ekphrasis Theatre, Greece, within the framework of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. July 20. Curium Ancient Theatre, Episkopi, Limassol. 9pm. €10/17. With English and Greek subtitles. Tel: 77-772717/25-324015 /26-947037. www.tickethour.com By Chris Ekin-Wood

Savvopoulos in an ‘old comedy’ mood OVER 35 years since his first musical adaptation of Aristophanes’ famous comedy, singer/songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos presents his classic musical show next week in Limassol and Larnaca. Following the success of Savvopoulos’ last visit to Cyprus in January – to present a series of concerts in Nicosia entitled Concert of Candles – the revered artist makes a welcome return to the island once more for a special show. This time he continues his ancient comedy mode with two concerts featuring his take on The Acharnians and Plutus. The Acharnians was commissioned in 1975 by the influential Karolos Koun Theatro Technis but was never actually staged there. The work eventually premiered in December 1976 at Rigas’ live-music venue in Plaka. The songs were linked together by means of narrative/ explanatory passages. Meanwhile Plutus was composed in 1985 for the National Theatre’s Epidaurus production directed by Luca Ronconi. The score for The Acharnians will now accompany the comedy - one of the earliest of Aristophanes’ 11 comedies that have survived intact and one that is rarely seen performed. There is no doubt that this is going to be one of the most remarkable performances of this summer, especially after the great reception it received at the Acropolis Herodion Theatre in Athens. Hailed as the ‘Greek Bob Dylan’, Savvopoulos is often regarded as one of the most important Greek musicians of the 20th Century. Born in Thessaloniki in 1944, he moved to Athens in the early 60s and – after ceasing studying law in favour of music - found great success both at home and abroad, espeicially among the Greek diaspora. He is particularly noted for being a political activist, following his imprisonment by the Greek military junta during its reign in 1967. Like Mikis Theodorakis, Savopoulos is seen as an icon and a symbol of hope and resistance during a difficult period in Greek history. His albums from this period, Fortigo,

To Perivoli Tou Trelou, Ballos, and Vromiko Psomi are considered his best work. The album Vromiko Psomi in particular is a fusion of traditional Greek with Zappa-Jethro Tull electric rock. He travelled a lot and composed music for theatre (Epidaurus) and cinema. His music has remained popular throughout his recording career and in 2004 he was even hired as the musical director of the Olympic closing ceremonies. As a songwriter, he has played a signiﬁcant role in the local music scene by creating an alternative and creative new approach to the era of contemporary music. For the upcoming shows in Cyprus, Savvopoulos will be accompanied by members of the Diastasis Cultural Association of Limassol. Founded in 1984 by a group of art-lovers aiming to give shape to their artistic (cultural) visions and expectations, Diastasis is considered to be one of the main cultural organisations in Cyprus, which represents the country abroad successfully. Diastasis has created and still maintains, two permanent artistic departments, the choir,

consisting of approximately 40 singers, and the dancing group, consisting of approximately 20 dancers. During its existence, Diastasis has produced and presented very important work, not only in Cyprus but also in Greece and abroad. Two shows are scheduled to take place next week, the ﬁrst on Monday at Curium Ancient Theatre in Limassol followed by a show on Tuesday at the Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre in Larnaca. The show will be divided into two parts, the ﬁrst part will be presented in the form of a live concert with dancers, orchestra, soloists and chorus, while in the second part Savvopoulos will present highlights from his popular albums. Savvopoulos – Diastasis Concert divided in two parts with dancers, orchestra, soloists and chorus making up the first half of the show followed by the composer’s most popular songs. 9pm. €15/25. www.tickethour.com.cy July 23: Curium Ancient Theatre, Limassol July 24: Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre, Larnaca By Ledha Socratous

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Film SUMMARIES The Dictator (See page opposite)

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The Lucky One (See page opposite)

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The Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is an outcast highschooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). He’s trying to figure out who he is, meanwhile also finding his way with his first high-school crush Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Peter finds a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, and begins a quest to solve the mystery of his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father’s former partner. Along the way he also inadvertently acquires extraordinary powers – and, as Spider-Man, is set on a collision course with Connors, who transforms himself into ‘The Lizard’. Also starring Denis Leary and

Campbell Scott. Directed by Marc Webb. In 3D. (Comicbook action, 136 mins.) Our rating:

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences – causing a continental cataclysm that creates the Earth as we know it and triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny the mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), Diego the sabertoothed tiger (voiced by Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo). In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home. Also with the voices of Peter Dinklage and Nick Frost. Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. In 3D. (Kids’ cartoon, 94 mins.) Our rating:

Haywire Mallory Kane (real-life MMA

In the City of Sylvia

Snow White and the Huntsman

fighter Gina Carano) is a highly-trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is doublecrossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency; suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find out the truth in order to stay alive. Using her black-ops military training, she devises an ingenious – and dangerous – trap. But when things go haywire, Mallory realises she’ll be killed in the blink of an eye unless she can find a way to turn the tables. Also starring Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas and Channing Tatum. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Action thriller, 93 mins.) Our rating:

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Five couples find their lives turned upside-down by the challenges of impending

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Ratings key ss parenthood. TV fitness guru Jules (Cameronn Diaz) and dance-show starr Evan (Matthew Morrison) find that ebrity their high-octane celebrity hance lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands crazy of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy ts a (Elizabeth Banks) gets ice when taste of her own advice pregnancy hormoness ravage dy’s her body; while Wendy’s husband Gary (Ben Falcone) struggles not to be outdone phaby his competitive alphaDad (Dennis Quaid), who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophyy wife cker). Skyler (Brooklyn Decker). Photographer Holly (Jennifer Lopez) is prepared too travel the globe to adopt a child lex – but her husband Alex n’t so (Rodrigo Santoro) isn’t et his sure, and tries to quiet panic by attending a ‘dudes’ support group. Then there’s k) and Rosie (Anna Kendrick) ford), Marco (Chace Crawford), who run competing snackumb to a food carts and succumb night of passion. Alsoo starring Chris Rock. Directed by Kirk omedyJones. (Romantic comedydrama, 110 mins.) Our rating:

Snow White and the he Huntsman Snow White (Kristen Stewart) is the only person in the land ueen fairer than the evil queen nable (Charlize Theron). Unable

to tolerate the insult to her vanity, the evil queen decides that Snow White must die. The queen sends a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to kill Snow White. However the huntsman finds himself unable to murder the innocent young woman, and instead ends up training her to become a warrior capable of threatening the queen’s reign. Also starring Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone. Directed by Rupert Sanders. (Adventure fantasy, 127 mins.) Our rating:

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In the City of Sylvia A nameless young artist arrives in Strasbourg, where six years before he became besotted with a certain woman in a certain cafe. Spending his days sketching ladies in his pad, the meek, floppy-haired young man suddenly glimpses what he takes to be his previous paramour, Sylvia, and sets off on what develops into a kind of game whereby she leads him on and on around the city’s labyrinth of alleyways. Starring Xavier Lafitte and Pilar Lopez de Ayala. Directed by Jose Luis Guerin in 2007. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Arthouse drama, 84 mins.) Our rating:

The Dictator

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NEW FILMS The Dictator

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID

Directed by: Larry Charles Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley US 2012, 83 mins. 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.

Pro: “The movie is in the fishout-of-water tradition of Coming to America and many others. It doesn’t, in truth, offer much of a twist on the genre. It does, however, deliver laughs and weapons-grade offensiveness… “Subtle it isn’t. The satirical content is far lower than in Borat, apart from one Michael Moore-ish speech at the end, in which Aladeen begs America to become a dictatorship and, in laying out the advantages, inadvertently reveals that this would involve no changes at all. “But basically this is a firework display of bad taste, calculated to be as silly as possible. I laughed a lot when Faris’s character uncovers Aladeen’s vulnerable side and the awful truth that his political aggression stems from the fact that he has never masturbated. Learning how to do this in the cafe’s unisex toilet – with montages of soaring eagles and leaping dolphins – is a spiritual epiphany… “It is gasp-inducingly offensive when the general plays his terrorist Wii in the palace and selects a game called ‘Munich Olympics’. We hear screams of ‘meshuggeneh’ … It is relentlessly immature and I was often reminded of the cheerfully reprehensible Kentucky Fried Movie in the 70s, a film unashamedly low in nutritional value. But it was very funny and so is this. The Dictator isn’t going to win awards and it isn’t as hip as Borat. Big goofy outrageous laughs is what it has to offer.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)

THE PLOT General Admiral Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen), the dictator of Wadiya, is developing nuclear weapons, and the UN delivers an ultimatum for him to address the General Assembly personally or face the world’s wrath. The demented Dictator and his henchman Tamir (Ben Kingsley) head for New York, where a plot to assassinate him and turn Wadiya into a democracy so its oil can be exploited – by those inside the country as well as some outside – is in the making. But when an anti-Aladeen protester (Anna Faris) mismis takes the now beardless Aladeen for a fellow traveller, the Dictator’s complicated predicament becomes even more complicated.

Anti: “There is nothing especially outrageous here. The movie’s blend of self-aware insult humour, self-indulgent grossness, celebrity cameos and strenuous whimsy represents a fairly standard a d recipe for sketchar comedy-derived feature films. Mr. Baron Cohen, a nimble performer, long of face and limb, is like a cross between a camel and a chameleon. He seems capable of an almost infinite range of voices and appearances, all of them outlandish, and all of them at least potentially funny. “That potential is mostly squandered in The Dictator, which gestures half-heartedly toward topicality and, with equal lack of conviction, toward pure, anarchic silliness… “All of which would be fine if the jokes were better.

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There are a few good ones, but many more that feel halfbaked and rehashed … Occasional attempts at post-Sept. 11 political satire fall just as ﬂat, and supplying Aladeen with a love interest fforces Mr. Baron Cohen to try sincerity, which he has something for whic aptitude… no particular aptitud “When Borat, the cretin of carried a bag Kazakhstan, carrie of his own faeces tto the tadinner party, ble at a genteel dinn the joke lay both in the outrageousness of his behavsomehow, in the iour and, somehow dismayed – yet still curiously his Ameripolite – reaction of h can hosts. We could laugh at secure in the his grossness, secur knowledge that we weren’t really xenophobic because sneering at the we were also sneerin the trick. fools falling for th Dumb hicks. Dumb foreigngoodness we’re ers. Thank goodne them! not bigots like them “As repellent as tthis logic retrospect, it at may be in retrospe queasy jolt of least provided a que Something – senexcitement. Someth sitivity, good taste, the nonbetween coaggression pact bet public – was medians and the pub Very little being put at risk … V here, and the of that happens here Dictator is main insult of The D how lazy it is.” York Times A.O. Scott, New Yo (US)

The Lucky One On Directed by: Scott Hicks H Efron, Taylor Starring: Zac Efron Schilling, Blythe Danner Dan US 2012, 101 mins. today at the Showing from toda K-Cineplex and K-Cineplex K(Mall of Cyprus) in Nicosia, in the Rio and K-Cineplex K-Cin in Limassol, the K-Cineplex K-Cin Larnaca and the Rio R in Paphos.

THE PLOT After a ﬁerce battl battle in Iraq,

US Marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) sees a photo of a pretty young blonde in the rubble and goes to pick it up – a move that saves his life. He carries the photo everywhere, like a good-luck charm, and survives his third tour of duty. Once back in the US, he vows to ﬁnd the girl in the photo, and soon tracks her down: her name is Beth (Taylor Schilling), she lives with her grandmother Nana (Blythe Danner) and young son Ben, and is grieving for her brother who’s been missing in action for a year, also in Iraq. With Logan’s arrival, Beth’s life begins to change for the better – but her ex Keith (Jay R. Ferguson) is hovering over her, and threatening to destroy her newfound stability.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Mixed: “If you were to make a list of the actors most likely to play a hardened, haunted Marine, there can’t be many you’d put further down than Zac Efron. Then again, his character here is a hardened, haunted Marine as viewed through the misty-eyed ﬁlter of The Notebook and Dear John maestro Nicholas Sparks. “And it’s by and large the performances that elevate Scott Hicks’ (Shine) love’n’destiny tale from insufferable slush to mostly palatable, if run-of-the-mill, slush. The military stuff’s a red herring; there are hints of grit in the opening scenes, which follow Efron’s Logan on an illfated tour of Iraq, but scripter Will Fetters (Remember Me) slaps an ultra-corny voiceover over the top that makes it indisputably clear what type of ﬁlm you’re watching… “After his initially pivotal PTSD gets swept under the rug of blooming romance, Efron’s not left with much to

do besides play a ludicrously perfect cipher – a piano-playing, chess-playing, toughyet-sensitive dreamboat who says things like ‘You should be kissed every day, every hour, every minute’ with a straight face… “The third act is packed too full of dramatic turns for most of them to resonate, but there’s still something undeniably compelling about the unashamed melodrama of two wounded souls finding each other.” Emma Dibdin, Total Film (UK) Anti: “Normally I’m averse to reductionist terms like ‘chick flick’, but The Lucky One, adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ bestselling novel, is the chickiest flick you’re likely to see this season. Depending on your taste in romantic fare, you’ll either find it toe-curlingly dreamy or ploddingly predictable. Dismayingly, I fell into the latter camp. For a film that hinges on the notions of fate, destiny, and the apparent randomness involved in meeting one’s soul mate, The Lucky One – from the writer who brought you The Notebook – is as timelessly shopworn as the sunrise… “That very fact, of course, makes it reassuring to some people. Love triumphs in the end, despite its circuitous route from the bullet-pocked villages of Iraq to a preternaturally peaceful Louisiana parish replete with a passel of wag-happy canines and Blythe Danner’s wise nanna … For all its soap-opera psychodrama, The Lucky One is pretty boilerplate stuff, with barely a smidgen of surprise and a foregone conclusion.” Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle (US)

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MISCELLANEOUS CASTLE AUCTIONS – Auction & Sale Rooms in Kolossi, Limassol. Next auction: SAT 28TH JULY at 5pm and includes; New furniture, power tools & wood lathe, beds, sofas, fridges, washing machines, gym equipment, collectables and much more. Tel: 7000 78 89, ﬁnd us on Facebook or www.castle-auctions.com TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GREEK ORTHODOX: The European Union Parliament is pressuring the Turkish Government to restore Saint Sophia Cathedral from a museum into a Greek Orthodox Church. However the Parliament has set a requirement of 1,000,000 signatures on a petition before it makes this conversation a prerequisite for Turkey’s admission into the European Union. You are requested to cast your vote by logging on to a link at www. hagiasophiablog.com. This is an opportunity for each of you to have an impact on world events. Get as many Greek Orthodox, other Orthodox and Christian friends of yours to sign the petition and make history. ***************************** ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CYPRUS Is drink costing you more than just money? AA could be the answer. Meeting at the following locations/ days. Call to speak to an AA member. Ayia Napa Monday 97798043 Larnaca Tuesday (Polish spk) 96616589 Thursday 24645523 / 99259264 Limassol Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday 25368265 / 99559322 Nicosia Wednesday/Sunday 99013596 Paphos Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday 99916331 / 99399240

Details of meetings are available on www.aa-europe.net

***************************** DOES SOMEONE ELSE’S DRINKING CAUSE YOU A PROBLEM? Al - Anon is for family and friends of those with a drinking problem. Call Nicosia 99 877205 for more information and details of meetings.

HEALTH & FITNESS STRESSCONTROL. Aromatherapy MASSAGE. Area Hilton NICOSIA. More info on 97696795 FULL BODY MASSAGE + AROMATHERAPY in classy surroundings in Kato Paphos – privacy & discretion. We offer you professional mausseurs, appointments necessary 1 Hour for 35 euro, call 96637039 - honest people EIGHTSMILEYS OFFERS SUP (STAND UP PADDLE) LESSONS, RENTALS & SALES. A great way to release tension and stress at the same time exercise your body, made for all ages and genders. Find out more information on www. sup.com.cy facebook: Eightsmileys Kitesurfsup or call on 99355191 CLINICAL PILATES. Personalised Clinical Pilates by Physiotherapists in Nicosia. Individual assessment and supervision of exercises. “Clinical pilates” is a modiﬁed form of therapeutic exercise used by physiotherapists to assist in the rehabilitation and prevention of musculoskeletal injury especially lower back pain, sacro-iliac pain and neck pain. More info on 22446988.

PETS *****************************

PLEASE HELP ﬁnd a foster home for this tiny little female 10month poodle . She is adorable and is very sensitive and at risk at the shelter. Please help us save her life! All our fosters are full at the moment !! email on ndsadoptions@gmail.com or text or call on 96328080/99520511

***************************** DOGS currently held in municipality pounds and facing euthanasia are looking for loving homes. Various breeds and sizes. Will only be given to responsible dog-lovers. Adoption contract and medical package obligatory. Nicosia area. For info 99548264, 99846033,

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385 99987222. MAX VERY LOVING and gentle 7 year old lively pedigree miniature German Schnauzer needs loving family to ADOPT him ( owner leaving island ) Great with kids Tel 96832275 / 22355790

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LESSONS GREEK LESSONS for children and adults: reading; writing; speaking. Information: 99905862 (Larnaca) PRIVATE TUITION - Experienced, UK-qualiﬁed teacher and tutor offers full / part time private home tuition in Maths, English, Science, Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS3 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. Telephone 26642781 or 99318796.

SERVICES PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses. Special offers now available. For a quote call Rickys Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) rickyscleaningservices@gmail.com UPHOLSTERY, RUG, BLINDS + CURTAIN CLEANING Rugs from 20€ - Carpets from 38€ Fabric Suites form 85€ - Leather Suites from 95€ - Mattresses from 25€. Curtains, Roman blinds, Vertical Blinds need to be surveyed. Collection Service available. For a free quotation call Mark on 70006766 All areas DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled floors and surfaces. Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 or 96333961 All areas SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and fit air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdflyscreens.com KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER THIS SUMMER by having Windowfilm professionaly fitted. Stops up to 86% of heat from entering your home! Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uv-rays which cause fading,

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con. Also keeps your home warmer in winter. Call Ian on 99979671 K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdﬂyscreens.com WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work. For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879 JURIDICAL SERVICES Contracts, sales agreements, conveyancing, wills, administration of estates, general litigation, power of attorney, land registry matters, companies, translations, immigration etc... And all legal matters. Call: Natalia Michealidou – jurist, Paphos Tel: 26 933159 – 99523231 (ofﬁce hours)

the owner’s departure. Bargain price. Call: 99306674 PLOT IN GEROSKIPOU, just 5 minutes from the Paphos centre, with magnificent sea views of the whole of Paphos, 640 square metres, attached to a green area, premium piece of land, €210.000, Tel 99403261 (owners) FOR SALE OR RENT - Kato Paphos – full moon bar, fully furnished and equipped, large flat screen TV’s + projector, fits 120 people comfortably, incredible opportunity for ready business! Please call: 99493579 FOR SALE factory with showroom, 1050m2, in private land, in Kokkinotrimithia industrial zone. Tel. 99849195.

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS

**************************** VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.4, model 1998, manual, 5 door, dark blue, valid MOT, a/c, great stereo system, good condition. €2500. Nicosia. For info 99548265 ****************************

BOOKSHOP language school closing down sale: books, desks, sofas, tables, chairs, bookshelves for sale. Nicosia centre. For info 99821634. FURNITURE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: Childs cot / mattress €50 play table and stools €50 Bunk Bed set with ladder/ mattress €100 child’s bike €40 Child’s easy chairs €30 Easel €20 gas BBQ 80 vacuum cleaner Miele €80 Abstract canvasses from €10 ENGOMI 22355790 CLOTHES STOCKS AND SHOP FITTINGS FOR SALE. Excellent women’s brands for sale including Italian, Spanish and French clothes and shoes. Also women’s dummies and modern wall ﬁttings (clothes rails.) Selling at very low prices for clearance. Tel: 99-168943

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES

MAZDA RX8 2004 Black,(high power 247) electric locks, a/c ,fog lights, MD player, CD changer, TV/DVD, navigator, factory adjustable suspension soft/hard-up/down. 6+1 speed, body kit, MOT. The condition of the car is excellent. CALL 96871551 ****************************

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF LAND of 985sqm in the village of Pareklisia. Partial sea views, near to electricity and water supplies. € 135.000 D.C. (Cyprus) Real Estate Tel: 99 330 908 FOR SALE PLOT in the centre of Lefkara Village 670sqm, high build factor, near all shops, and amenities € 210.000 negotiable Tel: 99 330 908 PLOT LOCATED in Mesa Geitonia, Limassol 617sqm. 100% build. Ideal for the construction of apartment building or 1 or 2 large houses. Price reduced to € 360.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0170 RESTAURANT FOR SALE Licensed restaurant in Yermasoyia tourist area in Limassol, due to

FOR SALE BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE, 2008, colour platinum bronze, 18’’ alloys, being leather, cruise control, front and rear parking sesonrs, lightsrain sensors, wind deﬂector, 45000 km, excellent condition, €30,900. For information call 99405122. *****************************

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€1000, Hilton 2 bdrm., wooden floors, modern building €850, Mak/ssa whole floor flat with/ without furniture €1200, villas Mak/ssa-Strovolos with pool and garden. Costas Markides Tel: 22378898/99464764, Reg. No. 487, E16. ***************************** FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT studio Strovolos €250, Lykavitos €380 1bdrm Ag. Andreas €490, Makarios Av. €500 2 bdrm Acropolis new €700, Lykavitos furnish €600, Acropolis €530 3bdrm Parissinos house semidetached €550 Acropolis back house €300, Ag. Dometios independent house+garden €800, Acropolis €650, 4bdrm Ag. Andreas penthouse €800. POSPORIDES ESTATES 99474839 99646822 Reg.338

99695382 TO LET 3 bdrm flat Kaimakli area near Frederic. Tel. 99606665. ****************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom. Available end of July - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website). 2. 3 bedrs luxury ground floor renovated semi detached house,210sq.m, with central heating, air conditions, solid parquet floor, fire place, big kitchen with all the electric appliances, 2 wc curtains, big veranda, big patio on the back with bbq area, 2 covered parkings in

a quiet neighborhood close to the Embassies –Engomi €900 (H3ENG0002-R), (photos in the website) 3. 4 bedr + separate office space + maid’s room luxury detached house, split level, big open space sitting areas,400sq.m,a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, swimming pool, big verandas, 2 covered parking, in a very quiet area near Lidl – Latsia €2500 (H4LAT0008-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gass a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4 wc, 3 bathrooms, big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE in August – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-R), (photos in the website). 5. 4 bedr+ attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with separate maid’s room, central heating, a/c, separate office room, sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining room and big family room opening to the

big garden with grass and bbq area, 2 covered parking, behind General flooring shop – Makedonitissa €3000 (H4MAK0025-R), (Photos on the website). 6. 3 bedr + big attic room which can be used as a bedroom/office, detached house, central heating, full a/c,3wc, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with all the electrical appliances, small garden and patio with bbq area, covered parking, near Apollonion hospital. – Makedonitissa €1200 (H4MAK0016-R), (photos in the website) 7. 4 bedrs and sitting room upstairs luxury detached house, 380sq.m,room for the maid, central heating, full a/c, marble and parquet floor, big sitting and dining areas, office space, big verandas around the house, covered parking,3 bathrooms,4wc in a quiet area off Eleonon street, near Pizza Hut. AVAILABLE middle of July – Strovolos €1700 (H4ST10041-R), (photos in the website). 8. 4 bedr luxury detached house,

350sq.m, central heating, full a/c, office space, separate maid’s room, big storage room, solid parquet floor in the bedrooms, 2 covered parking, swimming pool, garden with trees, veranda with bbq area, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, big sitting and dining areas, very near to English School, off Athalassas Avenue €2300 (H4ST10036-R), (photos on the website). 9. 4 bedr detached house with central heating, a/c units, separate big kitchen with el. appliances, small garden at the back, covered parking, 3wc,2 bathrooms, near the French ambassador residence – Strovolos €1000 (H4ST10038-R), (Photos on the website). 10. 4 bedr new luxury finished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with en-suite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big

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ROOMS FOR RENT IN LONDON 2 rooms for rent in central London during the period 20th August-4th September. 4 minutes from King´s Cross tube station and 12 minutes walk from Oxford Str. Ideal for families or couples, for long or short holidays. The two rooms are very comfortable and can be rented together or separately at the special rate of 200 euros per week each. Call Andreas on 357 99632436 or Dimitris on 357 99409077

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covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parking’s, alarm system, pressure system, - Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0039-R), (Photos on the website). 11. 3 bedr + big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house,210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - Strovolos €1400 (H4ST1007-R), (photos in the website). 12. 5 bedr new luxury finished detached house with separate maid’s room, one of the bedrooms with shower and wc and can be used as guest room,4 wc, solid parquet floor all the house, separate family room with fire place, big sitting room, separate dining room, big kitchen with breakfast area, big outside patio with tiles and bbq area,2 covered parking, electrical appliances in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighborhood close to CYBC station. Can be rented furnished or not. – Platy Aglantzias €3000 (H5PAG0001-R), (Photos on the website). 13. 4 bedr+ separate maid’s room luxury finished semi detached

house with central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with family room, full expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen(Miele), 4wc, blinds on windows, big back yard with tiled and bbq area, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood with easy access to the French school – Aglantzia €1400 (H4AGZ0008-R), (photos in the website). 14. 3 bedr luxury house, nicely modern furnished with big sitting and dining areas with bar, central heating, full a/c, big fitted kitchen with TV room, office space, patio area with bbq, covered parking, 3wc, solid parquet floor in bedrooms and granite in the sitting areas, near the MEGA TV station – Archangelos €1300 (H3AR0002-R), (photos in the website). 15. 4 bedr house built in 2 plots,3 bedrs upstairs and one down, big garden with grass, bbq area with kiosk, Central Heating ,full AC,240sq.m,parquet floor,2 showers,3wc,electrical appliances in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighbourhood. Available in aprox. one month from signing contracts. CAN BE RENTED ALSO FURNISHED OR PARTIALLY FURNISHED – Agios An-

dreas €2000 (H4AAD0006-R), (photos in the website). 16. 3 bedr + office space +separate maid’s room detached luxury house, 450sq.m, recently renovated, with central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area with parquet floor, TV room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area and fitted cooker and oven, 4 wc, roller blinds on all windows, very big verandas and yard, covered parking, in a very quiet neighborhood in the centre of Makedonitissa opposite a playground. AVAILABLE MID JULY - €1400 (H4MAK0003-R), (photos in the website). 17. 3 bedr+ attic room which can be used for bedroom or office, luxury semi detached house, with central heating, full a/c, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds, big patio with tiles and trees on the back and covered veranda on thr front, parking, in a quiet area off 28th October street in the centre of Makedonitissa €1200 (H4MAK0026-R), (photos in the website) 18. New luxury 4 bedr + very big 40sq.m attic room with shower and wc semi detached house, 300 sq.m, central heating, full air condition, big sitting and dining areas, 4 wc, 2 showers,1 bathroom, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, big back yard with tiles, blinds, cooker, oven and, refrigerator in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighborhood and area – Agios Dometios €1500 (H4ADO0004-R). (photos in the website). 19. 3 bedr new modern luxury detached house,180sq.m,central

heating, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, off Tseriou Avenue. THE house is unfurnished. Lakatamia €775 (H3LAK0001-R), (photos in the website). 20. 3 bedr+ separate maid’s room semi detached house, 250sq.m, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with family room, 4wc, 2 bathrooms, 1 shower, 2 covered parking, big verandas and big covered patio with bbq, big covered veranda for the winter on the back, fully furnished and equipped, in a quiet neighborhood very close to all amenities and Apha Mega supermarket - Acropolis €1200 (H4ACS0001-R), (photos in the website). 21. 4 bedr + 2 separate rooms with showers and wc (120sq.m) detached house with big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining area and family room with ﬁre place, very big swimming pool with bbq area, covered patio, garden with grass, central heating in 4 zones, full a/c, 6wc, 5 covered parking’s, pressure system, opposite Apoel training ﬁeld. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE END OF AUGUST – Archangellos €4000 (H4AR0007-R), (photos in the website). 22. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, 330sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 2 covered parking’s, big kitchen with sitting room and all the electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, 2 bedrs with en suite shower, bathroom with jacuzzi, swimming pool with patio and nice covered bbq area, opposite a green area in a very quiet area

– Strovolos €3000 (photos in the website). 23. 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 €3700 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). 24. 4 bedr luxury detached house with expensive finishes, office space, separate maid’s room, 3 of the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, floor heating, full air condition, white marble floor all the house, fire place, lighting fixtures, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, swimming pool with bbq area, small garden,2 covered parking’s in a nice neighbourhood with expensive houses near KEMA building – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H4PAG0004-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225/96-422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 2 bedr luxury fully renovated apartment, storage heaters, 3 a/c, separate big kitchen, big sitting dining room, fully modern furnished and equipped with solid parquet floor off Prodromou street – Engomi €600 (A2ENG0010-R), (photos in the website). 2. 2 bedr new luxury modern, 2 storey apartment with solid parquet floor, floor heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, expensive fitted electrical appliances, blinds, covered veranda with very nice view, in a quiet neighbourhood on a modern design building. AVAILABLE 1st of August – Aglantzia €750 (A2AGZ0021-R), (photos

on the website). 3. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting room, separate kitchen with electrical appliances, central heating independent with diesel,2 a/c, aluminum shutters in the bedrooms, covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, on a small quiet building in a quiet neighborhood – Agios Dometios €450 (A1ADO0004-R), (photos in the website). 4. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space, very big veranda 100sq.m with nice view and bbq area with bar, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 bathrooms, 2 storage rooms, covered parking, in a small building near Hilton park and Ippokration hospital – Engomi €1000 (A3ENG0023-R), (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr luxury apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big covered veranda, covered parking, near Ippokration hospital – Engomi €700 (A3ENG0024-R), (photos in the website). 7. 2 bedr brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms, a/c for hot and cold (Mitsubishi), storage heaters can be installed if needed, electrical shutters in the bedrooms, pressure system, water serculation system, solar, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds, covered veranda, 2 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near the centre and near traffic lights of Honda showroom. – Agioi Omologites €700 (A2AOM0007-R) 8. 3 bedr new luxury spacious apartment, 150sq.m+big covered veranda, big sitting and dining room, nicely furnished big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, big bedrooms, a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, electrical heating if needed, covered parking and big room on the ground floor with window which can be used for a maid or office, in a very quite neighbourhood in a

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On May 21st, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation ActDogonLtd (“Company”) with registration number C-37274 doing business at 9 Marikas Kotopouli Street, 3030 Limassol the shareholders have agreed to dissolve the Company. 1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date. 2. The deadline for submitting claims is 23rd November 2012 3. Any claims that are not received by the company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized. 5. All claims and payments must be sent to P. O Box 53766, 3317 Limassol, Cyprus Dated: March 22nd, 2012. Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board

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small building – Agios Dometios €750 (A3ADO0006-R), (photos in the website) 9. 3 bedr new luxury penthouse apartment on the last ﬂoor of a 3 storey building, CH ind, full a/c, pressure system, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds in the living room, 2 bathrooms, 130sq.m, big veranda with view, covered parking, 200m opposite Akropolis park. AVAILABLE 1st of August – Acropolis €850(A3ACS0039-R), (photos on the website). 10. 2 bedr new luxury ﬁnished apartment with a/c for hot and

cold, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered veranda,2 bathrooms,2wc,covered parking, storage room, secured entrance building in a very quiet neighborhood – Aglantzia €650 (A2AGZ0022-R), (photos in the website) 11. 1 bedr apartment, 55sq.m, separate kitchen, fully furnished and equipped with television in good condition,2 AC for hot and cold on Makarios Avenue near Debenhams. Available for short and long term – Nicosia Centre €450 (A1NIC0002-R), (photos in the website).

12. 1 bedr apartment with storage heaters, 2 a/c, big bathroom, NICELY FUNRISHED, covered parking, covered veranda with nice view, in a quiet area near Ippokration hospital – Engomi €500 (A1ENG0009-R), (photos in the website). 13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with nice view, 100sq.m, big sitting & dining area, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, big covered verandah, 2 wc, storage heaters, 2 a/c, electric shutters in the bedrooms, covered parking and storage room on the 11th ﬂoor of a

small building with 6 ﬂats only 200 meters for Akropolis park and opposite a small neighborhood park – Dasoupolis €570 (A2DAS0001-R), (photos in the website). 14. New luxury modern 3 bedr apartment,145sq.m big covered veranda with nice view, a/c in all the rooms, electrical heating, cooker and oven in the kitchen, big sitting and dining room,2 bathrooms, laundry room, covered parking and storage room off Kennedy Avenue behind KPMG ofﬁces – Acropolis €900(A3ACS0038-R), (photos on the website).

15. 3 bedr +separate maid”s room (with shower and wc) & luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big separate kitchen with breakfast area and electrical appliances, big sitting and dining area with solid parquet ﬂoor, big covered veranda, blinds, alarm system, 2 parking, in a quiet area off Makarios Avenue near Hilton – Nicosia Centre €1100 (A3NIC0023-R), (photos in the website). 16. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with central heating independent, full ac, fully modern nicely furnished and equipped, big

covered verandah, 2 wc, covered parking opposite Hilton, off Makarios Avenue close to the centre – Lykavitos €650 (A2LYK0003-R), (photos in the website) 17. Brand new quality finished 2 storey Penthouse apartment with cozy nicely modern fully furnished apartment, 150sq.m unique design, a/c for hot and cold in all the flat, 2wc, big verandas around the flat, private elevator with lock for the flat , in the centre of Makedonitissa of 28th October street – €1200 (A3ENG0024-R), (photos in the website).

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18. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas Avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis €1100 (A4DAS002-R), (photos on the website) 19. 2 bedr luxury apartment, 95sq.m, 4 AC for hot and cold, fully newly furnished and equipped, covered verandah, 2 wc, covered parking off Makarios Avenue between Hilton and Debenhams – Nicosia Centre €700. Can be rented also for 6 months for €1100 per month (A2NIC0024-R), (photos in the website) 20. 3 bedr new luxury finished penthouse floor apartment, 240sq.m, big sitting and dining area(can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), big separate kitchen with cooker, oven, microwave, laundry room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, storage heaters, full a/c, blinds on all windows, pressure system, covered parking, big covered veranda, off Iphigenia’s street near Ministry of Education on a small building with 7 flats only. Available in September – Acropolis €1300 (A3ACS0019-R), (photos in the website). 21. 3 bedr spacious apartment, 150sq.m, central heating independent, 3a/c, big sitting room,2 bathrooms,2wc,covered veranda, in a small building with 2 flats only, covered parking, near Hilton Park hotel – Engomi €750 (A3ENG0022-R), (photos

in the website). 22. 4 bedr new luxury finished apartment, 160sq.m+35sq.m covered veranda, big sitting and dining room, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, Daikin airconditions for hot and cold in all the rooms, 2 bedrs with en suite shower/wc, 4wc, 2 covered parking, in a small modern building off Makarios Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood. Available in August – Nicosia Center €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website). 23. New luxury spacious 3 bedr quality apartment, 165sq.m+ big covered verandah, separate floor heating, full a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solid parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area (can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), electrical appliances in the kitchen which has a breakfast area,2 covered parking, storage room in a very quiet green neighbourhood near the centre and Ag. Andreas - AVAILABLE in AUGUST– Nicosia Center €1450 (A3NIC0004-R), (photos in the website). 24. 3 bedr+ separate maid”s room (with shower and wc) luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big separate kitchen with breakfast area and electrical appliances, big sitting and dining area with solid parquet floor, big covered veranda, blinds, alarm system, 2 parking, in a quiet area off Makarios Avenue near Hilton – Nicosia Centre (A3NIC0023-R), (photos in the website). 25. 2 bedr new luxury finished and FURNISHED ground floor apartment, 80sq.m +120sq.m veranda and garden, separate

floor heating, full a/c, 2wc, aluminum shutters outside the windows, pressure system, fully expensively fitted with electrical appliances in the kitchen, big covered parking and big storage room, off Athallassa Avenue near English School in a small modern building. AVAILABLE 1st of AUGUST – Strovolos €800 (A2ST10023-R), (photos in the website). 26. 3 bed brand new luxury finished apartment in a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms(one en suite), expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, double glazed windows with electrical shutter, covered veranda, pressure system, solar heater, central satellite antenna, 2 covered parkings, storage room, security entrance, close to Honda traffic lights walking distance to the centre – Agioi Omologites €850 (A3AOM0009-R), (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ******************************

rooms, renovated, electrical equipment, fitted kitchen, laundry small room, a/c, rolex windows, big veranda, good price, Apostolos Andreas-Haraki, 99497576, 99-886775, 99-924444 4 BEDROOM recently renovated whole floor apartment of 200sqm.. Fully Furnished. Opposite sea, swimming pool, tennis court, and security gate. 3 new bathrooms, new kitchen with stainless steel appliances. 2 Covered parkings. Price € 1500/month. Call 99 330 908 OFFICE FOR RENT opposite sea with amazing sea views. 120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen. Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/ listing-LIM-0103 GROUND FLOOR HOUSE 3 bedrooms in Omonia furnished / unfurnished, fire place in sitting room, main sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, utility, shower with W/C. A/C in bedrooms. Covered parking. Price €650. Tel 95 116808 ***************************** VERY SPACIOUS LUXURY BUNGALOW HOUSE situated in the village of Palodeia, ideal for its proximity to the Heritage school and only 5 miles to Limassol town centre with shops and banks close by. Accommodation comprises of an open plan sitting room/dining area, fully fitted and equipped kitchen, 1 master bedroom with en-suite, 3 large bedrooms, a separate wc/ bathroom and an office room. A/c & c/h throughout. In front of the house is a car port for 2 cars but has additional space for another 3 or 4 cars. Price €1250.00pm. Viewing available

after 23/8/12 please contact Yiannakis Georgiou 99451011. ***************************** LIMASSOL, RENT: Office of around 110 m2, with partitions, split units, kitchenette and parking in a peaceful, green yet central area at Helladion House(off. 201), 5 Andrea Kalvou Str. For viewing, please knock on off. 202(2nd flloor). For further details, please call 25-521873 or 25-731163 after 8:00pm. ***************************** LIMASSOL. Spacious modern 2 bedroom flat, tranquil block, central residential area, sea and mountains views. Full a/c. Solar water heater, power shower. Covered parking. Real wood flooring. Italian kitchen. New Sony TV DVD. Fully equipped. 99409829 info@idclimassol.org ***************************** FOR RENT IN CENTRE OF LANIA village a 3 bedroom/2 bathroom modernised old village house. Unfurnished, 425 euro pcm Tel 99305491. ***************************** OFFICE FOR RENT OPPOSITE SEA WITH amazing sea views. 120sqm, 2 bathrooms, kitchen. Security system, cabling and server room ready. Price € 1400/month negotiable tel. 99 330 908 www.cyprusre.com/ listing-LIM-0103

apartment, overlooking pool. Beautifully furnished throughout. 350 Euros per calendar month. Larnaca District. Quote TLL884. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel.(00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – largest range of properties. Over 200 rental properties in the Larnaca district at the most competitive rates! Flexible contracts available. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. WWW.KSLLETTINGS.COM – VILLA FOR RENT Fully furnished 3 bedroom Villa with a good-sized rear garden & Communal pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1189. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OBLIGATION OR FEES. VIEW OUR FULL RANGE OF OVER 200 PROPERTIES BY VISITING WWW.KSLLETTINGS.COM UPDATED DAILY. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE ! ****************************

LIMASSOL STUDIO FOR RENT 100 metres from the sea, furnished, parking available Area; Potamos Germosoia, available from 1st August 2012 rental €350mnthly including levies. 99867267 ***************************** GROUND FLOOR 3 bedroom house, fully furnished, 2 bath-

LARNACA FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 ***************************** 1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground ﬂoor 2 bedroom

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nished with a/c, lovely, large patio area in rear €300 per month, + communal charges please call Malcolm on: 99127031 - no agents ***************************** 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. Inf. Mob 99548855 ***************************** MESOYI – 3 bed detached bungalow - u/f, a/c, spacious living area, 1 x en-suite & family bathroom, large garden, very private, swimming pool, sea and mountain views, undercover parking -750 euros. Please contact 99774314 **************************** For your consideration 1. KATHIKAS AREA €450 a modern 2 bedroom, stone walled villa with sea views, large swimming pool and 650 sq metres garden. In a quiet cul-de-sac, available unfurnished or furnished. Solar panels and pressurised water system. A great villa in a fabulous village. Will accept pets. 2. TREMITHOUSA €275 situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, this furnished modern 3 bedroom detached house with small garden is available, a/c throughout and satellite broadband. Offering fantastic views of the sea. 3. TREMITHOUSA €250 luxury 2 bedroom maisonette. Fully furnished with modern furniture and satellite broadband. Modern furniture with new appliances. & A/c throughout. Good sea views. Located in a fabulous village. A must see!

4. CENTRAL PAPHOS €250 modern 1 bedroom top ﬂoor apartment, opposite bowling, master with walk-in wardrobe. Fully furnished with all appliances. Lift to all ﬂoors. This complex offers a lovely communal pool area and security barrier entrance. Close to amenities, a great central location. Call Val on 99166563 Or Liz on 96703403 **************************** UNIVERSAL AREA, 2 bedroom modern furnished town house, communal pool Euro 450 per month Tel 99387842

charges. Phone 99-310481. **************************** AYIOS DEMETRIANOS 3 bedroom villa with swimming pool, large established garden, sea views, unfurnished, very quiet area. Euro 550 per month ono. Call: 99127195 **************************** BEAUTIFUL, 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, furnished and fully air-conditioned, situated close to Carrefour €330. And a 1 bed new apt, attractive and spacious, furnished with S.pool, in Chlorakas, 500 meters from the St. George hotel €290. OWNERS, TEL 99403261, 26934650 ***************************** GREAT VALUE STUDIO FLAT FOR RENT - Large modern studio flat in small residential block, in central Paphos, 5 minutes from town centre, 2 minutes from motorway, and 10 minutes from Kato Paphos. Separate Living area/kitchen and bedroom. Fully furnished (washing machine etc.) Covered veranda, and undercover designated parking. Only €215/ month inc. communal charges. Phone 99-310481. **************************** 1. YEROSKIPOU AREA, euro 380, beautiful 2 bed, first floor apartment, fully furnished, large bathroom, large balcony. 2. YEROSKIPOU AREA, 3 bedroom villa with pool, unfurnished, large garden and ample parking. Main bedroom en-suite, ground floor w/c with cloakroom, separate kitchen area. Euro 500 per month 3. UNIVERSAL, 1 bedroom apartment on ground floor with garden, patio to front, well maintained complex with pool, fully furnished, euro 300 per

month ono 4. MESA CHORIO, 2 bedroom apartment , modern furniture, fully equipped, one bedroom en-suite + one bathroom, panoramic views, well maintained complex with pool, euro 400 per month ono MANY MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE - CALL : 96753677 **************************** ONE BEDROOM fully furnished apartment for rent in Kissonerga. Near Cynthiana Beach hotel and close proximity to Coral Bay. Overlooking the sea and 100 metres from beach. AC in bedroom. Tel: 99-492521/ 99673276 **************************** PROPERTY TO RENT CHLORAKA: 3 Bedroom U/F Detached House Enclosed garden, A/C, Oven Hob Extractor 550 Per month REF: JAP3V159 TOMBS OF THE KINGS: 1st Floor F/F Apartment 1 Bedroom, Sat TV, A/C, Sea Views, Communal Pool 350 Euros per month REF: JAP1A024 PEYIA: 2 Bedroom F/F Apartment A/C, Communal Pool, Sauna, Gym. 325 Euros per month neg REF: JAP2A182 EMBA: 3 Bedroom U/F House, A/C, White Goods Communal Pool 500 Euros per month REF: JAP3V053 PEYIA: 3 Bedroom U/F Bungalow,some A/C, Flyscreens Cyta line, Private Pool, roof terrace. 600 Euros per month not neg . KATO PAPHOS: 2 Bedroom Furn apartment, Shutters, A/C, Close to Bar Street. 400 Euros

per month REF: JAP2A186 PEYIA: 3 Bedroom U/F Detached Villa, Private Pool, Enclosed Gardens Car port, A/C. Large lounge, 600 Euros per month neg REF: JAP3V199 CORAL BAY: 8 Bed furnished villa, pool, games room,8 bath rooms, play area, car port,Jacuzzi,grape vines, large plot. 2,250 Euros pm REF: JAP8V196 HOLIDAY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT/CLEANS CHANGEOVER SERVICE AVAILABLE. WE URGENTLY REQUIRE PROPERTIES IN ALL AREAS FOR WAITING CLIENTS. JOHN ALICE PROPERTIES TEL: 00357 99984681 WEB: WWW.JOHNALICE-PROPERTIES.COM EMAIL: JOHNALICCY@GMAIL.COM **************************** FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and ﬁnishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, inﬁnity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call : 99389426 ***************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 ***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL

AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. PEYIA €375 luxury modern 2 bedroom apartment. Beautifully furnished with modern furniture includes Miele kitchen appliances, fly screens, plasma TV with set up showing UK channels. Close to Peyia village on a great complex with gardens, large c/pool, hot tub, indoor pool, sauna & gym. Undercover parking & storage. 2. UNIVERSAL AREA €450 spacious 2 bedroom townhouse situated in great central location, not on a complex, with enclosed garden & jacuzzi hot tub. Fully furnished with good furniture. Private drive for off street parking. 3. KAMARES €600 detached 3 bedroom bungalow, master with ensuite. Situated in the sought after residential area of Tala. Offering a peaceful setting with covered veranda and views of the sea & mountains. Fully furnished with gas central heating and real working fireplace for those winter months. A lovely home with character. 4. TALA €675 unfurnished modern 3 bedroom detached villa offering total privacy & breathtaking sea views. Includes underfloor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. Large storage room. Shutters & flyscreens. Covered veranda, garden with mature plants, private pool offering sea views. Off street parking. a beautiful

***************************** ANAVARGOS, 3 bedroom detached house, low maintenance garden, communal pool, very close to international school, Unfurnished or furnished, euro 550 per month Tel: 99239262 ***************************** EPISKOPI – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom bungalow, unfurnished, a/con, ﬁre-place, spectacular mountain views, large established garden with irrigation, swimming pool, very quiet location, euro 650 ono – long term Please call Micheal: 99655636 - no agents **************************** GREAT VALUE STUDIO FLAT FOR RENT, - Large modern studio ﬂat in small residential block, in central Paphos, 5 minutes from town centre, 2 minutes from motorway, and 10 minutes from Kato Paphos. Separate Living area/kitchen and bedroom. Fully furnished (washing machine etc.) Covered veranda, and undercover designated parking. Only Euro 215/month inc. communal

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home. 5. LOWER PEYIA €700 unfurnished 3 bedroom bungalow, master with ensuite. Spacious kitchen & living area. Enclosed garden with well & private pool offering sea views. Rental price includes pool cleaning. Covered veranda, private drive for off street parking. Situated in a quiet residential area. 6. KONIA €700 new to the market this spacious detached 3 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Guest wc. Beautifully furnished with quality modern furniture. Separate modern fitted kitchen plus separate utility room. Shutters to all windows. Roof terrace with sea views. Fully enclosed garden with storage shed, covered barbeque area and private pool offering lovely views. 7. TALA €1300 magnificent modern 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa, furnished with designer modern furniture, though can be available unfurnished if desired. Large modern fitted kitchen with top brand appliances. Includes gas central heating & working fireplace. Beautifully designed & spacious with undercover parking, private pool & sea views. A must to see! 8. ANARITA €1800 amazing 4 bedroom detached villa, this

stunning property offers top of the range modern kitchen. Spacious living rooms, all bedrooms with modern ensuites. Landscaped gardens with private pool offering total privacy & covered barbeque area, great for entertaining. Available fully furnished or unfurnished & includes gas central heating & so much more. Tel: 97790883 Tel: 99133422 ofﬁce: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos. net email: info@mrrent-paphos.net **************************** 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 97641764 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. LOWER PEYIA – 5 bed 2 bath fully furnished villa set in good area. Open plan living area. Separate kitchen with D/W.W/M etc. 2 ground ﬂoor bedrooms with bathroom. Stairs to 3 additional bedrooms and bathroom. Doors

out to large roof terrace with views. Outside parking for 3 cars, large swimming pool, BBQ and water feature. Landscaped gardens. A/C. Euros 800.00 a month 2. TRIMITHOUSA 3 bed 2. bath unfurnished apartment/house set in quiet location with views. Open plan living area and dining area. Fully fitted kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 3 double bedrooms. Family bathroom. Large balcony, offstreet parking. Euros 400.00 a month. 3. KATHIKAS – 3 bed,2 bath unfurnished stone bungalow with no immediate neighbours. Open plan living area with fireplace with log burner. Fitted kitchen, utility room. 3 bedrooms, master with en-suite. Family bathroom. Parking, Swimming pool and landscaped garden areas. Very quiet area. Euros 600.00 a month 4. CHLORAKAS – 2 Bed, 2. bath fully furnished apartments (2 available) in good location close to amenities. Open plan living area with dining space. Fitted kitchen, 2 double bedrooms. Bathroom. Off street parking & comm. Pool. Euros 395.00 a month inclusive of municipal taxes. 5. GOUDI (near Polis) Outstanding 3 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa. Set in a rural setting the property enjoys privacy with no immediate neighbours. Open plan living area, spacious fitted kitchen. Guest WC. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite. Stairs to 2 further double bedroom with en-suite. Breakfast area with hob & fridge and seating space. Doors out to large covered verandah with panoramic views. Full A/C, C/H, garage, over-flow tiled pool, SKY dish. Villa has substantial insulation to walls and floors. Large gardens. Euros 800.00 per month. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, balcony, shutters, comm. Pool and park-

ing. Euros 400.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal. 7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large fully furnished villa. Very large property with open plan living area. Fitted kitchen, storage cupboard, guest WC. 2 bedrooms, bathroom on this level with small seating area. Ideal for dual living. Stairs up to 3 double bedroom, en-suite & family bathroom. Heated swimming pool, A/C, C/H. Electric gates and garden areas. Parking for several cars.Euros 1500.00 per month or offers. 8. LOWER PEYIA. 3 bed, 3 bath villa. Set in pretty location. Open plan living area, ﬁtted kitchen. Guest WC. 3 bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Pool, landscaped gardens and parking. Available furnished or unfurnished. Euros 550.00 per month. FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:inforentals@aol.com **************************** 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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and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quite area. Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000 euro. negotiable Call: 99 330 908

***************************** 3 BEDROOM Luxury Apartment in a lovely neighbourhood of Nicosia (Ayios Andreas) Bldg 12 years old 123 Sqm Covered area, Central Heating, Air Cond e.t.c Price 210 K Euro. For Details please call 99-379904 ***************************** FLAT FOR SALE/RENT: ‘ITHAKI’ is a small 3 Storey brand new building, only 5 units located in quiet neighbourhood in Strovolos, near Falcon school. ITHAKI has only 2 completed 3 bedroom apartments per floor. And on 3rd floor an independent 3 bedroom penthouse with a roof garden. Italian Kitchen, big verandas, big storeroom and convenient parking. PANICOS STAVRINOU ESTATE AGENT R.N.497 99666703 email yemo@cytanet.com.cy ***************************** FOR SALE is a building with 4 flats, each 3 bedroom. 2 on the ground floor with yards, and 2 on the first floor. 2 on first floor completely renovated. Located in quiet area. Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000 negotiable Call: 99 330 908 ***************************** FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, fireplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596. *****************************

LIMASSOL ***************************** 2 BEDROOM FLAT located in Germasoyia with partial sea views, 85sqm less than 10 years old with title deeds Price € 135.000 tel. 99 330 908 www. cyprusre.com/listing-lim-0361 ***************************** A SEA SIDE BUNGALOW one bedroom and open plan living room with kitchen and bathroom, two verandas and a

FOR SALE LIMASSOL swimming pool in front. In excellent condition with A/C. Situated inThera complex near The Meridien hotel and the Marina of Limassol. Sale for €450.000. Rent €950 per month. Call 99624499

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LARNACA **************************** NEAR MARONI Coastline Larnaca 2 bdrm bungalow on large plot Wrap around veranda with sea & mountain views, Large lounge/dining room, Large Kitchen, Full C/H Provision for a/c All furniture & car included €295,000 99147929 ****************************

PAPHOS **************************** LUXURY VILLA 550 sq.m in 1250 lot.,5 bed.6 bath. maids en suite, walk in basement, beautiful landscape, double garage, large pool, playground, well, quiet neighborhoot. Price 1.550.000 M. Phone 357-99432074,35799552585 **************************** TALA, 5 bdrm villa for sale . Title deeds.sea and mountain view. 5 en-suite double bedrooms. Central heating, a/c, ﬁreplace. Private L shape s/pool and garden area, patio, with bbq, bar and pergola. Car parking. Plot: 620 sq.m. Covered: 285sqm , €458.000. tel. 99587757

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735m² of ofﬁce space and 1200m² warehousing available for long term rent on Yianni Kranidioti Avenue very close to Carlsberg Brewery. Easy access to Nicosia-Limassol highway (only 200 metres). Loading bays for warehouses and parking space for more than 40 cars. Hidden fuel tank plus car mechanics station. For more information please call 99218866

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

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CHURCHES ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (ENGLISH) Sunday Divine Liturgy 8-10am. Followed by Fellowship hour (coffee) Services are now being held at the underground Chapel of All Saints of Cyprus at St. Panteleimonos Church Makedonitissa Archangelos (Engomi) For more info please contact Fr. Joseph Coleman Tel. 99938924 THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AGIOS ARSENIOS, LIMASSOL (near Tsirion Stadium) The Orthodox Liturgy in English Saturday, 4 February at 8:30 am For information please contact: Father M. Spanou at 99 – 401365 (msspanou@googlemail.com)

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST MESA GEITONIA, LIMASSOL The Orthodox Liturgy in English served fortnightly on Saturdays at 9.00 am. We also hold a Discussion Group every Thursday evening at 7.30 pm For information please call Fr. Christopher Klitou Mobile: 99957144 Fax: 25710318 You can email us at: klitoux@logos.cy.net or visit our website: www.christopherklitou.com

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 PAPHIAKOS NEW CHARITYSHOP/T.ROOMS NOW OPEN IN PEYIA. T ROOMS NOW OPEN (next to Peyia Police Station) Volunteers and donations needed please contact Suzanne 99151996 for further information. STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS!!!!! NOW OPEN !!! BOOKSHOP/INFORMATION CENTRE/T-SHOP IN POLIS CONTACT JUDY 99223572 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILS. SEE THE WEBSITE FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION OR TELEPHONE 26953496 PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. BOOK EXCHANGE SHOP TREMITHOUSA Paphiakos Book Exchange Shop, Tremithousa. Special Tuesday sales held on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. For more information Tel 99771763/99283467 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 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods! SORROW IS WHAT PAPHIAKOS IS ALL ABOUT!!! UPDATE PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK FOR THE STORY OF SORROW. EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CLINIC WEPT FOR THIS POOR DOG. PAPHIAKOS ARE DETERMINED THE FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHTER AFTER THE CRUELTY AND TRAUMA. Sorrow is progressing well but will need further surgery. If you can help with donations to assist us to bring Sorrow to full health please contact the clinic on 00357 26946461. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com 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. PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE URGENTLY NEEDS PASTA TO HELP FEED THE DOGS AND SOFT FOOD FOR ALL THE CATS. DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT THE CLINIC. PLEASE SPONSOR AN ANIMAL OR BECOME A MEMBER TO ENSURE PAPHIAKOS CAN CONTINUE WIH THEIR NECESSARY WORK. Telephone Jan 26946461 ex 114 or 97614008

Sunday School (Juniors and Teens) Outreach and Evangelism Bible Studies

Tel. 99 293489, 99 279960 Email: immanuel.church.nicosia@gmail.com

LARNAKA COMMUNITY CHURCH APHRODITE STREET, LARNAKA 10.00 AM MORNING SERVICE and SUNDAY SCHOOL For more details ring Fred 24-365152

Nikosia: Am 1. und 3. Samstag im Monat in der St. Paul’s Cathedral um 18 Uhr Limassol: Am 2. Sonntag im Monat im Gemeindehaus in Germasogeia um 11 Uhr Am 4. Sonntag im Monat in der St. Barnabaskirche um 18 Uhr Paphos: Am 2. Samstag in der Kirche an der Paulussaeule um 16 Uhr Agia Napa: Am 4. Sonntag im Monat im Hof des Klosters um 9.30 Uhr

Open Door Baptist Church

Näheres Informationen durch Pfarrer Dr. Herold, Tel 25-317092 oder im Internet www.ev-kirche-zypern.de

GRACE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Invites you to COME AND EXPERIEBNCE THE LOVE OF GOD WITH US Int. Christian Business Fellowship Meeting Centre Sundays: 10.00am Sunday School 11.00 am Main Service (Dine with us centre services) Wednesdays: Prayer meeting 6pm Address: To Arsinois Str., 1010 Nicosia (Next to Western Union Office to KISA) Contact: 99988900 or 97667932. VISITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME!!!

THE REFORMED CHURCH OF LIMASSOL

CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS.

Contemporary Christian Worship Sunday 10am (Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of the month)

DEUTSCHE GOTTESDIENSTE IN ZYPERN

9 Larnakos Street Katholiki Area Limassol Sundays: 9:45, 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM Wednesdays: 7:30 PM 25 751193 or 99 758729 www.cbm-odbc.org

FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581

Family oriented evangelical church

Clear exposition of the Bible in the presence of God, and relevant to our lives. Our Sunday services start at 10:30 am sharp, and the Wednesday Bible discussion at 7 pm. International Evangelical Church (Reformed) is located at 352 St. Andrew’s Street. 1½ blocks from Starbucks / Fat Boy, and 1 block from the Municipal Gardens, Zoo. For further information call Steve at 99384742, or email: iee.limassol@gmail.com All are welcome!

NICOSIA CHRISTIAN CENTRE 10 PINDOU STR, ENGOMI, NICOSIA, TEL. 22464375 SERVICES: SUNDAY 10AM, WEDNESDAY 8PM St Barnabas’ Anglican Church 153 Leontiou A Street Limassol www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com Telephone: 25362713 - All welcome HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, PAPHOS GATE, NICOSIA Sunday Masses: Saturdays 6.30 pm, Sundays 8.00am, 9.30am & 6.30pm Weekday Masses: 6.30 pm Monday to Friday Tel: 22662132 Email: holcross@logos.cy.net

GRACE CHURCH, LARNACA 8 Ayiou Neofytou St Sundays 10 a.m. Also Midweek Meetings Details: Colin 24530700

The Anglican Church of Paphos Ayia Kyriaki (St. Paul by the Pillar) Sunday 8.15am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Sung Eucharist 4th Sunday 6.00pm Choral Evensong Wednesday 9.00am Holy Eucharist 3rd Wednesday (BCP) St. Stephen’s, Tala 1st & 3rd Sunday 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 2nd & 4th Sunday 11.00am Morning Worship St. Luke’s, Prodromi 1st & 5th Sunday 9.30am Morning Worship 2nd , 3rd & 4th Sunday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st & 3rd Wednesday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st Sunday 6.00 p.m. Peace & Wholeness with Holy Eucharist 4th Sunday every quarter 9.30 am Holy Eucharist from BPC Church Office: 26-953044 Fax: 26-952486 Email: anglicancofp@cytanet.com.cy for directions to each church

St Helena’s Anglican Church, Larnaca St Helena’s Court, Grigoris Afx Sunday Service: Holy Communion 9.30 am ALL WELCOME Tel:24651327 ofﬁce@sainthelenas.com

International EVANGELICAL CHURCH (Reformed) Limassol 352 St. Andrew’s Street (1½ blocks from Starbucks/Fat Boy) Sunday worship 10:30am Wednesday Bible Discussion 7pm For info: 99384742 ALL ARE WELCOME

Friday, July 20, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Television CYBC 1

CYBC 2

ANTENNA

08.00 Kastro Tis Keryneias, 15-23 Iouliou 1974 Documentary on the Turkish invasion (today being its 38th anniversary), as experienced at Keryneia Castle. 09.00 Selides Polemou More of the above. 10.00 ELDYK’ 74 Documentary on the role of ELDYK, the Greek Army contingent, during the invasion. 11.15 Yiati Eﬁen I Valou Local play, presumably with a topical angle. 13.00 Apo Mera Se Mera 15.30 Syn Plyn Local talk-show with studio discussion and viewers calling in. 17.00 Keryneia, Nostalgontas Ena Girismo Documentary on the plight of refugees from Keryneia. 18.00 News 18.15 To Kalokairi Tou Erota Mas Local drama about a couple from Keryneia trying to make a new start post-invasion. 20.00 News / Weather / Financial Report 21.00 Minimes Axethoriastes Documentary on the wives and mothers of missing persons, now dealing with a new sorrow as their relatives’ remains are discovered after three decades. 21.35 Pou Tha Vroume Tetoion Ilio 23.00 Concert With News at 23.30. 00.40 Repeats

08.00 Kids’ TV 16.30 My Wife And Kids (rpt) Third season of US sitcom. ‘Michael’s Tribe’. Michael volunteers to be chief for Kady’s Indian Princess sleepover and tries to keep Claire from sneaking out to a rave with her boyfriend. 17.00 Reload Summer (rpt) Show aimed at teens. 18.00 60 Minute Makeover (rpt) DIY challenge, in which a team of designers have just one hour to transform a home. 18.50 News In English 19.00 News In Turkish 19.10 Megastructures Documentary exploring the greatest structures and machines ever created. 20.00 NRG Music Channel 21.00 FILM: Shadowlands Romantic drama, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. 1993. See Film Picks. 23.10 Criminal Minds (rpt) Fifth season of crime drama. ‘Public Enemy’. A serial killer spreads panic across Rhode Island by attacking his victims in public - and the team suspects it is the work of an arsonist. 00.00 Repeats

07.40 Oi Men Kai Oi Den (rpt) 08.35 Fast Money (rpt) 09.20 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 10.10 To Evdomo Kleidi (rpt) 10.50 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 11.30 Santa Yiolanta (rpt) 12.15 Tin Patisa (rpt) 13.00 News 13.15 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.10 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 15.20 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.10 Vale Antenna 17.40 Tha Vreis To Daskalo Sou (rpt) With News at 18.00. 18.40 Santa Yiolanta (rpt) 19.30 Eva Luna 20.20 20.15 21.20 22.00 22.45

23.30 23.45 00.35

01.20 02.10 02.45 03.50 04.20

News News Tin Patisa (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Grey’s Anatomy Fifth season. ‘Sweet Surrender’. Izzie throws herself into Derek and Meredith’s wedding plans. Meanwhile, Callie’s father arrives at Seattle Grace and Owen seeks help in controlling his outbursts. News Agnosti Istoria Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi Athoos I Enohos (rpt) Tmima Ithon (rpt) News Skertsakia (rpt) Fili Zois (rpt))

MEGA 06.15 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 06.50 Nea Mera 10.00 Proino Mou Lifestyle programme that features entertainment, music and more. Hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas & Fay Skorda. 12.00 Yia Banaki 15.00 I Dada (rpt) Greek comedy series, based on popular US sitcom. 16.00 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes 18.20 News 18.30 Mousiko Kouti (rpt) Greek game show, testing contestants on their music knowledge. 19.20 Peninta Peninta (rpt) 20.10 News 21.20 Kliniki Periptosi (rpt) Greek comedy drama series, about a surgeon who is forced to retrain as a GP and takes up a post in a sleepy village where he soon ﬁnds himself at odds with the locals. 22.20 I Zoi Pou Then Ezisa (rpt) 23.30 Singles (rpt) 00.00 News 00.10 The Shield Police drama series chronicling the turbulent day-today life of the Strike Team, a group of corrupt Los Angeles cops. 01.00 Yia Banaki (rpt) 04.15 Proino Mou (rpt)

SIGMA

PLUS TV

CAPITAL

06.10 The Del Monte Heirs (rpt) 07.00 Protoselido 08.00 Kalimera 10.20 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 11.00 I Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) Cookery show with Eftychis Bletsas who travels to villages all over Greece, showcasing delicious home cooking by Greek mums. 12.00 Mesimeri Kai Kati 14.00 Eleni (rpt) 16.40 Baywatch (rpt) Glossy surfside drama with the Malibu lifeguards. 17.30 Pame Paketo (rpt) Greek popular talk-show that deals with human interest stories such as reuniting people. With News at 18.00.

06.45 Star News 07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Kids’ TV 11.50 Keryneia Toso Konta Toso Makria 12.30 Thema Gevsis 13.30 Star News 14.15 Max Adventures 14.25 Rastamouse 14.35 Bo On the Go 15.00 King 15.25 Martha Speaks 15.45 Beyblade 16.15 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 16.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of (rpt) 17.50 Mila Best Of (rpt) Discussions about various issues based on woman’s life. 18.50 Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition. 19.40 Fotis - Maria Live Best Of (rpt) Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more. 21.10 Martiries 22.00 FILM: Another Harvest Moon Four seniorcitizens struggle to reconcile a lifetime of memories and a ﬁerce sense of self-sufﬁciency against the fact that they’re now living in the twilight of their lives. Drama, starring Ernest Borgnine. 2010. 23.40 LTV Sports News 00.45 Star News 01.00 Repeats

07.00 Alpha News 08.00 Kids’ TV 10.30 Call Of The Wild (rpt) 11.30 Deste Tous 13.15 Greek FILM: O Podogiros 15.15 Kipotehnia (rpt) 15.30 FILM: Return To The Blue Lagoon An outbreak of cholera on board a 19th-century galley forces a widow and her two adopted children to take refuge on a tropical island. Exotic period drama, starring Milla Jovovich. 1991. 17.20 O Anthropos Tis Thalassas Latin American telenovela. 18.15 Melrose Place With News at 18.30. 19.15 News 19.50 Sports Time 20.05 Rubi 21.00 FILM: Intrepid A Navy ofﬁcer gets more than he bargained for when he is assigned to protect a politician’s daughter on a cruise. Action drama, starring Costas Mandylor. 1999. 22.40 FILM: The Arrival An astronomer discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop him from learning it. Sci-ﬁ, starring Charlie Sheen. 1996 00.45 FILM: The Human Stain Drama, starring Anthony Hopkins. 2003.

18.40 Tropico 19.30 The Del Monte Heirs 20.20 News 21.20 Irthe Ki Edese 22.10 To Kokkino Domatio 23.15 Ta Paidia Tis Kiras Frosinis Local documentary about a woman in Lapinthos who helped Greek Cypriot soldiers during the invasion. 00.05 News 00.10 Se Eida (rpt) 00.40 Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) 01.40 Allou Ximeromenoi (rpt) 03.00 Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) 03.40 Eleni (rpt) 05.30 Tropico (rpt)

Radio BBC World Service (1323 MW) 00:01 BBC News 00:06 Assignment 00:30 BBC News Summary 00:32 Science In Action 00:50 From Our Own Correspondent 01:01 BBC News 01:06 World Briefing 01:30 BBC News Summary 01:32 World Business Report 01:50 Sports News 02:01 BBC News 02:06 World Briefing 02:30 BBC News Summary 02:32 Business Daily 02:50 Sports News 03:01 BBC News 03:06 World Briefing 03:30 BBC News Summary 03:32 World Business Report 03:50 Witness 04:01 BBC News 04:06 HARDtalk 04:30 BBC News Summary 04:32 World Football 05:01 BBC News 05:06 The World Today 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 The World Today 06:01 BBC News 06:06 The World Today 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Science In Action 06:50 From Our Own Correspondent 07:01 BBC News 07:06 The World Today 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The World Today 08:01 BBC News 08:06 The World Today 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 The Strand 08:50 Witness 09:01 BBC News 09:06 The World Today 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 The World Today 10:01 BBC News 10:06 World Football 10:30 BBC News Summary 10:32 Business Daily 10:50 From Our Own Correspondent 11:01 BBC News 11:06 HARDtalk 11:30 BBC News Summary 11:32 Science In Action 11:50 Sports News 12:01 BBC News 12:06 World Update 12:30 BBC News Summary 12:32 World Update 13:01 BBC News 13:06 World Briefing 13:30 BBC News Summary 13:32 The

Strand 13:50 Witness 14:01 BBC News 14:06 World Have Your Say 14:30 BBC News Summary 14:32 Business Daily 14:50 Sports News 15:01 BBC News 15:06 Newshour 15:30 BBC News Summary 15:32 Newshour 16:01 BBC News 16:06 HARDtalk 16:30 BBC News Summary 16:32 World Football 17:01 BBC News 17:06 World Briefing 17:30 BBC News Summary 17:32 Science In Action 17:50 From Our Own Correspondent 18:01 BBC News 18:06 World Briefing 18:30 BBC News Summary 18:32 Sport Today 18:50 Witness 19:01 BBC News 19:06 World Briefing 19:30 BBC News Summary 19:32 World Business Report 20:01 BBC News 20:06 World Have Your Say 20:30 BBC News Summary 20:32 World Have Your Say 21:01 BBC News 21:06 World Briefing 21:30 BBC News Summary 21:32 Business Daily 21:50 From Our Own Correspondent 22:01 BBC News 22:06 World Football 22:30 BBC News Summary 22:32 The Strand 22:50 Witness 23:01 BBC News 23:06 Newshour 23:30 BBC News Summary 23:32 Newshour

BFBS 1

(N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 Groove Collective 04.00 BFBS Shufﬂe 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast With Mark Humphries 09.00 Chris Pearson 11.00 Neil Skinner 13.00 Total Ops Connection 15.00 Wez Thompson 18.00 Charlene Guy 21.00 Jessie Aru 00.00 The Vibe

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS Radio News 03.03 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 04.00 Up All Night 07.00 Morning Reports 07.30 Wake Up To Money 08.00 Today 11.00 Simon Marlow 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Guettier 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’Clock News 20.30 Five Live Sport 00.00 Late Night Live

LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-07.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.00-18.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.0020.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.0006.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News, Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunchtime Classics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Year-

ley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box

98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Tony Newell - 07:00-10:00 2 Hours With Bejay Browne 10:00-12:00 Rock Fm’s Lunch Box - Jason Collins - 12:00-14:00 Non Stop Music 14:00-15:00 Valentina 15:00-18:00 Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Liquid Radio Show - Pavlos - 15:00-18:00 Wednesday Drive Time - Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Monday - Tuesday Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Wednesday (Mix @ 6) The Cocktail Show - Antonis - 18:00-20:00 Thursday - Friday Panic In The Year Zero - 20:00-22:00 Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday Radioactive Metal - 20:00-22:00 - Thursday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D 20:00-22:00 - Friday 22:00-24:00 The Gathering - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svennyb – Live Wednesday & Friday Night Train 24:00-07:00 Monday To Friday Oldies Digital (Hotbird SAT / (www.oldies-digital.com) MONDAY-FRIDAY 05:00 That Was The Year 06:00 Easy Going Gold 10:00 The Juke Box 17:00 That Was The Year 18:00 Oldies Overnights - Hear the greatest hits of all time playing non stop during the darkest hours.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, July 20, 2012

Television PICK OF THE DAY The Trouble With Harry (Nova Classics, 21.00) Can we joke about Death? Not today, surely, not on the 38th anniversary of the Turkish invasion. TV (or at least CyBC1) will give way to sombre specials today, topical dramas and grim documentaries. Sirens will ring out in the early morning, recalling the rude awakening of that longago July 20. Jokes about Death are (even) more than usually tasteless - but Alfred Hitchcock was never a man to care very much about good taste, fl aunting his love of the macabre at every opportunity. He always took great pleasure in describing the blood in Psycho (which was actually chocolate sauce) - and five years before that bloody horror he made The Trouble With Harry, in which Death is everywhere yet the fi lm is a comedy. The trouble with Harry is that Harry is dead - yet his corpse refuses to stay discreetly below ground, causing complications in the lives of four people, three of whom may (or may not) have been responsible for his death. How can this be a comedy, especially a vintage comedy made in the 1950s? Actually, morbid black farce wasn’t exactly unusual in the old days (Arsenic and Old Lace was a big hit), WW2 having made Death part of daily life - and Harry is very genteel in any case, set in the Vermont woods at their most autumnal. The humour is wry and

deadpan, given a special zing by being linked to dead people. “He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical,” observes fresh-faced, 21-year-old Shirley MacLaine, whose young son is the fi rst to fi nd Harry reclining in the woods. Soon after, the stiff is discovered by elderly Edmund Gwenn, who’s out hunting and assumes he must’ve killed him by mistake. “A harmless pot-shot at a rabbit and I’ve become a murderer,” he observes imperturbably. “Mother always said I’d come to a bad end.” So it goes, the characters treating the situation with dry detachment. Hitch indulges his properEnglish-gent persona (it’s a very English fi lm to have come out of Hollywood) - and of course there’s a case to be made that Harry = sex, that awkward subject in polite society (“embarrassing,” mutters a repressed spinster, stepping daintily over the corpse) that people are forever trying to bury yet keeps popping back to the surface. Lust runs through the movie like a background hum, erupting in lines like “she’s a well-preserved woman, but preserves have to be opened one day” and confi rming it as a very sly, very literate joke. Does it matter that it’s a joke about Death? Maybe - but we’ll Pick it anyway. Made in 1955.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

Cop Out (LTV3, 20.10) The bad vibes between Bruce Willis and director Kevin Smith on the set of Cop Out, relayed by Smith himself after it was over - “It was f***in’ soul crushing ... I had no f***ing help from this dude whatsoever” - have mostly overshadowed the fi lm itself, which flopped and got bad reviews, but there’s something to be said for an 80sstyle cop comedy on a Friday night, even one as feeble as this. Willis and Tracy Morgan (from 30 Rock) are cop partners, suspended by the inevitable Captain after a bust goes badly wrong; Willis needs money to pay for his daughter’s wedding, and decides to sell a rare baseball card - but the card is stolen by memorabilia thief Seann William Scott, so the partners set off to fi nd him. Haven’t seen the fi lm, but the trailer has some nice offcolour jokes and the whole thing looks like it could be fun, in a naff 80s way - then again I’m a big Bruce Willis fan. Unlike Kevin Smith, apparently. Made in 2011.

And Soon the Darkness (LTV, 21.00) Stephanie (Amber Heard) and Ellie (Odette Yustman) are two American girls on a biking holiday in South America - actually rural Argentina, where two young tourists face hidden dangers. “Thanks ... I mean, gracias!” they say cheerfully, trying to bond with the locals - but the locals look worried after the girls leave, clearly knowing something they don’t know, even as the oblivious tourists sunbathe by a lake, down tequila shots and ﬂ irt with a handsome stranger (Karl Urban). The ﬁ rst half of this thriller hits one familiar mark after another, which is why it’s quite enjoyable; the second half kills the tension, reveals too much and generally turns out to be inept, which is why it’s all so unsatisfying. Can noone make a proper B-movie anymore? Made in 2010.

Shadowlands (CyBC2, 21.00) It’s C.S. Lewis, of Narnia fame - and the poignant paradox that a rather stuffy Oxford don was also a beloved children’s author is part of the power of this true-life drama. Anthony Hopkins - enjoying something of an annus mirabilis in repressed middle-aged men, having played Stevens the butler in Remains of the Day that same year - is Lewis, whose tales of lions, witches and wardrobes introduce him to Joy Gresham (Debra Winger), an American poet with a Narnia-besotted young son. The kid (doe-eyed Joseph Mazzello) is a little disappointed to ﬁ nd his favourite books created by this staid, soft-spoken prof - but C.S. and Joy fall in love, the old man rejuvenated by the free-spirited Yank, at least till tragedy intrudes. The result is a weepie, and sometimes a shameless one, but Hopkins is so good at playing stuffy that all is redeemed. Made in 1993.

Cop Out (LTV3, 20.10)

Road Truckers 18:00 Patton 360 19:00 Ancient Aliens 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Ax Men 22:00 Ancient Wonders 23:00 Tony Robinson Down Under 00:00 Pawn Stars 01:00 Ax Men 02:00 Ancient Wonders 03:00 Tony Robinson Down Under 04:00 Ancient Aliens 05:00 Patton 360 06:00 Ax Men

07:00 Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer 07:25 Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life 08:15 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 08:40 Breed All About It 09:10 Penguin Safari 10:05 Wild France 11:00 Wildlife Sos 11:25 Gorilla School 11:55 Animal Cops Houston 12:50 EVets: The Interns 13:45 Animal Precinct 14:40 Wild France 15:30 Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer 16:00 Dick ‘N’ Dom Go Wild 16:30 Jeff Corwin Unleashed 17:25 Must Love Cats 18:20 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 19:15 Wildlife Sos 19:40 Gorilla School 20:10 Animal Kingdom 20:35 In Too Deep 21:05 Wild France 22:00 Sharkbite Summer 22:55 Up Close And Dangerous 23:50 Miami Animal Police 00:45 Crime Scene Wild 01:40 Untamed & Uncut 02:35 Sharkbite Summer 03:30 Up Close And Dangerous 04:25 Wild France 05:20 Animal Kingdom 05:45 In Too Deep 06:10 E-Vets: The Interns

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 Monarch Of The Glen 02:45 Eastenders 03:15 Doctors 03:45 Great Ormond Street 04:35 Keeping Up Appearances 05:05 Supernova 05:35 The Old Guys 06:05 Fimbles 06:25 Tellytales 06:35 Little Prairie Dogs 06:45 Nina & The Neurons 07:00 Show Me Show Me 07:25 Boogie Beebies 07:40 Charlie & Lola 07:50 Fimbles 08:10 Tellytales 08:20 Little Prairie Dogs 08:30 Nina & The Neurons 08:45 Show Me Show Me 09:10 Boogie Beebies 09:25 Charlie & Lola 09:35 Keeping Up Appearances 10:05 Supernova 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 Eastenders 11:50 Doctors 12:20 Monarch Of The Glen 13:10 Great Ormond Street 14:00 The Old Guys 14:30 Keeping Up Appearances 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 Eastenders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 Inspector Lynley Mysteries 17:30 Great Ormond Street 18:20 Supernova 18:50 Elephant Diaries 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Doctor Who 21:00 The Royle Family 21:30 Twenty Twelve 22:00 New Tricks 22:50 The Impressions Show With Culshaw & Stephenson 23:20 Allo Allo 23:50 Live at the Apollo 00:35 Little Britain

07:00 Fifth Gear 07:25 Dirty Jobs 08:15 Deadliest Catch 09:10 Extreme Fishing 10:05 Mythbusters 11:00 How Do They Do It? ; 11:30 Destroyed In Seconds 11:55 Ultimate Survival 12:50 Wheeler Dealers 13:45 Fifth Gear 14:15 Fifth Gear 14:40 American Chopper 15:35 Dirty Jobs 16:30 Mythbusters 17:25 Deadliest Catch 18:20 Extreme Fishing 19:15 River Monsters 20:10 How It’s Made 20:40 How Do They Do It? ; 21:05 Curiosity 22:00 Swamp Loggers 22:55 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 23:50 A Haunting 01:40 Curiosity 02:40 Swamp Loggers 03:40 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 04:40 A Haunting 05:35 How It’s Made 06:00 Overhaulin’

09:30 Fia World Touring Car Championship-Magazin: Inside Wtcc 10:00 Cycling: Tour De France 11:00 Olympic Games: Together To London 11:15 Football: Friendly Match 12:00 Beach Soccer: Mundialito Portugal 14:30 Cycling: Tour De France 17:45 Football: Friendly Match 18:45 Snooker: Australian Goldﬁelds Open Brazil 20:15 Equestrian: Horse Racing Time 20:30 Strongest Man: Giants Live In Finland 21:30 Ski Jumping: Summer Grand Prix Poland 23:15 Cycling: Tour De France

07:30 Overnight Delivery 09:00 Hollywood Buzz 09:30 Finn On The Fly 11:15 Cinema Verite 13:00 Action Zone 13:30 Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes 16:00 30 Rock 17:00 Election 19:00 Friends 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 And Soon The Darkness 23:00 Carlos 01:50 Hustler TV 03:30 Shattered Silence 05:00 Beauty And The Beast 06:30 LTV Sports News

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CRYPTIC 2139

7 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across 9

10 11

20 21

24 25 26

some churches (6)

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QUICK: Across – 1 Funfair; 5 Bare; 7 Nevertheless; 9 Talk; 10 Asserted; 12 Coyote; 13 Pistol; 16 Sardinia; 18 Eros; 20 Masterstroke; 21 Whey; 22 Ringlet. Down – 1 Fanaticism; 2 Novelty; 3 Awry; 4 Rehash; 5 Bulletin; 6 Reset; 8 Adolescent; 11 Strictly; 14 Turmoil; 15 Mirror; 17 Reach; 19 Stun.

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Rating EASY

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Conifer; 5 Real; 7 Reconstitute; 9 Easy; 10 Protocol; 12 Placid; 13 Indigo; 16 Navy-blue; 18 Anil; 20 Overnight bag; 21 Adze; 22 Respect. Down – 1 Correspond; 2 Nicosia; 3 Find; 4 Retire; 5 Rotating; 6 Aztec; 8 Floodlight; 11 Disburse; 14 Ignoble; 15 Junior; 17 Vivid; 19 Thus.

Rating HARD

22 Cut cakes up (4) 23 Gently consume fuel (4)

2 Part of a petrol engine (4) 3 Lay off wine (4) 4 Retort about Joseph bat-

11 Scientist puts medicine

HARD

18 Instant importance (6) 19 Fancy screen used in

Answers to crossword 2138

ting (6)

MEDIUM

Rating MEDIUM

belt? (5,4) 13 Noted player from Hamelin (5) 14 In Thurso, largely using energy from the sun’s

EASY

rays (5)

12 Instrumentalists’ money-

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5 Reverse support (4,2) 6 Suitable contrivance (9) 7 New Testament account

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

Rating MEDIUM

1 Ban for ancient writer (9) 8 Inside out sign (4) 9 Club game (9) 10 Touched the material (4) 13 Religious opus I rewrote (5) 15 Brave woman stopping short of an addictive drug (6) 16 River mud I removed from the platform (6) 17 Included in Daisy’s temporary scheme (6) 19 It gives a loud report of the said clergyman (6) 20 Disagreeable boatman? (5) 21.Copper Jack brought back from the island (4) 24 Relay runner? (9) 25 Scout leader in German capital to make notes (4) 26 Assign a quality (9)

QUICK Across

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1 Playwright (9) 8 Aspersion (4) 9 Outer skin layer (9) 10 Symbol (4) 13 Possession (5) 15 Put out a ﬁre (6) 16 Enrapture (6) 17 Damage (6) 19 Pinched (6) 20 Poem to be sung

2 Fully developed (4) 3 Current fashion (4) 4 Songster (6) 5 Slice (6) 6 Illegally (9) 7 Soaking (9) 11 Fitting out (9) 12 Transient (9) 13 Pungent (5) 14 Appetising (5) 18 Ceremonial (6) 19 Master (anag.) (6) 22 Sharp in taste (4) 23 Be acquainted

(5)

21 Pleasure garden (4)

24 Dormant (9) 25 Standard amount

with (4)

HOROSCOPE

(4) 26 Become more humble (5,4)

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

You’ll do best by sharing yourself with others and by asking for advice rather than trying to go it alone. Mercury in Leo suggests you may experience a time of pure energy and mental power. If you should have any obstacles to blast through, this would be the time to do it. Someone may also be willing to make a recommendation on your behalf.

You may still be bafﬂed as to why events keep tripping you up, but there is a positive, if hidden purpose, behind all this. The stars are urging you to free yourself of selfimposed restrictions, and to think about going on an adventure or perhaps take a break. There are options for light-hearted fun and dating, and the chance of an amazing discovery.

Your social life looks excellent as the focus on Gemini and your relationship zone continues. If it was good before, then it is due to get even better now. It’s time to take every opportunity that comes to you to get out and meet and greet. If you need to be more proactive, this is your chance to make some good moves. Your popularity can soar.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

You may need to push yourself more than usual, as Mars and Saturn in your work zone suggest that the pressure may be on to get targets met. At the same time, the Cosmos is sending lucky vibrations your way, especially when you move out of your comfort zone. If someone makes you an offer that seems daunting, can you push self doubts away?

If you can socialize with those you do business with, or do business while you socialize, you will do very well. This is the time to push ahead and do as much research as is necessary to put you on the right track to the success you deserve. If you’re keen to improve your ﬁnancial outlook, create a workable plan and stick with it for an abundant future.

Recent activity in your career zone has been good news for you. If you are tired and fed-up of all the delays you have endured and the obstacles to progress you have put up with, you can now make that extra push, safe in the knowledge that your efforts will bring the reward you deserve. Part of this comes from your tenacity. Demonstrate it.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

The current very promising focus on your sign, gives you the chance to use your verbal magic on anyone and everyone - especially those you need to inﬂuence or sell to. Conversations could take you into an entirely new area and lead to some fabulous adventures. Stay alert and keep an eye out for a great opening. It may be one you’ve been waiting for.

You may have been getting tired and fed up with the same old routine for a while now, and may decide to break with the rules and expand your options, even if it does mean risking your reputation in some way. It’s time to spice up your life and get passionate about all the things you love. You’ll accomplish more if you “own” what you do.

With Venus and Jupiter in Gemini, you may be keen to explore all kinds of fun possibilities. The great thing about these inﬂuences is that they encourage you to be more playful - even if you are doing something serious like starting a business venture or getting involved in a new romance. The “fun” part is important, especially if you are more cautious usually.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Connecting brings you the power to make contacts, renew relationships and bring areas of your life that seemed redundant, back up to speed. A focus on Gemini and your spiritual zone, suggests that you are also more connected to your psyche. Recognizing hidden desires and potentials will also bring you a chance to show off your unique talents.

You can have many options for fun and interesting outings ﬁlled with laughter, and perhaps the sweet taste of romance. If you want to connect more deeply with a new love interest, then think about doing something different. Doing so may help them to get in touch with their feelings about you. All this could mean you become a steady item sooner than you think.

As Saturn has now turned direct in one of the more sensitive parts of your chart, it’s time to get over your recent issues. There may be an underlying feeling of helplessness that you can’t seem to shake off. You are being encouraged to let go of anything in your life that no longer has relevance for you. Doing so can leave space for true joy.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, July 20, 2012

Sport Vettel hopes to be a happy camper at Hockenheim

IN BRIEF Khan is hopeful over rematch AMIR Khan plans to return to action in December with a rematch against Danny Garcia - despite the American claiming he will not offer it. Khan suffered his second successive defeat as the American forced a fourthround stoppage in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning. However, a bruised Khan has revealed he wants a quick return to the ring. “I’m looking at fighting again in December and we’re hoping it is against Danny Garcia,” said Khan. It was the third defeat of Khan’s career following Breidis Prescott’s shock knockout victory over the Athens Olympics silver medallist in 2008 and his points loss to Lamont Peterson in December 2011 . A looping left-hook counter from Garcia in the third round of their bout floored Khan, and despite returning to his feet the British fighter was clearly dazed. Khan recovered to see out the round, but was down twice again in the fourth before referee Kenny Bayless halted proceedings and Garcia added the WBA light-welterweight crown to his WBC title. However, Khan quickly rebuked talk of retirement despite the devastating circumstances of the loss. And he is hopeful of a return against Garcia, despite the American and his father, Angel, claiming they are not willing to offer him one.

Mercedes also targeting glory on home turf By Brian Homewood TWO-TIME world champion Sebastian Vettel will try and break two hoodoos at Sunday’s German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Although he is the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, the youngest to win a title and the youngest double world champion, the 25-year-old Red Bull driver has yet to win a race in his homeland or in July. Born in Heppenheim less than 50 kilometres away, Vettel will be racing in his ﬁfth German Grand Prix having ﬁnished eighth, second, third and fourth in his previous home outings. “It is different. But on the other hand, you don’t get more points there so I will enjoy the weekend and do my best,” he said. “It’s always a special crowd to race in front of. I’ve driven on that circuit in different series and it’s always been great. The campsites near the new circuit are fun and it’s special to meet the fans there.” A win would be a boost for Vettel who is third overall, and 16 points behind second-placed Australian team mate Mark Webber after nine of the 20 races. Hockenheim is famous for its campsites which accommodate thousands of fans, who spend the evenings

drinking beers and enjoying barbecues, though numbers have diminished in the last few years. However, with Nico Rosberg and a resurgent Michael Schumacher looking to give the Mercedes works team their first home win since Juan Manuel Fangio won at the Nuerburgring in 1954, organisers are hoping for a big crowd. After retiring five times in his first seven races of the season, seven-time world champion Schumacher has managed a third place, his first podium since his comeback, and seventh in his last two outings. “This year is the first time that our Mercedes works team has been capable of racing right at the front, and because of that, we’re hoping for lots of support from the fans and to reward them with our performance,” said Schumacher. “We have set ourselves the clear target of giving everybody a reason to celebrate.” Rosberg, sixth in the standings, is racing at home as a winner for the first time after his victory in China. “Hockenheim is always very special for us, and especially for me,” said Rosberg, who was born in nearby Wiesbaden and is the son of 1982 Formula One world champion Keke Rosberg. “I have really good memories of the previous Hocken-

heim races. Before my Formula One career, I won quite often at this circuit, and I will never forget my father’s last DTM race in 1995,” he recalled. “I joined him on the roof of his car driving through the Motodrom - and that was the moment when I decided to become a racing driver like him. “I will be pushing really hard to perform well in front of our fans in the Mercedes Grandstand, so we can hopefully celebrate a good result together. I think our car should suit this track much better than Silverstone. “Hockenheim has long straights and short corners, which will be good for the Silver Arrow.” The race could also be crucial for McLaren’s season following poor performances at Valencia and Silverstone which left them trailing in fourth place in the constructors’ championship. Lewis Hamilton, celebrating his 100th Formula One race on Sunday, has dropped 37 points behind leader Fernando Alonso with his team mate Jenson Button 79 points adrift of the Spaniard. “We don’t have the pace of the top three teams. At the moment we are racing the Williams, the Sauber and the Force India,” said Button after the British Grand Prix.

Despite setting numerous records in his short career, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has yet to win a race in his German homeland or in the month of July

Nadal out of 2012 Games due to ongoing knee injury By Mark Elkington

Spain’s Rafael Nadal described his decision to miss the Games as ‘one of the saddest moments of my career’

THE London Olympics was shorn of one of its biggest attractions yesterday when reigning champion Rafa Nadal said he would not be able to defend his tennis singles gold because of injury. Spain’s Nadal, who won gold in Beijing four years ago and was to carry his nation’s ﬂag at next Friday’s opening ceremony, said he had failed to recover from a knee problem. “I am not in a condition to be able to compete,” the 26-year-old said in a statement. “It is one of the saddest moments of my career.” Nadal won a record seventh French Open title in June but crashed out in the second round at Wimbledon in a massive upset against lowly-ranked Czech Lukas Rosol. Earlier this month he pulled out of a charity match against Novak Djokovic at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium saying he was suffering from tendonitis and

needed to rest. He had hoped to return to Wimbledon this month to defend his Olympic title and his withdrawal echoes his plight of 2009 when a similar knee problem meant that he had to withdraw from the grasscourt grand slam, a year after winning it for the first time in an epic defeat of Roger Federer. “I have to think of my colleagues, I cannot be selfish and I have to think of the wellbeing of Spanish sport, especially Spanish tennis, and let a colleague play who has had a better preparation and is in a state to compete,” the world number three added. “Today is one of the saddest days of my career as it was one of my biggest dreams, and perhaps the most anticipated moment to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the Games in London. “You can imagine how difficult it has been to take this decision.” The tennis competition at the All England Club begins on July 28 with Serbia’s Djokovic seeded one.

Olympians get food poisoning THREE Australian badminton players were conﬁned to bed this week after suffering food poisoning while preparing for the London Olympics at their training base in the central English city of Derby. Men’s doubles pair Ross Smith and Glenn Warfe and female team member Renuga Veeranwere were all taken ill, meaning they could not take part in a warm-up match against Britain. “The doctor came and put them on medication and conﬁrmed they had suffered from food poisoning,” Australia’s badminton team manager Lasse Bundgaard said in a statement. Two other female members of the team, Leanne Choo and Victoria Na, were not affected and would practise with the British team, the statement added.

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Sport

Linfield: AEL were ‘incredibly good’ Cyprus champions a step closer to Champions League group stages after impressive win By Nemanja Bjedov AEL manager Pambos Christodoulou was delighted with a comfortable 3-0 Champions League second qualifying round firstleg victory over Northern Irish champions Linfield on Wednesday evening at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol. “Before the match I said that if we approach it seriously, we would have nothing to worry about. This is exactly what happened as the players came out on the pitch and dictated play, leaving our opponents with no chance of getting anything out of the game. “We had possession, we created chances and were dangerous almost all of the time,” Christodoulou said. “The margin of victory could have been much bigger but once we scored three goals it was natural to expect the intensity to drop. “Our fans must be happy with our first European game after a ten-years drought. I would like to thank them for helping to push us forward

throughout the game,” added the 44-year-old manager. “I would also like to congratulate my players on their effort. However, we must now keep the level of seriousness and discipline high and try to repeat this kind of performance in the return leg,” Christodoulou concluded. The visitors were already trailing 3-0 after 54 minutes and two minutes later, Robert Garrett sent a shot narrowly past a post in Linﬁeld’s ﬁrst and only real chance of the game.

HEROIC “To use words like heroic and courageous would be understating the fact that certainly that was probably the hardest European contest that I have had during my managerial career,” said Linﬁeld manager David Jeffrey on his club’s ofﬁcial website. “As a side, they were incredibly, incredibly good. Interestingly, even though they are a team from Cyprus, they didn’t have one Cypriot who started the

game. “There were players from Portugal, Argentina, Rwanda, an English guy or I should say he is a player from Ghana. “They are such a good side. They moved the ball very, very quickly. We set up to try and contain them but the simple quickness of their play and their athleticism were just terriﬁc,” he added. “We had to reorganize our play tactically even though the system we set up was to frustrate them but they were just cutting through. “We had a team of heroes on the night. They worked so very hard. I’ve got to say in the 54th minute when the third goal went in I feared the worst. The three goals came from set pieces though. “I am proud of the players. I was hoping for respectability and certainly it’s no disgrace to lose to such a top quality side,” concluded Jeffrey whose team have a mountain to climb when the sides meet again on Tuesday in Belfast for the second leg.

The Limassol side did not have one player from Cyprus in their starting 11

Panathinaikos begin new era under fan ownership By Graham Wood PANATHINAIKOS began a new chapter under fan ownership after the transfer of the Vardinoyiannis family’s majority shareholding to the new ‘Panathinaikos Alliance’ was completed this week. “From now on Panathinaikos belongs to its people,” said fans’ coalition group leader Yiannis Alafouzos, who also owns the Skai media group. “I thank all supporters and stakeholders who have made this possible. The alliance represents the fans. “We must learn from the losses incurred last year and start to build a new Panathinaikos. “We also thank the players and the coach who agreed to delay their payments to make this a reality,” he added. Panathinaikos won eight league titles and 11 Greek Cups under the control of the Vardinoyiannis family since 1979 before the transfer of their 54.75 per cent stake to the alliance. Oil tycoon Yiannis Vardinoyiannis, who took full control of the club in 2000 after buying out his uncle Yiorgos, had come under ﬁerce criticism from fans in recent years. The team have repeatedly ﬁnished second best to arch rivals Olympiakos Pireaus in the domestic championship. After the completion of

Greens coach Jesualdo Ferreira delivered on his promise to be the ﬁrst symbolic e-member the share transfer, the coalition group announced that another of the club’s major shareholders, Andreas Vgenopoulos, had also pledged to become a member. Vgenopoulos, who was at loggerheads with Vardinoyiannis, has owned a 20 per cent stake in the club since 2008 and pledged to offer his “full support and business expertise” to the alliance. The fans group - Panathinaiki Symmachia (Panathinaikos Alliance) - was set up on May 3 and since July 2 fans have been able to become members of the club. Members are allocated

shares based on the amount of money invested but each of those supporters will be given just one vote in the group’s decision-making procedures. Fans can become e-members on the Internet, by paying the subscription of 20 euros or more, at the Panathinaiki Alliance group’s website (www.paomprosta. gr). By July 18, the site had recorded deposits of over 1.6 million euros from 2,829 members. Greens coach Jesualdo Ferreira delivered on his promise to be the first symbolic donator, the Portuguese investing 1,000 euros to kick off the scheme. After a season of financial turmoil in 2011/12 amid the backdrop of the country’s economic crisis, which has markedly affected Greek football, Panathinaikos are pinning their hopes on the scheme to bring stability to the club’s finances. The Greens are not the only top flight team struggling, with the likes of AEK Athens and Aris Salonika scrambling to pay off debts and get funds together in time to secure a licence from the Professional Sports Commission (EEA) and avoid relegation. While both clubs have been granted the basic licence by the Super League, they must also acquire similar paperwork from the EEA, a state body which regulates football clubs.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, July 20, 2012

Sport Hammam’s life ban overturned by CAS

Injury ends King’s reign as Tottenham captain retires

By Brian Homewood

‘Sadly my injuries have now finally brought an end to my career’

FORMER FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has won his appeal against a life ban from all football-related activity over bribery allegations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said yesterday. CAS said in a statement that it had upheld Bin Hammam’s appeal due to “insufficient evidence” in the case against the former head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It said, however, that the ruling did not amount to an “affirmative finding of innocence” for Bin Hammam, noting that FIFA’s investigation had not been thorough enough. “The CAS has upheld Bin Hammam’s appeal, annulled the decision rendered by the FIFA Appeal Committee and lifted the life ban imposed on Mr Bin Hammam,” the CAS statement read. Bin Hammam, a former member of FIFA’s executive committee, challenged Sepp Blatter for the presidency of football’s world ruling body last year. He withdrew his candidacy, and was then provisionally suspended, days before the June election over allegations that he had tried to buy the votes of Caribbean officials by handing them $40,000 each in brown envelopes. Blatter was subsequently re-elected unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president, while Bin Hammam was found guilty of breaking seven articles of FIFA’s ethics code, including one on bribery. He was banned for life and subsequently lost an appeal at FIFA. Proceedings against former CONCACAF president Jack Warner, also present, were dropped after he resigned his post. CAS said the three-man panel voted 2-1 in Bin Hammam’s favour but added that his behaviour was “not of the highest ethical standard.” “In this way, his conduct, in collaboration with and most likely induced by Mr Warner, may not have complied with the highest ethical standards that should govern the world of football and other sports,” said CAS. “The Panel therefore wishes to make clear that in applying the law, as it is required to do under the CAS Code, it is not making any sort of affirmative finding of innocence in relation to Mr Bin Hammam. “It is a situation of case not proven.” FIFA said in a statement that it noted the decision “with concern.” It added that Bin Hammam remained suspended by the AFC.

TOTTENHAM defender Ledley King has announced his retirement but will stay on at Spurs as a club ambassador. King, who has captained the side since 2005, has suffered from chronic knee problems in recent years, limiting his game and training time. The 31-year-old admitted the decision to quit was tough, and after spending his entire career at the club, he could not consider playing elsewhere. King told the club’s official website: “I would like to say thank you to everyone at the club and to the fans. I have missed a lot of football over the years, but the Spurs fans have always been patient and incredibly supportive with me during difficult periods. “Sadly my injuries and inability to train have now finally brought an end to my career. “I have been here since I was a boy, I have always considered it my club and have always found it hard to imagine wearing the shirt of another team. “I know that being a oneclub man is a rarity these days, but I have always enjoyed being part of the setup here and the challenge of putting this club up with the elite where it should be.” King came through the youth ranks at Spurs before stepping up to the first team in 1998. The London-born centre back went on to make more than 250 appearances for the White Hart Lane club, the high point coming when he lifted the Carling Cup in 2008 with victory over Chelsea. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy hailed King’s impact at the club and said he would

Ledley King, who has captained Spurs since 2005, has suffered from chronic knee problems in recent years, limiting his game and training time continue to represent them in a new capacity. “Ledley has made a magniﬁcent contribution to this club - as a wonderful player, captain and ambassador,” Levy said. “It has been well documented how he has battled against injury over the years and it is testament to the character of the man how he managed to sustain such

high standards of performance on the pitch, while providing such ﬁne leadership. “It is in an ambassadorial capacity that Ledley will continue, playing a crucial role in supporting the club’s work in the community and the ongoing regeneration of the Tottenham area, whilst also being a hugely positive role model for our younger players.”

Alongside his Spurs career King also won 21 international caps for England, making his debut against Italy in 2002 and appearing at Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup. Speaking about his new role, King said: “I have been in Tottenham for around 17 years, having started at Spurs when I was 14. “It is a second home for me

and I am pleased that I can continue to work within the club and for the local community, especially after the devastation caused by the riots last year. “I am already heavily involved with the work of Spurs Foundation and the new stadium scheme will be a major factor in the regeneration of the area, so I am delighted that I shall be part of that.”

Fergie relaxed over Berbatov future

The out-of-favour striker produced the assist for Federico Macheda’s winner against AmaZulu in Durban

MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson can understand why striker Dimitar Berbatov wants to leave the club. The Red Devils’ £30.75million record signing has grown so tired of waiting for his future to be thrashed out that he penned a message on his Facebook site last weekend, expressing his dismay at how the ﬁgure he is being told he can leave for is doubled when clubs come and ask. Berbatov was linked with AC Milan this week ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s now completed move to Paris St Germain, while there has also been interest from Turkey. “The boy has a future, but if he wants to leave it is a different matter,” Ferguson said following Wednesday night’s 1-0 win over AmaZulu in Durban. “I am easy about it if he

stays. I would be happy with that. “But if someone comes in and Dimitar wants to leave we will assess it.” Berbatov has cut a lonely figure for 18 months now. Left out of United’s squad for the 2011 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona, he was squeezed out last term thanks to the emergence of Danny Welbeck, in addition to the joint presence of Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez. “I do not need to herald the abilities of Dimitar Berbatov. He is a fantastic talent,” Ferguson said. “Last season he didn’t quite get the amount of football he wants. “At his age (31), it was difficult for him to accept his position in the forward line. “He had Rooney, Welbeck and Hernandez in front of

him, and they are all young men.” It does appear certain that, at some point prior to the August transfer deadline, he will end an ultimately unfulﬁlling four-year stint with the club. He did at least have the satisfaction of setting up the only goal for Federico Macheda on Wednesday as the Red Devils recorded an unconvincing victory in their opening pre-season game. Ferguson introduced £17million new-boy Shinji Kagawa for the ﬁnal couple of minutes, although he should have more meaningful involvement in tomorrow’s encounter with Ajax Cape Town. The Scot has already stated that priority number one for him this season is to reclaim the Premier League title from Manchester City.

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Cook clears century landmark

Anorthosis, APOEL outclass Europa foes By Nemanja Bjedov ANORTHOSIS Ammochostos earned a 3-1 victory over Levadia Tallinn in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League second qualifying round at the Kadriorg Stadium in the Estonian capital, while at the same stage of the competition APOEL beat FK Senica of Slovakia 2-0 at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia yesterday evening. Ronny Levy’s men had the ball in possession and dictated the play throughout the first half, but failed to find the way through to Roman Smishko’s net until the very last minute of the half when Toni Calvo’s cross hit the hand of Aleksandr Kulinits and the German referee Marco Fitz pointed to the penalty spot. Juliano Spadacio made no mistake on his debut for the club as he calmly converted the penalty to open the proceedings. Ten minutes after the interval Ricardo Laborde made it 2-0 when he beat his defender down the left flank and then confidently sent the ball through Smishko’s legs from the short corner. Calvo also scored on his debut for Anorthosis when he slotted home Vincent Laban’s great through ball seven minutes later.

CONSOLATION GOAL When it looked like the Cypriot outfit would return home with a clean sheet, the hosts scored a consolation goal eight minutes from time as skipper Igor Morozov’s header, after Artjom Artjunin‘s cross, beat Srdjan Blazic to set up the final score. APOEL struggled in the opening half hour against Slovakian side Senica, but after the influential Brazilian striker Ailton connected with Selim Benachour’s cross from the right flank to beat Senica’s Czech goalkeeper Milan Švenger with a low header in the 33rd minute, Ivan Jovanovic’s men started to play more creatively and, relieved of pressure, numerous goal scoring opportunities came their way. Seven minutes later APOEL doubled their lead as Nektarios Alexandrou followed up Nuno Morais’ shot that was initially saved by Švenger and slotted it home from a close range. However, that proved to be the final result as the talented Švenger was on top of his game, stopping nine attempts on target to help his team await the return leg next Thursday in Slovakia with a slim hope of advancement.

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Alastair Cook’s unbeaten 114 on day one moved him level with England batting coach Graham Gooch

ALASTAIR Cook scored his 20th test century as England edged day one of the first test against South Africa to finish on 267 for three at the close at The Oval yesterday. Cook’s unbeaten 114 on day one moved him level with his Essex mentor and England batting coach Graham Gooch, among others, in joint-fifth in his country’s all-time list of prolific Test centurions. It was an especially gratifying moment too, when he pushed Imran Tahir for a single to cover to move to three figures, because Cook has twice fallen just six runs short of a hundred since he made a career-best 294 at Edgbaston almost a year ago. He shared a second-wicket stand of 170 with Jonathan Trott (71) in a stumps total of 267 for three, after Morne Morkel had Andrew

Strauss lbw in the ﬁrst over of the series. “It was very satisfying,” Cook said of his chanceless 222-ball century. “When you come so close a few times - I think it’s been a year since my last Test hundred - it makes it a very special moment. Cook admitted, after Strauss’ early departure, it was tough going for him and Trott. “In that ﬁrst session, it nibbled around,” he said. “We had to grind our way through it and because the pitch is quite dry on top with not much underneath, it was quite slow.” South Africa bowling coach Allan Donald gave due credit to Cook, but insisted too that his own charges had done themselves justice. “It’s a hard day’s Test cricket. But I really thought we stuck to our task really well,” he said.

Scott sets pace with 64, Woods lurks ominously Australian blazes way round Lytham By Ed Osmond

ustralian Adam Scott set the pace with a course record-equalling 64 and a steelylooking Tiger Woods rattled off four early birdies in a composed first-round 67 at the British Open yesterday. World number 13 Scott conjured up eight birdies in benign conditions at Lytham to finish on six under par, one ahead of Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, American Zach Johnson and Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts. Former world number one Woods played controlled golf to birdie the first, fourth, sixth and seventh holes, getting his bid for a 15th major championship, and first for four years, off to a flawless start. The American wasted birdie opportunities before twice finding treacherous rough at the 15th hole to drop his only shot of the day. “I only hit one putt that was off line,” Woods, 36, told reporters. “I just needed to hit the putts a little bit harder. These greens are not quick. With the amount of rain they’ve had on these things, they’re not very fast. So I’ve got to make that adjustment.” Scott, 32, started steadily but found real inspiration around the turn with five birdies in eight holes. Three more in a row from the 14th put him in sight of a major championship record-tying 63 but he found the rough at the last and dropped a shot. “The calm conditions today

Pace setter: world number 13 Adam Scott (R) conjured up eight birdies to finish on six under par yesterday were surprising,” he said after equalling 1996 champion Tom Lehman’s 64. “It was very pleasing to start off with a solid round because that’s what I haven’t done at the other majors this year.” American Johnson, US Masters champion in 2007, made seven birdies but bogeyed the 17th and had to settle for a 65. Lawrie, the 1999 Open winner, made three successive birdies from the third and picked up further shots at the 14th and 15th to set himself up for a final flourish when a sumptuous iron into the 18th green left him with a tap-in for birdie. Colsaerts holed his approach for an eagle two at the second and two birdies on the back nine in late afternoon drizzle left him in a share of second

place, one ahead of American Brandt Snedeker who stole through the ﬁeld late in the day with a bogey-free 66. Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell completed a solid 67, level with Woods, world number two Rory McIlroy, South African Ernie Els, Americans Bubba Watson and Steve Stricker, Japan’s Toshinori Muto and Swede Peter Hanson. Woods birdied the par-three ﬁrst, picked up another shot with a snaking 20-foot effort on the fourth and pinpoint approaches at the sixth and seventh set up further birdie chances which he converted with immaculate putts. He looked completely at ease until an errant drive at the 15th left his ball buried in deep rough.

After hacking out into another patch of lush deep grass, Woods then produced a brilliant recovery shot to find the green and he narrowly missed a 20-foot putt for par. McIlroy, among the late starters, moved quietly to three under par before an errant tee shot at the 15th hit a young spectator on the head and ended out of bounds. The ensuing double-bogey hurt McIlroy who dug in bravely to claw shots back at the 16th and 18th holes. World number one Luke Donald made his first bogey of the day on the last hole but managed only one birdie to card a level-par 70 and stay in the hunt to become the first Englishman to win the Open on home soil since 1969. Lee Westwood did his

chances of achieving that feat no good, however, the world number three failing to take advantage of birdies at the opening two holes and fading badly to ﬁnish with a scrappy 73. Defending champion Darren Clarke also made a poor start with a bogey-strewn 76, former world number one Martin Kaymer slumped to a 77 and four-times major champion Phil Mickelson had a double-bogey seven on the way to a 73.