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VAT office goes after charities Second-hand shops told to stump up thousands in VAT By Bejay Browne
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HE cash-strapped government has begun to chase down charity shops who fail to collect VAT, and will not hesitate to penalise those who have not complied. The move has left at least one charity, the Paphiakos animal shelter - which runs two shops in Paphos to augment its fund raising - facing a late registration penalty, late submission of tax returns, arrears in payment of VAT on sales that should have been declared, interest and a penalty of 10 per cent on tax due. The fines could run into thousands. Unlike their UK counterparts, charity shops in Cyprus, which mainly deal in second-hand goods, are liable to collect 17 per cent VAT, on most items if their turnover exceeds €15,600 a year. Nayia Symeonidou, from the VAT office said there were no special concessions for charity shops: “As provided by the VAT legislation applied in Cyprus, the supply of goods and services by philanthropic organisations is exempt when carried out
on the occasion of their financial support, provided that the exemption does not cause distortion of competition to the disadvantage of commercial enterprises subject to VAT.” In other words a cake bake stand raising money for charity would not be liable for VAT, as it is not viewed as being ‘competitive’ in the market. But a charity shop acting like a commercial enterprise would be seen as distorting the market. Symeonidou added: “Charity shops in Cyprus selling goods [commercially], the value of which exceeds €15,600 in 12 months, are liable to register for VAT and account for VAT on their sales.” Symeonidou said if a charity shop fails to register for VAT, it is liable to “late registration penalty, late submission of tax returns, retrospective payment of VAT on sales that should have been declared, interest and a penalty of 10 per cent on tax due, as any other taxable person.” According to one of the legal advisers for Paphiakos and CCP animal welfare
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Alpha Bank seeking to repossess British-owned homes in Cyprus OVER a thousand Britons who bought holiday homes in Cyprus face repossession as one of Greece’s major lenders, Alpha Bank, has launched legal procedures against them, The Times reported yesterday. The Times said that hundreds of Britons stopped paying their mortgage as a direct result of an ongoing debt crisis and the changes
this brought upon their mortgage terms. The borrowers bought property in Cyprus in 2007 and 2008 on Swiss francs denominated mortgages, an advantageous agreement at the time because Swiss franc loans offered a much better interest rate, the Times said. Instead of an 8 per cent interest rate available in the Cyprus pound
(prior to the euro’s introduction) or sterling, borrowers could get half of that. But since the credit crisis, the Swiss franc has been appreciating against currencies because of a solid reputation and Britons repaying mortgages in sterling now need to pay significantly more. On September 1, 2012, 1.51 Swiss francs was equivalent to £1.0, but
in September 1, 2007 it took 2.43 to get £1.0. A British owner who had paid £424 a month in 2007 now has to pay £658 a month. Alpha Bank Cyprus, a subsidiary of Greece’s third biggest bank, has been serving writs demanding borrowers, or a legal representative, to appear in the District Court of
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Government looks on charity shops as businesses (Continued from front page) charity, “bad representation” of the charity’s two shops has resulted in the organisation facing a VAT demand. Lawyer for the organisation, Maria Fournari said: “Unfortunately Paphiakos is experiencing some problems with a large request for VAT payment and we are currently examining why the state is proceeding to claim this specific amount.” Bound by client confidentiality, the legal adviser could not confirm the amount, which is believed to be in the thousands. “We are taking steps to clear up a number of discrepancies at both of the charity shops. I would like to stress that nothing illegal has taken place, but errors have occurred.” She advises any charity which runs second-hand shops to obtain legal advice if they are unsure of their status vis-a-vis VAT collection. The lawyer is now examining a mountain of paperwork and thousands of receipts to carefully prepare a case to counteract the VAT demand. “We have to be precise and specific,” she said. “Normally charity shops make enough to support themselves but it seems as if the government is trying to find a way to make money from these charities, as they are regarding them as businesses.” There is a loophole charity shops can use however. As
A fund-raising market for Paphiakos animal shelter in Paphos long as they do not put price tags on the items in their shops, they can take donations and give something in return for those donations. In this way they would not be seen as commercial enterprises. The lawyer explained that specific steps must be taken when goods are sold from a second-hand charity shop. “It all depends on how something is categorised when it’s sold. If I provide a service, you pay me and that’s taxable. But if you buy something from a charity shop and take it away, you donate a fee for it. In this case, a slip should be written clearly stating that the money received was a donation,” she said. In the UK, the Charity Resale organisation is the only body that represents the interests of over 7,000 charity shops. According to the organisation, these shops benefit from concessions under
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UK tax law because all the profits from a charity shop go to fund the work of the charity, which provides a public benefit. In Britain, charity shops are exempt from corporate tax on profits. They have a zero VAT rate on the sale of donated goods, and an 80 per cent mandatory non-domestic rate relief. This 80 per cent relief is funded by the central government. A further 20 per cent rate relief is also available at the discretion of local authorities. Having to incorporate the 17 per cent cost of VAT into the goods on sale in Cyprus while keeping them at a reasonable price is tricky, according to Paphos Friends hospice spokesman Colm Connolly. The facility is run solely through donations, fundraising and income from goods sold at the organisation’s three charity shops. The hospice provides pallia-
tive care and support for patients with life limiting illness and their families and is open to people of all nationalities and religions Connolly said: “We have to absorb the 17 per cent VAT into our prices but at the same time we can’t make them too high. People go to charity shops to buy second-hand items at bargain prices. If we hike our prices up, we wouldn’t be competitive.” He added: “The Friends hospice charity shops are not run by the hospice but by the support group. They are registered for VAT as ‘not for profit organisations’.” But this status does not give them the same tax concessions as in the UK and this can cause confusion, as many people presume that charity shops selling secondhand goods are zero-rated, whereas this is not the case in Cyprus.
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CYPRUS TODAY October 1 CYPRUS marks 52 years of independence tomorrow and the customary military parade is scheduled to go ahead in the capital. The country’s top officials, including President Demetris Christofias, will be present at the parade. Ahead of the anniversary, US foreign minister Hillary Clinton yesterday expressed her country’s support for Cyprus and their wish that “all those involved make the necessary compromises to achieve lasting peace”.
Cyprus Mail BECAUSE of the Independence Day holiday on October 1, the next issue of the Cyprus Mail will be on Wednesday, October 3.
Bus strike THERE will be no bus service in Nicosia on Tuesday because staff have not been paid for September, unions SEK and PEO said yesterday. Workers said their basic and non-negotiable rights have been violated, leaving them no choice but to declare a strike, the unions said. The unions apologised for troubles caused but said they were not responsible. Bus companies comprising the public bus network are running losses despite the fact the public transport system was set up only in 2010.
Missing funeral THE REMAINS of a man who had gone missing during the Turkish invasion in 1974 were buried yesterday in Lythrodontas, his home village. Nicos Spyrou was found in a mass grave and was identified via DNA testing. Presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades was due to speak at Spyrou’s funeral.
An autumn spring clean By Poly Pantelides THOUSANDS of people yesterday filled up plastic bin bags with rubbish as part of ‘Let’s Do it Cyprus’ clean-up campaign. The main goal was to get the country clean in one day, as part of a global campaign spanning about 100 countries that Cyprus joined for the first time yesterday. Among participants were the Green party whose deputy, George Perdikis, could be found near the old Nicosia general hospital cleaning up the banks of the seasonal river Pedieos. “It’s a gorgeous corner of the capital but it’s full or rubbish which shows this country needs a culture
to nourish the environment… and there’s a lot for us to do,” Perdikis said. The Interior Minister Eleni Mavrou and other officials also took part in the cleanup. Over 130 registered groups expressed interest in advance and were allocated bits of the island in need of attention, while a dedicated website letsdoitcyprus.org identified spots to clean and actions to be taken. By 1pm, about 3,000 people reported back to the project’s co-ordinators although many others joined spontaneously without registering beforehand, said Environment Commissioner Charalambos Theopemptou.
New colonial files highlight concerns over coexistence IN THE years before Cyprus gained its independence, Great Britain was concerned about the prospects for peaceful coexistence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, according to new files released Friday by the British Foreign Office. A couple of years before Cyprus gained its independence, Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan described the Cyprus problem as a primarily international problem and not a colonial one. Correspondence in early 1958 between Macmillan and the Cyprus governor Sir Hugh Foot shows the prime minister was also concerned about the financial cost of keeping a large number of troops on the island. The problem involves two nations and two peoples living close to Turkey and away from Greece, Macmillan said referring to the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and their perceived ethnic identities. However, Turkey thought Cyprus was strategically dangerous and with both Greece and Turkey being NATO allies, Great Britain’s problem was finding a mutually agreeable solution, Macmillan said. According to one of the
released files, Sir Hugh had expressed his concern to the Foreign Office about handing over control of some inter-communal bodies such as the English School and media services - to the Greek Cypriots. Sir Hugh said relations between the two main communities had deteriorated and he feared it would take time for distrust and fear to be dissipated. Macmillan considered the Cyprus issue to be partly a military issue but primarily an international issue, according to the files. If it were simply a colonial matter it could be solved in the way that other colonial problems had been solved, Macmillan said. If a solution could be found on an international level then it would not be hard to work out a plan that could lead to an autonomous government, Macmillan said. A separate document from 1955, also released this week, showed that the British administration was thinking of constructing a military airport in Xylofagou or Salamis but were concerned over a water shortage problem and negative public reaction. Alternative spots were suggested in the Ayia Napa and Paralimni areas.
“People called in to say they were shocked by the state of our countryside,” Theopemptou said, referring to the state of isolated spots, where rubbish has been allowed to accumulate over years. And what was found was recycled as much as possible. Cans were separated for charity Cans for Kids, while PMD packages were taken to bins placed by recycling company Green Dot. Electronic devices were taken to designated spots for WEEE electronic appliances’ recycling bins. The campaign, Let’s Do it World, was launched in Estonia in 2008 when 50,000 volunteers clean up 10,000 tonnes of waste in a single day.
A young boy joins the thousands of volunteers who took part in the ‘Let’s Do it Cyprus’ clean-up campaign
Bank goes after British houses Owners will fight repossessions in court (Continued from front page) Nicosia within ten days or judgement will be given in their absence, the Times said. If the bank cannot retrieve the amount owed by selling the mortgaged property, then those affected may lose whatever other property they have to their name, including their UK home. Alpha Bank argues that borrowers were asked to sign all the relevant legal documents, including declaration letters acknowledging that they fully understood the risks involved in borrowing in Swiss francs. The newspaper said that property owners were prepared to fight in court, with one company, Regulatory Legal, acting on behalf of 750 homeowners and another, Judicare, representing hundreds more. Regulatory Legal solicitor Gareth Fatchett said: “If [homeowners] do not fight they will face a judgement in Cyprus and the property will be sold but there will probably still be a debt. The bank can then pursue money through the courts
in the UK, putting the debtors’ assets, including their homes in Britain, at risk. This is a Waterloo moment for everyone because they are going to have to fight this.” Judicare’s Neil Heaney, told the newspaper: “There are irregularities and issues with many of the loan documents. Many were signed by lawyers who were given power of attorney but these
were not certified properly. This could invalidate the loan agreement.” Others may claim alleged foul play from the lender, with the Times saying they will claim the bank colluded with developers, signing off payments before apartments were at the appropriate stage. Alpha Bank officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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Vouni donkeys to move house
Popular attraction closed to public for now By Zoe Christodoulides
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ORTY-THREE Cyprus donkeys are preparing for a little cross country challenge and change of scenery in the coming weeks as the well-known Vouni Donkey Sanctuary announces its closure. The animals are being transferred to a new base at Kivides village in Limassol, but its present inaccessibility means the public will be unable to visit the shelter until adequate provisions have been set up. “We love our visitors, but we’ve just got to put the donkeys first right now,” says general manager of the sanctuary, Judy Welsman. “The main reason we can’t have people come along to the new place is the inadequacy of the roads leading up to it and the lack of guest facilities. By next year- once we have settled in- we are hoping to look into ways to open up to the public.” The Donkey Sanctuary is a non-profit organisation and a subsidiary of the Sidmouth Sanctuary in the UK. Here in Cyprus it provides care and a permanent home for donkeys and mules in need of help because of ill health, maltreatment and old age. The Vouni sanctuary attracts up to 8,000 visitors per year, and public donations are vital in keeping the sanctuary going. But the land there has deteriorated badly over the years because of erosion and is no
longer suitable for housing the charity’s rescued animals. “The continuous erosion has made the site very unsuitable,” explains Judy. “More than 70 per cent of the donkeys are between 20 and 40 years old and many have arthritis and other age-related health problems. The new holding base has significantly flatter land, larger paddocks and lovely spacious barns which are much better for the donkey’s health.” The annual threat of fire was also a big factor in the decision to close the Vouni site she added. A big fire in the area on August 13 caused approximately €100,000 worth of damage to barns, fencing and equipment. “We thought we were safe but at one point the wind picked up so much that it took the flames all the way up to the sanctuary,” Judy recalls. “One of the fences then caught fire and all the donkeys had to be evacuated immediately.” The storage barn was also badly affected. “We lost feed, tractor, horse trailer, muck trailer, weighing scales, donkey rugs and an elevator.” The new base is approximately 16 kilometres away from the current one, and staff are hoping to move all donkeys to the Limassol grounds by mid October. The sanctuary takes in an average of two donkeys every month, the majority having been working animals. Some have been found abandoned, while others are no longer required for work. In many cases, former owners can no longer look after them due to financial or health reasons.
Donkeys at the sanctuary (above). A storage barn destroyed by fire in August (right) The team frequently encounters donkeys suffering from overgrown feet, parasites (such as worms), dental problems and untreated wounds. With a group of dedicated staff and volunteers offering expert care to the animals, they receive regular health checks by dentists and vets. Funded entirely by donations, the sanctuary is always on the lookout for assistance. “We still need people to support us because without them we can’t operate. One of the biggest ways of helping out is through our adoption scheme. Any donation is also very much appreciated no matter how small,” says Judy. ! For more information visit: www.donkeysanctuarycyprus.org
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Home Cyprus Friendship Programme THE Cyprus Friendship Programme (CFP) brings together Greek and Turkish Cypriot teenagers to promote peaceful interaction and understanding between the two groups. CFP is a year-long peace-building and leadership training programme in Cyprus, with a four week cultural exchange component in the United States in the summer. The programme is modelled on a similar project that successfully brought more than 2,000 Protestant and Catholic teens in Northern Ireland together throughout its 21 year existence. The CFP started in 2009 as an initiative of HasNa, a small US non-profit organisation in cooperation with a Cypriot team of coordinators.
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HOW the CFP works FIRST, Turkish Cypriot teens and Greek Cypriot teens (ages 15-17) are selected by CFP coordinators and are paired together, one teen from each community. The goal is for the pairs to establish friendships with one another that will grow and strengthen throughout the programme. Maintaining these friendships is essential for realising the full potential of CFP. They meet each others’ families and friends and learn about themselves and one another in trust and team-building activities. They have group activities in Cyprus before and after the summer. Then for four weeks in the summer, the pairs of teenagers are hosted by American families, with several pairs hosted in the same area of the US (30 pairs in four different US states in 2012). On their return, the Cypriot coordinators and the teens begin organising their graduation ceremony, which this year takes place on October 6. From November through January, the groundwork for the next year’s programme begins. By early February, the interviews are held, and the cycle begins anew. ! The graduation ceremony takes place on Saturday, October 6 at 5:00 pm at the Cultural Centre of the European University Cyprus in Nicosia and is open to the public
Lessons learnt from a group of teenagers’ enthusiasm By Rachael Gillett
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EENAGERS come in two packages. There is the lethargic, cynical type who favours the dark side. And there’s the one who believes with bouncing enthusiasm that youth can
change the world and insists on trying to do precisely that. I’m in the not-so-enviable position of being the mother of teenagers at the extreme end of each type. Dealing with the first entails endless and exhausting dead-end arguments. School is pointless. So is studying. Why should I work hard just to go to university only to get a rubbish job and end up like you, slaving away and never even managing to pay the bills? Coping with the second type is nowhere near as tiring. But it’s certainly overwhelming. I didn’t realise by how much, though, until my daughter was selected for the Cyprus Friendship Programme (CFP) this year. To be chosen meant my daughter, who is partially Greek Cypriot, had shown her eagerness to forge binding links with Turkish Cypriot teenagers. After being treated to a life-changing month in the United States and living day in day out with their chosen partner from the other community, she and the other Cypriot teens are expected to return to Cyprus determined to spread the message that Greek and Turkish Cypriots can indeed live together.
At heart, the CFP is about hope and enthusiasm, and yet disillusioned cynicism long became the default position when discussing the Cyprus problem. Years of endless grandstanding negotiations have ground us all down. The Annan Plan disaster was merely the final nail in the coffin. Increasing numbers see Cyprus’ future as very much like our divided present, and look at the hard-working, bi-communal, grassroots organisations like the CFP, which aim to show a different way, as worthwhile, well-intentioned but powerless. Certainly, that was my view. And when you add energetic ‘want-to-change-the-world’ teens to that mix, you can see my conundrum. What to do with my daughter’s wellmeaning energy when it flies in the face of those brutal facts on the ground? Is it possible to nurture such drive when all circumstances are doing their best to grind it down to nothing? Yes, it is. I’m now a convert. Firstly, most of those CFP teens are far from naïve. Many knew enough of the nitty-gritty details of their history, and of the countless
rounds of failed negotiations to satisfy even those ancient politicians of ours who took part in them and failed us all so spectacularly. My daughter was in awe of the knowledge of some of her peers. Others were burdened by the past because they come from families who lost relatives in the 1960s and 70s, yet they still bravely took part in the programme. Still others were simply decent, well-intentioned and committed. Without exception, they have come back from the United States bowled over by their experience: the kindnesses shown, the camping, the stunning scenery, the concerts, the group meetings, the charity events, the relationships forged with both their partners and their host families. They have stayed with people they never met before, people who donated their money and time and who opened their doors to children from a country 5,000 miles away. Each family provided a neutral place for two teenagers - who perhaps only live 20 miles from each other at home - to do what should be the simplest thing in the world: to learn how to live
kayaking in the San Juan islands. Someone was making a campfire. The smell of that particular wood burning was something I’d only ever experienced in Cyprus and at the same time, me and Buse looked at each other and said, “That reminds me of Cyprus and it’s making me miss it.” It hit me then that I’m not just Greek, and she’s not simply Turkish, but we’re both Cypriots. It was as simple as that. Grace Theodoulou (left), age 15, Nicosia THROUGHOUT this experience that the CFP has given me, I’ve realised that if I were somewhere far from home, I would be much more excited to come across someone who was Turkish Cypriot rather than someone who was a mainland Greek. Being able to talk to someone in the same language doesn’t compare to being able to share your likes and dislikes about Cyprus and most of all your homesickness with another Cypriot. I first understood this when we went
I DON’T want my first language to define who others think I am. This is why I and my friends are here. CFP has made us see we have more similarities than differences. How can two different languages have so many words in common? How can two different communities have the same customs? These are what they cannot separate by putting the Buffer Zone in the middle of the island. Maybe I seem like I’ve always been aware of all these things I have just said. But, no. I wasn’t aware of any of
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Date finally set for meeting on economy A MEETING between the government and political parties on the Cyprus economy will take place next Friday afternoon, it was announced yesterday. According to an official press release, President Demetris Christofias will hold a meeting with parliamentary parties’ leaders which will focus on the economy and the government’s counter-proposals to the troika’s package of austerity measures put forward as part of the island’s bailout programme. The Cabinet is also due to meet tomorrow afternoon to discuss the package, the 2013 budget and the on-going efforts to secure a loan from Russia. Russian Finance Minister
for change together. That was the point, and it worked. These teenagers have returned fired with the very enthusiasm they were sent to find. Where now can it go? Will it help solve the Cyprus problem? Among these bright teenagers, there are probably some potential political leaders, though only if they can stay the long and tortuous course of the petty party compromises Cypriot politics will demand they make. One can be certain such former CFP teens would then remember the role their friends from the ‘other side’ played during a shared summer of their youth. And of course, that would help. More realistically, these teenagers face huge challenges. They are up against the widespread lethargy of my daughter’s sibling and his friends. (Maybe she can finally get even that rock to move!) They are up against a discredited political establishment that might smile patronisingly on their efforts, flatter them with encouraging words, but then ignore every single last one of them. More sinisterly, they may even face the outright opposition of hard line elements on both
Clockwise from left: CFP teenagers attempt to brave the chilly Pacific ocean in Oregon. A Greek and Turkish Cypriot pair use team work on a ropes course high up in the forest. CFP teenagers at work on a housing project sides of the divide. This depressing view, though, ignores something much more optimistic and fundamental. It doesn’t necessarily matter what form a Cyprus solution takes when it finally comes. Whether it’s a negotiated partition or the tightest of federations, to a lesser or greater degree workable contacts between Turk-
ish and Greek Cypriots will be essential. The CFP teens, and the people they have influenced, will help oil the creaky mechanisms of any settlement. They have shown that these contacts can be natural, without fanfare, and all part of the simple business of living. And in the meantime, they have a lot of work to do.
these. I wasn’t aware of how serious the situation is. I feel like I’ve slept for the first 16 years of my life, then I woke up. Buse Koroglu (right), age 17, Lapithos I WILL never forget our first meeting in Cyprus. Almost 200 teenagers hanging out together breaking all the stereotypes that have overwhelmed our societies. Two hundred teenagers that were prepared to replace, as Mahatma Gandhi said, “An eye for an eye” situation that would lead to a blind Cyprus, with “we must become the change we want to see in the world”. Another thing that I will never forget is my hope for peace after we all shouted, “In a country divided, people united”. Marios Lagou (left), age 17, Larnaca Of course the Cyprus Friendship Programme brought a lot of things to me and also other teenagers who take part. I know lots of young people from the north side whose perspective and
views on Greek Cypriots have changed and are still changing because of our programme. I believe that the rest of Cypriots who live on the south of Cyprus are the same as us. We are all Cypriots.. Meric Avunduk (right), age 17, Nicosia Excerpts from speeches made in Portland, Oregon by some of the teenagers from the Cyprus Friendship Programme
Anon Siluanov told Reuters this week that Russia was considering a request by Cyprus for a €5.0 billion loan but only as part of a coordinated rescue with the European Union. Siluanov said that Cyprus was seeking a further €15 billion from the EU. There has been no official response from Cyprus though a source said that it would be correct to say Cyprus has applied for a bailout loan from Russia and has got no response yet. The government was hoping to secure a loan from Russia to fund part of its needs and mitigate bailout conditions. Cyprus previously received €2.5 billion bailout from Russia in 2011. But in June it was forced
to seek international aid to support its banks that incurred massive losses because of their exposure to Greek debt. The second biggest lender alone, Popular Bank, had said at the time it needed to raise €1.8 billion to replenish its capital, about 10 per cent of Cyprus’ GDP. The government has been looking for ways to raise revenue without cutting the 13th salary but reforming wage indexation, or CoLA, both of which the troika suggested scrapping altogether. Negotiations with the troika - the World Bank, the IMF and EU - are expected to kick off within the first ten days of October and be concluded by the end of the month.
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Universities tap into gas Students have been inspired by our gas finds to study engineering degrees
The rewards of a job in gas and oil are a long way off for students starting out
By Poly Pantelides
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YOUNG man wearing a yellow hard hat grins as he stands proudly in front of an offshore drilling platform. Emblazoned on the front are the words ‘Master’s in Business Administration Concentration: Oil, Gas and Energy Management’. And then your car zooms past the billboard ad for a course available at the University of Nicosia, which is aiming to cater for the interest in such courses sparked by the discovery of substantial natural gas reserves south of Cyprus in the beginning of the year. In addition to the University of Nicosia’s MBA, there are new oil and gas related degrees on offer elsewhere. Frederick University is now offering a new
MSc in oil and gas and offshore engineering whose self-proclaimed aim is to anticipate the brave new world of oil and gas that Cyprus will soon be part of. Or as the programme coordinators put it: the aim is to “integrate and adapt the internationally existing expert knowledge to the needs of the petroleum industry to be developed soon in Cyprus”. And the University of Cyprus (Ucy) is due next week to approve a Master’s course in petroleum engineering starting September 2013, said Ucy professor and member of a group of
experts appointed to advise the government, Panos Papanastasiou. There was a delay in getting the course approved. “But our aim is to take careful steps,” he said. And interest in practical lower level gas and oil related qualifications is also on the rise said the director of administration at Intercollege, Andreas Chrysanthou. He said interest was “beyond expectations” for two non-advertised diploma courses starting in January to train mechanical installations technicians and electrical technicians. He added that for 2013 they were looking to introduce oil and gas diplomas too. Chrysanthou said there is a gap in the market for technicians, adding that he has observed a move away from the more traditional office-based careers. Papanastasiou said that though there was a “large interest” in energy-related qualifications, job prospects are limited at present. On one projected timeline, Cyprus may start exporting natural gas to Europe and Asia by 2019, according to the commerce ministry’s energy chief, Solon Kassinis. But getting an MBA in oil and gas management, for example, is only one - albeit useful - step on a long road. “If I looked at the CV of a 27-year-old with an engineering degree and an MBA in oil and gas management but with no experience, on the face of it I would probably not be able to give that guy a job in an engineering role on a working project,” industry expert Pete Wallace said. “And I cannot assess the value or worth of a petroleum engineering degree unless I know the scope of its syllabus.” It is all about experience and locals looking to enter the oil and gas industry should bear in mind that it is a hugely diverse field with many areas of expertise. Mechanical engineers, for example, deal with piping, vessel design, materials, equipment design and pipelines among others, while petroleum engineers work out reservoir exploitation plans, drilling programmes, etc.
Wallace is a mechanical and piping engineer by discipline and has worked in the oil, gas and energy industry for 35 years. He is now a senior project manager who has worked on multi-billion dollar oil and gas projects around the world. “There is no fast track;” he said. He believes it will take at least a decade if not more before Cyprus has the infrastructure to train and employ people locally, so those interested will need to go overseas to get work and gain experience. And he said it is usually down to the individual to chase companies up. Energy companies are amenable to taking on people with a relevant first degree and, if lucky, some individuals may be taken on as a junior graduate engineer depending on their chosen discipline, Wallace said. Graduates may then go on to study another related subject at Master’s level. But to get the necessary experience people need to be willing to move around, wherever there is a project and employers, so that they build up years of experience, Wallace said. For example, Kassinis, the energy chief, studied chemical engineering in the UK and then went on to work on the North Sea gas fields from Aberdeen, dubbed the Oil Capital of Europe. “I needed to work hard and specialise,” he said. Kassinis advises people to look for work abroad, explaining how his own son will go to Houston, Texas when he finishes his chemical engineering degree. Nearly all work is based around on-going projects that have several stages and it may take a decade to go from the original concept and feasibility study to the construction phase, Wallace said. This means major oil and gas companies tend not to keep big teams around but instead employ large engineering houses to carry out their engineering work for a fee. And because work is project-related, even these engineering houses don’t necessarily keep a big permanent workforce. When they are busy as little as 35 per cent of their workforce might consist of permanent staff; the rest will be highly paid contract workers. Contract engineers and designers in Europe may earn between €500 and €1,200 a day, the difference demonstrating the fluctuating nature of the work, Wallace said. The going rate for a project manager is between €107 and €113 an hour, and between €85 and €94 for a civil field engineer, based on quotes Wallace got from a UK employment agency earlier this week. Usually, contractors work based on hourly rate or day rate on a standard five day week with most projects normally lasting somewhere between 12 to 36 months, Wallace said. It all means a career in oil and gas is certainly rewarding, but such returns are still a long way off for young Cypriots starting out on their studies.
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Somalia rebels pull out of their Kismayu bastion
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Al Shabaab bruised, but not defeated By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar SOMALIA’S al Shabaab rebels retreated from the southern port of Kismayu overnight, the group and residents said, abandoning the last major bastion of their five-year revolt to an offensive by African Union and Somali government troops. The loss of Kismayu a day after it was attacked by Kenyan and Somali soldiers backed by air strikes will deal a major blow to the al Qaeda-linked rebels, weakening morale and depriving them of revenue from taxing local businesses and shipping. “We moved out our fighters ... from Kismayu at midnight,” al Shabaab spokesman, Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, told Reuters yesterday, promising to strike back. “The enemies have not yet entered the town. Let them enter Kismayu which will soon turn
into a battlefield.” The Kenya Defence Force (KDF) said two regional rebel commanders, Sheikh Hassan Yakub and Sheikh Abdikarim Adow, were killed in air strikes in the city late on Friday and that another five insurgents were killed in combat. She ikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s spokesman for military operations, told Reuters the rebels had suffered no losses. Al Shabaab, which formally merged with al Qaeda in February, has pulled out of a number of urban areas including the capital, Mogadishu, in recent months under pressure from African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces and the Somali government. Kenyan military spokesman Col. Cyrus Oguna told Reuters that as of midday yesterday, his force was in control of the northern half of the city. Locals confirmed the militants had pulled out under the cover of darkness, but
said the Kenyan troops, fighting under an African Union peacekeeping force’s banner, and Somali soldiers were still camped on the city’s outskirts. Analysts warned against premature celebrations in the wake of the rebels’ departure, saying they must have left a few fighters behind. “This is not an indication of al Shabaab having abandoned armed struggle and there is no evidence they are keen on surrendering. They will continue to be a great nuisance for a very long time,” said Rashid Abdi, a Somalia expert and an editor with Kenya’s Nation Media Group. The insurgents, who once controlled swathes of the lawless Horn of Africa country, have turned to guerrilla tactics, harrying the weak government of newly-elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with suicide bombings and assassinations.
An undated handout photograph released yesterday, shows members of the Kenyan Defence Forces during an operation at an undisclosed location in Somalia
Canada return for Guantanamo inmate THE youngest Guantanamo prisoner, Omar Khadr, who was a 15-year-old fighting in Afghanistan when captured in 2002, was sent to finish his sentence in his native Canada yesterday, Canadian media reported. A military plane carrying The second Ledenes Street Market is back to inject some of its special pizzazz into the capital, set to be even bigger and better than before. Head down to the unique event to get hold of some great vintage items, second hand clothes and handmade goods topped off by a whole mix of random fιnds including old vinyls and books. Tantalize your taste buds with some sweet and savoury homemade delights, Οr just kick back at the Haratsi coffee shop for a cool drink and enjoy the exciting vibe. Local DJs will be adding to the ambiance with a great selection of tunes to get you grooving from smooth funk and reggae, to upbeat swing and soul. Το δεύτερο παζάρι δρόµου επί τησ οδού Ληδήνησ επιστρέφει δριµύτερο, µεγαλύτερο και πιο δυνατό. Ένα µοναδικό event στο κέντρο τησ πόλησ όπου µπορεί κανείσ να βρει vintage αντικείµενα, second hand ρούχα, χειροποίητεσ κατασκευέσ, καθώσ και παλιά βινύλια και βιβλία. Θα προσφέρονται νόστιµα σπιτικά φαγητά και γλυκά που θα σqσ εξιτάρουν, ή µπορείτε απλά να καθίσετε για ένα δροσισυκό ποτό στο καφενείο «Το Χαράτσι» και να απολαύσετε το µοναδικό vibe του ‘Ληδήνησ Στρητ Μαρκετ’. Στο παζάρι, DJs θα προσφέρουν µια µοναδική γκρουβάτη ατµόσφαιρα µε µια ποικιλία µουσικών από τη funk στο reggae και από swing ρυθµούσ σε κλασική soul.
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Khadr, who pleaded guilty to killing a US soldier and admitted links to al Qaeda, left the US naval base yesterday morning, the Toronto Star newspaper and Canadian Broadcasting Corp said, citing unnamed sources.
IRAQ’S foreign minister has proposed a two-stage plan to bring both sides of the Syrian conflict together to discuss a political transition in the hope of ending the 18month war that has killed more than 30,000 people. Hoshyar Zebari said he made the proposal at a ministerial meeting of 20 countries mainly opposed to the government of President Bashar Assad. The closed meeting of key members of the Friends of Syria was chaired by US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby. “The discussions were very good,” he said. “I think everyone ... recognised the need for a political transition - no pre-conditions - not to adopt maximalist positions.” The first stage would be to bring together the states that endorsed a blueprint leading to a political transition that was adopted in Geneva on June 30 to now focus on implementing its planks, Zebari said. The second stage would be to invite representatives of the government and the opposition, both inside and outside Syria, to a conference in a neutral country outside the Middle East. He said international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi would have to carry the plan forward. At the Geneva meeting, the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council who are deeply divided over Syria joined other key countries to approve a broad framework that would require both the opposition and the Assad regime to agree to a new interim government for the country, leading to elections.
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calls Butler trial begins Tymoshenko on Ukraine to end with defence setback Yanukovich’s rule Cardinals’ evidence barred from admission POPE Benedict’s butler, accused of using his access to the pope to steal papers that he thought would expose Vatican corruption, suffered a blow on the first day of his trial when judges refused to admit evidence from the Church’s own investigation. Gabriele’s arrest in May, after police found confidential documents in his apartment inside the Vatican, not only threw a spotlight on allegations of malpractice, but also pointed to a power struggle at the highest levels of the Church. The 46-year-old Paolo Gabriele looked pale at his first public appearance since May, smiling as he chatted with his lawyer but often staring straight into space during a hearing that lasted just under two and a half hours. Gabriele’s lawyer, Cristiana Arru, had asked the court to
Gabriele (right) was arrested in May after police found confidential documents in his Vatican apartment (AFP) allow as evidence the results of a separate investigation by a commission of cardinals who questioned a number of Vatican employees about the leaks of the documents to Italian media. But the chief judge, sitting before a crucifix, rejected the request, saying the com-
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Sciarpelletti, a Vatican computer expert charged with aiding and abetting Gabriele. Sciarpelletti, who was not present in court, will be tried separately. According to an indictment last August, Gabriele told investigators he had acted because he saw “evil and corruption everywhere in the Church” and wanted to help root it out “because the pope was not sufficiently informed”. The first session was attended by eight Vatican police witnesses. The other four witnesses, including the pope’s private secretary Monsignor Georg Ganswein, were not present but are expected to give evidence next week. Gabriele, an unassuming man who served the pope his meals and helped him dress, is expected to testify when the trial resumes on Tuesday. Chief judge Giuseppe Dalla Torre, presiding over the tiny wood-panelled courtroom with a papal emblem on the ceiling, said he hoped to wind up the proceedings next week.
JAILED opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko called on Ukrainians yesterday to “rise up” at a parliamentary election next month and end President Viktor Yanukovich’s “criminal rule”. In a shaky two-minute video filmed at the hospital where she is being held, the former prime minister said she was enduring “a hell”, created by Yanukovich, as she serves a seven-year sentence for abuse of office. Banned from running in the October 28 election due to her imprisonment, Tymoshenko’s video showed the 51-yearold’s determination to reach her supporters and rally her Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, demoralised by the loss of her leadership. Yanukovich’s Party of the Regions and its allies are expected to retain a majority in the election, but they are closely trailed, according to some opinion polls, by a bloc that includes Tymoshenko’s party. In the video, posted on her party’s website http://byut. com.ua/news.html, Tymoshenko, who has said the elec-
tion results have already been rigged, accuses Yanukovich of building a corrupt state aimed at enriching a small group of people in a “single mafia criminal band”. “Today the whole country, sadly, is living under criminal authority. The more they allow this and the further it goes, the more every person will feel this criminal rule weighing on his life,” she says, calling on Ukrainians to “rise up at these elections and throw out this criminal gang”. The shaky video shows a man, presumably a member of the prison staff, attempting to block the camera from filming Tymoshenko and asking for the recording to stop. A woman prison guard holds a hand over her face to prevent herself being identified. In the video, a seated Tymoshenko complains about her living conditions. “Every day, there is not just physical and psychological pressure. Every day here is simply transformed into a hell (for me) - completely consciously and intentionally. This is a direct plan by Yanukovich,” she says.
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Independence Day is an anniversary of tragic, colossal failure TOMORROW Cyprus will mark the 52nd anniversary of the Republic with a military parade at which President Christofias will take the salute. We doubt anybody will be celebrating the occasion as the Cyprus economic miracle we liked to boast about has turned into a full-blown economic disaster at the centre of which are a bankrupt state and the island’s two biggest banks, in need of several billion euros of capital. Add to this the continuing occupation of the north, which has gradually turned into a province of Turkey in all but name, and we have a depressing picture of the colossal failure of our leadership in these 52 years. Our leadership’s poor judgement, errors and cowardice surrendered 40 per cent of the Republic’s territory to Turkey and managed to destroy a thriving economy by surrendering it to greedy and irresponsible union bosses, for votes. The only thing our political
leaders did well was to shift the blame for their blunders, usually caused by a misguided over-estimation of their powers, elsewhere. The invasion was the result of a conspiracy by NATO, orchestrated by Britain and the US which were firmly on the side of Turkey. Our political leadership, we are to believe, did not put a foot wrong in the preceding period which led to the invasion and occupation. Nor have they done anything wrong since 1974, we are supposed to believe, even though Turkey achieved all its objectives in the meantime. A similar narrative has been developed by the government for the current economic situation - the systemic crisis of capitalism which caused the world recession combined with the mismanagement of the banks have been blamed by the government for all our woes. Yet the main reason the state is bankrupt is because it has been living beyond its means for many years, hiring more and
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more people, giving them ultragenerous pay-rises every year and continuously increasing its borrowing to finance its deficits. Was the crisis of capitalism to blame for the fact that the state payroll increased by 25 per cent in four years, and the public debt by 100 per cent in the last five years? Or was the world recession to blame for the fact that public sector union bosses have been allowed to destroy the economy by politicians who were afraid to stand up to them, less the former made a fuss about all the benefits - from nontaxable but pensionable allowances to big retirement bonuses and unjustifiably big state pensions, the latter were approving for themselves? The politicians and the broader public sector workers did extremely well financially out of the Cyprus Republic but in the end, their lack of measure and
maturity destroyed the source of their affluence. Even today, with the economy in meltdown and everything falling apart they persist with their populist rhetoric, setting conditions to our lenders and suggesting they would reject the bailout if it does not meet with their conditions. It is this irresponsible and dishonest type of leadership, leadership which makes empty promises and tells people only what is pleasant to their ears that allowed Turkey to achieve its objective - partition, without giving an acre of territory back. But the politicians continue to make their empty promises about the fair and just settlement they would supposedly secure. They have adopted the same irresponsible populism towards the troika, pledging to resist the evil foreigners who want to impose their unfair bailout terms on us. But none of them has yet told us what they plan to do if we reject the conditions
for the loan that would keep us afloat. The entire edifice of the Cyprus Republic is about to collapse but our immature, cowardly politicians are still refusing to take responsibility for the mess they created and speaking honestly to people about the tough measures that have to be taken for the country to avoid bankruptcy. Instead, they are now using the brave, defiant words they used for the Cyprus problem against the troika, blaming everyone except themselves for our economic woes. President Christofias has been at the vanguard of this dangerous populism. He has done everything in his power to live up to this cowardly, dishonest, deluded and irresponsible style of leadership that has plagued Cyprus ever since independence, and we will be suffering the consequences for many of the anniversaries of the Cyprus Republic to come. If we can afford to celebrate them.
Letters to the Editor Electricity bill of €40? Gay couples don’t consider Who’s she kidding? the rights of their children The lady who wrote in the last Sunday Mail, Sept 23, saying her electricity bill was only €40 has missed her vocation, she should be a minister of the present Cyprus government, not because of her ability to save the country money but her skill in double talk. Her letter is clearly misleading. She expresses other people’s bills in terms of two months whereas hers is monthly. We are not aware of how many members are in the family whose electric bill is in the region of €500 but we do know hers, but even that is misleading. Then of course does her bill, as stated, include all the charges imposed on us mortals or is she exempt? ‘Teenager in the holidays’, does that mean
she is at school and the lady is talking about those sorts of holidays or does it mean they live somewhere else and the teenage comes only a couple of weeks a year? My partner and I manage to keep our bills to an average €220 - summer bill €251. The electricity used (not including the charges etc.) and after splitting in half to get a monthly figure, then dividing by the two of us comes to €33 each. As a magician of note, I know how to baffle an audience but in this case methinks the lady has been economical with the truth - another ministerial trait. Peter Stammers, The Amazing Alcar, Larnaca
In response to the interesting comments that are devoid of grounds in the Sunday Mail’s ‘Living’ by the gay Mr Condour and his other half who adopted two children. As he reminds us that they are both human, then answers to human values and logic must apply. By their chosen way of life they disregard God’s laws, so to mention religious reasons against such conduct is futile. If you and you partner believe that your ways are natural, have you ever questioned the reason why one of you two can not become pregnant like normal couples, and if so, is the unambiguous definitive answer still an anathema for you to accept? Should your ways, or wealth, dictate the future of children who are unable to choose a traditional upbringing and in your case, be shuttled to and fro from their single mother’s home to that of their gay foster parents? By such a pact even your dumb pets would end up confused never mind a child. Should a woman be allowed to use her body to accommodate your wants by accepting your
bids for two children? Is the word ‘shame’ meaningless to you after reading in a periodical that Elton John and his partner, had sex with the same woman and do not know which of them fathered ‘their collected order’ who is now being raised by them? Do you care enough for your two children to know that a recent study by the University of Texas reported that children raised by same sex couples are more likely to have psychological, social and physical problems? Do you think gaining rights at the cost of our traditional values and customs is conducive to becoming acceptable in society? Consider the case in point of The Royal Court of Justice rulling that a religious family must be refused the adopting or fostering of a child unless they are willing to teach the child that homosexuality is not wrong? When if ever, has the serious issue of adoption of children by gays been in any political parties manifesto to be considered by the voting public? A Dinou, Nicosia
Welcome to the Russian Republic of Cyprus Discrimination in the north Having recently arrived at Larnaca airport, I our own flag is not even visible - is not only un- when obtaining Turkey visa was extremely disappointed to be greeted in necessary, but downright insulting. Airports Russian... with a Russian flag. Did I miss the memo informing the public that we are now the Russian Republic of Cyprus? I travel frequently for both business and pleasure, and one of my greatest joys when travelling is coming back home. This was not the ‘welcome home’ I expected. From a marketing perspective, I can understand the placing of strategic advertising. However, to fly the flag of a foreign country - when
are in essence welcoming platforms. Is this the face we want to show people? Have we lost all sense of our cultural heritage that we now fly the flags of foreign countries? I hope that this concern will not fall on deaf ears and that a little cultural sensitivity will be considered next time our airports decide to sell out our culture just to make a few extra euros. Electra Stavrou, Limassol
No logic to medicines procedure at Larnaca hospital I have a Greek friend who is in his eighties and has to go through the following procedure every month, for which there is no logic. He must be up in the morning about 6am to travel to the new hospital in Larnaca to obtain medication from the pharmacy then take it to the old hospital near the American Academy for them to
mix/prepare it and then travel back to the new hospital and wait in the outpatients department to see the doctor and be given the injection. If he started this process later he would miss the doctor by the time everything else was done. Why is it not possible for the new hospital staff to prepare the medication so everything
is done there? Why is it not possible for the old hospital to stock and prepare the medication and the doctor there to give the injection? Is this a case of bad procedures or is there a sound medical reason for this seemingly illogical procedure? Roy Webster, Oroklini
To the Turkish ambassador in the north of Cyprus: I am a British citizen, resident of Cyprus [Republic] for nearly six years, and my wife of more than 12 years is Filipino. She went to your embassy in [north] Nicosia to apply for a visa for the trip to Istanbul for which we have air and hotel bookings. She was told that issue of a visa would take two months. However if she happened to live in the north instead of the south of the island it could have been issued in one day. That is blatant and disgraceful discrimination as was asking her to pay around €60 while I could get a visa at Istanbul air-
port for £10. This is plain spiteful vindictiveness for which there can be no justification. She found it very difficult to get to your embassy as she effectively has two full-time nursing jobs, and also found it virtually impossible to speak to anyone at your embassy on the phone. Hence, we are cancelling our trip, probably losing some or all of our payments. I will never set foot in a place whose policies are so biased and unjust. Turkey will be the loser. There are plenty of other destinations that we want to visit. Jeremy Wall, Paphos
Fancy envelopes Why, when we are all paying high prices for electricity do EAC send out their electricity bills in very expensive 3 colour printed envelopes. Print coverage is 100% on the inner and outer surfaces of the envelope which is very expensive. In many European countries including the UK, all utility bills and HM Revenue and Customs envelopes are made from recycled paper and printed one colour, one side black to keep costs to the absolute minimum. Jon Kennerley, Kouklia
‘Police state Tala’ Tala village has turned into a police state...threatening letters re dog licences which will result in dogs being dumped. These are signed, ‘The President’. There is a threatening sign in the village square about not feeding starving feral cats What happened to Cyprus’ famed kindness to cats? Would the municipality tell the residents what time on Friday do they chop off heads? Diana Ameur-Zaimeche, Tala
Plagued by spam I keep receiving every day all kinds of unsolicited emails from merchants and advertisers to whom I never gave my email address or consented to be emailed by. I assume these people somehow obtained a list of email addresses and abuse them indiscriminately to their benefit. I think the Attorney General or any member of the House should sponsor legislation to ban this veritable nuisance. Kikis Talarides, Nicosia
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Who’s progressive after all? The traditional definitions of conservative and progressive don’t apply to Cypriot parties Comment
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Averof Neophytou
HE word progressive is defined as favouring or advocating progress, change, improvement or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain the status quo, especially in political matters. Progressive is also defined as making progress toward better conditions, employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, and new or experimental methods. On the other hand, a conservative is defined as someone disposed to preserve existing conditions and institutions and to limit change. A conservative favours the preservation of established customs, opposes innovation and is reluctant to change or consider new ideas. These two terms are often used to characterise political parties, with the former describing leftist parties and the latter right wing parties. In the case of Cyprus, at least, this does not apply. As we have seen many times in the past, leftist AKEL is by no means a progressive party, even though it portrays itself as being one. The policies of AKEL have always aimed to preserve established customs and policies, promote the continuation of the status quo and prevent any form of change or new ideas. This in fact makes AKEL one of the most conservative parties and by no means a progressive one. Even when Cyprus was considering entry in the European Economic Community (EEC), as the European Union was then called, AKEL was against it. Much later on, when Cyprus was a member of the EU, and was about to adopt the euro as its currency, AKEL once more objected and asked for more time before switching from the Cyprus pound to the euro. For AKEL any change is a bad thing.
When the government under President George Vasiliou was considering adopting the Value Added Tax (VAT), like most European countries, AKEL again objected. Yet, it was during the current AKEL administration that VAT was imposed on food and medicine for the first time and the VAT rate was increased from 15 to 17 per cent for the rest of the products and services. Currently, a major debate revolves around finding ways to increase the effectiveness and the efficiency of the state-owned semi-governmental organisations by increasing the private sector’s role via private strategic investment or increased shareholding, while at the same time allowing the state to focus on to its supervisory and monitoring role. Once again, AKEL has objected, even if the state keeps the majority of shares of these semi-public organisations. Even communist China has adopted a programme of privatisations, but it seems that the Communist Chinese Party, which by many is considered as a party of hard line communists, seems to be more progressive than its Cypriot counterparts. Any proposal for an increased involvement by the private sector is dogmatically treated as a “red line” by AKEL and its leaders. Nevertheless, it was during the AKEL administration that the state-owned Eurocypria declared bankruptcy, as the government ignored the realistic possibility of attracting a private strategic investor capable of inserting funds that would have helped the company to remain operational and its employees to retain their jobs. Examples of AKEL’s resistance to any form of change can be found in all aspects of Cypriot life. Cyprus was an on-line casino heaven, with shops found in every street corner, advertising their products in neon lights. However, President Christofias and AKEL strongly oppose licensing casinos on the island, without considering the benefits for the empty state funds in the form of taxes, the benefits to tourism from the enrichment of the tourist product, and the benefits to employment from the
AKEL at work: they classify themselves as progressive, but nothing is further from the truth creation of new jobs. Their reaction was always a blunt no, without any hesitation and without any consideration of the possible benefits, even though dodgy, unregulated on-line casinos were continuing to pop up in every neighborhood. In its latest recommendations, the European Commission, with the consent of President Christofias, suggested that the retirement age in Cyprus be linked to life expectancy. This would imply that the existing age of retirement would need an immediate slight upward adjustment from the current age of 63 years, with further revisions at the end of a said time period (perhaps every five or 10 years). AKEL and the government rejected this. No surprises here. After all this is what they do. They reject every aspect of change, any new idea that comes up. They do their best to ‘conserve’ things as they are by opposing innovation. If it were up to them, life expectancy would reach 100 years and people would still be retiring at the age of 63. Life expectancy now is a mere 78 years for men and 82 for women. They simply don’t mind if our children face the risk of not receiving any pension. AKEL’s policy on retirement ages is hypocritical. They object to increasing the retirement age of white collar workers to the age of 64, whereas a decade ago they accepted a retire-
ment age of 65 for blue collar workers. Furthermore, they abstained from voting against increasing the retirement age of public sector doctors to the age of 65, because if they had done so the bill would not pass parliament. So they were forced to abstain from voting, making it clear that they were serving other interests. Even President Christofias agreed and signed the law as voted by parliament without appealing it to the Supreme Court. Another recommendation by the European Commission was the need to improve the competitiveness of Cyprus’ economy and especially the pressing need for wage increases to reflect increases in productivity. This implies reform of the current CoLA system because it is not linked to productivity but to inflation. Once more AKEL is strongly opposing any discussion, characterising CoLA reform as another “red line”. They refuse to accept that such a reform will increase economic competitiveness, while improving the redistribution element of CoLA will benefit those in need and therefore make the system socially fairer. Such changes, although beneficial for the entire population, would deviate from the norm and is by no means acceptable to AKEL. The status quo must be maintained in labour matters as well, even though for the first
time ever in recent Cypriot history and during AKEL’s administration CoLA has been frozen. Through the unprecedented economic difficulties we are experiencing, there are two areas of great social sensitivity: unemployment, which is a real nightmare for those who experience it; and inflation, which erodes the purchasing power of households by making products more expensive. And what does the government do to mitigate the problem? Firstly, it refuses any debate about the extension of the working hours in shops which could create new jobs. Secondly, they drag to the courts those traders who sell their products at a discount. And I wonder to myself, is there any rationalism left in this place? The indisputable fact is that AKEL opposes any form of change. Nothing new is to be implemented and no deviation from present practices should occur. And despite this, they still classify themselves as being a ‘progressive’ party. As we have seen, this is by no means true. They are a hardcore conservative party that rejects any form of progress and do their best to block any innovation. AKEL and its ideology are the main obstacles to real change in Cyprus. ! Averof Neophytou is deputy leader of DISY
AKEL chief’s euro comments beggar belief Comment
Loucas Charalambous IT IS IRRELEVANT whether the nonsense uttered by AKEL chief Andros Kyprianou, about the exit from the euro, can be attributed to stupidity or ignorance. The result of such a move is the same, irrespective of the reasons for taking the decision.
Kyprianou seems unaware of things that even the man making the coffees at AKEL HQ would know. His outrageous statement reinforces the view that President Christofias and the AKEL leadership are not just clueless and incompetent they are dangerous. And there should be no doubt that they will cause more destruction before they surrender power. The prospect of a
national tragedy as a result of a possible collapse of the banks in the next few months, cannot be ruled out with these people running the country. Kyprianou’s statement is probably the most idiotic ever uttered by a Cypriot politician, and that includes Spyros Kyprianou. He said: “If the troika insists on very painful measures for us to stay in the eurozone would we dig in our heels and say we would not leave the zone because it is important to us? Do we stay (in the eurozone) irrespective of how painful the measures are?” In an interview he gave to Politis last Sunday, he said: “If the measures are very painful what do they (the opposition) suggest we do? Accept whatever they (the troika) propose without protest? Is this the way they want to protect the interests of
the Cypriot people? They ask for their votes and accept everything, not caring about the standard of living of the working people?” His stupidity scaled unprecedented heights, when Kyprianou admitted on television that he did not know the subject and that any decision should be taken after a thorough study by experts. Did the guy not realise that he was engaging in self-ridicule? When the leader of a political party publicly admits his ignorance and cluelessness, regarding the most important issue faced by his country, things are no longer funny. When the leader of the party in government admits that he was not aware of the devastating consequences of leaving the euro and suggests the matter be investigated by experts, political life is beyond a joke.
Imagine what would happen if the leader of a party in any other European country made a similar statement. The next day he would be the laughing stock of the country. Is it possible that the head of a party in power does not understand the hell the country would be in if we left the euro and needed experts to tell him what would happen? He should ask the AKEL coffee-man who I am sure would tell him that a return to the Cyprus pound would involved a massive devaluation that would make everyone a lot poorer. How would the working people earn a living in a country that produces almost nothing and imports everything it requires? After the doubling of the price of fuel, which would be inevitable, the salaries of the working people that Kyprianou wants
to protect would not be enough to pay the electricity bill. They would not be able to use their cars as they would not be able to afford petrol. This is just one of the consequences of leaving the euro. As regards the fall of the standard of living of the working people, Kyprianou is the last man who should talk. It is Christofias’ and Kyprianou’s party that took the country to bankruptcy. Instead of shedding crocodile tears for the working people he should explain to them how the government managed to double the public debt in just four years. That is their great achievement which caused the state’s bankruptcy. It is the main reason they brought in the troika, and he should not be hypocritically crying about the “painful measures” for which he and Christofias are primarily to blame.
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Opinion
The economic crisis and common sense Local and foreign depositors seem to be keeping their confidence in the banks Comment Costas Apostolides
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F THE public at large and foreign investors were to take notice of the politicians in Cyprus debating the economy, you wouldn’t blame them for panicking and sending the country into a nose dive from which it would not recover. The opposition politicians are in competition to paint the economy blacker than black, while the government is in Never-Never land. Just as decision time is closing upon us, the secretary general of ruling AKEL, Andros Kyprianou, goes one further than the opposition, and opens the trap doors to Northern Rock style free fall. He stated that Cyprus should examine abandoning the euro and go back to the Cyprus pound, a statement that could have caused panic. Amazingly the public has not responded, considering his remarks nonsense and dangerous, and has continued to show common sense in the crisis. The government distanced itself in haste, and stated that it is committed to the euro. Despite all the economic doom and gloom, residents and non-
residents have continued to show remarkable confidence in both the Cyprus economy and the banks. This is borne out by the Monetary and Financial Statistics of the Central Bank for August (summarised in Table 1). Domestic residents have actually increased their deposits in financial institutions (banks and co-ops) from 2008 onwards into the 2009 recession and beyond, from almost €39.5 billion to €43.4 bln in August 2012. Admittedly, 2012 deposits have not matched the €45.4 bln deposited in 2010, but some withdrawals of savings are to be expected, especially
as many local businesses are running down savings to keep going. Nevertheless, residents’ deposits today are significantly higher than in 2008. Even more striking is that between 2009 and August 2012 residents outside Cyprus, but living in the eurozone, increased their deposits in Cyprus fivefold from €1.3 bln in 2009 to €6.3 bln in August 2012. It is assumed that much of this constitutes a transfer of funds from Greece, by both Greeks and Cypriot residents there. Despite the situation here, Cyprus is still considered a “safe haven” by
Total deposits held in banks and co-ops Month/Year Domestic Residents
Others Euro Other Area countries
Total
12/2006
27,401
1,148
14,551
43,010
12/2007
32,294
1,390
18,829
52,513
12/2008
39,462
1,091
15,457
56,010
12/2009
41,012
1,291
15,853
58,156
12/2010
45,379
4,035
20,525
69,939
12/2011
43,748
5,355
20,194
69,297
8/2012
43,405
6,274
20,987
70,665
Source: Central Bank of Cyprus, rounded to nearest million euros
some. Funds from depositors outside the eurozone have remained remarkably steady, and they were much higher in August at €21.0 bln this year than in December 2008 at €15.5 bln. Most of these funds (86 per cent) are held in dollars (USD), less in sterling (6 per cent), and small accounts in Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen. Deposits in dollars are increasing and those in sterling are falling. Rather surprisingly, the data shows that the “general government sectors” - defined as government, non-market orientated state institutions and social security - in August held €486 mln in deposits. It is of course the central government which has difficulty raising funds (deposits €156 mln), other public sector funds and the social insurance system have €330 mln. Over and above state corporations hold substantial funds but they are included under non-financial institutions. Households are increasing their deposits. These have risen from €23 bln in 2008 to €26 bln since the crisis began. More significantly Cyprus households hold deposits in excess of GDP. Increases in deposits have also occurred for financial intermediaries, insurance organisations and pension funds, in the period since the recession began.
There has, however, been a steady decline in deposits held by local businesses from €11 bln in 2008 to €10 bln in August this year. It is rumoured that some funds may have been shifted elsewhere, but more likely most of the reduction is due to businesses drawing on savings to get through the crisis. Those that do not have such resources are closing down, as witnessed by the many shops and showrooms that have been shut and have “for rent” signs up in the windows. Up until now local and foreign residents have exercised common sense, but it is clearly time for the government to take some difficult decisions. In that respect the government should not move in haste to negotiate with the troika that has been sent by the European Council, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, but should prepare itself well for very difficult negotiations during October, and complete the process if possible, before November. By then we and the loyal depositors, both resident and non-resident, need to know where we stand. ! Costas Apostolides is Chairman of EMS Economic Management Ltd, e-mail: costas.a@highwaycommunications.com
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Opinion
Lax law enforcement is about to become a thing of the past
uotes of the week
Comment Hermes Solomon
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HAVE just returned from London, where I was astounded by the price of property and patisseries in the Borough of Westminster. A family of four needs £40,000 tax free a year simply to exist in the capital not accounting for the cost of a mortgage, a car and holidays abroad. A few years ago, we were encouraged by Cyprus banks to borrow then build poorly insulated concrete palaces and drive luxury fuel guzzling motors on what have now become gridlocked roads during rush hours. As fuel and heating/cooling costs rise relentlessly, and jobs are lost in this inflationary environment, we are slowly but surely regretting the error of our ways. The owner of my local periptero, who lives just 300 metres from his shop, drives there in a Range Rover, turning right at a no right turn junction. Parking it half on/off the pavement over a double yellow line, obstructing and facing oncoming traffic throughout his six hour morning shift, he has never been stopped, fined or admonished for failing to observe innumerable traffic laws. Such contempt for traffic laws is unimaginable in London. Then there’s the builders of the fortress-like development situated opposite my local periptero, digging down to a depth of 10 metres to erect yet another three under and six above storey block of offices, shops and flats - as if Nicosia needs any more when every fourth commercial building sports a ‘for let’ or ‘for sale’ sign. The deafeningly heavy and huge digging/drilling machinery is the bane of local residents’ lives from 7am every weekday, most Saturdays and the odd Sunday. The environs are littered with earth, sand and cement dust as hundreds of aller/retour trips by earth removal trucks are followed by as many in-transit cement mixers access the site via narrow adjoining residential roads. Workers, meanwhile, park their double cabins on and destroy the recently laid ‘pretty’ pavements surrounding this corner building site. I must question the developer’s ability during this, the worst of all recessions, to ever repay what must be a last ditch bank loan. To a much lesser degree of annoyance is the cleaner of a nearby government department small office block, who arrives at 6.30am sharp, sweeping the rubbish from office paths into the road and leaving it there while residents walk dogs (or the cholesterol out of their carotids) inciting dogs neglected in gardens and on flat roofs to bark incessantly in unison, a repeat perform-
“I only take Viagra when I am with more than one woman”. Hollywood star Jack Nicholson, 75
On street parking in Westminster at four pounds an hour
Are we really prepared for the future? ance guaranteed around dusk, when dog dirt is left to rot on earth tracks doubling as pavements in our so called smart suburb. By comparison to regimented, disciplined and taxed to the hilt Londoners, we are still remarkably free to do as we like; pseudorich, genuinely lazy and indifferent to anything that does not concern us directly, we will sit on a balcony or veranda with TV shows or pop music at full volume, or hold a cacophonous garden party until well past midnight, blind to the very existence of any neighbour or the phrase, ‘respect of another’s peace and quiet’.
DELUSIONS What’s worse is that we delude ourselves into believing that we own the home in which we live when, in most cases, bankrupt banks do, and that we own the very air we breathe for as far as the eye can see and the nose can smell - and God, doesn’t this country just stink of burning flesh most weekends, sickeningly so on public holidays? It’s enough to convert me into a pescaterin (fish eater). But now, on top of government cutbacks, bankrupt banks (who are refusing to loan money to those same clients they chucked it at a year ago) and the troika, in themselves presaging further job losses and business closures, we are suddenly faced with bankrupted town and village councils - where
will it all end? Has the Republic become an adjunct of Greek mainland debt - Enosis at last? It certainly looks this way when all financial news nowadays is bad news and the immediate future (Block 12 gas or not) has suddenly turned from fearless to fearful for us all. One could argue that we’ve lived in the clouds this past few decades, lived in ‘houses built on sand’, well beyond our means like our ‘brother’ Greeks. Although their filthy rich deposited billions in Swiss banks only to be robbed in turn by a sudden devaluation of the Swiss franc, others bought million pound plus homes in London along with filthy rich Spaniards, Portuguese and the Irish, causing a miniboom in the London housing market. This phenomenon is unlikely to be repeated in Nicosia given its already depressed and hugely overstocked concrete bazaar. Ever since the island’s independence, won by what the Brits called ‘a well organised group of terrorists’, but we call ‘freedom fighters and eternally immortal heroes’, Cyprus has been heading on a downward path in matters of law, morals, government, education, social welfare, solving the Cyprob, quality of life and standard of living, and an uphill path in bribery and corruption, cost of living, tax avoidance, non enforcement of laws, blamelessness and cronyism, more citizens than ever lining their pockets with somebody else’s cash.
But have I got bad news for you! When the troika finally agree to bail us out, stipulations will include troika inspectors inspecting the inspections of hundreds of newly appointed Cypriot inspectors, who will observe, notate and report back to the troika inspectors monthly on every single facet of our economy, whereupon the troika will decide whether or not we deserve future parts of any loan agreed. Oh yes, we get it a bit at a time, along with additional austerity measures. And then just watch taxes and the cost of living here rise to London levels!
“We are all caricatures to some degree”. Mel C, Sporty Spice, on herself and her fellow Spice Girls “Today I had someone heal my house. Strange but great. The healer brings in good energy. Someone told me about it. It takes a couple of days”. Simon Cowell in a tweet “The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don’t do. You don’t have sex near unicorns”. Author JK Rowling
“The English language is a marvellous thing. It is a joy that a slim chance and a fat chance amount to the same thing”. Broadcaster and playwright Sandi Toksvig “Everybody has a weakness and mine is food. If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you’re in a good place and you’re in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day”. Mexican actress Salma Hayek “There’s going to be a cull, so rather than just throw them in landfill, why not eat them? There are too many badgers and I would have no objection to eating badgers” Television food expert Clarissa Dickson Wright “Senseless”. Queen guitarist Brian May on Clarissa Dickson Wright’s views “What a great relief when the whole Olympic circus finally left town”. Broadcaster Richard Ingrams, editor of The Oldie magazine
ADVANTAGE Troika loan stipulations will eventually leech us dry, and complain as we might, we will ‘heroically and eternally’ be at their mercy, the sole advantage being that we will at last rid ourselves of the ill-disciplined, lazy and indifferent citizen. Yeah, you bet says the owner of my local periptero, who reckons that Cyprus is the only Arab EU member state. He’s going nowhere until CCTV cameras abound like they do in London and laws and tax collection are enforced hyper efficiently like they are across most of the EU. No disrespect meant to our brother Arabs of course, of whom I saw many with Ferraris in the Borough of Westminster but have yet to see one in Nicosia, never mind filthy rich Chinese!
Tory peer Lord Tebbit on the Liberal Democrat conference
“If you look like a sack of offal that has been drop-kicked down a liftshaft into a pond, you are going to spend many of your formative years alone”. Comedienne Miranda Hart who said she looked like “a cross between Ann Widdecombe, one of the Flower Pot men and a monk” “Mr Clegg wanted to advertise his commitment to that good old socialist war cry of ‘Tax the rich until they are poor, too’”.
“Mitt Romney’s problem is that he is all prose and no poetry”. Sir Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to the USA, on the Republican White House candidate
“We use Ann sparingly right now, so that people don’t get tired of her”. Mitt Romney on his wife
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News Review Teacher changes ABOLISHING the number of years served as the main criteria for promoting teachers were among a series of sweeping changes to the school system proposed by the education ministry on Monday. Education Minister Giorgos Demosthenous outlined a series of proposed changes to primary, middle and technical education which he said will have to be discussed with unions and education bodies. Demosthenous said the aim was to create a better assessment system for schools and teachers so that “the best ones get the promotions”.
Courts moved THE FAMILY and labour disputes court had to be relocated on Monday after the Supreme Court suspended operations because the building they are housed in poses a safety risk. The crumbling colonial building had been described as unsuitable in a public works department report around two years ago. On Monday the Supreme Court said it had repeatedly reminded the authorities of the need to relocate until the building was restored and repaired and because no notice had been taken it had decided to declare the buildings out of bounds.
Shirts of different sizes and colours representing connections between people and countries hang outside the Shoe Factory in Nicosia’s Ermou street (Christos Theodorides)
UN action and more troika talk Bailout support VOTERS are split over whether Cyprus’ request for an EU bailout is to the benefit or detriment of the country, while over a third blame the government exclusively for the state of the economy, a poll revealed on Monday. The survey by Noverna, commissioned by Politis newspaper, used a sample of 614 people aged 18 and over, and was carried out between September 13 and 18. Forty-two per cent of respondents said the advent of the troika – Cyprus’ potential international lenders – was ‘good’, and 39 per cent it was ‘bad.’
Property gloom THE INTEREST from Chinese buyers may partly explain signs that the residential property market in Paphos is stabilising, according to the Central Bank’s residential property price index released on Tuesday. But despite good news for Paphos, residential prices fell by 5.9 per cent islandwide compared to last year, the biggest drop in two years. And Famagusta and Larnaca had record price falls, with Famagusta prices dropping by 11 per cent and Larnaca by 8.0 per cent compared to last year, the Central Bank said. Paphos saw the smallest quarterly drop in prices amounting to 0.4 per cent for houses and 0.5 per cent for apartments.
Leaner banks THE Cypriot banking system will emerge substantially stronger from the current crisis, the island’s top banker said on Tuesday, although it will be smaller in size. Speaking at the Cyprus International Business Association, Panicos Demetriades said he was confident that the island’s banking system - hammered by its exposure to Greece – and the economy, would weather the storm and emerge stronger from the crisis. Demetriades said the changes brought about as a result of the crisis would probably mean a smaller yet more competitive banking sector.
UN farewell PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias on Monday evening held what was proba-
Despite good news for Paphos, residential prices fell by 5.9 per cent islandwide compared to last year
bly his final meeting with UN SecretaryGeneral (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon in his role as the leader of the Greek Cypriot side in the UN-led Cyprus talks. Christofias was in New York to address the UN General Assembly for the last time on Tuesday. Speaking after their meeting at UN headquarters, Christofias said he and Ban had acknowledged that the past five years of negotiations had failed to yield the anticipated results. He added that there was little prospect of a change in circumstances, or any progress, before February’s elections.
Brussels waiting BRUSSELS said on Wednesday it was still waiting to receive Cyprus’ counter proposals to the austerity package proposed by the international lenders, the troika. Nearly two weeks after Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker told Cyprus in no uncertain terms that it must speed up negotiations with the troika for a bailout deal, the European Commission said it was still waiting. Commission spokesman Olivier Bailly said no date had been set for the troika’s return to the island.
Drugs prices AFTER promises of price reductions in medicines of up to 50 per cent in some cases, Health minister Stavros Malas and the pharmaceutical companies have agreed to a more modest average reduction of seven per cent. The reduction is the result of pushing forwards a review in medicine prices due next year. Prices were reviewed based on prices at the beginning of the third quarter of the year. The result was an average seven per cent reduction. Prices will be reviewed again in 2015.
Mari munitions PROSECUTION witness colonel George Georgiades on Wednesday admitted in court that it had been his idea to offload the deadly munitions cargo at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari over three years ago. The colonel said he had proposed the base because it had had the available storage space. However, he said he had only suggested the spot as a temporary storage site for one month, and denied recommending the Mari naval base be used for
QUOTES OF THE WEEK “The danger of certain municipalities going bankrupt is now clearly visible” DIKO MP Nicolas Papadopoulos
“I am cautiously optimistic about the future of the Cypriot economy, as I am also about the future of the euro area” Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades “We have both reached the conclusion that the efforts have, unforttunately, not yielded the results we had expected” President Demetris Christofias after his last meeting as president with the UN Secretarygeneral
“Unfortunately, despite all the promises, the Cypriot patient will continue to overpay for drugs compared with patients in most other European countries” DISY deputy Stella Kyriakidou after drug prices dropped by only around seven per cent “I would even back a black man, if we had the same views” Archbishop Chrysostomos
“If there was nowhere else to bury the cleric, we weren’t going to throw him away. We needed to bury him” Archbishop Chrysostomos responds to a question that a former priest had been given an illegal burial plot in the overcrowded Constantinou and Eleni cemetery “There have been many instances where entire fortunes have been lost because until now it was possible to leave no trace relating to the disposal of these precious metals” Lefteris Christoforou DISY MP on new legislation to stop the fencing of stolen jewellery “The auditor-general has said she has found evidence of transactions worth millions at the Land Registry involving people who did not even have a tax file. This includes people who own luxury yachts” DISY MP Averof Neophytou
the munitions’ permanent storage.
‘Penniless’ Nadir FORMER fugitive business tycoon Asil Nadir, convicted of stealing nearly £29 million, on Thursday claimed he was penniless. Nadir, 71, was jailed for 10 years a month ago after being found guilty of 10 charges of theft amounting to £28.8 million from his Polly Peck business empire in the late 1980s. He returned to the Old Bailey on Thursday to face a compensation hearing but said he had no assets. The prosecution called his claims a “sham” and said claims that he was reliant on the generosity of friends and family were “an affront to common sense”.
Gas bids CYPRUS will be inviting tenders for short-term supplies of natural gas not exceeding 1.2 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year as a stop-gap solution until such time as it can bring ashore its own gas. The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) and the Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) on Thursday jointly finalised a document inviting expressions of interest. Cyprus, currently reliant on expensive heavy fuel oil, is looking to import natural gas temporarily until such time as it can produce electricity from its offshore fields.
Tax reform DISY MP Averof Neophytou on Thursday tabled a legislative proposal making it mandatory for all gainfully employed persons to submit tax returns. The legislation was prepared after the Inland Revenue Department earlier this week revealed that one in two citizens do not have a tax file. A large number of these people are lowearners whose annual income is below the taxable threshold (€19,000), but a sizeable portion are self-employed who are paid cash in hand and do not issue invoices. By obliging everyone to submit a tax return, authorities might still be unable to trace the earnings of the self-employed. But the capital statement that comes with the tax form would force people to disclose their assets, giving the IRD insight as to whether someone is withholding information on their earnings.
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Ethnarch Jr sulks as Fuhrer gets his wish ETHNARCH Junior did not have much joy in persuading his fellowfreedom fighters at DIKO to back the presidential candidacy of Yiorkos Lillikas last Thursday. Although the meeting dragged on to midnight, the outcome had been a foregone conclusion, Junior’s oratory failing to sway the central committee’s members. Eighty per cent of the DIKO freedom fighters who gathered at the Hilton Hotel in their light-blue, short-sleeved shirts, parking their cars in spaces for the disabled, backed their leader’s proposal to back the DISY Fuhrer, Nice Nik. They were not in the slightest bit bothered that Nik’s political CV did not meet with the approval of the idealistic Junior. Junior would not have given a job to Nik because of his CV, he said. Was his hero Lillikas’ CV any better? The man’s political rise was based on buttering up top politicians, from George Vass to Ethnarch Tassos, in-between whom, as an AKEL deputy, he played the loyal follower of Comrade Tof. And Yiorkos secured the electoral backing of EDEK by indefatigably buttering up superannuated Dr Faustus, EDEK’s honorary president for life and beyond, for the last couple of years. This is not a CV to be proud of, even though his opportunism, masquerading as bash-patriotism, should have impressed a lot more than 20 per cent of DIKO’s idealistic freedomfighters. LILLIKAS, who is not as smart as he thinks he is, fell into a trap set up by the crafty Garoyian, who last Monday accused him of offering to defect to the Ioannis Kasoulides camp in exchange for the foreign ministry, after the Ethnarch was excluded from the second round of the presidential elections in 2008. Lillikas vehemently denied he had ever done such a thing. But when Kasoulides was asked on a radio show on Tuesday, he said all he knew was that a close friend of Lillikas had approached an associate with this proposition, but there had never been direct contact. Half an hour later Lillikas was on the radio show saying Kasoulides was engaging in ‘gossip’, accusing him of lying and daring him to give the names of those involved in this wheeler-dealing. Yiorkos said he wanted the “truth to shine”. Who to believe between the two was a no-brainer, even though the DIKO reject - who could have included his talent for being economical with the truth in his CV - insisted that Kasoulides was morally deficient. “What could I expect from someone, who in the most critical hours (for the country) was blackmailing Cypriot Hellenism to accept the
Fighting a losing battle: Nicholas Papadopoulos’ plea for Lillikas fell on deaf ears
Annan plan,” said the pontificating Paphite. As we all know, apart from paid agents of the Yanks, supporters of the A-plan are also immoral liars. The next day, a member of the Kasoulides campaign team, Christos Rotsas, was on the radio naming the Lillikas associate who approached him with the foreign ministry proposal and the truth shone, just as Lillikas had wanted. THE FUHRER could not have wished for a better birthday present than DIKO’s support for his candidacy and it arrived a couple of days after his 66th. For a guy of 66, it is quite impressive that not only has he a full head of hair, but he also has not a hint of grey. A skettos-drinking trichologist who occasionally visits our establishment reckons it is possible for a man of 66 to have no grey hair, but it is very rare indeed. He reckons Nik has his mane dyed by a very good hair colourist who makes it look so natural that no suspicions are aroused. Ten days ago, two leading lights of our society were having lunch at Romantica restaurant in Nicosia and looked like they had won a competition for the worst hair dye jobs. One was Hellenic Bank CEO, Makis Keravnos, who is bald but has a narrow hedge of hair surrounding the patch. The hedge was a light ginger colour and looked so unnatural it was as if Keravnos had stuck it on to go to fancy dress party. But it was not as ridiculous as the hair colour of his companion CyBC news boss Yiannis Kareklas who has a full head of the most artificial, shiny jet-black hair. He might get away with it on TV but in natural light it looks like he had emptied a jar of black bootpolish on it, for the extra shine. Both should give the Fuhrer a call and discreetly ask for the number of his hairdresser. Having the vanity of a Libra he would use no-one but the best. STAYING on the colour black,
Archbishop Chrys put a few commie noses out of joint on Wednesday when he said “I would even vote for a black (man) if he represented me but not a leftist.” This was the final straw for Akelites, as a day earlier he declared that the economy was in the mess it was in because we had a communist president. I have to say that I agree with both views expressed by Chrys even though he should not have been so derogatory about blacks. His prejudice against leftists is commendable but he did not have to resort to racism in order to make his point. He could have said, “I would even vote for a transexual if he or she represented me, but never an Akelite” to show that he was open-minded but drew the line when it came to Cypriot communists, rather than all leftists, very few of whom are just about tolerable. THE SANCTIMONIOUS reaction by the Akelites showed that Chrys was right in declaring he would never vote for a commie. They took no offence at the racism, but embarked on an orgy of hysterical sermonising about his prejudice against leftists. One Haravghi columnist, who described him as the “worst thing that ever happened” (surely this title belongs to comrade Tof) went on a rant about the Archbishop “going against the teachings of Christ” and “dividing his flock”. It is this moral superiority they claim that makes Akelites so insufferable. They are atheists but they still feel they have the right to give lessons to the Archbishop about Christ’s teachings and the correct way to treat his flock. Maybe the guy does not want atheists in his flock; he never told AKEL how it should treat its flock. This is why I would even vote for a Paphite feminist environmentalist, but never for an Akelite. IT MIGHT be a public holiday tomorrow, but the comrade leader will go against his communist beliefs and work on what should be a rest day for workers. I am not talking about him taking the salute of the military parade for
the last time, praise Allah, or playing host at the Independence Day reception for the plebs at the palazzo del popolo. This is not real work, as it involves no decision-making or thought, but being a non-executive president it is the part of the job he enjoys doing. Yesterday, it was reported that on Monday there would be a meeting of the Council of Ministers to discuss the government’s counterproposals that were finalised at the weekend. Meetings with the party leaders would follow. Where has he found this uncharacteristic sense of urgency from, ready to do real work on a national holiday? Until a couple of days ago, neither his favourite minister, Pourekka Sotiroulla nor his spokesman would dare say when the counter-proposals for the troika would be finalised, for fear their unpredictable leader would deny it in public. Why is he suddenly in such a big hurry to respond to the troika? It hasn’t even been three months since it submitted the bailout proposals. MOTHER Russia let him down. Instead of indulging him with a €5 billion, no-strings attached loan it has opted for tough love, announcing that it would grant a loan as part of a coordinated rescue with the EU. His hopes that the Russian loan would allow him to stall the troika until the February elections were obliterated by finance minister Anton Siluanov, who broke the news to Reuters news agency. Siluanov, who had met the head of the Euro group Jean Claude Juncker earlier in the week, may have been doing Brussels a favour with his announcement. Juncker had publicly expressed his frustration with the comrade’s stalling over the bailout talks, when he was here two weeks ago, and seeing that Nicosia had still not submitted counter-proposals to the troika, asked for Moscow’s help, which happily obliged. It did the trick, leaving the comrade at the mercy of the troika. His embarrassingly gushing praise of the “great friend of Cyprus”, Russian foreign minister
Sergei Lavrov, who granted him a 15-minute audience in New York, proved a waste of time. HE COULD still decide to follow the advice of the PASYDY boss Hadjiklamouris who suggested, before the comrade’s return to Kyproulla that we should reject the troika’s proposals outright and then “decide what to do”. I think it is a great idea because the public parasites would then have to go without not just a 13th salary as the troika proposed, but also the 11th and 12th. And then we can decide what to do. UNEMPLOYMENT in Kyproulla may have recorded the third highest rise in the EU, but there are still some very attractive jobs going. The only problem is that they are never advertised. Take for instance the job of ‘associate of the police’ in the clampdown on prostitution. This man goes into brothels and pays for sex with marked notes, which the cops, who subsequently carry out a raid, use as evidence of the sex transaction, in court. Earlier this month an ‘associate of the police’ went to a Nicosia flat where he paid €100, according to the police, and had sex with two women, one from the Ukraine and the other from Uzbekistan. This time, a press report said, the police did not raid the flat as soon as their ‘associate’ paid for sex, which is supposedly the usual practice, but waited for him to have sex. It is more than likely the ‘associate’ is a cop having sex at the expense of the taxpayer, because we have never seen this job advertised. IT IS NOT only the banks which have been engaging in ripping off customers recently. The Electricity Authority of Cyprus, not satisfied with the money it makes from its extortionate electricity bills, has found another money-spinner. A customer recently asked that his electricity bill be charged to another company, because the company that had been using the building had moved out. He was told that for the change of name he would be charged €400. Four hundred euros to change the name on an electricity bill is theft.
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World in pictures
Striking workers at the Ilva steel mill in Italy
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Competitors at the Miss Bumbum Brasil 2012 TV game show for the cutest bottom in Sao Paulo
(AFP)
Models present creations for Nina Ricci during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection in Paris
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People sit in flood waters outside a bar as water levels rise on the River Ouse in York, northern England (AFP)
Masked Nepalese Hindu dancers prepare to perform on the first day of the Indra Jatra Festival in Kathmandu (AFP)
A waitress carries beer glasses at the Oktoberfest in Munich
Chinese visitors walk among statues of Chinese leaders and soldiers at a memorial for the 1931-1945 war against Japan at the Jianchuan Museum in Chengdu (AFP)
A demonstrator in New York protests over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the UN (AFP)
South Korean singer Park Jae-sang, also known as Psy, performs in Seoul after an appearances at the MTV awards (AFP)
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Lifestyle
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Jamie Oliver’s new book insists you can make supper in the time it takes for the pasta to boil. Three time-poor chefs take the superquick test
Stepping on the gas: Susannah was only seven minutes over the 15 minutes allowed to prepare dinner
VICTORIA STEWART FAILED Lamb meatballs, chopped salad and harissa yoghurt 25 minutes 40 seconds In 2010 I complained that Jamie had not allowed for the preparation of ingredients in his book 30-Minute Meals. For his latest challenge he has made a note: “Ingredients out - kettle boiled - large frying pan, medium heat - large-lidded pan, medium-high heat” to avoid just this. I can nail this in a quarter of an hour, I think, so as the Crystal Maze theme sounds from my kitchen speakers giving me the go-ahead, I begin madly, mixing mince in a bowl, rolling it into tiny balls and tossing these into the now super-hot frying pan which hisses loudly. I can’t afford to sit around watching it cook so I jump ahead to the next paragraph. As instructed, I finely slice the chilli but when the recipe asks me to put “trimmed spring onions and coriander stalks” into the large pan, I swear loudly. When was I asked to cut these up? At seven minutes 30 seconds, one of the meatballs falls apart and I cut myself in a bid to finish the chopping and keep my eye back on the pan. With meatballs ready and slicing done, I’m on the verge of chucking the veg into the saucepan. But for fryying pan that ing, it’s another frying rabble around I need, Jamie! I scrabble for another one before coming ond obup against a second s in stacle: 14 minutes ng and Jamie’s asking e me to add in “the drained chickpeas”, assuming I’ve drained them s already. Where is nthe bloody tin opener when I need it? nds. I The timer sounds. panic, knowing I’ve lost. nto my overThen six minutes into mes in to eat time someone comes ped radishes, my carefully chopped k. Noo! Finally, depleting the stock. ssa into the I spoon some harissa yoghurt and curse again as o microI realise there is no ortillas. wave to heat the tortillas. inutes have More than 25 minutes ure of panic gone by in a mixture ven though I and stress but even me, there is went into overtime, atballs, fresh now a meal of meatballs, ssa yoghurt dressed salad, harissa and wraps ready to eat on the table. It’s a delicious, d wholeuncomplicated and ’d defisome recipe that I’d nitely make again.
Fast food: Jamie Oliver shows how it is done
15 minutes of frenzy RICHARD GODWIN FAILED Golden chicken, braised greens and potato gratin 30 minutes There is very little that Jamie Oliver could do to persuade me that he is anything less than a saint. Seriously, the Naked Chef has done more to improve living standards in modern Britain than any serving politician I can think of. But no one’s life will be improved in the attempt to make a potato gratin in 15 minutes. If I have 15 minutes
Chicken tonight: Richard’s attempt
Chop, chop: impossible in 15 mins
to make din dinner, there are options: noodles and couscous are pretty instan and generally lying much instant k about the kitchen. However, the al shopping alone for this dish took m about 20 minutes – pretty much ingre all the ingredients were fresh, so you’d have tto make a special trip, quest which questions the whole point exerc of the exercise. Then com come the cheaty bits. Jamie would wo like me to slice potatoes and onions in a p food processor. Don’t have one! Back to the choppin board… He would ping a also like me to soften s said onions for what w would amount to five m minutes. I could do t that. I could also simp ply wait another five o or even 10 and have lo lovely soft caramelised on onions, and also make sur sure that the chicken is p properly cooked and the leeks nicely wilted. I cou could also not be flinging red-hot implements around my tiny kitchen. The ttime-trial aspect of the book verges on grossly irresponsible – and it would be interesting tto see the toll it eventually takes in burns, scalds and grated finge ngers. Still, Jami Jamie’s instructions did make the c cooking process more efficient, m meaning the dish was ready quick quicker than it might oth-
erwise have been - albeit in 30 minutes. I can’t see how it would be possible to do it quicker. And this being Jamie (and the chicken breasts being nice organic ones) it was delicious. Comforting yet slightly sophisticated food for a damp evening in, pukka tucker how’s-me-mucker. Great food doesn’t need gimmicks.
SUSANNAH BUTTER FAILED Chorizo carbonara and Catalan market salad 22 minutes Jamie Oliver’s kitchen may be large and shiny but I’ve decided my cramped flat puts me at an advantage. Being able to reach the fridge from the cooker saves valuable running around time. This 15-minute meal thing relies on multi-tasking. While the water is boiling and the pine nuts lightly toasting I attack the chorizo. The recipe says this should be finely sliced but there just isn’t time, sorry Jamie. I roughly chop it up and chuck it in the frying pan with chilli and rosemary, trying not to scald myself on the hot oil spitting out. Careful measuring is another luxury I can’t afford when dinner has to be on the table in 15 minutes so I pour what looks like a reasonable amount of pasta into the boiling water - doesn’t Jamie say cooking is about going with instincts? But what’s that smell?
The pine nuts! They are just about to carbonise but there isn’t a moment to worry about that so I turn off the heat and pour them in a bowl, leaving the frying pan out. There’s no time to clear as I go. “Seven minutes left!” shouts the photographer, “but it smells nice.” I feel smug. Then I remember there’s still the salad and carbonara sauce to prepare. Where are the clean bowls? Spinach, torn-up lettuce (there was no chicory at the supermarket), and clementine segments go into the salad, with runny honey, vinegar and olive oil for the dressing poured straight in for efficiency purposes. Mucking around with extra bowls is for sissies. I estimate the measures of carbonara sauce ingredients and have a stress relieving whisk and pound of the garlic. Finally the pasta is done. I dart over to the sink to drain it, trying not to injure the photographer with the hot pan, pour out the water and mix it all together. Easy, pukka tukka. I would have never bothered to put clementines in a salad but they work and complement the rich pasta sauce. I enjoy cooking but am often unambitious on week nights because I think I don’t have enough time. But Jamie has shown me it can be done. Give or take a few minutes.
The new book
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Reportage
Germany’s ’s big w
Too prosperous: analysts say Germany has no space for Sahra Wagenknecht’s Die Linke party
While the problems of the eurozone weigh heavy, a loss of German exports to China could spell more trouble reports Michael Stott
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ERLIN, not Brussels, will decide the future of the ailing eurozone because Germany’s economic power and its status as the European Union’s main paymaster give it an effective veto over key decisions. So it comes as a surprise to find that in Berlin’s corridors of power, the main worry is not whether Greece sticks to its reform pledges or Spain demands an EU bailout. As the world’s third largest exporting nation, Germans are far more concerned about whether China loses its appetite for their machine tools and cars, or about what the famed Teutonic manufacturers should make in the year 2030. Dominating the stage in Germany is the towering political presence of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Just over a year before federal elections, she looks unbeatable. Opinion polls show her
CDU/CSU party winning between 35-39 per cent, well ahead of the next biggest grouping, the opposition Social Democrats on 26-30 per cent. The opposition Greens are in third place on 12-15 per cent, with three smaller parties splitting the remainder. Coalitions are the norm in Germany so it is mathematically possible to imagine a combination of parties which could unseat the Chancellor next year. But few people expect this. “Quite honestly I don’t see any risks for Merkel inside Germany,” one senior opposition politician commented. “She is very strong and highly trusted by the population as a crisis manager.” Ranked by Forbes as the world’s most powerful woman, Merkel has ruled since 2005 through a canny mixture of political manoeuvring, ruthlessness, determination and a good feel for the concerns of the ordinary
Wealth in China is keeping Germany’s exports market afloat
German. Her reluctance to embrace bold, comprehensive solutions to the eurozone crisis from the outset has exasperated some foreign critics. But at home, it chimes well with the national predilection for cautiousness, deliberation, thrift and hard work. “Southern European countries face a situation like the one I had at school,” said one senior government official. “I went to a good school and unfortunately I found that other students were cleverer than me in certain subjects, so I had to work harder. I could have gone to a different school but I wanted to stay at that school, so I worked harder.” Merkel took the eurozone close to the brink earlier this year by blocking proposals for European governments to jointly guarantee government borrowing and bank deposits. But she calmed markets in recent weeks by dropping her opposition to the European Central Bank buying the debt of vulnerable southern European governments to lower borrowing costs, provided those
nations agree to reform their economies. “What we’re now saying is that if you’re drowning, we’ll throw you a lifebelt but we’ll only pull you out of the water if you start to make visible swimming movements,” said Michael Naumann, a former SPD minister, publisher and editor. Such “conditional solidarity” with Germany’s neighbours appeals to a public who are suspicious of the final bill for a eurozone rescue. Germans do not want their hard-fought economic prowess jeopardised by what they regard as irresponsible, freespending neighbours who failed to embrace necessary economic reform as Germany did earlier this century. “The key to Merkel’s success is the way she portrays herself as the defender of the German taxpayer, only reluctantly going along with eurozone rescue deals and doing so at the last minute under duress,” said one ambassador in Berlin. While other European countries still debate whether Greece should be allowed to stay in the eurozone after
failing to meet targets to cut public spending, privatise state assets and open up its economy, officials in Berlin say Germany has already quietly decided to let Athens remain. “Chancellor Merkel was much more interested in throwing Greece out six months ago, but not now, even though their credibility is close to zero”, one official said. “If you want to know why, look at North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. With all that’s going on there, who wants a NATO member on the south eastern border of the EU to turn into a failed state?” In any case, there is little political opposition to Merkel’s Europe policy in a country where strong proEuropeanism is an article of political faith. “I can’t imagine that a coalition between the SPD (Social Democrats) and the Greens would actually do anything differently to her,” said a second ambassador. “All the main parties support her strategy.” That includes the German Greens. Foreign observers who remember the unkempt,
anti-establishment Bonn radicals of the 1980s may be surprised to meet today’s sharp-suited, smooth-talking Green leadership, who project a keen interest in power, rather than protest. The radical baton has instead passed to Die Linke,
‘The key to Merk the way she portra defender of the G only reluctantly g eurozone rescue d at the last minut the successors to the East German Communist Party and Germany’s hardest left. “Mrs Merkel is so popular because with the exception of Die Linke, there are practically no alternatives to her,” said Sahra Wagenknecht, the elegantly attired deputy
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special report
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Healthcare
Officials report more is being spent on health, rather than life, insurance
While the crisis is causing many to cut back, those in the industry say private health care is not an area to be scrimped over reports Bejay Browne
Money well spent? M
ore and more people are turning up at public hospitals as the crisis bites but while private health care looks like becoming one of its victims those in the insurance industry are robust and say they can continue to attract clients by providing the right sort of cover, especially following government plans to increase charges at state hospitals. “If we examine the numbers of health insurance policies being purchased in the last four years, the market has increased,” claimed Metlife Alico sales and training executive Kyriacos Olympios. “More people are choosing to purchase health insurance instead of life insur-
ance. This is due to the high cost of healthcare treatment in private hospitals and clinics in Cyprus.” Anecdotally this may be the case, but Olympios had no figures to back it up. Private healthcare in Cyprus is twice as expensive as the EU average, but state hospital charges have remained unchanged since 2005 despite rising costs. Dr Eleni Anastasis, acting director of Paphos general hospital, said the situation had to change, adding that the economic crisis had put a massive strain on resources. She said: “Personally I agree with the ministry of health that patients using state hospitals should be charged a small fee, this will
help to recoup some of the costs.” Parliament is currently considering a bill which will bring about changes in the state’s healthcare charges - including a 30 per cent
increase in hospital fees, charging for the use of A&E and a small charge on all prescriptions dispensed at the hospital. The ministry of health says these changes would bring in some €13 mil-
lion a year. And the strain the hospitals are under is on the increase as patient numbers steadily rise. Anastasis said: “Last year 73,000 people visited the A&E (accident and emergency) department of Paphos general hospital, this was a 25 per cent increase on the previous year.” “The numbers Paphos is expected to deal with are too high. The A&E department with the current numbers of personnel can feasibly look after 50-60,000.This will mean less waiting time for patients and doctors would be able to spend more time with each patient. She continued: “This is because less and less people are using private facilities because of the economic cri-
sis. They can’t afford it.” The same trend has been observed by those in the private sector. “In the past years we have seen a shift of patients towards the government hospitals, despite the long waiting lists,” said Dr Philippos Kritiotis, Managing Director of the IASIS Private Hospital in Paphos. “In the past a large number of expatriates, who may have been entitled to free state health care, opted to use the private sector for the level of service provided and/or their convenience. We find they are now increasingly using the government hospitals as well. “ In addition, she said the numbers of people who visit the
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Healthcare
September 30, 2012 • SUNDAY MAIL
Implant scandal sparks EU medical device rule revamp Rules to tighten product approvals and safety checks although industry and consumer groups unhappy with plans By Charlie Dunmore and Kate Kelland THE European Union said it wants tougher rules governing the safety and monitoring of medical devices after weak EU regulations were partly blamed for a global scandal over French-made breast implants. The plans will affect a huge range of products, from contact lenses to pacemakers to pregnancy testing kits to high-tech medical equipment such as life support machines. Major manufacturers of medical devices include Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott Laboratories, Allergan and Smith & Nephew. Investigations last year showed that hundreds of thousands of women around the world had been implanted with substandard silicone products made by defunct French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), which safety regulators had failed to stop for more than a decade. The scandal prompted calls for
Europe to toughen controls on medical devices, which are currently overseen by an ad hoc network of up to 80 national assessment agencies. “Everybody was shocked by the scandal involving fraudulent breast implants which affected tens of thousands of women in Europe and around the world,” EU health commissioner John Dalli said as he outlined draft proposals for the new rules on Wednesday. The proposals take into account lessons from the PIP implant scandal and include a scrutiny panel which would monitor the national agencies’ assessments. “They (the panel) would have the possibility to pick out medical devices on certain risk-based criteria to decide whether to go into an in-depth analysis of the processes,” Dalli said. Industry body Eucomed, which represents about 22,500 medical technology companies in Europe, said it was unhappy with the proposal for the new scrutiny panel procedure, which it said would “hamper innovation” while providing no extra safety nets for pa-
tients. “The current regulatory framework has provided a high level of safety for patients in Europe without denying them access to life-saving medical technologies,” Serge Bernasconi, Eucomed’s chief executive, said.
EU Health Commissioner John Dalli
“Let’s not unnecessarily push away Europe’s strong innovation and research capabilities to other continents at a time when they are urgently needed.” European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) argued, on the oth-
er hand, that the plans fall short of increasing quality and safety standards and said medical device regulations should be beefed up to levels similar to those required for pharmaceuticals. “It is unacceptable that consumers are afforded different protection levels depending whether they have an artificial heart valve or take medicine for diabetes,” said Monique Goyens, head of BEUC. She noted that if a there is a problem with a drug, patients can stop taking them, but if an implanted device is problematic, patients may face invasive and risky surgery to have it removed. Among other main changes proposed is an extension of the current legal definition of medical devices to include breast and other aesthetic implants. Independent assessment agencies will be given greater powers to monitor device manufacturers, including unannounced factory inspections and regular product testing, while EU governments will be obliged to improve their supervision of the agencies.
French made implants caused a global scandal
Better product traceability systems will also be introduced so that people can be alerted more rapidly to safety concerns surrounding a particular device. The European market for medical devices was estimated at €95 billion in 2009. The legislation must be jointly approved by EU governments and lawmakers, which could take up to two years.
Aretaeio: a leading hospital in Cyprus A
RETAEIO Hospital is a private hospital that provides all diagnostic, therapeutic, medical and surgical services in modern facilities to the people of Nicosia, Cyprus and the surrounding countries. Aretaeio Hospital is located at Andreas Avraamides street in Dasoupoli, Nicosia. The standards followed as far as building, equipment and operations provide a luxurious, modern and super synchronised hospital, with 70 patient beds, four large operating theatres and two smaller operating theatres, all of them fully equipped. The hospital is comprised of three underground floors, the ground floor, and another three floors covering a total area of around 12,000 square metres, offering almost all medical specialties and types of laboratories.
Objectives, Prospects, Values
Objectives • The provision of patient care, improving of health status and quality of life. • The provision of access for quality health care treatment to patients. • To be the acknowledged leader in the provision of quality healthcare services. • To be the leaders in pa-
tients’ satisfaction concerning the services delivered. Prospects • To be the most reliable, qualitative, and correctly organised model for the provision of healthcare services in Cyprus and Middle East, promoting professionalism for qualitative health services. • To be the leading hospital in quality services in Cyprus. Values • Quality: We believe in our services’ continuous quality improvement, that affects our patients. • Teamwork: We understand and promote teamwork, realising the value of cooperation within Aretaeio Hospital for a common goal. • Continuous Improvement: We believe it is our responsibility to find the best possible ways and more simplified and effective methods
in improving our patients’ health status. • Respect: We respect every person and we understand the issue of confidentiality for every patient treated in Aretaeio hospital. Specialties / Doctors Aretaeio Hospital is comprised of doctors of almost every specialty, who maintain their offices in the hospital for better care and closer response to the patient needs. • Urologists • Rheumatologist • Pulmonologists • Plastic Surgeons • Internists • Interventional Cardiologist • Interventional Radiologist • Paediatric Surgeons • Paediatricians • Ophthalmologists • Orthopedic Surgeons • Neurosurgeons
• Neurologists • Nephrologists • Gynaecologists - Obstetricians • Cardiothoracic Surgeons • General Surgeons • Gastroenterologists • E.N.T. • Endocrinologists • Cardiologists • Clinical Geneticists Services Aretaeio Hospital is in a position to offer all the services needed for the management of kidney diseases. Our first priority is the expert scientific approach to kidney patients, based on long clinical experience and academic study, combined with respect and understanding for fellow human beings who are suffering and worried. We offer all the services which are available in European Academic Renal Departments, based particularly on the British model. Medical Departments • Clinical Lab • Neurology Lab • Radiology • Cardiology Lab • Endoscopy Unit • I.V.F • Interventional Cardiology • Physiotherapy • Cardiosurgery • MRI – C T Emergency Department The Emergency Depart-
ment is situated on the ground floor, ready to handle any acute health problem a patient presents. The Department is always covered by a 24-hour Emergency doctor, assisted by any laboratory and radiology coverage and physicians of all specialties, if necessary. Ambulance Service The 24-hour ambulance service is fully equipped with qualified personnel to handle any acute health problem presented. Day Care Service We can provide all necessaries day care services such as: outpatient intravenous
Andreas Avraamides,55-57, 2024 Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus Tel: +357-22-200300, Fax: +357-22-200301, E-mail: info@aretaeio.com, www.aretaeio.com treatment, administration of intramuscular injections, intravenous hydration, administration of vaccines, dressing changes and urethral catheter changes. Conclusion Our commitment is to offer the same high standard of care and management which can be found in the best institutions in the world.
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Healthcare
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Changing cover for changing times Atlantic offers a variety of programmes to suit most needss
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N MODERN societies insurance has assumed an important economic and social role. It provides individuals or companies with a security net which protects them from the shocks that may happen at any moment in private or professional lives. In the case of an unforeseen event or accident, insurance is there to absorb the shock and make sure that our private or professional conditions will not suffer a severe blow. This is particularly true when it comes to health care. We all know that a serious health incident, beyond the human suffering, can also bring about serious financial difficulties and severely affect the daily life of a family or an individual. It is universally accepted that health is the number one priority for every individual, family or government. Enormous amounts of money are spent every year for the medical treatment of patients or for medical research. The progress in combating disease and all other health problems has been without precedent in the long history of mankind. Regrettably the other side of the coin is that the medical costs have increased enormously in a manner that generates finan-
cial hazards for the budgets of both individuals and governments. The prices of new medicines and the application of ultra sophisticated medical machinery have, in certain cases, reached levels that not many individuals can afford. Medical insurance is in many cases the answer to the problems of today’s high costs of medical treatment. This is true especially for those who are not covered by any government or other medical schemes. With an
living. What is happening today in Cyprus is very indicative of the accuracy of the above. From press reports we are informed that more and more patients nowadays avoid going to private doctors and clinics and instead they prefer to join the long lines at the public hospitals in the expectation of free medical care. As a result, we witness the sad situation where public hospitals cannot cope with the thousands of patients that are inundating them
Medical insurance is in many cases the answer to the problems of today’s high costs of medical treatment affordable annual insurance premium your insurance will undertake to protect you from the shock of medical bills should ever something go wrong in your life. It offers the feeling of security that whatever health problem you may encounter the costs of the treatment will not be your worry and the eventual costs for your treatment will not upset your standard of
while the private hospitals and clinics are closing down as people avoid them. The same is more or less true for pharmacies. What was until recently a flourishing business is now going through a survival crisis. According to all economic analysts this tendency will get worse with little hope of it getting better any time soon.
The present realities are forcing people to look for better and more predictable solutions to the vital concern for their medical care. And the solution is nothing else than an appropriate for each case medical insurance. What we witness at present is that while individuals are still hesitant, companies are more and more often addressing themselves to private insurance in order to offer their personnel the security and predictability provided by a Medical Insurance cover. Atlantic was one of the first insurance companies on the island to enter the field of medical insurance. Today it enjoys the privilege of having one of the biggest portfolios in health insurance. It is worth mentioning that in view of the present developments in this field of business, the company has been fostering its medical department to successfully respond to the new tendencies of the market. Having pre-empted the present developments Atlantic has prepared in time insurance policies corresponding to the new needs of the market. They offer at particularly competitive prices a multitude of schemes to satisfy practically any possible need of the customer.
The policies, in general, cover 100 per cent of medical costs up to amounts ranging from €60,000 to €1,000,000 annually. They have plans offering the most comprehensive covers existing in the Cypriot market. They include, among other advantages, free annual health care check ups as well as partial cover for pre-existing and chronic conditions. In addition, the Health Policy of Atlantic offers, free of charge, a generous travel insurance cover in collaboration with the Inter Partner Insurance company. According to this cover in case the insured encounters any unexpected health problem during his travels abroad, he can call an inter-
national telephone number and wherever he may be he will be taken care of by Inter Partner, a business partner of Atlantic with presence in most countries. Another advantage offered by Atlantic is the fact that employing well trained and competent personnel, they handle and settle the claims submitted to them within three weeks. With offices in all four cities of the island, all of them centrally situated, they are always near their customers. All of Atlantic’s medical policies enjoy the support of some of the world’s strongest and most reliable reinsurers specialising in the field of the medical insurance.
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Candour on cancer screening O
NE OF today’s most contentious medical debates centres on cancer screening, the benefits of which seem anything but debatable. Indeed, earlier detection, many believe, logically must give patients an advantage in fighting the disease. In fact, the evidence does not always support this assumption. Prostate cancer is a case in point. Screening entails the mass testing of individuals of a certain age and gender, regardless of family history or personal health, to identify a potential disease state. For screening to be useful, the test or procedure must readily identify the disease in question, and the subsequent treatment must result in some measurable benefit. In other words, the screened population must be better off than the non-screened population. For some health issues – such as elevated cholesterol – screening yields positive results: a simple blood test measures the amounts of good and bad cholesterol in the blood, making it easier to detect related cardiovascular disease, which could lead to heart attacks or strokes. Those who are screened, diagnosed, and treated experience a lower rate of cardiovascular events. Screening for prostate cancer, too, requires a blood test – the prostatespecific antigen (PSA) test. Elevated PSA levels would suggest the presence of prostate cancer, even if no physical abnormalities were detected, so a tissue biopsy would be conducted. At this point, a diagnosis can be made. If positive, cancer treatment, such as surgery or radiation, will follow. And, one hopes, the individual will be cured. Supporters of screening argue that it helps to detect and treat cancer earlier, when the chances of curing it are highest. Moreover, younger patients, at least, can better withstand the side effects of cancer treatment. Pro-
There are questions over whether testing for cancer does more harm than good argues Marc B Garnick Prostate cancer presents itself in older men
ponents also contend that the two-decade decline in the overall incidence of deaths from prostate cancer is the result of increasingly widespread PSA testing. Indeed, they encourage more vigorous screening programmes. But screening’s benefits are not as straightforward as supporters claim. To be sure, at-risk men – for example, those with a family history of prostate cancer, African-Americans, or men with enlarged prostates who are treated with 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors (whose failure to lower PSA levels could reflect increased risk of developing prostate cancer) – may want to consider getting tested.
Those who are screened, diagnosed, and treated experience a lower rate of cardiovascular events For most healthy men, however, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) – a leading independent panel of experts on prevention and primary care – has publicly recommended against widespread PSA tests. Several well-managed, randomised, long-term human trials have shown almost no survival benefit for those who are screened,
diagnosed, and treated, compared to those who were never screened. Of the studies cited by the USPSTF, one, conducted in Europe, showed a minor benefit in a subset of men, with no significant quality-of-life improvement. Another, conducted in the US, showed no evidence that PSA screening improved prostate-cancer survival rates. In addition,
a recent study comparing outcomes for patients whose prostate gland was surgically removed to those for patients who underwent only observation found no differences in survival rates between the two groups. Because the average age at diagnosis is 71 to 73, men are likely to die from other causes before prostate cancer claims their life. And there is no credible evidence that low-grade prostate cancer uniformly progresses to higher-grade cancers, so early treatment is not essential. Moreover, cancer treatment often carries serious side effects – including urinary incontinence, erectile
dysfunction, and, in those who undergo radiation, inflammation of the lower rectum or bladder, as well as underreported effects like faecal incontinence – that can negatively affect patients’ quality of life. Given that many patients diagnosed with prostate cancer as a result of the PSA test would never suffer any symptoms, such consequences are difficult to justify. Yet many refuse to give up screening. Given this, an active surveillance programme could be the best way to address the most serious consequence of excessive screening: premature, overly aggressive treatment. In an active surveillance programme, a patient diagnosed with a PSAprompted biopsy delays treatment. Instead, he is closely monitored with various follow-up tests. Only when signs indicate that the cancer is becoming dangerous is treatment initiated. While this approach is still being studied, the results so far appear promising: men who participate in active surveillance programmes are 14 times more likely to die of a cause unrelated to prostate cancer. As evidence tilts the balance away from widespread PSA testing, a new screening test or biomarker is urgently needed that can distinguish effectively between potentially lifethreatening prostate cancers and less dangerous forms. Likewise, less risky treatments are crucial. Active surveillance programmes are an encouraging prospect for minimising the negative consequences of PSA testing. But, without vastly improved screening practices, prostate cancer screening is unlikely to help – and can even do serious harm.
! Marc B. Garnick is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School
BUPA Cromwell covers expertise for over 70 Specialities, uses more than 400 leading consultants • When we are confronted with a dilemma of deciding about a Medical • Similarly when a certain specialized treatment may not be available in treatment or a choice of treatments or the treatment is not effective, it is advisable to seek a second opinion. This problem can now be facilitated by contacting what is believed to be BRITAIN’S MOST ADVANCED PRIVATE HOSPITAL, the BUPA CROMWELL HOSPITAL, through their Cyprus General Representatives NICOS ROSSOS LTD, at Tel.: 25-335073, Fax: 25-383739, Email: bupa@nicosrossos.com
Cyprus, BUPA Cromwell is the answer • Uses the most advanced medical equipment, like UK’s first private “ambient” MRI scanner, Brain Surgery without a single incision • Operates a Cancer Counseling service to support patients and their relatives • Patients feel like at home at BUPA Cromwell Hospital
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More products to meet changing demands COSMOS Insurance Company Public Ltd, with 31 years of experience in the Cyprus Insurance market provides a wide range of specialised insurance products and services of exceptional quality through its large distribution network of agents and brokers and its direct customer service department. Cosmos aims to meet and exceed its customers’ expectations. The company focuses on providing innovative products and on the quick and hasslefree settlement of claims. More than 80,000 clients have entrusted the company to protect their property and health. Insurance Products Cosmos offers various comprehensive covers at competitive premiums and unparalleled claims handling. Insurance products include Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Business Insurance, Contractors’ All Risks Insurance, Goods In Transit and Marine Cargo Insurance, Employer’s Liability, Public Liability, Professional Indemnity, Products Liability, Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance, Motor Insurance (Third Party cover, Third Party Fire & Theft and Full Comprehensive cover), Property Insurance (HomeCare policy, Fire Insurance, Burglary Insurance, Business Interruption, Glass Insurance, Money Insurance), Shop Insurance, Yacht Insurance, Individual Medical Insurance (Care4U, Foreign Workers Medical) and Group Medical Insurance (Care4U Group, Tailor-Made Products) and the innovative policies PetCare Insurance for pets and the Animal FarmCare insurance for livestock. Medical Insurance Schemes Care4U A basic medical insurance Care4U policy comes in three different packages (Silver,
Gold & Platinum) and can cover hospitalisation expenses, costs for medical treatment at any clinic or hospital in the European Union and Israel, physiotherapy, nursing at home, diagnostic examinations, IVF, childbirth expenses, transportation expenses of a close relative to the place of treatment, organ transplantation, home modification expenses as a result of disability due to an accident or sickness. The basic medical insurance can be extended to cover as well out-patient treatment, lump sum benefit following diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer or carcinoma of the prostate, medical aids, vaccines, alternative medicine, ophthalmiatric care, dental care and general medical examinations (check-up). New Innovative Scheme of handling OutPatient Claims Recently, in addition to the standard claims handling procedure, Cosmos introduced a ms to new innovative scheme that aims vice improve the quality of the service offered to its clients. The company has signed an agreement with a large number of doctors of all specialties, diages nostic centres, laboratory centres ated and physiotherapy centres located in every city of the island. er the insurFor any incident covered under ance policy, the insured member has the option to visit any one of the contracted medical providers and all costs incurred will be settled directly by Cosmos. Therefore the insured person does not have to pay any medical fees! Of course, if the insured member so wishes, he/she may receive treatment from any other non-contracted medical provider and, if
he/she chooses to do so, he/she will have to settle any bill and follow the normal procedure to claim their reimbursement. In-Patient Treatment in Cyprus or Abroad It is the company’s policy to pay all claims for in-patient treatment directly to the hospital or clinic in Cyprus or abroad, provided that the treatment is covered under the policy. In
this way Cosmos relieves its clients from the financial stress! In case of planned hospitalisation in Cyprus or abroad, the i insured person must notify the c company at least forty eight hours b before his/her admission to the an in case of emergency incident, hospital and the insured person must notify the company before his/her discharge from the hospital. In case of any medical incident occurring to an insured person while abroad on business or pleasure, he/she must call the International Assistance Organisation contracted with the company to receive the best possible service and assistance as well as the best possible hospitalisation care.
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Hearing aid How BUPA Cromwell expert warns Hospital can be of Cyprus public use to you to avoid overpaying DR George Panayiotou, a Cypriot-born USA qualified clinical audiologist, is warning against overpaying for Hearing Aids. Dr George was shocked by the lack of regulation and standards when returning to Cyprus to establish his Dr George Hearing Centres. “All sorts of people are dispensing hearing aids; many are unqualified and simply taking advantage of people who need professional help. I regularly get customers complaining that the hearing aids they bought elsewhere were unsuitable”. It is so important to obtain trustworthy advice from a qualified audiologist as clients often pay double the price due to being sold devices that are neither appropriate nor meet their needs. Dr George warns the public against ‘buy one get one free offer’ as buying a hearing aid is a more serious transaction than buying groceries.
It is so important to obtain trustworthy advice from a qualified audiologist as clients often pay double the price due to being sold devices that are neither appropriate nor meet their needs
Hearing aids are now smaller, easily operated and discreet. Hearing loss adversely impacts your quality of life but can be solved easily and without pain. Dr George’s team is trained to understand peoples’ fears and help customers find the best and least expensive solution. Obtain your FREE “Guide
to Buying Hearing Aids” from Dr George Hearing Centres or call 77776500 to have one mailed to you. Larnaca: Pavlou Valdaseridi 24, 6018, Nicosia: Armenias 28, 2003
BUPA is well known for its comprehensive and very useful Health Insurance services. BUPA International has been serving Cyprus for over 20 years through its General Agents, Nicos Rossos Ltd. During the last few years BUPA has also been providing valuable services in the hospital care field through BUPA Cromwell Hospital situated in Cromwell road, London. BCH covers expertise in over 70 specialities through 400 leading consultants. There are four specialist centres which provide a 24hour service: Surgery, Cardiac services, Oncology and Paediatrics. BCH provides the highest quality standards and has been accredited with ISO 9001:2000 for its Radiotherpy and Gamma Knife Departments. It is the first hospital to provide Consultant Nurse in Infection Control in 2009. It has implemented the WHO (World Health Organisation) Surgery Checklist. It is regulated and inspected by the CQC, also accredited in investor in People. At BCH the nurses’ visits to patients are hourly giving special comfort. There is a cancer counselling service by a qualified Counsellor Nurse who is very experienced in the field of counselling. The hospital offers all patients and their
families eight sessions free of charge. BUPA Cromwell uses the most advanced medical equipment available like UK’s first private “ambient” MRI scanner with ambient audiovisual technology, Brain Surgery without a single incision. The Philips Ingenia 1.5T MRI Scanner enables high image quality, faster scans and improved
regularly provided with Cromwell’s MEDISCENE Magazine free of charge which keeps them informed of developments and discoveries in the medical field. With Cromwell BUPA has created London’s most advanced Private Hospital. At Cromwell Hospital there is always a smile which makes patients feel at home. BUPA Cromwell Hospital
“With the new MRI’s improved workflow and higher image quality, combined with the ambient experience, we aim to achieve better diagnosis and care for patients,” workflow. “With the new MRI’s improved workflow and higher image quality, combined with the ambient experience, we aim to achieve better diagnosis and care for patients,” Clinical Director of Diagnostic Imaging Dr Mike King says. General Medical Practitioners in Cyprus are now
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has appointed Nicos Rossos Ltd as its General Representatives for Cyprus, who can be contacted by persons interested in making use of the hospital’s services. When you are confronted with a dilemma of deciding about a medical treatment or a choice of treatments or the treatment is not effective, it is advisable to seek a second opinion. This problem can now be facilitated by contacting BUPA Cromwell Hospital through Nicos Rossos Ltd.
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The contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to the health of the population By Jacqueline Anastassiades
I
NNOVATION in the pharmaceutical sector is a characteristic of medical progress in general and has contributed dramatically to increasing population survival and improving disease management. Innovation is present in all sectors of economic activity, but most frequently innovation is thriving in sectors of high R&D, such as that of pharmaceutical technology. An example of
pharmaceutical innovation could be the introduction of a new pharmaceutical substance or a new factor, with an innovative mode of action or a new pioneering pharmaceutical form which leads to additional benefits for the patient and for the health-care system as a whole. More than 90 per cent of new drugs are developed by the research pharmaceutical industry. Research and development of new drugs is a time-consuming process, which means a significant investment risk and cost, as it is associated wit with the research of a large number o of potentially beneficial molecules leading to the marketing of a medicinal product wi with optimum clinical efficie ciency and safety. It is es estimated that the intro introduction of a new phar pharmaceutical subst stance on the mark ket requires 10 to 1 15 years of research a and development, w whereas the average c cost of discovering a n new drug is approxim mately €1.3 billion. For a comprehensive evaluation of pharm pharmaceutical innovation ev every new treatment should be assessed on the followin following indicators: Clinica Clinical efficacy: Quan-
MetLife Alico: A leading international company in Cyprus MetLife Alico (American Life Insurance Company), an affiliate of MetLife Inc., since 1955, MetLife Alico has been offering effective coverage with flexible individual and group insurance programs in life, personal accident, health and pension plans sectors, successfully providing comprehensive protection to hundreds of thousands of people all over the country. By consistently applying the international standards MetLife Inc. has established and utilizing the extensive experience it has acquired on a local level, MetLife Alico is distinguished for its commitment to the real benefit of its policyholders. It provides innovative programs and services, which are not only adjusted to the policyholders’ actual insurance needs, but are also placed within the limits of their means, always with high added-value and the discretion to be able to adapt to developments emerging from the wider financial environment. MetLife Alico’s most valuable asset is its workforce (people) and this is why the Company constantly invests in the training and specialization of its people, so that they are always capable of working with responsibility, reliability and efficiency for benefit of the insureds. MetLife Alico has a longstanding position as a pioneer in the Cyprus insurance industry and has steadily gained the respect and trust of its insureds for the quality of its services and its substantial contribution to the development of private life insurance in Cyprus.
titative and qualitative improvement of patients’ lives and the possibility of better health care for specific patient groups Safety: Reduction of adverse events and, as a consequence, of mortality, morbidity and cost Ease of use-administration: Improvement in patient compliance with the treatment leading to higher efficacy Value for money: Saving healthcare system resources Improved patient quality of life: better physical, mental and social health, higher compliance with the treatment administration As a result, pharmaceutical innovation contributes significantly to the improvement of the health of the population, which in its turn achieves savings in terms of resources in health-care systems. Today, the majority of developed countries assess the data above, rewarding innovative treatments through pricing policies and reimbursement systems. How has pharmaceutical innovation contributed to the improvement of the health of the population and to savings in terms of health-care resources? Increased life-expectancy: Life-expectancy has increased by 10 years compared to 1960. In Germany, life expectancy increased by 1.4 years between 2001 and 2007. 32 per cent of this increase is due to the fact that new
medicines have replaced older ones. In Canada, new treatments have reduced mortality risk by 51 per cent. The introduction of new medicines is linearly associated with the reduction in mortality in the case of diseases such as AIDS, cardiovascular disorders, and cancer. Financial benefits from the introduction of new drugs One per cent reduction of cancer-related mortality worldwide is equivalent to €500 billion savings of resources One per cent increase in per capita pharmaceutical expenditure due to the introduction of new drugs is equivalent to a 3.7 per cent drop in per capita hospital costs In the USA, between the years 1991 and 2004 the introduction of new drugs led to an 18 per cent increase in per capita pharmaceutical expenditure, but also to a 71 per cent drop in per capita expenditure for other forms of health-care. In the USA it has been calculated that every 100 prescriptions for new drugs correspond to 16.3 fewer days of hospital admissions As a result of the above, scientists support that: Pharmaceutical innovation is self-financed, in other words the financial benefit that arises from the introduction of new drugs balances out and exceeds the addi-
An additional competitive advantage of MetLife Alico in Cyprus is the level of responsibility with which it manages its financial resources, but also its dedication to trustworthiness and reliability long term. MetLife Alico is the strategic partner that most of the leading Cypriot and international companies that operate in Cyprus prefer, particularly as it happens to be part of one of the biggest and most successful companies all over the world. MetLife: Leading International Life Insurance Company MetLife Inc. is one of the largest international life insurance companies, serving 90 million customers around the world. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The experience and know-how MetLife Inc. has been demonstrating for more than 140 years, make this company a global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, known for its financial strength, trustworthiness, social responsibility and quality of personnel.
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tional cost. It has been estimated that over the last years, the costbenefit ratio of innovation twice exceeds the GDP of the UK. Each extra year of life expectancy now corresponds to a four per cent increase of a country’s GDP Without new drugs, 29 per cent fewer people would be working today at a productive age. It is therefore obvious that any pharmaceutical policy planning should incorporate mechanisms and criteria compensating pharmaceutical innovation to help provide the most effective health care for the appropriate patient groups and achieve overall savings of resources in the health care system. The only way to help reduce health care costs and modernise the health care system is by rewarding innovation and applying good clinical practice. Any other policy which focuses exclusively on prices without taking into account the clinical and overall financial benefits of treatment leads to sub-optimal clinical practices and ends up being more expensive and counter-productive for the system, the health care professionals, the patients and society as a whole. •Jacqueline Anastassiades is the President of the Cyprus Association of Research and Development Pharmaceutical Companies (KEFEA)
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Money well spent? continued from page 21 A&E department, for trivial problems, and ‘misusing’ the system has increased dramatically over recent months. Anastasis said: “Many people come to the hospital for coughs and colds; this is not the purpose of the emergency department. This puts pressure on our resources and people must learn that the A&E is only for emergencies.” She pointed out: ‘It’s not just the visit itself; patients use other things - like the Xray department, ECGs, plasters and so on. This increases the costs - but no-one pays for it.” Anastasis said: “I think that everyone should be charged for a hospital visit - with the
‘In case of an accident or an urgent medical condition - substantial funds may be involved, this may create serious financial problems for many years in the future’ exception of ‘real’ emergencies, such as road accidents and other severe accidents, brain haemorrhages and so on.” She said: “I think a cost of around €10 a visit would be fair and help to recoup some of the costs.”
But this economic climate is exactly why people should take out private health insurance said Metlife Alico (which operated as Alico since 1955)’s Olympios. “It’s common sense, it is necessary for everyone to have health insurance especially during the difficult economic period. If none (health insurance) is in place and a stay in hospital is required, the problems will then become more severe for the patient and their families, as costs here are high. People shouldn’t cut back on health plans.” Olympios said: “We have numerous health plans available, but on average a family of four-comprising of two adults and two children could look to spend about €1,500 a year for a good healthcare plan.” Bupa’s Nicos Rossos agreed: “It is especially important in the current economic crisis for people to have medical insurance.
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“As has been pointed out, in case of an accident or an urgent medical condition - substantial funds may be involved, this may create serious financial problems for many years in the future.” “It really is advisable for people to take out a health plan. The cost of a Bupa plan is dependent on the age, the country of residency and the required cover of the individual, but it is well worth the outlay.” Olympios noted that in addition to the public purchasing necessary health insurance, the private sector also needs to bring their costs
down. “If the cost of private sector treatment continues to rise, then the cost of insurance premiums will also have to increase.” However Kritiotis said: “the prices of a private hospital’s services are determined (as in all other private business) by the relevant costs. Our studies have shown that the final cost of bed in the private sector is 1/4th of the real cost of bed in the public sector (if the same criteria were used to determine the government hospital’s prices). So this criticism is very unfair and
definitely not based on actual facts. “ While individuals are cutting back Olympios said many companies are now taking advantage of better priced policies - “this is now a much bigger and expanding market,” he said. Olympios warned that things could get tougher in Cyprus: “In Greece, figures show that as more people are out of work it is having an adverse psychological affect on them, and more people are becoming sick. We can expect similar results in Cyprus, which means more people, will need treatment.”
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worry: China, not Greece G Living within their means: Germans do not want their hardfought economic prowess jeopardised by what they regard as irresponsible, freespending neighbours
Woman of the people: Angela Merkel
leader of the party, who bears more than a passing resemblance to German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg. “The SPD runs faithfully after her and nods through her ideas... Merkel’s Europe policy is not questioned at all by anyone apart from us.”
kel’s success is ays herself as the German taxpayer, going along with deals and doing so te under duress’ Wagenknecht opposes the eurozone bailout because she says it has benefited bankers and the rich disproportionately and hurt the poor and the unemployed. But her party bumps along at around four per cent in polls, a result she blames on a prolonged
bout of in-fighting. Others say Germany is simply too prosperous for a hard-left party to flourish. Senior Social Democrats have a different problem: Merkel keeps adopting their best ideas. “She has stolen practically 80 per cent of our political programme,” muttered one well-connected SPD supporter, noting Merkel’s abrupt U-turn last year announcing an end to nuclear power. “She has no ideas or principles of her own and is only interested in power. She is destroying party politics in this country.” With so much consensus among the country’s political elite over the need for Germany to rescue less fortunate members of the eurozone, the harshest criticism of Merkel’s policy on Europe has come from outside parliament: the conservative media, members of the public and the country’s revered central bank, the Bundesbank. Moritz Schuller, who edits the opinion page for the capital’s daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, is among
those critical voices. “We are following an ideological project,” he said. “We sold the Greeks Mercedes cars and Bosch fridges which they bought with money they didn’t have.” “Now we are making the same mistakes with Greece that we made with East Germany during unification. We are pouring money into a system which doesn’t function.” “East Germany didn’t become an economic powerhouse because of our ‘Marshall Plan’. People left and went west in search of jobs instead. Compare that with Poland: they succeeded because they had 10 years of pain where they let companies go bust and joblessness rise, while they restructured.” Outside Germany, the most commonly heard complaint about the Chancellor is a different one: Merkel is too cautious and hesitant in her moves to solve the eurozone crisis. “Why can’t she show more leadership?” is a cry often heard in southern Europe or Brussels. Viewed from Berlin, things look different. “Translate ‘leadership’ into German and what do you get?” asked one senior politician here. “Fuehrung. People round here have learned that you have to be careful with Fuehrers”. The biggest risk on the horizon for Merkel is economic, rather than political. Germany’s economy is slowing down and the OECD predicts it faces a mild recession. Again, though, nobody expects a tough economic climate unless China catches a cold or another external ca-
Stay of execution: officials say Berlin has decided Greece will stay in the euro lamity occurs. The German Industry Federation has just surveyed its constituent members - operating at a healthy 84 per cent of capacity - and found none expects a sharp slowdown. But industrialists do worry about the yawning imbalances between the prosperous north of the eurozone and its debt-ridden, crisis-prone south. “A monetary union needs a minimum degree of homogeneity,” said one industrial leader. “If other countries don’t want a large tradeable sector with plenty of manufactured goods, the eurozone is not sustainable.” Southern Europe, he suggested, might want to try using its unwant-
ed properties built during the boom years for medical treatment, and develop an industry treating patients better and more cost-effectively than elsewhere. Others in Berlin worry about the eurozone’s endless ability to spring unpleasant surprises. “At the moment the bloc is like a group of skittles,” one senior government official said. “Some are unstable and there is a danger that one falls over and knocks others down with it. But we don’t know which one it will be. It could be the Greek skittle or the Italian one or the Spanish one. Or there could be a skittle flying in from the outside such as a Chinese one.”
But all in all, there are no major worries at home, where political stability, economic prosperity and one of the world’s highest standards of living survive largely intact, even as other parts of Europe teeter on the edge of the abyss. So with such a benign domestic political and economic landscape, is Germany celebrating? Unbridled joy does not come easily to the Berlin elite. “It is not true that we have no problems,” said one minister. “We are one of the fastest-ageing countries in the world and from 2020 onwards we face a difficult situation in this respect.” That’s a problem the Greeks can only dream of having.
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An alternative way of investing Many companies’ profits are now heavily influenced by their overseas operations The Agapinor Hotel in Paphos
Investment opportunity from Agapinor Hotel THE Agapinor Hotel & Shops Complex has launched a Special Guaranteed Capital Investment offer with a guaranteed Yield of 5.0 to 5.75 per cent paid annually for investors willing to offer a minimum five-year tie in. The company says it is “offering an attractive opportunity to investors wary of Cyprus’s main banks”. In an investment tie in for five years (60 calendar months) the yield guarantee is 5.0 per cent, for seven years (84 calendar months) it’s 5.5 per cent, ten years (120 calendar months) 5.75 per cent. Prepayment of yield will be made for investments exceeding seven years, the company said. The investment product will be delivered without any tax or statutory deductions and will carry a minimum investment of €55.000, it added. The principal capital investment will be returned intact at the maturity date of the investment period. “Investors will not have to worry about the reduction of their capital and will not suffer the loss that has recently occurred to investors in Cyprus’s main bank share prices or investments which the banks promoted to its customers,” it added. “This investment carries a guaranteed increase every year whereas bank shareholders have suffered 90-95
per cent reductions in investment values. Agapinor hotel and shops complex has been trading profitably for 13 years with fully audited accounts by KPMG International which are accessible to approved potential Investors, it said. “An exciting opportunity has arisen for further expansion of the deluxe hotel and shops complex. Approved plans to expand capacity to three extra floors will allow the business to meet the increased demand,” the company said. It said Ryanair and its strategic decision to use Paphos as a regional hub has led to an increased demand for the cost conscious traveller. The discovery of hydrocarbons has also projected an attractive intermediate future for Cyprus once the current fiscal and budgetary consolidation takes place, the company said. “The increasing demand from Russian tourists as well as improved visa terms for other third country nationals such as the Ukraine means that tourism to Paphos is poised to continue its impressive recovery,” it added. ! For more information contact: 99329000, 26933926 email: agapinor@cytanet. com.cy www.apapinorhotel.com.cy www.cyprushotelinvestments.com.cy
ONE OF the basic rules of successful investing is diversification. International investment is a well-established concept in investment management and most investors appreciate the opportunities for increased sources of return and risk management through diversification. Key areas of diversification within an asset class are sectors, currencies, styles, managers and last but certainly not least, geography – spreading your investments over different countries and regions. This has become more important over recent years as we have seen many emerging markets suffer less from the financial crisis than western ones. The growing middle classes and infrastructure expansion in developing countries can also present an investment opportunity. Historically, most investors approach international investing through regional ‘building blocks’, i.e. investing in different funds to achieve global diversification. Buying such funds, each one focused on one region, allows investors to benefit from the managers’ deep local market knowledge. This continues to work well, but over recent years investors have been benefiting from an alternative method of international investing: global funds. These funds have been designed to provide investors with access to specialist strategies and skills which extract value from global equity markets. Managers aim to identify the companies that will perform best in each industry (sector), irrespective of where it is based. The benefit of this wider opportunity set is that with increased globalisation, a
Managers can look at industries in their entirety company’s competitors are likely to be scattered across continents. With a global mandate, managers can look at industries in their entirety and compare companies to their competitors, wherever they may be. They can take advantage of cross-border mis-pricings. Nowadays many companies operate in many different regions as a result of improved technology and transportation, the lowering of international trade barriers and increased demand from developing nations. Many companies’ profits are now heavily influenced by overseas operations. Coca Cola, for example, is listed and headquartered in the US but it operates in 200 countries
and generates around 75 per cent of its revenue from overseas. Likewise Microsoft receives around two thirds of its revenue from abroad. As a result of this globalisation, over the last 15 years or so the factors driving individual stock returns have changed in relative importance. Sector effects have become more influential and country effects less so. A company’s position in its global industry is now as important, if not more important, than in its position in its local country. This is particularly relevant for industries like automobiles and resources but less so for locally focused industries such as retailing. Such global integration presents investors with an
Investment Bill Blevins Bill Blevins is Financial Correspondent at Blevins Franks International.
exciting opportunity. However these markets are complex - accounting standards and market practice are not consistent across countries so comparing companies can be challenging. Global managers also need to be sensitive to currency and local market sentiment issues. If you buy a global fund, you want the managers to be experienced in this field. The fund should be offered by a reputable investment firm with extensive manager research capabilities and which has been reviewing the managers in this field for some time. It is not a case of one being better than another. A UK fund manager, for example, will know the UK market better than a global manager and so may be able to find less well known companies to help boost returns. On the other hand, a global manager will benefit from his ability to invest in the best companies in the world. If you only wish to allocate a small portion of your portfolio to equities, you could consider investing in a world equity fund. However in most cases a global fund can be a valuable complement to a strategy using regional funds. In other words, an investor may benefit from a combination of global and regional funds in their equity portfolio. As always, your portfolio should be based specifically around your objectives, circumstances and risk tolerance and you should discuss your situation with a wealth management firm like Blevins Franks. ! To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
TEACHING POSTS The International School of Paphos seeks qualified teachers in the following areas: INFANT/PRIMARY SCHOOL Applicants for the posts must have a recognised university degree and be fluent in English. Prior experience will be considered an advantage but knowledge of the English National Curriculum is a necessary requirement. Please forward your c.v. with a cover letter to the Head of School:100 Aristotelous Savva Avenue, P.O.Box 62018, 8060 Paphos Tel.:+ 357- 26821700, Fax:+ 357-26942541, E-mail: info@isop-ed.org Web Page: www.paphosinternationalschool.com
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Business & Jobs
Still the fastest growing industry New sub-sectors include event and casino management, and sports tourism By Anna Farmaki “ C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S ” I said enthusiastically to a group of baffled hospitality and tourism students on the first day of class. “‘Congratulations on choosing to study hospitality and tourism. You’ve done well’. I could see a couple of faces lighting up, looking at me with satisfaction as I provided the reassuring statement. I know how young students feel, I was a student myself until recently and I remember when I embarked on my academic career I didn’t know what to study or whether my decision what the right one. It seems the pressure to choose right in terms of education is crucial in these financially-deprived days where unemployment is rising dramatically. And I truly believe what I had just told my students, they had chosen well. In an era when everything seems to fall apart due to the economic crisis, tourism remains the fastest growing industry in the world. With tourism arrivals increasing from 2010 to 2011 by 4.6 per cent, reaching a staggering 983 million international tourists and earning more than US$740 billion in revenue, the tourism industry has proven to be relatively resilient despite exogenous factors such as the economic crisis having a crippling effect on other industries. Currently tourism represents approximately 30 per cent of the world’s export of services and is regarded as a leading economic contribu-
tor making up 10.2 per cent of the world’s GNP. So it makes good sense that an increasing number of students are attracted to the tourism industry. With 10.6 per cent of the global workforce working in tourism and tourism related jobs, hospitality and tourism degrees have indeed become increasingly valued and highly employable. Despite these encouraging figures hospitality and tourism degrees are characterised by certain misconceptions. Many people wrongfully believe that hospitality and tourism studies are primarily vocational. This belief is far removed from reality though. As the tourism industry evolves and transforms, becoming more fragmented in nature, more fragile and susceptible to changing tourist tastes and environmental factors, an increasing number of hospitality and tourism degrees are being offered from a business perspective incorporating a high level of strategic management orientation. Hospitality and tourism studies have become highly academic in nature with abundant research being performed on a variety of topics related to planning and management and an increasing number of tourism researchers are publishing in prestigious business academic journals. Despite this management orientation hospitality and tourism studies differ from traditional business studies. Hospitality and tourism degrees offer a specialisation by allowing students to focus on an entire industry. This kind of specialisation
acquired by hospitality and tourism graduates is unique as it offers in-depth knowledge of a complicated, multi-layered industry that in many cases – if not in most – is the backbone of national economies. The complexity of the industry and its multifaceted character is reflected in hospitality and tourism curriculum, which draws from a variety of disciplines. It is exactly this multi-disciplinary nature of hospitality and tourism education that makes it an interesting field of study. Hospitality and tourism studies are based on several academic disciplines including sociology, economics, finance and management. This variety in curriculum allows a hospitality and tourism student to gain a spherical knowledge and develop interpersonal, organisational and problem-solving skills. This plethora of skills offer hospitality and tourism graduates the opportunity to perform several different jobs in the industry. A hospitality and tourism graduate can work in hotels, cruise ships, airlines, tour operating companies and destination tourism organisations by focusing on strategic planning and marketing. Growing sub-sectors of the industry which provides job opportunities include event management, casino management, sports tourism and conference tourism management. A crucial question that students deciding to enter a hospitality and tourism programme should make is where to study hospitality and tourism. With tourism being an in-
Cyprus is the perfect place to learn all about the tourism industry ternational activity, enjoyed in a global setting and with many educational institutions offering hospitality and tourism degrees across the world it is important to ensure that the country of choice for one’s studies provides students with an appropriate environment for applying theoretical aspects in a practical way. Studying tourism in primarily tourism-based economies is therefore not a bad idea! One traditional tourism destination ideal for studying hospitality and tourism is Cyprus. And there are several reasons to choose Cyprus as the destination for gaining hospitality and tourism education. Firstly, the country is a member of the European Union which means that the educational institutions on the island enjoy the support
of European research and funding councils. Colleges and universities in Cyprus are also forced to comply with the EU educational standards and employee distinguished academics. Moreover, Cyprus has a large number of quality hotels and resorts that allow students to practise their skills in a professional environment where English is widely spoken. The island is regarded by many as a perfect place of study as it enjoys a higher standard of living than its counterparts and it is relatively safe, with the local people being renowned for their hospitality. Another important factor is the structure and nature of the Cyprus tourism industry. As the Cyprus tourism product is being extended through special interest
tourism development hospitality and tourism students can gain and apply knowledge on various tourism forms including agrotourism, golf tourism, nature tourism, cultural tourism, business tourism and nautical tourism. And with continuous investments being undertaken on the island the future of Cyprus tourism seems promising. So, why not study hospitality and tourism in Cyprus? The decision should be an easy one to make. Or as my students say...’’the weather helps!’’ ! Dr Anna Farmaki is Course Leader, BA (Hons) Tourism and Hospitality Management, School of International Business and Management, University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UClan)
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Business & Jobs
Crisis shuts a third of shops in city centre In Athens businesses are boarded up GREECE’S deep recession has forced almost a third of businesses in the capital’s commercial district to close down as shrinking incomes and frequent strikes drive Athenians away. Tens of thousands of small businesses, which make up a big chunk of the struggling economy, have shut since Greece secured a 110-billion-euro bailout package in 2010 in exchange for promises of painful austerity measures. On the capital’s cobbled pedestrian shopping streets, long lines of shops are boarded shut while others have “Everything must go” signs plastered across their windows. Some arcades, once bustling with activity, are empty and enclosed by derelict buildings. In the city’s “commercial triangle”, where generations of merchants had run successful businesses a stone’s throw from the central Syntagma Square, an August census by retail lobby group ESEE found 31 per cent of shops had closed. That was up 13 per cent from August 2010, just months after the government secured the first of two multi-billion euro international rescue packages. The austerity measures and violent street protests against tax rises and salary cuts have cast a shadow over small businesses in
the city, with demonstrations alone costing them about four working hours a day, trade bodies have said. “There are no signs that this percentage will fall and this is very worrying,” said ESEE head Vassilis Korkidis, estimating that about 63,000 Greek businesses were at risk of closing down within the next year. He said 68,000 businesses in Greece had pulled down their shutters since the beginning of 2011, with most closures driven by high rents and a fall in the purchasing power of consumers due to wage and pension cuts. “It will be a very difficult winter - perhaps the toughest in the last three years,” Korkidis told Reuters. “Many businesses will not make it.” While business has slowed across the city, it is less evident in the wealthier suburbs where two of the capital’s biggest malls, home to many foreign designer brands, still attract shoppers. The study by ESEE also cited a difficulty getting funding from banks as one of the main reasons behind the closures. The number of shuttered shops on the capital’s busiest commercial streets, Panepistimiou and Stadiou, also hit a record high in August, reaching 34.7 per cent on Panepistimiou and 42 per cent on Akadimias, up 14 per cent in the last six months.
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Property
Lofty ideas Publisher, fashion director Caroline Issa fills her minimalist London loft with chic curiosities
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HANCES are when you hear the name Issa, you think of the London label made famous by Kate Middleton as she gushed about how pleased she was to be becoming a duchess. Those more au fait with planet fashion will know about the other Issa, Caroline (no relation), the front-row regular, fashion bloggers’ favourite, face of J Crew, and fashion director and publisher of the influential style bible Tank. As you might expect, Caroline’s Marylebone home is a stylish affair, reminiscent of a New York loft, with polished wood on the floors, concrete pillars, and in a location that’s just gritty enough, with the cacophony of Church Street Market in earshot and Alfies Antique Market a couple of minutes away. “If you’d asked me two years ago, I’d never have imagined living in a concrete loft - my previous flat was a tiny little shoebox off Marylebone High Street. But when I came in here, it felt like home,” says Caroline. The block is a former Second World War Spitfire engine factory, converted 15 years ago, and Caroline, 35, is only the second owner of the two-bedroom flat, where she lives alone. “The area is amazing. It’s a true London neighbour-
Open plan: the loft’s kitchen and (right) fashion among the foliage hood, a lovely cosmopolitan mix with a mosque around the corner attached to an art gallery.” There’s a dove-grey BoConcept sofa separating the open-plan living space, next to a polished white dining table that expands to seat ten, and a projector tucked above the sofa, meaning no ugly television spoiling the view. The space is not enormous but Caroline takes great care filling it, treating it like a chic game of Tetris. “It’s like my philosophy with buying
clothes: buy less, buy better.” Beyond fashion, Caroline’s other great passion is reading and a modular bookcase covers an entire wall. “It’s an amazing German system called Cubit, which you design yourself.” Stacked within the shelves, coffee-table tomes on Christian Lacroix and Rick Owens sit alongside vintage postcards and Diptyque (what else?) candles. Lest we forget that she’s in fashion, there’s a pair of ruby red Tom Ford stilettos in one com-
partment and a miniature pair of flaming 1950s-style Prada heels in another (Christmas tree ornaments picked up at the recent Prada exhibition in New York). “My work definitely informs the way I approach the décor - shoes in my bookcase! They’re beautiful, so why not?” Although she hails from Montreal, Caroline’s father is Lebanese Iranian and her mother is Chinese, and there are Eastern flourishes everywhere you look,
including an Oriental teapot with delicate gold gilding that stands out against the distressed wood surfaces of her open-plan kitchen, and jasmine, banana and orange trees (“Who wants a fir when you can have these fun plants?”). A huge floral still life by the late Spanish painter (and family friend) Manuel Duque is propped casually in the hallway. “Most people borrow DVDs; I borrow art. A lot of it belongs to my aunt, Rose Issa, who owns a gallery on Great Portland Street, dealing in contemporary and Middle Eastern art.” Caroline started out as a management consultant or, as she puts it, “a real business nerd”. Then a chance meeting with Tank’s founder, Masoud Golsorkhi in London led to an unexpected career change and a huge leap of faith into fashion. “The magazine was full of these wonderful creative people but nobody knew how to actually run the business. I had always been obsessed with Vogue and Harpers, so the opportunity to work at this independent, cool magazine and to try to bring my business skills into it was great. I can’t believe it’s now been ten years.” Independent, cool... she could just as easily be talking about herself - or her home.
All you need for the interior of your home
From wallpaper to accessories Ampersand has it all
ESTABLISHED in 2004, Ampersand interiors continues to be one of the most reliable fabric retailers in Paphos with many satisfied customers and testimonials to support it. Whether you are looking for interior curtain or upholstery fabrics or new covers for your garden furniture, Ampersand has thousands of fabrics to choose from with prices starting from as little as €10 per metre, and ranging up to high-end designer luxury collections – it is sure to have what you are looking for. If you are thinking of re-upholstering your old furniture it would be well worth going to see the large choice of upholstery fabrics in Ampersand, whether it is plain or prints you are trying to find, it is sure to have an option from over 90 books of suitable high-grade upholstery fabrics. Ampersand recently acquired exclusivity on all Romo fabric and wallpaper collections, Romo is one of the leading fabric design houses in the UK offering the most stunning designs with ranges of co-ordinating soft furnishings fabrics
and wallpapers to match. New foam fillers and covers can be made for existing garden furniture at very reasonable prices. Working with the largest awning manufacturer in Cyprus, Ampersand makes awnings in a wide choice of Teflon coated, water resistant fabrics which have a five-year warranty. Awnings can be with remote control or manual. Sails, vertical awnings and other shading solutions are also available. Ampersand also sells many other interior products including a large collection of stylish ceiling fans, over 100 wallpaper book collections, a beautiful range of table lamps, fabulous sofas, dining tables and occasional furniture, elegant wall art from Italy and many striking garden accessories including some of the nicest candle storm glass lanterns you will view anywhere in Cyprus. Another new exclusive are the Yankee candle and accessories collections. Yankee create some of the most wonderful scented candles in the world, while new releases include Sicilian lemon and pink
Dragon fruit, both almost good enough to eat! These scented candles last for many hours and with prices starting at just a few euros will make a perfect gift. Ampersand is holding a new season stock launch party on Saturday October 6, and is pleased to announce The Zingers choir has agreed to come along and sing to help raise as much money as possible for the cancer patients’ support group. On the same day a raffle will also be held with prizes donated by Ampersand and Wines of the World. Marion and Peter from Wines of the World will be running a bar where you will be able to sample just a few of the great wines they import and have the opportunity to talk with them about their wine club and the discounts they can offer to members. As usual, Ampersand will be providing some bites to help the wine go down. Special discounts of up to 50 per cent will be available on this day. Find Ampersand interiors on facebook or visit www.ampersandinteriors.eu
34 SUNDAY MAIL • September 30, 2012
Property LEGAL ISSUES WITH GEORGE COUCOUNIS
Compensation given for compulsory street-planning THE restriction of a compulsorily acquired immovable property through a streetplanning scheme results in the owner being deprived of his property and thus he suffers loss and damage, becoming lawfully entitled to claim reasonable and fair compensation. Such a restriction imposed by the law aims to serve the public benefit and therefore is legal. However, it does not give the right to the appropriate authority to refuse to pay reasonable compensation to the owner, alleging that the compulsorily acquired piece of land or a part thereof is the object of the compulsory streetplanning and thus, it has no value. The provisions of article 23 of the Constitution are relevant, protecting the right of every person to acquire, dispose and enjoy any movable and immovable property and his right of ownership to be respected. Serving a purpose of public benefit, such as the opening or widening of a street through compulsory acquisition or street-planning is a permissible and legitimate restriction; however the administration is under an obligation to pay reasonable and fair compensation for depriving the owner of his property. The obligation for the payment of compensation due to street-planning is regulated by the Streets and Buildings Law, which provides for giving the piece of land affected by the streetplanning scheme upon the issue of the building permit, but at the same time, it recognises the obligation of the administration to pay reasonable compensation. The aforesaid legal principles and that the contribution of a person to the public at large cannot be without any consideration were affirmed by the Supreme Court in a recent judgment, approving the judgment of the District Court to adjudicate compensation for the compulsorily acquired property being also the object of a pre-existing street-planning scheme. The District Court held that an owner of an immovable property which is compulsorily acquired and
is subject to restrictions by law, i.e. street-planning, thus the value of the property is reduced, is entitled to be compensated for the full value, since the compensation for the restrictions is added to the compensation for the compulsory acquisition. The case involved a municipality which compulsorily acquired a strip of land affected by the street-planning scheme for the widening of a road and the works were executed after the owners had given their consent for the said purpose. The Supreme Court interpreted the term “fair and reasonable compensation” to mean compensation must be equal to the loss suffered by the owner valued in money. It added that such restrictions relating to the streetplanning fall under the provisions of the law regarding compulsory acquisition. The value of the piece of land affected by the street-planning which is also affected by compulsory acquisition cannot be deducted, since the said value is payable and it is taken into account in assessing the full value. The Supreme Court said the owners by not opposing the street-planning scheme were not affected in their claim for compensation. Furthermore, it mentioned that the case related to compulsory acquisition and it was not an application for the payment of compensation for imposing street-planning; the reduction of the value of the property was obvious. The said piece of land came under the possession of the state through an order of compulsory acquisition and therefore its owners had to be compensated. They had a piece of land which, although a field not being used, was adjacent to a public road and therefore, the widening of the road did not add to its value. ! George Coucounis is a lawyer specialising in the Immovable Property Law, based in Larnaca, Tel: 24 818288, coucounis.law@cytanet.com.cy, www.coucounislaw.com
WHAT YOU GET FOR
Living beyond our means By Antonis Loizou FRICS THE economic downturn that has hit Cyprus is much of our own (our government’s) doing, and is starting to show its teeth in the spending power of the public. It is a fact that our standard of living will fall and the extent to which this will happen will depend on the Troika’s suggestions are adopted whether or not by the Cyprus economy. The level of unemployment is rising from the prior to recession figures of three to four per cent to 11 per cent and there are signs that this upward movement of unemployment will continue. Based on press reports, it seems government employee salaries will be reduced (be it scaled) by approximately ten to 15 per cent. Similarly banks and semi-governmental employees will see reductions of a similar level, whereas private practice employees have already had a reduction of 20 per cent (at least) in addition to those fired. Redundancy payments are not paid immediately but 16 to 18 months after dismissal, whereas unemployment benefits last only six months. Also press reports refer to increased retirement age (over 65 years) and a reduction in pensions.
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How much: €199,000 What you get: This three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Engomi, Nicosia comes with air conditioning and central heating. It also has mountain views. From: www.buysellcyprus.com, Tel: 26 200000
All these measures, coupled with the expected taxation of the provident funds, will help continue and increase the reduction of spending power. A chain of kebab houses whose average bill was €6/pitta, is closing down four of its 16 shops. Chinese products are under increased demand as are all sorts of low cost furniture stores, whereas slightly damaged (new) white goods are also noticing better business. Our favourite bar in Nicosia has complained to us that a bottle of whisky is now shared among more people than before, while the duration of stay has increased. On the other hand, petrol stations have not noted any appreciable decrease other than those who supply building firms. This negative climate for the future, makes spenders/consumers more careful, since basic costs remain more or less the same - electricity, telephone, water bills, rent etc. So even those who have not suffered are worried about the future, cutting down in spending as a precaution. These circumstances will have a major effect on real estate demand, which will make things worse. Nowadays it is not a matter of further price reductions but more of availability of demand.
So that we make you more depressed, the Troika’s conditions (as we understand them) will change the rules regarding non-performing loans (i.e. if instalments are not paid in three consequential instalments) and forced sales procedures which now take five to eight years will be effected within one to two. Bearing in mind the excess supply and the hundreds of properties which might be placed on the market under these forced sale conditions, you do appreciate what this means. There is little that we can do and we are all trapped in a vicious circle including the banks. The only good news is the improving tourist flow both in numbers and in income from the Russian and next year Ukrainian markets. The possibility of having open skies is another future positive possibility, as is the gas find. The Chinese market in terms of housing acquisition is another plus as is the new/amended visa for passport residence. ! Antonis Loizou & Associates Ltd – Real Estate Valuers & Estate Agents, www.aloizou.com.cy, ala-HQ@ aloizou.com.cy
Compiled by Natalie Hami
How much: €200,000 What you get: This two-bedroom, one-bathroom traditional village home in Dora, Limassol boasts stone flooring along with an open fireplace. From: www.kaimarconsulting.com, Tel: 25 318712
How much: €196,000 What you get: This two-bedroom, one-bathroom townhouse in Peyia, Paphos includes a common pool along with air conditioning. From: www.cyprusprop.com, Tel: 99 537985
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JOB WANTED HOUSEMAID IS LOOKING FOR A JOB in Nicosia living out. She is fluent in English and Greek. Has release paper. Call 99921528
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TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GREEK ORTHODOX: The European Union Parliament is pressuring the Turkish Government to restore Saint Sophia Cathedral from a museum into a Greek Orthodox Church. However the Parliament has set a requirement of 1,000,000 signatures on a petition before it makes this conversation a prerequisite for Turkey’s admission into the European Union. You are requested to cast your vote by logging on to a link at www.hagiasophiablog.com. This is an opportunity for each of you to have an impact on world events. Get as many Greek Orthodox, other Orthodox and Christian friends of yours to sign the petition and make history.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CYPRUS
WE BUY GOLD FOR CASH – BEST PRICES ON THE MARKET, in any condition, any carats. Call us for a quote tel: 99758048
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Friday October 5th. 09.30 – 12.30 C3A LIMASSOL: LEARNING THROUGHOUT LIFE If you have an interest in joining educational and recreational daytime groups, pop in to our exhibition: see what we have to offer and meet our group leaders. Annual membership €5 entitles you to join as many groups as you wish. Venue: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Centre, 117 Arch. Makarios Ave, Limassol (Near Debenhams Apollon) C3A Website: http://c3a.org/ PO Box 51922, 3509 Limassol.
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Larnaca Tuesday (Polish spk) 96616589 Thursday 24645523 / 99259264 Limassol Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday 25368265 / 99559322 Nicosia 99013596
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Details of meetings are available on www.aa-europe.net
PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSAL & karouna Reiki masseur, offering healing hands massage. Excellent result with patients who had consequences after heart attack, stroke, people who have been through an accident, suffering from stress. Balancing of all body energies. Call for your personal date. 99743032.
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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.
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PETS *************************** THREE LOVABLE KITTENS, ginger colour, 5 weeks old, looking for a home. Pls contact Tel. 99100572 (Limassol)
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MALE LABRADOR MIX, around 2,5 months. He is exceptionally clever and very playful once she gets used to her surroundings. 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.
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DOES SOMEONE ELSE’S DRINKING CAUSE YOU A PROBLEM? Al - Anon is for family and friends of those with a drinking problem. Call Nicosia 99 877205 for more information and details of meetings.
AUSTRIAN INGENEUR, 50 years, searching for a nice women. Mobile:00491726293462
Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049 AND GERMAN LESSONS: If you would like to learn one of these fascinating languages in a stimulating, friendly and interactive environment in Nicosia, contact us at ckoran@mc-med.eu.
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Meeting at the following locations/ days. Call to speak to an AA member. Ayia Napa Monday 97798043
Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141
HEALTH & FITNESS
Is drink costing you more than just money? AA could be the answer.
Paphos Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday 99916331 / 99399240
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Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385
MALE CHIHUAHUA CROSS, around 2,5 months. He is friendly dog and he is very very sweet and clever. He is looking for a forever home! 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.
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FOR SALE 2 BLACK ENGLISH COCKER girls almost 4 months old, with an excellent pedigree, fully vaccinated, microchip with registration number, lovely natured, DNA tested parents.Living with a family with kids, other dogs and a cat (350-500 euros). Also for sale a 6 months old golden boy, purebred without pedigree great for a family pet for 250 euro. For information look at www.costopa.net or call 99884578/22383983 Anna (Nicosia)
LESSONS BASIC OBEDIENCE dog training is carried out by a qualified trainer at the owner’s home, also training how the owner will be able to handle his dog. Lessons are taught by the trainer. For more details please phone 99516850 TIME FOR A CAREER CHANGE? Learn how to teach English! The London Teacher Training College is offering TEFL Certificate courses in Cyprus. For more information call now on 99839307.
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LEARN GREEK with the best at the Papantoniou Institute! Lessons starting in October! Small groups, competitive prices! Call now on 99821634.
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PRIVATE TUITION Experienced, UK-qualified teacher and tutor offers full or part-time private home tuition in Maths, English, the Sciences, Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. Tel 99318796. ENGLISH LESSONS with qualified teacher, €17 per lesson in student’s home. Nicosia. Contact Katerina 99710226
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GREEK AND TURKISH LESSONS: If you are tired of grammar-based classes and would like to learn one of these fascinating languages in a stimulating, friendly and interactive environment in Nicosia, contact us at ckoran@mc-med. eu.
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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
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COMPUTER ASSISTANCE. PC repairs &servicing. Fully qualified engineer over 35 years experience. Island wide coverage. Call Bill 99114617. email:bill@computass.comadmail
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IGOR is a male huskey cross, around 10 months. He is sweet natured and very friendly. He needs permanent or temporary foster home. He is looking for a forever home! 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.
FOUNDATION IN ART ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION& DESIGN. Drawing& Painting, beginners& improvers. (BTEC Visual Recording portfolio) Thursday 17.00–19.00 Art Architecture History; Time Line Journal Tuesday 17.00–19.00 IDC@ Herodotous Institute, 7Afroditis, 4620, Episkopi, Limassol 99409829 www.idclimassol.org info@idclimassol.org
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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
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PERFECT SMILE! Change your appearance in ONLY 24-48 hours in clinic in Bulgaria. We provide a big range of dental services such as teeth replacement, implants and so on. phone: +447532191661 phone: +35795122333 e-mail: flashsmile24@yahoo.com
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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
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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
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PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses. Special offers now available. For a quote call Rickys Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) rickyscleaningservices@gmail.com
Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982
classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 18 Employment Miscellaneous 18 Pets 18 Lessons 18 Health & Fitness 18 Personal 18 Services 18 For Sale Miscellaneous 19 For Sale Land/ Property Business 19 For Sale Motor vehicles 19 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 -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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KEEP YOUR HOME COOLER THIS SUMMER by having Windowfilm professionally fitted. Stops up to 86% of heat from entering your home! Windowfilm increases privacy, blocks harmful uv-rays which cause fading, reduces glare and saves energy costs on air-con. Also keeps your home warmer in winter. Call Ian on 99979671
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SECURITY SYSTEM Home/Office professional security systems at affordable prices catered for your needs, call now on 99841265 to arrange a free quotation in the Paphos area
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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
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FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS riding horse mare, 7 years old, euro 900 good home needed, Call: 99818479 – Paphos area
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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
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LAND FOR SALE: Paphos Area: Mesa Chorio: 596 m2, BD90%, €300.000L; Marathounta: 7693m2, BD20m2, €150.000; Simou: 5017m2, BD10%, €70.000; Stroumpi: 5853m2, BD10%, €150.000; Pegeia: 1942m2, BD10%, €300.000; Lysos: 6800m2, BD10%, €180.000; More properties available starting €10.000. 99632096/99588110 WWW.CYLANDIA.EU
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FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE classical Sheridan design dining table with 2 carving and 4 chairs plus a table insert. €350 or near offer. Call 99784961 SM58 CORDLESS MICROPHONE: euro 350, caged dog pen 4 m x 2 m enclosed with roof: euro 400, 600 x 600 wood burner fireplace: euro 400, home cinema projector: euro 200, 16 Hands experience
PLOTS FOR SALE:
Ayios Tychonas: 1000 sq.m. -1300 sq,m. .Walking distance to sea. Unobstructed sea view. From €350,000= Asgata: 560 sq. m.-900 sq. m. Beautiful place. From: €150,000= Paramytha: 550 sq. m.-760 sq. m. Green valley and Mountain views. . From €250,000= Foinikaria: 700 sq. m.- 1300 sq. m. Forest and Yermasoyia lake views. From €170,000= Theomaria e-mail: theomaria@
FOR SALE B.P./LAND cytanet.com.cy Tel:25372917, 99681422, 99624272, www. theomaria.com
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FLAT OR HOUSE TO RENT, 2-3 bedrooms, veranda/terrace or garden, prefer furnished, SW of Nicosia (in approx area Lakadamia to Kapedes and Kalo Chorio) alan.tye@birdlifecyprus.org.cy, 22455072, 99089083.
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PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA TO LET 2 bdrm flat in a quiet central part of Nicosia off Makarios Avenue, double-glazed windows, air-condition in every room, with fully equipped kitchen, and solar heater. Covered garage and storage space. More information and viewing tel. 22755110 or 99268353. TO LET Lykavitos, off Kallipoleos, 2-Bedr. 3rd floor corner flat. bright, 2 balconies, large, open plan lounge, kitchen with fitted oven-Hobs, 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 ap-
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pliances. €500pm. Tel 99494335
2 BEDROOM fully furnished flat for rent between Hilton & Debenams off Makarios Avenue near Cyprus University. Covered parking, A/C throughout, all white goods. C/H, internet, very nice furniture. 3rd floor small block in quiet residential road. Lykavitos area. Tel 99625761.
FOR RENT – three-bedroom flat in Lykavitos, Nicosia. Open plan fully-equipped kitchen and living area, two bathrooms, air conditioning and central heating. Big veranda. Near the town centre and University of Cyprus. Contact 99-721911 / 99-454141 FOR RENT OR SELL: 2 bedroom flat in Nikis Ave in Nicosia, 80 sq.m. Completely renovated, with electric appliances. Excellent for office or flat. 3 bedroom flat with electric appliances and some furniture in Nicosia near Central Bank, 140 sq.m. Completely renovated like new. Mob : 99 460 860
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LUXURY UPPER HOUSE 180 sq.m at Ayios Dometios. Furnished, 3 bedrooms, laundry room, w/m, s/h c/h, fully air-conditioned, 5 ceiling fans, walled kitchen, refregerator, curtains, panking place. Tel.99443412
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3 BEDROOM and 2 bedroom flats on ground floor for rent in Nicosia 5 minute walk from Hilton Hotel. Renovated, a/c parking place. Call 99610596
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VILLA LATSIA 900 sq.m. build in 6 donum inside pool lrg garden, Strovolos villa pool 330 sq.m. underfloor heating patio €2500 Latsia 5 bedr.pool f/f €2500, Acropolis modern flat 180 sq.m. €1100, 3 bedr., Mak/ssa modern flat wooden floors €1200 Upper house Archangelos f/f modern €1000 Costas Markides 22- 378898 / 99 464764, Reg. No. 487, E16
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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.
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FOR RENT STUDIO Nikis av. €430, Ag. Andreas €295, 1 bdrm Platy €480 furnished, Kennedy av. furnished €440, 2 bdrm Ag. Omolog-
TO LET NICOSIA ites €500 furnished, Lykavito furnished €600 Engomi near universities €540, Ag. Dometios ground floor with garden €600, 3 bdrm Strovolos €600, Acropolis €800, 4 bdrm Acropolis ground floor €800, Dasoupolis new independent house €1,200. POSPORIDES ESTATES REG. 338 99474839 99646822
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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, sepa-
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SUNDAY MAIL • September 30, 2012
TO LET NICOSIA rate 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. Available also if needed 1 bedr apartment in the basement with higher rent - ARCHANGELOS €1200 (H4AR0015-R), (photos in the website). 3. 3 bedr luxury fully renovated house+ separate maid’s room with shower and wc, ,sitting room/office space upstairs, parquet floor in bedrooms and marble downstairs, big kitchen with cooker and oven and breakfast area, big patio & on the back with tiles & covered parking in a quiet area close to Akropoli park and CYTA offices. Available in November - DASOUPOLIS €1300 (H4DAS0009-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
TO LET NICOSIA 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 which can be used as a bedroom/office, detached house, central heating, full a/c,3wc, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with all the electrical appliances, small garden and patio with bbq area, covered parking, near Apollonion hospital. – Makedonitissa €1200 (H4MAK0016-R), (photos in the website) 7. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, 330sq.m, central heating, full ac, 2 covered parking’s, big kitchen with sitting room and all expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, lighting fixtures, 2 bedrs with en suite shower and wc, main bathroom with jacuzzi,3rd bedroom with
TO LET NICOSIA only shower ,swimming pool with wooden deck around, covered patio with nice covered bbq area, opposite a green area in a very quiet area – Strovolos €2600 (H4ST10040-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 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 new luxury finished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with en-suite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room,
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garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parking’s, alarm system, pressure system, - Strovolos €2700 (H4STI0039-R), (Photos on 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. 5 bedr new luxury finished detached house with separate maid’s room, one of the bedrooms with shower and wc and can be used as guest room,4 wc, solid parquet floor all the house, separate family room with fire place, big sitting room, separate dining room, big kitchen with breakfast area, big outside patio with tiles and bbq area,2 covered parking, electrical appliances in the kitchen, in a very quiet neighbourhood close to CYBC station. Can be rented furnished or not. – Platy Aglantzias €3000 (H5PAG0001-R), (Photos on 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. 3 bedr luxury house, nicely modern furnished with big sitting and dining areas with bar, central heating, full a/c, big fitted kitchen with
TV room, office space, patio area with bbq, covered parking, 3wc, solid parquet floor in bedrooms and granite in the sitting areas, near the MEGA TV station – Archangelos €1300 (H3AR0002-R), (photos in the website). 15. 4 bedr luxury detached house with big basement with maid’s room with kitchen and big playroom area and 4 covered parkings. Big sitting and dining areas, fully equipped kitchen, 4wc, central heating, full a/c, swimming pool, garden with grass, patio with bbq, in a quiet area near the GSP stadium- LATSIA €2500 (H4LAT0009-R), (photos in the website). 16. 5 huge bedrooms luxury detached house(2 bedrooms downstairs+3 upstairs) all of them en suite with bathrooms, separate maid’s room, big sitting areas and big separate dining room, big kitchen, central heating, full a/c, extra sitting room upstairs, big swimming pool with cover, big covered patio around the pool and bbq area, covered parking, in a very quiet area near Alpha Mega supermarket. Price negotiable - ENGOMI €4000 (H5ENG0002-R), (photos in the website). 17. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/ maid’ s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven,6 wc, 2 covered parking’s, big yard with tiles and garden with grass, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near the CYBC ( RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Aglantzia €2000(H4AGZ0005-R), (photos
TO LET NICOSIA in the website). 18. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, small yard, bbq area, FULLY FURNISHED, off Costantinoupoleos street near French Ambassador residence – Strovolos €900 (H4STI0043-R), (photos in the website). 19. 4 bedr + 2 separate rooms with showers and wc (120sq.m) detached house with big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with dining area and family room with fire place, very big swimming pool with bbq area, covered patio, garden with grass, central heating in 4 zones, full a/c, 6wc, 5 covered parking’s, pressure system, opposite Apoel training field. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE END OF AUGUST – Archangellos €4000 (H4AR0007-R), (photos in the website). 20. 4 bedr luxury detached house, separate maid’s room, 600 sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 6 wc, 4 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas opening on to the garden, big kitchen with electrical appliances, built in 2 big plots of land with huge garden with grass, swimming pool, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega supermarket Engomi - €3700 (H4PA20005-R), (photos on the website). 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
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TO LET NICOSIA opposite a small park, recently renovated independent 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 €650 (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. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space, very big veranda 100sq.m with nice view and bbq area with bar, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 bathrooms, 2 storage rooms, covered parking, in a small building near Hilton park and Ippokration hospital – Engomi €1000 (A3ENG0023-R), (photos in the website). 6. 2 bedr Brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern building with storage heaters, full Daikin air conditions, electrical appliances in the kitchen, top quality double glazed windows with electrical shutters, 1 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 wc, big sitting and dining room, Very big covered veranda, pressure system, covered parking, big storage room, near Acropolis park – Dasoupolis €670 (A2DAS0028-R),
TO LET NICOSIA (photos in the website). 7. 3 bedr luxury penthouse apartment with solid parquet floor, 160sq.m+ big verandas, central heating independent, full a/c, false ceiling with spot lights, FULLY NICELY MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, covered parking, storage room, off Prodromou street. – STROVOLOS €1300 (A3ST10034-R), (photos in the website). 8. 1 bedr, fully furnished and equipped apartment, 50sq.m, 2 a/c for hot and cold, covered verandah, covered parking, ice view off Makarios Avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop – Nicosia Centre €460 (A1NIC0006-R), (photos in the website). 9.
3 Bdr apartment for rent, on the second floor -off Kallipoleos . Spacious living & dining room. Independent C/H, A/C, electrical appliances (Washing Machine, Dishwasher, Fridge, Cooker, Oven and 29” TV) store room, 2 balconies (4 reclining chairs, table), covered parking, 2 bathrooms - 1 en-suite. Very close to city center –LYKAVITOS- €680 (Price includes common expenses) (A3LYK0011-R), (photos in the website).
10. 3 bedr + office space renovated floor apartment with a/c for hot and cold, big sitting and dining room, separate big kitchen, FURNISHED with nice furniture, covered veranda with nice view, 2 covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood near Acropolis park – DASOUPOLI- €700 (A3DAS0020-R), (photos in the website). 11. 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
TO LET NICOSIA 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). 12. 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). 13. New luxury 2 bedr apartment with nice view, 100sq.m, big sitting & dining area, big separate kitchen with cooker and oven, big covered verandah, 2 wc, storage heaters, 2 a/c, electric shutters in the bedrooms, covered parking and storage room on the 11th floor of a small building with 6 flats only 200 meters for Akropolis park and opposite a small neighbourhood park – Dasoupolis €550 (A2DAS0001-R), (photos in the website). 14. 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). 15. 3 bedr spacious apartment, 150sq.m, central heating independent, 3a/c, big sitting room,2 bathrooms,2wc,covered veranda, in a small building with 2 flats only, covered parking, near Hilton Park hotel- ENGOMI - €750 (A3ENG0022-R), (photos
TO LET NICOSIA in the website). 16. 2 bedr luxury modern penthouse apartment 125sq.m +40sq.m veranda with very nice view and bbq area, solid parquet floor all the flat, fully modern furnished and equipped central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining areas, covered parking in a very quiet neighborhood in a dead end, off Athalassa Avenue near English School behind Stephanis Electronics – Strovolos €770 (A2ST10010-R), (photos in the website). 17. 3 bedr luxury apartment with cen-
TO LET NICOSIA tral heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, electrical appliances in the kitchen, off Makarios avenue near the centre – NICOSIA Centre €820 (A3NIC0025-R), (photos in the website). 18. 3 bedr luxury spacious floor apartment on the 4th floor of 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,
TO LET NICOSIA 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). 19. 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),
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TO LET NICOSIA (photos in the website). 20. 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 Stephanis near English School €800 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 21. 3 bedr, 3 years old luxury penthouse apartment with very nice unobstructed view, 150sq.m, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/ bathroom, nicely modern fully furnished, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered parking near Coca cola factory – AGIOS DOMETIOS - €900 (A3ADO0001-R), (photos in the website). 22. 4 bedr new luxury finished apartment, 160sq.m+35sq.m covered veranda, big sitting and dining room, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, Daikin air-conditions for hot and cold in all the rooms, 2 bedrs with en suite shower/wc, 4wc, 2 covered parking, in a small modern building off Makarios Avenue in a quiet neighbourhood – Nicosia Centre €1400 (A4NIC0001-R), (photos in the website). 23. 3 bedr new luxury finished penthouse floor apartment,240sq.m, big sitting and dining area(can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table),
TO LET NICOSIA big separate kitchen with cooker, oven, microwave, laundry room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, storage heaters, full a/c, blinds on all windows, pressure system, covered parking, big covered veranda, off Ifigenias street near Ministry of Education in a small building with 7 flats only. 1st OCTOBER AVAILABLE – ACROPOLIS - €1200 (A3ACS0019-R), (photos in the website). 24. 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 €590 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website). 25. 3 bedr luxury spacious 2 storey Penthouse apartment 220sq.m+ big covered veranda, SEPARATE MULTI USE ROOM 60SQ.M WITH BATHROOM on the top of the flat with 80sq.m veranda, central heating independent, full a/c, 4wc,big bathroom with Jacuzzi, big sitting and dining areas with solid parquet floor, separate kitchen with new silver, electrical appliances, 2 covered parking, big storage room, off Makrios avenue near Hilton and Debenhams – NICOSIA - €1500 (A3NIC0010-R), (photos in the website). 26. 3 bedr luxury spacious fully renovated apartment with separate central heating, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 3 wc, parquet floor all the flat, big sit-
TO LET NICOSIA ting and dining 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). 27. 2 bedr new luxury nicely modern furnished apartment ,central heating, 2 a/c, big covered veranda and covered parking in a quiet area behind the Municipal building – AGIOS DOMETIOS - €680 (A2ADO0004-R), (photos in the website). 28. 3 bedr new luxury finished PENTHOUSE apartment 150sq.m internal areas+120sq. verandas, solid parquet floor all the flat, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, big semi separate kitchen with electrical appliances, home cine ma with big screen, LCD tv, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood near CYTA, Laiki + Hellenik bank headquarters and French school. CAN BE RENTED ALSO expensive furnished for higher rent – Dasoupolis €1200 (A3DAS0019-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
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2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.
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LIMASSOL HOUSE FOR RENT fully furnished, A/C, 3 bedrooms, Naafi area, behind Debenhams Apollon €550pm, contact 99210647 99467689 A 2 BEDROOM furnished flat in Yermasoyia (close to Miramare Hotel) and 20 yds. from the beach It consist of 55sq meters of balcony, private access and swimming pool. €690/ month excluding water consumption, electricity and refuge collection. Mob: 96381524(cy) Mob(UK): 0044 7714400279
ACT’s summer production of The Rivals will now be performed on 26/28/29 September in the grounds of St Paul’s Cathedral, Byron Avenue, Nicosia. Performances start at 7.30pm prompt. Tickets are €15 - pls book early as seats are limited. Tel: 96 504284 or 99 924363 for ticket reservations. Don’t forget your coolbox for your picnic under the stars Or why not take advantage of the Get Fresh sandwiches and wraps which will be on sale during the interval along with wine, beer, soft drinks and coffee.
TO LET LIMASSOL BEAUTIFUL STONE HOUSE, two bedrooms, in Stroumbi is rented, nice garden, private swimming pool, fully furnished and has all the electrical goods (EUR500,00 monthly) House in Drynia is rented, fully furnished, all the electrical goods and jacuzzi (EUR400,00 monthly) 99319478, 26953324 ONE BEDROOM FULLY FURNISHED & EQUIPPED FLAT in small building in Omonia avenue, Limassol. Tel: 99 927068. GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year. Laminated parke floor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775
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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
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LARNACA 2 BED APT FOR RENT - off Dhekelia road , close to Palm beach hotel. Fully furnished with all amenities, heating and A/C. Very quiet and good area, must be seen €350.p/m. Tel 99593119 SPACIOUS two bedroom apartment (one en-suite) on Euro Lodge building Drousia Larnaca. It has a/c and c/h (under floor). Separate kitchen with oven and hob. Covered parking and storage room. Call Despina 99310015
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LARNACA FLATS TO LET Fully furnished, spacious 2 bedrooms in central Larnaca. Near Saint Lazaros Church, 4 minutes walk to Phinicoudes sea front. Small block 2 years old (6 apts) From €400 - to €500. Tel. 99388901
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FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully
TO LET LARNACA furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378
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PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590
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LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fullyfurnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, en-suite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789
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FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543
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1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground floor 2 bedroom apartment, overlooking pool. Beautifully furnished throughout. 350 Euros per calendar month. Larnaca District. Quote TLL884. Tel. (00357) 24815104 2. K.S.L LETTINGS – Properties Required for waiting Long Term Tenants. We desperately require 2/3 & 4 bedroom villa’s with private swimming pools for waiting tenants in the Larnaca District. Please call us for a free valuation. Tel.(00357) 24815104 3. K.S.L LETTINGS – largest range of properties. Over 200 rental properties in the Larnaca district at the most competitive rates! Flexible contracts available. Tel. (00357) 24815104 4. www.KSLlettings.com – Villa For Rent Fully furnished 3 bedroom Villa with a good-sized rear garden & Communal pool, located in the village of Oroklini. Call for further information quoting Ref. TLL1189. Tel. (00357) 24815104 CALL 24 815 104 TO ENQUIRE OR ARRANGE A VIEWING – NO OB-
Sharm el Sheikh Specials! Fancy a great value getaway for less? We have some of the best prices around for visiting this region. If you don’t see the dates you want, call us and we’ll create something just for you!
TO LET LARNACA LIGATION OR FEES. View our full range of over 200 properties by visiting www.KSLlettings.com updated daily. LANDLORDS ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY FOR FREE AND GET WORLD WIDE ADVERTISING – NO TENANT NO FEE !
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PAPHOS NEO CHORIO 2 bdrm villa, 3 bathrooms, private pool, fully furnished, heating, a/c, storage heaters, gas fireplace, fly screens, shutters, views to sea and Akamas, satellite, secluded yard and garage, electric gate. €650 per month. Call 99471875 for viewing on Friday afternoon and Saturday
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FLOWRON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD: PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS: PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG TERM RENTAL, PROPERTIES WANTED: FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED 1 Tombs King: 3 bed furnished apartment, cosy furniture, sat TV, walking distance to all local amenities, large outside veranda Ref: 1034 Price €375 2 Konia: 3 bedroom unfurnished town house with communal pool in nice residential area, near to all local amenities: Ref: 1027 Price €500 3 Anavargos: 3 bed part furnished extremely large apartment, walking distance to the General hospital, lift, quiet building: Ref: 1162 Price €400 4 Mesogi: 4 bed very large unfurnished villa with private pool, nice residential road, gardens, near amenities, pets welcomed: Ref: 783 Price €900 5 Secret Valley: Large villa fully furnished in modern style, lovely large gardens, Private pool, quiet residential area, near golf area: Ref: 1170 Price €1000 6 Mandria: 4 bedroom villas offered unfurnished in very nice location, walking distance to all amenities, garden, with Private pool, pets welcome Ref: 1174 Price €850 7 Tala: 3 bedroom villas offered unfurnished with private pool, stunning sea views, Great area near to all local amenities and the International school: Ref: 1165 Price €750 8 Sea Caves/Coral Bay: Luxury 4 Bed Modern furnished large villa with private pool, large gardens, closed garage, residential area: Ref: 1173 Price €1500 OFFICE: 120 MAKARIOS AVENUE, PAPHOS. OFFICE: 26600450 MOBILE: 97614070 Many properties available on WEB: www. flowron.com Email info@flowron. com
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All of our hotel breaks and cruises include return flights from Larnaca and transfers in resort, where applicable. We go the extra mile to provide excellent service before, during and after your holiday. Call us and see what difference we can make to you!
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Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal requires new Friends and Volunteers to help operate their Charity Shops in both Limassol and Larnaca. This is to help our large volunteer group to expand in the near future. Our aim is to open a Third Shop in the Limassol area due to popular demand. Please do not forget when clearing your wardrobes and cupboards to remember us. Shop hours Mon-Sat. 9.30 -12.30 Contact Anne 25632446 99269016
Tel: 70 000 970
LONG TERM RENTALS
1.CHLORAKAS 1 bed ground 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
TO LET ON THE BEACH STUDIO FLAT WITH SUPERB SEA VIEW Newly renovated, fully air-conditioned one bedroom flat, comprising open-plan living room, fully equipped kitchen, bathroom and veranda with direct sea view on the beach next to the Larnaca fishing harbour. Covered parking in gated garage. Long-term rental, furnished €650 or unfurnished €575/month.
Call 99441499, 99431873
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4. PEYIA Two lovely 2 bed town houses, fully furnished, communal pools, parking, from €425 pcm
TREMITHOUSA –beautifully presented Spacious 2 bed Townhouse ,private rear garden lovely comm Pool, Parking, sea views, must be seen - €400
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
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TREMITHOUSA immaculate, spacious, ground floor apartment of a prestigious detached property, U/F ,patio, parking, beautiful gardens, first to see will rent, bargain at €280
KISSONEGA-close to amenities, 2 bed Apts, comm. Pool, plenty of storage,balconies,parking, €300 TSADA - Secluded large 3 bed Detached House, U/F, A/C, master ensuite, large terrace and mountain views - €550 ALSO PROPERTIES WANTED For more information call Katherine: 99862922
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1. KATHIKAS AREA €450 a modern 2 bedroom, stone walled villa with sea views, large swimming pool and 650 sq metres garden. On a quiet cul de sac, available unfurnished or furnished. Solar panels and pressurised water system. A great villa in a
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fabulous village. Will accept pets.
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2. TREMITHOUSA €275 situated in a quiet cul de sac, this furnished modern 3 bedroom detached house with small garden is available, a/c throughout and satellite broadband. Offering fantastic views of the sea.
Peyia: 2 bed F/F town house, A/C, Nilesat, Communal Pool, €375 p/m REF: JAP2T221
3. TREMITHOUSA €250 luxury 2 bedroom maisonette. Fully furnished with modern furniture and satellite broadband. Modern furniture with new appliances. & A/c throughout. Good sea views. Located in a fabulous village. A must to see! 4. CENTRAL PAPHOS €250 modern 1 bedroom top floor apartment, opposite bowling, master with walk-in wardrobe. Fully furnished with all appliances. Lift to all floors. This complex offers a lovely communal pool area and security barrier entrance. Close to amenities, a great central location. Call Val on 99166563
PROPERTY TO RENT
Tombs Of The Kings: ground floor f/f apartment, 1 bedroom, A/C, BBQ area, centrally located €280 per month REF: JAP1A220 Anavargos: 3 Bed F/F Townhouse, comm pool, undercover parking. Close to hospital, schools, post office. Ideal for Limassol commuter. €500 per month REF: JAP3T133 Emba: 3 Bedroom U/F house, A/C,
TO LET PAPHOS white goods, communal pool €450 per month REF: JAP3V053 Peyia: 1 Bed traditional stonehouse, furnished, ideal for single person, village location close to shops and amenities €250 p/m Ref:JAP1H214 Tomb of the kings: 2 Bedroom f/f 1nd floor apartment, A/C, large communal pool. €500 per month. Close to all pubs, restaurants Macdonalds. On Royal Seacrest sought after position. REF:JAPHR009 Kissonerga: 2 Bed 1st floor apartment, f/f, a/c, large kitchen, comm pool, undercover parking, €350, Ref: JAP2A217
TO LET PAPHOS Peyia: 2 Bedroom, 2 bathroom, ground floor apartment, f/f, com pool, under cover parking, gym, shutters, a/c €350 per month. REF: JAP2A126 We urgently require properties in all areas for waiting clients. Property management only €25 per month. John Alice Properties TEL: 00357 99984681 WEB: www.johnaliceproperties.com
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TSADA – detached large house - 3 bed/ 1 bed downstairs + office separate kitchen, storage, u/f or f/f,
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TO LET PAPHOS c/h, mature garden, sea views – 450 euros. CHLORAKA – 3 bed villa – u/f, a/c, open fire, private pool, sea views, quiet location – 600 euros EMBA – 3 bed villa – u/f, a/c, open fire, private swimming pool, quiet location, parking, low mainetance garden – 600 euros MESOYI -3 bed detached house – u/f, spacious family home, enclosed garden, storage, quiet location – 450 euros FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 9977 4314 OR 9962 1875
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BRAND NEW APARTMENT block in the centre of Paphos (near Papantoniou supermarket) with fantastic views offers to rent, 2 bedroom apartment spanning the entire 3rd floor, unfurnished with a/con, and office for rent spanning the entire first floor, 130 sqm, both are offered at very reasonable rents, please call: Vasilis 99553624
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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
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FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands. com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus
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TO LET PAPHOS 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. 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. 2. CHLORAKA €800 spacious modern detached villa situated in lower Chloraka 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 drive to large landscaped garden with private pool. 3. MANDRIA €850 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. Fully enclosed low maintenance garden offering private pool. Available unfurnished to include white goods, blackout blinds, cur-
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION On May 21st, 2012 in accordance with Section 14.81.1 C of the Liberian Business Corporation ActDogonLtd (“Company”) with registration number C-37274 doing business at 9 Marikas Kotopouli Street, 3030 Limassol the shareholders have agreed to dissolve the Company. 1. All claims against the assets of the Company must be made in writing and include the claim amount, basis and origination date. 2. The deadline for submitting claims is 23rd November 2012 3. Any claims that are not received by the company prior to the date set forth above will not be recognized. 5. All claims and payments must be sent to P. O Box 53766, 3317 Limassol, Cyprus Dated: March 22nd, 2012. Camilla Strømstad Liquidation board
FOR SALE 3 BED TOWNHOUSE IN ANAVARGOS – PAPHOS (near General & Evangelismos Hospital)
Ground Floor: Large lounge with dining area, separate kitchen equipped with dishwasher, 2 Liebherr fridge/freezers. Miele electric stove and oven. Guest toilet. Front and back patios with white PVC shutters, green and white awnings. Parking on premises covered by roof. Stone built rear outhouse for storage, etc. Telephone and internet connection 1st Floor: 3 bedrooms, family bathroom with walk in shower, Miele washing machine & dryer, front and back balconies, white PVC shutters, green and white awning. Telephone and internet connection Roof: Satelite dish, 2.7 m, warm and hot water tanks with pressurized water system. Air conditioning in all rooms incl. the kitchen Title Deeds available Price : €270.000 – or nearest offer Contact: 99182394
TO LET PAPHOS tains, ceiling fans & log burner for those winter months. Immaculate condition. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Offers considered. 4. PEYIA €850 spacious detached 4 bedroom luxury villa, offering stunning sea views. Private pool enclosed garden, garage, basement for storage & separate utility room. Modern fitted kitchen with Miele kitchen appliances & granite worktops. Private drive. Available unfurnished. FANTASTIC PROPERTY! 5. KAMARES €850 luxury 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathroom detached villa with the most outstanding sea views. Furnished to a high standard with central heating & feature fireplace. flyscreens & shutters. Landscaped gardens offer privacy & private pool with wave machine. Large undercover storage area. Viewings highly recommended. 6. TALA €900 a charming detached 4 bedroom villa with character, situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area with breathtaking sea views. Spacious living rooms with central heating. Separate kitchen & dining room. Good sized garden offering private pool and stone built barbeque area. Undercover parking. 7. SEA CAVES €1500 a substantial 4 bedroom villa (315 sq metres) set in landscaped grounds of 1111 sq metres. Offering stunning sea views. Separate ground floor annex. Private drive to garage with automatic door. Outdoor area consists of large private pool, undercover stone built bar area and dining area, perfect for entertaining. a must to see! 8. TSADA €1700 fantastic 4 bedroom 4 bathroom villa offering breathtaking sea & mountain views from every aspect. Spacious living areas with central heating and real fireplace. Covered veranda leading to private pool with Jacuzzi and large stone built bbq area. Separate stor-
TO LET PAPHOS age rooms, utility room & garage. Available fully furnished. Tel: 97790883 offices: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos. net email: info@mrrent-paphos. net
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PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double bedrooms, master with 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 450.00 a month. 2 bed apartment same complex Euros 425.00 a month. 2. GEROSKIPOU 2 bed 1.5 bath furnished duplex apartment in quiet location with outstanding sea views. Open plan living area and dining area. Fully fitted kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 2 double bedrooms. Family bathroom. Balcony & covered parking. Comm pool. Rent includes free internet.Euros 430.00 a month. 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.
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.
TO LET PAPHOS 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. LOWER PEYIA – 3 bed 3bath unfurnished villa. Quiet location. Open plan living area,dining space. Fully fitted kitchen inc D/W. Utility room. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite shower. Stairs to 2 double bedrooms both with en-suite. Balconies and roof garden. Private pool and gardens. Off street parking. Euros 650.00 a month OVNO 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 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 verandas. Central location.Euros 750.00 per month or close offers. 8. POLEMI – 4 bed 2.5 bath massive unfurnished apartment with own entrance in large landscaped gardens. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space. Huge fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.4 double bedrooms. Master with ensuite bathroom. Family bathroom. Pretty landscaped gardens, shared pool and off street parking. Quiet rural property.. Euros 550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES AND VILLAS PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@ aol.com
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CHEMISTS NICOSIA SUNDAY 30/09/2012 D. Evangelou, 34E Metochiou St. Tel: 22774123, 22352123 (H) A. Pontou, 38A Eleftheria St, Anthoupolis. Tel: 22382550, 22384724 (H) H. Christofides, 43A Pericleous St, Strovolos. Tel: 22511351, 22319454 (H) C. Iacovides, 6C Crete St. Tel: 22752877, 22255058 (H) K. Georgiou. Tifa, 100 Kyrenia Ave, Platy. Tel: 22340340, 22514500 (H) LIMASSOL C. Pastellas, 88 Gladstone St. Tel: 25344040, 25727221 (H) A. Koupepas 37B Anikodomiseos Ayios Athanasios Tel: 25724545, 25322840 (H) Ari Terides, 181 Leontiou A Tel: 25340872, 25714469 (H) LARNACA V. Moyseos, PEO, Tel: 93 Ermou St., Tel: 24655312, 24626553 L. Papadopoulou, 143 Faneromenis St. Tel: 24654380, 24624699 (H) PAPHOS L. Chrisostomou (P.E.O. No. 2), 31B Danais St, Kato Paphos. Tel: 26964837, 26221624 (H) PARALIMNI R. Kefala, 111 1st April St. Tel: 23730116, 23821516 (H)
NICOSIA MONDAY 01/10/2012 L. P. Kyprianou, 102 Larnaca Ave, Anglanja. Tel: 22336095, 22435956 M. T. Kyprianou, 88B A. Avraamides St, Dasoupolis. Tel: 22490360, 22871775 (H) M. Mitsi, 18C Pindarou St, Ayios Antonios. Tel: 22750672, 22438434 (H) G. Pafitis, 42B Lykavitou Str., Engomi Tel: 22658161, 22429564 (H) LIMASSOL M. P. Kantonidou, Franklin Roosevelt St, Zakaki. Tel: 25390354, 25388448 (H) Y. Tooulia, 28 Nafpliou St. Tel: 25350829, 25715141 (H) Ch. Agamemnonos 131 Vas. Konstantinou Tel: 25870748, 25737455 LARNACA Despo Theodosis, Lordou Vyronos & Gladstonos 1, Tel. 24622522, 24720083 L. Lambrou, 32 Rafael Santi Tel. 24662044, 24342157 (H) PAPHOS P. Savvides, 61 E. Pallikarides St. Tel: 26933568, 26934034 (H) G. Makariou, 20 Neapoleos, Ave. Tel: 26936989, 26938949 (H) PARALIMNI P. Loizou, 150 Gr. Dighenis Ave. Tel: 23821368, 23823608 (H)
DOCTORS ON DUTY NICOSIA Pathologist 30/9/12: Costas Schizas, Tel: 22311077, 99606611 Urologist 01/10/12: Achilleas Corellis, Tel: 70007773, 99562642 Gynaeocologist: Christos Ppouris, Tel: 22469000, 99680488 Paediatric Surgeon: Eliana Eliadou, Tel: 99384324 LIMASSOL Pathologist: Christos Christodoulou, Tel.: 99454612, 25338618 Surgeon: Andreas Mallouris, Tel.: 25381725 Neuro-Surgeon: Michalakis Spirou, Tel: 99624939 Paediatric: Christalla Ioannou, Tel: 25253511, 99149635 Paediatric Surgeon: Yiannakis Koualis, Tel: 25731673, 25732256 Doctor: Maro Hadjikyriacou, Tel: 25341814, 25342003
TO LET PAPHOS 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 NICOSIA FOR SALE PENTHOUSE between Armenias Str and Hilton Hotel. 3 bedroom, main bedroom with shower, c/h, fireplace, large verandas. For more information please call: 99467596.
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Phinikaria: 8’ to L/ssol: a) 3 bedroomed house with swimming pool. Corner plot 500 sq.m. €250,000= Monagroulli: 6’ to L/ssol beach hotels. New 5 bedroom two storey villa. Plot 1000 sq. m. €350,000= Eptagonia: 18’ to L/ssol . a) 4 bedroom new bungalow. Plot 873 sq. m. €350,000= b) Cosy renovated stone built 3 bedroom village house. €180,000= Theomaria e-mail: theomaria@ cytanet.com.cy Tel:25372917, 99681422, 99624272, www.theomaria.com
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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
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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
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PAPHOS 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 STUDIO FOR SALE / long term rental, Tomb of the Kings area, close to Phuket restaurant, fully furnished, a/c, communal pool, 5 minutes walk to the beach & title deeds, €40.000 / €200 per month, tel : 96492502.
PROTARAS FOR SALE special offer, €79,000 first floor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941.
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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.
ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICE OF AUCTION CONTENTS OF A RETAIL FURNITURE SHOP ON SITE AUCTION AT SHOP @: ARCH MAKARIOU 100, GERISKIPOU (next to Thrassos Supermarket)
THE AUCTION HOUSE ARCH MAKARIOU ST NO:68 SHOP 1, GERISKIPOU TEL: 97857725 EMAIL: auctionhouse1@hotmail.com
SALE TO BE HELD ON: SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER VIEWING 9amSALE STARTS 11am VIEWING FOR THIS SALE : FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 10am - 4pm CATALOGUES AVAILABLE ON COME AND BID ON A DAY OF VIEWING AND SALE BARGAIN !! DAY. SALE TO INCLUDE: DINING TABLES / CHAIRS, DOUBLE & SINGLE BEDS, CABINETS, CHEST OF DRAWERS, DISPLAY CABINETS, COFFEE TABLES, UPHOLSTERED BAMBOO SOFAS & CHAIRS, SOFA BEDS, DRESSING TABLES, MODERN & CONTEMPORY & TRADITIONAL STYLES AND MUCH MUCH MORE ! APPROX 350 LOTS, ENQUIRIES: 97857725
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Motoring
Dream on, despite the nightmare THE Paris Motor Show has always been the stuff of dreams, and the 2012 edition features more than 100 new models - from tiny city runabouts like Opel’s Adam minicar to the gorgeous McLaren P1 supercar. It’s the supercars and concepts, of course, that catch the eye, but no matter how much glitz is on show, the fact remains that carmakers face an uncertain future, especially in the European market, which is
highly competitive – and at the moment not performing at all well. Experts speak of a recovery by 2015, but that is some way off, and the recovery is by no means guaranteed as more and more Eurozone countries sink towards the support mechanism. “Volume manufacturers need a market recovery the measures they’ve put in place like cost cutting and staff reductions won’t
be enough to return to an acceptable profitability if the market doesn’t bounce back,” says Stefano Aversa, co-president at consultancy AlixPartners. There’s a trend towards green mobility, and much interest in low-cost cars like the Adam and Dacia’s new Sandero, as motorists try to get value for their money. Several ‘green crossovers’ (a combination of SUVs and passenger cars)
make their first appearance in Paris, including the Mini Paceman, Chevrolet Trax and Volvo V40 Cross Country, but the emphasis on no-frills utility and the environment – thankfully for those who still like a bit of glamour – have not deterred the makers of high-performance models, so there’s still plenty for punters to dream about, even though motor industry executives may be having nightmares.
The gorgeous McLaren P1 supercar will be in Paris
World premiere of Lexus LF-CC concept car The two-seater convertible sports car represents focuses on performance, agility and driver involvement
All-new F-TYPE is revealed in Paris
Jaguar ‘returning to its heartland’ at Motor Show JAGUAR officially revealed the all-new F-TYPE at an exclusive event in the gardens of the Musée Rodin Museum ahead of the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The two-seater convertible sports car represents “a return to the company’s heartland”, focusing on performance, agility and driver involvement. The F-TYPE is a continuation of a sporting bloodline stretching back more than 75 years. Jaguar says it encompasses ‘some of the most beautiful, thrilling and desirable cars ever built’ – and many petrol heads will doubtless agree. Adrian Hallmark, Global Brand Director for Jaguar, said: “Jaguar is a founder member of the sports car segment with a rich sporting bloodline stretching over 75 years, and in the F-TYPE we’ve reignited that flame. The F-TYPE isn’t designed to be like anyone else’s sports car. It’s a Jaguar sports car – ultra-precise, powerful, sensual and, most of all, it feels alive.” The engineering ethos underpinning the F-TYPE is
centred on Jaguar’s industryleading expertise in the use of aluminium. Featuring the most advanced iteration of Jaguar’s acclaimed rigid and lightweight aluminium architecture to date, the F-TYPE has ideally balanced weight distribution that ‘allows its involving rear-wheel drive dynamics to be explored to the full’. To maximise the benefits of its advanced structure, the FTYPE features all-aluminium double wishbone front and rear suspension and a quickratio steering rack for ‘ultimate responsiveness’. The aluminium architecture has been optimised to provide the stiffest possible underpinnings for the suspension with rigidity gains of more than 30 per cent in key areas compared to any other Jaguar application. Three variants will be available at launch – F-TYPE, FTYPE S and F-TYPE V8 S. Each is distinguished by the power output of its supercharged petrol engine - with all engines featuring stop/ start technology to maximise efficiency.
A new 3.0-litre V6, developed from Jaguar’s highly acclaimed 5.0-litre V8, is available in either 340PS or 380PS variants, powering the F-TYPE and F-TYPE S respectively. The V6 models are joined by a newly developed member of Jaguar’s V8 engine family. Producing 495PS and a whopping 625Nm of torque in the F-TYPE V8 S model, it has an astonishing torque-toweight ratio of 375Nm/tonne, accelerates to 60mph in 4.2 seconds and on to an electronically limited top speed of 186mph (300km/h) while emitting 259g/km of CO2. The 380PS V6 F-TYPE S covers the 0-60mph sprint in 4.8 seconds and has an electronically limited top speed of 171mph (275km/h), with CO2 emissions of 213g/km. The 340PS V6 F-TYPE accelerates to 60mph in 5.1 seconds and on to an electronically limited top speed of 161mph (260km/h), while emitting just 209g/km of CO2. An active exhaust system, which is standard on the S and V8 S models, adds an-
other dimension of driverengagement. Valves in the exhaust system open under load from 3000rpm which allows the exhaust note to build to a thrilling crescendo at the redline. The focus on driver involvement and sporting performance in the F-TYPE is emphasised by the ‘one plus one’ layout of the asymmetric cabin. Taking inspiration from cockpits of fighter airplanes, the controls are ergonomically grouped by function. Further aeronautical inspiration can be found in the joystick-shaped SportShift selector controlling the eight-speed transmission. Ian Hoban, Vehicle Line Director, Jaguar said: “With the F-TYPE, the Jaguar engineering team focused on delivering greater dynamic driving reward than ever before. To make that a reality, every engineer has had very tough targets to hit: every one of those targets has been met and, in many cases, exceeded, making the F-TYPE a car that delivers precisely the key sporting attributes that we intended.”
LEXUS unveiled the LF-CC, a new mid-size coupe concept that ‘presents design and technology ideas that will influence future models’ at the Paris Motor Show. It follows on from the award-winning LF-LC 2+2 sports coupe concept which debuted at the Detroit show earlier this year as a more compact model with rear-wheel drive and full hybrid power. It shares design cues with the earlier show car and demonstrates how Lexus is using its concept studies to influence future production models, in this case cars for the compact executive car market – the D-segment. The LF-CC heralds the launch of a premium mid-size Lexus coupe in the near future which will ‘deliver a better driving experience and harness the potential of advanced technologies’. Not everyone may be enamoured of the new wide grille, described by Lexus as “the boldest interpretation yet of the spindle-shaped grille that has become a signature feature of new Lexus models”. Three-LED projector headlamp units are set in a narrow gap between the upper and lower wing surfaces and dispense with the conventional one-piece cover. Separate daytime running lights are integrated into the upper bumper surface.
POWERFUL ROAD PRESENCE The broad lower leading sections of the front wings are aerodynamically sculpted to manage the flow of air into the engine bay and front brakes, while at the same time ‘reinforcing the powerful road presence created by the frontal design’. The bodywork is stretched taut between the car’s front wings and rear quarters. The shape of the rear wings is less pronounced, reinforcing the concentration of vehicle weight over the driven wheels to gain maximum traction. An airflow regulating fin merges with the falling roofline in a prominent rear spoiler integrated in the boot lid, giving the vehicle distinctive coupe proportions. At the rear, characteristic Lexus L-shaped rear lamp clusters have a layered 3D design, and the lower, concave bumper incorporates a full width spoiler, which enhances rear-wheel traction. The LF-CC’s interior hints at the kind of progressive luxury that Lexus envisions for future cabin layouts, with further development of its HMI (human-machine interface) technology. The dashboard is divided into an upper Display Zone, with a multi-display screen positioned for at-a-glance viewing, and a lower Operation Zone, with a new-design shift lever and touch tracer display for remote control of a range of vehicle systems. This ‘zonal’ treatment puts the emphasis on a snug and focused driving environment. All the drive function controls are located immediately around the driver’s seat, “combining excellent ergonomics with advanced HMI technologies”.
The new mid-size coupe concept ‘presents design and technology ideas that will influence future models’
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Sport
Olympic icon Phelps eager to make splash as golfer ‘It’s probably one of hardest things I’ve ever done’ By Steve Keating
IN BRIEF
FOR almost 20 years, Michael Phelps was swim coach Bob Bowman’s project. But Phelps, who retired from swimming as the most decorated Olympian of all time after winning a record 22 medals including 18 golds, is now swing guru Hank Haney’s project as he turns his sights on becoming a top golfer. Phelps was on golf’s biggest stage this week taking part in a Ryder Cup celebrity event where he was outclassed by comedian George Lopez and singer/actor Justin Timberlake, underscoring the long road ahead if he is to realise a dream of teeing it up on the PGA Tour. “Even when I’m not swimming I tend to find water one way or another,” Phelps told Reuters on Thursday after watching two of his shots disappear into Lake Kadijah. Phelps insists that he plans to take golf as seriously as he approached swimming and will give fans a front row seat as he takes his first steps along that journey with Tiger Woods’ former coach on a golf reality show. Haney, who helped former world number one Woods win 31 PGA Tour events and six major championships, has previously worked with former NBA All-Star Charles Barkley, actor Ray Romano and singer Adam Levine. “I’m not saying I’m going to be on the tour, that’s not it,” said Phelps. “I enjoy doing this, I enjoy being outside. I have a kind of a plaque with the top 50 courses and I’m
Michael Phelps was on golf’s biggest stage this week taking part in a Ryder Cup celebrity event at Medinah just trying to mark everyone of them off. “There’s always the opportunity (to play on the PGA Tour one day). I’m someone who never rules anything out.” Bowman has said the moment he met a 10-year-old Phelps he knew he had discovered a once-in-a-lifetime swimmer every coach dreams about. While it is early in their partnership, Phelps says he sees many similarities between Bowman and Haney and expects to see the same results. Before the start of each season, Bowman would ask Phelps to write down his goals. They would never share that information with anyone and he has done the same with Haney. “They (Bowman and Haney) have so many similarities,” said Phelps, who
The Baltimore Bullet retired from swimming as the most decorated Olympian after winning a record 22 medals was kept busy on Thursday making appearances for his sponsor Omega and helping out with Ryder Cup opening ceremonies. “You can look at anybody
who is passionate about what they do and they want to see you succeed. That’s how it was with Bob, we worked very well together, we had our goals and it is
Wright sets up easy win for Pistorius to play alongside England against New Zealand elite in Dunhill Links pro-am LUKE Wright blasted 76 off 43 balls as England kept alive their title defence with a six-wicket victory against New Zealand in a World Twenty20 Super Eight match yesterday. Wright hit five massive sixes and an equal number of boundaries and added 89 runs for the third wicket with Eoin Morgan (30) as England reached their target of 149 with seven balls to spare. England paceman Steve Finn picked up three wickets for 16 runs as New Zealand were restricted to 148 for six after captain Ross Taylor won the toss and opted to bat first. Left-hander James Franklin (50) hit some lusty blows towards the end to prop up New Zealand.
‘Blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius, who has an 18-handicap, will play alongside several of the world’s best golfers at this week’s Dunhill Links pro-am event in Scotland. Last month the South African became the first double amputee to feature in an Olympic Games, and also won two gold medals and a silver in the London Paralympics thereafter. “It’s a real treat to play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,” Pistorius said on Friday. “I am a big golf fan and love the game. “I have never played St Andrews, Carnoustie or Kingsbarns before so playing them in a world-class event is a unique opportunity.”
the same thing with Hank. “This is essentially going to be learning to swim all over again.” Many athletes have tried to cross over from their sport of choice to golf with limited success. Tennis greats Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl, NHL Hall of Famers Mario Lemieux and Brett Hull and NFL star Jerry Rice all flirted with the idea of professional golf but fell short or lost interest. “It is probably one of hardest things I have ever done in my life,” said Phelps. “I have been able to pick everything else up pretty easily and this is something that is going to take a lot of time. “I have been in the pool for 20 years and been able to do everything I wanted to do and this is the sort of the next competitive thing I am going to be doing.”
Seven years later, player gets second chance By Gene Cherry A CHICAGO Cubs rookie who was hit in the head by a pitch seven years ago and never played another Major League Baseball game will receive a second chance. Adam Greenberg will sign a one-day contract with the Miami Marlins and be guaranteed one at-bat in Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets, Marlins president David Samson told NBC’s Today Show on Thursday. Greenberg, now 31, was hit in the back of the head by a 92 miles per hour fastball in his first plate appearance as a Cub in July 2005. Helped off the field and hospitalised, he never returned to the major leagues after that ninth inning pinch-hit appearance against the Marlins. No other player has ever had his big league career end on the first pitch, according to Major League Baseball’s website. Greenberg has since dealt with post-concussion syndrome, dizziness, severe headaches, double vision and nausea. His major league dream seemingly gone, Greenberg has kept his baseball aspirations alive with appearances with several minor league teams and most recently with the Israeli team in qualifying competition for the World Baseball Classic where he drew a walk in his only appearance. “He has earned this chance as his love and passion for the game never diminished, despite his career tragically being cut short,” Marlins owner Jeffrey Lori said. “I look forward to seeing Adam step up to the plate and realising his comeback dream next Tuesday night.” Greenberg said he would be ready. “It doesn’t matter if I get a hit or I don’t, this has already been a success,” the Connecticut resident said. “Life is going to throw you curve balls or fastball in the back of your head,” Greenberg said. “I got hit by one of them. It knocked me down. I could have stayed there. I had a choice. I could have said, ‘Poor me, and this is horrible.’ But I chose to get up and get back in the box.”
Baghdatis returns to tennis at Japan Open MARCOS Baghdatis has been drawn to take on a qualifier in the opening round of the ATP World Tour 500 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, beginning tomorrow in the Japanese capital. The 27-year-old Cypriot, who is expected to fall below the Top 50 ranked players at the South African Airways ATP Rankings before his first match in Tokyo, holds a 27-21 record this season. This will be his first tournament appearance since he lost to Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the second round of the US Open more than a month ago.
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Sport
Hamilton stresses his commitment despite decision
Tiger benched after twin defeats
Has vowed no quarter will be given in his pursuit of this season’s F1 world title By Ian Parkes LEWIS Hamilton has vowed no quarter will be given in his pursuit of this season’s Formula One world title despite on Friday announcing his defection to Mercedes. Hamilton is to end his 14-year association with McLaren at the end of this season, joining Mercedes on a three-year deal worth £15million per year. The move now draws into question his dedication to McLaren for the rest of the campaign, which has six races remaining, starting in Japan next Sunday. But although trailing Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso by 52 points with 150 still up for grabs, Hamilton said: “In terms of the championship, there’s nothing to really be gained by analysing the points tables. “From now on, it’s simply gloves-off. As in Singapore, I’ll come out fighting, and I’ll just be hoping for a better result next weekend.” That follows Hamilton’s retirement at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on lap 23 with a gearbox failure when comfortably leading the race, denying him what would have been a third victory in four grands prix.
That, though, had no bearing on his decision to leave McLaren, with Hamilton telephoning team principal Martin Whitmarsh on Wednesday to deliver his answer after being set a final deadline. Despite being given a decision he did not want to hear, Whitmarsh has no doubt about Hamilton’s commitment to the McLaren cause over the final two months.
‘HE WANTS TO WIN’ “He’s told me he is,” said Whitmarsh when questioned on the matter. “Clearly there will be cause to be distracted in the next days and few weeks, and we’ve got to try and protect him from that. “If I know Lewis he wants to win this year’s world championship, he wants to win the remaining six races. “He’s assured me he’s a McLaren man for the rest of this year and that he’s going to be completely focused on winning. “So we are going to try and create as much protection for him and the environment in which he can do that.” In all likelihood Hamilton
will leave McLaren with just one title to his name in six years of F1 with the team, seemingly an unjust return given his talent and the team’s resources. Nevertheless, Hamilton appreciates the chance afforded to him, and the effort put in for him by McLaren over the years. “I have been incredibly fortunate to have been part of McLaren and Mercedes since I was 13 years old - I even remember signing my first contract with them,” said Hamilton. “I will be forever grateful for the opportunity they have given me and for their support throughout the years. “I have had the pleasure of working with a fantastic team of genuine people and would like to thank them for their hard work and support.” Hamilton replaces Michael Schumacher at Mercedes, with the seven-times champion poised to retire for a second time. However, there are rumours Schumacher could take up Sergio Perez’s seat at Sauber in light of the Mexican moving to McLaren, or there may even be an ‘upstairs’ role for the 43-year-old at Mercedes.
Hamilton (above) replaces Schumacher at Mercedes, with the seven times champion poised to retire a second time
Petrova stuns Radwanska to capture Tokyo title
It was Petrova’s second title of the year, after winning a Wimbledon warm-up event in Den Bosch
RUSSIA’S Nadia Petrova upset defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0 1-6 6-3 in the Pan Pacific Open final yesterday to complete a sensational run at the Tokyo tournament. It was the 30-year-old’s second title of the year after winning a Wimbledon warm-up event in Den Bosch, the 12th and also most prestigious of her career. “The first and third sets were perfect tennis from my side,” Petrova told reporters after winning the WTA premier five event, which featured nine of the world’s top 10 women. “It’s the biggest tournament I’ve ever won,” added the Russian, who is set to rise from 18th in the world to 14th. “I never expected I would be in this position. It feels amazing.” Petrova inflicted the dreaded ‘bagel’ on third seed Radwanska in the first set, taking it with a blistering ace down the middle to rub salt in the wounds. The Pole quickly turned the tables, but Petrova produced some superb tennis in the decider, closing out proceedings with a drive volley before sinking to her knees in delight. Petrova, who beat top 10 players Sara Errani and Samantha Stosur on her way to the final, enjoyed her best season in 2006 when she won five tournaments. Winning the $2.16 million hardcourt event earned Petrova $385,000. Radwanska, close to tears during her post-match speech, was left to rue two double-faults in a row which cost her the eighth game of the third set, and ultimately the match. “I was pissed,” said Radwanska, who furiously smashed her racquet on the court after gift-wrapping Petrova a 5-3 lead in the decider. “It’s always emotional in a final. It was a weird match, like a rollercoaster. That’s women’s tennis. You never know what is going to happen so you have to fight until the end.”
TIGER Woods was yesterday sitting out a session for the first time in his Ryder Cup career, but could have no complaints following a performance the former world number one admitted was “awful”. Woods sprayed the ball all over a Medinah course upon which he won two of his 14 major championships as he and Steve Stricker lost 2&1 in Friday’s foursomes to Ian Poulter and Justin Rose. And although he improved markedly in the fourballs to almost snatch half a point from an inspired Nicolas Colsaerts and Lee Westwood, two opening-day defeats for the fourth time in seven Ryder Cup appearances meant Davis Love became the first US captain to bench Woods in either the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. Love, whose side still took a 5-3 lead into yesterday after winning the fourballs 3-1, said: “We just felt like we didn’t want anybody to have to play five matches on this golf course. It’s a big, long golf course. It’s tough. “We just don’t want guys to be worn out. We need Tiger and Steve in the afternoon. We need Tiger and Steve on Sunday. There’s so much that goes into this week and I saw it Monday night and Tuesday night. Our guys were out of the team room and in bed. “The first thing they asked me when we got done playing or practising is, ‘When can we go home?’ “I think Tiger needs a rest, Steve needs a rest, I need a rest, and it’s a team effort.”
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West Ham’s McDonald backs Green to fight for a QPR spot WEST Ham assistant manager Neil McDonald is surprised his team will not be coming up against former charge Rob Green in tomorrow’s trip to QPR but backed the goalkeeper to work his way back into Mark Hughes’ plans. The 32-year-old spent six years with the Hammers before leaving this summer to join the west Londoners at the end of his contract. Green started QPR’s opening four games but, after a few shaky performances, lost his place to Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar, who has been an ever-present since the home draw with Chelsea. The Brazilian is set to start once more against West Ham in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League encounter - a game in which McDonald had expected to face the goalkeeper that helped his side to promotion last season. “Yes, of course (I am surprised) because it is early up in the season,” Sam Allardyce’s assistant said yesterday. “The two games I have seen them against Spurs and Reading they had Cesar, who seems to be a really, really good goalkeeper even though he let a few in. “He has made a couple of good saves and he looks com-
QPR keeper Green (above) lost his place to Cesar after a few shaky performances fortable when it is passed back to him. “It is disappointing for Rob, of course. He was here for a few years and he will fight for his place, no doubt.
“He is very good. He got us promoted last season and his contribution was very, very big, but he wanted to move onto pastures new. “It hasn’t worked out so far for him but, as with all players that are not in the team, he will have to work hard and keep on banging on the manager’s door saying ‘I’m ready, I’m ready’ and wait for his chance. I am sure he will do it. “He has moved onto a new club and he has got a fight on his hands to get his place back and I wish him all the best with that.” QPR head into the match with just one win this season against League One side Walsall in the Capital One Cup. They - like West Ham - were knocked out of the competition this week after failing to deal with the physicality of Reading’s front line in a 3-2 defeat at Loftus Road. Hughes’ side will be expecting a similar test when West Ham come to town, although they will not have to deal with Andy Carroll as he is still missing with a hamstring injury. “He has been progressing really, really well,” McDonald said of the England international. “The game on Monday might just come a little bit too early for him.”
Bracing play: Aston Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor (right) impressed with two goals during his side’s clash against City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Tuesday
‘I pick on merit, not price tag’ No favourites for Villa boss ahead of derby By John Curtis ASTON Villa boss Paul Lambert insists he has no favourites and price tags will count for nothing when he selects his side for today’s Barclays Premier League derby with visiting West Brom. Lambert has welcome competition for places after Villa achieved a shock 4-2 win over Manchester City in the midweek Capital One Cup tie at the Etihad Stadium. Gabriel Agbonlahor impressed with two goals after recovering from knee ligament damage suffered during the pre-season tour of the United States. He now will challenge the likes of £18million record signing Darren Bent and recent £7million arrival Christian Benteke to face the Baggies, although Lambert believes all three can play together. Lambert said: “I’ll decide tomorrow (who will play) when I know who’s fit. Everyone’s in same boat, I don’t have any favourites. I have a group of players whom I trust, no matter who I play. “It doesn’t matter to me who’s worth what. It’s about who performs on a given day or is performing. The team is more important than any individual. “That’s always the case and we have to get a winning team. “I hear the Ryder Cup lads talking at the moment, and they’re not individuals, they’re a team, they want to
Lambert has welcomed competition for places win. Football’s exactly the same. You win as a team, you lose as a team. “You try to generate competition for everybody, not just among the strikers, but among the midfielders, even on the bench. “You have to create that vibe that, if you don’t perform, then there’s somebody there. That’s the only way you can get the best out of people. “As long as they stick together, because everybody will get used, then if they buy into that you won’t go far wrong.” Lambert is looking to 25year-old Agbonlahor to “drive his career forward” after his return to action and the end of a 17-game run without a goal. He said: “Gabby’s at an age now where he’s not a young pro and not an elder statesman.
“He’s a great stage to really kick on and drive his career forward. “Gabby has got the potential to do it, no question about it, and Tuesday night at Manchester City proved it’s there in abundance. “He was a bit unfortunate at the beginning when he got injured in pre-season. But the few games I’ve seen him in, he’s been an absolute handful. “It’s sustaining that that is probably the secret, which will enable him to drag his career on, and will probably be of benefit to ourselves. “Ultimately players have got to go and do the business. That’s why they’re the most important people in the game, them and those who come and pay to watch. “I don’t think his confidence is going to be much higher than what it is now.” Lambert knows from his days as Norwich boss how hard it can be to stop a striker of Agbonlahor’s pace. He said: “I think pace anywhere on the pitch is an asset and he’s got it in abundance, whether he comes in from the left or he’s through the middle or whatever. Pace is an asset in the game. “Once he gets that head down and the ball in front of him, there’s not too many who will stop him. “I came here with Norwich last season and Kyle Naughton [playing at full-back for Norwich that day] is no slouch and Gabby that day was really powerful.”
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Suarez powers Reds’ first League win of the season Sahin and Gerrard also contribute to Norwich woe Norwich 2 Liverpool 5 By Paul Hirst LUIS Suarez scored his second hat-trick at Carrow Road in the space of five months as Liverpool crushed a sorry Norwich to record their first Barclays Premier League win under Brendan Rodgers. Suarez scored a memorable treble on his last visit to Carrow in April and he took just 67 seconds to open his account in Norfolk this season, scoring from the edge of the box to make it 1-0. He then capitalised on a terrible mistake by Michael Turner to make it 2-0, before laying on Nuri Sahin, who made it 3-0 just after the break. The former Ajax Amsterdam forward then took his tally for the season to six when he curled home from the edge of the box and Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool’s fifth after Steve Morison had pulled one back for Norwich. Substitute Grant Holt overpowered his marker to score another consolation for Norwich with three minutes to go, but to no avail as the home fans booed their team off following a poor display. A lot had been made of Liverpool’s poor start to the season under Rodgers before yesterday’s game, but teenage trio Raheem Sterling, Suso and Andre Wisdom all performed
Suarez scored a memorable treble on his last visit to Carrow Road in April, and he took just 67 seconds to open his account in Norfolk yesterday brilliantly, and Sahin proved the perfect foil to Suarez’s penetrating runs through the Norwich defence. They played with fluency, pace and brutal finishing that will give Rodgers hope he can deliver success at Anfield during his first term in charge. With just over a minute on the clock, Glen Johnson’s through-ball was cleared only as far as Suarez and he drove home from 18 yards.
Daniel Agger headed over a free-kick as Liverpool searched for a quick second, but Norwich then stormed forward through Simeon Jackson, who drew a top-drawer reaction save from Pepe Reina at his near post. Sterling then knocked Suarez’s pin-point ball across the box but Norwich cleared just before the unmarked Sahin could pull the trigger. Then in the 23rd minute Sua-
Dzeko clinches late City win over Fulham Fulham 1 Manchester City 2 EDIN Dzeko came off the bench to secure Manchester City a last-gasp victory at Fulham yesterday afternoon and save his manager Roberto Mancini’s blushes a day after he proclaimed City would retain the Premier League crown. The Italian yesterday revealed his side would overcome an indifferent start and secure the title they won in such incredible circumstances back in May. Such fighting talk came after a poor run of form that looked as if it would be extended yesterday in west London as Fulham maintained parity heading into the closing stages. Mancini’s side fell behind to a Mladen Petric penalty after
Dzeko came off the bench yesterday to seal a lastgasp victory for City
10 minutes but levelled two minutes before break through Sergio Aguero. The Argentina international tucked home after a superb save by Mark Schwarzer, who would be beaten again at the death by Dzeko. The Bosnia international had been on the pitch for less than two minutes when he capitalised on a poor clearing header by John Arne Riise and lashed home to secure victory. The hosts were unable to call upon talisman Dimitar Berbatov for yesterday’s game after he pulled up with an injury in training this week. Petric played in his place and was one of two changes made by manager Martin Jol, while there were only three survivors from the City team that fell to a 4-2 extra-time defeat at home to Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup.
rez raced through after a long ball over the top and broke in to the box. Just as the forward was about to shoot Leon Barnett barged in to the back of the Uruguayan and brought an elbow down on his shoulder, but referee Mike Jones waved play on despite the pleas of the Reds players, who were infuriated at the decision. Suarez was involved in the action again minutes later
when he played Gerrard through with a wonderful 40yard pass, but John Ruddy palmed the skipper’s header away from close range. Jackson blazed over a good chance to put Norwich back in the game and Suarez made the hosts pay. Barely 30 seconds after shooting wide while one on one with Ruddy, the Uruguayan pinched the ball off a lazy Turner, nutmegged the defender and slotted home from 12 yards. After half-time, Chris Hughton brought on Holt and the Canaries started playing much better. Hughton’s team should have pulled one back in the 46th minute when Jackson fired across the box with a volley but the ball cannoned off Robert Snodgrass’ knee and flew over the bar from barely two yards. Suarez then came in off the flank and unselfishly squared to Sahin, who made it 3-0. Andrew Surman blazed a terrible shot wide and almost predictably Liverpool went down the other end and scored. Norwich foolishly stood off Suarez and he curled a brilliant shot wide of the outstretched Ruddy to complete his hat-trick. The Canaries restored some pride soon after when Reina spilled Russell Martin’s shot in to the path of Morison and he calmly swept home. Sterling thereafter took advantage of a slip by Javier Garrido to square for Gerrard, who scored thanks to a big deflection off Barnett that wrong-footed Ruddy. The away fans sung the names of Suarez and Rodgers in the dying minutes, clearly delighted at their team’s first win of the season. The home fans, meanwhile, vented their frustration by booing their team off as their winless run under Hughton continued.
Premier League standings Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Chelsea Manchester United Everton Chelsea Manchester United Arsenal Manchester City West Brom Liverpool Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Fulham Everton Newcastle Stoke City United Tottenham Hotspur Bolton Wanderers West Ham BromUtd Swansea Fulham Stoke City United Newcastle Liverpool Sunderland Sunderland Aston Villa Aston Villa Rovers Blackburn Wigan WolvesAthletic Southampton Birmingham Norwich City Blackpool Reading Wigan Athletic QPR West Ham United
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Rovers begin life without Steve Kean BLACKBURN’S owners, as of yesterday, were in the hunt for a new manager, after Friday night expressing their disappointment at Steve Kean’s resignation. In a statement released through his lawyers, Kean confirmed he had called time on his chequered 21-month reign at Ewood Park, saying he had been “forced” to step down and that his position had become “untenable”. The 44-year-old Scot has been a much-derided figure ever since taking over from Sam Allardyce in December 2010, with the club’s supporters baffled as to how he retained the unwavering support of the club’s owners, the Venky’s, despite poor on-field form which culminated in Rovers falling out of the Barclays Premier League in May. That he had guided the club to a promising start to life in the npower Championship seemed irrelevant to the protesting fans and Friday night, after travelling to Charlton with his squad, ahead of yesterday’s game, he handed in his notice. At a time when Rovers’ official website was carrying a story of the former Fulham assistant boss talking of a positive week, he said: “For reasons that I cannot discuss on legal advice, it is with deep regret, given my hard work and service for the club for a number of years, that I have been forced to resign as manager of Blackburn Rovers Football Club with immediate effect, due to my position as team manager becoming untenable. “I wish to thank all the players and coaching staff for their great support and the majority of the fans, who now see their club heading towards an automatic promotion position back to the Premiership. I wish the club all the very best for the future.”
Results Arsenal Chelsea
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Everton Southampton
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Fulham Man City
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Norwich Liverpool
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Reading Newcastle
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Stoke Swansea
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Sunderland Wigan
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Blues overpower Gunners Chelsea hand Arsenal their first defeat of the season Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2 By Jim van Wijk
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helsea captain John Terry came through a hostile reception at Arsenal as the Blues consolidated their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League with a 2-1 win. Fernando Torres fired Chelsea ahead following some poor marking by Laurent Koscielny and Juan Mata’s freekick squirmed in to secure three points for the European champions after Gervinho had equalised on the stroke of half-time. Former England skipper Terry was earlier this week found guilty of using racist language towards Anton Ferdinand by a Football Association hearing, but is awaiting the full written judgment of the independent panel, before deciding whether to appeal a verdict which saw him banned for four matches and fined £220,000. The 31-year-old has always protested his innocence and was found not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence in a criminal trial during July. Predictable chants of “you know what you are” from the Arsenal crowd greeted Terry’s first touch, as did jeers for former Gunner Ashley Cole. However, the Emirates Stadium faithful had little to sing about as the match wore on.
Despite the hostile home fans, Chelsea’s Fernando Torres (right) fired visiting Chelsea ahead, with Juan Mata’s freekick thereafter securing the European champions’ victory over Arsenal yesterday While Chelsea came through their first real test of the new campaign, the Gunners again saw question marks raised over their defensive resilience. Arsenal had made a lively start, with Ivory Coast forward Gervinho again deployed down the centre as contract rebel Theo Walcott watched on from the bench. On 11 minutes, Abou Diaby created space for himself some 20 yards out and shot fiercely at Petr Cech. However, the French mid-
fielder’s injury jinx appeared to strike again as he was soon replaced by Alex OxladeChamberlain. Chelsea took the lead on 20 minutes with a brilliant finish from Torres. A free-kick from Mata on the right was floated through the Arsenal penalty area towards the far post. Koscielny was wrestling with Torres, but the Spaniard was still able to hook the ball back into the net. Before Arsenal could re-
group, they were almost 2-0 down. Torres robbed Koscielny out on the left and darted into the penalty area. However, as the keeper came out and he shaped to shoot, the Spaniard tumbled, claiming his heel had been clipped by Koscielny. Referee Martin Atkinson, however, was having none of it. Slowly Arsenal found their rhythm again. Gervinho was picked out at
the far post and headed back across goal instead of at it. The Gunners’ frustrations were starting to show as Aaron Ramsey was booked for a late tackle on Oscar in the 35th minute. The Brazilian then also went into the notebook after another poor challenge on Mikel Arteta, who played a key role in the Gunners’ equaliser after 42 minutes. Patient build up from rightback Carl Jenkinson fed the ball back to Arteta, and he
slipped Oxlade-Chamberlain down the flank. His low centre across the six-yard box was collected by Gervinho, who had sidestepped Terry, with his back to goal - and he turned to blast a shot into the roof of the net. Arsenal started the second half brightly, with Santi Cazorla snatching at an angled drive which flew wide. However, the Gunners were undone again in the 53rd minute. Once more Mata’s curling delivery caused panic in the Arsenal penalty area - and a backtracking Koscielny helped the ball on with the slightest of touches into the corner past Vito Mannone’s dive. Arsenal had to regroup again, and were almost level when Cech brilliantly palmed away a looping header from Lukas Podolski. Wenger had seen enough and made a double change after 66 minutes, bringing on Walcott for Ramsey and Olivier Giroud, who scored his first Arsenal goal in the midweek Capital One Cup win over Coventry, for Podolski. Cech was on hand to palm away a deflected effort from Giroud as Arsenal looked for the equaliser. Kieran Gibbs tripped Mata on the edge of the penalty area to give Chelsea another dangerous piece. This time, though, his shot went straight into the wall. As the match entered the final 10 minutes, Arsenal continued to press for an equaliser, but were frustrated by a combination of poor passing and determined defence. Giroud had a golden chance to snatch an equaliser in stoppage time, but was forced wide by Cech and could only smash his shot into the side netting. Terry made a point of heading over to the travelling support at the final whistle, handing his boots to a couple of young fans.
Khan reveals new foe and trainer
The mission of new coach Hunter will be to help Khan regain the IBF and WBA light welterweight titles
AMIR Khan has added some clarity to his future by yesterday morning announcing a new head trainer as well as his next opponent. The 25-year-old split with leading coach Freddie Roach earlier this month in the wake of his defeat to Danny Garcia in July. And he has now turned to American Virgil Hunter to be his new corner man, with the first assignment a December date with the undefeated Carlos Molina. Hunter’s main mission will be to help the Bolton fighter regain the IBF and WBA light welterweight titles he has lost over the last 12 months, in defeats to Lamont Petersen and Garcia.
The Petersen defeat was later put into perspective by the American’s failure of a drugs test, but regardless of that, there have been concerns about Khan’s form for some time. “I’m really pleased that Virgil Hunter is to become my new trainer,” Khan said when announcing the news. “Everyone in boxing knows about his skills and the success he has enjoyed over the last few years. I’m looking forward to the start of my training camp and working on some new things with him. “With Virgil in my corner, I know that I can get back to the very top of the lightwelterweight division.”
As part of his plan to do that he will have to beat the undefeated Molina, who has 17 wins and a draw from his 18 bouts thus far. “Molina is a good fighter, who has yet to taste defeat, so I know that he will be very dangerous,” Khan added. “He’s a tricky fighter who possesses a lot of natural speed. I always want to face hungry young fighters, and in Molina I’m up against a guy who has ambitions of world title success.” Hunter was last year voted as the trainer of the year by America’s boxing writers, and he believes his new partnership can be a
fruitful one. “Amir is an extremely talented fighter and I’m very happy to become his new trainer,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot of him and he has many attributes such as his speed and heart. There are certain small aspects of his game that I’m intending to work on in order to help him fulfil his enormous potential.” Khan will face Molina in the United States, with the date still to be decided.