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TALES FROM THE COFFEESHOP: AT LEAST THE DAMS ARE FULL PAGE 17 INSIDE Cyprus Foundation stone laid for Limni project 3

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Entering the final stretch Where do they stand on the issues? Page 4 New beginning or more of the same? Page 13 The great voting challenge Page 14 By Poly Pantelides

HIS TIME next week Cypriots will be in the process of voting in a new government and for the first time ever the main issue will be the economy, and not the Cyprus problem. Most analysts agree that the outcome will be crucial for the future of the island but it will be the voters who must decide who they think is best to run the country in a time of crisis. Entering the final stretch, the last election poll from state broadcaster CyBC last night, gave another clear lead to DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades with 39.9 per cent of those asked saying they intended to vote for him, compared with 24.2 per cent for AKEL-backed Stavros Malas and 20.2 per cent who said they were voting for EDEK-backed Giorgos Lillikas. But last night’s poll also confirmed previous ones showing a split among DIKO voters between Anastasiades and Lillikas, despite DIKO’s official support for the DISY chief. A total of 45.7 per cent of DIKO voters said they would vote for Lillikas, compared to 42.1 per cent who were voting for Anas-

tasiades. From AKEL, 79.3 per cent are voting for Malas, but 10.3 per cent said they were voting for Lillikas. Lillikas even got 3.2 per cent of DISY voters, 94.5 per cent of whom are voting for Anastasiades. Most people thought there would be a second round to determine a majority winner with 45.7 per cent saying they would choose Anastasiades over Malas who would get 31.0 per cent if he runs against Anastasiades. Anastasiades’ lead against Lillikas in a second round was smaller, according to the poll with 42.1 per cent saying they were voting for Anastasiades, 32.1 per cent for Lillikas. In that scenario, 49.4 per cent of DIKO voters would go with Lillikas and 43.9 per cent with Anastasiades. When the choice was Lillikas or Malas, most chose Lillikas (34.4 per cent) rather than Malas (27.5 per cent). Asked who they would not vote for under any circumstances vote, 38 per cent said that would be Malas and 34 per cent said they could not vote for Anastasiades. Asked how interested they were in the elections, 42 per cent said they weren’t very keen and 57 per cent they were quite or

An election rally for frontrunner Nicos Anastasiades on Friday night in Limassol very interested. A total of 85 per cent of those asked said they were deﬁnitely voting, an increase by ten percentage points since October 2012. Voting is mandatory in Cyprus, but in practice no one is prosecuted for being a no-show. Undecided voters came

to 22 per cent, most coming from DIKO (24 per cent), followed by AKEL (20 per cent), and DISY (12 per cent). Some 55 per cent thought Cyprus should sign a memorandum agreement on debt bailout terms agreed with its international lend-

ers but a third disagreed, and some 30 per cent said no party had the right attitude for negotiating with the lenders, known as the troika. Some 24 per cent thought DISY, whose leader is willing to sign

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Foundation stone laid at Limni Three million square metres to be developed By Poly Pantelides PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday lay the foundation stone for a huge development work, including golf courses, at Limni, near Polis Chrysochous in Paphos, and while it is seen to be a huge boost to the economy, environmental groups say works will endanger the turtle population. The Shacolas Group, the biggest private commercial group in Cyprus, plans to develop about three million square metres in Limni, the site of the now defunct copper mines. There are plans for two 18-hole golf courses, a five star hotel, a wellness centre, luxury residences, a historical museum and an information centre on the turtles, cycle paths, and a helipad, among others. Christofias said yesterday that buying the site of the disused mines in 1983 showed “entrepreneurial foresight,” which will now rejuvenate the area and attract high quality visitors. “Works such as the one

Environmental groups say the width of the protected coastal area is not enough to protect the turtles who nest on the beach there here in Limni are crucially important for the island under these harsh ﬁnancial circumstances. We hope that such development works give the Cyprus economy a push,” Christoﬁas said. The man behind the project, Nicos Shacolas, said he was very touched to be developing a beautiful area with the support of local stakeholders. He said he would put together a small “viable” airline to serve Paphos, and nurture the development. But despite statements that the natural environment was being protected,

the Green party warned yesterday that the works would impact the breeding sites of the loggerhead turtle. Thousands of turtles come to breed in the area, with many laying their nests across a 13km long coastline stretch in the Polis-Yialia region, part of the EU’s NATURA 2000 protection network. Non-governmental organisation Terra Cypria raised concerns with the European Commission in a 2011 report, warning that the width of the protected coastal area was not enough to protect the

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opemptou. Golf courses require huge qualities of water, the use of herbicides which raises worries over groundwater pollution, and building luxury residences is an added burden on the environment, Theopemptou said. But stakeholders, including the local authorities, have hailed growth. Polis Chrysochous mayor, Angelos Georgiou, said yesterday that the Limni project would create hundreds of job positions, attract businesses and revi-

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The stakes are as high as they could be this election By Elias Hazou WITH the elections just a week away, many of us may still be puzzling over who is the ‘right’ person for President, or, who would be the lesser evil. The blitz of the electoral campaign - both the information overload and the recriminations - often makes it hard to tell what the candidates stand for. And that should be a prerequisite for forming anything close to an informed opinion. What with the bailout blues weighing down on us, a perfectly legitimate question pops up in our mind: is it even worth it to drive out to the ballot centre? That’s something that each individual must search his or her soul for an answer. While you chew on that, here’s another thought: barring the quirky Outopos, you won’t ﬁnd any life-changing ideas in the candidates’ rhetoric. It’s not that the campaign is boring. With the country facing ﬁnancial ruination, the stakes this time round are perhaps as high as can be. But, as political analyst Christoforos Christoforou puts it, none of the three main contenders offer a real vision for the country. “We simply haven’t heard anything ground-breaking,” he says, speculating that the candidates are playing it safe for fear of alienating the undecided voters. And the rhetoric of the three main candidates - Nicos Anastasiades, Stavros Malas and Giorgos Lillikas - is plagued by contradictions and inconsistencies, to varying degrees. All three are bombarding the electorate

with promises on how to salvage the island, but none have adequately explained how exactly they would pull it off, says Christoforou. Anyhow, to make things easier, the views of the ‘Big Three’ have been packaged into three broad subjects: the bailout, the Cyprus problem, and natural gas.

BAILOUT/ECONOMY AT FIRST Lillikas was openly anti-bailout but, apparently realising this was not winning him votes, changed his tune and said he would sign a bailout but disengage from it in 2013 by paying debt off from natural gas proceeds. He is critical of a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU), which, he says, is open to multiple interpretations on how much say lenders will have in telling Cyprus what to do. The most updated position is that he will sign, but only if three key conditions are met: the gas proceeds will not be mortgaged to the troika, there is no provision mandating that the state budget must be approved by the troika; and the government is allowed to take tax incentive measures. “Unless these three conditions are met, there is no question of us agreeing to a memorandum,” the candidate’s website states. Lillikas says he would press for renegotiation of a ﬁnancial bailout. On the thorny issue of the privatisation of state-controlled corporations, such as SGOs and public utilities, Lillikas was initially completely opposed. He has subsequently suggested a partial privatisation or ‘shares issue’ for these

The biggest concern for all voters right now is the economy entities. Anastasiades has repeatedly called for a bailout to be concluded without delay, and for that he has been accused by his rivals of being keen to put Cyprus under the troika’s thumb. His election plank calls for restricting government involvement in business activities, smashing monopolies, reforming the tax regime and clamping down on tax evasion. On SGOs, Anastasiades’ website says his administration would ‘examine’, on a case by case basis, the ‘possibility’ of a shares issue, running SGOs with a strategic partner, or outright denationalisation. However, during the ﬁrst televised debate he ducked a question as to whether he was in favour of privatising SGOs. Whereas Malas is not averse to putting his John Hancock on a bailout now - a necessary evil - he’s adamant it would be his last such deal. To avoid a second or third memorandum, he has said, he intends to put Cyprus back on its feet as, by boosting economic growth by reforming/downsizing the banking sector; attracting foreign investments; and a policy of strict ﬁscal adjustment that safeguards welfare spending. Malas has criticised Anastasiades for rushing to put his signature on a bailout agreement, yet almost in the same breath conceded that the

longer a deal takes the greater the harm to the economy. Possibly a hostage to AKEL dogma, Malas does not want to hear of privatising SGOs. Instead he proposes modernising their operational structure.

NATURAL GAS LILLIKAS maintains that outsiders should have no say in how the island manages its natural gas ﬁnds. The cornerstone of his plank centres on a proposal to securitise the undersea gas reserves, thus enabling the island to swiftly extricate itself from burdensome terms of aid. His rivals have trashed this view as unrealistic, unfeasible and amateurish. Anastasiades meanwhile advocates a strategic alliance with Israel and the creation of a liqueﬁed natural gas (LNG) plant on the island, with a view to channeling the gas to the “East and to Europe.” He has also not ruled out the possibility of Cyprus piping its gas to Europe via Turkey. Malas’ views are similar to Anastasiades’: the AKELbacked candidate says Cyprus should make the most of commercial deals in developing both economic and political alliances abroad, and has linked the natural gas issue to a solution of the Cyprus problem.

CYPRUS PROBLEM LILLIKAS was initially against a federation but later watered down his stance, saying he was in favour as long as there were five or six states (zones) so the federation would not be bi-zonal. A bi-zonal federation is an inherently divisive and racist arrangement, he argues. He advocates re-launching peace talks from square one, essentially invalidating past agreements. Anastasiades has also seemingly shifted gear, most likely to keep his DIKO partners happy. The framework agreement between DISY and DIKO is brazenly vague on many points, thus satisfying everyone, from the doves to the hawks. The DISY leader has, for example, pledged to repudiate President Christofias’ commitment for a rotating presidency in a reunified state. Despite asserting he would never again back an Annanlike plan, Anastasiades has stopped short of apologising outright for his stance on that peace blueprint. Malas holds that the framework of negotiations should remain unchanged, on the basis of the July 8, 2006 agreement between the two communities; he supports a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation.

POLLS on this month’s presidential elections have focused on who people intend to vote, but a non-governmental organisation (NGO) asked people aged 35 or younger to agree or disagree with mostly disparaging views about politicians. Most agreed that politicians were corrupt and unreliable, the system was nepotistic and politicians did not contribute to society. A total of 340 people between the ages of 15 and 35 participated in a poll by Cyprus youth boards’ umbrella organisation, KOKEN. Of those, 144 were men, 196 were women, and some 38.6 per cent were in higher education. Roughly 21 per cent worked in the greater civil sector and almost 40 per cent worked in the private sector. About 90 per cent said the political system was rife with nepotism, giving them fewer opportunities. Most – 84.4 per cent – agreed either completely or partially that politicians were part of the status quo and keep repeating the same mantras. Over 72 per cent agreed that politicians were unreliable and just 5 per cent disagreed with that view. About 69 per cent said the public should be able to lift politicians’ immunity. Asked whether politicians contributed to society, just 15 per cent agreed either fully or partially. About 78 per cent disagreed with the view that young people needed to be registered party members to be actively involved in society. Most (over 67 per cent) thought that being part of an NGO was better than joining a party youth group. A total of 68 per cent blamed all politicians regardless of party for the debt crisis and almost 84 per cent wanted transparency on party ﬁnances. Almost 78 per cent also thought that politicians did not do enough for the young and nearly one in four said that having a close relative as a politician would be awkward or make them feel bad. But over 69 per cent conceded that some politicians were not corrupt. Find out more at www.cyprusyouth.org (Greek only).

Still undecided about who to vote for on the issues? Try the stars GEMINI

Giorgos Lillikas

LIFE is like a game for Geminis. They’ll steal, lie, and cheat, as long as they are on top. They’d sell their granny if they could make money on her. They like to talk about themselves because they suffer from split personalities so there is two of them to bore you. They think all the bad things they did make them more attractive, charming, and alluring. They are shallow devils who only care about making money. Geminis are pushy and overbearing. They pick ﬁghts with small children and like to use Librans as punching bags. Geminis use far-fetched

analogies to describe philosophical concepts and speak very loudly in order to be heard. Gemini is Latin for: ‘I’m okay, I’m okay.’ This is unfortunate as they are nearly always talking to themselves. The darker side of Gemini is them telling the truth, but just twisted a little here, embellished a bit there, punctuated by some obscure facts. This will throw off even the most astute seeker of absolute truth. Nobody does it better. They have turned lying and deceit into an art form. Famous Geminians: George Bush, Jeffery Dahmer, Naomi Campbell

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LIBRAS are wishy washy and indecisive. They try to convince everyone what they say is true. They are the most self centered, egotistical, narcissistic, and arrogant of all the signs. They constantly worry about what other people think. Libras are always on the cutting edge of what the rest of the world thinks is pretentious. They have huge collections of CDs they’ve never even listened to. They are also cunning, Machiavellian even, because underneath they know exactly what they want, and how to get it. Their ruthless charm bathes others in a sweet, warm glow and you fail to notice what they’re up to until it’s way too late. Famous Librans: Simon Cowell, Margaret Thatcher, Gandhi

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Nicos Anastasiades

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Entering the final stretch Those polled believe most people will vote with the economic crisis in mind (continued from front page) an agreement as soon as possible, had the right attitude, followed by 15 per cent who favoured ruling party AKEL’s attitude, that is against some of the agreed measures. The majority, 83 per cent, said people’s votes would be influenced by measures on the public deficit and debt. Anastasiades was deemed more competent than the other two main contenders, with 49 per cent thinking he was a natural leader versus 15 per cent for Malas and 13 per cent for Lillikas. Some 25 per cent thought Anastasiades was honest compared with 22 per cent for Malas and 15 per cent for Lillikas; and 38 per cent said Anastasiades was capable of negotiating bailout terms compared with 18 per cent for Malas and 17 per cent for Lillikas. In the remaining days before next Sunday’s elections, the three main contenders have been busy roaming the island and making statements. Surrounded by masses of people in Nicosia’s Eleftheria stadium during a rally on Friday night, Lillikas said he would construct a dignified future putting the economy onto the right track, and safeguarding Cyprus’ natural resources. “Now is your time,” Lillikas told his voters. “We can do this together. We owe this to our children,” he said. In Limassol, Anastasiades promised a new beginning that would bring about change and make Cypriots proud of their island. “(I) will not make you feel insecure as today’s leaders do. They will be departing in just a few days,” Anastasiades said. Malas’ spokesman, MEP Takis Hadjigeorgiou, said yesterday that Anastasiades was trying to scaremonger people against Malas, but warned against an Anastasiades administration. “We call on people to choose a young, reliable, responsible (person). We call on people to vote for someone who can come head to head against political decline,” Hadjigeorgiou said.

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Winds of change stop blowing for Turkish Cypriots The system is functioning to protect the torturers, says human rights lawyer By Simon Bahceli JUST over a year ago, a Turkish Cypriot cross-party ‘parliamentary’ committee concluded an investigation into whether police in the north used torture in their prisons and police stations. The investigation had come after a spate of shocking reports in the Turkish Cypriot media claiming police were torturing suspects and convicts with apparent impunity. Blood-curdling stories had made their way into the press, highlighting such methods as the use of electric shocks, beatings with the notorious falaka, sexual abuse and humiliation, and even rape. These methods had been used, the stories said, either to extract confessions or to dish out extra-judiciary punishment to prisoners and suspects. But over a year after the findings were first published, along with a list of police officers the committee wanted to see investigated for their alleged involvement in torture, nothing has changed. “The system is functioning to protect the torturers,” human rights lawyer Oncel Polili told the Sunday Mail this week. “The parliamentary committee established that torture was being used in the north of Cyprus, but there have been no serious efforts to write or implement a law distinguishing between torture and other forms of violence,” he added.

Without this distinction, he says, there is no way to combat the problem, at least not from a legal position. Among the most notorious cases of alleged police torture was that of Fatih Demirel, who was arrested in June 2011 accused of child molestation. He was later released without charge, but not before police had allegedly beaten and raped him in a series of assaults that left him hospitalised for weeks with internal and external injuries. Demirel is still battling the courts in an attempt to gain compensation for the injuries he received. However, his lawyer Tekin Soylemez told the Mail this week that Demirel’s case has been “deliberately and repeatedly delayed” by the police and the courts, primarily because there is no actual law against torture. To be fair to the politicians, creating such a law may not be as easy as their critics might claim. As leading human rights lawyer, Emine Colak, told the Sunday Mail, much of the problem stems from the fact that the police in northern Cyprus remain, as they have done since 1974, under the direct command of the Turkish military in Ankara. The result is that police feel little compunction to respond to criticism from civilian sources, including the ‘government’ . “We have written many times to the police and military asking for information

or reaction to cases, and they do not even bother to reply. There is a hard shell that surrounds them that is very hard to break through. We got one response once from the police on an alleged torture case, but all we got was a letter stating that torture had not taken place,” she told the Mail. The military in northern Cyprus, she said, remains “over confident” that it won’t face repercussions. Comparing the north of Cyprus with Turkey, where significant inroads have been made in bringing police accused of torture to account, Colak said: “They [police] have an easier time of it in north Cyprus; the [civilian] leadership here is more passive and the system [that of the military being in ultimate charge] is more entrenched. Moreover, in Turkey the police are not under military control, even today in areas where Turkish forces and Kurdish separatists often clash. Colak describes a similar silent approach when the military is approached over other human rights issues. Property claims (whether involving Greek or Turkish Cypriots) over lands expropriated by the Turkish army during and after the 1974 invasion are handed back to the civilian ‘authorities’ without any serious engagement. “They simply tell us that if the claimant is due compensation, it should be paid by the civilian authorities. It seems they are reluctant to relinquish anything, even if it comes at great cost to the civilian authorities,” she said. “Nobody stands up to the military here,” she concludeds, adding that despite the democratic changes that have taken place in Turkey, which many see as having made significant inroads toward becoming a civilian rather than military state, nothing has changed in this respect in the north of Cyprus. But although Colak might believe Ankara is at least partly to blame for this regressive state of affairs in the north, she believes the ‘government’

Police in the north plan to acquire a ‘Public Disorder Vehicle’ which is bulletproof and can spray protesters with either water, foam or bullets in power in the north does nothing to improve matters, even when it can. “We have a right-wing nationalist government here, which is not in the habit of standing up to the military. On the contrary, they have a culture of respect and admiration for the military,” she says. Not only have there been no repercussions for the Turkish Cypriot police on the matter

‘We have a rightwing nationalist government here, which is not in the habit of standing up to the military’

of torture, the force also appears to be taking an increasingly heavy-handed approach toward public political dissent in general. Last week the force announced the purchase of a vehicle designed purely for policing urban unrest amid widespread criticism that levels of recruitment were so high that the force could effectively police a population twice that of the north. Moreover, the announcement of the police’s planned purchase of the Armoured Public Disorder Vehicle - which is bulletproof and can spray protesters with either water, foam or bullets might have passed unnoticed had it not been for the growing number of anti-austerity demonstrations currently taking place, and at which police appear to be under orders to unleash hitherto unprecedented levels of force to prevent demonstrators from “insulting Ankara”. Polili says the purchase comes as a direct result of “an increase in the number of demonstrations taking place, mainly over the austerity measures being implemented by the authorities, but also

over environmental issues”. Colak goes further, saying, “The fear here is that this is preparation for a clampdown on demonstrations,” and added that she viewed the future with concern. “My personal view is that they want this vehicle so that demonstrators do not end up face to face with police, many of whom they could know personally,” she says. The preponderance of mobile phones with cameras that could be used to implicate individual policemen is also something Colak believes the police might have taken into account when purchasing a vehicle that would “put itself between the police and the demonstrators”. Colak says she is convinced Ankara is only partly to blame for the gulf that is growing between the people and their ‘state’ in the north. “People are feeling more and more that the Turkish Cypriot leadership is using the state mechanism for its own beneﬁt and that it is totally insensitive to the needs of the people,” she says and adds: “There was a time when we felt the wind of change blowing here. Not any more.”

Ambrosiadou to sit on University of Piraeus board ELENA Ambrosiadou, the founder and chief executive of IKOS asset management, has been appointed to the board of trustees of the University of Piraeus. The University is one of the oldest in Greece and boasts nine academic departments with the focus being mainly on the study of economics, business management and information technology with a series of post graduate programs for MBA-Master of Business Administration.

Ambrosiadou will hold the position at the University for a four-year term, in doing so she will be joining the ranks of an impressive list of past academics and entrepreneurs, an alumni which actively supports the university, all using their professional skills and experiences in order to beneﬁt the students and at the same time enhance the university’s international reputation. She will join ﬁve other new appointees to the board,

they are academics from overseas universities, also following in the wake of other exceptional entrepreneurs and experts in the world of finance and academia. Council members are requested to use their skills and experience in order to benefit the University and so raise its global profile. Ambrosiadou’s appointment was formalised on January 28, when it was announced she was one of six new council members chosen from 16 candidates.

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Designer gear at bargain prices By Bejay Browne HE days of rummaging around in bargain bins of tangled up secondhand clothes in a musty-smelling shop are long gone, at least for customers at a newly opened store in Paphos. At Revival, designer labels, many of them never worn, such as Prada, Guess, Jasper Conran, Diesel, Miss Sixty, Coast, Gucci and Dolce and Gabbana hang from immaculate rails and sell for a fraction of what you could expect to pay in a boutique. Such has been the success of the fashion store which specialises in pre-owned clothes and accessories that it has recently moved to far larger premises from the cramped shop opened six years ago in Kato Paphos by Judith Evans. “We turned away so many items, but we have such good stock that we needed bigger and better premises to show it all off properly,” she said. Evans started off Revival as a dress agency, selling items for customers and then taking a small percentage of the selling price. Now, Revival pays a customer directly for nearly new items and then sells them. “We pay a small amount of cash and we take the risk; it saves people the trouble of getting a stall at a car boot sale or a market to sell their items,” she said. The swish new store on one of the main roads in Paphos looks sleek and stylish and doesn’t ﬁt any pre-conceived image of a store selling previously owned items. The long glassed shop frontage is full of mannequins expertly decked out in fashionable outﬁts and a set of large glass doors which wouldn’t be out of place in Knightsbridge.

‘BRAND NEW’ And inside is no different. The store smells clean and welcoming, the white walls showing off the 25 or so rails of colour coordinated clothes. The stock is well spaced with plenty of room to browse the plethora of items on offer, which include jeans, trousers, skirts, dresses, tops, sweaters, coats, jackets, shoes, boots, bags and accessories. It’s hard to believe that many of these items are pre-owned although around 60 or 70 per cent of the collection is what could be classed as ‘brand new’ as it has never been worn. “We maintain very high standards here; we don’t accept clothes with any marks or faults and they are all like new,” said Evans. “We don’t compromise and our customers expect quality.” The Paphos businesswoman who also owns the local newspaper, The Paphos

Business is booming for Paphos shop that’s selling pre-owned designer labels

Items by Prada, Guess, Diesel, Miss Sixty, Gucci and Dolce and Gabbana are all looking for a new home at Judith Evans’ shop Revival Post, moved to Cyprus with her husband Mark ten years ago after falling in love with the island whilst on holiday. The self-confessed lover of clothes has always been interested in fashion and design and also creates some of her own pieces. “I chop things up and shift them about and add other bits, when I feel inspired,” she said. Revival is something completely different for Paphos; selling top quality clothes at a fraction of the price of other stores. “Our philosophy is to offer the best quality and value for money and to create an environment where women can fully enjoy the shopping experience,” she said. And just because people are saving on the price, Evans says it’s important to her that customers understand that they’re not skimping on quality or service. “Most of the clothes we sell still have the original labels attached and have never been worn; about sixty to seventy per cent of the stock falls into this category.” As well as designer labels, the shop sells other well-known names such as Marks

and Spencer Per Una and Debenhams, which are also popular, and only new shoes are accepted. The businesswoman has come a long way since opening her ﬁrst shop in Paphos six years ago. She said: “I had a shop but no stock to ﬁll it so I put an advert in the paper for ladies’ clothes and I went round by appointment looking through women’s wardrobes.”

REGULAR CUSTOMERS From the start, Evans was a stickler for quality, ensuring nothing slipped past her. No missing buttons, marks, scuffs or stains were allowed. Originally taking up 80m2, the shop now ﬁlls a 200m2 space; Evans has built up a regular customer base, who visit the shop most days to browse through the racks, as new items are added almost daily. “The new shop looks fantastic and when

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The powerful storm has knocked out power to 650,000 and dumped more than two feet of snow in parts of New England, causing widespread misery

Blizzard kills one, leaves thousands without any power Northeastern United States pummelled By Edith Honan A BLIZZARD pummelled the Northeastern United States, killing at least one person, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and disrupting thousands of flights, media and officials said. Forecasters warned of more heavy winds and snowfalls, particularly near Boston, where up to 30 inches was expected in some areas, as well as in New York, Connecticut and Maine. In the first death blamed on the blizzard, one man in his seventies was killed when a driver lost control of her car and hit him in Poughkeepsie, New York, media reported. The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts lost power and automatically shut down during the storm late on Friday, but there was no threat to the public, said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The storm prompted the governors of Massachusetts,

Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Maine to declare states of emergency. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick took the rare step of announcing a ban on most car travel, while Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy closed the state’s highways to all but emergency vehicles. Some commuter trains that run between New York City and Westchester County, Long Island and Connecticut have been suspended. Amtrak suspended railroad service between New York, Boston and points north. In many cases, authorities ordered non-essential government workers to stay home, urged private employers to do the same, told people to prepare for power outages and encouraged them to check on elderly or disabled neighbours. “People need to take this storm seriously,” said Malloy, Connecticut’s governor. “Please stay home once the weather gets bad except in the case of real emergency.”

More than 160,000 lost power in Massachusetts, almost 200,000 in Rhode Island and 34,000 in Connecticut, according to local utilities. The storm wasn’t bad news for everyone. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested people relax at home - cook or watch a movie. Bloomberg said he planned on catching up on his sleep. As she stocked up at a Brooklyn grocery store, 28year-old Jackie Chevallier said that after two years without much snow, she was looking forward to waking up to a sea of white. “I’d like to go sledding,” she said. The storm also posed a risk of ﬂooding at high tide to areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy last October. “Many of the same communities that were inundated by Hurricane Sandy’s tidal surge just about 100 days ago are likely to see some moderate coastal ﬂooding this evening,” said Bloomberg.

Lunar New Year celebrated MILLIONS of people are celebrating Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, the most important annual holiday in much of Asia. The new year begins today, when the new moon is seen in the sky. In the Chinese zodiac, this year will be the year of the snake, taking over from the dragon of 2012. In China, an estimated 200 million people are travelling to be with their families in what is considered the biggest mass human migration on Earth. The BBC’s John Sudworth, in Shanghai, says the big cities have been emptied of migrant workers, who are now at home in the far-ﬂung provinces, reunited with family, often including their own young children, for the ﬁrst time since last Lunar New Year. The snake has a mixed reputation in China. It is associated with wisdom, beauty and intelligence but also pride and anger. Traditional foods associated with long life or good luck are a key part of Lunar New Year festivities.

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Protests as India executes plotter Hanged for 2001 attack on parliament By Matthias Williams INDIA hanged a Kashmiri man yesterday for an attack on the country’s parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in Kashmir between protesters and police who wielded batons and ﬁred teargas. Dozens of people were injured. President Pranab Mukherjee rejected a mercy petition from Mohammad Afzal Guru and he was hanged at 8am (02.30 GMT) in Tihar jail in the capital, New Delhi. Security forces anticipating unrest had imposed a curfew in parts of insurgency-torn Kashmir and ordered people off the streets. Guru, from the Indian part of divided Kashmir, was convicted of helping organise arms for the gunmen who made the attack and a place for them to stay. He always maintained his innocence. India blamed the attack on the parliament of the world’s largest democracy on militants backed by Pakistan, targeting the prime minister, interior minister and legislators in one of the country’s worst ever militant attacks. Pakistan denied any in-

volvement and condemned the attack but tension rose sharply and brought the nuclear-armed rivals dangerously close to their fourth war. Nearly a million soldiers were mobilised on both sides of the border and fears of war only dissipated months later, in June 2002. The hanging was ordered less than three months after India executed the lone surviving gunman of a 2008 attack in the city of Mumbai in which 166 people were killed.

SOFT ON MILITANCY Yesterday’s execution could help the ruling Congress party deﬂect opposition criticism of being soft on militancy as it gears up for a series of state elections this year and a general election due by 2014, while grappling with an economic slowdown. “Congress has decided to be more proactive in view of the elections, not only in terms of economic policy but also matters like the hanging,” said political analyst Amulya Ganguli. “The Congress has now deprived the BJP of a propaganda plank,” he said, refer-

ring to the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Government ofﬁcials dismissed suggestions that electoral politics played a role in the decision to execute Guru. In major towns of Indian Kashmir, where security forces have battled a Muslim separatist insurgency for decades, barricades were erected and hundreds of police and paramilitary force members were deployed. “The hanging of Afzal Guru is a declaration of war by India,” said Hilal Ahmad War, leader of a separatist faction. Thirty-six people including 23 policemen were injured in protests, said police spokesman Manoj Sheeri, with most of the violence in Guru’s home district. Authorities shut down internet services to try to stop news of the hanging and unrest spreading.. Five militants stormed the parliament complex in New Delhi on Dec. 13, 2001, armed with grenades, guns and explosives, but security forces killed them before they could enter the main chamber. Ten other people, most of them security ofﬁcers, were killed.

Wanted: photos of Christopher Dorner are put on display at LAPD headquarters

Manhunt for ex-cop resumes in California mountain range By Alex Dobuzinskis A MOUNTAINTOP search resumed yesterday for an ex-policeman wanted in three California slayings, after authorities interrupted the manhunt during the night as snowfall kept their helicopters grounded. Former Los Angeles officer Christopher Dorner, 33, has declared war on law enforcement officers and their families in a manifesto posted to the Internet that complains of his 2008 firing from the LAPD. The hunt for Dorner has centered on the Big Bear Lake resort in the San Bernardino Mountains after his burning pickup truck was discovered in the area on Thursday. Authorities have acknowledged he may have slipped away undetected. Around 100 heavily armed officers participating in the hunt for Dorner have used dogs and armoured personnel carriers equipped with chains. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said the mountaintop hunt, which began with officers following tracks that led away from the truck, would press on “until

either we discover that he’s left the mountain or we find him.” The truck turned up in the San Bernardino mountain range on Thursday hours after police say Dorner exchanged gunfire before dawn with two Los Angeles police officers, grazing one, in the nearby city of Corona. About 20 minutes later, he ambushed two more policemen in their patrol car at a stoplight in the adjacent town of Riverside, killing one and leaving the other badly wounded, police said. A former Navy lieutenant, Dorner is also suspected in the weekend shooting deaths in Irvine of a university security officer and his fiancée, the daughter of a retired Los Angeles police captain singled out for blame in Dorner’s manifesto for his dismissal from the LAPD. Police said they were providing extra security for about 40 potential targets mentioned in Dorner’s online declaration. Dorner, who once played college football in Utah, blamed the police department not just for firing him but also for ending his Navy career and the loss of close relationships.

Bangladesh ferry sinking kills 14 AT least 14 people died and ﬁve were still missing after a ferry carrying 50 people collided with a sand barge and sank on Bangladesh’s giant Meghna River on Friday, ofﬁcials said yesterday. “Rescuers found 12 dead bodies inside the salvaged ferry, while two bodies were recovered yesterday,” said

Mohammad Saiful Hassan Badal, administrator of Munshiganj district, where the accident happened. Six of the dead were children, aged between two and 10. “We called off the rescue operations with ﬁve people missing,” he said, adding that about half the passengers

managed to swim ashore and some were rescued by local villagers. Unregulated and overcrowded ferries often run in to trouble on low-lying Bangladesh’s extensive network of rivers. Hundreds of people are killed every year despite government vows to crack down on unlicensed operators.

Mohammad Afzal Guru, from the Indian part of divided Kashmir, was convicted of helping organise arms for the gunmen who made the attack and a place for them to stay

ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION “SOLON MICHAELIDES” FOR YOUNG CONDUCTORS The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation organizes the first International Competition for st Young Conductors “Solon Michaelides” of any nationality who were born after the 1 of January 1983. st

1 Prize Award: €10.000 nd 2 Prize Award: €7.000 rd 3 Prize Award: €5.000 “Special Orchestra Award”: €3.000 The applications must be submitted by post or in hand at the following address: Cyprus Symphony th Orchestra Foundation, Thermopylon 7A, Akropoli 2007 Nicosia Cyprus, by Friday the 8 of March 2013. For more information regarding the competition and for the rules and regulations, please visit the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation’s website www.cyso.org.cy, or contact Mrs. Antigoni Antoniou by phone on +357 22 463149 or by email on a.antoniou@cyso.org.cy.

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News Review CB deputy THIRTEEN days before the presidential elections, which he is not contesting, President Demetris Christoﬁas on Monday appointed a deputy Central Bank governor – a position reserved by the constitution for Turkish Cypriots which has been vacant for the past 50 years – sparking a storm of controversy. Christoﬁas said the appointment of senior director Spyros Stavrinakis was necessary due to the Central Bank’s increasing obligations, rejecting suggestions it that it was politically motivated.

Loan terms

Ministers of Commerce and Agriculture signing the deal with Total this week

RUSSIA said on Monday it was con-

Rancour over CB post, strikes sidering extending the maturity of a €2.5 billion loan to help Cyprus manage its debt crisis, rather than offering a new loan. “We are ready for softening (of the terms)... Restructuring of the debt is possible and we’ll see about the rates.” Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. Hit by its exposure to Greece and shut out of international ﬁnancial markets for nearly two years, Cyprus asked Russia last month to extend the ﬁve-year loan that Moscow provided Nicosia in 2011.

breakers who were brought in to take over the work at a hotel construction site. Three people were arrested during the trouble on Posidonos Avenue, which began at around 9am when some 50 strike breakers tried to enter the site, which was being guarded by construction workers on day nine of an islandwide strike. Police intervened in a bid to restore order, arresting two striking workers and a female union ofﬁcial in the process as both police and builders pushed and shoved each other.

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THE Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) has received eight proposals from companies interested in supplying the island with limited quantities of natural gas. The deadline for the submission of proposals was Monday. Cyprus is seeking to secure short-term supplies of the fuel as not exceeding 1.2 billion cubic metres per year as a stop-gap solution until such time as it can bring ashore its own gas. Under the terms of the call for expression of interest, actual supply of gas should begin no later than early 2015 and up until September 2018.

THOUSANDS of euros are being scammed from the office of social security by EU residents who despite having lost their jobs in Cyprus and returned to their country of origin still fraudulently claim unemployment benefit here. The scam was revealed by Minister of Labour Sotiroulla Charalambous in a letter to parliament after Green Party MP, Giorgos Perdikis had asked for clarification on the matter on November 19, 2012. In her letter, Charalambous gave assurances that the measures were being taken to combat the problem. Charalambous revealed that additional measures were also being taken, with the Office for Social Insurance sending out a written letter to those registered as unemployed, informing them they could be called at any time to sign in order to ensure their availability.

Violent scuffles VIOLENCE erupted in Paphos on Tuesday when police confronted striking builders who tried to stop strike-

The crippling 5.75 per cent surcharge imposed on electricity bills in the wake of the Mari tragedy in 2011 is being scrapped two months early

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “What is happening 13 days before the departure of the current administration is inconceivable especially when we are talking about a position that remained vacant for a full 50 years” DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades (right) on the appointment of a Central Bank deputy governor “DISY and his cohorts daily pretend to be incorruptible, caretakers of the Constitution and flag-bearers of transparency and meritocracy” AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou “Social Insurance has alreadyy located cases of applicants who sign-on for unemployment benefi enefit and then leave the island on the same day returning a month later ater to sign-on again” Labour Minister Sotiroulla Charalambous “We came very close. The proboblem was that in the end, we didn’t idn’t have any leverage over the Greek reek Cypriots any more since they knew they would join [the EU]] anyway” Former EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen

“Are we living in a dictatorship where people are not allowed to do anything?” A striking builder in Paphos speaking about the police “When your child wakes up asking you for a glass of milk and you have none to give? I’ve had enough. How much can we take?” durA redundant casual worker dur ing a protest “A government is elected for ﬁve years, and not for four years and 11 months” Government Spokesman Stefanos Stefanou

“You can’t employ the so-called law of necessity in a sweeping fashion” Lawyer Pavlos Angelides “From the outset, we did not want it. We even hoped that the captain of the ship would ignore our request that he anchor at a Cypriot port for inspection. Our instructions tto him were so politely worded that w we hoped he wouldn’t comply” Former diplo diplomat Leondias Pantelides at the Mari trial “Cyprus will ﬁnally and irrevocably turn its back on sterile policies of austerity imp imposed on countries of the south by a neo-liberal international and European establishment” Commerce M Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis “The curre current President has less than two weeks left and so I don’t re really want to talk about him” Nicos Anastasiades “He is an incorrigible populist” pop DISY spokesman DI Charis Georgiades of Ch EDEK-backed candiED date Giorgos Lillikas d

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THE JOBLESS rate rose 23.8 per cent year on year in January, almost reaching 46,000, the statistical service said on Tuesday. The number of registered unemployed on the last day of January this year reached 45,933, the service said. Compared with January 2012, there was an increase of 8,831 persons mainly observed in the sectors of trade - an increase of 2,023, accommodation and food services, 1,426, construction, an increase of 1,057, public administration, 850, manufacturing, 730, as well as to newcomers in the labour market where an increase of 786 jobless people was recorded.

EUROZONE finance ministers will discuss on Monday a Cypriot proposal to order an independent report on whether the country is fully complying with laws against money laundering, a senior EU official said. The report would be a response to German and others’ concerns that Cyprus has been a tax haven for rich Russians. Eurozone finance ministers, called the Eurogroup, will meet on Monday in Brussels to review progress on the €17.5 billion bailout negotiations for Cyprus. The senior EU official said that Cyprus made the recommendation in the Eurogroup Working Group.

Menoyia opens A COMMITTEE appointed by the cabinet on Tuesday will oversee the Menoyia detention centre, which became operational only last week. The committee, falling under the auspices of the justice ministry, will visit the centre at least eight times a year to check on safety and security, as well as documentation and electronic data, said government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou after the cabinet session. There are now two centres in the Larnaca district, one in Menoyia and another nearby in Koﬁnou, and the state rents two hotels in Larnaca and Paphos to accommodate migrants, including asylum seekers who are waiting for their application to be reviewed, Stefanou said.

Levy scrapped THE CRIPPLING 5.75 per cent surcharge imposed on electricity bills in the wake of the Mari tragedy n 2011,is being scrapped two months early, the island’s energy regulator CERA announced on Wednesday. The surcharge on electricity bills imposed after the Mari naval-base munitions explosion incapacitated Cyprus’ largest power station was introduced in September 2011 to help the electricity authority (EAC) cope with the destruction of its Vassilikos plant. Initially it was 6.96 per cent on all electricity bills but it was cut to 5.75 per cent midway through 2012.

Total deal CYPRUS on Wednesday signed a deal with French energy giant Total to search for oil and gas in two offshore blocks as part of a second licensing round initiated last year. The deal, for blocks 10 and 11, follows agreement with a consortium of Italy’s Eni and South Korea’s KoreaGas Corp (Kogas) for blocks two, three and nine, concluded last month. Reports said Cyprus would receive €24 million in signature bonuses as part of the deal. Sylikiotis said some 10 exploratory drills were expected to take place within the island’s exclusive economic zone in the next three years.

Helios ruling A GREEK court of appeals on Thursday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for three executives found responsible for a 2005 Cypriot airline crash, which killed all 121 passengers and crew on board, but gave them the option to buy-out their convictions for some €76,000 each. The Athens court acquitted a fourth defendant, a British engineer who had carried out the final checks on the aircraft before the fatal August 14 flight. The three, Helios’ managing director Demetris Pantazis, flight operations manager Giorgos Kikkides, and Bulgarian chief pilot Ianko Stoimenov, were found guilty of negligent manslaughter, a misdemeanour.

New energy role LONG-SERVING energy chief Solon Kassinis has quit the civil service after being offered a top job with the state hydrocarbons company. Kassinis has accepted an offer – sanctioned by the Cabinet earlier this week – to be employed as executive director of the company, known by its Greek acronym KRETYK. His ofﬁcial job title is 2nd vice-chairman of the company. Charalambos Ellinas is the chairman and Stavros Stavrou the 1st vice-chairman. Commenting, commerce minister Neoclis Sylikiotis said Kassinis’ expertise would be invaluable to KRETYK.

Eurogroup FUTURE revenues from natural gas deposits in Cyprus could be taken into account in bailout talks for the indebted island, Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday. But he cautioned that before such revenues could be included in calculations for making the country’s debt sustainable, it was necessary to find out more about how much they could total. “Let’s first wait for some first drillings, and see how much it is, what type of gas it is, what kind of quality before we possibly include it in a programme,” Dijsselbloem told the Dutch Lower House in The Hague.

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Visitors stand in front of a giant screen featuring an image of the work of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh during a travelling multimedia art exhibition in Tel Aviv

Kuwaiti men and camels during the Popular Heritage Festival in the desert

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A nominee for Queen of the 2013 Santa Cruz carnival performs in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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A model wears fashions by designer David Hart during the Mercedes-Benz fashion week in New York (AFP)

Researcher Bertolt Meyer and the model for ‘Rex’, the world’s ﬁrst bionic man (AFP)

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12 February 10, 2013 • SUNDAY MAIL

Opinion Critical that voters choose who’s best for the country CYPRUS goes to the polls next Sunday to elect a new president. After the five, catastrophic, years, the outgoing president bequeaths a presidency that could only be described as a poisoned chalice. There will be no honeymoon period for the new president, no adjustment time to ease himself into his new role and responsibilities as the in-tray on the presidential desk will be piled high with papers marked ‘urgent’. First on the agenda will be the figure for the financial assistance of the banks, which at present is so high that it would make the public debt unsustainable. This complicates the issue of the bailout, with our potential lenders, including the IMF and Germany, questioning whether we would be able to repay a public debt exceeding 120 per cent of our GDP. Add to this the allegations of money laundering which have been given extensive coverage by the German media and appear to have become a topic of the German election debate, and the

scale of the task becomes clearer. Then there are the mounting domestic problems. We are in the worst recession of our 50-year history, with banks unable to give credit, dozens of businesses going bankrupt every week and the unemployment rate scaling a new high every month. Living standards have plummeted while more and more families are depending on handouts and charity to put food on their tables. Prolonged uncertainty over the economy has shattered business confidence and investment, and a big question mark still hangs over the signing of a memorandum, which despite the anti-troika demagoguery of some candidates is the only way to start re-building a country left in ruins by the Christofias government. But for the rebuilding of the country to start the new president would also have to rebuild relations with our EU partners, regaining their trust and confidence both of which were badly damaged by Christofias’ anti-West

SundayMail prejudices and refusal to honour his commitments to the Union. The new president will have to win some trust in his first weeks in office if the memorandum to herald the return to normality is to be signed and approved by the Euro Group, by the end of March. There will be no time to waste, on new negotiations or posturing over the semi-governmental organisations, because our partners could allow us to sink if there is the slightest suggestion of more prevarication. Voters should keep all this in mind when they head to the polling stations next Sunday. The identity of the new president will be critical to the future of the country which is why we cannot afford taking chances on a candidate because we like his rhetorical flourishes, his approachability or his views about protecting the

environment. The question to ask is which candidate can be relied on to reach a quick understanding with the troika and the Euro Group and ensure the memorandum of understanding is signed without delays. This is the only way the danger of a hair-cut of bank deposits - which is being mooted in Berlin - and a banking collapse would be seen off for good. Of the three candidates, Nicos Anastasiades has by far the best credentials for this major salvage operation. He is very well-connected in Europe, having been an active member of the European People’s Party, and more importantly is the only candidate that is fully aware of the precarious situation the country is in. He is the only candidate who has stated he had no intention of renegotiating the memorandum. Stavros Malas is a political neophyte and the servile candidate of AKEL, which is quite rightly viewed with suspicion in the EU. And he is constantly loyally re-

peating his communist backers’ vacuous, anti-bailout rhetoric. Giorgos Lillikas is a demagogue who will tell the voters whatever he thinks they want to hear – he was advocating not signing the bailout until he realised this was not improving his share of the vote in opinion polls and changed his tune. Both claim they would renegotiate the memorandum and secure better terms, which is an illustration of how lightly they approach a life-or-death choice. This is why neither Malas nor Lillikas can be entrusted with the presidency, at this critical juncture for the country’s future, and this seems to be the view of most voters – opinion polls show Anastasiades having a very a big lead, his share of the vote being double that of each of his rivals. It is reassuring to see that the voters recognise the importance of these elections and refuse to buy the big words and empty promises of the candidates of demagoguery.

Letters to the Editor Sadly, this was our final visit to Paphos Why you may ask will this be my final visit to Paphos? Well it all hinges on what you want from a holiday, and we have over the years had many in Paphos, but this, we agree, will be the last, our reasons are manyfold. We arrived at our hotel, a modern and fairly new building in good condition, which has plenty of pleasant enough - though mainly off island – staff. The house keeping is first class, so what is wrong with it? The hotel is soul-less. once through the doors we could be almost anywhere in the world, no sign of that Cypriot touch, no Cypriot music - in-fact no music at all. All of the artwork comprises modern photo prints. Perhaps the dining area would re-affirm where we are? No, it was an international dinner menu. There was no village salad, no dips, factory bread and in the main poorlyprepared breakfast was as expected cold platter or hot selection, with a token Greek-style yogurt. We walk out to the nearest bars only to find an Irish bar, an English bar/ cafe and a Russian owned Italian restaurant.

The next day we jumped on a bus to the harbour. This became the highlight and we went back a few days later and with work done and some in progress it’s becoming as smart as any we have been to around Greece. But then we walked away from the sea front to areas and hotels we remember well. We came to an immediate agreement: ‘what a dump’. Many of what used to be excellent hotels now look almost derelict, the taverns and bars we used to frequent look filthy and run down. In fact the whole area now looks like a thirdworld town. Every spare plot now has signs in Mandarin or Russian rather than the three official languages of the island. I still love the island and its indigenous people and will continue to follow the ups and downs of daily life in the Cyprus Mail in the hopes that when we can afford to make our next visit, we can find once again that little bit of Cypriot heaven somewhere else on the island. Brian Whiffen, Bedford, UK

At times there’s just no logic When I buy a bag of tile cement the instructions for storage, mixing and application are printed on the bag in Greek, Russian, Arabic and English. When I buy a box of my blood pressure pills the dosage and contra indications are only printed in Greek. Can anyone explain the logic that dictates that it is more important that tiles should stick to my wall than the possibility of my killing myself with an overdose? Michael Duddridge, Maroni

Cyprus needs its own ‘Dayton Agreement’ I would like, as a fellow expat, to support the comments expressed in Mr Roberts’ letter on February 3, and take matters further. Cyprus is nearer to Damascus than Crete, let alone Athens. There are many Cypriots here who speak Greek, but some only have an indirect connection with Greece. I agree that Archbishop Makarios would probably not favour partition, and the next government here must try and resuscitate the Annan Plan. I have direct experience of the lead up to the Dayton Agreement, which was the Peace Plan post the Civil war in Former Yugoslavia, having worked in the HQ UN Peace Forces in Zagreb from 1993-1995. It was developed and agreed in a matter of weeks in November –December 1995, thanks to the good Ofﬁces of the US Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, under the overall direction of President Bill Clinton, with the support of many other interested parties and nations. The political leaders - Milosevic, Tudjman and Izbegovic - were coerced into a pragmatic solution to enable their citizens to have hope of a peaceful future after a conﬂict in which literally thousands were killed and millions were made

homeless. This was a much more serious human disaster than that which occurred here in 1974 - and arguably a more difﬁcult problem to address and resolve. That is not to understate the real suffering and agony that resulted in the Turkish invasion, and the conﬂict that followed with death, injury and displaced persons, families, and indeed whole communities, as happened in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovnia The leaders in Cyprus need to be invited to, say, Geneva, sooner rather than later, under the joint auspices of the UN and EU to hammer out a similar plan to the Dayton Agreement, against a similar deadline - weeks not months, so that their citizens can also look forward to a peaceful, and just, future. Fourteen years on the Dayton Agreement is still being implemented with the majority of refugees and displaced persons now returned to their original homes and communities, for instance. This is not now a UN problem it is a regional one, and the EU needs to take control as they have done in Sarajevo where an EU army is now deployed. John Merritt, Emba

The hand that signed the paper Sometime ago I came across this poem by Dylan Thomas. It seems to me that its pertinence to our island’s past history and current affairs grows daily and is uncannily prescient. Obviously it was written long before our island was “halved” or our taxes raised so egregiously, and neither did he have Cyprus in mind when the poet put pen to paper. The reference to “a sloping shoulder” would suit most, if not all our politicians and power players to date, but surely none more so than our dear Comrade Tof himself. The “famine” is on its way, if not already here, and feel free to make up your own mind on which group best ﬁts the term “locusts”. I wish I could say ‘enjoy’, but I fear that any perverse pleasure will be bittersweet at best.

The Hand That Signed the Paper The hand that signed the paper felled a city; Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country; These five kings did a king to death. The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder, The finger joints are cramped with chalk; A goose’s quill has put an end to murder That put an end to talk. The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever, And famine grew, and locusts came; Great is the hand that holds dominion over Man by a scribbled name. The five kings count the dead but do not soften The crusted wound nor pat the brow; A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven; Hands have no tears to flow. Savvas Georgiou, Nicosia

No foresight on casinos I fully agree with the article in your paper by Dr.Anna Farmaki. The Casino Gaming industry has grown exponentially worldwide and for governments to ignore this is simply not clever in any respects. I believe the situation we have here in Ireland is similar to that of Cyprus in that the northern part of the country has just announced they are adopting British gaming legislation which will be enforced in a matter of weeks. However in the southern region we have none. This immediately will create cross-border activity and make the situation more complicated not to mention the large movement of cash from the south to the north. What the Cyprus government and the Irish governments are lacking is the foresight and political will to roll out proper legislation which would be a positive for revenues, tourism, job creation and many other sectors of our respective economises, My concern is that both countries will leave this situation to gather dust and by the time they do react it will be too late. JJ Woods, Casino Consultant, Dublin

Army med reunion A reunion is planned for any retired members of the Army Medical Services, living in Cyprus, on March 23, 2013 in Limassol. Cost will be €20 per head to cover food & drinks. Anybody wishing to attend should contact Alan Morton through the Cyprus Mail ASAP as numbers are limited. Alan Morton, Avgorou

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Opinion Cyprus needs a new beginning and we can only hope the new president will trigger it

New beginning or more of the same? Comment Theodore Panayotou

N A WEEK or two, Cyprus will have a new president and a new government. The million-dollar question or rather the 17-billioneuro question is: Will this mark a new beginning for Cyprus or will we get more of the same, wrapped in a different colour. This is arguably the most important election for Cyprus since 1974 and possibly since the founding of the Republic in 1960. It is also the first time that the outcome of a Cyprus election is attracting pan-European, and possibly global, interest and significance. Normally, presidential elections in countries with a population under a million, even troubled-countries like Cyprus, would be relegated to the inside pages of world press and go unnoticed. Not so this time. The heightened interest this time arises from the fact that Cyprus faces the prospect of default while being a member of the eurozone, and has asked for a bailout. The government has money to pay salaries only until April and needs €1.5 billion for a loan that becomes due in June. In the absence of a bailout, Cyprus will default and “cexit” (exit from the euro) which may trigger a contagion and become a systemic threat for the euro. Another part is Cyprus’ low corporate tax rate and the “suspicion” that money laundering may have taken place, which concerns the potential lenders, especially big countries, like Germany. Yet another reason is that Cyprus has discovered, in its EEZ, significant quantities of natural gas, and possibly oil, which can contribute to Europe’s energy independence. To complicate matters Turkey, the aggressive 800-pound gorilla in the area, disputes the rights of Cyprus to this new found wealth and threatens reprisals at the same time that Turkey is a possible route for transporting the Cyprus natural gas to Europe. For all these reasons, next week’s presidential election in Cyprus is like no other. The outcome can help resolve all these open questions but it could also prolong the uncertainty and turn the situation into a Greek drama for both Cyprus and Europe. People who followed the unfolding

of the Cyprus crisis over the past 3 years to its current crescendo are wondering whether this election will bring about the catharsis and a new beginning for Cyprus or it will be more of the same. Listening to the campaign rhetoric and the populist promises of the presidential candidates one cannot be too optimistic that the gravity of the situation has sunk in. We have again a cornucopia of promises even though the Promised Land offered by the winners of previous elections has not materialised, under much more auspicious circumstances. Even if only a fraction of what is currently promised is achieved, we will soon be speaking of a new economic miracle in Cyprus and energy independence for Europe, while that intractable Cyprus problem would be history, and Cyprus will be a key player in world affairs. If hubris, populist promises, and convenient excuses for failure to deliver were taxed, Cyprus would have been running budget surpluses and our national debt would have been paid in no time. However, we cannot lose hope. We may have hit rock bottom but this, by itself, creates lifting forces. After all hope is the last to die. Campaign promises aside, Cyprus needs a new beginning and we can only hope that the new president’s government will trigger it. First and foremost, the bailout memorandum must be concluded in a speedy manner to remove the debilitating uncertainty. Its provisions must be implemented to the letter to correct the many distortions accumulated over half a century of amateurish governance and legitimised corruption. The speedy recapitalisation of the banks, the resumed liquidity and the resumption of lending, but with proper scrutiny and risk assessment, will all help kickstart consumer demand, economic activity and investment. Until a turnaround is attained, however, provisions must be made to protect the most vulnerable groups that truly suffer from the deepening recession. Second, it is of paramount importance to re-establish the credibility and trust with our partners in Europe and around the world which we lost in the past couple of years with our procrastination, inconsistency and the mixed messages and above all our blame game and failure to accept any responsibility for our own actions and failings. As a small country in dire need of help, we should abandon the tactics of confrontation

All three candidates are full of promises, but will they keep them? which we confuse with assertiveness and try to win back friends and allies through consistency and a spirit of cooperation. Even internally we need to regain our broken trust in our institutions and each other and to work together to get ourselves out of the mess and recriminations in which we are currently wallowing. Third, the productivity of the public sector must be doubled and its cost to the private sector in terms of taxes, bureaucracy and delays cut in half. The instruments are well known: a system of productivity measurement and performance-based assessment of civil servants, acquisition of transferable skills and interchangeability across the public service, and universal implementation of electronic government. Fourth, the opportunistic economic model should be abandoned and be replaced by a value-creation economic model which will seek to raise the competitiveness of the private sector through technology, innovative entrepreneurship, scientiﬁc management and export ori-

entation. The instruments are also well known: institutional reforms, simplification of bureaucratic procedures, tax incentives, investment in research and innovation, and strategic partnerships. We should recognise that the 50,000 unemployed people, over 10,000 of them with university degrees, is a huge waste of resources and a brewing social problem and take action to engage them in productive activity, ranging from voluntary social work to starting their own business. Here we can take a page and a helping hand from Israel. Provide retraining and retrofitting of skills, create startup incubators angel funds and venture capital, and a system of business coachers and mentors. Fifth, we should rediscover the work ethic ant, the ethical values of our forefathers, and abandon our generation’s culture of trying to profit from connections, trading influence, kickbacks, nontransparent procedures, and exploitation of other peoples’ troubles or practices of dubious legality. The new president and government can do a lot to help

dislodge the mentality of easy profit at the expense of fairness and integrity as well as the mentality of easy life at the expense of the taxpayers. The instruments are also well known: transparent and merit-based hiring and promotion procedures, criminalisation of trading influence (rousfeti), strict implementation of the laws against corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, and the revolving door between the public and the private sector, among others. Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, the education system must come under scrutiny for having become the incubator of the antimeritocracy, anti-creativity, anti-innovation, and anti-entrepreneurship mentality and culture and the hotbed where the seeds of questionable morality and of the ethical failings we daily witness, have been planted. Nothing short of re-inventing and re-founding our educational system, from kindergarten to university, on solid ethical grounds and moral values, on critical thought and creativity, and on innovation and entrepreneurial spirit will work to get us firmly out of the current muddle. The transformation of the current centralised public educational system into a system of autonomous public schools is a first step. This should be a priority for the new government. Will the new president bite the bullet on these tough issues and take a stand that will bring about the transformation of our governance, of our economic model, and of our culture and mentality to give the country a new beginning? Or, will it be more of the same stuff we have lived through for the past fifty years: appointments and policies to satisfy the many suitors and vested interests that coalesce around each presidential candidate to share the spoils of power? The legacy of the new President, the international image of the country, and the wellbeing of its people rest on the answer to these questions. ■ Dr. Theodore Panayotou is Professor and Director of the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM). He served as Professor of Economics and the Environment at Harvard University and consultant to the UN and to governments in the U.S., China, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Cyprus. He has published and was recognized for his contribution to the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007

Election mud-slinging sinks to new depths Comment Loucas Charalambous THE POLITICAL immorality of two of the presidential candidates - Stavros Malas and Giorgos Lillikas - has gone beyond all limits. It is one thing to criticise your rival, no matter how harshly, by recourse to political arguments and quite another to throw dirt by the shovel load at him. I was very surprised by Malas Lillikas’ lack of scruples is wellknown - whom I met before he entered politics and must confess made a very good impression on me. This is why I wonder why he is stooping so low now. I hear him uttering, with the greatest ease, ﬁlthy accusations about Nicos

Anastasiades, claiming that the DISY candidate’s intention was not to serve the interests of Cyprus but those of foreigners, that he was deviously working on a second and third memorandum, that he was at the beck and call of the troika and other similar nonsense. How did the level-headed person I had met become like this? It is indicative of the way hunger for power poisons an otherwise sensible person’s mind. Once this hunger kicks in the person becomes unrecognisable. Malas has Christoﬁas to thank for being thrown in the pit of political dirt as a sacriﬁce for the president’s unforgiveable sins. If Malas has the mitigation of being a political novice, Lillikas, who has been accusing Anasta-

siades of political immorality, getting rich unlawfully, being pro-Turkish and being a puppet of foreigners, has no excuse. His audacity is unprecedented in political life. Regarding the allegations of suspicious loans to the law office of Anastasiades or to his clients, an investigation by the fraud office MOKAS is taking place and we await the findings. But Lillikas, the champion of political dishonesty in this country, Lillikas of Sport Team is the last person in Cyprus who should accuse others of dubious dealings. As a reminder, back in 2003, as commerce minister at the time, Lillikas had urged the CTO and other state organisations to work with a company known as Sporteam S.A. and pay it some

€1 million so it could promote and advertise them at the Athens Olympics of 2004. After an investigation, the auditor-general issued a report that was damning for Lillikas, establishing that legal procedures had been ignored. Fifty-one per cent of the shares of Sporteam were in the name of Stelios Constantinou, who was not only Mrs Lillikas’ accountant, but Mrs Lillikas had also christened his child. It was also revealed that the Sporteam ofﬁce was housed in the premises of Marketway, Mrs Lillikas’ company. When journalists asked Lillikas for an explanation he arrogantly told them to ask his wife. This is Lillikas the man who gives sermons on political probity. It should be said that Anasta-

siades, the target of this objectionable political behaviour by Malas and Lillikas, has so far avoided resorting to these base tactics and kept his campaign at a commendable level. Despite being nastily provoked, I have not heard him until now speak about his rivals in the type of language they have used. He argues his case and presents his proposals in a civilised way. He does not mock, he does not bad mouth and does not throw mud at his rivals. It appears that this behaviour is appreciated by the voters - hence his big lead in all opinion polls - and could be one of the reasons he looks like he will walk these elections. The mud-slinging by the other politically shabby candidates does not seem to be paying dividends.

14 February 10, 2013 • SUNDAY MAIL

Opinion

The great voting challenge Comment Andrekos Varnava

stuck his neck out in 2004 and told it like it was - that we had a president who failed to negotiate on the UN plan because he did not want a bi-zonal, bicommunal federation, never had and never did, and Anastasiades paid for it, though not the ultimate price, because he is here now in the box seat to win. But on his shoulder he has saddled DIKO, which in the past has on most occasions been hardline in negotiations. Will the split in DIKO signify change? Does Anastasiades have the strength and character to end this marriage in divorce if he has to? That is, will he place reunification above the DIKO alliance? The third issue is education, because there can never be a reunification that is sustainable without reconciliation and there can be no reconciliation without an education system that teaches the unvarnished truth of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, as well as the cultural and social diversity that has always characterised Cyprus. We need to move beyond the Cyprus Cold War. In this sense Lilikas and Anastasiades are less well placed to act than Malas, because Lillikas does not want to reform, and because Anastasiades has linked himself to DIKO (the church party) and believes in the ‘Greekness’ of the island over and above its diversity. I wish to reiterate that your vote sends a message and therefore counts. So you should consider the entire spectrum of candidates. In this regard, the best of the minnows is Praxoulla Antoniadou-Kyriacou. Although she lacks the political clout and team, she has the credentials from both an economic point of view and on the Cyprus issue, since she has experience as an economist and as an advocate for the reunification of the island. If she had played her role as minister in the last government, she may have been sitting in Malas’ position now, and dare I say with a better chance of attracting those voting for Anastasiades who are not traditional DISY voters. So how should you vote? Damned if I know! There is always the donkey vote!

Whoever you vote for, just be sure to consider candidates’ views on the economy, re-unification and education

HENEVER you vote to elect someone to run your government, it is important. You may be discouraged about the politics in Cyprus, or you may be apolitical, or you may think that your vote will not mean anything because you are not voting for the likely winner, but the first line of this article still holds true. Your vote sends a message regardless of who you vote for, or even if you spoil or submit a blank ballot paper (referred to in Australia as a ‘donkey vote’, a great term for Cyprus!). Yet who you should vote for is not an easy question to answer for many Cypriots. As a professional historian and expert on Cypriot politics and reunification, who is also heavily influenced by Australian politics, I can perhaps offer some analysis which I hope Who will help. I believe there are three issues that you need to consider when looking at the various candidates: their policies on the economy, reunification and education. The incumbent Christofias government has failed the economy badly and policies to deal with the economic downturn must be foremost in your consideration of the candidates. I am not ashamed to say that I voted for Christofias in 2008, although it was a difficult decision, made solely on his policies on education. I did not consider the economy to be a major issue. I was wrong, but wonder what his rival in 2008 would have done. In any event, I am upset that none of the candidates in this election have gone into specific details as to how they are going to reform the economy. Of the three main candidates (polling above five per cent) Lillikas has repeatedly shown not only that he is grossly inexperienced but also reliant on too many variables going right, while failing to acknowledge the need for fundamental reform. Malas is probably fighting a losing battle given his role and links to the current government and needs to differentiate himself from it. Anastasiades has the best credentials to reform the economy, yet must emphasise that he will protect

you should vote for is not an easy question to answer for many Cypriots the most vulnerable within society. The Cypriot economy needs serious reform and therefore fundamental restructuring, to create a self-sufﬁcient government. This means reforms must result in reducing expenditure, without impacting on productivity and worker protection, and here I mean the lowest paid workers (not civil servants). The other important result must be the closing of the enormous gap between private and public sector wages. The most important reform, which will positively contribute to all of the above problems, must address Cyprus’ retirement income policies. No state in the world can afford to pay pensions to people who do not need them. In 1992, the Australian Labour government introduced a compulsory ‘Superannuation Guarantee’ system, which was a ‘three pillars’ approach to retirement income: a safety net consisting of a meanstested government age pension system; private savings generated through compulsory contributions to superannuation; and voluntary savings through superannuation and other investments. For Cyprus this would mean the following: nobody gets a pension if after the means-test they are above the safety net (have enough money

and assets), therefore, only those really ﬁnancially in need would get a pension or a part pension. Secondly, for everyone who works, fulltime, part-time or even casually, it is compulsory to contribute a certain percentage (nine per cent in Australia, but this will increase) to their retirement and in addition to paying their wage, the employer must also contribute an additional percentage (the same as the employee) to the retirement income of each employee (i.e. superannuation). Finally, upon reaching the ofﬁcial retirement age (another issue, which should be set across the board at 65 or 67), only then can you access your superannuation and voluntarily invest it in bank term deposits, shares, a business venture, or whatever it may be. Such a reform will not impact on the living standards of those who in Cyprus receive pensions, except perhaps those who receive more than one pension, since the superannuation scheme leaves people, upon retirement, with a very large lump sum of money. Meanwhile, taking nine per cent from your current wage is peanuts – you will not even notice it. Most importantly, the burden on the government of having to pay pensions to those who do not need one is lifted, while the gap between

the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’, which is rather large in Cyprus, is reduced. As for the gap between the pay of private and public sector workers, the government needs to regulate the pay of those who work in the private sector, while freezing the pay of public sector workers to bridge the gap. The second issue, the question of the reunification of the island, is a somewhat easier issue to decipher with the candidates, yet expectations cannot be as great. Of the three main candidates Lillikas is the hardliner with no chance of ever reunifying the island, so if you don’t want reunification he is your man. Needless to say, the consequences may not be the status quo, but something less palatable. Both the other two have about an equal chance of making any inroads and taking us close to reunification again (as back in 2004). Malas is undoubtedly inexperienced, yet there are good personnel at a technical level in the AKEL family, even if politically they went amiss, and he performed well in the debate on this issue. He also has good pedigree having once been with the United Democrats and is open to talks, compromises and reconciliation. Anastasiades was the man who

Dr AndrekosVarnava is a senior lecturer at the School of International Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and series editor of Cyprus Historical and Contemporary Studies, Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Ambitious plans for Russia’s presidency of the G20 Comment Andrestinos Papadopoulos RUSSIA’S G20 presidency this year is of particular importance to Cyprus. To support its presidency’s focus on the core objective of boosting economic growth and job creation around the world, Russia will include on the ﬁnancial agenda two new topics: ﬁnancing investments as a basis for economic growth and job creation, and modernising national public borrowing and sovereign debt management systems. In the present economic crisis

affecting the eurozone in general and Cyprus in particular the importance of the sovereign debt topic within the framework of the new approach offered by Russia is clear, even though it does not affect the G20’s agenda and the fulﬁllment of earlier commitments. As a matter of fact traditional G20 agenda items will be discussed, such as the state of the global economy, implementing the framework agreement for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, facilitating job creation, reforming the currency and ﬁnancial regulation and supervision systems, stability of global energy markets, stimulating international development, strengthening multilateral trade and countering corruption. In the 21st century, the world economy faces serious challenges

demanding mechanisms that will give maximum protection from risks, strengthening mutual trust, and giving the impulse for sustained and balanced global economic development. A durable solution to these challenges requires effective policy measures. To this effect Russia believes that the discussion should be organised around three priorities: growth through quality jobs and investment, growth through trust and transparency, and growth through effective regulation. These three priorities, through which Russia proposes to be considered by the G20, cover the following eight areas: framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth; jobs and employment; international ﬁnancial architecture reform; strengthening ﬁnancial

regulation; energy sustainability; development for all; encasing multilateral trade, and fighting corruption. To ensure legitimacy, transparency and efficiency the Russian presidency plans to hold broad consultations with all interested parties, including non-G20 countries, international organisations, the private sector, trade unions, civil society, youth, think tanks and academia. Active interaction among all these groups is an innovation of the Russian presidency within its plans aiming at generating a cross-sectoral synergy to enhance the public benefit of the G20. And since we’re talking of innovation, we should mention that the Russian presidency proposes to hold joint meetings of finance

and labour ministers in order to increase the feasibility of the measures developed to facilitate job creation. In view of the above, it is patently clear that this year’s presidency of the world’s 20 biggest economies offers Russia a unique opportunity to strengthen its place and prestige in global economic governance, by fulﬁlling the expectations of all those whose common goal is to resolve the most serious problems facing the global economy, ensure sustainable growth for the entire international community’s beneﬁt, and give millions of people around the world a better standard of living. Andrestinos Papadopoulos is a former ambassador of the Republic

15 SUNDAY MAIL • February 10, 2013

Opinion Despite the elections, the troika will ensure that we are living the last days of the Cyprus Republic as we know it Comment

uotes of the week

Changing horses mid-stream

Hermes Solomon

IVE years ago, almost to the day, I wrote in the Sunday Mail, “All that’s happened is that Demetris has become president and business will carry on as usual. More than half of Tassos’ sidekicks will either retain their existing posts or be found new ones, and those from DIKO who voted for DISY will be replaced by Demetris’ men, and hopefully, the odd woman. The crown has changed heads and DIKO will stand behind the throne with Demetri upon it, whilst DISY genuflect, courting those same royals.” Sad, isn’t it? Next weekend we will simply replace 66-year-old, and not in the best of health, Demetris with 67-year-old, Nicos (average age of EU leaders is 55). Garoyian will return as speaker of the House and Averoff Neophytou replace proud Papadopoulos as chairman of the House finance committee. We will keep Mr Shiarly as finance minister cos only he seems to know what’s going on - garrulous and stuttering Tornaritis for education, genteel Stella Kyriakidou to replace pugnacious Sotiroulla at the ministry of labour, and for the ‘big job’ of babbling minister of commerce and industry, your guess/gas is as good as mine as long as it isn’t that red-nosed joker, Ionas Nicolaou! Then off we go again courting those same royals for the next five years under the watchful eye of our beloved church! ‘Ah, comme ces liaisons douteuses sont si dangereuses!’ But let’s be fair, had Nicos been our president this past five years, would we have avoided bankruptcy, unemployment reaching 16 per cent of the working population and rising, the crash in our property market and the closure of thousands of small businesses? Of course not! Would Nicos have dealt any differently with the Syrian arms containers no matter who was minister of foreign affairs? Would the criminal title deeds fiasco have been sorted, a crematorium built, the cost of living lower than it has become, and above all, the Cyprob resolved? Don’t call us, we’ll call you…and when we do, ask Nicos if he still intends to reduce military service to 14 months, introduce a national health service immediately and drastically reduce the number of civil servants this year, next year or never?

OVER-REPRESENTATION There is one member of parliament for every 100,000 UK citizens; similar ratios exist in France and Germany. In Cyprus, the ratio is one member of the House of Reps for every 16,000 citizens. Why do we need such a disproportionate number of politicians by comparison to other EU member states? Martin Schulz, a German politician and member of the European parliament for the Social Democratic Party, was asked last week what political/ administrative changes he envisaged in the EU by 2023. In response he predicted that the European parliament would have no further need of member state presidents, prime ministers and politicians, since overall control of the ‘entire cake’ is already in the hands of Brussels - or words to that effect! Does his prediction sound familiar? Was it not Napoleon who ﬁrst envisaged a united Europe, then Schicklgruber, alias Hitler, followed by Sir Winston at Yalta? Our politicians can’t even reunify Cyprus. And just who exactly do we

“How is it possible to be married yourself and yet at the same time vote to deny that privilege to someone whose pants you have just pulled down?” Tory activist Iain Dale on the “rank hypocrisy” of some closet homosexuals who may vote against the concept of same-sex marriage.

“Her connection with humanity was a very loose thread. Emotionally, she was not in touch with herself or anybody else. As well as being such an intelligent woman, I would say she had psychopathic tendencies.” Actress Andrea Riseborough on Margaret Thatcher, whom she once played in a TV drama (below) ”

“Women never give me a hard time. It was only boring old men. And whenever they went, ‘What? No children? Well, you had better get on with it old girl,’ I’d say, ‘No! F*** off!’” Actress Dame Helen Mirren

Courting the same royals once again expect to get us out of our economic mess, the EU or Russia? Many think that Anastasiades will simply bend and allow both to have their ‘way’ with him. While two of the three main presidential contenders have said little to elicit hope (fudging the main issues) 52-year-old Giorgos Lillikas has made resounding promises which he will struggle to keep due to our political system being ingrained with far too much corruption, far too many backhanders and arse kissers. “We have two kinds of justice [in Cyprus]: one is when the advocate knows the law and the other when the advocate knows the judge,” said Coluche, a French comedian in 1980. Our judiciary is a laughing stock and in tatters; unaccountability rules. “When the leaders of a country accept that crimes [Mari] are being committed in their name, all citizens belong to a nation of criminals,” said Simone de Beauvoir in le Monde in 1960. “What is more scandalous than any of our many on-going scandals is when you (the citizen) become indifferent to them,” said Chamfort in 1780, nine years prior to the onset of the French Revolution. “Transferring to the care and possession of another” or a single uniﬁed EU government with member states administered by highly qualiﬁed civil servants seems sensible. This system will relieve member states of a costly layer of pointless government, which even today possess few powers, saddled by increas-

ing inertia due to endless centralised law making, coercive subsidies and pointless travel by EU MPs who are force fed gluttonous free lunches in denial of what has become a world of electronic communications and transactions. EU widespread online government is inescapable! If vicious troika cuts are to be our lot for the foreseeable future, then why not start at the top, Herr Schulz? Next Sunday, my wife and I will visit our local polling station ahead of pious hordes ﬂeeing churches. We will have our blue voting books (biblaria) stamped, collect a voting slip each and enter the polling booth separately. I will close my eyes and put a cross somewhere, anywhere; I really don’t believe it matters where. I will then fold my voting slip, exit the booth and slip the slip into the slit of the collection box, returning the sweet smiles of known party ‘pimps’ and exit poll ‘spies’. We will go home for a slap up lunch, feeling proud to have performed our democratic duty, having voted for who knows, or even cares who in an electoral system where politicians repeatedly change ‘whores’ mid-stream, the only constants being our church and the Cyprob! Sad, isn’t it? The good news is that the troika will ensure that we are living the last days of the Cyprus Republic as we know it...drastic changes to ‘whore’ trading lie ahead. Ill-conceived attempts to deceive troika inspectors will lead to a stampede of distrust followed by humble submission to troika demands.

“I understand nobody deserves to be persecuted or ridiculed because of something they can’t help. But I am allowed to ridicule someone who believes the Earth is 5,000 years old or that a gay child will go to hell.” Comedian Ricky Gervais (below)

“No more rewards for failure. No more too big to fail. No more taxpayers forking out for the mistakes of others.” UK Chancellor George Osborne’s warning to the banks “I decided when I was 50 that I was going to grow old disgracefully, and I am keeping to it.” Angela Rippon, 68, the BBC’s ﬁrst female news anchor “You are a pathetic loser and a joke.” Peter Huhne, now 20, in a message to his father, disgraced former Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne

It is very sensual. You are up close and personal, you are touching one another. Things happen.” Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman is not surprised that so many of the contestants on the show have relationships with their partners. “I doubt that television is the source of the problem otherwise my own kids who work day and night in the media would be sterile. Nor is it likely to be due to sitting long hours through the evenings on leather couches, otherwise our 92 hereditary peers would surely have died out.” Professor Lord (Robert) Winston on the view that watching too much TV reduces sperm count “I don’t want to say that time aged me, but it certainly put a little more salt in my saddle.” Actor Charlie Sheen (below) makes an enigmatic point

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Coffeeshop

At least all the dams are full ALTHOUGH this has been the shortest and most low-key election campaign, since the days Makarios stood as the only presidential candidate, it still seems like it has dragged on for a too long. Why, I cannot explain, especially as the campaign has been completely overshadowed by our economic woes and the government’s insistence on putting the final touches to its five-year, Demolition of Kyproulla project. On Friday night, the election campaign exchanges were the sixth or seventh item on the CyBC’s main television news. Even state TV hacks, who love to pander to the politicos, have decided there are more important things to report than Lillikas’ and Malas’ teams’ daily outpourings of poison aimed at the poor old Fuhrer, who cannot even be bothered to respond to them. As for the newspapers, they have banished the election news to their inside pages, the only front-page stories are Lillikas’ ‘paid briefings’ about the miracles he will perform, Phil and Simerini, and the Fuhrer’s in Phil. We would like to downplay the campaign as well, especially as no candidate has booked a ‘paid briefing’, but feel duty-bound to help our customers avoid making an incorrect choice next Sunday. IF ANYONE has discerned a blatant bias against the unlikeable Lillikas in our reports, we would like to assure them that they are absolutely right. And we will make no attempt to hide our joy over the results of Mega TV’s opinion poll, which was presented on Friday night and showed that Yiorkos was now 2.7 percentage points behind the Akel puppet Stavros Malas. An even more encouraging finding by the poll was that Lillikas had the least convincing positions of the three main candidates, only 15 per cent of the population believing his cheap, empty promises; even the AKEL candidate has more credibility (19 per cent) while Nik is way ahead of both (42 per cent). The fact that 85 per cent of the population does not believe the crap Lillikas comes up with every day, restores faith in the voter’s judgment, which was shown to suck big-time in 2008. THIS FALL in support has led the Lillikas camp to step up its vacuous rhetoric that fails to convince 85 per cent of the population. On Friday it castigated the “unacceptable statements by Turkey’s PM which insulted the Cyprus Republic and the EU,” and promised that Lillikas would punish the provocative Turks. “It is now clear that Turkey would have to pay the cost for the occupation if we really want to bend Turkish intransigence,” said the multimillionaire candidate’s spokesman, adding: “Giorgos Lillikas with his assertive (diekdikitiki) policy and comprehensive policy for the Cyprus problem constitutes the only trustworthy choice for a solution that will live up to the expectations and dreams of young people.” This ‘assertive’ policy, according to another of his spokesmen will also be used to deal with the “setting of pressure and blackmail that was being staged against the Cyprus Republic and Cypriot people by the friends of Mr Anastasiades (the Germans).” It had been proved that Anastasiades was not protecting Cyprus’ interests and “to reverse the climate being created we need an assertive policy.” And once he bends the intransigence of Turkey and crushes the Germans with his ‘assertive’, policy the Cypriot Rambo will take on Britain. According to his ‘paid briefing’ in Phil, he would be “sending a message

of assertiveness to Britain, warning London that if it does not change its traditional stance that undermines the interests of the Greek Cypriots, he would raise the issue of the bases, after his election.” All you need is an assertive policy and suddenly a weak, bankrupt, midget state of 800,000 people that is begging the world for billions in help becomes a superpower that imposes its diktats on all its foes. Washington has been warned. THESE delusions of grandeur are the legacy of Makarios, who is from the same Paphos village – Panayia as Lillikas and also thought he could take on the big boys and win, but his assertive policy resulted in losing half of Kyproulla to the Turks. The Makarios disease has afﬂicted many of our politicians. Commerce minister Neoclis Sylikiotis is the latest to display the symptoms. Sylikiotis was angered by the new head of Euro Group Jeroen Dijsselbloem who said that future revenues from natural gas deposits could be used to service Cyprus’ debt. Akel’s super-minister immediately saw this as a devious attempt to steal our natural gas by the crafty Europeans, declaring that the natural gas had “political as well as economic signiﬁcance.” He knew exactly what the agenda was. “They (Europeans) do not want a small Cyprus, exploiting its geostrategic position and wealth to play a bigger political part in the region and in Europe,” he said on Friday. They must be afraid of us. There is no other explanation. IS ARCHBISHOP Chrys showing Paphite solidarity with Lillikas, acting as his secret agent? Some 10 days ago, out of the blue, Chrys announced that he would not mind our natural gas going through Turkish pipelines if this were the most economical way of supplying it. His comment acted as prompt for Yiorkos to start accusing the Fuhrer, on a daily basis, of wanting to take our gas pipeline through Turkey. Nik had once said that if there was a settlement this option could be explored and Lillikas has been presenting this as an act of treason. When Chrys mentioned the idea, the bashpatriotic Lillikas said nothing. Suspicions that the two Paphites were in cahoots grew last week when Chrys predicted that the Fuhrer would win the elections. His last such prophesy was in 2008 and the man he said would win, the Ethnarch, did not even make the second round. THREE days before the elections, on February 14, Tof the Terrible, who is feeling neglected and lonely, will try to attract nationwide attention for the last time by holding a televised news conference. The 70-minutes running time of the show seems a bit overlong when you consider its purpose is for the comrade to go over the achievements of his presidency, which could be covered in 30 seconds, and leave plenty of time for journalists’ questions.

Tof was feeling neglected and lonely in Brussels on Friday and will tell us all about it next Thursday on TV Unless, of course, the more dubious achievements of his administration, such as the blowing up of a power station, bankruptcy of the state, record unemployment and poverty, seeking a bailout, destruction of the banking sector, turning government bonds to junk, making the public debt unsustainable, handing all state posts to clueless commies, turning the Central Bank into an AKEL subsidiary, moving closer to partition, making us all poorer, etc would also be presented by Tof, in which case 70 minutes would in no way be enough. AT LEAST the dams are full, and as my greengrocer said, in his economic forecast of the year ahead, “The only certainty in 2013 is that we won’t go thirsty.” The water situation is the only thing that has improved in the last five years, because it was out of his control. When the comrade took over in 2008 we were experiencing acute shortages and water cuts were part of life, whereas now we can hose down the pavements seven days a week and desalination plants are being paid not to produce drinking water. The water shortage was the first problem he had to tackle and he did this with the incompetence that would become the trademark of his rule. He brought water from Greece in tankers that were used to carry crude oil, at huge expense, the water could not be used and it was emptied in the ground. At the time the government told us it was “enriching the country’s underground water reserves.” This cock-up should have been a warning of what the next five years had in store. TOF MAY be leaving office at the end of the month but he is taking every step to ensure that Akel keeps control of as many state controlled organizations for as long as possible, by appointing party apparatchiks. And when you consider that born and bred Akelites are not the brightest sparks of our society, you can only expect the worse. He has given the chairmanship of EAC to a Charalambos Tsouris, the chairmanship of the national health scheme to Thomas Antoniou, an ex-

ecutive post at phantom state company Kretyk to Charalambos Ellinas, while we are waiting for him to appoint another Akelite to the board of the Central Bank, after party apparatchik Marios Klitou gave up his seat. Klitou’s term would have been up in March, but by replacing him now, the seat would be occupied by a fat AKEL bum for another four years. The biggest surprise came with the appointment of the head of the state Energy Service and natural gas prophet Solon Kassinis to the post of executive vice-chairman of Kretyk. You can accuse Kassinis of a lot of things but not of being an Akelite, which makes his appointment very strange, not to mention disappointing. I would have thought Kassinis, although a bit of a nut-case, was a proud man who would never be able to live with the shame of being a Tof appointee. I was wrong. CENTRAL Bank senior director Spyros Stavrinakis, another non-Akelite, was certainly not ashamed to be appointed deputy Governor of the Central Bank by the man who destroyed the country. Stavrinakis might not be a party member, but he realized some time ago that by acting as a party apparatchik and buttering up the Akel leadership, was the only to give his ﬂagging career at the Central Bank a boost. He had been sidelined by Governor Ttooulis who did not rate his abilities and suffered a similar fate under Governor Orphanides. Orph had given him a chance to prove himself but Stavrinakis failed to deliver and was put in charge of a department of no consequence. But once Orph left, his loyalty to Akel enabled him to become the new Governor’s second in command and he was put in charge of all the Central Bank’s important departments. And as a reward for co-operating with the new Governor Professor Panicos to maximise the ﬁnancial needs of the Cypriot banks, as per Akel’s instructions, the comrade decided to appoint him deputy Governor, a position that had been vacant for 50 years without posing any operational problems. AFTER telling several lies to justify

the decision, like the ridiculous one about the need for the deputy Governor to exercise democratic control over the Governor (one Akel yesman exercising control over another AKEL yes-man) government spokesman Stef Stef said that Stavrinakis’ appointment was the request of Panicos. But Stavrinakis was behaving as a deputy Governor, having control of all CB departments anyway. The real reason for appointing him deputy Governor is that Stavrinakis was due to retire this year, whereas now he will have another five years of collecting his 100 grand plus annual salary and benefits. Money is very important to the stingy Stavrinakis, who had the nerve to sue the Central Bank when his salary was cut by a couple of hundred euro a month in 2011, as part of the public sector pay cuts. WHETHER he would be able to stay in this position remains to be seen, because there have been rumours that at least one presidential candidate (not Malas) has already consulted lawyers about the possibility of declaring the appointment null and void. Speaking of the Central Bank, is it true that Professor Panicos has secured an interest-free loan for the purchase of a house? I hope not, because if he has he might incur the wrath of his AKEL employers, who were outraged when they heard that Orph had been given an interest-free loan. THERE seems to be some truth to the report from Brussels that the government was considering giving a banking licence to a Palestinian bank that apparently has close links with Hamas. There was a meeting on the matter at the Foreign Ministry, with technocrats deciding that this was not a good idea, especially at time when Kyproulla is being accused of being a centre of money laundering. Apparently the presidential palace expressed an interest in the matter, speculation being that it wanted to help the bank obtain a licence. This would indeed be putting the final touch to the Demolition of Kyproulla project.

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special report

Health&wellbeing festival

Paphos event looks at ways to make you feel better

Feel better about yourself The Paphos Health and Wellbeing Festival next weekend brings a wide variety of practitioners and fitness instructors under one roof to give your spirits and health a boost reports Bejay Browne TRESSED? Do you rush through the day without much thought about your wellbeing? Tired and bad tempered? There comes a point when we all have to assess how happy and healthy we are, and if the answer is not very do something about it. The upcoming Health and Wellbeing Festival in Paphos aims to help people do just that, by promoting alternative health and beauty issues. A full programme of free lectures, workshops and ﬁtness classes will be available as well as 40 stands showcasing projects and services. The event will be held next Sunday, February 17, at the Aloe hotel in Paphos. “This year we have a wider range of participants, from sports clubs to holistic medicine, plastic surgeons and dental hygiene. Last year around 600 people attended,” said Anita Hopkins of organisers In Any Event. “With the €2 entry fee, people will be given free rafﬂe tickets and there will be an option to buy more. Some of the proceeds will

go towards helping two local charities - The Paphos Cancer Patients Support Group and the Archangel Michael hospice,” she added. “I would encourage people to come along and have a look. All of the classes and lectures are free; it’s a good idea to participate in a class as this day is all about learning new information.” The event aims to promote health and wellbeing as well as beauty and ﬁtness. Lectures, workshops and classes will take place in three separate locations at the Aloe hotel and a timetable of events is available at the ‘In any event’ website. Workshops and lectures due to take place in room one include subjects as diverse as a demonstration by Dr Sophocles Nicolaides on ﬁlling facial wrinkles with hyaluronic acid, a lecture on meeting your soul mate The Paphos Health and Well being Festival will be held from 10am to 6pm on Sunday February 17th-at the Aloe hotel in Kato Paphos. Anita Hopkins 99 387 311 or www.in-any-event.biz

by relationship expert Carol Page, and understanding and resolving arthritis naturally. Medical experts in various fields will hold lectures in room two. Surgery for Obesity will be Dr Kyriakides’ subject; Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body will be presented by Dr AnnaMaria Yiannikou and Post Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction by Dr Christian Fessas. Free classes on offer to willing participants includes Yogalates – a combination of Haltha Yoga with Pilates which stretches and strengthens the entire body, with Wanda Clarke. Justin Devonshire will show how it’s possible to ‘melt fat in 15 minutes’ through Bodyweight toning and Bodyshape Fitness. Suzanne Keats will show people how to dance you fit, burn calories, lose weight and tone muscles. In addition, Port de Bras will be held by Alexandra Belingher. This class emphasises fluid movement, stretch and balance in slow motion which helps to aid mobility and back release.

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LECTURES – Room 2 11am E-Lites Electronic Cigarettes - Christian Everett 12am Surgery for Obesity - Dr Kyriakides 1pm Be Inspired to create change in your life - Gabriella Divine 2pm Small Businesses in Cyprus – A Plan for Success - Mick Page 3pm Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body - Dr Anna-Maria Yiannikou 4pm Post Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction - Dr Christian Fessas

CLASSES – Main Exhibition Hall 10am Yogalates - Wanda Clarke 11am How to melt fat in 15 minutes - Bodyshape – Justin Devonshire 12pm Jazzercise – Suzanne Keats 1pm The Art of Vinyasa Flow - Vinyasa ﬂow means allowing the movement to ﬂow with each breath – Vanessa Marten 2pm Port de bras – Alexandra Belingher

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ZINC plays a vital role in fighting infection by preventing the immune system from spinning out of control, research has shown. The finding may explain the common belief that taking zinc supplements at the start of a cold reduces symptoms. It also has implications for intensive care treatment. But the scientists say it is too soon to recommend giving zinc to critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs). The laboratory research showed how zinc nstems excessive ind to flammation linked ing sepsis, a devastating tal and potentially fatal ion. reaction to infection. c Mice lacking zinc helmdeveloped overwhelming inflammation in s comresponse to sepsis pared with mice on a normal diet. When the defie cient animals were given zinc supple-ments their condi-tion improved. th Experiments with s human blood cells almshowed that the calming effect of zinc was

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market, there are a number of reputable, established and proven brands, which have committed themselves to the highest possible quality and safety standards. Much of this has been achieved under the auspices of the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association (ECITA), a representative body which provides advice, guidelines and support to members to provide consumers with an assurance of rigorous independent testing, quality and safety. The organisation also works closely with health ofﬁcials to ensure a valid regulatory framework is applied to such products. European Union legislation also regards the smoking of Electronic Cigarettes indoors to be 100 per cent legal and safe, as there are no harmful effects to others, odours or any combustion of tobacco of any kind. Therefore, the recent reports in Cyprus that the use of Electronic Cigarettes indoors may be banned has no legal stature under EU law and would infringe on the general public’s rights. We at E-Lites are proud to be ﬁrmly established in more

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Come along to the Health & Wellbeing Exhibition at the Aloe hotel in Paphos, February 17 to try out E-Lites for free… it’s time to make a change. Christian Everett is E-Lites’ Cofounder and Director

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Business & Jobs

Tax dues start flowing from Switzerland to UK UK treasury is reaping dividends from new laws

HE new tax agreement between the UK and Switzerland is already reaping dividends for the British treasury. Within a month of it coming into force, HM Revenue and Customs has recouped £342 million in unpaid tax from Swiss banks. It started on January 1 this year and enables the British authorities to tax the income on assets held in Swiss financial institutions by UK taxpayers, even if the income is not declared. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) announced the payment in a statement on January 29. Chancellor, George Osborne told the Commons that it was “the first time in our history that money due in taxes has flowed from Switzerland to the UK instead of the other way round”. This £342 million (500 million Swiss Francs) is just the first tranche of revenue. The treasury calculates the deal will deliver around £5 billion of previously unpaid tax by 2018 with £3.1 billion expected in the 2013-14 tax year. Switzerland has a similar arrangement with Austria, and the Swiss Federal Government has confirmed that similar agreements are under way with Greece and Italy, and that other countries “both within and outside Europe” have shown an interest. It is possible that Cyprus will enter into a deal with Switzerland at some point in the future. The UK-Swiss tax accord has four main components. One-off levy This retrospective tax of between 21 and 41 per cent will be deducted on May 31, 2013, unless the account holder authorises his bank to disclose information to HMRC. The exact rate will depend on the type of asset, how long the account has been open and the amount of capital. This will cover past unpaid tax. If funds are moved out

Investment Bill Blevins Bill Blevins is managing director of Blevins Franks International. Tel: 26-912315 of Switzerland before May 31, the levy will be applied immediately. Future withholding tax This will be 48 per cent on interest, 40 per cent on dividends and 27 per cent on capital gains, applied on all income, again unless the owner authorises disclosure. Inheritance tax When the holder of an undisclosed Swiss bank account dies, 40 per cent will be deducted and paid to the UK Treasury. Information requests A

set number can be submitted to the Swiss authorities each year and Swiss banks will be obliged to respond. Under the first three components, where the taxes are deducted at source the identities of the account owners remain anonymous and are not disclosed to the HMRC. This does not necessarily mean that they cannot be investigated or prosecuted. The treasury described the information sharing arrangement as “a powerful new provision”. It goes further than the existing double tax treaty and enables HMRC to submit up to 500 information exchange requests from the Swiss authorities each year. Swiss banks have to respond regardless of whether the individual consents or not. HMRC will only need to name the suspected tax evader, it does not have to name their bank. HMRC has warned that anyone who may have unpaid tax relating to Swiss assets should consider making a direct voluntary disclosure. This would bring their tax affairs up to date and provide certainty that they are in order. They may be able to use the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility if entry conditions are satisfied. These withholding tax agreements are seen as an attractive alternative by EU States with banking confidentiality, and may become a template for the future as a pragmatic way for governments to effectively collect tax. Austria has just agreed a similar tax package with Liechtenstein. For advice on effective and compliant tax planning in today’s world, speak to an established firm like Blevins Franks which specialises in bespoke tax planning for

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Greeks try business ventures to cope with crisis - survey AN INCREASING number of Greeks is reacting to the country’s worst economic crisis in decades by setting up small businesses, think tank IOBE said this week. But the ventures, primarily focused on corporations rather than consumers, look unlikely to make a major dent in the country’s record unemployment rate, its survey found. Hurt by fiscal belt-tightening to shore up public finances, the country’s economy has been contracting for five consecutive years, with more than one in four Greeks unemployed and more pain expected this year. Quoting figures from the summer of 2011, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) said that 8 per cent of Greeks aged 18 to 64 were involved in early-stage entrepreneurship, the fourth highest number in developed countries according to a ranking by the Global Entrepeneurship Monitor (GEM). “It shows that Greeks reacted to the uncertainty the crisis caused by doing what they know to do best, setting up small businesses. However, the recession renders the survival of these ventures more difficult,” IOBE said. Greece’s overall entrepreneurship index stood at 23.4 per cent, one of the highest percentages globally, with more than 1.5 million people engaged in such activities. IOBE’s survey showed that while in the past most new business ventures targeted the end consumer, the last three years saw a shift towards offering services to the business sector.

Vacancy Marine & Safety Superintendent Unicom manages a fleet in excess of 90 vessels, including tankers, gas carriers, dry cargo ships and OSVs As Marine & Safety Superintendent you will be part of a team and possess a thorough knowledge of applicable regulations, auditing standards and industry best practices. The Superintendent will be responsible for: promoting safe and environmentally efficient operations coordinating, conducting and following up external and internal audits onboard and ashore, including oil major inspections. ensuring high navigational standards and practices conducting and leading incident investigation the ongoing development of our SMS The Superintendent will communicate effectively with colleagues and clients alike and provide emergency support to the vessel and the company in the event of an incident. Successful candidates will have had seagoing experience in a senior rank on tankers / gas carriers. Other relevant experience may be considered. Previous experience in a similar role will be of benefit. The ability to write concise reports in English are necessary. As a self motivated and highly organised individual, the Superintendent will be able to work under pressure and demonstrate initiative, excellent problem solving, communication and management skills. The appointment is immediately available and based in Cyprus and will require regular international travel. We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience including, performance bonus, travel allowance, life and medical insurance and other benefits. Preferred candidates will have the right to live and work in the European Economic Area (EAA). Applications should be sent by email to the following address not later than 28th February 2013 HSSE Manager Unicom Management Services (Cyprus) Ltd e-mail: d.sharp@scf-group.com

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22 February 10, 2013 • SUNDAY MAIL

Business & Jobs The Central Bank’s deputy governor and the law of necessity

The dangers of fiddling with the Constitution VER the past week the political arena has been dominated by President Christofias’ appointment of Spyros Stavrinakis, a senior manager at the Central Bank, to the post of deputy governor of the bank, just two weeks before the end of the current presidency. All the political parties, with the exception of AKEL, rightly criticised the appointment, though they over stressed their view that it was a last minute job for the boys, and that it was somehow dishonourable to make an appointment of such importance days before handing over power to a new president to be elected on February 17. The issue was put in perspective by former President George Vassilliou who stated that appointments to constitutional positions that were created specifically for Turkish Cypriots should be avoided, especially when there is no “absolute necessity” for the appointment. This is important because there are many articles of the 1960 Constitution where there are no provisions for changes, and which should not be changed, as well as others where Turkish Cypriot representatives had the right of veto or for joint participation in decisions.. In December 1963 when intercommunal hostilities began, the Turkish Cypriot public officials, civil servants, judges and police all left the government and the state corporations, something which they realised later was a mistake. There was, therefore, an acute crisis and constitutional gaps that affected the smooth running of the state, but these were addressed by recourse to the law of necessity, which requires that the state should continue to be able to function in order to avoid anarchy. The problem being that since the consent, or non-expression of dissent, of the Turkish Cypriot vice president, ministers or members of the House of Representatives were required by the Constitution, it was necessary to make arrangements for the Republic of Cyprus to continue to operate without Turkish Cypriot participation. The implication was that changes would

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‘Should Stavrinakis’ appointment be challenged by the next president or any political party, it would open a Pandora’s box’ be made to the constitution only where absolutely necessary. As a result the following changes were made to the constitution and/or laws without Turkish Cypriot participation and the existing vetoes (i.e. 1961 veto of income tax law etc) were annulled. There were only 10 ministers in the Council of Ministers in the constitution, of whom three were to be Turkish Cypriots (Article 46), this was amended so that all ministers could be Greek Cypriot. There was no minister of education because this was a function of the communal chambers, but the communal chambers were disbanded and a ministry of education established. Articles specifying Turkish Cypriot and foreign judges were amended, allowing Greek Cypriot judges to be appointed to such positions. The number of members of the

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House of Representatives was at a later stage increased. The income tax law vetoed by the Turkish Cypriot side when in government was passed into law. In the 1980s the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 years of age. The specific issue raised with the Central Bank appointment relates to the independent officials of the state, which were to be jointly appointed by the president of the Republic (GC) and the vice president (TC), and where in all cases one of which must be Greek Cypriot and one Turkish Cypriot (without determining which position was to be held by which community) (Article 112). These officials were the attorney general and deputy attorney general, the auditor general and deputy auditor general, the governor and deputy governor of the Central Bank and the accountant general and deputy accountant general. All the above positions remained in the budget of the Republic after 1963, but in the cases of the attorney general, the auditor general and the accountant general, all the positions of deputies were filled by Greek Cypriots, all on the basis of the “law of necessity”. The only exception was the position of deputy governor of the Central Bank which remained unfilled for 50 years until last Monday when Stavrinakis was appointed. It can be argued, however, that in the case of all the deputies there was no absolute necessity to appoint someone, and that in all cases it was done to simple facilitate a post for someone. Furthermore one can argue that that the change in the voting age and the increase in the members of the House of Representatives was also not essential for the operation of the state. In fact, for years it was the policy to uphold the constitutional provisions, and efforts to change them were discouraged. The reason is that the legitimacy of the Republic of Cyprus is derived from the Treaty of Establishment and the Constitution, which was also the basis for the United Nations Security Council’s decision in March 1964 (Resolution 186) to continue to recognise the Republic despite

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President Christoﬁas appointing Spyros Stavrinakis as the Central Bank’s ﬁrst deputy governor for 50 years earlier this week the withdrawal of the Turkish Cypriot community from government. It’s a decision that continues to upset the Turkish Cypriot leadership, and forms the basis for their non-recognition. Should Stavrinakis’ appointment be challenged by the next president or any political party or affected person, it would open a Pandora’s box, which would be extremely damaging to the Republic’s status, since the “law of necessity” can be the only basis for the challenge. Legal action would bring into question all the changes to the constitution made after 1963, and at the same time demonstrate that the changes undertaken were not absolutely essential. The law of necessity has come

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into international disrepute in recent years as a method of overcoming constitutional problems. The trouble in Cyprus is that the constitution is extremely inﬂexible, with 48 “Basic Articles of the Constitution” that “cannot in any way be amended”. This and the provisions for joint decision making between the two communities, make it impossible to change the constitution and bring it up to date to ﬁt modern requirements, hence the need for the “law of necessity” to be applied, but this should be used carefully and only when absolutely necessary. Costas Apostolides is chairman of EMS Economic Management Ltd (costas.a@highwaycommunications.com)

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Property Atlanta ranked as best US city to find love online

Steal the style of Anna Karenina

Russian beauty: Keira Knightley plays the title role in the ﬁlm adaptation of Anna Karenina

Oscar-nominated film set decorator Katie Spencer shows Amira Hashish how to indulge in a little Imperial Russian opulence at home

HE big-screen adaptation of Anna Karenina is a visual feast. Bold and beautiful, its Bafta and Oscar nominations for production design team Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood were always on the cards. “Not according to us, though,” says Londonbased set decorator Spencer. “We were first nominated for the Bafta and we thought, ‘You know what British film is like, we’ve had one good day so it will be a bad day for us tomorrow - an Oscar nomination is never going to happen’. So we’re thrilled.” The story of the affair between aristocratic Anna (played by Keira Knightley) and Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) lends itself to opulence. But despite its setting in late 19th-century Russian high society, most filming took place in a custom-built theatre at Shepperton Studios, with British buildings, such as Richmond’s Ham House, providing other dashing backdrops. “We were going to do it as a traditional period drama. And 12 weeks before we were due to start shooting, the director came up with the idea to set it in a dilapidated theatre, reflecting the decaying society,” says Spencer, who studied stage management before a stint at the Royal Court and BBC, leading to a career in film. “The stage was

constructed in three months - from idea to shooting - as were the imposing steam trains, countless props and the house of Karenin (Jude Law).” The Anna Karenina look is a mixture of extremes: the remote, frosty elegance of St Petersburg, where Anna lives, and the colourful extravagance of Moscow, where her philandering brother Oblonsky (Matthew Macfadyen) is based. “What I found fascinating was the absolute difference between Moscow and St Petersburg,” says Spencer. “St Petersburg is very Western-looking. It was built by Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725, to emulate the leading cities of Europe. It was constructed almost at once, unlike London, which was built in stages and evolved. And it has a sort of abstract beauty that you can stand back and appreciate. Whereas in Moscow, you feel like you are in the heart of Russia. It is gargantuan, traditional and how you imagine Russia to be.” The design is in the detail - there is a very distinctive Russian approach to design, explains Spencer. Fans of the style wanting to replicate it should never shy away from detail. Choose furniture with extra carving or more gilding. Think of deep reds, the layering and the vibrancy of a piece. “Interiors can never be too gilded or ﬂamboyant,”

she says. Anna Karenina followers should go to Turnell & Gigon (turnellandgigongroup.com) and Beaumont & Fletcher (beaumontandﬂetcher.com) for inspiration from their fabulous fabrics. Watts & Co (wattsandco.com) provided trimmings for Spencer’s spectacular props. “These more ornate, rich fabrics worked well for the Karenin bed, Vronsky’s bed and the blue fabric on the wall at the Grand Hotel.” Smart shoppers could buy a piece from the Anna Karenina set to have at home. The hero items, such as the big dolls house in the Oblonsky prop room, little model train sets and letters that Levin sends to Kitty, are stored in an archive. But a lot of the furniture was sold to a company called One Kings Lane

Design skills: Katie Spencer

(onekingslane.com) which then sells them online and at auction. For those in or visiting the UK antique markets are also a must. “The market at Kempton Park, Sunbury (sunburyantiques.com) is a saving grace. Quite often you will bump into someone else from a movie there. It’s a great starting point and not too expensive,” says Spencer. Her other tip would be Tring (tringmarketauctions. co.uk), a 41-minute train journey from Euston. Then there is Portobello (portobellomarket.org) and Gray’s (graysantiques.com). Once items have been sourced, mix and match them as much as possible. “London has a knack for combining contemporary and classic. You could team a nice Regency armchair with a modern, bold fabric or vice versa.” And work with what you have. “Design works like an alphabet. It is how you put it together. Different combinations make for a completely contrasting look. You and I are living in the same period but I guarantee that, even if we had the same furniture, your house and mine would look different.” Set-making is like revamping your home, Spencer insists. “If you really want a look, for a ﬁlm set or home, it is entirely possible to achieve it. We didn’t have an enormous budget and we had to reuse things an awful lot.

There are only so many antiques you can buy, so hardto-find items, such as oil lamps, were upcycled,” she reveals. One of the biggest challenges was sourcing the theatre chairs. “Russian opera houses and theatres are different from London venues such as the Royal Opera House and audience seats look more like dining chairs. But we were not going to find 250 chairs, in our colourway, distressed and slightly Russian looking.” So the team bought from British company Dutch Connection (dutchconnection.co.uk), had upholstery woven by Jason D’Souza (jasondsouza. co.uk) at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, painted and distressed them. Sets truly come to life when the stars walk on, but it’s Spencer’s responsibility to brief them on their environment. “We talk the actors around it, pointing out props that are most relevant. The hope is that they will be intrigued.” Away from the cameras, the designer lives with her partner in a minimalist Maida Vale mews house. But she has an “eclectic and odd” place in Somerset, inspired by sets she has worked on. From Charles II’s bed drapes and curtains to Miss Pettigrew’s Thirties sofa, visitors will stumble across quirky finds from shows and movies. Her world is a stage.

SINGLES looking to find love online might want to head to Atlanta, which was ranked on Thursday as the best US city to connect on the web, while Laredo, in Texas, was considered the worst. The southern metropolis scored best in the ranking compiled by Men’s Health magazine, which looked at the number of members of six popular online dating sites in each city and the percentage of households using online dating services. “If there are more people out there who are looking for love, just like they are, that means everybody has a greater dating pool to work with and to choose from,” said Matt Marion, the executive editor of the magazine. Denver came in second in the ranking, followed by San Diego, Orlando, Florida and San Francisco. One theory for the high number of dating website members in Atlanta is that the city is very spread out, which may make it difficult for people to meet potential partners. “It can make it hard to connect and break into a social dating scene,” said Marion. “Online dating may help with that. It is probably true for other cities which are not as densely populated in a relatively small area like New York City.” Stockton, California, along with Sioux Falls, in South Dakota, Newark, New Jersey, and Jackson, Mississippi, joined Laredo among the worst places to find love online. Marion said Laredo is a smaller city, which could make it easier to meet people the old fashioned way, through work, religious and social gatherings, family and friends. “It shows that years ago what people thought was a fad and something that would have faded by now is still thriving and a huge part of how today, in 2013, people try to find somebody,” Marion said about the popularity of online dating.

Love nest: Atlanta

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Property Glamour at Stoa

LEGAL ISSUES WITH GEORGE COUCOUNIS

A statutory tenant waiving his status

A worthy effort – the Nicosia walled city By Antonis Loizou FRICS WE have referred in the past to the revival of old Nicosia and the shift of consumer visits from the traditional Makarios Avenue and other central high streets to old Nicosia. Following the crowd, we visited several new and some not-so-new entertainment establishments and we wish to share our experience to encourage those brave entrepreneurs, mostly young people, who have ventured into such risky and labour intensive investments. As you might be aware, these type of establishments have a relatively short economic life and those capable to survive long term are few and far between. It needs a personal touch by the managers, stamina by staff, financial patience by the owners and very hard work by all. During these difficult times, it is understandable that trade is falling, competition is increasing and profit margins (if any) are reducing. On the other hand, it is a cash business with no long delays in collecting any debts. The most recent and high cost private investment within the old town is Stoa. A multi entertainment centre set on the green line of the old city. An old and dilapidated commercial building has been transformed into a ‘Greek’ style restaurant, a disco, bar and a banqueting hall for weddings etc, plus several conference rooms for business and others. It is worth a try. Others include 17th Pireos: A bouzouki style place close to the above with very good food (local) at two levels sitting, live music and a most hospitable young couple who runs the

project. Most reasonable prices and we suggest you pay special attention to the salads and BBQ meals. Aegean: An ongoing restaurant with an “ethnic” manager. It has been going on for the last 20(+) years. It has excellent meze food, good service and slightly above average prices, but good value for money. 1900: A most classy restaurant with top quality French style food, but care is needed on the wine/drink cost as well as that of food. Better to ask the menu and the cost before you order. Excellent place for business meals and others who want to experience something else. Souxou-Mouxou: What a name! A tavern based on the out of the ordinary Greek food meze but there is a variety of other food (we suggest order kotsi). Lovely to be there for the environment alone and with slightly above average prices. Laiki Yitonia: A couple of streets with numerous small and large scale restaurants and all sorts of small scale shops interesting just to walk around and take your pick. Quality varies and prices are, accordingly, reasonable. Theatres and Museums: There are a number of small scale theatres and a good percentage of the plays are in English. Interesting museums are Cornesios House (the local governor during Ottoman times), the Levention Museum, which covers the Medieval times, the Church (Byzantine) museum with icons and other works of art and others. Discos + Bars + Café Shops: Numerous small scale places especially suitable for the young. The OHI café, the Kolokasis pizzeria, the numerous coffee/ snacks outlets at Onasagorou and Ledra Streets, which include take away food,

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ranging from Chinese to Italian and even Armenian cuisine at very reasonable prices. Interesting place to visit is also the Spanish meze restaurant. Young People Returning: There was a time that the walled city was not a particular attractive place to live, with numerous foreign workers living there. Young people however especially local young professionals are increasing in numbers, by doing up the old traditional homes and combining residence with ofﬁce use. This is most interesting since it will add life to the old city by young people who will, we expect, attract others, turning the old town into a fashionable place to be (like most European old towns are – it will take a few years but the trend is there). Property prices are moving upwards and especially shop rents are showing a considerable increase especially on Ledra and Onasagorou streets. Approximately 30 per cent of the Onasagorou street shops are vacant, but it is expected that they will be taken up within the next couple of years. To this end the completion of the new Eleftherias Square will help considerably. Residential rents (apartments) are very low ranging from €200€400/pm but this depends on the state of the building and the unit in question. Pay particular attention to availability of parking. There are some lovely places to do up – basically you will be left with the walls since all the rest in most cases must be renewed. Antonis Loizou & Associates Ltd – Real Estate Valuers & Estate Agents, www. aloizou.com.cy, ala-HQ@aloizou.com.cy

A VERY important issue a landlord or a tenant must examine before applying to court is its jurisdiction. The Rent Control Court tries disputes between a landlord and a statutory tenant whereas the civil courts try disputes where the tenancy is contractual. The general principles applicable for the Rent Control Court to assume jurisdiction are: (a) the premises to be situated in a Rent Control area, (b) the premises to have been completed before 31.12.1999, (c) a tenancy to exist either written or verbal, and (d) the tenant to have become statutory. A ‘statutory tenant’ is one who remains in possession of the premises after the first tenancy expires. The benefit of the statutory tenant is his right to remain indefinitely in possession of the premises without being evicted, is recognised by the law and is protected as long as the tenant fulfils his obligations, mainly being the payment of the rent. A question arises as to whether a statutory tenant can waive his status, thus return to contractual tenancy, which was answered in the affirmative by the Rent Control Court recently. It was decided that he does have such a right provided he acts with free will, signing a new tenancy agreement with the landlord. His favourable status is recognised by the law and it is up to him to waive it, creating a new contractual relation with the landlord. For the Rent Control Court to assume jurisdiction in the examination of a dispute the tenant must have become statutory at the time of the filing of the application. Therefore, as the court stated, according to the law a notice can be sent to a tenant who hasn’t become statutory. However, it is important for a notice of 21 days, one month or four months to be given after a tenant has become statutory. Moreover, there is nothing in the law not allowing the achievement of two purposes through one document. It is possible to send a notice requesting delivery of possession of premises and at

the same time to terminate the tenancy. The dispute referred to the court was a claim by the landlord for re-possession of his premises, rents in arrears and means profits claimed daily until delivery was given. It was revealed that two tenancy agreements were signed. Furthermore, an eviction order was issued against the tenant who remained in possession complying with the terms of the order. The second tenancy agreement was signed later, the premises were completed prior to 31.12.1999, the first tenancy was terminated due to non payment of the rents and the judgment issued included the eviction order with certain terms staying eviction, with which the tenant complied. At a later time the parties signed the second tenancy agreement validating the first one; however the tenant again did not pay the rent. As a result, the landlord sent a letter to the tenant giving him notice to pay the rents in arrears within 21 days otherwise he would take legal steps to evict him from the premises. An issue was raised as to the status of the tenant, of whether he was statutory at the time of the filing of the application. The court found the letter sent by the landlord did not express his intention to terminate the tenancy, something which was not in accordance with the requirements set out in article 11 of the law. Therefore, the parties by signing the second tenancy agreement willingly returned to the status of the contractual tenancy of the first agreement. Thus, the tenant was not statutory at the time of sending the letter, which did not constitute a lawful termination. Consequently, the court did not have jurisdiction and dismissed the application with costs against the landlord. George Coucounis is a lawyer specialising in the Immovable Property Law, based in Larnaca, Tel: 24 818288, coucounis.law@cytanet.com.cy, www.coucounislaw.com

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soupolis €550 (photos in the website). 3. 2 bedr penthouse apartment,100sq.m + 80sq.m veranda with flowers and bbq, big sitting and dining room with big 60” TV, storage heaters, full a/v, 2 wc, en suite bathroom/jacuzzi, roman blinds, cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine and refrigerator in the kitchen, covered parking, near Metro supermarket – Aglantzia €600 (photos in the website). 4. 2 bedr spacious apartments with separate kitchen, a/c for hot and cold, NICELY FURNISHED, hot water all day, common swimming pool, in a quiet area off Nikis Avenue near the centre. PRICE INCLUDES COMMON EXPENSES, swimming pool and hot water.– Agioi Omologites €450 (A2AOM0010-R) (photos in the website) 5. 2 bedr new modern luxury finished apartment with parquet floor, central heating independent, 2 a/c, modern kitchen with all fitted expensive electrical appliances, blinds on the windows, big covered veranda, FULLY NICELY FURNISHED, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood off Kallipoleos street – Lykavitos €650 (photos in the website). 6. 2 bedr new luxury apartment, modern nicely furnished, storage heaters, 2 a/c, 100sq.m, big covered verandah with nice view, covered parking off Digenis Akritas street near Debenhams shop, walking distance to the centre. PRICE INCLUDES COMMON EX-

PENSES. – Lykavitos €450 (A1LYK0020-R) (photos in the website) 7. 1 bedr cozy luxury apartment,60sq.m,parquet floor, nicely furnished ,all fitted electrical appliances(cooker, oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, fridge),roman blinds, provisions for home cinema, big covered verandah, storage heaters, 2 a/c ,covered parking in Dasoupolis near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital. – Dasoupoli €500 (A1DAS0009-R) (photos in the website) 8. 2 bedr spacious renovated apartment 100sq.m with separate big kitchen, air condition for hot and cold in all the rooms, covered veranda, nicely newly fully furnished , off Kyriakou Matsi street very close to the centre on foot– Agioi Omologites €550 (A2AOM0003-R) (photos in the website) 9. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neibourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February – Acropolis €800 A2ACS0002-R (photos in the website) . 10. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment, 85sq.m, big sitting room, big fully equipped kitchen,

nicely modern furnished, storage heaters, full a/c, big bedrooms, covered veranda with nice view,covered parking, off Prodromou streeet. – Engomi €600 (A2ENG0017-R)(photos in the website) 11. 2 bedr luxury spacious apartment on a small modern building with central heating independent(with petrol), full a/c, solid parquet floor, big bedrooms, big sitting room with open plan kitchen, big covered veranda, FULLY MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Makarios Avenue in a quiet area near the centre - Nicosia €800 (A2NIC0030-R) (photos in the website) 12. New top quality 2 bedr apartment, 93sq.m+20sq.m veranda, on a small modern building with 6 flats only. Central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, 2wc, fully fitted kitchen with all the electrical appliances, water pressure system roller blinds and shutters on windows, big sitting and dining room, big bedrooms, covered parking and storage room, in a quiet neighbourhood near Akropolis park. AVAILABLE middle of February.– Acropolis €800 (A2ACS0002-R)(photos in the website) 13. 3 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, big sitting and dining area, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, blinds, shutters in the bedrooms, big kitchen with all expensive electrical appliances, off Makarios avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre- € 800 – A3NIC0025-R (photos on website). 14. 3 bedr spacious luxury finished apartment 150sq. m+30sq.m covered veranda, central heating independent

with petrol,full wall a/c units, solid parquet floor, expensive electrical appliances in the kitchen, 3wc, curtains and blinds on windows, 3 COVERED PARKING,storage room, near Pizza Hut in Strovolos €1100 (photos in the website). 15. 3 bedrs luxury penthouse,165sq.m+80sq.m verandah with bbq, central heating ind, full AC, 3 wc, 2 bathrooms, solid parquet floor all the flat, big kitchen with dining area, fully MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking off Athalassa Avenue near Stephanis Electrinics and English school – Stovolos €800 (A3ST10013-R) (photos in the website) 16. 3 bedr new luxury ground floor apartment, with separate big TV room or guest room, 225sq.m, big kitchen with all the electrical appliances and breakfast area, 4 bathrooms, 4 wc, 2 bedrs with en suite bathroom, floor heating independent, full a/c, blinds on all the windows, marble and parquet floor, big veranda with bbq, small garden, closed 2 covered parking with remote control, in a very quiet area very close to Junior school and 50 metres from the park. FULLY NICELY FURNISHED – Agioi Omologites €1200 (photos in the website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at w w w. l a n d t o u r i s t e s t a t e s . com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22-422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com

FOR PAPHIAKOS ANIMAL WELFARE SOS HELPLINE, 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICE CALL 99655581 CONTACT DETAILS FOR PAPHIAKOS. Paphiakos & C.C.P. Animal Welfare Education/Information Centre, No. 12 Dedalos Building, 8049 Kato Paphos PO Box 61272 8132 Kato Paphos Web. www.cyprusanimalwelfare.com www.facebook/paphiakos Email info@cyprusanimalwelfare.com Larnaca Emergency Service - The contact point for animal emergencies in Larnaca is Maria at the Paphiakos Animal Welfare Charity Shop, telephone 24623494 or 99325897 STOP, SHOP AND GIVE TO THE ANIMALS! ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME AT OUR CHARITY SHOPS! PAPHIAKOS & C.C.P. ANIMAL WELFARE Registered Charity No 1529 Contact our shops and we can take your clutter The Charity Shops are located at: Shop No.1 Agapinoros Street, Kato Paphos Tel 26910325 Shop No.2 Ap Pavlou Avenue, Kato Paphos Tel 26942894 Shop No.3 Gr. Afxentiou Avensia Court 3 Larnaca 24623494 Shop No.4 9 Ayiou Ioanni Street 3061 Limassol 25561695 Peyia Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 26622828 Polis Information Centre & Shop & T Rooms 99223572 Book Exchange Shop Trimithousa 99771763 Our shops are always happy to receive your unwanted goods! NOW YOU CAN HELP BY COLLECTING YOUR ALUMINIUM CANS AND HANDING THEM IN AT ANY PAPHIAKOS CHARITY SHOP OR THE CLINIC. SAVE AN ANIMAL AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!! PAPHIAKOS CAR BOOT SALE EVERY SATURDAY at the Ambassador Restaurant and outside in the grounds at Paphiakos. Free parking. Sellers from 7am, buyers from 8am. For information & bookings please call MIKE on 96702600. FORTHCOMING EVENTS FOR PAPHIAKOS CHARITY NO. 1529 WORLD ANIMAL DAY. On Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be micro chipping pets for only €20 including all the paperwork. For further information telephone 26953496. To celebrate World Animal Day on Thursday October 4th Paphiakos will be offering free spaying/neutering for all feral and unwanted animals as they do throughout the year. Contact 26953496 for further details. PAPHIAKOS SHELTER OPEN DAY The Open Day will be held on Sunday October 7th between 10am and 3pm. It will be a Family Fun Day out with a lot of different activities. There is car parking, toilets and refreshments on site so enjoy and join in the celebration of animals and what they bring to our lives. Entrance is €2 CHARITY HAIR CUT. On Thursday 4th October 09.30-17.30 without an appointment Andri at Atlantic Bay Hotel (2nd Floor) will be charging €5 for a haircut with all proceeds going to Paphiakos. Telephone Suzanne on 99151996 or Andri on 99604783. PAPHIAKOS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Saturday November 24th 9am – 3pm at the Crazy Spoon Restaurant. For further details contact 99151996. Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, Donkey Rides, Pirate Pat and many more.

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occupation. Ref. TLL341. Tel 24815926 2. Superior Real Estate Larnaca. Stunning two bedroom fully furnished apartment in Oroklini. Ref. TLL1574 Please call to arrange a viewing Tel. 24815926 3. www.SuperiorRealEstateLarnaca.com – LARGE RANGE OF RENTAL PROPERTIES. From studio apartments to 5 bedroom villas for rent, all properties have detailed descriptions, professional photographs. Interactive Virtual/ Video Tours. Please visit our website. www.SuperiorRealEstateLarnaca.com 4. www.SuperiorRealEstateLarnaca.com. License No. 419. LANDLORDS AVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY WITH US FOR FREE. Tel. 24815926 Email. info@superiorrealestatelarnaca.com ***************************** FLAT IN CENTRAL LARNACA, Stasinou St, f/f, a/c, one bedroom, Off street car parking. Foinikoudes, Zenonos Kiteos shops 200 metres. Rent €350 p/m. Tel: 24 815104/9939 5954 ****************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00 per month For more info pls call 99639378 ****************************** FULLY FURNISHED one bedroom ﬂat near Larco hotel Larnaca. Price €370. Tel: 99202543 ******************************

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

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

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

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Forest Fires ..................... 1407 Airports Larnaca ..........................77778833 Paphos ...........................77778833

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goods, a/c, private pool, close to shops situated in quiet location – €600 euros. For more information call - 9977 4314 ****************************** LOW COST, long term 3 bedroom bungalow, Polis area, Gialia village, on 3 acres of property, large variety of fruit trees, extremely private with panoramic mountain and sea views, unfurnished, swimming pool, a/c and ﬁreplace, fence around the property €550 per month ono – available from 1st of April For more info call : 99 442485 ****************************** UNIVERSAL: 1bed ground ﬂoor apartment fully furnished, airconditioning, fridge, beds common swimming pool , leather sofas, €260 p/m. For more information phone 99400697 ****************************** PEYIA, luxury villa, 3 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully or part furnished, private pool, quiet location, paved garden area, sea and mountain views. Sky satellite, euro 650 ono, please call: 99771532 – no agents ****************************** FOR LONG TERM RENT: 2 bedroom modern apartment, recently renovated-fully furnished, Chloraka- Melanos, quiet neighbourhood, communal pool, 2 covered parking space, security burglar bars throughout, 2 balcony. Sea view, central to shops. Communal fees included. 380.00eur/ month. Call Maria 99 371 874 ****************************** PAPHOS RENTALS SECTION TALA - modern 2 and 3 bedroom apartments U/F, P/F and F/F,

some with communal pool , A/C, separate storage and own parking €325 TREMITHOUSA - traditional spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, and large mature enclosed garden, open fireplace, beautiful fitted kitchen, a/d, wonderful family home €400 EMPA - immaculate, spacious 2 bedroom, u/f, corner house, large kitchen, patio, quiet location, must be seen €300 TALA - Luxurious 3/4 bedroom villas, f/f to a very high standard, 2 bathrooms, 2 en-suites, own swimming pools, landscaped gardens with spectacular sea views, €700. URGENTLY WANTED – Bungalows 2/3 Bedrooms MORE PROPETIES AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 99862922 ****************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. PEYIA €550 modern detached 2 bedroom villa, situated on private road. Available unfurnished though includes central heating throughout, pressurised water & security alarm system. Modern fitted kitchen & bathrooms. Roof terrace with sea views & private pool. website reference number: RTL_447 2. EMBA €650 modern detached 3 bedroom villa on quiet private

road. Gated entrance, off street parking. Enclosed garden with private pool. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace & modern gas fire. Additional gas radiator heaters throughout. Spacious well equipped kitchen with top brand appliances. Downstairs guest wc. Master bedroom with ensuite. Available furnished. Views to the sea & countryside. 3. CORAL BAY €675 detached modern 3 bedroom villa, situated close to the restaurants & beach of Coral Bay. Entry to villa on top floor offering two double bedrooms & bathroom, leading down to an open plan living area & one further bedroom & family bathroom. Enclosed mature garden with private pool. Available furnished with good furniture. website reference number: RTL_544 4. PEYIA €750 modern detached 3 bedroom villa, situated on private road. Available unfurnished though includes central heating throughout, pressurised water & security alarm system. Modern fitted kitchen & bathrooms. Roof terrace with sea views & private pool. website reference number: RTL_572 5. LOWER CHLORAKA €750 spacious detached 3 bedroom villa offering stunning views of the sea. Ssituated in a quiet residential street opposite orange groves. Gated entrance, enclosed good sized mature garden with fruit trees & private pool. Spacious living area with real fireplace. Downstairs guest wc. Master bedroom with ensuite. Available fully furnished. website reference number: RTL_550

6. KATO PAPHOS €800 large 4 bedroom detached villa situated in the sought after residential area of Limnaria. Walking distance to the beach and the many amenities of Kato Paphos. Spacious living accomodation offering an enclosed garden with c/pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture & solar panels. website reference number: RTL_442 7. MESOGI €1250 luxury detached 4 bedroom 5 bathroom villa. One bedroom & ensuite on ground floor. spacious kitchen with separate utility room. Available unfurnished though includes gas central heating plus real fireplace in living area. Enclosed garden & private pool offering stunning views. Gated entrance with undercover parking. Situated on a private road. website reference number: RTL_628 8. CHLORAKA €2,200 substantial luxury 4 bedroom villa, spacious (350 sq metres), beautifully designed with unique detail. Conservatory with views of landscaped gardens. Large modern fitted kitchen, living room with working fireplace. Circular dining room with vaulted dome ceiling. Stunning private pool area. Available unfurnished. website reference numer: RTL_579 Tel: 97790883 office: 26271858 visit our website for many more properties www.mrrentpaphos.net Email: info@mrrent-paphos.net

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Mesogi 4 bedroom villa with private pool, nice quality fixtures, granite work tops, separate utility room, downstairs bedroom with en suite, fireplace, ac, 3 upstairs bedroom master en suite, separate bath, nice views, pets welcome, offered unfurnished Ref 783 €700 CHLORAKA 4 bedroom large villa with quality fittings , furnished to a very high standard, downstairs bedroom, 3 upstairs, en suites, bathroom, private pool, decking, fantastic sea views, near Tombs of the Kings Ref: 806 €850 SECRET VALLEY 2 bed villas furnished or unfurnished with private pool, downstairs bedroom, kitchen , sitting/dining area, guest wc, upstairs large master bedroom with en suite bath, large veranda. Nice location with sea views and off street parking: Ref: 1198 €450 PEGEIA 4 bed villa unfurnished, 2 downstairs bedrooms, large sitting/dining area, Italian kitchen with white goods, 2 bedrooms upstairs with outside large veranda. Property is of a high standard with central heating, full AC, off street parking, private pool, stunning views, quiet location. Ref: 765 €900 Mesogi Large 3 bedroom apartment with full AC, bathroom, kitchen, separate utility room, clean and tidy building with without communal area, walking distance to all local amenities. Offered unfurnished Ref: 818 €400 Sea Caves 2 bedroom town house, furnished with central heating, fire place, nice sea views, walking distance to Pa-

phos the sea Ref 819 €300 Please call for a free viewing on Office 26600450 Mobile: 97614070 many more properties on our website at www. flowron.com - Your Vision is our Mission LANDLORDS IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT, PLEASE CALL US!!!!!! ***************************** PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and finishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, infinity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call: 99389426 ***************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261

€425.00 or near offer 2 EMBA 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa in handy location close to the shopping areas. Property also has separate 1 bed apartment on the lower level. Large open plan living area and dining area. Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances. Guest WC. 3 double bedrooms one with en-suite. Family bathroom. Separate 1 bed apartment on lower level. Perfect for dual living. Small garden & and parking. €550.00 a month. 3. GIOLOU – 5 bed unfurnished villa consisting of 3 bed, 2 bath main house (bungalow) with self contained 2 bed apartment with own entrance. Main house, open plan living area, beamed ceilings with feature fireplace. Dining space and kitchen. 3 bedrooms, master with en-suite and family bathroom. Covered balcony with sea and rural views, swimming pool and garden areas. Lower level apartment reached via the main house or separate entrance. Large open plan living area, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. €850.00 per month 4. TALA – 3 bed 3 bath quality furnished villa. Set in enclosed gardens the villa consists of open plan living area with dining space. Fully fitted kitchen with all appliances, door to rear garden. Storage room. Ground floor bed room with adjacent shower. Stairs to two double bedrooms both ensuite, one with Jacuzzi tub. Small seating area with adjacent balcony. Pool and off street parking. Lnadscaped gardens €750.00 per month or close offers only 5. TRIMITHOUSA – 4 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa set in quiet location. Open plan living area. Fully fitted kitchen. Ground floor bedroom with ensuite shower. Guest WC. Stairs to 3 more bedrooms, one with en-suite and family bathroom. Garden areas, large terraces and feature BBQ area and

pergola. Private pool, garage. Never been occupied. Available 1 Feb. €725.00 per month OVNO. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA – 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, Enclosed garden area. Comm pool and parking. €375.00 a month or offers. 1 & 2 bed apartments available on Universal starting at €250per month. 7. LOWER PEYIA – 3 bed, 2.5 bath part furnished villa situated in quiet cul du sac. Open plan living and dining area with doors out the to pool and garden.. Very large breakfast fitted kitchen. Doors out to garden and pool. Separate guest WC. Stairs to 3 double bedrooms. Master bedroom very large with en-suite shower. Family bathroom. Private pool, gardens, shutters. €550.00 per month or close offers only. 8. STROUMBI – 3 bed 2.5 bath large unfurnished villa in quiet village area. Spacious open plan living area with feature fireplace and dining space Good sized fitted kitchen and breakfast area. Guest WC with storage area.3 double bedrooms. Master with en-suite bathroom. Family bathroom. Enclosed gardens, pool and off street parking. Realistically priced €550.00 per month. OVNO FOR FULL LISTINGS OF APARTMENTS/TOWNHOUSES AND VILLA PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL LANDLORDS/OWNERS PLEASE CALL. PLEASE CALL 97648440 or email:- inforentals@aol.com

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Armou 2 bed Townhouse on a small complex of Townhouses in a lovely quiet and peaceful location, with small back garden, great views, communal pool, 2 bedrooms with en suites + guest WC. Pets welcome. Offered unfurnished Ref: 1204 €370 AYIA MARINOUDA a 3 bedroom villa with an additional loft room conversion with en suite. Property has a downstairs bedroom, sitting/dining area, separate utility area with granite work tops, 2 bedrooms on the top level master en suite. Central heating, AC, ﬂy screens, private pool, enclosed and fenced garden. Ref: 1199 €900

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1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground ﬂoor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool.

***************************** REFURBISHED stone-built village house located in Kili Paphos. Consists of 3 large rooms 1 small. Traditional wood burnt ﬁreplace, fully tiled secluded yard and garage. Tel: 99210610.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE PAPHOS ***************************** KATO PAPHOS UNIVERSAL, LARGE 2 bedroom apartment. Ground ﬂoor, 1 bathroom kitchen, large veranda, private parking, A/C, Satellite TV. Near bus route, shops, banks, quiet apartment. Full furniture. Communal pool. 92m covered area. Full TITLE DEEDS. Was €159,000 REDUCED €90,000

PAPHOS UNIVERSAL 2 BEDROOM apartment, fantastic central location, lounge kitchen, bathroom, 2 verandas, parking, communal pool. Private entry. Near all amenities. NOW REDUCED €65,000. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT, Tombs of Kings Area, close to the sea, large private roof terrace with electric and water, covered parking, veranda, furnished, swimming pool. Full TITLE DEEDS, was €95,000 reduced to €63,000. CHLORAKAS, 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE. Exceptional sea views. New kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom. Private parking, On mains sewage system. Communal pool. A/C, quality ﬁxtures. Fully furnished. Security barrier. FULL TITLE DEEDS Now €90,000 CALL 99716390. ***************************** FLAT FOR SALE 1 bdrm at Peyia village with title deeds, fully furnished. €65.000. For information call 99526562. **************************** UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN LOFOS/ TALA, 2 three bedroom detached villas on large plot. House 1 with studio ﬂat & pool. Both open plan with A/C, provision for C/H, BBQ, pergolas, gardens, private drives, sea/ mountain views, SEPARATE DEEDS. Available together or separately. Tel: 96718163/ 96366419 Price: €399,000 & €299,000

PROTARAS ****************************** FOR SALE special offer, €79, 000 ﬁrst ﬂoor apartment in Protaras, fully furnished with 2 bedrooms and a swimming pool. Walking distance to the beach of Ayia Triada and all amenities. Tel: 97 608941.

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Infiniti Q50 to debut at Geneva Motor Show THE new Infiniti Q50 sports saloon, featuring the world’s first Direct Adaptive Steering technology, will make its debut at the Geneva Motor Show on March 5. Marking the start of a new-generation of Infiniti Q models, the Q50 for Europe (left)includes the first fruit of the co-operation agreement with alliance partner Daimler AG. “The Infiniti Q50 is a world-class sports saloon with an engine line-up that will clearly demonstrate its intentions to be a major player within the

European premium market,” said Bernard Loire, Vice President, Inﬁniti Africa, Middle East and Europe (AMIE).

PUBLIC APPEARANCE Making its first public appearance outside the USA, where it had its world debut in Detroit in January, the Infiniti Q50 heralds a new design direction for the Infiniti range – all of which in future will bear a Q for saloons and coupes or QX badge for crossovers and SUVs. The Q50’s design “references both

Infiniti’s sports saloon past and the concept car trilogy” (Essence, Etherea, Emerg-e which have all been seen at previous Geneva Motor Shows) that the makers say are helping to shape its future. As well as the Q50, Infiniti’s Geneva show stand will feature the LE Concept, the company’s first 100 per cent electric car, and triple World Champion Sebastian Vettel’s Formula One machine in its 2013 livery, reflecting the new partnership with Infiniti Red Bull Racing.

Future of hydrogen-powered cars mapped out after study Over 1.5m hydrogen-powered vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030 ACCORDING to a joint Government-industry study published in Britain this week, over one and a half million hydrogen powered vehicles could be on UK roads by 2030. The forecast is made in an interim report commissioned to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and ensure the UK is well positioned for their commercial roll-out. Produced by the UKH2Mobility project – which brings together leading businesses from the automotive, energy, infrastructure and retail sectors with Government – the study provides a ‘roadmap’ for the introduction of vehicles and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure in the UK. Business Minister Michael Fallon said: “The transition to ultra-low emission vehicles has already begun. It has the potential to create really significant new economic opportunities for the UK, to diversify national energy supply and to decarbonise road transport. The findings released demonstrate that hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles can make a significant contribution to this. “Successful commercialisation of the technology will require Government to work in true partnership with industry. Our international rivals are looking to steal a march in this area and so UKH2Mobility recognises the importance of prompt action to ensure the potential benefits are realised by businesses and consumers in the UK”. “We already have a strong automotive sector and must ensure it stays that way. Opportunities for the UK to take a leading role in low carbon technologies will be looked at as part of our auto industrial strategy, published later this year”. The key findings are: Consumer – up to 10 per cent of new car customers will be receptive to fuel cell vehicles when first introduced, attracted by the newness of the technology and environmental considerations. “Early adopter” interest will need to be fostered and converted into sales to build confidence in and sup-

According to Akihito Tanke, Vice President, Research and Development, Toyota Motor Europe, ‘hydrogen fuel cell technology represents a major advance in securing sustainable mobility’ port for FCEVs, as the first models become available in world markets within the next three years. Vehicles – initial uptake of FCEVs will progress as models make their way on to the market and the fuelling network matures. The roadmap shows that once mass FCEV production is established, bringing costs down, there is the potential for 1.6 million vehicles on UK roads by 2030, with annual sales of more than 300,000. Infrastructure – a co-ordinated network of hydrogen refuelling stations will need to be established, focusing at first on national trunk routes and heavily populated areas. An initial roll-out of 65 stations would provide sufficient coverage in line with early vehicle sales, with the network growing in line with the number of FCEVs

on the road to provide 1,150 sites by 2030. Environment – the roadmap shows that, based on the uptake ﬁgures above, FCEVs could reduce UK annual total vehicle CO2 emissions by three million tonnes in 2030.

REPLACING Replacing diesel vehicles with FCEVs could also save between £100 million and £200 million a year in the cost of damage to air quality caused by vehicle emissions by 2050. Fuel production – FCEVs produce no harmful tailpipe emissions, but some forms of hydrogen production do generate CO2. Using a range of manufacturing methods can deliver hydrogen at a cost that is competitive with diesel, with 60 per cent lower

CO2 emissions in 2020, improving to 75 per cent less in 2030. Hydrogen production will be on course for zero emissions by 2050, at which time FCEVs could have a market share of between 30 to 50 per cent. Investment – a basic initial network of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations is required to encourage early adoption of FCEVs and there will inevitably be a lag between the creation of this network and there being sufficient FCEVs on the road to make it financially self-sustaining. Phase 1 of the project estimated the total finance needed to be around £400m to 2030. Phase 2 will be focussed on both reducing this figure and considering different models for delivering it. The final report of Phase 1 is due to be published in March. Phase 2 of UKH2Mo-

bility will then use the information and roadmap produced in Phase 1 to develop a detailed business case and specific actions for participants to commit to. Akihito Tanke, Vice President, Research and Development, Toyota Motor Europe says: “the motor industry recognises it is vital for it to develop and deliver new solutions for reducing the environmental impact of the vehicles it produces. Hydrogen fuel cell technology represents a major advance in securing sustainable mobility. As manufacturers reach the point of bringing the first FCEVs to market, it is important that all interested parties work together to ensure their benefits can be appreciated and realised through co-ordinated dialogue between industry partners and government bod-

ies. UKH2Mobility’s Phase 1 findings provide valuable resources and intelligence to help us secure these advantages and we look forward to participating in Phase 2 to further confirm the potential of hydrogen as a low carbon fuel in the UK.” Pierre-Etienne Franc, Director, Air Liquide Technologies of the Future adds “the UKH2Mobility initiative has succeeded in gathering both leading industry companies and government bodies in a coordinated approach to study the conditions and paths to allow FCEVs to reach their full potential in the UK. “The work achieved in Phase 1 provided fact-based elements and rationale which confirm that the UK could be a country at the forefront of early FCEVs deployment.”

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Sport IN BRIEF Svindal joins ski greats

Lewis Hamilton is hoping to return the Silver Arrows to their former glories. He says the team have a good base to work with following testing this week

Hamilton driving Merc forward By Alan Baldwin LEWIS Hamilton made up for lost time by doing 145 laps of the Jerez test circuit with Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn hailing the 2008 Formula One champion for his work in driving the team forward. The 28-year-old former McLaren driver did only 15 laps before a brake failure sent him crashing out on his test debut with his new team on Wednesday but returned for a full day’s work. His efforts were interrupted only when testing was halted for nearly an hour to enable workers to repair a damaged kerb and ﬁll a hole between turns 10 and 11 with quick-drying cement.

Briton optimistic about upcoming season Hamilton told reporters that Mercedes, largely uncompetitive last season, were where he hoped they would be in terms of performance and he was giving them plenty of feedback. “We have some work to do but it doesn’t feel like it was a disaster,” he said. “I feel like it’s a good platform, a good foundation to work from. “Deﬁnitely we are going to keep asking for downforce and hope the guys continue to do a great job at the factory,” he added. Brawn welcomed any constructive criticism from

Hamilton and his German team mate Nico Rosberg, who did 148 laps on Thursday. “I think we’ve made it very clear to Lewis that he’s part of the solution,” the Englishman told reporters. “He’s part of the solution to get us where we want to be and he knows that and understands it and I think he’s relishing it. “He gives us reference points and helps us understand what we need to focus on... I welcome that approach. It needs to be constructive and it needs to be positive criticism of the

right sort and that’s always helpful for the team to drive it forward.” Hamilton ended the ﬁnal day of the test with the sixth fastest time of one minute 18.905 seconds. Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, was quickest for Lotus in 1:18.148 with Frenchman Jules Bianchi setting out his credentials for the Force India drive with the second best lap of 1:18.175. Force India have yet to say who will partner Britain’s Paul Di Resta this season, with Ferrari academy driver Bianchi a frontrunner.

Red Bull’s triple world champion Sebastian Vettel was third fastest after doing 96 laps. Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa took over in the Ferrari for the final day of the first pre-season test but the test driver’s running was limited by a fiery oil leak early in the session. The team blamed a gearbox fault. Ferrari still ended up with the fastest lap of the week, the time of 1:17.879 set by Brazilian Felipe Massa on Thursday. The second pre-season test starts in Barcelona on February 19 with Spain’s double world champion Fernando Alonso having his first drive in the new Ferrari 138 after skipping Jerez and Williams presenting their new car.

Relentless LeBron reaping rewards By Simon Evans

Miami Heat superstar LeBron James posted a fourth straight 30-point performance against the Clippers

LOS Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul hailed LeBron James as “almost unguardable” after the Miami star posted a fourth straight 30-point performance in the Heat’s convincing 111-89 win. James’ feat equalled the franchise record with only team mate Dwyane Wade having made four such productive displays in succession, and his 30 points came from just three quarters of action and nine-of-11 shooting. “LeBron is unbelievable,” Paul told reporters. “He can play. When he is shooting the ball like that he is almost unguardable”. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said James was reaping the rewards for his intense approach to the game. “If you had to grade shoot-a-rounds today, he was spectacular. This guy isn’t shying away from work ethic or preparation. He’s getting after it. My ﬁlm sessions - he treats them like he is a coach,” Spoelstra said. Last year, James was named the league’s Most Valuable Player, won the championship

with the Heat, was named the finals MVP and then went to London and won a gold medal with the US team. It is evident that James has taken a conscious decision to push himself as hard as possible in order to avoid any sense of complacency. On top of his extra gym sessions and cycling through the city to practices and games, James also puts in extra hours on honing his skills. “If he sees one of the other guys out there doing something extra, then he will do it himself, find a way to incorporate that into his game too,” Spoelstra added. Earlier this season, James said he had a “vendetta” against himself and with his extra hours, that clearly is not just talk. “I want to continue to get better. I’m not satisfied. I work on my game each and every day trying to figure out ways that I can get better,” James said. Spoelstra has noticed. “LeBron is relentless. He is just continuing to work the game. He absolutely loves this game,” he said.

AKSEL Lund Svindal joined an illustrious group yesterday when he became world downhill champion for the second time after finishing third in Wednesday’s super-G. The Norwegian clocked two minutes 01.32 seconds on the Planai piste in Austria to emulate Toni Sailer, Jean-Claude Killy and Bernhard Russi with a second victory in an event no skier has won three times. “It’s a huge achievement for me to clinch another gold medal today in such a difficult race. I was so tired in my mind and body crossing the finish line after fighting so hard all the way down,” Svindal told reporters. “The course was very hard and even icy in some parts and the visibility was very poor too. “I’m really proud to have been able to produce such an effort at the given moment. I was convinced I had given my best and achieved a pretty strong run.” It was the fifth world title for Svindal, who won the downhill in Are six years ago. The 30-year-old Olympic super-G champion has now collected gold medals in the last four editions of the world championships, clinching the combined titles in 2009 and in 2011. The twice overall World Cup winner is also the first Alpine skiing champion to win gold in five consecutive major events including the 2010 Olympics at Vancouver along with silver in the downhill and bronze in the giant slalom.

Cavendish wins in Qatar FORMER road race world champion Mark Cavendish won his fourth straight stage of the Tour of Qatar to wrap up a rare overall victory in his second race for Belgian outfit Omega Pharma-Quick Step. The 2011 world champion, who has 23 Tour de France stage wins to his name, clinched another sprint finish in the sixth and final stage in the Qatar capital to show he is enjoying life with his new team, having left Britain’s Team Sky last year. Cavendish, who has few overall triumphs given that he is an out-andout sprinter, started his Omega Pharma career at the Tour of San Luis in Argentina.

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Sport

Rampant Scotland overwhelm sorry Italy in Six Nations Scotland 34 Italy 10 STUART Hogg scored a spectacular solo try against Italy as Scotland secured their record Six Nations win and their first in the tournament for two years. Scotland were full of intensity from the off and went 13-0 up through Tim Visser’s try and Grieg Laidlaw’s boot. Luciano Orquera made it 13-3 with a penalty but Matt Scott scored a converted try soon after the break. Hogg claimed an 80m interception try and Sean Lamont also crossed before Alessandro Zanni’s consolation score. Scotland went into the game fearing a repeat of 2007, when Italy secured what remains their only away win in the Six Nations by triumphing at Murrayfield. The Azzurri were full of confidence after their fine display against France, while Scotland were on

the wrong end of a heavy defeat away to England. The Scots were out-fought and out-muscled at Twickenham, but they were a different proposition in Edinburgh and flew into the breakdown. That meant Italy were always on the back foot and the likes of Azzurri fly-half Orquera, so commanding last weekend, were shadows of the players they were in Rome. In contrast the Scottish half-backs enjoyed the chance to play front foot rugby and some superb finishing from their talented runners out wide was rapturously received by the success-starved Scottish fans. The hosts could have taken an early lead but Laidlaw’s grubber kick bounced wickedly to elude the onrushing Visser. But Laidlaw knocked over two penalties to get the scoreboard ticking over and with Scotland attacking rucks with far more urgency than they managed against England, Italy were always in trouble.

Scotland’s Stuart Hogg scored a spectacular 80m solo try

Power play: England’s Luke Wright produced a brilliant display with both bat and ball as the Kiwis were crushed

England set record in win over New Zealand Tourists post their highest ever total in a T20 international By Grey Stutchbury LUKE Wright shone with bat and ball while captain Stuart Broad took four wickets as England eased to a 40-run victory over New Zealand in their ﬁrst Twenty20 international in Auckland yesterday. All-rounder Wright’s 20-ball innings of 42 included three fours and four sixes as England’s power-packed batting line-up scored 214 for seven, their highest total in a T20 international. “The freedom the guys played with the bat set us up brilliantly,” Broad said in a televised interview. “To go and set our record as an England batting line-up was fantastic.

Nadal cruises into semis in Chile TOP seed Rafael Nadal dispatched fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the VTR Open in Chile. Nadal, playing just his second competitive singles match since his return from a long injury and illness lay-off, broke his seventh-seeded opponent three times to wrap up a comfortable 6-1 6-4 win in Vina del Mar. The 11-time grand slam champion is looking to mark his comeback in style and should he win his next two matches, he will lift his 37th clay-court trophy. “Today I had more confidence than the other days,” Nadal told the ATP Tour’s official website. “That is positive. It gives me confidence, and reasons to believe that I’m on the right way.

“I’m happy to win in singles against a tough opponent like Dani and to reach the semi-finals after seven months. “In this tournament I had a good feeling. The crowd gave me their support all the time.” The 26-year-old took on third seed Jeremy Chardy in the early hours of this morning after the Frenchman breezed past Paolo Lorenzi of Italy. Chardy was dominant throughout, winning 89 per cent of points on his first serve, and sealed victory in just over an hour. Horacio Zeballos beat a seeded opponent for the second day in a row, edging out Spanish fifth seed Albert Ramos in a thriller. The unheralded Argentine continues to upset the odds and triumphed 6-1 5-7 7-6 to set up a clash with

compatriot Carlos Berlocq. The eighth seed progressed after quarter-ﬁnal opponent Guillaume Ruﬁn withdrew before the match with an abdominal strain.

The Spaniard says he’s feeling good

“It was exciting to see the cleanness with which the guys were hitting it.” The 27-year-old Wright then put immense pressure on New Zealand’s batsmen as he bowled several dot balls that forced the hosts to take risks, one of which resulted in Martin Guptill blasting a full delivery straight to Broad at mid-off for 44. Guptill’s wicket in the 13th over was a body blow for New Zealand as the right-hander had looked well set to be the batsman the hosts could build their late-innings assault around. Broad then chipped in with two wickets in the 15th over, removing James Franklin (eight) and Colin Munro (28) to ensure England’s total was

well out of reach. The England skipper finished with 4-24, his best T20 international figures, while Wright took 2-29 and added a catch as New Zealand made 174-9 off their 20 overs. “I think we learned a lot from batting on it first actually,” Broad added of being asked to bat by New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum. “We learned that we could bang it back of a length, take the pace off and get the guys hitting to the bigger boundaries. “It was certainly a good toss to lose.” The short boundaries straight down the ground, which is primarily configured for rugby, were peppered with a total of 23 sixes dispatched

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into the stands. The highest total for sixes in a Twenty20 international was the 24 hit by New Zealand and India in Christchurch 2009, a feat duplicated by Australia and India in Bridgetown a year later. Eoin Morgan top-scored for England with 46 from 26 balls. “It was a really poor day in the field,” McCullum said. “You can’t afford to drop five catches in the field in any form of cricket. “I thought England were outstanding and put us under pressure. We were outplayed by a far better team on the day.” The second contest of the three-match series is in Hamilton on Tuesday.

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Sport HAZARD MARKS RETURN FROM ‘BALL BOY-GATE’ BAN WITH A GOAL

Ten-man Arsenal hang on despite late Sunderland onslaught Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1 By Damian Spellman

Frank Lampard scored his 198th goal for Chelsea, who ended a run of four games without a win by thrashing Wigan

Blues end winless streak Chelsea 4 Wigan 1 By Matt McGeehan FRANK Lampard scored his 198th Chelsea goal to seal victory over Wigan, end a four-match winless run and ease the pressure on interim boss Rafael Benitez. When Eden Hazard scored after 56 minutes, doubling the advantage provided by Ramires’ 23rd-minute opener, Chelsea appeared to be cruising towards three points and a return to third place in the Barclays Premier League. But Shaun Maloney seized on yet another defensive mistake to halve the deﬁcit and the relegation-threat-

ened visitors might have had a penalty when Ronnie Stam’s shot struck Ashley Cole on the arm. Again it fell to Lampard, whose future is uncertain, to save the Blues, his 86thminute third moving him within four of Bobby Tambling’s club goalscoring record of 202, before substitute Marko Marin added a stoppage-time fourth. After three wins in the previous ten matches in all competitions, ﬁnally Benitez has more Premier League points than his predecessor, Roberto Di Matteo, whom he replaced in November, albeit in two more games. It is a result which is likely to at least delay Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who is not renowned for his patience, reaching for the trigger. Chelsea had won 12 and

lost one of 15 prior Premier League meetings with Wigan, who were welcome visitors to Stamford Bridge. Fernando Torres had a key role in the opening goal, turning provider when he dropped deep to meet David Luiz’s pass and played the ball on ﬁrst time for Ramires, rampaging into the right channel. The Brazilian showed composure to lift the ball over the on-rushing Ali Al Habsi. Chelsea doubled their advantage when Gary Cahill’s free-kick found Cesar Azpilicueta, who cut inside and rolled a pass to Hazard. He struck a ﬁrst-time shot into the net to celebrate his return from a three-match ban for kicking a ball boy. As has happened all too often lately when ahead, the Blues relaxed a little too much and Wigan pounced.

Beckham is hoping to emulate Giggs and Scholes in PSG role By Toby Davis DAVID Beckham does not expect to be a regular starter at Paris St Germain but he hopes to adopt the same role as Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes perform at his old club Manchester United, the former England captain said this week. The 37-year-old former Real Madrid midﬁelder made a surprise move to the big-spending Ligue 1 club on transfer deadline day last month when many had written him off. The transfer grabbed the attention of the world’s media but after signing a ﬁve-month contract and agreeing to donate his salary to a children’s charity in Paris, Beckham now has to prove he can still contribute on the pitch. Former team mates Giggs and Scholes are still playing at United in their late 30s, albeit on a bit-part basis, and their roles are a template for Beckham. “I might be able to create good things that

happen off the field but on the field is where I want to be successful. I want to win trophies,” he said. “That’s been my mentality all the way through my career. Your motivation never changes, once you have that motivation in you it continues throughout your whole life. “Players like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at Manchester United, they don’t play every game but when they do play they are big influences in the game. So I am looking to do that to continue to be successful.” Beckham has not played competitively since he left Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the Major League Soccer season in December. He spent a few days training with Premier League side Arsenal but expects it will take time before he is ready to make his Ligue 1 bow. “I feel pretty good, it will take me a couple of weeks at least to get up to speed with the rest of the team,” Beckham said.

Maloney beat the offside trap wide on the right to meet James McArthur’s pass and Petr Cech raced to meet him. The goalkeeper was unable to reach the ball and was rounded by the Scot, who netted from a narrow angle. It was tense until Lampard’s intervention. Hazard took the ball down the left and passed to the edge of the area. Juan Mata stepped over the ball, leaving it for Lampard, who drilled into the bottom corner with trademark precision. A fourth came when Al Habsi could only parry a swerving shot from Azpilicueta and substitute Marin headed in the rebound for his ﬁrst Chelsea goal. Torres almost got in on the act in the 94th minute but saw his rebound from Ramires’ shot saved.

SANTI Cazorla ﬁred ten-man Arsenal to victory at Sunderland as Arsene Wenger saw his side survive a late onslaught. The Spaniard struck ten minutes before the break to give the Gunners a deserved lead as Black Cats keeper Simon Mignolet turned in another ﬁne display to otherwise keep them at bay. However, the 62nd-minute dismissal of defender Carl Jenkinson, who was only included after Laurent Koscielny injured himself during the warm-up, for a second bookable offence left the Londoners hanging on in front of a crowd of 46,402. Steven Fletcher had earlier passed up a glorious opportunity to level, but even after Jenkinson’s departure, Arsenal had chances and Theo Walcott was unfortunate to see a 75th-minute effort come back off the post. However, goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny spared Per Mertesacker’s blushes three minutes later when he blocked Fletcher’s shot after he had charged down the defender’s attempted clearance

Match winner: Santi Cazorla scored the game’s only goal

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and the visitors managed to see the game out amid a frenzied conclusion. Arsenal took the lead in the 35th minute when Jack Wilshere and Walcott combined to set up Cazorla on the edge of the box, and he drilled a low shot past Mignolet. Walcott came close to extending his side’s lead two minutes before with a strike which drifted wide of the post, but Aaron Ramsey would have done so had it not been for Mignolet’s excellence in stoppage time, the keeper blocking his effort at point-blank range after he had waltzed through a static defence in pursuit of Olivier Giroud’s pass. Wilshere’s 50th-minute departure after he was fouled by Alfred N’Diaye removed one threat for the home side, but added Abou Diaby’s physicality to the mix. Mertesacker’s 78th-minute blunder handed Fletcher another golden opportunity, but Szczesny was equal to the task, and the Poland international produced another excellent save ﬁve minutes from time to keep out the Scot’s goalbound header. Defender Titus Bramble could have snatched a point seconds later, but he could not direct his close-range effort at goal and Szczesny kept out Adam Johnson’s injury-time effort with another good save.

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England set record in win over New Zealand 33

Blues end winless streak as Hazard returns after ‘ball 35 boy-gate’

Bale spurs Tottenham to win over Toon Welsh wizard gives virtuoso performance Tottenham 2 Newcastle 1 By Paul Hirst

On a roll: England followed up their record-breaking win over the All Blacks by beating Scotland last weekend. They haven’t beaten Ireland away for ten years though

Ireland a perfect test of England’s progress By Mitch Phillips ENGLAND have not won a Six Nations game away to Ireland for ten years and travel to Dublin today for a match that will go a long way towards showing where they really stand in the game’s pecking order. Should they produce anything like that 2003 ﬁve-try 42-6 thrashing that earned them their last grand slam to date and set them up for their successful assault on the World Cup later that year then coach Stuart Lancaster will be a very contented man having overseen back-to-back wins over Scotland and New Zealand. Lancaster’s team ﬁnished off last year’s Six Nations with a similarly comprehensive home win over the Irish, built on the back of a remarkable demolition job on their scrum. In between those two big wins, however, England often travelled with high hopes, only to be sent packing. In 2011 England arrived with four wins and with dreams of a grand slam but Ireland made it four wins in a row over them with a 24-8 win and though England still won the title, it was a subdued trophy presentation. However, England triumphed in Dublin in a World Cup warm-up later that year and Lancaster feels he has discarded the baggage from the four successive championship defeats. “This is a completely different team going to Dublin from 2011, with a completely different mentality,” he told reporters this week. “Playing the Irish in Dublin is a unique challenge. We’ve got to be able to deal

with the emotion of the occasion and still think clearly, making good, accurate decisions. “That will be the true test of our maturity. It’s a great challenge for us.” Centre Billy Twelvetrees has kept his place in England’s starting team, with Manu Tuilagi named on a strong-looking replacements bench after recovering from an ankle injury. Twelvetrees made an impressive try-scoring debut at inside centre in last week’s 38-18 victory over Scotland and with Brad Barritt at 13 key to organising England’s defence against the threat of Brian O’Driscoll, coach Lancaster opted to use Tuilagi as an impact substitute. James Haskell was named at blindside flanker as Ben Morgan is out with a twisted ankle, while Tom Wood switched to number eight and Thomas Waldrom was called in to the replacements in the only other changes anounced by Lancaster on Friday. Ireland also got off to a victorious start in Cardiff last week and also have some issues at centre. O’Driscoll, who was superb against Wales, is fit despite a head injury but Gordon D’Arcy and Keith Earls, the man who replaced D’Arcy during the match, are both struggling to make it. Potentially more important to the outcome is prop Mike Ross, who limped out of the Wales game with cramp. It was Ross’ early departure with a neck injury from last year’s game at Twickenham that left the Irish scrum in disarray but he should be fit to start today. “Last year is last year,” said Ireland’s scrum coach Gert Smal. “We’ve worked on a couple of things.”

GARETH Bale lived up to his billing as Tottenham’s own Cristiano Ronaldo after ﬁring Andre Villas-Boas’ side to an entertaining victory over Newcastle at White Hart Lane. Villas-Boas was at pains to point out the similarities between Bale and Ronaldo during the week, and the Welshman put in a performance the Portuguese would have been proud of yesterday. Bale beat Tim Krul with a 25-yard free-kick to open the scoring for the North Londoners and he then sealed the win with a superb breakaway goal that ended with him slotting the ball between the Newcastle goalkeeper’s legs. Newcastle dominated large parts of the game but Bale, like he has done so many times this season, swung the game in Spurs’ favour. The 23-year-old, who scored the decisive goals in Tottenham’s last two matches, now has 19 goals for club and country this season. Only the athletic brilliance of Krul prevented him taking home the match ball for the second time this season. How the watching Roy Hodgson must wish he was English. Newcastle’s goal came from Yoan Gouffran, who was later carried off on a stretcher with a serious-looking leg injury. The win stretched Tottenham’s unbeaten Barclays Premier League run to ten matches. Villas-Boas and Allan Pardew fell out last season, but there was a strong sense of bonhomie as they embraced on the touchline before kick-off. Bale was in no mood to show the visitors the same love. Bale admitted after the match he was enjoying his football. “It was a massive game today. It was just important to come back and put pressure on the teams above us,” Bale told Sky Sports 1.

Goal machine: Gareth Bale has scored 19 goals for club and country so far this season “I am enjoying my football at the moment and that’s the most important thing. I’m just going to keep my head down and be focused. “I was disappointed with the goal I missed on my right foot. I’ll have to work on that,” he said.

HARD WORK Asked about his free-kick, he added: “It’s just hard work in training. “For the other goal I work on my ﬁnishing in training. I was just happy to see it go in.” Tottenham manager VillasBoas heaped praise on Bale and said he remained conﬁdent of keeping the Wales international beyond this season despite reported growing interest. Yesterday’s performance will hardly dim such specula-

tion, but asked if Bale could leave Villas-Boas said: “No. I spoke to him about this at length. “We are fortunate to have players of this dimension who can decide games.” Newcastle counterpart Pardew meanwhile admitted Bale had been the difference in a match that had been closely-fought. “Well he’s difﬁcult to contain. We tied him down in certain areas but he’s always going to get some freedom. He was electric,” he said. “The ﬁrst goal was class. We should have done better for the second.”