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State’s vehicles seized in Paphos Bailiffs move in to take seven vehicles which could end up being auctioned

By George Psyllides

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APHIANS were left gobsmacked yesterday by the sight of court bailiffs seizing seven vehicles belonging to the government at the behest of people owed money by the state for land appropriations it has yet to pay.

The application for the writs was filed by owners of land earmarked for the construction of the Paphos to Polis highway that has been put on hold by the cashstrapped state.

Bailiffs yesterday morning seized three vehicles belonging to the district’s public works department, one each from the forestry department and the land registry and two belonging to the electromechanical services.

Public works department engineer Antigoni Tyllirou said they had not been informed officially about the seizure nor the case it concerned.

Bailiffs went to the public works offices and after delivering the writs they loaded the vehicles on a large platform, she said.

The vehicles have been transferred to a fenced area at the Paphos district court and are set to be auctioned off if no other arrangement is made.

Polis Chrysochous Mayor Angelos Odysseos also said he had not been officially informed about the development.

The mayor said he has asked for meetings with the president, the communications minister and parties whom he will ask for support and their pledge that

the project will be done.

Last month, the government decided to revoke land expropriations for public projects deemed superfluous and worth a total of €160m.

The state owes some €570m to owners of land expropriated for the purposes of implementing public projects, including the Paphos-Polis highway and the Pentakomo Technological Park.

Given the abysmal state of public finances, the government was forced to reevaluate the feasibility of implementing many of these projects.

The aim is to cancel or downsize non-pressing projects, giving the state the opportunity to return expropriated land no longer deemed necessary, provided it has not already paid for the land. Although the re-jigging also affects the Paphos-Polis highway, Communications and Works Minister Efthymios Flourentzos said the project had not been cancelled, merely pushed back.

A ministerial committee will be appointed soon to guide efforts to redesign the project at a cost that is more realistic and implementable.

A decision has been taken to revoke land expropriations for the project totalling some €65m, a significant part of which - €23.5m - accounts for interest owed on the state’s debts.

Expropriations were made in 2006 for the proposed highway when the project was nowhere near ready for implementation, burdening the state budget without any immediate results.

New York’s Upper East Side now priciest US address

Firemen in protective clothes walk over the grounds of Kraft Foods in Bad Fallingbostel, northern Germany after a chemical accident yesterday. Around 1,400 people were evacuated from their homes after the accident caused a cloud of poisonous gas (AFP)

AN EXCLUSIVE area of New York’s Upper East Side, where the median price for a home is $6.5 million and the most expensive will reach $40 million, has become the priciest address code in the United States, according to Forbes.

The tree-lined streets that border Central Park and the East River and run from E. 61st to E. 69th streets, home to media mogul Rupert Murdock and cosmetic tycoon Ronald Perelman, bumped Alpine, New Jersey from its perch on the annual list.

“This is the first time that a Big Apple neighbourhood has topped our list,” Forbes said of the New York area with the ZIP code 10065.

“The main factor driving listing prices in America’s most expensive ZIP codes this year is lack of inventory.”

Alpine, the affluent New Jersey neighbourhood where the median house price is $5.75 million and its ZIP code is 07620, dropped to the No. 2 spot, followed by Atherton, in California’s Silicon Valley with a 94027 postal code.

Sagaponack (11962), the Southampton village on Long Island in New York where singer Billy Joel and Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein enjoy the summer sun, came in fourth for the second year. Hillsborough (94010), just south of San Francisco California, rounded out the top five.

Forbes added that wealthy foreign buyers have helped push up prices as they look at cities like New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington DC for a place to park their money.

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THE Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics’ (CING) School of Molecular Medicine is officially up and running as of today, in what has been deemed a “historical day” for Cypriot medicine.

Describing the venture as “an investment for Cyprus”, CING director, Dr Philippos Patsalis, yesterday said that apart from a medical and research centre, the institute was now also an academic centre.

Also present was American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist James Watson, who along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. Watson and Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Medicine “for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material”.

Patsalis said Watson’s presence was a special honour, which gave the School prestige and substance, offering international scope to CING’s effort. He said the School was created based on Cypriot legislation and international, high standards and operational regulations – both in regards to student training, but also in choosing its teaching personnel.

“Our sole goal is excellence, nothing less,” said Patsalis.

The School accepted its first 40 students last month – 30 for Masters and 10 for PhD degrees, from Cyprus and abroad – in two programmes: those of genetic medicine and

molecular medicine. Patsalis said the School would have a modern and unique-for-Cyprus research substructure, personnel with a high level of education, qualifications and experience; and it will accept students of the highest level, from Cyprus and abroad.

“Selecting (the students) will be done using very strict criteria,” said Patsalis.

Patsalis said the School received a massive number of applications this year but accepted only 20 per cent.

But he added, “Aiming at excellence and seeking to develop research and education have no meaning by themselves; they are only important when they serve human beings and their needs”.

Watson was later asked by reporters where he thought the world would be if he had not discovered the structure

of DNA, to which he replied he was certain someone else would have discovered it two years after he and Crick did.

“It was just there and waiting to be discovered,” said Watson.

He said he and Crick were lucky to have been the ones to discover it. Watson said he sometimes wondered whether he deserved to be famous or if he was just simply lucky. “I think I deserve to be famous,” he smiled, adding that it took a lot of effort for him to get where he was.

Molecular medicine is a broad field, where physical, chemical, biological and medical techniques are used to describe molecular structures and mechanisms, identify fundamental molecular and genetic errors of disease, and to develop molecular interventions to correct them.

‘Don’t end up as just another tragic statistic’

By Jacqueline Agathocleous YOUNG people’s attitudes to alcohol, drugs, excessive speed and showing off is hindering progress on road safety, despite the state’s efforts, Justice Minister Loucas Louca said yesterday.

The minister was speaking ahead of this year’s ‘European Night Without Accident’, which takes place this Saturday, Louca said the event was important because young people were approached on their own turf by people of the same age who take on the task of informing them about responsible driving.

“This dialogue between young people is the biggest advantage of this initiative,” said Louca.

“In contrast with the teacher-like attitude of older people, which youths cannot or do not want to understand, the simple and friendly approach is more reliable and convincing.”

He said everyone’s aim was to embed responsible driving attitudes in the youth, and to minimise road fatalities, the majority of which are under 25.

“We are here to ensure that none of the youths who go out on the night of October 20 will end up as

another tragic statistic,” said Louca. ‘European Night Without Accident’ is an annual awareness campaign, organised in nightclubs all over Europe on the third Saturday of October.

The event takes place in two phases. First, at the entrance of the nightclub the volunteers, aged between 17 and 29, encourage each group entering to choose a designated driver for the evening.

This person promises to be sober when sitting behind the wheel at the end of the night. The volunteers ask the designated drivers to wear a special bracelet all evening so they are easily recognised.

When the designated drivers leave the club, they are given the option of undergoing a breath analysis to check if they lived up to their commitment.

If they are under the legal limit, they are rewarded with small presents.

If not, they are encouraged to leave their car behind, or hand the keys over to a friend who is not under the influence.

According to Louca, last year, 71 per cent of the designated drivers were below the limit.

This year’s aim is to increase the numhber to 85 per cent.

Justice Minister Loucas Louca yesterday

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EMANUIL Kalaitzakis, 30, who was living in the Nicosia village of Kambia, was killed in a motorcycle accident yesterday after lying seven hours in a ditch before being found.

His lifeless body was found in the morning on the Pera Orinis-Kambia road.

Police believe the motorcyclist was seriously injured after losing control of his bike and slamming into an electricity pylon, before being hurled into the ditch.

The accident, according to the police, must have taken

place at around 1am but he was only found at a little before 8am. Kalaitzakis was found by a doctor, who was taking a walk in the area. The motorbike was found a few metres away, while his helmet was on the side of the road, though it is still unclear whether he had been wearing it at the time of the accident or not.

Police are calling on anyone with information to contact Nicosia traffic police, the nearest police station or the citizens hotline on 1460.

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Bank boss receives a €25,000 pay rise

By George Christou THE CHIEF Executive Officer of Hellenic Bank Makis Keravnos will be awarded an 8.5 per cent, or €25,000 pay rise this year taking his annual salary to €320,000.

The decision, taken at a meeting of the Hellenic Bank board last Friday, also guarantees Keravnos a pay rise of another €25,000 next year, taking his total annual earnings to €345,000.

The pay rise comes during the banking sector crisis, amid talk of drastic pay cuts and redundancies for bank-

ing staff. Unlike the Bank of Cyprus and Popular, Hellenic does not require a state bailout, although last year it recorded losses in the region of €30 million. For the first six months of this year Hellenic posted profits of about €15 million.

Keravnos, who served as finance minister in the Tassos Papadopoulos government took over as CEO of Hellenic Bank in September 2005, without having any previous banking experience, and joined the bank’s board the following year. In 2006 he was also appointed Chairman of the CyBC. Earlier this year, he had been men-

tioned as a possible presidential candidate of the parties of the in-between space, but after some thought he publicly turned down the offer.

He was given a new five-year contract on September 1, 2010 and the pay rise is effective from September of this year.

His remuneration is small compared to the €1 million per annum paid to the Bank of Cyprus’ CEO Andreas Eliades, who was forced to step down earlier this year, soon after it was reported that the bank would require a state bailout in excess of half a billion.

Chinese deal ‘all but dead’ Agreement ‘legally flimsy’

By Elias Hazou

Birds trapped in one of the mist nets found on the British Eastern Sovereign Base Area

Over 4,000 limesticks removed in latest bird campaign THE COMMITTEE Against Bird Slaughter (CABS), with the help of Cyprus police managed to dismantle some 200 illegal bird trapping sites over the past two weeks.

The group said that well over 4,000 limesticks were removed as well as almost 100 mist nets and 65 electronic lures. Police caught 16 trappers red-handed.

This was CABS third Autumn anti-bird trapping camp on Cyprus, which was conducted mainly in the south-east of the island between September 27 and October 12. Pietro Liberati, operational coordinator for the second phase of the camp said they covered principally the

Famagusta and Larnaca districts, but also operated in the British Eastern Sovereign Base Area (SBA) around the villages of Xylotymbou, Xylophagou and Ormidia, as well as on Cape Pyla.

“These latter areas are home to the critical bird trapping hotspots on Cyprus.

Sites of 10 or more mist nets with dozens of active electronic lures, a professional undertaking on an industrial scale, are not infrequent. They are also easy to locate as the trappers in the SBA seem to have no fear of prosecution,” he said.

This area was also the scene of some of the worst and violent incidents after CABS volunteers had located some

30 nets near Ormidia, their teams were stalked by trappers in pick-ups, attacked with metal poles and shots were even fired at the volunteers during a night patrol to locate active electronic lures. Later the tyres of two CABS rental vehicles were slashed in the car park of a tourist hotel near Agia Napa.

“The readiness to resort to violence to protect their ill-gotten gains has reached an intolerable level and must be countered by a robust and proactive zero tolerance policy as pledged by the Cyprus authorities at the 2001 Council of Europe conference in Larnaca on the illegal killing of birds in Europe,” said CABS.

A MULTI-MILLION investment deal with a Chinese company to develop the old Larnaca airport is all but dead in the water, MPs said yesterday.

After reviewing a relevant report by the Accountantgeneral, deputies of the House Watchdog Committee described the agreement as “legally flimsy.”

Committee chairman Giorgos Georgiou (DISY) told newsmen later that the overriding impression from yesterday’s briefing is that the “entire process for selecting the financial operator...did not meet the general principles of the EU acquis with regard to public contracts, that is to say, transparency and equal treatment.”

AKEL MP Irini Charalambidou said that from the outset the deal was plagued by “complications and misunderstandings.”

After the deal stalled, the Chinese investor informed the Communications Minister in writing that he was withdrawing his interest. He then withdrew the initial withdrawal, “and therefore the interest continues to exist,” said Charalambidou.

MPs left a small window open, saying the deal might yet come through provided the procedures start from scratch and are in line with EU transparency guidelines.

Hermes Airports, the company managing Cyprus’ airports, and the privately owned Chinese firm Far Eastern Phoenix had concluded a deal that could yield a €600 million benefit for Cyprus.

The intended investment concerned developing the old Larnaca airport into a large commercial showroom, bond-

ed warehouses for Chinese goods as well as a small conference centre.

Under the deal signed with Hermes, Far Eastern Phoenix would assume the management of the old Larnaca airport for the remaining duration of the concession agreement between Cyprus and Hermes, that is, 19 years, with an option to extend the agreement to 50 years. The Chinese company is asking for a longer term lease – 50 years – than the 19 years Hermes is able to give.

As part of the concession agreement, Hermes must hand the airport back to the state in 2031.

Hermes Airports Ltd assumed management and control of Larnaca International Airport and Pafos International Airport on 12 May 2006, under a 25 year BOT (BuildOperate-Transfer) concession agreement with the Republic of Cyprus. But legal questions have been raised over whether the state can offer the Chinese firm a further 31 years without a tender process.

Extending the deal to 50 years would violate the principle of equal treatment, given that had other investors known about this possibility they might have expressed an interest. Moreover, publicity over the agreement was limited to the local media.

The deal hit a snag back in August, following allegations that the president’s top diplomat and his wife were personally involved.

A Justice Ministry probe is currently looking into whether Marios Ieronymides, the head of President Demetris Christofias’ diplomatic office, committed any disciplinary offences in relation to a deal between a Chinese investor and airport operator Hermes.

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Only 50 of 450 gyms islandwide have a licence, deputies hear

By Jacqueline Agathocleous ONLY 50 out of 450 gyms operating islandwide are licensed by the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA), parliament was told yesterday.

KOA representatives told the House Education Committee that 400 gyms did not have the necessary licences, mainly due to townplanning issues.

The committee was discussing the need to

update the legal framework on gyms, with regards to their operation, founding and inspections. Afterwards, MPs called on the relevant state authorities to resolve the issue, given that the safety of gym users was in question.

“Many discrepancies were spotted during the discussion,” said committee’s chairman, DISY’s Nicos Tornaritis, after the meeting.

“Around 450 gyms are currently operating, of which only 50 have a licence from KOA.” The party’s MP, Efthymios Diplaros, added that KOA planned to hold a meeting on Fri-

day with all interested parties, with the aim of submitting suggestions on how to update the law by November 20.

Diplaros said the registration of gymnasts was also discussed. “There is arbitrary use of this professional title by various people who state they are gymnasts,” said Diplaros.

He added that he was saddened that no measures were taken by the state since the committee last discussed the matter in February.

According to Diplaros, who tabled the mat-

ter for discussion, around 85 per cent of the unlicensed gyms failed to get a licence due to town-planning disputes.

Ruling AKEL’s MP, Andros Kafkalias, said the committee was told that a draft with amendments to gym regulations had been prepared, taking into account health and safety issues, trainers’ qualifications, licensing and town-planning issues.

“We demanded to be brought a proposal regulating the matter, in a specific timeframe,” said Kafkalias.

Ploughing ahead with the net-metering pilot scheme Theopemptou warns of stalling tactics from EAC

By Elias Hazou LAWMAKERS yesterday pledged to press ahead with legislation governing the use of net metering for households, while the energy regulatory authority and the power utility announced the launch of a 12-month pilot net-metering scheme to determine whether the grid can take the extra capacity.

Net metering is an electricity policy for consumers who own (generally small) renewable energy facilities, such as wind, solar power or home fuel cells.

“Net,” in this context, is used in the sense of meaning “what remains after deductions” — in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows. Under net metering, a system owner receives retail credit for at least a portion of the electricity they generate.

Currently, there is no law and no policies governing photovoltaic (PV) systems connected to the grid of the Electricity Authority, except under government-funded schemes.

It is however possible to generate PV energy provided however that one is not connected to the grid. That’s the reason why MPs want to expedite legislation.

MPs of the House Commerce Committee heard yesterday that the installation cost for a 7kw PV system ranges be-

tween €11,500 and €15,000 (not including VAT), with a household expected to cover the investment in five to seven years through paying less for electricity.

Environment Commissioner Charalambos Theopemptou has estimated that, out of the 25-year lifetime of a PV system, households that install the appropriate PV system can end up not paying for electricity for up to 19 years.

However it’s safe to say the Electricity Authority (EAC) and the Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) had so far not been on board with the idea of a consumer-led net metering system.

At the House Commerce committee session yesterday, CERA raised two main objections to net metering.

The first, by way of example, is that although PV systems do not create electricity at night, they store energy generated during daylight. CERA officials argued that, in this way, persons with PV systems “take advantage” of the power grid, which the PV system needs to run.

But Theopemptou says it’s a flimsy argument: the EAC charges a €6 connection fee, which means that even if you turn off the main power switch for the entire month, you will still get a bill of €6.

The second objection concerns fears that the grid may not be able to handle the extra capacity generated by hundreds or thousands of

Five arrests as warehouse burns down THE 65-YEAR-OLD owner of a warehouse in Ypsonas, Limassol, along with his three sons and a female employee, were yesterday arrested in connection with setting the warehouse on fire.

The warehouse, storing furniture and electrical appliances, went up in flames early yesterday morning, taking fire fighters over three hours to put it out.

Immediately after the incident, the deputy head of the fire services, Markos Trangolas, said the fire was set maliciously, part of the warehouse having been doused with a flammable liquid. It was insured for €500,000.

According to the head of Limassol CID, Ioannis Soteriades, police secured arrest warrants against the five suspects, who were last night being questioned.

The warehouse was situated near a neighbourhood north of the Limassol-Paphos highway. Residents told reporters they were forced to abandon their homes, fearing for their safety.

New nursery The EAC fears that the grid may not be able to handle the extra capacity small PV systems. Thousands of persons have applied for PV systems, and installing them all at once might “stun” the grid.

However given the initial high cost of a typical PV system, not everyone will be rushing to fork out 15 grand.

“They weren’t worried about the photovoltaic systems installed so far under the various schemes, which didn’t crash the grid, so why worry about net metering now?”

Theopemptou says. he said

the protestations smacked of delaying tactics: Moreover, the EAC and CERA insist the net-metering pilot should run on smart-metering.

A smart meter is usually an electrical meter that records consumption of electric energy in intervals of an hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to the utility for monitoring and billing purposes. Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system.

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By contrast, the currently available “dumb” meters involve the presence of two separate meters, which record the difference between the two devices and must be logged by an on-site visit by an EAC employee.

Theopemptou points out that it will take time to decide first which technology to use for smart metering - wi-fi or high-frequency signals - and then implement it, and again claims that stonewalling tactics are at play.

“Sure, smart metering is better technology, but it’s not necessary,” he says. The government has already missed a September 3 deadline for submitting to the EU a national plan on implementing smart metering.

CHLORAKAS in Paphos will have a new nursery school as of the next academic year, the community leader announced yesterday.

According to Kleovoulos Papacostas, works are expected to begin within the next few days, with the project expected to cost around €300,000.

The nursery will be in the Melanos area, covering an expanse of around 1,100 square metres, which was provided by Chlorakas’ community council. It will have three classrooms and neighbour a green area.

Papacostas said the community’s current nursery school, which also serves neighbouring Lemba, was facing serious problems, as due to overcrowding, the children’s play area was very restricted.

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‘Time is worst enemy for Cyprus right now’ Parties say that discussions on Cyprus’ response to troika should not have been left till the last minute THE GOVERNMENT and parties will meet again today to try to reach consensus on the country’s response to the troika’s proposals regarding a potential bailout in what opposition parties described as a race against time before a key Eurogroup meeting on November 12.

Party representatives met members of government in a marathon five-hour session at the finance ministry yesterday to follow up on discussions held between party leaders and President Demetris Christofias a day earlier.

Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly joined the meeting on his return from Japan, along with Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous, government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou and Undersecretary to the President Titos Christofides.

Speaking after the meeting, Stefanou said the parties and government basically reached a “broad understanding” on the approach needed for the banking sector on Monday.

He described the banking sector as a “key part of negotiations given that the amount of recapitalisation needed by the banks is of paramount importance to the viability of public debt

and the economy”.

Regarding yesterday’s discussion on fiscal matters, the spokesman noted that on some issues there was agreement and on others not.

“The aim is to either reach complete agreement or clarify where there is agreement and disagreement,” he said, in reference to today’s scheduled meeting between parties and government.

Party representatives yesterday spoke of the need to take responsible decisions for the country while widely berating the government for cutting it a bit thin in terms of attempting to form a common domestic front at the 11th hour.

NEGOTIATIONS Assuming it does so by the end of this week, it still has to take those positions to the troika and conclude negotiations with the international lenders ahead of the Eurogroup’s meeting on November 12, when EU ministers are expected to examine the situation in Spain and Greece too.

Coming out of yesterday’s session, DISY number two Averof Neophytou said: “Between us, more or less, we will reach agreement, or, I should say, we don’t have the luxury not to, given where we have reached.”

He added: “We are at the

11th hour. Do we have time to negotiate (with the troika)? The government has to answer that. I hope time has not run out.”

The DISY deputy highlighted the need to negotiate with the troika in time for the November 12 meeting, warning it would be worse for Cyprus to be examined separately from Spain if it misses next month’s deadline. “The train is leaving with or without us,” he said.

DIKO spokesman Fotis Fotiou called for a domestic front to face the troika.

“The country is passing through difficult times. I would say the most critical since 1974. Time is dangerously running out for Cyprus.”

Fotiou questioned why consultations with the parties did not start two months ago after the troika tabled its proposals to Cyprus on July 25, noting that “time is the worst enemy for Cyprus” right now.

“We arrived at the 11th hour to reach convergences and negotiate properly with the troika,” he said, adding, “This is a time of responsibility, of combing our forces, including the social partners, and putting Cyprus above party politics.”

EDEK deputy Nicos Nicolaides echoed Fotiou, saying: “What happened in the last 48 hours should have

happened in the last two months.”

He said the parties and government should conclude their meetings today, saying they did not have the luxury of time to hold another meeting.

EVROKO leader Demetris Syllouris raised hope of an agreement by the end of the week, noting that the differences between the sides were many but minor.

Greens representative Efi Xanthou said her party was doing its best to inject alternative measures on green growth in the proposals, adding that everyone was focused on finding money but not on making the necessary structural changes.

AKEL deputy Stavros Evagorou welcomed the many convergences reached yesterday, saying another effort will be made to conclude more today.

OPENING new CYPRUS AIKIDO FEDERATION premises

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Employers state CoLA positions EMPLOYERS’ ORGANISATIONS yesterday submitted their positions on the government’s compromise proposal to reform the cost of living allowance (CoLA) to Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KEVE) and the Employers’ and Industrialists’ Federation (OEV) called for a freeze on the wage indexation for at least the next three years or for as long as the memorandum to be signed with the troika will be in force.

The Labour Ministry has proposed that CoLA be calculated on an annual basis and paid on January 1 each year; currently, CoLA is factored into wages every six months. In addition, in the event the 2nd and 3rd quarters in any given year recorded zero or negative growth in GDP, CoLA would not be paid for that year and the next.

KEVE and OEV argue that CoLA payments must be frozen for the duration of the adjustment period – expected to take between three and five years.

After that, payments should be made once a year, rather than twice, and any readjustment must be linked to an increase in productivity, growth and competitiveness.

“If there is no economic growth in the preceding year, the readjustment will not be made,” OEV and KEVE have said.

They also want the payment or non-payment of CoLA to be assessed based on a 12-month assessment, not two quarters.

“We consider it more logical and rational to combine the payment or not of CoLA with the performance of the economy in the whole year and not two quarters which is the minister’s proposal accepted by the unions, said OEV’s Michalis Antoniou yesterday.

The public debate on the attempts to reform CoLA has made no mention yet of creating a fairer distribution of CoLA so that the wage adjustment does not favour highincome earners over low-income ones, as the current system does now.

Earlier this month President Demetris Christofias stated publicly that Cyprus would not accept a bailout from international lenders which scraps CoLA, as the troika has proposed.

Trade deficit shrinks in first seven months of 2012 CYPRUS’ trade deficit decreased during the first seven months of 2012, according to data released yesterday by Eurostat.

The deficit was reduced by €300m, compared to the same period last year.

According to the same data, Cyprus’ total value of exports for January-July

2012 stood at €800b, an increase of 4 per cent.

Imports declined by 7 per cent, with the total value reaching €3.3b.

Moreover, the data show that total EU imports from China increased by 1 per cent, reaching €166.2b while imports from Russia increased by 3 per cent, at

€121.9b. Imports from the US marked an 11 per cent increase, reaching €122.6b.

On the other hand, EU exports to China totaled €85.7b (11 per cent increase), exports to Russia reached €70b (18 per cent increase), while exports to the States amounted to €171.6b, marking a 13 per cent increase.

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Minister never got Mari warning report Colonel testifies that two other officers ‘tried to set him up’ after the explosion by putting responsibility on him

By Jacqueline Agathocleous A REPORT warning of the possibility of an explosion at the Evangelos Florakis naval base, prepared just four days before 98 containers full of munitions blew up and killed 13 people in July last year, was never handed over to the defence minister, the Larnaca court heard yesterday.

According to Colonel Lambros Lambrou then head of the National Guard’s (NG) Ordinance Corps, the report was prepared on July 7, 2011, a day after the containers were inspected by the relevant state services and the container – previously described as “bulging like a watermelon” – was singled out.

Lambrou, a prosecution witness, said the report

was supposed to be sent to former defence minister Costas Papacostas – one of the eight accused – on the same day, but never was.

He said the NG chief and deputy chief were informed on the results over the phone, along with unanimously agreed suggestions on what action should be taken next.

Lambrou said he prepared the report on the same day, with the aim of informing Papacostas and the NG chief on measures that needed to be taken, “to avoid something bad happening”.

He said he handed this report over to two of the NG chief ’s staff officers: Christos Karagounis and Vasilis Vaimarides, who were initially prosecuted but the charges were later dropped.

The two, according to Lambrou, were meant to

forward it to Papacostas, but did not. He said after the explosion, the officers instead attempted to blame him for the report not reaching the minister in time. According to Lambrou, Vaimarides called him and told him to go to his office after the explosion on July 11 to hand some mail to him.

Lambrou said he refused, as he had to go to the police to give a statement and hand over all documents the Ordinance Corps had in relation to the cargo.

He said he later became aware that the mail Vaimarides was referring to was in fact the report. Lambrou said the officers’ plan was to hand him the report so they could claim that they had given it to him on July 7 and blame him for omitting to send it to Papacostas.

“So in the end, I would

have been the main reason for the catastrophe, I would have gone to prison, my family would have paid, my entire life would have been stigmatised – if you could call it a life – because certain people decided to conspire against me in this vulgar and criminal way,” said Lambrou.

The blast killed 13 soldiers and fire-fighters and knocked out Cyprus’ main power station in neighbouring Vadsilikos, causing an energy crisis.

The explosion was caused by munitions stored in 98 containers seized by the Monchegorsk ship, which was sailing from Iran to Syria in 2009.

Lambrou said he first became involved in the case when he was asked to go and inspect the Monchegorsk ship in February 2009.

He was placed in charge of recording, receiving, unloading and transferring the containers full of munitions.

He said NG Colonel Giorgos Georgiades – who at first faced prosecution but was then recruited as a prosecution witness – was in charge of determining which containers would be singled out and opened so their contents could be re-

Colonel Lambros Lambrou leaving the court corded. Lambrou echoed Georgiades’ claim that the NG was never in charge of the cargo.

“The ship’s cargo was never charged to the National Guard, no proce-

dure was launched for it to enter the National Guard’s maintenance system and it was never monitored by the National Guard,” said Lambrou. The trial continues tomorrow.

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Tons of trash from clean-up OVER 3,300 volunteers collected the same number of bags full of trash from 200 waste points around the island during the first-ever ‘Let’s Do It Cyprus’ clean-up campaign at the end of last month.

From the 3,306 bags of rubbish collected, 1,106 contained recyclable items while another 376 bags full were given to the Cans for Kids charity.

Environment Commissioner , Charalampos Theopemptou said: “Our aim was not only cleaning up Cyprus, but to induce a broader awareness and public education regarding environmental issues. The results show that Cypriots care about a healthy clean environment and that this campaign must become an institution in Cyprus”.

The campaign was sponsored by Alpari Financial Services, CyTA, Lanitis Bros Ltd, Vileda, Green Dot, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Agropolis, Tseriotis Company and the group of companies NKS Shacolas.

A HIGH-PROFILE lawyer was arrested earlier this week for talking on his mobile while driving and additionally charged with disobeying police instructions that he pull over.

The incident took place on Monday afternoon. According to the police, Estathios Esftathiou, a lawyer and former MP, was spotted speaking on his mobile while driving along Limassol Avenue in Nicosia.

Traffic police flagged him down, but Efstathiou carried on driving, reaching the Debenhams department store on Crete Street.

Police gave chase and pulled him over. Efstathiou was asked for his ID but refused to give it.

According to the police, he then attempted to flee the scene but was apprehended by officers who had been called for backup.

Police escorted Efstathiou to the Likavitos station, where he was charged with disobedience toward a uniformed officer and fined for use of his mobile while behind the wheel.

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concerned Hacker’s extradition Police about shot girl’s to the US is blocked ‘well-wishers’ Hacked military computers in search of UFO evidence

By Tim Castle A BRITISH computer hacker accused by the United States of causing more than $700,000 damage to US military systems will not be extradited because of the high risk he could kill himself, Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday.

Gary McKinnon, who has been ďŹ ghting extradition for seven years, faced up to 60 years in a US jail if found guilty of what one US prosecutor called the “biggest military computer hack of all timeâ€?.

McKinnon, 46, admits hacking into Pentagon and NASA computers under the pseudonym Solo but said he was looking for evidence of UFOs. The former computer systems administrator has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism, and is suffering from depressive illness. “I have concluded that Mr McKinnon’s extradition would give rise to such a high risk of him ending his life that a decision to extradite would be incompatible with Mr McKinnon’s human rights,�

May told parliament. “I have therefore withdrawn the extradition order against Mr McKinnon.�

Campaigners had said his case highlighted the unbal-

anced nature of Britain’s extradition treaty with the United States, arguing it was easier to send a British suspect to the United States than the other way round.

Prime Minister David Cameron expressed sympathy for McKinnon before coming to power in 2011 and raised concerns over the extradition agreement with US President Barack Obama earlier this year.

May said she would introduce legislation to allow British judges to block the transfer of suspects to a foreign court in extradition cases. “I have decided to introduce a forum bar. This will mean that where prosecution is possible in both the UK and in another state, the British courts will be able to bar prosecution overseas, if they believe it is in the interests of justice to do so,� May said.

US ofďŹ cials say McKinnon accessed 97 military and NASA computers in 2001 and 2002, disabling naval systems and causing more than $700,000 of damage. “Mr McKinnon is accused of serious crimes, but there is also no doubt that he is seriously ill,â€? May said.

It would now be up to British prosecutors to decide whether McKinnon had any case to answer in a British court, May said.

British computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s mother, Janis Sharp, speaks at a press conference in London yesterday

TWO people wanting to visit the Pakistani girl wounded by Taliban gunmen raised suspicion in Britain yesterday after turning up overnight at the hospital where she is undergoing treatment, the hospital and police said.

Authorities are highly sensitive about Malala Yousufzai’s security because the Taliban, who targeted her for advocating education for girls, say they would again try to kill the 14-year-old if she survived last week’s attack.

Yousufzai was own from Pakistan to Birmingham to receive specialist treatment after the shooting, which drew widespread condemnation. She has become a potent symbol of resistance to the radical Islamist group’s effort to deny women an education. “A number of people turned up claiming to be members of Malala’s family which we don’t believe to be true,â€? Dave Rosser, the hospital’s medical director, told Britain’s Sky News. “They didn’t get very far. Security is well under control.â€?

Police said two people came to the hospital overnight wishing to see her but were questioned and turned away. “They were stopped in a public area of the hospital and questioned by police, who recorded their details and advised the pair that they would not be allowed

to see her,� West Midlands Police said in a statement, describing them as “wellwishers�.

Yousufzai has been in critical condition since gunmen shot her in the head and neck as she left school in Swat, northwest of Islamabad.

In Pakistan, Taliban insurgents said yesterday she deserved to die because she had spoken out against their group and praised US President Barack Obama.

British doctors have said Yousufzai has every chance of making a “good recovery� at a special hospital unit expert in dealing with complex trauma cases.

It has treated hundreds of soldiers wounded in Afghanistan. “It’s obvious that Malala will need reconstructive surgery. We have international experts in that ďŹ eld,â€? Rosser said, adding that she had had a comfortable night on Monday and that doctors are pleased with her progress.

Yousufzai began standing up to the Pakistani Taliban when she was 11, when the Islamabad government had effectively ceded control of the Swat Valley where she lives to the militants.

The attack was the culmination of years of campaigning that had pitted the girl against one of Pakistan’s most ruthless Taliban commanders, Maulana Fazlullah.

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‘I should be praised for my peace efforts’

TURKEY’S economy minister condemned the European Union yesterday as the most hypocritical organisation in the world, in vitriolic remarks which underlined the EU candidate country’s growing alienation from Brussels.

Turkey’s bid to join the bloc has virtually ground to a halt in recent years due to opposition from core EU members and the failure to find a solution to the dispute over the divided island of Cyprus.

Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said it made him laugh when he heard the EU had won the Nobel Peace Prize last week for promoting peace, democracy and human rights over six decades.

“The EU is the most twofaced union of all time. It is the most hypocritical organisation in the world. This EU has kept Turkey waiting at its door for 50 years,” state-run Anatolian news agency reported Caglayan as saying.

He attacked the EU for imposing visa requirements on Turkish business visitors and quotas on goods, describing this as “a crime against humanity” and “torture” and

Karadzic accused of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia

By Thomas Escritt FORMER Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two, told judges he should be praised for promoting peace, not charged with war crimes, an assertion hotly denied by victims watching the trial.

Beginning his defence, Karadzic accused Bosnian Muslims of deliberately staging some of the atrocities against their own people to win international support, drawing gasps of disbelief from Muslim survivors in the gallery of the court yesterday.

Karadzic is one of three Serb leaders brought to trial in The Hague for war crimes during the violent break-up of Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1999, in which more than 100,000 people were killed and millions were displaced.

Now 67 and still recognisable by his shock of white hair, he is defending himself against charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and crossexamined witnesses himself.

Looking resigned but relaxed and reading from a pre-written speech, he said Muslims had faked the circumstances of two shellings of a marketplace in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo during a siege by Serb forces. More than 100 people were killed.

“Sarajevo is my city, and

Turkish minister: EU is world’s most hypocritical body condemned the award of the Nobel prize to a body responsible for unfair competition.

“If you award the EU with a prize for duplicity or hypocrisy, rather than one for peace, then we’d say fair enough, we accept that,” he said.

The European Union remains Turkey’s largest trading partner but the dwindling interest at the political level was illustrated at the congress of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party at the end of last month.

Erdogan’s extended greetings focused on former Ottoman territories and Muslim countries but left out the EU. Ankara’s ambitions to join the EU were dominant at previous party summits. Turkey began talks on joining the EU in 2005 but has only completed only one of 35 policy “chapters” every accession candidate must conclude.

All but 13 policy chapters in Ankara’s negotiations are blocked and the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, says Turkey does not yet meet required standards on human rights and freedom of speech.

Doomed Italian liner was helpless within seconds

By Silvia Ognibene

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the courtroom yesterday any story that we would shell Sarajevo without any reason is untrue,” he said, reiterating long-standing allegations by the Serb side which have been refuted by the Hague tribunal in an earlier case.

Prosecutors at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia say Karadzic was jointly responsible for the shelling of Sarajevo

when Bosnian Serb forces besieged it from 1992-6.

He is also charged with being behind the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995.

“Instead of being accused, I should have been rewarded for all the good things I have done,” he told the court. “I did everything in human power to avoid the war. I succeeded

THE CHARGES AGAINST RADOVAN KARADZIC GENOCIDE Taking part in the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.

Prosecutors say more than 8,000 people were executed in the worst atrocity in Europe since World War Two. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY With others, planning, instigating, ordering and abetting persecution of Bosnian Muslims and/or Bosnian Croats.

VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OR CUSTOMS OF WAR Implementing a military strategy, to-

gether with other members of a “joint criminal enterprise”, that used sniping and shelling to kill, maim, wound and terrorise the civilian inhabitants of Sarajevo. Prosecutors say 10,000 people died in the 43-month siege.

Issuing threats to third parties, including NATO and U.N. commanders, that NATO air strikes on Bosnian Serb military targets would result in the injury, death or continued detention of the detainees. Some of the detainees were assaulted or otherwise maltreated during their captivity.

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in reducing the suffering of all civilians.”

Karadzic said two shellings of a Sarajevo market place, in February 1994 and August 1995, in which a total of 105 people were killed and 234 injured, had been orchestrated.

Karadzic also said a famous press photograph of an emaciated man standing behind barbed wire in what was apparently a concentration camp had been staged.

Fikret Alic, the detainee who appeared in that picture, was watching Karadzic’s statements from the gallery yesterday.

“It was a humiliation for me that even today he is maintaining that this story was made up,” he said.

A former psychiatrist, Karadzic was arrested in 2008 in Belgrade, where he had been living in disguise as a new age health guru.

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THE doomed Costa Concordia liner steamed into rocks off the Italian island of Giglio so quickly that within seconds water was rushing into a 35 metre-long gash torn into the hull and nothing could be done to save it, a court heard yesterday.

The evidence was presented during a pre-trial hearing into the disaster during which expert witnesses said key pieces of equipment, including a sonar depth sounder, were switched off when the accident happened.

The Concordia’s captain, Francesco Schettino, is accused of the manslaughter of 32 people, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.

He has admitted to making mistakes, but says he should not be the only one blamed.

His lawyers say that several aspects of the case need closer examination, including whether all the onboard safety and navigation equipment was working properly.

They also say the ship’s Indonesian helmsman may not have understood orders given by Schettino.

Much of the argument presented at the hearing this week has focused on possible wider failures that may have contributed to the loss of the giant liner, which capsized and sank on January 13 after being brought too close to shore during a manoeuvre known as a “salute”.

The ship’s equipment, crew training and safety procedures have all been criticised but the liner’s operator, Costa Cruises has placed the blame squarely on Schettino.

“It was confirmed that within 40-50 seconds the ship was unmanageable because the systems went down immediately.” the company’s lawyer Marco De Luca said outside the closed-door hearing.

He said water rushed in so quickly that the company’s crisis unit, in charge of handling the response to the accident from shore, had no time to do anything before the ship was lost.

However Schettino’s lawyer Bruno Leporatti said despite the evidence presented in court, much remained to be established.

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GREEK state television came under fire from the country’s main opposition party and critics for editing out a gay kiss on Monday’s primetime premiere of popular British period drama Downton Abbey.

Greeks took to social networking sites such as Twitter to complain about the NET channel’s decision to axe a scene from episode one of the series showing a kiss between a visiting duke and Downton’s unscrupulous footman Thomas.

“As incredible as it may seem for a democratic country in the 21st century, officials of the NET television channel censored the scene of a kiss between men from the TV drama Downton Abbey,” the SYRIZA party said in a statement.

“This is of course an obvious case of censorship, an extreme act of homophobia and discrimination.”

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World Divided Syrian rebels agree on joint leadership

Monet, Picasso, Matisse stolen

Dramatic robbery appeared well-planned as seven works, worth millions are stolen

By Gilbert Kreijger THIEVES made off with paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and other prominent modern artists from Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum early yesterday in a brazen and meticulously planned operation.

The seven stolen works, which also include a Gauguin, a Lucian Freud and a Meyer de Haan, are thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars.

Dutch police investigating the overnight heist have yet to put a price on the paintings, and few details have emerged about how they were removed from the museum designed by Rem Koolhaas.

But the theft is one of the art world’s most dramatic in recent years, and one of the biggest ever in the Netherlands.

Roland Ekkers, a spokesman for Rotterdam police, said they received a call alerting

them to the theft at around 3am local time yesterday.

“The alarm system in the Kunsthal was supposed to be state of the art,” Ekkers said.

“But somehow the people responsible for this found a way in and a way out and they found time to take seven paintings. So that’s something that is part of our investigation right now.”

The works stolen were Picasso’s Tête d’Arlequin, Matisse’s La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune, Monet’s Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London, Gauguin’s Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte, De Haan’s Autoportrait and Freud’s Woman with Eyes Closed.

Jop Ubbens, chairman of Christie’s in Amsterdam, said the paintings would be worth “more than several million euros,” with the Picasso the best known of the stolen works.

“It’s all about name and fame. So the Picasso is the best known. The least well-

known is Meyer de Haan, which looks like a Gauguin, so maybe it was a mistake,” he added.

Ubbens said the art heist was one of the biggest in the country, but “not as big as The Scream”, referring to the work by Edvard Munch, a version of which was stolen from a museum in Oslo in 2004 but later recovered.

In 2010, five paintings were stolen from the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris including a Picasso and Matisse and estimated to be worth a combined $124 million.

Experts said it would be next to impossible for the thieves to sell such well-known works on the open market, increasing the chances of their recovery in a relatively short period of time.

“They are going to learn very quickly that these things cannot be sold,” said Christopher Marinello, executive director of The Art Loss Register, which helps track down stolen works of art.

Tete d’Arlequin by Pablo Picasso stolen during a break-in at Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum

SYRIA’S divided rebels have agreed to set up a joint leadership to oversee their battle to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, two insurgent sources said yesterday as fighting raged in cities across the country.

Rebels hope the decision, taken after increasing pressure from foreign supporters on them to unite, will help convince those backers that they are a credible and coordinated fighting force deserving to be supplied with more powerful weapons.

“The agreement has been reached, they only need to sign it now,” one rebel source said. Foreign supporters “are telling us: ‘Sort yourselves out and unite, we need a clear and credible side to provide it with quality weapons’.”

He said Qatar and Turkey were the main drivers behind the agreement, which might be formally announced this month.

It is the latest attempt to bring together Assad’s disparate armed opponents, most of whom have fought nominally under the banner of the rebel Free Syrian Army but who in practice have operated independently, often weakened by deep rivalries.

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UK growth miss is blamed on exports, credit, austerity INFLATION, weak exports and tight credit were the main reasons Britain's growth forecasts were wrong over the past two years, the government body responsible said yesterday, while austerity may also have hurt more than first assumed The independent Office for Budget Responsibility - set up by the government to produce forecasts and assess fiscal policy - also said in its annual evaluation of its forecasting record that the financial crisis may have dealt a lasting blow to the economy's ability to grow.

Its overall assessment is unlikely to end the debate about what caused the weak economy, with the

government pointing to the euro zone debt crisis and the opposition blaming the austerity drive.

"Along with many other forecasters, we significantly overestimated economic growth over the past two years," it said.

OBR chairman Robert Chote stressed in a news conference that the main reason was not an underestimation of the impact of the government's austerity.

"The error in over-optimism is pretty much evenly spread between consumption, private investment and net trade," Chote said.

While direct government spending had been more positive for growth

than the OBR anticipated in its forecasts made in 2010, Chote said the austerity package might have had more of a negative impact by affecting investment behaviour.

"Businesses might be concerned about future demand for their products because of the way they are thinking people will be responding to the fiscal consolidation," Chote explained.

In the report, the OBR said that "fiscal consolidation may also have done more to slow growth than we assumed".

The OBR's assessment of the main reasons why the economy grew much less than forecast two years

ago largely chimes in with that given by the Bank of England.

The OBR had predicted in 2010 - just after the current coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power - that the economy would grow 5.7 per cent between the first quarter of 2010 and the second quarter of 2012.

However, it grew only 0.9 per cent.

Robust nominal consumer spending and a stronger labour market helped to sustain receipts from labour and sales taxes, while restraining social security bills, the OBR said.

The government also spent less

London book fair looks to cash in on crisis literature

Schaeuble backs leap in euro integration

AS THE global economy lurches from one crisis to another, one industry is benefiting from the uncertainty. Books that try to make sense of it all are selling well - and will get their own book fair in London next month.

The City Book Fair, aimed at flogging high-brow works to financial professionals in London's financial ‘City’ district, is the first of its kind, the organisers say, and reflects the burgeoning market for crisis critique.

"Particularly now after we've gone through the credit crunch, the banking crisis and now we've got the euro crisis, there are so many books coming out at the moment," said event director Matthew Clements.

"There's so much to talk about in that regard that it wasn't just a matter of authors plugging their own books, it was a matter of there's actually a lot to talk about, because it's happening all the time, there's developments all the time."

Once niche subjects largely ignored by the mainstream media, business and economics have taken centre stage in recent years as global financial crises had made topics like sovereign debt and credit swaps dinner party talk.

Wants budget powers for currency commissioner

By Gernot Heller

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

Buying Selling Pound St

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than budgeted for and less than expected on public services and administration, it added.

In March, the OBR forecast growth of 0.8 per cent this year for the British economy. However, the IMF like most economists now think that the economy will shrink in 2012 after it fell back into recession in late 2011.

The OBR said that the unexpected weakness of trade and investment were the main reasons for the renewed recession.

The lack of growth has piled pressure on the government to ease austerity, aimed at erasing a huge budget deficit.

A Starbucks coffee shop in London yesterday, where tax payments are very low

Starbucks 'has paid just £8.6m tax'

By Jamie Grierson COFFEE giant Starbucks has reportedly paid just £8.6 million in corporation tax in 14 years of trading in Britain - and nothing in the last three years.

The American coffee firm - valued at £25 billion - has generated more than £3 billion of sales in the UK since 1998 but has paid less than 1 per cent in corporation tax.

Its nearest UK rival, Costa, owned by Whitbread, recorded £377 million sales last year, compared to Starbucks' £398 million, but its tax bill came to £15 million, or 31 per cent of its profits.

Starbucks, which has more than 700 outlets in the UK, said it has paid its "fair share of taxes" in full compliance with UK law and no authority had suggested otherwise.

The Seattle-based firm is the latest company to come under scrutiny for making a poor contribution to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) after Facebook and Google met similar criticism.

A four-month investigation by news agency

Reuters discovered that Starbucks was able to cut income tax by paying fees to other parts of its global business, such as royalty payments for use of the brand.

This means Starbucks UK is effectively making a loss and therefore does not have to pay any corporation tax. As a result, it has not broken any law.

But Labour MP and tax campaigner Michael Meacher said Starbucks' practice is "profoundly against the interests of the countries where they operate and is extremely unfair... they are trying to play the taxman, game him.

It is disgraceful".

The most recent results, posted for 2011, show Starbucks UK recorded a loss of £33 million.

But it is understood that Starbucks has told investors the business is profitable.

The second largest restaurant or cafe chain in the world, after McDonalds, paid £26 million in royalties and licence fees to let the UK coffee houses use its labelling.

It does this by registering the intellectual property rights to another division of the company.

GERMAN Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has called days before an EU summit for a leap forward in European integration, saying the bloc needs a new commissioner with power over budgets and reform of European Parliament decisionmaking.

Such reforms would accelerate the trend towards a two-speed Europe whose inner core would be the euro zone, spurred towards closer union by its three-year-old sovereign debt crisis.

Schaeuble, a long-time advocate of closer EU integration who is not shy about voicing his personal views, said he had spoken with Chancellor Angela Merkel about his proposals and that she was "somewhat more cautious".

"We must now make bigger steps in the direction of a fiscal union," Schaeuble told reporters on his way back from a trip to Asia. "We must use this chance."

Some of Schaeuble's ideas are likely to stir unease even within the euro zone.

He said a new "currency commissioner" should have the power to reject national budgets that were not in line with the bloc's strict fiscal rules, without specifying whether such a figure should have the power to impose penalties.

The model for the position would be the EU's competition commissioner, who Schaeuble said was "feared in the whole world".

He also called for more flexible voting arrangements in the European Parliament to accommodate closer integration between euro zone states.

European officials are look-

ing for ways to boost the democratic legitimacy of a closer union, but have run up against the dilemma that the European Parliament includes countries from outside the euro zone.

"In the European Parliament lawmakers only from countries directly affected by a given issue should vote on it," Schaeuble said.

Such proposals could struggle to win acceptance in countries such as France, reluctant to surrender more sovereignty to EU institutions, while economies such as Greece, reeling from German-backed austerity programmes, will be wary of entrenching the power of outsiders to run their financial affairs.

A previous proposal from Schaeuble for a "Sparkommissar", or savings commissioner, was quietly dropped after it stirred fury in recession-mired Greece and got a cool reception from Germany's other European partners.

Schaeuble said he wanted EU leaders to discuss his ideas at this week's Brussels summit, adding that they could launch a 'convention'

by December tasked with drafting a new treaty.

Merkel has previously said she would like the EU's December summit to agree a date for the start of a convention.

Many member states, recalling the lengthy disputes and setbacks that preceded the Lisbon treaty's entry into force, are reluctant to embark on another process of institutional reform.

But Germany believes a much closer fiscal and political union is needed to ensure the success of painful economic reforms and the longterm survival of the euro currency.

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Opinion

Christofias still acting as if time is on our side PRESIDENT Christofias is abroad again.

Yesterday he was in Brussels to address the 7th annual conference European Development Days and fire a broadside against Europe’s “reverential devotion to out-of-date dogmatic models of an unregulated and rampant free market economic model.”

Today he is due to fly to Rome where he will open an exhibition of Cyprus antiquities; a week earlier he flew to Athens for the day in order to open another exhibition. He will be back in Brussels on Thursday for the two-day European summit, before heading home.

Under normal circumstances, nobody would censure Christofias’ love for foreign travel, but current circumstances in Cyprus are anything but normal. We are in the worst economic recession in our history, and decisions need to be taken urgently so that we can finalise a memorandum of understanding with the troika in order to receive bailout funds before the end of the year.

The government spokesman admitted yesterday that if a memorandum was not submitted for approval to the euro group meeting on November 12, we would not be able to secure funding this year.

DISY’s deputy leader Averof Neophytou, meanwhile, warned that if the Cyprus memorandum was not approved together with other euro group states requiring help, as a package, it might not get through national parliaments very fast.

In short, everyone recognises that finalising a bailout agreement with the troika is of the utmost urgency and of critical importance for the state which will run out of cash completely by the end of next month at the latest. Yesterday individuals had court orders issued for the confiscation of state assets in Paphos, because of the state’s failure to pay money it owed.

Meanwhile, the government’s counterproposals that needs to be sent to the troika, ahead of the latter’s visit to Cyprus have still not been prepared. Yesterday afternoon party representatives and finance ministry technocrats were still looking at spending cuts that could be made, while Christofias has promised to see union bosses and secure their consent to the government measures.

Is this the time for the president to be flying abroad to address an inconsequential conference and open an antiquities’ exhibition? What sort of leader goes abroad, for no good reason, at a time when everything is up in the air and decisions need to be taken urgently? The leader, who did absolutely nothing for two months and kept the troika waiting since the end of July for counter-proposals, is still taking his time.

It is frightening that even at this very late stage, Christofias does not recognise the gravity of our situation and still behaves as if time is on his side.

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Obama, Romney, checking facts, and the truth-o-meter Analysis Jason Lange

F

ACT-CHECKING presidential campaigns has become a kind of sport in recent years, complete with scorecards tallying the competition between ratings of true, false or somewhere in between.

What has been missing and is likely to stay missing in the presidential debate - is suspense. The winner in the ratings game is generally the same: somewhere in between.

The terminology differs from fact-checker to fact-checker.

But the reality is that the vast majority of claims factcheckers put under scrutiny are deemed to be partly true or partly false but rarely completely one or the other.

The triumph of the neither wholly true nor wholly false partly reflects the complexity of the issues. But credit mostly goes to obfuscation by the campaigns.

Theirs is a world of applesto-oranges comparisons and cherry-picked time frames, enveloped by a fog of competing studies.

As PolitiFact.com and other fact-checkers have noted, for example, the increase in the federal budget deficit cited by the campaigns depends entirely on the starting point for the calculation.

It’s bad for President Barack Obama if the starting point for the calculation is fiscal 2008, which ended before Obama took office and is the reference point for the campaign of Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

But it’s not quite as bad if the starting point is January 2009, when he actually assumed office.

"There is most often some grain of truth - sometimes very difficult to discern - but the candidates will twist it and distort it,” said Brooks Jackson, a veteran journalist who runs FactCheck.org.

When all is said and done, the Romney claim that Obama has “doubled the deficit” may be all the voter can absorb.

The same is true for claim

by Obama’s campaign that a Medicare reform plan by Republican vice presidential

True or false is reserved for the laughable claim or something empirically disprovable candidate Paul Ryan would cost the elderly more than $6,000 per year. True or false?

PolitiFact.com could only muster a 50-50 judgment.

The problem is this: There are at least four iterations of a “Medicare plan” associated

‘Romney told crowds that Americans were the only people in the world to hold their hands over their hearts when their national anthems were played’ with Ryan. The Obama campaign had the opportunity to cherry-pick one and took it, choosing the version that could be portrayed as the most threatening thanks in part to a study by the Congressional Budget Office.

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There was no simple answer, so fact-checkers resorted to long analyses on whether the claim was plausible.

"There is a number (behind the claim) and it’s not made out of whole cloth, but it’s used in a misleading manner,” said Glenn Kessler, a fact-checker at The Washington Post.

The final judgment at PolitiFact.com required 1,200 words including footnotes.

At FactCheck.org it was 1,000 words.

That makes them treatises by journalistic standards, unlikely reading for all but the most determined voters.

True or false is reserved for the laughable claim or something empirically disprovable.

Romney told crowds in December and February that Americans were the only people in the world to hold their hands over their hearts while their national anthems were played.

Kessler and other factcheckers found numerous examples to the contrary.

And it was easy to establish that Obama was not in New York City the same day as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a claim that Ryan made in an

effort to show that Obama snubbed the Israeli leader by not meeting him there.

To make things easier for readers, Kessler grades claims on a scale of one-tofour Pinocchios. He said that both Obama and Romney were averaging just above two Pinocchios, the rating for claims marked by “significant omissions and/or exaggerations” but not necessarily factually erroneous.

FactCheck.org uses a graphic “truth-o-meter.”

Neither can capture the complexity of such questions as whether Romney’s tax plan is “mathematically impossible,” as the Obama campaign says, citing a study.

While fact-checking is undoubtedly good for democracy, arguments in the press over unsupported or outlandish claims tend to spread them, not debunk them, as research by Dartmouth College scholar Brendan Nyhan, among others, has demonstrated.

"People get hung up on the true/false thing,” said Nyhan, a former fact-checker himself. “It gets away from the core issue, which is whether something is a responsible claim to make in public life or not.”

WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1912

25 years ago Saturday October 17, 1987

The First Balkan War: Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

A mostly female audience filled the Mendonis Studios yesterday where the much talked about video tape showing Greek-Cypriots in Turkish prisons was shown. In his opening speech, Y. Mendonis said he and Androula Christodoulou, whose husband was identified in the tape, had received threatening calls from unidentified callers who tried to convince them to put yesterday’s press conference on hold.

1931 Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signalling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s.

1968 During a medal ceremony for the 200 metres at the Mexico Olympics, American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, stage a silent protest against racial discrimination in the U.S. The two sprinters bowed their heads and raised one arm in the air with their hand, covered in a black glove, clenched in a fist.

1973 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cuts oil production in protest against the support of Western nations for Israel in the Yom Kippur War.

1989 An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California.

35 years ago Monday October 17, 1977 Hijackers shot dead the captain of a West German airliner in midflight today after a violent argument over whether the damaged plane could take off from Aden. With the copilot at the controls, the plane flew to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia where the four hijackers threatened to blow up the plane.

45 years ago Tuesday October 17, 1967 Desalinisation is one of the methods the government is considering for solving Famagusta’s water shortage and possibly that of other towns, the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, George Tombazos, said yesterday. The Minister spoke at the opening of the Fresh Water from The Sea exhibition.

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Showbiz Lisa Marie to duet with dad Elvis in video

Danny Devito may be Big Apple bound

WHEN Lisa Marie Presley said she was done fighting her legacy as the only child of rock ‘n roll king Elvis, she apparently meant it. Presley’s new video, I Love You Because, is an emotional duet with her late father.

Due to premiere tomorrow on country music TV channel CMT and CMT.com, the video was recorded in August for the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death.

It was only intended to be viewed by the 25,000 fans at the special anniversary concert in Memphis on August 16, but the response from fans convinced her to let the video play far and wide, CMT said in a press statement on Monday.

Lisa Marie’s latest album, Storm and Grace, released in May, saw her embracing her Americana roots while her lyrics address her efforts to find her place in the world as the King’s only daughter.

Presley, who died at the age of 42, recorded “I Love You Because” in July 1954 at Sun Studio in Memphis, the same time he recorded “That’s All Right”.

Producer Sam Phillips deemed it unsuitable for Presley’s first single, and it ended up on Presley’s first album, from 1956, never to be performed by Presley again, according to CMT. Lisa Marie Presley, 44, recorded her vocals to the song in August at the suggestion of producer T-Bone Burnett, as a special song for fans.

The video features family photos of Presley’s fouryear-old twin girls, Finley and Harper, as well as son, Benjamin, and daughter, Riley, along with Lisa Marie and Elvis.

“We were really moved when we saw this video,” said CMT’s senior vice president of music strategy, Leslie Fram. “Lisa Marie and her team were thrilled and so gracious to allow this to be shared.”

The single was available for purchase digitally as of yesterday, and the full video on iTunes on October 25.

Presley also announced a November tour, culminating in an appearance at New York’s Carnegie Hall on November 17.

DANNY DeVito may move back to New York in the wake of his marriage split.

The actor and producer may move from Los Angeles back to the US East Coast - where he originally hails from - in the wake of the break up of his 30-year marriage to Rhea Perlman.

A source told RadarOnline.com: “He’s a (New) Jersey boy, and despite living several years in California he’s never forgotten his roots. He even named his production company, Jersey Films after his place of birth.

“Danny and Rhea used to stay at his vacation home in Interlaken, New Jersey whenever they wanted a break away from Los Angeles.

He never really felt an affinity to California and lived there purely for work reasons.

“He loves living in a bustling, busy city and is looking at New York for a permanent stay - it’s just closer to home for Danny.”

The 67-year-old star’s children with Rhea - Chet, Grace and Jacob - are also all grown up, so he isn’t said to be worried about having to look after them.

Danny and Rhea split earlier this month, reportedly because he was always flirting with other women, with sources saying their union had been on the rocks for a long time.

A source said: “Despite his reputation as a lovable, funny guy in movies and on TV, Danny’s actually quite the womaniser.

“And, like a lot of redblooded males, if he sees an attractive girl in a coffee shop or walking down the street, he will give her the eye.

“After years of turning a blind eye to it, Rhea finally snapped. She had enough of his bad boy behaviour and wanted an end to their marriage.

“The break-up has been on the cards for a long time, probably over 10 years, because they haven’t been happy for a long, long time.”

Tina Fey (left) and Amy Poehler (right) have worked together for years - first on satirical sketch show Saturday Night Live and later on 2008 comedy movie Baby Mama

Bye Ricky, hello Tina and Amy for Globes

By Jill Serjeant COMEDY duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host next year’s Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, bringing perhaps a gentler touch to a ceremony helmed for the past three years by acerbic Briton Rick Gervais.

Organisers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and NBC said on Monday that Fey and Poehler would bring their tried and tested chemistry to the January 13, 2013 gala dinner for Hollywood’s leading film and TV stars.

Fey, 42, creator and star of 30 Rock, and Parks and Recreation actress Poehler, 41, have worked together for years - first on satiri-

Comedy duo will host next year’s Golden Globe awards cal sketch show Saturday Night Live and later on 2008 comedy movie Baby Mama.

“Tina and Amy have a proven chemistry and comedic timing from their many years together,” NBC alternative programming president Paul Telegdy said in a statement.

The executive producers of dick clark productions, which owns the rights to the Golden Globes, said they were excited “to have two of the most respected names in comedy” at the helm of the 70th Globes

ceremony.

Fey has won seven Emmy awards for her TV work, including her piercing impersonations of 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Poehler worked for eight years on Saturday Night Live, often playing politician Hillary Clinton, and went on to create and star in popular TV comedy Parks and Recreation. She also appeared alongside Fey in the 2004 comedy Mean Girls.

Gervais hosted the event, which hands out awards to

the best films, actors and TV shows of the previous year, from 2010-2012, attracting plenty of publicity along with criticism for his acid one-liners about the assembled celebrities.

The British creator of the TV series The Office was the first person to host the Golden Globes ceremony since 1995.

In the interim, the live, televised show went without a formal host and used presenters to introduce the various awards.

The Golden Globes is one of Hollywood’s key award ceremonies ahead of the Oscars, which take place next year on February 24 and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane, creator of animated comedy Family Guy.

Stones to play four gigs, Jagger hints at more

The singer is apparently ‘done’ fighting her legacy as the daughter of Elvis

THE Rolling Stones will perform two concerts in London and two near New York as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations, the band have announced, and lead singer Mick Jagger hinted there could be more gigs to come.

The British group, one of rock and roll’s most successful acts, will play the O2 Arena in the British capital on November 25 and 29 before crossing the Atlantic to perform at the Prudential Center, Newark, on December 13 and 15.

“Sorry to keep you all hanging around, but the waiting is over,” guitarist Keith Richards said in a statement, referring to months of rumours and gossip in the music press about an anniversary tour.

“I’ve always said the best place for

rock and roll is on the stage and the same is true for the Stones,” he added.

“I’m here with Mick, Charlie and Ronnie and everything is rocking. See you very soon!”

Richards, fellow guitarist Ronnie Wood, Jagger and drummer Charlie Watts will perform on a stage designed around the band’s trademark tongue and lips logo, and organisers have promised a high-tech live experience.

During an interview on BBC’s Radio 2 shortly before the gigs were confirmed, Jagger suggested that the four dates could be a prelude to a longer tour.

“It’s not going to be a long tour, the first bit,” he said, when asked how many concerts the Stones planned to perform.

The band’s last world tour was A Bigger Bang, which went on for two years and culminated at the O2 Arena in August 2007. It earned around $558 million, making it the second highest grossing tour in history behind U2’s 360 Tour, and demand for tickets to the 2012 concerts is likely to be high.

“The Rolling Stones are a global phenomenon - and one of the last supergroups still performing with a full line up,” said Ed Parkinson, a spokesman for ticketing website Viagogo.

Viagogo predicted that more than a million people were likely to apply for around 30,000 seats available at the two O2 Arena concerts, meaning the chances of fans being able to see the Stones would be as little as 37:1.

Rumour has it Devito’s roving eye ended his 30-yearold marriage to Perlman

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Education

Iran’s ban on courses for women indefensible Engineering, nuclear physics, English literature and business all included in the course ban

By Peter Singer

M

Y GRANDMOTHER was one of the first women to study mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna. When she graduated, in 1905, the university nominated her for its highest distinction, an award marked by the presentation of a ring engraved with the initials of the emperor. But no woman had previously been nominated for such an honour, and Emperor Franz Joseph refused to bestow the award upon one.

More than a century later, one might have thought that by now we would have overcome the belief that women are not suited to the highest levels of education, in any area of study. So it is disturbing news that more than 30 Iranian universities have banned women from more than 70 courses, ranging from engineering, nuclear physics, and computer science to English literature, archaeology, and business. According to Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer, humanrights activist, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the restrictions are part of a government policy to limit women’s opportunities outside the home.

The bans are especially ironic, given that, according to UNESCO, Iran has the highest rate of female to male undergraduates in the world. Last year, women made up 60 per cent of all students pass-

ing university exams, and women have done well in traditionally male-dominated disciplines like engineering.

It may well be female students’ very success - and the role of educated women in opposing Iran’s theocracy - that led the government to seek to reverse the trend.

Now, women like Noushin, a student from Esfahan who told the BBC that she wanted to be a mechanical engineer, are unable to achieve their ambitions, despite getting high scores on their entrance exams.

Some claim that the ideal of sexual equality represents a particular cultural viewpoint, and that we Westerners should not seek to impose our values on other cultures.

It is true that Islamic texts assert in various ways the superiority of men to women. But the same can be said of Jewish and Christian texts; and the right to education, without discrimination, is guaranteed in several international declarations and covenants, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which almost all countries, including Iran, have agreed.

Discrimination against women is part of a broader pattern of official bias in Iran, especially against those who are neither Muslim nor members of one of the three minority religions - Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity - recognised in the Iranian Constitution.

To enroll in a university, for exam-

Last year women in Iran made up 60 per cent of all students passing university exams

ple, one must declare oneself to be a believer in one of the four recognised religions. Atheists, agnostics, or members of Iran’s Bahai community are not accepted.

Imagine how we would react if someone tried to excuse racial discrimination by arguing that it is wrong to impose one’s culture on others. It was, after all, for many years the “culture” of some parts of the United States that people of African descent should sit at the back of the bus and go to separate schools, hospitals, and universities. It was the “culture” of apartheid South Africa that blacks should live apart from whites and have separate, and inferior, educational opportunities. Or, to put it more accurately, it was the culture of the whites who held power in these places at that time.

The same is true in Iran. The country’s rulers are all male and Muslim. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s call in 2009 for the “Islamisation” of universities led to courses being changed and the replacement of some academic staff by more conservative figures.

Two months ago, Khamenei said that Iranians should return to traditional values and have more children - which would have obvious implications for the role of women, quite apart from the environmental impact.

The international sanctions against Iran that are currently in place seek to prevent the regime from building nuclear weapons, not

Shirin Ebadi: the ban on many courses for women is part of a government policy to limit women’s opportunities outside the home to persuade it to end discrimination against women or on religious grounds. There are no widespread boycotts of Iran’s universities, or of its other products, as there were against apartheid South Africa. It seems that we still take sexual and religious discrimination less seriously than we take racial and ethnic discrimination.

Perhaps we are more ready to accept that the biological differences between men and women are relevant to the roles they play in society. There are such differences, and they are not purely physical.

So we should not leap to the conclusion that if most engineers are men, there must be discrimination against women. It may be that more men than women want to be engineers.

That, however, is a completely different question from whether women who do want to become engineers and are qualified to study engineering should be denied the opportunity to achieve their ambition. By explicitly preventing women from enrolling in courses open to men, Iran has taken a step that is as indefensible as racial discrimination, and that should be condemned just as forcefully.

Peter Singer is Professor of bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World, and The Life You Can Save © Project Syndicate, 2012.

Want to go to Oxford? Answer the following questions

By Alison Kershaw WHY DO humans have two eyes? Why do many animals have stripes? And should poetry be difficult to understand?

These are the types of questions students hoping to study at Oxford University can expect to face at interview.

The top institution has published a sample of the brainteasers posed by tutors in an attempt to give an insight into its selection process.

Oxford’s director of undergraduate admissions, Mike Nicholson, said that the interview questions are a chance for potential students to show their abilities, and to think for themselves rather than recite facts.

Youngsters hoping to study biological sciences could be faced with the question “Why do many animals have stripes?”

St Anne’s College interviewer Martin Speight said the question aims to get applicants to think about biological topics, and then to consider them in the context

Why do many animals have stripes? Your answer to that could get you in to Oxford

of successful adaptations to life on earth.

English students could be asked to discuss Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s move to writing for adults, while those hoping to study history could be asked how much of the past could be discovered if the only records that existed related to sport.

History interviewer Stephen Tick of Pembroke College said: “I would say this to a candidate who had mentioned an interest in sport on their personal statement, though it could equally be applied to an interest in something else - like film, drama or music.

“What I would be looking for is to see how the candidate might use their imagination, building on something they know about to tackle questions of historical research.”

David Popplewell, an interviewer for Brasenose College, said potential experimental psychology students could be asked “Why do human beings have two eyes?”

“This question may result from a more

general discussion about the human senses, and can develop in a number of different directions.”

And prospective modern languages students could be asked whether poetry should be difficult to understand.

Nicholson said: “We know most students won’t have experienced this sort of academic interview before, so as much as possible we want to show students what they are really like so they aren’t put off by what they might have heard.

“The interviews are meant to give candidates the chance to show their real ability and potential - which means they will be pushed to use their knowledge and apply their thinking to new problems in ways that will both challenge them and allow them to shine.

“The interviews are an academic conversation in a subject area between tutors and candidate, similar to an undergraduate tutorial. And like tutorials, the interviews are designed to push students to think, not recite specific facts or answers.”

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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 Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.35pm and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.35pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 God Loves Caviar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, 8pm and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, 8pm and 10.10pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 ParaNorman (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 8.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 8.05pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 The Cold Light of Day (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30pm, 8.05pm and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 A Few Best Men (15)) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LIMASSOL

Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.35pm and 3.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Watch (15) Rio 3 daily at 10pm, Rio 4 at 7.45pm, weekends at 8pm.

Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Savages (18)) Rio 1 at 7.45pm and 10.10pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.35pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Bourne Legacy (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.30pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

God Loves Caviar (K) Rio 2 at 8.15pm and 10.15pm, weekends also at 6.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1, in Greek) at 5.30pm, 8pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Step Up 4 (K)) K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2, in 3D) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

ParaNorman (12) Rio 2 at 6.30pm, weekends at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 5 at 7.45pm and 10pm, weekends at 8pm and 10pm.

Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

7th Cyprus International Film Festival Cine Studio, in collaboration with Friends of the Cinema Society.

Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (K)) Rio 3 (in Greek) at 6.30pm, weekends at 4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Magic Mike (18) Rio 4 daily at 10pm. Tel: 25871410 A Few Best Men (15) Rio 6 at 7.45pm, weekends at 6pm and 8pm. Tel: 25-871410

The Watch (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35pm, 8pm and 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

PAPHOS Savages (18) Rio 7 daily at 7.45pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 26-207000

Brave (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 6.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

God Loves Caviar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, 8pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Watch (15) Rio 4 daily at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

ParaNorman (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 8.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

God Loves Caviar (K) Rio 1 daily at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

The Bourne Legacy (12) Rio 6 daily at 10pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Cold Light of Day (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30pm, 8.05 and 10.15pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

ParaNorman (12) Rio 6, in 3D, at 6pm, weekends at 4pm and 5.45pm. Tel: 262070000

Step Up 4 (K) Rio 3 daily at 8.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: Princess & the Popstar (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Cold Light of Day (12) Rio 5 at 7.45pm and 9.45pm.

Tel: 26-207000

A Few Best Men (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Magic Mike (18) Rio 2 daily at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm. Tel: 26-207000

Brave (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Barbie: Princess & the Popstar (K) Rio 5 (in Greek) at 6pm, weekends at 4pm and 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 4.30pm and 6.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) Rio 5 (in Greek), weekends only at 4.30pm and 6.20pm. Tel: 25-8714103

LARNACA Savages (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.35pm and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Bourne Legacy (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Step Up 4 (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2, in 3D) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383

A Few Best Men (15) Rio 3 at 6pm and 8pm. Tel: 26-207000 Resident Evil: Retribution (15) Rio 6 at 9.45pm, weekends at 9.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Brave (K) Rio 7 (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.45pm. Tel: 26-207000

listings Today Exhibitions Darkness or Light?

Solo art exhibition by Froso Liapi.

Opens October 17, 7.30pm, until October 31. Art Space Kat’oikon, 47 Perikleous Street, Nicosia. Open daily: 6pm-8.15pm. Tel: 96-510261 Urban-A-Where International Workshop and Exhibition about Chrono-urbanism. Opens October 17, 7.30pm until October 30. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia.

12.00- 8pm weekdays and 11am4pm on Saturday and Sunday War – Pigs Solo art exhibition by Antonis Rizopoulos. Opens October 17, 7.30pm until October 30. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. Monday- Friday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655

Music Elvis & Elton in Concert Two of the top tribute acts in Cyprus come together with one amazing performance to celebrate American and British music at its best. October 17. Yialos Restaurant, Pissouri Bay. Dinner 7.30pm, showtime 8.30pm. €20 including dinner. Reservations essential - Tel: 99-832538.

Other Events

Theatre

Reforming Higher Education in Europe: The right answer to solve the crisis? Some insider’s views with implementing Bologna in Germany The Cyprus-German Cultural Association with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), in collaboration with Neapolis University Pafos host lecture with Dr. Peter Zervakis, Head of Project Nexus, German Rectors Conference (HRK). October 17. University Amphitheatre, Neapolis University Pafos, 2 Danais Avenue. 6.30pm. In English. Tel: 26-843320. events@ nup.ac.cy / www.nup.ac.cy

Di-mentia An original musical from Cyprus about the immortality of art, prodigal sons, and the decaying powers of our memory. October 18-21. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre (new Satiriko theatre) 11-15, Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia. 8.30pm. €20. In Greek. Tel: 99-876760

Tomorrow

Staircase ETHAL presents a British comedy with Kostas Vichas and Achilleas Grammatikopoulos. October 18 until November 11 (on specific days). Technohoros ETHAL, 76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, Limassol. 8.30pm and 6.30pm on Sundays. €15/10. In Greek

Other Events Exhibitions Stelios Votsis Solo painting exhibition. Opens October 18, 8pm until October 31.

Zacharias Gallery, 147 Irinis Street, Limassol. 9am-1pm and 4pm-8pm.

Tel: 25-358311.

Spirito d’ Oltramare Solo painting exhibition by Pindaros Michaelides. Opens October 18, 7.30pm until November 1. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

Relationships – DEFA Films from the Archive and Beyond Film screenings by the East German state owned film production company DEFA. October 18-23. Goethe-Institut Cyprus (in the buffer zone next to Ledra Palace Hotel) and the University of Nicosia (Cine Studio). Times vary. Admission is free. All films in German with English subtitles. Tel: 96-648718/22-674606. Email: holger. briel@gmail.com

Book Presentation Dr. Ioannis Lyras presents book The Secret of the Brazilian Beauty, followed by cocktail reception and short piano recital

by Farlley Derze, within the framework of the Pharos Brazilian Culture Month.

October 18. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia. 7.30pm-9.30pm.

In Greek. Tel: 22-663871

Seventh Medieval Ayia Napa Festival Street theatre, theatrical play, shows with music and dances of the period, Medieval workshops, exhibitions of medieval items and more. October 13-20. Ayia Napa Medieval Monastery.

8pm. Free. Tel: 23-816307

Theatre

Ongoing Other Events Riverscape[s]: Body Maps/City Maps A performance/event that is primarily concerned with the division of Nicosia, includes movement, visual installations, sound and live electronic and dramatised speech. October 15-17.

Melina Mercouri Hall- Famagusta Gate Nicosia. 8.30pm. Tel: 97-772264. www.echo-arts.info International Short Film Festival of Cyprus Film screenings and competition for the festival’s awards and prizes.

October 13-20. Rialto Theatre, Limassol Parallel events at Art Studio 55 (adjacent to Rialto Theatre). 8.30pm.

Free. All films will be screened in their original dialogues with Greek and English subtitles. Tel: 77-777745 www.isffc.com.cy

After the Rehearsal Theatro Ena opens new season with play by Ingmar Bergman. Until November 4. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Friday to Sunday at 8.30pm. €12/15. In Greek.

Tel: 22348203 Same Time, Next Year Dionysos Theatre opens the new theatre season with play by Bernard Slade, directed by Nikos Charalambous. Until November 25. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia.

Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 22-818999/99621845 The Grönholm Method The New Stage of THOC presents play

by Catalan playwright Jordi Galcerán Ferrer. Until December 1. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-492900

11:16 Anemona Theatre presents a mystery

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

Exhibitions Abstract Impressions Solo painting exhibition by Eugene Tector. Until October 20. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia.

Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-424983 Persian Dream Solo painting exhibition by Persian artist Amir Tahmasbi. Until October 22.

Gallery Technis Dromena, 53 Arch.

Kyprianou, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-496398 United States of Europe A travelling exhibition about European identity and today’s Europe. In the exhibition, art works (videos, photos, installations) are confronted with interviews from a sociological study.

Until October 24. Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum 27 Arch.

Makarios III Avenue, Kaimakli. Tue–Fri: 10am-6pm. Sat -Sun: 11am-4pm. www.go-use.eu

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Germany’s other cinema WITH box-office hits and award-winning award-winn films, the German film industry is toda today comm mmer mm e cial and creative best. er possibly at its commercial In recent years, even the film film history of the former S Soviet occupation zone of Germany has rekindled interest among cinephiles. Films such as Goodbye, Lenin! have increased the exposure of nostalgia for the days of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) on an international scale. Although made long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it brings alive the fascinating paradox of life in the GDR, which was so close to the West yet so firmly controlled by its communist government.

From tomorrow until Tuesday, the films of the GDR will be ripe for re-discovery through a series of film screenings at the the Goethe-Institut Cyprus and the University of Nicosia called Relationships – DEFA Films from the Archive and Beyond. A total of seven movies from the GDR will be shown and several filmmakers will be on hand to discuss their work.

Films in East Germany were produced by a single studio, DEFA, a national film company located on the outskirts of Berlin. Although most of the 700 feature films and thousands of documentaries produced by DEFA never made it to the West, they had a tremendous impact at home.

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, films from East Germany have finally become available.

As part of Germany’s cultural heritage, they are an important source for understanding the history of divided Germany. While many have been voted among the best German films ever made, they have so far remained largely unknown. This is an exceptional opportunity for local audiences to discover the energy, innovation and political commitment that characterised cinema on the other side of the Berlin wall.

One of the most popular stars of the GDR film industry, actress Jutta Hoffmann, will be present for the screening of The Third. She was the protagonist in two of the films which will be screened over the next few days. Hoffmann rly however left the GDR in the early ereighties and settled in West Germany, where she continued herr career in theatre and television..

Screenings are free and all filmss th will be presented in German with English subtitles. Each film will be introduced in English by Holger Briel (Deniversity partment of Communication, University of Nicosia). This programme is jointly ut Cypresented by the Goethe-Institut prus, the University of Nicosia and the DEFA-Film Foundation and it’s important to note that screenings will take iversity. place at the Institut and the University. he-InstiThe festival begins in the Goethe-Institut tomorrow with The Divided Heaven an allegorical story by Christa Wolf. It

Coming Up Other Events Fashion for charity THE FASHION industry is coming together to support the work of Hope for Children UNCRC Policy Centre (HFC). Yell It! Fashion has planned a series of events within the framework of Cyprus Fashion Days (CFD) and has selected Hope for Children as the benefici-

A total of seven films to be screened in Nicosia featuring films from the DEFA, the central East German film production and beyond. From left: My Death is Not Yours, Coming Out, Divided Heaven and (inset) Karla

was an unusually hard-hitting, revealing look at ‘socialism as it really was’ with a special focus on the border and the Wall.

Arguably the most important DEFA film of the 1960s was Trace of Stones, banned for 25 years following its brief release in 1966. Frank Beyer’s film depicts the living and working conditions of the population in East Germany in 1960s through three central characters caught in a love triangle.

The 1966 film, Karla (to be screened on Saturday) directed by Herrmann Zschoche, had a similar history. The story of a young teach teacher who encourages her students to speak honestly abo about taboo topics, the film was banned until 1990. deb film from director The Dove on the Rooff is the debut Iris Gusner. It was not released by the GDR because government officials felt tthat it depicted a distorted view of the work working class. It was banned and destroyed in 19 1973, but a working copy of the film inadve inadvertently survived. The film screened twice in 1990 and then disappeared for 1 19 years. The story follows a yo young woman who meets two ve very different men. Her inter interactions with both men he help her to understand m more about what she w wants from life.

Ot Other films to be screened inclu include the first and only DEFA feature fe film about homosexuality, C Coming Out, it premiered on Novem mbe 9, 1989, the evening of November the fall of the th he Berlin Be Wall. And capping off the movie movi vie vi e extravaganza extra is My Death

ary organisation to which part of the profits from the events will be donated.

The HFC Hope for Children – UNCRC Policy Center is a non-profit independent institution based in Nicosia. The institution works on humanitarian and development policies relevant to the defence and promotion of children’s rights.

It does so through research, grassroots programme design and implementation and advisory services offered to governments and international organisations.

Fabulous fashion was spotted last month when the VIP Teaser Party initiated the CFD with numerous

public figures and models attending the event. Coming up this weekend, is the latest CFD event entitled Take the Fashion Ride. As the name implies, it’s cycling tour around Nicosia, directed by the Cyprus Cycling Federation and Nicosia Cyclists.

On the day there will be a live link from DJ Radio, as well as a photo shoot session in front of Pralina Café with the models of the CFD. There will also be a sale of T-shirts specifically designed for the day, with the proceeds from the sales being donated to Hope for Children.

The cycling tour, on Saturday, will

is Not Yours, a poetic account of the director’s journey into the memory of a haunting, enduring love that had began at the film school in Babelsberg and ended on the shores of India.

Relationships – DEFA Films from the Archive and Beyond Film screenings by the East German state owned film production company DEFA. October 18-23. Goethe-Institut Cyprus (buffer zone next to Ledra Palace Hotel) and the University of Nicosia (Cine Studio). Times vary. Admission is free. All films in German with English subtitles. Tel: 96-648718/22-674606. holger.briel@gmail.com

By Ledha Socratous

Programme October 18 Divided Heaven. Goethe-Institut. 7pm. Introduction to Film Series by Dr. Holger Briel, Film Historian October 19 Trace of Stones. University of Nicosia UNESCO Amphitheatre.7pm October 20 The Third. University of Nicosia UNESCO Amphitheatre.

6pm. Introduction, by Konstanze Schiller, DEFA Foundation, Berlin; Discussion with the lead actress of the film, Jutta Hoffmann.

October 20 Karla. University of Nicosia UNESCO Amphitheatre. 9pm October 21 The Dove on the Roof. University of Nicosia, UNESCO Amphitheatre. 7pm.

October 22 Coming Out. Goethe-Institut. 7pm October 23 My Death is Not Yours. Goethe-Institut Reception at GoetheInsitut 7pm

start at 11.30am and will last for just one hour, through the following specified route: Stasikratous - Makariou C - Evagorou - Dimostheni Severi - Griva Digeni - Themistokli Dervi - Diagorou - Omirou - Solomou Square Vasileiou Voulgaroktonou - Old town of Nicosia - Famagusta Gate - Constantinou Palaiologou - OXI square - Makariou C – Stasikratous.

That’s not all however; even more events are coming up for the CFD. The biggest and main event is the Cyprus Fashion Days fashion show which will take place on November 2-4 at the CFD Factory,

in Kaimakli. A total of 40 designers and boutiques will take part in 14 shows, with part of the profits being donated to the HFC. The CFD will conclude its events for the year with an After Party, on November 4, organised to celebrate the successful outreach and participation in the various events.

Take the Fashion Ride A Nicosia charity cycling tour, directed by the Cyprus Cycling Federation and Nicosia Cyclists. Event within the framework of Cyprus Fashion Days with proceeds being donated to Hope for Children. October 20. Stasikratous, Nicosia 11.30am. Tel: 22-103234

For a full listing of the day’s events see facing page

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Kuwaiti traditional singers dance with swords and sing congratulatory songs during a men’s only reception for a newly married groom in Kuwait City

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N A LUXURY hotel suite, away from prying eyes, twenty Kuwaiti female guests at a traditional wedding party segregated by the sexes watch the men via a video link.

The women snap pictures of the festivities on their cell phones and swap stories about how they met their husbands and their views on

marriage. The contrasts between young and old in the conversation expose a shift in society that has the government worried.

“The most important thing now is getting a university degree,” said Noora al-Jaber, 28, who married seven years ago.

“The woman should get a good certificate and the man

Man’s world: men outside a Zara shop in Kuwait

a steady income. Only then can they think about marriage,” she said, as the women sipped fruit juice from champagne flutes.

The role of the family is extremely important in Kuwait, where large clans forge blood ties that are essential not only socially but also in politics and business.

But the marriage rate is falling: in 2011 there were 359 marriages per 100,000 inhabitants, a ten per cent decrease compared to 2007, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice. Around 70 per cent of the marriages were between two nationals of the Gulf Arab state, which is home to 1.2 million Kuwaitis and 2.4 million foreigners.

The government, which sees itself as the guardian of traditional values and social stability, has shown its concern about the trend with a campaign called ‘Marriage Comes First’.

The campaign, launched in March by the Justice Ministry, encourages Kuwaitis to think about matrimony before material goods, studying, a career, travelling and having fun with friends.

And it has become too costly and troubles ‘You are right’ to want all these things, say the brightly coloured advertisements in local media. ‘But, MARRIAGE COMES FIRST.’ Ministry officials declined to comment on the campaign.

But the issue has potentially vast implications for the tiny oil producer, including its effect on the birth rate and the role of women and the family in what is still a deeply conservative society.

The trend in the fertility rate has remained largely stable since 2005, although it is down to 2.3 births per woman in 2010 compared to 3.5 in 1990, according to data compiled by the World Health Organisation.

But this could change, reflecting a trend across the region, said Mona Almunajjed, a Saudi sociologist who has written about social demographics in the Middle East.

“In the long term it is very important because it is going to affect the demographic curve. If women are becoming more financially inde-

pendent, and marrying later, they are going to have fewer children,” she said.

A slower birth rate is not always a negative in countries where the young make up a large proportion of the “age pyramid”, such as in the Gulf, said Leila Hoteit, a management consultant at Booz & Company in Abu Dhabi.

“Given the large challenge they face to employ their youth, a drop in birth rate is not necessarily a bad thing for society,” she said.

“The concern I would say is more around social factors: the social cohesion of families.”

Although Kuwaitis live in a far more open social environment than their counterparts in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, relationships before marriage are largely taboo and people are encouraged to marry early, usually in unions arranged according to family ties and social status.

Polygamous marriages are not uncommon in Islamic societies but only small num-

bers of Kuwaiti men have more than one wife. Traditionally, up to a third of marriages have ended in divorce and that figure has been rising in recent years.

At the ladies’ gathering, accessed by an elevator shielded by a wooden screen

‘Girls want to get can have freedom alone,’ she said, cocktail dress and to allow the women to enter and leave unseen, 22-yearold Nour al-Rujaib said the pressure for women to marry starts from around the age of 21.

“Girls want to get married so they can have freedom.

We cannot travel alone,” she

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Marraige comes first: the modern centre of Kuwait City

Kuwaiti women taking part in a demostration

some for some men reports Sylvia Westall said, dressed in a red cocktail dress and black high heels.

She said she was happy to marry early if the man could afford for her to have a comfortable lifestyle.

The number of men getting married later than age 24 grew to 65 per cent in

t married so they . We cannot travel dressed in a red d black high heels 2008 from 61 per cent in 2000, according to a calculation based on statistics compiled by the United Nations.

For women, the number rose only slightly over the same period, from 38 per cent to 40 per cent.

Some urban Kuwaitis say

that attempts to encourage early, traditional marriages belong in the past.

“Society is much more open than when I was a teenager.

You can socialise through the internet, go travelling more easily,” said 34-year-old Taiba al-Jaber, who caused uproar in her family by insisting on marrying a man she had picked herself.

“I was Americanised. After the Iraqi invasion, our society felt the American influence when the American troops came here. We saw movies and soap operas. But back then I guess I was already too open for my community,” she said.

Her husband, a Saudi national who works in information technology, finally convinced her father he was a worthy partner after compiling a power point presentation on his family heritage and income. They married in 2007, some seven years after he first proposed.

Mohammed al-Muharib, a married 29-year-old naval of-

ficer dressed in traditional white Kuwaiti robes, said marriage has become too costly and troublesome for some men.

“Some of my friends just don’t want to get married.

It has become far too expensive,” he said outside the doors of the male wedding party.

“We live in a society where the man bears the costs for almost everything - the house, food, clothes, children, a maid, cars, shopping,” he said, counting off the list on his fingers.

Inside the hotel ballroom, men danced with swords to the beat of traditional drums.

The air was heavy with the scent of bakhoor, special incense worth more than its weight in gold.

Some men do not want to be tied down, said his friend Abdulmohsen al-Barjas, also 29, though he scoffed at that concern.

“I think this idea is just propaganda. I am married and I am free. Us two, we

went to Dubai recently, we get to travel.”

Many Kuwaitis still opt for a “traditional” arranged marriage, with a courting period ranging from one week to several months, mainly in the presence of family members.

The groom usually pays a cash dowry to the bride’s family to marry - sometimes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars.

Compounding the marriage problem from the government’s perspective is a rising divorce rate.

The number of divorces rose 16 per cent in the five years to 2011 to 172 divorces for every 100,000 inhabitants, according to Justice Ministry statistics. Kuwait had the highest total divorce rate among Gulf Cooperation Council countries, according to a 2010 report by Booz & Company.

Kuwaitis say divorce and remarriage have become easier and carry less of a social stigma. Nearly a quarter of those who divorced in 2011 had been married for less than a year.

Health Ministry officials have said they were considering setting up pre-marriage counselling clinics to prepare

Kuwaitis for matrimony, rather than just testing them for hereditary and infectious diseases as at present.

“What we need is a special centre outside the court for couples to talk over their problems, but this is difficult in our society, people go to their families instead,” lawyer Waleed al-Dousari said.

He sees himself as part lawyer, part counsellor, and handles five to six new di-

vorce cases a month. When he started out six years ago, the number was half that, he said.

Dousari said it is important to prevent divorce because the close-knit nature of Kuwait makes separation an especially disruptive force that pits whole families against each other.

“In our society, the problems that come after the divorce can be even worse,” he said.

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MIKA is a 4 month old spaniel mix puppy. Black and white colour. She will be a small sized dog. Very playful and friendly. ! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid 10-2pm. *****************************

SERVICES

HEALTH & FITNESS ***************************** BALANCE YOUR BODY A N D M I N D ! Aromatherapy, massage against stress, back pains, headache! NICOSIA call on 97 69 67 95 ***************************** \CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE, cupping, skin honing, massage. For alleviation of aches, pains, stress and improvement of body tone. Pafos area - call 9922 1851 for appointment ***************************** CLINICAL PILATES. Personalised Clinical Pilates by Physiotherapists in Nicosia.

Individual assessment and supervision of exercises.

“Clinical pilates” is a modified form of therapeutic exercise used by physiotherapists to assist in the rehabilitation and prevention of musculoskeletal injury especially lower back pain, sacro-iliac pain and neck pain. More info on 22446988. *****************************

LESSONS ***************************** TIME FOR A CAREER CHANGE? Learn how to teach

REX is a German Shepherd/ boxer cross medium to large size male dog around 1 year old. Friendly with other dogs, cats and people. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid 10-2pm. *****************************

VERY HANDSOME MALE GSD MIX, medium sized, around 3 years old. Good temperament. A kind dog. He is miserable at the shelter. Give him a chance! At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact Elena on 99520511 mon-frid 10-2pm. *****************************

***************************** UPHOLSTERY, RUG, BLINDS + CURTAIN CLEANING Rugs from 20€ - Carpets from 38€ - Fabric Suites from 85€ Leather Suites from 95€ - Mattresses from 25€. Curtains, Roman blinds, Vertical Blinds need to be surveyed. Collection Service available. For a free quotation call Mark on 70006766 All areas ***************************** DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled floors and surfaces.

Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 or 96333961 All areas ***************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses.

Special offers now available.

For a quote call Ricky’s Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) rickyscleaningservices@gmail.com ***************************** LOGS FOR SALE olive, carrob and eucalyptus. Delivered to your door free 12 euro per 20 kilo bag tel 99682243 or 99588114 By the Tom the log man.

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

***************************** KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER IN SUMMER AND WARMER IN THE WINTER by having Windowfilm professionaly fitted. Stops up to 86% of heat from entering/leaving your home! Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uvrays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con/heating. Call Ian on 99979671 ***************************** SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and fit air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol ***************************** COMPUTER ASSISTANCE. PC repairs &servicing. Fully qualified engineer over 35 years experience. Island wide coverage. Call Bill 99114617. email:bill@computass.comadmail ***************************** EXPERIENCED PAINTER at very reasonable prices! Decorative coatings, house painting, sprits and graphiato, varnishing, damp proofing and protection from humidity for walls and ceilings. Free estimates!

Call Harry on 97768020

K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD We manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdflyscreens.com WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work.

For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS SHOP FITTINGS AND STOCK FOR SALE Greeting and Gifts the card shop in Kissonerga is closing down and has all shop fixtures and fittings for sale including remaining stock. Can deliver. Tel 99850276 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

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

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

abbreviations bdrm c/h a/c s/pool f/f apt pm pw sw nw st rd p/s c/l swb r/cass e/w

bedroom central heating air conditioning swimming pool fully furnished apartment per month per week south west north west street road power steering central locking short wheel base radio cassette electric windows

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

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND ***************************** PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN LIMASSOL. 40,000 sq.m. , zoning Ka7 (80% -45% - 3 stories).

Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway. Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc.

Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554 ***************************** FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554. **************************** LAND FOR SALE: Drousia: 251m2, BD90%, €50.000; Drymou: 1143m2, BD10% €70.000; Innia: 335m2, BD90% €80.000 (stone house); Lasa: 3679m2 BD90% €300.000; Lasa: 2342m2 BD10% €80.000; Letympou: 669m2 BD10% €85.000; Armou: 4000m2, BD10%, €350.000 (with building permit); Marathounta: 7693m2, BD10%, €150.000; Pegeia: 1942m2,

FOR SALE B.P./LAND

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES

BD10%, €300.000; Stroumpi: 846m2, BD90%, €150.000.

99632096/99588110 WWW. CYLANDIA.EU ****************************

only 8,500 K, has many extras including pillion seat, luggage rack, saddle bags, electronic fuel gauge, and many more.

All taxes paid. priced to sell €5,500.00. Tel 99 009104 *****************************

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.

FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES ***************************** HARLEY DAVIDSON 1200XL Custom, as new condition,

TO LET NICOSIA

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

FOR SALE 1997 JAGUAR XJ6 Only 60,000km! Classic model English racing green Automatic, A/C, ABS, Cruise control White leather interior, CD. Fully serviced Must be seen. If you ever dreamed of owning the world’s most beautiful car at a bargain price now you can. Just €7,997 Call 22663400 2pm-4pm *****************************

JUST RENOVATED 3 bedroom house for rent in Aglandjia.

2 wc’s. Large back yard including an independent extra room with wc and kitchen. Not attached. Contact 99032795 TO LET 2-bedroom, fully detached house, with sitting & dining room, living room, office/study room, 2 bathrooms, 2 verandas, a/c, central heating, solar, covered garage

TO LET NICOSIA in a quiet neighbourhood in Ayios Andreas, Nicosia – €600/month. Call: Thanos 99543533 FOR RENT studio Nikis Ave. 430, Ag. Andreas 295, 1 bdrm Platy 480 furnished, Kennedy Ave. furnished 440, 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 575, Nikis Ave. furnished 500, Acropolis brand new furnished 550, Ag. Dometios ground floor with garden 600, 3 bdrm Ag. Omologites house ideal for cultural centre/spa 850, Strovolos 600, 4 bdrm Acropolis ground floor 800, Dasoupolis new independent house 1200.

21 PROPERTY FINDER LTD. A.M. 627, A.A. 108/E 99474839, 99646822 WHOLE FLOOR OFFICE FOR RENT in Ayios Andreas, Nicosia, 240 m2, 8 offices plus conference room, reception area, kitchen and WC, struc-

TO LET NICOSIA tured cabling, hot and cold aircon, 1800 euros pcm, tel.

99 895649 TO LET Lykavitos, off Kallipoleos, 2-Bedr. 3rd floor corner flat. bright, 2 balconies, large, open plan lounge, kitchen with fitted ovenHobs, AC hot/cold, solar heater, storeroom, parking.

Tel: 97-694336, 99-692316.

AGIOS DOMEDIOS (opposite police station) near universities, 2 bedroom top floor flat, f/furnished, 130sqm, totally modernised refurbished, A/C, 2 bathroom, 3 toilet, very modern kitchen with all appliances. €500pm. Tel 99494335 FOR RENT – three-bedroom flat in Lykavitos, Nicosia. Open plan fully-equipped kitchen and living area, two bathrooms, air conditioning and central heating. Big veranda.

Near the town centre and Uni-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA versity of Cyprus. Contact 99721911 / 99-454141 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required). Tel: 97773358. ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of land, big garden with grass, big swimming pool with extra fence for children and big covered patio with bbq area, big reception areas with marble floor, fire place and bar, big kitchen with all electrical appliances and sitting room with fire place, maid’s room, floor heating, full a/c, blinds on the windows, master bedroom with en suite bathroom and shower, big bathroom for the other 3 bedrooms and extra shower in the 5th bedroom - Strovolos €2500 (H5ST10001-R), (photos in the website).

2. 3 bedr + office space luxury ground floor house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen fully equipped with family room, big covered veranda, garden with grass, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, covered parking in a quiet area opposite Apoel training field. Availa-

TO LET NICOSIA ble also if needed 1 bedr apartment in the basement with higher rent - ARCHANGELOS €1200 (H4AR0015-R), (photos in the website).

3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €650 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr ground floor semi detached house, 170sq.m, central heating, 3 a/c, 2wc, big kitchen with cooker, oven, big front veranda, small yard, in a very quiet neighbourhood near Areteion hospital and Alpha Mega supermaket. Available end of September - Dasoupoli €650 (H3DAS0007-R), (photos in the website).

5. 4 bedr new luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, central heating, full Ac, 260sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all the windows, 4wc, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 covered parking, big garden with grass in a quiet neighbourhood in a dead end near French Ambassador house - Strovolos €1400 (H4ST10045-R), (photos in the website).

6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house,210sq.m, central heat-

TO LET NICOSIA ing, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1200 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website).

7. 3 bedr upstairs and one downstairs luxury detached house built in 2 plots of land with big garden and big over floor swimming pool 4 X 10, central heating, full a/c, 2 covered parking, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, double glazed windows(PVC), electric shutters on all windows, in a very quiet neighbourhood, in the centre of Latsia near Carrefour - LATSIA €2700 (H4LAT0010-R), (photos in the website).

8. 4 bedr luxury detached house + big separate maid’s room, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, big separate family room with fire place, big kitchen with breakfast area, 4wc, parquet floor all the house, mature garden on the front and back of the house, 3 covered parking, in a quiet area - PARISSINOS €2300 (H4PA20006-R), (photos in the website).

9. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedroom in the basement luxury detached house(all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which has also separate entrance from the

TO LET NICOSIA house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet floor all the house, big sitting and dining room with fire place, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big overfloor, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar(bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker),mature garden around the house,2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre- PLATY AGLANTZIAS €3500 (H5PAG0002-R), (photos in the website).

10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €900 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

11. 4 bedr luxury semi detached house with good size garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area, central heating, a/c units, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, 2 covered parking, FULLY FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED, in a quiet area in a dead end close to all amenities and schools. - ANTHOUPOLIS €1300 (H4ANT0002-R), (photos in the website).

12. 2 bedr + attic room luxury house with central heating, full expensive air conditions Daikin, blinds, cooker and oven in the kitchen, in

TO LET NICOSIA a quiet area near Sampson farm - STROVOLOS €700 (H3ST10013-R), (photos in the website).

13. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office,250sq.m, central heating independent, 4a/c, big renovated, kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fire place,1bathroom,1 shower,2wc, 2 covered parking, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street - Makedonitissa €1300 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website).

14. 4 bedr luxury detached house + separate maid’s room and playroom in the basement, 2 closed covered parking, central heating, full a/c, big swimming pool and patio around the pool, garden, big sitting and dining room, separate TV room next to the kitchen, office space, big kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher in a quiet area near the football stadium - MAKEDONITISSA €2000 (H4MAK0031-R), (photos in the website).

15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/ maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and

TO LET NICOSIA dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven,6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website).

16. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3000 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website).

For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates. com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr furnished apartment, 140sq.m, near Cyprus Hilton, kitchen, bathroom and extra guests toilet, large sitting room, opposite a small park, recently renovated inde-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA pendent oil central heating, air conditions, solar heater, covered parking – Acropolis €630 (A3ACS0040-R), (photos in the website).

2. 2 bedr luxury apartment, 3 a/c for hot and cold, covered veranda, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking on a small building 200 METRES from Akropolis Park.

Price includes common expenses – Dasoupolis €620 (A2DAS0027-R), (photos in the website).

3. 2 bedrs luxury big apartment in a small building with 4 apartments only, very big bedrooms with parquet floor, 125sq.m, central heating independent, 3ac,Fully nicely furnished separate kitchen, big sitting and dining area,2wc,covered parking behind Hilton hotel off Kennedy and Makarios close to the centre.– NICOSIA CENTRE €600 (A2NIC0026-R), (photos in the website).

4. 2 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment in a small modern building with electrical floor heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered veranda, covered parking and storage room, off Kennedy avenue in a quiet area – ACROPOLIS €800 (A2ACS0030-R), (photos in the website).

TO LET NICOSIA 5. 2 bedrs big luxury flat, 110sq. m+big covered veranda, CH ind, 3 a/c, cooker, oven in the kitchen, roller blinds, 2 bathrooms, 2 wc, parquet and granite floor, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, covered parking, intercom, on a small building with 6 flats only near Coca Cola factory 2 km from McDonalds in Egomi – Agios Dometios €550 (A2ADO0013-R), (photos in the website).

6. 1 bedr new modern luxury apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, nicely modern furnished, 3rd floor, covered parking, 6 year old in a quiet neighborhood off Kantaras street. - STROVOLOS €400 (A1ST10009-R), (photos in the website).

7. New 2 bedr luxury apartment, 90sq.m, storage heaters, 3 a/c, cooker and oven, covered verandah, 2 wc, NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking and storage room of Kyriakou Matsi street near the centre – Agioi Omologites €650 (A2AOM0008-R), (photos in the website).

8. 1 BEDR fully renovated apartment, FULLY NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, a/c for hot and cold, in a quiet area near Agios antonios market. - LYKAVITOS €450 (A1LYK0020-R), (photos in the website).

9. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of

TO LET NICOSIA award winning building,200sq. m+big covered veranda, central heating independent, full built in air conditions, lighting fixtures, curtains and blinds on all windows, big spacious living room with fire place, big kitchen with double cooker, oven and microwave and breakfast area, double glazed windows, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bath, big satellite dish with sky decoder,2 covered parking and storage room, close to American embassy and other amenities – ENGOMI €1600 (A3ENG0025-R), (photos in the website).

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nis near English School €800 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website).

12. 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 Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood – Nicosia Centre €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website).

13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment, open plan kitchen, 3 a/c for hot and cold, blinds on all the windows, nicely expensive full furnished with real leather sofas, double bed, big dining table, LCD 32”, satellite dish

with receiver, internet, very big bedrooms with big and many wardrobes, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet area near BMH – Aglantzia €570 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website).

14. 3 bedr luxury spacious fully renovated apartment with separate central heating, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 3 wc, parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining

10. 3 bedr ground floor apartment, 200 sq. m, 2wc, big sitting room with fire place, solid parquet floor, a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered parking, near Eleon swimming pool - ENGOMI - €800 (A3ENG0020-R), (photos in the website).

11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighborhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stepha-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA areas with fire place, big covered veranda, covered parking, blinds, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking, on a small 2 storey building, walking distance to the centre – Lykavitos €1000 (A3LYK0009-R), (photos in the website).

15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating ,full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €580 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website).

For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ******************************* 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

LIMASSOL ***************************** FOR RENT 3 bedroom detached upper house at Apostolos Andreas (Haraki) area, in Limassol. Rent €500. Tel 99497576,

TO LET LIMASSOL 99924444, 99886775 FOR RENT 2 b/room flat fully furnished 3 A/C, spacious lounge 2 verandas, walking distance to the sea, by the Curium hotel roundabout, Rigas Ferios street. Available after 16 October. More info 99479736 or 25728908 GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year.

Laminated parke floor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms.

Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 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 ***************************** FOR RENT: 2 bedroom apartment. Quiet block in Drosia, Larnaca. Fully furnished with new furniture. Freshly painted.

Heating/cooling. Big verandas. Includes parking. Reasonable price, will rent fast!

Call 97774512. ***************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal

TO LET LARNACA pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, ensuite 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 1st floor 2 bedroom apartment. High quality furnishings throughout. 400 Euros per calendar month. Pyla.

Quote TLL1088. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom

TO LET LARNACA villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel. (00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – LARGEST RANGE OF PROPERTIES. OVER 200 RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THE LARNACA DISTRICT AT THE MOST COMPETITIVE RATES! FLEXIBLE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent Simply Stunning ! Fully furnished 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom Villa with a good sized rear garden & private pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1415.

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PAPHOS ***************************** A DELIGHTFUL AND SPACIOUS 2 bedroom apartment, F/F, top floor, new, located at a peaceful location just 500 from St. George hotel in Choraka, with breathtaking sea views. With walking distance to amenities, part of a beautiful building with swimming pool, list and other amenities. Only €400pm Other apts also available.Call 99403261, 26934650 ***************************** EMBA-Traditional Detached 3 bedroom, F/F, very spacious property, large garden with a variety of fruit trees, fabulous kitchen, €450

TREMITHOUSA-Large Well Presented, U/,F 2 Bedroom Modern, Townhouse ,Enclosed rear garden, €350.

TREMITHOUSA-Beautiful 3 Bedroom Detached Property,

TO LET PAPHOS U/F, Master En- Suite, Balcony Driveway, Gardens, €600.

TREMITHOUSA- 2 Bedroom, Traditional Village Bungalow, Very Large Court yard , Parking. €280 FULLY FURNISHED PROPERTIES WANTED MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** 1. 1 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, pets allowed Price: €270 o.n.o 2. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex in a very quiet area, 1 bathroom, air condition throughout, spectacular sea and mountain views and communal pool, close to all amenities, pets allowed Price: €320 o.n.o 3. 2 bedroom, fully furnished apartment in Peyia in a small complex, quiet area, 1 W/C downstairs, 1 bathroom , air condition throughout ,communal pool, balcony, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed, Price: €370 o.n.o 4. 4 bedroom fully furnished detached Villa in Peyia in small complex, private swimming pool , BBQ area and small garden, 1 en-suite bathroom in master bedroom, downstairs bedroom and bathroom, air condition throughout, 2 balconies, very spacious rooms, with additional storage space, lovely sea and mountain views, close to all amenities, satellite dish, pets allowed.

Price : €750 o.n.o ALL THE ABOVE PROPERTIES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED PLEASE CALL : 99351008/99563020 ***************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD: PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS: PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG TERM RENTAL.

TO LET PAPHOS PROPERTIES WANTED: FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED 1 Tombs King: 3 bed furnished apartment with com to a comfortable standard, large veranda, near to all local amenities Ref: 1034 Price 350 2 Konia: 3 bedroom unfurnished town house with communal pool in nice residential area, near to all local amenities: Ref: 1027 Price 500 3 Yeroskipou: 2 bed furnished Town house , downstairs wc, kitchen, dining/sitting room, upstairs 2 bedroom, family bathroom: Ref: 1169 Price €350 4 Mesogi: Luxury 4 bed unfurnished villa with large living areas, downstairs bedroom with en suite, 3 bedrooms upstairs, Fire place, Modern villa, residential area. Private pool: fully fenced off: pets welcome Ref: 783 Price 750 5 Secret Valley: Large villa fully furnished in modern style, lovely large gardens, Private pool, quiet residential area, near golf area: Ref: 1171 Price €1000 6 Emba: 4 bedroom villa offered furnished, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, en suite, family bathroom, closed garage, private pool, on its own very private no near by villas: Ref 0003 Price €900 7 Tala: 3 bedroom villa offered part furnished with private pool, stunning sea views, property is a family home, central heating, residential Ref: 988 Price €700 8 Mandria: Bed quality furnished large villa with private pool, off street parking, under floor heating, full AC, residential area: Ref: 1175 Price €1100 OFFICE: 120 MARKARIOS AVENUE, PAPHOS. OFFICE: 26600450 MOBILE: 97614070 many properties available on WEB: www. flowron.com Email info@ flowron.com ****************************** LONG TERM RENTALS 1.CHLORAKAS 1 bed ground

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS floor furnished apartment with central heating, communal pool and parking, sky TV. €350 pcm including all bills 2. KISSONERGA 2 bed town house, small garden, off street parking, close to bus and shops. NO POOL €350 pcm 3. TOMB OF THE KINGS Large 2 bed apartment, fully furnished, parking. a/c, comm. pool, on site facilities. €350 pcm 4. PEYIA Two lovely 2 bed town houses, fully furnished, communal pools, parking, from €425 pcm Call 96 545 174 for more info and to arrange a viewing.

THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELECTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON enquiries@cypruspropertysolutions.com LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT ****************************** PROPERTY RENTALS From 250 Euros per month. Villas and apartments available.

Also wanted for waiting clients. www.johnalice-properties.com johnalicecy@gmail. com Tel: 00357 99984681 FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apart-

TO LET PAPHOS ments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www. cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus **************************** PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and finishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, infinity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call : 99389426 BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 **************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. KATO PAPHOS €450 sea front property with amazing sea views. We are delighted to offer this 2 bedroom apartment, recently refurbished to a high standard. Fully furnished & with covered parking. Walking distance to the harbour & many local amenities. Seconds from the beach. Balcony

TO LET PAPHOS with sea views. website reference number: rtl_636 2. SEA CAVES €550 we are delighted to offer this detached 2 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area offering sea views.

Gated drive for off street parking. Fully enclosed good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering privacy and shaded areas. Available unfurnished or part furnished.

Pets allowed at owners discretion. website reference number: rtl_482 3. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. if you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villas is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite TV. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor.

A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. website reference number: rtl_401 4. TALA €725 modern 3 bedroom detached villa located in a peaceful residential area between Tala & Kamaras offering sea & mountain views. Separate kitchen with top brand appliances Inc dishwasher.

Includes central heating, flyscreens & sky satellite. Private pool & enclosed garden with storage. Available unfurnished or furnished. website refer-

TO LET PAPHOS ence number: rtl_566 5. KONIA €750 spacious 3 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow (168 sq meters) on plot size of 707 sq meters. Situated in a quiet residential area offering enclosed easy maintenance garden with no pool. Separate kitchen, utility room, and master with ensuite. Off street parking for a number of cars.

Available fully furnished or part/unfurnished. website reference number: rtl_605

TO LET PAPHOS

TO LET PAPHOS

6. MANDRIA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool.

Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, curtains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners discretion. website reference number: rtl_633

modern detached villa situated in lower Chloraka opposite orange groves, offering stunning sea views. 3 bedrooms, master with ensuite. Guest wc. Tastefully decorated and furnished with modern furniture. Real fireplace for those winter months. Private gated drive. Surrounding the property is a large landscaped garden with private pool. website reference number: rtl_326

7. CHLORAKA €800 spacious

8. PEYIA €850 spacious de-

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS tached 4 bedroom luxury villa, offering stunning sea views.

Private pool fully enclosed garden, garage, basement for storage & separate utility room. Modern fitted kitchen with Miele kitchen appliances & granite work tops. Private drive. Available unfurnished.

Fantastic property! website reference number: rtl_504 Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@ mrrent-paphos.net **************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!!

1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double , bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views.

Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool, and landscaped gardens. Euros 425.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 400.00 a month.

2 MESOGI 3 bed 3 bath furnished apartment in handy location close to the shopping areas. Large open plan living area and dining area..

Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. Utilty room. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Balcony & and parking.

Euros 500.00 a month. Suit

TO LET PAPHOS non-drivers!

3. SEA CAVES – 5/6 bed fully furnished luxury villa with no immediate neighbours.. Open plan formal living area with dining area for 12. Separate family room. Outstanding fitted kitchen with breakfast area.

Separate utility /2nd kitchen.

Ground floor office/bedroom 6. Shower-room with sauna.

4 double bedrooms, master with en-suite and large dressing room with safes.. Family bathroom. Garage, parking & gardens. Separate 1 bed suite plus maids quarters. Swimming pool with massive outside BBQ/kitchen. A/C, C/H and fireplace in family room.

An outstanding luxury home with many internal features.

Very quiet area. Euros 4000.00 a month 4. KISSONEGA - 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area.

Full fitted kitchen. Small utility area. Conservatory room.

Ground floor bed room with en-suite. Stairs to two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Pool and off street parking. Euros 600.00 per month 5. LOWER PEYIA – Spacious 2 bed 1.5 bath furnished townhouse. Open plan living area.

Fitted kitchen. Guest WC. Stairs to 2 double bedrooms with family bathroom. Communal pool and parking. Pretty complex and sensibly priced.

Euros 400.00 per month.

6. UNIVERSAL AREA. 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area,comm. Pool and parking. Euros 375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at 250 euros per month.

7. CORAL BAY - 3 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa situated very near to the centre and within

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.

TO LET PAPHOS easy walking of beaches and restaurants. Open plan living area with fully fitted kitchen.

Doors out to garden and pool.

Ground floor bedroom with ensuite. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 2 double bedroom both with en-suite and balcony areas. Private pool, gardens, BBQ area and covered verandahs. Central location.

Euros 700.00 per month or close offers.

8. STROUMBI – 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space.

Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom.

Pretty landscaped gardens, pool and off street parking.

Realistically priced Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF A PA R T M E N T S / T O W N HOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:inforentals@aol.com ***************************** 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. *****************************

ATHENS TO LET Ambelokipi, off Kifisias Ave. Penthouse, one bedr. flat, renovated, large fitted kitchen, balcony 10 sq.m. Very close to Panormou metro, buses, trolleys to centre, all shops nearby. Rent: €350. Tel: 97694336, 22-428200. *****************************

PROPERTY FOR SALE

1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date.

NICOSIA

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

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On September 10th, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation Act Hinchinbrook Shipping Company (“Company”) with registration number C-113093 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 11th April 2013 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: September 10th, 2012 Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board.

***************************** HOUSE FOR SALE/RENT new independent 4 bedrooms house located in Kalithea (Latsia) area in Nicosia. The house is build on a plot of 299 sq m, with covered area 147 sq m.

FOR SALE NICOSIA Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Provision for central heating and a/c. Price for sale: €265.000 incl VAT. Price for rent: €900 monthly. For further information or to arrange a viewing please contact 99844789 ***************************** 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. *****************************

LARNACA ***************************** ARADIPPOU, Larnaca Magnificient Villa fully furnished reduced by thousands to €280,000. 3 - 4 bedrooms, lounge (marble floors), dining/ sitting, utility, kitchen, ensuite, bathroom. Many extras. Walk in condition e-mail: weetotie@cytanet.com.cy or phone 97851329 ***************************** PERVOLIA 4 Bed house for sale with Full Title Deeds. 160m covered on a 285m plot. Private swimming pool, aircon, flyscreens, carport. Built 2007, 5 min walk to Pervolia square, 3 min drive to Faros beach. €220,000, 99051706 *****************************

PAPHOS ***************************** FOR SALE- PAPHOS

1. REGINA GDNS- 2 Bedroom Townhouse set on a luxury complex with 3 communal pools, private parking, private driveway, rear patio, solar panels, TITLE DEEDS. Covered area 92sq. mtrs. Priced to sell at €115,000.

FOR SALE PAPHOS

FOR SALE PAPHOS

Covered area 96sq. mtrs.

All bedrooms en-suite, large lounge with stone carved fire surround and wood burning fire, black granite work surfaces, traditional stone arches, private 8mx4m pool, outbuildings, garage. Many many extras. Price includes all furniture and white goods. TITLE DEEDS. Priced well below the market value at €475,000.

4. UNIVERSAL- 2 Bedroom end of terrace Townhouse, situated close to the new school and bus route, with front garden, rear patio area, and communal pool, this property comes fully furnished and is priced for a quick sale at €98,000. TITLE DEEDS IMMINENT. 5. LIMNARIA GARDENS- 1 Bedroom fully furnished spacious top floor apartment with lounge leading to patio overlooking communal pools on a luxury complex. Shutters all round, heated pool with Jacuzzi, 200m from beach.

Priced to sell at €135,000.

6. SECRET VALLEY- Splendid 3 Bedroom detached villa with master bedroom en-suite, enclosed gardens, private pool next to Secret Valley Golf Course and set in a quiet cul-de-sac. This beautiful villa comes furnished with high quality furnishings and a covered area of 154sq. mtrs.

Set on a plot of 408sq. mtrs.

Very reasonably priced at €370,000.

7. LOWER PEGIA- 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom detached villa with totally enclosed gardens, workshop and storage units.

Master bedroom en-suite, downstairs bathroom, private 8mx4m pool, to be sold including quality furniture. Covered area 132sq. mtrs on a plot 378sq. mtrs. TITLE DEEDS. Priced to sell at €295,000.

8. MARATHOUNDA- Superb 4 Bedroom detached villa with a covered area 310sq. mtrs on a beautiful plot of 928sq. mtrs. Set in an unspoilt area offering marvellous views.

For further details please contact 99874804 or E-mail: rocpropertiescyp@gmail.com ***************************** FOR SALE: Very nice penthouse, next to Carrefour/Paphos, 2 bedroom, 2 covered verandas, sea and mountain view. Title deed. Built in 2001. asking price: €105.000, negotiable. Please contact the owner Andreas phone no: 99489260 or +46766778477 FOR SALE VILLA WITH TITLE DEEDS 3/4 beds, 3 baths, private pool, roof terrace with sea and mountain views, fully furnished, a/cs’ in all rooms, excellent condition, many extras. €230,000 negotiable.

Phone 99058398 ***************************** KISSONERGA – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in quiet edge of village, near all facilities shops etc, 2 bath, a/c, fly screens, fans, 6 mins from the beach, title deeds, €115.000 o.n.o tel: 26 950923/ 99987694 ***************************** FOR SALE special offer, €79,000 first floor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941. *****************************

2. FAROS BEACH- 2 Bedroom fully furnished apartment, situated 120m from a popular beach off Tombs of The Kings.

Sea views, solar panels, private parking, spacious balcony, large family bathroom, TITLE DEEDS AVAILABLE. Priced to sell at €138,000.

3. ATHENA GARDENS- Beautiful 2 Bedroom fully furnished ground floor apartment in Geroskipou with communal pools, gardens, large patio with roll down canvas sidings (low electricity bills). This property comes with many many extras and it is priced at 25% below value at €140,000.

U SEFUL PHONE NUMBERS POLICE DIVISION HQ

HOSPITALS ........ 1400

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

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

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

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

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Advertiser FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE - CALL 99655581 CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS. Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods!

NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!!

PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 WORLD ANIMAL DAY. On Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be micro chipping pets for only €20 including all the paperwork. For further information telephone 26953496.

To celebrate World Animal Day on Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be offering free spaying/neutering for all feral and unwanted animals as they do throughout the year. Contact 26953496 for further details.

PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2 CHARITY HAIR CUT. On Thursday 4th October 09.30-17.30 without an appointment Andri at Atlantic Bay Hotel (2nd Floor) will be charging €5 for a haircut with all proceeds going to Paphiakos. Telephone Suzanne on 99151996 or Andri on 99604783.

PAPHIAKOS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm at the Crazy Spoon Restaurant. For further details contact 99151996. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey Rides, Pirate Pat and many more.

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Television CYBC 2

CYBC 1 06.45 Proti Enimerosi 08.15 Kali Sas Mera Local variety show, with entertainment options, cookery tips and more.

11.00 Kaftes Piperies (rpt) 11.30 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV. 12.00 Apo Mera Se Mera Current affairs show.

15.30 State Lottery Draw 15.35 Mazi Sto CyBC 17.30 Moiraia Fengaria (rpt) 18.00 News 18.15 Kaftes Piperies Live cookery show.

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

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

20.00 News 21.15 Vimata Stin Ammo Third season of local period drama, based on true events.

22.30 Horis Montaz New weekly show, really no more than the usual live interviews with local celebrities, but carried out by CyBC’s new star attraction Elita Michaelidou.

23.30 News 23.45 Entehnos 00.15 Repeats

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NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx History Of EUFA EURO (rpt) Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano (rpt) News In English News In Turkish Kati Psinetai (rpt) NRG Zone Small Island Two-part adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel, starring Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson. A Jamaican woman travels to London in 1948 to meet with her new husband, but her life becomes entwined with that of her landlady, who once spent a night of passion with the newlywed’s former lover. Part 1 of 2.

Brothers & Sisters (rpt) Fourth season.

‘The Pasadena Primacy’. The family meets up after Kitty reveals her plans to run for Robert’s seat in the Senate.

Scotty’s restaurant suffers a slump in business, and Kevin tries to avoid going to his highschool reunion.

Ghost Whisperer Fifth season.

‘Devil’s Bargain’.

Jim thinks a colleague might be involved in a med student’s disappearance; Aiden continues to be afraid of ‘the shadows.’

Repeats

06.10 Proini Enimerosi 06.40 Kai oi Pantremeni Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 08.20 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 09.10 Oi Men kai oi Den (rpt) 09.40 Ellas to Megaleio Sou (rpt) 10.30 Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt) 11.20 Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) 12.10 Niose Me (rpt) 13.00 News 13.20 Mera Mesimeri 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.50 Tin Patisa (rpt) 15.50 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.40 Eva Luna 17.30 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) With News at 18.00.

19.20 Niose Me 20.15 News 21.10 Ekeino To Kalokairi 22.00 Vals Me 12 Theous 22.50 Two And A Half Men 23.20 00.10 00.15 00.30

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Oikonomahies News Sports News Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) Tmima Ithon (rpt) News Epithimies (rpt)

MEGA 07.30 Ach, Eleni (rpt) 08.00 Nea Mera 11.00 Mousiko Kouti (rpt) 12.00 Enimerosi Tora 14.00 Sto Para Pente (rpt) 15.00 Eheis Meson 16.00 17.30 18.20 18.30 19.20

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Yia Sena Mousiko Kouti News Sto Para Pente (rpt) Porta Kleidomeni Local drama series, a tale of guilty secrets and forbidden loves.

News Enoha Mystika Porta Kleidomeni (rpt) Gossip Girl Third season. ‘The Last Days of Disco Stick’. In an effort to impress some of her fellow students, Blair manages to organise a private concert with Lady GaGa (playing herself). Dan and Olivia agree to write and act in a college play, Serena asks Nate for help, and Jenny hangs out with an ambassador’s son as a favour to Chuck.

News Community American comedy series.

The Boondocks Animated comedy series with a spiky sense of humour.

Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

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PLUS TV

07.00 Protoselido 08.20 Eleni 10.00 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt) 11.00 Aspra Balonia (rpt) 12.00 Mesimeri Kai Kati 14.20 Tropico 15.20 Magazino 17.40 Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama 18.15 News 18.30 The Del Monte Heirs 19.20 7 Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites 20.20 News 21.20 Aspra Balonia 22.20 60 Lepta New season of local investigative show.

23.20 CSI: NY Fourth season.

‘Commuted Sentences’. The team investigate the seemingly unrelated murders of a billionaire’s son who was recently acquitted of rape and a woman found dead outside a museum.

00.20 News 00.25 CSI: NY Fourth season.

‘Buzzkill’. The body of a model is found dead in a giant Martini glass high above Times Square, and circumstances initially suggest she was the victim of accidental electrocution.

01.00 Epistrofi (rpt) 01.30 Mono Mia Fora (rpt) 02.30 More Repeats

06.45 Star News 07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti - Best Of 09.15 Fotis - Maria Live Best Of 10.30 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz (rpt) 11.00 I Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) 2.00 Mila - Best Of (rpt) 1 12.30 Star News 13.00 Mesimeriani Meleti Showbiz news and gossip show hosted by Eleonora Meleti.

15.30 Kids’ TV 17.15 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 17.50 Fotis - Maria Live Entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, health, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

19.30 Mila Discussions about various issues based on woman’s life.

21.15 Exelixeis Sti Showbiz 22.00 FILM: Death At Funeral Dark comedy, starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes.

2007. See Film Picks.

23.30 FILM: The Legend Of Bruce Lee Biopic of the martial arts star, following his training, his struggles with racism and his rise to fame in China and America.

Starring Danny Chan and Ted E Duran. 2010.

01.00 LTV Sports News 02.20 Star News 03.00 Repeats

CAPITAL 06.45 08.30 09.15 10.00

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Akti Oneiron Melrose Place With News at 18.30.

News Sports Time Epi Topou FILM: Primal Doubt A married romance novelist agrees to meet a man she met on a dating website, but finds herself caught up in a murder case.

Thriller, starring Janine Turner.

2007.

FILM: Invasion USA A former CIA agent wages a one-man war against a Russian terrorist and his personal army. Action adventure, starring Chuck Norris. 1985.

FILM: Tactical Assault A Gulf War veteran embarks on a campaign of terror against his former superior officer, whom he blames for ruining his career. Action thriller, with Rutger Hauerl. 1998.

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Television PICK OF THE DAY Anonymous (Novacinema1, 19.45) Unlikely to follow the mystifying Oscar triumph of Shakespeare in Love, Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous insists that no, William Shakespeare was not a cute young writer inspired to write Romeo and Juliet by a cross-dressing Gwyneth Paltrow.

In this telling, Shakespeare is a buffoonish, illiterate actor who lends his name to plays written by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. The latter cannot accept credit for some of the greatest works in the English language because of convoluted political and family reasons. Despite the presence of such noted Shakespearean actors as Derek Jacobi (who appears in a modern-day prologue) and Mark Rylance (former director of the modern Globe Theatre) as an actor at the old Globe, Anonymous is really no more convincing than Shakespeare in Love. Surprisingly, this isn’t primarily the fault of director Emmerich, the disaster-movie specialist who gave us such blockbusters as Independence Day and 2012. Like those fi lms, Anonymous is a thoroughly entertaining load of eye candy with solid performances, even if John Orloff’s exposition-heavy script practically requires a concordance to follow at times.

The action toggles confusingly back and forth between several time periods. Mostly it takes place in the years before the 54-year-old Earl of

Oxford’s execution for sedition in 1604, when he is splendidly played by veteran character actor Rhys Ifans. Oxford has been secretly writing plays for decades, despite a promise to cool it extracted by William Cecil (David Thewlis), the overbearing nobleman who raised him and later became his father-in-law.

But Oxford digs out his work when he learns that William and his son Robert Cecil (Edward Hogg) - top advisers to Queen Elizabeth I (a wonderful Vanessa Redgrave) - have become involved in the intrigues surrounding a successor to the aging monarch, who has no acknowledged children. Our hero goes looking for a front, but playwrights Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe - two leading suspects as the Bard through the centuries - don’t want to risk their own reputations. So the clownish and uneducated Shakespeare (Rafe Spall, son of Timothy) steps forward and takes credit for Oxford’s popular plays, much to Oxford’s horror.

This plotting, involving one of the queen’s numerous lovers, the Earl of Essex, is not easy to follow - particularly when the fi lm keeps cutting back to Oxford’s youth, when we see his dalliance with the young Elizabeth (played by Redgrave’s real-life daughter, Joely Richardson). Made in 2011.

By Lou Lumenick - New York Post

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE

A Star is Born (LTV3, 17.35) Barbra Streisand has two Oscars, one as an actress and one as a singer/composer. This was her second Oscar, for writing the beautiful ‘Evergreen’ - the only problem being that, by this time, she was widely hated (albeit also widely loved) as an actress. This is an old plot, fi lmed twice before, about the older artist who marries a younger one and sees his star fall as hers rises - only now transposed to the world of rock’n roll, with real-life rock star Kris Kristofferson as the fading drunkard and Babs as the young songstress he fi nds, marries and fi nally alienates with his self-destructive behaviour. The fi rst half is wildly romantic, which is not Ms. Streisand’s strength (she’s too obviously tough for this mush), and it’s painful to see her all puppy-eyed; the second half veers into pathos, with Kris behaving badly and our heroine looking sad and stricken. A big hit 36 years ago, despite all the fl aws, though most critics agreed with Roger Ebert: “I thought Miss Streisand was distractingly miscast ... and yet I forgave her everything when she sang”. Made in 1976.

Footloose (Novacinema1, 22.00) Does the town of Bomont like Barbra Streisand? It’s not entirely clear how these staid small-towners feel about Oscar-winning singers - but they do ban “lewd and lascivious dancing” after the deaths of five teens in a car crash, including the son of town pastor Dennis Quaid. Dirty dancing is blamed for the tragedy, and Bomont stays stubbornly boogie-free - at least till bad-boy Ren (Kenny Wormald) arrives from up North, playing his music loud and shaking up the town with his youthful rebellion. This remake of a much-loved 80s hit is surprisingly serious for a teen movie, full of earnest speeches. All these speeches weigh the movie down, especially compared to the high-energy Step Up franchises - but you do get musical numbers, and even a demolition derby with buses. Made in 2011.

Death At Funeral (PlusTV, 22.00) In 2007 director Frank Oz (and voice of Fozzy Bear) released this brilliantly funny British farce. The fi lm follows a man given the task of organising his father’s funeral, who tries to ensure it goes ahead with some semblance of dignity. But his tense relationship with his brother, an incompetent undertaker, his sister’s drug-addled boyfriend and a mysterious stranger who knows all the deceased’s secrets threaten to ruin everything. Just three years later an American version was made starring Chris Rock. The fi lm was directed by an American and had pretty good exposure in the US, so it makes you wonder why there was such a need to remake it so soon after the fi rst one. Made in 2007.

Footloose (Novacinema1, 22.00)

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07:30 Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale 09:30 Nowhere Boy 11:15 Body Heat 13:15 Ye Olde Times 15:15 Amelia 17:30 Blindness 19:30 Videofashion 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Eastern Promises 23:00 Match Point 01:05 Hustler TV 03:15 Everest 06:30 LTV Sports News

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16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Volvo Ocean Race 17:30 Atp World Tour Uncovered 18:00 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters 19:00 Espn Original Documentaries 20:30 Bmx Supercross World Cup 21:30 Planet Speed 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 02:00 Espn Original Documentaries 04:00 2010 World’s Strongest Man 05:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

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HOW TO PL AY: 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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24 25 26 will increase his status (2,2,2,3,5) 14 Show-girl? (5) 18 Employee, beginner starting late (6)

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19 Appear to expose a fraud (4,2) 22 Not as much in Charles’ savings (4) 23 Against putting silver in (4)

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Vatican; 5 Nigh; 7 Reputed owner; 9 Each; 10 Islander; 12 Relive; 13 Lesbos; 16 Tutorial; 18 Slim; 20 Rolling-stock; 21 Spey; 22 Drainer. Down – 1 Vertebrate; 2 Topical; 3 Cute; 4 Nudist; 5 Newhaven; 6 Greed; 8 Dressmaker; 11 Overplay; 14 Balloon; 15 Canned; 17 Troop; 19 Asia.

QUICK: Across – 1 Debacle; 5 Etch; 7 Bedfordshire; 9 Love; 10 Brandish; 12 Tallow; 13 Teacup; 16 Tasmania; 18 Slur; 20 Conditioning; 21 Afar; 22 Delight. Down – 1 Debilitate; 2 Bedevil; 3 Chow; 4 Endure; 5 Enhanced; 6 Corgi; 8 Shipwright; 11 Pomander; 14 Calming; 15 Tinted; 17 Scoff; 19 Cowl.

Rating EASY

Answers to crossword 2211

Rating HARD

2 Dark blue flower (4) 3 Shortage during the blackout (4) 4 A beautiful maiden with love?

(6) 5 & 6 Fellow constantly in next stall (6,9) 7 Taxi allowed to go round S American city, a twowheeled carriage! (9) 11 It doesn’t take long to put an instrument on the cow (9) 12 & 13 How a mountaineer

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1 Noted bowman? (9) 8 Noted ending? (4) 9 Fragmentary bit of dinner (9) 10 Pru’s new stimulus (4) 13 Mammal that has a good time? (5) 15 Robin loves a bringer of bad luck! (6) 16 Nevertheless smooth like this (4,2) 17 Small wave of laughter perhaps (6) 19 Walked round Dorset (6) 20 Had a challenge inside the country house in Russia (5) 21 Unusually thin clue (4) 24 Informed its possessor (9) 25 Rugby takes an hour in Germany (4) 26 Suggesting forming a union (9)

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1 Miniature cyclone (9) 8 Until (4) 9 Orange (9) 10 Stylish (4) 13 Irked (5) 15 Japan (6) 16 Drenched (6) 17 Young cow (6) 19 Fan (6) 20 Disorderly (5) 21 Large town (4) 24 Renounced the throne (9) 25 Wildcat (4) 26 Schedule (9)

2 Principal (4) 3 Latvian port (4) 4 Andrew (anag.) (6) 5 Port in W France (6) 6 Closely integrated (5-4) 7 Explain (9) 11 Free from restraints (9) 12 Raising (9) 13 Trove (anag.) (5) 14 Frumpish (5) 18 Burglar (6) 19 Joining (6) 22 Magma (4) 23 Layer of coal (4)

HOROSCOPE

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Venus and Jupiter square today, and ordinarily in astrology when two planets are at right angles like this, it can be negative. This square is actually less challenging, still, it is important that you don’t say the things you sense people want to hear, because if you do, it will do little for your credibility. Property stars however, truly sparkle.

One of your greatest gifts is your kindness. Be it a friend who is down on their luck, your most loved charity or cause, or anything to do with animal welfare, you are rarely slow to help out. But today, as Venus and Jupiter clash, you might want to just check any instinct to instantly help out. Examine how you feel later in the week, then decide.

Your ruler Jupiter may be in retrograde, but it continues to occupy your sector of relating. Today, it angles tightly to Venus. This suggests that you could impress someone with your larger than life personality. But equally, it could see you take for granted an interaction where you need to be more conscious of the impression you are set to make.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

You may find yourself feeling particularly warm hearted and affectionate. The people you care about can seem even better to be with, and there can be lots of light hearted banter. Where things can go awry, is if you try to be overly generous, or over indulge. Your system is likely to be more sensitive to sugars and toxins than it ordinarily would be.

Don’t be tempted to relax if you have any interaction with the boss, or any kind of important agency. If you come across in a well meaning, but jocular way, it could send out the wrong signals. There are times to be more formal, times to kick back and be more laidback. Today, you should steer on the cautious side, and conform to expectations.

This is one of those days when you could almost overdo being good to someone. This is probably not the best of times to promise something either. Soon enough, this could become a heavy commitment which starts to drag you down. What you can do, is let other people spoil you or get together with friends to watch a fun or epic DVD movie.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

If you can make improvements to where you live that both add to comfort and to practicality, you will be surfing perfectly the astral vibes coming your way. The one thing to watch is thinking you need to spend oodles of money to achieve what you want. Venus can tempt you to burst your budget, when more modest expenditure will work fine.

Your ruler Venus makes one fine angle to another planet today, and one potentially tricky one. To get the most of the potential, you might have to think more about protecting your own interests and security. For example, if you offer to do someone a good turn, before long they may be taking it completely for granted. Yet, a good day to cook or potter at home.

You could feel quite amorous today, or if you lack a significant other in your life, yearn for the kind of intimacy which you perceive other people seem to have more easily than you. The reality is Aquarius, that whether you are solo or coupled, you probably need a degree of space and freedom to feel at ease with life. Retain your perspective.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Mercury and Venus are in super locations for you, and this duo can help to loosen you up and be more relaxed in company. You might even be the person who sets up some kind of social event. Yet with Jupiter less well placed, it’s probably best to choose carefully the people you share more sensitive information with. Someone may breach a confidence.

With Mercury in your sign giving you wonderfully penetrating insights, its angle to the super smoothy Venus, is sweet, helping to take off an edge of intensity. However, Venus itself forges a right angle to Jupiter. And in a group situation, although things can seem pleasant enough, do be attuned to the politics that can flow beneath this.

There is someone you are starting to feel more and more affinity with. Yet you might not want to take this for granted, yet...just in case it turns out to be a false dawn. However, don’t let inner worries prevent you from thinking the best of this person or of person kind in general. If you can be open to possibilities, good things can flow your way.

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Sport Broad confident over KP meeting

IN BRIEF

ENGLAND paceman Stuart Broad is optimistic a meeting between Kevin Pietersen and his international teammates will finally bring an end to the saga which has dogged the side recently.

Pietersen was dropped for the final Test between against South Africa at Lord’s in August and overlooked for the World Twenty20 following allegations he sent messages to Proteas players criticising then England captain Andrew Strauss.

After a stand-off period, the 32-year-old apologised for sending the messages and signed a new ECB central contract after agreeing to enter a “re-integration” process with the team.

Pietersen will shortly meet up with his England teammates and coach Andy Flower as they bid to rebuild bridges, and Broad is hopeful there will be a positive outcome to those talks.

“It’s in the management’s hands,” he told BBC Breakfast.

“Of course (we’d welcome him back). We’ve had some amazing success with KP as a team.

“I’ve been in the side six years, we’ve won two Ashes series and a Twenty20 World Cup, and we know that KP is a really dangerous player for us.

“There’s not a better man in charge than Andy Flower to put the situation right and there’s a lot of trust in him at the moment.

“Whether it’s for (the tour of) India or New Zealand, the team will welcome him back.

“We pride ourselves on being an honest changing room and the only way to move forward is to talk about things.

“There will be a meeting with some of the hierarchy and we just need to lay some things out.

“I think that will be a really good meeting with most of the England players, and hopefully we can move forward and draw a line under the whole experience.”

Scutaro sparks San Francisco victory

Manning (C) completed 13-of-14 passes for 167 yards and three scores after the break, allowing the Denver Broncos to conquer the San Diego Chargers 35-24

Brilliant Manning rallies Broncos past Chargers

By Ben Everill PEYTON Manning orchestrated the biggest comeback of his career as the Denver Broncos erased a 24-point halftime deficit to beat the San Diego Chargers 35-24 at Qualcomm Stadium on Monday.

Manning endured a miserable opening half that included an interception return for a touchdown, before the quarterback climbed out of a 24-0 hole with a vintage display after the break as the Broncos went on a rampage.

He threw for three touchdowns and completed 24-of30 passes on the night for 309 yards as Denver also added two defensive scores of their own to post 35 unanswered points and join the Chargers at the top of the AFC West on

Quarterback offers vintage display as Broncos rampage identical 3-3 records.

The four-time league MVP and 2006 Super Bowl winner completed 13-of-14 passes for 167 yards and three scores after the break, hitting everything in a Denver jersey.

His pass to Brandon Stokley to put Denver ahead in the final quarter capped a run of 13 straight completions and tied famed quarterback Dan Marino on top of the record books as his 47th game-winning drive in a fourth quarter or overtime.

“It sure was special considering what was on the line,” Manning told reporters. “This

was a pivotal game. It was a must-win game.”

While the Broncos have a modest .500 record, the result left no doubt as to the value Manning brings to the organisation, joining the side after spending 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and sitting out 2012 with a neck injury.

At 2-3 coming into the divisional game, plenty were starting to say he was over the hill and not an astute acquisition.

The 36-year-old defied any questions about his pace in the pocket or accuracy with the long ball, scrambling often and making some huge

passing plays throughout the comeback.

“Everyone talked about him (negatively) a couple of weeks ago, but he’s been the least of my worries,” Broncos head coach John Fox said. “He performed very well and has performed very well over the last four weeks. I think he’s just going to get better and better.”

The result eclipsed Manning’s previous best second half turnaround of 21 points and equaled the second biggest halftime comeback in the Super Bowl era. It also tied fourth as the greatest comeback from any point in a match in NFL history.

Chargers counterpart Philip Rivers, meanwhile, had a night to forget, notching up four interceptions and two fumbles, with two of his turnovers returned for touchdowns.

MARCO Scutaro’s fourthinning single spurred the San Francisco Giants to a 7-1 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Monday to tie the National League Championship Series at one game all.

Scutaro survived a heavy collision with a hard-sliding Matt Holliday in the first inning, which would eventually force him out of the game, but his fourth-inning single brought home three runs to put the Giants ahead 5-1.

Scutaro, who finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and was replaced by Ryan Theriot in the top of the sixth, was to have an MRI after the game to determine the extent of his left hip injury. “(Holliday) hurt Scutaro a little bit but we’re coming back to play hard,” Giants outfielder Angel Pagan said.

“I haven’t seen the video, I’m not sure if it was dirty or not, I’m sure (Holliday) was playing the game as hard as he could.”

The victory was the Giants’ first home win in this season’s playoffs after they lost two at AT&T Park to open the division series with the Reds before coming back to win three in a row in Cincinnati.

The series continues with Game Three in St. Louis today.

After defending World Series champions St. Louis won the series opener on Sunday, the Giants rediscovered their offense to get the better of standout starter Chris Carpenter.

Carpenter, who entered the night with a stellar 10-2 post-season record, allowed five runs in four innings, though only two were earned, and was outpitched by playoff newcomer Ryan Vogelsong.

Vogelsong surrendered an RBI double to Carpenter in the second but was otherwise solid over seven innings. He made his postseason debut last week when he pitched against the Reds in Game Three with his team facing elimination.

Tendulkar made member of the Order of Australia

Eight uncapped players Baghdatis through to named in France rugby squad Stockholm second round

INDIA batsman Sachin Tendulkar is to be made an honorary member of the Order of Australia.

Only three other non-Australian cricketers, Clive Lloyd, Gary Sobers and Brian Lara, have been made members in the past while Tendulkar will also be only the second Indian to receive the honour.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard told reporters in New Delhi: “Cricket is of course a great bond between Australia and India.

“We are both cricket-mad nations. I’m very pleased we’re going to confer on Sachin Tendulkar membership of the Order of Australia, an AM.”

MANAGER Philippe Saint-Andre has called up eight uncapped players in his 33-man squad as he continues to rejuvenate France ahead of next month’s three test matches.

The squad, which can be amended in between matches, features 15 players aged 25 or less while only 10 players from the 2011 World Cup were named yesterday.

Toulon flanker Pierrick Gunther and Toulouse centre Gael Fickou, 23 and 18 respectively, were the among the exciting prospects in the squad.

“I wanted to stay true to what we’ve done in Argentina (last June),” Saint-Andre told a news conference.

CYPRIOT tennis player Marcos Baghdatis recovered from a break down in the first set to beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the ATP World Tour 250 Stockholm Open yesterday evening.

The seventh-seeded Cypriot, who won the Stockholm indoor hard-court title in 2009, fired nine aces and converted all four of his break point chances to claim his 33rd win of the season. He will now take on Alejandro Falla after the Colombian beat Jan Hajek of Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in his opening round encounter.

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Bin Hammam: Why no Blatter probe?

Mourinho: I am nothing in history of Real Coach lionises his players for their slick performances in the Champions League JOSE Mourinho believes Real Madrid players “have to die on the pitch” while playing down his own importance in the grand scheme of things at the Bernabeu.

The former Chelsea and Inter Milan manager guided Real to the Primera Division title last season to end Barcelona’s stranglehold although they already face a task of great magnitude to repeat that achievement given the Catalan team leads Mourinho’s side by eight points after just seven matches.

As well as the La Liga crown, Mourinho has also won the Copa del Rey in 2011 and the Supercopa this year, with a two-legged victory over Barca, but he feels he is just a small part of the club.

He told Real Madrid TV: “I’m nothing in the history of Madrid, or very little. Just the winner of Liga number 32, and the Copa that hadn’t been won for a while and a Supercopa; very little.”

For the players though there is a grand expectation and he lionised their Champions League efforts when they came back for a late victory over Manchester City.

For Mourinho “nobility means giving it everything on the pitch”, adding: “A Real Madrid player has to die, in a manner of speaking, on the pitch.

“Real Madrid players have to be knackered by the end of the game.”

LEAGUE CAMPAIGN While happy with their Champions League performances so far as well as the Supercopa victory over Barcelona, the Portuguese admits he is less pleased with the stuttering start to the league campaign.

They have already suffered two defeats - the same as the entire 2011/12 season - although their last three games have garnered seven points with their last game a 2-2 thriller against Barcelona.

Now Mourinho wants his

side to maintain such form.

He said: “In the League my team hasn’t pleased me: our work hasn’t pleased me.

“Now we’ve entered into a period of growth and stability.

“This team has showed that, when they are doing well psychologically, they are very strong.

“Now we have to get the consistency.”

The former Porto boss underlined the galvanising effects of the Barcelona draw and went on: “These humans are special: the demands on them are huge.

“As a coach, I prefer people to criticise me for being aggressive with my words because I try to bring out the wounded pride of my players.

“I prefer that to being quiet, being politically correct, being friendly and going on losing.

“We can’t accept this direction.

“I’m optimistic because the team is ready to win and win again, draw less and lose even less.”

But while happy with Real’s form in the Champions League and Supercopa so far, Mourinho is less pleased with the stuttering start to their campaign in La Liga

Lippi dismisses Drogba swoop rumours

By Alastair Himmer

Former Chelsea striker Drogba has scored eight goals in 10 appearances since his shock move to China

FORMER Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is not a transfer target for Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande, coach Marcello Lippi has said.

The Italian told local media there was no substance behind rumours he was planning a raid for Ivory Coast talisman Drogba, who plays for Guangzhou’s rivals Shanghai Shenhua.

“I know nothing about Didier Drogba’s move,” Lippi told Xinhua news agency. “I have never contacted him myself or via anybody since I took charge of Guangzhou.”

According to Chinese media speculation, Lippi has been monitoring Drogba, whose future at Shanghai was thrown into doubt recently due an equity stake row among shareholders.

The China Daily claimed Shenhua chairman Zhu Jun had blogged: “Somebody finally came to make a bid (for Drogba).”

Drogba has scored eight goals in 10 appearances since his shock move to China,

while Guangzhou’s summer signing Lucas Barrios has disappointed.

“I don’t know how (the rumours) come,” Lippi added.

“I am satisfied with my forwards. We already have Lucas, Muriqui, Cleo and Gao Lin, we don’t need another Drogba.”

Guangzhou currently head the league standings by three points from Jiangsu Shuntian and can retain the title if they succeed in beating their closest rivals on October 27.

“I am confident about the team,” added the 64-year-old Lippi, who led Italy to the World Cup title in 2006.

“I believe we can defend the title.”

Shanghai are languishing in ninth place in the 16-team Chinese Super League 20 points behind Guangzhou despite their lavish pre-season spending spree.

Earlier this year, a row among shareholders raised the possibility that Drogba and fellow striker Nicolas Anelka could be sold if the club could not make their salary payments.

Both former Chelsea forwards reportedly earn more than $300,000 a week.

MOHAMED Bin Hammam has claimed to FIFA’s new chief investigator that Sepp Blatter appears to be untouchable.

The 63-year-old Qatari is under a provisional suspension by FIFA pending an investigation by FIFA ethics investigator Michael J Garcia.

That was launched after Bin Hammam had his life ban

by FIFA on bribery charges overturned in court, due to insufficient evidence.

Bin Hammam has now written to Garcia, via his own lawyer, claiming that neither Blatter, whom he challenged for the FIFA presidency in 2011, nor other officials have been suspended despite allegations against them.

In the letter, which has been seen by the Press Association, Bin Hammam states: “Complaints have been made both against Mr Blatter and some of his colleagues which would seem to justify a full investigation.

“Whilst I am still suspended, my rival in the 2011 presidential election remains in power and office.

“He is not under any investigation or suspension.

This is so difficult for me to understand.”

Bin Hammam claimed Blatter had used his power to crush him after he challenged him for the presidency.

He added: “In truth my previous opponent still holds all the cards. He has therefore been able to apply the full power and weight of the FIFA judicial machinery against me. I have had no relief from this onslaught for the last 16 months.

“I do appreciate that Mr Garcia has a job to do but... why should others not be suspended pending investigations in the same way that I have been?

“How can there ever have be a fair and open election in FIFA against an incumbent president?

“There are no rules and therefore no level playing field.”

Ivory Coast book African Nations Cup berth, Senegal eliminated over riots IVORY Coast booked their place in January’s African Nations Cup finals, after they were awarded a 2-0 win over Senegal for last Saturday’s qualifier in Dakar which was abandoned in the 74th minute due to rioting fans.

Missiles, stones, bottles and fire-

crackers were thrown on to the pitch by disgruntled home fans, who were frustrated with their team’s poor show that left them trailing 2-0 when the match was halted.

Both teams had to be escorted out of the grounds by security forces, who fired tear gas inside the packed

stadium to stop the rioting.

“CAF decided to officially confirm the result of the match as 2-0 in favor of Ivory Coast in accordance with the ... the regulations of the competition and to consider Senegal the loser of the said match and eliminated from the competition without prejudice to

any other sanctions that may be imposed by CAF Disciplinary Board,” the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in a statement on its website (www.cafonline.com).

The African Nations Cup will be held from January 19 to February 10 in South Africa.

Bin Hammam claimed Blatter (above) had used his power to crush him after he challenged him for the FIFA presidency in 2011

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Sturridge preparing to move over for Remy

Marseille’s Loic Remy (above) is seen as a more realistic target for the Blues than prolific Colombia striker Radamel Falcao of Atletico Madrid

CHELSEA are considering making another move for Marseille striker Loic Remy in January, as a possible replacement for Daniel Sturridge.

The club are prepared to sell the England international in the next transfer window, but will only let him leave Stamford Bridge if they are able to bring another forward in.

Chelsea came close to signing Remy in August, only for Sturridge’s move to Liverpool to break down because he wanted the deal to be permanent rather than a loan move.

Remy is seen as a more realistic target than Colombia striker Radamel Falcao, who has a £46million release clause in his Atletico Madrid contract.

Atletico insist they will not listen to offers for the prolific 26-year-old this season, despite the financial difficulties they are experiencing.

Falcao has helped fire Atletico to second place in La Liga and they only trail Barcelona on goal difference.

The constant speculation linking Falcao with a move to Chelsea or Manchester City — as well as local rivals Real — has angered Atletico president Enrique Cerezo.

Speaking to reporters in Spain, he said: “I’m not rude, but I’m really angry. Everything in life has a limit. I don’t know his future, but if you know it you can tell him.

TORRES BACK-UP “I can’t stand to hear this rumour anymore. I can only say that Falcao now plays for Atletico Madrid.”

The need for Chelsea to buy another striker before letting Sturridge leave is vital as he is currently the only back-up to Fernando Torres in the Chelsea squad. The Blues have a good relationship with Marseille having agreed a £7m deal for right-back Cesar Azpilicueta in the summer and are confident they can sign Remy for

around £15m, which is also the fee they are looking to sell Sturridge for.

Remy is a similar player to the 23year-old, who joined Chelsea from Manchester City for £6.5m in 2009, as he can play on the right wing as well as up front.

The former Lyon and Nice front man scored 20 goals and made six assists in the French League last season and Chelsea have already sent scouts to watch him in action again this term.

Chelsea also remain huge admirers of Bayer Leverkusen’s Andre Schurrle, but the German club are adamant that he is not for sale.

Sturridge should attract plenty of interest having impressed enough at Stamford Bridge to win his first England cap last season.

The former City trainee told Standard Sport in May he was not sure he had a future at Stamford Bridge and now appears resigned to leaving the club this winter.

Redknapp: Bale is on a par with both Ronaldo and Messi ‘He’s an amazing, amazing talent’ WALES and Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has a talent which is starting to rival that of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, according to his exclub boss Harry Redknapp.

Bale impressed with two goals in a match-winning performance in Wales’ World Cup qualifier against Scotland last week, earning Chris Coleman his first win in charge of the national side.

Former Spurs boss Redknapp believes Bale’s stock is continuing to rise and he could now walk into any team in the world.

“He’s an amazing, amazing talent and he’s after the Ronaldos and Messis of this world and he’s getting better and better,” Redknapp told BBC Sport ahead of Wales’ qualifier against Croatia.

“He’s almost unplayable when he’s on his game. He is a genuine world-class player.

“There’s nobody he couldn’t play for. He’d improve any team.

“He is already at the top but any team in the world would love to have Gareth Bale playing for them.”

Bale, who was named Professional Footballers’ Association Players’ Player of the

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale (second right), recently impressed with two goals in a match-winning performance in Wales’ World Cup qualifer against Scotland last week Year in 2010-11, is contracted to Spurs until 2015.

Redknapp managed Bale during his four years at Tottenham and thinks the 23-yearold has developed into a real game-changer since he shot to international fame with his

first hat-trick in Spurs’ Champions League defeat by Inter Milan two years ago.

“He can do everything and could play anywhere. He’s the full package,” Redknapp said.

“He can head it, he can dribble, he can shoot, he’s

got a great physique. He’s an amazing athlete, he can score with both feet - there are no weaknesses in his game.

“It was amazing how he turned the game around [against Scotland].

“With 10 minutes to go

you’re looking for somebody who can do something special and Gareth can do something special.

“He is a great lad as well with a good family behind him. It couldn’t happen to a nicer lad.”

West Ham winger Ricardo Vaz Te set for three-month surgery recuperation spell WEST Ham winger Ricardo Vaz Te is set for a three-month spell on the sidelines as he recuperates from shoulder surgery.

The Portuguese dislocated his shoulder in the Hammers’ last Barclays Premier League encounter against Arsenal 10 days ago

and it was decided keyhole surgery would be the best treatment with Vaz Te undergoing the operation last night.

Boss Sam Allardyce told the club’s official website: “We think we’ve chosen the best option to strengthen the shoulder and get

him back as quickly as we can.”

Vaz Te’s absence gives West Ham’s fringe midfielders a chance to prove their worth.

“We’ve got some good players ready to step up in place,” Allardyce went on to add.

“Matt Taylor has been there and

there are others in the squad that haven’t quite played as much such as Gary O’Neil.

“Whichever option we pick it’s up to them to step up to the mark.

They need to provide the attacking opportunities that we need,” he said.

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Frankel’s earnings to rise after racing RATED the world’s best racehorse, four-year-old Frankel has already earned millions of dollars for his Saudi owner but will prove even more valuable if he makes a successful transition to siring future champions.

Victorious in all 13 previous starts, Frankel will run in front of Queen Elizabeth at a packed Ascot in southern England on Saturday. He is oddson favourite to win the aptly named Champion Stakes and a prize of 737,230 pounds ($1.2 million) in what is likely to be his last race.

Some commentators have said Frankel, trained by Henry Cecil in Newmarket, could be worth as much as 100 million pounds, based on what he could earn over a decade or more at stud. That figure is academic as owner Prince Khalid bin Abdullah, part of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, will not sell his prize asset.

“To Khalid Abdullah, the horse is priceless for what he has achieved on

the track,” said Tom Goff, co-owner of the Blandford Bloodstock company, a firm that specialises in supplying thoroughbred horses.

“Ascot on Saturday is a sell-out which is great for racing,” he added.

BOWING OUT AT TOP Frankel has captured the hearts of Britons spoilt for sporting choice in an Olympic year. He has also given a welcome boost to horse racing at a time when it is fighting with a growing number of sports for gamblers’ money.

“He has a tremendous will to win, it’s like nothing I’ve ever encountered, his sheer determination,” Teddy Grimthorpe, Prince Khalid’s racing manager, told Reuters.

Allied to that is the ability of Frankel, to reach and sustain a top speed of approaching 40 miles per hour (64 kph). He will race a middle distance

of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,000 metres) on Saturday.

“He has a very economical action, it just flows. He moves beautifully,” said Grimthorpe.

Frankel, a bay with a distinctive white marking between his eyes, has had three successful years, a rarity in horse racing and has won 2.25 million pounds in prize money.

Named after the late American champion trainer Bobby Frankel, the colt was sired by 2001 Derby winner Galileo.

Buyers who want to own a future champion are likely to pay as much as 100,000 pounds for every young horse Frankel sires and there could be upwards of 100 of them every year.

“The best owner breeders in the world will send their mares to him,” said Goff of Blandford Bloodstock.

“2016-17 will be the acid test when his first crop of two- to three-year-olds are running,” he added.

Victorious in all 13 previous starts, Frankel will run in front of Queen Elizabeth at a packed Ascot on Saturday

Massa signs contract extension with Ferrari Resurgence in form lets him remain with marque

By Ian Parkes

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elipe Massa has signed a one-year contract extension with Ferrari for the 2013 Formula One season.

Following a recent resurgence in form it means the 31-year-old is to remain with the Maranello marque for an eighth consecutive year.

A short statement from Ferrari read: “Scuderia Ferrari announces it has renewed its contract with the driver Felipe Massa to the end of the 2013 race season.

“The Scuderia’s driver lineup for next year is therefore made up of Fernando Alonso and the aforementioned Felipe Massa.”

At one stage earlier this year, it appeared as if Massa was on his way out of the team, collecting a miserable 11 points from the opening eight grands prix.

It was a point emphasised on Monday by president Luca di Montezemolo, who claimed that, given Massa’s form at the time, he had little chance of being retained.

At that stage, at the end of June, Ferrari were known to be on the look out for a replacement, holding talks with Mark Webber before the Australian opted to re-sign his

Since the British Grand Prix, Massa has only finished out of the points once in the subsequent eight races, to claw his way up to ninth in the drivers’ championship own new one-year deal with Red Bull.

However, since the British Grand Prix, Massa has only finished out of the points once in the subsequent eight races, to claw his way up to ninth in the drivers’ championship.

The Brazilian’s surge has also helped Ferrari overhaul McLaren into second place in the constructors’ championship as the duo attempt to hunt down Red Bull over the

remaining four grands prix.

In finishing second in Japan nine days ago, his first podium for 36 races - the longest topthree drought by a Ferrari driver in the team’s history - and in coming fourth in Korea on Sunday, Massa firmly thrust himself back into Di Montezemolo’s good books.

That prompted talks between the two men at Maranello yesterday, and the offer of a new deal, with Di

Montezemolo claiming Massa was “back at a high level”.

Di Montezemolo said: “You can see from the constructors’ championship he has returned to the levels we used to know well.

“I expect a lot from him and his capacity to take points from our rivals.”

It will mean another year of feverish speculation next season for Massa, in particular given speculation Sebastian

Vettel is primed to join Ferrari in 2014.

That, however, was strongly denied by Di Montezemolo and Red Bull on Monday, with the former suggesting “two roosters in the same henhouse” in Alonso and Vettel would be a troublesome pairing.

Ferrari has long opted for a policy of having a number one driver, as is the case with Alonso at present, and a strong second rather than a duo both vying for the championship, but that is unlikely to stop the rumours from continuing.

In confirming their 2013 lineup, it means Ferrari join Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes, with Lotus certain to retain Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, leaving few seats available beyond that.

Massa, after ending months of uncertainty surrounding his future, naturally expressed himself “delighted with this agreement”.

Speaking on the Ferrari website, he added: “Ferrari is my sports family.

“First, I want to thank President Montezemolo and (team principal) Stefano Domenicali, who gave me confidence which I have always maintained, even in the most difficult moments.

“Both the team and the fans can be assured I will do all that is in my power to help the Scuderia to achieve the goals that arise every year.”

From his perspective, Domenicali said: “We are pleased to have extended our relationship with Felipe for another year.”

Via his Twitter feed, Alonso also declared his happiness at Massa’s stay - unsurprisingly as he knows he will again have a team-mate playing second fiddle.

Norway wait until late on to sink Cyprus Cyprus 1 Norway 3

By Nemanja Bjedov CYPRUS lost 3-1 to Norway in their fourth game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign yesterday evening at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.

The home nation broke the deadlock three minutes before the half time interval when Demetris Christofi found Efstathios Aloneftis from the right flank and the APOEL winger’s shot took a wild deflection to beat helpless Rune Jarstein in Norway’s goal. However, the visitors equalised only two minutes later as skipper Brede Hangeland slotted the ball home past Tasos Kissas, whose complaints to the Polish referee Pawel Gil that he was fouled in the process were in vain.

The match was decided in the last ten minutes as the Norwegians first took the lead in the 81st minute from the penalty spot through Tarik Elyounoussi, while two minutes later substitute Joshua King set up the final score.

After this loss Cyprus remains at the bottom of Group E with three points from four matches.