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Russia willing to help with bailout Signs that German objections have weakened due to some EU pressure

By George Psyllides

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USSIA is prepared to contribute towards Cyprus’ bailout, along with the European Union, President Demetris Christofias said yesterday, as reports also suggested that German objections had weakened.

The island’s predicament was the subject of a phone call between Christofias and Russian President Vladimir Putin who expressed his country’s readiness to chip in, along with international lenders.

“President Putin assured me that the Russian Federation is ready to contribute with the European Union in the financing of Cyprus,” Christofias was quoted as telling reporters during a visit to Belgrade yesterday.

“The Russian finance ministry is in touch with the European Commission and I hope that this matter will soon close in a positive way.”

Christofias said he spoke to Putin by phone on Tuesday evening. A government source told Reuters that Putin made the call.

Talks between Cyprus and international lenders have been complicated by the sheer size of the bailout, which could equal the €17.5 billion size of the Cypriot economy, and German misgivings about the island’s commitment to financial transparency because of its close ties with Russia.

Christofias avoided get-

ting drawn into a discussion concerning the debt’s sustainability following a bailout. “I just wanted to give this message to the Cypriot people. The details can be left to the experts. I strongly believe that this assistance can save us,” he said.

The president was quick to add that that would not mean Cyprus would not meet its obligations concerning the structural changes it needs to put in place, and repaying potential loans.

It was not immediately clear what form any Russian assistance would take.

Cyprus had requested a €5.0 billion loan from Russia last year, which Moscow has so far declined to grant. The island has also asked for a five-year extension in repaying a 2011 €2.5 billion loan to Moscow, to 2021, from 2016.

Asked about the possibility of Russia granting Cyprus an extension on its five-year loan, German finance ministry spokesman Martin Kotthaus said any contribution from noneurozone countries with a stake in Cyprus was welcome.

Last week, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn told Reuters he believed it was only fair Russia make a contribution to the bailout effort because of the significant Russian business presence on the island.

That presence has raised concerns in Germany,

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REPRINTING OF BALLOT PAPERS UNDERWAY

An official examines a newly-printed ballot paper yesterday as work got underway to reprint over 500,000 copies after the unauthorised use of the Guinness World Records logo by one of the 11 candidates in the February 17 presidential electons (Christos Theodorides) SEE STORY PAGE 3

Prince Charles takes his first Tube trip since 1986

By Estelle Shirbon FOUR million Londoners cram onto the city’s Underground passenger railway nearly every day, but it is a rarer event for Prince Charles.

He rode the British capital’s bustling commuter network yesterday for the first time since 1986.

The heir to the British throne and his wife Camilla took a one-stop journey from Farringdon to King’s Cross on the Metropolitan Line as part of cele-

brations to mark the 150th anniversary of a transport service affectionately known to Britons as the Tube.

SHORT JOURNEY The short journey was a rare enough event to cause some confusion at the Prince’s press office, which initially said he had last ventured onto the Tube in 1979.

“This is just to let you know that it has come to our attention that the Prince of Wales has travelled on the London

Underground more recently than 1979.

In 1986 The Prince and Princess of Wales travelled by tube to Heathrow Airport to open Terminal 4,” a spokeswoman said in an email to media.

“We’re sorry that our previous information was incorrect. Our archives of Royal engagements prior to 1988 are not computerised and in this particular instance a search under ‘The Prince of Wales takes the Tube’ did not bring up an event which had been logged as the ‘official opening of Terminal 4’.”

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ON THIS DAY JANUARY 31 1606

28 years ago Thursday January 31, 1985

Guy Fawkes is executed by hanging, having been found guilty of treason for conspiring in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up parliament and to murder the King, James I.

Public servants uUnion leaders called off a 24-hour strike which would have paralysed government offices tomorrow. The union’s leaders deferred strike action following meetings with ministers and the House of Representatives president. But there was no sign of averting the strike action by workers at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation’s radio and television services. A seven-hour black out of all services is planned for tomorrow.

1917 World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.

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American President Harry Truman announces America’s decision to develop the hydrogen bomb.

1961 Ham the chimpanzee successfully returns from a space flight. The US had sent him into space to test whether a human being could survive a space flight.

1990 McDonald’s opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow, serving more than 30,000 customers in one day.

38 years ago Friday January 31, 1975 The Cyprus government yesterday announced that by a decision of the Council of Ministers, the new airfield at Larnaca, which will be commissioned as of February 8, shall be declared a government airport. The practical effect of this move is to make civil flights to any other airport illegal and this would include flights to the occupied Tymbou airport.

58 years ago Monday January 31, 1955 The central committee of the Union of Electricity Workers yesterday accused the authority of breaking off negotiations on wage claims and working conditions and warned that unless the negotiations are resumed, the situation will inevitably lead to a strike.

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Home CYPRUS TODAY Cooking fire THE OVERHEATING of oil in a pan was the apparent reason for a fire in a flat in Nicosia at around 8.15pm on Tuesday, police said. The fire was extinguished by members of the public before the fire service arrived at the scene. From initial investigations, the apparent cause of the fire was a pan which was left on the stove and overheated.

Extensive damage was caused to the kitchen counters and the extraction fan while the 45year-old and 76-year-old residents of the flat were taken to Nicosia General Hospital with respiratory problems. Both received first aid, with the 76-yearold being released while the 45-year-old was kept overnight for observation.

Rustling POLICE received a report from a 58-year-old farmer in the Nicosia district that on Tuesday between 5.15pm and 9.30pm, 19 goats, six sheep and five lambs were stolen from his premises.

The livestock is valued at around €3,000 and Morphou CID is looking into the case. There have been several reports recently of animals being stolen from farms. Police suspect gangs from the north. In one instance stolen and branded animals from the Greek Cypriot side were found in the north by Turkish Cypriot police.

Roads closed ROADS leading to Troodos were yesterday closed to all vehicles, except those able to operate with four-wheel drive, police said. Frost on the road was the reason police gave for their decision, with thick fog also causing some problems in mountainous areas.

Drivers are asked to be extra careful in these circumstances by keeping their vehicles in low gears while driving while also keeping a safe distance from vehicles in front.

Car torched A CAR was torched yesterday during the early hours as it was parked in a garage in Nicosia, police said. The fire broke out at around 1am according to a police spokesman.

Members of the police and fire service arrived at the scene but the fire had already been extinguished by the 23-yearold owner of the vehicle.

The scene was cordoned off while police and the fire service carried out an initial investigation to determine the cause.

According to the police it was a case of arson. The car sustained damage of approximately €3,000.

New ballots being printed State examining legal culpability in logo fiasco

By Peter Stevenson REPRINTING 575,000 ballot papers began yesterday after the original batch was scrapped as they depicted the alleged unauthorised use of the Guinness World Records logo by one of the candidates.

The reprint will cost the state roughly €40,000, and the electoral services are looking into the issue of legal culpability on the part of presidential candidate Andreas Efstratiou.

Efstratiou used the Guinness World Records logo on four previous election ballot papers, and claims that as a world record holder, he has express permission to use it wherever he pleases.

But Chief Returning Officer, Andreas Ashiotis, rejected the claims yesterday after an email he received from Guinness World Records Ltd on Tuesday informed him that Efstratiou had been contacted in 2011 and told he was not permitted to use the logo on any more electoral ballots.

GOOD FAITH “In 2008 when Mr Efstratiou was a candidate, he presented the interior ministry with documentation claiming that Guinness World Records had informed him he could use their logo wherever he wanted,” Ashiotis said.

“On Tuesday I emailed the Guinness World Records company to explain to them that the use of their logo on the Republic of Cyprus’ ballot papers was taken in good faith from Mr Efstratiou who had assured the interior ministry that he was allowed to use the logo wherever he wanted,” Ashiotis said.

“As the ballot papers had already been printed we asked Guinness World Records for permission to use their logo and if

they had any objections we would ensure the logo would not be used again,” he added.

According to Ashiots, the company replied that although they understood the Republic’s predicament, they could not condone the use of their logo as they had warned Efstratiou in 2011 that he was not allowed to use the logo for any electoral purposes.

“If he was aware of the letter then he should have informed the electoral services,” Ashiotis said.

“The legal services will be consulted and if it is discovered that he was aware of the letter from the company then we will proceed accordingly,” he added

‘NOT AWARE’ Efstratiou claimed yesterday that he received no such notice from Guinness World Records, denying any responsibility for the ditching of the ballot papers.

“I am not aware of any letter from 2011 informing me that I was not allowed to use their logo,” he said.

“I will be speaking with my lawyer who will examine the ministry’s claim that I am liable for the destroyed papers and Guinness World Records’ claim that I received notice not to use their logo again for any elections,” he added.

Asked if he was willing to pay the expense of replacing the discarded ballot papers to show good faith towards the state, Efstratiou protested that he has eight children and Cyprus was currently going through a crisis.

Ashiotis said he would be speaking with the Attorney-general to determine whether Efstratiou could be held responsible for the discarded ballot papers and the reprinting of new ones.

“I will speak to the state printers to find out exactly how much the cost of reprinting the ballots will

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Government printing office starts from scratch be and then speak with the Attorney-general to find out if the cost can be charged to Efstratiou,” he said. Ashiotis had spoken to the Attorney-general prior to the decision to destroy the ballot papers and had agreed that there was no other way out. “He expressed his desire for the

elections to run smoothly, without any problems and so we came to the decision that the papers needed to be scrapped to avoid any conflict,” he said.

Efstratiou broke the world record for creating the longest wedding dress train, measuring 1,362 metres, which he created in

(Christos Theodorides) 2007. He is a businessman from Paphos, and in 2003 won 606 votes and in 2008, 713 votes. His company, Efstratiou Weddings is a wedding planner.

When registering his candidacy for president Efstratiou asked people to support him because politicians had failed them.

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Cyprus could face it’s own ‘fiscal cliff’ Experts say there are three main obstacles to an international bailout for the island

By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS IS heading towards its own ‘fiscal cliff’, needing to find around €2.1 billion in maturing debts by July, or else face default, one economist said yesterday.

Speaking at a seminar on the eurozone debt crisis with special reference to Cyprus, economist Fiona Mullen said Cyprus faces a “hard deadline” on June 3 when it needs to find over €1.4 billion in maturing Eurobonds and a further €714m by July 4 for maturing government-registered stocks.

“If we can’t pay that then we go bust and then we’re not just junk status we’re basket-case status, It takes a very, very long time to get back from default status,” said Mullen at the event organised by the European University Cyprus.

According to Mullen, there are three main obstacles to an international bailout following a preliminary agreement reached with the troika in November 2012: German opposition; the size of the Cyprus economy, and debt sustainability.

German opposition to a bailout is mainly due to upcoming elections in Germany but also, a touch of envy regarding the 80-plus German shipping companies based in Limassol.

This opposition from our EU partners remains the “biggest risk” for Cyprus, she said.

“The German press is really scathing about Cyprus, and without question, says that it’s a centre for money laundering, regardless of any international reports on Cyprus or its record,” said the director of Sapienta Economics.

A second issue is the question of whether the Cyprus economy is “too small to

bother”. The German finance minister has recently questioned whether it even poses a systemic risk to the eurozone, a precondition to any EU bailout. The European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB) are with Cyprus and against the Germans on this point.

The third issue is debt sustainability and whether, mainly, the IMF believes Cyprus can pay the debt back.

According to Mullen’s forecasts, Cyprus’ public debt to GDP ratio will reach 135.8 per cent in 2016, assuming the recapitalization needs of Cyprus’ banks are estimated at €10 billion, and the EU/IMF/ ECB troika agrees to lend Cyprus €17.5 billion soon.

“The good news is we only need to find €3bn to bring it to 120 per cent of GDP, a figure which the IMF seems able to live with,” she said.

PROS AND CONS The economist weighed out the pros and cons of the options laid out before Cyprus.

One is for the EU to lend directly to the banks through the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). However, this would never materialise before June, making it a nonoption for Cyprus.

A second option is a Greekstyle haircut on bonds which raises many legal questions as Cyprus comes under different laws than Greece.

American academics and legal experts Mitu Gulati and Lee Buchheit yesterday argued at the seminar that these legal obstacles were not as insurmountable as people might imagine, suggesting ways to “persuade” creditors averse to anything other than a full repayment of debt to reconsider their position.

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The two also suggested a haircut now on bonds owned by the private sector would make more sense than waiting until further down the line to implement a writedown on debt that has “migrated” to the hands of the EU taxpayer (assuming Cyprus is bailed out by the EU and pays off its debt using ESM funds).

Regarding a possible writedown on government bonds, Mullen argued that this could only really apply to Eurobonds, the total outstanding debt for which comes to €3.8bn. From that amount, €1.3bn is held by local banks.

Assuming a 75 per cent haircut was made possible, a writedown of bonds held by local banks would basically increase their recapitalization needs by nearly a billion euros.

So, the net effect of a writedown really affects the €2.5bn in foreign-owned Eurobonds, which saves the state around €1.9bn.

A third option is a deposit haircut which Mullen described as “scary”. Since the government guarantees all deposits less than €100,000, a haircut could only be applied on any deposits that exceed that amount, which at the end of 2011 came to about €35bn.

“A haircut on deposits will kill our banking system dead.

The banking system survived an invasion and if you do this to it, it will kill off the professional services sector which is the only sector that’s been creating jobs the last few years,” she said.

A fourth and likely option is converting the bonds of junior bondholders (who claim they were duped by banks into buying the convertible bonds) into bank shares.

Mullen estimated this could raise €1.2bn for banks which would go straight into their core tier 1 capital, immediately knocking €1.2bn off the troika bill.

“It’s a political issue. Can you get away with it politically? How many were retail investors? How many were mis-sold?”

Regarding the proposal by presidential candidate Gior-

German opposition to a bailout is mainly due to upcoming elections in Germany but also, a touch of envy regarding the 80-plus German shipping companies based in Limassol gos Lililkas to sell parts of Cyprus’ possible gas reserves, the economist argued the money would never come in time and would not be enough to meet Cyprus’ needs at this stage of the process in the energy sector.

Another likely option is privatisation of semi-government organisations like the electricity and telecommunications organisations and the ports authority. In the short-term this could potentially raise €2bn and in the long-term maybe fivefold that amount, if one overcame expected union dissent.

Buchheit countered, however, that privatisations are complicated processes that always take a lot more time than one estimates with the end result not necessarily in anyone’s favour. Privatisations are demanded by EU governments so they can turn to their electorates and say, look the recipient country is

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contributing with their own money to this bailout, said Buchheit.

A final option raised by all three speakers was to extend maturing debt by a few years.

Instead of wiping out debt or cutting it down, Cyprus could convince its creditors that it will pay further down the line with interest.

In the short-term however, the new Cyprus president will need to decide on one of the above options or a combination of them to find the €3bn needed to convince the troika that its debt is sustainable, said Mullen.

Should the banks’ recapitalization needs be estimated at €9bn instead of €10bn, then this automatically goes down to €2bn.

“The new Cyprus president will have to choose the option with the least political cost.

It’s a toss up essentially between convertible bonds and privatization,” she said.

A SCHOOL competition against racism and xenophobia has been launched by the UN Refugee Agency in Cyprus, the Ombudsman’s office and the European Commission Representation in Cyprus.

With the slogan ‘Talk about racism and xenophobia: silence is not a solution’, the competition is looking for the best student newspapers.

The competition - supported by the education ministry invites public and private secondary schools to create a newspaper with articles giving opinions on asylum and migration, racism and xenophobia. Objective and unbiased coverage of these issues is one of the criteria that will determine the winning newspapers, an announcement said.

“We aim at dispelling stereotypes and prejudices against migrants and refugees and to emphasise both the necessity and the benefits that the integration of persons with different backgrounds can yield on Cypriot society,” it added.

“The effective management of such incidents by the school community strengthens the resistance of students, and future citizens, against racism; it also responds to the needs of a multicultural society and the wider diversity that characterises Cypriot schools and the society at large.”

In order to support the students’ efforts, the organisers are ready to provide sources and educational material on the issues of xenophobia, racism and refugees; and to visit schools to discuss the topics with students.

Six successful newspapers – three from Gymnasiums and three from Lyceums and technical schools – will be selected.

The winners will be awarded - at a special ceremony – with laptops, cameras and video cameras as well as symbolic placards with the inscription “Schools against Racism”.

The cost of the awards, including the placards, will be borne by the European Commission Representation.

The Education Ministry has issued a circular about the competition at http://egkyklioi. moec.gov.cy/Circular_items/ ShowCircular_itemsTable2. aspx?CircularId=dme6352.

The deadline of the competition is March 29. All interested schools must submit their newspapers in an electronic format. More details can be found on the organisers’ websites and social media pages: https://www.facebook.com/ events/567887529905898/

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Russia willing to aid bailout Christofias confirms Putin phone call (continued from front page) which claims that at least part of the Russian money in Cypriot banks could be illegal.

However, it appeared that German opposition was weakening yesterday.

A German newspaper reported that the EU paymaster was in the process of dropping its reservations following pressure from eurozone countries and the EU itself.

Süddeutsche Zeitung said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble continued to have reservations but the pressure from eurozone partners, the European Commission and the European Central Bank had become so high that Germany would eventually be willing to play along.

The German government said yesterday the eurozone had not yet taken any decision on a bailout request from Cyprus while Berlin’s own position has not changed since last week’s meeting of finance ministers from the currency zone.

“There is no new position on Cyprus.

Germany, just like its European partners, has not yet taken a decision on aid to Cyprus, neither in the positive nor the negative sense,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert.

Last week, Schauble questioned whether Cyprus was systemically relevant, though various EU officials have since stressed

President Demetris Christofias (right) was decorated with the Supreme Order of the Republic of Serbia by the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in Belgrade yesterday (PIO)

Cyprus and Serbia strengthen ties CYPRUS and Serbia yesterday expressed their will for enhanced cooperation, as the two countries held their first intergovernmental meeting in Belgrade.

According to a joint communiqué issued after the meeting, Serbia and Cyprus pledged to further economic and trade cooperation and reconfirmed their mutual support on a political level.

The two countries discussed ways to improve their cooperation in the areas of tourism, renewable energy sources, particularly solar energy, transport, cultural exchanges, justice and public order, education and health, the communiqué said.

Serbia “reconfirms its full support to the sovereignty

and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus and expresses its support for a solution to the Cyprus issue based on international law, the UN Charter, relevant UN Security Council resolutions, the High Level Agreements of ’77 and ’79 and EU principles.”

Serbia also expressed hope for a just and viable solution that will promote the peaceful coexistence of the two communities in Cyprus in conditions of total security.

On its part Cyprus reconfirmed “its full respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia”. It also “supports the continued dialogue between Belgrade and Priština for a comprehensive and mutually acceptable solution on

Kosovo”. On the sidelines of the President’s visit, the two countries signed bilateral agreements in various sectors.

Christofias was decorated with the Supreme Order of the Republic of Serbia by the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic during a special ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Belgrade.

Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou – Marcoullis, Defence Minister Demetris Eliades, Justice Minister Loucas Louca and Communications Minister Efthymios Flourentzos also took part in the meeting.

The second intergovernmental meeting will take place in Cyprus during the first four months of 2014.

Civil servants threaten to strike CIVIL servants are threatening to go on strike if their access to free health care is abolished as part of the conditions of a bailout, it emerged yesterday.

PASYDY, their union, also wants a study and social dialogue on the new civil service timetables. In an announcement, PASYDY said it would not accept abolition of the right to health care, which it considers, a vital conquest for every worker.

Unlike the rest of the population, civil servants and their families, have access to free health care, irrespective of income.

A memorandum agreed between Cyprus and international lenders calls for the abolition of the so-called right.

It envisages an increase in hospital charges and the introduction of fees for drugs and use

of the casualty wards; only people earning less than a specific income would be entitled to free healthcare. The government had been discussing the matter with PASYDY, before submitting a bill, but it seems that no common ground has been found yet.

PASYDY was also irked by the decision to extend public sector working hours in a bid to cut overtime pay. Civil servants will start work 30 minutes later, at 8am, and work until 3.30pm, or 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

Previously, civil servants worked between 7.30am and 2.30pm with the exception of Wednesday’s 3pm to 6pm.

The new regime has a transitional period from January 1 until the end of August 2013, during which government workers can start work at 7.30am or 8.30am and leave at 3pm or 4pm.

that letting Cyprus go bankrupt would have an impact on the common currency.

Unless a bailout was settled soon, the island could start causing wider problems, according to former eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker.

“If we don’t definitively solve the problem case of Cyprus, there is a contagion risk even from this very small national economy,” Juncker was quoted as telling Austria’s Kleine Zeitung in an interview published yesterday.

Meanwhile, Cyprus has launched an international campaign to counter money laundering allegations.

A parliamentary delegation yesterday discussed the matter in Brussels with the Vice President of the European Commission Olli Rehn, and with political groups of the European Parliament.

During the meetings with the political groups and Commissioner Rehn the delegation briefed the European officials on the current situation of the Cyprus economy, as well as on the Cypriot parliament’s commitment to adopt every measure in order to shed the money laundering accusations.

Cypriot MPs told Rehn the island has nothing to hide and EU officials were more than welcome to visit Cyprus to evaluate the legal framework and its implementation.

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Home Convenience stores challenge cigarette price Court rejects

By George Psyllides CONVENIENCE stores have complained to the European Commission over a law that makes it compulsory for the maximum retail price to be displayed on cigarette packets, which they say will hold them hostage to the pricing policies of tobacco companies.

“Our fears were confirmed even before the law came into effect,” said Andreas Theodoulou, chairman of the convenience store association (SYKADE). “The rolling

tobacco traders’ decision to reduce our commission to 4.0 per cent in a bid to restrain the retail price of their products makes our businesses unsustainable.”

The Association said it was determined to fight the provision, which left its small and medium-sized members at the mercy of the pricing policies and arbitrary decision of tobacco merchants and tobacco industries.

The law was passed in December last year and will come into force in June. In their complaint, filed on Monday, SYKADE argued that

Road tax extension thought unlikely this year

the law was incompatible with the competition rules of the European Union. The association also said it planned to file for an injunction suspending implementation of the law until their complaint was examined by the European Commission.

SYKADE claimed that displaying the maximum retail price was a violation of competition as it could be seen as a fixed retail price and not a maximum retail price, as retailers will be forced to sell at the same price.

It also suggested that in countries, like Greece, where this measure was

implemented, there had been a rise in cigarette smuggling. “We will do everything possible to ensure the relevant law is not implemented,” Theodoulou said. “We repeatedly warned the relevant parliamentary committee not to go ahead and approve the relevant amendment.”

SYKADE said MPs had been misinformed during discussion of the matter in parliament – lawmakers were told that this was enforced in many other European countries when in reality it is the tax that is displayed and not the maximum price.

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‘The public needs to make sure they pay up on time’

By Peter Stevenson NO extensions to the deadline for paying road tax are expected, which means all drivers should pay up by February 4 or face being fined by police who will begin their checks on February 5.

“I do not envisage any extension to the deadline,” head of the Road Transport Department, Sotiris Kolletas said yesterday. “I am against any extension anyway, as the public needs to make sure they pay their road tax within the allotted period without relying on last minute extensions,” he added.

Vehicles need to have a valid MOT certificate before a road tax disc can be renewed.

Those who do not intend to renew their road tax certificate are nonetheless legally required to let the road transport department know they will be withdrawing their car from circulation.

“Even members of the public who have not paid the previous year’s road tax can pay it off online if they wish,” Kolletas said.

According to Kolletas, 695,000 vehicles are currently registered with 383,000 having renewed their road tax.

“About 45 per cent of road taxes have been renewed from the sum total of what we expected this year,” he said. “Each year approximately ten per cent of vehicles do not renew their road tax,” he added. Income is down by 33 per cent so far this year according to Kolet-

tas, with smaller car owners, who pay less road tax, having mostly renewed their road tax certificates with more expensive vehicle owners yet to pay up.

“Ninety nine per cent pay online through the ministry website via JCC or at their bank,” he said. Kolletas added that road tax could be paid on a six month or annual basis with the road transport department not set up yet to take monthly payments.

“JCC (the site through which the payments must be made) accepts all types of Visa and Mastercard for online payments, even those from other countries,” head of e-commerce and public sector Michalis Shaelos said.

“The only instances where a card may not be accepted is if it has had its internet use turned off by the card owner or the bank, or if the details inputted into our system are wrong,” he added.

Minister of Communications and Works Efthymios Flourentzos said a final decision on extensions would be made today or tomorrow.

Failing to renew road tax for three consecutive years turns the money owed into a civil debt, payable at court, and forces drivers to re-register.

Vehicle owners can renew their road tax online at any citizen’s service centre, banks or financial institutions, at the road transport department’s office or else online at: http://rtd.mcw.gov. cy

Limassol Marina said yesterday it had welcomed its first residents. The delivery of the 94 luxury apartments and penthouses at Nereids Residences marks the beginning of the project’s first operational year, it said yesterday.

Takis Palekythritis, General Manager of Limassol Marina Ltd said: “We have delivered on time and we feel very proud to be among the best-selling developments in Europe, having achieved sales in excess of €86 million. We are very pleased to have attracted a good bal-

ance of high-calibre local and international buyers and we are confident of the positive impact this will have on local businesses and the Cyprus economy as a whole.”

Ninety per cent of the project’s marine works and 50 per cent of the residential development and infrastructure are already completed. The first yachts are expected to arrive in March, apartments at Thetis Residences are due for delivery in June and the commercial area will be ready to open its doors to the public this summer.

Kyprianou releases his financials RULING AKEL Andros Kyprianou’s and his wife’s net worth was around €326,000 at the end of last year, according to a statement made public yesterday.

The couple’s income between 2008 and 2012, the years AKEL has been in power, was €406, 861.

The disclosure, according to AKEL spokesman Giorgos Loukaides, was in line with the “urgent necessity to shed light and have transparency as regards state officials’ finances.”

According to the statement, the value of the couple’s property rose by €36,000 between December 2007 and the end of 2012 – €289,963 to €326,479.

Their financial obligations – loans, currents accounts, and credit cards – also rose during the same period, from €278,490 to €331,274.

At the same time, AKEL questioned the asset statement published by DISY leader and presidential frontrunner Nicos Anastasiades, who, along with his wife, was worth around €2.3 million.

Loukaides said no information had been given about a plot of land in Limassol while shares that Anastasiades appears to own, at least until 2011, were not included.

Also absent was the interest from deposits worth €700,000 and dividends from shares, Loukaides said.

Antoniadou discrimination suit against broadcaster

By Poly Pantelides THE SUPREME Court yesterday threw out an application by presidential candidate Praxoulla Antoniadou Kyriacou who claimed that state broadcaster CyBC has been discriminating against her as a presidential candidate in the February 17 elections.

Antoniadou Kyriacou asked the court to issue a temporary order suspending a CyBC decision not to include her in their polls and broadcasts along with the three main contenders.

For example, only the three main contenders have been invited to participate in live televised presidential debates.

The CyBC board said Antoniadou Kyriacou was not a presidential candidate as they understood the law, a response which she said broke principles of equality and damaged her prospects as a candidate.

The Supreme Court said it did not have jurisdiction to force entities – people or organisations – to take specific actions, but could only force them to stop a set of actions or behaviours. A court order aims at restoring the status quo that was disturbed by illegal or damaging actions, the Supreme Court said. But the court does not think that the status quo is disturbed by omissions or inactions.

So the court said it could not issue a temporary order forcing CyBC to take action to rectify any alleged omissions. “The applicant is pursuing the issuance of a temporary order to suspend omissions (by CyBC) which will directly result in forcing them to take positive actions. Inevitably, the application must be rejected,” the court said.

The court cited a 2003 case when independent candidate Christos Iosifides tried to obtain a similar order against CyBC which was thrown out on lack of jurisdiction.

The court did accept that Antoniadou Kyriacou was the leader of the United Democrats, and member party of ALDE, the European parliament’s alliance of Democrats and Europeans.

Antoniadou Kyriacou’s lawyer is due to file an appeal today asking the Supreme court to clarify what European Union law says on matters of freedom of expression and electoral rights. The Supreme Court will have to ask the EU’s Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling procedure, which takes place when a national court wants to see whether it is interpreting EU law correctly. EU law is higher than national law.

Another independent candidate, Makaria Andri Stylianou filed a similar case on Tuesday, Sigmalive reported later yesterday.

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Home Hospital staff broke rules on disposal of miscarried foetus INSTEAD of sending a miscarried foetus to the morgue for burial, Limassol general hospital staff threw it away as medical waste, which is against procedures, the hospital’s director confirmed yesterday.

A pregnant woman visited the hospital on Sunday last week because she had stopped feeling her baby move, Limassol hospital director Chrysostomos Andronikou said.

The foetus had died at 21 weeks, and the woman had an operation to have it removed. She and her husband did not want to have a burial

Andronikou said as they were distraught. Because the foetus, weighing 700 grammes, was older than 20 weeks, the hospital’s staff should have sent the body to the morgue to arrange for a burial, Andronikou said.

“Something went wrong in this case and an official is examining the issue and if anyone is responsible, we’ll take action, Andronikou told state broadcaster CyBC. The Cyprus Mail asked what this investigation entailed given that they must know who was involved.

The investigation is taking

place “so (those involved) can tell us why the foetus was not sent where it should have been sent,” Andronikou said adding that they might take disciplinary action as appropriate.

Dead foetuses younger than 20 weeks are disposed of as medical waste.

The state outsources the processing of medical waste which needs to be treated before it can be processed in waste management facilities.

Sigma TV broke the story after an employee for the company that handles medical waste noticed the foetus.

Cyprus fires its honorary consul in Bonn

A woman shops in the rain at Nicosia’s open-air market as the capital was hit by a heavy downpour yesterday morning (Christos Theodorides)

Unrest grows in labour relations Unions furious after employers’ organisations suggest across-the-board 2013 wage freeze

By Poly Pantelides NO EMPLOYER can afford to give wage rises under the current economic situation, the head of the employers and industrialists federation said yesterday, defending a circular suggesting an across-theboard freeze on salaries, and suspending wage indexation for this year.

The chamber of commerce and industry (KEVE) and the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (OEV) have suggested to their members they impose a moratorium in 2013 to minimise the risk to businesses.

“It is necessary to seriously come to an adjustment based on the new state of affairs on how businesses can work,” KEVE said in an announcement.

KEVE called on businesses to discuss and agree on any measures necessary to secure viability.

Unions, and ruling party AKEL, have condemned the decision but OEV head Michalis Pilikos said yesterday that businesses were simply not in a position to offer wage rises this year.

“We are in a state of emergency, in a very bad financial state, and we’re doing whatever possible to firstly keep businesses going, and secondly to maintain jobs,” he said.

The indebted state sector has already imposed wage cuts this year as part of a government agreement with their international lenders. Although wages in the private sector are significantly lower as a rule, many businesses have already cut or frozen wages since the crisis began.

“We can’t continue behaving as if nothing is going on,” Pilikos said referring to redundancies and businesses shutting down.

The unions have hailed social dialogue, cohesion and collective agreements as “the ultimate goods,” he said, adding that they seemed to be on a “different wavelength”.

The head of union SEK Nicos Moyseos said that OEV was sending a message of disrespect to social dialogue and was demolishing the foundations of labour relations.

AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou said he was “condemning with every fibre of (his) being” the

one-sided decision that tells workers that employers can do whatever they want.

Labour minister Sotiroulla Charalambous asked employers to avoid taking action that disrupted peace, urging all parties to respect social dialogue and labour relations.

Meanwhile, construction workers are continuing their indefinite strike with the unions saying employers are pushing people to joblessness, hiring cheap hands over the unionised workers who are protected by collective agreements. Costas Roushias, of the federation of building contractors, said it was hard to discuss anything while banners were up and workers striking. But leftwing PEO union’s, Michalis Papanicolaou, said the contractors had shot down all their proposals. “Stop firing people and hiring cheap labour to replace them,” he said.

And workers in the hotel industry are in the process of discussing their collective agreements and warning they will not accept wage cuts or changes in the terms of their employment.

THE CABINET has ended the appointment of Cyprus’ honorary consul in Bonn, Germany, after a series of actions and inactions “compromised” his position as representative of the country.

During a meeting earlier this week, the cabinet adopted a proposal by the foreign ministry to end his appointment following recommendations by the Cypriot embassy in Berlin.

According to diplomatic sources, allegations of wrongdoing first surfaced in 2010 but took some years to verify before the ministry could go ahead and recommend the removal of Ioannis Vasiliou as the honorary consul in Bonn.

The same sources said that following a series of actions and inactions, Vasiliou “compromised himself and by extension the Republic and as such, could no longer represent the

country”. According to yesterday’s Politis, Vasiliou was made honorary consul in 2003. In 2010, the Cypriot embassy in Berlin informed the ministry of allegations that he was overcharging for entry visas and recommended termination of his services.

However, the ministry had to verify the allegations before acting, while the consul had his own friends within the ministry who continued to support his appointment.

In 2012, the embassy in Berlin informed the ministry that Vasiliou was taken before a German court a year earlier on money laundering charges. Initially facing criminal charges, the German authorities reached a settlement with Vasiliou, reducing the charges to a minor misdemeanour resulting in a €1,000 fine, reported Politis.

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Britain BRITAIN TODAY Algeria pledge

by Cameron DAVID Cameron arrived in Algeria yesterday pledging closer security co-operation in the wake of the hostage crisis that claimed the lives of six Britons.

The Prime Minister said his aim was to help the country “help itself” amid a growing threat from al Qaida-linked terrorists in the region.

Speaking to journalists on the flight to Africa, Cameron said: “The In Amenas attack and the situation in Mali reminds us of the importance of partnership between Britain and countries in the region.”

Cameron was to hold talks with counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal and pay his respects to victims of the hostage crisis during his visit - the first by a UK Prime Minister to Algeria in 50 years.

‘I won’t desert my killer son’ THE father of Tony McCluskie, who was jailed for life yesterday for murdering his actress sister, has said he will not desert his son.

Anthony McCluskie said in an impact statement that he knows his son is suffering after committing a “terrible crime”.

McCluskie, 36, murdered his sister Gemma and mutilated her body in a bid to cover up what he had done.

He even sent text messages to her phone after her death to pretend that she was still alive.

Political rivals unite to combat EU ‘Brexit’ risk Conservative and Labour heavyweights launch push to keep UK in European Union

By Peter Griffiths POLITICAL rivals joined forces yesterday to launch a campaign to keep Britain inside the European Union, aiming to turn back a rising tide of animosity towards Brussels that threatens to end its 40-year membership of the bloc.

Politicians of different stripes decided to pool their efforts after Prime Minister David Cameron last week promised to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership terms and give voters a chance to say whether they want to leave.

The Centre for British Influence Through Europe (CBIE), a cross-party group that lobbies to keep Britain inside the EU, said it hoped to convince voters its stance was the

“common sense” option amid the rhetoric on Europe.

And two of Cameron’s senior ministers urged a “political fightback” against growing calls for Britain to claw back powers from its biggest trading partner or leave it altogether.

Ken Clarke, a Conservative cabinet minister, and Treasury Minister Danny Alexander, of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, the junior coalition partner, were to speak at the group’s launch later yesterday, joined by Peter Mandelson, a former Labour minister and ex-EU trade commissioner.

“It is fundamentally defeatist to contend that Britain is forever isolated and without a vision in Europe,” the group’s director Peter Wilding said in a statement.

Britain’s long debate pits

British Prime Minister David Cameron last week pledged to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership terms and give voters a chance to say if they want the UK to leave European opposition to negotiate their return.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle underlined the scale of Cameron’s task of securing opt-outs from EU rules in a Times article yesterday in which he told Britain:

“There can be no cherry-picking ... We might be conjuring up forces that we can’t control. We must not put at risk the common ground that we have achieved in more than half a century of European co-operation.”

Police job fast-tracking unveiled

Tesco decision TESCO fired a supplier controlled by Ireland’s most powerful beef baron yesterday for selling it burgers containing horsemeat and promised to use DNA testing equipment to check the content of products on its shelves.

The world’s No. 3 retailer, Tesco is reeling from a wave of bad publicity after the Irish food safety authority discovered that 29 per cent of a frozen beef burger was actually horsemeat.

pro-EU forces who see Europe as a crucial trade partner and source of stability after World War Two against eurosceptics angry with what they see as a meddling and wasteful Brussels bureaucracy that threatens UK sovereignty.

Cameron said last week his party would campaign for the 2015 parliamentary election on a pledge to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership. He said an “in or out” referendum on membership of the bloc would then be held by the end of 2017 - provided he wins a second term.

While both sides have begun making their case on Europe, a referendum is still far from certain to take place. Cameron must come from behind in opinion polls to win the election, decide which powers he wants to reclaim from Brussels and then overcome

Policing Minister Damian Green also said foreign police chiefs will be able to run British forces for the first time

NEW starters will be able to join forces at superintendent level as part of a wider overhaul of recruitment rules unveiled by policing Minister Damian Green.

Green also revealed plans for a fast track to inspector scheme, and foreign police chiefs will be able to run British forces for the first time.

The overhaul is part of a package of reforms that were put forward by ex-rail regulator Tom Winsor in the widest-ranging review of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years.

In a written statement, Green said: “The issue of choosing our police leaders is of the highest importance to the future of the police.

“The fast-track-to-inspector scheme will attract the brightest with the most potential to go on to become leaders.

“Direct entry at senior ranks will make sure that there is access to the best pool of talent, those who have proven leadership and business skills and who can bring with them fresh thinking from other sectors.”

Under current rules, all police must enter at constable rank, but the proposals put out for consultations would allow new starters to skip the compulsory two years on the beat.

Green said he would also consult on a proposal to widen eligibility for chief con-

stable rank to include officers in equivalent roles in countries with “a common law jurisdiction” - such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India.

Sir Peter Fahy from the Association of Chief Police Officers said the changes could see existing officers frustrated in their bids for promotion.

The number of officers in senior ranks looks set to shrink as forces across the country face budget cuts of 20 per cent.

He said: “In general police forces are not short of talent. In fact a bigger challenge is dealing with ambitious staff frustrated by the lack of promotion opportunities.

“Bringing people in from outside to senior leadership positions will obviously make that more difficult.

“There will be questions about how any direct entry scheme will work in practice, how it can be afforded and whether those already in the service can apply.”

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: “These reforms will help open up the force to the best and the brightest outside talent, talent that has previously been beyond our reach.

“By having a bigger pool of experience from which to choose the Metropolitan Police will inevitably be more representative of the city it serves, across all its ranks.”

Malala to undergo skull reconstruction 70% of homes cut back on heating A PAKISTANI schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls’ education is to return to a specialist hospital in Britain for surgery to reconstruct her skull.

Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in October and brought to Britain for treatment, was discharged from the hospital earlier this month to spend time with her family after her initial treatment phase.

Her doctors said yesterday she would return to hospital within the next 10 days to undergo surgery known as titanium cranioplasty to repair a missing area of her skull with a speciallymoulded titanium plate.

The shooting of Yousufzai, in the head at point blank range as she left school in the

Swat valley, drew widespread international condemnation.

She has become an internationally recognised symbol of resistance to the Taliban’s efforts to deny women education and other rights, and more than 250,000 people have signed online petitions calling for her to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her activism.

British doctors who treated Yousufzai say the bullet hit her left brow but instead of penetrating her skull, travelled underneath the skin along the side of her head and into her shoulder. She is being cared for at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, which has treated hundreds of soldiers wounded in conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

SEVEN in 10 households went without heating this winter to cope with the “energy affordability crisis”, research from a website suggested yesterday.

More than one third (35 per cent) of people surveyed this month also said cutting back on energy usage is affecting their quality of life or health - up from one in six when similar research was carried out a year ago, uSwitch said.

The findings come after a string of price hikes from energy giants kicked in as temperatures plummeted.

Eight in 10 consumers said that they believe household energy in the UK has become “unaffordable”.

Around one in six people surveyed said they

regularly went without heating this winter to keep costs down, while one in 50 said they always did this and half said they did so occasionally.

Ann Robinson, Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitch.com, said: “When it comes to household energy Britain has run slap bang into an affordability crisis ... The cost of energy is now so high that households are going without heating in the depths of winter for fear of running up a large bill.”

Earlier this month, E.ON was the last of the big six energy giants to increase its tariffs, following a string of similar confirmations from SSE, British Gas, npower, Scottish Power and EDF.

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Russia scraps US law deal as ties unravel

French deploy in last Mali militant bastions

RUSSIA scrapped a law enforcement agreement with the United States yesterday, further turning back the clock on a “reset” in relations since President Vladimir Putin’s return to the Kremlin last year.

An order to end the deal, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, was posted on the government’s website.

It said the agreement, under which Washington provides financial assistance for law enforcement and drugs control programmes, “does not address current realities and has exhausted its potential”.

Lawmaker Alexei Pushkov, a Putin ally who heads the parliamentary committee on international affairs, welcomed the move.

“Russia is reformatting its relationship with the USA: this is already the third agreement cancelled in the last halfyear. We are saying farewell to our dependence on ‘Power No. 1’,” he said on Twitter.

Since Putin’s return to the Kremlin in May, his foreign policy rhetoric has become increasingly focused on external threats, including from the United States which Russia has accused of trying to meddle in Russian politics.

Moscow was infuriated by a US human rights bill that barred Russians accused of human rights abuses from entering the United States and froze any assets they have there.

It responded with a bill in December imposing similar measures and banned the adoption of Russian children

by American families, clouding what was left of the “reset” in ties hailed by US President Barack Obama at the start of his first term.

Moscow also outlawed USfunded “non-profit organisations that engage in political activity” and last October ordered the US Agency for International Development to cease operations in Russia, saying Washington was using the mission to interfere in politics.

The government statement yesterday said Russia’s Foreign Ministry had been told to inform US authorities about the withdrawal from the 11year-old law enforcement agreement. The US Embassy in Moscow declined immediate comment.

FRENCH troops took control yesterday of the airport of Mali’s northeast town of Kidal, the last urban stronghold held by Islamist rebels, as they moved to wrap up the first phase of a military operation to wrest northern Mali from rebel hands.

A three-week ground and air offensive by French forces aimed at initially ending a 10month Islamist rebel occupation of major towns is expected to eventually hand over to a larger African force.

The Africans’ task will be rooting out insurgents hiding in the desert and mountains near Algeria’s border.

“They (the French) arrived late last night and deployed in four planes and some helicopters,” Haminy Belco Maiga, president of Kidal’s regional assembly of Kidal, told Reuters.

However, the deployment of French troops to remote Kidal puts them in direct contact with pro-autonomy Tuareg MNLA rebels operating there.

The Tuaregs, whose separatist rebellion last year was hijacked by the Islamist radicals, say they are ready to fight al Qaeda, but many Malians blame them for triggering the collapse of democracy and division with their northern revolt.

France’s military operation in its former West African colony involves around 3,500 troops on the ground backed by warplanes, helicopters and armored vehicles. It is aimed at heading off the risk of Mali being used as a springboard for jihadist attacks in the wider region or Europe.

Amnesty International human rights activists wear masks featuring Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti as they demonstrate near the Chancellery in Berlin where Merkel was meeting with Mursi yesterday (AFP)

Merkel urges Mursi to hold a crisis dialogue

By Edmund Blair and Alexandra Hudson GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Egypt’s Islamist president yesterday to open a dialogue with all political forces in the crisis-ridden Arab country after a week of violence that has killed more than 50 people.

President Mohamed Mursi flew to Germany to try to convince Europe of his democratic credentials, but in a sign of the political tensions back home, he restricted his trip to a few hours and cancelled a planned Paris leg.

“One thing that is important for us is that the line for dialogue is always open to all political forces in Egypt, that the different political forces can make their contribution, that human rights are adhered to in Egypt and that of course religious freedom can be experienced,” Merkel told Mursi at a joint news conference.

The Egyptian leader, who has faced months of protests

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Egyptian president cancels Paris leg of his Europe trip, wave of unrest continues by liberal and youth groups opposed to a new Islamic constitution, replied that dialogue was possible and that Egypt would be a state based on the rule of law, not run by the military.

But he refused to give a commitment sought by the opposition to form a national unity government, saying that would be for the new parliament to decide after elections expected in April.

Two more protesters were shot dead before dawn near Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the seventh day of the deadliest wave of unrest since Mursi took power in June.

The army chief warned on Tuesday that the state was on the brink of collapse if Mursi’s opponents and supporters

did not end street battles that have marked the two-year anniversary of the revolt that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Mursi was due to return to Cairo later in the day.

Near Tahrir Square yesterday morning, dozens of protesters threw stones at police who fired back teargas, although the scuffles were brief.

Opposition politician Mohamed ElBaradei called for a meeting of the president, ministers, the ruling party and the opposition to halt the violence. But he also restated the opposition’s precondition that Mursi first commit to seeking a national unity government.

Mursi’s critics accuse him of betraying the spirit of the revolution by keeping too much power in his own hands and

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those of his Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement banned under Mubarak which won repeated elections since the 2011 uprising.

Mursi’s supporters say the protesters want to overthrow Egypt’s first democratically elected leader. The unrest has prevented a return to stability ahead of parliamentary elections due within months, and worsened an economic crisis that has seen the pound currency tumble in recent weeks.

Mursi was keen to allay the West’s fears over the future of the most populous Arab country in his meetings with Merkel and powerful industry groups in Berlin.

“We have seen worrying images in recent days, images of violence and destruction, and I appeal to both sides to engage in dialogue,” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a radio interview yesterday ahead of Mursi’s arrival. Germany’s “offer to help with Egypt’s transformation clearly depends on it sticking to democratic reforms”, he added.

French troops patrol in Gao yesterday (AFP)

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Giffords wades into US gun control debate FORMER congresswoman Gabby Giffords, grievously wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, made an emotional plea yesterday for Congress to take action to curb gun violence in the aftermath of last month’s Connecticut school massacre, urging lawmakers to “be bold, be courageous”.

Wearing a red jacket and speaking haltingly, Giffords appeared as the first person to testify before the first congressional hearing on gun violence since the December 14 incident in which a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

Responding to outrage across the country following the Connecticut massacre, President Barack Obama and other Democrats are seeking the largest gun-control package in decades.

“This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats and Republicans,” Giffords, who survived a head wound in

an assassination attempt last year in Tucson, Arizona, told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the incident.

“Speaking is difficult. But I need to say something important,” she told the senators. “Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying - too many children. We must do something.

It will be hard. But the time is now.”

Accompanied by her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, she concluded: “You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you.” She did not take questions from the committee.

Kelly also testified. The couple recently founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, a group intended to combat gun violence.

“Gabby and I are pro-gun ownership.

We are also anti-gun violence. And we believe that in this debate, Congress should look not towards special in-

terests and ideology - which push us apart - but towards compromise, which brings us together,” Kelly told the senators.

Others set to testify include National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, whose group is an influential opponent of gun restrictions.

Obama’s proposals to curb gun violence include reinstating the US ban on military-style “assault” weapons, limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines, and more extensive background checks of prospective gun buyers, largely to verify whether they have a history of crime or mental illness.

Republicans and some pro-gun Democrats envision a more modest package. It is unclear whether there is sufficient support in the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House of Representatives to pass any gun restrictions beyond improved background checks.

Former congresswoman Gaby Giffords was seriously hurt in a 2011 mass shooting attack (AFP)

Australian PM surprises with September polls call

‘No to flowers, gifts, yes to brevity’

highest level against the Japanese yen in over four years.

The share market reached a fresh 21-month high and government bonds were steady.

Abbott said he was ready to fight the election, adding it would be decided on Gillard’s credibility. “This election will be about trust,” he said, hinting he will focus on Gillard’s broken promise not to introduce a carbon tax and failure to deliver a promised budget surplus this year.

Abbott has successfully eroded government support through his constant negative attacks, but has yet to make any detailed policy announcements. He will make his first major 2013 speech today.

Business said it welcomed the early announcement of the election date, but said it would not have much of an impact on certainty given the date fell within the normal election timing.

“Its real value is the knowledge that the last quarter of the year will be uninterrupted by an election,” said Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Peter Anderson.

Gillard currently governs with support from a group of independents and the Greens, who all support the September 14 election.

That means she has locked in majority support until the election, although a sudden by-election could still change the balance if a lawmaker dies.

NO flowers, no banquets, no gifts, no welcoming ceremonies and more importantly, no useless long-winded speeches - Chinese state media yesterday laid out strict instructions for this year’s annual meeting of parliament.

Normally a bastion of sycophancy, as the hand-picked delegates seek to out-compete each other in lauding the Communist Party, the official Xinhua news agency said that would change when the largely rubber stamp parliament meets in March.

Incoming president Xi Jinping has made cutting back on extravagance and waste a key theme of his first few weeks in office since becoming party chief in November, seeking to assuage anger at corruption and restore faith in the party.

“Deputies will be encouraged to focus on key issues and avoid empty talk,” Xinhua cited a government statement as saying.

“There will be no flowers in deputies’ hotel rooms and no welcoming ceremonies at the airport or railway stations,” it added.

“All deputies will eat at buffets without expensive food or alcohol, while extravagant galas, gifts and performances will not be arranged.”

Unpopular traffic controls, which often include shutting down the busy main road which bisects Beijing and worsening already terrible traffic, will also be kept to a minimum, Xinhua said.

Parliament is unlikely to be dull this year in any case, as it will mark Xi’s formal assumption of the title of president and the beginning of a new generation of leaders taking the reins of state power.

Xi has already told officials to end their normal practice of giving stultifying speeches and pre-arranging fawning welcomes from local people and banished alcohol from military functions, as he tries to project a man-ofthe-people image.

Kick-starts eight-month election campaign

By James Grubel AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Julia Gillard set national elections for September 14, stunning voters yesterday with eight-months notice of the vote in a bold move designed to end political uncertainty surrounding her struggling minority government.

The election date means Gillard’s government will serve a full three-year term, although analysts said the early notice meant she had started an eight-month campaign and lost her ability catch opposition leader Tony Abbott by surprise with a snap early poll.

“She’s going for the strategy that an incumbent can wear out a fragile, or potentially fragile, opponent with a long campaign. The idea is for them to punch themselves out,” analyst Paul Williams from Griffith University told Reuters.

“In this case, Tony Abbott and the opposition are so well entrenched it will backfire.”

Opinion polls show Ab-

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the September 14 elections in a bold move designed to end political uncertainty surrounding her minority government bott’s opposition LiberalNational party is well ahead of the government and Gillard would likely be swept from office, losing up to 18 seats, if an election were held now. The government could lose power if it loses just one seat.

The election will decide

whether Australia keeps its controversial carbon tax, and a 30 per cent tax on coal and iron ore mining profits, which Abbott has promised to scrap if he wins power.

But apart from these two policy differences, the government and opposition differ little on domestic issues,

and both firmly support greater involvement with China, the country’s biggest trade partner, and close defence ties with the United States.

The financial markets were unmoved by the announcement. The Australian dollar remained firm, hitting its

City officials investigated for negligence over Brazil nightclub blaze PROSECUTORS in southern Brazil, where 235 people died when a fire ravaged the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria last weekend, are investigating whether city leaders and inspectors were negligent in allowing the club to operate.

The investigation, which is separate from a criminal probe into the causes of the tragedy, comes after police said the club’s sole exit was partially blocked and that fire extinguishers and emergency exit lights weren’t working.

Investigators say the lapses led to the stampede and consequent trampling and suffocation that killed most of the fire’s victims.

“There is a political dimension to what happened,” Cesar Augusto Carlan, a public prosecutor for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the fire occurred, said in an interview on Wednesday.

He said the investigation sought to determine what fault may lie with the city, fire inspectors, and any other enforcement officials who had allowed

the nightclub to operate.

In a news conference late Tuesday, Santa Maria’s mayor, Cesar Schirmer, said city inspectors visited the club last April after it had undergone re-modelling and found no reason to revoke its operating permit.

He said his mind was “at ease” that city hall had “fulfilled its obligation.”

Schirmer added: “The establishment, in our view, had no irregularities. If any measures or inspections should have been taken, that was the responsibility of the fire department.”

A policeman checks on the ravaged Kiss nightclub

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UN: $1.5b Syria aid target met

WORLD TODAY South Korea rocket launch SOUTH Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite yesterday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea’s successful launch of its own rocket last month.

It was South Korea’s third attempt to launch a civilian rocket to send a satellite into orbit in the past four years and came after two previous launches were aborted at the eleventh hour last year due to technical glitches.

The launch vehicle, named Naro, lifted off from South Korea’s space centre on the south coast and successfully went through stage separation before entering orbit, officials at the mission control said.

Previous launches failed within minutes.

South Korea’s rocket programme has angered neighbour North Korea, which says it is unjust for it to be singled out for UN sanctions for launching long-range rockets as part of its own space programme to put a satellite into orbit.

Ban urges Assad to heed suffering of people

By Sylvia Westall

India rape case charge date set FIVE men accused of gangraping and murdering a 23-year-old student in New Delhi in December will be formally charged in court on Saturday, setting the stage for the start of their trial, a defence lawyer said.

The case brought thousands of protesters onto the streets and ignited intense public debate over the failure of the police and the government to stem rampant violence against women in India.

A strictly enforced media blackout on the court proceedings means there will likely be few details about the trial, leaving many with unanswered questions about an attack that was shocking in its brutality.

Princess on trial for torture A BAHRAINI princess who works as a police officer is on trial for torturing two doctors while they were in detention during political unrest in the Gulf Arab kingdom in 2011, according to a senior official at Bahrain’s Public Prosecutor’s office.

Sheikha Noura bint Ibrahim al-Khalifa is also facing a separate trial for physically assaulting Aayat al-Qormozi, a young female Shi’ite opposition activist, while she was in detention over the same period, Nawaf Hamza, head of the Public Prosecution’s Special Investigation Unit, said.

Rebel fighters patrol the streets after taking over the village of Aljanodiya in Idlib province, following fighting against pro-Syrian regime forces yesterday (AFP)

DONOR countries have pledged more than $1.5 billion to aid Syrians stricken by civil war, UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said yesterday after warning that the conflict had wrought a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

In a pointed message for Syria’s leader, Ban told a fund-raising conference that President Bashar al-Assad bore primary responsibility to stop his country’s suffering after nearly two years of conflict that have cost an estimated 60,000 lives.

“Every day Syrians face unrelenting horrors,” Ban told the gathering in Kuwait, adding these included sexual violence and arbitrary killings. Sixty-five people were shot dead execution-style in Aleppo on Tuesday, opposition activists said.

“We cannot go on like this....

He should listen to the voices and cries of so many people,” Ban said.

“I appeal to all sides and particularly the Syrian government to stop the killing ... in the name of humanity, stop the killing, stop the violence.”

Ban said the one-day conference had exceeded the target of $1.5 billion in pledges. About $1 billion is earmarked for Syria’s neighbours hosting refugees and $500 million for humanitarian aid to Syrians displaced inside the country.

The $500 million would be channelled through UN part-

UNSG Ban Ki-moon said yesterday Syrians faced ‘unrelenting horrors’ (AFP) ner agencies in Syria. and the entire aid pledge would cover the next six months, Ban said.

But in the Syrian capital Damascus, the thud of artillery drowned out any optimism on the streets. Asked about the aid promises, Damascenes were uninterested or despairing.

“Where’s the money going to go to? How does anyone know where it’s going? It all seems like talk,” said Faten, a grandmother from a middleclass family in the capital.

Another middle-class Damascene, a woman in her 70s who asked not to be named, said the money would not make it to Syrians.

“Tomorrow all that money will get stolen. (The middlemen) steal everything. If they

could steal people’s souls, they would. I wouldn’t count on the money,” she said.

The oil-rich Gulf Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates each promised $300 million at the meeting. Its 60 participants included Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Tunisia, the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and a number of European countries.

But relief groups say converting promises into hard cash can take much time, and one of them said on Tueday that aid now reaching Syria was not being distributed fairly, with almost all of it going to government-controlled areas.

Ban said much more remained to be done to address Syria’s humanitarian emergency. “The situation in Syria is catastrophic and getting worse every day.”

Four million Syrians inside the country need food, shelter and other aid in the midst of a freezing winter, and more than 700,000 more are estimated to have fled to countries nearby.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said that Syrian agriculture was in crisis, hospitals and ambulances had been damaged and even painkillers were unavailable.

Freezing, snowy winter weather had made matters worse, and people lack warm clothes, blankets and fuel, with women and children particularly at risk, she said, adding: “We are watching a human tragedy unfold before our eyes.”

Syria arms convoy to Lebanon hit ISRAELI forces attacked a convoy on the Syrian-Lebanese border yesterday, sources said, after Israelis warned their Lebanese enemy Hezbollah against using chaos in Syria to acquire anti-aircraft missiles or chemical weapons.

“The target was a truck loaded with weapons, heading from Syria to Lebanon,” said one Western diplomat, adding the consignment seemed unlikely to have included chemical weapons.

A source among rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an air strike around dawn blasted a convoy on a mountain track about 5 km (3 miles) south of where the main Damascus-Beirut highway crosses the border.

Its load probably included high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles.

“It attacked trucks carrying sophisticated weapons from the regime to Hezbollah,” the source said, adding it took place inside Syria.

A security official in the region also placed the attack on the Syrian side. A Lebanese security official denied any strike in Lebanon. It was not clear if special forces took part. The Israeli government declined comment on the issue.

Such a strike would fit its existing policy of pre-emptive covert and overt action to curb Iranian-backed Hezbollah and does not necessarily indicate a major escalation of the Syrian conflict. But it does indicate that the erosion of Assad’s family rule after 42 years is seen as a threat by Israel.

Some analysts suggested Hezbollah was moving its own arms caches from stores in Syria, fearing rebels would overrun them.

Though Israel this week echoed concerns in the United States about Syrian chemical weapons, its more immediate worry is that the Syria civil war could see weapons capable of denting its massive superiority in airpower and tanks reaching Hezbollah.

Erdogan: referendum on reforms possible TURKISH Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday he will take proposed constitutional reforms, expected to include the creation of an executive presidency, directly to parliament and if necessary to the people if no deal can be reached by April.

A cross-party parliamentary commission drafting a new constitution had been expected to finish its work by the start of this year, but has failed to reach a consensus.

Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics since his AK Party first came to power in

2002, is widely viewed as wanting to change the charter to establish an executive presidency for himself in time for elections due next year.

Erdogan said the AK Party would take its proposals directly to parliament if no agreement has been reached by the end of March.

Approval of constitutional amendments require two-thirds support in the 550-seat assembly, or 367 votes that the AK Party, which controls 326 seats, may struggle to achieve. It would need only 60 per cent, or 330 votes, for the bill to be put to a referendum, however.

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Business Boeing sees no impact from 787 concerns BOEING Co posted strongerthan-expected profit yesterday as its backlog of orders rose, and said its 2013 forecast assumed no significant impact from the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner jet by regulators.

Shares were up 0.5 per cent at 74.10 in early trading.

Aviation safety agencies in the United States and Japan are investigating what caused lithium-ion batteries to burn on two 787 passenger jets earlier this month, prompting regulators to ground the planes worldwide.

Boeing said it is continuing to build the Dreamliner but has halted deliveries, and analysts have raised concerns about the cost of the grounding and for fixing the battery problem on about 125 jets that Boeing has built so far.

“Our first order of business for 2013 is to resolve the battery issue on the 787 and return the airplanes safely to service with our customers,” said Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney.

Earlier yesterday, Japan’s two biggest airlines said they had repeatedly replaced sub-par lithium-ion batteries on their Dreamliners in the months before the two incidents that led to the 787 groundings. On January 16, the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered US airlines to stop flying 787s, and other regulators around the world quickly followed suit.

The comments from All Nippon Airways Co Ltd, the biggest customer of the 787 to date, and Japan Airlines Co Ltd indicated problems with the battery’s reliability long before one caught fire on a JAL 787 at Boston’s Logan Airport on January 7, and a second battery was badly charred and melted on an ANA domestic flight a few days later.

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By Ivana Sekularac and Anthony Deutsch A DUTCH court ruled yesterday that Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was responsible for a case of oil pollution in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay damages in a decision that could open the door to further litigation.

The district court in The Hague said Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary, must compensate one farmer, but dismissed four other claims filed against the Dutch parent company.

Four Nigerians and campaign group Friends of the Earth filed suits in 2008 in The Hague, where Shell has its global headquarters, seeking reparations for lost income from contaminated land and waterways in the Niger Delta region, the heart of the Nigerian oil industry.

The case was seen by environmental activists as a test for holding multinationals responsible for offences at foreign subsidiaries, and legal experts said other Nigerians affected by pollution might now be able to sue in the Netherlands.

Shell said the case would not set a precedent because its parent company was not held responsible.

The farmer who won compensation, 52-year-old father of 12 Friday Akpan,

Greenpeace activists install a banner on the roof of a filling station during a protest against global oil giant Shell on January 25, 2013 in Wolfgang, near the Swiss resort of Davos, where the 2013 World Economic Forum (WEF) recently took place (AFP) said he was very happy with the judgment because it would allow him to repay his debts.

“I am not surprised at the decision because there was divine intervention in the court. The spill damaged 47 fishing ponds, killed all the fish and rendered the ponds useless,” he told Reuters in the Niger Delta city of Port Harcourt.

“Since then I have been living by God’s grace and on the help of good Samaritans.

U.S STOCKS were flat yesterday as an unexpectedly weak read on fourthquarter economic activity was offset by strong results at Boeing and Amazon.com.

Equities continued to shrug off negative news, with the S&P 500 staying above 1,500, a level that market technicians call an inflection point that will determine the overall direction in the near term.

The first read showed gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent, far below expectations for growth of 1.1 per cent.

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I think this will be a lesson for Shell and they will know not to damage people’s livelihoods.”

A legal expert said the ruling could make it possible for other Nigerians who say they also suffered losses due to Shell’s activities to file lawsuits in the Netherlands.

“The fact that a subsidiary has been held responsible by a Dutch court is new and opens new avenues,” said Menno Kamminga, professor of international law at

Maastricht University.

The court did not just examine the role of the parent company, but also looked “at abuses committed by Shell Nigeria, where the link with the Netherlands is extremely limited,” he said. “That’s a real breakthrough.”

Friends of the Earth spokesman Geert Ritsema said they would appeal against the acquittals “because there is still a lot of oil lying around. These sites need to be cleaned.”

Ritsema said hundreds of other Nigerians in the village of Icot Ada Udo, where farmer Friday Akpan lives, can now take similar legal action.

The court backed Shell’s argument that the spills were caused by sabotage and not poor maintenance of its facilities, as had been argued by the Nigerians.

Ritsema said it was also new that an oil company was being held responsible for failing to prevent sabotage.

There were 198 oil spills at Shell facilities in the Niger Delta last year, releasing around 26,000 barrels of oil, according to data from the company. The firm says 161 of these spills were caused by sabotage or theft, while 37 incidents were caused by operational failure. Local communities say Shell under reports the amount of barrels spilled.

People who live in the Niger Delta say their land, water and fisheries have been blighted for years by oil pollution and activists have called for oil companies in Nigeria to be held to the same standard as elsewhere in the world.

Shell is facing ongoing legal action brought in a UK court on behalf of 11,000 members of the Niger Delta Bodo community, who say the company is responsible for spilling 500,000 barrels in 2008. Shell has admitted liability for two spills in the Bodo region but estimates the amount spilled is far lower. Bodo’s case could be heard in the High Court in London next year.

A United Nations report in 2011 on the Ogoniland region in the Niger Delta criticised Shell and other multinationals, and the Nigerian government, for 50 years of oil pollution.

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topped forecasts, with the ADP National Employment report showing 192,000 jobs added in January, higher than the 165,000 expectation.

“The GDP report is the only negative shock we’ve had in a while, and it isn’t terrible since it showed increases in business and consumer spending, which is what everyone wants to drive growth from here,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives for Charles Schwab.

Deeper losses were prevented by a rise in both Boeing Co (BA.N) and Amazon.

com Inc (AMZN.O), which rallied after earnings beat expectations, continuing a trend this quarter of high-profile names advancing after results.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) rose 6.7 per cent to $277.87 a day after reporting strong revenue growth. Boeing (BA.N) rose 0.5 per cent to $74 after its results.

The Dow component also said that while production continued on its Dreamliner jet, which has had technical problems recently, it was suspending delivery until clearance was granted by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Traders work on the floor of the NYSE (AFP)

UK home loan approvals point to boost from Bank of England scheme HOME loan approvals in Britain rose last month to the highest since January 2012, a sign that a Bank of England scheme may be starting to boost the flow of credit and support a flagging economy.

Net mortgage lending also jumped sharply to its highest level since April, offering hope the bank’s Funding for Lending Scheme - that went into operation in August - is starting to bear fruit.

The scheme is a response to worries that ultra-low official interest rates and the extra funds the bank has pumped

into the financial system are not getting through to households and businesses.

The lack of lending has contributed to a grim economic outlook that has brought Britain to the verge of a “tripledip” recession.

“On the face of it, those figures would support the Bank of England’s claims that the FLS is starting to make its presence felt,” said Peter Dixon, economist at Commerzbank.

“We would need to see a few more months of good data before we can validate the claim, but at least we’re

moving in the right direction,” he said.

Mortgage approvals rose to 55,785 in December from 54,011 in November, above analysts’ expectations and the highest since January 2012, when the imminent end of a government incentive for first-time home-buyers boosted demand.

Net mortgage lending increased by 1.036 billion pounds ($1.63 billion), the largest amount since April, and interest rates on new secured loans to households fell to their lowest since April as well.

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Central Bank boss is more punisher than a protector THE ROLE played by the Governor of the Central Bank Panicos Demetriades in the procedure for the re-capitalisation of the Cypriot banks can only be described as disastrous. We do not know what his brief from the government was when he was appointed last May, but his decisions appear to have pushed the banking sector as deeply into the mire as possible. If the role of a Central Bank Governor is to punish banks as harshly as possible for their transgressions, then Demetriades has been successful.

On the other hand there are some who believe that the prime responsibility of a Governor is to protect a country’s banking sector, given its critical importance to the rest of the economy. Demetriades, however, has acted more like a punisher than a protector. Perhaps these were the instructions he had when he was appointed by the Christofias government, which has been waging a vicious campaign against the banks in its ongoing efforts to avoid all responsibility for the big mess the economy is in.

The truth is that from the first few weeks in his new job the Governor directed his fire against the banks, promising to clean up the mess and punish those responsible. In fairness, the banks were not models of corporate governance – they had overexpanded, invested heavily in Greek government bonds, had not been very prudent in their lending and, as a result, needed financial assistance from the state to meet their re-capitalisation needs. In this regard the Governor could have been more helpful than he was.

Instead, in early July, before a consultancy firm had even been hired, the Central Bank leaked to a daily paper that the recapitalisation needs of the banks would be in the region of €10billion. It was as if the amount had been decided and that the consultancy firm which would be commissioned to estimate the recapitalisation needs would have the job of confirming this amount, which is more or less what has happened.

Interestingly, the Governor did not sit on the steering committee, consisting of representatives of the troika, the Central Bank and the finance ministry, that would have decided the methodology and agreed the assumptions on which the Pimco consultants would estimate the total amount of financial assistance for the bank. It was incredible that Demetriades did not want to have a direct say on how the final sum of financial assistance would be calculated and try to keep this at a manageable level. He was represented on the steering committee by a Central Bank official.

Worse still, Pimco refused to have any contact with the banks when it was calculating their funding needs. In contrast, Black Rock, the consultancy firm that was hired to do the same job for Greece’s banks, worked closely with the executives of the Greek banks and jointly decided the financial assistance needs. Why did Demetriades not insist that the same procedure was followed in Cyprus, but instead allowed Pimco’s analysts to work on their own without having any contact with the Cypriot banks?

Only this week, after everything had been decided, Pimco finally made contact with the Cypriot banks, informing them of the astronomical amounts they would require and telling them that arbitrary assumptions on which the calculations were based could not be changed. And the Governor washed his hands of the situation, presumably content that Pimco had come up with a figure that would make the Cyprus public debt unsustainable and cripple the banks for many years.

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A world turned ‘upside down’ on immigration Analysis John Whitesides

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HAT a difference one brutally disappointing election can make. At this time last year, Republican US presidential contenders were competing to act tough on immigration to win favour with the party’s conservative base.

Eventual nominee Mitt Romney led the way by advocating “self-deportation” - a plan that essentially called on the government to make life so miserable for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants, most of whom are Hispanics, that many would leave on their own.

But since Democratic President Barack Obama’s decisive victory over Romney in November with the support of more than seven in 10 Hispanic voters, the game has changed.

Many Republicans now see gaining favour with the fastgrowing Hispanic voting bloc, which accounts for 10 per cent of the US electorate and is growing, as a matter of political survival.

Some remain critical of any plan that would give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

But next-generation Republican leaders - including Florida Senator Marco Rubio, 41, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement - are desperate to remove the issue as a liability for the party.

That is why a plan announced on Monday by a bipartisan group of eight US senators including Rubio is widely seen as the best hope in years for a comprehensive immigration overhaul - even though it is similar to a 2007 plan that was shot down by conservative Republicans despite being backed by Republican President George W. Bush.

But now, “the politics on this issue have turned upside down,” said New York Democrat Chuck Schumer, another senator in the bipartisan group crafting the immigration plan.

“For the first time ever, there is more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it,” Schumer said.

Compared with the bitter, uncompromising politics that have clouded Capitol Hill in recent years, the news conference held by the senators on Monday was practically a festival of love.

There was Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona who lost the presidential race to Obama in 2008 and is a frequent critic of the administration - heaping praise on the Democratic president for supporting immigration reform.

There was Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, giving credit to Bush for backing immigration changes when many Republicans did not.

During the news conference, Rubio and Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey, another member of the group, made a point of explaining parts of their plan in Spanish, a symbolic reach-out to those who could be affected by it.

The changed dynamic on im-

For the first time there is more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it migration reflected how “the election was a real wake-up call to Republicans. They have had their eyes opened on Hispanics,” said Steven Schier, a political scientist at Carleton College in Minnesota.

Asked why he thought this immigration bill might succeed, McCain said: “Elections.

The Republican Party is losing the support of our Hispanic citizens.”

Republican strategist Ana Navarro said McCain - whose state borders Mexico and is about 30 per cent Hispanic could be an important voice to other Republicans on the immigration bill.

“Nobody can talk to other Republicans with the authority that John McCain can about what it means to move the Latino vote,” Navarro said.

The group of senators behind the immigration plan - which also includes Republicans Jeff Flake of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democrat Michael Bennet of Colorado - said they hoped for quick action.

But even if successful, Congress’ revamping of the immigration system is likely to take most of 2013. Congress also will

be wrestling with budget issues and Obama’s ambitious guncontrol proposals in the next few months.

“Today is an important first step in what is going to be a significant and complicated journey,” Rubio said.

The plan would create what the senators called a “tough but fair” path to citizenship for many illegal immigrants after undefined improvements to border security and a crackdown on people who have overstayed their visas.

The plan faces some hurdles in the Senate. But the big question will be whether it can clear the Republican-led House of Representatives, which is dominated by conservatives adamantly opposed to anything resembling “amnesty” for illegal immigrants.

One rising star among House conservatives - Paul Ryan, the Budget Committee chairman who was Romney’s vice presidential nominee - already has voiced support for Rubio’s immigration efforts. Others seem to be loading up to attack such a plan.

“When you legalize those who are in the country illegally, it costs taxpayers millions of dol-

‘The changed dynamic on immigration reflected how the election was a real wake-up call to Republicans. They have had their eyes opened on Hispanics’

lars, costs American workers thousands of jobs and encourages more illegal immigration,” Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, said in a statement.

Many conservatives said they would wait for the final proposal, which will be developed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the final measure will require far more input than it has received so far.

“All members must have an opportunity to debate and amend any legislation that comes to the floor. This effort is too important to be written in a back room and sent to the floor with a take-it-orleave-it approach,” McConnell said.

“It needs to be done on a bipartisan basis and include ideas from both sides of the aisle.”

Groups that oppose easing the immigration restrictions blasted the plan and predicted that it would meet the same fate as the 2007 bill.

“We expect that once the American public learns of the details of this proposal, and comes to recognize that it will do nothing to fix the problems of our broken immigration system, it will meet with the same overwhelmingly negative response that it received in 2007,” said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

But backers of a comprehensive immigration plan said there was a new mood of optimism in their ranks.

“The histrionics and demagoguery on immigration have died down, at least for now,” said Fergus Cullen, a former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party who has launched an immigration reform group.

“There seems to be a different attitude,” Cullen said.

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Spielberg seen winning director Oscar for Lincoln

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By Jill Sejeant AMERICAN filmmaker Steven Spielberg is clear favourite among the public to win the best director award for his film about President Abraham Lincoln at the Academy Awards this year, a Reuters poll showed yesterday.

While the race to win best film at the February 24 ceremony was shaken up by Argo stealing the thunder of Lincoln at two award ceremonies last weekend, the best director statuette was deemed destined for one man.

Spielberg, 66, who has been nominated seven times for best director at the Oscars and won twice - for the World War Two dramas Schindler’s List in 1993 and Saving Private Ryan in 1998 - was seen as far ahead in the all-male field of five.

A Reuters Ipsos poll of 1,641 Americans found 41 per cent thought Spielberg should win and 38 per cent said he was most likely to win for his US Civil War-era drama in which British actor Daniel Day-Lewis plays Lincoln.

Almost half of the respondents to the survey conducted from Friday to Tuesday were unsure who should or was

Steven Spielberg (left) on stage with actor Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays US President Abraham Lincoln most likely to be voted best director. The accuracy of the poll uses a statistical measure called a ‘credibility interval’ and is precise to within 2.8 percentage points.

The online poll comes before the Directors Guild of America awards on Saturday in Los Angeles. Since 1948, there have been only six occasions where the winner of the DGA Award for Feature Film has not gone on to win the Oscar for best director.

But this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose members

choose Oscar winners, overlooked the directors of four of the year’s biggest movies Ben Affleck (Argo), Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) and Tom Hopper (Les Miserables) - opening the possibility of a rare split in February in the best film and best director categories.

Betting agencies also have earmarked Spielberg as clear favourite, with William Hill offering odds of 1-5 on Spielberg.

“Our theory is that Spielberg will win best direc-

tor but not best film,” said Rupert Adams, a spokesman for bookmaker William Hill. “If you listen to what people are saying, it is that Lincoln is a brilliant film in terms of direction but it is not that exciting to watch unlike Argo.”

Ang Lee, with his 3-D film adaptation of the best-selling novel Life of Pi about an Indian boy adrift at sea with a tiger, was ranked second in the Reuters poll with about one in 10 respondents saying he should or was most likely to win.

The Taiwanese director

won the Academy Award for best director in 2005 for the gay-themed Western romance Brokeback Mountain.

David O. Russell with the quirky comedy Silver Linings Playbook was rated third in the poll with about 5 per cent.

The two surprise contenders in the race ranked fourth and fifth: Benh Zeitlin, 30, with his first feature, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Austrian director Michael Haneke with the French-language drama Armour about illness and old age.

Boomtown Rats to reunite Kim won’t let baby appear on TV for Isle of Wight festival

By Mike Collett-White IRISH band The Boomtown Rats, best known for No.1 hits Rat Trap and I Don’t Like Mondays, will reunite for the first time since 1986 at the Isle of Wight Festival in June, organisers said in a statement this week.

Active in the 1970s and 80s, the group led by charity campaigner Bob Geldof will take the main stage at the festival held off the south coast of England.

Headline acts for the four-day event from June 13-16 are British bands The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and US groups The Killers and Bon Jovi. Dozens of artists will join them, including Paul Weller, Fun., Ke$ha, The Script and Blondie.

GREAT SONGS AGAIN “Playing again with The Rats and doing those great songs again will be exciting afresh,” Geldof said in the statement.

The singer is best known for organising global charity concerts Live Aid and Live 8.

“We were an amazing band and I just feel it’s the right time to re-Rat, to go back to Boomtown for a visit.”

He recalled hitchhiking to the festival in the “good/bad days” of his childhood and seeing The Who, Kris Kristofferson, Jimi Hendrix and Leonard Cohen, “who incidentally blew Hendrix off the stage”.

The Boomtown Rats, who split in 1986, will play on Sunday, June 16.

Famous couple: Kim Kardashian is expecting her first child with rapper Kanye West

KIM Kardashian will not let her baby appear on her TV show.

The reality star is expecting her first child with rapper Kanye West, but has ruled out the child appearing on Keeping Up with the Kardashians until the tot is old enough to make a decision.

Kim told TV host Jimmy Kimmel: “The baby is not going to be on our show.

When he or she decides that’s what they want to do, then that will be a decision.”

The 32-year-old star said arriving at the decision not to feature their baby on the show was difficult, after Jimmy pointed out the child may feel left out as they’d be one of the only members of the family not on TV. She explained: “It’s a tough decision. From the start, as of now, that’s just a personal choice that Kanye and I have made. We’re going to try to keep it as private as possible.”

HOME-GROWN romantic musical comedy The Sapphires shone at Australia’s film industry awards yesterday, picking up best film and lead acting trophies for Deborah Mailman and Bridesmaids star Chris O’Dowd.

Awards host Russell Crowe, an Oscar winner for Gladiator, led a star-studded evening whose theme was pride in Australia’s outsized success on the international film stage.

“The Australian academy may be small but over the years we have won more than 60 BAFTAs and Oscars,” said Crowe at the second annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards, affectionately known as the ‘Aussie Oscars.’

Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and Jeffrey Rush were all on hand for the event at Sydney’s Star casino, leading guest presenter Jeremy Renner to joke: “You can’t throw a bottle out the window in Hollywood without hitting an Australian.”

The Sapphires, a possibility for next year’s Oscars, tells the story of four women from a remote Aboriginal mission who are catapulted on to the world stage as Australia’s answer to the Supremes when a kind-hearted manager, played by O’Dowd, hears their powerful voices and sends them to entertain troops in Vietnam.

“Films find their way because of a certain strength,” Kidman told Reuters. “The Sapphires is such a unique story and it’s great music and great talent.”

Director Wayne Blair’s debut film also won for direction, cinematography, editing, best production design, costume design and sound.

Best Young Actor went to Saskia Rosendahl for her role in the Australian-German film Lore, about a teenage girl who leads her younger siblings across Germany at the end of World War Two. Rosendahl was just 17 when the film was made.

The awards weren’t without controversy after the director of Bait, the 3D shark-in-asupermarket horror-comedy that was Australia’s highest grossing film internationally last year, accused the academy of snubbing his movie.

While The Sapphires was Australia’s top-grossing film domestically, with more than A$14 million ($14.63 million) in ticket sales, Bait snagged more than $41.8 million worldwide, more than half of that in China.

“It was never going to get best film or best director, but how can the cinematography, the visual effects, the editing, the sound design, the production design - we built a supermarket and put it underwater, for goodness’ sake - be overlooked?” said Kimble Rendall to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Prior to last year, the awards were known as the Australian Film Industry (AFI) awards.

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Noticeboard Spirit of giving thriving among AA youngsters

STAROIL’s fifth star begins to shine

ExxonMobil, Esso Cyprus offer school €2,040 in aid THE amount of €2,040 was recently offered by ExxonMobil / ESSO Cyprus to the Barnabas Special School Famagusta.

The donation comes under safety awards established by the company over the last 10 years.

At this institution, employees of the company's facility in Larnaca suggest charitable institutions that would benefit from amounts contributed by the Company in the context of offering security.

The recipient of the donation, St. Barnabas Special School, is located in Liopetri and hosts children with disabilities aged between three to 18 years old.

In a warm environment full of educational stimuli, St. Barnabas offers its charges a unique and personalised approach to care, depending on the needs of each child to develop his or her abilities to the maximum extent possible.

Public contest gifts 7-year-old with 76 games WITH thousands of entries and one lucky winner, Public's recent "It's raining games" competition came to an end. The contest was held at Public stores at the Mall Of Cyprus in Nicosia and Limassol's MyMall.

Contestants were asked to count how many toys were hung from the ceiling of a Public store and then enter the draw.

Of the total submissions 100 entries were correct and the lucky winner who won all 76 games was seven-year-old Marina Christofi from Dherynia.

Public stores offered all customers 20 per cent off on all products during the contest, including Barbie, Fisher Price, Cars, Hot Wheels, Scrabble and Uno.

OIL Company STAROIL began operating its fifth star in Chlorakas, Paphos in midJanuary. With its new service station, STAROIL confirms its development plan drawn up in 2011, under which it seeks to operate new service stations in areas of strategic importance.

Respecting Cyprus legislation, all of the stations operate in accordance with the specifications under the law’s provisions, with particular emphasis given to safety, health and the environment. The new service station is located on Chlorakas Avenue, and since it began operating has become a benchmark for both the community and for passing vehicles.

At all its service stations, STAROIL offers a variety of fuels including diesel and heating fuel, rural fuel, kerosene, gasoline 95 and 98 oc-

tane, and high quality Castrol lubricants. STAROIL also provides services like car washes, oil inspection and tire pressure checks.

As a show of sensitivity to the environment, STAROIL has installed at all its stations systems for the recovery and return of vapours from gasoline pumps (phase II).

STAROIL CEO Giorgos Petrou said: "The effort that began in 2011 has proven effective, despite macroeconomic difficulties facing our economy. STAROIL is a growing company that respects, above all, the environment and the local communities involved."

Petrou also noted that "the public’s response is very important to us. Understanding this difficult time, we will continue to offer high quality products at the best prices".

Benchmark: the new STAROIL service station is located on Chlorakas Avenue in Paphos

CHRISTMAS may be over for another year but it's always worth mentioning the kind-hearted efforts of schoolchildren.

In this spirit, the youngsters of the American Academy Primary School, Early Years and Angel’s Sun Nest Kindergartens once more continued the long-held tradition of remembering less fortunate children during the Festive Season with a Christmas Giving Tree.

The school would like to thank all those parents who have generously donated a gift bringing joy and happiness to these children this Christmas.

The kids were also active in showing compassion during the Thanksgiving holiday earlier in the year, collecting food supplies for various Limassol charities.

Toyota leads the field for a third consecutive year 29 models among TUV report's Top 50 most reliable cars TOYOTA is ranked as the highest achieving brand according to the 2013 TUV Report for the third consecutive year.

The latest edition of the report sees an impressive 29 Toyota models featuring in the Top 50 most reliable cars across the different age categories.

The highly acclaimed Toyota Prius takes the number one spot in the category for vehicles aged four to five years as 20 other Toyota models pick up Top 10 positions.

The Toyota Prius also picked up the lowest defect rate title for vehicles aged four to five years with the Auris and Corolla following in positions three and four as older models such as the RAV4 and Verso impressed too.

Toyota models continued to perform well across

The Prius took the number one spot in the category for vehicles aged four to five years other age categories as four models aged two to three years were featured strongly in the Top 10 to include the Avensis, the iQ, the Prius and the Yaris.

Toyota had already been

in the leading position following the 2012 TUV Report and this renewed accolade provides additional evidence of the reliability, quality and durability of Toyota vehicles.

The TUV Report has been running for four decades and has become a useful ‘Go To Guide’ for customers when selecting a new or used vehicle by showing long-term reliability and

overall quality.

The 2013 TUV Report is based on approximately 8.1 million vehicles inspected by the TUV in Germany between July 2011 and June 2012.

Gan Direct launches a new upgraded website GAN Direct Insurance yet again lead the way in Cyprus by launching their new website, which has been ugraded to deliver a simpler, better, faster experience.

The new upgraded website now allows customers to obtain a Quick Quote for their Property and health insurance needs, as well as getting a Quote and purchasing their Motor Insurance online.

Furthermore, it only takes three clicks to obtain the quotes, and if you are already a Gan customer, three clicks to renew a Motor Property or Health policy.

These new developments are part of Gan Direct's belief in Total Service Quality, and in using technology (underlined by the launch of Gan's PriceGuarantee earlier this year).

GAN Direct Insurance Ltd commenced operations in the Cyprus Insurance Industry in May 1994, the emphasis is placed upon the direct delivery of uncomplicated insurance products, which offer speed, convenience and value.

To find out more and experience the new website, simply go to www.gandirect.com

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Farage’s party has tapped insecurity over increasing numbers of immigrants

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RITAIN’S withdrawal from the European Union “within a few years” is a certainty as no government will be able to resist demands for an exit from a population incensed by the arrival of low-wage migrants, the leader of the UK Independence Party said.

Nigel Farage, who is siphoning off voters from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives by attacking EU bureaucracy and immigration from eastern Europe, said it was the dramatic rise of his own party that had pressured the premier into promising last week what would be a historic EU referendum. “ C a m e r o n’ s speech was the moment when the debate on Europe changed,” a combative

Hero: Enoch Powell, famous for his ‘rivers of blood’ speech

Farage said, calling it UKIP’s “greatest victory to date”.

Dismissing the idea Cameron had outflanked the anti-EU lobby, he said the reverse was true: Cameron had “let the genie out of the bottle”, making “Brexit” - the EU exit of the world’s sixth largest economy - certain.

Speaking days after Cameron promised to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s 40-yearold membership of the bloc and to hold an “in-out” referendum if re-elected in 2015, Farage said Cameron would probably lose office and, even if he won, would be unable to persuade other EU leaders to amend treaty agreements.

“There is no substantial renegotiation to be had,” said Farage. “H “He’ll get nowhere.” In any event, the prime ministe minister, who says s he wants to stay in a revamped Eur European Union, could not be trusted to keep his referendum promise, he a added, noting abandoned talk of a Lis vote on the Lisbon Treaty of 2007.

But with polls showing a slim sli majority want to cut Britain loose from fr an expand panding European political syste system, a referendu endum was not o far off, Farage foreca forecast.

Even L the Labour party, which opposes Cam Cameron’s inr out referendum, wou would, if it took pow power, be forced by tthe public to let B Britons vote to le leave, he argued gued.

It iis a prospect that clearly enthus thuses Farage, a 48-year-old forme former metals trader in the City Lond of London who has UK multiply seen UKIP supp its support in the six years since Camdism eron dismissed it as “a bunch of... fruit-

cakes and loonies and closet racists”.

“I see opportunity. We would have the potential to do so much more for this country,” he said at the central London headquarters of a party which has lately polled as much as 16 per cent, up from three per cent at the last election in 2010.

“We’d have the opportunity - through winning back the right to have global trade agreements - to make us much more of a global player than a European player,” he said.

Farage’s sharp tongue - proEU evangelists were “idiots”, he said - and a populist touch that includes a fondness for a smoke and a drink, have made him a familiar figure to voters.

He is credited with bringing a new professionalism to a 20year-old party long dismissed as part of a chaotic, far-right fringe.

Attacked from the left as a “dangerous man” and “political poison”, he imagines a Britain thriving outside the EU, a picture that has struck a chord with voters alarmed by the way the debt crisis in the euro zone has hobbled their own economy and at poor immigrants arriving freely from eastern Europe.

EU red tape, Farage said, could be junked along with

Britons turning against EU over immig the union itself is ‘h the bloc’s social market model, heavy on regulation and welfare provision. That, he said, would make Britain a more attractive destination for manufacturers. It would also be free to strike bilateral trade deals and to deregulate its own economy.

“I don’t want to turn my back on Europe but it’s not the future,” said Farage.

“The future is the emerging world.”

While many businessmen support a renegotiation of Britain’s EU membership, they have also warned that years of doubt over Britain’s EU membership would damage the $2.5 trillion econo-

Anti-austerity demo in Greece - UKIP policies have struck a chord with British voters who have seen how the Eurozone crisis has affected them

my and hinder investment.

Farage disagrees.

“Europe has a demographic time bomb,” he said.

“It’s stuck with the idea of a social market model... which means it’s falling behind in competitiveness terms... and it has a eurozone crisis which it is determined not to admit defeat on which means a decade of agony.”

Cameron accepts much of that analysis but argues that London can distance itself from the problems while staying in the EU. His demand for change in Brussels and pledge of a referendum seem to have gone down well with voters. One poll has suggested a swing of up to four per cent from UKIP to the Conservatives.

For those keen to vote No to Europe, a vote for Cameron in 2015 may seem a better bet, since voting UKIP is more likely to bring a Labour government not committed to an EU referendum.

But Farage dismisses suggestions Cameron has stolen his thunder and deprived UKIP of its distinctive appeal: “He’s let us down on this very same promise once before,” he said of a Conservative plan for an EU vote. “He’s used up so much trust.”

UKIP was still the only party that favoured complete and immediate withdrawal from the EU, he said: “The Conservative party is wedded

to political union of the European Union.

“They believe in it, they have done for over 50 years. He’s actually calling for deeper integration.”

That is a complaint that has found favour in Conservative heartlands across the wealthy suburbs and rural areas of southern England. Though a winner-takes-all constituency voting system means UKIP has no seats in the London parliament, it has 12 in the

Fast-talking, he pe with jokes and the professes that though serious business “i can’t have a b European legislature in Brussels.

Once shunned by Britain’s mainstream media, Farage rubbishes long-standing accusations his party are “the BNP in blazers” - a middle-class, golfing version of skinhead racists in the British National Party - and is now a regular on political talk shows.

In sharp pinstripe suit, black fedora and colourful silk tie, he dresses like the City trader he once was.

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crats to end corn tariffs and promote free trade, William Wilberforce, who helped end the slave trade, and Enoch Powell, a leading Conservative ostracised in 1968 after criticising immigration policy in what became known as the

gration, says UKIP’s Nigel Farage, while eading for disaster’ Fast-talking, he peppers his speech with jokes and the odd expletive and professes that though politics is a deadly serious business “it doesn’t mean you can’t have a bit of fun too”.

Married and a father of four, Farage has survived being run down by a car - when he admits he was drunk - a plane crash during an election stunt, and testicular cancer, but said his lust for “living life” was undimmed.

eppers his speech odd expletive and h politics is a deadly t doesn’t mean you bit of fun too” He smokes, enjoys British beer and French wine, bets on horses, likes sea fishing and some years ago shrugged off tabloid headlines about a night with a young Latvian woman.

Farage is a paradoxical figure. Though frequently derided as “a little Englander” - a jibe at his isolationist views - he is married to a German.

And though he says he hates everything about the EU, he is a lawmaker in the European

Parliament.

Even the location of his London office - Europe House, a building that also houses the British headquarters of the European Commission - is paradoxical, as is the fact that he uses EU funds to campaign against the bloc.

Farage, who argues that trade with the EU has been routinely “overstated”, says a British EU exit “wouldn’t make much difference” to trade.

“Do you honestly think that Angela Merkel is going to pick up the phone to the chief executive of Mercedes and say we’re very sorry but as a result of putting tariffs on British goods they’ve just slapped tariffs on you selling your cars in Britain?” he asked with a laugh. “They’d go berserk.”

The idea that London would lose its status as Europe’s financial centre and forfeit the right to trade the single currency if Britain left was also fantasy, he argued.

“Governments can’t control markets,” he said. “If they really wanted to prohibit euro trading outside the EU they could do that... if they want it to become about as rich as Congo in a decade. But they’re not going to do that.”

Farage said the biggest reason UKIP was attracting more supporters was because it advocated ending “open door” immigration and curbing the right of other EU nationals to

work, settle and claim social security payments in Britain.

“Immigration is a very, very key reason for people voting for us,” he said, arguing that local communities had been rendered “unrecognisable” by migrant workers in the last decade.

His immediate campaign goal is to lobby against Romanians and Bulgarians getting full rights to work in Britain next year, something they will obtain because of EU freedom of movement rules, seven years after their countries joined the bloc.

Farage strongly rejects any suggestion he is a racist and said he favoured an Australian-style selective immigration policy that chose people because of their skills.

UKIP’s journey to the political mainstream is far from complete at the ballot box; Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system - which only values a party’s support in each constituency rather than nationwide - means it would not win a single parliamentary seat if an election was held today.

And one recent poll, the methodology of which Farage contests, put UKIP support at just seven per cent. Most others have, however, estimated its vote at up to 16 per cent.

Naming his heroes, Farage listed Robert Peel, a 19th-century Conservative prime minister who defied party aristo-

“rivers of blood” speech.

What Farage said he admired about them all was that they challenged the status quo, regardless of the consequences.

He didn’t spell it out, but it’s clear he thinks he is doing the same with Britain and the EU:

“The same idiots that are now telling us that unless we stay part of the EU single market we’re doomed are the same idiots who told us if we didn’t join the euro we’d lose all that business,” he said.

“What do they know?”

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films

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

NICOSIA Django Unchained (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.05pm Finding Nemo 3D (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.05pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.10pm and 3.05pm Les Miserables (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.05pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7 and 10.05pm Hope Springs (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.50 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.50pm.

Times are subject to change, so check first with cinemas before you head out

Jack Reacher (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

Telephone nos:

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 10.15pm

K-Cineplex: 7777-8383 Rio Limassol: 25-871410 Rio Paphos: 26-207000

Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek)

at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.10pm and 3.20pm Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.05pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3.05pm Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.15pm, weekends only at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.15pm, weekends only at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.25pm Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.25pm Amour (in French, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, tonight at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.30pm

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

Django Unchained (15) Rio 2 at 7.30pm; Rio 3 at 10pm.

Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) Rio 3 at 7.45pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.05pm Les Miserables (K) Rio 1 at 7.30 and 10.25pm, weekends also at 4.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.05pm Hope Springs (12) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends also at 4 and 6pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 5) at 7.50pm

Life of Pi (K) Rio 4 at 7.45pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.20pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30pm, weekends at 3.25pm Zarafa (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 2.45pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 4.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.15pm, weekends only at 3.25pm Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D) at 5.05pm, weekends only at 3.10pm

Jack Reacher (15) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

LARNACA

House at the End of the Street (15) Rio 4 at 10pm

Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 8 and 10.05pm

Cloud Atlas (15) Rio 6 at 10pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends at 3.30pm

An… (12) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 10.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 10.15pm Wreck-It Ralph (K) Rio 3 (in Greek) at 5.45pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.20pm

Django Unchained (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7 and 10.05pm

Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.20pm Les Miserables (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.05pm, weekends at 3.30pm

Hope Springs (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.50 and 10.10pm Jack Reacher (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

weekends also at 3.30pm Les Miserables (K) Rio 5 at 7.30pm; Rio 3 at 9.45pm Hope Springs (12) Rio 2 at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm

Jack Reacher (15) Rio 7 at 7.30pm; Rio 5 at 10.30pm

Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30pm, weekends at 3.05pm

House at the End of the Street (15) Rio 1 at 10.30pm

Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.15pm, weekends only at 3.25pm

An… (12) Rio 4 (in Greek) at 5.30, 7.30 and 9.45pm

Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.25pm My Brother is an Only Child (in Italian, with Greek subtitles) House of Arts and Literature, Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Cinema Society.

Tel: 99-658831, 99-462903. www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Django Unchained (15) Rio 2 at 7.30pm; Rio 7 at 9.45pm Texas Chainsaw 3D (18) Rio 6 at 7.30 and 9.45pm

Wreck-It Ralph (K) Rio 7 (in Greek), weekends only at 3.30pm Life of Pi (K) Rio 3 at 5 and 7.30pm Zarafa (K) Rio 6 (in Greek), weekdays only at 6pm, weekends only at 3pm.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) Rio 6, weekends only at 4.30pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 7 (in Greek, in 3D) at 5.30pm Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 5 (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends at 3.30pm

Finding Nemo 3D (K) Rio 1 (in Greek) at 5.30pm,

listings Today

Tomorrow

Music

Exhibition

Dionysis Savvopoulos Prominent Greek composer, lyricist and singer performs live accompanied by three great soloists. January 31.

Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia.

8.30pm. €25/30. Tel: 22-313010

Paraskeva Pappagelli Solo sculpture exhibition. Opens February 1, 7.30pm until February 15.

Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

The Magistrate - The Met: Live in HD Live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera of New York in high-definition. January 31. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €8/5.

With Greek and English Subtitles Tel: 77-777745. Online ticket: www. rialto.com.cy

Mindscapes Solo painting exhibition by Thekla Papadopoulou. Opens February 1, 7pm until February 28. Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca.

Monday-Saturday: 10am-1pm & 4.30pm-8pm. Sunday: 11am-2pm & 4pm-7pm. Tel: 24-621109

The In-laws from Tirana Comical play by Satiriko Theatro.

January 31-February 1. Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street, Larnaca. 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek.

Tel: 24-652800

Other Events Sketching by Talking Architectural lecture by Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners (Lithuania). January 31. Polihoros Cultural Centre - Old Electricity Authority, 8 Vladimiros Heracleous Street, Paphos. 7pm. Tel: 99-812824

Lush Art in Austere Times Fifth edition of group exhibition featuring works at affordable prices.

Opens February 1, 8 pm until March 1. Is Not Gallery, 11 Odysseus, Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia. MondaySaturday: 10am-1pm and 4pm-8pm.

Tel: 22-343670

Music A Night at the Opera A journey through the opera with abstracts from the greatest masterpieces.

February 1. Rialto Theatre, Limassol.

8.30pm. €15/12. Tel: 77-777745

Trad Jazz An evening of Ball, Bilk and Barber with The South Coast Stompers.

February 1. The Giraffe Pub-Pissouri.

8pm-10.30pm. Entrance Free. Food available. Tel: 97-869677 The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant Musical education concert for early childhood, with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. February 1.

Strovolos Municipal Theatre, Nicosia.

6.30pm. €5 (for adults) and free entrance vouchers. Tel: 22-313010 Dionysis Savvopoulos Prominent Greek composer, lyricist and singer performs live accompanied by three great soloists. February 1. Lanitis Carob Mill Complex, Vasilissis Street , Limassol. 10pm. €45. Tel: 25-372855 Fusion Music Pop meets opera meets show-tunes with Tina Chester: Soprano and Andrew Oliver: Piano. February 1.

Sylikou Tavern. Concert 7pm, dinner 9pm. €22 inc. dinner. Reservations Tel: 25-470056 Shortee Blitz Birthday Bash Award-winning UK Hip Hop DJ celebrates his birthday with a live set.

February 1. Club Nuovo, 11 Stasinou Street, Engomi, Nicosia. 11.30pm. €20 Open Bar. Tel: 96-879576

Theatre

Theatre

God of Carnage Dionysos Theatre presents multiaward winning comedy by Yasmina Reza directed by George Mouaimis.

February 1 until March 17. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia.

Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6.30pm.

In Greek. €20/15. Tel: 99-621845

Social Security THOC presents satire on modern high society by Andrew Bergman. Until February 3. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm, Saturday at 6pm and 8.30pm. €12/6 . In Greek. Tel: 77772717/22-864300

Ongoing

Kali-Kantzar & Co A musical directed by Lea Maleni with music by Dimitris Zavros. Until February 10. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Saturday and Sunday at 6pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300

Other Events Screenings at the Shoe Factory An extraordinary selection of rare eclectic films. January 28 until March 29. The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou St., Nicosia. 8pm. Free. Films shown in the original language with English subtitles where applicable.

For more information: www.pharosartsfoundation.org

Music J.Kriste, Master of Disguise Seven-piece band plays songs from their new album, previous album and some covers. January 17 until January 31. Antonaki’s Music Hall, 17 Vasileiou Voulgaroktonou Street, Nicosia. Every Thursday at 9.30pm. €10. Tel: 99-566485

Misery Stephen King’s psychological thriller staged by Satiriko Theatre. Every Friday and Saturday. Until February 13. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Wednesday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609.

Nursing Home the Cherubim Theatre Anemona celebrates its tenth anniversary with comedy by Nearchos Ioannou. Until March 17.

Anemona Theatre, 7 Archagelou Street, Latsia, Nicosia. Every Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 8pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-573031

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

The Switch Theatro Ena presents play by Argiro Toumazou. Until March 28. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia.

Every Wednesday and Thursday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203 Shakespeare in an Hour Pirasmos Productions presents a theatrical comedy directed by popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides. Until March 29. Pantheon Art Cinema, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. Thursday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 70-001910

Exhibition Place – Light – Man: As Memory and as Expectation Solo painting, collage and engravings by Nikos Papaloukas. Until January 31. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10.30am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655 Tree of Life Group painting exhibition from the art group Elena Armosti. Until January 31. Ayios Dometios Cultural Centre, 45 Kolokotroni Street, (behind St George’s church). Monday-Friday: 3pm-7pm. Saturday: 10am-5pm.

Tel: 22-772190/99-563864

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On The Scene Other Events Weekly lecture series Fridays are lectures days over at the Cornaro Institute in Larnaca, wherein discussions on art, culture, literature, science, history – in fact almost anything that might be interesting – take place.

Speakers include resident tutors and artists, eminent visiting speakers, and maybe even an occasional student or two who might be doing some interesting work.

Last Friday, the lecture series kicked-off with a talk by Niki Marangou, an award-winning poet and author, who discussed her art and literary work. This week, following along similar line, Dora Oronti, artist, author and illustrator of children’s books will discuss her work.

Born in Limassol, Oronti studied Interior Design in Athens

and at Exeter College of Art in England (now part of Plymouth University) before studying for a master’s degree in the United States at Pittsburgh University.

As well as publishing books, including Beatrice and Benedict, published in 2011, she has exhibited widely in Cyprus and overseas, including at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in the UK. The lectures usually last less than an hour and are informal, so you don’t have to know anything about the particular subject. They are all given in English and an informal reception with the speaker, and a glass of wine, follows the lecture. Sometimes talks can be subject to alteration at short notice so if you want to confirm a particular talk is taking place please call.

The Friday Lectures in Larnaca A series of informal talks on art, culture, literature, science and history. Every Friday until March 8. The Cornaro Institute, 23 Mehmet Ali Street, Larnaca. 4.30pm.

In English. Lectures liable to change. Tel: 24-254042. www.artcyprus.org

Tomorrow Music Opera stars unite Notable local artists will take centre stage this week for an operainspired evening.

Glamorous as a night at the opera can be, many people are daunted by the experience and expense.

But in recent years much has changed. The emergence of opera in particular as a fashionable art form, has meant that the demand has increased and it has been made more accessible to local audiences.

Opera stars regularly top the classical music charts these days and visiting opera companies tour Cyprus with great regularity. Tomorrow evening, Limassol’s locals will be lucky enough to have some of the best artists Cyprus has to offer all under one roof, for a one-off show at the Rialto Theatre, with ticket prices a real bargain at €15.

The evening is a celebration of passion, drama and humour, featuring some of the most cherished music from the world of opera to provide an evening filled with the excitement and passion that only opera can provide. The programme is a musical journey through time.

Audiences can expect to hear the glories of the 18th century, which saw an explosion of opera across Europe with Mozart dominating the operatic scene. Be inspired by the moving melodies of the

It’s time for Africa

composers of the 19th century such as Verdi who became a cornerstone of the operatic repertoire.

The artistic supervision of the performance is by soprano Ioli Mousteri, who along with her fellow sopranos Margarita Elia and Elena KoualiEconomidou, tenor Dr. Michalis Psiloinis, bass-baritone Marios Vourgos and basses Kyriakos Sofokleous and Demos Demosthenous will come together for a thrilling night at the opera. Also joining the ensemble are The Lyric Stage of Limassol and the Choir of ARIS Limassol, under the supervision of Marinos Mitellas, accompanied by Manolis Neofytou, Maria Lampraki and Andriana Sergidou on the piano.

Whether you are an incurable opera lover or an innocent opera virgin, A Night at the Opera is an ideal first time visit and has something for you – a fresh, youthful take on the world of opera.

A Night at the Opera A journey through opera with exstracts from the greatest masterpieces. February 1. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. €15/12. Tel: 77-777745

Within the framework of celebrating 20 years of the Limassol Cultural Movement, Epilogi, the Rialto Theatre will be hosting a concert that features music from and inspired by the African continent.

In a first for Cyprus, the Youth Choir Epilogi will present an interpretation of Missa Kenya, a musical programme that blends Western classical music with African rhythms, this Saturday. In Missa Kenya, the Youth Choir Epilogi will perform a work by contemporary composer Paul Basler.

For those not in the know, Basler is one of America’s most popular and widely commissioned young composers of choral and instrumental music. A professor of music at the University of Florida teaching horn and composition, Basler has been credited as one of the most performed composers of his generation and has been a lecturer and professor at a number of different institutions for higher learning.

Basler is probably best known for his work with the horn. As a performing artist, Basler maintains a busy schedule throughout the United States and abroad, having premiered more than 200 works written for him in the past seven years.

Basler is widely recognised as one of the most important instructors of horn and his published

textbooks on horn pedagogy and performance etudes are used by hundreds of schools of music and conservatories.

Last but not least, Basler is the composer of Missa Kenya. Inspired by the year Basler spent as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Music at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, Missa Kenya (Kenyan Mass) is a hybrid of western classical tradition with African music styles. First published in 1995, it incorporates the five traditional sections of the Mass Ordinary, chant-like homophony and Kenyan rhythms and harmonies.

This uplifting composition will be preceded by a walk-through of choral harmonisations of African heritage. Directed by Angelina Nicolaidou Spanou and accompanied by Christina Krasidou, the concert will feature approximately 80 voices in the choir, The Children’s Choir of Epilogi and well-known Cypriot musicians.

African Mass Choral harmonisations of African music with the participation of The Children’s Choir of Epilogi and well-known Cypriot musicians. February 2. Rialto Theatre, Limassol.

8.30pm. €7/5. Tel: 77-777745

By Ledha Socratous

NIGHTLIFE Go Shortee, its your birthday, we gonna party...

Make sure you get to Club Nuovo tomorrow evening for a Hip Hop night not to be missed.

Having performed around the globe, UK’s Number one Urban DJ, Shortee Blitz is touching down at the number one hip hop night in Nicosia to celebrate his birthday.

His accomplishments are testament to nearly 20 years of tireless commitment to the hip-hop cause.

Ever since he stepped on stage to beatbox with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr Dre at Brixton Academy in 1993, it was obvious his talent wouldn’t go unrecognised for long.

With two weekly radio shows on Kiss FM, a role as a presenter on Kiss TV, a Ministry of Sound residency, and columns in Touch, Hip Hop Connection and iDJ, Blitz has cemented his place as one of the most influential figures in UK music. Since making the big time, he has collaborated with some of the biggest names in hip hop and R&B including Jay-Z, De La Soul, Rock Steady Crew, Cypress Hill, Run DMC, Mariah Carey and Jazzy Jeff.

It’s his ability to mix something old with something new, like underground beats with some R&B, that characterise his club and radio sets. Tomorrow night

being his birthday and all, Shortee Blitz is sure to wreak some turntable havoc, so if you have a soft spot for hip hop, there’s only one place to be this Friday: Club Nuovo.

Shortee Blitz Birthday Bash Award-winning UK Hip Hop DJ celebrates his birthday with a live set. February 1. Club Nuovo, 11 Stasinou Street, Engomi, Nicosia.

11.30pm. €20 Open Bar. Tel: 96-879576

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Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

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

11.00 11.30

Kaftis Piperies (rpt) Istories Tou Horkou (rpt) Local comedy series, which happens to be the longest-running show on TV.

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CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 16.30 17.00 18.00 18.50 19.00 19.10

Apo Mera Se Mera Entehnos Local cultural show.

16.00 18.00 18.15

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Live cookery show.

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Paizoume Kypriaka

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Local game show, asking questions having to do with Cypriot dialect.

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News Patates 8

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Tete A Tete Tasos Tryfonos interviews Greek celebrities from the world of showbiz.

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Local Sketch (rpt) News Repeats

07.50 08.40

NRG Zone FILM: Home Invasion

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09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.45

Top Gear Fifteenth season. The trio build their own versions of motorhomes and set off for a bank holiday weekend in the West Country to try out their creations. The Audi R8 V10 Spyder also takes on the latest version of the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet on the test track, and another celebrity does a lap in the Reasonably Priced Car.

Local satirical show, using comedy sketches and embarrassing TV clips to skewer local politicians.

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06.20 06.50 07.00

A woman kills a burglar breaking into her home in self defence, only for his vengeful girlfriend to plot to destroy her life. Thriller, with Haylie Duff. 2011.

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

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx Kati Psinetai (rpt) Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Doctor Who (rpt) Fourth season. ‘Amy’s Choice’.Five years in the future, Amy has put her adventures with the Doctor behind her and is about to become a mother, which is when the Time Lord returns to her life, and leaves her facing a heartbreaking choice that will change her life for ever.

Current affairs show.

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Repeats

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Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Idiaitera Yia Klamata (rpt) Akros Oikogeneiakon (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Panselinos (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Eleftheros Ki Oraios (rpt) Aiyia Fuxia (rpt) Ekeino To Kalokairi (rpt)

MEGA 06.00

Tin Patisa (rpt) Niose Me News Dancing With The Stars Celebrities and pro dancers train and compete in a ballroom dancing competition.

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News Sports News Vradi Me Ton Petro Kostopoulo Yian Tin Anna (rpt) Erotas Kleftis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

PLUS TV

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Emeis Ki Emeis (rpt) Nea Mera Proino Mou

07.00 08.20 10.20 11.10

Protoselido Eleni Vasiliki (rpt) Efta Ouranoi kai Synnefa Alites (rpt)

06.45 07.20

Local drama series.

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Lifestyle programme features entertainment, music and more.

Hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas and Fay Skorda.

12.00 14.20

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Enimerosi Tora Irthe Ki Edese (rpt) Eheis Meson

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Yia Sena

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News Master Chef

Mesimeri Kai Kati Siga Me To’ Xeres (rpt) Efialtis Stin Kouzina (rpt) Magazino News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Siga Me To’ Xeres News Aspra Balonia Oikogeneiakes Istories Las Vegas

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Current affairs show.

Local talk-show.

Greek reality competition show where amateur chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges.

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Eftyhismenoi Mazi (rpt)

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News Klemmena Oneira

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Mousiko Kouti - Live

With News at 18.00.

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SIGMA

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Greek comedy series.

Greek drama series.

Greek game show, testing contestants on their music knowledge.

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News FILM: TBA Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

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Star News Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of Mila (rpt) Nistikoi Praktores (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV To Kleidi Fotis Maria Live Mila Discussions about various issues based on a woman’s life.

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First season. ‘New Orleans’. Ed and Danny search for a gambler who has disappeared with a $5million debt. Meanwhile, Mike experiences difficulties organising a large-scale wet T-shirt competition.

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News Dekati Entoli (rpt) Alithinoi Erotes (rpt) Mila Mou (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

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Exelixeis Stin Showbiz FILM: Possession A woman’s life turns surreal after an automobile accident leaves both her husband and her brother-in-law in a coma. Psychological thriller starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace. 2009.

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LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

Magikos Kosmos S’Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismos Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Remington Steele Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Pacific Blue With News at 18.30.

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News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Journey To The Centre of Earth A party of explorers traverses a mysterious land beneath the surface of the Earth.

Adventure, starring Treat Williams. 1999.

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FILM: Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny A rock band set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers - a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-androll museum some 300 miles away. Comedy/ rock musical, starring starring Jack Black and Kyle Gass. 2006.

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FILM: Federal Protection A thief finds himself on the wrong side of the mob and must rely on the FBI to protect him.

Crime drama, starring Armand Assante. 2001.

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FILM: Ultimate Betrayal Grown-up sisters consider taking advantage of new legislation to convict their father who abused them as children. Drama, starring Ally Sheedy. 1994.

Real Steel (Novacinema1, 22.00)

01:05 The Weakest Link 01:50 EastEnders 02:20 Doctors 02:50 Keeping Up Appearances 03:20 Coast 04:20 Gavin & Stacey 04:50 Friday Night Dinner 05:15 Blackadder Goes Forth 05:45 Keeping Up Appearances 06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 Charlie and Lola 07:10 Nina and the Neurons 07:25 Gigglebiz 07:40 The Roly Mo Show 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Charlie and Lola 08:25 Nina and the Neurons 08:40 Gigglebiz 08:55 The Roly Mo Show 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 Keeping Up Appearances 10:00 Mastermind 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Coast 13:15 Last Man Standing 14:05 Gavin & Stacey 14:30 Mastermind 15:00 The Weakest Link 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 Coast 17:45 The Weakest Link 18:30 EastEnders 19:00 Doctors 20:00 Coast 21:00 The Old Guys 21:30 Friday Night Dinner 22:00 Last Man Standing 22:50 After You’ve Gone 23:20 2 Point 4 Children 23:50 Whitechapel 00:40 Live At The Apollo

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 Fifth Gear 14:30 Wheeler Deal-

ers 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 World’s Toughest Jobs 22:00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 23:00 Superhuman Showdown 00:00 True Csi 01:55 World’s Toughest Jobs 02:50 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 03:50 Superhuman Showdown 04:50 True Csi 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Luge: World Cup Germany 10:30 Luge: World Cup African 11:30 Snooker: German Masters Berlin 12:15 Cross Country Skiing: World Cup Russia 14:00 Luge: World Cup African 15:00 Snooker: German Masters Berlin 19:00 Ski Jumping: World Cup Czech Republic 20:00 Cross Country Skiing: World Cup Russia 20:45 Snooker: German Masters Berlin 00:45 Motorsports: Gta Race To Dubai 01:00 Luge: World Championship 01:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Czech Republic 02:15 Luge: World Championship

05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Bones 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 Last Man Standing 08:00 Body Of Proof 08:50 Who Do You Think You Are 09:40 Desperate Housewives

10:25 Bones 11:10 Modern Family 11:35 Last Man Standing 12:00 Happy Endings 12:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 12:50 Glee 13:40 The Listener 14:30 Who Do You Think You Are 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Bones 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 Last Man Standing 17:40 The Listener 18:30 Who Do You Think You Are 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Bones 21:00 Happy Endings 21:25 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 21:50 Glee 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 Last Man Standing 23:30 Happy Endings 23:55 Don’t Trust The B...In Apartment 00:20 Glee 01:10 Bones 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 Last Man Standing 03:35 Cougar Town 04:00 The Listener 04:50 Who Do You Think You Are

07:00 Pawn Stars 07:30 Storage Wars 08:00 Seeking Salvage 09:00 Pawn Stars 09:30 American Restoration 10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 Soviet Storm: Wwii In The East 12:00 Mountain Men 13:00 Ancient Aliens 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 American Restoration 15:00 Seeking Salvage 16:00 Mountain Men 17:00 Ancient Aliens 18:00 Pawn Stars 18:30 American Restoration 19:00 Seeking Salvage 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Soviet Storm: Wwii In The East 22:00 Nazi Titanic 00:00

Stand By Me 14:45 Love & Dance 16:30 Leaves Of Grass 18:15 Cash 20:10 St. Elmo’s Fire 22:00 Blindness 00:05 Daring! Tv 04:05 Stone 06:00 Underbelly Files - Infiltration

Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 Soviet Storm: Wwii In The East 02:00 Nazi Titanic 04:00 Seeking Salvage 05:00 Pawn Stars 05:30 American Restoration 06:00 Soviet Storm: Wwii In The East

00:30 Best Premier League Games 01:00 Barclays Premier League Review 02:00 La Liga Review 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 201213 05:00 2011 Figure Skating Championships

07:30 Romancing The Stone 9:30 Grind House: Planet Terror 11:30 Hollywood Buzz 12:00 Watchmen 15:00 Pearl Diver 17:00 Babel 19:30 Hollywood Buzz 20:00 Ltv Sports News 21:00 All Good Things 23:00 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 01:15 Hustler Tv 02:45 Running With Scissors 04:45 Creation 06:30 Ltv Sports News

07:15 Two And A Half Men 08:00 Friends 08:30 Closer, The 09:20 Harry’s Law 10:05 Chuck 10:50 2 Broke Girls 11:15 Bones 12:50 Supernatural 13:35 Two And A Half Men 14:25 Closer, The 15:15 Harry’s Law 16:05 Big Bang Theory The 16:30 According To Jim 17:15 Mentalist The 18:00 Top Boy 19:00 Supernatural 19:45 Gossip Girl 20:30 Friends 21:00 Fringe 22:30 C.S.I. New York 23:15 Strike Back 00:05 City Heat 02:00 White Wall 03:45 Big Bang Theory The 04:10 According To Jim 04:55 Mentalist The 05:40 Top Boy 06:30 Supernatural

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Dropped 17:30 Planet Speed 18:00 Barclays Premier League World 18:30 Nba Action 19:00 La Liga World 19:30 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 23:30 Barclays Premier League Preview 00:00 La Liga Show 2012-13

08:00 Eva 10:00 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 11:30 Solitary Man 13:10

05:10 Strange Crime 07:00 The Way Back 09:15 Lies In Plain Sight 10:45 Mad On Novacinema 11:20 Yo Tambien 13:05 Jumping The Broom 15:00 Melinda And Melinda 16:45 The Three Musketeers 18:40 Hollywood Buzz 19:15 Young Adult 21:00 Lost At Sea 22:00 Real Steel 00:15 Stolen Lives 01:50 Cine News 02:15 The Big Bang 03:55 Men Of Honor

06:30 The Vanishing 08:20 Cine News 08:50 The Vow 10:35 Nisos 2: To Kinigi Tou Xamenou Thisavrou 12:25 The Romantics 14:05 Something Borrowed 16:05 Beastly 17:35 Action Zone 18:10 Paul 20:00 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 22:00 Animal Kingdom 00:00 The Marrying Man 02:00 Your Highness 03:45 Killer Elite

19:00 True Grit -2010 21:00 Love To Kill 22:35 Cine News 23:00 Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings 00:45 Cine News 01:30 Adult Zone 03:00 On The Inside 04:35 Cedar Rapids

19:10 Beginners 21:00 Sundays At Tiffany’s 22:35 Alfie 00:25 Cyberbully 01:55 The Woman Who Dreamed Of A Man 03:35 Hud

02:30 Nhl Teams Tba 07:30 Sports Unlimited 08:30 Programming Tba 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 Programming Tba 11:30 European Tour Omega Dubai Desert Classic 15:30 Rip To The Tip 2011 Full Pull 16:00 The Moto: Inside The Outdoors Budds Creek National 16:30 Car Warriors 2 Challenger 17:30 Nfl Game Day 18:00 Pre Game 18:45 Championship 201213: Aep Vs Doxa 20:45 Post Game 21:30 Stigmiotipa Kypriakou Podosferou 21:45 Nhl: Nashville Predators At Los Angeles Kings 23:00 European Tour Omega Dubai Desert Classic D. 2 Dubai, Uae

07:00 20,000 Years In Sing Sing 08:20 Adam’s Rib10:00 Across The Wide Missouri 11:20 The Belle Of New York12:40 Brigadoon 14:30 Comedians, The 17:00 Light In The Piazza 18:40 Never So Few 20:40 Little Caesar 22:00 Butterfield 8 23:50 Speedway 01:35 Agatha 05:10 The Charge Of The Light Brigade

By Preston Wilder

St. Elmo’s Fire (LTV3, 20.10) Emilio Estevez. Demi Moore. Rob Lowe. Judd Nelson.

Andrew McCarthy. Ally Sheedy. Mare Winningham.

I guess we should be grateful that they’re all alive and well 28 years later - but you have to say that fame has been fleeting for most of these Brat Pack actors (Moore being the only big exception), however fondly we 80s kids look back on them. “I can’t remember who met who first, or who fell in love with who first,” muses someone; “All I can remember is the seven of us always together”. They pal around after college graduation, think about the scary world of adulthood and hang around at St. Elmo’s Bar, where Emilio works as a waiter - but alas their friendship is

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skin-deep, and St. Elmo’s fire isn’t even real fire. Add a hit song (“I can see a new horizon / Underneath the blazin’ sky...”), and it’s easy to see why the film was a hit back in the day - though I think we all hoped that a few of its stars would still be stars 28 years later. Mare Winningham, come on down! Made in 1985.

Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (Novacinema3, 23.00) A good night for prime-time films on Nova: Animal Kingdom (Nova2, 22.00) is a moody Aussie crime drama, Real Steel (Nova1, 22.00) is exuberant fun for the whole family - but some inner imp compels me to turn to Nova3 instead, and tonight’s gore-drenched

entry in the ‘Bloody Fridays’ slot. The first Wrong Turn was a mildly fun horror flick about travellers beset by homicidal hillbillies, and no-one suspected it would spawn so many sequels - but here’s No. 4 (there’s a No. 5 too), actually a prequel but still a tale of travellers beset by homicidal hillbillies. “Everyone’s going to have a favourite moment from this movie,” claims Mitch Lovell on a site called ‘The Video Vacuum’. “For some it will be the scene where the cannibals fillet a dude and turn him into cannibal soup. For others, it will be the double decapitation where the heads go spinning through the air in slow motion, so we see them look each other in the eye seconds before they hit the ground”. Real Steel, anyone? Made in 2011.

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Answers to crossword 2298

HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 5 Rout; 7 Pilgrimage; 8 Atoner; 10 Stadia; 11 Vega; 12 Blockade; 14 Prejudge; 16 Deep; 17 Psyche; 19 Robust; 21 Sweeping up; 22 Ogle. Down – 1 Epha; 2 Uganda; 3 Disrobed; 4 Bass; 5 Remark; 6 Unkindness; 9 Theorising; 13 Overripe; 15 Jocose; 16 Debunk; 18 Eden; 20 Tape.

QUICK: Across – 5 Soft; 7 Hartebeest; 8 Egoist; 10 Dredge; 11 Pact; 12 Automata; 14 Skeleton; 16 Beam; 17 Decant; 19 Apathy; 21 Highlander; 22 Free. Down – 1 Thee; 2 Strict; 3 Abstract; 4 Mend; 5 Stream; 6 Flight path; 9 Goalkeeper; 13 Tentacle; 15 Loathe; 16 Brainy; 18 Toga; 20 Yarn.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Your ambitions may get emotional fuel plus an optimistic power boost supported by mutual effort or shared resources. Later, your focus turns to your social life and friends. Today is great for hanging out with good people, and connecting with new faces. You may feel more cooperative than usual, but don’t promise more than you can realistically deliver.

Today’s Moon in your communication zone, allows you to talk about those things you have in common with your partner - if you have one. If not, you can reach out to someone else close. You can cement your mutual values and discover a way to take your relationship progressively forward. It’s a good time for home decorating, or improvements.

The Moon in Libra suggests that whatever you decide to do today, it’s probably best to do it with friends. Share thoughts, activities and plans with others. It’s encouraging to be part of a team that supports you. However, in order for everyone to feel at ease, try to make things fair and balanced. You don’t have to go overboard in an effort to keep the peace.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Emotional and financial sharing restores your faith in others, but there could be disruptions because of a desire to experience more freedom and excitement. You have many possibilities to reach your goal with purpose and passion.

You’re full of ambitious ideas, and you may find a way to implement them with the help of colleagues or friends.

It’s a good day to get in touch with those you care for. An industrious attitude pays off as far as business and career interests go. However, tonight’s social ambiance can encourage you to accept an invite that could be a lot of fun.

A strong, magnetic personality may involve you in conversation. You may find it hard to resist a romantic attraction.

Advancing your career or dealing with people in charge may work well today. The Moon in Libra gives you energy to attend to plans and to negotiate. It might help to take a conservative approach to solving today’s batch of problems. You have a good eye for value now, which makes this a great day to make any necessary purchases.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

You may not want to be accountable, especially if you’re looking for excitement or new challenges. However, there are some issues which call for responsibility, so attend to these first. You may need to assert your authority too, and it may be about time. However, an impulsive need for more fun and spontaneous expression could upset things.

Although there may be deadlines to meet, or decisions to be made, the Moon in your sign helps you to take advantage of positive energies to make a success of the day ahead. It’s possible that you may have a bit of financial luck. Positive changes seem to be brewing. A friend may want you to get involved in a project. Make sure you really want this!

It’s a good time to look for collaboration with friends, who could be helpful. Yet despite this, you might even relish a chance to keep a low profile, as a way to reflect on your current situation, as well as to devise solutions. Your ambitions thrive with the support of a friend. Activities linked with groups could powerfully alter your thinking.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Responsibilities may intrude upon the path you wish to follow. However, if you can be happy and do your duty, you may find there’s a treat in store for you later on. Friends may test you with requests and demands. It may be hard to find anyone who agrees with you. Resist an urge to calm passionate or seething emotions, with food or drink.

Be open to new faces, places and ideas. If you are a creative type of person, you might enjoy an exciting breakthrough. Doing something different may bring surprising benefits. Your mind may be at its best today - sharp, penetrating and insightful. You can easily find answers, solve problems and uncover whatever may be lost or hidden.

Having faith that things can work out might get you into trouble, and leave you unprepared to cope with any emergencies. Ask questions, plan ahead and then act. It’s best not to leave things to chance. Express yourself creatively, and don’t isolate yourself today. Some helpful social and romantic connections can be made if this is what you want.

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STAGE ONE THEATRE, Paphos AUDITIONS at 7pm on 4 & 5 February for the comedy PARTY PIECE. Director: Carol Harvey.

Performances: 7-11 May. Three couples M/F & a mother. Call Peter 99984035 for further information.

Auditionees must advise their intention to audition in advance.

****************************** WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE that the company Super Vista Limited with registration number 025782 is in the process of liquidation. There are no claims whatsoever against the company

***************************** ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - CYPRUS Is drink costing you more than just money? AA could be the answer.

Meeting at the following locations/ days. Call to speak to an AA member.

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facture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems.

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****************************** CHIMNEY SWEEP, when did you last have your chimney swept or log burner cleaned? Build-up of soot can cause respiratory problems and fires. All areas, call Dave, a professional sweep, now on 99819137. Also available for weddings. www.paphosluckychimneysweep.com

****************************** SWIFT SERVICE AND REPAIRS air-cons, commercial and domestic fridges and freezers, ice machines, cool rooms, supply and fit air-cons VRV S. Call Nik on 99579602 Limassol

****************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses. Special offers now available. For a quote call Rickys Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) rickyscleaningservices@gmail.com

****************************** UPHOLSTERY, RUG, BLINDS + CURTAIN Cleaning Rugs from 20€ - Carpets from 38€ - Fabric Suites from 85€ - Leather Suites from 95€ - Mattresses from 25€.

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****************************** DO YOU WANT A SHINY LOOKING FLOOR? Full repair & restoration of chipped, scratched, dull and stained, Marble, Terrazzo, Stone & Ceramic tiled floors and surfaces. Professional cleaning, repair & sealing of internal/external ceramic tiles & grout lines. For a free professional consultation & demonstration contact Mark at Premier on 70006766 All areas

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385 our DOG – lost in Fasoula Area His name is BUDDY - GermanShephard / Labrador mix. Reward €500.00. Please call Angelos 99 656279 or 25 816060

PRIVATE TUITION Experienced, UK-qualified teacher offers fulltime or part-time private home tuition in Maths, English, the Sciences, I.C.T., Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS3 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. 9 years experience in Cyprus; references available. Telephone 99318796

SERVICES K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD. We manu-

BMAT test (Aptitude and Skills).

Please email at: georgebmat@ gmail.com or call at: 99657768.

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****************************** SWEET YORKSHIRE TERRIER, JESSIE, female, short grey fur, no collar, lost on 16/1 midday in Germasogeia, near Pizza Express.

Family pet,chipped. REWARD. Please contact 99622782 ASAP with any information.

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TAG 87, a very handsome young male wirehaired pointer cross around 1,5 years old. Friendly, attentive and athletic. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact on 99520511 mon-frid 102pm.

CLINICAL PILATES. Personalised Clinical Pilates by Physiotherapists in Nicosia. Individual assessment and supervision of exercises. “Clinical pilates” is a modified form of therapeutic exercise used by physiotherapists to assist in the rehabilitation and prevention of musculoskeletal injury especially lower back pain, sacro-iliac pain and neck pain. More info on 22446988.

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TAG 144, a gorgeous female spaniel. Only around 1.5-2 years old.

Very friendly and playful. Very good with other dogs and children. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact on 99520511 Mon-Frid 10-2pm.

****************************** TAG 174, a young female (probably a hound x lab cross) only around a year old. Friendly, loving and playful. This is a medium sized but heavy-built, strong dog best suited to families with older children. At the Nicosia Dog Shelter, many more dogs and puppies like this one are looking for forever homes ! To provide a temporary foster home or to adopt contact on 99520511 mon-frid 10-2pm.

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FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND ****************************** PRIME LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LONG LEASE IN LIMASSOL. 40, 000 sq.m., zoning Ka7 (80% - 45% - 3 stories). Regular amphitheatrical shape overlooking Ladies Mile. Close to New Limassol Hospital with direct access to Limassol – Paphos Highway. Water supply, electricity and telephones are readily available. Suitable for immediate development. Ideal for various health facilities and resorts, holiday centres, commercial and shopping centres, entertainment enterprises etc. Information: Tel. 22 674338, 99621554

PERSONAL ****************************** MALE BIKER (mid 40s) moving from Lyme Regis Dorset to Limassol during February, wishes to find female companion. Must be adventurous and have a love of biking. Replies please to: “hombre” at dorsethombre@outlook.com

****************************** YOUNG LADY from Sri Lanka 30 years old, seeks a good man for marriage 40-50 years old. Tel: 99157396

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PETS ****************************** LOST DOG Desperately looking for

Larnaca - tel: 24 652243 fax: 24 659982

****************************** PERODUA KAMBARA, 1.3 AUTOMATIC, 5 door, (similar to Daihatsu Terios), 2005, in silver, 44,000 kms (only 27,000 miles), a/c, cd player, electric windows, remote ultrasonic alarm system, alloy wheels, new 2 year MOT, excellent condition throughout, euro 5995, call: 99166532 – Paphos, see our stock, www.mikejohnsoncars.com

****************************** BMW 320CI Convertible. 2001 E46 Model. MOT’d/Taxed Service History.Gold metalic paint with black roof. Cream interior, half leather seats and oak Dash. Electrics pack, Cruise Control, Memory seats, Alloy Wheels, CD Player, stunning car. Pictures available on request.Price €8.500 Call 99219583

****************************** NISSAN JUKE for sale. Owner emigrating, 1 year old, metallic grey,7 yr guarantee from Nissan.

Automatic,15.000km. €14.800 ono Contact: Maria 99 371874 or 99 461625 – Paphos Area

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE TOYOTA LAND CRUISER/PRADO white 1998, exceptional condition inside and out.

Many extras. Any inspection welcome. €8850 ono. Tel: 99680747

****************************** BLACK HONDA CBR1100XX SUPERBLACKBIRD registered new in June 2011 as new condition with 12000 km. Any inspection welcome. €8950. Call Philip 99680747

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PROPERTIES WANTED

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****************************** WE UNDERTAKE REFURBISHING of houses or holiday homes, construction of pergolas, undertaking of plumbing, house painting, garden work. For information call JIMMYS: 96587137, MELIS: 96547879

Paphos - tel: 26 911383 fax: 26221049

classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 22 Employment Miscellaneous 22 Pets 22 Lessons 22 Health & Fitness 22 Personal 22 Services 22 For Sale Miscellaneous 22 For Sale Land/ Property Business 22 For Sale Motor vehicles 22 Wanted -To Let Nicosia 22 To Let Limassol 25 To Let Larnaca 25 To Let Paphos 25 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -For Sale Nicosia 26 For Sale Limassol 26 For Sale Larnaca -For Sale Paphos 26 For Sale Ayia Napa -For Sale Famagusta Protaras 26 For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads --

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****************************** CHEF WITH A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Must have a good knowledge of Cypriot cuisine and the ability to create daily specials from fresh, seasonal produce.

Must be a team player. English required, Greek useful. Jessica Demetriou: 99284591

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LESSONS

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

THE ARTISAN RESORT SEEKS to employ lady who speaks fluent Russian and English, aged between 30-40 with experience in housekeeping/ hospitality, friendly, non smoking, computer literate, close to the area of Cavo Greco, valid driving licence a plus.

Call 22451056, 99660041

‘PROPERTY BUSINESS FOR SALE’.

‘Unique Opportunity to purchase FREEHOLD stonebuilt village property currently operating as a Cafe, with fully equipped kitchen.Seating for 40. Potential for further expansion. Easily converted to residential dwelling.Viewing highly recommended. Greatly reduced to Euro 160.000. Details ring Tel: 99864097 – Paphos Area

****************************** EXPERIENCED TUTOR WANTED FOR THE BIOMEDICAL ADMISSIONS TEST (BMAT) I seek an experienced tutor for private instruction in Nicosia, on Part A of the

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PROPERTY TO LET

FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554.

NICOSIA

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****************************** THE ARTISAN RESORT SEEKS an individual who speaks very well German and English, age 30, to provide maintenance services for residences, friendly, non smoking, computer literate, close to the area of Cavo Greco, valid driving licence a plus. Call 22451056, 99660041

“WWW.CYPRUS101.COM” We have many clients asking for properties up to 200,000 euros. If you have a property to sell in the Paphos area with title deeds (or AX umber) please contact us via our website www.cyprus101.com or telephone Diane on 99455068.

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FOR SALE MOTOR VEHICLES ****************************** 2004 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO, tiptronic, seats & carpets etc like new due to one owner, no children, 108000km, metallic gold color. New tyres. Price: 27 000.00.

Got to be seen to be appreciated.

Call 99494450

****************************** FOR RENT 2 bedroom apartment of real luxury at Dasoupois, situated near Alfa Mega supermarket and the Areteion Hospital. All appliances, also c/h, a/c, sw/heater. Water booster, Sat TV, parking, store room and more. Tel: 99699750.

****************************** MAKEDONITISSA, 12 Ay Paraskevis, Engomi with panoramic view. 3 bedroom upper house & ground floor house with garden,2 bathroom , 2 toilets , fully a/c and a/h,new w/m,d/w,hob,oven,fridge

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

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

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

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA freezer, fully fitted kitchen, fully furnished ,storage, parking.

Rent €750 pm. Tel 99660115 or 99688655. Email victorkaris@cytanet.com.cy

****************************** STUDIO TO LET completely renovated. Omiru Ave. Nicosia, opposite the Statue of Solomou. Rent: €300 monthly. Tel: 22773044, 99407353

****************************** LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR RENT a luxurious one floor apartment situated in central Nicosia in a area of exceptional Beauty at 3 Museum Street, is available to let.

It has been recently renovated and consists of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, big dining and sitting rooms, kitchen and a huge veranda. Approximate covered area 250 sq m. Tel: 99622370.

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TO LET NICOSIA LUXURY 6 BEDROOM HOUSE IN A QUIET AREA IN LATSIA. The house has been constructed with the most modern building materials and one can enjoy all comforts of modern life. The house has 3 storage rooms 3 kitchens, 2 covered garage, housekeeper’s room, study room, en-suite bathroom – master bedroom, walk in closet, Jacuzzi, c/h, a/c, and fireplace.

Rent €5.000pm. Call 99609239 or 99424106.

****************************** 2 BEDROOM flat, fully furnished.

Fully A/C, small block, 3rd floor.

Covered parking. Central heating.

Near Hilton hotel off Makarios Avenue. €480pm. Tel 99444336

****************************** STROVOLOS 4 bdrm., house, c/h, a/c from €1000 now €800, Mak/ ssa f/f house, pool, 4 bdrm., 4wc, 2 shower €1700, Kornos villa, pool, mature garden €4000 (2) penthouse luxury Acropolis 1 bdrm, f/f, centre €450. For info www. markidesestates.com Markides 22378898, 99464764, Reg. No. 487, E16

****************************** FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT studio Acropolis €300, 1bdrm P/ ssa €450, Aglantzia €350, Str/

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TO LET NICOSIA los €350, Acropolis €350 2bdrm Lycavito furnished €530, Acropolis €550, Ag. Dometios €500, 3bdrm Nikis av. €550 Str/los G/F €660, Tymbos independent €800, Ag. Omologites colonial listed building swimming pool maids room €2,500. PROPERTY FINDER LTD. 99474839 99646822 A.M.627 A.A.108/E

****************************** STUDIO flat in Pallouriotissa (next to McDonald) furnished €280. For info call 99606984.

****************************** TO LET spacious 2 bdrm apartment in a small building in Strovolos area near ARETAIEION hospital (dead-end) with independent petrol heating, 3 a/c, water pressure system, satellite. Directly available.

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fully equipment kitchen, a/c in all rooms. For info call 96530532.

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 ROOMS €125 each, near McDonald’s Engomi only Philippine girls.

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****************************** FOR RENT 3 B/R apartment fully furnished close to Central Bank.

3 W.C., fully air-conditioned extra storeroom, owned covered parking. Excellent condition. Information: Tel. 99621554

****************************** 3 BEDROOMS flat on second floor in a block of six flats, in a nice position at Strovolos area, fully a/c, c/h, covered parking place for one car, recently painted. Rent €650pm. (furnished if required).

Tel: 97773358.

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2 BDRM flat (almost new, 4 years old) at Lycavitos with good area near University of Cyprus with

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LUXURY HOUSES: 5 bedrs detached house, 550sq.m, built in 2 big plots of

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3 bedrs luxury terraced house,210sq.m,central heating, full a/c, marble floor in the sitting areas and solid parquet floor the stairs and bedrooms,4 wc,3 bathrooms the 2 en suite ,big verandas, electrical appliances in the kitchen,3 covered parking, roof garden access, in a quiet neighbourhood on Mon Parnas hill – Engomi €800 (photos in the

TO LET NICOSIA website).

3. 2 bedr fully renovated semi detached house 120 sq. m, a/c for hot and cold, small yard, FULLY FURNSIHED or not, double glazed windows with aluminum shutters, in a quiet area off Nikis behind Burger King - ACROPOLIS €600 (H2ACS0001-R), (photos in the website).

4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with fire place, big kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher and refrigerator, nice mature garden with flowers, trees and small garden with grass, covered parking, 3wc, 2 bathrooms in a quiet neighborhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas - €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos in website).

5. 3 bedr luxury detached house, 200sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 3wc, blinds and curtains, open

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plan kitchen with cooker, oven and dishwasher, veranda with bbq, good size garden, covered parking, storage room, alarm system, in a quiet area – Archangellos €1100 (photos in the website).

4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1100 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website).

6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house, 210sq.m, central heating, full a/c,

7. 3 bedr detached ground floor house with separate maid’s room, with very big garden with

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TO LET NICOSIA all the windows, electrical appliances in kitchen, covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood off Tseriou avenue. AVAILABLE end of February –Strovolos €1800 (photos in the website).

10. 4 bedr semi detached house with central heating, 4 a/c, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, 180sq.m, electrical appliances, small yard, bbq area, off Kostantinoupoleos street near French ambassador residence.- STROVOLOS €700 (H4ST10043-R), (photos in the website).

11. 4 bedr new luxury finished detached house with central heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, 2 bathrooms, big kitchen with cooker oven, dishwasher and big family room, aluminum shutters in all the house, separate big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, 2 covered parking, alarm system, big covered patio, SWIMMING POOL, in a newly built area near Falcon school – Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website).

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13. 3 bedr ground floor house with big separate 80sq,m room with shower and wc for multi use, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, 2 shower,1 bathroom, fully furnished, small garden, bbq area, parking, on a small building in a very quiet area near Agios Vasilios church. Strovolos - €900 - H4ST10028-R (photos in website).

14. 4 bedr new luxury finished top quality detached house, 290sq.m, central heating, full a/c, master bedroom with en suite shower/ jacuzzi, guest bedroom with shower, main bathroom with jacuzzi, 4w , fully expensive furnished with LCD televisions (all furniture and appliances cost 100,000 EURO), kitchen with very expensive electrical appliances and family room, garden with grass, big covered patio with bbq area,2 covered parkings, alarm system, pressure system, in a nice quiet neighbourhood - Strovolos €2000 (photos in the website).

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***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr luxury finished spacious floor apartment with very big sitting and dining areas with family room with fire place, solid parquet floor all throught, central heating independent, full a/c, all the bedrooms with en suite shower/bathroom, 4wc, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances, blinds on all windows, big covered veranda, covered parking, big storage room, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighborhood – Agios Andreas- € 1300 – A3AAD0005-R (photos in website).

2. 1 bedr spacious fully luxury renovated apartment,60sq.m, big sitting and dining room, big bedroom, fully newly modern furnished with LCD TV 32’, covered veranda, covered parking, storage heaters, full a/c, near Cyta, Laiki and Hellenic Bank headquarters – Dasoupolis €550 (photos in the website).

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TO LET NICOSIA TO LET 3 bedroom house situated on a dead end street next to a small quiet park near Falcon School. Has an En-suite master room, large study room, central heating, a/c and fire place in the living room.

For enquiries tel 99660758

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apartment,100sq.m + 80sq.m veranda with flowers and bbq, big sitting and dining room with big 60” TV, storage heaters, full a/v, 2 wc, en suite bathroom/jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website).

4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website).

5. 2 bedr new modern luxury finished apartment with parquet floor, central heating independent, 2 a/c, modern kitchen with all fitted expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood off Kallipoleos street – Lykavitos €650 (photos in the website).

6. 2 bedr luxury finished apartment on a small building with 4 flats only, central heating with petrol independent, full a/c, 2 bedrooms with en suite bathroom/shower, separate guest wc, NICELY MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood very close to Junior school and the park – Agioi Omologites €800 (photos in the website).

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off Athalasas avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis - € 1100 - A4DAS0002-R (photos in website).

en, blinds, big covered veranda, in a small 2 storey building in a quiet area behind Tymvos – MAKEDONITISSA - € 500 – A2MAK0008-R (photos in website).

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NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website).

13. 3 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, big sitting and dining area, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, blinds, shutters in the bedrooms, big kitchen with all expensive electrical appliances, off Makarios avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre- € 800 – A3NIC0025-R (photos in website).

14. 3 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment 150sq.m+30sq.m covered veranda, central heating independent with petrol,full wall a/c units, solid parquet floor, expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3wc, curtains and blinds on windows, 3 COVERED PARKING,storage room, near Pizza Hut in Strovolos €1100 (photos in the website).

9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neibourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February – Acropolis €850 (photos in the website).

10. 2 bedr luxury apartment with 3 a/c for hot and cold, big covered veranda, covered parking and storage room, NICELY FURNISHED, near Acropoli park behind Tseriotis showroom – ACROPOLIS €450 – A2ACS0033-R (photos in website).

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15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating, full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €500 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website).

16. 3 bedr new luxury ground floor apartment, with separate big TV room or guest room, 225sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances and breakfast area, 4 bathrooms, 4 wc, 2 bedrs with en suite bathroom, floor heating independent, full a/c, blinds on all the windows, marble and parquet floor, big veranda with bbq, small garden, closed 2 covered parking with remote control, in a very quiet area very close to Junior school and 50 metres from the park. FULLY NICELY FURNISHED

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Town centre, fully furnished one bedroom apartment available for immediate occupation. Ref. TLL341. Tel 24815926 2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca.

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***************************** FLAT IN CENTRAL LARNACA, Stasinou St, f/f, a/c, one bedroom, Off street car parking. Foinikoudes, Zenonos Kiteos shops 200 metres. Rent €350 p/m. Tel: 24 815104/9939 5954 FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to

TO LET PAPHOS 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 FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom flat near Larco hotel Larnaca.

Price €370. Tel: 99202543

PAPHOS GREAT VALUE STUDIO FLAT FOR RENT, - Large modern studio flat in small residential block, in central Paphos, 5 minutes from town centre, 2 minutes from motorway, and 10 minutes from Kato Paphos. Separate Living area/kitchen and bedroom. and shower room. Fully furnished (washing machine etc.) , and air conditioning. Covered veranda, and undercover designated parking. Only €215/month inc. communal charges. Phone 99310481.

****************************** PEYIA, luxury villa, 3 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully or part furnished, private pool, quiet location, paved garden area, sea and mountain views. Sky satellite, euro 650 ono, please call: 99771532 – no agents

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS rity burglar bars throughout, 2 balcony. Sea view, central to shops. Communal fees included.

380.00eur/month. Call Maria 99 371 874

**************************** PAPHOS RENTALS SECTION PAPHOS- 1 Bedroom Townhouse, Newly Fitted Kitchen, Downstairs Cloakroom, Enclosed Rear Garden, Bargain at only 200 Euros EMPA- Immaculate, Spacious 2 Bedroom, U/F, Corner House, Large kitchen, Patio, Quiet location, Must be seen, 300 Euros PAPHOS- Very large 3 Bedroom Apt, Fully Furnished to a very high standard, Would suit 3 Professionals sharing, Within close proximity to Hospital and Court, Central Heating, 2 Bathrooms, Laundry, 350 Euros.

TALA- Luxurious 3/4 Bedroom Villas, F/F to a very high standard,2 bathrooms, 2 en-suites, own Swimming Pools, Landscaped Gardens with Spectacular Sea views, 700 Euros, URGENTLY WANTED –Bungalows 2/3 Bedrooms MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922

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3. PEYIA €450 brand new modern 2 bedroom townhouse situated on a quiet complex. Master with ensuite, family bathroom & downstairs guest wc. Fully furnished with modern furniture including fly screens & plasma tv. Enclosed rear garden. Private undercover parking & storage space. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Website reference number: RTL_658

7. CHLORAKA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom 3 bathroom villa with ground floor bedroom & bathroom. Beautifully furnished with good quality modern furniture includes sky satellite, fly screens & feature fireplace with modern gas fire. Private pool offering views of the sea. Off street parking. Situated within walking distance of bus routes & shops.

Website reference number: RTL_611

MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA €400 spacious 2 bedroom 2 bathroom ground floor apartment, master with ensuite. Situated on small, peaceful complex with communal pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture including plasma TV & satellite. Allocated off street parking. Good size enclosed patio with barbeque. Website reference number: RTL_645 2.

TOMBS OF THE KINGS/ MOUTTALLOS €400 spacious 3 bedroom ground floor apartment (120 sq metres) conveniently located close to bus stop. Less than 10 minutes walk to Tomb of the Kings road & old town. Beautifully presented, fully furnished with flyscreens & a/c throughout.

Enclosed garden. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Website reference number: RTL_662

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4. KISSONERGA €550 modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area.

Master bedroom with ensuite, separate kitchen, downstairs guest wc. Enclosed garden offering private pool & off street parking. Available unfurnished though can include kitchen appliances. Pets allowed at owners’ discretion. Website reference number: RTL_501 5. MESOGI €700 modern detached 4 bedroom villa, master with ensuite. One bedroom on ground floor. Plus separate office or play room. Available unfurnished with gas central heating.

Enclosed garden with private pool. Covered verandah with garden furniture. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference number: RTL_618 6. TALA €725 modern 3 bedroom detached villa located in a peaceful residential area between Tala & Kamaras offering sea & mountain views. Separate kitchen with top brand appliances inc dishwasher. Includes central heating, flyscreens & sky satellite. Private pool & enclosed garden with storage. Available unfurnished or furnished. Website reference number: RTL_566

8. MESOGI €1250 luxury 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 offering stunning views. Gated entrance with undercover parking. Situated on a private road. Website reference number: RTL_628

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Geroskipou - a large 2 bed apartment with large balcony facing the sea, covered parking, a/c, communal pool. €330 pcm

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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

APHRODITE HILLS - Villa share at this amazing resort? Now available for discerning people, luxury double rooms, each with own en suite and heating unit and plus of large lounge/dining/kitchen area, external patios, gardens and swimming pool. Fully furnished and equipped €800pm plus share of running expenses, min period 6 months or yearly contract renewal. To enquire (or view from January 2013) ring 99178141. A chance not to be missed!

KILI – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom villa, with swimming pool and garden, unfurnished, gas central heating, large verandas, lovely mountain views, very quiet and tranquil area, €500 per month o.n.o. Call: 99479006

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FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Chlorakas & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www. cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus

Drop off point in Tala, please contact Mary on 96 392 728 if you can't get to Pegia Or contact Pavlina on 99 220 152 Donations of food and clothes can be dropped off at Pavlina Children Clothes Shop 9am – 7pm (close to Butcher Boy)

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THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELCTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON info@ unique-consultancy.eu LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.

PAPHOS / PEYIA VILLA, villa for rent in Peyia, 4 bedroom, 4 bathrooms, large sitting-dining area, fully airconditioned and heated, unfurnished, panoramic views, large parking, low rent contact: 99490953, 26815534

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4. Emba - un-furnished 3 bed 2 bathroom villa, private gated parking, a/c, large kitchen with white goods, cul-de-sac. NO POOL. €445 pcm

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Over 250 families in the Paphos region are unable to feed and clothe their children due to economic hardships

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vate pool, a/c, and parking. Unfurnished or furnished. Very nice well worth seeing. €700pcm

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On Saturday, 9th February 2013, Cycling Cyprus and members of the Paphos Cycling Club will be cycling outside Phillipos Supermarket in Pegia.

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TO LET PAPHOS stairs, private pool, garden. Ref: Kissonergra 825 Euros AYIA MARINOUDA A 3 bedroom villa with an additional loft room conversion with en suite. Property has a downstairs bedroom, sitting/dining area, separate utility area with granite work tops, 2 bedrooms on the top level master en suite.

Central heating, AC, fly screens, private pool, enclosed and fenced garden. Ref: 1199 950 Euros SECRET VALLEY 3 bed Bungalow furnished to a very modern standard, fully furnished, 3 bedrooms, master en-suite in 2 of the bedrooms, private pool, easy maintenance gardens, nice valley view’s.

Ref: 1017 800 Euros CHLORAKA 4 bedroom large villa with quality fittings , furnished to a very high standard, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, en suites, bathroom, private pool, decking, fantastic sea views , near to Tombs of the Kings Ref: 806 850 Euros SECRET VALLEY 2 bed villas furnished or unfurnished with private pool, downstairs bedroom, kitchen , sitting/dining area, guest wc, upstairs large master bedroom with en suite bath, large veranda.

Nice location with sea views and off street parking: Ref: 1198 450 Euros PEGEIA 4 bed villa unfurnished, 2 downstairs bedroom, large sitting/dining area, Italian kitchen with white goods, 2 bedrooms upstairs with outside large veranda.

Property is of a high standard with central heating, full AC, off street parking, private pool, stunning views, quiet location. Ref: 765 900 Euros TSADA Large 5 bedroom villa furnished, top quality fixtures and furniture’s, fire place, central heating, AC, downstairs bedroom, kitchen, utility room, 4 bedrooms upstairs, large living areas, closed garage, private pool, peaceful location, near to the tsada golf area. Ref: 955 1400 Euros Upper Paphos 3 bedroom upper house offered furnished, large rooms, fire place, AC, in residential area, nice location, walking distance to shops. Ref: 1197 350 Euros Please call for a free viewing on Office 26600450 Mobile: 97614070 many more properties on our website at www.flowron.com - Your Vision is our Mission LANDLORDS IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT, PLEASE CALL US!!!!!!

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

***************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!!

1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development.

Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room.

Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool. €425.00 or near offer 2 EMBA 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa in handy location close to the shopping areas. Property also has separate 1 bed apartment on the lower level. Large open plan living area and dining area. Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances .

Guest WC. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Separate 1 bed apartment on lower level. Perfect for dual living. Small garden & and parking. €550.00 a month.

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS 3. GIOLOU – 5 bed unfurnished villa consisting of 3 bed, 2 bath main house (bungalow) with self contained 2 bed apartment with own entrance. Main house, open plan living area, beamed ceilings with feature fireplace. Dining space and kitchen. 3 bedrooms, master with en-suite and family bathroom.

Covered balcony with sea and rural views, swimming pool and garden areas. Lower level apartment reached via the main house or separate entrance. Large open plan living area, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. €850.00 per month 4. TALA – 3 bed 3 bath quality furnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area with dining space.

Fully fitted kitchen with all appliances, door to rear garden. Storage room. Ground floor bed room with adjacent shower. Stairs to two double bedrooms both ensuite, one with Jacuzzi tub. Small seating area with adjacent balcony. Pool and off street parking.

Lnadscaped gardens €750.00 per month or close offers only 5. TRIMITHOUSA – 4 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa set in quiet location. Open plan living area. Fully fitted kitchen. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite shower. Guest WC. Stairs to 3 more bedrooms, one with en-suite and family bathroom. Garden areas, large terraces and feature BBQ area and pergola. Private pool, garage. Never been occupied. Available 1 Feb. €725.00 per month OVNO. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA – 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, En-

TO LET PAPHOS closed garden area. Comm pool and parking. €375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at €250per month.

7. LOWER PEYIA – 3 bed, 2.5 bath part furnished villa situated in quiet cul du sac. Open plan living and dining area with doors out the to pool and garden.. Very large breakfast fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 3 double bedrooms. Master bedroom very large with en-suite shower. Family bathroom. Private pool, gardens, shutters. €550.00 per month or close offers only.

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

Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with ensuite bathroom. Family bathroom.

Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced €550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL. PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol.com

***************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt fireplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage.

Tel: 99210610.

FOR SALE LARNACA

PROPERTY FOR SALE LARNACA FOR SALE house 180 sq m, 3 bedrooms in Kornos village. €240,000.

Tel: 99651913, 99527094

PAPHOS FLAT FOR SALE 1 bdrm at Peyia village with title deeds, fully furnished. €65.000. For information call 99526562.

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN LOFOS/ TALA, 2 three bedroom detached villas on large plot.

House 1 with studio flat & pool.

Both open plan with A/C, provision for C/H, BBQ, pergolas, gardens, private drives, sea/ mountain views, SEPARATE DEEDS. Available together or separately.

Tel: 96718163/ 96366419 Price: €399,000 & €299,000

PROTARAS FOR SALE special offer, €79, 000 first floor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941.

PROPHETIC CALL-OUT Grieved by preachers living in sin ? Pastors collaborating with idolaters?

Bored with just being a spectator?

In Prophecy there is no ‘us and them: Everyone contributes (1 Cor 14:26) 10am start 9/2/2013 God willing, Meet: Entrance Palaiopafos, Kouklia Instruments/shofars welcome

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

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

PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos.

Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600.

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

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

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

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

AYIA NAPA and DHERYNIA (Anglican Church in S.E Cyprus) Sunday Worship 9.30am Morning Prayer every Sunday morning at St Constantinos & Eleni Chapel, Dherynia (near Hospital in Dherynia) 11am at Scandinavian Church, off Nissi Avenue (opp Tassia Maris Hotel), Ayia Napa nd 6pm at St Constantinos & Eleni (2 week) Chaplain : Revd Simon Holloway M.A. Tel: 97 839349 www.angsecyp.org Visitors especially welcome

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Sport Twelvetrees poised to make Calcutta Cup debut

By Alex Lowe UNCAPPED Gloucester centre Billy Twelvetrees is in line to make his England debut in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup showdown with Scotland at Twickenham.

With Manu Tuilagi out injured, Twelvetrees has been confirmed in Stuart Lancaster’s 23-man match-day squad in preference to the London Irish outside centre Jonathan Joseph.

Saracens wing David Strettle has also been recalled, having missed the autumn internationals, which means no place in the squad for Northampton full-back Ben Foden.

Lancaster will confirm his starting line-up today and Twelvetrees is favourite to come into a reshuffled midfield in place of Tuilagi.

Joseph would have slotted straight into the outside centre channel but the England management appear to have cooled on him since his debut in South Africa.

Twelvetrees would come into the side at inside centre with Brad Barritt shifting into the 13 jersey, which he wore for his first two Test appearances in last year’s RBS 6 Nations.

Lancaster could press either Owen Farrell or Toby Flood into midfield action alongside Barritt but neither seems a likely option.

Farrell is the incumbent fly-half from England’s record 38-21 triumph over New Zealand on December 1 and Lancaster’s selection policy leans heavily on rewarding performances.

The experiment of using Flood as an emergency inside centre failed in the World Cup quarter-final defeat to

France and he would seem destined for a place on the bench.

Lancaster’s other main selection posers are at scrum-half, where Danny Care and Ben Youngs are battling for the nine jersey, and at hooker between Tom Youngs and Dylan Hartley.

Tom Youngs, a converted centre, was one of England’s outstanding players when he took over from the injured Hartley in the autumn and that will stand in his favour in selection.

Alex Goode made his comeback from a shoulder injury for Saracens last Sunday but it remains to be seen whether he has done enough after five weeks out to retain the full-back jersey.

If so, then Lancaster must choose between Mike Brown and Strettle on the left wing. If not, then both would start with Brown switching to his natural position at full-back.

Gloucester centre Billy Twelvetrees is favourite to come into a reshuffled midfield against Scotland

Webber hits back at criticism ‘Balance of power won’t change’

By Iain Rodgers

By Alan Baldwin

IN BRIEF

AUSTRALIAN Formula One driver Mark Webber has hit back at criticism from Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko by accusing the Austrian of having his own agenda at the world championship-winning team.

“Look, everyone at this level has their own agendas and it’s been evident for a long time now that I’ve never been a part of Marko’s,” Webber said in a Q+A on his personal website.

Austrian Marko, who is close to Red Bull’s billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz and Germany’s triple world champion Sebastian Vettel, was quoted earlier this month as saying Webber could win races but struggled to handle the pressure of a championship challenge.

“It seems to me that Webber has on average two races per year where he is unbeatable but he can’t maintain his form throughout the year,” he said in Red Bull’s house magazine Red Bulletin.

‘Doping Doc’ won’t be forced to give names

It’s not fair: Mark Webber (right) believes Red Bull favour triple world champion Sebastian Vettel over him Marko added that Webber’s form fell “easily into a downward spiral” if something went against him and suggested that losing out to Vettel in the 2010 title race had been a huge psychological blow.

The Austrian, whose career as an F1 racer ended when he

was blinded in one eye, was also quoted by Germany’s Sport Bild as saying Vettel had beaten Webber in all four years of their partnership and that would not change.

“The statistic speaks for itself. There is no reason to think the balance of power will change,” he added.

Webber, who enjoys a good relationship with team principal Christian Horner, has been at Red Bull for longer than Vettel and will be starting his seventh - and possibly final - season with the British-based team, with the first race in Melbourne on March 17.

The 36-year-old, whose contract expires at the end of the season, said he was in good shape after having surgery last month to remove a 40-cm titanium rod in his right leg.

Webber broke his leg after colliding with a car in a cycling accident in Tasmania in 2008.

SPANISH doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, on trial for allegedly masterminding a doping ring in cycling, will not be obliged to identify any of the clients whose frozen blood was found in bags seized by police, the judge in the case ruled yesterday.

On his second day on the stand, Fuentes, who denies involvement in doping, said he could identify to whom the blood in the numbered bags belonged, prompting a request by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), represented at the trial in Madrid, that he do so in court.

Judge Julia Santamaria said she would not prevent him from revealing the names but would not force him to do so, saying it would infringe the rights of those implicated.

The closely-watched and much-delayed trial began on Monday and when Fuentes took the stand on Tuesday he told the judge he had clients in sports other than cycling, including football, tennis, athletics and boxing.

Kvitova to lead Czechs at start of Fed Cup defence

Cuban baseball defector returns home under new law

Lakers hold off swarming Hornets to maintain run

WORLD number eight Petra Kvitova, dumped out in the second round at the Australian Open, will lead the Czech Republic in their Fed Cup title defence when they take on Australia in a first round tie next month.

Czech captain Petr Pala will stick with the same squad that lifted the crown for a second straight year in November, including Lucie Safarova, Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.

The Czechs will begin their attempt at a third straight title in front of their home fans in the northeastern city of Ostrava on February 9-10.

A DECADE after he defected to the United States to play Major League Baseball, Cuban pitcher Jose Contreras has returned to his homeland in the first test of the island’s liberalised travel laws.

The 41-year-old welcomed at Havana’s Hot Corner, a mecca for baseball fans, by about 200 people who crowded around to get photos and autographs from the lanky right-hander.

Contreras was in Mexico playing for the Cuban national team when he defected in 2002 and signed a $32 million contract with the New York Yankees. He went on to pitch for the White Sox, Rockies and Phillies.

THE Los Angeles Lakers continued to build on their recent momentum with a 111-106 win over theNew Orleans Hornets, as the home team staved off a late rally to register a third consecutive victory.

Kobe Bryant dished out 11 assists and Dwight Howard scored 24 points as Los Angeles, comfortably in control at 98-80 midway through the fourth quarter, almost blew the win when the Hornets put together a 16-2 run in the closing stages.

New Orleans pulled to within 102-101 before Bryant found Earl Clark for a score and Steve Nash calmly sank a three-pointer to open up some breathing room.

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Sunshine and shorts equal no rust for Westwood

By Simon Evans

Englishman confident ahead of season debut

By Tony Jimenez LEE Westwood has never felt so well prepared for the start of a new season after having swapped the snow of Britain for the sunshine of Florida, the world number eight said this week The European Ryder Cup stalwart, who has taken up membership of the US PGA Tour this year, makes his first competitive outing of 2013 at this week’s $2.5 million Dubai Desert Classic.

“I played a lot more this winter than I would normally play and there’s no rust,” Westwood told reporters.

“The main reason for moving to Florida was to get more games of golf as I wouldn’t play normally when I’m at home because of the weather.

“Last week I had shorts on and was out playing with (world number three) Luke Donald. Living in England I’ve always finished the year, gone home, packed the clubs away and came back out trying to catch everyone else.

“My short game is sharper from being out there especially my putting,” added Westwood.

The 39-year-old Englishman has a proud record at the Dubai Classic, having been runner-up in 1999, 2010 and 2012 and amassed a total of seven top-10 finishes, but he has yet to chalk up a vic-

tory in 19 appearances in the event.

“I should have won when I was up against Miguel (Angel Jimenez) in a playoff in 2010. Then last year I had to birdie the last to force a playoff with Rafa (Cabrera-Bello) and missed it so I feel like I’ve let a couple slip,” said Westwood.

“It’s certainly one I would like to win. Hopefully this week I’ll play as well as I’ve played the last few years and have a chance again and finish it off.”

Westwood said the cream normally rises to the top at the Emirates Golf Club.

“It’s a good test which is probably why it has had good winners on it,” he explained.

“You look at the winners from the last few years and they’re not short hitters Rory McIlroy, Alvaro Quiros, Henrik Stenson and Tiger Woods.

“It’s a sand-based course so you don’t get much run from your tee shots. It certainly helps to be able to reach the par-fives in two.”

Spaniard Cabrera-Bello will be defending the title he won 12 months ago and is joined in the field by last week’s Qatar Masters champion Chris Wood of Britain.

Former world number two Sergio Garcia meanwhile, who has long battled a lack of confidence on the greens, says eye surgery last year has helped him to read putts bet-

ter than ever as the Spaniard targets a first major win in 2013.

Since surgery in October to correct an astigmatism, the 33-year-old Spaniard has recorded a tied-ninth finish at the DP World Tour Championship before coming jointsecond in his season-opener at last week’s Qatar Masters.

The world number 14, who came within inches of a first major triumph at the 2007 British Open when a sevenfoot par putt on the 18th lipped out, now feels more comfortable when reading greens.

“Although I’ve always felt like I’ve been a good green reader, the surgery has helped me focus on small spots more easily than before,” Garcia told reporters yesterday.

“When I was aiming before it would get a little blurry and then I would lose the spot a little bit. Now I can see a little bit sharper, so it makes it easier.”

Garcia, who won on the Asian Tour in December in Malaysia, came within a whisker of his 11th European Tour title last week when Wood eagled the last to deny the Ryder Cup player and South African George Coetzee a playoff.

Garcia has notched up eight top-five finishes in the four majors since he came second at the 1999 US PGA Championship behind 14-times major champion Tiger Woods.

Lee Westwood says his short game is much sharper now, after previously struggling on the greens

Australia board play straight bat to Warne Twitter rant

By Amlan Chakraborty

The former ‘King of Spin’ claims ‘rubbish’ decisions were turning Australian cricket into a ‘big joke’

CRICKET Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has defended the organisation following a scathing attack aimed at them by spin great Shane Warne, who panned the board in a series of Twitter rants.

Sutherland added that he was prepared to meet with Warne and discuss the 43year-old’s criticism of CA’s player rotation policy and his claim that “rubbish” decisions were turning Australian cricket into a “big joke”.

After venting his initial anger on Monday, Warne reiterated his views a day later.

“As I said last night we need cricket people running the team & who understand cricket & what’s required at the top level, not muppets,” he tweeted on Tuesday.

Warne questioned the logic of having former rugby union international Pat Howard as the board’s high performance manager but Sutherland threw his weight behind

the former Wallaby back.

“I have every confidence in Pat Howard and his team, and what they’re doing,” Sutherland told local media.

“Personally I find it a little bit disappointing to read about that (Warne’s criticisms) in the fashion that I have.

“Ideally you’d like to be able to sit down with Shane and understand a little bit more deeply his opinions.”

Australia won all three Tests in a recent series against Sri Lanka but were held 2-2 in the subsequent one-day internationals after resting skipper Michael Clarke for the first two matches.

The hosts, however, lost both Twenty20 internationals and were left debating the merits of a controversial rotation policy CA has introduced to manage injuries and the workload of their frontline players.

While Warne insisted Australia needed to field their best 11 players every time they stepped out, fast bowl-

ing great Dennis Lillee has backed CA’s approach.

“He’s 100 percent in agreement with the selection panel with managing the load and development of players,” Sutherland said of Lillee, who captured 355 wickets in 70 Tests.

“Who’s right here?

“You’ve got Shane Warne saying one thing, Dennis Lillee saying another. It’s not a black and white issue.”

Warne retired from Test cricket in 2007 after taking 708 wickets in 145 Tests.

Australia opener David Warner meanwhile will miss the first two one-day internationals against West Indies with a fractured thumb and has been replaced in the squad by Usman Khawaja, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

Warner was struck by a Mitchell Johnson delivery while batting in the nets at Perth, suffering a minor left thumb fracture and ruling him out of the matches on Friday and Sunday at the WACA.

WHEN San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick replaced Alex Smith after the starter went down with a concussion midway through the regular season the 25-year-old second-year signal caller did not flinch.

Whether it be the three sacks suffered in his first game last November, a damaging interception returned for a touchdown in the playoffs against Green Bay, or erasing a 17-0 deficit in the NFC championship game, Kaepernick has taken everything the National Football League has thrown at him in stride.

“I don’t really get nervous,” Kaepernick, who will make his 10th NFL start in Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Baltimore Ravens, said yesterday.

Kaepernick was so impressive in his first start that 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh decided, controversially at the time, to stick with him even though Smith was healthy enough to start.

Having been drafted in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of the University of Nevada’s unheralded football program, it was clear the 49ers had plans for Kaepernick.

Yet, the calmness and focus of the Wisconsin-born quarterback have allowed him to make the most of the chance given to him as he has led San Francisco to their first Super Bowl in 18 years.

His athletic ability makes him a serious threat to defenses both in the air and on the ground, something that San Francisco offensive coordinator Greg Roman exploited to the maximum.

In the second round of the playoffs, Kaepernick ripped apart Green Bay, with a thrilling display. He set a record for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in any game with 181 yards with two touchdowns and also threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns.

Then, with the pundits still pontificating about his ability as a running quarterback in the lead-up to the NFC Championship game, he showed he can pass from the pocket, completing 16 of 21 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown, while only rushing twice in a win over the Atlanta Falcons.

Off the field, Kaepernick’s tattoos capture the current fashion for body art and his laid-back approach has earned him widespread popularity.

All true, but there will be no escaping the superlatives if Kaepernick produces another thrilling, game-winning display on Sunday.

One thing that is certain, however, is that the quarterback won’t be overawed by the occasion.

“Never seen that,” says running back Frank Gore, “Never”.

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All change for Sweden team under new kit sponsors

By Philip O’Connor

Lazio celebrate reaching the Italian Cup final with a 3-2 aggregate win over Juventus after a dramatic end to the match at the Stadio Olimpico

Lazio outwit Juve to reach final

By Mark Meadows SERGIO Floccari scored in a frantic period of injury time to send Lazio into the Italian Cup final after a 2-1 second-leg win on Tuesday night as Juventus saw their hopes of a domestic double destroyed.

Hosts Lazio, who drew 1-1 at Serie A leaders Juve in last week’s semi-final first leg, seized the initiative eight minutes after the break when Uruguay midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez headed in Cristian Ledesma’s cross.

Juve piled forward for an equaliser, which they found in stoppage time through Arturo Vidal, but soon after

substitute Floccari headed in a corner when he rose above the Chilean to send the Stadio Olimpico into raptures.

“It was a nervous evening.

I am happy to have given a decisive contribution to a result like this,” Floccari told Rai television.

Let’s enjoy tonight and we’ll see who we play in the final,” he added when asked a preference between AS Roma and Inter Milan.

Juve had come into the game under pressure after a wobble at the top of Serie A and widespread criticism following coach Antonio Conte’s verbal attack on match officials at the weekend.

Conte, banned from the dugout for the next two

league games for an outburst which pundits said was rich given Juve’s 2006 demotion for procuring favourable referees, rotated his side but they still had the better of a fast and furious first half.

Juve’s Mirko Vucinic and Lazio’s Miroslav Klose both had shouts for penalties turned down before Montenegro striker Vucinic went close when he tested goalkeeper Federico Marchetti.

Lazio, who last won the trophy in 2009, then edged the second half despite the introduction of Juve’s Andrea Pirlo as the Italian champions missed out again in the latter stages of the Cup having lost in the final to Napoli last year.

“We certainly deserved better over the 180 minutes, but Lazio went through and congratulations to them,” Conte told the club’s official website.

“The last chance had a decisive bearing, because we would have qualified had it gone differently. The lads played an excellent game, but that’s football and we can only take note of it.”

Defeat means Juventus have won just one of their last six matches since resuming action from the winter break.

Conte thinks his team may have turned a corner, however.

“I’m happy with how my players expressed them-

selves. We know exactly where we’ve been lacking in this recent period,” he added.

Roma are leading Inter 2-1 after their semi-final first leg last week but the return at the San Siro does not take place until April 17.

The long wait is due to the lack of clout the largely unloved Italian Cup has in fixture programming.

Roma, whose coach Zdenek Zeman was given a vote of confidence by club bosses on Tuesday after patchy form, decided with the league to play a Serie A match against Cagliari on Friday instead of the second leg this week.

The final takes place on May 26.

Dumped champions Zambia set sights on World Cup

By Mark Gleeson

Zambia suffered the ignominy of being the first holders to go out in the first round since Algeria in 1992

DEPOSED African champions Zambia believe qualification for the World Cup is still possible and plan to keep faith with their players rather than make drastic changes after their early elimination from the African Nations Cup. Coach Herve Renard, who assumed responsibility for Tuesday’s failure as Zambia went out in the group phase, said Brazil 2014 remained the major challenge the side had set themselves and they felt they were well on course.

“We had two objectives: to defend our title and to qualify for Brazil. I think we still have a good chance,” he told Reuters in the wake of three successive draws at the Nations Cup and an unexpectedly early trip home after they failed to beat Burkina Faso in Nelspruit.

“With Ghana in our (World Cup qualifying) group it won’t be easy but we have started well and we can get some

momentum going. We play Lesotho next away in March and then home in June with a chance for all six points, then Sudan at home and lastly Ghana away, which might be like a final,” said Renard.

“We intend challenging all the way.”

Zambia have six points from their first two World Cup qualifiers, with one match win awarded to them after Sudan used a suspended player.

Renard said he was confident he would stay on and anticipated few changes, saying: “We did have a few players who did not perform to their ability at this tournament but I’m standing by all of them.

“Zambia is not like many other African countries who make rash and emotive decisions about the coach,” the Frenchman added. “Our president is a very intelligent man but if they want me to go, I will accept it. They can even take me out to lunch, tell me and I’ll pack my bags without any hard feelings.”

Renard took Zambia to the 2012 Nations Cup title against expectations, their first success in the continental championship. They have never qualified for the World Cup. In other news, as Nigerian coach Stephen Keshi’s media conference was about to begin after their 2-0 win over Ethiopia secured them a place in the African Nations Cup quarter-finals, there was a pained outburst from an apparently disgruntled journalist walking in late.

The reporter, clearly known to Keshi, shouted loudly and in an ironic tone: “Well done, Keshi, well done” - the implicit message being: you escaped this time, you will not be so lucky again.

Nigeria left it late. With 10 minutes remaining of a tense match at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace they were heading home, denied a place in the last eight by champions Zambia as the ‘Chipolopolo’ had a better disciplinary record than Nigeria.

SWEDEN’S friendly against Argentina in Stockholm next week is a dream game for fans and a big day for kit sponsors Adidas as they take over supplying the Swedish FA from rivals Umbro.

“Having Argentina here with the best football player in the world, a home match with two teams in our jerseys, it can’t get better than that,” said Brian Grevy, Nordic managing director for Adidas, who are now the kit suppliers to both teams.

Grevy spoke to Reuters as the Swedish FA held a news conference at the sportswear manufacturer’s Stockholm headquarters to announce the squad to face Lionel Messi and company next Wednesday.

The deal with Adidas fits in with the German manufacturer’s sports marketing strategy which Grevy said was “literally to go out and have the biggest symbols. We may not have all of them but we always aim to have the biggest symbols.

“This is the biggest symbol you can have in Sweden and we want to be associated as market leader here in football with the biggest symbol.

“It is the foundation for our company. We are in for market leadership in football, wherever we play in the world.”

Adidas and rivals Nike fight fiercely to see who can sign up the top teams and, despite Puma being readily identifiable with many African national teams and some other notable exceptions in club football, smaller suppliers are being squeezed out.

With Nike announcing in October 2012 that previous suppliers Umbro would be sold to Iconix Brand Group, Adidas took over the job of kitting out the Swedish FA on January 1.

Swedish Football Association (SvFF) general secretary Mikael Santoft said the body took a pragmatic approach when it came to choosing a new supplier.

“Umbro is big but not as big as Adidas,” he told Reuters.

“But that’s not the main issue - it’s the brand name, the equipment and the money that decide.

Despite a long tender process, the FA and their new kit supplier faced a major logistical headache as the old contract ran out and Adidas took over.

“We have thousands and thousands of different items - from socks to bags to sweaters - so everything has to be changed in a very short space of time. We had Umbro until New Year’s Eve, and then the day after it was Adidas,” said Santoft.

Asked if it was easier to secure such high-profile friendlies as the Argentina game when both teams shared the same supplier, Santoft smiled. “I wouldn’t say that, but it certainly didn’t make it more difficult.”

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Redknapp hails hero Cesar as he waits for reinforcements

Draw disappoints Wigan boss Martinez

Keeper justifies inclusion with brilliant display against the champions

By Phil Medlicott

By James Olley HARRY Redknapp began the evening naming two goalkeepers on Queens Park Rangers’ bench to make another statement about the paucity of squad options with the transfer deadline drawing ever nearer.

He ended it hailing a third who had at one stage embodied the club’s calamitous transfer policy but is fast becoming a symbol of genuine hope that QPR can avoid relegation from the Premier League.

Manchester City were not at their slickest but they still created enough to earn victory at Loftus Road on Tuesday night were it not for Julio Cesar’s virtuoso performance.

The home side defended admirably, again displaying a new-found organisation and resilience under Redknapp that has helped generate hope from despair.

Yet QPR still needed Cesar to be at his very best, clawing away Gareth Barry’s first-half effort with superb agility before twice thwarting David Silva after the interval as City searched for a precious winner.

There were other less spectacular saves but after an early scare in which Cesar fumbled a Silva corner and Pablo Zabaleta’s diving header hit the bar, the 33year-old’s handling was impeccable as he repelled the champions.

Opposite number Joe Hart, who made his own contribution to the goalkeeping heroics on show with a fine stop to deny Adel Taarabt at the end of a piercing run from the midfielder, felt suitably moved to swap shirts with

Julio Cesar is fast becoming a symbol of genuine hope that QPR can avoid relegation from the Premier League

Cesar in the centre-circle at the end.

This was how it was supposed to be when QPR signed Cesar, a player with one Champions League, five Serie A titles and a Copa America with Brazil on a glittering CV, on a free transfer last summer.

Yet Cesar arrived weeks after Rob Green had moved to Loftus Road in the belief he would be the club’s No.1 keeper.

It smacked of a scattergun approach to the transfer market that created a fractious QPR dressing room

with longer-serving players on modest wages resentful of newcomers on disproportionate incomes.

“It would be very hard to leave Cesar out of the team, for sure,” said Redknapp.

“Rob Green has done fantastic when he has played as well. I am lucky that I have two good keepers and I want to keep them both around. They are both great pros. But Cesar is exceptional, there’s no doubt.

“You only have to look at his record and what he has done in the game. It is just amazing. He has won eve-

rything. He is an amazing keeper.”

QPR have now conceded just one goal in four League matches since the turn of the year and Redknapp believes momentum is building.

“Everybody worked, did their jobs and you can’t ask for more,” he said. “That’s on the back of Chelsea away, Tottenham, West Ham away, West Brom. It’s a fantastic run. When you look at the games that were coming, the amount of points we had taken, the way we have performed has been excellent.”

Despite their mini-revival in the League, doubts must remain about QPR’s ability to stay up and Redknapp admitted as much by claiming “we’d be in trouble” if several more players do not arrive at the club.

Chairman Tony Fernandes was not at the game, claiming on Twitter he was “working hard to sign a couple of players”, but nevertheless Redknapp provided an unsubtle reminder of the need to spend by naming goalkeeper Brian Murphy alongside Green on the teamsheet.

Newcastle’s French connection clicks in ‘massive’ win over Villa

By Tom Pilcher

Relief: Newcastle won their relegation battle against Aston Villa with a 2-1 away win

NEWCASTLE United’s French spending spree paid immediate dividends in their fight against Premier League relegation with a “massive” 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Aston Villa on Tuesday night.

Newcastle, plagued by injuries and languishing in 15th place having finished a surprise fifth last season, have signed five French players in the January transfer window.

Assured debuts by midfielder Moussa Sissoko and forward Yoan Gouffran, among 11 Frenchmen in the Newcastle squad, silenced the doubters.

“Welcome to the English league for the French boys.

Every one of them put in a great shift,” defender Steven Taylor told the club’s website.

“It was a massive, massive win. That feels like one of the most important games I’ve ever played in a black and white jersey,” added the 27-year-old after Newcastle pulled four points clear of the drop zone.

Taylor laughed off suggestions that there was a culture and language clash at Newcastle amid reports of club fines for players not speaking in English.

“They (the French players) got up one by one and sang in front of the lads. It’s great and it’s what we need at this

football club - that togetherness,” said Taylor who grew up in Newcastle.

Gouffran was impressed by the famous Newcastle away support, numbering over 2,500 at Villa Park.

“They were magnificent, absolutely superb. You just don’t get that sort of support in France,” said the exBordeaux forward.

Manager Alan Pardew, under pressure having been given an eight-year contract by owner Mike Ashley in September on the back of his success last year, said France midfielder Sissoko had been a great find.

“Sissoko is a class act, trust me. Everything that I thought he might do for this team, he delivered,” he said.

WIGAN manager Roberto Martinez was proud of the character his side showed at Stoke - but ultimately disappointed they could only come away from the contest with a point.

The Latics scored two fine goals at the Britannia Stadium through James McArthur’s clipped finish in the 50th minute and striker Franco Di Santo’s volley in the 61st, although it only served as a fightback after the visitors had twice been punished for lapses at the back.

Ryan Shawcross had put Stoke in front in the 23rd minute, slotting in when Jean Beausejour’s attempted clearance off a free-kick had struck team-mate James McCarthy and fallen into the Potters captain’s path.

Peter Crouch then made it 2-0 in the 48th minute, tucking home the rebound when Ali Al Habsi parried Charlie Adam’s shot.

Reflecting on the 2-2 draw, Martinez said: “I feel we went into half-time with Stoke having too much to show for their efforts.

“The goal was from a freekick where we were very unfortunate - we don’t clear it, it hits James McCarthy on the back of his head and we are 1-0 down.

That was the only shot on target they had.

“Then in the second half I thought we grew into the game and controlled it.

“One counter-attack gave them a two-goal lead and I don’t think there are many teams at the Britannia Stadium that would be able to come back from that.”

Premier League Arsenal Liverpool

2 2

Everton West Brom

2 1

Norwich Tottenham

1 1

Fulham West Ham

3 1

Man United Southampton

2 1

Reading Chelsea

2 2

Cyprus Cup Last 16 Second Legs Olympiakos 3 AEK 3 AEK win 4-3 on aggregate Apollon 1 Nea Salamina 0 Apollon win 2-0 on aggregate

Africa Cup Algeria Ivory Coast

2 2

Togo Tunisia

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M Monster: Garrett McNamara is said to have broken his own world record for the largest wave ever surfed in Nazare, Portugal

Surfing legend rides record 100-foot wave SURFING legend Garrett McNamara was but a speck on this enormous wall of water as he appeared to set a new world record for the biggest wave ever ridden.

McNamara caught the towering wave believed to have measured around 100ft - off the coast of Nazare, in Portugal.

If the claims are verified the US born star will have beaten his own record, which was also set at Nazare, when he successfully rode a 78ft high break at the end of 2011.

McNamara, 45, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but his family moved to Hawaii’s North Shore when he was 11 where he followed in his older brother Liam’s footsteps and began to surf. He started competing professionally at the age of 17 and spent ten years on the circuit with his brother.

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forced dozens of feet beneath the water, or slamming into a reef or the ocean floor, if he had wiped out on the massive wave.

His 2011 record was confirmed by a panel of experts at the annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.

He had skillfully rode a 78ft wave - beating the record held by Mike Parson since 2008.

The surfer said at the time that hearing his name announced at the awards ceremony gave him ‘a bigger rush’ than actually riding the wave.

Yesterday, McNamara said he is less concerned about his place in history -assuming his wave is verified as the new record to beat for future high-surf achievers.

A large part of his and wife Nicole’s satisfaction in riding this historic swell is in the attention the fea feat might bring to the people, cult culture, and waves of Nazare Nazare.

“T “There is nowhere in the world even re remotely like i for enjoying it t the power and s size of waves so clo close,” McNamara said. “It is mesmerising to cl and watch sit on the cliff t the waves and there is nowhere fee is that we will like it, but all I feel th place with a be able to share this peopl p e.” few more people.”

Fearless: Garrett McNamara prepares for his breathtaking feat

ARIO Balotelli says he had no hesitation in deciding to move from Manchester City to AC Milan because it had been a longterm ambition.

The Italy striker underwent a medical yesterday before his transfer to the seventime European champions for an initial fee of 22m euros (£19m).

“I’d wanted to play for Milan for such a long time,” said the 22-year-old.

“Obviously I played for other teams and couldn’t come.

But when there was the chance, I ran.”

City signed Balotelli from Inter Milan for £24m in 2010 and he scored 30 goals in 80 appearances for the club.

He helped City to the Premier League title last season, but has managed only three strikes in 20 matches this time round.

“I didn’t have a good start to the season with City and I hope to do well here at Milan,” said the Palermo-born forward.

Balotelli flew to Milan by private jet yesterday afternoon with the Italian club’s vice-president Adriano Galliani.

Milan reached an agreement with City on Tuesday and Balotelli will sign a fourand-a-half-year contract.

Balotelli’s departure follows a training ground altercation with City manager Roberto Mancini on January 3 - the latest in a series of controversies in his time at City.

Galliani has described the signing as a “dream come true”.

A large group of reporters, photographers and fans gathered at Malpensa Airport but were disappointed when Balotelli was escorted out of a different exit than expected after a delayed flight to Italy, but Galliani has now spoken.

Quoted on the club’s website, acmilan.com, he said: “I certainly do not have to introduce Mario Balotelli.

“It is a dream come true and something that we all wanted, with the president Silvio Berlusconi at the forefront.

“With the arrival of Mario,

Welcome: Mario Balotelli arrives at the AC Milan medical centre yesterday ahead of his big-money move we have strengthened our team a lot.

“We have worked so hard and Mario has been in our hearts for a long time and finally we have succeeded in signing him.”

Mancini yesterday claimed the Italy forward could go on to become one of the best players in the world following his move.

FANTASTIC PLAYER “He is a fantastic player but I think for him this could be an important chance to go back to Italy and play for another top club like Milan.

“I hope he can continue to improve because he can become one of the world’s best players.”

Mancini believes Balotelli did ‘very well’ in his twoand-a-half years with City, although concedes this season

has proved more difficult.

He was also quick to deny suggestions the departure was related to difficulties in dealing with the forward.

“No, no, no, not for me,” he said. “For me, Mario was like another of my children.

“Mario is this but you can be upset with him sometimes.

“The club told me they had this from Milan. I spoke with Mario and I think he wanted this.

“I think for him after three years in England to come back to Italy will be good for him.”