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Cards on the table at crunch meeting Government due to put forward its own proposals on exiting the crisis By Jacqueline Agathocleous

HE TROIKA will today ﬁnish up week-long negotiations at a crunch meeting with the ministerial committee on economic issues, where both sides are expected to lay their cards on the table. The government is expected to put forward its own proposals on cost cutting and increasing revenue, which are based on a milder longer-term approach than the nightmarish scenarios leaking out from meetings the team has held so far this week with ofﬁcials and unionists. Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said yesterday the government would have a better overview concerning the island’s capital requirements following the conclusion of its meeting with the troika representatives today. The troika – delegates from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund in charge of Cyprus’ request for bailout - will continue its meetings this morning with the head of the VAT Service, before going to parliament to brief the Finance Commit-

tee and then on to the muchanticipated meeting with the ministerial committee, which will take place at 3pm. No agreements or final decisions are expected to be made, though it has become increasingly clear that there is a vast difference of opinion between the government and the EU lenders – both on the amounts needed and the methods that should be used to acquire them. In contrast to the measures proposed by troika – which according to reports include steep pay cuts for public servants and a cancellation of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) – the government is said to be seeking milder measures, which can be implemented in the long term. President Demetris Christofias yesterday held a low-key unpublicised meeting with the troika, while the leaders of the major trade unions met with Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous, where they were briefed on the troika’s intentions. In his meeting with the lenders, Christofias reportedly said Cyprus wouldn’t be seeking assistance from the EU’s support mechanism if it

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Fake snake tamer had spoken with forked tongue

Pigeons ﬂy up over Jesal Park Chowpatty in Bhayander, near Mumbai, India yesterday, on a dry day during the monsoon season. According to reports, the wet period so far has yielded 22 per cent less rainfall than the average for the four-month-long rainy season that began in June (EPA)

AN Austrian applauded for capturing a 2.3-metre (7.5foot) boa constrictor he said he discovered on a riverbank has admitted he made up the story to get rid of a pet snake he found too big to handle, an animal rescue group said yesterday. “It turns out he could not get to grips with the snake and wanted to get rid of it this way,” said Susanne Hemetsberger, head of the Austrian Animal Protection Association. The owner handed over the reptile to an animal shelter. She said in hindsight the tale originally told by the Salzburg man, who has not been identified, that he had happened upon and bagged the 7-kg (15.5-pound) boa last week, seemed suspicious. “No passer-by who isn’t familiar with snakes would ever grab a boa constrictor. On the contrary, they would scream, run away and call the police,” she said. The man has two other twometre snakes that he wants to give away as well, Hemetsberger said. “The snake owner dished up one lie after another and I hope he gets the proper punishment for this. He can’t just release a snake and then pose as its finder,” she said, calling for curbs on the sale of exotic pets that inexperienced owners often find overwhelming.

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By Poly Pantelides LAWYER and former interior minister Dinos Michaelides yesterday ﬁled suit against a man who has implicated him in investigations into money laundering allegations against former Greek minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos. Michaelides, 75, has been implicated in one of the biggest scandals in Greece, spanning decades and involving prominent politician, Tsohatzopoulos. Michaelides has denied all claims and yesterday sued, asking the Greek authorities to indict for defamation and perjury. He is also due to sue today for €1.0 million and €100. “By law the claimant needs to ask for an amount, so I will get €100 and give €1.0 million to charity,” Michaelides said. Tsohatzopoulos was arrested in April over suspicion of

taking bribes and tax evasion, linked to the procurement of submarines from German ﬁrm Ferrostaal, and Russian TOR M1 missile systems. His cousin, businessman Nicos Zigras, who was also arrested in relation to the investigation, implicated Michaelides and his son, Michalis, last week. Michaelides said he was “shocked”. “Ever since my name has been mentioned as ‘implicated’… I have been trying to ﬁnd a reason, for which this man [Zigras] would choose my son and I as ‘scapegoats’ trying to give the impression of truth to his false claims,” Michaelides said in his lawsuit. Zigras said that Michaelides allegedly carried luggage full of money, and cheques to Greece for Tsohatzopoulos, acted as a go-between, was directly involved in money laundering activities, and helped set up and was directly involved in offshore companies. “It is a text full

of hatred and maliciousness, and is obviously an effort (from Zigras) to transfer personal responsibility onto a multitude of other persons, especially me since he repeatedly uses my name,” Michaelides said. Zigras said he handled Tsohatzopoulos’ offshore accounts until 2004. Tsohatzopoulos nearly became prime minister in 1996 and has held various posts including ministries for defence, public works and labour. Michaelides – also an old hand who served as interior minister for Cyprus in the eighties and nineties among other posts – said that he knew Tsohatzopoulos as part of his duties as minister, and knew Zigras since he worked closely together with Tsohatzopoulos but maintained a “perfectly formal” relationship. “Mr Zigras does not specify nor focus in on the where, when and how of how I sup-

posedly committed these acts,” Michaelides said. In his suit, Michaelides explains in detail his background as part of the liberation struggle against the British administration, including being arrested twice, being tortured, and becoming a wanted man by the Brits. He also talks of his service to the state and mentions quitting “for personal reasons” in 1999. He was referring to Ombudswoman Eliana Nicolaou’s questions over planning changes to land which Michaelides bought and built a luxury home on, which eventually forced him to resign even though he said then he was being defamed. Michaelides is married with three children and three grandchildren. “This story has greatly pained and raised questions to my family and has upset not just my own life but that of my relatives, collaborators and friends,” he said.

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THE FIRST ofﬁcial meeting of the European blogosphere with a Presidency of the Council of the EU took place yesterday at the initiative of the Cyprus EU Presidency. The Cyprus presidency brought together European bloggers, including Cypriots, who held discussions on EU issues in Brussels, joined by other bloggers through “Google Hangout” (above). The presidency expressed its appreciation to the bloggers for their active participation, noting that it fully recognised their role in making European citizens more aware

and better informed about the European process. The meeting also served the purposes of identifying best practices to generate interest and participation in the EU political debate as well as ways to enhance citizen journalism and social media. After the panel discussions, an interview with Cypriot bloggers took place on how the blogosphere is faring in Cyprus, while the panel rapporteurs were interviewed on the outcome of the discussions held. In his address, Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the EU, Am-

bassador Kornelios Korneliou said he was impressed by the participation of bloggers, saying it was a great opportunity and pleasure for the Cyprus presidency to establish this dialogue with bloggers. Korneliou added that it was the ﬁrst formal meeting of an EU Presidency ever with the blogger society. There are 160 million blogs, viewed by over 327 million people every day. There are more than 2.5 billion pages of blogs and 41.7 million Europeans are regular users of social networking sites.

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Small shops struggle with electricity bills Paphos butchery, which has been open for 20 years says it cannot pay €1,870 bill and is closing down for good By Bejay Browne A NUMBER of small businesses in Paphos are being crippled by huge electricity bills causing some to shut up shop completely. One such business is N and T English butchery, owned and run by Paphos couple Rosie and Nick Panayiotou. The popular butchery will serve its customers for the last time tomorrow after 20 years in existence. The couple made the difﬁcult decision to close down after receiving a massive electricity bill last month, for twice the amount of any of the highest bills they have received since opening. Rosie Panayiotou, 64, told the Cyprus Mail: “It’s so sad that we have to close and it’s very upsetting for us both, but we can’t afford to carry on. The last electricity bill we received was for €1,870. Prior to the electricity hikes, we used to pay between €600-€800.”

In an attempt to cut costs the pair had turned off a number of fridges and switched off equipment to ensure cost cutting but to no avail. “We are a small family business and we can’t sit back and watch our overdraft mount up. We have been in the butchery trade here for 21 years and in the current shop - which is on the Polis road in Paphosfor the past eleven years.” Rosie is English and her husband, who is 73, is Cypriot and they’ve been married for 47 years, choosing to live and work in Cyprus more than two decades ago. “It’s impossible for small businesses to cover the cost of rent and electricity bills. Trade is dropping off due to the economic crisis and people are more careful about purchasing,” said Rosie. She said her husband had recently suffered a nervous break down brought on by the stress of the business, and that along with the latest electricity bill

Building workers brave the heat out of the shade

Heat warning issued THE LABOUR inspection department warned employees yesterday that workers in the Nicosia and Paphos areas should not be exposed to the sun between 12 and 4pm due to the heat and humidity. They said that workers can carry out light tasks in the shade as long as they had plenty of water. In addition, even though employees in Limassol, Larnaca and Famagusta do not necessarily have to stop work they should still take measures to protect themselves from the harmful rays of the sun. Temperatures today will be 38C inland, between 33 and 38C on the coast and 24C in the mountains. Humidity is high reaching 40 per cent in Nicosia, 70 per cent on the coast and 55 per cent in the mountains. Due to the heatwave last week, over 10 people, mainly elderly, ended up in hospital suffering from heatstroke or heat exhaustion. An elderly lady also died from heat stroke last Wednesday in Nicosia.

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prompted her to take the decision to close the shop. “We tried to sell the shop a couple of years ago, but no-one has any money to buy a business, so we will close on Saturday and on Monday all of our equipment will go to the auction house.”

STRESS The couple will retire and try to manage on Nick’s pension alone, which Rosie says will be quite difficult. “But it’s better to rid ourselves of all the stress. We had wanted to continue the butchery for the next five to eight years. “I love interacting with the public and our customers have always been great and very supportive of us. Many of them have brought us in cards to say they’re sorry that we’re closing.” Tommy Tuckers, a UK style take away in Paphos, has proved a hit with the public since it opened six months ago. But in spite of a constant flow of cus-

tomers the fledgling business is finding it difficult to cope with the large electricity bills. Neil Hart of Tommy Tuckers said: “The electricity bills for January, February and March were reasonable but our last bill was astronomically high- close to €1,000.” Hart said this was twice the amount of rent Tommy Tucker’s pays for the building in which it’s located. “The latest bill had so many extras added to it; it’s like a stealth tax applied by the government.” The takeaway has made a number of cutbacks to try to reduce electricity bills such as switching off air conditioning and turning off a number of fridges. “We will get through this but the electricity bills are eating into our profit. Why should I work all month and have nothing at the end of it,” said Hart.” “We need to have a pressure group which will lobby the government over electricity prices before matters get even worse.”

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAPHOS Probate Jurisdiction Application No.: 352/2009

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAPHOS Probate Jurisdiction Application No.: 72/12

The Administration of Estate Rule 32 In the matter of MAUREEN ELAINE PICKARD, late of Amargeti Paphos, with Number of Residence Permission 5376242. Deceased

The Administration of Estate Rule 32 In the matter of ALAN JOHN STOREY, holder of passport no. 761249297 late of Paphos, Deceased

Notice is hereby given, that, after the expiration of 8 days from the date of the present publication, an application, will be lodged in the Principal Probate Registry of Paphos, for the probate of the will of MAUREEN ELAINE PICKARD, late of Paphos. Areti Charidemou Advocate 21, Vasili Michaelide Str. 3026 Limassol

Notice is hereby given, that, after the expiration of 8 days from the date of the present publication, an application, will be lodged in the Principal Probate Registry of Paphos, for the probate of the will of ALAN JOHN STOREY, late of Paphos. Areti Charidemou Advocate 21, Vasili Michaelide Str. 3026 Limassol

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CYPRUS TODAY Probe into C-sections HEALTH Minister Stavros Malas yesterday ordered an investigation into reports that a gynaecologist at the Makarios Hospital in Nicosia was allegedly scheduling unnecessary caesareans to earn extra in overtime. According to reports the doctor in question carried out 11 C-sections in one weekend alone. A written complaint was ﬁled against the doctor, but the minister said he never received it. In an announcement, the ministry said all claims would be investigated, as would the reasons why Malas never received the complaint.

Burglary info MEMBERS of the public who are interested in finding out how to protect their homes from burglars should head down to Phinikoudes beach in Larnaca today where the police will be holding an information campaign on the ever-growing problem. The campaign will take place at Kimonos Square, along Phinikoudes from 8am to 11am. During the event, co-organised by the municipality, police will be handing out informative leaflets on how to prevent break-ins. Officers will be available to answer any queries.

Break-in THIEVES broke in and stole around €64,100 worth of goods from a hotel in Kakopetria, which was under renovation, police said yesterday. According to the company in charge of renovations, the break-in took place between July 23 and 25. From the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the hotel the thieves stole decorative paper and tiles worth €47,100 while from a small warehouse they stole €7,000 worth of machinery and from the kitchen €10,000 worth of equipment.

Board of three main banks meet Central Bank chief By Stefanos Evripidou

The court is expected today to charge the man suspected of planning attacks on Israeli targets in Cyprus, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said yesterday. “Interrogations are complete,” said Angelides. “The case ﬁle was presented to the legal services this morning and orders were given to refer the case to the criminal court”.

The 24-year-old suspect, whose name has not been disclosed, was arrested in Limassol on July 7, on suspicion of tracking the movements of Israeli tourists. He is a Swedish national of Lebanese origin. Israel said he was planning an attack similar to a suicide bus bombing in the Bulgarian city Burgas, which recently killed ﬁve Israelis

Investors still seeking justice By Jacqueline Agathocleous INVESTORS who were misled into buying high risk securities have come up with proposals to resolve the serious problem that has arisen. In a meeting on Wednesday night in Limassol, the association’s temporary central committee and district committees met to discuss proposals for resolving the issue. Their conclusions are expected to be ratiﬁed by the Pancyprian general assembly of investors on Sunday. “Everyone’s presence is imperative in our effort for justice,” said Phivos Mavrovouniotis, spokesman for the Investors Association. The proposals will on Monday be sent to the ﬁnance minister, Central Bank governor, Securities and Exchange Commission, House Institutions Committee, as well as the Popular Bank and Bank of Cyprus (BoC) – the two main banks responsible for the mess. Depositors claim they were deceived by banks which encouraged them to invest in securities without having an authorised professional properly explain the risks involved. As a result of the Greek sovereign debt write-down, Popular Bank and the BoC were hit with severe losses, forcing them to suspend interest payments on high-return investment products, causing their value to

plummet and leaving people with only a fraction of their initial investments. The former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Giorgos Charalambous, has called on investors who were misled into buying high risk securities to ﬁle written complaints to the Central Bank to have their cases investigated. He said that if any law violations were spotted, this would be a powerful weapon in any legal action taken. On Wednesday, Charalambous referred to the MiFID European directive – Markets in Financial Investments Directive – which Cyprus has harmonised with and which clearly states that prospective investors should be thoroughly informed by ﬁnancial experts before investing in such products. But Charalambous said it seemed this wasn’t the case with the present affair, as he said depositors were approached by “mere bank employees”. He added, “Therefore, what counts is whether the banks complied with (the directive)”. Charalambous urged all affected investors to send written complaints to the Central Bank (CB), so it can investigate if the banks complied with the law. “If (the CB) spots a violation of the law, this will be a powerful weapon in seeking a court decision,” said Charalambous.

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CENTRAL BANK governor Panicos Demetriades yesterday met with the boards of the three major banks in Cyprus. His meeting with the Bank of Cyprus, Laiki Bank and Hellenic Bank comes at a time when international lenders from the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) – known as the troika- are in Cyprus for a second visit to assess the request for an EU bailout to meet the Cyprus government’s debt obligations and the banks’ recapitalisation needs. Speaking after the meeting, newly-appointed CEO of the Bank of Cyprus Yiannis Kypri said the troika would need a long time to ascertain the total recapitalisation requirements of the Cypriot banks and to prepare the adjustment programme for Cyprus. “There is a long way to go” until the exact amount needed for the recapitalisation of the banks is calculated, Kypri said, noting that it would take months. “The capital requirement of the banking system has not been clariﬁed yet. There is a procedure that will be followed,” he said. Asked to comment on the meeting with Demetriades, CEO of Hellenic Bank Makis Keravnos said such meetings took place regularly during which there is an exchange of views on all issues. “It was a productive meeting,” he said. Keravnos appeared conﬁ-

dent that the banking system will weather the current crisis, noting that Cyprus has “overcome many crises in the past”. Cyprus’ two largest banks, Bank of Cyprus and Laiki were hit hard by a 76 per cent write-down of Greek sovereign debt. Laiki said it needed €1.8 billion to meet its recapitalisation requirements while Bank of Cyprus requested €500m from the state. According to press reports, the government believes the banks will need up to €6 billion to cover their high exposure to the Greek economy and non-performing loans. However, the same reports suggest the troika has very different and conflicting views, with the ECB considering the necessary sum required for the banks closer to €9 billion and the IMF €11 billion. Reports in the press also claim that Demetriades has asked the island’s two main banks to suspend the employment of senior figures ahead of an external investigation into the circumstances which led to the banks’ overexposure to Greek bonds. Politis yesterday reported that the Central Bank governor wants senior officials who were close to the former CEO of Bank of Cyprus Andreas Eliades removed. Asked to comment yesterday, Kypris said: “That’s a matter for the Central Bank to comment on if it wishes”. Pressed on whether the banks received such a letter, he said the board had some issues that it needed to look at soon, “but there is nothing to announce at this stage”.

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By Natalie Hami CIVIL servants union PASYDY boss Glafcos Hadjipetrou yesterday briefed the union of police officers SAK on his meeting on Wednesday with the troika team, and how it might affect them. He said public servants were willing to make more sacrifices but everyone else would have to make them also. “We’re all in a difficult position….yes we will make extra sacrifices but everyone else should make them too and according to what they can manage so that we can get over the crisis,” said Hadjipetrou. According to Hadjipetrou there were other ways to overcome the crisis without workers having to bear the brunt. “It is impossible for them. This cannot be remedied with sacrifices from workers in the public sector,” he added. Hadjipetrou said that they were waiting on the troika to clearly state what the problems were in the economy. This is expected to be done today at a meeting between the team and the government. He said he hoped they would suggest some reasonable measures. The public service had already seen a 12 per cent drop in earnings, and pointed the finger at the banks.

PRIVILEGE “When we constantly reduce wages to cover the wrong choices made by the heads of the banks, unavoidably the market will be affected too, but there can be no growth either,” he said. “We’re the only organisation who for the last two years has been saying that the Achilles heel of the Cypriot economy is the banking sector,” said Hadjipetrou. “Everyone must realise that a wage is not a privilege but a right.” Regarding the indexlinked Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) Hadjipetrou said unions had explained to the troika that the allowance had been around for 80 years “from WWII down to the invasion, when half the population were still in tents”. Head of SAK Andreas Symeou assured his members that they would face any problems together. “As the police association we will not allow police officers to take to the streets like in other countries...” he said. Symeou said that police officers were not necessarily paid for extra duties. For example for football games officers are paid partly with time off, he said.

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Cards on the table Christofias holds unpublicised meeting with troika (continued from front page) wasn’t for the banks’ exposure to Greek debt. He also said that measures were needed that wouldn’t strangle the economy and blight growth, but would help Cyprus exit the recession and start recovery. The state broadcaster’s report on the meeting was later conﬁrmed by government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou last night. However he said no further comments would be made on the meeting. The leaders of main trade unions SEK, PEO and PASYDY were yesterday said to be in shock after their meeting with Charalambous, which was also held on the quiet. According to reports, the unions were told that troika was seeking a 7.5 per cent reduction of public servants’ wages, which is equivalent to their 13th salaries, with the aim of saving €140 million The troika also reportedly wants the reductions to continue in 2013 and 2014, reaching 15 per cent, which is equivalent to two monthly salaries a year. The EU/IMF team was also said to be toying with the idea of permanently cancelling CoLA, as a structural measure. It is also said to be sug-

gesting that workers’ contributions to their pensions increase to more than the current 3.0 per cent, while it wants the cost of the public service to be reduced by 50 per cent by asking for changes in the way pensions are estimated. The troika may also be seeking a haircut on the lump sums public servants receive on retirement. Presidential candidate and the leader of main opposition DISY, Nicos Anastassiades, yesterday said the troika had conﬁrmed the island’s problems weren’t just restricted to the banking sector but the entire economy, in a meeting they had in the morning. “(Troika’s) observations weren’t restricted to the problems faced in the banking sector, as it is to be understood, but the economy as a whole,” said Anastassiades. He said he raised certain issues, which he felt were important so as to avoid social upheaval during efforts to help the economy recover. “However, it needs to sink in that we are facing a very difﬁcult situation,” said Anastassiades, adding this was no time for populism or petty politics. “Now it’s time for sobriety, unity of power and responsible negotiating. The exclusive responsibility to negotiate lies with the govern-

President attends Olympics opening PRESIDENT Demetris Christoﬁas was expected to arrive in London last night in order to attend the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony tonight. Tomorrow he will attend an event at the Greek centre in central London organised by the Cyprus Olympic Committee and the following day at the same centre he will open a photography exhibition called “Sports in Cyprus, a centuries old story.” The exhibition is one in a series that will open in Athens and Brussels to promote Cyprus’ sports culture. It will remain open until August 8. The Cyprus Sports Organisation has collected photographs of archaeological ﬁndings, spanning from the Bronze Age to the Roman Period, from the collections of Cyprus’ Archaeological Museum in Nicosia, Pierides-Laiki Group Museum and Limassol District Museum.

ment, which submitted the application for Cyprus’ accession to the support mechanism.” He said DISY was prepared to contribute to a joint effort. “The negotiations don’t just regard today and tomorrow, but the future of the country and the next generations,” said Anastassiades, repeating his call for all political powers to unite and deal with the challenges together. The other parties were up in arms. EDEK is seeking national cohesion, EVROKO called for transparency and information and the Greens said the government was acting intrepidly. Independent presidential candidate George Lillikas said the government was indecisive and weak. But the government spokesman repeated: “Cyprus wouldn’t have needed to apply to the European support mechanism, if there wasn’t the problem of the Cypriot banks’ exposure to the Greek economy.” He said this was commonly noted by the EU, ECB, IMF and all involved. “Unfortunately the opposi-

tion continues to cover up the vast responsibilities of the banks and insists on trying to blame the government,” said Stefanou. “Regardless of the vested interests and expediency behind the parties’ and politicians’ stance of hiding the banks’ responsibilities, there is one fact: this stance is harming the government’s negotiating effort and is prompting the troika to propose harsh and unpopular measures, which will transfer the cost of the problem with the banks onto the shoulders of the workers.” Regarding the size of the loan required just to get the banking system out of the red, estimated ﬁgures vary wildly with the government’s calculations reportedly putting the ﬁgure at €6 billion, the ECB closer to €9 billion and the IMF, a few euro more at €11 billion. All three estimates go much higher than the €2.3 billion requested by Laiki and Bank of Cyprus for their total recapitalisation needs, taking into consideration extreme scenarios on non-performing and bad loans.

PRODUCTIVITY, in the fourth quarter of 2011, declined by 0.5 per cent compared to the corresponding period of 2010, according to figures released by the Cyprus Productivity Centre. The decline reflects the 0.7 per cent reduction in GDP, which was partly offset by the 0.2 per cent reduction in the employed population. Labour productivity measured as Gross Value Added Value, per work hour was stagnant in Q4 2011 compared with the corresponding period of 2010, as total work hour marked an equal reduction (0.7 per cent) as the GDP. The biggest decline was recorded in the construction sector which fell by 10.2 per cent, while according to Eurostat figures Cyprus recorded one of the lowest productivity rates among EU member-states with 0.4 per cent. Greece and Spain, whose economies have a similar structure to Cyprus, recorded positive productivity rates with 1.0 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively.

Deposits down TOTAL deposits with Monetary and Financial Institutions (MFI) in Cyprus recorded a decrease of 1.1 per cent in June, on an annual basis, reaching €70.77b, the Central Bank said. May 2012 deposits recorded a decrease of 1.2 per cent, amounting to €72.46b, while June 2011 statistics showed an increase of 6.3 per cent, to €71.07b. The total MFI loans for June 2012 recorded an increase of 10 per cent to €71.69b, on an annual basis, the same increase that was recorded in May 2012 (€70.30b). June 2011 loans recorded an increase of 9.3 per cent to €65.13b. Statistics show that June 2012 deposits of domestic residents held with MFIs recorded a decrease of 1.7 per cent, to €43.56b, compared to €44.26b in May 2012 and €44.25b in June 2011.

Vacancy The US Embassy in Nicosia is seeking an individual for the Local Guard Force Guard position. These are full-time positions (40 hours per week) with rotating shifts and rotating work days. Applicants must have the required work and residency permits to be eligible for consideration. Main responsibility: Performs guard services to safeguard the US Embassy in Nicosia, its annexes, official residences and other USG facilities. Please visit the following website for detailed qualifications for the position and for application procedures: http://cyprus.usembassy.gov/theembassy/employment.html Applicants should send the DS-174 application for employment to: US Embassy, HR Office, Local Guard Force Guard position, P.O. Box 24536, 1385 Nicosia or via E-mail to: VacanciesNicosia@state.gov to arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. August 7, 2012. No telephone calls will be accepted. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Some staff being given extra allowance for doing their job, according to claims By Poly Pantelides THE island’s smallest municipality - Mesa Yitonia in Limassol - is in big trouble with a group of its employees who claim that funds are being mismanaged to allow some staff to garner overtime beneﬁts and allowances for “being responsible workers”. The ofﬁce of the mayor, Doros Antoniou, said that a group of employees had sent a letter complaining about overtime payments, unfair allowances, and mismanagement.

RESPONSIBILITY The letter, reported in daily Politis, lists a number of accusations and grievances from 17 employees. The employees claim that some staff were given a ‘responsibility allowance,’ set at 5.0 per cent of their salary, which was being given to workers who “fulﬁl their duties responsibly”. The complainants question the criteria used.

They also point the finger at specific individuals - by identifying their job positions – whose promotions were allegedly unjustified. The municipal workers have taken issue with one staff member who they say is guilty of anything from being abusive to using municipal vehicles for hunting to others who work in the afternoon so they can be paid overtime rates. They say they are impacted personally and professionally by a display of nepotism and favouritism. The mayor said he will comment after he has studied the report and started addressing the complaints. Mesa Yitonia is north of Limassol and is one of the six communities which obtained municipality status this year. By law, any community which grows to 5,000 becomes a municipality. The island, which has a population of about 840,000, now has 30 functioning municipalities. Three others are the ‘refu-

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gee municipalities’ in that they represent districts in the occupied north. State and parliament have reduced municipalities’ available funding this year by €18 million – in budget cuts and a subsidy reduction. So the municipalities’ union which has lamented the contemporaneous augmentation of municipalities and budget reduction has recommended costsaving measures across the board.

STRUGGLING This includes better management of funds and reduction of administrative expenses. A number of municipalities have told the press they are struggling to pay their staff. Strovolos Mayor Lazaros Savvides said that many wereon the brink of ruin while Ayios Dhometios mayor Costas Petrou said he could not cover their budget deﬁcit and was struggling to pay his staff.

Socialist EDEK’s central committee is tomorrow expected to approve a decision by the leadership to support independent presidential candidate George Lillikas. According to the CyBC, EDEK leader Yiannakis

Omirou is today expected to authorise a meeting with Lillikas to discuss the prospect of collaboration. The party’s decision is expected to be announced ofﬁcially today, while the central committee is due to meet tomorrow

Man found guilty of conning people out of €4.4m THE NICOSIA Criminal Court found a 37-year old minor employee of an accounting firm guilty of duping clients into giving him €4.4 million under the false promise of making a high-return investment. In its ruling on Wednesday, the court rejected the argument of the 37-year-old from Kakopetria that he had taken the money from various clients as loans to make investments that would yield ten per cent returns. According to yesterday’s Phileleftheros, the 37year-old worked at a well-known accounting firm in the capital as an archivist of cheques. He was found guilty of 11 charges related to fraud, securing money under false pretences and money laundering. According to the court ruling, despite working as a minor employee at the accounting firm, he presented himself to three complainants as the manager of the firm, and to two others as the manager of an offshore bank.

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He told all ﬁve that he could invest their money and secure a ten per cent monthly return. The ﬁve ‘invested’ large sums of money which the accused did not invest though he did for a while give them monthly returns on their ‘investment’, convincing them that his investment plan was solid and thereby luring them to make further investments. Each time he gave back a return on the investment, they gave him more money for new investments. By 2008, after the accused had been sacked from his employment, the unsuspecting investors lost all trace of him. A European arrest warrant was issued for him, after which he turned up in Canada and was arrested. He claimed in court that he borrowed the money from ‘friends’ not investors, offering a high interest return, and had provided them with a promissory note prepared by a lawyer to assure them of the legitimacy of the loan.

The accused ended up taking close to €4.4 million between 2006 and 2008, some of which he returned in supposed ‘returns’ to investors. He denied that it was part of a well-planned scam to take money from unsuspecting investors and use it for the purposes of electronic gambling. Though he did acknowledge gambling from time to time, “like everyone else does”. He argued that the loan was being repaid normally until lenders became impatient, and started to threaten him, forcing him to leave the country for Canada. The criminal court rejected the 37-year-old’s testimony that he took money on loan to invest elsewhere as completely unreliable and an insult to the court’s intelligence. It ruled that at least a part of the money duped out of the complainants had ended up in the “black hole of electronic gambling”. The man will be sentenced on August 1.

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Police mull moving key witness abroad BECAUSE the main prosecution witness in a high profile murder case has been sneaking out from protective custody, the police are thinking of moving him abroad. Fanos Hadjigeorgiou, a key prosecution witness in the trial for the murder of media boss Andis Hadjicostis, has occasionally snuck out of the house where he was placed for his own safety, under police supervision. Hadjigeorgiou, who has said he drove the getaway motorbike on the night of the murder, would reportedly creep into a house next door to the one he was staying at and leave from there. On one occasion, the police found him and took him back and on another he returned on his own. Hadjigeorgiou is now guarded around the clock and measures have been taken to block his access to the neighbouring house. Nonetheless, the police are considering moving Hadjigeorgiou abroad to protect the integrity of the case. It was not clear yesterday how seriously this was being discussed although the police confirmed it was on the table. During the trial, Hadjigeorgiou’s girlfriend, Yiota Pendodji, told the court that he went to pieces after Hadjicostis was murdered. Pendjodji said that on the day after the murder she found her boyfriend crying who then confessed everything to her. Hadjigeorgiou himself told the court that he “really regretted” the murder and had a “crisis of conscience” which pushed him into blowing the whistle on the other alleged conspirators. The four accused are: TV presenter Elena Skordelli and her brother Tasos Krasopoulis, who allegedly masterminded the murder, alleged fixer Andreas Gregoriou, and Gregoris Xenofontos who allegedly shot Hadjicostis. Sigma boss Hadjicostis was shot twice at close range outside his home in Nicosia on January 11, 2010.

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China indicts Bo’s wife for UK man’s murder

Exodus as Assam violence escalates

Ousted Politburo official’s wife could face the death penalty

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By Michael Martina and Chris Buckley CHINA will try Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai, on charges of murdering a British man, state media said yesterday in the latest turn in a scandal that has rocked the government in Beijing and could bring Gu the death penalty. The contentious dismissal of Bo has already shaken the Communist Party’s looming once-in-a-decade succession, and now Gu and family aide Zhang Xiaojun will be prosecuted for allegedly poisoning businessman Neil Heywood last year over “conflict of economic interests”, the official Xinhua news agency said. “The facts of the two defendants’ crime are clear, and the evidence is irrefutable and substantial,” said the Xinhua report summarising the indictment. “Therefore, the two defendants should be charged with intentional homicide.” Gu and Zhang will face trial in Hefei, a city in eastern China, far from Chongqing, the sprawling municipality in the southwest where Bo made his political base and where Heywood died in a hillside hotel in November. Bo has not been named as a suspect in the murder case, but he is separately under investigation by party authorities and could also face trial at a later time. Political observers have said a failure to forge a unified stance on handling the divisive Bo case could affect the Communist Party’s focus on working out the leadership changes that will be decided at the upcoming congress. Bo, the 62-year-old party chief of Chongqing before his dismissal, was widely seen as pushing for a spot in that new leadership until felled by the scandal brought to light by his former police chief, Wang Lijun. “As big as this case is, the party congress will now proceed quite smoothly,” said Joseph Fewsmith, a professor of Chinese politics at Bos-

Murdered: Neil Heywood ton University. “The party has handled this case as one of one person breaking the law. The ideological issues have been pushed to the side, although that doesn’t mean they’re not there.” Britain responded to news that Gu had been indicted for the murder of Heywood by saying it was glad to see that China was continuing investigating the killing. “We are glad to see that the Chinese authorities are continuing with the investigation into the death of Neil Heywood. We are dedicated to seeking justice for him and his family and we will be following developments closely,” a statement from the Foreign Office said. Xinhua did not give a date for the trial, but Shen Zhigeng, a lawyer who had been employed by Gu’s family, told Reuters that her trial was likely to start on August 7 or 8. China’s party-run courts rarely find in favour of defendants, and Gu and Zhang could face the death penalty. The indictment comes around a week after Frenchman Patrick Henri Devillers, 52, flew from Cambodia to China to serve as a witness in the case. Devillers was detained last month in Cambodia at the behest of Beijing because of his suspected business links to Gu. Bo and his wife have had no chance publicly to address the accusations

Gu Kailai, pictured with her husband Bo Xilai, is accused of allegedly poisoning Heywood last year over a ‘conﬂict of economic interests’ against them since Bo was ousted from his Chongqing post in March. But shortly before his dismissal, Bo said that he and his family had been the victims of slanderous accusations by foes of his policies, especially his controversial crackdown on organised crime. Since Bo’s sacking, supporters of his left-leaning policies and rhetoric have continued to argue that he is the victim of a political plot. The removal of Bo has triggered rifts and uncertainty, disrupting the

Communist Party’s usually secretive and carefully choreographed process of settling on a new central leadership in the run up to the 18th Party Congress. The congress, scheduled to be held late this year, possibly in October, will appoint that leadership. President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao will then step down from their government posts at the National People’s Congress in early 2013, when Vice President Xi Jinping is likely to succeed Hu as president.

TRUCKS loaded with women, children, mattresses and bags of rice rolled into a refugee camp in India’s northeastern Assam state yesterday, as security forces tried to stamp out some of the worst communal violence in a decade with shoot-on-sight orders. The death toll from clashes between Bodo tribespeople and Muslim settlers has risen to 44, Assam’s chief minister, Tarun Gogoi, said after police reported finding more bodies overnight. Police also opened fire on groups armed with sticks and spears for violating a curfew. Fearing for their lives, tens of thousands of Muslims and Bodos have fled their homes in remote hamlets along the border with Bhutan, and sought shelter in camps in larger towns. Roving armed bands have set ablaze hundreds of tin-roofed homes, many made of hay and clay, in the nearly week-long orgy of violence. Gogoi said 200,000 people had been displaced by the fighting. The relief camp in a school in the town of Bijni is just one of nearly 60 hastily set up to cope with the flood of refugees, officials said. Many of the camps lack food, water and security. Angry refugees surrounded a group of state lawmakers visiting the Bijni camp on Thursday and demanded they take action. “Go back, go back,” they chanted. The lawmakers, clearly rattled by the encounter, cancelled plans to visit another camp and returned to the state capital with a security escort. “There is no security at all,” complained Habibur Rahman, 45, who fled to Bijni school camp earlier this week along with his parents, sister, wife and daughter.

Artillery shells hit southern Damascus and Aleppo as Assad forces pound rebels By Mariam Karouny DAMASCUS and Syria’s second biggest city, Aleppo, came under shell ﬁre yesterday as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stepped up efforts to crush rebels threatening the government’s two main power centres. One of the most senior ﬁgures to defect from Assad’s inner circle, Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, put himself forward as someone who could help unite the fragmented opposition inside and outside Syria on a blueprint for a transfer of power. A bomb attack that killed four of Assad’s closest lieu-

tenants last week prompted predictions among his enemies that the 46-year-old president’s time in power was drawing to a close. But in the days that have followed that attack, Assad’s forces have noticeably toughened their response to the armed revolt, with ﬁxed-wing combat aircraft seen in action over Aleppo and rebel ﬁghters said by opposition sources to have been summarily executed on the streets of Damascus. Residents in the capital reported a shell landing in southern districts every minute yesterday morning. Helicopters were attacking the Hajar-al-Aswad district, one of the last rebel strongholds in the city after days

of street ﬁghting, opposition activists said. After a major assault on rebels in Damascus last week, the army has turned to Aleppo, reinforcing troops there with an armoured column that had been operating in a northern province, apparent evidence of the government’s aim not to lose control of Syria’s commercial capital, a city of 2.5 million. Fierce clashes raged in the early hours of yesterday in Aleppo, and an activist said rebels now controlled half of the city, a claim that could not be independently veriﬁed. “There was shelling this morning on the Salaheddine and Mashhad dis-

tricts,” said Aleppo activist Abu Hisham. “Now it has stopped, but helicopters are buzzing overhead.” Activists said 24 people were killed in ﬁghting in and around Aleppo on Wednesday, swelling a national death toll of about 18,000 since the revolt against Assad began 16 months ago. In the Syrian capital, a resident in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp reported heavy shelling, particularly near the southern Hajar al-Aswad district. She said the army seemed to be targeting sites on the edges of the camp, ﬁring shells every minute. The bombardment started around 7 a.m. and was still going three hours later.

Buildings hit by artillery shells in Homs yesterday

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Obama seeks deal on gun violence Colorado tragedy happens on a smaller scale every day By Alister Bull

Obama: recognises the tradition of gun ownership

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has pledged to work with leaders of all political stripes to “arrive at a consensus” on how to reduce gun violence across the United States after the Colorado

shootings highlighted the issue in an election year. Closing out a multiday trip that began in Aurora, Colorado, where he met with families and victims of the movie theatre massacre there, Obama told a mostly African-American audience on Wednesday that

such tragedies are replayed on a smaller scale in cities throughout the country on a daily basis. “Every day and a half the number of young people we lose to violence is about the same as the number of people we lost in that movie theatre,” Obama said in remarks to the National Urban League, a group that works to promote civil rights and economic improvement for African-Americans. “I’m going to continue to work with members of both parties and with religious groups and with civic organisations to arrive at a consensus around violence reduction.” Discussing or even touching on the issue of gun control during an election year is risky, and Obama has been careful to avoid making proposals that could offend gun owners and rally his Republican opponents. The president made a point of emphasising his support for the US Constitution’s Second Amendment, which covers the right to bear arms. “We recognise the tradi-

tions of gun ownership that passed on from generation to generation, that hunting and shooting are part of a cherished national heritage,” Obama said. “But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals. That they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities.” Obama did not make any new proposals on gun control in his remarks, though he said background checks for people seeking to buy firearms were more thorough since he took office. Republican Mitt Romney, Obama’s opponent in the Nov. 6 election, said earlier this week that additional laws would not have stopped the massacre in Colorado. The former governor of Massachusetts has backed gun control measures in the past. Twelve people were killed and 58 wounded after a shooter opened fire at a screening of the latest Batman movie in the Denver suburb of Aurora last week.

Treason verdict in SA trial THE mastermind of a white supremacist plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of South Africa was found guilty of high treason yesterday after a trial that started almost a decade ago. The verdict on former university lecturer Mike du Toit was the first member of the “Boeremag”, or “Boer Army”, a rag-tag militia of apartheid loyalists, in connection with a botched 2002 coup attempt in Africa’s biggest economy. He will be sentenced at a later date. Verdicts on another 21 are expected over the next few weeks. Under du Toit’s plan, concocted around barbecues and in fast-food outlets, the Boeremag would force South Africa’s black majority - roughly 40 million people - over the border into Zimbabwe with food parcels, while its 1.2 million Indians would be put on boats back to the subcontinent. Witnesses testified that the group also planned to assassinate Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black president in 1994 and acted as a unifying force after decades of white-minority rule. The Boeremag also intended to shoot whites who opposed their vision of a racially pure nation. Despite racial tensions in Mandela’s “Rainbow Nation”, radical white groups such as the Boeremag have very little support among South Africa’s five million-strong white population.

Crops wilt under US’ scorching sun THE MOST extensive drought in five decades intensified this week across the US Midwest and Plains states that produce most of the county’s corn, soybeans and livestock, a report from climate experts showed yesterday. Almost 30 per cent of the nine-state Midwest was suffering extreme drought, nearly triple from the previous week, according to the US Drought Monitor for the week ending July 24. Conditions in the Midwest, which produces roughly three quarters of the corn and soybean crops in the world’s largest producer and exporter, worsened despite the first measurable rainfall in a month in some areas. More than 53 per cent of the United States and Puerto Rico are in moderate drought or worse, a record-large amount for the fourth straight week in the Drought Monitor’s 12year history. “The 2-plus inches (of rain) from southern Wisconsin to northern Indiana was able to only maintain status quo. Most other areas were not as lucky,” said Drought Monitor author Richard Heim of the National Climatic Data Centre.

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Draghi sends strong signal ECB will act By David Milliken and Marius Zaharia EUROPEAN Central Bank President Mario Draghi pledged yesterday to do whatever was necessary to protect the eurozone from collapse, sending a strong signal that inflated Spanish and Italian borrowing costs were in his sights. Fears about the eurozone's future are intensifying with Spain and Italy facing frenzied pressure on financial markets and Greece holding crunch meetings with its international lenders having failed to keep its repair plans on track, raising fresh questions about its place in the currency bloc. With the need for urgent action becoming increasingly apparent, the ECB appears to be gearing up to flex its muscles, something Madrid and Rome have been seeking for months. “Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be

Spanish, Italian bonds fall sharply on hopes of action enough,” Draghi told an investment conference in London to mark the beginning of the Olympics. “To the extent that the size of the sovereign premia (borrowing costs) hamper the functioning of the monetary policy transmission channels, they come within our mandate,” he said. The ECB has cut interest rates to record lows and offered banks unlimited liquidity without any meaningful boost to the eurozone economy or bank lending resulting. The comments are Draghi's boldest to date and suggest the central bank is ready to defend Italy and Spain whose borrowing costs have hit unsustainable levels. Winding up his remarks to an audience of business leaders, he said: “I think I will stop here. I think my assessment was candid and frank enough.”

The euro jumped above $1.23 for the ﬁrst time in two weeks after his remarks, Spanish and Italian bond yields fell sharply and the index of leading European shares jumped more than two per cent. After defending Italy last year, the ECB has kept its sovereign bond-buying programme mothballed for months. Internal opposition to reviving it is stiff so focus will turn to what else the ECB could do following Draghi's remarks. Economists think despite the reservations it could be forced to buy bonds again, or support struggling eurozone countries via the back door. On Wednesday, ECB policymaker Ewald Nowotny broke ranks with his colleagues, saying that giving Europe's permanent rescue fund a banking licence so that it could drawn on central bank funds had merits. Draghi and others

have previously rejected that option. Alternatively, the bank could act as the Federal Reserve and Bank of England have, and opt for straight quantitative easing – money-printing by another name. “The comments about high government bond yields disrupting ECB monetary policy transmission are interesting, in so far as they hint at a possible attempt to circumvent the restrictions on outright government bond purchases,” said Marc Ostwald, Strategist at Monument Securities. “Of course it remains to be see whether Herr Weidmann, Herr Asmussen, Frau Merkel and Herr Schaeuble would agree with his assessment,” he said, referring to the senior members of the German government and its representatives at the ECB. French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said Draghi's remarks on government bond yields were “very positive”, adding the eurozone should also not ignore the option to use its EFSF bailout fund to buy bonds.

Draghi pledged yesterday to do whatever was necessary to protect the eurozone from collapse (AFP)

One in three chance Britain could lose its AAA rating - Reuters poll BRITAIN has about a one in three chance of losing its AAA sovereign credit rating, a Reuters poll found yesterday, a move that would put huge pressure on ﬁnance minister George Osborne who is sticking with austerity even as the recession deepens. “A worsening growth outlook threatens (Britain's) ﬁscal goals,” said Nick Stamenkovic, macro strategist at RIA Capital Markets in Edinburgh. “The risk of losing AAA status is rising.”

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

The poll of over 60 economists was taken after news on Wednesday that the economy contracted by 0.7 per cent in the second quarter, deeper than even the most pessimistic forecast, and shrinking faster than the ailing eurozone. A top-notch AAA rating in theory helps keep government borrowing rates low by guaranteeing investors that no matter what, their debts will be repaid. The consensus probability of a downgrade, 35 per cent, is up from 25 per cent polled in March. A slight majority said Osborne should not relax his hotly-contested fiscal austerity programme, which aims to eliminate the budget deficit, at eight per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), within five years. The Bank of England will have to pick up the slack as the government proceeds

with huge spending cuts and public service layoffs, increasing its bond purchase programme to a total of £400 billion, probably in November, the poll found. Aggressive fiscal tightening in eurozone countries such as Spain and Greece have led to even deeper economic contractions there, with Greece bordering on depression and facing a very real threat of ejection from the 17-member eurozone. Both Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings have a negative outlook for Britain's triple-A debt rating, warning it could lose it in the next couple of years if the government relaxes its fiscal stance. Forecasts in the Reuters Poll, taken from a sample of economists and bond strategists this week, ranged from a low probability of just five per cent of a sovereign rating downgrade in the next year to a very high 80 per cent.

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US jobless benefits claims fall THE number of Americans ﬁling new claims for jobless beneﬁts fell last week to near a four-year low but an unusual pattern for summer factory shutdowns kept hopes in check that the weak labour market was improving. Other data yesterday showed new orders for long-lasting US manufactured goods rose in June although a gauge of planned business spending plans dropped, pointing to a slowdown in factory activity. Economists said the two economic reports did little to change the view that the economy was stuck in a rough patch. “They both look good on the surface, but I don't think there's really anything to get excited about,” said Stephen Stanley, an economist at Pierpont Securities in Stamford, Connecticut. A third report showed contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly fell in June, a worrisome sign for the housing market.

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The troika should be as tough as possible on public sector privileges THE MEETINGS of troika officials have fuelled much speculation in the media about the measures that would be taken. We have heard about cuts in public employees’ pensions and wages, the suspension of the 13th salary and the abolition of CoLA, with defiant union bosses insisting that they would resist the imposition of such measures. The government, reportedly, is against these measures but we doubt it can think of any other ways to cut state spending. But Cyprus’ population does not consist exclusively of pampered public employees. There are many people who would support any move to eliminate the privileges that have been enjoyed by public sector employees at huge cost to the taxpayer, and no Cypriot politician would dare touch. In fact these scandalous privileges are the main cause for our precarious public finances. The elimination of the privileges together with the reduction of positions would be the first big step towards fiscal discipline as it would save the state hundreds of millions of euros and put public finances on a healthy footing. First, public employees must all have to contribute the same percentage of their salary, as all other workers to the social insurance fund; they should also pay a percentage of the salary towards the retirement bonus they receive, in the same way that private sector employees pay every month into a provident fund. It is a gross social injustice that workers who receive the highest pensions and retirement pay-offs pay next to nothing for them, expecting the taxpayer to pick up the bill on the absurd grounds that it was a worker’s conquest. The truth is that it is a public workers’ scam at the expense of the rest of us. Wages and pensions of the public employees should also be reduced to be brought in line with rest of society. It is unheard of for the workforce which creates the wealth to receive markedly lower wages, on average, than the least productive section of the workforce. And the same is true in relation to pensions which are three times as high for public sector workers who until last year contributed nothing towards them. We should not forget free healthcare – also a form of payment – which a public servant is entitled to regardless of his or her income. This arrangement ensures that a civil servant on €80,000 a year has free healthcare while a private sector worker on €20,000 has to pay at state hospitals. Troika members should be as tough as possible on public sector employee privilege. Scrapping the privileges of our labour aristocracy would not only put state finances in order, by creating a sustainable public sector, but also bring a sense of social justice. The troika will be doing what needed to be done a long time ago, by our own politicians.

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The mythical rise of Asian Americans Comment Vishakha N Desai

HE PEW Center’s recent report “The Rise of Asian Americans,” which shows that Asians, not Latinos, comprise the largest group of immigrant arrivals in the United States, took many people by surprise. The data also show that Asian Americans have the highest education and per capita income. Together with low reported discrimination, the report paints a portrait of American success. On the face of these findings, now already three years old, Asian Americans should expect to have a bigger voice in American politics and, indeed, in American society. In fact, Asian Americans remain a relatively rare sight in leadership positions, even in the corporate world, where one would assume that their education and ambition would be most beneficial. If hard work was all it took to rise into the upper echelons of power in corporate America, one would expect to see many Asian American faces at the top, perhaps especially in financial services, accounting, technology, and health care. Study after study shows the reverse to be true. For example, research conducted by Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics shows that just 30 Fortune 100 companies had Asian-Pacific Islander representation on their boards in 2011. Twenty-nine API directors held 32 of 1,211 total board seats, and two of the 100 CEOs were of API descent. Asia Society’s own research of Asian-Pacific American employees finds that just 42% believe that there are APA role models at their companies, and only 48% believe that APAs are amply represented in key positions at their companies. And, in the comprehensive National Asian American Survey 9% of respondents reported being unfairly denied a job or fired, and 12.9% alleged that they had been unfairly denied a promotion at work. This is not a picture of a minority group marching inexorably toward better lives and

In many ways, Asian Americans are caught in a no-win situation reaching into the upper echelons of US society, without facing discrimination. Instead, the barriers faced by all minority populations in the US apply equally to Asian Americans, with certain features particular to, or more apparent in, this community. If all it took was hard work to succeed in America, what has happened to all those APAs who entered US companies on the bottom rung? Surely they did not just disappear. Rather than being a model minority, Asian Americans are in fact a neglected minority. Part of the problem is an overall insistence on looking at the Asian American population largely from the point of view of its members’ countries of origin. This extends the exoticism of the “Orient” with a litany of names that only recently have entered the American consciousness, while overlooking more integral perspectives. For example, we have seen from workplace data that time in the US or nativity is a critical factor. Pew’s research ﬁnds some fascinating differences between native-born and foreign-born Asian Americans. Simply put, Asian immigrants who arrive in the US at younger ages are more like their nativeborn counterparts in outlook

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and perspective. In addition, the perception of Asian Americans as the “perpetual other” is alive and well. Indeed, the rise of Asia itself, and US companies’ resulting focus on the Asian market, has in many ways served to amplify it. We see this when companies hold up their activities in Asia as examples of what they are doing for the Asian American community. There is also the insidious inference that someone who chooses to call herself Chinese-American is clinging to a non-American identity, whereas someone who chooses to call herself, say, ItalianAmerican, is above suspicion. This alienation is felt in the workplace as well, with just 49% of APA employees in our survey saying that they feel a sense of belonging at their companies. The perception that these employees are “great workers but not leaders,” or that they have “problems communicating or showing assertiveness,” is pervasive. In many ways, Asian Americans are caught in a no-win situation. When their behavior aligns with preconceptions (shy and non-assertive), this is used to justify not promoting them or engaging them on important projects. On the other hand, when Asian Americans exhibit leadership

behaviours similar to those of others, they are perceived as overly aggressive. As Asian Americans become a majority native-born community in the next few decades, challenging these perceptions will become increasingly important. The model minority myth perpetuated by the Pew research is misleading. At its core, it contains a highly objectionable assumption that other minorities do not work hard enough to succeed. In addition, as others have eloquently argued, the topline numbers and statistics hide wide variance within the Asian American community itself. Finally, insistence on holding up Asian Americans’ “success” often serves as an excuse to overlook the very real challenges that they face. If corporate America and the US more generally are to realize the full potential of all citizens, we can no longer use Asian Americans to cling to the idea that it is an unalloyed meritocracy. If anything, their experience points to the need for profound change in the American workplace and US corporate culture. Vishakha N. Desai is President of the Asia Society © Project Syndicate 2012

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25 years ago Wednesday July 27, 1987

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies of the Revolution”.

Construction workers in Nicosia and suburbs and factory workers in premises where no acceptable protection levels exist will stop work at noon for the next couple of days in view of the high temperatures which are not expected to recede until after Thursday.

1982 Mercenary leader Colonel ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare is found guilty of hijacking a plane to escape from a failed coup in the Seychelles.

1996 A bomb explodes in Atlanta, Georgia, the city hosting this year’s Olympic Games leaving two people dead and many more injured.

2000 The Labour Government announces the most radical reorganisation of the NHS since it was founded in 1948.

2003 American icon and legendary comedian Bob Hope dies just two months after celebrating his 100th birthday.

35 years ago Friday July 27, 1977 The House of Representatives, decided to protest to the UN Secretary-general and the world parliaments against the Turkish declaration of intention to reopen Famagusta for Turkish colonisation. It will appeal for their support and urge them to exercise their inﬂuence to prevent this new move.

45 years ago Saturday July 27, 1967 The governments of Greece and Turkey are now engaged in direct negotiations in a new bid to solve the Cyprus problem, Osorio Tafall, U Thant’s special representative announced last night. His disclosure coincides with reports that Athens and Ankara are now conducting secret discussions on a plan which reportedly provides for enosis in return for a Turkish base on the island, or a Turkish presence in a NATO base.

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Showbiz Ticket: Justin Bieber on stage. He got a ticket for the incident

Keira Knightley works hard to convince herself she is ‘not s**t’ THE Anna Karenina actress says she took a “massive slamming” earlier in her career which has had a permanent negative effect on her self-confidence. She said: “When you take a massive slamming early on, I don’t think you ever really get over it. I look at some actors of my age who didn’t go through a slamming and I cannot understand their confidence. They’re like a different species. I think that’s ingrained into me now, that feeling of needing to convince myself I’m not s**t.” Keira got her first big break in Bend It Like Beckham in 2002 when she was just 17, but didn’t feel like she was treated like a proper actress until after Pride and Prejudice in 2005. Although she claims she never reads stories about her, she does sometimes get exposed to headlines.

Jonas ‘empowered’ by DIY in house THE 24-year-old singer’s home improvement projects feature in his new reality TV show Married To Jonas and he and wife Danielle admit his attempts at domesticity don’t always go well. He said: “I’m really good with a guitar. A hammer not so much. That’s a big part... of it. “There’s a lot of me trying to do that stuff and I actually take pride in it because I feel like it’s ownership in something, and I feel empowered when I do it. I really enjoy it. “I put all the ﬂooring down in our basement... wood ﬂooring. I tried and I did a pretty good job. There’s some weird cuts in a couple of places, but it’s pretty good.” Danielle added: “I (slung) a carpet over it.”

Not greatest band in the world CHARLIE Watts doesn’t believe The Rolling Stones are the best rock ‘n’ band ever. The drummer with the Honky Tonk Women group plays down the idea that the Rolling Stones - which are now comprised of himself, Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood - were the greatest band in the world, as they were introduced in 1969. He said: “What about Little Richard? Then you have Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino. Chuck Berry’s studio band - there isn’t a better rock ‘n’ roll band. “That’s where we got it from. ‘Roll over Beethoven’ by everybody else is a joke. We came close sometimes with ‘Little Queenie’ or ‘Around and Around’.”

Paparazzo in Bieber charges Criminal charges linked to car chase mark first use of journalists’ law A PAPARAZZO photographer faces criminal charges in connection with a high-speed chase of Justin Bieber, marking the first use of a new law designed to clamp down on the reckless pursuit of celebrities. Los Angeles City Attorney’s office filed four misdemeanour charges against Paul Raef, 30, including reckless driving with the intent to capture pictures for commercial gain, reckless driving, failure to obey a peace officer and following another vehicle too closely. Bieber pulled over for police and was given a speeding ticket. Paparazzi pursuit of celebrities has long been identified as a risk in Los Angeles. Lawyer Harland Braun, who has defended cases involving paparazzi and has had to fend off photographers chasing his celebrity clients, said: “It’s Hollywood. There are a huge number of celebrities and

there’s a lot of money paid for these pictures. “Unfortunately, innocent people get caught up in these chases. I think the law is a good thing.” City attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said the Raef case meets all the criteria spelled out in the law, which has not been used before. “We’re very conﬁdent in our case,” he said. But a leading First Amendment lawyer said the California law is likely to be challenged vigorously. Douglas Mirell said the statute enacted nearly two years ago seeks to punish members of the press by a different standard than the average person. “A fan doing the same thing, trying to get a glimpse of Bieber or taking a photo for their personal photo album might be engaged in the same egregious conduct. But it would fall outside the statute because they

were not doing it for a commercial purpose,” Mirell said. He said members of the press should be prosecuted in the same way as others for laws such as reckless driving but should not be singled out as more culpable than others. The charges stem from a July 6 incident in which Los Angeles councillor Dennis Zine, a former police ofﬁcer, and three other motorists called emergency number 911 to report a high-speed chase along the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley. Ofﬁcers saw six vehicles pursuing a silver Fisker Karma, a high-end sports car driven by Bieber. Raef’s Toyota was seen travelling at speeds over 80mph, weaving across all lanes of the freeway and on the shoulder, forcing its way into lanes where there was little room to merge safely.

Authorities said motorists were forced to brake and swerve to avoid colliding with Raef’s vehicle and the others. Bieber pulled over when officers signalled him to do so, but Raef’s vehicle did not stop. Bieber was given a speeding ticket and released. The matter might have ended there, but 30 minutes later, Bieber called 911 and said he was again being followed by the same Toyota. California highway patrol officers arrived at a central Los Angeles garage, where other paparazzi had congregated, and found the Toyota with the same number plate as the one that had chased the singer. Officers identified Raef as the driver. Raef is scheduled to appear in court on August 9. If convicted, he faces up to one year in county jail and $3,500 in fines.

Weisz trusts husband around women Costner seeking profits 42-year-old actress Rachel Weisz - who fell for James Bond star Daniel Craig on the set of Dream House in 2011 - says she doesn’t get jealous of her husband’s onscreen romances with Bond Girls and has a relaxed approach to acting. Rachel said: “It’s just make-believe. It’s a strange job in that way for sure. “We don’t sit around talking about acting but you both understand you’ve got to be ﬂexible. Every few months you start a new job.” The couple married in June 2011 and have two children between them, although The Bourne Legacy star Rachel insists it wasn’t love at ﬁrst sight. She revealed: “It wasn’t really like that. We’d been friends for ages.” The brunette beauty - who has six-year-old Henry with ex-partner Darren Aronofsky - also admitted that she hasn’t ruled out having another child with Daniel in the future. Rachel said: “I’m pretty content. I’m not planning on having more, but never say never.”

Happy together: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig

KEVIN Costner is suing producers of Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves for his share of the film’s profits. The 57-year-old star claimed in a Los Angeles lawsuit that Morgan Creek Productions had not paid him for two years. However bosses said they had paid the actor $40 million and had been “very nice to him” in regards to the movie which made $390 million. A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by Kevin starts out with very harsh words for the independent studio that backed the 1991 blockbuster. It alleges: “Every actor hopes to star in a great movie that makes substantial profits. But if you’re hoping to earn profits based on the success of your film and you want to be paid on a timely basis, then one company you certainly do not want to do business with is Defendant Morgan Creek Productions.” Kevin, represented by Marty Singer and Michael Holtz at Lavely & Singer, says that Morgan Creek promised it would share profits with him but “when it came time to re-

Taking from the rich? Kevin Costner as Robin Hood

port and account ... Morgan Creek was less than forthcoming,” with no participation statements rendered in 2010 and 2011 and late statements from 2004 to 2009. Morgan Creek CEO James Robinson responded: “Why is it after 22 years Mr. Costner ﬁnds fault with our accounting procedures or for that matter our way of doing business? “We have paid him over $40 million. I think we’ve been very nice to him. I wonder how much money he has made from other ﬁlms where he is participant. We’ve been very straight with him.”

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Health

“It’s a public health emergency,” said Dr. Carlos del Rio, a researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, who led the study.

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Data strengthens view of HIV threat for gay black men A STUDY of black gay and bisexual men in six U.S. cities found HIV infection rates that were 50 per cent higher than among their white counterparts, and rates were even higher for men under the age of 30 in the same community, researchers said on Monday. The research, presented at the International AIDS Conference in Washington on Monday, offers stronger evidence to existing estimates that young black men who have sex with men represent the leading edge of the US HIV epidemic. The team said the overall infection rates among US black gay and bisexual men rival those seen in sub-Saharan African countries that are hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.

Close ties aid ovarian cancer survival WOMEN with ovarian cancer may have somewhat better survival odds when they feel emotionally supported by family and friends, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of 168 ovarian cancer patients, there were 95 deemed to have “high social attachment” - meaning they had relationships that made them feel emotionally secure and closely connected to at least one other person. And after almost ﬁve years, 59 per cent of those women were still alive, versus 38 per cent of patients with lesser emotional bonds. The researchers are not sure of the reasons for the link. It seemed to go beyond practical factors, like having someone who helps you out day-to-day. But the study cannot say whether a close emotional relationship, itself, affects women’s survival odds. And a researcher not involved in the work cautioned against making too much of the ﬁndings. It is “strictly a correlational study”, said James C. Coyne, director of the behavioral oncology programme at the

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Early prostate cancer rate drop THE rate of early prostate cancers among older Americans dropped suddenly following a change in screening advice from government-backed experts in 2008, new research shows. The ﬁndings are another sign that the tide could be turning against routine prostate cancer screening, which a growing number of medical groups worry could do more harm than good. In August, 2008, the US Preventive Services Task Force began discouraging screening in men over 75 given the known risks of screening and lack of clear beneﬁts. (The group recently expanded its recommendation to men of all ages.) A survey published earlier this year found no decrease in screening. But that work was based on screening tests reported by patients and could be unreliable, said David H. Howard, a health policy researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, who did the new study. Using a national cancer registry, he found the rate of earlystage prostate tumour diagnoses among men aged 75 and older fell 25 per cent from 2007 to 2009.

Late night TV, computer time linked to depression Exposure to artificial light at night results in depressionlike traits By Chris Wickham SITTING in front of a computer or TV screen late into the night or leaving it on when you fall asleep could increase your chances of becoming depressed, according to a study by U.S. scientists. The study, by a team of neuroscientists at Ohio State University Medical Centre partly funded by the US Department of Defence, will give screen-addicted night owls pause for thought. The researchers - who exposed hamsters to dim light at night and picked up changes in behaviour and the brain that bore striking similarities to symptoms in depressed people - said a surge in exposure to artiﬁcial light at night in the last 50 years had coincided with rising rates of depression, particularly among women, who are twice as prone as men. “The results we found in hamsters are consistent with what we know about depres-

Although exposure to night-time light has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and obesity, the relationship with mood disorders is poorly understood sion in humans,” said Tracy Bedrosian, who led the study, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Although exposure to nighttime light has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and obesity, the relationship with mood disorders

is poorly understood. The hamsters involved in the experiment were exposed for four weeks to dim light at night - equivalent to a TV screen in a darkened room and the results compared to a control group exposed to a normal light-dark cycle.

The experimental group was then moved back onto a normal cycle for one, two or four weeks before they were tested. The results showed they were less active and had a lower than usual interest in drinking sugar water - both

symptoms are comparable to signs of depression in people. The similarity extended to their biological makeup. The researchers found changes in the hippocampus - a part of the brain - that were consistent with people suffering depression. The hamsters exposed to dim light at night were also shown to produce more of a protein called tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a chemical messenger that is mobilised when the body is injured or infected and causes inflammation in its efforts to repair the damage. “Researchers have found a strong association in people between chronic inflammation and depression,” said Randy Nelson, who also worked on the study. “That’s why it is very significant that we found this relationship between dim light at night and increased expression of TNF.” The scientists found that blocking the effects of TNF with a drug prevented signs of depression in the hamsters, though some other indicators in the structure of the brain were unaffected. For instance, hamsters that were exposed to dim light at night still showed a much reduced density of dendritic spines - hairlike growths on brain cells that are used to send chemical messages from one cell to another. Nonetheless, those hamsters returned to a normal light-dark cycle saw both their TNF levels and the density of their dendritic spines return to normal after about two weeks.

Hip and knee replacements tied to risk of heart attack - study OLDER patients who have a hip or knee replaced face an increased risk of heart attack in the two weeks after the procedure, according to an international study. Researchers, whose ﬁndings appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine, said that people having joint surgery had up to 31 times the

risk of a heart attack shortly afterward. “The risk of acute myocardial infarction is substantially increased in the ﬁrst 2 weeks after total hip replacement (25-fold) and total knee replacement surgery (31-fold) compared with controls,” wrote Arief Lalmohamed from Utrecht University in

the Netherlands, who led the study. The link between joint surgeries and heart problems was especially high for patients aged 80 or older, they found. But those under the age of 60 weren’t at any higher risk. Although it’s not clear that the hip and knee procedures themselves triggered the heart attacks, research-

ers said it’s reasonable to think they would have some role. “Surgery is a risk, because surgery and anesthesia that you need to have the surgery increase stress levels for patients,” said William Hozack, an orthopedic surgeon at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, who wasn’t involved in the study.

Hope for new drug cocktail to combat TB A NEW combination of three drugs killed 99 per cent of patients’ tuberculosis bacteria in two weeks, raising hope for a new weapon against increasingly resistant forms of TB. The midstage study, presented on Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, needs to be confirmed in larger and longer trials. Scientists say the drug cocktail could speed treatment and help reduce the emergence of resistant forms of tuberculosis. “TB is the largest killer of AIDS patients, and so in order to contain the AIDS epidemic, we have to contain TB to a much greater extent,” said Dr Mel Spiegelman, chief executive officer of the TB Alliance, a non-profit research group that conducted the study, which was published in the Lancet. The combination of drugs includes one existing TB drug, pyrazinamide, a repurposed antibiotic from Bayer AG called moxifloxcin that is now used off-label for patients with drug-restistant TB, and a new drug called PA-824 being developed by the New York-based TB Alliance. What the combination lacks are any drugs in the class called rifamycins, which pose the greatest threat of side effects for patients who also are being treated for infections with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDs. “The results of this clinical trial give us the first indication that a new TB drug regimen - a combination of drugs - could be more effective than any of the existing TB drug regimens,” Spiegelman said. He said the combination is especially promising because it could be used to treat patients with both treatmentsensitive TB and TB strains that are resistant to two or more of the common drugs, known as multiple-drug resistant TB.

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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 Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 1.30pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 0pm. 11.25am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Lucky One (K) 30, K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30, plex, 8.15 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25 and 8pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in 3D, in Greek), weekends only at 11.30am; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25 and 8pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Haywire (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.25pm. Tel: 77778383

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

Summer Open-Air Marathon (tonight: Mister Lonely) Konstantia Open-Air Cinema, Wednesday to Sunday at 9pm. Tel: 22-348203

LIMASSOL The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm. Tel: 77778383 The Dictator (15) Rio 3 at 8.20 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) 45 K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall 45 of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.45 383 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Lucky One (K) Rio 5 at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) at 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LARNACA

The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 2 at 8 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Haywire (15) Rio 6 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.30pm. Tel: 25 87 25-871410 Ice Ag Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 2 (in 3D, in English), daily (exce (except weekends) at 6.20pm. Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6.30p 6.30pm, weekends also at 4.45p 4.45pm. Rio 4 (in 2D, in Greek) at 6.3 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weeke weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-87 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm. K-Cin K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in Englis English) at 5.25pm. K-Cineplex (Scre (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25 aand 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30 and 10.15pm, and (Screen 2) at 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Lucky One (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30, 8.15 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in 3D, in Greek) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in 3D, in English) at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.25 and 8pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Haywire (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

PAPHOS The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 1 at 5, 7.45 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Dictator (15) Rio 5 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Lucky One (K) Rio 4 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.20, 8.10 and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 7 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. Tel: 26-207000 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (K) Rio 2 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 10pm, weekends at 10.10pm. Tel: 26-207000

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listings Today Music Xorko Art Collaboration Movement A village music festival featuring various local DJs and musicians playing live. July 27-29. Arminou Village, Paphos. €5 - general 3 day entrance. €10 – camping. http://www.facebook.com/XorkoFestival.Arminou Power of the Night Metal festival with bands from the UK, Italy, Greece and Cyprus. July 27-28. Central Campus of the University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Nicosia. 5.30pm. €18/28. Tel: 96-557759/ 22-894000 13th Paradise Jazz Festival Two weekends filled with music played by local and foreign artists. July 27-28 and August 3-4. Paradise Place, Pomos, Paphos. €15 per night/jam session €10. Tel: 26-342537/99-516932. Performances run at various times from 9pm to 9.30pm. Email: paradiseplace@ cytanet.com.cy

Theatre Miss Julie XMAS Production presents the classic work by August Strindberg as adapted by Patrick Marber. July 27-28. Ancient Odeon, Paphos. 9pm. In Greek. €20/45. Presale tickets available at selected So Easy Kiosks in all cities. Tel: 70-003313

The Frogs Play by Aristophanes performed by the Magdalena Zira and her Theatre Group, Cyprus, within the framework of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. July 27. Curium Ancient Theatre, Limassol. 9pm. €10/17. With English and Greek subtitles. Tel: 77-772717/25-324025 /26-947037. www.tickethour.com The Eumenides Play by Aeschylus performed by the Ruth Kanner Theatre Group, Israel, within the framework of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. July 27. Makarios III Amphitheatre, Nicosia. 9pm. €10/17. With English and Greek subtitles. Tel: 77-772717/25-324025/26-947037. www.tickethour.com

Other Events Paphos Rainbow Festival of Fine Arts Three days of music, dance and art related activities. July 27-29. Paphos Harbour. From 5pm. Free/€10. Tel: 99313085 Midsummer Night’s Dream Privé Fashion Show of J’s Boutique with five models presenting Ms Ji Kong’s new collection while guests enjoy a complimentary glass of Aes Ambelis Rosé and special prices on all fashion items. July 27. Academy 32, Constantinou Paleologou 32, old Nicosia. 8.30pm. Book via 22-760073 or through the event’s wall at www.facebook.com/groups/ academy32/

Tomorrow Music Haris Alexiou and Dimitra Galani Two of the greatest female voices from Greece present a programme with popular songs by great composers as well as songs written by themselves. July 28. Medieval Paphos Castle. 9pm. €35. Tel: 25-878744

Theatre The Eumenides Play by Aeschylus performed by the Ruth Kanner Theatre Group, Israel, within the framework of the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama. July 28. Curium Ancient Theatre, Limassol. 9pm. €10/17. With English and Greek subtitles. Tel: 77-772717/25-324025/26-947037. www.tickethour.com

Other Events Basketball Player Development and Motivation Seminar PeacePlayers - Cyprus (PPI-CY) hosts seminar led by the NBA’s Brooklyn NETS Assistant Coach Doug Overton. July 28. Home for CooperationOpposite Ledra Palace, Buffer Zone, Nicosia. 10am-12midday. RSVP essential: mvasilara@peaceplayersintl. org, telephone 22-660061 Or Orhun Mevlit by phone at 00905428581307 or by email: omevlit@yahoo.com

Quaker fitXlevel Games Competition looking for the fittest men and women in Cyprus with groups of four completing ten exercises as fast as possible. July 28. Famagusta Nautical Club, 28th October Street, Limassol. 4pm. Tel: 99–746344 Lifeline Charity concert with George Stamataris, Tefkros Neocleous, Lukas Louka (piano). Also featuring the band Mccs Fade, acrobats BLF Crew with fire & light show, illusionist Nicholas Liotatis, children’s playground and items for sale. July 28. Finikoudes Promenade, Athinon Avenue, Larnaca. 8pm. Free

Ongoing Dance Ninth Summer Contemporary Dance Festival Five choreographers present sitespecific contemporary dance performances. July 24-29. Multiple locations in Limassol. Starts from 7.30pm. Tel: 77-772552. www.neakinisidance. com.cy

Theatre 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

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

Exhibitions

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. MondayFriday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday-Sunday: 6pm-9pm. Tel: 22-800970 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 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 Nicosia International Airport Solo photography exhibition by Andreas Efstathiou. Until August 30. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm. Tel: 22-343670

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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 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 Summer 2012 Group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Until September 30. Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras St, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25378733. www.morfi.org

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Tomorrow Other Events Put yourself to the test YOU RUN, you swim and enjoy playing different types of sport. But how fit are you? If a 5K race just doesn’t give you that same adrenaline buzz that it used to, then the Quaker fitXlevel Games, being held tomorrow at the Famagusta Nautical Club of Limassol, might be your chance to sweat it out and push your personal goals to the limit. FitXlevel is a strength and conditioning workout that combines athletic and functional movements. The philosophy underlining fitXlevel training is that a healthy and fit person should possess a varied range of physical skills: strength, power, speed, endurance, cardiovascular- respiratory capacity, balance, agility, flexibility, co-ordination and mobility. If you think you are the fittest person in Cyprus state your interest and demonstrate your power. FitXlevel is part of Next Fitness Level team which is hosting the games in Limassol, the first Cyprus Beach Challenge. It’s a one-day event looking for the fittest man n and woman on the day. What makes this event stand out from m other competitions is that fitXlevel evolves into a competition between the participants who are called d

On The Scene Other Events A celebration of the arts PAPHOS Harbour will be bustling with activity over the next three days as the Second Paphos Rainbow Festival of Fine Arts gets underway. The festival is a massive gathering of musicians, dancers, performers and artists. Following the great success of last year’s festival, the event is back to promote all things art related. It’s a weekend whereby amateurs and professionals dealing with all forms of art can come together to present their creations.

to execute exercises that they don’t know beforehand but are delivered only at the event day, creating an air of anticipation and excitement. The games will be divided into categories based on age, i.e. there will be groups for men from the age of 18 to 35 years, men of 36 and over, women 18 to 35 years and women 36 and over. Interested parties will take part in a group of four and will be asked to complete the ten exercises set as fast as possible. It’s important to note that contestants will only be given one attempt to complete the tasks. The top athletes will be rewarded according to their ﬁtness level and achievement and a prize will be given to the ﬁrst, second and third place. Participants are recommended to wear appropriate clothing and accessories, hats, athletic shoes and gloves, sunglasses are allowed, but any other equipment will be prohibited. Entries are still open, but are limited, so if you want to prove you have what it takes to be crowned the Fittest in Cyprus, best ring for more information and make sure to arrive before 4pm to obtain the necessary preparation for the games. Quaker fitXlevel Games Competition looking for the fittest men and women in Cyprus with groups of four completing ten exercises as fast as possible. Nautical Club, July 28. Famagusta Nautica Street, 28th October S Limassol. Lim 4pm. Tel: 4p 999– 7746344

The festival will feature artists and crafters who will display and sell artwork in media including clay, wood, metals, glass, jewellery, watercolours, oil, mixed media and photography. In addition to the exhibits of skilled craftsmanship, one can enjoy live grafﬁti, theatre performances and free musical entertainment throughout the three days by a variety of talented performers. Headlining the event will be popular Greek singer Christos Thiveos. The entrance to the festival is free with the exception of the theatrical performance Lysistrata vs Karakiozis and the concert by Thiveos, which are €10 each. Paphos Rainbow Festival of Fine Arts Three days of music, dance and art related activities. July 27-29. Paphos Harbour. From 5pm. Free/€10. Tel: 99313085

Do-It-Yourself trend ACROSS the globe, D.I.Y., or Do-It-Yourself, has become a way of life. Small collectives of individuals are putting together communities with the D.I.Y. mentality that believes in being the creators of culture rather than consumers. These communities seek to provide an alternative to the mainstream, corporate, societal norms found in every day life. From alternative dance spaces to underground music venues, the D.I.Y. ethics has permeated every aspect of life. While such D.I.Y. activities have been around for many years, it has only been in recent times that they have begun to receive mainstream acceptance in many parts of the world and now Cyprus. The Cypriot music world is no stranger to grassroots innovation, and the Xorko Collaborative movement – run for artists, by artists – is a prime example of how collective artistic passion and support lie at the heart of the island’s cultural scene. Starting today, Arminou village will be the host of the ﬁrst festival of Xorko Art Collaboration Movement. Made up of mainly local Cypriot artists, musicians and DJs, Xorko (Cypriot for village) is an apt name for this movement as it acts as a communal platform for social and independent business development and artistic/ cultural production, for social entrepreneurs and underground entities to exist and grow. One of the biggest problems that local musicians have faced is the lack of different music scenes.

Above Barbara’s Straight Son (Greece). Inset: Vacation Dad (USA)

Music tends to be very commercial and a poor art education system further hinders musical expression. Xorko, however, seeks to address this issue by focusing on the newest genres, inﬂuential electronic music from all over the world and experimental constructions. All the action is set to take place in Arminou village in the Dhiarizos valley. With its unique setting, Arminou is 50km east from Paphos, on the outskirts of the Paphos forest yet twenty minutes away from the sea. Formerly the administrative and cultural centre of this fertile and historic region of Cyprus, Arminou is now inhabited by just 23 people. Over tthree days, the Xorko festival will take audiences on festiva musical journey from folk to a mus drum & bass to experimenlive dr electronic and dark techno. tal ele area, shower and A camping cam cleaning facilities, as well as cleani lunch, dinner and a breakfast, brea drinks bar will be available. It’s noting that you can also worth w partake in hiking and biking partak activities over the course of the activit three days. French music producer and Frenc DJ of nu garage and future Jambon will open dub Fabrice F festival followed by the the fe experimental electronic ex duo vybbtuan & Yiand nis Christoﬁdes. Electro acoustic live improvisatitions by Governmental Envelopes will continue the En journey and the night will end journe with a dark electronic mood Shalom & Raw Silver playwith S

ing a set going from electronic punk to chiptune. Tomorrow will start early with chill wave music slowly waking up crowds from slumber, while Monsieur Doumani will take their flutes out and recreate Cypriot folk songs, which will then be followed by an earthy DJ set by DJ Antonis-Renos AKA the Mule as the sun begins to set. Night time will then see four young music composers step into the limelight that have came together to form the Brain Masturbation band. The Black Post Project will enhance the scene with the first dark beats of the night, as audiences then prepare to be swept away by the American electronic rock producer Vacation Dad. Things will then all draw to a close on Sunday with Kineza & Kristia E. taking over the first hour with their live sonic forays followed by Meskalido’s Balcan, an experimental dub playlist. The closing set will then be handed over to the man who has been leading the revival of Cypriot vernacular music, Michalis Terlikkas. DIY is nothing without local support so come down and show some. Xorko Art Collaboration Movement A village music festival featuring various local DJs and musicians playing live. July 27-29. Arminou Village, Paphos. €5 - general 3 day entrance. €10 – camping. http://www.facebook.com/XorkoFestival.Arminou By Ledha Socratous

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Film SUMMARIES The Dark Knight Rises (See page opposite)

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The Dictator 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) mistakes the now beardless Aladeen for a fellow traveller, the Dictator’s complicated predicament becomes even more complicated. Also starring Jason Mantzoukas. Directed by Larry Charles. (Comedy, 83 mins.) Our rating:

The Lucky One After a fierce 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. Also starring Riley Thomas Stewart. Directed by Scott Hicks. (Drama, 101 mins.) Our rating:

The Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is an outcast high-schooler 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 highschool 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. (Comic-book 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 saber-toothed 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:

Le Mepris

Haywire The Lucky One

Mallory Kane (real-life MMA 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 double-crossed 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

The Dictator

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 parenthood. TV fitness guru Jules (Cameron Diaz) and dance-show star Evan (Matthew Morrison) find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) gets a taste of her own advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’s husband Gary (Ben Falcone) struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alphaDad (Dennis Quaid), who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife Skyler (Brooklyn Decker). Photographer Holly (Jennifer Lopez) is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child – but her husband Alex (Rodrigo Santoro) isn’t so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a ‘dudes’ support

group. Then there’s Rosie (Anna Kendrick) and Marco (Chacee Crawford), who run ting snack-food competing nd succum mb to a carts and succumb night off passion. Also starringg Chris Rock. Directedd by Kirk Jones. (Romantic y-drama, comedy-drama, ns.) 110 mins.) Our rating:

Snow White and the Huntsman untsman Snow White (Kristen rt) is the only Stewart) person in the land han the evil fairer than queen (Charlize n). Unable to Theron). toleratee the insult to her vanity, the evill queen decidess that Snow White must die. The queen sends a man (Chris huntsman worth) to Hemsworth) ow White. kill Snow ver the However man finds huntsman himselff unable der to murder ocent the innocent young n, woman, and insteadd ends upp trainingg her to becomee

a warrior capable of threatening the queen’s reign. Also starring Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone. Di irected Directed by Rupert Sanders. ((Adventure (A dventure fantasy, 127 mins.) O Ou r ting: ra Ourr rating:

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NEW FILMS The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

Directed by: Christopher Nolan Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt US 2012, 164 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.

THE PLOT

Le Mepris (Contempt) Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is a writer who’s who s hired by producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) to make a script for a film version of ‘The Odyssey’ more commercial. Paul leaves his wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) alone on a drive with Prokosch – and she, believing he’s used her to ingratiate himself with the producer, suddenly feels contempt for him, putting the relationship in danger. Directed by JeanLuc Godard in 1963. In French, with Greek subtitles. (Drama, 103 mins.) Our rating:

It’s been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale) vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacriﬁced everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anticrime Dent Act – but everything will change with the arrival of Selina (Anne Hathaway), a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, g , however,, is the emergence of Bane (Tom Hardy), a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce Wayne out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane .

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Pro: “The Dark Knight Rises (TDKR), Christopher Nolan’s mesmerising climax to his trilogy reboot of the DC Comics character, is a show, all right. But not in the way of the standard summer action fantasy. Although his movie contains elaborate ﬁghts, stunts, chases and war toys, and though the director dresses half his characters in outﬁts suitable for a ComicCon revel, Nolan is a dead-serious artist with a worldview many m ny shades darker than the ma knight k ight of the title. kn The Avengers is kid stuff compared with this meditation on mortal loss and heroic frailty. For once a melodrama with pulp origins

The Dark Knight Rises

convinces viewers that it can be the modern equivalent to Greek myths or a Jonathan Swift satire. TDKR is that big, that bitter – a film of grand ambitions and epic achievement. The most eagerly anticipated movie of summer 2012 was worth waiting for… “Occasionally the movie’s pulp and fantasy origins expose themselves. The opening set piece, in which Bane and his cohorts are rescued from captivity in a CIA plane by hitching a ride on a larger jet flying above it, is the kind that was more suavely imagined in several James Bond films decades ago. (Bane, through his apparatus, often sounds like a 007 villain; you wait for him to say, ‘No, Mr. Wayne, I expect you to die’.) You may also wonder why Bruce took ages to learn, even from Alfred, that his business empire is near depletion; why no Gothamite, police or civilian, thinks to shoot Bane in the leg or apply a kung fu kick to his respirator; why, in a street fight between Batman and Bane, none of the thousands of allies or adversaries joins in to take one or both of the men down; and why the thin frozen ice, on which condemned men in wintry Gotham are meant to fall through, miraculously refreezes for the next group of victims… “More often, though, the movie’s emotional gravity gives special heft to venerable Batman tropes. When, after all these years, the Bat-

Signal illuminates the sky (Bruce has draped an unconscious villain on a searchlight to form the famous silhouette), it’s seriously thrilling, because so much more is at stake here… “Nolan has said he was inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities; he borrowed the novel’s setting in a time of revolution, its use of a storm motif and its proliferation of characters who are the doubles or mirror images of each other. (Bane, who literally went to the same school as Bruce, might be Batman’s evil twin.) At the end, Alfred reads the last lines from A Tale of Two Cities: ‘It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better place that I go to than I have ever known’. “That could be a summing up of Nolan’s Bruce/Batman, and of The Dark Knight Rises. The movie may not top The Avengers at the worldwide box ofﬁce, but it is a far, far better thing – maybe the best, most troubling, assured and enthralling of all the superhero movies.” Richard Corliss, TIME (US) Pro/Mixed: “Old superheroes never die; they simply hang up their capes and retreat to the shadows, awaiting the moment when fashions change and they’re required again. One minute Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is hobbling around his country pile, leaning on his stick like a latter-day Howard Hughes and woefully pro-

claiming that ‘there’s nothing out there for me’. The next he’s back in the bat-suit, back in the saddle – recalled to save the world or Warner Bros, whatever comes first. “Preamble complete, the dark knight duly rises for the bruising final stanza in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, a satisfying saga of revolution and redemption that ends the tale on a note of thunder. If viewers were wanting a corrective to the jumpsuit antics of The Avengers, or the noodling highschool angst of The Amazing Spider-Man, then rest assured that Batman delivers in spades. Here is a film of granite, monolithic intensity; a superhero romp so serious that it borders on the comical, like a children’s fancy-dress party scripted by Victor Hugo and scored by Wagner… “The Dark Knight Rises may be a hammy, portentous affair but Nolan directs it with aplomb. He takes these codheroic, costumed elements and whisks them into a tale of heavy-metal fury, full of pain and toil, surging uphill, across the flyovers, in search of a climax. ‘I’m still a believer in the Batman,’ murmurs Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s rookie cop at one point. Arm-twisted, senses reeling, I am forced to concede that I am too.” Xan Brooks, The Guardian (UK) Mixed: “Eight years after the camp

frippery of Batman & Robin (1997), in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze and Uma Thurman’s Poison Ivy played dress-up while George Clooney let his nipply bat-suit do most of the acting, director and co-writer Christopher Nolan brought to the screen the origin story of Bruce Wayne and his tortured, emotionally isolated crimefighting alter ego. Stately and just serious enough, Batman Begins was trumped by Nolan’s own 2008 sequel The Dark Knight, which channelled a planet’s worth of post-9/11 panic and pitted Christian Bale’s masked vigilante against Heath Ledger’s unforgettable merry psycho… “Now comes The Dark Knight Rises, which makes The Dark Knight look like Dora the Explorer and is more of a 164-minute anxiety disorder than a movie… “Nolan’s third in the planned trilogy will likely satisfy many who fell headlong into the previous two. The new film works on your nervous system the way composer Hans Zimmer’s kettle drums of doom keeps tightening the screws, long after the screws are tight. There are many things to admire in The Dark Knight Rises, and Nolan’s bombast is a far, far higher grade than you’d find in a Transformers movie. But … what worked beautifully in The Dark Knight seems overworked and almost ridiculously grim in The Dark Knight Rises.” Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune (US)

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las, 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) *****************************

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS ***************************** 2 BEDROOM ATLAS MOBILE HOME for sale . Granite kitchen surfaces, tiled ﬂoors in W.C., Shower room and kitchen REDUCED TO E7,900. Tel. 99416918 or <sandymathie@ hotmail.com> SOFA easy chair glass top dining table and 4 chairs coffee side tables euro 475 rugs lamps paintings euro 10 each child bike euro 15 car seat euro 20 gas bbq euro 60 kitchen items and childrens furniture must go this weekend giveaway prices call 96832275 ONE WAY AIRLINE TICKET to the UK for sale, Paphos international to Newcastle international airport on Sunday the 29th of July 2012, Jet 2 LS516, departing at 23:10 pm, arriving: 2:20 am price: €70 – o.n.o call : 99392420 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 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

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

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

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Advertiser FOR SALE B.P./LAND 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

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES throughout. 12 months warranty. €5995. Mike 99166532 www.mikejohnsoncars.com (and see what our customers say) 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 ****************************

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.

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 ****************************

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onrs, lights-rain sensors, wind deﬂector, 45000 km, excellent condition, €30,900. For information call 99405122. *****************************

Cleopatra hotel) flat 2 bedrooms - 90m2 (the flat is in a new building in the centre and can also be used as an office. For info., Tel 99-763 804 Andreas Panayi **************************** 2 BDRM, one floor apartment for rent, located in English school area (Nicosia), without common expenses, with a/c facilities, solar hot water system, at a very reasonable price. Contact number: 99335922. **************************** 3 BEDROOM FLAT completely renovated in Strovolos. 135sqm, quite family owned building recently painted. c/h, a/c, storage room. Stainless steel appliances, washing machine. Sky satellite tv. € 650/month Call 99 330 908. ***************************** LYCAVITOS 300sq.m., 3 bdrm office lux. €1500, Dasoupolis 2 bdrm., wooden floors modern design €750, Acropolis 3 bdrm f/f., modern furniture, luxury €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

***************************** 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).

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

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA FLAT FOR RENT location Prevezis 13 Nicosia (near

FOR SALE BMW 320i CONVERTIBLE, 2008, colour platinum bronze, 18’’ alloys, being leather, cruise control, front and rear parking ses-

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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 ap-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA pliances, 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,

TO LET NICOSIA 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 ensuite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical ap-

TO LET NICOSIA pliances and family room, garden with grass, big 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 bed-

TO LET NICOSIA rooms 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 Andreas €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

TO LET NICOSIA 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

TO LET NICOSIA 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 22-422225/96422225/96422226, 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,

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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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).

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TO LET NICOSIA 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 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 op-

TO LET NICOSIA posite 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 fur-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA nished 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,

TO LET NICOSIA 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). 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,

TO LET NICOSIA 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 air-conditions 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 Ave-

TO LET NICOSIA nue 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 Eng-

TO LET NICOSIA lish 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 w w w. l a n d t o u r i s t e s t a t e s . com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** 3 BDRM flat in Pallouriotissa (next to McDonalds). For information call 99606984. 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

LIMASSOL **************************** 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

TO LET LIMASSOL 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

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TO LET LARNACA 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

viewing, please knock on off. 202(2nd ﬂloor). For further details, please call 25-521873 or 25-731163 after 8:00pm. 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

LARNACA **************************** LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, en-suite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 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 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

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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 ! ****************************

PAPHOS **************************** GEROSKIPOU - beautiful brand new unfurnished 2 bdrm apartment €330p.m., 3 bdrm apartment €390p.m., fully a/c, vertical blinds, cooker oven, fan extractor. Situated in quiet

TO LET PAPHOS area, very modern near Kato Paphos close to Neapolis University, close to supermarkets, For info call 99370845 Mrs Androulla Georgiou. ***************************** 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 ***************************** CHLORAKA, 2 bedroom apartment, only 5 years old, fully furnished 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 **************************** 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 bed-

TO LET PAPHOS room 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 ***************************** 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

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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 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 **************************** 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 Po-

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seidonio 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

4. KAMARES €675 we are delighted to offer this 2 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow offering magnificent sea views. Lovely enclosed garden & private pool. Available unfurnished or fully furnished and includes central heating throughout plus modern gas fire for those winter months. Outdoor storage facitilites, shaded patio area, fly screens & shutters.

A beautiful home.

1. TREMITHOUSA €425 never rented before so a real home. Stunning spacious 2 bedroom townhouse, immaculate condition & furnished with good quality furniture with ﬂy screens & ceiling fans & many extras. Downstairs guest wc. Good sized enclosed pretty garden offering sea views. Situated on a quiet complex with communal pool area.

5. 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.

2. UNIVERSAL AREA €550 spacious 3 bedroom semi detached house all with ensuite bathrooms plus downstairs guest wc. Large storage room & roof terrace. Enclosed garden with private pool. Drive for off street parking. Available unfurnished with sky satellite. Situated in a great central location.

6. 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 verandah, private drive for off street parking. Situated in a quiet residential area.

3. TALA €625 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.

7. TALA €1450 magniﬁcent modern 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa, furnished with designer modern furniture, though can be available unfurnished if desired. Includes gas central heating & working ﬁreplace. Beautifully designed & spacious with undercover parking, private pool & sea views. A must to see!

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TO LET PAPHOS 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: 99133422 OFFICE: 26271858 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MANY MORE PROPERTIES www.mrrentpaphos.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.

TO LET PAPHOS 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 parking. Euros 400.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal.

For more information please call 99218866

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

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

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

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. *****************************

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA ***************************** 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 quite area. Building recently plastered and painted. €850,000 euro. negotiable Call: 99 330 908 **************************** 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,

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.

HOSPITALS ........ 1400

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.

7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large

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FOR SALE NICOSIA 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 *****************************

SALE LIMASSOL 2 bed flat on beach road; light, airy with balcony. New flooring, a/c units, lift 2nd floor, windows 3 sides, own car space. TITLE DEEDS. €115,000. Tel 99178141 www.homesinternational.info (Les Bois) ****************************

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.

FOR SALE

Narcotics Helpline ......... 1410 (Outside hours.............. 22-304160) AIDS Advisory Bureau ................................ 22-302826

Semi-detached house in Archangelos

Domestic Violence Centre .......................................... 1440 (Emergency Centre for Victims)

area split level on a hill, no houses

Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401 Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267 Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information) Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

in front, 3 big bedrooms, 2 big

use” 4bed,s “Orchard Ho 9 month Title ready in

bathrooms and TV room big lounge & 1-5 bed villas & cottages

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

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08.00 Concert 09.30 Chef Ston Aera (rpt) Cooking show offering viewers quick, simple & economical recipes. 10.10 Reload Summer 12.10 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) 13.00 Apo Mera Se Mera

00.00 Euronews 07.00 NRG Music Channel 08.00 Kids’ TV Mostly cartoons, repeated in the afternoon. 16.30 My Wife And Kids (rpt) Third season of US sictom about a stay at home dad. ‘Jury Duty’. Michael is recruited for jury service and elected foreman, but tries to get the trial over quickly so he can rush home to watch a marathon showing of the Godfather ﬁlms on TV. 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: Saturday Night Fever Disco drama, starring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney. 1977. See Film Picks. 23.00 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony See Pick Of The Day. 01.30 Repeats

07.00 Tis Ellados Ta Paidia (rpt) 07.30 Oi Men Kai Oi Den (rpt) 08.00 Fast Money (rpt) 08.45 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) 09.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 10.20 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 Galileo (rpt) 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.10 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 15.20 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.20 Krifa Monopatia (rpt) 17.10 Mi Mou Les Antio (rpt) 18.00 News 18.10 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt)

06.30 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 07.00 Yia Sena (rpt) 08.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes (rpt) 09.20 Batso Agapi Mou (rpt) 10.00 Proino Mou Lifestyle programme that features entertainment, music and more. 12.00 Yia Banaki 15.00 I Dada (rpt) 16.00 I Ora I Kali (rpt) 17.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Greek drama series, based on the popular Latin American telenovela about mistaken identities. 18.20 News 18.30 Mousiko Kouti (rpt) Greek game show, testing contestants on their music knowledge. 19.20 Peninta Peninta (rpt) Greek comedy series. 20.10 News 21.20 Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt) Greek comedy series. 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)

07.00 Erotas Me Epidotisi 07.45 An M’ Agapas 08.40 Oi Takkoi 10.20 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 11.00 I Kouzina Tis Mamas (rpt) 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. With News at 18.00. 18.40 Tropico Latin American telenovela. 19.30 The Del Monte Heirs 20.20 News 21.20 Irthe Ki Edese 22.10 To Kokkino Domatio 23.15 Sex And The City (rpt) First season. ‘Oh Come All Ye Faithful’. Samantha discovers that size really does matter in a relationship. Miranda discovers her boyfriend suffers from a serious case of Catholic guilt, and Charlotte fears she may be left on the shelf. Meanwhile, Carrie has an unusual encounter. Last in series. 23.45 News 23.50 Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) 01.40 Allou Ximeromenoi (rpt) 03.00 Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) 03.40 Eleni (rpt) 05.30 Tropico (rpt)

06.45 Star News 07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Kids’ TV 11.50 Travelbook 12.30 Thema Gevsis Cookery show. 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 Teen Days 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. 21.00 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz (rpt) 22.00 FILM: A Memory Of Lies An agoraphobic woman is trapped inside her house and thinks her husband is conspiring with her psychiatrist to drive her insane. Mystery, starring Kieron Elliott and Amber Jaeger. 2009. 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: I Kravgi 15.05 FILM: Iron Jawed Angels Story about American suffragist Alice Paul, who led a famous hunger strike in her campaign to win women the right to vote. Fact-based period drama, starring Hilary Swank. 2004. 17.20 O Anthropos Tis Thalassas 18.15 Melrose Place With News at 18.30. 19.15 News 19.50 Sports Time 20.05 Rubi 21.00 FILM: Blonde & Blonder Comedy, starring Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards. 2007. See Film Picks. 22.45 FILM: Impact Point A pro athlete conquers all the challenges she meets until she encounters a certain man. Thriller, starring Brian Austin Green. 2008. 00.20 FILM: In Pursuit A lawyer is accused of murdering a powerful man after having an affair with his sultry wife. Straight-to-video drama, starring Daniel Baldwin and Claudia Schiffer. 2000.

15.30 Syn Plyn 17.00 Kypros Ena Taxidi (rpt) 17.30 Entehnos (rpt) 18.00 News 18.15 Candid Camera 18.30 Kati Psinetai (rpt) Greek version of the show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals. 19.20 Treis Ki O Kokos (rpt) 20.00 News / Weather / Financial Report 21.00 Vimata Stin Ammo (rpt) Local period drama. 21.35 FILM: The Great Raid A group of US soldiers embark on a daring rescue mission in the Philippines. Lt Col Henry Mucci is determined to free the 500 American troops being held captive in a notorious Japanese PoW camp. But their target lies 30 miles behind enemy lines. World War Two drama, starring Benjamin Bratt and James Franco. 2005. 23.45 News 00.00 Repeats

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Tin Patisa (rpt) Eva Luna News Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Grey’s Anatomy Fifth season. ‘Now or Never’. George delivers shocking news that has repercussions for the entire hospital. Meanwhile, Izzie’s friends await her recovery from surgery, and Bailey is strangely unhappy after being accepted into the paediatric fellowship. 23.30 News 23.45 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 00.35 Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi (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 Newsday 05:30 BBC News Summary 05:32 Newsday 06:01 BBC News 06:06 Newsday 06:30 BBC News Summary 06:32 Science In Action 06:50 From Our Own Correspondent 07:01 BBC News 07:06 Newsday 07:30 BBC News Summary 07:32 The Strand 07:50 Witness 08:01 BBC News 08:06 Newsday 08:30 BBC News Summary 08:32 Newsday 09:01 BBC News 09:06 Newsday 09:30 BBC News Summary 09:32 Newsday 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 Neil Skinner 09.00 Chris Pearson 11.00 Steve Knight 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 Yearley 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 15:0018:00 Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Liquid Radio Show - Pavlos - 15:00-18:00 Wednesday Drive Time - Johny G. 18:0020:00 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.

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Television PICK OF THE DAY Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony (CyBC2, 23.00) Can we stop with the politics already? US presidential candidate Mitt Romney questions the UK’s readiness to host the Olympic Games and claims that preparations so far have been “disconcerting”. David Cameron responds that “Britain can deliver”, and refrains from adding that the nation’s Olympic planning is none of Romney’s damn business anyway. North Korean athletes walk out in a huff after the South Korean ﬂag is shown next to their photos and David Cameron, again, retorts that the blunder was “an honest mistake, honestly made” (doesn’t he have any work to do?). Meanwhile, in Greece, a triple jumper tweets a joke about African immigrants and gets chucked out for racism and being “contrary to the values of the Olympic movement”. You’d think extreme nationalism might actually be an asset in the Olympics, considering they involve athletes from one country competing against athletes from other countries - but of course politicians would rather forget it’s a sporting contest and pretend it’s some wonderful multicultural get-together where people from all over the world sing songs and swap recipes. Maybe that’s why the Opening Ceremony is always such a big deal - because for the ﬁ rst and last time (well, there’s the Closing Ceremony, but ev-

eryone’s kind of burned out by then), the Olympic Idea can take centre-stage, unencumbered by the pesky reality of actual sports. Watching delegations from all over the world parade, one by one, does make you feel like the world is brieﬂ y in harmony, all the more so since the athletes appear in a wide array of national team colours. ‘Unity in diversity,’ as the EU like to put it. The parade is only part of it, of course. There’s also the ‘artistic programme’ which has become increasingly important in recent years, with each host nation vying to outdo the previous one (politics again). The precise content of tonight’s show is a closely-guarded secret, and artistic director Danny Boyle has already apologised to volunteers over ‘spoilers’ appearing in British papers, so we won’t give away too many details - but Boyle himself has revealed that the ceremony will include “a recreation of the British countryside featuring country scenes and farmyard animals,” which sounds cute if not particularly exciting. The title of the programme is ‘The Isles of Wonder’ - ‘Isles’ as in ‘British Isles’, ‘Wonder’ as in ‘I wonder how much this is costing the taxpayer in a time of recession’, though of course we shouldn’t be cynical. You don’t get the sports without the politics.

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FILM PICKS

SATELLITE Inspector Gadget 12:35 Cine News 13:05 Ta Paidia Tis Xelidonas 15:05 Ghosts Of Mississippi 17:20 Spotlight On 17:55 Le Divorce 19:55 Gran Torino 22:00 Sliver 23:55 The Siege 01:55 Jude 04:00 Cine News 04:45 Casino Jack

Saturday Night Fever (CyBC2, 21.00) Remember in Pulp Fiction when John Travolta got up to dance with Uma Thurman, and all he really did was shake his fleshy 40-year-old body slightly - yet the scene still worked because ... well, because he was John Travolta, Icon of Dance? Here’s the fi lm that made him iconic, the ultimate disco movie, and you’d think it’s just nostalgia nowadays but in fact it holds up well, especially the ethnic-Italian gang stuff which bears comparison to Mean Streets. Travolta works a day-job, lives with his parents - and lives for the weekend, when he turns into a strutting peacock with puppy-dog eyes as he and his mates burn up the dance-floor at the local disco. Karen Lynn Gorney (whose performance is awful, but fits her obnoxious character) is the older woman he fancies - and the soundtrack, mostly by the Bee Gees and including the likes of ‘Staying Alive’, is another reason why the fi lm remains timeless. Made in 1977.

Insidious (LTV, 21.00) An ordinary family with three young kids move into a new house - and, almost immediately, strange things start happening. Books are found on the floor, though no-one recalls having dropped them. The baby cries for no reason. Doors creak open, and mysterious rumblings are heard. “There’s something wrong with this place,” Mum (Rose Byrne) tells Dad (Patrick Wilson); “It’s like a sickness”. It wouldn’t be fair to reveal what happens next in this creepy ghost story - but suffice to say that the fi nal act goes off in a fantastical direction that some will fi nd imaginative (think David Lynch) and others deeply silly. “There were several points during the fi lm where I screamed like a 13-year old girl at a Justin Beiber concert,” admits a fan called Chad at the Internet Movie Database - but in fact you could fi nd it entirely nonscary and still enjoy its slow-burning creepiness. Note the title is ‘Insidious’, not ‘Terrifying’. Made in 2010.

Blonde and Blonder (Capital TV, 21.00) There are better ﬁ lms on TV tonight (like, for instance, all of them) - but it’s too hot to think, and the dynamic duo of Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards make thinking superﬂuous. They’re a pair of dim-witted bimbos (can we say ‘typecasting’?) who somehow get mistaken for hired assassins by a gangster and dispatched on a deadly mission to kill the head of the Chinese underworld. “What are we listening to?” asks Denise at one point. “The Sound of Music,” replies Pam. “Oh cool ... what’s the music called?” ripostes her soulmate. Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case! A good night for vapid models on Capital TV, with the admittedly less vapid Claudia Schiffer coming up later. Made in 2007.

Insidious (LTV, 21.00)

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 Monster Bug Wars 11:00 Wildlife Sos 11:25 Gorilla School 11:55 Animal Cops Houston 12:50 E-Vets: The Interns 13:45 Animal Precinct 14:40 Monster Bug Wars 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 101 19:15 Wildlife Sos 19:40 Gorilla School 20:10 Living With The Wolfman 20:35 Animal Battlegrounds 21:05 Monster Bug Wars 22:00 Shark Attack File 3 22:55 Up Close And Dangerous 23:50 Miami Animal Police 00:45 Crime Scene Wild 01:40 Untamed & Uncut 02:35 Shark Attack File 3 03:30 Up Close And Dangerous 04:25 Monster Bug Wars 05:20 Living With The Wolfman 05:45 Animal Battlegrounds 06:10 E-Vets: The Interns

01:15 Twenty Twelve 01:45 Monarch Of The Glen 02:35 Eastenders 60 03:05 Doctors 03:30 Going For Gold - The 48’ Games 05:00 Supernova 05:30 Keeping Up Appearances 06:00 Fimbles 06:20 Tellytales 06:30 Bobinogs 07:45 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 Bobinogs 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 60 11:50 Doctors 12:20 Monarch Of The Glen 13:10 Going For Gold - The 48’ Games 14:40 The Old Guys 15:10 Keeping Up Appearances 15:40 Eastenders 60 16:10 Doctors 16:40 Inspector Lynley Mysteries 17:30 The Weakest Link 18:20 Supernova 18:50 Elephant Diaries 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Doctor Who 21:00 The Cup 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 Daredevils - Daredevils 23:50 A Haunting 01:40 Curiosity 02:40 Swamp Loggers 03:40 Daredevils Daredevils 04:40 A Haunting 05:35 How It’s Made 06:00 Overhaulin’

09:30 Football: Summer Olympic Games London 11:30 Olympic Games: Summer Olympic Games Beijing 13:00 All Sports: Watts 13:30 Olympic Games: Together To London 14:00 Football: Summer Olympic Games London 16:00 Olympic Games: Summer Olympic Games Beijing 17:30 All Sports: Watts 18:00 Olympic Games: Together To London 18:30 Football: Summer Olympic Games London 20:30 Olympic Games: Summer Olympic Games Beijing 22:00 All Sports: Watts 22:30

20:00 The Eagle 22:00 C.S.I. 23:00 O Thanatos Pou Onireftika 00:40 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone 04:55 Finding Amanda

19:20 Last Night 23:30 The Switch 01:15 Country Strong 03:15 London 04:50 Biutiful

We Own the Night (LTV3, 20.00) Olympic Games: Together To London 23:00 Olympic Games: Summer Olympic Games London 03:00 Football: Summer Olympic Games London

05:30 Long Way Round 06:15 Family Guy 07:05 No Ordinary Family 07:50 How I Met Your Mother 08:40 White Collar 09:25 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 10:10 The Amazing Race 11:05 Family Guy 11:55 Lost 12:45 How I Met Your Mother 13:10 Terriers 14:05 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 15:00 Neighbors From Hell 15:25 Bob’s Burgers 15:50 The League 16:15 The Amazing Race 17:05 Family Guy 17:55 Lost 18:40 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 Terriers 20:15 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 21:00 Neighbors From Hell 21:25 Bob’s Burgers 21:50 The League 22:15 Call Me Fitz 22:45 Terriers 23:35 Neighbors From Hell 00:00 Bob’s Burgers 00:25 The League 00:50 Call Me Fitz 01:20 The Amazing Race 02:10 Family Guy 03:00 Lost 03:45 How I Met Your Mother 04:35 Terriers

07:00 Pawn Stars 08:00 Ancient Aliens 09:00 Britain At War 10:00 Pawn Stars 11:00 Ax Men 12:00 Ice Road Truckers 14:00 Britain At War 15:00 Ancient Aliens 16:00 Ice Road Truckers 18:00 Britain At War 19:00 Ancient Aliens 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Ax Men 22:00 Rome’s Lost Legion 23:00 Tony Robinson Down Under 00:00 Pawn Stars 01:00 Ax Men 02:00 Rome’s Lost Legion 03:00 Tony Robinson Down Under 04:00 Ancient Aliens 05:00 Britain At War 06:00 Ax Men

07:30 Paper Man 09:30 A Little Princess 11:15 Mask 13:00 Fantastic Mr Fox 14:30 Butterﬂy On A Wheel 16:05 30 Rock 16:30 Hollywood Buzz 17:00 Eye For An Eye 19:00 Friends 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Insidious 23:00 Ghost Writer 01:15 Hustler TV 02:50 Rudo Y Cursi 04:45 Buried 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Baby Looney Tunes 07:25 Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs 08:15 Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 ScoobyDoo Where Are You! 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 Big Cartoonie Show

Nickelodeon 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 15:20 Batman: The Brave And The Bold 17:00 Momentum: What Drives You 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Best Basket League Opap Games Of The Season 20:30 2010 Women’s Tournament Of Champions 21:30 Pba All-Star Shootout 22:00 2012 Indy Car Series 00:30 Auto Auction Shows 01:00 Best Soccer Games Of The Season: Laiki Bank Championship 03:00 Best Soccer Games Of The Season: Barclay’s Premier League 05:00 Best Soccer Games Of The Season: Bundesliga

07:15 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 08:00 Two And A Half Men 08:30 Chuck 10:00 Friends 10:25 V I 11:15 The Mentalist 12:45 Supernatural 13:30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 14:15 Chuck 15:45 The Big Bang Theory 16:15 According To Jim 17:00 Sons Of Anarchy 18:45 Supernatural 19:30 Desperate Housewives 20:15 Trust Me 21:00 Friends 21:30 Hawaii Five 23:05 Desperate Housewives 00:05 Greetings From The Shore 02:05 Dave 03:55 The Big Bang Theory 04:20 According To Jim 05:05 Sons Of Anarchy

07:00 Life Less Ordinary 08:45 Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale 10:40 Guide For The Married Man 12:15 Any Given Sunday 15:00 It Runs In The Family 17:00 Carlos 20:00 We Own The Night 22:00 John Rambo 00:05 Daring! TV 04:00 White Wall 05:45 La Vie En Rose

06:05 13 Assassins 08:10 It’s A Wonderful Afterlife 09:50 Oranges And Sunshine 11:35 Mad On Novacinema 12:15 African Cats 13:50 Rango 15:40 Bad Teacher 17:20 Happythankyoumoreplease 19:10 Stars In Style 19:45 Fast Five 22:00 A Better Life 23:45 The Names Of Love 01:35 Cine News 02:05 The Son Of No One 03:40 Essential Killing

05:30 Don Juan De Marco 07:05 Cine News 07:30 Ap’ Ta Kokkala Vgalmena 09:00 Summer Kids Zone 10:35 Cine News 11:10

21:00 Zorba The Greek 23:20 Two Mules For Sister Sara

01:30 LPGA Tour: Evian Masters presented by iete Geeale 03:30 The o: Inside the Outdoors Spring Creek National 04:00 The o: Inside the Outdoors Washougal National 04:30 Race Freaks 05:00 LPGA Tour: Evian Masters presented by iete Geeale 07:00 Feherty – Peter Alliss 08:00 School of Golf – Chapter 22: Adding Moe Distance 08:30 Playing Lessons – Robert Gamez & Gay Valentine 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 The Golf Fix 10:00 MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals 12:30 Hard Parts: South Bronx Lost in Transmission 13:00 Speed TBA 14:30 LPGA Tour: Evian Masters presented by iete Geeale 16:30 European Tou: Austrian Golf Open presented by Lyoness 19:30 PRE GAME 20:15 CHAMPIONSHIP LAIKI POPULAR BANK 2011–12: ARHS VS OLYMPIACOS 22:15 POST GAME 23:00 Inside the PGA Tour 23:30 Nationwide Tour Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 Planet Sports 09:00 Globe Trekker 10:00 Planet Food 11:00 The Thirsty Traveler 11:30 Chef Abroad 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 Planet Sports 14:00 Out Of Country 14:30 Travel Today 15:00 Nomad’s Land 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Planet Food 18:00 Travel Today 18:30 48 Hours In… 19:00 Globe Trekker 20:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 21:00 Globe Trekker 22:00 Megalopolis 23:00 Globe Trekker 00:00 Planet Sports 01:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 02:00 Globe Trekker 03:00 Megalopolis 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Planet Food 06:00 The Thirsty Traveler 06:30 Chef Abroad S

06:00 Tom Thumb 07:35 Strip, The 09:00 A Yank At Eton 10:25 Where Were You When The Lights Went Out? 11:55 They Died With Their Boots On 14:15 Please Don’t Eat The Daisies 16:10 Lili 17:30 Adam’s Rib 19:10 A Patch Of Blue 21:00 Dead Calm 22:35 The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight 00:10 Hooper 01:50 The Petrified Forest 03:10 Son Of A Gunfighter 04:40 The Petrified Forest

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1 Six balls left (4) 8 Prosaic? (10) 9 Our burden (4) 10 Darts off out of town (8) 12 Beef for Hector? (5) 13 Great-sounding vessel

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

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18 Test score (3) 21 Mollie losing half a right 22 24 25 26

tooth (5) Side have removed the glue (8) A cross is put on the line (4) Apprentice suffered agony and lost strength (10) Vietnamese volcano? (4)

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25 26 prayers (3)

15 Praise when sir is conferred (8)

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22 Having the power to remove the top of the chart (4) 23 Suspend sentence? (4)

20 Exhaust Sue moved to a 2 Conquered queen disap-

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QUICK: Across – 1 Chambermaid; 9 Boxer; 10 Bastion; 11 Regaled; 13 Actor; 14 Sun; 15 Drama; 16 Rut; 17 Wedge; 19 Tosspot; 21 Trickle; 23 Posed; 24 Blindfolded. Down – 2 Hexagon; 3 Moral; 4 Ebb; 5 Mascara; 6 Idiot; 7 Aberystwyth; 8 Ingratitude; 12 Draft; 15 Doe-skin; 16 Riposte; 18 Drill; 20 Sepal; 22 Elf.

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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Square-dance; 9 Plait; 10 Droplet; 11 Intense; 13 Tacit; 14 Gut; 15 Sedge; 16 Col; 17 Lodge; 19 Rafﬁsh; 21 Absolve; 23 Odium; 24 To the letter. Down – 2 Quartet; 3 Aston; 4 End; 5 Apostle; 6 Colic; 7 Spring-clean; 8 Stately home; 12 Elder; 15 Stealth; 16 Cuisine; 18 Disco; 20 Float; 22 Ell.

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grade art (6) 5 Body not easily bent (5) 6 Repeat the choral part (4) 7 Clothed many a boy (4) 11 Banishment of soldiers at the embassy (10) 13 Black stream of liquid (3) 14 Boy included in our

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(2-8) 9 Forest plant (4) 10 Burning with a hot iron (8) 12 Shore (5) 13 Emmet (3) 16 Blood-vessel (6) 17 Occur (6) 18 Caviare (3) 21 Discovered (5) 22 Decayed (8) 24 Begrudge (4) 25 Topsy-turvy (6,4) 26 Legal wrong (4)

3 Soaked (8) 4 Two shillings (6) 5 Odour (5) 6 ____-skirt (4) 7 Keen (4) 11 HP system (5-5) 13 Scottish resort (3) 14 Deﬁnite article (3) 15 Challenger (8) 19 Exaggerate (6) 20 Stage whisper (5) 22 Teem (4) 23 Baby’s biscuit (4)

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

You seem to be busy with all kinds of projects, bringing you the variety you probably crave. This opportunity to have ﬁngers in so many pies makes you feel more alive than ever and can ward off boredom. The good news is that your ﬁnances can also revive, as long as you are willing to promote yourself and your knowledge and skills on a daily basis.

There is plenty of positive activity being initiated by you and around you, which means you are making all the right connections and beneﬁting from the associations you currently foster. Both business and romance are well starred. However, as Mercury is still retrograde, you may need patience with some people or projects. In time all will be revealed.

Mercury still rewinds, but not for much longer. You might experience delays just when you are keen to get ahead. But timing is also important. This phase may seem to hold you back, when in reality you may be being encouraged to be patient until the best solution naturally evolves at the right time, bringing you, potentially an even better outcome.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

With a focus on your home zone, you may want to invest some of your money in making your home a better and brighter place. Depending on how much cash you want to splash, there are options for planning something like a conservatory or redecoration. However, you may be happy to just do your research and carefully weigh up the possibilities.

You may be waiting for something and uncertain what you can do to hurry matters up. As Mercury is still retrograde, you might even feel a sense of helplessness as though it’s up to fate to decide what will happen next. However, there is one thing you can do and that is to think positively about the result that you “do” want. That way, it just might happen.

You seem to be mainly consumed by work and general busyness, but the Moon in your social zone may encourage you to relax and have some down time. Even a drink and a chat could leave you feeling in much better spirits. When it comes to employment prospects, a stroke of fortune is possible. If you feel restless, this might be the time to take the plunge.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

Mercury in your communication zone, makes you even wittier, wiser and on the ball - which could be just what’s needed to resolve one key issue. Meanwhile, the Moon in Scorpio can stir your desire to look into health and wellness issues. With all this marvellous mental energy buzzing around, it is important not to neglect what you eat and drink.

You may feel like a fresh start and be thinking of a makeover. The Cosmos seems to be encouraging you to make a few changes to your appearance and also to the way you present yourself to the world. It’s time to move out of your comfort zone and experiment with what is possible. Aim high and you may be surprised at what you can achieve.

You are certainly a people person, and this is more than obvious at this time, as the current inﬂuences are working on your behalf to bring you plenty of hot connections that could impact your life in a very positive and upbeat way. The more you are willing to explore your potential and see where it takes you, the more options for amazing success can open up.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

The Moon in Scorpio brings an opportunity for love and romance, if you feel in the mood. You may not want to make a big effort, but if the opportunity presents itself, you could end up having a great time. Your intuition is still very strong, so tune in daily and get a feel for what might be the best direction for you to take in every aspect of your life.

The Moon is currently moving through your sign, so you may get a dose of extra good vibes. If you have had trouble getting something you want, you may be lucky if you go ahead and ask for it again. Money wise, you could be attracting extra funds from a variety of sources and a windfall is very much a possibility at this time. Fingers crossed!

You seem to be looking at your lifestyle and how well it functions. With Mercury retrograde ongoing, your partner or loved one may be keen to point out where things are going wrong and how they can be put right. Reﬂect on your daily life and you will get an idea of what needs to be changed or eradicated. This may not seem sexy, but it can prove worthwhile.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, July 27, 2012

Sport Capello confirmed as Russia’s new coach FABIO Capello has been appointed as Russia’s new coach yesterday. There had been much speculation the former England boss was among the favourites for the vacant job and a Russian Football Union spokesman confirmed to Press Association Sport that he has signed a two-year deal. The Italian succeeds Dick Advocaat, who took charge of Eredivisie outfit PSV Eindhoven after Russia were eliminated in the group stages of Euro 2012. Capello, who resigned as England manager in February, was earlier this month on a shortlist of 13 candidates for the job, with Harry Redknapp and former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola also mentioned by the RFU. But speculation had grown since the 66-year-old was their man and he was set to complete the formalities yesterday afternoon. The RFU will be hoping Capello will prosper after Russia started promisingly at the European Championship, by beating Czech Republic 4-1, before being eliminated after a draw with co-hosts Poland and a defeat to Greece. Similarly, Capello will be looking to rebuild his reputation after a less than impressive four years with England. After taking charge in 2008, he was initially a great success after England comfortably qualified for the 2010 World Cup but the tournament ultimately ended with a crushing 4-1 defeat by rivals Germany in the second round. The former AC Milan, Roma and Real Madrid boss guided England into this year’s tournament in Poland and Ukraine, but quit his post in acrimonious circumstances after the Football Association stripped John Terry of the captaincy due to the Chelsea defender being charged with making a racist remark to Anton Ferdinand. Terry was subsequently cleared in a magistrates court trial.

Still gunning for Arsenal: so far, with City unable to off-load any of their unwanted high earners, there have been no signings, with Arsenal snubbing an initial approach for Van Persie

Europa progress for Anorthosis and APOEL By Nemanja Bjedov

Mancini hits out at lack of City signings By Simon Stone MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has shoved the responsibility for the lack of new faces at the Etihad Stadium this summer on the Citizens’ football director Brian Marwood. City are keen to sign Robin van Persie, with Mancini believing it is crucial to strengthen in order to defend their Premier League title. So far though, with City unable to off-load any of their unwanted high earners, there have been no signings, with Arsenal snubbing an initial approach for Van Persie. And, ahead of the Blues’ friendly with Arsenal in Beijing today, Mancini, while not mentioning Marwood by name, made it clear where he feels the responsibility lies.

Places the responsibility on football director Marwood “For this question, speak to the man in charge,” Mancini told reporters at a press conference in the Chinese capital. “I am not in charge of this. “It is important (to get players quickly) because, after what we did last year, we must continue to win. “This year will be harder than last, so we need to improve our team. “We have a man who works for this and we hope that they can do a good job.” Mancini has previously made his admiration for Van Persie well known. However, aware he will be

facing Arsene Wenger today, the Italian opted to tread a delicate path. “Van Persie is an Arsenal player, not our player,” he said. “He is a fantastic player, but we have four strikers and with those strikers we won the title last year. “Van Persie is a fantastic player, but he is an Arsenal player.” Meanwhile, skipper Vincent Kompany has signed a massive six-year contract that could net him £60million at an estimated £200,000-a-week. “We have laid the foundations and now we want to win

more,” the Belgian told www. mcfc.co.uk. “If we do that then we can be one of the most successful clubs for a long time to come. That is the aim.” Given the vast changes that have taken place since Sheikh Mansour completed his buyout in 2008, Kompany ﬁnds himself as one of the longestserving members of Mancini’s squad. Former boss Mark Hughes spent what is now viewed as a bargain £6million for Kompany in August 2008, since which time he has become one of Europe’s best defenders. He was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2011 and won the City Player of the Year award last term, in addition to scoring the crucial goal against Manchester United in April that turned the championship battle their way.

ANORTHOSIS and APOEL progressed into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League after 6-1 and 3-0 aggregate victories over FC Levadia Tallinn and FK Senica respectively. Ronny Levy’s men had a 3-1 lead from the first leg and had no difficulties seeing off Estonian representatives 3-0 at Larnaca’s Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium yesterday evening. Toni Calvo opened proceedings after only 13 minutes when he ran down the right flank and tried to find Giannis Okkas on the second post. While his pass was way ahead of Okkas, the experienced striker still managed to flick it past Roman Smishko and the Spaniard tapped the ball into an empty net. Okkas thereafter netted to make it 2-0 four minutes before the interval. Colombian midfielder Ricardo Laborde set up the final score in the 62nd minute, placing the ball in the net after Smishko initially saved Juliano Spadacio’s effort. APOEL had a somewhat more complicated job in Slovakia, but they eventually prevailed 1-0 as Helio Pinto scored the winner 17 minutes from time. Ivan Jovanovic’s team had a 2-0 advantage after the first leg in Nicosia last week, and their outstanding game plan won them another victory against the solid Slovakian outfit. In the third qualifying round Anorthosis will take on Georgian side FC Dalia Gori, who overcame AGF Aarhus of Denmark 5-2 on aggregate in their second round encounter, while APOEL face Norwegian team Aalesunds FK, who dismantled KF Tirana of Albania 5-0 in the second leg to secure a 6-1 aggregate win. The first legs are set for next Thursday with Anorthosis travelling to Georgia, while APOEL host Aalesunds at the GSP Stadium in the Cypriot capital.

Goalless tie sufficient for AEL to progress to third round By Nemanja Bjedov

Edmar (left) in action against Linﬁeld for AEL

AEL manager’s expressed satisfaction with his team’s performance in a goalless draw against Northern Irish Linfield FC at Belfast’s Windsor Park, after the Limassol team advanced into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 aggregate win. “It was a difficult game tonight as we had expected. We were playing an opponent who had nothing to lose after the first game in Cyprus,” said Pambos Christodoulou. “We tried to keep possession of the ball and had a number of chances in either half. Linfield had only few chances and did not really threaten us. “We succeeded in what we came here to do and have progressed to the next

round against Partizan Belgrade. We have shown that we are a difficult team to beat and the aim now is to try and progress as far as possible in this competition.” Linfield’s manager David Jeffrey was in positive mood after watching his side not conceding against the Cypriot champions. “AEL made four changes for tonight’s game, but you could see they were a top quality side. They prepared thoroughly for this game and I have every respect for them. We changed our shape a little bit tonight and went for a 3-5-2 formation,” he said. “I ... have got to mention the performance of William Murphy which was highly significant. He came back from holiday and ticked all the boxes in terms of our tests and I felt we needed someone at

the back who naturally attacks the ball. David Armstrong and Stephen Douglas helped him out tremendously but I thought William was quite magnificent. “That’s three clean sheets in Europe this season and it’s not a bad return,” concluded Jeffrey. AEL will now take on Serbian champions FK Partizan Belgrade, with the first game scheduled for next Wednesday in Cyprus. Partizan’s manager Vladimir Vermezovic took the Cypriot side very seriously, noting: “We have many people who can give us information about the Cypriot team and we’ll try to have a complete picture until the first match. What we know so far is that it is a very physical team, with many creative players and that they are very dangerous from set pieces.”

Friday, July 27, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL

Olympic Games

Moynihan unhappy with Blatter comments on Bale BRITISH Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan yesterday criticised Sepp Blatter for suggesting Gareth Bale could be banned from playing for Tottenham during London 2012. Moynihan claimed he could “understand” the anger of Great Britain fans who saw Bale pull out of the Games with a back injury only for the winger to take part in a pre-season friendly for Spurs on Wednesday. Moynihan said: “I understand the response from some football fans who were hoping to see him play as part of Team GB. “My view is different. “I welcome the fact that, actually, he has returned from injury earlier than anticipated.” FIFA president Blatter said on Wednesday Bale could be banned from playing during the Games if an ofﬁcial complaint was made, but Moynihan added: “I don’t agree with Sepp Blatter’s comments about looking at ban-

ning him during the Games. “I think Sepp Blatter needs to get a bit closer to Team GB and maybe join me on the Jubilee Line early in the morning. I didn’t notice him there this morning. “It would’ve been helpful, because I could’ve explained the situation to him very clearly.”

ROONEY COMPARISON The situation with Bale was compared yesterday to that which saw Wayne Rooney named in England’s European Championship squad despite being suspended for two matches. BOA chef de mission Andy Hunt claimed Team GB head coach Stuart Pearce was happy with his squad. “Stuart made that selection based on ﬁtness and form at the time,” he said. “You can’t ever predict the recovery period from an injury. “Gareth, in some ways, is missing an amazing opportunity, which I’m sure

- reflecting - he might be disappointed about because he wasn’t fit at the time. “You’ve seen the comments back from the players. Their eyes have been truly opened about Olympic football and the significance of competing in this game.” Hunt was pressed on why the BOA had demanded the medical records of injured triple-jumper Phillips Idowu and not those of Bale. “There’s a very simple difference,” Hunt said. “Phillips is selected for the team. Gareth wasn’t selected for the team at that point in time. “Phillips is part of our delegation. We have responsibility for Phillips.” He added: “We leave the selection down to the sports. “It’s not for me to interfere with the selection process.” Britain’s men were to kick-off a day after their female counterparts got the Olympic hosts off to a successful start against New Zealand.

GB fans had been angered by Gareth Bale pulling out of the London Games with a back injury, only to take part in a pre-season friendly for Spurs on Wednesday

Horsedrawn hearses could hijack special lanes

Madrid Olympics bid to go ahead despite euro crisis

ATHLETES en route to the Olympics may end up sharing their special Games Lanes with funeral carriages drawn by plumed horses draped in black velvet. Funeral directors exasperated by Olympic traffic rules that threaten to delay burial processions suggested they could commandeer the lanes reserved for athletes and officials. Some have had to draw up contracts with grieving families to make clear the possibility of severe delays. “If we went down the Olympic lanes in a horse-drawn, what are they going to do photograph a horse? Fingerprinting?” said John Cribb, director of T. Cribb and Sons, a funeral director partnership run by the same family in east London since 1881. Traditional east London funerals echo the elaborate customs of the Victorian era, when the coffin, laden with flowers, was placed in a glasssided carriage and drawn ceremoniously through the streets by black horses. Funeral organisers have had to make emergency plans to cope with the road closures and traffic light changes imposed as part of the special Olympic Route Network. When the strict plans were first proposed, funeral directors reacted with disbelief, Cribb said. “That’s when I said...perhaps we can advise people in (the east London neighbourhoods of) Newham and Tower Hamlets not to die while the Olympics is on,” he recalled.

Spanish capital desperate for 2020 Games By Jonathan Veal SPAIN’S Secretary of State for Sport Miguel Cardenal insists Madrid is right to go ahead with its bid for the 2020 Olympic Games despite the eurozone crisis. The south-western European country has been hit hard by debts, with talk of them requiring a bail-out, and although Rome has pulled out of the running due to the ﬁnancial situation, the Spanish capital is desperate to land the Games. It has been a Candidate City for the 2012 and 2016 Games, won by London and Rio respectively, and with much of the investment in the bid already received, Cardenal is unconcerned. “The analysis that we have from the Spanish government is that the Olympic Games are not merely something that will give a boost to the Spanish economy but they also provide us with a huge opportunity,” Cardenal said. “We have experience of the Barcelona Olympic Games

Spain Secretary of State for Sport Cardenal said his country already had the requisite experience for the bid, having successfully put on the Barcelona Games in 1992 and in economic terms its resolve was indisputable. Four-ﬁfths of our necessary investment for our bid has already been achieved, so we are not talking about a huge

scale of new investment. “The Spanish state is calling for its citizens to tighten their belts and accept the need for a degree of sacriﬁce and the measures are cer-

tainly painful. “But we are pursuing this project because there are economic studies that identify the investment already made, the investment still

to be made and the yield on those investments in terms of employment will boost the economy. “The bid wishes to be smart and reasonable looking at sustainability and we shall only have expenditure that’s absolutely necessary and will make ﬁnancial dividends. “Let’s not forget the Games we are bidding for is in 2020. Eight years is a very long time in terms of economic developments and we certainly hope the economic situation in Spain in eight years time will be a lot better than now. “There will be no additional investment between now and the ﬁnal decision of the bid in September 2013 apart from those that are supported by the private sector rather than the public.” President of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco, who is also serving as the president of the 2020 bidding committee, added: “Madrid is different because the bulk of the investment has already been made. “The investment that is called for if we are successful is less than the return we will get on the Games. “All of the investment made by Spain will be affected if we don’t get the Games, but the amount we would need for further infrastructure is quite minor in relation to the investment already made. We have private sector funding ready to be made if we are successful.”

Greece’s far right Golden Dawn party rails against triple jumper Papachristou’s ban GREECE’S far-right Golden Dawn party condemned yesterday the withdrawal of an athlete from the London Olympics for an anti-African tweet, saying it reﬂected “racism against Greeks”. Triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was taken off the Greek

Olympic team on Wednesday after causing an uproar at home with a tweet about West Nile virus and the number of Africans in Greece that was deemed as racist. Golden Dawn, who rode on a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in austerity-hurt Greece to surprisingly

win seats in the country’s parliament last month, objected to her withdrawal. “The only racism in Greece is the racism against the Greeks,” Golden Dawn said on its website that also featured a photograph showing Papachristou waving a huge

Greek ﬂag. “Anybody who says even a word against illegal immigrants is held up to public ridicule,” the party added. “It would be more honest to pass a law condemning everybody who has different views to death by stoning.”

Several other smaller parties and politicians also criticised the Olympic team’s decision, saying it was excessive. “I believe it was exaggerated to expel Papachristou, especially after she apologised,” tweeted Adonis Georgiadis, a conservative MP.

CYPRUS MAIL Friday, July 27, 2012

Olympic Games

Saudi judoka to fight free of headscarf

Aussies bullish over Robertson Games gamble UK, Australian wager over most golds to come down to wins in just a few events By Matt Somerford HUGH Robertson, UK Minister for Sport and the Olympics, faces the prospect of wearing an Australian shirt and playing hockey in central London after the Games following a bet with his counterpart from Down Under. Australia’s Sports Minister, Senator Kate Lundy, yesterday morning revealed details of the now traditional Olympic bet between Great Britain and their Antipodean rivals over who will win the most gold medals in the next fortnight. Pre-Olympic predictions have indicated Team GB are set to stand atop the podium more often, however talk in the Australian camp is of spoiling the home party. Former rower Lundy, who will complete a length of the Eton Dorney course should Australia come up short, and chef de mission Nick Green believe the Australian team can do just that by beating Great Britain in events the hosts are expected to win. Mark Cavendish is hotlytipped to kick off the home gold-medal haul in tomorrow’s men’s Road Race, but the Australians believe their all-Tour de France team that includes last year’s winner Cadel Evans, Matt Goss and

Team Sky’s Mark Rodgers can upset the odds. And with Australia also set to send out strong teams in the track cycling, rowing and sailing - events Team GB have targeted - they have thrown down the gauntlet a day out from the opening ceremony. “It’s a traditional rivalry of course, back in Sydney when we were the host team we took great pride in getting ahead of the UK. It’s exactly the same here,” Senator Lundy said. “We’ve got a traditional wager on where we will ﬁnish on the medal tally. It’s a gold-medal bet.

‘OPTIMISTIC’ “Both the UK Sports Minister Hugh Robertson and I play a bit of sport. If we come out on top with the gold medals then he is going to don a Kookaburras (Australia men’s hockey) shirt, a hockey stick and dribble a ball around Australia House in the centre of London. “If the result is the other way then I think I have to wear a Stella McCartney Union Jack t-shirt and row a length of the Dorney Olympic rowing course. We’ll see what happens. “I’m quite optimistic about it. It’s all in good humour of course.” Despite her tough talking

Lundy, 45, did admit the Australians faced a difficult task to win her bet. “In 2011 the AOC (Australian Olympic Committee) medal predictions had us level pegging for gold medals at 15 each and I’ve since seen other esteemed organisations give their own predictions,” she said. “I think we’re going to have to dig really deep to beat the UK in the top five and the medal count. “The home-team advantage I think is strong, I think you can feel it in the air in this place. I think we can do it. “So many of the sports we are up against the UK in are sports that we’re both great at - the margins are the slimmest and so anything can happen on the day.” Great Britain finished fourth ahead of Australia in the medal table in Beijing four years ago, collecting 19 golds compared to 14, although that was the first time since Seoul in 1988 that Team GB had come out on top. Australia had to be content with sixth in China and, after managing fourth in the previous two Olympics, Green believes they will return to the top-five in London. “Top five is our absolute target. We think we’re on target to do that,” he said. “What’s going to unfold

GB’s Mark Cavendish, hotly-tipped to kick off the home gold-medal haul in tomorrow’s men’s Road Race will be among Britain’s arsenal against Australia which will determine how Great Britain or Australia ﬁnish on the medal tally is going to come down to a couple of sports where Australia and Great Britain are the respective number one and number two in the world.

“Sailing is one of them, track cycling, rowing is another. The medal tally possibly could go either way as a result of Australia versus Great Britain when they are number one and two in the world.”

SAUDI Arabia’s female judo competitor will fight at the London Olympics “without a hijab”, or Islamic headscarf, the sport’s chief said yesterday. Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shaherkani, one of the first two female athletes sent to the Olympics by the conservative Muslim kingdom, is due to compete in the women’s heavyweight tournament next Friday. “She will fight according to the principle and spirit of judo, so without a hijab,” International Judo Federation president Marius Vizer said. The decision is likely to cause controversy in Saudi Arabia, where female participation in sports has long been a controversial issue. Powerful clerics denounce women for exercising, saying it goes against their natural role. A Saudi official had told Reuters earlier this month they expected that the women would have to obey the dress code of Islamic law. He did not elaborate, but other conservative Muslim countries have interpreted this to mean a headscarf, long sleeves and long pants. Shaherkani, who will compete in the 78-kg category in judo, and teenage 800 metre runner Sarah Attar were the first Saudi women allowed to take part in the Olympics after talks between the International Olympic Committee and the country. The decision to allow female Saudi athletes to compete at London was praised by IOC President Jacques Rogge at the time. “This is very positive news and we will be delighted to welcome these two athletes in London in a few weeks time,” Rogge said in a statement in early July.

Thorpe urging Adlington to play it cool Zagunis revealed as US flag-bearer FIVE-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe believes relaxation is key for Rebecca Adlington as the Briton enters London in nigh-on identical circumstances as the Australian found himself in in Sydney 12 years ago. The 29-year-old was the overwhelming favourite for the 200 metres freestyle in his home town in 2000, with the general consensus being a gold medal was a formality. However, Pieter van den Hoogenband showed his hand in the semi-ﬁnals when he lowered Thorpe’s world record and the Dutchman then stunned the home crowd when he went on to claim the Olympic title. Adlington now ﬁnds herself in the same position, some talking in terms of when she wins gold, not if. Thorpe empathised with the 23-year-old, who will be defending both the 400m and 800m freestyle titles she

Rebecca Adlington will be defending the 400m and 800m freestyle titles she claimed in Beijing claimed in Beijing. He said: “I think it is the hardest thing, the assumption a gold medal is won before a heat has even been swum. “I had to deal with that leading into a home Olympics where people would come up to me and say ‘I can’t wait to

see you win your ﬁrst Olympic gold’. “It’s like ‘I’m not there, I’m at the supermarket’. “I didn’t know how I was going to respond to it at the Olympic Games. “And Becky also has the pressure on her that she is defending Olympic titles as well which adds another layer of complexity to it going into this Olympics. “So it is difﬁcult for her. “I think from what I’ve seen from the footage of her arriving she looks quite relaxed and she needs to stay relaxed over the next few days.” As well as Adlington, Britain boasts the likes of Fran Halsall, Ellen Gandy and Hannah Miley - all world medallists as well as world open water champion Keri-Anne Payne. However, Thorpe warned that expectation must be tempered by reality given the strength of swimming across the world.

Two-time Olympic champion Maria Zagunis

TWO-time Olympic champion fencer Mariel Zagunis was selected on Wednesday as the flag-bearer to lead the 529-member U.S. team in today’s opening ceremony of the London Games. Zagunis, who became the first American fencer in 100 years to win a gold medal when she triumphed at the 2004 Athens Games, was selected as flag-bearer in a vote by fellow members of the U.S. Olympic team. “As an athlete, I can’t imagine a higher honour than to lead Team USA into the Olympic Games, which are the pinnacle of sport and a platform for world peace,” Zagunis said in a statement released by the United States Olympic Committee. “I am tremendously proud to represent my sport, our team and, most importantly, the United States of America.” The world’s top-ranked women’s sabre fencer defended her Olympic crown at the 2008 Beijing Games and won individual world championship titles in 2009 and 2010. She becomes the third fencer to serve as US flag-bearer and the first since Janice Lee Romary in 1968. Zagunis was chosen over a number of possible high-profile candidates that included Kobe Bryant and LeBron James of the men’s basketball team.

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Sport

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Olympic tennis final could see Wimbledon repeat TOP seed Roger Federer could meet Britain’s Andy Murray in the Olympic tennis final in a repeat of their Wimbledon showdown earlier this month, after the pair were drawn on opposite sides of the competition yesterday. World number one and 17-time grand slam champion Federer, seeking his first Olympic singles medal, will play Colombia’s Alejandro Falla in the opening round. Federer, who beat Murray to secure a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title, battled back from two sets down to beat Falla in the Wimbledon first round in 2010. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, seeded two, will take on Italy’s Fabio Fognini, referee Stefan Fransson said, unveiling the draw in a lounge at Wimbledon’s centre court adorned with large photos of London landmarks including Buckingham Palace and the London Eye. Djokovic, who won bronze in Beijing, is

in the same half of the draw as British number one Murray, who he would meet in the semi-finals. Before that, third seed Murray will have to beat Federer’s fellow-Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in his opening match, an announcement which drew a noisy response from a room packed with team leaders, officials and media. Wawrinka, who was out practising on a sun-drenched court three yesterday morning, is carrying the Swiss flag in tonight’s opening ceremony and will have to wait until the schedule of play is released today to find out if he will have to play on the first day of the competition tomorrow. Women’s top seed Belarusian Victoria Azarenka will play Romanian world number 79 Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round, while America’s Serena Williams, fresh from her fifth Wimbledon title, takes on former world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.

Neither of Beijing’s singles gold medallists will be returning to defend their titles, after Spain’s Rafa Nadal was forced to pull out through injury and Russia’s Elena Dementieva retired. But the draw is the strongest ever, with 18 of the world’s top 20 men and 19 of the top 20 women taking part. Top-seeded men’s duo Mike and Bob Bryan, who won bronze in Beijing, will begin their medal campaign by playing Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa, and could face defending doubles gold medallists Federer and Wawrinka in the quarter-ﬁnals. In the women’s doubles, top-seeded American’s Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond get a pass to the second round after the withdrawal of Ukraine’s Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko due to injury. Unseeded defending gold medallists Venus and Serena Williams will take on Romania’s Sorana Cirstea and Simona Halep.

Murray could face his Wimbledon conqueror Federer

Let the Games begin Flag mishaps, doping exits trouble the waters ahead of tonight’s opening ceremony

By John Mehaffey

reece’s world indoor high jump champion Dimitris Chondrokoukis (inset) withdrew from the London Olympics yesterday after testing positive for the drug Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson used before the 1988 Seoul Games. Johnson was sent home in disgrace after metabolites of the anabolic steroid stanozolol were found in his urine sample following his victory over Carl Lewis in the 100 metres final in world record time. Chondrokoukis’ father and coach Kyriakos said the athlete would seek a retest after a positive test for stanozolol. “I will fight - we will fight to respond and see exactly what happened,” a statement from Kryiakos Chondrokoukis said . Johnson’s fall from grace is still the biggest doping scandal in the history of the Games. After serving a twoyear suspension he returned to competition, but was banned for life after a positive test for excessive levels of the male sex hormone testesterone. Hungarian discus thrower Zoltan Kovago, a silver med-

Japan produced the ﬁrst upset of the Games yesterday when they beat potential gold medallists n Spain 1-0 at Hampden Park, Glasgow on the opening day of the men’s competition allist at the 2004 Athens Games, will also miss the Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport said he had failed to provide a sample when requested. Kovago denied doping and said he had provided three samples within a four-day period around the time in question. Another medallist from this year’s world indoor championships, Moroccan 1,500 metres silver medallist Mariem Alaoui, will miss the Games after a positive test for a banned diuretic. On Wednesday the world athletics governing body

also announced that nine track and field athletes had been banned for doping violations. Meanwhile, the fallout from Wednesday’s diplomatic blunder when the North Korean women’s team left the field before their match with Colombia at Glasgow’s Hampden Park because the South Korean flag had been displayed continued with an angry response from North Korea’s Olympic representative Ung Chang. “Of course the people are angry,” International Olympic Committee (IOC) mem-

rs telber Chang told Reuters te got evision. “If your athlete ut the a gold medal and put ﬂag probably of some other s?” country, what happens?” North and South Korea emies have been bitter enemies since their 1950-53 war.. They gainst have also been drawn against roun ro u d each other in the ﬁrst round nis. s of the men’s table tennis. n st ni ster e British Prime Minister d the h David Cameron called stake incident an honest mistake here and said he was sure there n at would be no repetition ave the Games, which have ycost the British taxpayn er more than 9 billion

pounds at a time of economic downturn. Earlier, in response to a question from Chang on the final day of the IOC session, president Jacques Rogge said there had been no “political connotation”. “The organising committee has taken corrective action and there will be no repeat. It was a simple human mistake,” he said. Speaking to reporters at the Olympic Park, Cameron said the government’s priority was to ensure a safe and secure Olympics, with more than 9,000 extra police walking the streets and 17,000 troops called in to cover a shortfall left by private security group G4S. Security has been an overriding concern for the government and Games’ organisers. The day after the Britcapit was awarded its ish capital Ol third Olympics in 2005, four suicide bombers killed 52 commut commuters in London. E Ex citem Excitement over the Games bee has been visibly building, partially dampening down criticism that the huge costs and tra transport woes are not worth th the trouble. Britain Britain’s capital will be the first city to host the Summer Olympic three times. Olympics Meanw Meanwhile, women’s and O men’s Olympic football has already kicked off ahead of tonight’s opening ceremony, Ja with Japan producing the first ups upset of the Games yesw terday when they beat pog tential gold medallists Spain H 1-0 at Hampden Park, Glasgow on the opening day of men competition. the men’s