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Roasting for Rehn over Cyprus at EP Angry MEPs ask: ‘you know how they treated the elected president of Cyprus?’

By Stefanos Evripidou and Peter Stevenson

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NGRY European lawmakers yesterday roundly condemned the handling of the Cyprus bailout programme, blaming the Eurogroup for its appalling communications, the Commission for not defending insured depositors, and some member states for their “colonial” approach to addressing eurozone troubles.

During a debate in the European Parliament (EP) on the Cyprus bailout, MEPs accused the Commission and its troika partners, the IMF and European Central Bank (ECB), of creating a “fiasco” and “disaster”, with much wider implications than Cyprus. One went as far as to call for the disbanding of the troika.

Taking the floor to open the debate, EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Olli Rehn said the Commission would have preferred a more gradual adjustment for Cyprus but since member states were only committing €10bn this was not possible.

“This (financial) constraint severely limited the options available,” he said. He went on to say that it was time to stop the blame game. Rehn acknowledged that the Cyprus agreement had been “very difficult, and not without mistakes”.

He argued that the Cypriot authorities, member states and EU institutions had to find unique solutions to exceptional problems. “They had to do so without previously tested instruments and – in the final stages of negotia-

tions – under enormous time pressure.” Two key lessons can be learnt from the process, he said. “First, there must be absolute clarity about secured deposits. In this respect, the Eurogroup and Cyprus took rapid corrective action and underlined that secured deposits indeed are secured in Europe.”

Rehn failed to mention that it was the Cypriot parliament that rejected the Eurogroup’s initial decision to tax all depositors big and small, forcing a second all-night meeting which led the eurozone finance ministers to change their position.

“Second, the developments in Cyprus demonstrate the reasons why a Banking Union is a necessary element of a true European Monetary Union. We need a well-functioning Single Supervisory Mechanism with a single rulebook to prevent the emergence of an unsustainable banking sector like in Cyprus,” said Rehn.

The EU commissioner noted that Cyprus’ problems was mainly an oversized banking sector- built up over many years. Poor practices in risk management heightened the banks’ problems while a lack of “adequate oversight” allowed the two largest Cypriot banks to build up “by far too concentrated risk exposures”.

The Commission had alerted Cyprus on its problems as early as May 2011, he said.

“Then, in November 2011, we communicated to the Cypriot authorities that a financial assistance programme would be unavoidable, unless the persistent economic problems were immediately addressed.

“Eventually, Cyprus asked

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Honour: the coffin of the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is carried through the streets of London to St Paul’s Cathedral yesterday, on a gun carriage drawn by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery

UK bids farewell to Iron Lady Thatcher at grand funeral

By Sarah Young and Shadia Nasralla ROYALTY, dignitaries and admirers from all walks of life paid their final respects to Margaret Thatcher yesterday in the grandest funeral for a British leader in half a century - although a few boos from the London crowd were a reminder of her divisive rule.

The right-wing former prime minister whom the Soviet Union christened the “Iron Lady” was bid farewell with military honours, patriotic hymns, cheers and tears.

Her coffin was borne on a horse-drawn gun carriage then soldiers and sailors

carried her casket into St Paul’s Cathedral for a service attended by Queen Elizabeth and 11 serving prime ministers from around the world.

Outside, thousands of supporters lined the route, some throwing blue roses in her path.

Opponents chanted “Ding dong the witch is dead” and turned their backs on her coffin as it passed by - an indication of the divisions which Britain’s longest serving prime minister of the 20th Century still provokes due to the tumultuous change she brought.

Thatcher sought to arrest Britain’s postwar decline with free-market economic policies which enraged her left-wing op-

ponents by smashing the unions and privatising Britain’s national assets.

Her supporters view her as a champion of freedom while her opponents accuse her of destroying communities and ushering in an era of greed.

“The storm of conflicting opinions centres on the Mrs Thatcher who became a symbolic figure, even an ism, but today the remains of the real Margaret Hilda Roberts are here at her funeral service,” the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, told mourners gathered inside St Paul’s.

Tears ran down the face of Britain’s

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35 years ago, Tuesday April 18, 1978

The Great San Francisco earthquake hits the city, spreading firestorms across San Francisco and killing hundreds of people.

The Cyprus government has instructed its permanent representative to the UN headquarters to draw the attention of the Security Council, especially its Permanent Members to implied threats issued by Turkish constitutional expert Professor Soysal against Cyprus if the Turkish proposals are not accepted.

1949 Eire formally withdraws from the British Commonwealth and becomes the Republic of Ireland.

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The US Senate votes in favour of returning control of the Panama Canal to the government of Panama.

1988 In Israel, Ukraine-born John Demjanjuk is convicted of Nazi War crimes. Demjanjuk who was supposedly ‘Ivan the terrible’ later had his sentence quashed by the Israeli Supreme Court in 1993.

1994 Ethnic violence spreads throughout Rwanda as Hutu gangs attack Tutsis, after the death of the Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana.

45 years ago, Thursday April 18, 1968 The leader of the Centre Union Party, George Papandreou has made an appeal to the free world to isolate the Greek military government both politically and economically so as to bring about its collapse. George Papandreou said the constitution which the junta is preparing and the plebiscite on it are a mockery.

55 years ago, Friday April 18, 1958 A 17-hour search of Ayia Varvara village in Nicosia district ended at about 2pm yesterday. It started when a Security Force patrol surprised a group of armed masked men who were beating up three villagers in the village coffee shop the previous night. As the masked men fled through the backyard they left behind a double barrel shotgun, three or four masks, a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition and a torch.

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Honour for EAC man who saved drowning fisherman Father of three jumps into stormy waters to save man who was ‘ready to give up’

By Bejay Browne

By Poly Pantelides AN ELECTRICITY Authority of Cyprus (EAC) machine operator who risked his life to save an amateur fisherman from drowning a month ago was yesterday awarded in Parliament for his valour and altruism.

The modest ceremony took place in the House President’s office, on the initiative of the Friends of Police association, to honour Stelios Stylianou, a 48-year-old father of three who saved the life of Giorgos Georgiou on the morning of March 16.

Stelios Stylianou was working his shift on the Saturday morning at the EAC’s Vassilikos power station in Mari when, at around 11.30am his shift manager, Christos Paparistodemou, rushed in the control room saying he had received word that a man was in trouble in the stormy waters, unable to get to safety. It was a windy day and the sea was choppy, Stylianou told the Cyprus Mail during a telephone interview yesterday.

The fisherman, Giorgos Georgiou, was spotted by a worker at the nearby desalination plant who called the shift manager at Vassilikos to inform him.

Stylianou remembers his shift manager saying: “We

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Stelios Stylianou (centre) with his youngest child and the rest of his family yesterday. The man he saved is on his right can’t let this man die”.

“I’ve been swimming in the sea every evening for about a year and a half now for three hours every day. I believed I had the strength to take this man out of there,” Stylianou said. After the event, there was criticism by some about a family-man risking his life, and about him being allowed to jump in the choppy waters before official help had arrived.

But at the time and later in retrospect Stylianou said it was an acceptable risk given his daily swimming routine and his ease in the water.

Decision made to go in himself and not wait for help to arrive, Stylianou ran to the beach and stripped to his underwear.

Spotting the fisherman some 300m or 400m off the shore and judging from his lack of movement that he needed to get to him as soon as possible, Stylianou

did not wait for the gates to the fenced-off beach to open, but jumped over it.

“I didn’t even feel the cold, I was pumped with adrenaline,” Stylianou said.

As Stylianou tried to reach the fisherman, people were trying to get through to authorities and get help. The Vassilikos power station had its own ambulance waiting for them, with a trained member of staff. Georgiou – the fisherman – had been in the water for over three hours by that time, and Stylianou remembered his orders to keep the man awake at all costs.

While in the water, with Stylianou dragging him to safety, Georgiou’s speech was distorted but he had enough strength to plead with Stylianou to keep moving. According to the met office, sea temperatures of 16-17 degrees Celsius is low enough to pose

a risk after a few hours because water conducts heat away from the body faster than air does.

Georgiou later told his saviour that he had been ready to give up “and sink to the bottom of the sea”.

Although a strong swimmer himself, Georgiou’s fishing boat had capsized too fast and despite his efforts, he could not take off his heavy clothing, which had weighed him down further as he tried to swim to shore. As a thank you, Georgiou later gave Stylianou a crucifix which was handed down to him by his mother.

The media – engrossed in unfolding drama over a Cyprus bailout deal and deposits’ haircuts on March 16 – missed the story altogether with the exception of daily Haravghi, which reported it around a week after the event.

“I was just happy with what I did,” Stylianou said,

adding that he was happy to get a mention from his shift manager that will go on his permanent record, and to be congratulated by the police.

After a few weeks, when the commotion with the bailout that had kept everyone so fixated on other news subsided, the Friends of Police proposed an award ceremony. Yesterday EAC and police brass awarded Stylianou for his valour in the presence of his family and of Georgiou whose life he saved.

“As long as there are people like Mr Stylianou, then despite the country’s difficulties there is hope that we will recover, that not everything is lost,” said House President Yiannakis Omirou.

“The dignity, selflessness and humanity that characterises our people have been subject to no haircut and no cutbacks,” he added.

A PAPHOS radio station is asking the public to aid a charity drive by helping fill a bus with food this weekend and next.

‘Stuff the Bus’ will take place in both Paphos and Larnaca and will help the Paphos based charity Solidarity as well as the Larnaca community market. The drive is being organised by Rock FM Cyprus. The station’s Agapios Georgiou said: “Radio has the power to ask people for help and many families in Cyprus are facing tough times at the moment because of the financial crisis. We wanted to actively do something to help.”

Rock FM broadcasts in Paphos, Polis and Latchi and as of nine months ago, Larnaca.

On Saturday, the bus which will be covered with banners and will house Rock FM DJ’s playing music will travel through Paphos. There will be stop - off points along the way where people are being asked to drop off food.

The bus will start at 10am from the ‘Sofis Xambiaouridou Dance School’, stopping off at Chilly’s foods in Kissonerga, Chris’ supermarket – opposite the technical school in Paphos – and Philippos supermarket in Coral Bay in Peyia.

Georgiou said: “The idea is that people can drop off food at these points prior to our arrival or if they are shopping at these stores to buy a few extra items and place them in the baskets provided.”

The bus will then drop off all of the goods to Solidarity Paphos, a registered charity. “We will appreciate any help that people can give. Times are difficult for everyone at the moment but for some more than others. We can help their lives become better by becoming involved.” On Saturday April 27 ‘Stuff the bus’ will be in Larnaca, starting off from the Orphanidies car park at 11am. It will then travel to Smart supermarket, Chilly’s foods in Oroklini and finish by delivering all of the goods collected to the Larnaca community market.

For info: Rock FM on 26822073 www.solidaritypaphos.com

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Cyprus triggers rush to sell gold

By George Psyllides

Finance minister says sale of island’s reserves ‘during the next months’ FINANCE Minister Harris Georgiades said yesterday he anticipated the sale of part of the island’s gold reserves “during the next monthsâ€?, but the ďŹ nal decision rested with the Central Bank.

Cyprus has to sell some of its gold reserves to raise about â‚Ź400 million to ďŹ nance its part of a â‚Ź10 billion euro EU/IMF bailout, according to an assessment of ďŹ nancing needs prepared by the European Commission.

The government conďŹ rmed last week that a sale of gold reserves was among the options for its contribution towards the rescue package. “In the case of the gold, it’s the board of the Central Bank. It’s perfectly understandable. They have the ďŹ nal say,â€? Georgiades said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. Georgiades did not elaborate on how much gold Cyprus might sell nor at what price.

Asked if the government had the support of the Central Bank to go ahead with the sale, Georgiades said: “It’s something that will be examined soon, I hope.�

A Central Bank spokeswoman said last week the sale of gold reserves was not presently on the board’s agenda.

Whether or not it happens, the Cyprus gold sale proposal opened the oodgates to the biggest drop in gold

prices internationally in 30 years, and most experts failed to see the collapse coming.

A Reuters poll in January of 37 banking analysts and consultants forecast another year or two of average record highs for gold, after 12 years of unbroken annual average gains from a spot low of around $250 per ounce.

A long list of banks forecast gold would average more than $1,800 per ounce, up from $1,668 in 2012. They included ANZ, BNP Paribas, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and Goldman Sachs. Only one, National Australia Bank, predicted below $1,600.

And even though banks had started back-pedalling on those forecasts, most still favoured the fundamental case for holding gold as an alternative currency and hedge against ination. And then came Cyprus.

On the same day as the news broke, last Wednesday, gold fell 1.6 per cent, but appeared to stabilise the following day before plummeting around 5.2 per cent and 8.4 per cent last Friday and Monday, respectively, as selling triggered more selling - the biggest two-day move in 30 years.

Having cratered to $1,321/

oz on Tuesday, bullion was priced near $1,380 yesterday, having started Friday above $1,560.

Investors in gold-backed exchange-traded funds in particular have exited in hordes. “I don’t think anyone thought we’d see the enormous move and volume of selling that we did see. It’s done a great deal of damage to investors’ conďŹ dence,â€? said Sean Corrigan, chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management in Switzerland.

The scale of the decline suggested gold’s reputation as an alternative store of value has been undermined.

Those who remain constructive on the metal’s future say the ofďŹ cial sector – central banks – are still keen buyers of gold, and its usefulness as a liquid store of value in difďŹ cult times is indeed demonstrated by the Cyprus proposal. “The body language of central banks doesn’t seem on the whole to be sellers,â€?

Deutsche Bank analyst Daniel Brebner said. “I’m doubtful that gold’s role would be seriously strained by these three days of extreme volatility. I think there will be certainly a number of institutions that will rethink the wisdom of using gold as an investment, but time will tell if gold is truly a barbarous relic.�

The sale of gold falls under the Central Bank

Plan for new Cyprus vote casts uncertainty on bailout

By Karolina Tagaris THE â‚Ź10 billion aid deal to save Cyprus from bankruptcy has been thrown into fresh uncertainty with news that the island’s fractious parliament will vote on the ďŹ nal package.

The surprise vote has only just been scheduled, and early signs are that nearly half the members of the 56-seat parliament may oppose the bailout,

seen as vital to keep Cyprus in the eurozone. The Green Party said yesterday its sole parliamentarian would vote to reject the deal, becoming the ďŹ rst party to announce its intentions.

However, the Communist AKEL and Socialist EDEK parties, which together have 24 seats, have been vocal in their opposition to the bailout, and are seen as likely to vote against, although there

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is some chance they may abstain instead. “We’ve fought for freedom, we’ve fought to maintain the Cypriot Republic,� Greens MP George Perdikis said in statement. “It is, in my opinion, a crime and wrong to deliver Cyprus into the hands of the troika and allow it to become a colony,� he said, referring to the country’s European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund lenders.

Parliament voted unanimously in March against an initial bailout plan which featured demands that bank depositors including small savers should have funds seized.

The ďŹ nal version of the bail-

out forced massive losses on big depositors, triggering economic turmoil.

The deal, which still requires ratiďŹ cation by parliaments in some EU member states, must also be put to Cyprus’ parliament for a vote - a previously unscheduled plan - according to the Attorney-general. “Whoever is prepared to vote against the loan agreement should at the same time propose where this â‚Ź10 billion will be found,â€? government spokesman Christos Stylianides told state radio yesterday. “They should also propose how we would deal with issues such as paying wages and pensions, and how we would deal

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with the international uproar caused by a possible rejection of the loan agreement.�

The bailout agreement was expected to be put to the assembly at the end of the month, once it has been approved by the cabinet, parliament’s acting permanent secretary, Socrates Socratous, told Reuters yesterday.

Ruling DISY, and coalition partner DIKO, even if their parliamentary votes are combined, will fall short of a majority. “It’s time to face this critical situation for the salvation of our country and everyone needs to take responsibility,� said DISY’s Lefteris Christoforou.

A RULING party bill that puts a halt on public sector promotions was yesterday rejected by unions which suggested it will not yield any signiďŹ cant savings but it will create operational problems.

DISY deputy chairman Averof Neophytou, who tabled the proposal, said the objective was to send a message of social justice, as unemployment – currently close 15 per cent – could double in the next year.

The bill could affect around 1,000 vacant positions in the public service.

The House Finance Committee heard that under current legislation, it would be impossible not to give a promotion without a pay rise.

Pay increases have been frozen in the public sector, as was recruitment, in en effort to shore up the island’s economy on the brink of collapse.

No ďŹ gures were given concerning the potential savings.

Committee chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos said that most unions had expressed their readiness to discuss alternative solutions such as promotions without the accompanying pay increase or returning the money to the state in the form of a contribution. PASYDY, the union of central government workers, said structural problems would not be solved if promotions were frozen.

The union’s senior secretary Andreas Louka also suggested that it would be wrong to pass the bill but exempt certain sectors.

Such sectors could be the armed forces and the police whose representatives asked to be exempted due to the nature of their duties. “If we do not want a National Guard just say so,â€? one army ofďŹ cial said. “The army needs a hierarchy to function,â€? he added, warning lawmakers that it would deal a blow to morale.

Police ofďŹ cers too want to be exempted, claiming that a freeze in promotions would essentially break up the force. Unsurprisingly, teachers also strongly opposed the bill, suggesting it will hurt education.

Responding to criticism by the head of the secondary education teachers’ union, Neophytou said when it came to educators, promotions also entailed less working hours.

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Roasting for Rehn over Cyprus Farage: get your money out of the eurozone now (continued from front page) for financial assistance, but only in June 2012.” Following half a year of talks, a draft agreement was reached with the Cypriot government.

Given the financial constraint of a €10bn bailout, despite Cyprus’ needs being larger, the scenario of more gradual economic adjustments for Cyprus was not on the cards anymore, argued Rehn.

It soon became clear that Laiki had to be resolved immediately: “The risk of a complete collapse of the entire banking system – and thus a sweeping loss of deposits and savings and a disorderly default of the sovereign – was indeed very real.”

In his address, the Commissioner avoided comment on the decision to transfer Laiki’s €9 billion-plus debt to the ECB on to the restructured Bank of Cyprus, leaving its prospects of survival shaky.

Rehn – standing in for Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso who attended Margaret Thatcher’s funeral – then received a barrage of criticism from MEPs as the debate got into full swing.

Head of the Socialists and Democrats group, Austrian MEP Hannes Swoboda called on the Commission to disband the troika.

He told Rehn: “You are responsible to this parliament, the troika is not, stop the troika - we don’t need it.”

He added: “You know how they treated the elected president of Cyprus? And their rude behaviour to the elected representatives of Cyprus?

It’s not acceptable.

“The Commission needs to help the people of Cyprus not dominate them. There has been a lack of transparency in the Commission’s actions,” he said.

Swoboda criticised the Council and more particularly

Germany for behaving in a “near colonial way”.

French MEP Jean-Paul Gauzes from the centre-right EPP (European People’s Party) said the Eurogroup’s “poor communications” and behaviour resulted in a “fiasco”.

He accused the EU of not effectively intervening “to limit risks that were foreseeable” while also blaming Cypriot banks for having built up too much risk.

Belgian MEP and head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Guy Verhofstadt said it was essential to find out exactly what went wrong.

He described the EU’s handling of Cyprus “a disaster”.

“It gives the impression that Europe is failing – what’s failing is the bad inter-governmental system we have today,” he said.

The Liberals head criticised the way the Eurogroup took bailout decisions, “meeting at the end of the week, under pressure of the Monday opening of markets”.

Verhofstadt also questioned where the idea to impose a haircut on EU-guaranteed deposits of under €100,000 came from. “Cyprus is proof a mechanism needs to be put in place and not use a case-bycase approach. Who proposed a levy on all deposits? It was the worst idea ever.”

He said the ECB, troika and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem had difficult questions to answer. If these answers were not forthcoming then the EP should set up a committee of inquiry, said Verhofstadt.

AKEL MEP of the European United Left, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, whose party was in power when a draft agreement was reached with the troika last November, accused the EPP of double standards, with support for the Cypriot cause given within the EP but not within the Eurogroup. He

Members of the Group of the European United Left of the European Parliament hold posters with the slogan “Hands off Cyprus, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Ireland” during a debate on the situation in Cyprus at the European Parliament (R) also criticised the Commission for ignoring the people’s representatives and imposing measures on Cyprus which it would never apply to larger countries. “In difficult times there was no solidarity… would the Eurogroup do it for bigger states?” he asked.

The Cypriot MEP added that once Cyprus manages to get back on its feet again it will look into leaving the EU. The Eurogroup decision on Cyprus was “an assassination of the Cypriot financial sector,” equivalent to killing off the German car industry, he argued.

DISY MEP Eleni Theocharous expressed Cypriot people’s disappointment with the perceived lack of EU solidarity shown towards Cyprus.

While mistakes were made within Cyprus, the fatal blow dished out to the financial sector and treatment of the troika towards Cypriot citi-

zens was unacceptable, she argued. Theocharous accused ECB chief Mario Draghi of green-lighting €10bn in liquidity to Laiki (Popular) Bank through emergency liquidity assistance without any restrictions, adding that it is not the depositors who should foot the bill for this.

Greens MEP Daniel CohnBendit said the real solution for Cyprus was to reunite the island in order to unleash growth potential and investment. European Conservatives and Reformists’ Jan

Zahradil from the Czech Republic said the real problem was much wider than what was happening in Cyprus. He said Cyprus was being used as an excuse to attack national fiscal sovereignty.

Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage accused the Commission of criminal behaviour, robbing people to prop up the euro project. No one has confidence in the euro, said the co-chair of the Europe of Freedom & Democracy group.

“Never could have imagined

that the troika would have resorted to the level of common criminals by taking people’s money” and particularly from small investors, he said.

Farage called the Cyprus crisis “the death knell of the euro”. “A precedent has been set and you can see how the Eurogroup plan to deal with other bailouts,” he said. “The message to investors, loud and clear, is get your money out of the eurozone before they come and get it. The European Union is the new communism,” said Farage.

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Home Farmers urge people to buy Cypriot produce

By Peter Stevenson FARMERS’ organisations protested yesterday against the purchase of types of imported goods Cyprus already produces, saying people should opt to buy local.

“During these troubled times it is a patriotic act to support Cypriot goods,” General-secretary of Farmers’ union EKA, Panicos Chambas said.

They said while importers were being paid in cash by supermarkets, Cypriot suppliers, who are owed millions, have been left unpaid. They said this was a blow to the farming sector.

“We are appealing on the public, when they go

shopping, to buy Cypriot goods,” Chambas said.

The farmers urged the public to ‘turn their backs’ on foreign produce and not to be fooled by low prices set by middle-men who were working against their fellow countrymen and against Cypriot goods.

In a show of good faith, farmers gathered produce and handed them over to the Famagusta Metropolis to help the church continue its charitable work.

General-secretary of farmers’ union Panagrotikou, Nectarios Karyos said the unions had written a letter to the relevant ministries, with suggestions on how to deal with the problems faced by the farming industry.

“We are waiting for them to pass through a bill

which will prioritise Cyprus produce,” he added.

Karyos believes it is unethical and damaging to the farming industry and the economy in general that suppliers are using cash they have received from local supermarkets and grocery stores to purchase imported goods.

“I’d like to call on consumers to buy Cypriot produce as foreign produce is not natural, and can be unhealthy,” a protesting farmer said.

“We ask the government to support us as we have not been paid for 3-4 months now and without their support we will not be able to survive,” he added. The groups later travelled to the villages of Ormidia and Avgorou to assess the damage done to crops by the hailstorm on Tuesday night.

‘Hair grows back, your life savings will not’ AS THE air of discontent grows on the island more and more disgruntled Cypriots are taking to social media to voice their objections over the way the country is being governed.

A Facebook group has been created called ‘EU Citizens Haircut Protest – You’re next!’ that expresses its contempt for the decision to ‘haircut’ deposits.

On Tuesday April 9, a Cypriot businessman attended an event at the European Parliament entitled ‘European Year of Citizens 2013 and the Importance of Participative Democracy’ and gave a short speech which expressed the thoughts and views of many of his peers and then calmly shaved the side of his head to make a point about the Cypriot haircut (see video below).

The purpose of the page is to ask for solidarity from fellow European citizens. “We especially ask for the support of individuals from Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain,” a statement on the

website said. “In the UK, there are as many as 20,000 of your grandparents who have retired here and they are certainly not money launderers and there are more German shipping companies registered in Cyprus than Russian ones so don’t let politicians lie to you,” it added.

They want members to let the world know what is going on in Cyprus is unacceptable and ask for people to protest by giving themselves a literal haircut and post it on the page. “Whether you choose to do it alone or with friends, in a private or public space, in your garden or outside a government building is entirely up to you, you can ask a friend to film you or call the local media!” the page says.

“Hair grows back, your life savings won’t,” the statement added. “We do not all have €100,000 in cash but, if you freeze our employer’s accounts, then we don’t get paid. If we don’t get paid, then firstly we don’t spend, secondly we don’t pay back our house loans and credit card debt, and thirdly we don’t pay taxes.”

Donor plea A CAMPAIGN to find a compatible bone marrow donor for five-year-old George Philippides from Paphos is being run islandwide.

The boy is suffering from leukemia and needs an urgent bone marrow transplant. People who want to donate blood to be tested must be 18 to 45-years-old.

Donors from Nicosia can visit the Karaiskakio foundation from 8am to 4pm on weekdays or the Engomi blood bank from 8am to 6pm on weekdays and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays. People in other towns can visit the city blood banks from 8am to 2pm on weekdays.

For information contact the Karaiskakio on 22772700.

Airport shuttle KAPNOS airport shuttle will have a new schedule from April 21, it announced yesterday. The new times from Nicosia begin at 2am – except Sundays – 3.45am, 5.15am, 6.15am, 7.15am, 8.15am, 9.30am, 11am, 12.30pm, 2.15pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 9pm and 10.15pm.

The new schedule from Larnaca airport to Nicosia is 3am, 4.30am, 5,45am, 8.30am, 11.15am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, 4.15pm, 5.15pm, 6.15pm, 8pm, 9pm, 9.45pm, 11pm and 12.15am except on Saturdays. The shuttles starting point from Nicosia is on Kyrenia Avenue, behind the Melkonian. A ticket costs €8. www.kapnosairportshuttle. com or call 77771477

Cypriots take to social media outlet to vent their anger

By Peter Stevenson

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A Cypriot businessman makes his point with a head shaver http://www.facebook.com/ EuCitizensHaircutProtestYouAreNext/info Video: http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=9wx9E3Gc3H4 &feature=youtu.be John Myrianthousis has also used online resources to help his objective by setting up a website called Cysoc.com and creating a survey with the main objective of changing the voting system. “As long as we have a system where the political party is more powerful than any one individual, then ‘democracy’ will always suffer,” he said.

The website also demands clear targets for government

and public offices, so that evaluation criteria can be set and laws implemented that allow the people to discipline those in power that fail to do their jobs properly, either due to incompetence or for their own personal gain like partisan politics, corruption or nepotism.

Participation in the study is completely voluntary and Myrianthousis added that if participants felt uncomfortable at any time they could leave. The survey responses will be strictly confidential.

Questions include whether participants are at risk of losing property that is currently

mortgaged, whether they have lost money in the Bank of Cyprus or Laiki Bank, if their professional, personal, or family income has been directly affected by the bailout and whether they believe that foreigners should be taxed or punished like Cypriots.

“It is very important for us to hear your views and people’s information will be coded and will remain confidential,” Myrianthousis said. Contact CySoc.com by email at editor@ cysoc.com with questions. If you wish to take part in the survey you can visit the website http://cysoc.com/ available in Greek and English.

Hotel specials THE CYPRUS Hotels Association PASYXE is offering significant hotel discounts to Cypriots citizens in 116 establishments Prices start from €15.75 per person per night for a studio for two people and €20 per person for a double room. PASYXE said they expected Cypriots to choose to holiday at home this year. The discount prices run from April to October.

For information visit www.cyprushotelassociation.org

Doctors argued over who would operate on patient Limassol man jailed for 15 years in murder case A MALE and female doctor had an argument in an operating theatre in the Limassol General Hospital on Tuesday about who was going to perform a gallbladder operation, it emerged yesterday.

The two doctors had a heated argument in front of the patient who had yet to be put under anesthesia, and other hospital staff. They both claimed that they had been assigned to perform the operation.

“The female patient went to both doctors individually and asked them to perform her operation when she was told that she had to have it done.

“Both doctors agreed and that is why they were confused when they saw each other in the operating theatre and started arguing about who was responsible for the patient,”

Limassol hospital director Chrysostomos Andronikou said. Andronikou said it was a regrettable incident, which was caused by the patient’s actions.

“The positive note is that both doctors wanted to do the operation and this shows their willingness to work,” he said.

“Doctors do not have the luxury of fighting in front of patients. They should instead work together to overcome the difficult times ahead of us,” Andronikou added.

Health Minister Petros Petrides asked Andronikou to investigate.

“An investigation has already been started by the surgical department,” said Andronikou. The operation was ultimately carried out on the same day by the male doctor whose name was on the roster.

A 22-YEAR-OLD Limassol man was yesterday jailed for 15 years for killing his neighbour over the way he had parked his car.

Eleftherios Constantinou, who suffers from mental problems, stabbed Apostolis Athanasiou, 23, in November last year because the latter had parked his car outside his Kato Polemidia home.

After an exchange of words, the victim moved his car, but Constantinou came out with a knife and stabbed the 23-year-old in the heart and lungs.

The Limassol Criminal Court took the defendant’s mental state into account, but pointed out that he had not been complying with his doctors’ orders regarding his medicinal treatment.

After his arrest, police had said the defend-

ant had been involved in a similar incident in 2011. Constantinou had stabbed and injured a 48-year-old man under “similar circumstances”.

After being examined by a psychiatrist, he was referred to Athalassa Psychiatric ward in Nicosia where he remained for some time.

That case was set to go to trial in March 2013.

After the November stabbing, the welfare services said they had taken all steps stipulated by the law.

The case bears similarities to a murder that took place in Nicosia in January, 2012, when a 25-year-old man, who was also under the care of the welfare services, killed his sister following an argument over a laptop. He was sentenced to 12 years in jail in May.

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‘Children who play together can learn to live together’ Young players from both sides are off to Norway

By Maria Gregoriou A TEAM of 12 young basketball players, six Greek-Cypriot and six Turkish-Cypriots from PeacePlayers-Cyprus will visit Norway on April 2330 to participate in a national youth basketball tournament in Bergen – the Hansa Cup, in a continuous effort to bring together youths from different backgrounds to learn from one another and contribute to a better future in Cyprus.

The event has been organised by PeacePlayers-Cyprus and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. During their visit the boys, ages 14-16, will be hosted by local families.

They will be given the opportunity to learn about the people of Norway and its culture. The boys will attend a local school where they will play with and learn from children of their own age. Exposure to Norwegian conflict resolution work will also strengthen their experience.

The Norwegian Ambassador, Sjur Larsen said: “Peace-Players and the Norwegian embassy share the same vision, to unite Cypriot youth across the island.

“We believe that by bringing these youths together they will learn from each other and be better able to contribute to Cyprus in the future.”

The Ambassador said that he was impressed by the work of PeacePlayers in Cyprus and wanted to expand their efforts. Maybe this will be the start of something bigger, he said.

“Peace-Players facilitate regular, frequent and structured interactions to help reverse prejudices, build trust and friendships. We chose basket-

ball as a means to teach children the tactics for improving the Cypriot community because it is the least political sport and it appeals to both sexes. We hope to expand into other sports,” Marina Vasilara, Managing Director of PeacePlayers-Cyprus said.

The visit only included boys because at ages 14-16 parents are cautious of letting boys and girls stay together, said Vasilara.

“We hope to host the Norwegian families with which our basketball players will stay to repay their hospitality and we would also like to thank Norway for doing this at such a difficult time for our island,” she added.

Orhun Mevlit, the coordinator of the trip said: “PeacePlayers-Cyprus always receives positive feedback from parents, the community and schools. This is a testament to our success. The trip to Norway will give the children the opportunity to enlarge their vision.”

“Even if we do not win in the tournament we will not be sad because it is not a matter of winning or losing, it is a matter of friendship,” Aral Azis, one of the children going on the visit said.

The main sponsors of the event are The Jotun Company, The Choice Hotels and grants from the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA includes the European Union (EU) countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

These grants aim at reducing economic and social disparities and to strengthen bilateral relations with 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe.

PeacePlayers-International (PPI) was founded in 2001

Members of PeacePlayers-Cyprus, who play basketball together and overcome generations of mistrust on the premise that ‘children who play together can learn to live together.’ PPI has reached more than 55,000 participants.

PeacePlayers-Cyprus is a locally led, independently registered charity that uses basketball to allow 11-16-year-old Greek-Cypriot and TurkishCypriot boys and girls to play together, build positive relationships and overcome generations of mistrust. PeacePlayers is currently the only year-round bi-communal youth sports organisation on the island.

The organisation approaches the Ministry of Education and Parent-Teacher associations to locate children who are interested in participating. Basketball coaches have also been known to approach the organisation to recommend players.

Push to resume Cyprus talks

By Stefanos Evripidou NEWLY-ELECTED President Nicos Anastasiades is “certainly committed” to a Cyprus solution, said UN Special Representative here Lisa Buttenheim yesterday.

Speaking outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia after her first meeting with Anastasiades in his capacity as president, the UNFICYP head said: “Of course the need for a settlement is there and I am quite persuaded that Mr Anastasiades is committed to a solution, he certainly is.”

Buttenheim acknowledged that the current financial and economic crisis was preoccupying the country. “Cyprus is going through a difficult and challenging time right now, but I don’t have any doubt, at least from my discussion with the president right now and last week with the foreign minister, that there is a commitment to try to have a result-oriented process,” she said.

UN Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer will visit the island next week to hold separate meetings with Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. Downer is expected to discuss a date for an informal

dinner he is planning to host for the two leaders. “I don’t want to speculate because we did not discuss this in any detail,” said Buttenheim, adding, “We look forward to that dinner when it will happen.” According to Turkish Cypriot press reports, Eroglu was keen to have the dinner in April, but the Greek Cypriot side - busy trying to avoid a collapse of the banking system and economy - have allegedly pushed the date back to the end of May. Eroglu walked out of peace talks with former president Demetris Christofias last June, citing Cyprus’ six-month EU presidency as the reason. At the time, Christofias said he had no problems running the EU presidency and engaging in high-level peace talks but Eroglu insisted on downgrading the talks to technical level meetings.

Since Anastasiades took over at the Presidential Palace, the government has been in crisis mode trying to avert a disorderly default of the banking system and state.

Despite the intensity of the ongoing crisis, both Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Eroglu have insisted on restarting the talks immediately, suggesting that failure to do so should open the door to a two-state solution.

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Britain BRITAIN TODAY Girlfriend ‘killed with pillow’ A CHEATING Polish factory worker is likely to have killed his British girlfriend by suffocating her with a pillow, a court heard yesterday.

Rafal Nowak is accused of murdering 23-year-old business analyst Catherine Wells-Burr for her six-figure life insurance policy, after hatching a deadly plot with his jealous secret lover and her uncle.

Prosecutors allege Nowak, 31, smothered Wells-Burr with a pillow as she lay sleeping in their new home in Chard, Somerset in September last year.

His former partner, Anna Lagwinowicz - with whom Nowak is said to have rekindled a romance - joined her uncle, Tadevsz Dmytryszyn in dumping Well-Burr’s body in her Ford Focus at a nearby roadside and setting fire to it, Bristol Crown Court heard.

New Abu Qatada ruling challenge THE government has asked permission to take its fight to remove hate preacher Abu Qatada from the UK to the highest court in the land.

The move to appeal to the UK Supreme Court comes after judges last month rejected the latest in a long line of attempts to deport the terror suspect to Jordan.

In March, Court of Appeal judges backed an earlier ruling that Qatada, also known as Omar Othman, could not be deported over fears evidence obtained through torture would be used against him.

The government has now been trying to deport the radical cleric to Jordan, where he was convicted of terror charges in his absence in 1999, for nearly eight years.

Thatcher laid to rest Ceremony rivals Churchill’s, Queen attends (continued from front page) Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during the address.

The cleric brought smiles to the faces of former leader Tony Blair, Cameron’s wife Samantha and other mourners when he recounted a story about her telling him not to eat duck pate because it was fattening.

Cameron and Amanda, Thatcher’s 19-year old granddaughter, read from the New Testament while patriotic hymns echoed around the ornately decorated dome of the 300-year-old cathedral.

The service was attended by 2,300 mourners including former British prime ministers and the government’s entire cabinet, two heads of state and 17 foreign ministers.

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger also attended. The music included her favourite hymns, among them “I Vow to Thee My Country”.

Thousands of supporters lined the streets of London as her casket made its final journey from the centre of British political power in Westminster to the cathedral. Most people clapped in respect but about two dozen opponents turned their backs on the procession.

One man held up a placard reading “Boo!” and some shouted “scum” while supporters threw flowers and cheered. Thatcher, who governed Britain from 1979 to 1990, died on April 8 aged 87 after suffering a stroke.

Polls have shown many Britons are unhappy the estimated £10-million ($15 million) bill for the ceremonial funeral is being picked up by the taxpayer at a time of austerity and spending cuts.

The late leader was honoured with a gun salute from the Tower of London every minute and the silencing of

The Bearer Party carry the coffin into the cathedral

The service was attended by 2,300 mourners including former British prime ministers and the government’s entire cabinet, two heads of state and 17 foreign ministers the Big Ben bell at the Houses of Parliament. British military bandsmen played Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Chopin to accompany the grandest funeral for a British politician since that of Thatcher’s hero, Winston Churchill, in 1965.

“She was the first woman prime minister, she served for longer in the job than anyone for 150 years, she achieved some extraordinary things in her life,” said Cameron, current leader of the Conservative Party.

“What is happening today is absolutely fitting and right,” he said, dismissing the critics.

A handwritten note placed on a wreath of white flowers on her coffin read: “Beloved mother - always in our hearts”.

More than 700 armed forces personnel from units that served in the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina Thatcher’s most emblematic victory - lined the streets.

Police also stood all along the route. People gathered along the funeral procession route early in the morning with placards that reflected

failed to invite Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez, at the Thatcher family’s request, amid renewed tensions over the Falkland Islands.

Relations have been strained since the 1982 war, when Thatcher ordered a task force to retake the South Atlantic territory after Argentinian troops seized it.

The abiding domestic images of her premiership will remain those of conflict - police confrontations with massed ranks of coalminers whose

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh speak with (left to right) Marco Grass, Carol Thatcher, Sarah Thatcher and Mark Thatcher as they leave St Paul’s Cathedral

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Red head revenge attack THREE men have been jailed for attacking a boy for having red hair, according to the BBC. The boy, 14, was playing football on a Lincoln estate when his arm was broken by men “wanting revenge after another red-haired youth abused their sister”.

Nathan Booth, 22, stamped on the boy’s head before his brother Callum, 27, and their friend James Hatton, 25, also “piled in,” Lincoln Crown Court heard.

a range of views.

“You gave millions of us hope, freedom, ambition,” read one.

Another said: “Over 10 million pounds of our money for a Tory funeral”.

There were notable absences. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan, the widow of Thatcher’s great US friend and ally Ronald Reagan, were too frail to attend.

Thatcher struck up a close relationship with Reagan during the Cold War and was among the first to decide Gorbachev was a man she could “do business with”.

The guest list for her funeral has prompted talk of diplomatic snubs. The US did not send a senior figure from President Barack Obama’s administration.

Argentina’s ambassador refused to attend after Britain

year-long strike failed to save their pits and communities, Thatcher riding a tank in a white headscarf, and flames rising above Trafalgar Square in riots over the unpopular “poll tax” which contributed to her downfall.

In 1979, when she came to power, Britain was in the grip of a long post-war decline with troubled labour relations and low productivity and was being outperformed by continental rivals France and Germany. She turned that around by boosting home ownership and the service industry, breaking the power of the unions, and deregulating financial services.

But the price left parts of the country struggling to create new jobs and rebuild decimated communities, leaving a bitter taste which endures.

A member of the public reacts as the former PM’s coffin is taken from St Clement Danes church yesterday

SOME former miners reacted to the pageantry in London by parading an effigy of Baroness Thatcher in a noose and planned to burn a coffin later in the day.

But in many former pit villages in South Yorkshire they simply decided to ignore the ceremonial funeral.

Residents of Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, were preparing to pull a replica of her coffin through the streets before setting it ablaze.

An effigy of the late Tory leader had been strung up in a noose outside the Union Jack social club with signs reading: “Thatcher the milk snatcher” and “Thatcher the scab”.

One home in the town displayed a huge sign saying: “The Lady’s not for turning but tonight she’ll be for burning”.

Residents stopped to take photos of the Rusty Dudley pub in the High Street, which was decked out with bunting and banners that said: “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Thatcher’s Britain has gone bust” and “That’s another fine mess you’ve got us into Maggie”.

In nearby Grimethorpe, though, only a handful of people turned out to watch the

funeral service on the TV in the working men’s club and none of those seemed particularly interested in what was happening.

Former miner Jim Sellars, 52, turned up in full mining gear complete with a blackened face.

He said he had come to drink to the memory of his father, also a miner, and not to watch the ceremony.

But he said: “I’m not watching that.”

Asked about the cost of the London funeral, he said: “I think it’s disgusting. We have to pay for our own funerals, so why didn’t she pay for hers.

“It’s £10 million that could be put into the community.”

Around Grimethorpe, former miners had put up a range of banners.

On the old pit winding wheel, at the northern entrance to the village, one banner said: “Thatcher died naturally, but she murdered our pit.”

And on a footbridge over the main road at the other end of the village, another read: “No tears for Thatcher.”

Outside the working men’s club, one small banner said: “At Last”.

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Breast implant fraud trial begins

‘Headline public deficit more than foreseen’

FIVE French executives went on trial yesterday to jeers from victims for supplying women with hundreds of thousands of substandard breast implants and triggering a global health scare.

More than 300,000 women around the world were fitted over a decade with implants from the French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), and the trial includes 5,000 civil plaintiffs and 300 lawyers.

PIP’s founder and chief executive, 73-year-old JeanClaude Mas, has admitted filling the implants with an unapproved homemade recipe made of industrial-grade silicone gel.

Mas and four PIP executives, including the chief financial officer, are charged with aggravated fraud and risk maximum prison terms of five years each, plus fines, for selling the implants around the world from 2001 to 2010, when they were ordered off the market.

A vast exhibition building close to PIP’s former premises has been set up as a makeshift courtroom to accommodate the huge crowds expected for the trial, due to last until May 14.

Mas arrived at court under police escort and faced a crush of cameras as the trial began in the southern city of Marseille.

“Bastard!” shouted someone in the audience of some 300 victims as Mas appeared live on a giant video screen.

Of the more than 5,000 individual lawsuits filed against PIP - once the world’s thirdlargest supplier of breast implants - and its executives, 220 have come from women outside France.

A French woman who alleges that one of her PIP implants began to leak four years after its insertion said outside the courtroom that victims were both scared and angry.

THE French government acknowledged yesterday it would have a higher headline public deficit than planned by the end of its mandate in 2017, but said the underlying budget would be in surplus one year before that.

Paris is battling to persuade the European Commission and EU partners to grant it more time to knock its finances into shape after it conceded earlier this year it would break a promise to bring its deficit down to 3 per cent of output in 2013.

In a new set of projections taking account of its weakening economy, France set its headline 2017 public deficit target at 0.7 per cent of output, up from an earlier goal of 0.3 per cent.

But at the structural level a measure that strips out the impact of the economic cycle and which the European Commission has said is valid - the plan envisages a budget surplus of 0.2 per cent of output in 2016 and of 0.5 per cent in 2017.

“We are sticking completely to our plan, which is indeed aimed at cutting the deficit ... but which is above all an effort to put the country back on its feet, to restore competitiveness, growth and jobs,” Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said after presenting the projections to cabinet.

The new plan also showed that the public debt will peak one year later than planned in 2014. French debt will reach 94.3 per cent of GDP in 2014 from a previous 90.5 per cent target before starting to fall in 2015.

Alexei Navalny with his wife Yulia meet journalists outside the court in Kirov yesterday (AFP)

Putin foe defiant as trial opens in Russia

By Gabriela Baczynska RUSSIAN protest leader Alexei Navalny accused the authorities of fabricating charges against him at the start of a trial yesterday that he says is intended to crush opposition to Vladimir Putin.

The anti-corruption blogger, 36, was calm and defiant in a 40-minute appearance in court in the provincial city of Kirov before Judge Sergei Blinov adjourned proceedings until April 24 to give the defence more time to prepare its case.

Navalny could face 10 years in jail if convicted of stealing 16 million roubles ($510,000) from a timber firm in Kirov that he was advising in 2009 while working for the liberal

Navalny denies charges, but expects conviction regional governor.

Navalny, the most prominent opposition leader to be tried in post-Soviet Russia, has suggested Putin ordered the trial to sideline a potential presidential rival.

“The case is totally falsified, trumped up. I am completely innocent,” he told reporters in court, reiterating his belief that he would be convicted regardless of the evidence.

Casually dressed in an opennecked shirt with no tie or jacket, Navalny chatted casually with reporters and thanked them for attending. His wife

Yulia sat calmly in court behind him, flanked by opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

Tall and clean-cut, Navalny has been a thorn in the side of the government since starting to campaign online against state corruption in 2007. He established himself as a powerful speaker at anti-Putin demonstrations that flared 16 months ago.

Rallies in his support were planned in Moscow and Kirov yesterday, but the wave of protests against Putin’s 13year domination of Russia has ebbed. On the muddy streets

of the industrial city, few people had any sympathy with Navalny.

“He is probably guilty of something,” said Anya, a young woman selling toy cars in the main square of Kirov, almost 900 km (550 miles) northeast of Moscow and dominated by grey Soviet-era buildings.

The Kremlin, meanwhile, sees little risk in making an example of Navalny to discourage dissent because conservative voters in the provinces - Putin’s traditional support base - are either indifferent or likely to welcome a jail sentence for Navalny.

A recent opinion poll indicated about 37 per cent of Russians know who Navalny is, but only 14 per cent would vote for him in a presidential election.

Support for Germany’s Social Democrats falls to a two-year low, opinion poll reports GERMANY’S opposition Social Democrats (SPD) fell to a two-year low in an opinion poll out yesterday, while the gap in support for its struggling candidate Peer Steinbrueck and popular Chancellor Angela Merkel widened five months before an election.

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Support for the SPD is at 22 per cent, according to the latest survey by Forsa, carried out before the congress. That is lower than their 2009

election result of 23 per cent, which was the worst post-war performance by the 150-year-old party.

Forsa, which tends to mark the centre-left party lower than other pollsters and put it on 23 per cent last week, said the new poll showed SPD support at its lowest since mid-2011.

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The SPD’s buoyant Greens allies advanced a point to 15 per cent.

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New Zealand passes same-sex marriage law

By Naomi Tajitsu NEW Zealand’s parliament voted in favour of allowing same-sex marriage on Wednesday, prompting cheers, applause and the singing of a traditional Maori celebratory song from the public gallery.

Seventy-seven of 121 members of parliament voted in favour of amending the current 1955 Marriage Act to allow same-sex couples to marry, making New Zealand the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so.

“Two-thirds of parliament have endorsed marriage equality,” Louisa Wall, the openly gay opposition Labour Party MP who promoted the bill, told reporters after the vote. “It shows that we are building on our human rights as a country.”

The bill was widely expected to pass, given similar support for the change in a preliminary vote held last month. It will likely come into effect in August.

New Zealand becomes the 13th country to legalise same-sex marriages, after Uruguay passed its own law last week. Australia last

year rejected a similar proposal.

Countries where such marriages are legal include Canada, Spain and Sweden, in addition to some states in the United States. France is close to legalising same-sex marriages amid increasingly vocal opposition.

The bill was opposed by the Roman Catholic Church and some conservative religious, political and social groups which campaigned that it would result in undermining the institution of the family.

The law makes it clear that clergy can decline to preside in gay marriages if the unions conflict with their beliefs.

The law to allow same-sex marriages comes after New Zealand gave same-sex relationships partial legal recognition in 2005 with the establishment of civil unions.

“I have a boyfriend, so it means we can get married, which is a good thing,” said Timothy Atkins, a student who was among a crowd listening to the hearing in the parliamentary lobby.

“It’s important to be seen as equal under the law.”

An ailing critically endangered Sumatran tiger named Melani is seen in an enclosure at the Surabaya Zoo yesterday. Melani, 15, has been suffering from a serious digestive disorder for the past five years which saw her weight drop from 80 to 60 kilos, while a male tiger died two weeks ago due to the same illness. Zoo officials discovered that Melani was being fed with chicken contami-

nated with formalin. Melani’s condition follows a spate of suspicious animal deaths at the zoo, including another critically endangered Sumatran tiger, and the disappearance of three baby Komodo dragons believed to have been stolen for the black market. Zoo spokesman Andy Warsito said in March 2012 that around 500 animals had died between 2010 and 2011 (AFP)

US is undecided over recognising Maduro

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Gay-rights supporters celebrate the law passing at the San Francisco Bath House bar in Wellington yesterday

Boston bombing suspect identified, no arrest yet INVESTIGATORS believe they have identified a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing from security video footage and an official statement was expected later in the day, a U.S. law enforcement source said on Wednesday.

However, no arrest had been made, three separate U.S. government and law enforcement sources told Reuters.

Police may make an appeal to the public for more information at a news conference scheduled for later on Wednesday, a U.S. government source said.

Earlier, CNN reported that a suspect was in custody, citing law enforcement sources. But then the network cited three sources who said no one was under arrest after all.

The identification of a possible suspect marked the most significant publicly disclosed break since Monday’s blast at the marathon finish line killed three people and injured 176 others.

Investigators were also searching through thousands of pieces of evidence from cell phone pictures to shrapnel shards pulled from victims’ legs.

Based on shards of metal, fabric, wires and a battery recovered at the scene, the focus turned to whoever may have made bombs in pressure cooker pots and taken them in heavy black nylon bags to the finish line of the world-famous race watched by crowds of spectators.

A stretch of Boston’s Boylston Street almost a mile long and blocks around it remained closed as investigators searched for clues in the worst attack on U.S. soil since the hijacked plane strikes of September 11, 2001.

VENEZUELA’S opposition leaders said yesterday they feared persecution over postelection protests and the U.S. government backed their call for a recount, saying it had not decided if it would recognise President-elect Nicolas Maduro.

The razor-thin victory by Maduro in Sunday’s presidential vote has been rejected by his rival, Henrique Capriles, who is alleging thousands of irregularities at polling centres and wants a full audit of the ballots.

Seven people have died in opposition-led protests, and the government has vowed to take legal action against the opposition leader and others whom they accuse of stirring up violence.

Washington said it had not decided whether to recognise Maduro, a former bus driverturned-foreign minister who

Venezuela opposition leader alleges a plan to attack him was picked as successor by the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez.

“We think there ought to be a recount,” Secretary of State John Kerry told US lawmakers. “Obviously, if there are huge irregularities, we are going to have serious questions about the viability of that government ... I’m not sure that’s over yet.”

There was no immediate response from Maduro’s administration, but on Tuesday a senior ‘Chavista’ official, Diosdado Cabello, had cautioned the United States to “hold its tongue” and not meddle in Venezuelan affairs.

During Chavez’s 14-year tenure, Venezuela was the US government’s main irritant in Latin America and the former soldier frequently invoked

“imperialist” plots against him. The latest instability in the OPEC nation with the world’s largest oil reserves has sent Venezuelan bond prices tumbling.

The unrest, just weeks after Chavez’s death from cancer, has laid bare the deep polarisation of a nation split down the middle between pro- and anti-government factions, and left its 29 million people on edge.

Overnight, Capriles alleged the government had ordered gangs to attack his supporters and even his official residence in Miranda state, where he is the governor. “Anything that happens to me in the official residence at Los Teques is the responsibility of Nicolas Maduro!” he said.

Though demanding legal

action against Capriles and calling him a fascist, Maduro nevertheless said he would be protected.

“I am a man of peace and of my word. I ordered (state intelligence agency) Sebin to maintain protection of the ex-candidate of the right wing even though he has got rid of those who were protecting him,” he said via Twitter.

Another prominent opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, said there was a plan to arrest him on charges of destabilisation. Officials did not immediately respond to that.

Capriles had planned to lead a protest march on the National Electoral Council yesterday, but Maduro banned it. The opposition leader later called it off, saying the government had plotted to start trouble and blame it on him.

“To all my followers ... this is a peaceful quarrel. Whoever is involved in violence is not part of this project, is not with me,” he said. “It is doing me harm.”

No poultry contact in some China bird flu cases, says health body THE World Health Organisation said yesterday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of bird flu in China have had no history of contact with poultry, adding to the mystery around a virus that has killed 16 people to date.

Chinese authorities have slaughtered thousands of birds and closed some live poultry markets to try and stem

the rate of human infection, but many questions remain unsolved, including whether the H7N9 strain is being transmitted between people.

WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl confirmed that “there are people who have no history of contact with poultry”, after a top Chinese scientist was quoted as saying about 40 per cent of those with the H7N9 flu had had no such contact.

“This is one of the puzzles still (to) be solved and therefore argues for a wide investigation net,” Hartl said in emailed comments. He added that several avenues should be explored by an international team of experts going to China soon, including the possibility the virus can be spread between people, although there is “no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission”.

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World WORLD TODAY Rockets hit Israeli resort TWO rockets fired from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula struck Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat yesterday, causing no casualties or damage, the Israeli military said, in an attack claimed

by Islamist militants.

The incident was likely to fuel Israeli concerns about lawlessness in neighbouring Sinai, where militant groups have stepped up their activities since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s downfall in 2011.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said two rockets were launched from Sinai and both hit open areas.

Egypt’s military said it formed a “technical committee of specialists” to examine whether the attack was carried out from Egyptian territory.

In a statement posted on its website, the Islamist militant group Magles Shoura al-Mujahddin said it had targeted Eilat with two Grad missiles and then withdrawn safely.

EU to allow oil purchases EUROPEAN Union governments are expected to ease a Syrian oil embargo next week to allow for purchases of crude from the opposition, in an effort to tilt the balance of the conflict against President Bashar al-Assad.

At a meeting on Monday, EU foreign ministers will also agree to lift restrictions on selling equipment for the oil industry to the opposition and investing in the oil sector, EU diplomats said yesterday.

Conditions will apply to ensure that no business is done with supporters of Assad.

“The purchases will be allowed when an EU government authorises them after consultations with the (opposition) National Council,” one EU diplomat said.

Obama ricin letter scare A LETTER sent to President Barack Obama apparently contained poisonous ricin, the FBI has revealed.

It is undergoing further testing because preliminary field tests can be unreliable, creating false positives.

The letter was intercepted away from the White House. It comes the day after officials said a letter sent to a US senator contained ricin. That was intercepted at a Senate mail facility just outside Washington.

The FBI said there was no indication of a connection to the bombing at the Boston marathon.

Hosni Mubarak retrial to begin May 11 - court Former leader to be returned to Torah jail

By Maggie Fick THE retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the killing of demonstrators in the uprising that ousted him will start on May 11, a Cairo appeals court said yesterday.

The former president was also ordered to be transferred back to prison from a military hospital yesterday on the recommendation of a medical team after he appeared fitter at his aborted retrial on Saturday.

A first attempt to hold the retrial collapsed on Saturday when the presiding judge withdrew from the case and referred it to another court.

Mustafa Hassan Abdullah had been widely criticised for acquitting security men

accused of attacking protesters in an incident in which crowds were charged by men riding camels.

ANGERED Many Egyptians were angered when the 84-year-old Mubarak, who had been seriously ill last year, appeared in good health, smiling and waving to the public in court last Saturday, prompting calls for him to be put back in jail.

The prosecutor general’s office said it had decided Mubarak would be returned to Torah prison on the outskirts of Cairo. It did not say when he would be moved.

Mubarak, 84, who ruled Egypt for almost 30 years before being toppled by the 18-day popular uprising in 2011, was convicted last

Compromise sought to end hunger strike PALESTINIAN and Israeli officials are seeking a compromise to end the hunger strike of a Palestinian prisoner whose on-off fast has lasted more than 250 days and stoked weeks of street protests.

Samer al-Issawi, a 32-yearold from an Arab suburb of Jerusalem, is receiving some nutrients via an intravenous drip but refusing food. His lawyer says his low heart rate means he could die at any time.

Moved from jail to an Israeli civilian hospital and under guard, an emaciated and bedridden Issawi has been approached in recent days by Israeli negotiators. Both Palestinian and Israeli officials hope to pre-empt the violence his death could provoke.

Israel has asked Issawi to stop his fast in exchange for commuting his decades-long sentence to one year behind bars, a Palestinian official told Reuters yesterday.

Issawi said he would accept only if the year-long term were backdated to the date of his arrest last July, according to Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian prisoner organisation.

“We don’t want to see this man commit suicide,” an Israeli official told Reuters.

“There are elements on the Palestinian side who are eager to exploit a tragedy.”

Two Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli jails this year, raising the total number of Palestinians to have died in Israeli prison since 1948 to 207, a Palestinian official said.

Nine prisoners from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Left-

Samer al-Issawi’s on-off fast has lasted over 250 days ist faction to which Issawi belongs, announced yesterday an open-ended fast until he is freed.

“Prisoner Day,” an annual commemoration of Palestinian prisoners, who currently number 4,800, was held yesterday, with Israeli security forces on standby for possible protests.

The Palestinian Authority, based in Ramallah, has said it will try to prevent any mass uprising against Israel and has renounced violence in its quest for statehood.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is keen to give US President Barack Obama a chance to renew stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks after his visit to the region last month.

Palestinian officials have made an offer, not accepted

by Israel, that Issawi be immediately released to Ramallah to receive a year of medical treatment after which Israel would allow him to return to neighbouring Jerusalem.

June along with former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli of failing to prevent the killings of more than 800 demonstrators, rather than actually ordering them.

Mubarak and Adli were sentenced to life imprisonment but the country’s highest appeals court ordered a retrial in January after accepting appeals from both the defence and prosecution.

This time, the presiding judge will be Mahmoud Kamel El-Rashidi, a lowprofile jurist.

The same court will retry Mubarak’s two sons, Alaa and Gamal on separate charges of financial corruption at the same time, state news agency MENA reported. Six other top Mubarak aides will also be retried with the former ruler,

Ousted President Mubarak sits inside a dock at the police academy on the outskirts of Cairo on April 15, 2013 MENA said.

On Monday, a judge ordered Mubarak’s release on bail on the charges of complicity in the killing of protesters but he has remained in custody in a military hospital on separate charges of

alleged corruption.

The convoluted legal process has highlighted the difficulty of transitional justice in a country where many of the judges and security chiefs were appointed during the Mubarak era.

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THE Swiss and U.S. governments are considering a possible solution to a longrunning dispute over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax.

A source familiar with the talks has told Reuters the two sides have agreed an outline for a deal that would divide over 300 Swiss banks according to the extent to which they had helped US clients hide money, to determine how they are dealt with.

A Swiss government spokesman said yesterday the cabinet had been informed about a solution to the dispute. He declined to give further details as the negotiations are ongoing.

A senior US government source involved in the Swiss banking cases confirmed a proposal was being circulated.

Bank secrecy, which has helped Switzerland become the world’s largest offshore centre with $2 trillion in assets, has come under heavy fire since the financial crisis as cash-strapped governments have sought to clamp down on tax evasion.

Tax evasion has dominated global headlines in recent weeks following the admission by a disgraced former French minister that he held a Swiss account and the recent leak of thousands of holders of secret bank accounts worldwide.

The Swiss government has been in protracted talks to end US investigations into Swiss banks, including Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) and Julius Baer (BAER.VX), in return for expected heavy fines and a transfer of client names.

On Tuesday, US authorities charged a Swiss banker and a Swiss attorney with helping American clients hide millions of dollars in offshore accounts to evade taxes.

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Gold bars are pictured at the Austrian gold and silver separating plant ‘Oegussa’ in Vienna on April 16, 2013. Gold rose yesterday after a slide to two-year lows shaken by the biggest twoday loss in 30 years.

Brent crude fell below $99 per barrel on the prospect of sluggish US and Chinese fuel demand that will be squeezed at the same time by rising crude supplies in the United States.

The North Sea benchmark has lost nearly 6 per cent over the past five sessions in a commodities rout triggered by data showing growth in China, the world’s second-

BRITAIN’S biggest retailer, Tesco, wrote down the value of its global operations by $3.5 billion and announced plans to exit the United States, as it tries to rebuild after a year when profit fell for the first time in two decades.

The group - the world’s third biggest retailer after Wal-Mart and Carrefour and one of Britain’s most consistent performers until a profit warning in January 2012 - said yesterday that abandoning its loss-making US venture Fresh & Easy would mean restructuring and other one-off costs of £1 billion ($1.5 billion).

largest oil consumer, slowed unexpectedly in this year’s first three months.

“At the moment the oil complex is in a technical downtrend with the fundamentals being driven by a deteriorating demand projection in a robust supply environment,” said Dominick Chirichella of Energy Management Institute.

The benchmark S&P 500 index retreated from its secondbest daily performance of the

year on several disappointing earnings reports and the drop in commodities.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 136.17 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 14,620.61.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 22.72 points, or 1.44 per cent, at 1,551.85. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 59.11 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3,205.52.

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Tesco also wrote down the value of its UK property by £804 million, reflecting a decision not to develop over 100 sites as more shoppers move to the Internet, and took a £495-million goodwill charge on its businesses in Poland, the Czech Republic and Turkey to account for a slowdown in demand.

Chief Executive Philip Clarke declined to put the blame for the writedowns on his predecessor Terry Leahy, who took Tesco with great much fanfare into the US market in 2007 and also bought a huge amount of British development land.

“All the writedowns relate to strategic decisions that I’ve taken since being CEO and are logical extensions of those - calling an end of the (UK) space race, deciding to exit the US,” he told reporters. “My job’s not to look back, my job is only to look forward.”

Tom Edson, head of food stores at property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle, said Tesco had taken a lot of pain in one go with the property writedown. Its size reflected the “double whammy” of lower prices since the financial crisis and the fact that sites are worth less if they will no longer become food stores, he said.

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WORLD equity markets and commodities fell yesterday as global growth concerns continued to take a heavy toll on investor sentiment and disappointing earnings reports weighed on Wall Street stocks.

Copper, which is considered a barometer for manufacturing growth, fell almost 3 per cent, weighed by worries about the global economy and a 10.3-per cent decline in March European car sales, a key source of metals demand.

Defying earlier industry predictions of a second-half rebound, auto sales are headed for a sixth straight annual decline to a two-decade low.

US and European shares fell more than 1 per cent after the report on European car sales added to fears about the region’s economy and after the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded its global growth projections for this year and next.

“The macro outlook remains bleak and equities markets are still not pricing it in yet,” Jerome Troin-Lajous, a trader with Louis Capital Markets, said. “It’s time to get protection, continue to get out of cyclical and industrial stocks, and turn overweight ‘flightto-safety’ trades.”

But gold rose, bucking the fall in other commodities, after a slide to two-year lows this week lured Asian buyers.

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maker and key supplier, gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the current quarter, reviving concerns about weakening demand for iPhone and iPads. Shares of Intel Corp, the world’s largest semiconductor maker, fell more than 1 per cent after it said its current-quarter revenue would decline as much as 8 per cent and it trimmed its 2013 capital spending plans.

First-quarter revenue at Yahoo Inc fell shy of expectations on declining Web traffic and falling advertising sales.

Bank of America Corp, the last of the four big US banks to report first-quarter results, said revenue fell.

MSCI’s all-country world equity index, which tracks shares in 45 countries, dipped 1.2 per cent to 355.44 points, reversing some of Tuesday’s sharp gains.

European shares fell to their lowest level in around four months. The broad FTSEurofirst 300 index extended a three-day losing streak, falling 1.5 per cent to close down at a provisional 1,147.92.

The eurozone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index also retreated, falling 2.1 per cent to 2,555.18 points.

Brent crude shed $1.54 to $98.37, while U.S. crude slipped $1.47 to $87.25.

Bonds resumed their gains as world shares and industrial commodities responded to concern about economic growth.

The benchmark 10-year US Treasury note was up 8/32 in price to yield 1.695 per cent.

The yen fell for a second straight day against the dollar and the euro on expectations that the Group of 20 major developed and emerging economies meeting in Washington will not voice strong concern over Japan’s aggressive monetary easing, which has triggered a sharp slide in the yen. The dollar rose 0.37 per cent to 97.88 yen.

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BRITISH unemployment rose in February and wage growth slowed to a record low, suggesting cracks are starting to show in the labour market at a time when the central bank is split on another cash boost for the economy.

Britain’s main jobless rate rose to 7.9 per cent in the three months ending in February, the highest rate since the three months to August 2012 when it was also 7.9 per cent, the Office for National Statistics said yesterday.

The Bank of England, meanwhile,

indicated that it was still some way from giving the flat-lining economy additional help to create jobs, prompting some economists to push back their forecasts for when more stimulus will come.

Minutes of the bank’s April policy meeting showed it remained divided on whether to restart asset purchases to spur economic growth, with no sign that the differences between policymakers were narrowing.

The euro hit a one-month high against

sterling after the jobs data.

“A lot of the froth and really good news we had over the last year on jobs is becoming exhausted, which shouldn’t be a surprise when there is not much growth around,” said Alan Clarke, economist at Scotiabank.

Britain’s employment growth in the past year has puzzled policymakers and raised questions over how much longer its relative strength can be sustained without a pick-up in the economy.

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Semi-state bodies need to get a grip SOME sections of this society will never learn. Despite everything Cyprus has been through over the past month, and everything that is yet to come, semigovernment organisations (SGOs) still want to have their cake and eat it at the expense of everyone else.

On Monday, the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) and Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) criticised the troika’s demands to come up with €1.4 billion through SGO privatisations, saying they believed they could use their own resources to cover the amount demanded by the troika as part of Cyprus’ bailout agreement.

Cyta chairman Stathis Kittis 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. This was echoed by CPA chairman Chrysis Prentzas.

What they seem to fail to understand here is that as far as the troika is concerned, privatisations are a must for Cyprus, not just about selling them off to raise money but because they are bloated, inefficient and endemic of the ‘me, me, me’ culture that pervades the public service in general. It’s hard to forget how much was budgeted for chairs for EAC Paphos staff.

The MoU with the troika clearly states that international lenders want Cyprus’ SGOs to conform to international best practices.

What these SGOs did not exactly make clear to deputies on Monday was how they were going to come up with the €1.4 billion that would allow them to remain untouched by the troika.

In the case of Cyta, the CPA, and also the EAC, the only way to make more money is off the backs of consumers and businesses. Essentially they want us to pay for them to carry on working in the style to which they have become accustomed.

They might argue the consumer/taxpayer would not be affected but judging by a telling incident last week, it is clear what they think about the people who have been carrying them all these years.

Limassol dock workers rejected a proposal for a 50 per cent cut of their 14th salaries. Really? Does anyone in the private sector even remember what a 13th salary looks like, let alone a 14th?

If these people are not willing to give up half of half a month’s salary, which is a perk in the first place, what hope is there? The MoU also provides for scaled salary cuts in the public service from 0.8 per cent up to 2.0 per cent for the highest paid. In the private sector people are taking salary cuts of up to 40 per cent in some cases.

There are a lot of bitter pills to swallow in the bailout deal but the privatisation of the SGOs has got to be the least painful for the majority of the Cypriot population. The SGOs need to come back down to earth, preferably with a bang.

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Could German alternative steal votes from Merkel?

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HE POLITICAL establishment has dismissed Germany’s new anti-euro party as a fear-mongering populist aberration that could implode even before a looming federal election.

But the first congress of “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) showed that the movement, launched only a few months ago by a group of renegade academics, journalists and businessmen, is striking a chord with voters and may prove an influential force come September.

Over 1,500 AfD supporters from across Germany packed into the Intercontinental Hotel in central Berlin on Sunday to elect the party leadership and formally approve a policy programme that has one objective above all: an end to the euro and return of the deutsche mark.

The meeting was not without the sort of hitches one would expect from a new party that is virtually devoid of experienced, professional politicians.

A speech by party founder Bernd Lucke was interrupted at one point by a man waving a German flag. And delegates interjected repeatedly to remind AfD leaders gathered on the stage about proper protocol as motions were voted on.

Still, the mood in the vast conference room where the congress was held bordered on the euphoric at times. And the attendees - mainly older men in suits with a sprinkling of middle-aged women - said they were amazed at how much interest the party was generating among friends and family members.

“There is huge potential,” said Alexander Gauland, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) for 50 years before he defected and signed up with the AfD a month ago.

“What has become clear over the past weeks is that there are many people who feel they are not being heard by the big parties, especially when it comes to eurozone bailouts.”

Unlike some other antieuro movements in Europe, like the Dutch Freedom party of Geert Wilders or Marine Le Pen’s National Front in France, the AfD says it is neither nationalist nor antiimmigration. Its programme calls for Canadian-style policies to entice more skilled foreign workers to Germany.

The party supports an “orderly” dismantling of the eurozone because it believes this to be in Germany’s best interests, but also because it says this would help southern members of the currency bloc that are struggling with crushing recessions and rising unemployment.

Above all, attendees in Ber-

‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) is striking a chord with voters lin expressed frustration with the lack of debate in Germany’s big parties over policies that have led to multi-billion euro bailouts for Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Cyprus since the bloc’s debt crisis first erupted over three years ago.

The rescues were backed not only by members of Merkel’s centre-right coalition, but also by the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens.

“This party offers Germany a chance. It is talking about themes that were taboo for decades. Until AfD came along there was no alternative, and that is undemocratic,” said Henry Strasen, a 47-year-old who runs a gas station in the town of Luebben south of Berlin and previously supported the Free Democrats (FDP), junior partners in Merkel’s coalition.

Thomas Rang, a 62-year old real estate developer and also an FDP supporter

‘There are many people who feel they are not being heard by the big parties, especially when it comes to eurozone bailouts’

before quitting the party in 2011, said he sympathised with southern member states that were “trapped by the euro”.

“They can’t devalue. They are growing resentful of Germany. I’m for Europe but not for this kind of Europe,” said Rang, who travelled from Duesseldorf for the congress.

Since its founding in early March, over 7,500 people have joined the new party. Spokeswoman Dagmar Metzger says three times as many members have come from centre-right parties in Merkel’s ruling coalition than from the centre-left camp of the SPD and Greens.

Opinion polls show one in four Germans would consider supporting the AfD. Despite that, most pollsters say it will be difficult for the party to get above the five per cent threshold needed to enter parliament in September, although few are ruling out the possibility.

“The question is whether on election day people who sympathise with this party actually vote for it,” said Frank Decker, a political scientist at Bonn University.

That will depend on a number of factors.

The AfD will need to collect 2,000 signatures in each of Germany’s 16 federal states over the coming months to stand in the election at all.

In a country where overt nationalism in politics is frowned upon because of the crimes of the Nazi era, the new party must also take care to keep out fringe elements that could embarrass it and cloud its message. In front of the hotel on Sunday, some people were handing out copies of “Junge Freiheit”, or “Young Freedom”, a weekly that is popular with the far-right.

Some believe AfD must become more than a one-issue

party to have a chance in September. The programme approved on Sunday included recommendations on education, energy and integration policy, as well as long passages on Europe.

The Pirates, an upstart party that became a magnet for protest voters in regional elections across Germany last year, also provides a cautionary tale for the AfD. It has seen its support crumble over the past months amid infighting and organisational disarray.

“We shouldn’t overdramatise this party but we shouldn’t underestimate them either,” said Wolfgang Bosbach, a senior lawmaker in Merkel’s CDU who has found himself ostracised within the party for refusing to back eurozone bailouts but rules out defecting to the AfD. “I don’t believe they will get over 5 per cent. It is very hard to organise nationwide in just five months. But the voters that switch to this party can really hurt the CDU.” The irony is that if the AfD does do well in the election, stealing a disproportionate number of votes away from Merkel’s centre-right bloc, it probably increases the likelihood that she will be forced into a “grand coalition” with the SPD. Such a government would be expected to be even more supportive of European rescues and closer economic integration than the current administration - a result that several AfD members said they preferred not to think about.

“If the euro fails, Europe will not fail,” party leader Lucke, a Hamburg-based economist, told the cheering crowd in Berlin, playing on one of Merkel’s favourite phrases. “If the euro fails, Angela Merkel will fail.”

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By Piya Sinha-Roy AFTER 40 years with one of the biggest rock bands in the world, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry are finally being honoured for their songwriting.

The duo, dubbed the ‘Toxic Twins’ in their drugfuelled early years, cowrote many of the band’s biggest hits like Walk This Way and Back in the Saddle, which catapulted Aerosmith to fame in the mid1970s.

After winning multiple Grammys and other accolades, Tyler and Perry were honoured yesterday with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers founders award for songwriting. They will be also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 13.

Tyler and Perry will miss the ASCAP ceremony because they will be on the Australian leg of the band’s Global Warming world tour in support of their first album of new material since 2001.

The duo told Reuters ahead of yesterday’s ceremony that they draw much of their inspiration from each other, although Perry admits the process may be a bit tamer than in the 1970s and 1980s when he and Tyler turned out some big hits while under the influence of drugs.

“Taking drugs can be a shortcut to that place of creativity, but it will kill you in the end because it stops working,” Perry said.

“We had to figure out how to change the way we did things,” said Perry, 62, who is working on an autobiography and a solo record project.

Steven Tyler (left) and Joe Perry pose with the ASCAP Founders Award during a photo opportunity in Los Angeles on April 8 Tyler, the son of a classical pianist, formed Aerosmith in Boston in 1970 after meeting Perry and bass player Tom Hamilton a year earlier.

They signed a record deal in 1971 and what followed were four often tumultuous decades filled with thousands of concerts, band break-ups, well-chronicled bouts of drug abuse, glorious comebacks and sales of more than 150 million albums worldwide.

“We all just get together

in a room and inspire each other,” said Tyler, 65, who at 17 wrote the signature Aerosmith hit, Dream On, before meeting his future band members.

“The secret is to overwrite. I like to write 19 songs if I only need 12,” said Tyler, who quit last year after two seasons as a judge on American Idol to refocus on Aerosmith.

Asked how his writing methods have changed over the years, Perry said he now loves composing

songs with the help of his smartphone recording device.

“Bottom line, I always have a studio with me. It’s called an iPhone,” said Perry.

He said he also likes to have a guitar in every room of his home in case inspiration strikes, often pausing the TV while watching late at night to lay down a new musical phrase or riff that comes into his head.

“I just feel like that there are too many rhythms that

haven’t been explored in my head. Even in the narrow confines of rock ‘n’ roll, there’s an infinite amount of places to go,” Perry said.

Tyler said he has a lot of new material to work on, including some songs he began but did not complete for the band’s November release Music from Another Dimension.

“I have 30 thumbnail sketches I haven’t finished, including four without any lyrics,” Tyler said.

Film studio Pinewood ‘Proud’ of Playboy shoot ventures into China FILM studio Pinewood Shepperton, home of the James Bond movies, has signed a joint venture deal with a Chinese media entrepreneur as it seeks to expand its production services into China.

Pinewood, owner of Europe’s largest film studio, said yesterday it had signed a joint venture with media group Seven Stars, run by media mogul Bruno Wu. A sharp rise in box office revenues in China, boosted by an emerging middle class making more trips to the cinema, has encouraged foreign film producers to seek local partners to help them crack the market.

Pinewood’s joint venture, Song Lin, will look to make co-productions, run film courses, develop financing for Chinese productions, and create film-themed entertainment venues.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has sought to court emerging nations as markets for British exports, said: “Pinewood is leading the way, taking advantage of China’s thriving entertainment and media sector and building on Britain and China’s growing trade relationship.”

The move could provide “significant opportunities” for film and television producers in the UK, said Pinewood Chief Executive Ivan Dunleavy.

Pinewood, which also owns studios in Canada and Germany and is building facilities in Malaysia, has been looking overseas to help it compete in the international movie production market.

F1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone has stripped off

TAMARA Ecclestone is “proud” of her naked Playboy shoot.

The F1 heiress has stripped off for a cover shoot with Hugh Hefner’s men’s magazine, and appears on the front in nothing but a pair of heels, with her modesty protected by diamonds and a sprinkling of sparkling crystals.

Some other shots in the eight-page spread in the May issue include her wearing a revealing backless black dress, which is cut so low you can see her pert rear.

Tamara is delighted with how the images have turned out and feels honoured to have appeared on the same pages as beauties like Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy and Ursula Andress.

She told the magazine: “I am so proud of this beautiful shoot. As a woman, I believe you have to embrace your body, and feel beautiful both inside and out.”

FOX television this week pulled a recent episode of animated series Family Guy from television and Internet sites after unrelated clips that were edited together to depict a bombing at the Boston Marathon went viral on the Web. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane slammed the mash-up as “abhorrent.” It appeared a day after two bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding 176.

A Fox spokeswoman said the network had pulled the Turban Cowboy episode of the satirical series Family Guy from Fox.com and Hulu.com and from being rebroadcast, and that network officials were working with YouTube to take down the edited clips. It was not known who posted them.

The edited video showed two separate clips fused together from the Turban Cowboy episode, which aired in March, in which lead character Peter Griffin drunkenly drives over runners in order to win the Boston Marathon.

EXTREMIST Later in the episode, in an unconnected storyline, Peter unknowingly becomes friends with an extremist who gives him a cellphone, which Peter calls and explosions are heard.

In the video that went viral, the two scenes were put together to make it appear that the explosions happened at the Boston race.

“The edited Family Guy clip currently circulating is abhorrent. The event was a crime and a tragedy, and my thoughts are with the victims,” MacFarlane, who voices characters on the show including Peter, wrote on Twitter.

Television networks and movie studios frequently review material that might be considered insensitive or offensive after national tragedies like the Newton, Connecticut, school shootings in December and Superstorm Sandy in October 2012.

Unrelated clips were edited together to depict a bombing at the Boston Marathon

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Noticeboard A new director for Horwath DSP Limited

Companies support the feel-good factor

Urgent call to help kids’ charity “HOPE For Children” (HFC), in a period of severe financial uncertainty, is launching three different donation lines in an effort to secure financial resources and thus continue its work to support and improve the wellbeing of children.

Donations received from the public via telephone will be directly used for the implementation of HFC’s programmes, including the psycho-social support of children such as victims of violence, the actions against bullying and the enhancement of adequate and accessible services for all children.

The public can donate €2, €4 or €6 by calling the following numbers: 900 32 210 for €2 900 33 993 for €4 900 34 030 for €6 The “Hope For Children” team would like to thank the public in advance for its generous donations and the support it demonstrates towards HFC’s vision to promote and defend the rights of every child, especially during this difficult period which we are undergoing.

Banc De Binary gets further EU credibility boost FOLLOWING the successful launch of Banc De Binary in Cyprus and the acquisition of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) licence, the company has further enhanced its credibility and reputation as an industry leader by reaching another milestone, securing a foothold in the European market.

In a period of only three months, Banc De Binary has made huge steps towards establishing binary options as a regulated investment tool.

As a result of its efforts, the company is now registered with the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA), the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the Spanish Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) and the Italian Commissione Nazionale Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB), following Cyprus’ leap into the regulation of binary options.

To find out more about Banc De Binary or to open an account, visit the company’s website www.bbinary.com

TWO respected island-wide businesses have been won over this month by the opportunity to back the May/ June tour of the Barrie Rowe ‘Echoes of Swing’ concerts and bring the ‘feel-good’ factor back to our beleagured communities.

Rowe’s big band, consisting of professional musicians and an acclaimed jazz singer from the UK, is coming to the island for the fourth year running, to join forces with local musical talent for four public performances - in Paralimni for charity and thereafter in Latchi, Tala and Pissouri.

Steve White of White Consulting Services (WCS) has been supporting live performances around Paphos for some time. WCS group opened eight Chilly’s food stores in the last three years, adding the Arabica Coffee houses in Paphos and Strovolos in 2012 to the group’s portfolio.

The second company sup-

porting the Barrie Rowe tour is Tickethour Cyprus, which has been operating on the island since May 2012. So far the internet company has sold more than 40,000 tickets to island events, via its website (www.tickethour.com.cy) and ticket sales network within ACS Courier offices which operates 12 box offices in towns all over Cyprus.

Andrew Oliver, the music impresario who arranged the support from both Steve White and Tickethour, noted: "Both companies are showing great entrepreneurial skills in backing events that will surely help to alleviate the feeling of doom and gloom, and give audiences an uplifting concert experience in these challenging times".

For more information about the Barrie Rowe Big Band experience, visit www. andrewoliver9.co.uk and www.echoesofswing.co.uk

Andrew Oliver (left) sealing the deal over Arabica coffee with Chilly’s owner/director Steve White

HORWATH DSP Limited, an accountancy firm offering audit, tax, risk and advisory solutions to a diverse clientele in the local market and abroad, is pleased to announce the addition of a new director.

As a result of a merger, effective April 2, Mr Emilios Ayiomamitis has been appointed as a member of the board of directors of Horwath DSP Ltd, and will be heading the Limassol office.

“We are very proud to announce the addition of Mr Ayiomamitis to our board of directors. He definitely brings an additional element of knowledge which will assist in our strategic plans,” Mr Ioannis Demetriades, Managing Director of Horwath DSP. Mr Ayiomamitis added: “I am very pleased to be working with such a strong management team and I am happy to help the company achieve its goals.”

VTTI confidence in Cyprus ‘remains as strong as ever’ VTTI CEO highlights strengths of new terminal VTTI B.V., one of the world's fastest-growing independent energy storage companies, reaffirmed its support and commitment to Cyprus where its subsidiary, VTT Vasiliko Ltd, is developing a major oil storage terminal.

Commenting on the recent economic turmoil on the island, Rob Nijst, CEO of VTTI, drew a positive picture of the prospects of the country as an energy hub and announced even bigger investments.

“Our commitment and confidence in Cyprus remains as strong as ever. The project is proceeding according to plan and almost 12 tanks are now completed. In total we expect to invest around €300 million, generating employment during the project and also after its completion," he said. "We see Cyprus as a future energy hub of the Eastern Mediterra-

VTT Vasiliko Ltd is developing a major oil storage terminal that will inject capital into the economy and create jobs nean, and an attractive place in which to invest. In fact, we are already exploring the possibility of expanding the scope of the project to include marine bunkers.”

Mr. George Papanastasiou, Managing Director of VTT

Vasiliko Ltd, stressed the importance of the project for the fragile economy of Cyprus, noting that it will bring significant economic benefits in the midst of a severe economic downturn.

“The Terminal will ... offer

injections of capital into the Cypriot economy and have multiple positive effects of wider society; from jobs created to the reduction of fuel costs due to increased competition," he noted. "The Cyprus Ports Authority will benefit

with approximately €18 million per year from port duties, while the State will have additional revenues from customs duties and the taxation of companies that will market their products through the Terminal."

Leptos Estates represented at Rotary conference

The conference was attended by around 600 participants

THE 77th District 2450 conference was held recently in the city of Limassol and Leptos Estates was one of the important sponsors for this particular event. Leptos estates participated with a stand, represented by a three-member team with sales and marketing executives.

Around 600 Rotarian personalities, along with their spouses, arrived to participate from most parts of the Middle East, like Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Palestine, Sudan, Georgia and of course Cyprus.

The Leptos Estates stand was visited on a daily basis and the participants showed a sensational interest in Leptos properties as an investment for them and realised that Cyprus is still on top of the list for a safe holiday or a permanent home.

The event finished productively and everyone returned home greatly impressed by our island and the hospitality received during their stay.

As Cypriots, we do hope to keep in touch with our new friends and that we see them return in the very near future.

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HERE a maze of derelict warehouses and old cranes once testified to Britain’s decline, glass skyscrapers teeming with traders now dominate London’s docks, a metaphor - for good and ill - for Margaret Thatcher’s free-market revolution.

Thatcher called the dockside development one of the most exciting projects she had ever known. Its aim: to transform a virtual wasteland into a cluster of towers that would, combined with her ‘Big Bang’ reforms of the City of London, become the spine of the only financial capital to threaten New York.

“One of the things she would have put on her CV (resume) was that she was the mother of Canary Wharf,” said Sue Street, a guide at the Museum of London Docklands, referring to the area where London’s mini-Wall Street is centred.

“There was nothing here.

Cobbled streets, darkness, no shops and only one bus route on and off the island,” said Street, who drove its desolate roads in the 1970s. “Look what it’s like now. There are lots of bus routes, no graffiti and no rubbish.”

Built in the face of bitter opposition from locals and finished after its Canadianowned developer went to the wall, Canary Wharf reflects the contradictions of Thatcher’s 11-year attempt to arrest half a century of British economic decline.

Now one of the most powerful financial citadels on earth, its gleaming Manhattan-style skyscrapers soar above some of London’s poorest social housing blocks.

For Thatcher’s foes, Canary Wharf is also a morally bankrupt celebration of mammon: they say its financiers played a major role in fomenting the 2008 financial crisis, for which taxpayers across the Western world have had to pay.

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Thatcher arriving at number 10 in 1979

Lehman Brothers’ staff left the bank’s building in Canary Wharf with their belongings in cardboard boxes after the investment bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008.

Three decades earlier, the wharfs, which had once been the centre of British imperial trade in everything from tobacco to sugar, were also gripped by despair as the sclerotic economy ground to a halt and the containerisation of cargo shipping pushed work downstream to deeper ports.

“If you want a physical reminder of the change under

Thatcher, Canary Wharf is a very good example: when she came along they were derelict docks,” said Charles Moore, the author of Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biography and former editor of the Daily Telegraph.

“There is a certainly a criticism to be made about the effects of Big Bang leading to some of the problems we have had more recently. But it was basically a great success story of a very Thatcherite kind: it does something new but also reinvigorates something that Britain was good at before.”

In 1870, Britain was the world’s richest economy, but by the late 1970s it had become the sick man of Europe.

Its ambassador to Paris was so concerned that he sent a confidential despatch to London entitled “Britain’s decline” documenting the loss of influence since the days when Winston Churchill was able to speak to Josef Stalin and Harry Truman on relatively equal terms at the Potsdam Conference in 1945.

“Today we are not only no longer a world power but we are not in the first rank even as a European one,” Nicholas Henderson wrote in the 1979 despatch.

“Our decline is shown not simply by the statistics but by the look of our towns, airports, hospitals, local amenities,” he said.

After being forced to beg the In International Monetary Fund fo a bailout during the 1976 for st sterling crisis, the Labour gove ernment faced the strikes of th 1978-79 “winter of disconthe te tent” which left Britons strugg gling with piles of uncollected ru rubbish and even backlogs at m mortuaries as grave diggers d demanded higher wages.

“Decline isn’t good enough fo Britain,” Thatcher told for a Conservative rally in the n northern city of Newcastle on th eve of the 1979 election the w which brought her to power.

British gross domestic produ uct per person was 40 per c cent lower than in the United S States and even France and G Germany were 10-15 per cent a ahead.

“If you look at the raw numb bers, for 100 years Britain was in a relative decline compared to the United States, France a and Germany so although we w were improving our standa of living, relative to other ard countries we were falling further behind,” said John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.

Van Reenen, born in 1965, stood on the streets protesting against Thatcher when he was a student at Cambridge in the late 1980s, but said the data showed Thatcher had helped turn Britain round economically, albeit at a human cost.

“The century of relative decline was arrested and to some degree turned around by the policies she had. But

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acy: citadel of finance derelict docks Improved transport links were promised to boost the area’s potential

Thatcher and her power to divide it is not all rosy in the garden - there were costs to that strategy. The main one is inequality which also increased hugely over her reign.”

By 2007 on the eve of the financial crisis, GDP per capita had overtaken both France and Germany and the gap with the United States had been reduced to about 33 per cent, according to Van Reenen’s calculations.

The flipside of that was that unemployment on her

to power in 1979, it was a semi-derelict ghost town that still bore the scars of bombs dropped by Hitler’s Luftwaffe in the Second World War. Wrongfooted by the introduction of containers, the docks couldn’t accommodate the new generation of larger cargo ships which needed deep-water ports.

Over 150,000 port-related jobs were lost in East London between 1967 and 1981.

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“Look for yourselves what is happening in London’s Docklands. Canary Wharf is remarkable,” Thatcher said in a 1988 speech inaugurating the development watch rose and old industries such as coal mining began to shrivel up as she focused on privatisation and boosting the service sector and home ownership.

If London’s docks epitomised the national decline she was trying to reverse, Canary Wharf would come to symbolise the international capitalism she helped create.

Part of what was once the world’s largest port, it processed imports from the British Empire such as rum and sugar before being used to land tomatoes and bananas from the Canary Islands.

By the time Thatcher came

crumbling red brick warehouses and signs defaced with graffiti. Under Thatcher, the government seized direct control of the area, declared it an enterprise zone, and offered generous tax breaks to attract investment backed by a promise to extend the London underground.

“Look for yourselves what is happening in London’s Docklands. Canary Wharf is remarkable,” Thatcher said in a 1988 speech inaugurating the development.

“In a few years we have begun to transform Docklands from a wasteland of industrial dereliction into a lively varied

new centre of employment, housing and leisure for London.”

Construction began two years after Thatcher’s sweeping 1986 ‘Big Bang’ reforms of the City of London which were aimed at ensuring London stayed at the top table of global finance.

By allowing outside ownership of member firms of the London Stock Exchange, Thatcher gave Wall Street’s most powerful companies a ticket to the City of London. US giants like Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers beefed up their presence.

The abolition of exchange controls in 1979 granted British residents the unrestricted right to buy and sell currencies for the first time in 40 years, cementing London’s position as undisputed leader of the global foreign exchange market.

According to figures quoted in a book about the history of the London market by John Atkin, a former adviser to Citibank, daily foreign exchange volumes doubled to $49 billion in 1984 from $25 billion in 1979, then soared to $184 billion by 1989, $504 billion in 2001 and $1.85 trillion in 2010.

By then, London accounted for 37 per cent of the global trade, more than double the market share of the United States.

“Margaret Thatcher made London an attractive destination for financial firms,” Anil Prasad, head global head of foreign exchange and local markets at Citi, said.

cial “Banks and financial ked institutions flocked to London, and FX ket thrived. The market en grew even more when acthe physical capacas ity for it to do so was ry created in Canary Wharf,” said Prasad.. ms The reforms et brought Wall Street lto London, a culture clash thatt former bond sales-s man Michael Lewis helped documentt in his book Liar’s Poker: out went the boozy lunches and gentlemanly capitalism as US banks bought out smaller British rivals.

The month Thatcher was deposed as leader by her own id was inparty, a steel pyramid ne Canada stalled to crown One harf’s 235235 Square, Canary Wharf’s metre centrepiece tower.

Canary Wharf welcomed its first tenants in 1991 but the collapse of billionaire Paul Reichmann’s developer Olympia & York the following year threw the project into jeopardy and triggered a decade-long battle for control.

As a symbol of British power, Canary Wharf became a target of Irish republican militants: in 1996 the IRA planted a half-tonne bomb there, killing two people and causing £100 million worth of damage.

Today it is thriving. Home to Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse, HSBC, JP Morgan, Mor-

Britain’s winter of discontent in 1979 when rubbish piled up in the street gan Stanley, State Street and Thomson Reuters, it hosts 100 000 people more than 100,000 working in an area that is as powerful as the traditional City of London.

The 50-floor One Canada Square, whose lobby contains 90,000 square feet of Italian and Guatemalan marble, houses offices of Coutts, Moody’s, NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Boerse, BNY Mellon and even the Chinese Communist Party’s online newspaper.

Estate agents nearby advertise a three-bedroom, threebathroom flat with its own bar and access to a swimming pool and gym for £5,000 a month. A 201-square metre flat at West India Quay is on offer for £1.75

million. memo Some of the most memorable images of growing inequality under Thatcher were of City of London traders talking on absurdly large cellular phones or downing champagne after work. The phones are smaller, but in the noisy bars of Canary Wharf the champagne flows unabated.

For residents of the rundown social housing in its shadow, it is still an island of prosperity far removed from life.

“They trade their billions and I live here on £100 a week sick (benefit),” said John, who lives in a flat just a few hundred metres from Canary Wharf.

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films

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

NICOSIA Oblivion (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.25, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 11.30am and 3pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Silver Linings Playbook (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 11.30am and 3pm.

Tel: 7777-8383 Zero Dark Thirty (15) 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) 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends 5.25pm; KCineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 10.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383

Times are subject to change, so check first with cinemas before you head out Pitch Perfect (12)

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

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

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

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

ends at 5pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Silver Linings Playbook (12) Rio 4 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 5.15pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Zero Dark Thirty (15) Rio 2 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15pm. Tel: 7777-8383 Beautiful Creatures (12) Rio 5 at 7.45 and 10pm, weekends at 5.15pm. Tel: 25871410; 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 7.50 pm. 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

LIMASSOL

The Sessions (15) Rio 6 at 8pm, weekends at 6pm. Tel: 25-871410

Oblivion (12) Rio 1 at 7.45 and 10pm, week-

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

Beautiful Creatures (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm

Zero Dark Thirty (15) Rio 2 at 9.45pm, weekends at 4.30pm

Pitch Perfect (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7.50pm

Beautiful Creatures (12) Rio 4 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends at 5.15pm

The Last Stand (15) Rio 6 at 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410

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 3) (in Greek) weekends only at 5.35pm. Tel: 7777-8383

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

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

LARNACA Oblivion (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm

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 only at 5.25pm Small Crime (in Greek) Tonight at 8.30pm, Tel: 99-658831, www.lfcinema.org

PAPHOS

Silver Linings Playbook (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7.45 and 10.15pm, weekends at 5.25pm

Oblivion (12) Rio 1 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends at 3 and 5.15pm

Zero Dark Thirty (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.15 and 10.10pm

Silver Linings Playbook (12) Rio 5 at 7.30 and 9.45pm, weekends at 3 and 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 Jack the Giant Slayer (12) Rio 6 at 7.30pm, weekends at 3 and 5.15pm The Last Stand (15) Rio 3 at 9.45pm Oz the Great and Powerful (12) Rio 7, weekends only at 3 and 5.15pm Mama (15) Rio 2 at 7.30pm Barbie in the Pink Shoes (K) Rio 4 (in Greek), weekends at 3.30pm Sammy’s Great Escape (K) Rio 3 (in Greek), weekends only at 3 and 4.30pm

listings Today Other Events Operational Efficiency by Technology Danish-Cypriot marine seminar on how to operate your fleet competitively now and onwards. The seminar will be followed by a workshop and dialogue meetings with the delegation companies together with a reception, mini exhibition and dinner.

April 18. Carob Mill, Vasilissis Street, Old Port, Limassol. Tel: 22-660418 or e-mail yiakaf@um.dk

Tomorrow Exhibition One Night Solo painting exhibition by Silvia Zwahlen Ragheb. April 19. Hilton Hotel, Othello Room, Nicosia. 6pm9pm. Tel: 96-578996

Theatre The Monkey and the Sea King The Moscow children’s musical theatre of drama A-AI presents a musical based on African fairytales, myths and legends. April 19.

Markideio Theatre, 27 Andrea Geroudi, Paphos. 6pm. For kids from 3 to 9 years. In Russian. €10/5. Tel: 96-302770 The Lost Island Little Box Theatre presents a hilarious production incorporating both film and theatre, written, devised, filmed and acted by the kids. April 19.

Melina Mercouri Theatre, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia. 7.30pm. Entrance is free (donations welcome). The event will also feature an exhibition of the kids’ artwork on the project, and free snacks and drinks. Free, donations welcome. In Greek. Tel: 99-832370. www.littleboxtheatre.com

Other Events 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 Swinging Jazz Evening Charity music evening featuring the Melanie from 4front entertainment and Michael Antoniou. April 19. Friends Bar in Kato Paphos. 7.30pm. €20 and include a 3 course hot buffet. €5 of the proceeds go to the Cancer Patient Support Group. Win 2 free tickets by entering the competition; please see the advertising section of the Cyprus Mail for details. Tel: 99-854375

Ongoing Theatre 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 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 In Motion The Black Box Theatre Group presents play by George Kleanthous. Until April 26. Old Vinegar House, 34 Genethliou Mitella Street, Limassol. Wednesday through Friday at 8.30pm. €10. Tel: 99-790819/99-349719 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 satirizes 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 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 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 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 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

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

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 Norwegian Architecture Three exhibitions highlighting recent achievements in Norwegian architecture: Contemporary Norwegian Architecture #7, The Oslo Opera House by Snøhetta and Palimpsest – Norway by Claudio Santambrogio.

Until April 26. The Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia, 31 Michael Giorgalla ,Str., Engomi Industrial Zone, Nicosia. Open daily: 9am-6pm.Tel: 22-842600/601 email: info.arc.@unic.ac.cy Christos Michlis Solo painting exhibition. Until April 26. Rouan Gallery, 28 Dodekanisou, Limassol. Monday-Saturday: 10.30am-1pm and 4.30pm-7.30pm.

Tel: 25-350845 Costas Economou Solo painting exhibition. Until April 26. EKATE building, 11 Paeonos, Nicosia. Opening hours: 10am-1pm and 5pm-8pm. Tel: 22-466426 Group Exhibition Group painting and sculpture exhibition. Until April 27. Opus 39 Gallery, 21 Kimonos Street, Nicosia.

Monday: 5pm-8pm. Tuesday-Friday: 10.30am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm.

Tel: 22-424983 Island of Saints, Artist of Light Solo painting exhibition by Vartan Tashdjian. Until April 27. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Wednesday- Sunday: 10am-8pm. 22-864300

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19 To have your event included for FREE in our listings, send details to: Arts Editor, Cyprus Mail, PO Box 21144, Nicosia. Fax: 22-676385. Email: whatson@ cyprus-mail.com. Please send your information as early as possible. Include full details, a contact number and good quality photos

Coming Up Other Events Children to get handy at crafts this Easter Kids can discover the French language and have fun at the Institut Français de Chypre (IFC) this month.

Those looking to get crafty in the run-up to the Easter holidays are invited to the IFC on Monday where they will have the opportunity to make holiday crafts. The IFC hosts a number of workshops for children,, which g gives them an opportunity to learn French through ffun activitie in a truly tivities Fre French ambian ance.

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ties and thus allow them to create links between the French language and culture.

As we approach Easter, the IFC is offering children a one-day decoration, where they can get into the holiday spirit and create crafts and decorations of their very own.

Crafting is one of the best activities that we can have our kids engage in because it promotes their creativity. It also encourages free-play, free-thinking and gets their imaginations flowing.

During the workshop, they will learn to make small decorations that are quick and easy to asemble, whilst exploring a variety of techniques. Kids will experiment with organic and everyday materials such as wood, cardboard, felt, wool and, of course, eggs.

We shall fight them in the theatres...

Easter Decorations Handmade creations for children 6-10 years.

Kids will experiment with learning to make small decorations with organic and everyday materials. April 22. Institut Français de Chypre, 3 Vasilissis Amalias Street - Agios Andreas, Nicosia. 4pm-6pm. €20. Tel: 22459333

NIGHTLIFE A Facebook themed night out, if you ‘like’ that kind of thing Club Nuovo is tapk ping into Facebook culture this weekal end, with an original party theme, albeit a narcissistic one.

For millions of people, Facebook has become a fact of life — it is a vast source of social stimulation that showcases the mundane and interesting aspects of our everyday lives.

What started as a way for college students to socialise online has today evolved into so much more. Many Facebook users can’t stay off the computer or their phone when it comes to using Facebook, representing more than 50 per cent of all time spent on social websites.

On Saturday, crowds in the capital have a chance to indulge in their Facebook mania even further with the I Like Mr & Mrs Facebook Party at Club Nuovo. Take your number at the entrance, get the most likes and win €200 in cash. Intrigued and want to learn more?

The rule of the game is that everyone who enters the club gets a number which they can place on themselves. They also get three stickers in green that say ‘like’, as well as two red stickers which

al say ‘like’. also O Once you get into th club all the the nu numbers will be po posted on a giant scr screen in the club.

Everyone is then allowed to ‘like’ using the green stickers, meaning you can vote for three people who grab your fancy. At 2am, the 10 boys and 10 girls who will emerge as the top 10 in each category, along with their Facebook profiles, will appear on the screen and be called upon by the MC. Participants will also be able to vote with their red ‘like’ stickers for the best Facebook profile of each gender. The winners will get €200 cash each, and increase their popularity through Mix FM’s & Club Nuovo’s Facebook pages.

The event offers something different for a night out, with many surprises in store. DJ Peter will also be on the decks, playing all the latest floor fillers.

I Like Mr & Mrs Facebook Party Take your number at the entrance, get the most likes and win €200 in cash with DJ Peter on the decks. April 20. Club Nuovo, 11 Stasinou Street, Engomi, Nicosia.

11.30pm. €20 Open Bar. Tel: 96-336649

The master of the one-man show, Pip Utton returns to Cyprus next week with his new play, Churchill.

At a time of failing trust in politics and in the absence of political figures that can rise up to the challenges that lie ahead, Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble continues its collaboration with the British actor and presents his latest solo show. Utton is known for his ability to recreate uncanny portrayals of historical figures and events, and this time around he slips into Winston Churchill’s skin. An inspiration in time of war, Utton looks back on this iconic statesman’s remarkable life.

The play starts in Parliament Square with Utton as the statue of Churchill on his plinth.

When the chimes of Big Ben strike thirteen, an occurrence that apparently happens only once a year, the statue comes alive and descends from the plinth to indulge himself in three of his greatest pleasures; a glass of scotch, a cigar and listening to himself talk.

The great man looks back, looks ahead and entertains with his famous lines and speeches and much, much more. We hear of his aristocratic background, his childhood spent playing toy soldiers with his brother and suffering the cane at boarding school, his time in the army following Sandhurst, and his political triumphs and perceived failures in both world wars. Here we are, of course, treated to some of his polemic speeches from the height of the struggles of war.

He also talks lovingly about his devoted wife Clementine, and whilst it may be his wartime leadership for which he is best remembered, we are reminded that Churchill was also an accomplished artist and Nobel Laureate-winning author. The play is not an attempt to decide on Churchill’s greatness, just 70 minutes spent in the entertaining company of the man whose life spanned two centuries and saw the decline of the British Empire.

Utton’s multifaceted characterisation explores every nook of the complexity of Churchill and is at times both revelatory and extraordinary.

Sharply scripted, he gives us plenty of laughs to balance the more serious, darker moments.

Churchill is not only insightful and funny, but also reminds us of the true leadership skills required by a politician in difficult times and poses a series of questions that are as relevant in today’s politics as they were in Winston Churchill’s time.

Utton is rapidly building a reputation for being the master of the one man historical show. His plays have won multiple awards, including the top prize at Thespis, the International Monodrama Festival for Bacon, which focused on painter Francis Bacon. His first monodrama was the controversial and divisive Adolf. Although award-winning and critically praised, the play generated its share of negative reactions as well, some of them quite extreme.

This will be the third time Utton has worked together with the Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble, which was established in 2008, aiming to produce and stage innovative theatre shows in both Cyprus and the UK, and drawing on respective contacts in these countries. Local audiences will remember Utton from his sellout tour of his play Adolf, back in 2010 and from A Slight Risk, a premiere that was part of the events in last year’s Kypria International Festival.

This new show is one simply not to be missed; it’s also a one-off. The performance will take place at Pallas Theatre in Nicosia next Friday and all proceeds will be donated to the Agkaliazo Foundation.

Furthermore, Greek-speaking audiences will be pleased to hear that they too can enjoy the show as it will have Greek surtitles.

Churchill Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble presents charity performance by Pip Utton in a one-man play exploring the life of Winston Churchill. April 26. Pallas Theatre, old Nicosia. 8.30pm. €15. All proceeds will be donated to the Agkaliazo Foundation. In English with Greek surtitles. Tel: 22-410181

By Ledha Socratous

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

Thursday, April 18, 2013 CYPRUS MAIL

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Television CYBC 1 06.45 08.15

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

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CYBC 2 07.00 08.00 17.00

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Apo Mera Se Mera Entehnos Mazi Sto CyBC

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News Kaftes Piperies

Local talk-show.

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

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

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News Patates 8

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

Live cookery show.

18.45

Euronews Kids’ TV Kati Psinetai (rpt) Greek version of reality show featuring a group of amateur chefs each staging a dinner party to find who will be crowned the winning host.

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

ANTENNA

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

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Friends (rpt)

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NRG Zone George Et Fanchette

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This ambitious account on the life of France’s best known literary rebel, George Sand as she settled in the country after a tumultuous life in Paris. Drama, starring Raphaël Personnaz. 2010. Part 1 of 2.

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Motor Sports Kati Psinetai (rpt) News In English & Turkish (rpt) Proti Enimerosi (rpt) Biz/Emeis (rpt) Apo Mere Se Mera (rpt) Euronews

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Proektaseis News Repeats

Erotas (rpt) Proini Enimerosi Me Agapi Strivein Dia Tou Arravonos (rpt) Vodka Portokali (rpt) Fila To Vatraho Sou (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) With News at 18.00.

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News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Horis Oria (rpt) Angigma Psihis (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

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News ‘Til Death Sitcom chronicling the domestic discord and disasters of a middleaged couple.

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Yia Sena (rpt) Enimerosi Tora (rpt) Proino Mou (rpt)

PLUS TV

Protoselido Eleni Vasiliki (rpt) Mila Mou (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 Pame Paketo CSI: NY Fifth season. ‘Greater Good’. When a man is released from an 18-month jail term for killing a cyclist, Mac reopens the case to investigate new evidence suggesting he was not the driver of the vehicle. Mac has a breakthrough when the ex-convict’s daughter reveals a prior conviction for drink driving.

Meanwhile, Lindsay gives birth.

Oi Vasiliades FILM: When A Stranger Calls A babysitter at a remote lakeside home is terrorised by threatening phone calls that seem to be coming from inside the house.

Horror, starring Camilla Belle. 2006.

Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Grey’s Anatomy Local topical talk-show.

Enimerosi Tora Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Erastis Ditikon Proastion (rpt) Sto Para Pente News Klemmena Oneira

SIGMA

Greek drama series.

Aiyia Fuxia (rpt)

Eilikrina

Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Proino Mou Hosted by real-life couple Giorgos Liagas & Fay Skorda.

US medical drama.

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Ta Epta Kaka Tis Moiras Mou Retire Epomeni Mera (rpt) Master Chef (rpt) Greek competitive cooking reality show, open to amateur and home chefs.

Local comedy series.

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American comedy about the lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

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MEGA

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

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Fotis - Maria Live Best Of Exelixeis Sti Showbiz Mesimeriani Meleti Best Of I Kouzina Me Tin Dina (rpt) Mila (rpt) Berdema (rpt) Star News Mesimeriani Meleti Kid’s TV Berdema Fotis Maria Live Mila Exelixeis Stin Showbiz Fringe Third season.

‘Immortality’. The team investigates a bio-terrorist armed with an insect that has a taste for human flesh.

Meanwhile, Walternate discovers there are some lines he will not cross in his plans to save the world, and alt-Olivia is reunited with Frank following his return from Texas.

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Kids’ TV Magikos Cosmos Akti Oneiron Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Epi Topou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Telemarketing Top Models Kouzina Me Apopsi Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Sto Mati Tou Kiklona News Sports Time O Anthropos Tis Thalassas FILM: Mermaids A mermaid enlists the help of her two sisters to track down the human who killed their father. Fantasy adventure, starring Sarah Laine. 2003.

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FILM: Nightwaves After the death of her husband, an investigative reporter hears about a murder over a police scanner.

Drama, starring Bruce Dinsmore. 2003

Cold Case (rpt) FILM: If Tomorrow Comes Fighting to escape the demons of his past, a young man involves his best friend in a struggle for survival. Drama, starring James Madio 2000.

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FILM: Shakedown An earthquake traps a cult leader and his followers after they infiltrate a building that contains biological weapons. Action, starring Ron Perlman, 2002.

Luck (LTV2, 21.55)

01:05 Bleak Old Shop of Stuff 01:35 My Family 02:05 The Weakest Link 02:50 EastEnders 03:20 Doctors 03:50 Silk 04:40 After You’ve Gone 05:10 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 06:00 Bleak Old Shop of Stuff 06:30 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 Charlie and Lola 09:25 My Family 09:55 One Foot In The Grave 10:25 The Weakest Link 11:10 EastEnders 11:40 Doctors 12:10 Great Expectations 13:00 Silk 13:50 My Family 14:20 Mutual Friends 15:10 One Foot In The Grave 15:45 EastEnders 16:15 Doctors 16:45 The Weakest Link 17:30 Hustle 18:20 Silk 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 The Weakest Link 21:00 My Family 21:30 Keeping Up Appearances 22:00 Spooks 22:50 Bleak Old Shop of Stuff 23:20 Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive 23:50 Ideal 00:20 The Diamond Queen

07:00 Sunrise Earth 07:55 River Monsters 08:40 Rodeo 09:30 The History Of Singapore 10:15 Science Of The Movies 11:05 Deadliest Catch 11:50 Time Warp 12:15 The Aviators 13:05 Chasing Classic

Snooker: China Open Beijing 16:30 Gymnastics: European Championship Russia 18:30 All Sports: Eurosport Top 10 19:00 All Sports: G Wars 21:00 Boxing: Bigger’s Better Heavy Weight Contest 00:00 Strongest Man: Champions League Lapland 01:00 All Sports: Watts

Cars 13:50 Cafe Racer 14:35 Wild Fisherman: Mozambique 15:25 The History Of Singapore 16:10 Mythbusters 17:00 Reign Of The Dinosaurs 17:50 Mighty Mississippi 18:40 Cafe Racer 19:05 Cafe Racer 19:30 Wild Fisherman: Mozambique 20:20 Science Of The Movies 21:10 Prehistoric 22:00 Reign Of The Dinosaurs 22:50 Mighty Mississippi 23:40 Deadliest Catch 00:30 Science Of The Movies 01:15 Mythbusters 02:05 Reign Of The Dinosaurs 02:50 Mighty Mississippi 03:40 Cafe Racer 04:30 Prehistoric 05:20 Wild Fisherman: Mozambique 06:10 Science Of The Movies

09:30 All Sports: Watts 10:30 Snooker: Haikou World Open 12:00 Gymnastics: European Championship 14:45 Athletics: Greene Light 15:00 Fitness: The Box 15:15

05:40 Desperate Housewives 7 06:25 Bones 07:10 Raising Hope 2 07:35 Scrubs 9 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 8 08:50 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 09:40 Desperate Housewives 7 10:25 Bones 11:10 Raising Hope 2 11:35 Scrubs 9 12:00 Scandal 2 12:45 The Hour 2 13:45 Grey’s Anatomy 8 14:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 7 15:20 Desperate Housewives 7 16:05 Bones 16:50 Raising Hope 17:15 Scrubs 9 17:40 Grey’s Anatomy 8 18:30 Jamie’s Ministry Of Food 19:30 Desperate Housewives 7 20:15 Bones 21:00 Scandal 21:50 The Hour 2 22:50 Raising Hope 23:15 Scrubs 9 23:40 Scandal 00:25 The Hour 2 01:25 Jamie’s Ministry Of Food 02:25 Desperate Housewives 7 03:10 Raising Hope 03:35 Surviving Suburbia 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 8 04:50 Make It Or Break It 3

07:30 Desert Son 09:15 Switch 11:00 Road Trip: Beer Pong 12:45 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 14:30 Executive Decision 16:45 Midnight In Paris 18:30 Carnage 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Underbelly Files - The Man Who Got Away 23:00 Runaways 00:55 Hustler TV 03:20 Boxer (2009) 05:00 Youth In Revolt 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 A’ Division Cyprus Soccer Championship 2012-13 19:00 Barclays Premier League Review 20:00 2011 World’s Strongest Man 20:30 La Liga World 21:00 Barclays Premier League World 21:30 La Liga Show 2012-13 22:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13 00:00 Toyota Australian Football International 2012 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Barclays Premier League 2012-13

07:35 2 Broke Girls 08:00 Two And A Half Men Ix 08:30 Hawaii Five-0 10:00 Friends 10:30 Pan Am 11:15 Necessary Roughness 13:05 Gossip Girl 13:50 2 Broke Girls 14:40 Hawaii Five-0 15:25 Hawaii Five-0 16:10 Two And A Half Men 16:35 One Tree Hill 17:20 Strike Back 19:00 Gossip Girl 19:45 Privileged

20:30 Friends 21:00 Top Boy 21:55 Luck 22:50 Closer 23:35 Fringe 00:20 Due Date 01:55 Imagine That 03:40 Two And A Half Men Ix 04:05 One Tree Hill 04:50 Strike Back 06:30 Gossip Girl

07:45 Lesbian Vampire Killers 09:30 Haunting Of Bryan Beckett 11:15 Groupie 13:00 Bruc 14:45 Warrior’s Way 16:30 Dead Calm 18:15 Oscar Et La Dame Rose (Oscar And The Lady In Pink) 20:15 Incendiary 22:00 Running With Scissors 00:05 Daring! TV 03:35 Action Zone (E) 04:05 Alive 06:15 Stone

05:05 League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen 06:55 Cine News 07:25 This Must Be The Place 09:25 A Thousand Words 11:00 Action Zone 11:35 Treasure Buddies 13:10 What’s Your Number? 15:00 Shall We Dance? 16:50 Cine News 17:35 Bad Teacher 19:15 Mad On Novacinema 19:55 Intouchables 22:00 A Gang Story 23:50 The Big Year 01:30 Sacrifice 03:10 Cine News 03:55 Contraband

05:45 London 07:20 To Tango Ton Christougennon 09:05 The Harder They Fall 10:55 Cine News 11:25

Pay It Forward 13:30 The Portrait Of A Lady 15:55 Two For The Road 17:50 Hollywood 1 On1 18:25 Young Adult 20:05 Seeking Justice 22:00 The Transporter 23:40 High Crimes 01:40 Suspect Zero 03:25 Martha Marcy May Marlene

19:20 Fierce Creatures 21:00 The Jackal 23:10 The Following – 00:00 Cine News 01:00 Adult Zone

19:25 I Don’t Know How She Does It 21:00 My Super Ex-Girlfriend 22:45 It Happened To Jane 00:30 Another Earth

00:00 Sports Unlimited 24:00 Golf Central International 01:30 Mobil 1 The Grid 02:00 NHL: Montreal Canadiens At Pittsburgh Penguins 04:30 MLB: Kansas City Royals At Atlanta Braves 07:00 Morning Drive 08:00 The Haney Project: Michael Phelps 09:00 Golf Central International 09:30 Titleist Performance Institute: Putting 10:00 MLB: Kansas City Royals At Atlanta Braves 13:00 Golf Central International 13:30 NHL: Montreal Canadiens At Pittsburgh Penguins 16:00 European Tour Real Seguros Open De Es-

pana Rd. 1 19:30 MLB Player Poll 20:00 MLB: San Francisco Giants At Milwaukee Brewers 23:00 European Tour Real Seguros Open De Espana Rd. 1

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 Only Hits 20:00 MTV Young and Married 21:00 MTV Underemployed 23:00 MTV Ridiculousness 00:00 2013 MTV Movie Awards 02:00 Only Hits

07:00 Song Of Love 09:00 The Charge Of The Light Brigade 11:00 Across The Pacific 12:35 Cimarron 15:00 Bad Day At Black Rock 16:20 Beau Brummell 18:10 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 20:00 Somebody Up There Likes Me 22:00 Flareup 23:35 Splendor In The Grass 01:25 ...Tick...Tick...Tick 03:05 At The Circus 04:40 Bachelor In Paradise

By Preston Wilder

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Novacinema4, 21.00) “If you thought breaking up was hard ... try breaking up with a superhero!” This must happen a lot, because superheroes are notoriously volatile - but Luke Wilson doesn’t know that Uma Thurman is a superheroine named G-Girl when he meets her alter ego on the subway and strikes up a relationship. Alas, Uma turns obsessively jealous, needy and controlling (“the trifecta,” notes Luke’s best friend sagely) so our hero decides to break up - and of course she takes revenge as a Woman Scorned is wont to do, throwing maneating sharks through his bedroom window and that kind of thing. A comedy that was criticised for

perpetuating stereotypes of women as insecure and oestrogen-addled - but it’s actually quite good fun, a cheesy men’s-magazine joke about Women in Control (help!). Uma’s a threat even before she becomes an ex-girlfriend, in the way she takes charge of everything and tells Luke he’s using his tongue all wrong; immature men will laugh, women will laugh at men for being immature. Everybody wins. Made in 2006.

A Gang Story (Novacinema1, 22.00) Not the most memorable title, but I guess ‘The People From Lyon’ didn’t sound like a winner either. That’s the original French title - Les Lyonnais - those people

A Gang Story

from Lyon being gangsters, specifically Serge and Momon (Tcheky Karyo and Gerard Lanvin) who’ve been friends since they were kids. Both men are now middle-aged, and Momon has retired from ‘the business’ - but he’s forced back into action when Serge is arrested and a ruthless cop tries to make him snitch on his old friend. “There’s one code at play here: a hood’s gotta do what a hood’s gotta do,” sighed Henry Barnes in The Guardian, dismissing the film as dull and flashback-heavy - and it’s certainly erratic, with far too much plot to fit into 100 minutes, but writer-director Olivier Marchal used to be a French cop himself and has a feel for this kind of pungent underworld milieu.

Shame about the title, though. Made in 2011.

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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.

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1 How to get out of a tight situation (5,2) 5 Bachelor about to be uncovered (4) 7 Imagine home as a cinema (7-5) 9 Regret learner is breaking a regulation (4) 10 One car is overturned in the plan of action (8) 12 Do go on amending what is worthless (2-4) 13 Osiris’s son was in a bus crash! (6) 16 Loan to Lofty curtailed, it is not the full amount (8) 18 Yearn to find name in the register (4) 20 What appeals in the afternoon?

(4,3,2,3) 21 Mountain pass contained single spring (4) 22 Released? (7)

1 Magnificence of E European holding up a cape (10) 2 Despite the arrears, endorse the ship’s record (7) 3 Defeat the rabble (4) 4 Sermonise – to the converted perhaps (6) 5 Poet confessing to opening lines (8) 6 Part of step over yonder is eroded (5) 8 Member of a police force, a seaside railway worker (10) 11 Huge company deficit, a pound! (8) 14 Smoked herring left in hat (7) 15 Spotted large cat in the wild (6) 17 Bowled in turn during the game (5) 19 Clotho at heart was not willing (4)

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Answers to crossword 2367

HOROSCOPE

CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Costa; 4 Scratch; 8 Blunt question; 9 Canberra; 10 Alms; 12 Firing; 13 Quarry; 16 Tall; 18 Grateful; 21 Entrance money; 22 Trellis; 23 Rider. Down – 1 Cubic; 2 Stunner; 3 At the end; 4 Squirm; 5 Rush; 6 Trial; 7 Honesty; 11 Customer; 12 Fitment; 14 Refined; 15 Crocus; 17 Lathe; 19 Layer; 20 Fall.

QUICK: Across – 1 Plaid; 4 Classic; 8 Put in the shade; 9 Puncture; 10 Felt; 12 Dragon; 13 Kirsch; 16 Coin; 18 Football; 21 Refrigerating; 22 Minaret; 23 Tunis. Down – 1 Pep up; 2 Antenna; 3 Donation; 4 Cohort; 5 Apse; 6 Slate; 7 Cheetah; 11 Distract; 12 Decorum; 14 Station; 15 Foment; 17 In fun; 19 Lagos; 20 Liar.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

There may be tension in the air as you wonder whether you should continue with things as they are or make a complete break with the past. Current influences suggest the latter. Deep down you know it’s right. You’re like a force of nature that refuses to be tamed. Meanwhile, your charisma shifts into a higher gear potentially creating real excitement.

Family matters may be variable, however, your professional life looks upbeat and very positive. You may have great vitality today, but you’ll want to be certain how to channel it before you take action. Don’t expend energy on an easy fix or get rich quick scheme, when taking the slow and organic route may lead to greater sustainable success.

Though you try to be generous and fair, ego-orientated interests may overwhelm your decision making process and may not be appreciated by family members or business colleagues. Emotions can run high, so bear in mind that an appreciative comment generally goes a lot further than unthinking barbs. A relaxing massage may soothe anxious feelings.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Wishful thinking or daydreaming, as a way to handle practical matters, could actually prove to be your salvation. Imagination, not logic, maybe where the answers lie today! If a course of action regarding any ongoing problem seems cloudy, maybe you’re just not giving it the attention it requires. Put aside personal distractions and focus.

Some sassy feelings and a sense of optimism may catch you, and carry you along on this day when an afternoon get-together could give you a real boost. Reach out to friends, make entertainment plans and try something a little different. A powerful desire to explore a budding relationship could be almost overwhelming in its intensity.

A little probing or prying could be the best strategy to accomplish aims, and perhaps get to the bottom of what’s troubling you, a loved one or work colleague. Take note of any subtle impressions. You could stumble upon a creative solution to a domestic problem or gain insight into a family member’s issues. Listen to your gut and answers may appear.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

It pays to keep your wits about you if a friend’s situation disappoints you. Make sensible choices, and especially if a health matter demands your attention. Consider trying something just a little out of the ordinary, and especially when it comes to having fun or a social event. Friends may offer some on-target suggestions. Push out of your comfort zone.

Off to a good start, the day gets even better, especially if you’re flexible enough to admit it might be time for change. Social urges seem stronger. Perhaps a financial situation clears up - or money comes in. Practical decisions should be considered. Tonight should be a social success, as a relationship that seemed shaky appears to be on a better footing.

A modern approach may be what’s needed, and beneficial when it comes to dealing with a domestic or family situation. Maybe it’s time to get a new entertainment system or otherwise upgrade comforts. Venus in Taurus also encourages a decorative approach. Think about making home a cosy, atmospheric and truly relaxing place to be.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

The Sun, accompanied by boisterous Mars, stirs up communication especially around career matters. Some folks may be temperamental. You’ll just have to manoeuvre your way around them. The focus is on being proactive and making things happen. You can blast through obstacles to show the world that when you’re determined you really mean it.

Moderation may be the way to play it, even though your first instinct might be to make a grab for whatever you want. A generous spirit attracts many more blessings, so don’t let Saturn in your sign prevent you from giving and sharing your talents with others. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a lazy evening and spending time with good friends.

Exposure to new thoughts and nurturing ideas could open up a whole new world to you. A friend or relative could offer you a chance to break with routine - and one that is relaxing and most enjoyable. Catch up on neglected chores.

Give thought to confidential financial goals and discuss them with someone you trust or who advises you.

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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 27 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

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA 5. 4 bedr+ very big attic room separated in 2 rooms +separate room for the maid in the basement. Luxury fully renovated detached house with big sitting and dining room with fire place, big kitchen with electrical appliances sitting room and breakfast area, 3 bathrooms, floor heating independent with grass, a/c units, garden with grass and covered patio, in a quiet area near the International fair in the central part of Makedonitissa - €1500 AVAILABLE END OF MAY –(H4MAK0018-R) (photos in the website) 6. 3 bedr + attic room with shower and wc luxury detached 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 €1500 (H4MAK0023-R), (photos on the website).

TO LET NICOSIA 360sq.m, solid parquet floor in whole house except the kitchen, big sitting and dining areas with fire place, big separate kitchen with family room and breakfast area, big mature garden with grass and swimming pool, covered parking, in a quiet neighbourhood close to Alfa Mega supermarket – Dasoupoli €2000 - Available middle of June (H4DAS0001-R) (photos in the website) 8. 3 bedr +office space luxury detached house with storage heaters, full a/c, 3 wc, 260 m², big kitchen with big family room opening to a big garden with grass, electrical appliances, covered parking, in a very quiet neighbourhood in a dead end - Makedonitissa €2000 (H4MAK0034-R) (photos in the website)

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TO LET NICOSIA with parquet floor, main bedroom with jacuzzi, 2 covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket and English School. AVAILABLE END OF MAY 2013 – Strovolos €2200 (H4ST10001-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).

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TO LET NICOSIA 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), (photos in the website) 15. 4 bedrs new luxury detached house, all the bedrooms very big and all with big bathroom/

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA 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:

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TO LET NICOSIA ming 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 finished apartment with parquet floor, a/c for hot and cold, big bathroom, covered veranda, NEW MODERN FURNISHING, parking, off Kennedy Avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre €450 (A1NIC0021-R), (photos in the website).

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TO LET NICOSIA 8. 2 bedr new modern luxury apartment with separate central heating, full a/c, 2 bathrooms (one en suite), blinds on all windows, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big sitting & dining room, big covered veranda, covered parking near Alpha Mega – Engomi €500.

AVAILABLE END OF APRIL (A2ENG0014-R), (photos in the website).

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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, wash-

TO LET NICOSIA ing 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. 2 bedr luxury apartment with a/c for hot and cold, separate kitchen, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking, near the Ministry of Education – Acropolis €550 (A2ACS0036-R), (photos in the website) 12. 2 bedr new modern luxury apartment with floor heating, full a/c, big sitting and dining room, big covered veranda 30sq.m, fully fitted kitchen with expensive electrical appliances, blinds, covered parking, on the 6th floor with plenty of view and nice breeze, in the centre off Kennedy avenue – Nicosia Centre €700 (A2NIC0031-R), (photos in the website).

13. New luxury finished 3 bedr penthouse (floor apartment) on the 5th floor,165sq.m+ big verandas(one bigger with bbq), solid parquet throughout flat,3wc,2 bathrooms, central heating, full a/c, big separate Italian kitchen with electrical appliances and dining area, big

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Advertiser TO LET NICOSIA sitting room, covered parking and storage room off Makarios Avenue walking distance to the centre €850 (A3NIC0030-R), (photos in 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).

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TO LET NICOSIA (A4ENG0005-R) (photos in the website)

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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Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 *****************************

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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

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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.

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Good quality furniture, central heating, jacuzzi bath, stunning home with large garden, pool with roman steps, walking distance to tlc. €1200 per month negotiable. Tel : 99389426 ***************************** 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

TO LET PAPHOS 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 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

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS 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. CHLORAKA €600 a unique opportunity to rent a traditional stone village house in the village of Chloraka. This beautiful property has been lovingly restored and offers a spacious 3

TO LET PAPHOS bedroom, 2.5 bathroom homes with plenty of character. A rustic hideaway offering large pretty courtyard with fruit trees. Off street parking. Stunning real fire in living area & log burner in kitchen. Available furnished with solar panels, pressurised water system & storage space.

Viewings highly recommended. website reference number: RTL_679 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 maintained enclosed garden with sea views.

Off street parking. Fully furnished with modern furniture

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TO LET PAPHOS and includes gas central heating throughout. Modern fitted kitchen with granite worktops.

One bedroom on ground floor with bathroom. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Viewings highly recommended. website reference number: RTL_561 3. 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 4. SEA CAVES €850 price includes pool cleaning & gardening. Luxury modern detached 3 bedroom villas in a peaceful & private location. Fully furnished with good quality modern furniture including a log burner for those winter months. Modern fitted kitchen with top brand appliances. Two bedrooms on ground floor with family bathroom & master bedroom & ensuite on upper level. Good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering privacy & sea views. Shaded bbq area. Off street parking with shaded car port. website reference number: RTL_625 5. KAMARES TALA €900 a unique property combining modern and traditional. Situated in the sought after area of Kamares on a large plot with mature gardens & stun-

TO LET PAPHOS ning 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 6. 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 7. ST.GEORGE €1,100 a brand new stunning detached 3 bedroom villa with modern fitted kitchen & bathrooms. Beautifully finished with detail mosaic flooring. One bedroom on ground floor with bathroom.

Enclosed landscaped garden with kidney shaped private pool. Situated in a quiet residential area. Available unfurnished though includes top brand kitchen appliances & blackout blinds. website reference number: RTL_678 8. CHLORAKA €1,800 substantial luxury 4 bedroom villa, spacious (350 sq meters), beautifully designed with unique

TO LET PAPHOS 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 communal pool. Property has fire place, off street parking, nice stone features, character property. REF 1224 €500 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

TO LET PAPHOS back garden REF 1234 €500 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 living room. Modern kitchen with granite worktops, guest WC. Nice garden and offstreet parking. REF 1229 €700 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 Please call for a free viewing

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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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS

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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

Nicosia, Strovolos 550sqm build in two lots 1250sqm. 6 bds, 6 bath, under floor heating, A/C, basement, two car garage, beautiful landscape, well, pool, quiet area, great for families. Motivated seller.

Price reduced 1.500000.Call 99432074 mpapadmd@gmail. com **************************** FOR SALE a very nice, large, two

bedroom apartment near Hilton and Central Bank. Living, dining room, sitting room, large veranda. Spacious kitchen, c/h, s/h, covered parking. Title deed.

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BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340 p.m. Tel 99403261 *****************************

PROTARAS ***************************** NEED A REST? Luxury flats to be let, in Protaras, just by the sea. Reasonable prices. Tel 23447794 or 99628758 *****************************

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA ***************************** FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL VILLA,

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.

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FOR SALE PAPHOS PAPHOS ***************************** FOR SALE large, beautiful, nice designed, sea view house. In Chlorakas area, very quiet and private location. 4 en-suite bedrooms. Spacious living - dining room, sitting room, kitchen with all electrical appliances, breakfast room, two fireplaces, built-in bookcases, electrical shutters, a/c, swimming pool, garden, patio, garage, store room. Option for second floor.

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Sport CAS reject Butt and Asif’s appeal against ICC ban

IN BRIEF O’Connor wants flyhalf shirt

Careers of Pakistani cricketers now over

By Amlan Chakraborty THE cricket careers of former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif appeared over after they lost their appeals against spotfixing bans at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday.

“The players appealed to the CAS individually and their cases were handled separately but referred to the same panel of arbitrators...,” the CAS said in a statement.

Butt and team mates Asif and Mohammad Amir were banned by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal in 2011 for their roles in spot-fixing in the Lord’s Test against England in 2010.

Butt, the orchestrator of a plot to bowl deliberate noballs, was banned for ten years, with five of those suspended.

Paceman Asif was banned for seven years, two of those suspended. Amir, who was given a five-year ban, did not appeal to CAS. A London crown court handed the trio jail terms for corruption and cheating.

Asif’s appeal against the ban was mainly on procedural grounds but the 30year-old paceman failed to convince the three-member CAS panel that he was innocent of any wrongdoing.

“The panel was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Asif was a was party to the spot-fixing conspiracy,” the statement said.

Butt did not contest the findings of the ICC tribunal and only requested for a lesser sanction which was turned down by the panel comprising Graeme Mew (Canada), Romano Subiotto (UK/Belgium) and judge Robert Reid (UK).

“The CAS Panel was not persuaded that the sanction imposed by the ICC Tribunal was disproportionate...,” the statement added.

ICC chief executive David Richardson hailed the verdict.

“The ICC notes and welcomes the decisions of the CAS as they vindicate and confirm the processes and procedures followed by the ICC over the past couple of years in respect of this important, sensitive and highprofile matter,” Richardson said in a statement.

“The decisions strengthen

our resolve to always remain vigilant and keep the game clean at all cost, while continuing to educate the players about the threats and ways to combat the challenges faced by our sport.”

In a further blow to the game in the cricket-mad country, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned umpires Nadeem Ghouri and Anis Siddiqui for four and three years respectively after they were found guilty of being willing to compromise their integrity in discharge of their professional duties.

Ghouri a former Test spinner who has umpired Test and one-day internationals in his 13 years as an umpire, was banned after the PCB integrity committee found him guilty of agreeing to extend undue favours for material gains during a sting operation carried out by the Indian television channel India TV. “Anis Siddiqui who is a domestic umpire with lesser experience of eight years appeared to initially resist the offers in the sting operation but later he also succumbed to material gains and is banned for three years,” said a PCB statement.

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt (top) and bowler Mohammad Asif lost their appeals against spot-fixing bans

Women lack ‘mental aptitude’ for F1, says Moss

By Alan Baldwin

Women drivers have been far more successful in America, with Danica Patrick a race winner in IndyCar

WOMEN may have the strength and stamina but they do not have the ‘mental aptitude’ to compete in Formula One, according to retired British grand prix great Stirling Moss.

The 83-year-old, widely acclaimed as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One championship, made the controversial comments in an interview with BBC radio for a programme on women racers.

“I think they have the strength, but I don’t know if they’ve got the mental aptitude to race hard, wheel-towheel,” said Moss, whose late sister Pat was a successful rally driver in the 1950s and 60s.

“We’ve got some very strong and robust ladies, but, when your life is at risk, I think the strain of that in a competitive situation will tell when you’re trying to win,” added Moss.

“The mental stress I think would be pretty difficult for a lady to deal with in a practical

fashion. I just don’t think they have aptitude to win a Formula One race.”

No woman has ever scored a point in Formula One - although Italian Leila Lombardi scored a half point in the shortened 1975 Spanish Grand Prix - and none has entered a race since her compatriot Giovanna Amati failed to qualify in 1992.

Women racers have been far more successful in America, with Danica Patrick a race winner in IndyCar and starting on pole position in NASCAR for this year’s Daytona 500.

The Williams F1 team have Scottish-born Susie Wolff as a development driver, but she lacks the mandatory super-licence to compete. Her record in the German DTM touring car series has been less than stellar.

She told the BBC that Moss’s comments had made her cringe.

“I’m in a position where I’m just trying to get into F1, but I do believe that it’s possible for a women to get in, otherwise

I wouldn’t be doing this,” she said.

Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone told Reuters recently that, much as he would like to, he could not see a woman driver getting a race seat in the near future because “there’s nobody good enough.”

In other news meanwhile, Bahrain’s main opposition bloc called yesterday for stepped up peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations before Sunday’s Formula One race, saying the global spotlight shone on the kingdom by the Grand Prix would help showcase its message of reform.

Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of the Shi’ite Muslim-led group al-Wefaq, added that he would be prepared to meet Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone in order to advance his demands for political reform in the island kingdom.

“We are open to meet anybody,” he said.

Ecclestone has said he is willing to meet opposition figures ahead of the race.

JAMES O’Connor has set his sights on claiming the fly-half jersey when Australia take on the British and Irish Lions this summer.

With the international futures of Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale in the air, the number 10 shirt is up for grabs and O’Connor, who played flyhalf for the Rebels during Saturday’s Super Rugby defeat to the Southern Kings, insists he feels most comfortable playing there.

“The more we can push each other to get those starting positions to make the team better - it’s going to be big trouble for the Lions,” said O’Connor.

“I’ve played 10 in that ballplaying role since I started playing rugby, even back to my league days.

“It’s sort of second nature - it’s where I feel most comfortable.

“The more I play 10 for the Rebels, the easier the transition is going to be to the Wallabies, if I’m selected there.”

The utility man has played all across the back division for the Wallabies in his international career but has revealed coach Robbie Deans is now giving him more consideration for the playmaker’s role.

“My conversation with Robbie is he likes me in that 10 position and also on the wing,” he added.

High-tech badminton HEATED line-call disputes in badminton will soon become a thing of the past after the sport opted to embrace instant review system by trialling the technology at next month’s Sudirman Cup in Malaysia.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council has voted to okay the technology which would go live at the Indonesian Open in June, the BWF said on its website.

Badminton joins other sports such as tennis and cricket to adopt a system which allows players to challenge close calls.

Athletes’ Commission head Emma Mason hailed the news as “an important development for our players and for badminton as a whole”.

“The inclusion of such modern technology brings badminton into line with leading sports which are already using this type of system,” said the retired Scot.

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Bolt to head all-star cast at London’s Anniversary Games

Cyprus golf flagship event set to tee off

Jamaican superstar to return to Olympic Stadium

THE Cyprus Amateur Men’s Open Championship 2013 will take place between April 19-21 under the auspices of the Cyprus Golf Federation (CGF). It is a significant competition as it qualifies as a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) event, placing Cyprus firmly on the international amateur golf circuit.

To be decided over three rounds, each of 18 holes, and with a round held per day, the championship will begin with the first round played at Aphrodite Hills Golf Course. On day two, the second round of the competition will continue at Elea Estate Golf Course before returning to Aphrodite Hills for the final round on day three.

“It really is the flagship event of the year for the CGF,” says Andrew Darker, Golf Operations Manager at Aphrodite Hills Resort and Chairman of the PGA Cyprus. “With entries restricted to lower handicaps, the Championship promises - as it has done every year in the past - to provide an exciting day for both competitors and visitors alike.”

“The stroke play format means that every shot counts which, during fair weather, would usually give the better players an advantage. However, with rain forecast for this Friday, and inclement weather possibly continuing throughout the weekend, a few surprises are destined to occur on the leaderboard.”

Day three will also see the prize-giving ceremony held at Aphrodite Hills Resort where, following a lavish buffet, the entrant with the lowest gross score over the 54 holes will be pronounced the winner and presented with a trophy provided by the Cyprus Golf Federation.

Practice rounds will be held today at both golf courses with a number of bookings already being made as players try to give themselves the best chance of winning the dual-course event.

Notably, winner of the 2013 National Order of Merit, Joe Maddocks will also be playing, and will be a name to watch out for on the leaderboard.

Sponsors and supporters of the Cyprus Amateur Men’s Open Championship 2013 include KOA, Aphrodite Hills Golf Resort, Elea Estate Golf Resort, Aegean Airlines, LTV, EGA, and the CTO. The CGF organise a number of events annually, the next of which will be the two-day Cyprus Senior Men’s Open and the twoday Cyprus Senior Ladies’ Open, both to be held at Minthis Hills Golf Club on May 25-26. For golfers aged 50 and over, with handicaps of 24 (men) and 36 (women) or lower, online application forms can be accessed via www.cgf.org.cy

USAIN Bolt will compete in the London 2012 Anniversary Games from July 26-28, along with 28 other medallists from last year’s Olympics.

Jamaican Bolt won three gold medals at London 2012, in the 100m, 200m and as part of the 4x100m relay team.

Britain’s Jessica Ennis will also take part in the event at the Olympic Stadium, along with fellow gold medal winners Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford.

Sally Pearson and Aries Merritt are among 12 Olympic champions signed up.

The event will double as the 2013 London Grand Prix, which usually takes place at Crystal Palace, and will be held on Friday and Saturday, followed by a day of Paralympic events on Sunday, 28 July.

It will take place on the one-year anniversary of the opening ceremony of London 2012, two weeks before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Moscow on August 10.

Bolt, who set an Olympic record in the 100m and helped his team-mates post a new world record in the 4x100m relay at London 2012, will use the event as a warm-up for Moscow.

Other than the Olympics, the 26-year-old Bolt has not raced in Britain since 2009, when he last competed in the London Grand Prix,

World’s fastest man: Usain Bolt won three gold medals at London 2012, in the 100m, 200m and as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team because of tax rules which would force him to give up a share of any appearance or prize money, plus a cut of any endorsements.

However, an announcement in the Budget that ‘non-resident athletes’ will be exempt from income tax has removed that financial consideration.

Bolt will run the 100m on the Friday, in a field that includes 2003 world champion Kim Collins, 37, and in the 4x100m relay on the Saturday.

“I’m looking forward to coming back to the UK, es-

pecially with it being a year since winning three gold medals in the Olympic Stadium,” said Bolt.

“The crowd were amazing at the Games and I hope they will be out again in their numbers at the end of July.

“I haven’t competed at the London Diamond League since 2009, but it has always been a great meet with lots of Jamaican support. It almost feels like running at home.”

London 2012 champion Pearson will face heptathlon gold medallist Ennis in

the 100m hurdles event in July.

In the men’s 110m hurdles, world record holder Merritt will face Olympic silver and bronze medallists Jason Richardson and Hansle Parchment.

The men’s 400m will have Grenada’s Olympic gold medallist Kirani James taking part, while London 2012 bronze medallist Javier Culson will take on Britain’s reigning world champion Dai Greene in the 400m hurdles.

Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu, who won silver in

the women’s 400m at London 2012, will face Olympic champion Sanya RichardsRoss.

Olympic long jump champion Rutherford will take on his Australian rival and London silver medallist Mitchell Watt once again in London.

In the women’s long jump, Britons Ennis, Shara Proctor and Katarina JohnsonThompson will all compete.

Farah, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold in London, will compete in the 3,000m while Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz features in the high jump.

Unbeaten Black Caviar to be retired

Australian mare Black Caviar is to be retired after winning 25 consecutive races

UNBEATEN Australian mare Black Caviar is to be retired after winning 25 consecutive races.

The seven-year-old sprinter won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last year but tore a quadriceps muscle and faced the threat of retirement.

She returned from an eight-month lay-off in February to claim three more wins, culminating in last week’s TJ Smith Stakes at Royal Randwick.

“She has done everything we have asked her to do,” trainer Peter Moody said.

“We thought long and hard about racing on but believe she has done everything we asked of her and felt it was the right time to call time on her wonderful career.

“She’s in great shape and that’s the way we wanted her to bow out. We just thought the time was right. It was a hard decision.

“After Ascot, we were going to retire, but, in the finish, we got three more runs out of her.

“She brought interest to our sport that hasn’t been there for decades. Black Caviars don’t come along every day.”

Widely regarded as the best sprinter in the world, Black Caviar retires with 15 Group One

wins to her name.

Last Saturday’s win eclipsed Kingston Town’s Australian record of Group One victories.

Black Caviar was partnered by jockey Luke Nolen on all but three starts in a career spanning four years in which she won just over £4.5m.

Black Caviar is now set to start a breeding career, although a much-feted union with British champion Frankel, who retired unbeaten in October following a 14th win, may have to wait as she is likely to be visited by an Australian stallion later in the year.

Cornelius Lysaght, the BBC’s horse racing correspondent, said: “Black Caviar has earned a never-to-be-forgotten chapter in the history of world racing.

“As though the imperious style of her unbeaten record was not enough, the extraordinary razzmatazz that went with the mare - the adoration, the centrefolds, the merchandising etc - will ensure that.

“And it was not just Down Under: iconic images of the Queen arriving for what felt like the monarch being granted an audience with Black Caviar at Royal Ascot 2012 will live forever.”

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Italy needs change and investment, says Maldini

By Simon Evans

That’s the way to do it: new Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich celebrate reaching the German cup final as they seek a historic first treble

Bayern on track for treble

By Karolos Grohmann XHERDAN Shaqiri scored one goal and set up three and substitute Mario Gomez notched a quick hat-trick as Bayern Munich, chasing a treble of titles, crushed VfL Wolfsburg 6-1 to move into the German Cup final.

Germany international Gomez, who came on as a substitute in the 77th minute struck three times in six minutes to complete

another big-scoring win this season.

The Bavarians, who won the Bundesliga title earlier this month and face Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final first leg next week, will face either VfB Stuttgart or Freiburg, who played last night.

With Franck Ribery suspended, defender David Alaba injured and coach Jupp Heynckes rotating the lineup, Bayern needed some time to adjust.

“Wolfsburg made it hard for us for a long time,” Heynckes told reporters. “We were not fully there at the start. I told them at half-time what I think must change and it seems to have worked.

“I am happy for Mario that he got his hat-trick. It goes to show that we have three top strikers in this team.”

Forward Mario Mandzukic struck against his former club in the 17th minute after good early work from Shaqiri. Arjen Robben doubled

their lead after another pinpoint pass from the Swiss midfielder.

Wolfsburg briefly battled back and Brazilian Diego cut the deficit with a stinging 18metre shot that flew past Manuel Neuer on the stroke of halftime.

Shaqiri, however, restored Bayern’s two-goal cushion with an unstoppable low drive from the edge of the box five minutes after the restart and cut back for substitute Gomez to tap in after

a darting 20-metre sprint in the 80th minute.

The Germany forward, who lost his spot to Mandzukic this season and could be playing his last matches for Bayern with reports linking him with a move to England and Spain, had time to grab two more as Wolfsburg imploded.

Bayern secured their 23rd German league title - their first since 2010 - earlier this month with six games to spare.

Uruguay show other missed incidents in Suarez defence

By Rex Gowar

The South American champs say Luis Suarez responded to Jara’s provocation when he was grabbed by the genitals

URUGUAY are submitting video evidence of incidents missed by referees that were not followed up by FIFA in response to the governing body’s probe into Luis Suarez allegedly punching Chile defender Gonzalo Jara.

FIFA opened an investigation last week after Argentine referee Nestor Pitana missed the incident last month when forward Suarez and Jara tussled at a corner during Chile’s 2-0 win in Santiago in a South American World Cup qualifier.

“Why now with Suarez?

This is the first time FIFA is acting after the event in (the South American) qualifiers,” Uruguayan FA (AUF) president Sebastian Bauza told Reuters.

Bauza, who last week claimed Suarez was persecuted especially in England where he plays for Liverpool, said Spanish lawyers appointed by the AUF would present evidence of similar off-the-ball incidents to world football’s’s governing body FIFA. He said he did not have the

specific information on the other incidents but the key issue was why FIFA should have acted in this particular case in which Suarez reacted to provocation.

“We think the fair play policies are good but we want to make clear that this was a reaction by Suarez to Jara’s provocation when he was grabbed by the genitals,” Bauza said.

“There were other incidents involving Jara against Suarez. Football is a contact sport and there’s a lot that referees miss,” Bauza added.

“There is footage of a lunge

by Jara at (Argentina’s) Gonzalo Higuain, who then didn’t play for Real Madrid for two months, and no disciplinary action was taken.”

Bauza also referred to a “punch” he claimed Argentina’s Lionel Messi threw at a Bolivian player without consequences but could not confirm if that was when the teams last met in a qualifier on March 26, the same day as the Suarez-Jara incident.

Suarez, who is suspended for Uruguay’s next qualifier away to Venezuela on June 11 after a booking in

the Chile match, could face a longer ban if FIFA rules against him.

Uruguay, World Cup semifinalists in South Africa in 2010 and Copa America winners a year later, have taken only two points from their last six qualifying matches and are in danger of failing to reach the 2014 finals in Brazil.

Suarez, who is no stranger to controversy, was sent off for saving the ball with his hands during Uruguay’s 2010 World Cup quarter-final against Ghana. The African side failed to score from the resulting penalty and lost the match in a shootout.

The Premier League’s top scorer with 22 goals this term has also found himself in trouble playing for Liverpool in the past, notably being banned for eight matches last season for racially insulting Manchester United’s France defender Patrice Evra.

He admitted to diving against Stoke City last October, but claimed he was picked on by the British media, and got away with handball as he scored the winner in an FA Cup tie in January.

ITALY’S Serie A needs radical change and investment if their struggling clubs are to compete for European trophies, former AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini has told Reuters.

No Italian club has made the Champions League semi-finals since Inter Milan won the title in 2010, with Serie A leaders Juventus’ 4-0 loss on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals causing consternation and Maldini said it was time for the league to look at the reasons why.

“To compete with the great teams in Europe, you have to invest money, there is no other way to reach that kind of level,” said Maldini, who earned 126 caps for Italy and holds Milan’s record for most appearances.

“You could see it with Juventus against Bayern.

Juventus are a great team, especially in Italy, but when you compete with a team like Bayern, you can see the difference. They need at least two or three more great players.”

Maldini won the European Cup/Champions League five times during his 25-year career with Milan and played until 2009 when he retired at the age of 41 and he looks back with nostalgia on the years when Serie A was the top league in Europe.

“In the 1990s we had seven great teams - Milan, Inter, Juventus, Parma, Lazio, Roma, Fiorentina. If you look at the players, they were great players but there was some crazy investment and some teams went bankrupt, like Parma and Lazio.

“Then you had the Moratti and Berlusconi families who put in so much money and are still surviving, it is hard though.”

Maldini, widely considered one of the great defenders in world football in the last 30 years, has played no role in the game since hanging up his boots although he has now taken on an ‘ambassador’ position with the upcoming International Champions Cup tournament which will be held in the US from July.

Still looking as though he could comfortably handle 90 minutes at left-back, Maldini spends some of his time each year at his Miami Beach apartment having visited during the close-season throughout his career.

As well as enjoying the relaxed rhythm of South Beach life, Maldini, whose two sons are both in Milan’s youth teams, occasionally pops out to watch LeBron James and the Miami Heat in the NBA and he said Italian football clubs could learn a lot from the business approach to sport in the US. “We should learn from this mentality. In Italy we still have laws that don’t work.”

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Tempers boil over as Arsenal held in bruising encounter

I’m lucky to be alive, says Villa captain Petrov

Wilshere and Mirallas in half-time bust-up

ASTON Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov says he is lucky to be alive as he continues his fight against leukaemia.

The 33-year-old Bulgarian was diagnosed with the illness in March 2012 and has completed his first year of treatment.

“I’ve had my hard moments but I’ve had good moments as well,” he said. “I’m lucky because some people with this disease will die very quickly.

“I’m glad that this hard year is behind me now and I can concentrate on getting back to my life.”

Petrov, who joined Villa in 2006 having spent seven years with Celtic, was back at Villa’s Bodymoor Heath training ground this week.

Recalling his emotions when he first learned of his condition, he told Aston Villa’s website: “At the start I thought it was just a cold, nothing serious.

“When I was told the diagnosis, I was a little shocked but accepted it and just wanted to start the treatment straight away.”

Petrov, who has made over 200 appearances for Villa in addition to more than 300 for Celtic, is now in remission following an intensive chemotherapy programme.

“I have finished all of the high intensity treatment and from now on I’ll be on the softer treatment, which is two years on tablets,” he said. “It was a very, very long year but now, after all this treatment, I can go back to a normal life.

“The support from all the fans, the club, the players, has been amazing.”

That support extends to the Villa fans applauding Petrov in the 19th minute of every match, in recognition of the midfielder’s squad number at the club.

“The 19th minute has been just incredible,” he said. “It’s them showing their appreciation and their support.

“I don’t know how I can thank the fans because it’s been incredible. Sometimes I joke with friends when they text me saying, ‘You’ve still got that applause in the 19th minute, when are they going to stop?!’”

Asked about his plans for the future he added: “First of all I’m going to spend some time with the family, show them that things are back to normal. The kids especially have really missed me a lot.

“I’m hoping to open my foundation soon and I’m going to start raising money and awareness for leukaemia and different charities.”

By Jim van Wijk MIDFIELDER Jack Wilshere was involved in a half-time bust-up as Arsenal missed the chance to strengthen their bid for a top-three finish after being held to a goalless draw by Everton in a bruising encounter at the Emirates Stadium.

Television pictures showed England international Wilshere, just back from a sixweek injury lay-off, involved in a fracas with Everton’s Kevin Mirallas as the players walked off at the break, reacting angrily after appearing to be squirted with a water bottle - an incident which could yet be reviewed by the Football Association.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said of the spat, which was quickly contained: “I don’t know about it, but if it was on television, then very soon everybody will know about it - and I will know about it as well. It was all right in the dressing room.”

The Gunners boss, though, felt referee Neil Swarbrick could have taken a stronger line during the game as Everton utilised all their physical qualities to keep alive slim hopes of gate-crashing the top four.

There were several hefty challenges from the visitors, with midfielder Darron Gibson fortunate not to be sent off for twice pole-axing Theo Walcott.

Wenger said: “I felt that in

Naughty boy: Jack Wilshere (3rd left) seeks out Everton’s Kevin Mirallas, who squirted water at the Arsenal midfielder the first half the referee didn’t deal at all well with the intimidating physical challenges, but that we responded well to the physicality.

“It was detrimental to the fluency of our game, but we kept going, had good concentration.’’

Wenger added: “But that is part of the game. We had to deal with that.

“You have to respect the effort Everton put in. They decided to make it very physical for us to disturb our game and sometimes went a little bit

over the edge, but the referee had to make the right decision.

“I don’t blame Everton for that. ‘Protecting’ is a big word, but referees have to make the right decisions.’’

Despite the obvious frustrations, Wenger believes his side still have what it takes to finish the campaign on a positive note.

Arsenal’s best chances fell to Olivier Giroud, but the France striker failed to test Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard and the hosts had to be content

with a point.

“We are on a very strong run so we do not want to complain too much about what didn’t go for us,’’ said Wenger.

“Let’s look at ourselves, come back in the next game and win it. This still keeps us in a strong position in the race for the top four.”

Everton boss David Moyes, meanwhile, defended his side’s approach.

He said: “Do you mean when we were a little bit rough with the tackling? Up north we do that quite often, that’s actu-

ally allowed in football.

“We weren’t going to come here and let Arsenal stroke the ball around and make 600 passes.”

He added: “I am pleased with the performance, and with the result. You are never disappointed taking a point at the Emirates, you can’t be with the quality they have here.

“We went to try and win it.

We knew if we got three points here we would have a real chance of the top four, but a point keeps us ticking along.”

Brasilia World Cup stadium delayed

By Anthony Boadle

Rain has delayed the laying of the pitch at Brasilia’s Mane Garrincha National Stadium

THE stadium where the Confederations Cup is due to kick off in two months will not be officially opened until May 18 because rain has delayed the laying of the pitch, officials in Brazil’s capital said this week.

The Confederations Cup is a dress-rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup. “Without the grass it would be like opening a theatre with no stage,” Brasilia’s World Cup secretary Claudio Monteiro told reporters.

President Dilma Rousseff was scheduled to open the new 72,000-seater Mane Garrincha National Stadium on Sunday but contractors have not been able to drain the waterlogged ground enough to lay the turf.

Only four of the six Con-

federations venues are ready for the tournament.

The Mane Garrincha, where Brazil face Japan in the June 15 opener, is behind schedule along with the iconic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro where the Confederations Cup final will be played.

Brasilia is now set to open its venue when the finalists of the city’s local championship meet.

The teams will play before a crowd of around 30,000, representing the first of two test events required by worldsoccer’s ruling body FIFA. The second test is expected to take place in front of a full house of 72,000 on May 26 when Neymar’s Santos face Flamengo in the first fixture of the Brazilian championship.

The $500 million arena is the most expensive of the 12 venues that will host the

World Cup. The iconic Maracana is providing World Cup organisers with one of their biggest headaches.

The stadium is still receiving the finishing touches to a $400 million refurbishment, its third costly overhaul in 12 years.

The pitch has been laid and more than half the 78,000 seats have been installed but work is still being done on the roof while access areas have not been started.

The Maracana was supposed to be ready in December and that date has been repeatedly pushed back.

The earliest it will be handed over to FIFA is April 27 and may not be finished even then.

The Maracana’s big test will come on June 2 when it hosts a friendly between Brazil and England.

Cyprus Cup Semi-Finals, Second Legs AEL 1 Omonia 0 AEL win 1-0 on aggregate AEK 1 Apollon 1 Apollon win 3-1 on aggregate

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Sport Djokovic battles through the pain, Nadal finds it easy

By Gregory Blachier NOVAK Djokovic’s gamble to test his injured ankle at the Monte Carlo Masters appeared to be backfiring but he dug his heels in to battle past Russian Mikhail Youzhny 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the second round yesterday.

While Djokovic grimaced and growled as he played through the pain barrier to fight back from 0-4 down in the opening set, Rafa Nadal was all smiles after he launched his bid for a ninth consecutive Monte Carlo crown with a ruthless 6-1 6-2 win over Australian Marinko Matosevic.

World number one Djokovic, who sprained his ankle while on Davis Cup duty ten days ago, made a late call to participate in the tournament which is held in his adopted home town and was relieved to have survived his first match on clay this season.

“I’m not 100 per cent because of my physical issue but I’m still in the draw. I live here. Everything’s alright,” Djokovic said in a courtside interview in French.

During a training session on Tuesday, Djokovic avoided putting too much pressure on his stricken right ankle but he did not have that luxury when Youzhny made him chase the ball around the court.

Once Djokovic levelled for 4-4, he relied on his greater weight of shot to see him through the tricky encounter.

Following an exchange of breaks in the third set, Djokovic broke decisively in the ninth game and sent Youzhny packing with an ace on match point.

Third-seed Nadal’s outing was more straightforward as he returned from a monthlong break to record his 43rd victory in a row at the principality.

The Spaniard, who is being more selective with his schedule this year after

being out of action for seven months with knee problems following a shock secondround exit at Wimbledon last year, was loudly cheered by the packed crowd and was never seriously threatened by his Australian opponent.

Matosevic opened a 2-0 lead in the second set but Nadal reeled off the next six to set up a meeting with 16th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

“I played well at the beginning, with the right intensity, with no mistakes. I was trying to do the right things to find a good feeling on the ball, to find the right rhythm.

And I think I did,” Nadal told a news conference.

“I played to the right places, and that gave me confidence.”

The world number five announced his comeback by winning three of his first four tournaments, including the Indian Wells Masters Series last month, and is favourite to continue his reign on the picturesque Centre Court that has been his stage since he first won the tournament in 2005.

In earlier action beside the Mediterranean, fourth seed Tomas Berdych had to recover from a break down in each set to move past Spaniard Marcel Granollers 7-5 6-4.

Later in the day, world number two Andy Murray got his clay-court season off to a strong start with victory over Edouard RogerVasselin.

Murray beat the Frenchman, ranked 81 in the world, 6-1 6-4 and goes on to face Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the last 16.

“I got to 4-0 early on which helped,” said Murray. “I think he was a bit nervous, didn’t move that well at the beginning and then he started to play better.

“He was getting a lot of balls back and I tried to attack as much as I could. It’s a positive and good start.”

Relieved: world no.1 Novak Djokovic, who is not fully fit, scraped past Mikhail Youzhny in Monte Carlo

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PROMOTED CARDIFF JOIN SWANSEA IN ENGLAND’S PREMIER LEAGUE

On the up: Cardiff have secured promotion to the top-flight of English football for the first time in 51 years

Welsh uprising shows no sign of faltering

By Martyn Herman

I

N T E R N AT I O N A L LY Welsh football remains in the wilderness yet next season the hills and valleys that loom across the Severn Estuary will become a hotbed for the English Premier League.

Cardiff City’s promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in over half a century was confirmed on Tuesday night.

With arch-rivals Swansea City already there, Wales will have two representatives in the world’s most lucrative club league for the first time.

It marks a remarkable turnaround in the fortunes of both clubs who not so long ago were threatened with extinction.

Swansea’s rise from the brink of going out of business culminated this year when Michael Laudrup’s side won the League Cup final at Wembley, securing European football in the process.

Now, after several heartbreaking near-misses and a High Court winding up order, Cardiff fans can share bragging rights with their rivals a few miles down the M4 motorway.

Factor in Cardiff’s run to the League Cup final last year when they were beaten on penalties by Liverpool and these are heady times for Wales’ leading clubs, even if the domestic league rarely

gets a mention outside the country.

Even rugby, a sport deeply etched in the heritage of south Wales, is in danger of being overshadowed despite the recent Six Nations triumph achieved with a scintillating win over England.

The rise of the Welsh clubs could not be better timed.

Swansea recently announced record profits of £15.9 million and with the Premier League’s new television deal kicking in next season, Cardiff’s promotion gives them access to the vast riches the 20 Premier League clubs enjoy.

In January Cardiff posted their accounts for the year ending May, 2012, recording losses of just over £13.6 million, bringing their overall debt to just over £83 million.

Cardiff will be guaranteed a minimum of around £60 million next season, their first slice of the recent TV rights package, estimated at £5.5 billion over three years, negotiated by the Premier League.

Even an immediate relegation would be softened by parachute payments totalling £60 million over four years.

An average of 22,000 fans have watched Cardiff in their 26,000-seater new stadium this season with the prospect of sell-outs when Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, not to mention Swansea, visit next season.

Swansea, too, have laid down plans to extend the Liberty Stadium from its 20,000 capacity, having guaranteed survival for the second consecutive season.

Premier League football is not just good for the prestige of the clubs, but also for the wider economy.

A recent Cardiff University study said Swansea’s first season in the top flight since the 1980s generated £58 million for the Welsh economy and hundreds of new jobs.

Cardiff’s will have potentially bigger knock-on effects given the size of the city.

“Cardiff winning promotion to the Premier League will be fantastic for the profile of Cardiff and Wales,” a Welsh government spokesman said.

“Just as happened in Swansea, Cardiff will be exposed to worldwide audiences of billions, while visiting supporters will have a significant impact on the city and Welsh economies.”

The Bluebirds’ return to the top of English football has not come without pain.

Malaysian club owner Vincent Tan took the controversial decision to change the colour of the club shirt from blue to red last year, and remodel the badge to incorporate a red dragon rather than the bluebird of the club’s nickname.

His investment, however, has helped the club into calmer financial waters and the billionaire is already plan-

ning the summer signings he hopes will give manager Malky Mackay the best chance of following Swansea’s example.

“It is wonderful, a fantastic feeling,” he said.

“It is not an impossible challenge for us. God willing we would like to stay up there a long time.”

Wales have failed to qualify for a major international tournament since 1958 and their chances of reaching Brazil next year are all but gone.

But having two clubs in the Premier League, however, bodes well for the development of more Welsh talent like Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs, Cardiff’s Craig Bellamy and Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale.

The much-travelled Bellamy, who has endured plenty of disappointment with Wales, was looking no further than his hometown club when asked what the future might bring.

“There should hopefully be no limit to what we can achieve from now on,” he said. “It’s going to allow us as a club to excel and allow us to really grow.”