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Beach takings go down black hole Thirteen Paralimni municipality staff taken into custody .By Stefanos Evripidou

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HIRTEEN BEACH operators working for Paralimni municipality were arrested yesterday in connection with charges of fleecing the local authority of over half a million euros in revenues from sun bed and umbrella rentals.

Police yesterday announced the arrest of the 13 municipal workers, aged 30 to 64, in connection with charges of theft, deceit and breach of trust by a public officer and conspiracy to commit a crime.

The alleged crime came to light after the local council reported their suspicions of theft by municipal staff on a grand scale to the police.

Paralimni mayor Theodoros Pyrillis said: “After the new municipal council assumed its duties, information was brought to our attention of possible misappropriation (of funds) at a number of beaches by municipal staff. Police took on the investigation of the case resulting in (yesterday’s) arrests.”

He noted that investigations were at an early stage, making it inappropriate to provide further details which might adversely affect the work of investigators.

“I want to highlight that this specific case does not involve cheating or profiteering from holiday makers, but stealing from the local authority,” he said.

Pyrillis said the municipality “has taken all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the continued provision of facilities and services on the beaches of Protaras.”

He added: “It is the obli-

gation and duty of us all to protect the interests of the Paralimni taxpayers.”

According to reports, the gap in the municipality’s expected revenue from sun bed and umbrella rentals is over half a million euros.

The mayor called an ad hoc meeting of the local council yesterday evening to inform them of the latest developments.

According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), the local authority told police it suspected employees of pocketing the money received from the rent of sun beds and umbrellas at municipality-operated beaches in the Paralimni area, resulting in arrest warrants issued for 13 staff members.

The municipal workers were supplied with ticket machines two years ago.

The employees were allegedly able to fiddle with the machines and pocket the takings, raising strong suspicions of foul play.

When this year’s gap in revenue from municipalcontrolled beaches allegedly broke all records, the local council decided to take their suspicions to the police who are now examining electronic data stored in the machines used for issuing tickets as well as the municipality’s computers.

The examinations so far have come up with a number of irregularities, reported CNA yesterday.

During the arrest of the 13 beach operators yesterday, various items were found in their possession that were confiscated, police said.

All 13 were taken to Famagusta CID for questioning.

They are due in Famagusta district court today for a remand hearing.

Children play next to a sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. The sculpture is of the head of a 14-year-old girl, and has just been unveiled on the famous Botafogo beach, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The white 12m tall head is made out of resin and marble dust and is entitled Olhar nos meus sonhos (To see my dreams) (AFP)

Warhol’s Brando silkscreen could fetch $20m at auction AN Andy Warhol silkscreen of actor Marlon Brando, clad in leather astride a motorcycle from the movie The Wild One, is expected to sell for $20 million when it hits the auction block in November, Christie’s said yesterday.

“Marlon,” a 1966 silkscreen which is one of the late pop artist’s most famous Hollywood portraits, will be a star lot at the auction house’s sale of post-war and contemporary art in November. It is being sold from the collection of businessman and Museum of Modern Art trustee Donald L. Bryant Jr. “Alongside his portraits of Elvis Presley, Warhol’s image of Marlon Brando exudes a raw sexuality and intense power

rarely found in his work,” said Brett Gorvy, Christie’s chairman for post-war and contemporary art.

The work is unusual in that Warhol executed it on raw, unpainted linen, Christie’s said, accentuating the image’s “rough and ready” quality, while its pristine clarity conveys Brando’s intensity and strength.

Gorvy described the silkscreen from an image Warhol took from a publicity photo for the 1953 movie about motorcycle gangs as “the archetype of cool and glamour”.

The work also ties in with Warhol’s fascination with commerce and capitalism, Christie’s noted.

“By taking the circulated publicity

picture of an actor, someone who has adopted a guise, Warhol has commented on the superficiality of the world of sales,” it said in a statement announcing the sale.

Despite his prolific output, Warhol’s works continue to fetch some astounding prices at auction, including the artist’s record of $71.7 million set in 2007 by “Green car crash - Green burning car I”.

A four-panel self-portrait, Warhol’s first, soared to $38.4 million in May 2011, while his “Double Marlon”, another Brando-inspired work from 1966, fetched $32.5 million in 2008. Four months ago one of Warhol’s Elvis works sold for $37 million at Sotheby’s.

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MEMBERS of the Armenian community yesterday gathered outside the Hungarian embassy protesting against the release of a convicted murderer after he was transferred from Hungary to Azerbaijan.

Bearing banners saying ‘Shame on you’ and ‘Hungary for sale’ around sixty Armenians shouted slogans outside the embassy in Nicosia at about 12pm.

Azeri officer Ramil Safarov axed to death Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan in Hungary back in 2004.

Both men were attending a NATO event. Safarov was sentenced to life imprisonment in Hungary but was sent back to Azerbaijan where he was pardoned last week.

During his trial, Safarov said the reasons behind his actions were the AzeriArmenian war in the 1990s, BBC reported.

On return he received a hero’s welcome, was pardoned, promoted to the rank of major, and paid wages for the eight years he was in jail. “They welcomed him as a hero, gave him a place to live and back-paid his wages. Their word is worth nothing,” a protester said.

Hungarian authorities have said they were as-

sured that Safarov’s sentence would be enforced in Azerbaijan.

International mediators – including representatives from Russia, the US and France – have expressed concern over prospects for peace following the pardon.

A war between the Azeris and Armenians broke out in the early 1990s over the mostly Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. A ceasefire was signed in 1994 but the conflict is not considered resolved.

The coordinating committee of Cyprus Armenian political parties yesterday handed a letter to the Hungarian ambassador, Balazs Botos.

The letter condemns the “flagrant violation of international and European Union law by Azerbaijan” and demands of Hungary “to influence Azerbaijan to annul the disgraceful pardon and return the criminal back to the prison cell where he belongs.”

Botos expressed his hopes that his country’s relationship with the Armenians will improve, citing cultural similarities and Hungary’s respect for the Armenian people.

Reuters has recently reported that there have been discussions of a loan from Azerbaijan to Hungary worth at least €2.0 billion.

Protest outside Hungarian embassy (Christos Theodorides)

New record high for petrol prices Commerce minister says latest increase appears to be justified based on preliminary studies carried out

By Stefanos Evripidou SOARING FUEL prices are taking a bigger chunk out of household incomes following the latest price hikes, representing a record high in Cyprus.

Unleaded petrol has increased by around three cents while diesel by around two cents a litre.

The latest increases, following a period of continuous price hikes over the summer, have taken the price of unleaded petrol to around €1.42 and diesel to €1.40 a litre.

Around mid-July, unleaded fuel hovered around €1.23 cents a litre, registering a hike of almost 20 cents in one and a half months.

Head of the petrol stations’ association Stefanos Stefanou yesterday confirmed that today’s prices are the highest ever.

“It is €1.39 for 95 (octane

unleaded petrol), around €1.42 for 98 (octane unleaded petrol), and €1.40 for diesel. We had an increase on Monday of around three cents (a litre) for petrol and two cents for diesel,” said Stefanou.

He noted that the latest increase comes on the back of price hikes imposed on August 13 and July 31.

“In total, the three latest increases translate to a seven cents hike for petrol and four cents for diesel. Also, we’ve got to say that this time last year, prices were roughly 15 cents cheaper,” he said.

In July, the Commerce Ministry’s consumer protection department noted that when oil prices increase globally petrol stations are quick to respond and introduce the higher prices, but when global prices decrease, petrol stations take longer to drop prices on the local market.

The ministry also looked into forcing petrol companies – by way of ministerial decree – to drop their prices within a day of buying cheaper fuel shipments, following successive price hikes throughout the month.

Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis even said he would enforce a price ceiling, “if there is evidence to justify it”.

Yesterday, Sylikiotis seemed to move away from the idea of imposing a ceiling or taking more proactive measures, referring instead to a change in the methodology of the way in which the ministry monitors the actions of fuel companies.

He said the latest increases appear justified, based on preliminary studies undertaken.

“Investigations until now show that the latest price increases are justified, with no indication of profiteering

taking place,” said the minister.

Sylikiotis explained that until now, studies into price changes focused on price lists only.

“What we have noticed for the first time is that the methodology has to change.

We need to have a more indepth investigation and talk to the companies,” he said.

The ministry is currently preparing a more comprehensive study on price changes, requesting information from companies, looking at the size of storage facilities, exchange rates used etc, which will give the authorities “the capability to put our monitoring on a new basis to limit to a minimum and even eradicate any cases of profiteering”, said Sylikiotis.

“The aim is not only to put a price cap, which could actually assist profiteering, but to put things on a new basis,” he added.

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Three Cypriots among the nine ‘most wanted’ Greek Cypriot wanted for rape, Turkish Cypriots for drugs

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HIT AND RUN

MARTIN Evans, 50, from Wales, is wanted for drug dealing, theft and fraudulent trading by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. He ran a drug dealing gang between 1999 and 2001, smuggling the drugs into Britain and laundering the proceeds by converting cash into foreign currencies.

WAYNE Smith, 38, is wanted for his role in a horrific road accident that killed a 22-yearold man. Smith fled the scene and was convicted in Birmingham of causing death by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice. He is 6ft 1in, slim and has blue eyes and short, fair hair.

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TIMUR Mehmet, 39, is wanted by Customs after being convicted in his absence and jailed for eight years for conspiracy to cheat the public revenue in a £25 million fraud.

He is 5ft 10in to 6ft, and slim with black hair. He is British but of Asian origin.

JULIE Anne Skelding, 40, is Wayne Smith’s girlfriend and is wanted for perverting the course of justice after the accident. She is 5ft 5in, slim and has brown, highlighted, shoulder length hair and brown eyes. She has a small red rose tattooed on her left arm.

By George Psyllides UK crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, in cooperation with British and Cypriot authorities, yesterday published the names of nine suspected criminals – three Cypriots and five Britons – who are thought to be hiding in Cyprus, and appealed to the public for help in arresting them.

The suspects are wanted

by UK law enforcement bodies for offences including rape and drug dealing.

They include Paul Lockwood, 41, accused of raping the daughter of a close family friend. The girl was aged six at the time of the alleged first rape and the offences are believed to have continued until she was 10.

There is also 56-year-old Hasan Akarcay, wanted in connection with the supply of drugs worth €758,000. He has used the aliases Hassan Etem and Ibrahim Etem.

Mehmet Salih, also Turkish Cypriot is wanted for drugs.

He has used the alias Aynur Mehmet Salih.

Then there’s Greek Cypriot Costas Sampson, 21, who is accused of raping a girl he met at a club. She became ill after accepting a drink from a stranger, and Sampson and his friend offered to take her home to Ruislip, Middlesex, where she was attacked.

Dubbed Zygos, the operation aims to ensure members of the public in Cyprus are alert to the possible presence on the

COSTAS SAMPSON

HASAN AKARCAY

MEHMET SALIH

WANTED FOR RAPE

WANTED FOR DRUGS

WANTED FOR DRUGS

COSTAS Sampson, 21, is a Greek-Cypriot who is wanted by the Metropolitan Police. He is accused of raping a woman who he met at a club. Sampson is also accused of stealing her mobile phone and her flatmate’s laptop. He is 5ft 9in with a Mediterranean complexion and has brown eyes and closely cropped black hair.

HASAN Akarcay, 56, a Cypriot national who is wanted by West Yorkshire Police over allegations of dealing class A drugs. It is claimed that an associate was found with 12.5 kg of diamorphine, which had a street value of £600,000.

He is around 5ft 9in, stocky with a large stomach and is balding with black hair at the sides.

MEHMET Salih, 41, from the Republic of Cyprus, is wanted by Leicestershire Police for alleged cocaine dealing between December 2010 and November 2011. When he was arrested he had £20,000 plus a large amount of cocaine, the force claims. He is 5ft 6in with brown eyes and short brown hair. He has a scar on his right eye.

island of the nine individuals, who all have European arrest warrants issued against them.

The operation targets criminals who could be in the Republic of Cyprus or the breakaway Turkishcontrolled north of the island.

The campaign was launched by Crimestoppers, the serious organised crime agency (SOCA) and Cyprus police.

“Operation Zygos will make things even more difficult for any fugitives seeking a safe haven here,” said SOCA deputy director, Martin Molloy. “Fugitives, and any criminals thinking about fleeing justice, should note the joined-up European law enforcement effort to ensure they

are brought to account, and that crossing national boundaries is increasingly futile.”

Molloy said the fugitives managed to escape before the European arrest warrants were issued against them.

Without getting into details, he said recent intelligence suggested they were on the island. “We have a pretty good idea they are here,” he told reporters.

Officials did not say whether any of the fugitives were in the breakaway north, which is not recognised by Britain.

Police chief Michalis Papageorgiou said such cases could be handled by a bicommunal office – the joint communications room, set up in 2010, run by Greek

Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot law enforcement experts to support information sharing between the police forces in both communities.

“Anything to help can be done through this office,” Papageorgiou said.

The campaign highlights the continuing work between Crimestoppers and SOCA, but it is the first project of this type to be carried out in collaboration with Cypriot police. A similar project, operation Captura, was launched in Spain in October 2006.

It resulted in 49 out of 65 sought criminals being arrested. Lord Ashcroft, founder and chair of Crimestoppers said he hopes “it would be the same in Cyprus.”

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RAPE

MARTIN John Power, 46, is sought by the Metropolitan Police for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to defraud mortgage lenders out of an estimated £7 million. He is around 5ft 10in, and has dark hair and a scar on his chin.

PAUL Lockwood, 41, is sought

by Greater Manchester Police for allegedly raping a girl between the ages of six and 10 over a period of five years while babysitting. He is 5ft 6in, white with brown eyes and hair, and has thin features.

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No oversight for OPAP, MPs told State-controlled Greek gaming company, is now slated for privatisation in Greece

By Jacqueline Agathocleous

ChristoďŹ as and First Lady Elsi (left) are greeted by King Abdullah and Queen Rania

Christofias’ visit to Jordan expected result in several bilateral agreements PRESIDENT Demetris ChristoďŹ as arrived yesterday afternoon in Jordan on an ofďŹ cial two-day visit, at the invitation of King Abdullah II, to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

During the visit agreements will be signed concerning cooperation in public health and medical science. They will also sign memorandums of understanding on renewable energy sources and energy saving, along with one between Cyprus and the Amman Stock Exchanges.

In addition the (Cypriot) Chamber of Commerce will sign an agreement with its Jordanian counterpart.

Following talks between the delegations of both countries ChristoďŹ as said: “I’m very pleased and happy about this visit because the King is a person with a modern philosophy with principles on inter-

national issues as well as on our issue and the Palestinian one too.�

ChristoďŹ as also said – referring to the Cyprus problem – that King Abdullah took a “positive position on our problem and I must stress this.â€? “What we’re trying to do now is to turn this friendship into practical work, to have cooperation in all sectors‌..like tourism , commerce, investment, matters of education, culture,â€? he added.

In addition, ChristoďŹ as will meet Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez al-Tarawneh, President of the Senate Taher Masri and President of the Parliament Abdel Karim Doughmi.

He was accompanied by First Lady Elsi ChristoďŹ as, Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis and government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou.

GREEK gaming company OPAP’s activities in Cyprus have never been checked by state authorities since it ďŹ rst started operating in 1969, parliament was told yesterday.

The House Legal Affairs Committee discussed the company’s partial exemption from a recently-approved gambling law, to see whether – among other things –this led to violation of fair competition regulations.

This was after reactions over OPAP being allowed to offer online lottery games like KINO to the public, when other betting shops were banned from offering similar games. “Through the discussion, unfortunately we have seen the law’s shortfalls,� said committee chairman Ionas Nicolaou after the meeting. “We made a law that attempted to regulate bets in our country; we included protection measures for players, measures to avert money laundering, measures to protect the victims; we placed provisions to regulate the operation of betting – online and other general bets – and today we realised no one in authority was aware of how the bets of OPAP in Cyprus are carried out,� the opposition DISY deputy added.

The state legal service, police and relevant ministries, told MPs there were absolutely no regulating mechanisms in place when it came to OPAP Cyprus – the result

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Ionas Nicolaou of a bilateral agreement with Greece in 1969, which was renewed in 2003.

The reason offered was that OPAP was regulated by the bilateral agreement and no other special law, though the ins and outs were complicated.

However, the Greek 34-per cent state-owned ďŹ rm is now slated for privatisation under the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international bailout, raising questions over whether this privileged approach can be justiďŹ ed.

The legal service, as well as OPAP Cyprusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; general director Michalis Himonas, asked for a month to gather all the data, in a bid to present a clear view of the legal framework.

Committee Chairman Ionas Nicolaou said the meeting was held to get the views of all sides concerned â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including the ďŹ nance, justice, and education ministers, the police, legal service, OPAP, betting shop owners â&#x20AC;&#x201C; before starting efforts to regulate OPAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations.

The DISY MP was not impressed with the lack of regulation, especially after he heard allegations that money laundering was taking place through OPAP online games.

This was rejected by Himonas, who said OPAP was willing to furnish any information requested.

He also said the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

central computer system was connected with the ďŹ nance ministry, meaning bets were checked straight away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is full transparency between OPAP and the state,â&#x20AC;? said Himonas.

Nicolaou said a spokesman for the unit for combating money laundering (MOKAS) said it was never asked to check on OPAP, nor had it ever asked to be informed on the procedures followed to avoid money laundering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No speciďŹ c check has ever been made on OPAP bets,â&#x20AC;? the MOKAS spokesman told deputies, adding that the unit still didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any control over OPAP after the law was passed in July, banning among others a number of online games of chance.

Nicolaou explained that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Similarly, the police stated that due to the bilateral agreement, the force cannot investigate anything relating to OPAP bets, as there are no crimes or penalisations included in the bilateral agreementâ&#x20AC;?.

He added that even though the ďŹ nance ministry took money from OPAP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from 2003 until 2010, the company contributed â&#x201A;Ź85 million to the state in dividends and â&#x201A;Ź9.97 million in sponsorships, out of almost a â&#x201A;Ź1 billion turnover â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it had no further involvement in the matter.

On July 6, parliament unanimously voted through the gaming law, which included a ban on online casinos and exchange betting.

The new law also regulates legal betting, providing for a 3.0 per cent tax on the net betting revenue â&#x20AC;&#x201C; after winnings are subtracted.

In addition betting shops will pay an additional contribution of 3.0 per cent on net revenue, which will be paid to a gaming board to be set up.

In the run up to the vote, some deputies reportedly received threats and several OPAP shops were torched or otherwise damaged.

It is believed that the attacks were connected to OPAP being exempted from the bill.

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Recession expected to get worse in 2013 Shiarly still mum on bailout as Marcoullis says Russian loan would not change plans to borrow from troika

A cover over a Burger King sign at a Nicosia branch

Official end for Burger King reign in Cyprus THE BURGER King franchise in Cyprus has closed down, according to an announcement by Laser Investment Group Plc yesterday, posted on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) website.

King Franchises Ltd, a subsidiary of Laser Investment, has closed down all branches of the famous American fast food joint across Cyprus.

At the same time, the company is taking legal measures against Burger King Europe, seeking over six million euros in damages plus more in lost earnings.

Meanwhile, Burger King Europe has launched legal proceedings against King Franchises, said Laser Investment.

Laser Investment claims that since the branches were closed, and its subsidiary’s operating licence revoked, the Group has made additional losses amounting to €4,558,814.

The Group said the delay in announcing the end of the chain’s presence in Cyprus was a result of the company having to calculate its losses first.

The CSE has suspended any trading in shares of Laser Investment.

The Group noted that after selling another popular franchise, Coffee Beanery, at a profit and closing down Burger King branches, Laser Investment is moving towards a new era of restructuring and reorganisation, to return it to a profitable course.

FINANCE Minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday he hoped a bailout deal with international lenders could be concluded next month, but warned a recession afflicting the island would deepen in 2013.

In an interview with Reuters, Shiarly said the amount needed by Cyprus had not been defined because it was not clear how much its banks would need.

Cyprus sought assistance from the EU and the IMF – the troika – in June to support local banks, crippled by their losses on Greek bonds.

But it has also applied for a bilateral €5.0 billion loan from Russia, which, if it transpires, will limit total requirements from the troika.

In a separate interview with Reuters, Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said a Russian loan deal, if signed, would have no political implications and would not change Cyprus’ plans to secure help from the troika.

Gang barges into flat stealing cash and equipment AROUND 10 men wielding knives and bats invaded a home in Nicosia on Tuesday evening and stole three computers and cash worth €1,750.

Police said the assailants knocked on the door and barged in after the tenants opened.

“It was reported by three foreigners that someone had visited their flat accompanied by another ten people and they stole three computers and €900 cash,” said police spokesman Andreas Angelides.

The spokesman said that the flat’s tenants knew one of the gang as he used to share an apartment with him in the past.

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Main responsibility: Drives official vehicles, meets and assists official travelers and couriers at airport and clears diplomatic pouches from customs.

Please visit the following website for detailed qualifications for the position and for application procedures: http://cyprus.usembassy.gov/theembassy/employment.html Applicants should send the DS-174 application for employment to: US Embassy, HR Office, Chauffeur position, P.O. Box 24536, 1385 Nicosia or via E-mail to: VacanciesNicosia@state.gov to arrive no later than 5:00 p.m. August 17, 2012.

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“It will be a bilateral loan with interest – no strings attached,” she said in Cairo where she was due to represent the EU at a meeting of the Arab League yesterday. “This is not something that only Cyprus is doing.

Other members of the EU have taken bilateral loans.”

Russia granted Cyprus a €2.5 billion euro loan in late 2011, after Nicosia’s access to international capital markets was cut off because of high yields on its traded debt.

The EU bailout, if agreed, is likely to come with much stricter conditions than the 2011 loan from Moscow.

“Cuts will be made, because it is important to make a number of longterm adjustments, and of course we will cooperate with the troika,” she said.

“But at the same time a loan could help us cre-

ate more development projects ... to create jobs,” she said.

Losses to the island’s banking sector on a Greek debt write-down earlier this year represented 25 per cent of the island’s GDP. “Cyprus has suffered perhaps disproportionally as a result of the crisis in the economy of Greece,” Shiarly said.

PAINFUL MEASURES The troika visited Cyprus in July, finding the island’s economy in a “worse state than expected” and in need of painful adjustment in coming months.

Discussions have continued remotely, and on September 17 both sides will agree on the troika’s next visit.

Shiarly said the troika had submitted a document to Cypriot authori-

ties, which he said could be part of the “building blocks” towards concluding on a memorandum of understanding.

“I should say we should be able to complete the discussions sometime in October,” he said.

The programme required expenditure cuts and revenue increases to produce not only a balanced budget but a primary surplus sufficient to meet interest payments, he said, but declined to go into details.

“How much would be required for the recapitalisation of the banks is an amount that has not yet been agreed. It is one of the differences we have with the troika team and needs to be established,” Shiarly said.

“Because no amount has been agreed with the troika, personally I am very reluctant ever to come up with a number.”

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Posing as customers to steal jewellery A GROUP of thieves posing as customers managed to escape with €20,000 worth of jewellery from a shop on Phaneromeni Avenue in Larnaca at 11am yesterday.

According to police, two thieves entered the jeweller’s and asked in broken English to see a ring. When the shop’s employee went to get the ring out of the window a third person entered the shop.

One of the robbers then grabbed the employee and tied her to the railings of the stairs. They then broke the display case with a hammer and scooped up €20,000 worth of jewellery. The thieves – who apparently spoke Arabic to each other according to the employee – escaped on foot, with one of them having injured themselves during the robbery.

Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou, said simply that they had found evidence in the shop indicating that one of them was hurt. He could not clarify what kind of evidence.

The employee was taken to Larnaca general hospital to be treated for injuries to the head and bruising to her hands from the duct tape. She managed to get free after calling out to someone in one of the neighbouring stores who helped her and then called the police.

Another football hooligan jailed THE Larnaca district court yesterday sentenced a 22-yearold man to four months in jail for taking part in a pitch invasion that caused the abandonment of a European football fixture in August.

Three more men, aged 20, 26, and 27, have already been jailed for four months for the same offence.

Three others involved in the trouble will be sentenced today.

They also face charges for destroying a television camera worth some €50,000.

The trouble during the game between Anorthosis and Georgian side Dila Gori began when a local fan ran onto the pitch a few minutes before the final whistle and headed towards the home team goalie. Police tried to arrest the man as other supporters poured into the pitch to stop them, forcing the referee to abandon the game.

Lufthansa flights cancelled TWO FLIGHTS to and from Germany tomorrow and Saturday have been cancelled due to a 24-hour strike called by cabin crew of German airline Lufthansa.

The crew will strike throughout Germany tomorrow over a pay dispute, affecting the LH1760 flight from Munich to Larnaca, departing 9.30am. As a result, the return flight from Larnaca to Munich on Saturday at 3.10am has also been cancelled.

A Lufthansa representative at its Nicosia office told the Cyprus Mail that affected passengers can call the office on 22873330 to rebook with another airline or book a flight on another day.

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Sharing facilities could be ‘wave of the future’ Yeroskipou mayor’s proposal to help rein in costs

By Bejay Browne THE MAYOR of Yeroskipou has suggested merging local municipalities in a bid to cut costs and run a tighter ship.

Paphos municipalities are currently looking at ways to cut costs and one option is the possibility of sharing facilities.

But the mayor of Yeroskipou, Michalis Pavlides has taken the idea one step further, and in a letter given to the union of Cyprus municipalities suggests the notion of a merger with Paphos municipality.

“I think we have to find ways to streamline the mu-

nicipalities and make them more cost effective. In my letter, I suggested that Geroskipou and Paphos could join together as one. It would also be an idea to include Peyia as well, but the municipality of Polis is a little too far away,” he said.

The mayor added that the merger of municipalities would be under the leadership of one mayor.

“I have seen municipalities with one million people operating effectively in Europe, so of course it’s a possibility to implement it here in Cyprus where we have fewer people,” he said.

The mayor added that he had already met with Sav-

By Natalie Hami INTENSE homophobia is still one of the main problems faced by LGBT – lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transsexuals – living on the island, according to organisation AcceptLGBT. “There is intense homophobia in Cypriot society and there is evidence of this through research….it’s a social problem (in Cyprus),” said Accept’s Yioryios Regginos.

He was speaking at a news conference yesterday to mark the organisation’s first anniversary though they have been actively working for the rights of LGBT individuals for the last three years.

According to Regginos they have organised a number of activities this year in an attempt to educate society, such as setting up a living library so the public can have the chance to speak to LGBT persons and learn about their experiences.

Their vision is to “create a society which is based on respect for the individual and their diversity without discrimination and preconceived notions, in particular on issues of sexual identity.”

Another one of the problems is the lack of recognition of gay partnerships. The head of the European parliament office in Cyprus made reference to the fact that the Cyprus parliament had stated its willingness to regulate gay partnerships and review the law surrounding their relationships. “We hope that other steps will follow,” said Tasos Georgiou.

ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map for 2012 puts Cyprus on the same rung as Latvia and Georgia in terms of laws that ensure the rights of these individuals. The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) rated 49 European countries.

Worse than Cyprus were countries such as Turkey, Russia and Belarus.

According to a survey carried out by Accept-LGBT and the Cyprus Family Planning Association, around 47 per cent of LGBT individuals in Cyprus suffer psychological violence and 15 per cent suffer physical attack. Regginos said as soon as parliament opens, the House Human Rights Committee will be discussing the results of a study on incidents and discrimination. For more information look to www.acceptCY.org

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He added: “I don’t expect an answer to my letter but I do expect everyone to start thinking about these ideas, how to share costs and how we proceed in the future.”

The idea is also being welcomed by Peyia councilor Linda Leblanc, who agrees that all possible courses of action should be thoroughly examined.

“It’s crazy to have all of these different separate services at all of the Paphos municipalities. We have no choice but to reduce costs and if we can share the administration and reduce costs it will be beneficial for everyone.”

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“We could organise events and cultural festivals together, which will cut costs and promote a better cooperation between the municipalities,” he said.

The mayor pointed out that one of the reasons that he had been prompted to consider mergers was that government funding has been slashed, leaving local authorities strapped for cash.

“In my letter, I also noted that the idea could be adopted by all of the municipalities in Cyprus – we should join

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Britain PM signals a move in airport row A CROSS-PARTY commission will be set up to try to find consensus on the deeply divisive issue of airport capacity in the south east of England, the Prime Minister signalled yesterday.

David Cameron told the House of Commons that he would not break his manifesto pledge ruling out a third runway at Heathrow during this Parliament, but added that a decision was needed on the fraught issue of air access to London amid growing business clamour for more flights.

London Mayor Boris Johnson - a fierce opponent of a third runway - today stepped up pressure on the Prime Minister, urging him to rule out expansion at Heathrow beyond the 2015 election.

Labour said it had been calling for a cross-party commission for a year, and accused Cameron of “weakness and dither” over the issue. Labour leader Ed Miliband is “sceptical” about the case for a third runway, but is ready to look at the government’s terms of reference for the proposed talks, said a source.

Pump prices to be investigated Office of Fair Trading launches fact-finding exercise on whether pump prices are fair

Complaints have been ratcheting up recently

BRITAIN’S consumer affairs watchdog is looking into petrol pump pricing in a sign that authorities are becoming increasingly worried about near record high fuel costs in a country grappling with economic recession.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said yesterday it was launching a “fact-finding exercise,” seeking information from industry and consumer groups on whether prices paid at the pump were a fair reflection of underlying costs.

It also wants to know whether concerns about price co-ordination and the structure of road fuels markets identified by other national competition authorities are relevant to Britain.

British governments are acutely sensitive to criticism about high fuel prices after a wave of protests in 2000 led by lorry drivers and farmers caused widespread disruption to supplies, with knock-on effects for consumers, firms and public services.

Complaints have been ratcheting up recently as Britain languishes in a double-dip economic recession. The Sun, the best-selling newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, has been running a ‘Keep it down’ campaign in relation to pump prices.

In May, it also ran an interview with thentransport minister Justine Greening in which she said petrol companies had to pass price

cuts onto motorists or face government action. Leading petrol retailers in Britain include BP, ExxonMobil, and Shell, as well as supermarkets like Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons.

“We have ... decided to take a broad based look at this sector, to provide an opportunity for people to share their concerns and evidence with us,” said Claire Hart, director of the OFT’s Services, Infrastructure and Public Markets Group.

“This will help us determine whether claims about competition problems are well-founded and whether any further action is warranted.”

The OFT said it would report its findings in January 2013 and then, if it believes there might be a case, it could investigate further to see if the issue needs to be referred to the Competition Commission, or take enforcement action such as fines or a requirement that companies change their behaviour.

As well as concerns that pump prices are not reflecting movements in the price of crude oil, complaints have surfaced over the possible manipulation of oil price reporting itself.

Last month, the EU Commission proposed criminalising the manipulation of commodity benchmarks like Brent crude oil after a scandal over rigging of the Libor interbank lending rate.

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World WORLD TODAY Bomb scare a false alarm A BOMB scare which forced an evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Brussels and the Belgian Defence Ministry yesterday turned out to be a false alarm, police said.

Hundreds of US diplomats and ministry employees were evacuated from their buildings after a suspicious minivan was noticed parked nearby.

After around 45 minutes, during which major avenues of central Brussels were gridlocked with traffic, a bomb squad declared the vehicle safe and police gave the all clear.

Ilse Van de Keere, a police spokeswoman, said officers on a routine patrol were suspicious of the vehicle because it carried reproduction numberplates and had wires hanging loose inside.

A bomb disposal unit was called but discovered nothing suspect.

Factory blaze A MASSIVE blaze has swept through a fireworks factory in India killing at least 40 workers and injuring 60 others.

The fire spread to 40 of the 60 rooms at the factory, one of the biggest in Sivakasi town in Tamil Nadu state.

Witnesses said flames were billowing out of the Om Siva Shakti fireworks factory where about 300 people were working when the fire started.

Large numbers of fireworks and raw materials were stored in the factory with major Hindu festivals weeks away.

7.6 quake A POWERFUL 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Costa Rica yesterday, rattling buildings and cutting power in some areas of the capital.

Residents of San Jose said phones went down, electricity poles rattled and water flowed out of pools during the quake.

“It was terrible. I was on the third floor, I had never felt anything like it,” said Stephanie Gonzalez, a 25year-old masters student.

Clinton to lead Obama cheers FORMER president Bill Clinton was set to lead the cheers while nominating Barack Obama for a second White House term last night in a bid to enhance the Democrats’ economic credibility.

Clinton, who oversaw America’s 1990s boom years, is hoping to counter the challenge of Mitt Romney, who still holds a lead among voters as the candidate best qualified to manage the still-struggling US economic recovery.

Overall, surveys find Americans evenly split on backing Obama or Romney in what looks to be the closest US presidential election in recent memory. While the vastly wealthy Romney has an edge on the economy, Obama holds a huge lead as the candidate seen as best able to relate to the needs of ordinary Americans.

And that was the message brought to the Charlotte convention hall by First Lady Michelle Obama on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.

She declared that after nearly four years as president, her husband is still the man

who drove a rusty car on their early dates, rescued a coffee table from the trash and knows the struggles of everyday Americans because he lived them in full.

With thunderstorms on the horizon, Obama scrapped plans to deliver his Thursday night acceptance speech at a 74,000-seat outdoor arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. Instead, he will accept the nomination indoors at the location where the Democratic convention business is being conducted. It holds far fewer people.

Aside from what is expected to be Obama’s soaring speech tonight, convention goers and the politically attuned audience in front of television sets nationwide were most anticipating Clinton’s nominating address.

It was set to mark a true healing of a difficult relationship between the former and current presidents who sparred, sometimes sharply, in the 2008 Democratic primaries, when Bill Clinton was supporting his wife Hillary’s campaign for the party nomination.

Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday

Shooting overshadows Quebec separatist win

China to try former police chief at heart of scandal

Gunman kills man in theatre as PQ leader speaks

CHINA will put the ex-police chief at the heart of its biggest political scandal in decades on trial for crimes including defection and taking bribes, state media said yesterday, opening a new phase in a case that rattled the Communist Party succession.

Wang Lijun fled to a US consulate in southwestern China in February, days after his dismissal as police chief of Chongqing, the nearby municipality then run by the ambitious politician Bo Xilai who had raised Wang to prominence as a crime gangbuster.

The official Xinhua news agency appeared to end rumors that Wang could be treated lightly for exposing Bo’s misdeeds while inside the consulate, and it laid out the four charges against Wang - defection, taking bribes, bending the law for selfish ends and abusing power.

The Xinhua account indicated that Wang had initially gone along with the attempted cover-up of the murder in November of a British businessman, Neil Heywood, by Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai.

Wang “consciously neglected his duty and bent the law for personal gain so that Bogu Kailai would not be held legally responsible,” said Xinhua, citing the prosecutor’s indictment.

Bogu is Gu Kailai’s official but rarely used surname.

Marois delivers her victory speech prior to a gunman opening fire on Tuesday in Montreal

By Rita Devlin Marier A SUSPECT was in custody after a shooting left one person dead in a Montreal theatre late on Tuesday, where the leader of Quebec’s separatist Parti Quebecois was celebrating a narrow election win in the Canadian province.

The shooting overshadowed the result of Tuesday’s election in which the Parti Quebecois beat the ruling Liberals, but by a small margin, forcing them to settle for a minority government. That effectively ruled out that the party, which seeks an independent Quebec, will be able to push for another referendum on breaking away from Canada.

Pauline Marois, newly elected as the first female premier of Quebec, had just told a rally of supporters the province would one day be independent when her bodyguards rushed her from the stage. She later returned to finish her speech.

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Montreal police said a man around 50 years old had entered the back of the Metropolis theatre just before midnight (0400 GMT yesterday) with a rifle and a handgun and shot two people.

Police said a man in his 40s died on the spot. The second victim, who was taken to a

hospital, is no longer in danger, according to local media reports. Another person is reportedly hospitalised, suffering from shock following the incident.

“For us this is a homicide,” a spokesman for the Montreal police said at a press conference yesterday, adding the suspect’s motives were unknown at this time.

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police subduing a large man with a rifle who was dressed in a black cape and a black face mask.

He appeared to shout in French the phrase “The English are waking up.” Marois had promised to strengthen laws designed to ensure the dominance of the French language, which has worried some in the minority Englishspeaking community.

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Egypt’s Mursi says ‘time for a change’ in Syria President says Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt to meet, but gives no further details

By Yasmine Saleh EGYPT’S president yesterday promised to put Cairo back at the heart of Arab affairs and made an impassioned appeal to Arab states to work to end the bloodshed in Syria, saying the time had come to change the Syrian government.

Making his first presidential address to the Arab League in Cairo, Mohamed Mursi also said a quartet of states - Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey and Egypt - would meet to discuss the Syrian crisis.

“The quartet which Egypt has called for will meet now,” Mursi told Arab foreign ministers, giving no further details.

An Egyptian delegate said the president’s comments meant the four states were mulling what action could be taken, but that the official formation of the quartet was still under discussion and that no date had been set for its representatives to meet.

Tehran has backed Syria’s government, but the three other states want President Bashar al-Assad to stand down.

Analysts said the group was unlikely to agree on how to handle the crisis, but said the initiative was a sign of how determined the newlyelected president was to put Egypt back at the centre of regional politics.

Mursi said the time had come in Syria for “change and not wasting time speaking of reform. This time has passed now. Now it is time for change.”

“The Syrian regime must take into account the lessons of recent and ancient history,” he said.

As Mursi was leaving the podium, the Islamist president briefly returned to the microphone to say: “Syria, Syria, this is the arena to do something”, pointing to the ministers below him, and then again saying “Syria” be-

fore stepping away.

It was the second such appeal for action in a week by Mursi. At the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Iran on August 30, Mursi referred to Tehran’s ally as an “oppressive regime” and said it was an “ethical duty” to back rebels.

More than 20,000 people have been killed in Syria since initially peaceful protests against Assad erupted in March 2011. Tens of thousands more have fled across its borders to neighbouring states to escape the violence.

Nasser al-Kidwa, deputy to Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations-Arab League mediator on Syria, arrived in Cairo yesterday to join the talks with Arab ministers. Brahimi, who is expected to visit Cairo on Sunday, has described his bid to broker peace as “nearly impossible” but Kidwa told reporters at Cairo airport that “we have not lost hope” despite the difficulties facing the mission.

Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi (left) leaves the Arab League headquarters in Cairo yesterday

Gaddafi ex spy chief back in Libya govt custody

An undated photograph of Abdullah al-Senussi (EPA)

MUAMMAR Gaddafi’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi was taken into Libyan government custody yesterday after being extradited by Mauritania to face charges of crimes against humanity, officials said.

Senussi, among the most feared members of Gaddafi’s regime before rebels toppled it last year, was captured in the West African state in March, triggering a tug of war between Libya, France and the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his extradition.

“The office of the prosecutor general has received Senussi and he will undergo a number of medical tests. Soon he will

also undergo interrogation for the cases he has been charged with,” prosecutor general spokesman Taha Ba’ra said.

A bearded Senussi, recognisable from his characteristic tightly curled hair, was shown in a press photograph getting out of a helicopter in Libya. Smiling slightly, a soldier stood behind him steadying him on the steps.

His extradition came after a high-level Libyan delegation, including the justice minister and army chief of staff, visited Mauritania on Tuesday and, a Mauritanian government source said, gave guarantees concerning Senussi. It was not clear if there was a court decision sanctioning

the extradition and the source declined to specify the nature of the guarantees.

Senussi was arrested six months ago after arriving with a falsified Malian passport on a flight into the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott from Morocco. Mauritania’s original plan was to put him on trial for illegal entry - a move that threatened to delay efforts to have him face international justice.

A spokesman for the ICC, which has wanted to try Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity including murder and persecution, said it had received no information about a handover to Libyan authorities in Tripoli.

IRAN makes no distinction between U.S. and Israeli interests and will retaliate against both countries if attacked, an Iranian military commander said yesterday.

The comments came after the White House denied an Israeli news report it was negotiating with Tehran to keep out of a future Israel-Iran war and as US President Barack Obama fends off accusations from his election rival that he is too soft on Tehran.

“The Zionist regime separated from America has no meaning, and we must not recognise Israel as separate from America,” Ali Fadavi, naval commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

“On this basis, today only the Americans have taken a threatening stance towards the Islamic Republic,” Fadavi said. “If the Americans commit the smallest folly they will not leave the region safely.”

Iran - which has missiles that could reach Israel and US targets in the region - has conducted military exercises and unveiled upgraded weapons in recent months, aiming to show it can defend itself against any strike against its nuclear sites.

Israel - thought to be the only country in the Middle East with nuclear weapons - says the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran would pose a threat to its existence. Tehran denies it is developing weapons and says its nuclear programme is peaceful.

With the approach of US elections in November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a tougher stance against Iran implicitly knocking Obama’s emphasis on diplomatic and sanctions pressure to halt Iranian nuclear work.

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Business Britvic is in merger talks with Irn-Bru BRITISH soft drinks maker Britvic Plc said it was in merger talks with Irn-Bru maker AG Barr Plc and had already agreed on certain terms of the deal.

The proposed all-share merger, which had been the subject of recent press speculation, followed an approach by AG Barr that would see its shareholders own 37 per cent of the enlarged group with investors in Robinsons and Tango maker Britvic owning the remainder.

Shares in Britvic were up 13.6 per cent to 372.95 pence at 0923 GMT, with AG Barr shares up 3.4 per cent to 430.25 pence.

AG Barr Chief Executive Roger White would be CEO of the combined group, the companies said, adding that the merger would create "one of the leading soft drinks companies in Europe".

Canaccord Genuity analyst Wayne Brown said it appeared that discussions between the firms were actually well advanced, noting the proposal represents a 7 per cent premium to Britvic's closing share price of 328.6 pence on Tuesday.

"The AG Barr management team have a very strong track record and would add significant strength to Britvic from both an operational and financial performance perspective," Brown added.

Britvic, which also produces and sells PepsiCo Inc's brands such as Pepsi, Mountain Dew Energy and 7UP in Britain and Ireland, hit the headlines in July after recalling packs of its Robinsons Fruit Shoot and Fruit Shoot Hydro drinks over faulty newly designed caps. The recall will cut up to 25 million pounds from its profit before tax across the current and next fiscal years.

UK banks facing rules to curb mis-selling incentives The banks have 18 months to stamp out incentives

By Huw Jones BRITAIN'S banks have 18 months to stamp out incentives that encourage the mis-selling of financial products or face "intrusive" action, the Financial Services Authority said yesterday.

UK banks have been hit by a string of scandals in the last 20 years for inappropriate selling of products, such as insurance, home loans and pensions, to customers who often did not need them. Compensation for mis-sold loan insurance alone will cost the banks 9 billion pounds ($14.3 billion).

Martin Wheatley, the FSA's managing director, told a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event it was time to tackle incentives for sales staff as banks were no longer serving customers properly.

"Some time ago, this changed - financial institutions have changed their view of consumers from someone to serve to someone to sell to," Wheatley said. Banks also stand accused of foisting complicated derivatives onto customers as a condition for granting loans, sometimes with costly consequences for unwitting consumers.

Wheatley said banks could no longer expect to make heady returns and should get back to offering "plain vanilla products" that customers can understand. The FSA has

They've changed their view of clients from someone to serve to someone to sell to started enforcement action against one company over its sales incentives to stop what he called the "pile it high and sell them cheap" approach seen across the industry.

"If we think in a year to 18 months' time the industry has not cleaned up its act, then we will revisit it in a much more intrusive way," Wheatley said.

"The question is how intrusive we need to be," Wheatley told Reuters. New rules could make certain that the FSA's "new, fairer, approach is hardwired into the way firms do business, and enforceable if they disregard them".

He said cultural change was needed at the top of firms to tackle poorly designed incentive schemes that boost the earnings of the sales person but "too often result in customers being sold products they do not need or cannot use".

The FSA will attend more bank board meetings and raise its concerns when it meets bank chiefs collectively each quarter to end a "disconnect" between CEOs' willingness to correct shoddy sales practices and the apparent lack of action on the ground.

The FSA was not aiming to

ban commission but to put pressure on banks to have the right sales incentives, as piling on prescriptive rules could encourage them to find ways round them, hence the emphasis on cultural change, he added.

Wheatley is due to make recommendations on Sept.

28 on better supervision and governance for setting the benchmark Libor interest rate, which Barclays was fined $453 million for rigging.

Wheatley declined to comment on his public consultation on proposed reforms to Libor which ends on Friday. "I

have a busy weekend ahead," he said. The FSA has already shown its teeth in changing culture at the banks. Chairman Adair Turner helped to force the resignation of Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond in July, saying he was not the right person to bring about a cultural change after the bank admitted manipulating Libor.

Financial consumer champion Martin Lewis told the Newsmaker that Wheatley's pledge to intervene in how banks "flog stuff" to the consumer was music to his ears, but the challenge would be to deliver.

The FSA also published a review of sales incentives at 22 banks, insurers and investment firms, with most showing deficiencies that encouraged mis-selling.

"What we found is not pretty.

Most of the incentive schemes we looked at were likely to drive people to mis-sell in order to meet targets and receive a bonus, and these risks were not being properly managed," Wheatley said.

The review found many examples of poor sales practices, such as "first past the post" incentives, where the first of 21 sales staff to reach a target could earn a "super bonus" of 10,000 pounds.

Another firm slapped big incentives on staff to sell the more expensive products to customers, despite claiming to offer impartial advice, the review said. The watchdog also saw a sales person lie about the price of a product to increase his bonus, while another rushed through sales before the end of a quarter to avoid a pay cut.

Some firms intentionally "turned a blind eye" to misselling risks, while others that linked bonuses and other pay to the volume of sales needed to "dramatically" improve their standards, the FSA said.

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The single currency was down just 0.15 per cent at $1.2550 , but below its high of $1.2629 posted on Tuesday and over a cent away from Friday's two-month peak of $1.26378.

"Many are concerned that the ECB may just give us bare bones, while others are of the view that even if they give details to the plan, it would be a good time to sell the currency as the economic data from the region has been deteriorating," said Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank.

The prospect of ECB action to ease the current stresses in the European debt market did, however, curtail demand for safe-haven German bonds at an auction of new 10-year paper. The German Finance Agency, which managed the debt sale, only

received bids from investors worth 3.93 billion euros for the 5 billion of bonds it wanted to sell.

Although analysts said demand might have been affected by the heavy supply elsewhere in the eurozone as the Netherlands was selling a three-year dollar-denominated bond, while triple-A rated Austria also sold bonds on Tuesday. "(The auction) probably reflects the sheer volume of competing 10-year core supply both last week and this week, and of course the ECB event risk," said Credit Agricole rate strategist Peter Chatwell.

In equity markets, data showing US factory activity had slowed in August revived concerns over the health of the world's largest economy, heightening the focus on Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, which could persuade the Federal Reserve to ease policy.

"We might not get all the details about the ECB bond buying plan tomorrow, but we know it's coming, so it's priced in. Now the question is: how bad is the situation in the US economy? We'll get a better idea on Friday with the payrolls," said David Thebault, head of quantitative sales trading at Global Equities.

The growth concerns look set to weigh on US stocks when trading begins on Wall Street later, while new data on the eurozone economy kept gains in European shares in check. After early losses, the FTSEurofirst index of top European shares was up 0.2 per cent at 1081.15 points by the mid session, while the blue chip Euro STOXX 50 index was up 0.3 per cent to 2443.31 points.

The latest gloom on the eurozone came from the Markit composite Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for August, which posted a

seventh month of contraction. The index fell to 46.3, down from an initial estimate of 46.6 and below July's 46.5.

"The final August PMI came in only slightly below its earlier flash estimate, leaving the eurozone economy on course to fall back into technical recession in the third quarter," said Rob Dobson, senior economist at data compiler Markit.

Retail sales in the eurozone also ended a two-month run of gains in July when volumes fell 0.2 per cent as shoppers in the 17-nation currency area held back spending on food, drink and increasingly expensive fuel.

A Reuters poll published last month predicted the bloc would contract 0.2 per cent in the three months to September, but Dobson said the latest PMI suggests the downturn could be far worse, with a contraction of 0.5-0.6 per cent.

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Opinion

Public servants should pay the same health costs as everyone else THE HEALTH ministry has announced its plans for higher charges at the state hospitals. The increases are small and would only increase hospital revenue by €13 million every year, a negligible amount given the cost of running the hospitals. But as the government pointed out, the objective was not to increase revenue but to rationalise the income criteria for care and to discourage unjustified use of the Accidents and Emergency departments.

People will now have to pay a flat €10 fee when they go to a hospital A&E department, an attempt to stop people going there for minor health problems that did not require urgent care.

Whether the fee would discourage abuse of system remains to be seen, as the €10 charge is still quite small. There would also be charges for prescriptions and lab tests that are so low – 50 cents – they seem pointless. These charges should have been at least double as they would not even cover the paperwork that has to be undertaken when money is paid. Perhaps the idea is to increase the charges at a later stage, once people had become accustomed to paying for prescriptions and lab tests.

The big question is whether the political parties will agree to the higher charges when the government proposal is submitted to the House for approval.

There is a strong possibility the parties would argue that at a time of high unemployment and falling living standards, hospital charges should remain unchanged and they would have a point. On the other hand, charges are extremely low and had not been increased for seven years.

We would hope that when the proposal is discussed the issue of the free healthcare granted to our society’s highest paid workers – public employees – would be raised.

It is grossly unfair for the family of a public employee to pay the lowest rates for seeing a hospital doctor, while someone on half the income would have to pay €20. And let nobody argue that this was a workers’ conquest that could not be touched. This benefit was offered to civil servants, teachers and policemen, back in the days when their earnings were lower than those of private sector workers. Now that their wages and pensions are significantly higher than other workers the benefit is totally unjustified.

If the government seriously wants to rationalise the system it should not exempt public employees from being treated like everyone else. We hope this socially unjust arrangement will be challenged by deputies when the legislature discusses the health ministry’s proposal.

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Chastised Israel seeks way forward with US over Iran S TUNNED BY a rebuke from the United States’ top general, Israel is preparing a climbdown strategy in its war of words over Iran’s nuclear programme, aware that its room for manoeuvre is shrinking rapidly.

Anxious to prevent any flare-up in the Middle East ahead of November elections, there is also a good chance that US President Barack Obama will provide Israel with enough cover to avoid a loss of face, analysts say.

A burst of bellicose rhetoric over the last month led Western allies to fear that Israel was poised to launch a unilateral strike against Iran in an effort to hobble the Islamic Republic’s contested nuclear facilities.

Convinced Iran is seeking the atomic bomb, Israeli leaders have warned of a possible Holocaust if Tehran is not stopped; but the sabre-rattling clearly riled Washington, while failing to rally domestic public opinion behind a perilous war.

In a move that dismayed Israeli ministers, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, told reporters in Britain last week that the United States did not want to be “complicit” in an Israeli attack on Iran.

He also warned that go-it-alone military action risked unraveling an international coalition that has applied progressively stiff sanctions on Iran, which insists that its ambitious nuclear project is purely peaceful.

Dempsey’s stark comments made clear to the world that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was isolated and that if he opted for war, he would jeopardise all-important ties with the Jewish state’s closest ally.

“Israeli leaders cannot do anything in the face of a very explicit ‘no’ from the US president. So they are exploring what space they have left to operate,” said Giora Eiland, who served as national security adviser from 2003 to 2006.

“Dempsey’s announcement changed something. Before, Netanyahu said the United States might not like (an attack), but they will accept it the day after. However, such a public, bold statement meant the situation had to be reassessed.”

Pointing to a possible way out, Netanyahu has since said that more explicit international warnings could prevent war, in-

Analysis

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dicating he wanted the United States to provide Tehran with unambiguous options to halt its nuclear activity or face war.

“The greater the resolve and the clearer the red line, the less likely we’ll have conflict,” he said on Monday.

Positions are likely to be clarified at an expected meeting late this month between US President Barack Obama and Netanyahu when the Israeli leader addresses the UN General Assembly in New York.

“That will be a crucial encounter. They will have to reach an understanding there. At the end of the day, you do reach an understanding, always,” said Eiland, who had numerous dealings with Washington during his time as national security adviser.

There are already signs that Obama is prepared to raise the pressure on Iran.

On Monday, his Democratic Party released its election platform, saying the window for diplomacy would not remain open “indefinitely” and explicitly raised the threat of “military force” if Iran did not “live up to its obligations”.

The programme appeared to be more toughly worded than public declarations from Obama, but it is not politically binding.

An official within the prime minister’s office said Israel wanted to hear cast iron commitments from Obama’s own mouth.

“We want to hear a concrete declaration from the president, not vague promises that he will guarantee Israeli security,” the official said, declining to be named.

The official noted the tough stance the Americans took in 2011, warning they would not tolerate any move by Iran to carry through with a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, and hoped to see similar clarity applied to the nuclear programme.

Netanyahu met the heads of Israel’s intelligence community on Tuesday for an annual briefing to the security cabinet, where they were expected to present their latest assessments on Iran and the situation in southern Lebanon, amongst other things.

The leader of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed militant group

ON THIS DAY SEPTEMBER 6

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey Hezbollah said on Monday Iran could hit US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites.

“A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great,” Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told a local television station, ramping up the rhetoric which has raged through the region this summer.

Israel’s vice prime minister, Moshe Yaalon, issued his own bleak warning to Hezbollah to stay out of any possible conflict.

Talking to 100fm radio on Friday, he said Hezbollah had some 60,000 missiles and rockets, but that Israel had a much bigger arsenal. “Therefore, they need to understand that if they fire rockets and missiles, Hezbollah will pay a heavy price and the state of Lebanon will pay a heavy price until they stop.”

Behind all the bluff and bombast, there is no question that

the military in Israel is reviewing all its plans in case of conflict. Three officials told Reuters preparations for a possible, imminent, unilateral strike on Iran were “serious”.

Civilians are also being readied for possible bloodshed, with the military issuing a booklet last week on how to deal with possible emergency, and lines forming at distribution centres across the country for free gas masks.

Despite all the obvious activity, it is hard to shake off a sense of scepticism. Although Israel is believed to have the region’s only nuclear arsenal, it lacks the sort of conventional firepower pundits believe is necessary to put a serious dent in Iran’s farflung, well-defended atomic installations.

“All this talk of war is bullshit. If they could do it, then they would have already done it long ago,” a senior European diplomat in Israel said.

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WHAT THE MAIL SAID

1952

25 years ago Sunday September 6, 1987

At least 27 people, mostly spectators, are killed as a jet fighter breaks up over the crowd at an air show in Hampshire, England.

At least 40 people died yesterday in the bloodiest Israeli air raid in South Lebanon since the 1982 Israeli invasion, police and hospital sources said. They said the victims included at least four women and four children. Thirty-five people were wounded and a number of Palestinians were still missing.

1966 In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.

1972 Munich Massacre: nine Israel athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian Black September terrorist group die at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes are slain in the initial attack the previous day.

1991 The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia’s second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

1997 The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London.

Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.

35 years ago Tuesday September 6, 1977 Surgeons at Larnaca Hospital are to attempt to give a blind boy sight by transplanting both his eyes with eyes flown from a donor in Sri Lanka. The transplant had been made possible by the Lions Club of Cyprus who, with the cooperation of members of Lions Clubs in London and Sri Lanka have arranged for the donor eyes to be flown by British Airways.

45 years ago Wednesday September 6, 1967 United States Marines today lost 54 dead and 84 injured in driving a major North Vietnamese force from a tree-covered hill after a bitter 20-hour battle. The battle began before dawn yesterday when 100 Marines ran into enemy fire on a routine sweep of Que Son, 30 miles south of Da Nang base.

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Showbiz

Stones to release 50th anniversary hits album

Twilight star’s sisters unforgiving of cheating Stewart

First time back in the studio for band since 2005

ROBERT Pattinson’s sisters would “kill him” if he ever got back with Kristen Stewart.

The Twilight star’s siblings, Lizzy and Victoria Pattinson, have warned him against getting with his ex-girlfriend - who was caught cheating with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders - saying she’s liable to do it again.

A source told RadarOnline. com: “They will kill him if he gets back with Kristen.

“Lizzy and Victoria feel terrible for heartbroken Robert, especially because of the embarrassment that was caused by the manner in which the affair was exposed.

“It’s a case of once she’s cheated, what’s to stop her doing it again?

“And Lizzy and Victoria are pretty unforgiving over Kristen’s actions.”

The protective sisters are instead recommending the heartthrob throws himself into his work and a bachelor lifestyle. The source added: “They believe Robert should embrace singledom, throw himself into work and not consider settling down with anyone until he’s ready.”

Pattinson, 26, has already put the Los Angeles love nest he shared with Stewart, 22, up for sale and is thinking of moving back to London, where he can be more of a “regular guy.”

Another source said: “He never fell in love with Los Angeles and has always longed for home. When Kristen was shooting Snow White and the Huntsman in London, he made his excuses to visit her as much as he could - he missed it so much.

“Despite making friends in America, Robert longs just to have a pint with the mates he grew up with in a local west London pub. He’s just a regular guy.

“He is set to make up his mind very soon. His family hasn’t put pressure on him to return, but he misses them very much and they’ve said they’d welcome him back with open arms.”

THE ROLLING Stones will release an album of hit songs in November to celebrate their 50th anniversary, including their very first single “Come On.” GRRR! will be available in various formats including a three-CD 50 track version, a four-CD Super-Deluxe version with 80 tracks and a 12-inch vinyl box set, the group said in a statement on Tuesday.

As well as Chuck Berry’s “Come On”, issued in June 1963, and chart-topping vintage Stones tunes such as “Satisfaction”, “Jumping Jack Flash” and “Brown Sugar” there will be two new studio recordings recently completed by the group in Paris.

“These brand new recordings constitute the first time Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood have all been together in the studio since completing the exalted A Bigger Bang album in 2005,” the statement said.

All GRRR! formats will feature a striking painting

by American artist Walton Ford, who has created the latest in a long line of artwork for the band.

News about the release of the album comes on the heels of a Billboard report last week that the Stones are set to play a series of four concerts in November in New York and London.

Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood will play two dates at London’s O2 arena and two at Brooklyn’s new

The Stones will play two dates at London’s O2 arena and two at Brooklyn’s new Barclays Centre Barclays Centre, which has yet to be completed, Billboard reported.

News of the shows comes after the band members initially said they would not tour this year, then hinted at upcoming gigs during a book launch and photography exhibit in London over the summer marking their anniversary.

No representative of the band was immediately available for comment or confirmation.

A new documentary, announced earlier this month in Los Angeles, also is in the works. Called Crossfire Hurricane and directed by Brett Morgen, it promises new footage and insights from the band and will open in cinemas in Britain before being broadcast on the BBC and then on HBO in the United States.

The Stones, who last toured in 2005-2007 with their top-grossing “Bigger Bang” show, were formed in London in 1962 and are one of the longestperforming rock bands in

the world. They have sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide. The band are also among the names expected on the red carpet at this year’s London Film Festival.

There will be 225 films shown over 12 days between October 10 and 21 at the annual event, which opens with the European premiere of Tim Burton’s 3D animation Frankenweenie.

Other films being shown include Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet, starring Dame Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Sir Michael Gambon, and Ben Affleck’s political thriller Argo.

The festival will close with Mike Newell’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale Great Expectations.

There will also be a competitive element to the festival, with awards given for Best Film, Best First Feature and Best Documentary, and a £5,000 bursary for the Best British Newcomer.

GRRR! will be available in various formats

The new faces of Pepsi

Boy band One Direction already hugely popular in US

ONE DIRECTION to be the new faces of Pepsi. The boy band signed a deal with the soft drinks giant which will see them follow in the footsteps of stars including Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and David Beckham to promote the product.

The group – Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne – filmed the campaign at a New Orleans studio last weekend which will see them star alongside several leading American football stars.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “This is a huge deal for them in monetary terms — but even bigger for status as the coverage they’ll get from it is massive.

“They’re already stars across America, but this could catapult them to superstardom.”

“The boys were under strict instructions to stay quiet on this one and refrain from tweeting about their whereabouts.

“They flew to Tampa before boarding a private jet laid on

by Pepsi to New Orleans where they met quarterback Drew Brees, who taught them the ropes on American football.

Other football stars are in the ad too.”

One Direction are hugely popular in the US and are set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Los Angeles Staples Centre tonight.

Walk of Fame for Degeneres ELLEN Degeneres has received the 2477th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The chat show host invited her fans to watch the ceremony by posting a message on twitter and jokingly asking for a ride home afterwards.

According to E! News, Degeneres said: “It is amazing. I spent my entire career trying to conduct myself in a certain way making sure no one walks all over me only to get to a point where people are going to walk all over me.

“It means so much to me that everyone showed up.”

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Noticeboard Massive September reductions at Lidl stores

ECDL backs Europe digital participation UNDP support for Potamia community project THE unique village of Potamia, one of the last mixed villages on the island, successfully hosted a largescale community consultation on August 26.

Current and past residents of the village came together to mutually decide the contours of a new museum, which will capture their cultural investments, in an open, inclusive and participatory manner.

The UNDP-ACT-supported Future Together project is assisting the Potamia community in this process, by facilitating a series of community-led discussions about the structure, management and content of the future museum.

POTAMIA MEDIA The Future Together Project will also help capture the Potamia experience of inclusive decisionmaking in a series of short films and blogs.

The August 26 event was very inspirational for all of the participants and they expressed their excitement and motivation to contribute in various ways to the development of the museum.

“We see Potamia as a model for the whole of Cyprus, two communities living together in peace and making decisions that affect their lives together” said a young Turkish Cypriot whose grandparents hail from Potamia.

Mr. Panikos Yiatrou, the Greek Cypriot President of the Potamia Community Council, referring to the library/museum project stated “now with this opportunity, it is our chance to build a museum for our village in the way that we desire. But for this to happen, we all need to contribute”.

As stated during the event by the Programme Manager of UNDP-ACT, Christopher Louise: “Participatory Development is globally a widespread tool for empowering local communities to take ownership of the decisions that affect their daily lives”.

It is hoped that the Potamia example will inspire other communities to develop their own inclusive decision-making processes, which will also provide the conditions for a more inclusive reconciliation process on the island.

THE annual review of progress towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive EU maximising the potential of ICT has highlighted the lack of ICT skills as an issue. In recognition of its ongoing support of the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), ECDL Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to the key digital literacy and digital inclusion aims of the DAE. These aims include: • To engage with 5,000,000 citizens to ensure they acquire digital skills and competence • To decrease by 3 per cent the current number of 150 million who do not have internet skills, and promote the use of e-government services and the benefits of e-commerce • To promote digital skills development programmes at all levels of education throughout Europe, while providing today’s youth with

the skills necessary for mobility in tomorrow’s labour market • To take special measures to ensure marginalised groups, such as the unemployed, the elderly, people with disabilities, and those in remote locations can participate in Information Society • To work with Member States in the development of long-term digital literacy policies, using certification as a measureable outcome in the return on investment in digital skills programmes, and ensuring ICT skills are incorporated into national education policies.

With half the EU labour force lacking digital competence, Europe has to build its productivity and increase competitiveness.

ECDL Foundation and the Cyprus Computer Society are working to get ‘every European digital’.

Digital skills are paramount for today's youth if they are to compete in tomorrow's workforce

AS of September 3, Lidl is once again making mass price reductions for a wide range of products.

Over the coming period, Lidl customers will be able to buy their favourite products at the same high quality as ever, but at lower prices.

Especially during this current period, with a feeling of social responsibility, Lidl is steadily making its customers’ purchases cheaper, actively implementing its commitment to act responsibly, through actions that have long-term impact.

With such responsibility in mind and remaining loyal to its principles, but above all to its customers, Lidl stores are committed to continue their support for the family budget of Cypriot consumers.

Cyprus shipowners union elects new executive body Piracy, tax and embargo issues mulled in Athens THE Cyprus Union of Shipowners held its General Meeting over the summer at the Glyfada Golf Club in Athens.

The meeting was attended by a number of shipowner member companies and government officials, and various issues were discussed relating to Cyprus Shipping.

During the meeting of the General Assembly members were elected to the Union’s Board of Directors.

On the Executive Committee: George Mouskas (Chairman), Polys Vasou Hajioannou (Vice Chairman), Andreas Hadjiyiannis (Vice Chairman), Anastasis David (Councillor), Christos Chrysanthou (Councillor) and Tasos Panayides (Councillor).

Other officers and members of the Board: Ninos Yiamakis (Treasurer), Dr. John Coustas (Member), Dr. Nicolas Hadjiyiannis (Member), George Tsavliris (Member), Antonis

Members of the Executive Committee pose for a photo after the Cyprus Union of Shipowners' General Meeting Mikellides (Member), Nicos Hadjioannou (Member), Loucas Hamatsos (Member), Michalis Pissourios (Member), Marc Klerides (Member).

Thereafter, the gathering discussed the issue of Piracy, the extension of the Cyprus

Bilateral Agreements for the avoidance of double Taxation and the long-standing issue of the Turkish Embargo.

Finally, the Union's Chairman, Mr Mouskas, the two Vice Chairmen, Mr Hadjiyiannis and Mr Hajioannou

and the three Councillors of the Executive Committee, Mr David, Mr Chrysanthou, and Mr Panayides, expressed their gratitude to the officials of the Department of Merchant Shipping, for the Cyprus government’s sup-

port and co-operation on the above matters. They expressed their confidence that the close co-operation that exists between the private and public sector, will result in the advancement and further growth of Cyprus flag.

Fasouri Waterpark to organise sporting event

The event is open to men and women of all ages

FASOURI Watermania Waterpark, with the cooperation of Secret Event Company, are organising for the first time the sporting event Active Limassol.

The event will take place on Sunday, September 16 at Fasouri Watermania Waterpark in Limassol.

Instructors from all local Limassol gyms will present group exercise programmes, alongside several showcases and various other games/competitions.

Active Limassol is open to men and women of all ages, regardless of their cur-

rent level of fitness.

All clear proceeds from the event will be donated to the Child's Smile Foundation, which helps needy and abused children.

For all those who are looking for an excuse to feel healthy and increase their physical activity - while helping support a worthy cause - we hope to see you there.

For more information please call 25 714235, visit www.fasouri-watermania.com, www.secreteventcompany.com or find us on Facebook

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What’s on

films

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

NICOSIA Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex,

Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35 and 8.05pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm.

Tel: 7777-8383

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

LIMASSOL Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 1 (in 2D, in English) at 6.30, 8.20 and 10.10pm, weekends also at 4.45pm; Rio 2 (in 3D, in Greek), weekends only at 4.45 and 6.30pm; Rio 3 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6.30pm (weekdays only), 8.20 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 2 at 6.20pm (weekdays only), 8.20 and 10.20pm; Rio 3, weekends only at 4.30 and 6.20pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Raven (15) Rio 6 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410 Ted (15) Rio 4 at 6.20, 8.20 and 10.20pm, weekends also at

4.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) at 8.05 and 10.10pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Expendables 2 (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10.30pm, weekends also at 4.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ted (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.35, 8.05 and 10.10pm. Tel: 77778383

The Dictator (15) Rio 6 at 6.30 and 8.10pm, weekends at 5, 6.40 and 8.20pm. Tel: 25-871410

The Dark Knight Rises (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35 and 10.05pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Dictator (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 8.05 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 77778383

LARNACA Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) and (Screen 3) (in English) at 5.30, 8 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in 2D, in Greek) at 5.35pm. Tel: 77778383

PAPHOS Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (K) Rio 1 (in 3D, in Greek) at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm; Rio 5 (in 2D, in English) at 6, 8

and 10pm, weekends at 8.30 and 10.30pm; Rio 7 (in 2D, in English), weekends only at 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Expendables 2 (15) Rio 7 at 6, 8.10 and 10.20pm, weekends at 8.30 and 10.40pm; Rio 5, weekends only at 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Raven (15) Rio 2 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 Ted (15) Rio 3 at 6, 8 and 10pm, weekends at 4.30, 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Dark Knight Rises (12) Rio 4 at 4.45, 7.45 and 10.45pm. Tel: 26-207000 The Amazing Spider-Man (12) Rio 6 at 5.30, 8 and 10.30pm.

Tel: 26-207000

listings Today

cert. September 7. Kyrenia Stadium, Archangelos, Nicosia. 9pm. €15/20.

Tel: 99-521200

Other Events

Theatre

In Pursuit of Happiness Lecture by the Distinguished Professor Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University on the occasion of his declaration as an Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Economics and Management. September 6. Auditorium Hall of the University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Street, Nicosia. 7pm. In English. Tel: 22-894305/22-894320

Otello – Paphos Aphrodite Festival Opera performed by the Slovak National Theatre Opera. September 7-9. Medieval Paphos Castle. 8pm.

Simultaneous translation in Greek and English via subtitles. €35/80.

Tel: 26-822218/80-008005 or visit www.pafc.com.cy

The Music Master Game Show Eat, drink, listen, dance and win lot of prizes in a hi-tech TV-style pop music challenge. September 6. Faros Tavern, Latchi Harbour, Paphos.

7pm. €18 ticket includes dinner. Tel: 26-819562 or check for more info and book online at www.groovejetmedia.com

Tomorrow Music Michalis Hadjiyiannis Well-known pop star back in con-

Amphitryon A piece by Moliere staged by the National Theatre of Greece as part of the Kypria International Festival. September 7. Makarios III Amphitheatre, Strovolos, Nicosia. 8.30pm. €10/15.

Tel: 22-208400. www.kypria.org.cy

And This Island, Who Knows it?

Cypriot Identities across Millennia A three-day international conference bringing together scholars of international calibre to address synchronous aspects of Cypriot culture. September 7-9. University of Nicosia 46 Makedonitissas Avenue. 9am-4 .30pm. www.cypriot-identities.org Event for Forgotten Fall of Nicosia A remembrance of the forgotten fall of Nicosia to the Turks on September 7, 1570. Keynote Speaker: Andros Pavlides, Historical Researcher and music by Veronica Aloneftis, Song / Zither. September 7. Constanza Moat, Nicosia. 8.15pm. Free. Tel: 22-460033

Ongoing

Other Events Flying Away Art Music and Dance Festival 150 local artists including 70 art stalls where artists will exhibit their work, 14 local DJ’s performing their art on the decks, two music bands, live performances, activities, conceptual theatrical installations and much more. September 7-9.

Orfeas Stadium, Nicosia. 6pm. €5.

Tel: 96-670494

Other Events Limassol Wine Festival Live music and dancing, traditional Cypriot food and an opportunity to sample different local wines from large and small wineries. Until September 9. Limassol Municipal Gardens, 28th October Avenue. €4/6. Tel: 25-344402/25344952/25- 745919

Summer Breeze Group mixed media exhibition. Until September 15. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-30000/150

Nicosia: Topographies of Memory: From Ermou Street to the Buffer Zone Exhibition by Anita Bakshi reconstructing Ermou marketplace – using maps that were created from memories and narratives provided by shopkeepers who once worked or lived in the area. Until September 30.

Home for Cooperation, 28 Markou Drakou, opposite Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia. Open Monday-Sunday: 10am-6pm. Tel: +90 542 8506681/22-445740 www.home4cooperation.info/www. ahdr.info

Silia Philippou Solo painting exhibition. Until September 18. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm.

Tel: 22-760286

Our Lady of Nicosia Exhibition about the church of Phaneromeni and its relics. Until September 30. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 96-90 Phaneromenis Street, old Nicosia. Monday-Sunday: 10am-7pm. Tel: 80-000800

Iosif Hadjikyriakos Solo painting exhibition inspired by the art of Lefkara. Until September 20. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou St, Larnaca. Tel: 24-621109. www.gallerykypriakigonia.com.cy

Terra Mediterranea – In Crisis Group contemporary art exhibition curated by Yiannis Toumazis scrutinising the current turbulence experienced globally, from both a political and a poetic stance. Until December 30. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre 19, Palaias Ilektrikis, Nicosia.

Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-3pm and 5pm-11pm. Sunday: 10am-4pm.

Tel: 22-797400. info@nimac.org.cy. www.nimac.org.cy The project includes a second contemporary art exhibition curated

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

Summer 2012 Group exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Until September 30.

Morfi Gallery, 84 Agkyras St, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm.

Tuesday-Friday: 5pm-8pm.Tel: 25378733. www.morfi.org

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

by Re Aphrodite team. The exhibition deals with the unwritten feminine histories of Cyprus and their private and public structure. Until December 30. Ethological Museum – The House of Hagjigeorgakis Kornesios, 20, Patriarxou Grigoriou, Nicosia.

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8.30am3.30pm. Wednesday: 8.30am-5pm.

Saturday: 9.30am-3.30pm. Tel: 22-305316 AnThrOPOS: Faces of Cyprus through the Ages An exhibition that explores the human form as it is represented in the art of Cyprus from the Neolithic period until today, focusing specifically on depictions of the human face. Until January 18. The Cyprus Museum 1 Special Exhibition Hall, Museum Street, Nicosia. Tel.: 22-865854. www.mcw.gov.cy

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This Weekend Theatre Myth revisited Within the framework of the Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus, the Greek stage director, Yannis Iordanidis, is going to present The Homecoming, a theatrical adaptation based on poems by Yannis Ritsos this Saturday.

Over the course of his 30 year career, Iordanidis has staged more than 90 productions in Greece, France, Germany, Cyprus and he has participated in International Theatre Festivals. He has directed plays by the most important playwrights of classic and contemporary dramaturgy for both national and private theatres. Moreover, he has repeatedly directed opera productions at the Greek National Opera and elsewhere.

For his upcoming production, Iordanidis uses Ritsos, one of Greece’s most prolific, distin-

Don’t Forget Music The Greek gypsy king The Pancyprian Darts Federation is organising a charity concert with the popular Greek singer Kostas Hadjis at the Ancient Theater of Curium this Sunday.

Hadjis has been mesmerising local audiences with his expressive gruff vocals and gifted guitar playing for some 40 years now.

One of the few gypsy performers to show pride in his background,

guished and celebrated poets, as the source for his inspiration. This is a contemporary reading of the Atreides myth as interpreted by poet Ritsos and director Iordanidis.

The famous myth of antiquity affords the poet the opportunity to weave his own story, universal and global, through texts that hold particular sensitivity. Using a tone which is on the one hand tragic and on the other everyday and intimate, he rebuilds the myth of Atreus linking the worlds of yesterday and today.

The world premiere of the play, which was held in 1984 in Paris, was awarded a Gold Medal for Stage Direction by the International Academy of Paris (Lutèce) and received excellent reviews from the French press. Nearly three decades later, Iordanidis revisits the play and enriches it with new ideas and a fresh director’s outlook.

The Homecoming A contemporary theatrical adaptation of the Atreides myth as interpreted by poet Yannis Ritsos and director Yannis Iordanidis. September 8.

University of Cyprus, Axiothes Mansion, Nicosia.

8.30pm. In Greek. €10/15. Tel: 22-894531-2

Hadjis reached stardom in the early ’70s alongside partner (also in life for a stint) Marinella.

For the upcoming concert, Hadjis will meet his singer son on stage for one night only. While Kostas has thrilled audiences for decades now, Alexandros has inherited his father’s talents.

Proceeds from this concert will go towards a worthy cause, in support of the Cyprus Association for People with Autism.

Kostas Hadjis Charity concert with famous Greek singer.

September 9. Ancient Theatre of Curium, Limassol. 9pm. €30. In support the Cyprus Association for People with Autism. Tel: 99725575/96-356357. Online tickets at www. soldout-tickets.com.cy

Fly off to a world far far away If tightened purse strings mean that you’re stuck in the capital this weekend, there’s no need to fret.

Crisis or no crisis, the city’s entertainment calendar is jam-packed with options - in no small part thanks to the numerous festivals and events that bring together mostly local artists, but also draw some international performers.

The Kypria Festival and the Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus are just a couple of the major events offering great entertainment for relatively little cash with more events to come over the following month.

Having grown at an extraordinary pace in the last four years, the Flying Away Art Music and Dances Festival has managed to attract professional and amateurs from home and abroad. This year’s edition - which opens tomorrow at Orfeas Football Stadium - is no exception, featuring a line-up of 150 local artists including 70 art stalls where artists will exhibit their work, 14 local DJ’s performing their art on the decks, two music bands, live performances, activities, conceptual theatrical installations and much more.

The festival’s concept and philosophy is to highlight the simpler things in life that make us happy: art and music. This mega fiesta began with an ambition and a community that wanted to make a change for the better.

Recognising that the arts are a powerful vehicle for achieving these goals they sought to ringing people rebuild community values by bringing together. or particiThe festival provides a forum for e the profile pants to share their ideas, raise of their projects, present their products ofessionand works and contact with professionals working in similar areas at a leading festival on the local scene. Thus keeping alive the inspiration N & G Handmade and imaginaAccessories will be available at the tion that both festival music and the arts provide.

Acting as a cultural hub, an average of 3000 people flock to the festival each time and over the years it has ranged from a fantastically-dense, weekend to as many as four days. This time round, crowds will have three days to explore at their leisure.

Attendees can pay one entrance fee and then are able to see the plethora of goodies on show and whatever musical acts you can catch! Can you think of any place else where you could browse dozens of stalls and watch artists perform in one day for about €5?

Along with non-stop music, this year’s Festival will feature a wide variety of art. Vendors will be set up along the stadium displaying their wares that will include artwork such as ceramics, pottery, jewellery, sculpture, painting and photography.

More than just music and art, the festival will be an all encompassing experience with something for everyone including: capoeira, juggling, massage, martial arts, yoga, dance performances, wall climbing and face painting.

There is also a kid’s area where the coordinators make sure that there are plenty of activities for children. And let’s not forget about food, the festival will host various food kiosks and bar services spread out across the venue.

Flying Away Art Music and Dance Fest Festival 150 local artists and 70 art stalls wh where artists will exhibit their work, 14 local DJ’s performing their art on the decks, two music bands, live perform formances, activities, conceptual theatr atrical installations and much more.

Se September 7-9. Orfeas Stadium, Nic Nicosia. 6pm. €5. Tel: 96-670494

By Ledha Socratous

NIGHTLIFE Head on down to the With beach parties swiftly beginning to decline, fun options for partygoers are now few and far between. That’s not to say however, that there’s absolutely nothing going on over the coming weeks. Fans of funky electronic beats ought to head to the Afro Banana Republic Party this Saturday for a party to remember.

Nothing to do with the fashion retailer or a small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, this Afro Banana Republic refers to a group of

artists, who have e p set out to develop e the local creative e. alternative scene.

Made up of a team am of young freelance professionals, consisting off architects, graphic designers, film producers, photographers, music producers, fashion designers, set designers and so on, the whole idea behind this ‘Great Republic’ is to encourage collaborations between different fields and to explore the potential of home grown talent, by providing a plat-

‘Great Republic’ and go bananas fo form for these art artists to produc duce and present their work.

Same as a last year, the party will be set in an open-air restaui deserted d rant in Ayioi Trimithias and is aimed at bringing people together and keeping it all in the community. If you attended the party last year, then you know how much fun it can be.

A mixture of live music and DJs will provide the entertainment for the evening, from Tony Cu-

sack aka Neti Neti, a regular fixture of the party circuit, playing his jumble of disco and techno tunes, to a live performance by The Swing Shows playing their heady blend of gypsy jazz and traditional Greek music.

As with most parties there will be plenty of food and drinks available and a supply of the freshest fruit & veg on hand, along with the Republic’s best celebratory tapas. Rumour has it that there will even be a special ABR cocktail exclusively made for this night.

All you need is an afro, bananas, and some dancing shoes and you’re set for the evening. If you get a bit lost on the way, be sure to keep an eye out for the bananas leading the way to the party.

Afro Banana Republic Party International and local DJs meet live bands for an exciting line up of funk, soul, swing, afro and electronic beats. September 8.

Arxiepiskopou Makariou III at the Piccadilly Restaurant on the old road towards Ayioi Trimithias, Nicosia district. Starts 8pm until 8am. €10. www.afrobananarepublic.com

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

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Tiny Singapore risks ec gloom without big baby H

ISTORY suggests Singapore will enjoy a welcome baby boom in this Year of the Dragon, the most auspicious for births in the Chinese zodiac.

But after 25 years of statesponsored matchmaking and fertility-boosting campaigns, the government’s attempts to arrest a sliding birth rate are falling flat, with potentially profound consequences for the wealthy Asian citystate.

The calls to conception are now urgent and constant to citizens whose fertility ranks last among 222 nations in the US Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook.

Faced with dismal statistics like that, the government has begun a review of population and immigration policy and says it plans new measures to encourage births by the time it publishes the results of its consultation early next year.

The message to have more babies is all the more pressing as resentment builds over an influx of foreigners who now make up more than a third of the population of 5.2 million, a factor that is eroding support for the longruling People’s Action Party.

“We have a problem. The long-term trend is down but we cannot give up,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a speech about the nation’s future. “We need to create the right environment, the right social environment, the right ethos so that Singaporeans want to settle down

and have kids.”

Social and economic engineering is nothing new in Singapore, where a firm government hand helped to steer a small island with no natural resources into one of the world’s most affluent countries in a little over a generation.

But the relentless drop in

“Even to attract a pipeline of good quality foreign talent, you need socio-political continuity and stability that can only be provided by a robust anchor population,” the birth rate reveals the limits of that influence in what has been described as a “nanny state”.

For a global trade and financial centre like Singapore, its extremely low fertility rate

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In the Year of the Dragon city state is hop births that will reverse current trend that itself reports John O’Callaghan

We have a problem: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has implications for economic growth, tax revenues, healthcare costs and immigration policy as the number of elderly people looks set to triple by 2030.

There are now 6.3 Singaporeans of working age for every senior citizen. By 2030, the ratio will be closer to 2:1.

At current levels, the birth rate implies that the local population will fall by half within a generation, said Sanjeev Sanyal, a Singaporebased global strategist at Deutsche Bank.

“Even to attract a pipeline of good quality foreign talent, you need socio-political continuity and stability that can only be provided by a robust anchor population,” he said.

If there were any doubts about the government’s

Its population, its future, the Singapore government is appealing to the public for ideas blatant message, the mint maker Mentos put out an advertisement urging married Singaporeans to do their civic duty on the evening of the August 9 National Day festivities.

“I’m talking about making a baby, baby,” went the video’s rapped lyrics, accompanied by hip-thrusting animated hearts. “It’s National Night, let’s make Singapore’s birth rate spike.”

Not long ago, Singapore had the opposite problem.

From the mid-1960s, with post-war baby boomers hitting child-bearing age, the fears were that a population surge would threaten the development of the newly independent nation.

With the slogan “Stop at two”, the government penalised big families, legalised abortion and rewarded sterilisation. It was so effective that, by 1987, the policy was reversed and the slogan became “Have three or more if you can afford it”.

Conspiring against more births are powerful contraceptives in the form of intense career pressure, long work hours, small apartments, waiting lists for nurs-

ery care and soaring prices.

“Work/life balance is what everybody’s after,” said Evonne, a marketing professional in her 30s, adding she and her husband plan to have one child. “If you don’t want kids, no matter what the government throws at you, I don’t think you really care.”

The 2010 census showed Singaporeans are marrying later than a decade earlier.

In the age group 30-34, a key time for career, 43 per cent of men and 31 per cent of women were not married.

For women in their 40s who were or had been married, those with only one child rose to 19 per cent from 15 per cent.

The issue is acute for the ethnic Chinese who make up 74 per cent of Singapore’s citizens and permanent residents, a majority that has ebbed from nearly 78 per cent in 1990. Statistics show ethnic Chinese are having fewer babies than the Malay and Indian communities and are more likely to be single.

Officials have sought to balance the call for more children with a message that the country must remain open to

immigration to provide the labour and expertise needed for future growth.

Not all are convinced, as many internet posts show.

Gilbert Goh, who runs a support group, Transitioning, for the unemployed, decried “relentless messages sent out by the government

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“Besides seemingly solving the whole birth rate issue here for our government, foreigners also are brought in to solve a bigger issue for employers - cheap hard-working labour,” he wrote on his website.

Simmering anger over immigration is widely believed to have contributed to the People’s Action Party’s unexpected loss of seats in last year’s parliamentary elections.

Saying it recognises concerns about jobs, living standards and social cohe-

Similar problems are faced in nearby Hong Kong

sion, the government has put tighter controls on the number of foreigners it lets in, particularly lower-skilled and lower-wage workers.

In July, it put out a paper for public input on ways to encourage Singaporeans to marry and have families as part of its review of population and immigration policy.

The paper - Our Population Our Future - set out a troubling scenario for an ageing society if birth trends persist, including a less vibrant economy, an exodus of major companies and a shrinking number of workers and consumers.

To encourage parenthood, the government gives out baby bonuses of up to S$4,000 ($3,200) for each of the first two children, rising to S$6,000 for the third and fourth. It also matches deposits made into a Child Development Account.

The Social Development Network, part of a government agency, offers free romantic advice by its “Dr Love” and oversees the activities of private dating agencies.

To reverse the trend, Lee said, changes in social and

The high tech lifestyle means many are choosing long hours over settling down with a family workplace attitudes are needed, along with more support for families with housing and affordable, accessible childcare.

If women were having at least two children, that would mean a rise in the population. But at a fertility rate of 0.78, according to the CIA, the number of Singaporeans

The city-state is not alone.

Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea also have very low fertility rates and many of the same cost, space and career pressures.

Among Southeast Asian neighbours, Thailand’s fertility rate of 1.66 is below replacement but the populations are growing in Indo-

The Social Development Network, part of a government agency, offers free romantic advice by its “Dr Love” and oversees the activities of private dating agencies. is waning.

The government has different data showing women, on average, giving birth to 1.2 babies in a lifetime - down from 1.87 in 1990 and 1.42 in 2001 and far below the replacement rate.

nesia (2.23), Malaysia (2.64) and the Philippines (3.15).

Lee Kuan Yew, the country’s founding leader and father of the current prime minister, warned in August that Singapore “will fold up” unless it reverses the drop in

the birth rate.

“Do we want to replace ourselves or do we want to shrink and get older and be replaced by migrants and work permit holders?” said Lee, who launched the “Stop at two” campaign in 1966.

Some hope for a zodiaclinked baby boom that is borne out by government figures. Births rose in previous Dragon years in 1976, 1988 and 2000, but those were only minor spikes in a steady decline in Singapore’s fertility rate from 3.07 in 1970.

The government is promising new measures to encourage births and help families but unless career and cost pressures change dramatically, there may be little effect.

“Can Singaporeans be persuaded to have more children?” was the survey question during a recent television panel discussion on the birth rate. Channel News Asia’s telephone poll may not have been completely scientific, but the answer was clear – a resounding 74 per cent of respondents said “no”.

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FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND **************************** ONE ACRE (3 donums) land for sale Arakapas area Limassol district, with title deeds. Sloping ground with stream and 8 foot waterfall at lower boundary. Naturally growing trees. €40.000 sandymathie@hotmail.com or 99416918 **************************** FOR SALE OR RENT - Kato Paphos – full moon bar, fully furnished and equipped, large flat screen TV’s + projector, fits 120 people comfortably, incredible opportunity for ready business! Please call: 99493579 **************************** FOR SALE factory with showroom, 1050m2, in private land, in Kokkinotrimithia industrial zone. Tel. 99849195. ****************************

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PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA FOR RENT luxurious furnished office next to “City Plaza” Nicosia ready for business. Tel: 99697243 SPACIOUS 2 bdrs 2 baths fully furnished kitchen fully equipped dishwasher AC cold/ hot large terasse 4rth floor great location Kennedy av. 1 block from Central Bank €600 monthly charges and hot water included. 99459267 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 **************************** 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.

TO LET NICOSIA **************************** FLATS/HOUSES RENT studio Strovolos 280, Ag. Andreas 295, 1 bdrm Ag. Andreas 450, Makarios Av. 490, Ag. Antonios 380 2 bdrm Lykavito furnished 600 Acropolis new 650, Ag. Omologites 500, Engomi near universities 540 Strovolos furnished 650 3 bdrm central 700, Kennedy 650, US Embassy independent house gardens 850. POSPORIDES ESTATES REG. 338 99474839 99646822 **************************** FOR RENT 3-bedroom luxury apartment over 200 sq.m. Very spacious living area extending to a large veranda overlooking the green of the river area.

Bathrooms all marble (one ensuite), modern kitchen. Fully air-conditioned, with underfloor heating, garage for 2 cars and large store. Situated in the exclusive gated development of J&P Glastonos, one of the oldest classy residential areas of Nicosia. Call 99630320 **************************** ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, in small quiet building, new, very spacious, fully furnished and air conditioned. Very good location between Strovolos and Engomi, close to The European University (Cyprus College) and all amenities. Covered parking. Rent €495/m. Please call 99695382 **************************** TO LET 3 bdrm flat Kaimakli area near Frederic. Tel. 99606665. ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES:

1. 5 bedrs detached house,

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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 bedrs luxury ground floor renovated semi detached house,210sq.m, with central heating, air conditions, solid parquet floor, fire place, big kitchen with all the electric appliances, 2 wc curtains, big veranda, big patio on the back with bbq area, 2 covered parkings in a quiet neighbourhood close to the Embassies –Engomi €900 (H3ENG0002-R), (photos in the website)

3. 4 bedr + separate office space + maid’s room luxury detached house, split level, big open space sitting areas,400sq.m,a/c for hot and cold in all the rooms, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, swimming pool, big verandas, 2 covered parking, in a very quiet area near Lidl – Latsia €2500 (H4LAT0008-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gass a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4 wc, 3 bathrooms, big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end. Can be rented furnished or not. AVAILABLE in August – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-R), (photos in the website).

5. 4 bedr+ attic room with shower and wc luxury detached house with separate maid’s room, central heating, a/c, separate office room, sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with din-

ing room and big family room opening to the big garden with grass and bbq area, 2 covered parking, behind General flooring shop – Makedonitissa €3000 (H4MAK0025-R), (Photos on the website).

6. 3 bedr + big attic room which can be used as a bedroom/office, detached house, central heating, full a/c,3wc, 2 bathrooms, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with all the electrical appliances, small garden and patio with bbq area, covered parking, near Apollonion hospital. – Makedonitissa €1200 (H4MAK0016-R), (photos in the website) 7. 4 bedrs 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 only shower ,swimming pool with wooden deck around, covered

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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, 350sq.m, central heating, full a/c, office space, separate maid’s room, big storage room, solid parquet floor in the bedrooms, 2 covered parking, swimming pool, garden with trees, veranda with bbq area, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, big sitting and dining areas, very near to English School, off Athalassas Avenue €2000 (H4ST10036-R), (photos on the website).

9. 3 bedr ground floor semi detached house in very good condition with storage heaters, 5a/c,2wc, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room, big front veranda, 2 covered parking in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Alpha Mega - Parissinos €550 (H3PA2001-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 ensuite shower/jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4wc, fully expensive furnished with 3 LCD televisions, kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parking’s, alarm system, pressure system, - Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0039-R), (Photos on the website).

11. 4 bedr luxury detached house built in 3 plots of land.

Separate maid’s room outside

the house, big basement with playroom, office and guest room with separate entrance.

The house has big sitting and dining room, separate family room, separate kitchen, big bedrooms, internal elevator, central heating, full a/c, big yard with tiles, covered kiosk and trees, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end opposite Cineplex – Strovolos €3000 (H4STI0042-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. 3 bedr luxury semi detached house with central heating independent, a/c, 3wc, parquet floor, fire place, electrical appliances in the kitchen, curtains, in a very quiet neighbourhood in the area near Falcon school – Strovolos €1500 (H3STI012-R), (photos in the website).

16. 3 bedr luxry detached house with 1 bedr flat in the basement, floor heating with gass, a/c units, big kitchen with electrical appliances, 4wc, 3 bathrooms, big garden with small pebbles, 2 covered parking, in a quiet area in a dead end.

Can be rented furnished or not – Makedonitissa €1700 (H4MAK0027-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 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 bedrs luxury detached villa built in 5 plots of land, 600sq., central Heating, full a/c, very big garden with grass, big swimming pool 5 x 13, bar with bbq area, office space, TV room with fire place, marble floor, all the bedrooms en suite shower/bathroom, separate self contained apartment for the maid, 2 covered parking in a nice area with easy access to the Limassol road. Can be rented also partially furnished – Latsia €5000(H4LAT0007-R), (photos in the website).

21. 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).

22. 4 bedr luxury detached house with expensive finishes, office space, separate maid’s room, 3 of the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, floor heating, full air condition, white marble floor all the house, fire place, lighting fixtures, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, swimming pool with bbq area, small garden,2 covered parking’s in a nice neighbourhood with expensive houses near KEMA building – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H4PAG0004-R), (photos in the website).

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daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225/96422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr furnished apartment, 140sq.m, near Cyprus Hilton, kitchen, bathroom and extra guests toilet, large sitting room, opposite a small park, recently renovated 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. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting room, separate kitchen with electrical appliances, central heating independent with diesel,2 a/c, aluminum shutters in the bedrooms, covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, on a small quiet building in a quiet neighbourhood – Agios Dometios €450 (A1ADO0004-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxury PENTHOUSE apartment with storage heaters, full a/c, office space, very big veranda 100sq.m with nice view and bbq area with bar, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 bathrooms, 2 storage rooms, covered parking, in a small building near Hilton park and Ippokration hospital – Engomi €1000 (A3ENG0023-R), (photos in the website).

6. 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), (photos in the website).

7. 2 bedr brand new luxury finished apartment on a small modern design building with 2 bathrooms, a/c for hot and

cold (Mitsubishi), storage heaters can be installed if needed, electrical shutters in the bedrooms, pressure system, water serculation system, solar, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds, covered veranda, 2 COVERED PARKING, storage room, near the centre and near traffic lights of Honda showroom. – Agioi Omologites €700 (A2AOM0007-R) 8. 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 bedr new luxury penthouse apartment on the last floor of a 3 storey building, CH ind, full a/c, pressure system, cooker and oven in the kitchen, blinds in the living room, 2 bathrooms, 130sq.m, big veranda with view, covered parking, 200m opposite Akropolis park. Acropolis €850(A3ACS0039-R), (photos on the website).

10. 2 bedr new luxury finished apartment with a/c for hot and cold, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered veranda,2 bathrooms,2wc,covered parking, storage room, secured entrance building in a very quiet neighbourhood – Aglantzia €650 (A2AGZ0022-R), (photos in the website) 11. 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, storage heaters, 2 a/c, cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer, refrigerator in the kitchen,2 wc, 1 bathroom, blinds, big covered veranda, storage room, parking, big common SWIMMING pool. Price includes common expenses – Latsia €500 (A1LAT0004-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 sepa-

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For information call 99781943 WIN A TRIP FOR 2 TO SOUTH AFRICA IN AID OF PAPHOS HOSPICE Organised by SACY NEWS The SACY NEWS was launched early 2012, and has within a short period, become a popular and well-liked publication among the South African community, and other expatriates living on the island of Cyprus. With the support of the South African Consulate, the SACY NEWS has become a prime media source for all South African Cypriots living in Cyprus.

“We wanted to create a ‘voice’ for all South Africans in Cyprus. The South African community has increased in number, and it was only a matter of time before we had our own community paper,” says Paul Charalambous, editor of the SACY NEWS. The high-quality publication is produced on a bi-monthly basis and is distributed all over the island, free of charge.

The SACY NEWS’ presence as a media sponsor for almost all South African events has spread extensively throughout the island. In recognition of the strong and supportive South African community, the SACY NEWS will be organising the South African New Year’s Eve Ball at the ‘Fifth Floor Restaurant’ in Paphos. This event will become an annual affair on the SACY NEWS calendar. “Everyone is welcome,” says Paul. “We want to revive the traditional South African Greek events we were accustomed to in South Africa.”

The SACY NEWS will be organising competitions on a regular basis to support the many charities on the island. After months of planning, and the support from many sponsors in Cyprus and South Africa, the SACY NEWS recently launched the ‘Win a trip for 2 to South Africa Competition’ in aid of the Paphos Hospice.

This unique prize package, which includes two return tickets to Johannesburg with Etihad Airways and Century Travel, will be complimented by seven nights at the 5-Star Peermont D’oreale Grande at Emperors Palace Hotel, Casino and Convention Resort. The prize includes an additional two nights at Sandton’s premier Michelangelo Hotel, and a further two nights at the Thabana Safari Lodge for an exceptional full board safari experience.

SAFARIS 4 U – A leading group tour operator based in Johannesburg, will provide unique tours to top attractions in Johannesburg, during the course of your stay.

Tickets are on sale from all Paphos Hospice Charity Shops, participating outlets (island wide) and private individuals for the price of € 3 per ticket. The winner will be announced at the South African New Year’s Eve Ball on the 31st December 2012.

For more information on this unique eleven nights prize package to South Africa, contact the SACY NEWS on 96 343 687. You can also visit their page on Facebook.

THE DEVONSHIRE RESTAURANT IN PAPHOS WILL RE-OPEN ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, WILL RESUME IT’S REGULAR MENU, OPEN FOR SUNDAY ROAST LUNCH AND DINNER, FOR BOOKINGS CALL 96870774

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.

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rate 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 €720 (A2AOM0008-R), (photos in the website).

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

16. 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 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, 2 showers, 1 bathroom, 2 wc, big covered veranda, pressure system, covered parking, big storage room in a quiet neighborhood near Acropolis park – Dasoupolis €800 (A2DAS0018-R), (photos in the website).

18. 4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas Avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis €1100 (A4DAS002-R), (photos on the website) 19. 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, 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).

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. 2 bedr new luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room, separate kitchen with cooker and oven, blinds on all windows, covered veranda, solar heater, pressure system, covered parking, storage room, on a small building in a quiet neighbourhood next to a playground, near Central offices of Cyta and Laiki Head quarters – Dasoupolis €600 (A2DAS0018-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. New luxury spacious 3 bedr quality apartment, 165sq.m+ big covered verandah, separate floor heating, full a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solid parquet floor all the flat, big sitting and dining area (can fit 2 sitting rooms and dining table), electrical appliances in the kitchen which has a breakfast area,2 covered parking, storage room in a very quiet green neighbourhood near the centre and Ag. Andreas - Nicosia Centre €1450 (A3NIC0004-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 €620 (A2AGZ0001-R), (photos in the website).

25. 2 bedr new luxury finished and FURNISHED ground floor apartment, 80sq.m +120sq.m veranda and garden, separate floor heating, full a/c, 2wc, aluminum shutters outside the windows, pressure sys-

tem, fully expensively fitted with electrical appliances in the kitchen, big covered parking and big storage room, off Athallassa Avenue near English School in a small modern building – Strovolos €800 (A2ST10023-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 sitting 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. 3 big bedrs +office space luxury penthouse floor apartment, renovated, central heating independent, full a/c, 230sq.m, double glazed windows,3wc, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), solar heater, pressure system, SKY satellite dish, big sitting and dining areas, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with cooker and oven and breakfast area, very nice view of the old city,40sq.m private roof garden area ,covered parking on a small building in the centre of Nicosia near the Museum and the old Hospital. Available middle 15th of SEPTEMBER –Nicosia Centre €1200 (A4NIC0005-R), (photos in the website) 28. 3 bedr new luxury finished PENTHOUSE apart-

ment 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 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

LIMASSOL FOR RENT deluxe 2 bedroom fully furnished 10 sq m brand new 3rd floor, beach front apartment at EDEN BEACH APARTMENTS, 28th October Street, Limassol, near Municipal Garden, with parking, store room, swimming pool, gym and unobstructed sea view. Tel: 99639714 FOR RENT new small furnished studio, in Katraki Building,

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100 metres from the sea and Debenhams Olympia. Price: €290 (included common expenses and water bill. Tel. 99406415 Andreas. **************************** 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 ****************************

utes walk to Phinicoudes sea front. Small block 2 years old (6 apts) From €400 - to €500.

Tel. 99388901 **************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 ***************************** PROTEA APTS LARNACA Residential and holiday apts for rent monthly or weekly Larnaca – Dhekelia road, close to Golden Bay Hotel 1 & 2 bedroom apts, furnished and with low rent with swimming pool, 2 minutes walking distance from the beach, with a new pedestrian crossing in front of the building. Contact us on 99672466, 99404522, and 99078590 **************************** LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, en-suite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 **************************** FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 ***************************** 1. K.S.L LETTINGS – APARTMENT FOR RENT Fully Furnished ground floor 2 bedroom apartment, overlooking

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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.

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refuse. REF:JAP2A212 Kissonerga: 2 Bed 1st floor apartment, f/f, A/c, Large Kitchen, Comm Pool, Undercover parking, 375 Euros, Ref: JAP2A217 Peyia: 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, ground floor apartment, F/F Com pool, under cover parking, gym, shutters, A/c 375 Euros per month. REF: JAP2A126 We urgently require properties in all areas for waiting clients. Property management only 25 Euros per month.

John Alice Properties TEL: 00357 99984681 WEB: www. johnalice-properties.com ***************************** PAPHOS RENTAL EMBA – 3 bed villa – u/f, a/c, 1 bedroom downstairs, 3x ensuite bathrooms, private pool, garden, storage, quiet location and close to all amenities – 650 euros UNIVERSAL – 1 bed apartment - f/f, a/c, wall heaters, communal pool – available for 6 or 12 month rentals -270 euros MESOYI - 3 bed detached house – u/f, spacious family home, garden, storage, quiet location – 450 euros MESOYI – 4 bed detached house – u/f, a/c, large living area, utilty room, swimming pool, roof garden, very quiet location with views – 750 euros FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL - 9977 4314 OR 9962 1875 ***************************** 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 ***************************** 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 **************************** 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT in the heart of Kato Paphos, the property is situated in a quiet, private complex, next to archeological site overlooking the light house, very reason-

able rent, tel : 99411933 **************************** 6 BEDROOM, luxury detached villa in Chlorakas, for rent.

Breathtaking, unobscured sea and mountain views. Close to all amenities, located in a cul de sac in Melanos area with a private road. 6 bed, 2 bathrooms (+2en suite), utility room, outdoor storage, Jacuzzi, private pool, fully A/C, fitted kitchen, large verandas and landscaped gardens. Long term let or sale by owner, call 99414920 **************************** UNIVERSAL AREA, 1 bedroom, furnished apartment, off street parking, quiet area, euro 250 per month, plus electricity, no other charges. Tel : 96523557 **************************** 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 ***************************** ONE BEDROOM fully furnished apartment for rent in Kissonerga. Near Cynthiana Beach hotel and close proximity to Coral Bay. Overlooking the sea and 100 metres from beach. AC in bedroom. Tel: 99-492521/ 99- 673276 **************************** 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

modern furniture. Enclosed garden with decking offering sea views. Undercover parking. Pets allowed. Complex with large communal pool & playground.

3. Tomb of the kings €450 modern 2 bedroom apartment on first floor with lift.

Modern ensuite shower room & family bathroom. Fully furnished with modern furniture.

Balcony with sea views. Situated on a good complex with lovely communal pool. Close to bus routes and shops.

4. Tala €650 modern 3 bedroom detached villa with garage.

Situated in a small quiet cul de sac. Includes underfloor heating plus real fire. Master with ensuite. Separate utility room. Shutters & flyscreens.

Covered veranda, garden with mature plants & private pool offering stunning sea views.

Available unfurnished.

5. Peyia €750 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite tv. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor.

A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking.

6. Mesogi €800 fantastic modern 4 bedroom 3 bathroom detached villa. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor.

Storage room. Beautifully finished to a high standard.

Quality modern kitchen with granite worktops & modern bathrooms. Gas central heating & real fireplace. Beautiful landscaped garden with private pool. Undercover parking on drive. Available unfurnished. Wonderful property.

7. 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 work tops. Private drive. Available unfurnished or part furnished. Fantastic property!

8. Mesogi €1250 stunning detached 4 bedroom 5 bathroom villa. One bedroom & ensuite on ground floor. Spacious kitchen with separate utility room. Available unfurnished though includes gas central heating plus real fireplace in living area. Enclosed garden & private pool. Gated entrance with undercover parking. Situated on a private road.

TEL: 97790883 OFFICE: 26271858 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MANY MORE PROPERTIES www.mrrent-

LARNACA **************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 **************************** FOR RENT PHINIKOUDES PROMENADE, one bdrm apartment on the 4th floor, f/f, a/c, in the most exlusive area on the sea front of the city centre. A panoramic view of the Marina and the sea. Situated right on the sea. Makes life a holiday all year round.

For long term rent only €380.

Tel. 99222197, 99541828. **************************** LARNACA FLATS TO LET Fully furnished, spacious 2 bedrooms in central Larnaca. Near Saint Lazaros Church, 4 min-

BARGAIN OPPORTUNITY 3 bed detached villa Secret Valley, phase B, 500 sq metre plot Landscaped garden, pool and sea views. Excellent position, cul-de-sac location with great views. Furnished, air con, C/h ready. Aristo price 335,000 euros, bargain cash price €249,000 for completion before end of summer. Title deeds pending, available within 15 months. Fantastic opportunity for growth in value due to planned development of area

Tel : 96512337

U SEFUL PHONE NUMBERS POLICE DIVISION HQ

HOSPITALS ........ 1400

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

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

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

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

PAPHOS ***************************** PROPERTY TO RENT

Peyia: 2bed F/F town house, A/C, Nilesat, Communal Pool, 375 Euro p/m REF: JAP2T221 Tombs Of The Kings: Ground Floor F/F Apartment 1 Bedroom, A/C, BBQ area, Centrally located 300 Euros per month REF: JAP1A220 Peyia: 1 Bed F/F Apartment 1st Floor, Comm Pool, Gym, Underground Parking. 325 Euros per month REF: JAP1A219 Emba: 3 Bedroom U/F House, A/C, White Goods Communal Pool 500 Euros per month REF: JAP3V053 Peyia: 1 Bed Traditional Stonehouse, furnished, Ideal for single person, village location close to shops and amenities 250 Euro p/m Ref:JAP1H214 Kato Paphos: 2 Bedroom F/F 2nd floor apartment, A/C, Large Communal Pool. 360 Euros per month inc water &

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

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

Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal requires new Friends and Volunteers to help operate their Charity Shops in both Limassol and Larnaca.

Drug Info & Poison Control ............... 1401

This is to help our large volunteer group to expand in the near future.

Cyprus Samaritans ... 77777267

Our aim is to open a Third Shop in the Limassol area due to popular demand.

Police Duty Officer ......... 1499 (Confidential Information)

Please do not forget when clearing your wardrobes and cupboards to remember us.

Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

Contact Anne 25632446 99269016

Shop hours Mon-Sat. 9.30 -12.30

1. Geroskipou €350 modern ground floor 2 bedroom apartment. Situated in a quiet complex with lovely communal pool. Enclosed pretty patio area & underground parking.

Fully furnished with modern furniture, including leather sofa’s and plasma tv. Would suit mature couple. Pets allowed.

2. Chloraka €425 modern 3 bedroom townhouse, master with ensuite. Ground floor guest wc. Fully furnished with

OFFICE/WAREHOUSE FOR RENT 735m² of office space and 1200m² warehousing available for long term rent on Yianni Kranidioti Avenue very close to Carlsberg Brewery.

Easy access to Nicosia-Limassol highway (only 200 metres).

Loading bays for warehouses and parking space for more than 40 cars. Hidden fuel tank plus car mechanics station.

For more information please call 99218866

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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. €4000.00 a month 4. MESA CHORIO – 2 Bed, 2. bath fully furnished apartment in good location close to ISOP. Open plan living area with dining space. Fitted kitchen, 2 double bedrooms, master with en-suite. Family bathroom. Off street parking & comm. Pool.

Minutes into Paphos. €425. Or close offers 5. GOUDI (near Polis) Outstanding 3 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa. Set in a rural setting the property enjoys privacy with no immediate

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Guest WC. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite. Stairs to 2 further double bedroom with en-suite. Breakfast area with hob & fridge and seating space. Doors out to large covered verandah with panoramic views. Full A/C, C/H, garage, over-flow tiled pool, SKY dish.

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7. TALA - 5 bed, 3.5 bath large fully furnished villa. Very large property with open plan living area. Fitted kitchen, storage cupboard, guest WC. 2 bedrooms, bathroom on this level with small seating area. Ideal for dual living. Stairs up to 3 double bedroom, en-suite & family bathroom. Heated swimming pool, A/C, C/H. Electric gates and garden areas. Parking for several cars.€1500.00 per month or offers.

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Family bathroom. Pretty landscaped gardens, shared pool and off street parking. Quiet rural property.. €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 ****************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt fireplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610. ****************************

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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.

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1 Script (11) 2 Cuban dance (5) 3 Reduce heat loss (8) 4 Meditating (6) 5 Ova (4) 6 Arouse passion (7) 9 Begging desperately (2,4,5) 12 Merry (8) 14 Fine rain (7) 17 NW European (6) 19 Texan siege and massacre (5) 21 Act silently (4)

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ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Your everyday environment can be very busy today. The downside of this, is that you might find yourself taking on more than you can realistically achieve. Avoid bigging yourself up. As soon as you do, someone will take you at face value and challenge you to prove it. Even if you can, it can just become a distraction. Relatives can demand of you too.

Whatever you feel today, it may be harder than usual to disguise it. And with Saturn still pressurising Venus, you may read something more into a comment than is meant.

Yet you can take solace in getting things done around the home, whether it is a domestic catch up, or pursuing a hobby. As you do, try to rationalise any concerns you may have.

Your ruler Jupiter tussles with the Sun today. And from this your enthusiasm could have a positive impact on the people you meet and give you an extra slice of confidence if you are interacting with anyone important. The downside, is that you could be tempted to believe your own publicity, which can then create a negative impression.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Mercury and Mars combine superbly. This can sharpen up your thinking - especially if you are a creative type of Bull.

Don’t hold back from demonstrating your talents. Yet with Jupiter less well aspected, if raising finance is part of what you need to do, factor in affordability when it comes to paying this back. You can also find yourself feeling flirty.

Your ruler Mercury is supercharged by the power planet Mars. This can see you very buzzy, and you need to use the energy you have or else you will find that ordinary stuff can leave you cold, and a bit bored. Whether you want to leap on a bike, or take on a mammoth crossword, you need a challenge. Yet there may be a squabble over cash.

Someone said to me recently that the whole process of life was the constant battle to find balance. I totally agree with this, and what comes to mind for me for you today, is to be mindful that some of the things you really want, or yearn for, might not actually be very good for you. That old maxim of everything in moderation, comes to mind.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

You might want to enthuse a partner about starting a family, or going for a new addition. Yet as much as this may unfold as you wish, try not to badger anyone. Your mind can be so busy, almost hyperactive, so if you feel yourself too wired up, it might not be a bad idea to head off out for a walk. A change of scene can help you to clear your mind.

Something can seem very vivid today. You could meet someone who seems larger than life, or something can build up in your thinking more than it would ordinarily do. For example you could become more conscious of those who are less fortunate than you. Charitable activities could attract you therefore. You may even be generous to a fault.

As much as this has been a week of dramatic possibility, and can continue to be so, especially around business and financial affairs, you may have to accept that some of your more creative or even more noble ideas, have to exist in the real world. See the best in people, and in situations, but also factor in that not everyone lives their lives like you.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Continue to be realistic about your love life. Actually there can be some delightfully delicious chat sparking back and forth, but as much as you can delight at being at the centre of such cheeky banter, if you are serious about finding a long term relationship, it’s the substance that really matters, not the frivolous froth. Look beneath the surface.

Don’t take anything which is currently looking rosy, for granted Scorpio. Just when you need to keep your nose to the grindstone, if you let your focus wander, you could lose out. It may however be possible that some kind of fortune can, quite unexpectedly, bestow itself upon you.

This may be related to some kind of legacy or inheritence payment.

You can feel very positive about any improvements at home, and someone close to you may even put some money in to the pot to help you to achieve what you want.

Yet if you are thinking of sharing a flat or buying a home with a friend, you do need to be absolutely realistic. Don’t get carried away. Get professional help to set up a formal contract.

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Television CYBC 1

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06.45 News (rpt) 08.00 Concert Cypriot composers, played by the CyBC Folk Music Orchestra.

09.30 Chef Ston Aera (rpt) 10.10 Kypros Ena Taxidi (rpt) 11.00 Stis Yeitonies tis Polis (rpt) 12.00 Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television.

07.00 NRG Music Channel 08.00 Kids’ TV To Kokkino Leoforeio, A Be Ba Blom, Bob the Builder, Pippi Longstocking, Tinga Tinga Tales, Maya the Bee, Vicky the Viking and Tabaluga.

Shown till 12.30, then repeated till mid-afternoon.

16.40 Euromaxx Magazine show, presenting cultural news, architecture, restaurants, fashion, music, museums, wineries and more.

16.50 Global Warming Discovery Channel documentary, looking at the “scientific, technological and economic solutions” (if any) for the titular problem.

17.45 European Futsal UEFA Futsal Cup, featuring the Cyprus futsal champions Omonia Nicosia.

19.30 Paralympics 2012 Swimming Finals, followed at 21.00

by Athletics Finals.

Note that every event comes with many different ‘classifications’ depending on what disability the athletes have.

23.50 Repeats

07.00 Tis Ellados Ta Paidia (rpt) 07.30 Oi Men Kai Oi Den (rpt) 08.45 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) 09.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 10.20 Eleftheros ki Oraios (rpt) 10.50 Deixe Mou To Filo Sou (rpt) 11.30 To Pio Glyko Mou Psema (rpt) 12.20 Tin Patisa (rpt) 13.00 News 13.15 Galileo (rpt) 14.00 Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) 14.40 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 15.30 To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) 16.20 Angigma Psychis (rpt) 17.10 Tis Agapis Maheria (rpt) 18.00 News 18.10 Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) 18.50 Tin Patisa (rpt) 19.30 Eva Luna

06.10 Paralliloi Dromoi (rpt) 06.50 Batso Agapi Mou (rpt) 07.30 Inspector Gadget 08.00 Nea Mera 10.00 Proino Mou (rpt) 12.00 Enimerosi Tora 14.00 Greek Series TBA (rpt) 15.00 Eheis Meson Local investigative show looking at alleged abuses of power, often reported by viewers.

05.40 The Del Monte Heirs (rpt) 06.20 Erotas Me Epidotisi 07.00 Protoselido 08.20 Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt) 09.00 Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) 09.50 Vasiliki (rpt) 10.20 Oi Takkoi (rpt) 11.10 Vourate Geitonoi (rpt) 12.00 Mesimeri Kai Kati 14.20 Baywatch (rpt) 15.00 Oikogeneiakes Istories (rpt) 16.00 Tha Se Do Sto Ploio (rpt) 17.30 Pame Paketo (rpt) With News at 18.00.

18.30 Tropico 19.20 The Del Monte Heirs 20.10 News 21.20 Tha Se Do Sto Ploio (rpt) 22.10 To Kokkino Domatio 23.10 The 4400 Third season of sci-fi drama series.

‘The Home Front’.

Tom and Diana continue to pursue elusive Nova group member Garry Navarro - and, as he once again manages to evade them, the agents begin to suspect he is being helped by Alana.

00.00 News 00.05 Sex and the City Repeat of the second season.

00.30 G4 (rpt)

07.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of 09.15 Kids’ TV 11.50 Kostakis Ki Yioi (rpt) 12.30 I Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) 13.30 Star News 14.00 Kids’ TV 16.15 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 16.45 Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of (rpt) 17.50 Mila Best Of (rpt) 18.50 Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) 19.40 Fotis Maria Live Best Of (rpt) 21.00 Exelixeis Stin Showbiz 22.00 Fringe (rpt) First season.

‘Unleashed’. Animal rights activists are mauled by a genetically modified beast that has developed an appetite for human flesh when they ransack the lab where it was created - prompting Olivia, Peter and Dr Bishop to track the hybrid down before it strikes again.

22.45 Supernatural (rpt) Fifth season.

‘Hammer of the Gods’. Sam and Dean are abducted by a group of renegade gods intent on using them as a bargaining tool to stop the apocalypse, despite Gabriel’s warnings that if Lucifer finds them he’ll kill them all.

08.00 Kids’ TV 11.00 I’ll Take Manhattan 11.30 Greek FILM: Zoi Gemati Pono 13.15 Kids’ TV 14.45 FILM: Winter Solstice A man struggles to climb out of an emotional rut after his wife’s death, until a momentous announcement sparks a farreaching change.

Drama, starring Anthony LaPaglia.

2004 16.20 Sabrina, To Koritsi tis Agapis First of two Latin American telenovelas.

17.25 O Anthropos Tis Thalassas 18.15 Melrose Place Glossy drama following the lives of eight LA women who inhabit a plush apartment complex. With News at 18.30.

19.15 News 19.50 Sports Time 20.05 Rubi 21.00 FILM: Pumpkin Comedy drama, starring Christina Ricci. 2002. See Film Picks.

23.10 FILM: Nowhere to Run An escaped convict helps a widow and her family drive off the corrupt businessmen intent on stealing her farm. Action adventure, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. 1993 00.55 FILM: Guncrazy Thriller, starring Drew Barrymore.

1992

13.00 Apo Mera Se Mera 15.30 Syn Plyn (rpt) Local talk-show with studio discussion and viewers calling in.

17.00 The Quest for Knowledge (rpt) Documentary series. Part 5.

17.30 Entehnos 18.00 News 18.15 Candid Camera 18.30 Kati Psinetai (rpt) Amateur chefs each stage a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

19.20 Paizoume Kypriaka (rpt) Local game show about the Cypriot dialect.

20.00 News / Weather / Financial Report 21.15 Vimata Stin Ammo (rpt) 21.45 Ego Ki Esi (rpt) 22.15 Ta Paidia Den Paizi 23.30 News 23.45 Oi Erastes Ton Kimaton (rpt) 00.15 Repeats

20.20 News 21.20 Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) 22.50 House (rpt) Second season.

‘Daddy’s Boy’.

House treats a student who is suffering electric shocks inside his body.

23.30 News 23.50 Ekeines Ki Ego (rpt) 00.40 Kai Oi Pantremenoi Ehoun Psihi (rpt) 01.30 Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) 02.20 Tmima Ithon (rpt) 03.10 News 04.00 Skertsakia (rpt) 04.10 Epithimies (rpt)

16.00 Yia Sena 17.40 Mia Stigmi Dio Zoes Greek drama series, based on a Latin American telenovela about mistaken identities.

18.20 News 18.30 Mousiko Kouti Greek game show.

19.20 Sto Para Pente (rpt) Greek comedy series.

20.10 News 21.20 Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt) 22.20 Piso Sto Spiti (rpt) Greek series about a recession-hit family desperately trying not to lose their house.

23.20 Daddy Cool (rpt) 00.00 News 00.10 The Shield Police drama series chronicling the turbulent day-today life of the Strike Team, a group of corrupt Los Angeles cops.

01.00 Yia Sena (rpt) 02.15 Enimerosi Tora (rpt) 04.15 Proino Mou (rpt)

01.30 Se Eida (rpt) 02.30 Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) 03.30 Eleni (rpt) 04.30 Tropico (rpt)

23.30 00.10 01.10 02.00

Ta Kopelia LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

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

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

BFBS 1 (N’sia 91.7, WSBA 92.1, ESBA 99.6 FM) 02.00 BFBS Hosts 04.00 BFBS Shuffle 05.00 Ops Breakfast 06.00 Cyprus Breakfast With Wez Thompson 09.00 Steve Knight 12.00 Total Ops Connection 15.00 Charlie Fife 18.00 Jessie Aru 20.30 Sitrep 21.00 Gareth John 00.00 Heaven’s Gate

BFBS 2 (Ni’sia 89.7, WSBA 89.9, ESBA 95.3 FM) 03.00 BFBS Radio News 03.03 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 04.00 Up All Night 07.00 Morning Reports 07.30 Wake Up To Money 08.00 Today 11.00 Gareth John 14.00 BFBS Gold With Dave Windsor 15.00 World At One 15.45 Simon Marlow 18.30 Sitrep 19.00 PM 20.00 6 O’clock News 20.30 Five Live Drive 21.00 Five Live Olympics 00.30 Late Night Olympics

LiveCyBC2 (91.1, 92.4 FM) 06.00-7.30 Programmes in Turkish with News at 7.30 07.40 Good morning Cyprus 10.00-12.00 Kalimerhamba 12.00 Gunortasa 12.45 Greek Cyprus Press 13.00 Turkish Music 13.15 News in Turkish 13.30 News in English 13.45 PM Classics 16.00 Greek Radio 16.15 Our country doesn’t divide 16.50 News in Turkish 17.00-18.00 Programmes in Armenian; News at 17.15 18.00-20.00 Round & About 20.00 News in English 20.10 Welcome to Cyprus in French and German 20.40 Ship of Fools with Robert Camassa 22.00 News in English 22.00 International Music 00.00-06.00 Rebroadcast of the evening’s programme Radio Napa (106.3 FM) 06.00 Morning Music 08.30 BBC World Today 09.00 News,

Weather and Exchange 09.05 Nathan Morley 12.00 BBC News 12.06 Lunchtime Classics 15.00 BBC News 15.06 Chris Yearley 18.00 News 18.06 Michael Godin 19.00 The Juke Box

98.5 Rock FM The Breakfast Show - Tony Newell - 07:00-10:00 2 Hours With Bejay Browne 10:00-12:00 Rock Fm’s Lunch Box - Jason Collins - 12:00-14:00 Non Stop Music 14:00-15:00 Valentina 15:00-18:00 Monday - Tuesday - Thursday - Friday Liquid Radio Show - Pavlos - 15:00-18:00 Wednesday Drive Time - Johny G. 18:00-20:00 Monday - Tuesday Johny G. 18:0020:00 Wednesday (Mix @ 6) The Cocktail Show - Antonis 18:00-20:00 Thursday - Friday Panic In The Year Zero - 20:0022:00 Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday Radioactive Metal - 20:00-22:00 - Thursday Live Dj Set- Dj Allen D 20:00-22:00 - Friday 22:00-24:00 The Gathering - With Your Hosts Dj Mr Smith And Mc Svennyb – Live Wednesday & Friday Night Train 24:00-07:00 Monday To Friday Oldies Digital

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Television PICK OF THE DAY

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From Prada to Nada (Novacinema1, 22.00) A book could be written - albeit not a very interesting book - on the behaviour of Cyprus cinemas during the dog-days of summer. This year the multiplex essentially went on go-slow, releasing only one film a week but making sure they were big titles; last year they did the opposite, keeping the volume steady but going for obscure, lowerprofile movies. I assume it didn’t work very well (hence the change of policy) - and it’s no surprise, when they were showing stuff like From Prada to Nada, smuggled into cinemas in mid-August with the secret hope that no-one would actually watch it. “From Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility,” read the opening credits of this fluffy, teen-friendly chick-flick, causing an audible thud at Winchester Cathedral as Miss Austen’s body turns in its grave. ‘A long way from Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility’ might’ve been a more honest credit - though the film, like the novel, does indeed feature two sisters, one of whom is sensible (reads books) while the other is more flighty (likes to shop).

Camilla Belle is Nora, the sensible sister; Alexa Vega (once of Spy Kids) is Mary, the spoiled-brat sister who defines herself thus: “My iPod is full, I don’t wake up before 10, and no habla espanol!”.

The girls are Latinas but they live the good life

in Beverly Hills, so disconnected from their Mexican roots that they don’t even speak Spanish.

All that changes when beloved Daddy keels over (Mum has already gone), revealing a long-lost half-brother and a precarious financial situation.

In a word, Daddy’s bankrupt, meaning Nora and Mary have no inheritance, the half-brother and his bitchy wife get the house, and the girls have to move from Beverly Hills to the wilds of East L.A. “No more shopping! No high-protein diet!”

The rest is predictable: the girls soon adapt to their new environment (there’s not much to adapt to, except chicken soup for dinner and illegal immigrants sewing clothes in the living-room), meet lots of nice Mexican people and drop their snooty Beverly Hills airs. This isn’t quite what Jane Austen had in mind - for a start, Sense and Sensibility had a feminist slant, its heroines forbidden to inherit because they were women - and the same might be said of Adriana Barazza (she plays the auntie) who probably didn’t foresee herself reading lines like “Not everything that stinks is caca” when she won an Oscar nomination for Babel a few years ago. Don’t get me wrong; it’s quite watchable. If you missed it at the cinema, however ... well, you were probably right. Made in 2011.

Preston Wilder

FILM PICKS

SATELLITE News 02:40 Melancholia 04:55 Paranormal Activity 2

Seven Minutes in Heaven (LTV3, 20.00) “There are two girls in my life,” explains 15-year-old Jeff (Byron Thames) in the trailer for this 80s teen movie. “One is the girl I like - and the other is the girl I live with!”. The girl he likes is played by Maddie Corman (who?), but the girl he lives with is played by future Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly, already a beauty at 14 though Jeff and she are ‘just friends’, our boy having run away from home after trouble with his stepdad. John Hughes was the king of 80s teen movies, which may be why this one (not written or directed by Mr. Hughes) is so unknown - but it’s actually lovely, if perhaps a bit too sweet, full of nice moments like Jen calling her friends in the middle of a date to ask for advice, convinced she must be doing something wrong. Maddie is kooky, Jennifer a poised young lady, Byron is perhaps a little smug (the fi lm might’ve worked better with a more expressive male lead) - then again the fi lm was directed by a woman, so maybe she just bonded more readily with the girls. Good fun, with a dash of nostalgia. Made in 1985.

New York Stories (LTV, 21.00) Picked before, but here it is again in a prime slot - and Woody Allen fans can do a double-bill tonight, going from Midnight in Paris (LTV, 18.15) to Woody’s New York story, ‘Oedipus Wrecks’. Admittedly they have to wade through two other stories fi rst - though Martin Scorsese’s ‘Life Lessons’ is a pleasure to watch (or rewatch), with middle-aged painter Nick Nolte obsessing over young assistant Rosanna Arquette as ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ wails on the soundtrack. Alas, the same can’t be said of Francis Coppola’s tedious middle story, ‘Life Without Zoe’, the main reason why this fi lm was seen as a failure - but then Woody comes along with his comic tale of the ultimate Jewish mother, and all is right in the world. Or at least New York. Made in 1989.

Pumpkin (Capital TV, 21.00) Quick mention for this little-known comedy-drama, mainly because (a) we love Capital TV and its diet of wall-to-wall cheese, and (b) we like to watch Christina Ricci fi lms, if only to wonder how such a distinctive child actress became so (relatively) bland as a grown-up. This sounds horribly bland, a heartwarming tale of a perky popular college girl (Ricci) coaching a ‘mentally challenged’ athlete named (yes!) Pumpkin; she only does it for charity - but soon fi nds herself drawn to Pumpkin’s “gentle humanity”, falling in love and becoming an outcast among her shallow friends. A good fi lm to watch during the Paralympics, if nothing else. Made in 2002.

01:10 The Weakest Link 01:55 Casualty 02:45 Eastenders 61 03:15 Doctors 03:45 My Fily 04:15 One Foot In The Grave 04:45 Ideal 05:15 Beautiful People 05:45 Last Of The Summer Wine 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Teletubbies 07:25 Garth & Bev 07:35 Nina & The Neurons 07:50 Balory 08:10 Teletubbies 08:35 Garth & Bev 08:45 Buzz & Tell 08:50 Nina & The Neurons 09:05 Balory 09:25 Buzz & Tell 09:30 Little Human Planet 09:35 My Fily 10:05 One Foot In The Grave 10:35 The Weakest Link 11:20 Eastenders 61 11:50 Doctors 12:20 Casualty 13:10 Oliver Twist (2007) 14:10 Doctor Who Confidential 14:25 Last Of The Summer Wine 14:55 The Weakest Link 15:40 Eastenders 61 16:05 Doctors 16:35 Casualty 17:25 Oliver Twist (2007) 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 Eastenders 61 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Heart & Soul 21:00 Keeping Up Appearances 21:30 Ideal 22:00 Moses Jones 22:50 Blackadder 23:25 Fawlty Towers 23:55 Sport Relief 2012 - This Is Sport Relief 00:25 Sport Relief 2012 - Sport Relief Spoofs 00:55 Twenty Twelve

07:00 How It’s Made 07:25 Wheeler Dealers 08:15 American Chopper 09:10 Dirty Jobs 10:05 Deadliest Catch 10:55 Ultimate Survival 11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Rides 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Dirty Jobs 22:00 Sons Of Guns 23:00 Hellriders 00:00 Get Out Alive 01:00 American Guns 01:55 Dirty Jobs 02:50 Sons Of Guns 03:50 Hellriders 04:50 Get Out Alive 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

04:00 Tennis: Us Open New York09:30 Cycling: Tour Of Spain 10:30 Tennis: Us Open New York 16:00 Cycling: Tour Of Spain 18:45 Tennis: Us Open New York

05:30 The Amazing Race 06:15 Family Guy 07:05 Lost 07:50 How I Met Your Mother 08:40 White Collar 09:25 Criminal Minds 10:10 The Amazing Race 10:55 Family Guy 11:45 Lost 12:30 How I Met Your Mother 13:20 White Collar 14:05 Criminal Minds 14:50 Falling Skies 15:35 The Chicago Code 16:20 The Amazing Race 17:05 Family Guy 17:55 Lost 18:40 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 White Collar 20:15 Criminal Minds 21:00 Falling Skies 21:45 Camelot 22:40 White Collar 23:25 Falling Skies 00:10 Camelot 01:00 The Amazing Race 01:45 Family Guy 02:35 Lost 03:20 The Life & Times Of Tim 03:50 How I Met Your Mother 04:40 White Collar

New York Stories (LTV, 21.00)

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 09:00 Lock N’ Load 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Stor-

06:00 Boys On The Side 07:55 Cine News 08:55 Some Like It Hot 11:00 Pina 12:45 Cine News 13:40 Oneirevomai Tous Filous Mou 15:40 Never Been Kissed 17:30 Hollywood 1 On 1 18:10 XXX: O Apolytos Praktoras 22:00 Women In Action Shoot’em Up 23:35 Blitz 01:15 Stone 03:00 Cine News 03:40 In Gold We Trust

19:20 Billy Madison 21:00 Battlestar Galactica: The Plan 22:35 True Grit -2010 00:30 Cine News 01:00 Double Trouble

18:45 Shining Through 21:00 De-Lovely 23:10 Winter’s Bone 00:55 Sex, Lies, And Videotape

Real Steel (Novacinema1, 10.35) age Wars 11:00 Ancient Aliens 12:00 Swamp People 13:00 Top Shot 14:00 Lock N’ Load 15:00 UFO Hunters 16:00 Swamp People 17:00 Top Shot 18:00 Lock N’ Load 19:00 UFO Hunters 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Ancient Aliens 22:00 Ice Road Truckers 23:00 Ax Men 00:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 Ancient Aliens 02:00 Ice Road Truckers 03:00 Ax Men 04:00 UFO Hunters 05:00 Lock N’ Load 06:00 Ancient Aliens

07:30 Avenger 09:30 Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs 11:15 Dance Flick 12:40 Road Trip: Beer Pong 14:15 Mr. Troop Mom 15:45 Romancing The Stone 17:40 Hollywood Buzz 18:15 Midnight In Paris 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 New York Stories 23:15 Straightheads 00:40 Hustler TV 03:05 Everybody’s Fine 04:45 Everything Is Illuminated 06:30 LTV Sports News

07:00 Baby Looney Tunes 07:25 Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs 07:50 Tom & Jerry Show 08:15 Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed 09:05 Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series 09:55 Looney Tunes Show 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 X’s 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 Mighty B! 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 15:20 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! I 15:45 Histeria! 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 19:00 Barclays Premier League Review 20:00 Planet Speed 20:30 La LIGA World 21:00 Barclays Premier League World 21:30 Momentum: What Drives You 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 2010 Women’s Tournament Of Champions 01:00 LIGA Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 United States Of Tara 08:30 Borgias 09:30 Shameless

10:30 Trust Me 11:15 Alcatraz 12:45 Side Order Of Life 13:30 According To Jim 14:15 Borgias 15:10 Shameless 16:05 Friends 16:30 V I 17:15 Mentalist 19:00 Side Order Of Life 19:45 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia 20:30 Two And A Half Men 21:00 Harry’s Law 22:30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 23:20 House Md 00:10 Red Canvas 02:00 Kirot 03:50 Friends 04:15 V I 05:00 Mentalist 06:30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

08:00 Imagine That 10:00 Sphere 12:15 Summer Catch 14:00 Heyday! 16:00 Il Ciclone 17:45 Honkytonk Man 20:00 Seven Minutes In Heaven 22:00 Shelter 00:05 Daring! TV 03:40 In Bruges 05:30 The Impostors

01:30 Inside the PGA Tour 02:00 MLB: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers LIVE 05:00 2012 American Le Mans Series Baltimore, MD 07:00 Morning Drive 08:00 American Triumvirate - Golf’s Gentleman: Byron Nelson 08:30 Golf in America 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 Academy 10:00 MLB: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers 13:00 The Moto: Inside the Outdoors Spring Creek National 13:30 The Moto: Inside the Outdoors Washougal National 14:00 Sports Unlimited 15:00 Inside the PGA Tour 15:30 European Tour: KLM Open d. 1 LIVE 19:30 PRE GAME(E) 19:45 CHAMPIONSHIP LAIKI POPULAR BANK 2011-12: ARHS VS NEA SALAMINA (E) 21:45 POST GAME (E) 22:00 PGA Tour: BMW Championship d. 1 LIVE 25:00 2012 American Le Mans Series Baltimore, MD

07:00 Hidden Worlds 08:00 Wild Russia 09:00 Alien Worlds 10:00 The Fabric Of The Cosmos 11:00 2012: The Final Prophecy 12:00 Air Crash Investigation 13:00 Light The Ocean 14:00 Inside: Pickpocket King 15:00 The Fabric Of The Cosmos 16:00 Forbidden Tomb Of Genghis Khan 17:00 Air Crash Investigation 18:00 Megafactories 19:00 Hitler’s Lost Battle Ship 20:00 The Fabric Of The Cosmos 21:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 22:00 Crimes Against Nature 23:00 Banged Up Abroad 00:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 01:00 Crimes Against Nature 02:00 Hitler’s Lost Battle Ship 03:00 The Fabric Of The Cosmos 04:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You Now 05:00 Crimes Against Nature 06:00 Banged Up Abroad

07:00 Globe Trekker 08:00 The Skinny Dip 09:00 Flavours Of Colombia 09:30 Flavours Of Peru 10:00 Travel Oz 10:30 Word Travels 11:00 Flavours Of Scotland 12:00 Globe Trekker 13:00 Nomad’s Land 14:00 4real 14:30 Cruise Today 15:00 Culinary Asia 16:00 Globe Trekker 17:00 Flavours Of Scotland 18:00 Travel Oz 18:30 Word Travels 19:00 Globe Trekker Special 20:00 Departures 21:00 Planet Sports 22:00 Nomad’s Land 00:00 The World’s Greatest Motorcycle Rides 01:00 Departures 02:00 Planet Sports 03:00 Nomad’s Land 04:00 Globe Trekker 05:00 Travel Oz 05:30 Word Travels 06:00 Flavours Of Scotland

05:55 Old School 07:25 Men In Black Ii 08:55 Lies In Plain Sight 10:35 Real Steel 12:45 The Way Back 15:00 Love Stories Just Go With It 17:00 Arthur And The War Of Two Worlds 21:00 N.C.I.S. Thirst 22:00 From Prada To Nada 00:00 Jane Eyre 02:10 Cine

06:00 Julie 07:40 Anna Christie 09:10 Home From The Hill 11:45 Each Dawn I Die 13:15 Ride The High Country 14:50 Sandpiper, The 16:45 The Tender Trap 18:40 Kelly’s Heroes 21:00 What’s Up, Doc? 22:35 The Color Purple 01:05 Quo Vadis 03:55 The Journey

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Sport Vermeulen to start against Australia

Love hoping he’s found the right combination

Orioles join Yankees at AL East summit

SOUTH Africa will give Duane Vermeulen his Test debut against Australia in Perth on Saturday.

The number eight is one of five changes made for the Rugby Championship clash on the west coast, with coach Heyneke Meyer reacting to the 16all draw with Argentina last time out.

Adriaan Strauss has been named at hooker but has until Friday to prove he has recovered from a knee problem, while two of the changes are positional.

Francois Hougaard has moved from the number nine position to the wing, while Willem Alberts will start at flanker to make way for Vermeulen.

Ruan Pienaar gets his first starting spot of the year, whole Juandre Kruger comes in at lock.

Francois Louw is included in the 22 for the first time this year and Lwazi Mvovo is on the bench.

Cheetahs fly-half Johan Goosen has also been named amongst the replacements and if he makes an appearance, it will be his first for the Springboks.

The team has a combined total of 451 Test caps.

Has tried to acquire both youth and experience

THE Baltimore Orioles thrashed the Toronto Blue Jays 12-0 on Tuesday to earn a share of first place in the American League East after the New York Yankees went down 5-2 against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Left-hander Zach Britton pitched seven scoreless innings for the Orioles, limiting the Blue Jays to four hits, while Mark Reynolds drove in four including a three-run homer.

Baltimore (76-59) entered the clash trailing New York by one game, but the Yankees’ third straight defeat - and fifth in their last six - saw them surrender sole possession of top spot.

Evan Longoria smacked a two-run homer, with BJ Upton and Desmond Jennings also hitting solo shots as the third-placed Rays moved within 1 1/2 games of the leading pair.

Elsewhere in the American League, the Minnesota Twins stunned the Central-leading Chicago White Sox 18-9 and the Kansas City Royals toppled the West-leading Texas Rangers 6-3.

The Boston Red Sox snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 triumph over the Seattle Mariners, while the Cleveland Indians toko a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers and the LA Angels prevailed 6-1 against the Oakland As. In the National League, the Nationals established a season-high 7 1/2-game advantage atop the East with an 11-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

The Central-leading Cincinnati Reds clinched a 2-1 win against the Philadelphia Phillies, but the West-leading San Francisco Giants went down 8-6 to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Pittsburgh Pirates ended a four-game losing run with a 6-2 success against the Houston Astros, while the St Louis Cardinals overcame the New York Mets 5-1.

In other NL action, the Colorado Rockies saw off the Atlanta Braves 6-0 and San Diego Padres won 6-3 at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

IN BRIEF

Vermeulen will get his Test debut for South Africa

UNITED States captain Davis Love III believes he has the right mix of youth and experience to forge a powerful team for this month’s Ryder Cup. Love has finalised his line-up for the clash against Europe at Medinah, Chicago, by naming Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Brandt Snedeker and Dustin Johnson as his wildcard picks.

They join eight automatic qualifiers in Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Phil Mickelson.

Snedeker will be one of four rookies alongside Dufner, Bradley and Simpson but at the other end of the scale Woods, Mickelson and Furyk have made 21 appearances between them.

Stricker, 45, who has played in the last two competitions also adds considerable experience as one of the most consistent players on the PGA Tour.

Love, a veteran of six Ryder Cups as a player, said: “You definitely need some of both.

“You need the youthful, enthusiastic energy of the young guys and you also need the calming influence. The best thing that ever happened to me playing Ryder Cup golf was Tom Kite.

“Tom and I were friends - we’d been through a lot.

He beat me in play-offs and I watched him hit a million golf balls.

“When I played three Ryder Cup matches with him

Love, a veteran of six Ryder Cups as a player, must coax performances out of his players to break the recent stranglehold of the Europeans it set me up for what the Ryder Cup was all about.

“If you put Brandt Snedeker out there for first practice with Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk, that’s all you need to do. After one day he’ll be ready to go.”

Love’s task is to coax performances out of his players to break the recent stranglehold of the Europeans, who have won four out of the last five events and six out of the last eight.

One theory often put forward as a reason for Europe’s dominance is that they gel better as a team

than the more individualistic Americans, but Love says that is a myth.

He said: “Building a team and camaraderie are what it is all about.

“We pull together a lot better than people think we do. Then the only thing is we try too hard because we are so together.

“These guys know how to do it. We have just got to go do it for three days in Medinah.”

Love had an enviable choice players to make his four selections from but opted for the experience and consistency of Strick-

Berdych to lead Czech Davis England’s Trott should be Cup team against Argentina available for India Test tour WORLD number seven Tomas Berdych will lead the Czech Davis Cup team in their semi-final clash against Argentina later this month.

Team captain Jaroslav Navratil also selected Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol and Ivo Minar yesterday for the tie in Buenos Aires on September 14-16.

The Czechs beat Argentina the last time they met in 2009 before losing in the final to Spain.

Last year’s runner-up Argentina will be without David Nalbandian in the semi-final because of injury. World number eight Juan Martin del Potro will instead lead the side.

JONATHAN Trott is expected to be available for England’s Test tour of India, despite a broken hand which will stop him playing in Warwickshire’s CB40 final at Lord’s.

England’s Test and one-day international number three was on Tuesday ruled out of yesterday’s final NatWest Series match against South Africa at Trent Bridge.

He was hit on the right hand by a short ball from Dale Steyn in Sunday’s victory at Lord’s.

An X-ray on Monday suggested “no major fracture”, but a subsequent MRI revealed he has broken a bone near the knuckle between his third finger and the back of his hand.

er and Furyk and the form of Snedeker and Johnson.

Snedeker is also a renowned putter while the long hitting of Johnson may suit the course.

That meant other fine players such as Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler, Nick Watney and Bo Van Pelt missing out.

Love said: “There are four great players that we have picked that are all playing very well and bring a lot to the team but it was definitely a tough call for me.

“I felt in the end we rounded out our 12 the best way we knew how.”

Aussie Olympian spared jail for indecent exposure AUSTRALIA’S twice Olympic silver medallist cyclist Gary Neiwand was spared a return to prison yesterday despite being found guilty of indecently exposing himself to two women in Melbourne last year.

The 46-year-old has suffered from depression, drink and weight problems since failing to win a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and spent nine months in prison in 2006 for offences.

In handing him a four-month sentence suspended for two years yesterday, deputy chief magistrate Jelena Popovic said Neiwand had to continue treatment for his problems.

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Di Resta hoping for better fortune

Di Resta’s Force India suffered a KERS failure 40 minutes prior to the start of last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix

PAUL di Resta will hope to avoid being a sitting duck again this weekend after finding himself in the firing line at Spa. Di Resta’s Force India suffered a KERS failure 40 minutes prior to the start of the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, on a track where every ounce of power is paramount.

The loss of such a device proved even more critical when the 26-yearold found himself elevated to fourth after a first corner smash that wiped out four leading cars.

With no way to defend himself Di Resta was picked off at will, but still managed to finish 10th to end a run of three races without scoring a point.

Team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, though, highlighted what was possible by claiming fourth, his best result this season, and so for the first time this year Di Resta trails the German in the drivers’ standings.

“We were fortunate to be in the

position we were at the first corner given what happened,” said Di Resta, speaking to Press Association Sport.

“Nico obviously capitalised on that because the performance was reasonable from the car, and there were a lot of quick guys out (of the race).

‘VULNERABLE’ “But I was too vulnerable when there were cars about me, whether I was defending or trying to attack. I was a sitting duck.

“At one point I was two and a half seconds quicker than (Nico) Rosberg, but I couldn’t pass him, and then I had other cars behind me.

“As soon as he pitted those other cars blew by me along the straight.”

It was a case of sod’s law for Di Resta that the one circuit he ideally needed KERS, he was forced to struggle without it.

“The one point was better than nothing, but I was giving away seven tenths of a second per lap,” added Di Resta.

“The one track where you need KERS, and the one opportunity when you are lying fourth on the first lap of the race, and it didn’t happen.

“If it had happened on another track like Monaco then it wouldn’t have been such an issue, but Spa is a track where it counts.”

Di Resta will now aim to put his recent worrying run behind him in this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza, another power track where KERS is vital.

Di Resta said: “I’m looking forward to it. At the end of the day we qualified well at Spa, and we have to use that.

“I’m not sure much will change, unless something happens on the Friday which is unforeseen, but we’ll go in there with points as the target.”

Weir books 800m final spot with imperious performance

Hua set to make Formula One history

Keeps hopes alive of quadruple gold haul

MA Qing Hua will make history on Friday by becoming the first Chinese driver to take part in a Formula One weekend.

Hua will replace Narain Karthikeyan at HRT for the first practice session of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The 24-year-old has undergone intensive preparation this year in readiness for his debut, which included the Young Driver Test at Silverstone in July where he completed enough kilometres to obtain the necessary FIA super licence.

Hua said: “This is a very important step towards my dream of becoming a Formula One driver.

“The objective of the session is to continue advancing with my programme, rack up more miles and experience at the wheel of an F1 car and help the team with whatever they need.

“I’m excited, but also calm about it because I’ve been training hard in the past months to be prepared when the opportunity presented itself.

“But it will be the first time a Chinese driver takes part in a grand prix and that, for Chinese motorsport, is another huge stride and a fantastic opportunity.”

Team principal Luis Perez-Sala has no doubts Hua can move on to the next level in his development as he said: “He’s fulfilled our expectations without making any mistakes.

“He has proven himself as a quick and safe driver with a great capability to adapt, besides also possessing a very positive and professional attitude.

“Without a doubt, this is a very important step which comes with great responsibility, but we consider he’s prepared to take it on”.

DAVID Weir kept the Olympic Stadium crowd believing a golden quadruple could be on the cards with another imperious ride yesterday morning.

The wheelchair racer, back on the track less than 13 hours after winning his second title of London 2012, cruised into the final of the T54 800 metres.

The 33-year-old, already the 5,000m and 1500m champion, was content to sit behind Swiss rival Marcel Hug for the first lap, but, when Australia’s Kurt Fearnley also came up to challenge, moved into the lead with 350m to go and then hit the turbo charge to roar away from the field.

The Londoner had plenty of time to ease down before he crossed in the line in one minute 37.09 seconds, more than a second clear of Hug. Weir told Channel 4: “I had to keep remembering that there are two slots (to qualify) not three.

“I was a bit tired this morning but I got through. I got a bit more sleep than the first night (after his first gold medal). I just need to eat a bit more food tonight and I should be

Team GB’s David Weir celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s 1500m T54 final

alright for the final.”

Weir, who also competes in the marathon on Sunday, is fast becoming the hero of the Olympic Stadium in the same way Mo Farah did at the Olympics, with confident, stylish and tacticallysuperb racing.

The 800m was always going to pose his toughest test, with only the top two in each

heat qualifying automatically, but Weir looked supremely relaxed as he rolled across the line, sitting back as if without a care in the world.

Hug is the world record holder at the distance, but he is too at 1500m and 5,000m and simply could not live with Weir when it came to the crunch on those occasions.

The Swiss racer said: “Dav-

id Weir is racing very well, he is just flying, he has all the self-confidence and he has the crowd on his back so that makes him strong.”

Asked if he thought Weir was the favourite for the 800m title, he added: “Of course.”

The Briton is certainly riding the crest of a wave, spurred on by the roar of the crowd, and goes into the final

as the fastest qualifier from the three heats.

Meanwhile, Bethany Woodward set a new European record of 29.50secs to reach the final of the 200m T37.

She finished second in her heat, one place ahead of team-mate Jenny McLoughlin who also went through, but Katrina Hart, fifth heat one, went out.

Indonesian badminton players banned four months for Olympic match-fixing THE two Indonesian players involved in badminton’s Olympic match-fixing scandal have been banned for four months by their national association.

Women’s doubles duo Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari were one of four pairs disqualified at London 2012 for attempting to lose a match to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.

The World Badminton Federation did not extend punishment beyond the Games but the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) have taken their own action.

Coach Paulus Firman has also been hit with the same sanction, which will be backdated to the incident in August.

PBSI secretary general Yacob Rusdianto said in a statement on the organisation’s website, pb-pbsi.org: “Please understand that sanctions should be imposed because Greysia/ Meiliana were in violation of the provisions of fair play.”

South Korea initially hit their four players involved - Jung Kyung-eun,

Kim Ha-na, Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung - with life bans, but these were reduced to two years and then six months.

China’s Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, who had been top seeds, were asked to apologise publicly by their national association. Yu retired after her disqualification.

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Sydney confirm signing of Del Piero SYDNEY FC have today confirmed the most high-profile signing in their history by announcing the capture of Alessandro Del Piero.

The move had been mooted for most of the summer, but appeared to have come under some threat owing to reported interest from Premier League sides Liverpool and Southampton.

But there was relief all round in Sydney earlier yesterday when, speaking at a press conference in Turin, the 37-yearold forward confirmed he was heading down under on a two-year deal.

“I am extremely happy to be joining Sydney FC,” said the Juventus icon on his new club’s official website.

“This is a very big moment for me because I want to continue my career in a new part of the world where I can make a major contribution and help grow the game I love.

“The most important thing for me has

US, Mexico qualifiers to pose tough challenges THE United States and Mexico face the toughest tests yet of their World Cup credentials with home-and-away qualifiers against Jamaica and Costa Rica respectively starting tomorrow.

Juergen Klinsmann’s US team share the lead in CONCACAF qualifying group A with Jamaica and head to Kingston after picking up four points from their opening two games.

After being surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw in Guatemala, the US gained a much-needed 3-1 victory at home to Antigua and Barbuda in June.

With the top two teams from each of the three groups making it to the fourth round of qualifying, starting in February, the U.S. and Jamaica should be confident of progressing.

But they are eager to get a psychological edge for what should be a fiercely contested battle for three places at the 2014 finals in Brazil from North and Central America and the Caribbean.

“It’s huge, it’s a six-point opportunity but it’s going to be difficult though, the guys know that,” said Klinsmann, whose team were boosted by a friendly win against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium last month.

The US, whose four previous qualifiers in Jamaica have ended in draws, will be without injured record goalscorer Landon Donovan and AS Roma midfielder Michael Bradley. But Klinsmann could feature forward Clint Dempsey who has just moved from Fulham to Tottenham Hotspur, either in Kingston or in the return game in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday.

Mexico, with two wins from two in Group B, travel to San Jose to face Costa Rica tomorrow and then host the Ticos at the Azteca Stadium on Tuesday.

Coach Jose Manuel de la Torre has called up eight members of the gold medalwinning team who beat Brazil in the Olympic final, including Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez.

always been the football and I want to help Sydney FC be successful.

“This is an exciting journey for me and I look forward to joining my new teammates in Sydney shortly.”

Del Piero’s reputation precedes him in Italy, where he is regarded as one of the country’s greatest ever players.

A 91-cap international, he left Juventus at the end of last season with 704 appearances and 289 goals to his name, days after winning a sixth Scudetto with the club.

He also has a Champions League and World Cup winner’s medal in his cabinet and his new club are naturally delighted to have added him to their squad ahead of the forthcoming ALeague season.

“This signing is a major coup for Sydney FC and marks a historic day for football in this country,” said chairman Scott Barlow.

“Alessandro Del Piero is a global icon of the game and we are honoured he has chosen Sydney FC, ahead of many other options, as the club where he will begin the next chapter of his illustrious football career.”

It emerged yesterday morning that Liverpool may have been one of the clubs also in the running for Del Piero’s signature.

The Reds are short of striking options after failing to secure a replacement for Andy Carroll before the transfer window shut, but would have been entitled to make a move for free agent Del Piero.

“Liverpool have come in - and they’re a big club, there’s no denying that,” chief executive Tony Pignata told Fox Sports Australia.

“But I think the attraction of Australia might sway us.”

The player himself later confirmed as much.

Juventus icon Del Piero has joined Sydney FC

Messi bidding to extend love affair with his Argentina fans Aguero could be fit for clash against Peru

By Rex Gowar LIONEL Messi’s Argentina will put the love of their fans to a new test in a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay tomorrow after the thrill of their captain’s nine goals in five games.

Messi scored hat-tricks in victories against Brazil and Switzerland and one apiece in wins over Colombia, Ecuador and Germany following the jeers from their 1-1 draw with Bolivia last November.

“We knew we had to change things after Bolivia,” Messi told a news conference at Argentina’s Ezeiza headquarters on Tuesday. “We knew we had to infect the fans with our results and our game.”

Argentina began their fivematch winning streak away to Colombia four days after the Bolivia disappointment, coming from behind to win 2-1 with goals from Messi and Sergio Aguero.

A 3-1 win over the Swiss in Berne was followed by a 4-0 rout of Ecuador in Buenos Aires in their next qualifier in June. They beat 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil 4-3 in a friendly in New Jersey a week later and Germany in Frankfurt last month.

The match at the 57,000-

Despite his nine goals in five games for Argentina, Lionel Messi (left) is under no illusions about how hard it will be to beat Paraguay tomorrow capacity Kempes stadium in Cordoba is a sellout.

“The fans are expectant and so are we. Let’s hope it will be all good for the national team and we get three

points,” Messi said.

Messi is under no illusions, though, about how hard Paraguay will be to beat despite playing under new coach Gerardo Pelusso after sack-

ing Francisco Arce due to poor results.

“They are always complicated, whatever form they’re in. The qualifiers are very difficult,” Messi said. “Maybe

they’re not coming here at their best but we know the quality of players they have.

They’re a tough team and will make things difficult for us.”

Argentina are third in the South American group with 10 points from five matches, two points fewer than leaders Chile, who have a bye tomorrow, and one behind Uruguay, who visit Colombia.

Paraguay, quarter-finalists in South Africa in 2010, are one from bottom of the nineteam group with four points.

In related news, Manchester City striker Aguero has hinted he could be involved in Argentina’s World Cup qualifier against Peru next Tuesday despite not having played for his club since suffering a knee injury on the opening day of the season.

The Barclays Premier League champions expect to be without the frontman until mid-September at the earliest after he fell awkwardly in their opening league game against Southampton on August 19.

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella nevertheless included Aguero when he announced his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru - a decision labelled

by City boss Roberto Mancini as “ridiculous”.

The 24-year-old, suspended for the Paraguay game, has now risked further upsetting his club by suggesting he could even feature against Peru if the knee progresses well over the next few days.

“I’m here until the Peru game,” Aguero was quoted as telling reporters on arrival in his homeland. “The knee still hurts at the moment and it bothers me, but maybe in two or three days the landscape will change.”

Portugal are only side to make upwards move inside FIFA top 10 rankings PORTUGAL are the only side to have made an upwards move inside the top 10 of the latest FIFA rankings which were released yesterday morning.

The table, which takes into account August’s internationals, sees

Paulo Bento’s men move from fifth to fourth, with Uruguay swapping places with them.

Reigning world and European champions Spain stay top, with Germany second and England third.

The rest of the top 10 is made up of Italy, Argentina, Holland, Croatia and Denmark.

Switzerland have broken into the top 20 with a three-place rise from 23rd, while Slovenia are big movers,

up nine spots to 24th, with Belgium also making a leap from 53rd to 40th.

The Republic of Ireland remain 26th, Wales drop eight places to 45th, Scotland are 47th and Northern Ireland in the wilderness in 129th.

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Sport Long-term Bertrand agreement confirmed CHELSEA confirmed yesterday that Ryan Bertrand has signed a new five-year contract.

Full-back Bertrand was only a year into a four-year deal agreed last summer but has been rewarded for his remarkable progress in recent months.

The 23-year-old became the first man ever to make his Champions League debut in the final itself in May and made his England debut in last month’s friendly win over Italy.

He has also started two of Chelsea’s three Barclays Premier League games this season.

Prior to Roberto Di Matteo’s appointment as manager in March, he barely figured for his parent club since making a controversial move from Gillingham seven years ago.

Ashley Cole’s arrival as Chelsea’s undisputed first-choice left-back saw Bertrand spend much of his early Stamford Bridge career out on loan.

He did not make his debut until April last year and there had been speculation he may be forced to leave in search of regular firstteam football.

But he is now very much seen as the heir apparent to Cole, whose own contract expires next summer.

He could also succeed Cole in the England set-up but will probably play second fiddle to Leighton Baines in Friday’s opening World Cup qualifier in Moldova - Cole has been ruled out of that match through injury.

Former England Under-21 star Bertrand’s elevation to the senior squad by manager Roy Hodgson is a reward both for his Chelsea displays and those for Great Britain at the Olympics.

Cole heir: Bertrand (left)

QPR to loan out Young, Campbell and Cerny

Rooney (centre) knows he must be at the top of his game if he is to avoid Fergie’s wrath

Wayne Rooney aware of United boss’ demands MANCHESTER United’s Wayne Rooney knows he has to be at the top of his game or risk the wrath of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The England forward admits that he put on seven pounds during the off-season, but explained the hard work he puts in during training makes the excess weight easy to shift.

“As a striker I need to work hard all the time. I need to be sharp, which means my fitness has to be right to play well. If it isn’t, it shows,” he told the Mirror, who are serialising his latest autobiography.

“It would probably be different if I were a full-back. I could hide a bit, make fewer runs into the opposition half and get away with it.

“As a centre-forward for Manchester United, there’s no place to hide.

“I’ve got to work as hard as I can, otherwise the manager will haul me off the pitch or drop me for the next game.

“There’s no room for failure or second best at this club.”

Rooney found that out late

Admits he needs to work hard and is feeling impact of wear and tear physically last year after he was dropped for a match against Blackburn at Old Trafford.

Ferguson was unhappy after it came to light Rooney had been out socialising after a game.

“I’m happy at Manchester United, despite the downs that sometimes take place at a football club,” he continued.

“Like when we stuff Wigan 5-0 on Boxing Day. “I go out for dinner with a few of the lads, and our other halves, to a hotel.

“The next day, the manager pulls me up and tells me he’s not happy and doesn’t feel I’ve trained properly.

“He fines me, but there’s worse to come. I’m dropped for the next game, on New

Year’s Eve, against Blackburn.

“At a lot of clubs, people wouldn’t bat an eyelid at players having a night out six days before a game. But that’s the difference at Manchester United and a mark of the high standards the manager demands.

“It’s a big deal, another lesson learned.”

And Rooney also knows his body is not as durable as it used to be.

“Physically I’ve taken a bit of a battering over the years; being lumped by Transformer-sized centre-backs or having my muscles smashed by falls, shoulder barges and last-ditch tackles, day in, day out, has left me a bit bruised,”

Rooney, currently sidelined for a month after having his leg wounded during a game with Fulham, said.

“When I get up in the morning after a game, I struggle to walk for the first half an hour.

I ache a bit. It wasn’t like that when I was a lad.

“I remember sometimes when I finished training or playing with Everton and United, I’d want to play some more.

“But football has had a massive impact on my body because my game is based on speed, power and intensity.

“Like any player I’m fearful of getting a career-ending injury.

I could be in the best form of my life and then one day a bad tackle might finish my time in the sport. It’s over then.

“But that’s the risk I take as a player in every match. I know football is such a short career that one day, at any age, the game could be snatched from me unexpectedly.

“So I want to decide when I leave football, not a physio, or an opponent’s boot.”

QPR will attempt to loan out Luke Young, DJ Campbell and Radek Cerny until at least the January transfer window, Press Association Sport understands.

The trio were all omitted from Mark Hughes’ squad for the first half of the Barclays Premier League season on Tuesday and are expected to be made available to clubs outside the top flight when the emergency loan transfer window opens next week.

QPR did attempt to offload both Campbell and Young permanently or on loan before the summer transfer window closed but were unable to do so.

Meanwhile, new signing Stephane Mbia has admitted he did not want to leave Marseille.

The midfielder joined QPR on transfer deadline lane for a reported £4.5million, with Joey Barton going the other way on loan.

Mbia told RMC: “I didn’t want to go but the owner of the club made me understand I had to leave.

“The wage bill had to be reduced and certain players had to go.”

One player delighted to be wearing a QPR jersey is Alejandro Faurlin, who has now enjoyed back-toback starts since spending seven months out with a cruciate ligament injury.

“I didn’t expect to be back so soon,” Faurlin told his club’s official website, www.qpr.co.uk.

“My target was to come back after the international break but football is like this.

“I feel I am 70 per cent fit at the moment. I just need to get that sharpness back and this will come by playing games.”

Faurlin, who started last week’s Capital One Cup win over Walsall and Saturday’s Barclays Premier League defeat at Manchester City, added: “It is obviously difficult to play two games in one week after being out for so long but the gaffer wanted me to play, and I of course wanted to play.

“I am pleased. It is positive for me because my knee didn’t react. Now I have two weeks to get my sharpness back and get my tempo back.”

Balotelli could miss Stoke clash West Ham left counting cost of Carroll debut STRIKER Mario Balotelli could miss Manchester City’s next match against Stoke after undergoing laser-eye surgery in Italy yesterday.

The 22-year-old underwent the minor operation, a day earlier than expected so as to avoid the paparazzi, after recently suffering from conjunctivitis associated with wearing contact lenses.

Balotelli’s surgeon yesterday suggested he could return “in around 10 days” meaning he would be touch-and-go to be back in time for City’s trip to the Britannia Stadium on September 15.

City waited until the international break to book Balotelli in for the procedure, which has ruled him out of Italy’s World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Malta.

WEST Ham were yesterday left counting the cost of Andy Carroll’s £12,195-a-minute debut against Fulham.

The on-loan striker sustained a hamstring injury after 68 minutes at Upton Park on Saturday and scans have revealed that he will be ruled out for up to six weeks.

West Ham last week paid a £1.5million loan fee to Liverpool and will also be paying his £80,000-a-week wages in full during his spell on the sidelines. Taking into account six weeks of his loan fee plus the wages for that time, the total cost of his debut was £829,260.

The news is a blow for manager Sam Allardyce, who worked so hard to sign the 23year-old during the transfer window, after seeing Carroll inspire West Ham to their second Premier League win of the season.

West Ham have an option to sign Carroll on a permanent £17m deal next summer.

He is expected to miss four Premier League games and has also withdrawn from England’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine. Roy Hodgson’s side play San Marino and Poland in early October and Carroll faces a race to be fit in time for selection.

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Sharapova, Errani headed for semis

LEWIS Hamilton’s management team are denying suggestions the 27-year-old is poised to sign a deal with Mercedes.

Former team principal and current BBC F1 analyst Eddie Jordan yesterday fuelled rumours by claiming that he believes “Hamilton and Mercedes have already agreed personal terms and a deal could be imminent”.

Such comments, however, have been comprehensively dismissed as a McLaren spokesperson informed Press Association Sport: “We have been told by Lewis Hamilton’s management team (XIX Entertainment) the story is untrue.”

In addition, a spokesperson for XIX has insisted Hamilton is more on the brink of re-signing with McLaren than moving elsewhere.

The spokesperson told Press Association Sport: “As mentioned in the past by all parties, we are in advanced discussions with McLaren about a new deal.

“More importantly, at the moment, Lewis is focused on Monza (this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix) and competing strongly for the championship.”

Mercedes, meanwhile, are playing their cards a little closer to their chest as a spokesperson said: “Until we are in a position to confirm our full driver line-up for next season, it is inevitable there will be speculation around this topic.

“We would ask for your understanding, however, that we do not comment on speculation.”

Hamilton’s future has long been the subject of such speculation - he is out of contract at the end of this season.

The fact no new deal has been agreed yet, despite intense periods of negotiation between XIX, Hamilton and McLaren, has only added fuel to the fire he could end his 14-year association with the Woking-based team having been initially signed

Russian overcomes Bartoli 3-6 6-3 6-4

as a 13-year-old.

Mercedes have been mooted as a potential option, in particular as the German manufacturing giant have yet to offer any indication as to whether Michael Schumacher is to re-sign for one more year.

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone appeared to drop a hint over the weekend ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps the seven-times champion was on the brink of retiring for a second time.

Asked about Schumacher, Ecclestone said: “I’m sorry he’s leaving us not being a winner, because he is a winner”, referring to the fact the 43-year-old German has not won a race on his return over the last two-and-a-half years.

Schumacher, however, later countered Ecclestone’s remarks as he said: “As I told Bernie I had not made a decision.”

The F1 driver market is waiting for either Schumacher or Hamilton to make a move as that would then start a chain reaction.

It is no secret Mercedes are an interested party, however, one source close to Hamilton has confirmed Jordan “is way off the mark”.

Press Association Sport understands all signs are pointing to Hamilton remaining with McLaren, although a number of issues are to be resolved, amongst them future image rights and sponsorship deals beyond those in-house within the Woking-based team.

It is why Mercedes are not being ruled out at this stage because at the age of 27, any new deal is being viewed by XIX as the most important of Hamilton’s career.

The belief is it would be a disservice to any interested parties not to discuss potential options with them.

Ferrari, however, is not a prospect as a seat is almost certain to become available given the poor form of Felipe Massa this year.

Hamilton is out of contract at the end of this season

MARIA Sharapova maintained her remarkable record in deciding sets to defeat Marion Bartoli and reach the US Open semi-finals for the first time since winning the title six years ago.

Not since her third-round loss to Flavia Pennetta here 12 months ago has Sharapova lost a three-set match, winning 12 out of 12 this season.

She was pushed to the limit

by Bartoli, who had led 4-0 when rain forced the match to be postponed on Tuesday, but eventually came through 3-6 6-3 6-4 to set up a meeting with world number one Victoria Azarenka.

Rain had come to Sharapova’s aid in her fourth-round match against Nadia Petrova when she had looked in trouble early in the deciding set, and the Russian certainly would not have been disappointed by Tuesday’s abrupt halt.

Bartoli had completely outplayed her rival for four games but the question was whether she would be able to maintain it.

The initial signs were not good for the Frenchwoman as Sharapova won the first two games on the resumption, which was again twice delayed by more heavy showers.

But Bartoli held on to her advantage from there and served out the set, letting out a loud yell of ‘allez’ as Sharapova netted a forehand return.

It was the first set 11th seed Bartoli had won against the Russian in five matches, although this was only their second meeting in five years.

Both players were struggling on serve and, after exchanging breaks at the start of the second set, their combined tally of double faults was up to 12, seven of them to Sharapova.

The Russian came under severe pressure again in the third game of the set, but saved four break points, and it was a key moment as she gradually began to take control.

The third seed broke again to lead 5-3 with a forehand winner drilled down the line and levelled the match with her fifth ace.

Sharapova really had the bit between her teeth and she broke the Bartoli serve to lead 2-1 in the decider

Above: Sharapova reached the semi-finals for the first time since winning the US Open singles title six years ago. Below: Errani continued her remarkable season by defeating her best friend and doubles partner Vinci 6-2 6-4 only for the Frenchwoman to hit back.

It was an epic struggle but Sharapova struck a major blow in the ninth game with another break, leaving her serving for a place in the last four.

And she did not falter, keeping alive her hopes of a second grand slam title of the year after completing her career slam at the French Open in June.

Sharapova said: “The rain break gave me a few hours to think about things. I came out so flat yesterday. She’s so tough and she was on fire.

I’m so happy to get back to the semi-finals.”

In the day’s other quarterfinal, Sara Errani continued her remarkable season by beating best friend and doubles partner Roberta Vinci to book her berth in the tournament’s semi-finals.

Before this season, Errani had never been beyond the third round in singles at a grand slam in 17 attempts, a feat she has now managed three times.

A quarter-final at the Australian Open was followed by a brilliant run to the final of the French Open, and at the time of going to press, she

seemed likely to face Serena Williams for a place in another major final.

Vinci has also been having a great season and was playing in her first singles grand slam quarter-final, but she could not match Errani and went down 6-2 6-4.

The 10th seed, who has also won four titles on the WTA Tour this season, did not celebrate her win and instead exchanged a long hug with her friend at the net.

The Italian pair have also had a brilliant season together, and their quarter-

final victory in women’s doubles on Tuesday ensured Errani will be the new world number one in doubles, with Vinci just behind her.

They won their first grand slam title at the French Open and also reached the final in Australia.