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Explosions hit Boston race Deaths and injuries after massive blasts hit spectators at finishing line of famous marathon By Scott Malone and Tim McLaughlin

WO EXPLOSIONS hit the Boston Marathon as runners crossed the finish line yesterday, killing at least two people and injuring 23 on a day when tens of thousands of people pack the streets to watch one of the world’s best known marathons. Boston police also reported another explosion at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, which is three miles from the marathon’s finishing line. “We are not certain that these incidents are related, but we are treating them as if they are,” Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis told a news conference. Boston police said two people were killed and 23 injured in the explosions on the marathon scene. Two high-level US law enforcement officials said one or more bombs were responsible for the explosions. “It sounded like a sonic boom. I haven’t stopped shaking yet,” said Melissa Stanley, who watched her daughter cross the finish line four minutes before the explosions. A fireball rose from behind spectators and a row of flags, video posted on the New York Post website showed. Other pictures showed blood stains on the ground and several people knocked down. Massachusetts General

Hospital was treating 19 victims of the explosion in its emergency room, six of them in critical condition, a spokeswoman said. Witnesses said two explosions hit as spectators were cheering on people finishing the Boston Marathon, which was first run in 1897. Reporters in the media centre heard two blasts. Mike Mitchell of Vancouver, Canada, a runner who had finished the race, said he was looking back at the finish line and saw a “massive explosion.” Smoke rose 50 feet in the air, Mitchell said. People began running and screaming after hearing the noise, Mitchell said. “Everybody freaked out,” Mitchell said. Ambulances, fire trucks and dozens of police vehicles converged at the finish line. US President Barack Obama was notified and directed his administration to provide whatever assistance was necessary, the White House said. Obama was being briefed by Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco and other staff, the White House said. Authorities tightened security in Washington and New York. “Blood everywhere, victims carried out on stretchers. I saw someone lose their leg, people are crying,” the Boston Globe’s Steve Silva reported from the scene, the

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Chaos in the seconds after two bombs exploded near the ﬁnishing line of the Boston marathon

Cypriot bank depositors set to lose up to €8b LARGE depositors who kept their money in the two biggest Cypriot banks stand to lose up to €8.3 billion through the restructuring of the two institutions, a European Commission document showed. It is part of an estimated total €10.6 billion contribution from investors for restructuring the Cypriot banking sector, which also includes wiping out shareholders and bondholders in Laiki, or Popular, Bank as well as imposing losses on junior bondholders in the Bank of Cyprus and a deposit-for-equity swap. Cyprus will close Laiki, its second biggest bank, and restructure its biggest, Bank of Cyprus, in return for an interna-

tional loan of €10 billion over three years, without which the country would be unable to pay its debts. The Eurogroup decision on March 25 set the terms of the bailout, which included massive losses for uninsured depositors with over €100,000 in Laiki and Bank of Cyprus. In a ﬁrst for the eurozone, the two banks’ depositors are being forced to contribute to the recapitalisation of the institutions, along with shareholders and bond holders. “The bail-in of uninsured depositors of Laiki and Bank of Cyprus will provide an estimated contribution to recapitalisa-

tion of €8.3 billion,” said the document, dated April 12 and marked “ﬁnal”. In a footnote, it added: “This is a maximum estimate. The ﬁnal amount will depend inter alia on the conversion under the debt-for-equity swap in Bank of Cyprus and the recoveries of Laiki Bank.” A Cyprus Central Bank source said yesterday, however, that the total amount of depositors’ contribution cannot be calculated until the government completes its list of those organisations and institutions exempted from the haircut in the two banks.

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35 years ago, Sunday April 16, 1978

Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilich Lenin returns to Russia after years in exile to lead the Bolsheviks.

The Cyprus government yesterday advised against precipitate comments on the Turkish proposals and deplored any attempt at home or abroad to gloss over the Turkish package before the full contents were known and examined. The government spokesman said that decisions would be taken only after the Turkish proposals had been ofﬁcially received and after a meeting of the National Council and the Council of Ministers.

1947 The term ‘Cold War’, to describe relations between the West and the Soviet Union, is ﬁrst used in a speech by ﬁnancier Bernard Baruch in America.

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Martin Luther King writes his famous ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ protesting against segregation in the US.

1964 In England, 12 men are sentenced between them to a total of 307 years in prison for their parts in the ‘Great Train Robbery.’

1993 The Balkan War: The UN votes to make the Bosnian town of Srebrenica a safe haven.

Rauf Denktash is giving a press conference in Nicosia today amidst reports that he is soon to replace Dr Kuchuk as ofﬁcial leader of the Turkish community. Dr Kuchuk is to step down and go abroad for health reasons, to pave the way for Denktash to assume the leadership with Ankara’s support.

55 years ago, Wednesday April 16, 1958 William Henry Louis Dear, the police liaison ofﬁcer who was shot in Varosha on Monday, died of his wounds at midnight last night. Dear, aged 61, a Special Branch interrogator, is the ﬁrst Briton to die at gunmen’s hands since EOKA declared its truce in March of last year. Security forces were hunting last night for two men wanted in connection with the attack.

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EAC to get tough on late payments Authority says it is suffering from a lack of liquidity as a result of different factors By Poly Panteldies THE ELECTRICITY Authority of Cyprus (EAC) said yesterday it planned to resume supply cuts to customers with outstanding payments because the authority was facing severe liquidity problems. “In cases of non-payment of bills, the EAC will have no choice but to shortly re-start cutting off electricity supply,” it said in a statement yesterday. It said it was facing liquidity problems because of a series of price cuts to customers and a reduction in its overdraft limits. The 5.75 per cent surcharge imposed in 2011 for the Mari blast was recently scrapped by the energy regulator who also in February altered a formula for calculating EAC fuel costs, which has seen a further 4.0 per cent bill reduction on average. He has also ordered a further 5.0 per cent reduction on bills’ basic tariff rate, effective from April and May. The EAC had not cut power to customers caught up in the two-week closure of the banks in March, which further reduced cash ﬂow. Also it says, some banking institutions have limited the EAC’s overdrafts and so the authority is unable to draw on about €35 million it previously had access to, EAC chairman Charalambos Tsouris told

journalists during a news conference yesterday. EAC spokesman Costas Gavrielides said that at any given moment the EAC expects some €130 million to flow in from customers, a figure which includes late payments, payments that are due but not late, or in bills that are due to be sent out. This figure has now climbed by around €30 million, a phenomenon which began between 2011 and 2012, when the crisis started biting, Gavrielides said. He was not able to say yesterday how many customers were actually late in paying bills this year. He said that the EAC had been quick to announce that it would not be cutting off supply to people during a prolonged bank closure while Cyprus and its lenders were putting together a bailout programme. The banks opened their doors with capital controls on March 28 after two weeks. “But many people and businesses just stopped paying altogether,” Gavrielides said. In its statement, the EAC cited the series of reductions in electricity bills as also having contributed to its reduced liquidity. “These reductions come alongside recent financial developments which have significantly worsened the electricity authority’s liquidity,” the EAC said. “The EAC appeals to all its customers

who have not paid their bills after the payment deadline to proceed with bill payments so that the electricity authority can also respond it its own obligations,” the statement said. The authority said some of those obligations, such as paying for fuels, could not be postponed. The EAC receives over 20 fuel shipments a year, at an approximate total cost of €650 million a year, the authority’s spokesman said. The EAC posted about €95 million profit in 2012, an increase of €20 million from 2011. Some €48 million of the 2012 profit went to paying back debt. Gavrielides also said that with reduced electricity demand, profits would fall by an estimated gross €40 million this year. Despite that, the authority had introduced price reductions “for the sake of the country even if the move was not appropriate given the financial situation”. The EAC has said it would soon be ready to submit a costsaving plan to the authorities. The EAC had 2,370 permanent staff on its payroll in 2011, compared to 2,417 in 2010, according to the auditor-general’s 2011 report on semi-governmental organisations. On average in 2011, salaries, pension fund contributions and benefits cost the EAC close to €58,000 on average per person each year, the report said.

Nicosia Supreme, Criminal and District courts were evacuated yesterday after a bomb-threat was called in at 9.20am, police said. Roughly 1,000 people were evacuated for around 90 minutes while a special police unit and sniffer-dogs searched all of the buildings. No traces of explosives were found (Christos Theodorides)

Around 60,000 unsafe mortar shells ‘scattered’ in storehouses By Poly Pantelides SOME 60,000 mortar shells scattered across multiple National Guard (NG) storehouses in Cyprus and bought decades ago may no longer be safe, the defence minister has said. Fotis Fotiou and representatives of the (unnamed) French manufacturers inspected some of the sites holding the munitions yesterday, which are due to be shipped to France for destruction. “I was obliged to expedite action because I was clearly told by the NG leadership that these (mortar shells) needed to be destroyed yesterday even, and are dangerous,” Fotiou said. He was conﬁrming a report by daily news-

paper Politis saying that some of the mortar shells seemed to have deteriorated, but added that there were more mortar shells than originally reported, roughly 60,000 of them kept in 20-25 different storehouses. Fotiou said that according to the manufacturer if the mortar shells – bought during the 90s – are kept in their original package, unused and unmoved, then there are no grounds to worry. “But you understand that as of the moment these munitions are in 20 or 25 storehouses, then we should worry,” Fotiou said. But Fotiou said that “this problem appeared in 2009”. In 2009, a sample check showed that some of the mortar shells were leaking red liquid, the Cyprus Mail was told. A year later, the manufacturer recommended the mortar shells

be shipped to France for maintenance and destruction as necessary, because Cyprus lacked the facilities. Although authorities rejected the proposal in 2010, the manufacturers visited again in 2011 for a check and ﬁled a report in late 2012 to arrange for the mortar shells to be shipped to France over nine months, a source told the Cyprus Mail. Fotiou said yesterday that the nine month timeframe was “too long,” adding he had issued instructions to the NG to expedite the process. “All of the mortar shells will be shipped to France for destruction,” he said. “Any parent would worry after Mari,” Fotiou said, referring to the Mari munitions blast in July 2011 that killed 13 people.

“The only solution is to destroy (the munitions),” he added although he said they were taking all precautions in the meantime. But Fotiou said he did not know how the mortar shells became altered and whether there was any mishandling. A series of public inquiries into the Mari blast exposed a bureaucratic system that enabled chronic inaction by ofﬁcials across departments. After the blast, the defence ministry started destroying obsolete munitions, destroying hundreds of tonnes by mid-2012. Parliament’s defence committee is due to discuss the mortar shells on Thursday. The committee’s head Giorgos Varnava said they were not informed about the matter and denounced having to ﬁnd out through the media.

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President responds to Draghi on Central Bank Governor By Stefanos Evripidou PRESIDENT NICOS Anastasiades has written a letter to European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi allegedly listing the shortcomings of Cyprusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades, it was reported yesterday. In the initial letter, which was also sent to House President Yiannakis Omirou, Draghi reminded both men that a central bank governor could only be dismissed on grounds speciďŹ ed by EU law, adding that any dismissal would be subject to review by the EUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Court of Justice. Speaking on Sunday, Anastasiades said he planned to inform Draghi about some incidents which he hoped would be taken to heart, hinting that had there been the

Capital controls relaxed further THE FINANCE Ministry has further eased capital restrictions via an eighth decree issued late on Sunday. The new regimen will hold for a period of seven days. Under the new decree, transfers per person are increased to â&#x201A;Ź3,000 per month within the Republic, compared to â&#x201A;Ź2,000 previously, whereas transfers of deposits/funds to accounts held in other credit institutions are raised to â&#x201A;Ź50,000 per month per legal entity compared to â&#x201A;Ź10,000. The decree further allows transfers of deposits/funds to an account held in another credit institution within Cyprus for an amount from â&#x201A;Ź50,001 up to â&#x201A;Ź300,000 for transactions that fall within the normal business activity of the customer, upon presentation of justifying documents, without being subject to the approval of a committee set up by the Central Bank. Cashless payments and/or transfer of deposits/funds for an amount over â&#x201A;Ź300,000 for transactions that fall within the normal business activity of the customer are allowed following approval by the committee. The ministry clariďŹ ed that bank transactions of up to â&#x201A;Ź300,000 domestically, which it allowed in a decree published on Friday, were not allowed from one bank to another to an account belonging to the same individual. Transfers of deposits/ funds outside the Republic up to â&#x201A;Ź2,000 per month, per person for each credit institution regardless of the purpose, are allowed. The â&#x201A;Ź300 per day cash withdrawal limit remains in place.

proper supervision by European institutions, Cyprus wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in the position itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in now. Government spokesman Christos Stylianides yesterday conďŹ rmed that a reply letter had been sent and that parliament would be informed about the contents. According to state broadcaster, CyBC, Anastasiades replied to Draghi yesterday in a six-page letter, clarifying neither the government nor parliament had initiated proceedings to dismiss Demetriades.

CRITICAL OVER ACTIONS TAKEN In the letter, the president allegedly critically examined some of the actions taken by the central bank governor since taking ofďŹ ce last May. CyBC reported that Anastasiades referred to Demetriades allowing the uncontrolled ďŹ&#x201A;ow of money from

the ECBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency liquidity assistance to Laiki. He also allegedly hinted that a measure of blame could be apportioned to the EU institutions, referring to violations of ECB regulations in the process. Anastasiades then highlighted Demetriadesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; failure to include a thorough investigation of Laiki in the mandate drawn up for private ďŹ rm Alvarez and Marsal, noting that the problem in the Cyprus banking sector was clearly much more serious for Laiki than Bank of Cyprus. The president also reportedly criticised Demetriades for his poor implementation of what has been agreed with the Eurogroup so far. Apart from the alleged contents of the letter, Demetriades also drew ďŹ re from coalition partners DISY and DIKO yesterday with MPs Prodromos Prodromou and Nicolas Papadopoulos both calling for his resignation during a daytime news show on CyBC.

Raft of measures to help economy Anastasiades lowers threshold for buying citizenship, cabinet in two-day meeting THE GOVERNMENT is to ease citizenship rules for foreign investors who lost money under an EU bailout deal, as part of a series of planned measures to salvage what it can of its reputation as a business centre. President Nicos Anastasiades said new steps, mostly affecting the Russian business community, would be approved at a cabinet meeting. Speaking at a Russian business conference in Limassol on Sunday evening, Anastasiades said the new measures would â&#x20AC;&#x153;mitigate to some extent the damageâ&#x20AC;? Russian investors had endured. In exchange for a â&#x201A;Ź10bn rescue package, agreed by the EU and IMF, Cyprus must wind down Laiki Bank and write-off a large portion of secured debt and uninsured deposits in the Bank of Cyprus. Russians have billions of euros in Cypriot bank deposits, and some could lose up to 60 per cent of their savings under a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;haircutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Anastasiades said foreign investors who held deposits prior to 15 March, and who lost at least â&#x201A;Ź3m would be eligible to apply for Cypriot citizenship. And the existing â&#x20AC;&#x153;citizenship by investmentâ&#x20AC;? programme will also be revised to reduce the amount of investment required to be eligible from â&#x201A;Ź10m to â&#x201A;Ź3m. The president said he

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would drop requirements for citizenship applicants to keep â&#x201A;Ź15m in Cypriot banks for ďŹ ve years, saying they would be allowed immediate access to their money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These decisions will be deployed in a fast-track manner,â&#x20AC;? Anastasiades said at the Global Russia Business Meeting. In his speech, the President said he was conďŹ dent that Russian businesses would not leave the country despite the banking turmoil and any losses they may have suffered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cyprus is neither a moneylaundering hub nor a tax haven,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What saddens me deeply - and I refrain from using the word angers - is that since the Eurogroup agreement was reached, some EU partnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; businesses and companies involved in the ďŹ nancial services industry have been preying upon our ďŹ nancial services sector, in order to encourage a re-allocation of funds into their economies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ironically, their governments claim that these funds were deposited and invested in Cyprus through moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; laundering activities. This is obviously an absurd paradox,â&#x20AC;? Anastasiades remarked. The two-day conference, which ends today, is being held at the Four Seasons Hotel. Organised by Horasis, it is hosted by the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA). Attending are hundreds of senior business and government ofďŹ cials from several countries. Keynote speakers include Igor Manylov, Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Mikhail Ku-

zovlev, Chairman of the Board of JSC Bank of Moscow and Chairman of the Business Council for Co-operation with Cyprus. Meanwhile the government is working on a raft of steps designed to reboot the economy in the wake of the massive restructuring of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s banking sector. The policies are being framed by the cabinet which convened for almost ďŹ ve hours yesterday and will continue deliberations today. According to commerce minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis, a top priority is the immediate launch of development projects. Such projects would include the construction of marinas and golf courses, an energy centre and a technological park, as well as a focus on renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic units. The labour ministry yesterday put forward a number of proposals to curb unemployment, including: subsidised employment programmes; granting state land to the unemployed for farming; coming down on illegal employment; removing unemployment beneďŹ ts to those who reject three job proposals; introducing a scheme to employ 3,000 workers in the hotel industry; and extending the period that hotels remain open. Other employment proposals include: extending business hours for shops and companies; reducing working hours and salary; targeted vocational training; and a reduction in vocational training subsidies

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President Nicos Anastasiades speaks with participants of the annual charity walk for cancer, Christodoula March, on Sunday. He promises fast-track measures for economy which currently stands at â&#x201A;Ź8 per hour. According to state broadcaster CyBC, the ministry also proposed measures to reduce the cost of beneďŹ ts provided mainly to foreigners in Cyprus, by replacing much

of the amount with coupons, food and clothing while also introducing income criteria. The package of measures is expected to be announced later this week. (see editorial page 13)

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Depositors could lose as much as €8 billion in haircut Risk of euro exit to remain elevated in coming years (continued from front page) So far, these include educational institutes and municipalities, while a final decision remains pending on what to do with insurance deposits and provident funds. According to Reuters, the final version of the Commission document no longer makes the distinction found in an April 9 draft - between gross financing needs, which include money that Cyprus can generate itself, and net financing needs, which is the amount Nicosia needs to borrow. In the draft, the Commission said the gross financing needs of Cyprus between the second quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2016 would be €23 billion- €6 billion more than initially estimated last month- of which €13 billion would come from Cyprus. That meant the net financing needs were €10 billion, of which the eurozone bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) would provide €9 billion and the International Monetary Fund the remaining €1 billion. Of the €10 billion loan, €2.5 billion is earmarked for the recapitalisation of the rest of the restructured banking sector, in case more people than expected cannot pay back loans, money possibly needed to recapitalise the Hellenic Bank and the island’s cooperative banks. A further €4.1 billion of the loan will go to redeem maturing debt and €3.4 billion to cover government expenses. The Cypriot banking sector got into trouble mainly because it lost €4 billion, or 22 percent of Cypriot GDP, on the restructuring of Greek sovereign debt last year, which itself was a condition for a second emergency loan package

from the eurozone to Greece. After the closure of Laiki, the sell-off of Greek subsidiaries of Cypriot banks and the restructuring of the Bank of Cyprus, the sector’s size relative to the economy will have halved, to about 350 percent of Cypriot GDP. Meanwhile, ratings agency Moody’s released a report yesterday stating the bailout agreement for Cyprus fails to address the island’s fundamental solvency issues, predicting a second memorandum for the struggling island and a continuation of the uncertainty over a possible euro exit. According to financial news site MNI, Moody’s says if the deal is approved by eurozone parliaments, it will provide Cyprus with much-needed liquidity and reduce its risk of an immediate default. It adds, however: “Despite the relief from liquidity pressure, Cyprus still faces formidable economic and financial problems. We believe that achieving debt sustainability will likely require additional official support or a restructure of existing debt, and therefore, we expect the risk of default and euro-area exit to remain elevated in the coming years”. Moody’s notes Cyprus will have to come up with an extra €6 billion through additional taxes, gold sales and potential further imposition on bank depositors. The ratings agency expects Cyprus’ nominal GDP to contract by at least 12 per cent by 2015. It adds that the immediate downsizing of the Cypriot banking system “fundamentally impairs the sector’s potential contribution to growth for years to come”.

Inquiry panel starts Friday THE COMMITTEE of Inquiry appointed to probe into possible civil, criminal or political liabilities concerning developments in Cyprus’ banking sector and economy will hold its ﬁrst public hearing on Friday. According to an announcement, the three-member committee met yesterday at the Filoxenia Conference Centre, where the decision was taken to request the Finance Ministry’s permanent secretary Christos Patsalides to appear before the committee on Friday morning. Patsalides will be the ﬁrst to do so. The committee is made up of former and present Supreme Court judges, Giorgos Pikis, Panayiotis Kallis and Andreas Kramvis.

The Ports Authority, and Cyta say they will ﬁnd the funds to satisfy the troika without privatisations

‘Spare us the sell-off, we’ll find the money’ By Stefanos Evripidou SEMI-GOVERNMENT organisations (SGOs) have offered to come up with the money demanded by the troika in exchange for sparing them from privatisation. The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) and Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) yesterday criticised the troika’s demands to come up with €1.4 billion through privatisations of SGOs, saying they believe they can use their own resources to cover the amount demanded by the troika as part of Cyprus’ bailout agreement. Speaking after a meeting of the House Finance Committee, Cyta chairman Stathis Kittis said privatisations were not necessary, especially. “These organisations which contribute to the state and that are a part of the economic machin-

ery of the state, providing ﬁnancial resources to the state, do not need to be privatised,” said Kittis. He said Cyta and other SGOs could commit themselves to pooling resources to come up with a certain amount every year in order to collect over the next eight to ten years up to €2 billion to cover the €1.4 billion requested by the troika from privatisations. He highlighted that over the past four years Cyta has already returned to the state between €250m and €300 million, and that a much larger amount could be gathered. CPA chairman Chrysis Prentzas also said a sell-off would not serve the public interest. What was needed was the modernisation and restructuring of the organisations. He expressed certainty that the CPA could make a substantial contribution to the state without the need for privatisation, noting that the

authority expected to increase its revenue substantially with the development of Cyprus’ energy sector. The House Committee meeting discussed the 2013 budgets of both organisations. Cyta’s budget for 2013 foresees €485m in revenue (a reduction of 6.8 per cent over 2012) and expenditure of €438m (a decrease of 12.9 per cent compared to the year before). The 2013 budget for CPA forecasts revenue of €56m and costs of €38m. Kittis informed parliament that Cyta currently had €131m in deposits, of which €42m are in Laiki and €14m in Bank of Cyprus. The telecoms pension fund, worth €750m in total, has €72m in Bank of Cyprus, €84m in Laiki and €28m in bank bonds. The government has yet to complete its list of which organisations and funds will be exempt from the haircut on uninsured deposits imposed on the two banks.

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Probe commences into the actions of ousted DEFA boss Costas Ioannou being investigated in connection with previous role as head of energy regulator By Elias Hazou A PROBE is underway into possible criminal offences committed by Costas Ioannou in his previous role as head of the energy regulator. A police spokesman said yesterday that, depending on the outcome of the investigation, the force will recommend – or not - to the Attorney-general that the case warrants prosecution. Last week the Cabinet took a political decision to sack Ioannou from his current position as head of the natural gas public company DEFA. The move followed a report submitted to the cabinet by the Attorney-general, with the government spokesman speaking of “serious misconduct.” Ioannou, who has the right of appeal, has not been formally dismissed yet. In a brief phone conversation with the Mail, Ioannou yesterday declined comment but said that he planned to contest the decision. For their part, the police did conﬁrm that the investigation into Ioannou draws on an ongoing civil lawsuit ﬁled with Limassol district court. The lawsuit concerns a licence awarded to a Russian company to operate a private power station. The li-

cence was given in 2009 while Ioannou was chairman of the energy regulator, CERA. To obtain the licence, the company had engaged the services of Andreas Hayiannis as a mediator/facilitator. Hayiannis is a relative of Ioannou’s. PEC Powerenergy, the Russian company that Hayiannis was assisting, was a ‘special purpose vehicle’ whose ultimate goal was to sell its shares to another concern once it had acquired the licence from the energy regulator.

POSSIBLE BUYERS In addition to helping with the licence, Hayiannis’ arrangement with the Russian company also involved seeking out possible buyers for the Russian company. But according to Hayiannis’ sworn statement, the deal went sour in 2011 when a British company acquired all the shares of PEC Powerenergy. Hayiannis then sued the owners of the licence for not paying him his mediation fee. Hayiannis says that in September 2011 he was approached by someone who informed him of the British company’s interest in buying out the Russian license

holders. According to him, this person had a personal relationship with a member of the energy regulator. The first meeting to sound out the British company took place at Nicosia’s Hilton hotel in September 2011. Attending the meeting were representatives of Blue Tree Consultants, the aforementioned member of the energy regulator, a journalist, and the go-between who had found the British investors. Blue Tree Consultants is a corporate consulting firm founded in 2008. Its CEO is Giorgos Lillikas, a former commerce and foreign minister and a candidate in the recent presidential elections. Lillikas, Hayiannis and Ioannou hail from the village of Panagia, Paphos. Speaking to the state broadcaster yesterday, Lillikas denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest as he did not hold a ministerial portfolio at the time in question. “The British company simply asked me to consult them,” he said. Attempts to implicate him were nothing more than mudslinging, he added. It’s understood that the police investigation against Ioannou will proceed regardless of the outcome of Hayiannis’ lawsuit.

Ioannou was sacked from DEFA by the cabinet last week

Underdog Cyprus qualifies for poker finals at unique event By Bejay Browne CYPRUS triumphed at the prestigious European Nations Cup poker tournament held in Paphos over the weekend. This was the first time that Cyprus has hosted an official International Federation of Poker (IFP) competition and also the first time that digital technology was used to replace traditional playing cards during an official poker event. The Cyprus team will now join 17 top poker nations in the world to compete at the World Nations cup final in Germany in November. The vice president of the Cyprus Poker Association (CPA), Antonis Theophanides said: ““We are over the

moon, elated and delighted. We didn’t expect to qualify, it’s a dream come true. We just wanted to have a go and enjoy ourselves.” The CPA and its members have faced a number of problems with the Cyprus police. In July last year, police raided two venues in Larnaca and Limassol and arrested 31 CPA members on various charges relating to illegal gambling. Players insisted they were taking part in initial tryouts for the national team and that they weren’t playing for money which is illegal in Cyprus. Theophanides said that thankfully, the tournament passed without a hitch. A total of 84 players from 14 nations were vying for the top six places to qualify for the World Nations Cup

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAPHOS Probate Jurisdiction Application No: 22/13 In the matter of the Probate (Re- sealing Law), Cap. 192 and In the matter of Roger Nicholas Winsland, late of England, deceased. Notice is hereby given that on 20/5/13 at 9.00 o’ clock a.m. application will be made to the above named District Court of Paphos for the resealing of the probate of the Will of Roger Nicholas Winsland, late of England, deceased, granted by the High Court of Justice, District Probate Registry at Oxford on 23/10/12. Constantinos Kalavas, Advocate for Christopher George Winsland

ﬁnal later on this year. The two day international tournament took place at the Annabelle hotel in Paphos and attracted a number of famous names from the world poker. These included Ivan Demidov (Russia), Barney Boatman (UK), Neil Channing (UK), Juan-Manuel Pastor (Spain), Padraig Parkinson (Ireland) as well as well known poker commentator Jesse May. Constantinos Katodrytis, Cyprus National Poker Team Captain said: ”We came in as outsiders at this event. We were up against top teams with great players who have had much success on the international stage. After every session - we sat together, discussed tactics, what we did wrong and how we can put things right. Qualifying for

the world final was an incredible accomplishment for us.” The CPA was formed in 2010, and has been striving to have poker recognised as a mind sport and not gambling. The vice president added: ““There was a tremendous sense of national pride for the CPA and its national team to be hosting the event. And despite a slow start on the first day, the team managed a late rally to shoot up the rankings and leap-frog Poland into sixth place in the final hand of the tournament.” Patrick Nally, President of the IFP said: “We’re delighted that the technology worked and made history. We’re even more delighted to see Cyprus on the last hand win its way through to sixth position.”

Soldier stabbing case continues THREE BRITISH tourists facing manslaughter charges after the death of a British soldier at a nightclub appeared at Larnaca District Court yesterday. The defendants all British passport holders, two of Pakistani origin and the third of Somali descent, were arrested soon after the stabbing and have been kept behind bars since. Reliable sources indicate that dialogue has begun between the prosecution and defence lawyers, with the possibility of one of the defendants offering a guilty plea. All three men initially pleaded not guilty. The

case concerns the death of Fusilier David Lee Collins, 19, who was stabbed through the heart in the early hours of November 4 last year, while clubbing with three other soldiers. According to police, the soldiers became involved in a violent brawl with the holidaymakers, with the altercation leading to Collins being stabbed with a ﬂick knife and succumbing to his injuries just minutes later. An autopsy concluded that Collins died from a “ruptured heart caused by a sharp instrument.” He had been serving with 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at Dhekelia.

THE CURRENT economic turmoil has touched everyone on the island. However, it’s not all doom and gloom, says Danish Ambassador Kirsten Geelan. “When faced with an economic downturn and challenges, you have to maintain an outward looking perspective, to engage, innovate and modernise. To trade and to form partnerships,” says Geelan. “This is why the Danish Embassy in Cyprus is organising a shipping conference in co-operation with the Cyprus Shipping Chamber and a visiting delegation from the Danish Marine Group. We want to send the message that the vibrant shipping sector in Cyprus generating growth and employment opportunities is interesting for Danish companies.” The conference is entitled Operational Efficiency by Technology and will take place on April 18, 2013, at the Carob Mill in Limassol. “The Danish shipping industry has a long history of close cooperation with Cyprus and the event underlines that the shipping industry remains a key sector in the Cypriot economy. I am particularly pleased with the timing of the conference and the participation of a number of Danish companies underlining the resilience of the Cypriot economy and its continued ability to attract foreign interest,” she said. Advantages in vessel performance as well as energy and operational effectiveness are important elements for the shipping sector, and a crucial parameter for operating in a highly competitive market. “We hope that our conference can contribute with information on how to deal with these challenges presently and onwards. “Shipping is a Danish stronghold and Danish companies and the expertise and knowhow they represent remain at the forefront of the most advanced segments of the global shipping industry. The importance of Danish shipping is best illustrated by the fact that the fleet operated by Danish shipping companies transports approximately 10 per cent of all globally traded goods,” said Geelan. In Cyprus shipping contributes over 5 per cent of the GDP for ship management and 7 per cent of the GDP for ship owning while employing 4,500 people. “I see the potential for further growth,” said the Danish diplomat. “Denmark has more than 400 islands and like Cyprus is a seafaring nation hosting two of the largest merchant fleets in the world. We may be small in size and population but that is exactly why we have maintained an open economy and outward looking perspective.”

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Good news for public transport Bus companies in Nicosia and Limassol report hike in passengers as public becomes more frugal By Maria Gregoriou THE CRISIS has proved lucrative for public transport both in Limassol and Nicosia, the cities’ respective bus companies EMEL and OSEL said yesterday, although in general it would be better if people used the buses out of preference rather than necessity, they said. EMEL reported a 25 per cent hike in users in March and OSEL, 11 per cent since the beginning of the year. People are looking for ways to save money and are now being forced to look at how much they spend on buying, maintaining and running cars, Giorgos Kyriakou, EMEL director said. “Now that people are using the bus out of necessity, we should seize this opportunity to improve the system so when the bus

is used it is considered a pleasant experience. When the country starts to recover and people again have a choice of what kind of transport to use, they will choose the bus and not go back to the expense of using a privately owned car,” Kyriakou said. The bus company has suggested a modest increase in the fare, which is currently ﬁxed at €1. “This would be a small increase for a ticket but the income collected from a small rise would make a big difference to the company and would not affect the tax payer,” he said. Kyriakou suggested the government and the bus companies work closely together to make public transport the best that it can be. EMEL reviews its routes and timetables once a year Kyriacou said and takes into account recommen-

People wait for buses at Nicosia’s main terminal at Solomou Square in the old town dations from the public to remove routes that are not popular and to add others. Nicosia bus company OSEL also reported good news. “This is the ﬁrst time in the 30 months that the

Cypriot ice cream for China market PAPAPHILIPPOU Ice Cream Ltd has managed to break into the Chinese market where it is competing with some of the biggest manufacturers of ice cream in the world from America, Italy and other places. “The interest from the Chinese market was shown last year and this year we will start to export our ice cream there,” founder, Panayiotis Papaphilippou said. People representing supermarkets, hotels and cafes in China will meet with Papaphilippou’s board next month to conﬁrm the amount of ice cream required and the ﬂavours that will be exported. “These consumers are very interested in our lactose free ice cream which is made from fresh milk as 95 per cent of Chinese people are lactose intolerant,” Papaphilip-

pou said. Papahilipou Ice Cream Ltd is the only manufacturer in the world whose ice cream is lactose free. “We use fresh milk and fresh fruit for our ice cream,” Papaphilippou added. The company was founded in 1965 by Panayiotis and Christoforos Papaphilippou and now has four factories. It sells to 30 per cent of the market and to 2,650 agents across Cyprus. The company started exporting ice cream to other countries in 1989. It has constant exports to Britain, Greece, Lebanon, and Kuwait. There are also talks to export ice cream to Dubai and Qatar. It is one of the few companies in Cyprus that is licensed to produce the mastiha gum ﬂavour from Chios.

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bus service has been running that so many people have purchased a onemonth pass and have renewed it just before it expires. We have seen a gradual increase dur-

ing the last two months,” OSEL chairman Iordanis Iordanou said. “More people have been calling up enquiring about which bus they should take from their home to work. A great per-

centage of these people come from villages to Nicosia. They mention that they want to take the bus to cut down on petrol costs because of the economic crisis.”

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Focus on captain in Concordia case Italian prosecutors pursue trial for officers of luxury liner, Costa Concordia By Silvia Ognibene ITALIAN prosecutors yesterday launched a case to put ofﬁcers of the Costa Concordia on trial for the accident in which the giant cruise ship ran aground and capsized off the coast of Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Prosecutors argued at a preliminary hearing that ex-captain Francesco Schettino should be tried on charges including manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship in the accident. If convicted, Schettino could face 20 years in jail. The luxury liner was carrying over 4,000 passengers and crew when it came too close to shore in January

2012, hitting a rock that tore a gash in its hull and caused it to tip over onto its side, half submerged. It is still there off the island of Giglio, awaiting salvage. The former captain’s lawyer said Schettino did not cause the crash or abandon ship. “This was an accident at work. You cannot criminalise a man because he had an accident while working,” Francesco Pepe told reporters during a break in the hearing. The court in Grosseto in Tuscany, close to where the accident took place, will also consider whether ﬁve other ofﬁcers should face charges ranging from manslaughter to failure to co-operate with marine authorities. Those named by prosecutors, who hope a criminal

The Costa Concordia still lies off the coast of Giglio case will establish responsibility for the accident, are bridge ofﬁcers Ciro Am-

brosio and Silvia Coronica, helmsman Jacob Rusli, cabin services manager

Manrico Giampedroni and the fleet crisis co-ordinator, Roberto Ferrarini. Costa’s lawyer, Marco De Luca, argued that the firm should be allowed to seek damages for the loss of the cruise liner, a position opposed by lawyers representing victims of the crash. “Apart from the victims, Costa is the one that suffered the most damage. We lost a 500-million-euro ship,” De Luca told the Grosseto court. Hearings are scheduled up to April 24, meaning it will be at least a week before Judge Pietro Molino can issue a decision. Costa Cruises, the unit of Carnival Corp that owned and operated the Concordia, accepted a 1-millioneuro fine last week that ex-

empted it from a criminal trial - but not from private lawsuits. Lawyers for the local Giglio government said it would be seeking at least 80 million euros in damages from the company. Schettino was held up to ridicule after investigators of the accident said he brought the 290-metrelong Concordia too close to shore in a manoeuvre meant to “salute” Giglio island, and then left his ship before the evacuation was complete. A coastguard’s telephoned order to the captain, “Get back on board, damn it!” became a catch phrase in Italy after the accident prompted a bout of national soul-searching over responsibility and leadership during times of crisis.

French gay marriage bill brought forward

Captor of schoolgirl, imprisoned for eight years, acted alone

FRENCH police arrested dozens of protesters against same-sex marriage yesterday as left-wing lawmakers brought forward the deadline for the adoption of a law that will allow gays to tie the knot. One of France’s most important social reforms since the abolition of the death penalty in 1981 has majority backing in opinion polls but opponents have grown increasingly vocal as legislation edges towards approval in the Socialist-controlled parliament. Around 70 people were arrested early yesterday and placed in custody after they tried to set up a campsite outside the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, near the banks of the Seine river, a police official said. Another 19 protesters were stopped by police for identity checks late on Sunday as they waited for Interior Minister Manuel Valls to leave a concert hall in the capital. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in a string of demonstrations for and against the reform bill since it was floated last year. Opponents in the majority Catholic country comprise a mix of Catholic hardliners, social conservatives, French Muslims and evangelical Christians. The government sped up the approval process with a decision yesterday to call a final vote on the gay marriage legislation on April 23, weeks earlier than initially planned, according to a parliamentary source. The Senate upper house of parliament, which like the National Assembly is under left-wing control, backed the bill last week, after which a final parliamentary vote was slated to take place in late May.

THE MAN who kidnapped Austrian schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch in 1998 and held her in a secret cell under his house for eight years almost certainly acted alone, according to a report by special investigators including Americans and Germans. Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a tiny windowless room under his garage until she escaped in 2006, causing a sensation in Austria and abroad. Priklopil committed suicide. The original investigation found there were no accomplices. But theories of a second perpetrator and of a police cover-up to protect senior figures involved in a supposed child pornography ring persisted, and were partly supported by Kampusch’s father. Last July, Austria’s parliament appointed a team of experts including members of the FBI and Germany’s BKA Federal Crime Office to check whether mistakes were made in investigating one of the country’s most notorious crimes. “The evaluation showed that Wolfgang Priklopil almost certainly carried out the abduction alone,” BKA President Joerg Ziercke told a news conference in Vienna yesterday. “No connections could be established between Wolfgang P. and any red-light, sadomasochist or paedophile scene, despite wide-ranging investigations,” the experts wrote in a 156-page report. A film based on Kampusch’s autobiography, 3,096 Days, came out in February, showing her being starved and raped and occasionally let out of her six-square-metre cell to sleep in Priklopil’s bed or go on an outing.

Solar power city style: General view of the solar power station Halle Pajol during its inauguration in northern Paris. The huge rehabilitated Halle Pajol is the ﬁrst solar power station in Paris with 3500m2 of solar panels on its roof and the largest urban photovoltaic complex in France

Push to cut 80% from Dutch monarch’s pay By Thomas Escritt DUTCH republicans will launch a campaign today to cut the salary of the next monarch to a fraction of the 850,000 euros that they say Queen Beatrix now receives. Campaigners for the New Republican Fellowship pressure group are collecting signatures to force a parliamentary debate on a motion that would cut the new king’s salary to 150,000 euros, bringing it into line with the prime minister’s wages. Prince Willem-Alexander, 45, will succeed his mother as head of state when she abdicates on April 30 after

33 years on the throne. Beatrix is popular and the republican movement is very much a minority. But republicans believe that the 75-year-old queen’s tax-free salary is a weak point for monarchists. “We are asked to live more simply and save money, but the queen isn’t part of that deal, she does what she likes,” said Hans Maessen, head of the campaign. “She is very rich, she earns a lot of money, she doesn’t pay taxes, she’s laughing at us while we pay.” Mired in recession, the Netherlands is undergoing a bout of austerity alongside many other European countries in a bid to meet the Euro-

pean Union’s budget deﬁcit target of 3 per cent. Campaigners said Beatrix’s salary exceeds the 199,000-euro salary of the German president, the 150,000 euros earned by the King of Spain and dwarfs the $400,000 earned by US President Barack Obama. Republican campaigners would need 40,000 signatures to force a debate in the Dutch parliament. So far just 16 mostly left-of-centre members of the 150-seat parliament have said they will refuse to swear an oath to their new king at his investiture on April 30 in Amsterdam. The queen’s press ofﬁce was not immediately available to comment.

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Britain Wide-ranging review into horse meat scandal announced By Emily Beament THE GOVERNMENT is launching a wide-ranging review into the horse meat scandal to restore consumer conﬁdence in the food they buy. The move comes after a series of revelations that beef products sold in supermarkets and served in schools and hospitals contained horse meat.

The review will look at the responsibilities of food businesses and practices throughout the chain including auditing, testing, safety, food authenticity and health issues. It will also look at how vulnerable the food chain and food regulatory system is to being exploited for fraud. Food Minister David Heath said: “Consumers have a right to expect that food is exactly what it

says on the label. “We are establishing a wide-ranging review to help restore consumer conﬁdence by looking at our whole food system, identifying weaknesses and looking at what food businesses, regulators and government are responsible for.” The scandal ﬁrst began to unfold in January when it emerged that frozen burgers supplied to several supermarkets including Tesco contained horse DNA.

Investigations revealed other beef products sold by retailers including lasagne and spaghetti bolognese were contaminated while meals in schools and hospitals had to be withdrawn after it was found they contained horse meat. Last week Asda reported a test on its smart price corned beef had tested positive for very low levels of horse drug phenylbutazone, or bute, which is banned from the human food chain.

Scandal broke in January

Students ‘in danger’ over BBC Korea film

‘Great honour’ of silent bells

Film crew posed as LSE students to film in secret By Peter Griffiths THE NEW head of Britain’s BBC stumbled into a new threat to its journalistic reputation yesterday after its decision to use university students as a cover to film secretly in North Korea was branded “reckless and irresponsible”. Less than two weeks after taking up his post at an institution in turmoil after a sexual abuse scandal, BBC Director General Tony Hall faced accusations that his flagship news programme had used British students as “human shields”. Hall was brought in to rebuild the BBC’s image after accusations of a cover-up, managerial failings and editorial mistakes over abuses by Jimmy Savile, one of its best known entertainers. One BBC news executive said discussions about the documentary had gone “right to the top” and that Hall had been involved in talks about the film in recent days. It raised questions about its legal, ethical and moral position at a time when its managers are under unprecedented scrutiny. British universities said the BBC, with the North Korea documentary, had endangered students and

damaged their ability to work in sensitive areas around the world. “The entire enterprise was reckless and irresponsible from start to ﬁnish, as well as deeply dishonest,” said London School of Economics (LSE) Director Craig Calhoun. He said the documentary had put LSE students at “grave risk” in the hermit east Asian state, which has threatened the United States and South Korea with nuclear attacks. Nicola Dandridge, who leads the body that represents nearly all Britain’s universities, said the BBC “might not only have put students’ safety at risk, but may also have damaged our universities’ reputations overseas”. Calhoun said BBC journalists posed as LSE staff or students to “trick their way past” restrictions on Western journalists working in North Korea. Producers had told students only that they would be accompanied by “a journalist”, not a three-strong crew from Panorama, one of its best-known current affairs shows, he added. The BBC rejected LSE calls to cancel the programme, due to be aired in Britain last night and reafﬁrmed that it was in the public interest.

Mark Thatcher and his children Michael and Amanda leaving the former home of Baroness Thatcher yesterday. The former prime minister’s funeral will be held tomorrow

Increases for minimum wage BRITAIN’S government approved a 1.9 per cent rise in the minimum wage yesterday, giving the country’s lowest-paid employees a bigger increase than most other workers but one that is still less than inﬂation. The minimum wage for workers aged 21 and older will rise to 6.31 pounds ($9.70) an hour on October 1, up from 6.19 pounds and in line with recommendations from an independent panel of experts, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said. The increase will affect 1.79 million earners in Britain.

One hundred petition for Guantanamo man AN ONLINE petition calling for the release of a British detainee at Guantanamo Bay has reached more than 100,000 signatures putting it up for consideration for debate by MPs. Shaker Aamer, 44, was taken to the notorious US detention centre on February 14 2002 - 11 years ago - under suspicion of recruiting and ﬁnancing terror group al Qaeda. Aamer has never been charged or tried with an offence and remains detained despite the US authorities ofﬁcially approving him for transfer in 2009. Launched by Shaker’s father-in law Saeed Siddiqui, the petition calls on the government to “achieve the immediate transfer of

Shaker Aamer to the UK from continuing indeﬁnite detention in Guantanamo Bay”. As the petition has received more than 100,000 signatures, the Leader of the House of Commons Andrew Lansley has passed it to the Backbench Business Committee to consider for debate. The committee is meeting today. Through his lawyers, Aamer has alleged he was subjected to torture, including severe beatings and other ill-treatment, while held in secret US detention in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo. He is one of 166 detainees still held at Guantanamo - out of 779 men taken to the facility in the last 11 years.

BARONESS Thatcher’s children Sir Mark and Carol Thatcher yesterday said they appreciated the “great honour” of Big Ben and Westminster’s Great Clock falling silent during their mother’s funeral tomorrow. The decision was taken to silence the famous London landmarks as a mark of respect to the former prime minister who died last week aged 87. The last time the chimes of Westminster’s Great Clock were halted in this way was for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965, although the bells were silenced for a period in the 1970s by a mechanical breakdown. Lady Thatcher’s children issued a statement expressing their gratitude. They said: “Sir Mark and Carol Thatcher would like to express their appreciation for the great honour accorded to their mother by the announcement this afternoon by the Speaker of the House of Commons that Big Ben and the Great Clock will fall silent during tomorrow’s funeral.”

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A man is loaded into an ambulance after he was injured by one of two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon

A child is comforted by her father after the blasts (AFP)

‘A big bomb, a loud boom’ Competitors and race volunteers crying as they fled the chaos ABOUT two hours after the winners crossed the finish line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later. The Boston Marathon said that bombs caused the two explosions and that organisers were working with authorities to determine what happened. The Boston Police Department said two people were killed and 23 others injured. Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloodied spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. Authorities went onto the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile race were rerouted away from the smoking site. Roupen Bastajian, a 35-yearold state trooper from Rhode Island, had just finished the race when they put the heat blanket wrap on him and he heard the first blast. “I started running toward the blast. And there were

people all over the floor,” he said. “We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing.” A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding. “There are a lot of people down,” said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. Smoke rose from the blasts, fluttering through the national flags lining the route. TV helicopter footage showed blood staining the pavement in the popular shopping and tourist area known as the Back Bay. “There are people who are really, really bloody,” said Laura McLean, a runner from Toronto, who was in the medical tent being treated for dehydration when she was pulled out to make room for victims

Ambulances carrying the wounded away of the explosions. “They were pulling them into the medical tent.” Cherie Falgoust was waiting for her husband, who was running the race. “I was expecting my husband any minute,” she said. “I don’t know what this building is ... it just blew. Just a big bomb, a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don’t know

what it was. I just ducked.” Runners who had not ﬁnished the race were diverted straight down Commonwealth Avenue and into a family meeting area, according to an emergency plan that had been in place. The nearby Prudential Tower, the city’s second-tallest building with an upmarket shopping mall on the ground,

was evacuated, with the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel, according to media reports. Race day got started with 26 seconds of silence in honour of the victims of the December school shooting in Connecticut. A little more than two hours later, the lead runners passed the Mile 26 marker, which was decorated with the Newtown, Connecticut, seal and dedicated to the memory of those killed there. The annual marathon takes place on Patriot’s Day, a state holiday that celebrates the evacuation of Boston by the British in the American Revolution. A senior US intelligence ofﬁcial said two other explosive devices were found nearby. A third explosion was heard about an hour after the ﬁrst two after authorities warned spectators to expect a loud noise from a water cannon that police apparently were using to destroy one of the devices. Shortly after the explosions, Secret Service shut down Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, cordoning off the area with yellow police tape.

Hundreds of thousands of spectators (Continued from front page) Globe said on Twitter. Hundreds of thousands of spectators typically line the 26.2 mile race course, with the heaviest crowds near the ﬁnish line. The blasts occurred more than ﬁve hours after the start of the race, at a time when most top athletes were off the course but slower amateur marathoners were still running. The transit agency shut down all service to the area, citing police activity. Ambulances arrived on the scene within minutes and runners and spectators could be seen crying and consoling each other. The Boston Marathon has been held on Patriots Day, the third Monday of April, since 1897. The event, which starts in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and ends Boston’s Copley Square, attracts an estimated half-million spectators and some 20,000 participants every year. Earlier on Monday, Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa and Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo won the men’s and women’s events.

Venezuela oppostion disputes Maduro win By Andrew Cawthorne and Brian Ellsworth LATE socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela’s presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation. The 50-year-old former bus driver, whom Chavez named as his preferred heir before dying from cancer, edged out opposition challenger Henrique Capriles with 50.7 per cent

of the votes in Sunday’s election, according to election board returns. Capriles took 49.1 per cent, just 235,000 fewer ballots. Capriles, whose strong showing confounded most forecasts, refused to recognise the result and said his team had a list of more than 3,000 irregularities ranging from gunshots to the illegal reopening of polling centres. “I didn’t ﬁght against a candidate today, but against the whole abuse of power,” said Capriles, the 40-yearold governor of Miranda state, demanding a recount.

“Mr. Maduro, you were the loser ... This system is collapsing, it’s like a castle of sand - touch it and it falls.” A protracted election dispute could cause instability in a deeply polarised nation with the world’s largest oil reserves. Though some opposition supporters chanted “fraud,” burned tyres, and banged pots and pans in protest, Capriles did not call them onto the streets en masse. Maduro said he would accept a full recount, even as he insisted his victory was clean and dedicated it to Chavez.

Ofﬁcials said he would be formally proclaimed winner by the election board at a ceremony and rally in downtown Caracas yesterday afternoon despite the ongoing controversy. “I won ... we’ve had a fair, legal and constitutional triumph,” Maduro told his victory rally on Sunday night, saying he would also be vigiliant against destabilisation. “We will know what to do if someone raises their insolent voice against the people.” The election board said Maduro’s win was “irreversible” and gave no

indication of when it might carry out an audit. Critics say four of its ﬁve members are openly pro-government. “Capriles should complain to the whole world. We need to check the votes box by box,” said opposition supporter and construction worker Fernando Cabreara, 48. Maduro’s slim victory provides an inauspicious start for the “Chavismo” movement’s transition to a post-Chavez era, and raises the possibility that he could face challenges from rivals within the disparate leftist coalition.

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World

Suspended blasphemy sentence for Tweeting Turkish pianist By Can Sezer and Ece Toksabay

On trial: Fazil Say

Saudi prince makes case for women drivers SAUDI Arabian billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Abdullah, has thrown his support behind allowing Saudi women to drive, saying it makes economic sense. Women are barred from driving in the Arab kingdom - leaving them reliant on mostly foreign drivers. “(The question of) women driving will result in dispensing with at least 500,000 foreign drivers, and that has an economic and social impact for the country,” the prince said on his Twitter account on Sunday. He did not spell out the economic benefits, but Saudi officials have said they are worried about the amount of money being sent out of the country by foreign workers. Many Saudi families would also have more disposable income if they no longer had to pay for drivers. Saudi Arabia, home to about nine million foreign workers, began a crackdown on illegal immigrants this year to boost the proportion of Saudi citizens in private sector jobs from the current 10 per cent. In the same Twitter message, the prince said he supported that campaign. After pro-democracy protests swept through the region in 2011, dozens of Saudi women responded to the “Women 2 Drive” campaign, posting pictures and videos of their driving on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Some of the women were detained briefly and two faced charges, including that of “challenging the monarch”.

A WORLD-RENOWNED concert pianist was given a suspended jail sentence in Turkey yesterday for insulting religious values on Twitter, a case which has become a cause celebre for Turks alarmed about creeping Islamic conservatism. Fazil Say, also a leading composer, went on trial in October for blasphemy - a crime that can carry an 18month sentence - for a series of tweets including one cit-

for defending the secular republic against Islamist inﬂuence - notably jailing Erdogan himself for reciting a religious poem - now ﬁnds itself in hock to religious conservatives, government opponents say. “The verdict is unacceptable, and an indicator of the AK Party’s vengeful conception of the law,” Ilhan Cihaner, a lawmaker from the main opposition CHP party, told Reuters. Say retweeted a verse in April last year in which 11thcentury Persian poet Omar Khayyam mocks pious hy-

pocrisy. It is in the form of questions to believers: “You say rivers of wine ﬂow in heaven, is heaven a tavern to you? You say two houris await each believer there, is heaven a brothel to you?” In another tweet, he poked fun at a muezzin, someone who makes the Muslim call to prayer. “The muezzin ﬁnished the evening prayers in 22 seconds ... Why are you in such hurry? A lover? A raki table?” he asked. The series of more than half a dozen tweets led prosecutors to accuse the 43-year old pianist of “ex-

plicitly insulting religious values”. An Istanbul court gave him a 10-month prison sentence but suspended it by ﬁve years on condition that he does not commit the same crime again in that period. “Say did not repeat the words of a poet, but attacked religion and the holy values of religion, completely with his own words,” said plaintiff Ali Emre Bukagili, a civil engineer and follower of a prominent Turkish creationist, who has brought a series of such cases against public ﬁgures.

Quiet birthday party North Korea looks inward for founder’s birthday as tensions ease By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim NORTH Korea celebrated the anniversary of its founder’s birth yesterday and abandoned its shrill threats of war against the United States and the South, easing tensions in a region that had seemed on the verge of conﬂict. The North has threatened nuclear attacks on the United States, South Korea and Japan after new UN sanctions were imposed in response to its latest nuclear arms test in February. Many Pyongyang watchers had expected a big military parade to showcase North Korea’s armed forces on the

Audience applaud during an outdoor performance at the Third April Spring Festival “Day of the Sun”, the date the North’s founder Kim IlSung was born. But yesterday, the 101st anniversary of Kim’s birth was marked in the North’s capital, Pyongyang, with a festival of ﬂowers named after Kim. In contrast to weeks of tirades against its enemies, North Korean state media made hardly a mention of

conﬂict. “South Korea and the United States have sent a message for dialogue, so for now the North is switching to that mode,” said Yang Moo-jin of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. “The North’s strategic intention has been to try to get some kind of response from the United States and South

Korea and now they have that. They won’t be brushing away the suggestions to enter dialogue lightly.” The United States has offered talks, but on the precondition that North Korea abandons its nuclear weapons ambitions. North Korea deems its nuclear arms a “treasured sword” and has vowed never to give them

up. Nevertheless, US Secretary of State John Kerry, ending a trip to the region dominated by concern about North Korea, stressed his interest in a diplomatic solution. “The United States remains open to authentic and credible negotiations on denuclearisation, but the burden is on Pyongyang,” he said. “North Korea must take meaningful steps to show that it will honour commitments it has already made, and it has to observe laws and the norms of international behaviour.” On Sunday evening, however, Kerry appeared to open the door to talking without requiring the North to take denuclearisation steps in advance. Beijing, he said, could be an intermediary. Earlier, Kerry said he believed China, the North’s sole economic and political benefactor, should put “some teeth” in efforts to persuade Pyongyang to alter its policies. The Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, warned yesterday that tensions could get out of control.

Kuwaiti politician jailed for insulting emir By Ahmed Hagagy A PROMINENT Kuwaiti opposition politician was sentenced to ﬁve years in jail yesterday for insulting the ruling emir, his lawyer said, in a ruling expected to stoke political tension in the Gulf Arab state. Kuwait, an OPEC member

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ing a 1,000-year-old poem. “The fact I’ve been convicted for an offence I didn’t commit is less worrying for me personally than it is for freedom of expression and faith in Turkey,” Say said in emailed comments. His case has stirred up passions about the role religion should play in Turkish public life and highlighted how much has changed since Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, which has roots in Islamist politics, swept to power a decade ago. A judiciary once renowned

and US ally across the Gulf from Washington’s main regional adversary Iran, has avoided the sort of mass pro-democracy unrest seen in other Arab states. But tensions have risen between former members of parliament and the government, long dominated by the AlSabah family. The Kuwaiti criminal court

found Musallam al-Barrak, an outspoken former member of parliament, guilty of insulting Sheikh Sabah alAhmad al-Sabah in a speech in October last year in which he appealed to the emir to avoid “autocratic rule”. The ruling, the latest manifestation of a crackdown on opposition activists, raised the prospect of a protest

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march. While Kuwait allows more freedom of speech than some other Gulf Arab states, the emir has the last say in state affairs and is deemed “immune and inviolable” in the constitution. Yesterday’s ruling was the latest in a series of political trials that have drawn rebuke abroad and anger at home.

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Business Italy’s new retail bond gets off to strong start ITALY raised more than 8 billion euros on the first day of sales of a new bond aimed at individual investors yesterday, tapping more household savings to help manage its 2 trillion euro public debt mountain. Italy officially aims to borrow a hefty 410-420 billion euros this year, and even that figure is set to rise because the state has promised to pay back 40 billion euros in arrears to cash-strapped private companies in 2013-14. With about an hour to go on the first day of marketing, sales of the new 2017 “BTP Italia” bond totalled more than 8 billion euros, data from the bourse showed. The sale is due to run until Thursday, but the Treasury may end it early if demand is strong for the issue, which will help Rome meet its higher funding needs for this year by tapping household savings, taking a little of the strain off Italian banks. Households in Italy have high savings and also very low debt in comparison with many of their European peers, but the public debt as a percentage of national output is the second-highest in the euro zone after Greece. “The sale is going very well and it will help Rome cover the higher borrowing needs due to the payments in state debt arrears,” said Alessandro Giansanti, analyst at ING. The treasury, however, is keen not to let the sale get too big as it wants to avoid having to pay back too big an amount when the BTP Italia comes due in 2017, a year when it already faces heavy redemptions. “I imagine they won’t be willing to sell much more than 10 billion euros of this new retail issue,” said Giansanti. The treasury has no official target for the sale.

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Greece set to win more bailout aid and may seek debt relief Authorities back down on public sector firings and bank mergers By Luke Baker and George Georgiopoulos GREECE received a clean bill of health from its international creditors yesterday, securing more rescue aid and prompting its ﬁnance minister to say he would ask for much more debt relief if Athens keeps meeting its bailout targets. Athens is on course to contain its debt and pull itself out of a crippling recession next year, the creditors said, adding that the next disbursement of aid to the country, of at least 2.8 billion euros, should be approved soon. The “troika” of creditors - the European Commission, International

Monetary Fund and European Central Bank - gave the green light for the aid after Greek authorities gave up their opposition to about 15,000 public sector layoffs, a key condition of its latest bailout deal agreed late last year. “I am very pleased that the government is making a particularly determined effort in this area,” the IMF’s mission chief to Greece Poul Thomsen said in a conference in Athens. “It has always been a surprise to me ... that it’s been such a political taboo to get rid of people who underperform”. The lenders also convinced Athens to freeze plans for a merger between National Bank and Eurobank, respectively its top and third-biggest lenders. The creditors were concerned

that the joint bank would become too big to be sold off to private investors after its publicly funded rescue. The deal with its creditors opens the way for another 6 billion to be disbursed in May, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said. Samaras, who heads a fragile threeparty coalition, said the deal showed that Greece was getting out of trouble even as other eurozone countries were getting bogged down in the crisis. “Until recently, Greece was setting the bad example,” he said in a televised statement. “Now Greece is shielded and it’s other member states which are facing problems.” In exchange for harsh austerity

measures that have thrown the Greek economy into its deepest peace-time recession and strained the cohesion of its fragile coalition, Athens plans to ask creditors for a large debt cut. Athens aims to achieve a primary budget surplus (before debt payments) in 2013, fulfilling one year earlier than planned a key condition to obtain further debt relief from its creditors, finance minister Yannis Stournaras said in the same conference. “The major goal today is to achieve a primary budget surplus (before debt payments) as soon as this year... to ask for a drastic reduction of public debt,” finance minister Yannis Stournaras said without elaborating.

Bullion loses golden touch

The price of gold had its biggest two-day drop in 30 years yesterday

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GOLD headed for its biggest two-day drop in 30 years yesterday as funds accelerated their exits from the market, and investors also cut exposure to oil, copper and grain after underwhelming Chinese growth data. The precious metal slid further into bear territory, dropping more than $30 in a matter of minutes at one point. Losses widened to more than 6 per cent at the lows as prices breached support at $1,400 per ounce after falling 5.3 per cent on Friday. Oil fared scarcely better, dropping by as much as nearly 3 per cent. Other precious metals were caught in the downdraft, with silver brieﬂy dropping 10 per cent, and industrial metals plummeted, with copper hitting its lowest in over a year. In the grains market, wheat, corn and soybeans fell. Both oil and gold have been under substantial selling pressure. Bullion has come off worst, shedding around 9.5 per cent since last Monday’s close, while crude has lost about 3.5 per cent. Gold was already under pressure from a variety of factors, including a proposed sale of Cypriot gold holdings, and more fund-based investors headed for the exits yesterday. Spot gold hit a two-year low at $1,384.69 an ounce. “We have seen massive liquidation from all quarters - ETFs, funds, CTAs, specs and even Chinese and Indian physical buyers. This is a market that has only got one thing on its mind ... get me out,” said David Govett, head of precious metals at Marex Spectron in London.

Arctic riches in focus in Chinese-Icelandic free trade agreement CHINA and Iceland signed a free trade agreement yesterday boosting Beijing’s presence in an Arctic region that world powers are looking at for new shipping routes, minerals and oil. The deal signed in Beijing aims to abolish tariffs between an island of 320,000 people and the Asian powerhouse of 1.2 billion. Iceland’s exports to China, mainly seafood, rose 40 per cent last year to about $61 million, the Icelandic government said in a statement announcing the agreement. While the deal may boost Iceland as it recovers from a 2008 economic crash, the agreement is likely to be seen also as a symbolic push by China into the Arctic. The Arctic has big reserves of oil, gas, gold, diamonds, zinc and iron. And with glo-

bal warming melting polar ice, it may offer new shipping routes - and naval interests - for trade between Asia, Europe and North America’s east coast. China’s then Premier Wen Jiabao started a tour of northern Europe last April with a visit to Iceland, where accords on energy cooperation and the Arctic were signed. A Chinese developer has been fighting a government decision last year to bar him from buying a tract of land which some had suggested might be a cover for a future naval base and part of a wider strategy to gain a foothold in the region. Beijing sent the Xuelong across the Arctic Ocean to Iceland last year, the first Chinese ship to use a route between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

China’s economic recovery stumbles

Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir shares a toast with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Greenland has also been the focus of Chinese interest, where a $2 billion mining

project could soon provide the Asian power with iron ore.

CHINA’S economic recovery unexpectedly stumbled in the first three months of 2013 with slowing factory output and investment spending forcing analysts to start slashing full-year forecasts despite official insistence that the outlook was favourable. The world’s second-biggest economy grew 7.7 per cent in the first quarter from a year ago, slower than 7.9 per cent hit in Q4 2012, below the Reuters consensus forecast of 8.0 per cent and confounding expectations of a surprise uptick that emerged after surging credit and export data were published last week. Commodities from crude oil to copper, wheat and corn all fell after the data, share prices were knocked lower and the Australian dollar slid as investors repriced expectations of import demand from China. “This number may well explain why there was so much liquidity support in Q1,”

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Opinion

Paying for the procrastination of decades NOW that the disastrous bailout deal has been done and dusted other than receiving the necessary approval from a number of European parliaments, the government has set to try and put the country back together. How they will do this to any great extent is anyone’s guess. President Nicos Anastasiades began on Sunday with an address to Russian businesses. Other than relaxing the rules on citizenship for many of those who sustained losses in the deposits haircut, there was not much else to offer them except grand words, all of which have been heard before. ‘Cyprus will offer favourable tax incentives for existing or new companies doing business here, encourage foreign investments, increase Cyprus’ competitiveness and creating a more effective and business-friendly environment.’ It all sounds a bit like clutching at straws. The financial sector is broken, all trust is gone, and worn-out clichés are not going to solve this. Why try to hang on to a business model the EU deliberately and methodically destroyed and has no wish to see resurface. Efforts should be focused elsewhere, and although gas has been cited as a sustainable replacement, it is very far down the road. The cabinet yesterday began two days of meetings to work out a strategy for the shorter term. They will announce the measures on Thursday. According to Anastasiades’ speech on Sunday, there are major opportunities for growth in various sectors, such as shipping, tourism, large infrastructure projects, the film industry, education, health, research and development, and energy including photovolatics, all of which would be fast tracked. The same things have been said for years, and in each of those sectors, the voices calling for law changes and investment were ignored because Cyprus was sitting pretty on a bloated financial sector that kept the economy flush. Research and development was bottom of every list, universities spent years pleading for investment as did those in green energy. Instead the banks threw their cash at worthless Greek government bonds. If previous governments or parliaments had paid any heed, all of the sectors they’re now looking to save us, could have been fully developed over the past 20 years and the loss of the financial sector might not have hit as hard. But internal wranglings and vested interests have always got in the way of speedy lawmaking. The fallacy that it takes interminable discussions at government and parliamentary levels to get anything done in this country has also been exposed in recent weeks. When they want/have to, things can be done quickly at official levels. Witness the complete destruction of the economy, legally, in the space of a month. Now that the economy has been decimated and the financial sector gone, all those other sectors are receiving the attention they should have had years ago. However investing in them now will take time and money, the latter of which is in short supply, leaving Cyprus once again paying the price for the procrastination of its leaders.

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In olden days at least the highwaymen wore masks Comment Zenon Katsourides

N THE past, highwaymen used to rob the rich but made sure that their faces were covered. In the case of Cyprus, Germany and the troika, presided over a robbery of billions of euros from private savers in order to save the euro for the umpteenth time. The deal offered to Cyprus is in fact a nasty and immoral political act, and the only thing it has achieved, besides bankrupting Cyprus, was to strike fear into the rest of the European countries because it established a precedent. After all if European Common Market Nations are willing to save their currency by committing such acts, why not repeat it next time, and for the same reason, in Spain, Italy and Greece? Berlin insisted upon a harsh line towards the Cypriots because they inhabit a small island with no political clout. However it is fair to say that Cypriot bankers have behaved with incredible irresponsibility. They lent huge sums to Greece, and offered high interest rates under false pretenses and what’s more our assistance package comes only a few months before the German elections. Since our original request in the middle of last year, the Germans made it clear that they were not willing to provide a lifeline to Russian businessmen who took advantage of Cyprus’ low taxation, even though the 10 per cent levied on corporate profits was negotiated and approved by the European Union at the time of Cyprus’ accession. However, hundreds of thousands of honest decent citizens of the EU, including British residents and other nationalities, also have money in the island’s banks. They believed if Cyprus’ financial system was deemed worthy to be part of the eurozone, it must be as safe as the Bundesbank. The truth is that the Germans, who effectively control the whole single-currency system, acted with duplicity by signing on Cyprus and Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ireland. None of these countries had economic convergence with northern Europe. Let me first explain what happened. The Cypriot people (and foreigners with Cyprus bank accounts) were robbed. But instead of being robbed by masked men with a weapon, the inhabitants of Cyprus were robbed by their own government. As part of a last minute bailout deal to save the country from financial collapse, the government agreed to tax people who have bank deposits with more than €100,000 by up to 40 percent and possibly even more when all is finished and done with. The Cypriots went to bed with the money in their accounts and woke up to the news that the government had taken it from them. Never before have we seen a bailout in such terms. Could this be a new method for

What has happened is literally highway robbery future bailouts? However let us not put all the blame on others because we as Cypriots have our own share of responsibility by paying for years inﬂated and unrealistic salaries to all government and SGO employees whose productivity (with some notable exceptions) did not justify such rewards and although we were warned three years ago that we should streamline our expenses, cut out the high subsidies to loss making organisations such as Cyprus Airways, CyBC and those like them, reduce to a realistic level the number of civil servants, cancel the anachronistic Cost Of Living Allowance, or at least make it fairer, stop paying double pensions to retired civil servants who enjoyed higher pensions than the private sector anyway, whilst contributing a modicum to the social pension fund. We simply failed to take, over the years, the appropriate corrective measures. Concurrent to that and although Cyprus’ importance as a banking, ﬁnancial and shipping country was continuously increasing, we failed to upgrade and modernise the laws governing our banking system and bring up-to-date the regulations governing its banking supervision.

‘Cypriots went to bed with the money in their accounts and woke up to the news that the government had taken it from them’

The acquisition of Laiki by Marfin is a case in point which proves the above statement, i.e. a big issue was made out of the fact that the Central Bank had allowed Laiki to convert its lossmaking Greek based Egnatia Bank into a branch. This merger meant that all liabilities which were transferred to Laiki and Marfin Egnatia came under the authority of the Cyprus’ Central Bank which would be responsible for covering its shortfall. Marfin’s Andreas Vgenopoulos and his supporters argue that if then Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) Governor Athanasios Orphanides had not allowed the merger, Laiki would not have ended with the big losses of Marfin Egnatia which was also drawing billions of emergency liquidity from our Central Bank. Orphanides is blamed for allowing this to happen, but not Vgenopoulos who took the decision, taking billions for his bank in Greece and leaving us to pick up the bill. The Alvarez and Marsal report on the banks, released last Thursday, clearly states that Orphanides could not have stopped the merger because the current regulations are structured in such away that under the Mergers Directive, Laiki did not require any authorisation from the CBC. This enabled the bank to transfer the assets and liabilities of Marfin Egnatia to Cyprus without approval of the CBC. It goes on to state that the current regulations and legislations do not provide sufficient support to the CBC when a Cypriot bank wishes to convert an existing foreign subsidiary into a branch. Needless to say that CyBC report on the 4/4 did not adequately explain the above. In conclusion we must admit that we Cypriots carry our share of faults but all the above notwithstanding and for the sake of expediency we have been harshly and unfairly punished. The saving of the euro and the avoidance of panicking the rest of the eurozone and especially the contagion starting from Greece, made it necessary on our paymasters’ request, to overlook the billions of euros

deposited in the branches of the two major Cypriot banks in Greece, which, if implemented would have made the haircut of BoC and Laiki deposits much lower. Wasn’t this worry of the eurozone finance Ministers a very strong bargaining chip? If yes, why wasn’t it used?? I was away during the week that this happened and this statement may be challenged, however it still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth since according to the most recent releases, on March 15 and 25, all the finance ministers of the Eurogroup demanded the immediate sale of all the assets of the Cypriot banks operating in Greece at a giveaway price so that Greek government debt was not affected. In fact they made that a condition of the bailout because their principal worry was that the markets would misconstrue the taking of depositors’ money from Greek-based banks (although Cypriot owned) as final proof that the eurozone was adopting this method as their future modus operandi. There are rumours that we may end up getting nothing for gifting all the Cypriot branches to Greece and perhaps not even any tangible financial assistance, for complying with the troika’s wishes. I hope such rumours are unfounded. Under these circumstances and since they made that a condition of the bailout couldn’t we revert by stating that we would accept their proposal in order to avoid the panic of the markets but in exchange they should give us the full bailout funds with a sympathetic low interest rate and for a longer period so we could easily pay them when the gas revenues started flowing in? In other words, if we were prepared to forego the haircut of the Cypriot-owned banks in Greece why shouldn’t there be a quid pro quo by our European so-called partners? Zenon N Katsourides served for many years as Vice-President and Member of the Cyprus Shipping Council’s Executive Board and is also a former director of the board of the CBC

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Showbiz

Bieber’s Anne Frank misstep

Lothario: One Direction's Harry Styles is still dating

TEENAGE pop star Justin Bieber is taking heat on social media after the Anne Frank House reported he visited the Amsterdam museum and wrote in the guest book he hoped the young Holocaust victim would have been a "belieber," the popular term for his fans. A post on Saturday on the Facebook page of the museum said Bieber had visited the previous night and stayed over an hour, along with a group of friends and guards as fans waited outside to "see a glimpse of him". "In our guestbook he wrote: 'Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber'," the museum said in the Facebook post. A large share of the hundreds of commentators on the museum's Facebook post reacted negatively to Bieber's last sentence. "Anne Frank a belieber? That is by far one of the most self-serving things I've ever read, like ever," Facebook user Tania Saez Pinto wrote. "I think she would be smart enough not to buy his records," Facebook user Menachem Rephun wrote on the page.

Media commentators also joined in the fray. Anne Frank, who died at age 15 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, is one of the most well-known and celebrated Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Readers around the world have read her diary, which was ﬁrst published in 1947 and details the deprivations and personal triumphs she and her family experienced in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Some commentators on social media sites commended Bieber for caring enough about Anne Frank's story to visit the Amsterdam museum, which is built into the house where she and her family hid before their arrest. And the museum itself in its post about the visit from Bieber, a Canadian-born sensation whose hit songs include "Baby" and "U Smile," did not criticise him. Annemarie Bekker, a spokeswoman for the Anne Frank House, said: "he's a 19-year-old boy making the effort to come and see the museum, and we'd like to point that out, and I think it's quite innocent what he put down".

The teen pop star, who is on tour in Europe, left the criticised comment in the Anne Frank museum's guestbook

Tomlinson is single Styles’ wingman

Cooper and Lawrence bag two gongs at MTV awards

LOUIS Tomlinson is Harry Styles' "wingman". The curly-haired heartthrob may be known for his way with the ladies - having previously dated beauties including Taylor Swift and Caroline Flack - but it is in fact his One Direction bandmate who helps initiate Harry's conversation with a girl he fancies. Speaking to US magazine Tiger Beat, Louis - who has been with girlfriend Eleanor Calder for nearly two years revealed: "I am Harry's wingman. I do help the other boys talk to girls they like. There is a lot of that. "I'm the really blunt one, so if Harry wanted someone's phone number I'd be like, 'Basically, Harry wants your phone number'." While some of the One Direction lads - also comprised of Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan are in steady relationships, Harry is still on the dating scene following his breakup from pop star Taylor in January. His latest encounter is said to have been with lap dancer Chelsea Furguson, who claims the 19-year-old lothario got "intimate" with her after one of the band's Take Me Home shows in Newcastle - where they played last Monday to Wednesday. She recalled: "Things got out of control. We were intimate. Let's just say all pop stars think they can be with you and Harry is no different ... (He) and I had a good time."

Duo win for best male, female acting and best kiss BRADLEY Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were double winners at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. The duo picked up Best Male and Best Female Performances for their roles in Silver Linings Playbook and later shared the gong for Best Kiss for the same movie. Accepting the second award, Bradley said: "Jennifer's not here but she was great to kiss." Adam Sandler and Chris Rock took to the stage to present Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson with the iconic golden popcorn statuettes for Best WTF Moment for Django Unchained, with Samuel stating "If it wasn't for all of the fans we wouldn't have this golden popcorn." Star Trek's Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine were on hand to announce Marvel's Avengers Assemble as winner of Best Fight which Tom Hiddleston, Joss Whedon, Chris Evans and Samuel accepted. Samuel said: "Thanks to all the fans but we all need to thank our fearless leader Joss

Bradley Cooper and Silver Linings co-star Jennifer Lawrence were double winners at the LA ceremony

Whedon," while Tom added: "I'm happy to be hulk smashed any day of the week." Joss later took home the Movie of the Year for Avengers Assemble and was introduced by Brad Pitt. Tom also picked up the Best Villain award for his role as Loki in Thor and paid tribute to One Direction singer Liam Payne's dog, who shares his name with the evil Marvel comic character.

He said: "I would like to thank Liam Payne from One Direction, who I believe has named his dog Loki. Liam's dog is certainly better looking, better bred and most certainly more well known with more Twitter followers than me and even though they don't know who Liam's dog is in Asgard, it's all about getting the word out." Host Rebel Wilson won the Breakthrough Performance

award for her role in Pitch Perfect and shared the gong for Best Musical Performance with her castmates. Zac Efron, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen presented Twilight actor Taylor Lautner with the Best Shirtless Performance award and he joked getting older had taken its toll on his impressive physique and added: "For all of us shirtless actors this is like winning an Oscar. For all of

us who do take our shirts off - McConaughey, Tatum, Lena Dunham - this is it." Kerry Washington gave a glowing speech about her frequent co-star Jamie Foxx before he took to the stage to accept the MTV Generation award, his second gong of the night. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Selena Gomez were among the performers at the ceremony.

Angelina has Brad's favourite curry flown to US for him

Comfort food: Brad and Becks have overseas tastes

ANGELINA Jolie brought back Brad Pitt's favourite curry after her visit to the UK. The Tomb Raider actress - who was overseas last week as part of the G8 summit, assuming her role as United Nations special envoy for refugee issues - arranged for her ﬁancé's much-loved meal to be ﬂown back home to the US with her after Brad was unable to join her on the trip. Angelina - who has children Maddox, 11, Pax, nine, Zahara, eight, Shiloh, six, and four-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with Brad - is said to have ordered a

lamb bhuna, chicken korma and chicken tikka from the heartthrob actor's favourite curry house in Surrey, south east England, where they visited during their stay in Richmond. A source told The Sun newspaper: "Brad is back in America and has been longing for a decent curry. "He really misses their Indian takeaway nights from when they lived in Surrey last year. Angelina arranged as a surprise for a load of it to be cooked and ﬂashfreeze packed for her to ﬂy home. "So while she was at the G8, she sent her bodyguard Ray and eldest son Maddox

to collect it and to stock up with more treats. "They even got a load of Kingﬁsher and Cobra beer for Brad to wash it all down with." Football star David Beckham, also has his home comfort meal of pie and mash from a shop in Waltham Abbey, Essex, ﬂown out to France while he trains for team Paris Saint-Germain. Shop owner Tony Lane said: "We've already been told to send our pies over to France - and it's not unusual. We did the same when he was at Madrid and even deliver them when he stays at the Savoy (hotel) in London."

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Environment

Antarctic summer ice melt rate ‘quickening’ By John von Radowitz SUMMER ice is melting at a faster rate in the Antarctic Peninsular than at any time in the last 1,000 years, new research has shown. The evidence comes from a 364-metre ice core containing a record of freezing and melting over the previous millennium. Layers of ice in the core, drilled from James Ross Island near the northern tip of the peninsular, indicate periods when summer snow

on the ice cap thawed and then refroze. By measuring the thickness of these layers, scientists were able to match the history of melting with changes in temperature. Lead researcher Dr Nerilie Abram, from the Australian National University and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said: “We found that the coolest conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula and the lowest amount of summer melt occurred around 600 years ago. “At that time temperatures were

around 1.6C lower than those recorded in the late 20th century and the amount of annual snowfall that melted and refroze was about 0.5 per cent. “Today, we see almost 10 times as much (5 per cent) of the annual snowfall melting each year. “Summer melting at the ice core site today is now at a level that is higher than at any other time over the last 1,000 years. And whilst temperatures at this site increased gradually in phases over many hundreds of years, most of the intensiﬁcation

of melting has happened since the mid-20th century.” Levels of ice melt on the Antarctic Peninsular were especially sensitive to rising temperature during the last century, he said. “What that means is that the Antarctic Peninsular has warmed to a level where even small increases in temperature can now lead to a big increase in summer melt,” Dr Abram added. Dr Robert Mulvaney, from the British Antarctic Survey, led the ice core drilling expedition in 2008 and

co-authored a paper on the ﬁndings published in the journal Nature Geoscience. He said: “Having a record of previous melt intensity for the Peninsula is particularly important because of the glacier retreat and ice shelf loss we are now seeing in the area. “Summer ice melt is a key process that is thought to have weakened ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula leading to a succession of dramatic collapses, as well as speeding up glacier ice loss across the region over the last 50 years.”

EU designs truck of the future to save lives, fuel

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails

Proposals allow megatrucks to cross some borders

By Barbara Liston Trucks seen on the autobahn in Germany

By Barbara Lewis EUROPEAN trucks of the future should have longer, rounded, more aerodynamic cabs to save fuel and cut down on accidents, and adopt some innovations already on the road in the United States. The European Commission estimates that its new rules regarding trucks, being outlined yesterday, could save around €5,000 per year in fuel costs. They also would cut emissions by 7 to 10 per cent for the typical truck, which covers 100,000km annually. In addition, the proposals can help to save the lives of some 300 to 500 cyclists and pedestrians killed in Europe each year in accidents involving trucks. “A brick is the least aerodynamic object you can imagine and so we are going to improve the shape of the lorries on our roads,” EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said in a statement. Campaign groups representing those killed in collisions with heavy goods

vehicles - whose angular, brick-shaped cabs impair driver visibility - have spent years demanding change. Jeannot Mersch, president of the European Federation of Road Trafﬁc Victims, called for enforcement as soon as possible. “Lorries have an infamous reputation when it comes to road safety, and rightly so,” he said in a statement. “Currently, a frontal crash with a lorry is like hitting a brick wall.” The EU process of securing endorsement of member states and parliament can take around 18 months

and often dilutes the force of Commission proposals as industry lobbies against them. But discussion to relax existing law that limits the length of lorry cabs can begin immediately and give manufacturers, with long planning cycles, guidance on future requirements. A Commission ofﬁcial, speaking on condition of anonymity, said change should happen quickly. Already, so-called “boat tails” - retractable ﬂaps, which can be added to the back of vehicles - are in use in the United States, he said.

The cost was around €2,000 to €3,000, but that is recovered in one or two years through fuel savings. “Some manufacturers are very keen on what we are doing. Others, however, have recently spent a lot of money making the current generation of trucks, which might be rendered obsolete a little quicker,” another Commission ofﬁcial said, also speaking on condition of anonymity. Environment campaign group Transport & Environment said the rules were “a turning point”. “The proposal is a small

step towards freight transport ﬁt for the 21st century,” T&E policy ofﬁcer, William Todts, said. His one criticism was that the Commission proposes to allow 25m long trucks, to travel between adjoining member states provided both countries allow vehicles of that length. “The Commission has opened the door to crossborder use of megatrucks in Europe without appropriate guarantees for both citizen safety and environmental protection. We need better trucks, not bigger trucks,” Todts said.

World climate change goal at risk as emissions surge By Alister Doyle A GLOBAL goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to ﬁnd ways to artiﬁcially suck greenhouse gases from the air if they fail to make deep cuts in rising emissions by 2030, a draft UN report said. A 25-page draft summary, by the UN panel of climate experts and due for publication in 2014, said emissions of heat-trapping gases rose to record levels in the decade to 2010, led by Asian industrial growth. The surge is jeopardising a UN goal,

set by almost 200 nations in 2010, to limit a rise in temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius above levels before the Industrial Revolution, according to the text seen by Reuters. The panel, made up hundreds of the world’s top climate scientists, is trying to condense all the peer reviewed ﬁndings since 2007 into a summary for policymakers. Its draft said that if emissions were not checked by 2030, they would be so great that governments would have to take carbon dioxide out of the air to limit rising temperatures by the end of the century - not just cut emissions spewed from cars and factories - a sea change in the approach to cli-

mate change. Delaying deep cuts until 2030 may make targets for limiting warming by 2100 “physically infeasible without substantial overshoot and negative global emissions... in the second half of the century”, it said. “Negative emissions” mean policies such as planting more forests that naturally absorb carbon dioxide from the air as they grow or burning biofuels, for instance wood or farm waste, and capturing and burying their greenhouse gas emissions. Temperatures are already 0.8C above pre-industrial levels and creeping higher despite a slowdown since around 2000, perhaps caused

by more sun-dimming pollution from nations such as China and India that would reﬂect heat back into space or by more heat entering the oceans. Most climate experts say the rising trend will pick up in coming years, though the reasons for the pause are unknown. Parts of Europe are having a late spring, for instance, while Australia suffered record summer heat. Almost 200 nations have agreed to work out by 2015 a new deal to combat climate change that would enter into force from 2020. Negotiations are sluggish, partly because the slowdown in warming has made many governments sceptical.

SOUTH Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world’s most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. More than 1,000 of the molluscs are being caught each week in Miami-Dade and 117,000 in total since the first snail was spotted by a homeowner in September 2011, said Denise Feiber, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Residents will soon likely begin encountering them more often, crunching them underfoot as the snails emerge from underground hibernation at the start of the state’s rainy season in just seven weeks, Feiber said. The snails attack “over 500 known species of plants... pretty much anything that’s in their path and green,” Feiber said. In some Caribbean countries, such as Barbados, which are overrun with the creatures, the snails’ shells blow out tyres on the highway and turn into hurling projectiles from lawnmower blades, while their slime and excrement coat walls and pavement. “It becomes a slick mess,” Feiber said. A typical snail can produce about 1,200 eggs a year and the creatures are a particular pest in homes because of their fondness for stucco, devoured for the calcium content they need for their shells. The snails also carry a parasitic rat lungworm that can cause illness in humans, including a form of meningitis, Feiber said, although no such cases have yet been identified in the United States. Experts gathered last week in Gainesville, Florida, for a Giant African Land Snail Science Symposium, to seek the best ways to eradicate the molluscs, including use of a stronger bait approved recently by the federal government. Feiber said investigators were trying to trace the snail infestation source.

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The backroom battle del of China’s one-child child po There are signs that China may loosen its one-child policy

Introduced in the late 1970s to stop population spiralling out of control, practice has long been opposed by human rights and religious groups report Sui-Lee Wee and Hui Li

WO retired senior Chinese officials are engaged in a battle with one another to sway Beijing’s new leadership over the future of the one-child policy, exposing divisions that have impeded progress in a crucial area of reform. The policy, introduced in the late 1970s to prevent population growth spiralling out of control, has long been opposed by human rights and religious groups but is also now regarded by many experts as outdated and harmful to the economy. Former State Councillors Song Jian and Peng Peiyun, who once ranked above cabinet ministers and remain influential, have been lobbying China’s top leaders, mainly behind closed doors: Song wants them to keep the policy while Peng urges them to phase it out, people familiar with the matter said. Their unresolved clash could suggest the leadership remains torn over one of China’s most divisive social issues, said a recently retired family planning official. How quickly it is settled may shed light on whether new President Xi Jinping will ease

Time to relax policy: Peng Peiyun

family-planning controls on a nation of 1.3 billion people. “The government needs to take care of the various voices,” the former family planning ofﬁcial said. For decades, Peng and Song - both octogenarians - have helped shape China’s family planning policy, which has seen only gradual change in the face of a rapidly ageing population that now bears little resemblance to the youthful China of the 1970s. They have starkly different views of China’s demographics.

From 1988 to 1998 Peng, 83, was in charge of implementing the one-child policy as head of the Family Planning Commission. In the mid 1990s she became Beijing’s highest ranking woman, serving as state councillor, a position superior to a minister. Like many scholars, she now believes it is time to relax the one-child policy. She ﬁrst revealed publicly that her views had shifted at an academic conference in Beijing less than a year ago, a change rooted partly in economic concerns.

Many analysts say the one-child policy has shrunk China’s pool of labour, hurting economic growth. For the first time in decades the working age population fell in 2012. By contrast, Song, 81, whose population projections formed the basis of the one-child policy, argues that China has limited resources and still needs a low birth rate to continue economic development. Otherwise, he has written, China’s population would skyrocket, triggering food and other resource shortages. It is not unusual in China for retired senior officials to influence highly sensitive political issues. Last year former President Jiang Zemin, now 86, played a key role in selecting the new members of the politburo’s standing committee. A source close to Peng quoted her as saying that she recently wrote a letter to top officials in the new government, including Premier Li Keqiang, expressing her views. She sent the letter around the same time that Song had sent one of his own to the senior leadership, just

before the 18th Communist Party Congress last November, the source added. Reuters has not seen copies of the letters, but has been told of their contents by the recently retired official from the Family Planning Commission. Peng declined to be interviewed for this article. Song also declined, but mailed a previously published essay to Reuters that gave his stance on China’s population situation. There are signs that China may loosen the one-child policy. Former leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao both dropped the phrase “maintain a low birth rate” in their work reports to the party Congress in November - the first time in a decade that major speeches by top leaders had omitted such a reference. Last month, Beijing merged the Family Planning Commission with the health ministry and shifted population policymaking to its powerful economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission - for the first time putting demographics at the heart of eco-

nomic policy-making. If the government scraps the one-child policy, it would affect the lives of millions of Chinese and affect policymaking across society and the economy - from housing, education and health care to the labour market, pensions

China’s labour fo million, will start d at a rate of about and state investment. The policy, which went into effect in 1980, was meant to last only 30 years and there are now numerous exceptions to it. But it still applies to about 63 per cent of the population. Peng’s push for reform is buttressed by evidence from two-child pilot programmes in four regions of the country. In none of them has their been a surge in births. Numerous studies have shown the detrimental ef-

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fects of the one-child policy. China’s labour force, at about 930 million, will start declining in 2025 at a rate of about 10 million a year, projections show. Meanwhile, its elderly population will hit 360 million by 2030, from about 200 million today.

national fury, such as when a woman in inland Shaanxi province was forced to abort her seven-month pregnancy last year. Song became interested in the issue of population control during his years as a Moscow-trained missile sci-

entist. “When I was thinking about this, I took Malthus’ book to research the study of population,” Song said in a 2005 interview with China Youth Magazine, referring to the English writer Thomas Malthus, who predicted in

the 18th century that population growth would outstrip food production. Song was a protégé of Qian Xuesen, a science advisor to former Chinese leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. During the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Song was among scientists sent by Zhou to a remote northwest province for their protection. Those ties to the party’s founding members give Song clout with today’s leaders

rce, at about 930 declining in 2025 10 million a year A skewed gender ratio is another consequence. Like most Asian nations, China has a traditional bias for sons. Many families abort female foetuses or abandon baby girls to ensure their only child is a son. About 118 boys are born for every 100 girls, against a global average of 103 to 107. Family planning ofﬁcials have been known to compel women to have abortions to meet birth-rate targets. Some cases have sparked

Many believe the child policy will have to change

that few scholars or bureaucrats can match. “His inﬂuence comes from the more direct and open channels of communication (he has) with the central government,” said Li Jianmin, a population professor in Nankai University. In 2011, in an essay prepared for the Chinese Journal of Population Science but never published, Song described concerns over China’s ageing population as “an unfounded worry”. He forecast that China’s population, unchecked, would balloon to 2.2 billion in a century, according to a copy of the essay obtained by Reuters. He concluded that zero population growth was “the ultimate goal of human society”. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a government think tank which publishes the journal, did not publish the essay after academics criticised it, according to a scholar familiar with the discussions surrounding the decision not to publish. A representative of the journal could not be reached for comment. In the copy of a published essay Song mailed to Reuters, he said that abandoning the one-child policy would result in grain shortages of 150 million tonnes a year. It is far from clear that radi-

cal reform of the one-child policy will win the ideological battle in Beijing, despite Song now representing a minority view among demographers in China. A policy miscalculation in the world’s most populous nation carries enormous risks. During his career, President Xi has stressed that the population should be controlled. And many officials in China’s most heavily populated provinces - such as Henan and Shandong - believe the onechild policy is still necessary. A senior Family Planning Commission official said he did not expect any decision before June due to the restructuring of the commission. Many scholars and former family planning officials believe Xi will have no choice but to move to a two-child policy. The possibility of such a move is already under discussion now in Beijing, said Tian Xueyuan, a retired family planning scholar who worked with Song more than 30 years ago to draft the original onechild policy but who now supports reform. “This situation cannot remain unchanged,” Tian said. “As such there’s reason, a need and a possibility that there will be an appropriate adjustment to the policy.”

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

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

Telephone no: K-Cineplex: 7777-8383 Rio Limassol: 25871410 Rio Paphos: 26-207000

NICOSIA Oblivion (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.25, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Silver Linings Playbook (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Zero Dark Thirty (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15 and 10.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Beautiful Creatures (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Jack the Giant Slayer (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) (in Greek) at 5.25pm, weekends also at

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

11.20am, 1.15pm and 3.20pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Padre Padrone (in Italian, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, tonight and Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96-420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Oblivion (N/A) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Silver Linings Playbook (N/A) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.15pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Zero Dark Thirty (N/A) Rio 2 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Pitch Perfect (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Beautiful Creatures (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends also at 5.15pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Pitch Perfect (12) Rio 3 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm. Tel: 7777-8383 G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) Rio 2, weekdays at 7.45pm, weekends at 8.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 The Sessions (15) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends also at 6pm. Tel: 25-871410 Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Jack the Giant Slayer (12) Rio 3 at 7.45pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

3) (in Greek) weekends only at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5), weekends only at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383

LARNACA Oblivion (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm Silver Linings Playbook (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm Zero Dark Thirty (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15 and 10.10pm Beautiful Creatures (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 5.25pm Pitch Perfect (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm

The Last Stand (15) Rio 6 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25871410

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) at 7.45 and 10.15pm

Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 3, weekends only at 5.20pm. Tel: 25-871410

Zarafa (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 2 (in Greek), weekends only at 5 and 6.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen

Jack the Giant Slayer (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.15pm

Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek), weekends only at 5.35pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in Greek), weekends at 5.25pm Small Crime (in Greek) Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Cinema Society. Tel: 99-658831, 99-462903. www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Oblivion (N/A) Rio 1 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.15pm Silver Linings Playbook (N/A) Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 3 and 5.15pm Zero Dark Thirty (N/A) Rio 2 at 9.45pm, weekends also at 4.30pm Beautiful Creatures (12) Rio 4 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends also at 5.15pm Pitch Perfect (12) Rio 6 at 9.45pm G.I. Joe: Retaliation (12) Rio 7 at 7.30 and 9.45pm The Sessions (15) Rio 3, weekdays at 7.30pm, weekends at 6 and 7.45pm

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Ongoing

Exhibition

Theatre

Sutile Solo exhibition of appliqués by Susan Vargas. Opens April 16, 7.30pm until May 2. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm-12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

Water Stories Solo painting exhibition by Ero Farmaka. Opens April 17, 7.30pm until May 20. Kypriaki Gallery Gonia, 45 Stadiou Street, Larnaca. MondaySaturday: 10am-1pm and 4.30 pm-8pm. Sunday: 11am-2pm and 4pm- 7pm. Tel: 24-621109

Theatre

Shear Madness Popular Cypriot actor and director Loris Loizides presents adaptation of one of the longest-running nonmusical plays in the world, by American authors Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan. April 10-17. Agios Athanasios Municipal Theatre, 42, Stavraetou tou Machera Str, Agios Athanasios, Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. €20. Tel: 70-001910

Gethsemane A play about British public life by David Hare. April 16. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek with Greek and English subtitles. €12/6. Tel: 77-777745

The Apple Idea Planners presents popular Greek romantic comedy starring Natalia Dragoumi and Gerasimos Gennatas. April 17-18. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue. 8.30pm. €20. In Greek. Tel: 99-300253. www.soldoutticketbox. com

Today

Other Events LTAS Third Annual Talent Show Limassol’s stage school for kids is giving young singers, dancers, musicians and entertainers the opportunity to perform in a competition showdown which will be judged by a panel of professionals flying in from the West End, London and top musicians of Cyprus. April 20, deadline for registration is April 16. Limassol Theatre Arts School, Panathineon 13, Ayia Zoni. 3pm-9pm. €5. To enter or to book tickets, simply call 99-784927 www.limassolarts.com

Pasatempo New theatre group Attraversiamo, presents a show that consists of a compilation of scenes from Greek cinema from the 60s and 70s, blended together with dancing and singing. April 17-18. Melina Merkouri Hall, Famagusta Gate, Athina Avenue, Nicosia. 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 97895323/22-797650

The Eulogy A black comedy that breaks the mould on what we consider a typical monologue by Greek poet, playwright Iakovos Kambanelis. Until April 20. Epigoni Theatre, Kyriakos Karaolis Square, Old Aglantzia. Every Saturday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €8. Tel: 99-222974 Tom, Dick and Harry Satiriko Theatro presents comedy by Ray and Michael Cooney. Until April 28. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €15/10. Tel: 22-312940/ 22-421609 In the Land of Peter Pan The Puppet Group of Satiriko Theatre presents work by James Barry. Until April 28. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia.

Every Sunday at 10.30am. In Greek. €10. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609 Kai Mi Heirotera Theatro Lexi presents comedy by Giorgos Tsiakkas which satirises Europe and Cyprus today. Until May 1. Latsia Municipal Theatre, 57 Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue, Nicosia. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 22-878688 Gone With the Jobless A comedy performance by Marinos Hatzivasiliou who, together with other actors from the popular TV programme Patates, present a hilarious show with g humour and laughter. Until May 5. Diachroniki Music Stage, 2 Yianni Koromia Street, Kaimakli, Nicosia. Every Sunday at 9pm. €15. In Greek. Tel: 99-783455 A Steady Rain The theatre group D-tale presents two-character melodrama by Keith Huff. Until May 16. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area, Nicosia. On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30pm. €12/15. Tel: 99-535625 The Dispute The Main Stage of THOC presents tragic comedy by Pierre de Marivaux. Until May 17. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday and Saturday at 8.30pm and Sunday 6pm. In Greek. €12/10. Tel: 77-772717 Playing Doctor Theatro Skala presents the contemporary American comedy by William

Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Until May 26. Skala Theatre, 15 Kyriakou Matsi Street, Larnaca. On Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sunday at 6.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 24-652800

Mary-Lynne Stadler Solo art exhibition. Until April 17. Thesis Furniture Shop, 207 Saint Andrews Street, Limassol. Tel: 25359479. www.marylynnestadler.com

Gethsemane A play about British public life by David Hare. Until May 31. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. On specific days at 8.30pm and on Sundays at 6pm. In Greek. Performances on April 17-19 will be with Greek and English subtitles. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717/22-864300

Myth of Image Solo painting exhibition by Andreas Makariou. Until April 17. Thiseas Art Gallery, 9 Thiseos Street, Limassol. Working hours (including the weekend):11am-1pm and 4pm-7pm. Tel: 99-674243/96-335889

Centuries away from Alaska Dionysos Theatre presents play by Akis Dimou, directed by Tonia Misiali. Until June 2. Dionysos Theatre, 29 Diagorou Street, Nicosia. On Fridays and Saturdays at 8.30pm and Sundays at 6.30pm. In Greek. €15. Tel: 99-621845/22-818999 Sovrakaless Play based on the book by Terrence McNally and the film The Full Monty. Until June 9. WhereHaus 612, 5 Michael Kousoulide, Pallouriotissa Industrial Area, Nicosia. On Specific days at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 70-000612

Exhibition Atrapos Solo art exhibition by Mikella Psara. Until April 17. Argo Gallery, 64E D. Akrita Avenue, Nicosia. MondayFriday: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10am-1pm. Tel: 22754009. www.argogallery.org

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

Women in a Period of Crisis Third Cypriot women artist exhibition. Until April 19. Katoi, 43 Agioi Omologites, Nicosia. Open daily: 10.30am-6pm and Saturday: 10.30am-2pm. Tel: 22-774157 Design Society Against Crisis photography, poster, and animation charity exhibition by the students of the Design Society / Department of Design & Multimedia, University of Nicosia with the theme Against Crisis in aid of students in need. Until April 19. Scarabeo Bar, 4 Nikokreontos Street, Nicosia. Tel: 96-696669 Erick Vittorino Solo art exhibition by Brazilian interior designer/decorator, muralist and colour specialist. Until April 22. ArtHouse 59 Kitou Kyprianou Street Old Town Limassol. Open daily: 2pm-10pm

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Nothing but film these days

Cyprus Film Days encompasses a 10-day programme featuring some of this year’s most talked about films, while all the films will be screened for the first time in Cyprus. Left: Ulrich g Leos Carax’s broken-down narrative Holy Motors Seidl’s Paradise: Love. Right: Jordan as ’70s punk rocker ‘Amyl Nitrate’ in Jubilee. Inset left: Shameless and right:

Multiplexes, move over: these days discerning film fans are demanding more from their cinema experiences. Far from the hustle and bustle of the multiplex, with their throngs of teenagers, action-packed blockbusters and overpriced popcorn, there exists more nourishing cinema treatment: film festivals. Such events are a movie lover’s paradise, where you get to while away the hours indulging in your passion and, if you’re lucky, you get to discover brand new films that you can be sure will not be playing at your local multiplex. Cyprus Film Days begins Friday and runs through April 28. It presents a striking range of awarded films alongside new voices and established filmmakers from international independent cinema. In its 11th year, the Festival is the official film festival of Cyprus, but what makes this film festival special and worth attending even for out-of-towners is its accessible, home-grown community feel, and of course its stand-out programming. It aspires to become a meeting point for cinema professionals from the three continents surrounding the island of Cyprus, by exploring the limits and perspectives of cinema today. Screenings are at the Zena Palace in Nicosia and the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and the festival structure is made up of: a competitive section called Glocal Images (featuring less prestigious films), a section called Viewfinder (featuring high-profile films), special tributes, parallel screenings, workshops and music events. At the festival opening in Limassol, the band Wanderlust will perform at Art Studio 55. The band has major influences from alternative rock, combined with the different musical backgrounds of the band members, and has established its own unique style. Nine films in total will compete for the awards in the p international competition section Glocal Images. The Festival will open with the scree screening of the Cypriot film Block 12, by Kyriacos Tofaride farides, a film that delive delivers a unique viewp viewpoint on the issue o of the natural resourc resources of Cyprus. Polish film Sh Shameless d directed b Filip by

hree taboo themes: Marczewski, intertwines three gth of neoincestuous love, the strength gration Nazi groups and the integration of Roma communities. Esteban Larraín’s The Passion of Michelangelo, a drama based on a true story about a miracle boy who gets a peculiar role in the midst of the most intense people’s protests me. during the Pinochet regime. Viewfinder is the none competitive section of the festival, hosting awarded films of the past festival acyear, which are selected he Artistic Committee. Committee Opencording to criteria set by the ing the festival in Nicosia is Beasts Of The Southern Wild, which was nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture. Set in a neglected archipelago of islands off the coast of Louisiana, it portrays the fierce pride and intimate culture of an outsider community on the furthest margins of society. The story is told from the perspective of a little girl named Hushpuppy – whose portrayal by Quvenzhane Wallis, has made her the youngest-ever Best Actress nominee. Paradise: Love explores the subject of sex tourism among rich, middle-aged white women. Ulrich Seidl’s film is the first in his Paradise–Trilogy about three women, three vacations and three stories of the longing to find happiness today. Rufus Norris makes his feature debut with Broken, a delicately structured interweaving story that has at its core the tale of 11-year-old girl who finds herself amidst a group of complex, fractured and often broken people. Look out for Leos Carax’s memorable film Holy Motors. This disjointed, manic work is possibly one of the most original and boundary-pushing movies of 2012, avoiding anything resembling a narrative and conventional character development. This surreal dream-like drama follows Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant), who’s chauffeured around Paris in a stretch limo for various appointments – each of which sees him donning disguise to inhabit different personalities (from an old woman to a leprechaun) and impact on the lives of those he encounters. The Festival is dedicated to the memory of Cypriot cinematographer Harry Savides, who so unfortunately passed away last year. To honour the work of this

esteemed film l professional, the Festival is screening Gus Van Sant’s films Elephant and Last Days. Savides was the ci cinematographer for both films. T Festival’s second tribute The p pays homage to acclaimed Chin Chinese film actor, screenwriter and dire director, Wen Jiang. The Festival is screening three of his feature l films. Pa Parallel screenings also include Th Confrontational Screen: The Pun Punk Rock meets Cinema with a pr programme of three very interes teresting films depicting the late 1970s, the era of punk rock. Fans of the music genre gen should take note of Rude Boyy a semi-documentary, semi-documentary part character study, part ‘rockumentary’, featuring a British punk band, The Clash. Last but not least, in a new midnight slot. Cyprus Film Days in association with the Cine-Excess Film festival presents Bang, Bang Bang: a special season that explores the global phenomenon of vengeance cinema. Exploring cult cinema’s continued fascination with vendettas and the ambiguous figure of the vigilante, the Festival is screening four films, including Death Weekend, about a wealthy playboy who persuades a beautiful model to his secluded mansion; only to be followed and terrorised by a quartet of sadistic thugs. Entrance is free for all afternoon screenings and tributes, otherwise a day pass costs €6 and a pass for all screenings (there are 31 in total!) costs €25. All films are shown with both Greek and English subtitles. You don’t need to be a film buff to appreciate the plethora of films offered at this festival. With stories from all over the globe, Cyprus Film Days is one event you won’t want to miss. Cyprus Film Days 2013 A showcase of international and local productions, special tributes, parallel screenings, workshops and music events. April 19-28. Rialto Theatre, Limassol and Zena Palace, Nicosia. Tel: 77-777745/77-772552. All films screened in their original language with Greek and English subtitles. Free to all afternoon and late midnight screenings. €6 day card/€25 general entry card (for all festival screenings). A full, detailed programme at www. cyprusfilmdays. org

By Ledha Socratous

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

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Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

Proti Enimerosi Kali Sas Mera Early morning entertainment magazine featuring segments on cooking, fashion, lifestyle issues and more.

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CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00

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

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Apo Mera Se Mera

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Entehnos

Current affairs show. Local cultural show.

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19.20

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Moiraia Fengaria

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

20.00 21.15

News Vimata Stin Ammo Friends (rpt) American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

22.30 23.30 23.45

Eponymos News Repeats

NRG Zone FILM: Hocus Pocus

23.20 06.20

05.30 06.20 06.50 07.00 07.50 08.40 09.30 10.25 11.15 12.10 13.00 13.20 14.00

Three witches are accidentally resurrected by a teenager and cause mayhem in modern-day Salem. Supernatural Disney comedy, with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. 1993.

14.50

Brothers & Sisters (rpt)

18.40 19.30 20.15 21.25 22.20

Fourth season of American drama series. ‘The Science Fair’. Expectant fathers Kevin and Scotty help Paige prepare for a science fair, leaving Sarah upset that she is not needed by her daughter. Saul asks Holly to give Ryan another chance, and Simon pays a visit to Nora.

Local period drama, based on true events.

22.00

Biz/Emeis News In English News In Turkish Megastructures The making of the greatest structures and machines ever created.

Mazi Sto CyBC News Kaftes Piperies Paizoume Kypriaka Local game show, asking questions having to do with the Cypriot dialect.

Euronews Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Show where contestants try to outdo each other by throwing the perfect dinner party, which is then judged on its merits by their rivals.

Cookery show.

11.30

ANTENNA

More Repeats Euronews

15.45 16.40 17.30 17.40

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Ellas To Megaleio Sou (rpt) Vodka Portokali (rpt) Lyke, Lyke Eisai Edo (rpt) Einai Stigmes (rpt) Pansellinos (rpt) Tis Agapis Mahairia (rpt) Niose Me (rpt) News Mera Mesimeri Konstantinou Kai Elenis (rpt) To Kafe Tis Haras (rpt) Ta Koritsia Tou Baba (rpt) Oneiropagida (rpt) Lefta Sto Lepto Vals Me 12 Theous (rpt)

MEGA 06.00 06.30 07.00 08.00

Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

09.00 10.00 11.40 14.00 16.00 18.00 18.30 19.30 20.20 21.15 22.20 23.10

Aiyia Fuxia(rpt) Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Grey’s Anatomy US medical drama.

Enopion Tou Laou News Sports News Radio Arvila Greek parody show.

01.40 02.30 03.20 04.40

Horis Oria (rpt) Angigma Psihis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt) Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira Oi Vasiliades The Vampire Diaries Season one. ‘You’re Undead to Me’. Elena discovers some shocking stories about Stefan’s past, while Damson grows weaker as his imprisonment continues and he tries to get Caroline’s help to escape. Bonnie’s special powers manifest themselves, leaving her scared and confused, and Logan uses Aunt Jenna to further his secret agenda.

With News at 18.00.

23.10 00.00 00.05 00.30

Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Epomeni Mera (rpt) Master Chef (rpt)

00.00 00.10 01.00 03.00 04.30

News ‘Til Death Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora Proino Mou (rpt)

SIGMA 07.00 08.20 10.00 10.50 12.00 14.30 15.20 17.10 18.00 18.05 18.40 19.30 20.20 21.30 23.30

Protoselido Eleni Vasiliki (rpt) Aspra Balonia (rpt) Mesimeri Kai Kati Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites (rpt) Magazino Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) News Ti Tha Fame Simera Mama Anna Paola Efta Ourani Kai Sinnefa Alites News Al Tsantiri News CSI: NY Fifth season. ‘The Past, Present and Murder’. A media mogul is suspected of murder, but claims he was acting in self-defence - and matters are complicated by the disappearance of the alleged victim’s body. As inquiries continue, Mac discovers that the case is connected to an earlier investigation involving a missing ﬂash drive.

00.20 00.25 01.20 02.00 02.40 03.00 03.30

News Istories Tou Astinomou Beka (rpt) Siga Min To’ Xeres (rpt) Mono Mia Fora (rpt) Se Fonto Kokkino (rpt) Ta Hrisopsara (rpt) Eleni (rpt)

PLUS TV 06.45 07.20 08.30 09.00 10.00 10.45 11.40 12.30 13.00 15.30 17.00 17.50 19.40

Classic Cartoons Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Ti Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Berdema (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kids’ TV Berdema Fotis - Maria Live Mila Popular tear-jerking talk-show.

21.00 21.25

Exelixeis Sti Showbiz FILM: A Perfect Murder A businessman decides to have his unfaithful wife murdered and hires her unwitting lover to do the deed. Thriller remake, with Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen. 1998.

23.10

CAPITAL 06. 45 Kids’ TV 09.05 Magikos Cosmos (rpt) 09.35 Akti Oneiron (rpt) 10.00 Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras 11.00 Kouzina Me Apopsi 11.30 Capital Sports (rpt) 12.30 Milagros 13.20 Kids’ TV 14.25 Telemarketing 15.25 Top Models 16.15 Kouzina Me Apopsi (rpt) 16.45 Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis 17.40 Akti Oneiron 18.15 Sto Mati Tou Kiklona 19.15 News 19.50 Sports News 20.05 Igeia & Zoi 21.00 FILM: Blue Tornado An Air Force squadron leader investigates the disappearance of jets near a mysterious mountain. Action, starring Patsy Kensit. 1991.

22.45

A hot-tempered soldier inﬁltrates the Seattle Maﬁa intent on revenge. By-the-book thriller, starring Eddie Cibrian and Chuck Norris. 1998.

Ta Kopelia Local comedy series.

23.50 00.50 01.50

LTV Sports News Star News Repeats

FILM: Logan’s War: Bound By Honor

00.30

FILM: The Defender A bodyguard battles an unknown attacker who has ambushed a secret meeting between an American ofﬁcial and a terrorist. Action, starring Dolph Lundgren. 2004.

Kick-Ass (LTV3, 12.00)

01:10 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 01:40 Ideal 02:10 The Weakest Link 02:55 My Family 03:25 Only Fools and Horses 03:55 EastEnders 04:25 Doctors 04:55 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 05:25 Ideal 05:55 Only Fools and Horses 06:25 My Family 07:00 Garth And Bev 07:10 Tweenies 07:30 The Green Balloon Club 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 Garth And Bev 08:25 Tweenies 08:45 The Green Balloon Club 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 My Family 10:00 Only Fools and Horses 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Great Ormond Street 13:05 Waking The Dead 13:55 My Family 14:25 Mutual Friends 15:15 Only Fools and Horses 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 Great Ormond Street 18:20 Waking The Dead 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:15 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 The Impressions Show With Culshaw &... 22:00 Lark Rise To Candleford 22:50 As Time Goes By 23:20 Rev. 23:50 Silk 00:40 After You’ve Gone

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 Sons Of Guns 08:40 Prophets Of Science Fiction 09:30 The History Of Singa-

pore 10:15 Science Of The Movies 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 Time Warp 12:15 Mega World 13:05 Extreme Engineering 13:50 Cafe Racer 14:35 1000 Places To See Before You Die 15:25 The History Of Singapore 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 River Monsters 17:50 Rodeo 18:40 Cafe Racer 19:30 1000 Places To See Before You Die 20:20 Science Of The Movies 21:10 The History Of Singapore 22:00 River Monsters 22:50 Rodeo 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Science Of The Movies 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 River Monsters 02:50 Rodeo 03:40 Cafe Racer 04:30 The History Of Singapore 05:20 1000 Places To See Before You Die 06:10 Science Of The Movies

09:30 All Sports: Watts 11:00 Cycling: Amstel Gold Race Netherlands 12:00 Snooker: Welsh Open Un. Kingdom 14:00 All Sports: Watts 15:00 Cycling: Amstel Gold Race Netherlands 16:00 Cycling: Fleche Wallonne, Belgium 18:15 Snooker: Haikou World Open 19:00 All Sports: G Wars 21:00 All Sports: Watts 22:00 Athletics: Greene Light 22:15 All Sports: Campus 22:45 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 22:50 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 22:55 Golf: Masters In Augusta 23:55 Golf: Golf Club 00:00

Sailing: Yacht Club 00:05 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 00:15 Snooker: Welsh Open Un. Kingdom 01:30 All Sports: Watts

05:40 Desperate Housewives 7 06:25 Bones 3 07:10 Raising Hope 2 07:35 Scrubs 9 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 08:50 Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple 09:40 Desperate Housewives 7 10:25 Bones 3 11:10 Raising Hope 2 11:35 Scrubs 9 12:00 Modern Family 4 12:25 New Girl 2 12:50 Glee 3 13:40 Grey’s Anatomy 14:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 15:20 Desperate Housewives 7 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 2 17:15 Scrubs 9 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 8 18:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 19:20 Desperate Housewives 7 20:10 Bones 21:00 Modern Family 4 21:25 New Girl 2 21:50 Jane By Design 22:40 Raising Hope 2 23:05 Scrubs 9 23:30 Modern Family 4 23:55 New Girl 2 00:20 Jane By Design 01:10 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 02:00 Desperate Housewives 7 02:45 Raising Hope 2 03:10 Scrubs 9 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 8 04:50 Make It Or Break It

07:30 Action Zone (E) 08:00 Guitar

09:45 Detroit Rock City 11:30 Action Zone (E) 12:00 Shelter 14:00 City Of Angels 16:00 Other Guys 18:00 Hollywood Buzz (E) 18:30 Felicity: An American Girl Adventure 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Primal Fear 23:15 Unthinkable 01:00 Hustler TV 03:00 Unnatural & Accidental 04:30 Life As We Know It 06:30 LTV Sports News (E)

07:00 Kids TV 15:45 Justice League Unlimited 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Nba Action 17:30 Barclays Premier League World 18:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 20:00 Best Premier League Games 20:30 La Liga Review 201213 21:45 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 23:45 2011 World’s Strongest Man 00:30 Planet Speed 01:00 Ironman 02:00 Spirit Of Golf 02:30 Best Premier League Games 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:15 One Tree Hill 08:00 Two And A Half Men Ix 08:30 Strike Back 10:20 2 Broke Girls 10:45 Eastbound & Down 11:15 Hawaii Five-0 12:45 Closer 13:30 One Tree Hill 14:15 Strike Back 16:00 Friends 16:25 Privileged 17:10 Closer 18:05 Luck 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 2 Broke Girls 20:30 Big Bang Theory 21:00 Mentalist 21:45 C.S.I. Miami 22:30

Ncis: Los Angeles 23:15 Underbelly Nz: Land Of The Long Green Cloud 00:10 Majestic 03:00 Action Zone 03:30 Friends 03:55 Privileged 04:40 Closer 05:30 Luck 06:30 Gossip Girl

07:30 Action Zone (E) 08:00 Rudo Y Cursi 10:00 You’re A Big Boy Now 12:00 Kick-Ass 14:00 Season Of The Witch 16:00 Sammy’s Adventures: The Secret Passage 17:30 Biutiful 20:00 Mercy 21:30 Action Zone (E) 22:00 Bird 00:40 Daring! TV 04:05 Freeway Killer 05:45 G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

06:15 Against All Odds 08:25 Management 10:00 My Future Boyfriend 11:20 Films & Stars 11:55 Five 13:25 Puss In Boots 15:00 Bounce 16:50 Cine News 17:10 Do No Harm 18:45 Hollywood 1on1 19:20 Hemingway & Gellhorn 22:00 Game Of Thrones 23:10 The Rum Diary 01:15 Demeni Kokkini Klosti 03:05 Cine News 03:50 Unthinkable

06:20 Old School 07:50 A Dangerous Method 09:30 Tower Heist 11:15 Larry Crowne 12:55 The Caine Mutiny 15:00 Cine News 15:35 Michael 17:25 Man On A Ledge 19:15 There Will Be Blood 22:00 Walk The Line

15:00 MLB: Philadelphia Phillies At Cincinnati Reds 18:00 PRE GAME(E) 18:45 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012-13: AEP VS OMONOIA (E) 20:45 POST GAME (E) 21:30 A DIVISION CYPRUS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 22:00 NHL: San Jose Sharks At Phoenix Coyotes

00:25 The Woman In Black 02:10 Transit 03:40 Point Blank

21:00 Salvation Boulevard 22:40 Cine News 23:50 Quarantine 2: Terminal 01:30 Adult Zone

19:30 The Art Of Getting By 21:00 Jane Eyre 23:05 Paradeisos 00:55 Majority

00:00 Sports Unlimited 02:00 MLB: Philadelphia Phillies At Cincinnati Reds 05:00 NHL: San Jose Sharks At Phoenix Coyotes 07:30 Morning Drive 08:30 Top 10 - Fred Couples Highlights 09:00 Golf Central International 10:00 School Of Golf - Chapter 6: Working The Ball 10:30 NHL: San Jose Sharks At Phoenix Coyotes 13:00rag Race High 13:30 My Ride Rules 14:00 Pinks All Out Atlanta

06:00 Only Hits 08:00 MTV GreekLips 09:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 10:00 MTV Plain Jane (Commissioned Version) 11:00 Pure Local 12:00 MTV VHI Pop up Video 13:00 MTV Made 14:00 MTV Big Time Rush 14:30 MTV Victorious 15:00 MTV Hollywood Heights 16:00 MTV Crash Canyon 17:00 MTV Pranked 18:00 MTV GreekLips 19:00 2013 MTV Movie Awards 21:00 MTV Underemployed 22:00 MTV Catﬁsh 23:00 MTV The Inbetweeners 00:00 2013 MTV Movie Awards 02:00 Only Hits

07:00 Captains Courageous 09:00 The Hook 10:40 Hot Millions 12:30 Some Came Running 14:45 Travels With My Aunt 16:35 The Sandpiper 18:35 Butterﬁeld 8 20:25 Boys Town 22:00 Mutiny on the Bounty 01:00 It! 02:40 Betrayed 04:30 Bhowani Junction

By Preston Wilder

There Will Be Blood (Novacinema2, 19.15) There will be gasps. There will be oohs and aahs. There will be Oscars (and in fact there were, Daniel DayLewis winning Best Actor as ‘Daniel Plainview’). There will be puzzlement, especially towards the end when DDL yells “I drink your milkshake!” and Paul Dano - as a preacher named Eli Sunday - doesn’t seem to have aged at all after many years. There may also be complaints that this famous film doesn’t have much to say, and that’s probably true - but it’s still irresistible, a character study of a strange, tormented man, spiced with outlandish set-pieces and a hypnotic score. Plainview is an “oilman” in the early 20th century, churn-

ing out black gold from the rocky innards of the Western landscape; he claims to be accompanied by his “wonderful son H.W.” but in fact the boy is an orphan, adopted by Plainview after H.W.’s dad was killed in a drilling accident - and the lie eats away at this plainspoken man, finally destroying his relationship to oil; oil gives him a son, and oil takes him away. There will be layers. There will be excellence. Made in 2007.

Mercy (LTV3, 20.00) If you’re a novelist, beware women whose names start with ‘M’ and end with ‘y’. Misery made life a misery for snowbound author James Caan (actually the psycho’s name in Misery was ‘Annie’, but work with me here) -

Mercy

and a woman named Mercy does the same to Scott Caan (son of James) in this tart romantic drama, which Caan also wrote. He’s a successful author who writes about Love but “Love as I see it”, meaning one-night stands with no intention of settling down - at least till he meets Mercy (Wendy Glenn), a woman (and literary critic) who resists his easy blandishments and hooks him like no other. The film’s problem may be that Mercy is an impossible character to play - a woman so smart and beautiful she instantly turns this shallow hack into a true romantic - but the script is apparently quite strong on the foibles of male vanity. Caan writes from experience, with doting dad James also on hand to offer good advice: “Love is a myth!”. Made in 2009.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2366 1

PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS

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

EASY

HARD

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1 Could one get shellshock from this? (4) 2 My tea’s stirred – it looks hot (6) 3 Feeling of discontent by messenger, no less (4) 4 Develop but do not start to turn (6) 5 Brilliant swimmer with five arms (8) 6 When a puffin has enough to eat, it should be adequate (4,3,4) 7 How a builder, for the second time, might form a mental impression of past events (11) 11 Quietly aridity spreads round with speed (8) 12 Odd figure used to secure a tent (3) 14 Army has less revolutionary ornamental tuft (6) 15 A second-class thoroughfare in another country (6) 17 Company ask for silence whilst producing a weapon (4) 18 Benjamin holds race starter’s gun (4)

Rating EASY

6 One electing to live in a houseboat? (8,5) 8 Sign by the railway about a collection of literary material (7) 9 Clearly Richard included word from a song (5) 10 Sailor taking ﬁrst and last delivery is late (5) 12 Madly caring about sweetheart, a southern European (7) 13 Bit of a problem path you take, having the ability to share another’s emotions (7) 15 Heats broken meatplate in Scotland (5) 16 Attempt to leave business currently in Pakistan (5) 17 Where in France, West Indian went in front of a reindeer (7) 19 Characters evident in the document (7-6)

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Answers to crossword 2365

HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 5 Fast; 7 Victoriana; 8 Rumble; 10 Raglan; 11 Idle; 12 Offstage; 14 Predator; 16 Both; 17 Staler; 19 Droopy; 21 Thermostat; 22 Edge. Down – 1 Aver; 2 Stable; 3 Free-port; 4 Lair; 5 Faggot; 6 Straight up; 9 Understand; 13 Firedamp; 15 Dilate; 16 Blouse; 18 Reef; 20 Yeti.

QUICK: Across – 5 Pail; 7 Heptagonal; 8 Ogress; 10 Birdie; 11 Best; 12 Embalmed; 14 Knuckled; 16 Cite; 17 Wizard; 19 Namely; 21 Change down; 22 Stye. Down – 1 Shoo; 2 Street; 3 Eggshell; 4 Snub; 5 Plural; 6 Incidental; 9 Green light; 13 Badinage; 15 Chance; 16 Comedy; 18 Dray; 20 Yank.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

You can be quite changeable with so much going on in your sign, but may still have some positive energy to spread around this morning. Take advantage, because business may set in later. Be careful of impatience or of acting on impulse which could upset the balance. You might also notice an urge to splash the cash and buy a few luxuries.

It’s a ﬁne day to have people over and share ideas, particularly if it’s linked to business, or you just want to make some new acquaintances. Career wise, things are looking up, which you’ll be more than happy about. The current astral climate is perfect for negotiation and for making professional links. Travel may still be something you’re keen to consider.

The day may get off to a disruptive start, especially if you launch yourself into activities without thinking. But those false starts could generate good fortune anyway. Go with the ﬂow and take things as they come. It helps to keep plans open ended so you can change your mind or even opt out if you need to. Romance and creativity are still hot topics.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

It may feel like a good idea to help out a partner or friend. Duty calls, and it seems you are there to answer. You might need to accept the fact that people hold different views. A fun plan could bring friends together, and you may enjoy taking on the role of host, especially when it comes to providing excellent home-cooked food and drink.

There is an upbeat feeling out there, and you’re in the mood to go right along with it. However, it might help to stay clear of argumentative situations, as joint ﬁnancial affairs continue to pose questions to which you may not yet have the answers. Whatever it is that’s holding you back, listen to that inner voice. An intuitive hunch can help to unlock this.

Luck may be with you in unexpected ways, and you can capitalise on it if you can manage to curb your restlessness. By late afternoon, you could be a powerhouse and ready to make things happen. It’s a good time to handle matters pertaining to your job or to work that needs to be done. You might also be considering how to make money from home.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

It’s a positive money day, perhaps due to a partner with good news to share. A business trip might lead you down a new path. Work goes well, as long as you don’t feel guilty if you can’t meet yours or others’ high expectations. Learning to chill out may help you save energy that might otherwise be spent worrying. A social event can light up your evening.

Today could be a winner in so many ways, as long as you can accept a few changes which may be related to a partner, or perhaps to a career decision. It’s more than possible that you may have to deal with disagreement or even feisty types - but consider they may be trying to quash any signs of mutiny. Stick to your beliefs to make progress.

Though tensions and fast paced actions may mean you’re living on your nerves, the soothing effects of Venus in your home zone, encourage thoughts of relaxation and calm. Busy thoughts and hectic communications may keep your nose to the grindstone, so balance this by eating well and making it a habit to get longer more restful sleep.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

Two hands may be better than one, so join in and be part of the scene. If you’re in a creative state of mind, you may ﬁnd a way to improve ﬁnances. Excitement may be in the air, and the inner and outer you seem to sync in perfect harmony. It’s good to get out tonight, when inspiration may boost your spirits along with some interesting conversation.

Romantic options bring pleasure and feelings of greater contentment. You may have doubts about yourself, but a partner or loving friend could help set things to rights. A defensive mood may put off some - but there’s no need for it right now. Relax and enjoy good company. Thoughts of adventure or travel may be on your mind and can create a pleasant distraction.

You seem to have plenty of support for advancing your aims and ambitions, even if most of it comes from friends or family. The ability to think big, be optimistic and glimpse future possibilities, can all play a part in this. Find a constructive way to freshen up your routines. You don’t need to go mad, but you could put your imagination to good use.

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JOB WANTED ***************************** COUPLE FROM SRI LANKA (29-25 years old) are looking for a job. Any job specially in Nicosia. They have realise papersliving in or out call 99953012 99485358 *****************************

MISCELLANEOUS ***************************** HELP WANTED and commission paid for advice regarding purchase of surplus Russian military items from Cypriot military. Please reply your details to info@rme-ltd.eu ***************************** STAGE ONE THEATRE, PAPHOS AUDITIONS at 7pm on 16 & 23 April for STEEL MAGNOLIAS. Director Cathy Aseter, performances October. Also THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, Director Peter Sandwith, in June. Performances December. Call Peter 99984035 for information. Auditionees must advise intention to audition in advance. ***************************** WANTED: COUPLES OF EU CITIZENS LIVING IN CYPRUS We are currently conducting research as regards European families living in Cyprus. If both you and your spouse come from the same or a different country of the EU (except Cyprus and Greece, e.g. both from Germany, or Germany and France), if you have children over 6, and if you are interested in taking part in some research ﬁnanced by the University of Cyprus please contact us 96530033. Participants will complete a questionnaire and participate in a faceto-face interview. They will also receive a symbolic amount of money. ***************************** 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. Ayia Napa Monday 97798043 Larnaca Tuesday (Polish spk) 96616589 Thursday 24645523 / 99259264 Limassol Tuesday / Wednesday / Friday / Saturday 25368265 / 99559322 Nicosia Sunday 99013596 Paphos Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday 99916331 / 99399240 Details of meetings are available on www.aa-europe.net

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PERSONAL ***************************** GERMAN MAN, 50 years, searching for a nice woman. Mobile: 00491736590562 *****************************

LESSON ***************************** PRIVATE TUITION Experienced, UK-qualiﬁed teacher offers full/ part-time private home tuition in Maths, English, Science, I.C.T.,Geography, History, Business Studies and Economics, from KS2 to iGCSE, AS and A2 levels. 9 years experience in Cyprus; references available. Telephone 99318796 *****************************

HEALTH & FITNESS ***************************** FOR PRETTY WOMAN: anticellulite treatment, reﬂexology, aromatherapy massage against stress, back pains, headache. Also spa for nails. Tel: 99986991 Nicosia area near Hilton *****************************

SERVICES ***************************** PROFESSIONAL UPHOLSTERY CLEANING, also carpets, rugs and mattresses. Special offers now available. FREE STAIN GUARD FOR LIMITED TIME For a quote call Rickys Cleaning Services on 99131044 (all areas) info@rcs-cyprus.net / www.rcs-cyprus.net ***************************** K.D.FLYSCREENS LTD. We

Nicosia - tel: 22 818583 fax: 22 676385 manufacture top quality sliding screens, opening doors and roller systems. We also do repairs. For a FREE QUOTE please contact Phone: 99119582 Website: www.kdflyscreens.com ***************************** 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 ***************************** 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 *****************************

PETS ***************************** RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK Quality pedigree puppies for sale, Kennels club registered. An excellent hunter, a good family dog, as well as a good guard dog. Lovely to have around, both parents can be seen. Price €500 for more info pls call 99046966 ***************************** HONEY is a 3 month old pincher/ terrier mix. She is very small sized and very sweet and playful. Honey is looking for a loving family to be hers forever! She will remain small sized so she is ideal for a family with an apartment! For adoptions call 99 520 511 Monday-Friday between hours 10-2 or email ndsadoptions@gmail.com *****************************

FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE: British ex-pat leaving Cyprus. Excellent quality goods for sale. Solid wood patio furniture; modern dining room furniture; glass/metal ofﬁce table; beds and mattreses, solid wood bookcases; standard lamps, oak arm chairs and cabinet etc. Contact: 99678180 ***************************** FOR SALE: Electric Cooker, Bosch 4 ceramic hotplates and oven, used 1 1/2 year, €300 For further information contact phone 99757511 ***************************** FOR SALE – PAPHOS CATER-

Limassol - tel: 25 761117 fax: 25 761141

ING EQUIPMENT 1. Industrial freezer – CORECO Height 200cm, width 68cm, depth 58cm 2. Electrolux Freezer, model EUC3109X, width-595mm, height-1800mm, depth623mm, freezing capacity-24kg/24hours, energy class A 3. CONVOTHERM OVEN modelOBG 6.10Combi Oven-Steamer with Gas Steam Generator Extra: Stand with stainless steel shelving, extractor fan, water supply system and gas installation connections, PLUS CHAFING TRAYS & THERMO BOXES, ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AT REDUCED PRICES. PLEASE CALL: 99622678 *****************************

FOR SALE BUSINESS/ PROPERTY/LAND ***************************** FOR SALE plot of land with sea view. In Chlorakas area. Very quiet and private location. Title deed. Tel. 99519370. ***************************** LAND FOR SALE MITSERO. 7 skalas. 10% build. South facing, unobstructed views. Access road, water, electricity. Fenced compound with 48sq.meter timber framed 2 bedroom unit, septic tank, grey water system, storage, workshop. €135,000 mobile 99594205 pumpitch@ hotmail.com ***************************** PLOT FOR SALE IN KATO PLATRES in a pine tree area. It comes with title deeds, 1095 square feet. Tel. 99881051. ***************************** FOR SALE LAND in Anthoupoli (half plot) 288 sq.metres. for information 99621554. *****************************

GERMANY INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT in Germany. Guaranteed Annual return 2%-4%. Safe investment without risk. Tel: +4915233833850. Επενδύσεις σε ακίνητα στη Γερμανία, εγγυημένη ετήσια απόδοση 2%-4% Ασφαλής επένδυση χωρίς κίνδυνο. Τηλ: 004915233833850

PROPERTY TO LET NICOSIA FOR RENT: 2 bed-room ﬂat in

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Nikis Avn in Nicosia. Completely renovated, with electric supplies. Excellent for office or flat. With furniture or not. 3 bedroom flat in Nicosia near Central Bank, 140 sqm. Completely renovated like new. Mob : 99 460 860 ***************************** 3 BEDROOM ground floor apartment for rent in blind school area, Nicosia, with c/h, a/c and front and back garden. €550 p/m. References required. Call 97852977. 4 BEDROOM ground floor apartment for rent in blind school area, Nicosia with c/h, a/c and front and back garden. €650 p/m. References required. Call 97852977. HOUSE FOR RENT 1st floor, 2 levels, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, spacious open plan sitting room, dining room, veranda and Italian kitchen. Fully a/c, c/h. Place: Ayios Dometios. For information mobile no. 99510244 ***************************** FLATS/HOUSES FOR RENT studio Makarios Av. €300, Kennedy furnished €300, 1 bdrm Str/ los €400, Hilton €400, 2 bdrm Lycavitos €480 fully equipped, Ag. Dometios ground floor + garden €450, Ag. Paylos rear house newly built €390, Acropolis furnished €450, 3 bdrm Ag. Omologites garden €700, Nikis Av. Furnished €500, Archangelos detached with pool €1,200, Acropolis independent ideal for office/residence €750, 4 bdrm Kwsta Theodorou new house €1,100, Mosfiloti unique villa with pool/landscaping €2,500. 99474839, 99646822. 21 PROPERTY FINDER LTD. Licenced & Registered Estate Agents A.M.627 A.A.108/E ***************************** FOR RENT a spacious two bedroom apartment, near Hilton and Central Bank. Living/dining room, sitting room, large veranda, kitchen, c/h, s/h, covered parking. Title deeds. Tel. 99519370. ***************************** HOUSES/FLATS 2 bedr. lux. flat, Ayioi Omoloyites, wooden floors €800, 3 bedr. Acropolis c/h a/c wooden floors €650, Mak/ssa 3 bedr., modern, open plan €1000 f/f €1200, Nicosia 3 bedr., f/f, luxury €1000 f/f, Latsia 2 bedr., pool €430, Strovolos f/f house 4 bedr €1300, Mak/ssa ground floor house detached €850 Photos www.markidesestates. com Markides 22- 378898 / 99464764 Reg.No. 487 E 16 ***************************** TO LET 1 bedroom upper floor house, large veranda near restaurant Periyiali in Acropolis 5 Aeantos Street €300 call 99680208 ***************************** LUXURY HOUSES: 1. 4 bedr luxury detached house

Larnaca - tel: 99 634725

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 Properties 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 -For Sale Larnaca -For Sale Paphos 27 For Sale Ayia Napa -For Sale Famagusta Protaras 27 For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads -Churches 26

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 built in 3/4 of a plot, office space, central heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining area, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, blinds and curtains on all windows, aluminium shutters, big garden with grass, 3 wc, covered parking, in a quiet area – Strovolos €1000 (H4ST10051-R), (photos in the website) 2. 3 bedr luxury terraced house, 210sq.m,central heating, full a/c, marble floor in the sitting areas and solid parquet floor on stairs and bedrooms,4 wc,3 bathrooms, 2 en suite, big verandas, electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3 covered parking spaces, roof garden access, in a quiet neighbourhood on Mon Parnas hill – Engomi €800 (photos in the website). 3. 3 bedr detached house with extra room for office, 250sq.m, central heating independent, 4 a/c, big renovated kitchen with cooker and oven, big sitting and dining room with parquet floor and fireplace, 1 bathroom, 2 shower, 3 wc, 2 covered parking, double glazed windows

FOR RENT 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in Larnaca near new hospital. €400 per month including service charge and refuse collection Call 99358916

TO LET NICOSIA and shutters in bedrooms, big verandas surrounded by trees and bushes off 28th October street IN the central part of Makedonitissa – €1100 (H3MAK0004-R) (photos on the website) 4. 3 bedr luxury semi-detached house with character, 200sq.m, central heating, full ac, sitting and dining room with fireplace, 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 neighbourhood. Available middle of January. Agios Andreas €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos on website). 5. 3 bedr luxury house, office space, attic room, with central heating, full a/c, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, 2 verandas, in a quiet area – Lakatamia €680 (H4LAK009-R), (photos in the website). 6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached

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TO LET NICOSIA house with central heating, a/c, fireplace, modern kitchen open plan with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, garden with grass, over flow swimming pool, covered parking in a quiet area. – Makedonitissa €1600 (H4MAK0023-R), (photos on the website). 7. 4 bedr luxury detached house with big sitting and dining room with parquet floor, separate big kitchen with family room and all the electrical appliances, small garden with grass and bbq area,3wc, central heating, full a/c, covered parking, in a very quiet neighbourhood – Archangelos €1200 (H4AR0017-R), (photos in the website). 8. 3 bedr +office space partially renovated detached ground floor house, 280sq.m, central heating with oil, full a/c, 3wc, separate TV room, big sitting and dining area, big verandas around the house, bbq area, covered parking, private yard near the parking.– Strovolos €1200 (H4ST10048-R), (photos in the website).

TO LET NICOSIA 9. New modern luxury very good quality finished semi detached house built in 3 levels. Upstairs 1st level 3 bedrs all en suite+ laundry room, 2nd level big attic room which can be used for office space or bedroom. Ground floor with 2 sitting areas ,dining area and breakfast area, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, central heating, full a/c units. Basement with kitchen with cooker and oven, dishwasher, microwave and 2 refrigerators, sitting room with fireplace, and 2 bedrooms with one bathroom. Outside private fenced garden with artificial grass, bbq area and covered veranda. The house has blinds and shutters on all windows, false ceiling with spot lights throughout house, pressure system, covered parking, satellite dish, central music and network system, storage room, very good double glazed windows. Behind General flooring in the centre of Makedonitissa - €2000 (H4MAK0001-R), (photos on the website).

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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).

12. 3 bedrs luxury 2 storey, FULLY RENOVATED LISTED HOUSE with high ceilings in the centre of Nicosia, 260sq.m, 2 small attic rooms, big sitting room upstairs, big sitting room and dining area downstairs, wooden ﬂoor, kitchen with all the electrical appliances, 2 bathrooms (one en suite),3wc,CH independent, A/C, big garden – Nicosia Centre €1400 (H4NIC0002-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, aluminium 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).

13. 3 bedr upstairs and 2 separate bedrooms in the basement luxury detached house (all the bedrooms with en suite bathrooms/shower), also separate kitchen and sitting room in the basement which also has separate entrance from the house, central heating, full a/c, solid parquet ﬂoor throughout house,

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA big sitting and dining room with ﬁreplace, big fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area and family room, big over ﬂow, swimming pool with covered patio area with fully equipped bar (bbq, fridge, freezer, cooker), mature garden around the house,2 parking places, alarm system near the Cyprus Conference Centre – Platy Aglantzias €3500 (H5PAG0002-R). 14. 4 bedr very big luxury semi detached house 350sq.m, with big separate basement 80sq.m with 2 rooms, sitting room, kitchen and bathroom. Consists of big sitting and dining areas upstairs, big kitchen with big family room and breakfast area, big bedrooms, 3 showers, 1 bathroom, central heating, full a/c, black out blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking and patio with bbq in a very quiet neighbourhood close to Makarios football stadium. CAN BE RENTED FURNISHED, PARTIALLY FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED - Makedonitissa €1500 (H4MAK0032-R), (pho-

TO LET NICOSIA tos in the website) 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/ shower, sitting room upstairs, attic room with shower and wc, office space/maid’s room with shower and wc, central heating, full AC,450sq.m, big sitting and dining areas, big kitchen with sitting area and fitted cooker and oven, 6wc, 2 covered parking, yard with tiles and SWIMMING POOL, bbq area in a very quiet neighbourhood near CYBC (RIK) station and near a neighbourhood park – Platy Aglantzias €2500 (H4AGZ0005-R), (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225/96-422225/96422226, www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** LUXURY FLATS: 1. 3 bedr luxury finished spacious floor apartment with very big sitting and dining areas with fam-

TO LET NICOSIA ily room with fire place, solid parquet floor all through, 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 neighbourhood – Agios Andreas- €1300 – A3AAD0005-R (photos on 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). 3. 2 bedr penthouse 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. 2 bedr luxury ground floor apartment with central heatingindependent, full a/c, structure cabling internet and satellite network, FULLY MODERN EXPENSIVE FURNISHED, with 46”LCD TV, covered parking, double glazed windows, aluminium shutters, on Pericleous street near Klimataria traffic lights – Strovolos €650 (A2ST10054-R) (photos in the website)

TO LET NICOSIA 5. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fireplace, covered parking and big over floor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital – Engomi €1500 (A4ENG0003-R) (photos in the website) 6. 1 bedr new luxury apartment in a modern building (TSENTAS), with central heating ind, 2 a/c, cooker and oven, refrigerator and washing machine in the kitchen, parquet floor, NICELY FURNISHED big covered veranda, big sitting room off Kyriakou Matsi street, 1 km from the centre €460 (A1AOM0002-R), (photos in the website). 7.

1 bedr cozy luxury apartment,60sq.m,parquet ﬂoor, nicely furnished ,all ﬁtted electrical appliances (cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge), roman blinds, provisions for home cinema, big covered verandah, storage heaters, 2 a/c ,covered parking in Dasoupolis near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital. – Dasoupoli €470 (A1DAS0009-R) (photos in the website)

8. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big kitchen, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered veranda, nicely newly fully furnished , off Kyriakou Matsi street very close to the

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centre on foot– Agioi Omologites €500 (A2AOM0003-R) (photos in the website)

the centre very close to Debenhams €1300 (A3NIC0028-R), (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 neighbourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE end of March – Acropolis €800 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) .

12. 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 neighbourhood off Kallipoleos Street Lykavitos €700 (A2LYK0024-R) (photos on the website)

10. New luxury finished 1 bedr penthouse apartment with big verandah with nice view, in a small modern building,55sq.m,storage heaters,2 a/c, blinds on the windows, expensive electrical appliances (cooker, oven, extractor, refrigerator, washing machine, dryer), covered parking and storage room, off Kalippoleos street opposite Dessange Day Spa near the University – Lykavitos €420 (A1LYK0002-R), (photos in the website). 11. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse one floor apartment in a small building with 3 apartments,250sq.m plus big covered verandas, fire place, solid parquet floor,2 bathrooms, 3 wc, cooker, oven, fridge, washing machine and dishwasher in the kitchen, CH independent, full a/c, big reception areas opening to the verandas, pressure system and 2 covered with remote control entrance, walking distance to

13. 3 bedr luxury penthouse apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, big sitting and dining room with fireplace, separate kitchen, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, big covered and uncovered veranda, covered parking, in Strovolos near the Municipal building - €650 (A3ST10014-R) (photos on the 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). 15. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse,165sq.m+80sq.m verandah with bbq, central heating ind, full AC, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with dining area, fully MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Athalassa Avenue near Stephanis Electrinics and Eng-

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA lish school – Strovolos €800 (A3ST10013-R) (photos in the website) 16. New luxury finished 4 bed PENTHOUSE apartment in a small modern building, 186sq. m+90sq.m big veranda with nice view, separate floor heating, fully air conditioned, 4wc, 2 en suite bedrooms with shower,1 bathroom, solid parquet floor all through, big sitting and dining areas with electric modern shutters opening to the veranda, fully equipped kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, 2 parking places (1 covered), in a very quiet neighbourhood ,near the Russian Embassy. AVAILABLE END OF MARCH –Engomi €1900 (A4ENG0005-R) (photos in the website) For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com ***************************** 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927. *****************************

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***************************** THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO RENT AN OFFICE! The Rent package includes: fully furnished office, receptionist, internet connection, conference room, electricity, aicondition, cleaning, all utilities. Call 25365046 ***************************** FOR RENT office of around 85m2, with partitions, kitchenette and parking in a peaceful, green yet central area at Helladion House (off. 302; 3rd floor), 5 Andrea Kalvou Str. For viewing, please call Ms. Jenny on 25-340987(3rd floor of building; office hours). For further details, please call 25-521873 after 8:00pm. ***************************** UN-DETACHED HOUSE for rent in Apshiou village, 2 bedrooms, kitchen, sitting room, bathroom with solar water heater. A/C, satellite, 15mins to roundabout. €350. Tel 25369219, work 10.30-17.30 25542968 home 99773151 ***************************** TO LET Large 4 bedroom unfurnished house in the village of Asomatos nr Akrotiri Limassol.

TO LET LIMASSOL Fully A/C & Heating (storage heaters). 5 wc’s, large kitchen/ diner, lounge and sitting room. Large loft with own shower/wc (suitable for office/playroom/ gym). Carport - prominent position in cul-de-sac - lots of parking. €850 pcm (negotiable). Available from April 2013. Tel. 99831431 TRADITIONAL VILLAGE STONE HOUSE IN APESHIA. Very quiet village, 20mins from Limassol. Road to heritage school/ Troodos. 2 bedrooms, office available top floor with veranda great view of mountains. Small courtyard with trees. Electric solar water. A/C-toilet in main bedroom. Semi/full furnished. Fitted kitchen with electrical appliances, fireplace. Toilet/ shower. €550pm negotiable. Tel 96891800.

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BEDROOM ﬂat in Ermou Square area Larnaca - 2 bedroom ﬂat in Phaneromenis area Larnaca. Call 96693375 ***************************** 1. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. 3 bedroom detached unfurnished property set on a fantastic development in the village of Tersefanou. Available for immediate occupation. Ref. TLL973. Tel 24815926 2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. 2 bedroom fully furnished apartment, nr the Metro/American Academy Larnaca. Ref. TLL1654 Please call to arrange a viewing Tel. 24815926 3.

GROUND FLOOR HOUSE, furnished renovated this year. Laminated parke ﬂoor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 *****************************

LARNACA ***************************** TO LET 3 bedroom house, 100m from beach, Dekelia road Oroklini area. 1 bed ﬂat Makenzie near sea and Petros supermarket. tel: 96693375

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UK House Offered in Exchange for Apartment or House in Cyprus A 100 sq. m. four bedroom Semi Detached house in the East Midlands, with a market value of £120,000, is offered in exchange for a 2 bedroom (minimum) apartment or house anywhere in Cyprus. My house has been recently renovated at a cost of over £25,000 and is situated within less than three miles from Clumber Park. If interested, please email Natalia at nzah50@hotmail.com for a detailed description of my property and please include the internal size in square metres and photos of what you are offering in exchange.

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TO LET PAPHOS PAPHOS ***************************** 1. Sea Caves Paphos, luxury 3 bed unfurnished villa with private pool on a big plot. One bed downstairs, kitchen white goods include dish washer. Spacious bedrooms, dressing room, balconies, separate outdoor storeroom, enclosed garden. €1000 2. Secret Valley, 3 bed un/furnished villa with private pool on a big plot. Spacious living space, good sized bedrooms. Pool and garden maintenance included in rent. Lovely sea and country side views. €700 3. Peyia, Beautiful 3 bed un/furnished villa with amazing sea views. Private pool, lovely garden, double bedrooms, master en suite. €500 4. Koili, brand new 4 bed unfurnished villa. Finished to a very high quality in a very quiet location. Italian kitchen, fire place, under floor heating, shutters, fly screens, pool, one bed downstairs. €850 PAPHOS TO RENT Tel: 99389198. For listings and many other properties please visit our web www.paphotorent.com and give us a call. ***************************** 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, €550 ono, please call: 99771532 – no agents FOR RENT a selection of 1 to 5

TO LET PAPHOS bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Kato Paphos & Kissonerga Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at our website www.cyprussands.com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus CHLORAKAS: 3 Bedroom unfurnished villa private swimming pool, utility room, walking wardrobes, en suite shower 180 m2 covered area fenced garden fully a/c, € 575 p/m For more information’s phone 99400697 ***************************** TREMITHOUSA- Modern 2 Double Bedroom Townhouse with Stunning Sea views, Large Secluded Terrace with Open Views, Roof Garden, Fitted Kitchen, A/C, U/F 350 Euros or F/F 400 Euros TREMITHOUSA- Superb Detached 3 Bedroom Villa with Large Pool, F/F to a very High Standard, Mater En-Suite, Family Bathroom with Jacuzzi, Beautifully Fitted Kitchen, Utility, Separate Shower room, Spectacular Mountain and Sea views, Quite Cul-De-Sac location 700 Euros KISSONERGA- Beautiful Detached U/F 3 Bedroomed Villa, Large Pool,2 Bedrooms Upstairs Master En-suite, Family Bathroom, modern Fitted Kitchen, Downstairs Bedroom with En-suite Shower room, Low maintenance Garden, Large Terraces and Separate Storage Room 600 Euros TREMITHOUSA- Purpose Built Ground and First Floor 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments U/F and F/F, A/C, Parking From Only

TO LET PAPHOS 150 Euros URGENTLY WANTED – 3 Bedroom U/F Detached Villas 600/700 MORE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ***************************** LOW COST, long term 3 bedroom bungalow, Polis area, Gialia village, on 3 acres of property, large variety of fruit trees, extremely private with panoramic mountain and sea views, unfurnished, swimming pool, a/c and ﬁreplace, fence around the property €550 per month ono – available from 1st of April For more info call: 99 442485 ***************************** 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. PEYIA €500 PRICE REDUCED FOR QUICK RENTAL. Modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area offering stunning sea views. Low maintenance garden with private pool and off street parking. Available unfurnished. Photos to be added to the website shortly. 2. SECRET VALLEY €750 spacious modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a peaceful residential area. Offering large private pool with a low maintenance lovely garden with sea views.

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS plus bathroom. Available fully furnished. Allocated parking at side of property. A great central location close to all amenities. website reference number: RTL_663 4. LOWER CHLORAKA €750 spacious detached 3 bedroom modern villa offering stunning unobstructed views of the sea. Situated in a quiet residential area, opposite orange groves. Gated entrance, a good size enclosed low maintenance mature garden with shrubs & fruit trees. a private pool with sea views. Spacious living area with real ﬁreplace. Downstairs guest wc. Master bedroom with ensuite. Available fully furnished. Viewings highly

TO LET PAPHOS recommended. website reference number: RTL_550 5. KAMARES TALA €850 a stunning detached villa offering 4 bedrooms plus office in a quiet & private residential area with large parking bay for numerous cars and covered off street parking. Offering spacious living accommodation and breathtaking views of the sea. This property includes a lift to all 4 floors. Luxury modern fitted kitchen with appliances. Lovely garden with spacious veranda & private pool. Available unfurnished. website reference number: RTL_669 6. KAMARES TALA €900 a unique property combining modern and traditional. Situ-

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TO LET PAPHOS ated in the sought after area of Kamares on a large plot with mature gardens & stunning private pool, offering total privacy and breathtaking sea views. Separate annex with modern shower room & separate kitchen. Guest room offering bedroom & shower room at pool level. Large modern office. Main house offering 2 further bedrooms plus a number of sitting rooms. Perfect for those who require something completely different from the norm. Available furnished or part furnished. website reference number: RTL_673 7. PEYIA €950 we are delighted to offer this ultra modern 4 bedroom villa with luxury furnishings & fittings. Offering spacious accommodation with breathtaking sea views. Furnishings & fittings are of a very high quality. Spacious living area with modern fitted kitchen & utility area. One bedroom on ground floor with ensuite & kitchenette. Guest wc. Private infinity pool & enclosed low maintenance garden. A must to see! website reference number: RTL_670 8. CHLORAKA €2000 substantial luxury 4 bedroom villa, spacious (350 sq metres), beauti-

TO LET PAPHOS fully designed with unique detail. Conservatory with views of landscaped gardens. Large modern fitted kitchen, living room with working fireplace. Circular dining room with vaulted dome ceiling. Stunning private pool area. Available unfurnished. website reference number: RTL_579 Tel: 97790883 Tel: 99133422 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrent-paphos.net email: info@mrrent-paphos. net **************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY RENTALS : Offering a full range of property services, the company you can TRUST. KONIA PAFOS 4 bedroom villa in Konia on 3 floors. Four spacious bedrooms with nice veranda views of mountains. Middle floor has sitting/dining area all with classic furniture and fireplace and lovely big kitchen. Downstairs is a selfcontained annex with bedroom and kitchen area/bathroom wc. Private pool BBQ area and outside sink. REF 1232 €1300 AYIA MARINOUDA PAFOS 2 bedroom furnished bungalow in lovely quiet complex with

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KOLETRIA PAFOS 4 bedroom house with 3 bathrooms offered unfurnished, central heating and ﬂyscreens throughout 3 bedrooms upstairs, master bedroom has ensuite. Large shower room. Fourth bedroom downstairs with shower room. Lovely large kitchen and sitting room. Covered area for car and back garden REF 1234 €500

CORAL BAY 3 bedroom villa offered furnished or unfurnished in a lovely private and peaceful location. Property is cosy with a small kitchen, sitting room and dining area with a ﬁreplace, airconditioning, guest WC, 3 bedrooms master ensuite, family bathroom. Nice views. Ref 842 €750

SEA CAVES PAFOS Modern Bungalow offered furnished or unfurnished, 3 bedrooms, master en suite shower, family bathroom, kitchen, sitting area, flyscreens. Private pool, roof garden, outside showertoilet, nice location with great sea views. REF 1213 €750 PANO PAFOS Large 3 bedroom house on ground floor on large plot with lovely garden and private pool with BBQ area with outside utility room and shower in a residential area that is within walking distance to shops government offices, school, pharmacy and near to bus stop. REF 1231 €700 SECRET VALLEY A 3 bedroom bungalow in a peaceful location, fully furnished with central heating, airconditioning private pool and beaufiful sea views. Offstreet parking. REF 1228 €800 ANARITA 3 bedroom villa in Anarita in a nice quiet location with outside fenced area with gates, private pool, great seaviews. Unfurnished, airconditioning, fireplace in liv-

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 stunning 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 €340 p.m. Tel 99403261

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA ***************************** FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL VILLA, Nicosia, Strovolos 550sqm

CHURCHES GRACE CHURCH, LARNACA 8 Ayiou Neofytou St Sundays 10 a.m. Also Midweek Meetings Details: Colin 24530700 HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, PAPHOS GATE, NICOSIA Sunday Masses: Saturdays 6.30 pm, Sundays 8.00am, 9.30am & 6.30pm Weekday Masses: 6.30 pm Monday to Friday Tel: 22662132 Email: holcross@logos.cy.net

LARNAKA COMMUNITY CHURCH APHRODITE STREET, LARNAKA 10.00 AM MORNING SERVICE and SUNDAY SCHOOL For more details ring Fred 24365152

International EVANGELICAL CHURCH (Reformed) Limassol 352 St. Andrew’s Street (1½ blocks from Starbucks/Fat Boy) Sunday worship 10:30am Wednesday Bible Discussion 7pm For info: 99384742 ALL ARE WELCOME

St Helena’s Anglican Church, Larnaca St Helena’s Court, Grigoris Afx Sunday Service: Holy Communion 9.30 am

NICOSIA CHRISTIAN CENTRE 10 PINDOU STR, ENGOMI, NICOSIA, TEL. 22464375 SERVICES: SUNDAY 10AM, WEDNESDAY 8PM

Family oriented evangelical church Contemporary Christian Worship Sunday 10am (Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of the month) Sunday School (Juniors and Teens) Outreach and Evangelism Bible Studies

Tel. 99 293489, 99 279960 Email: immanuel.church.nicosia@gmail.com Website: www.immanuelchurchnicosia.org

ALL WELCOME Tel:24651327 ofﬁce@sainthelenas.com

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST MESA GEITONIA, LIMASSOL The Orthodox Liturgy in English served fortnightly on Saturdays at 9.00 am. We also hold a Discussion Group every Thursday evening at 7.30 pm For information please call Fr. Christopher Klitou Mobile: 99957144 Fax: 25710318 You can email us at: klitoux@logos.cy.net or visit our website: www.christopherklitou.com

THE REFORMED CHURCH OF LIMASSOL Clear exposition of the Bible in the presence of God, and relevant to our lives. Our Sunday services start at 10:30 am sharp, and the Wednesday Bible discussion at 7 pm. International Evangelical Church (Reformed) is located at 352 St. Andrew’s Street. 1½ blocks from Starbucks / Fat Boy, and 1 block from the Municipal Gardens, Zoo. For further information call Steve at 99384742, or email: iee.limassol@gmail.com All are welcome! 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

Open Door Baptist Church

St Barnabas’ Anglican Church 153 Leontiou A Street Limassol www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com Telephone: 25362713 - All welcome ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (ENGLISH) Sunday Divine Liturgy 8-10am. Followed by Fellowship hour (coffee) Services are now being held at the underground Chapel of All Saints of Cyprus at St. Panteleimonos Church Makedonitissa Archangelos (Engomi) For more info please contact Fr. Joseph Coleman Tel. 99938924

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF AGIOS ARSENIOS, LIMASSOL (near Tsirion Stadium) The Orthodox Liturgy in English Saturday, 4 February at 8:30 am For information please contact: Father M. Spanou at 99 – 401365 (msspanou@googlemail.com)

9 Larnakos Street Katholiki Area Limassol Sundays: 9:45, 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM Wednesdays: 7:30 PM 25 751193 or 99 758729 www.cbm-odbc.org

GRACE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Invites you to COME AND EXPERIEBNCE THE LOVE OF GOD WITH US Int. Christian Business Fellowship Meeting Centre Sundays: 10.00am Sunday School 11.00 am Main Service (Dine with us centre services) Wednesdays: Prayer meeting 6pm Address: To Arsinois Str., 1010 Nicosia (Next to Western Union Office to KISA) Contact: 99988900 or 97667932. \VISITORS ESPECIALLY WELCOME!!!

The Anglican Church of Paphos Ayia Kyriaki (St. Paul by the Pillar) Sunday 8.15am Holy Eucharist 6.00pm Sung Eucharist th 4 Sunday 6.00pm Choral Evensong Wednesday 9.00am Holy Eucharist 3rd Wednesday (BCP) St. Stephen’s, Tala st rd 1 & 3 Sunday 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 2nd & 4th Sunday 11.00am Morning Worship St. Luke’s, Prodromi 1st & 5th Sunday 9.30am Morning Worship 2nd , 3rd & 4th Sunday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st & 3rd Wednesday 9.30am Holy Eucharist 1st Sunday 6.00 p.m. Peace & Wholeness with Holy Eucharist 4th Sunday every quarter 9.30 am Holy Eucharist from BPC Church Office: 26-953044 Fax: 26-952486 Email: anglicancofp@cytanet.com.cy for directions to each church

DEUTSCHE GOTTESDIENSTE IN ZYPERN Nikosia: Am 1. und 3. Samstag im Monat in der St. Paul’s Cathedral um 18 Uhr Limassol: Am 2. Sonntag im Monat im Gemeindehaus in Germasogeia um 11 Uhr Am 4. Sonntag im Monat in der St. Barnabaskirche um 18 Uhr Paphos: Am 2. Samstag in der Kirche an der Paulussaeule um 16 Uhr Agia Napa: Am 4. Sonntag im Monat im Hof des Klosters um 9.30 Uhr Näheres Informationen durch Pfarrer Dr. Herold, Tel 25-317092 oder im Internet www.ev-kirche-zypern.de

St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Byron Avenue, Nicosia, 22 445221/22 677897 www.st-pauls-nicosia.com

Sunday 0930 : Holy Communion Sunday School in the hall 1800 : Evening Prayer Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 0830: Morning Prayer Wednesday 1030 : Holy Communion First Monday of each month 1930 : Guild of St Raphael Parish Office : Mon-Fri : 0900 – 1100 Saturday 1000-1200

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Sport IN BRIEF Isner breaks his clay court duck JOHN Isner saw off top seed Nicolas Almagro in straight sets to win the US Men’s Clay Court Championship, his first ever ATP Tour title on the surface. The giant American was a finalist last year and went one better this time, winning 6-3 7-5 for the sixth title of his career. He broke twice to take the opening set, having trailed 3-1 after an early break of his own serve, and then took Almagro’s final service game of the match to ensure victory. “I’ve always known I could play well on clay,” Isner told the ATP Tour website. “I was really proud with how I played after going down 1-3 (to win) five games in a row. I played exceptionally well in those five games.” Almagro said: “He did a really good job today. He played aggressive. He served like normal, but today was tough for me.”

Bresnan set for comeback ENGLAND bowling allrounder Tim Bresnan will play his ﬁrst match in nearly three months when he lines up for county Yorkshire against Roses rivals Lancashire in a friendly this week. Bresnan has not played since January 27 - when he took four for 45 in a oneday international against India - after undergoing surgery on a nagging right elbow injury. The 28-yearold subsequently missed England’s tour of New Zealand and has faced a race against time to be ﬁt for the new county season. “It has been a while since I played,” said Bresnan. “I’m feeling good and looking forward to playing against Lancashire.”

O’Sullivan to face Campbell RONNIE O’Sullivan will begin the defence of his Betfair World Championship title against Scotland’s Marcus Campbell. O’Sullivan was initially slated to miss the competition at the Crucible in Sheffield, pulling out of the rest of the 2012-13 season last November due to “personal issues”, but he ended his sabbatical in February. He will be chasing a fifth world title despite a significant time away from the game.

Six-time Olympic champion Hoy to announce retirement The Scot had been deliberating on his future By Matt McGeehan SIX-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy is expected to announce his retirement from cycling in his home city of Edinburgh this week. The 37-year-old has spent the period post-London 2012 deliberating over his future, with the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow a major carrot. The Scot will be 38 by the time competition commences at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Privately ﬁgures in British Cycling have known for some time that Hoy, who won his ﬁrst Olympic gold in Athens in 2004, is preparing to announced his retirement on Thursday after four Olympic Games and a British record six gold medals, including two in the capital last August and three in Beijing in 2008. Speaking at last November’s Track World Cup, Hoy revealed he would make the decision over his future this spring. He spoke of his desire to ride on until the Commonwealth Games, but that was not the issue. Instead, it was down to his body. “Being here and seeing the stadium hasn’t made me want to be there any more (than it

Last November Hoy had spoken of his desire to ride on until the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but since then has already prepared for life beyond competitive action did before),” said Hoy, who was a spectator at the arena which bears his name. “I couldn’t have wanted it any more. You can visualise what it will be like. To have a home Commonwealth Games on the back of a home Olympic Games, not many riders have that chance, so I’m certainly not lacking motivation about making it to the Games. “It’s about whether my

body can hold on.” Hoy had a break after London 2012 and travelled to his usual winter base in Perth, Western Australia, but that was disrupted by illness. He then won the Rotterdam Six Day event in January. Since then Hoy has spent time off the bike travelling, but he has already prepared for life beyond competitive action and late last year an-

nounced he would be releasing a brand of bicycles bearing his name as one of numerous sponsorship endorsements made possible by his tremendous success. It is not just in the Olympics where Hoy has triumphed, but his success on that stage that has propelled him to super-stardom. He has 11 world titles to his name, the ﬁrst coming in 2002,

when he also won Commonwealth gold, in Manchester. Hoy added the Olympic title when he won the one-kilometre time-trial title in Greece nine years ago, succeeding fellow Briton Jason Queally as champion. The event was removed from the Games programme soon afterwards, though, and Hoy had to reinvent himself. He did so with aplomb, winning sprint, Keirin and team sprint titles at the 2008 Olympics. The hat-trick saw Hoy become the first Briton in 100 years - since swimmer Henry Taylor in 1908 - to win three gold medals at one Games and saw him become the most successful British cyclist of all time. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year and knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours. Hoy was not selected to defend his sprint title at London 2012 as further regulation changes meant only one rider per nation could compete. Jason Kenny - considered Hoy’s heir apparent - won gold and combined with the Scot and Philip Hindes to win team sprint gold. Hoy raced on the final day of the London 2012 track programme, winning the Keirin to take his sixth Olympic gold. That saw him overtake Sir Steve Redgrave as the Briton with the most gold medals and the rower was in the velodrome to witness Hoy’s ride and warmly congratulated him afterwards. That was his last Olympics and is likely to prove his final competitive action, with Hoy set to announce his decision at Murrayfield Stadium later this week.

Mercedes ‘are not quite there yet’ LEWIS Hamilton and Ross Brawn both concede Mercedes are “not quite there yet” following Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Although Hamilton started from his maiden pole position for his new team, and the 27th overall of his Formula One career, the 28-year-old had to settle for third behind race winner Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen. Even that position, however, was touch and go at the death of the 56-lap race as a charging Sebastian Vettel finished within 0.2secs of the Briton come the chequered flag. But with Hamilton standing on the podium for the second consecutive race, it is the first time a Mercedes driver has achieved such a feat for three years since Nico Rosberg in 2010. Overall, though, Hamilton was smiling as he said: “It was a good race for me, and I’m quite happy with third. “Of course, I would have liked to have won, but Fernando and Kimi were a little bit too fast for us. “I was able to apply a little bit of pressure to Kimi, but not enough to get close to him and overtake, and then my tyres were shot at the end and I was trying to hold off Sebastian.

“I could see his car getting bigger and bigger in my mirrors, so it was nice to be able to hang on for the third place, so I’m happy with the podium, happy with the points.” Over the team radio after the chequered ﬂag, Mercedes team principal Brawn was breathing a sigh of relief in seeing Hamilton hang on to third, admitting “that was close”. Brawn, however, further added: “We are not quite there yet, but we are not so far away so let’s keep working hard.” As for Hamilton, he knows that is true because the Mercedes appears to be down slightly on race pace compared to that in qualifying. Hamilton added: “The guys did a great job this weekend to get us where we were - on pole and ﬁnishing third. “We got the absolute most out of the car we had and that’s very satisfying, but like Ross said, we’re not quite there yet in terms of overall pace. “I’m not really sure where we’re losing out, but everyone is working so hard and I know we can do it. “There are a couple of areas we can focus on on the car, but we also have to bring some more updates and keep on improving.”

Hamilton (R) had to settle for third behind China GP winner Alonso (L) and runner-up Raikonnen on Sunday

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The Masters

Cabrera falls inches short of second Masters title

That’s golf: the Argentine came up big in do-or-die moments in a thrilling duel with Scott on Sunday

ANGEL Cabrera came to Augusta National ranked a lowly 269th but once again showed his tenacity with a major title on the line before falling inches short in a playoff loss to Adam Scott at the Masters on Sunday. Cabrera, who won the 2007 US Open with Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk in hot pursuit and captured the 2009 Masters in a three-way playoff, came up big in do-or-die moments in a thrilling, rain-drenched duel with Scott at Augusta National. The burly 43-year-old Argentine, who plunged down golf ’s world rankings after struggling through health problems, forgot his troubles with another major crown within his grasp. “The only one thing in my head was about winning,” said Cabrera. “I like the challenges, and so these tournaments are very, very important for me. So sometimes they take my best out of me.” A pair of bogeys after the turn dropped Cabrera from top of the leaderboard, but he clawed back with a ﬁrm, 15-foot birdie putt at the par-

three 16th to tie Scott for the lead at eight under par. When Scott, 32, drained a 25-foot putt for birdie in the group ahead of Cabrera to break their tie at the 72nd hole and roar in delight as he moved his score to nine under par, the Argentine responded.

SUDDEN-DEATH BATTLE With rain pouring down, he ﬁred a perfect seven iron within three feet of the cup and matched Scott’s birdie to force a sudden-death playoff, embracing his son Angel Cabrera Jr., who caddied for him. He nearly ended the playoff when they played 18 again in the ﬁrst extra hole, running a chip shot agonisingly close to the right edge of the cup, settling just a foot away. They moved to the 10th hole for Round Two of their sudden-death battle, and both players reached the green in regulation. Cabrera, was 18 feet away with Scott three feet closer. The Argentine rolled his right-to-

left birdie try with near perfection. “I think it almost hit the edge of the hole,” he said. Scott buried his birdie putt in the heart of the hole and their highstakes joust ended in a long hug between the two Presidents Cup team mates. “That’s golf,” Cabrera said. “Golf gives and takes. Sometimes you make those putts, sometimes you just miss them. But that’s golf.” “I played very well both holes. I wasn’t lucky, but I was very much into this playoff.” Cabrera, 43, has clawed his way back from a string of health problems since winning the green jacket in 2009 - from serious dental problems to tendinitis in his left wrist to minor surgery to repair a tear in his lower digestive system. Still, the man who learned golf as a caddy in Cordoba grinds on. “A lot of work and a lot of faith in myself,” Cabrera said about his climb back to Masters contention. “I have a lot of conﬁdence in myself, and so I’m going to keep on going.”

Norman backs countryman to win more majors

Woods refuses to dwell on what ifs WORLD number one Tiger Woods refused to wonder “What if?” after coming up short in his bid for a fifth Masters title and first major victory since 2008 at Augusta. Woods carded a final round of 70 to finish in a tie for fourth, four shots outside the play-off contested by Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera. Four shots also happened to be the difference between a likely birdie on the par-five 15th in his second round and the eight he eventually ended up with, his approach hitting the pin and bouncing back into the water and ultimately leading to a twoshot penalty for taking an incorrect drop.

Former world number one believes Adam Scott will propel himself to greater heights FORMER world number one Greg Norman believes fellow Australian Adam Scott can use his Masters victory to propel his career to even greater heights. Scott saw off Angel Cabrera with a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff on Sunday night to become the first Australian to claim the Green Jacket. Following his victory, Scott said he would seek out Norman for a beer to discuss his triumph, and the two-time Open champion believes his countryman can now follow in his footsteps by claiming more major titles. He said in a statement: “Adam is a great player and I’m confident this victory will catapult him to win more majors. “It will not surprise me if he wins more major championships than any other Australian golfer in history. “Adam’s an incredible competitor. “He’s not a guy that wants to sit back and relax and rest on his laurels. He has incredible fire within his system. And a victory like this is going to give him tremendous confidence as he moves forward in his career.” It was a good week for the Australians at Augusta with Jason Day and Marc Leishman both finishing in the top five and Norman, who finished as a runner-up for the Masters title three times, believes the performances have provided a huge fillip for golf

‘PROCESS’

Greg Norman finished runner-up at Augusta three times Down Under. “I was very proud of all of the Aussies today,” he said. “It gave me so much pride to look up at the leaderboard and see three Aussie flags on there, and I was on the edge of my seat all afternoon watching the Masters.” Scott was quick to hail the influence of Norman in the aftermath of his victory, and was hoping to arrange a meeting with the man who he described as an ‘icon’. “A phone conversation’s not going to do it, we’re very close,” he said. “I would love to share a beer with him and talk through it all.” He added: “Australia’s a proud sporting nation and this was one notch on the belt that we’d never got. It’s

amazing that it’s come down to me today, Marc and Jason Day, it could have been any of us. “But there was one guy that inspired a nation of golfers and that’s Greg Norman. He’s been incredible to me and all the young golfers in Australia and part of this deﬁnitely belongs to him. “Anyone near to my age, he was the best player in the world, an icon. Everything about the way he handled himself was incredible. “He was a role model and he has devoted so much time to myself and other Australian players who came after him. He is incredibly generous. “Most of us feel he could have slipped a green jacket on for sure.”

Adam Scott’s victory in the Masters has lifted the Australian from seventh to third in the latest world rankings, equalling his career best position

“We could do that ‘what if?’ in every tournament we lose,” the 37-year-old said. “We lose more tournaments than we win out here on tour, so that’s just part of the process and I’ll go back to it.” Asked if he thought about the penalty today, Woods added: “No, not when I’m playing. Absolutely not. I got to focus on what I need to do, where I need to place the golf ball and shoot the lowest score I possibly could at that moment. “I thought 65 would win it outright today. I thought that was going to be the number and it looks like it was. If I would have shot my number, it might have been a different story. “I had a tough time getting accustomed to the speed of the greens, they were so much slower than yesterday. I left every putt short on the ﬁrst eight holes. “I played well but unfortunately did not make enough putts and missed a few shots here and there. I had an opportunity today.”

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Sport Ronaldo proved too powerful for Athletic Bilbao as Real racked up a bruising 3-0 victory on Sunday

FOOTBALL IN BRIEF Aguero escapes action for challenge on Luiz MANCHESTER City striker Sergio Aguero will face no action for his two-footed challenge on Chelsea’s David Luiz. The Football Association has confirmed that the Argentina striker will not be charged retrospectively for the incident in Sunday’s FA Cup semifinal at Wembley. It follows confirmation that referee Chris Foy had at least seen part of the incident and acted on it during the match Chelsea were awarded a free-kick. Both of Aguero’s boots made contact with the upper part of Luiz’s left leg but under current FA rules only off-the-ball incidents or those viewed as “exceptional” - which would, for example, warrant more than a three-

match ban - are dealt with retrospectively. There was an outcry when the FA took a similar view on Wigan’s Callum McManaman after his studs-up challenge on Newcastle’s Massadio Haidara, who was carried from the ﬁeld on a stretcher, last month.

Henry pays tribute to families LIVERPOOL’S principal owner John Henry praised the perseverance of the Hillsborough families in their campaign for justice, admitting he was “humbled” by their dignity. The American, significantly making his first appearance at the annual service to remember those who died in the 1989 disaster, gave a reading before addressing thousands assembled on the Kop at Anfield. “I have been humbled by the dignity and perseverance of the families in their search for truth and justice,” he said. “It is an honour to be here on this particular day, the first service since the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report.”

Inter president Moratti supports Stramaccioni INTER Milan president Massimo Moratti does not blame Andrea Stramaccioni for the club’s current slump and has backed his young head coach to turn things around. The Nerazzurri dropped to seventh in the Serie A table following Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Cagliari - the Milan club’s fourth loss in ﬁve league outings - with the last Champions League place now nine points away with six games remaining. Two more key players joined a lengthy injury list yesterday, with midﬁelder Walter Gargano and defender Yuto Nagatomo

both suffering leg injuries to leave Inter with a selection dilemma ahead of tomorrow night’s Coppa Italia semi-final against Roma. But it is the serious personnel crisis - which has seen senior strikers Rodrigo Palacio and Diego Milito ruled out of several important fixtures - that convinces Moratti his 36-year-old coach has been working at a clear disadvantage for most of the season. He told the Gazzetta dello Sport: “I can’t do anything else but support Stramaccioni, based on all the difficulties we’ve had to deal with this season.”

AEK’s Dimitrelos hospitalised AEK Athens president Andreas Dimitrelos was admitted to hospital with chest pains a day after the club’s fans caused the abandonment of a Greek Super League match, a spokesman said yesterday. He had left the club’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday with other administrative ofﬁcials, before an ugly pitch invasion during the match against Panthrakikos. Players from both teams were chased off the pitch by angry AEK fans after the hosts conceded an 87thminute goal in the crucial relegation match. After a 90-minute delay, referee Stavros Tritsonis announced that the match was being abandoned.

Ronaldo powers Real to victory, Barca also win By Mark Elkington CRISTIANO Ronaldo proved too powerful for Athletic Bilbao as he scored with a ﬁzzing free kick and a towering header in Real Madrid’s bruising 3-0 victory at San Mames in La Liga on Sunday. The Portugal forward took his league tally for the season to 31 goals, netting in his eighth successive game in all competitions, and set up Gonzalo Higuain for Real’s third. Coach Jose Mourinho has said Real’s title defence is effectively over, but ﬁelded a near full-strength side at San Mames as they moved on to 68 points, 13 short of leaders Barcelona with seven games left to play. A weakened Barcelona side had earlier cruised to a 3-0 win at struggling Real Zaragoza thanks to two Cristian Tello goals. Ronaldo stroked a free kick over the wall and into the top corner after only two minutes in Bilbao, but it sparked a strong response from the hosts who forced

Portugal forward takes la Liga tally to 31 goals for the season Diego Lopez into two fingertip saves before halftime. Angel Di Maria had hit the bar in the first half and the temperature was rising as tackles flew in thick and fast. Ronaldo was at the centre of much of the attention and reacted by outjumping his marker to thump Xabi Alonso’s free kick past Gorka Iraizoz in the 68th minute. Higuain was played into the space in the area by Ronaldo soon after, and the Argentine settled the match with low shot into the far corner. Like Real, Barca’s priority is to conserve their energies for the Champions League semifinals in two weeks time, and they rested a host of players in Zaragoza including Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique. Making the most of their opportunities were Barca youth academy products Tello and Thiago Alcantara.

Thiago ran the length of the pitch on a counter-attack and ﬁred in off the far post after a one-two with Alexis Sanchez in the 20th minute. The Spanish international then laid on the second for Tello. His through ball put the pacy left winger clear to lift his shot over Roberto just before halftime, and Tello sped past his marker to squeeze the third inside the far post in the 53rd minute. Alexis had already hit the crossbar but Zaragoza, who have yet to win in 2013, rarely threatened. “We miss Messi, obviously, but we have some great players with a lot of football in their boots,” Thiago told Spanish broadcaster Canal Plus. Radamel Falcao scored twice as Atletico Madrid swept aside visiting Granada 5-0 to keep the pressure on second-placed Real. The Colombia striker, constantly linked with a move to

Europe’s top clubs, took his league tally for the season to 24 as Atletico moved on to 65 points in third, three short of next month’s King’s Cup final opponents. Atletico were ahead after only four minutes at the Calderon when Diego Costa headed in Koke’s cross, and the Brazilian striker set up Falcao for the second after a swift counter-attack. Midfielder Koke, a Spanish youth international, curled in teasing free kicks for Falcao and Raul Garcia to volley the third and fourth goals after the break, and the over-lapping Filipe Luis made it 5-0 in the 70th minute. A quick-fire double from Imanol Agirretxe helped fourth-placed Real Sociedad to a 2-0 win at Rayo Vallecano that strengthened their hold on the last Champions League qualification berth in La Liga. The club from San Sebastian were 2-0 up inside 14 minutes and extended their unbeaten league run to 13 games as they moved on to 54 points, four clear of Malaga and Valencia in fifth and sixth respectively.

Paris Saint Germain still have hopes of clinching double PARIS St Germain’s hopes of a trophy treble may have evaporated at the Nou Camp last week, but their double ambitions remain very much alive ahead of tomorrow’s Coupe de France quarterﬁnal at Evian. An away-goals defeat to Champions League favourites Barcelona was chalked down as a glorious, if disappointing, defeat for the Parisians, although the mood in the camp brightened with a workmanlike 1-0 win at Troyes in the league at the weekend.

That victory means Carlo Ancelotti’s men are now nine points clear at Ligue 1’s summit with just six games left, and only a horrendous collapse over the runin stands between PSG and a ﬁrst league crown in 19 years. Blaise Matuidi, who scored the winning goal at the weekend, hailed the result at Troyes as an “important victory” and has vowed PSG will do everything to ensure progression in the cup this week. “The Coupe de France really means a lot to us,” the France international

told psg.fr. “We really want to win it, even if we know it won’t be easy. Now we have to give it absolutely anything to go all the way.” Club and country team-mate Mamadou Sakho added: “This cup, it is special for us ... Now we have to recover well if we want to go on and win against Evian.” Tomorrow night’s other tie sees Bordeaux bidding to progress to the semiﬁnals in rather more comfort than they were afforded in booking their berth in the last eight.

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Everton Champs League hopes face Gunners test

APOEL’s Jovanovic targeting six points in remaining rounds

Third-placed Arsenal are enjoying superb run

By Nemanja Bjedov

By Mike Collett EVERTON can take a huge step towards an unlikely top-four finish and Champions League football next season if they can maintain their recent run of great form by winning at Arsenal for the first time in 17 years today. To do that, they will have to overcome opponents who have risen to third in the table on the back of a superb run of results just as the race for Champions League qualification enters the finishing straight. With Manchester United and Manchester City set to finish first and second, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have been jostling for the remaining two Champions League spots for the last three months. Yet victory at Arsenal will make Everton serious contenders too. United, who need just seven points from their last six matches to win the title, lead the pack with 80 points from 32 games, 15 points clear of City who have 65 from 31. Arsenal have 59 points from 32, followed by Chelsea on 58 from 31, Spurs on 58 from 32 and Everton 55 from 32. Today’s match at Emirates Stadium is one of four important midweek Premier League games before a full programme next weekend. Runaway leaders Manchester United play at West Ham United tomorrow, fourth-placed Chelsea play at neighbours Fulham and Manchester City host rel-

Everton’s European ambitions have taken root with four wins and a draw from their last ﬁve games egation-threatened Wigan Athletic in an FA Cup ﬁnal rehearsal. Arsenal, who are chasing a 16th successive Champions League berth next season, have recovered superbly since they were beaten 2-1 at arch-rivals Spurs on March 3. They have won all four league games since then, including Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Norwich City when all three goals came in the last six minutes. Everton’s European ambitions have taken root

with four wins and a draw from their last ﬁve games, with coach David Moyes praising his team’s professionalism in their 2-0 win against relegation candidates Queens Park Rangers on Saturday. “It was a very important win and a very disciplined and professional performance. Now, if we can go and win at Arsenal, you might say that we’ve got a chance of being involved in the Champions League. “If we don’t, you’ll probably say we’ve got a chance

of making the Europa League. No matter what happens there, the players have given themselves a great chance.” He added: “There’s six games left to go. We’ve been doing it for most of the season. Why would it change in the last few games?” What Everton need to change is their record against Arsenal. They have lost eight of their last 11 league matches and not beaten them for six years. Manchester United, who brushed aside a toothless Stoke City 2-0 on Sunday, can take another step towards their 20th title if they win at mid-table West Ham who drew 1-1 with Southampton on Saturday. A last-minute goal from Robin van Persie gave United a 2-2 draw at Upton Park on their last visit there for an FA Cup thirdround tie in January. They have a good record at the ground, winning their last three league matches there and outscoring the Hammers 9-2. In a dress-rehearsal of the FA Cup final on May 11, Manchester City meet Wigan at home with the game of far greater significance to their opponents. Wigan are 18th and in the relegation zone, but have two matches in hand on the teams above them. Chelsea, who relinquished their hold on the FA Cup on Sunday when they lost 2-1 in their semifinal against Manchester City, will be playing their seventh match in 19 days, when they make the short trip to Fulham. Fulham’s Craven Cottage ground is just two miles from Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. Chelsea usually do well at Fulham having lost there only once in the Premier League, and interim coach Rafa Benitez will be desperate for all three points to keep their momentum going in the race for Champions League qualification.

APOEL’s coach Ivan Jovanovic proclaimed himself satisfied with his team’s performance in a goalless draw against Anorthosis, but said his side need at least six points from the remaining four matches to secure the championship title. “All the teams in the playoffs are good and every match will be very difficult” assessed Jovanovic. “I believe that we played well, created opportunities, but unfortunately failed to convert them into goals. “We are now fully focusing on our next match against AEK. We might have a six-point advantage over Anorthosis but with four matches still to be played, anything can happen,” he added. Anorthosis coach Charalambous Christodoulou shared his counterpart’s views. “It was a true derby match without many chances,” he said. “APOEL was somewhat better today, but we worked hard and managed to withstand their pressure. Psychologically it is difficult for us because from having a six-point advantage we are now six points behind and losing this match would probably have meant the title race was over.” At the GSZ Stadium in Larnaca, Omonia beat AEK 2-0 and overtook the hosts in the third position which

Jovanovic is fully focused on the next match against AEK

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Newcastle threaten deplorable ‘fans’ with lifetime bans NEWCASTLE United will impose lifetime bans on “so-called fans” who created mayhem in the city centre after the team were beaten by archrivals Sunderland in Sunday’s Premier League derby, the club said yesterday. A statement on the Newcastle website (www.nufc.co.uk) said the club were “embarrassed and appalled” by the violence that followed the 3-0 home defeat. “Newcastle United have been working with Northumbria Police, and will continue to do so, in order to identify all of the individuals concerned,” the statement added. “The Club will take the strongest possible action against those involved in the disturbances and will impose immediate lifetime bans on all those found guilty. “These deplorable individuals have

no place at Newcastle United and bring shame on the Club and the vast majority of its proper, law-abiding fans.” Four police officers were injured when trouble broke out, with bottles thrown and rubbish bins set on fire as mounted officers tried to move crowds back to allow visiting fans to be escorted to stations.

29 ARRESTS MADE Northumbria Police said 29 arrests were made during the game which ended in Sunderland’s biggest top flight win at Newcastle since 1966 and their first there in nearly 13 years. A police spokesman said officers were studying CCTV footage of the city centre to identify the troublemakers. British newspapers condemned the violence in both Newcastle and at

Wembley Stadium on Saturday when Millwall fans fought with each other and the police during their team’s FA Cup semi-ﬁnal against Wigan Athletic. The Daily Telegraph headline ran “English Disease Returns” and the Daily Mail feared a “Return to the Dark Ages”. The violence at Wembley started before halftime but escalated during the second half and observers said many fans were either drunk or taking drugs before the ﬁghting began. Fourteen people were arrested at Wembley on Saturday, 12 of them Millwall fans, for offences including affray, possession of an offensive weapon, possession of Class A drugs, ticket touting and assaults on police. Millwall have also threatened life bans against any fans convicted for their actions on Saturday.

guarantees European football next season. “This is a great result for us. I believe we deserved to win. We were a better team in the ﬁrst half and we entirely controlled the match,” said Omonia’s coach Toni Savevski. “Towards the end, AEK had to push forward and play a bit riskily, which resulted in a few opportunities,” he added. “My players deserve to be congratulated on their efforts. “AEK is our main competitor for a European spot next season and, after losing to them twice already, we came here and won when it mattered the most.” On Sunday afternoon in Group 3, Bernardo Vasconcelos’ brace helped Alki overcome Olympiakos Nicosia 2-1 and the Larnaca side is now on top of the group with 29 points, ﬁve points ahead of Nea Salamina who are in the relegation spot. Ethnikos Achnas added to Nea Salamina’s misery, beating them 2-1 away from home to climb to second place in the group. “We cannot continue like this. The way we play is unacceptable,” said Nea Salamina’s coach Mirsad Jonuz. “We tried to make some changes in the second half, but we could not do much. The manner in which we conceded a goal when Ethnikos’ player was completely unmarked is simply unacceptable,” he added.

Team Group 1 1 APOEL 2 ANORTHOSIS 3 OMONOIA 4 AEK Group 2 5 AEL 6 APOLLON 7 DOXA 8 ENP

A Pts

28 28 28 28

21 18 18 18

4 7 5 4

3 3 5 6

56 57 56 53

13 24 22 23

67 61 59 58

28 28 28 28

15 11 9 7

9 8 7 10

4 9 12 11

48 33 27 25

28 26 40 37

54 41 34 31

28 28 28 28

7 5 6 6

8 11 10 6

13 12 12 16

35 31 37 19

47 42 46 38

29 26 25 24

Group 3 9 ALKI 10 ETHNIKOS 11 OLIMPIAKOS 12 NEA SALAMINA

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Azpilicueta: Blues no longer big-game hunters

Chelsea’s David Luiz (left) challenges City’s striker Sergio Aguero during yesterday’s FA Cup semi-ﬁnal

CESAR Azpilicueta yesterday admitted that Chelsea’s failure to win big games is a growing concern. Chelsea’s defence of the FA Cup ended with a 2-1 defeat by Manchester City in Sunday’s Wembley semi-ﬁnal. The result means Chelsea have now lost out on all seven trophies that were available to them at the beginning of the season, with the Europa League — a tournament they dropped into as a result of their Champions League failure — the only remaining piece of silverware they can win. Chelsea’s record in key games this term has been poor. They were beaten in the UEFA Super Cup Final, Club World Cup Final and League Cup semi-ﬁnal. They were knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage and fell away badly in the title race. When asked if he was worried about Chelsea losing so many important games, Azpilicueta said: “Yes, a little

bit. It’s not normal for Chelsea but it’s the reality. “In the first minutes (against City) we didn’t play our game. We were defending, we didn’t create chances. We shot once in the first half. It’s true we need to play different. We wanted to win all the trophies at the start of the season. Now the only trophy that we can win is the Europa League.” Chelsea were outplayed by City for the first hour and were lucky to be only two goals down before Demba Ba struck with a fine volley to inspire a late rally from Rafael Benitez’s side. Chelsea’s sluggish opening was understandable given this was their 59th game of the season and that they had travelled to Moscow in midweek to play Rubin Kazan. Azpilicueta admitted fatigue is effecting the squad, but believes it’s vital the players finish the campaign on a high. “It’s (fatigue) the reality,” he said.

We’ve played 15 games more than Man City and we played three days ago in Moscow. But we’re professionals. “It’s normal that we feel a little bit more tired than the other team. This season we’ve played a lot of games. “It’s difﬁcult but now it’s the last month and the best games. We need to be focused and not think about that (tiredness) because it doesn’t matter. We need to win and it doesn’t matter the way we do it.” Brazil international David Luiz, who has already forgiven Sergio Aguero for a shocking two-footed tackle on him in the second half, has urged the team to bounce back against Fulham on Wednesday. Chelsea could go into the match trailing Arsenal by four points and Luiz believes Chelsea can’t afford to feel sorry for themselves. “When you play for a big club, you need to forget the last game and think for the future,” he said.

Scott salutes inspirational Norman after historic victory Win marks first Aussie triumph at Masters By Kevin Garside

dam Scott dedicated his dramatic victory at the Masters to mentor Greg Norman. In a moving speech after his play-off victory against Angel Cabrera to become Australia’s ﬁrst Masters champion, Scott paid tribute to the inﬂuence of Norman. “He inspired a nation of golfers, anyone near to my age, older and younger,” said Scott, 32. “He was the best player in the world and he was an icon in Australia. Everything about the way he handled himself was incredible. Just that was enough, but he devoted so much time to myself and other young Australian players who came after him. “He was incredibly generous. Most of us would feel that he could have slipped a Green Jacket on, for sure, and I said part of this is for him because he has given me so much time and inspiration and belief. “I drew on that a lot. Hopefully at some point I’ll get to sit down with Greg and have a chat and go through it all. I’m sure he’s really happy. A phone conversation isn’t going to do it for us. We are really close and I’d love to share a beer with him over this one.” Norman famously blew a sixshot lead on the last day of

My shout: Adam Scott enjoys the moment — as does caddie Steve Williams behind him — after his Masters win, while Angel Cabrera watches on in the background

the 1996 Masters, surrendering victory to Sir Nick Faldo. Scott endured a similar experience at The Open at Royal Lytham last year, conceding a four-shot lead to Ernie Els with four holes to play. Scott believes that experience helped him overcome the incredible challenge made by Cabrera, who came into the event ranked 269 in the world. “Everything I said after

The Open is how I felt, and I meant it. It did give me more belief that I could win a major. It proved to me, in fact, that I could.” Scott’s victory using a broom-handle putter completed the clean sweep of major championships with anchored putting devices. Scott does not believe the result will have any impact on the imminent ruling by the Royal and

Ancient Golf Club on the legality of anchored putters after a consultation period that ended in February. The R&A are expected to announce in May a ban that will come into force in 2016. Scott said: “We are all waiting to hear what’s going to happen. I don’t know that this is going to impact any decisions at all. You know my feeling on it all; that it was

inevitable that big tournaments would be won with this equipment because these are the best players in the world and they practise thousands of hours. They are going to get good with whatever they are using. It’s inevitable.” A final day that was slow to ignite caught fire over the closing holes. After a bogey at the first, Scott finally found some momentum on

the back nine with birdies at the par-5s to gain a share of the lead on eight under par with three to play. Cabrera joined him at eight under with a birdie at the 16th. Jason Day, who had been leading on nine under par, dropped back with bogeys at 16 and 17, leaving Scott and Cabrera to slug it out on the last. Scott had first crack in the penultimate pairing and sparked tumultuous scenes with a 25-footer for a birdie. Cabrera responded by firing his approach to three feet for a birdie of his own to force a play-off. Having halved the 18th in fading light, they made their way down the tenth. Both were on the green in two. Cabrera went first, shaving the cup from 15 feet with a beautifully judged putt. This was Scott’s moment. He asked caddie Steve Williams for a read of the putt because he could not read the line in the gloaming. Williams advised a two-cup break. Scott sent it on its way and into the hole to claim the Green Jacket ahead of a sporting Cabrera, who had applauded his rival’s shot onto the 10th green. Scott said: “I could hardly see the green in the darkness, so I gave Steve the call. I don’t get him to read too many putts because I felt like I was reading well. I said, ‘Do you think it’s just more than a cup?’ He said: ‘It’s at least two cups, it’s going to break more than you think.’ I said: ‘I’m good with that.’ It was an amazing feeling.”