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Eurozone gloom at jobless totals EU employment boss says a new divide is emerging between countries

ECORD unemployment and struggling social welfare systems in southern Europe risk dividing the continent, the EU has warned as new figures showed joblessness across the eurozone hit a new high. Official data showed unemployment in the 17 countries that use the currency rose to 11.8 per cent in November, the highest since the euro was founded in 1999. The rate was up from 11.7 per cent in October and 10.6 per cent a year earlier. In the wider 27-nation EU unemployment broke the 26 million mark for the first time with the jobless rate increasing in 18 countries, falling in seven and remaining stable in Denmark and Hungary. Last year “has been another very bad year for Europe in terms of unemployment and the deteriorating social situation,” said Laszlo Andor, the EU’s Employment Commissioner. “Moreover, it is unlikely that Europe will see much socio-economic improvement in 2013,” he said. A closer look at the figures shows the rise in unemployment was greatest among those countries - mostly in southern Europe - where market concerns over excessive public debt have pushed governments to make the toughest savings. States have raised taxes and slashed spending - including by cutting wages and pensions, measures that hit the labour force in the pocket and reduce demand

in the economy. The single biggest increase in unemployment over the past year took place in Greece, where joblessness soared to 26 per cent in September, up 7.1 per cent over September 2011’s 18.9 per cent. But the highest overall rate in the EU was in Spain, where 26.6 per cent of the workforce was jobless in November, up 3.6 per cent from last year. In Cyprus unemployment increased substantially from 9.5 per cent in November 2011 to 14 per cent in November 2012 according to the Eurostat ﬁgures. The unemployment rate of 14 per cent in November of last year was a 0.2 per cent increase over October of the same year. By contrast, Austria posted the lowest unemployment rate in the EU, at 4.5 per cent. The rate in Luxembourg was 5.1 per cent, and the rate in Germany was 5.4 per cent. Britain had 7.8 per cent. Between November 2011 and November 2012, the unemployment rate for men increased from 10.4 per cent to 11.7 per cent in the eurozone and from 9.9 per cent to 10.8 per cent in the EU27. The female unemployment rate rose from 10.9 per cent to 11.8 per cent in the eurozone and from 10.1 per cent to 10.7 per cent in the EU27. In November 2012, almost 5.8 million young people under 25 were unemployed in the EU27, of whom almost 3.8 million were in the eurozone.

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People carry traditional dolls as they walk in the centre of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv during Christian Orthodox Christmas celebrations yesterday (AFP)

Positive spin on office problem: bored workers are more creative By Alan Jones BEING bored at work can have a positive effect because daydreaming can increase creativity, according to a new study. Research by an occupational psychologist showed a surprising ﬂipside to being bored or distracted in the ofﬁce. Having time to daydream at work, or during the daily commute, can spark new ideas, said Dr Sandi Mann of

the University of Central Lancashire, Britain. More than 150 adults were given various tasks to perform, including a boring job of simply copying numbers from a telephone directory, and a more interesting test of ideas for using a pair of polystyrene cups. Those who copied out the telephone numbers were more creative, the research revealed. Dr Mann said: “Boredom at work has always been seen as something to be

eliminated, but perhaps we should be embracing it in order to enhance our creativity. “We want to see what the practical implications of this ﬁnding are. Do people who are bored at work become more creative in other areas of their job, or do they go home and write novels?” The ﬁndings of the study were presented yesterday at the British Psychological Society’s annual occupational psychology conference in Chester.

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ON THIS DAY JANUARY 9 1768

33 years ago Friday January 9, 1980

English cavalryman Philip Astley stages the ﬁrst modern circus in London.

Foreign Minister Nicos Rolandis yesterday strongly defended Cyprus’ association with the European Community and said this continues to be one of the major policy objectives of the Cyprus government. Rolandis called for a more liberal approach by the European Community to the country’s agriculture industry during the coming negotiations and urged an early Customs Union with Europe, for a political settlement.

1905 Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.

43 years ago Sunday January 9, 1970 1951

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The United Nations headquarters ofﬁcially opens in New York City.

1968 The only known snowfall in Mexico City occurs; additional snow falls on January 10 and 11.

2005 Voting in the Palestinian Presidential Elections draws to a close. Early exit polls indicate that Mahmoud Abbas has won a signiﬁcant majority.

The government is preparing a draft law providing for the detention without trial of suspected terrorists for up to a period of three months, it was ofﬁcially stated yesterday. But observers believe it is unlikely that this new and dramatic measure will be readily adopted in the absence of President Makarios.

53 years Monday January 9, 1960 Archbishop Makarios is “resolved to reject the recent British suggestion that Cyprus would become a ‘partmember’ of the British Commonwealth,” according to report by Phileleftheros. It said the Archbishop’s view was that the island “should either be a full member or not be within the Commonwealth at all”.

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Coldest spell so far this winter Temperatures are at half of normal for the time of year By Peter Stevenson NICOSIA could see light snowfall today as Cyprus is experiencing the coldest days so far of the current winter period with lower mountain regions already hit with snow. “Most of Cyprus and the south-eastern Mediterranean has been affected by a low pressure weatherfront which has brought with it rain and storms,” high-ranking ofﬁcial at the Meteorological Service, Kleanthis Nicolaides said. “The front has moved north-easterly meaning Cyprus is being affected by the colder part of it, resulting in a fall in temperatures. “There have been no rain storms because clouds cannot develop at low grounds, although light rain and snowfall can occur above heights of 3500 to 4000 feet,” he added. He added that the temperatures that are being recorded, both highest and lowest, are substantially lower than usual for this time of year, with the

temperature yesterday morning in Athalassa Park recorded at 7C. Temperatures in coastal regions are varying from 7C to 10C and at Prodromos peak there is ice with the temperature falling below zero. Usual temperatures for the period are 15C-16C for inland areas, 16C-17C in coastal areas and in Prodromos around 6C, roughly double the current temperatures, according to the Meteorological Service. “The weather will remain the same today, and there may be rain, snow or sleet coinciding with periods of cloudy weather,” Nicolaides said. “There will be snow and sleet in lower mountain areas of higher than 3000 feet, at around the height of Kakopetria,” he added. He went on to say that today there is a small chance there will be light snowfall in lower areas and we may see snowﬂakes in the capital although it is probably unlikely. On Monday in Troodos there was intermittent snowfall with the depth of snow reaching 10cm in the morning in Troodos Square

A young child loooking a bit chilly in the Troodos yesterday and 20cm at the peak. “Tuesday [last] night is expected to be especially cold as Cyprus is being affected by the coldest part of the weather front,” Nicolaides said. “Temperatures in the mountains could reach freezing point so those planning on visiting mountainous areas are advised to be extremely mindful of the ice,” he added. “Statistically, this winter is progressing very well since rainfall from October 1 has been more than usual for this period and the dams are almost full,” he concluded. From tomorrow temperatures are expected to return to normal levels for this time of year.

Jewellery robbery goes wrong as members of public give chase By Peter Stevenson A JEWELLERY store in Limassol was the scene of an armed robbery at around 10am on Monday, police said. According to police reports a man and woman entered the store on Grivas Dighenis Road in Limassol, which also operates as a pawn shop, and asked the owner to show them various items. According to the 45-year-old shop owner, the couple asked for a cup of water and while his back was turned the man began striking him with the handle of a large knife. The owner was then threatened at knifepoint while the two culprits took jewellery from the safe, which was open and also from another pouch on the counter. Shop owners in the area caught wind of what was going on and attempted to stop the couple, but the man also threatened them with the knife as the two ﬂed on foot. Members of the public pursued the two robbers for roughly 200 metres until they reached a blue Mitsubishi L200 pick-up truck and got in the back seat. In the driver’s seat was a man believed by police to be an accomplice and for unknown

reasons he got out and tried to get away on foot but was stopped by the members of the public. While the driver was attempting to flee, the male robber moved to the driver’s seat, started the vehicle and sped off despite attempts to stop him. He hit several parked cars during the getaway, police said. The man aged 25, and the woman aged 19, both of Iranian origin, reportedly handed themselves in to police yesterday evening, and part of the stolen merchandise was recovered. They will be taken to court this morning for a remand hearing. In their haste to flee the scene of the crime, the couple had left behind a jacket in the jewellery store that contained a mobile phone and keys to a car, which was also parked near-by. The licence plate number of the getaway vehicle is DBB 630 and police are urging anyone who may have seen the pick-up to contact them. The owner of the jewellery store was taken to Limassol Hospital where he was given first aid before being released. The alleged accomplice is believed to be a relative of the couple and was detained by police. The amount of jewellery stolen was said to be worth around €15,000.

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Icicles form on eaves of a house in the mountains (CNA)

POLICE at the island’s two airports collected at total of €2.500 in unpaid fines from 13 of 16 people stopped on Monday under new rules allowing dodgers to be approached on their way in or out of the country. The new rules came into effect on Monday for a one-month trial period as the state scrambles to collect €135 million in penalties, fines, overdue alimony payments, social insurance, and taxes from 160,000 warrants for offenders, among them politicians, lawyers and prominent individuals, A police announcement yesterday said the first day has been successful with 16 people nabbed at the airports in total. However only 13 were in a position to pay their fines, and according to the arrangement, an officer would visit them the day after arriving home and collect the money there and then. Those who refuse to pay will be arrested, police have said. Some of the millions in outstanding payments have been pending for decades. Police were previously criticised for not taking action to execute warrants with the force saying they could not locate people, even the public figures, and members of the force itself. Some 300 officers had warrants issued in their names but these were served some months ago after the auditor general sent a letter to the police chief about the issue. Around 750 of the warrants worth €800,000 involve lawyers, and 2,000 more involve civil servants.

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Home Containers should be 7.5km away from residents

‘Right people are in charge of banks now’

By Elias Hazou

Demetriades tries to reassure eurozone ambassadors that everything by the book By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS is on the road to cleaning out its banking sector and winning back the trust of the markets, Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades said on Monday in his ﬁrst address to eurozone ambassadors in Nicosia. In a comprehensive discussion on the trials and tribulations of the banking system in Cyprus and the government’s efforts to secure a bailout from the European Stability Mechanism, Demetriades acknowledged that an entrenched culture existed in the banking sector which exacerbated the problems facing the country, resulting in its overexposure to Greece. According to sources, during Monday’s lengthy meeting with Cyprus-based diplomats representing eurozone countries, Demetriades argued that Cypriot banks need to return to their core business and not overstretch themselves in foreign markets. He noted that local banks became very big while foreign banks left the Cypriot market, creating a situation where property developers and banks developed too cosy a relationship, enhancing the property bubble. He

also acknowledged that the inﬂuence of banks on the government of the day was not always positive. Demetriades, appointed last May, argued there was an initial reluctance to acknowledge that something had gone wrong with the banks in Cyprus. Avoiding the heavier language employed by the government in recent months, Demetriades voiced serious technical criticism of the banking system in Cyprus. He told diplomats that on arrival, he was seen as an envoy or special agent of the communist government, and had to climb a wall after initially facing a high degree of hostility from the top honchos at the banks. However, he expressed conﬁdence that the right people are in charge of the banks now. Demetriades avoided repeating any of the government’s criticism levelled against his predecessor Athanasios Orphanides, restricting his comments to saying that the latter may not have seen the banking problems in the same light. He also bemoaned Orphanides’ cost-cutting measures, saying they may have been too ambitious, leaving the Central Bank with a shortage of staff to carry out its supervisory role.

IN THE FAMILY COURT OF LEFKOSIA DIVORCE JURISDICTION Application No.: 533/12 BEFORE:

G.A. Serghides, Pr. Fam. Ct. Chr. Demetriou, Fam. Ct. J. F. Constantinou, Fam. Ct. J.

Between: LEONIDAS THEODOROU, of 30 Navpaktou Street, Lakatameia, Lefkosia, and OLGA BAGIROVA, of Russia,

Applicant, Respondent

Ex-Parte Application by the Applicant dated 4.10.12 Following the application of Messrs. Demetris A. Pavlides and Associates LLC, advocates for the applicant,. THIS COURT having read the application and the affidavits accompanying teh same, dated 4/10/12 and 22/10/12, and having heard whatever was said by Mrs. Christoforou HEREBY ISSUS AN ORDER PERMITTING the service of the application and the present order by publication in an English speaking daily Cypriot newspaper. The publication is only to refer to the relief sought and that the material facts, invoked by the applicant for the issue of the relief sought, are contained in the application. The Respondent may file a defence within 20 days from the date of service of the application for the dissolution of the marriage as above mentioned. In the event the respondent fails to file a defence within the time specified hereinabove, any subsequent notice shall be deemed properly served if posted on the Court Notice Board for a period of five continuous days. The costs of the application shall be costs in cause. The main application is fixed for service on 14.1.13. Issued on 19.11.12 Drawn up on 22.11.12 (seal of the Family Court of Lefkosia, Cyprus attached) (sgd) G. A. Serghides, Pr. Fam. CT. (sgd) Chr. Demetriou, Fama. Ct. J. (sgd) F. Constantinou, Fam. Ct. J. True Copy (sgd) Registrar NN-533.12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IN THE FAMILY COURT OF LEFKOSIA DIVORCE JURISDICTION Application No.: 533/12 Between: LEONIDAS THEODOROU, of 30 Navpaktou Street, Lakatameia, Lefkosia, and Applicant, OLGA BAGIROVA, of Russia, Respondent RELIEF SOUGHT: a) An Order of the Honourable Court dissolving the marriage between the parties, that was celebrated on 18.9.2006 at Lysi Municipality, on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown due to the continuous separation of the parties for a period exceeding four years. b) Any other remedy which the Honourable Court deems reasonable and/or fair under the circumstances. c) The costs of the present Application plus 17% VAT. THE LEGAL BASIS OF THE APPLICATION: The present application is based on article 111.2.B (b) of the Constitution, as amended by L. 95/89, on the Attempt to Reconcile and Spiritual Dissolution of the Marriage Law 22/90, on the Family Courts Law 23/90, sections 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16, on the Family Courts Procedural Regulation of 1990, Rules 2, 3, 5, 9 and 11, on L. 104(I)/2003, on Law 46(I)/99 and on the General and inherent Powers of the Court. FACTS: 1) The Parties celebrated a civil wedding on 18.9.2006 at Lysi Municipality. 2) The Parties are Christian Orthodox, the Applicant is a Cypriot Citizen and the Respondent is from Russia, a Christian Orthodox. 3) After their marriage they settled in Lefkosia. 4) They did not have any children from their marriage. 5) The Applicant considers his marriage dead. 6) The Applicant repeats the above mentioned allegations and seeks, from the Court, the issue of an order as described in the Relief Sought. Address for Service: the Law Office of Mr. Demetrios A. Pavlides and Associates, 8 Agias Elenis Street, 1st floor, Offices 102-103, Lefkosia. (sgd) DEMETRIOS A. PAVLIDES AND ASSOCIATS L.L.C. ADVOCATES FOR THE APPLICANT Filed on 9/8/2012 Fixed for directions on 14/1/2013 REGISTRAR To: Mrs. OLGA BAGIROVA, of Russia

The CB governor had some strong words to say about the effort to paint Cyprus as a haven for Russian money laundering and illegal activities, arguing that the wrong impression was being given. He gave as example the fact that there are more German shipping companies registered in Cyprus than Russian ones. Cyprus tries to follow all rules set by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and has no reason to stand in the corner redfaced about money laundering, the governor reportedly told his diplomatic audience. One ambassador raised the issue of a perceived lack of urgency on the part of Cyprus in its negotiations with the troika on a bailout. Demetriades put this down to exaggeration and rumours, insisting that Cyprus was doing everything by the book and following all necessary procedures to get the memorandum of understanding with the troika signed as soon as possible. He expressed hope that the present government signs the memorandum during its term in ofﬁce so conﬁdence and trust can be restored to the market. In a frank exchange, the CB governor admitted that there was a steep learning curve in the whole process of securing an EU bailout, and that some things might not have been communicated on time but he reassured diplomats that the Cypriot authorities were getting a grip on things. Another ambassador said the issue was not about attributing blame or passing the buck but the substance of what is going to happen,

Demetriades was at the House yesterday to which the governor gave an amicable response. Regarding the ratio of public debt to GDP, Demetriades argued there was no magic ﬁgure that would make the debt unsustainable but that each case depended on the dynamics and speciﬁc situation of the country in question. One diplomat said Demetriades offered “a serious discussion of content” which was warmly welcomed by

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ambassadors. He was “coolheaded” and thorough in his responses, leaving no question unanswered, while displaying optimism that the banks were turning the page. Demetriades sought the support of eurozone countries, emphasizing that the CB was doing its job, working on transparency, and reshaping the management and control of banks to ensure a sustainable future for the economy.

Shots fired at Ayia Napa bank UNKNOWN perpetrators ﬁred seven shots at a Popular Bank branch in Ayia Napa yesterday, damaging the windows. Police went to the scene after the alarm system of the Nissi Avenue branch of Popular Bank went off at around 3am. They found the bank’s windows were damaged, possibly by a shotgun, although they were not shattered. The police believe seven shots in total were ﬁred. The scene was sealed off and evidence collected. The possibility of a threat to the particular branch or a dispute with an employee will also be considered in the investigation.

MUNITIONS such as those stacked at Mari naval base should have been stored in optimal temperatures of between 15 to 25 degrees Celsius, a ballistics expert testified yesterday in the ongoing criminal trial. Instead, the munitions had been left out in the scorching heat, which in the summer months here can reach temperatures of over 40 Celsius – and that’s under the shade. The containers were not covered and were exposed to the elements for two and a half years. What’s more, temperatures inside the containers must have been far higher than the ambient temperature. Ioannis Drimousis, a Greek Navy captain and ballistics expert, was among a team dispatched to Cyprus to investigate the immediate causes of the July 11, 2011 blast. The massive explosion left 13 people dead. The report of the Greek team was delivered to Cypriot authorities on July 13 the same year. Calling the 421 tonnes of munitions a “ticking time bomb,” the report ruled out the possibility that an outside source such as a brushfire caused the blast. Reading from the report, Drimousis told the court that explosive munitions should not be stored in containers for a period exceeding 90 days. Moreover, the top-down stacking of the containers, leaving no corridors in between, meant no inspections could take place. This increased the risk of an explosion in one container spreading to adjacent ones. The location chosen was also far from ideal, said Drimousis. A safe distance of at least 7.5km from residential areas or from areas containing vital infrastructure was advised, he said. In fact the containers were situated just a few hundred meters from the Vassilikos power plant, which was devastated by the shockwave. The witness said Mari naval base should have been immediately evacuated at the first sign of a detonation (several smaller explosions had occurred before the single massive blast). Drimousis said also that emergency response teams and firefighters must always be briefed on what type of munitions they will be encountering before being deployed to the site. In the case of Mari, they were apparently not briefed. The expert further said that authorities here did not pay proper attention to an incident taking place just a week before the blast, when one of the containers was found to have swollen and to have shifted by 30cm from its original position due to an explosion of the munitions inside. “Had immediate [corrective] steps been taken, it is my opinion that the explosion of July 11 would not have happened,” he said.

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Race on to avoid possible worst-case debt scenario ‘Small changes could add up to billions less in debt’ By George Psyllides CYPRUS is trying to avert adoption of the worst-case scenario concerning the amount needed for bank recapitalisation, which would make the island’s debt unsustainable and lead to additional austerity measures, including privatisation of public companies. The matter was discussed behind closed doors by the House Finance Committee while the Central Bank has hired investment management corporation BlackRock to help it convince lenders to adopt the baseline scenario, which reportedly calls for €7.0 billion instead of the worst-case €10 billion. BlackRock was selected due to its experience with neighbouring Greece, where it carried out the due diligence for the banks. A relevant clause in a bailout memorandum agreed on principle between Cyprus and international lenders says that a “bank support facility of up to EUR [10] billion is foreseen under the programme, which will also cover potential future capital needs, determined on the basis of a top-down capital exercise, as well as potential resolution costs. The exact amount per

bank will be determined in the due diligence exercise.” The time horizon of the bottom-up valuation is three years – mid 2012 to mid 2015. A meeting between party representatives, the finance minister and the Central Bank governor was also scheduled for 8pm last night to discuss ways of achieving this ahead of a eurogroup meeting on January 21. Pimco, the company doing the due diligence on the banks portfolios is scheduled to release its final report on January 15. “The aim of tonight’s (last night’s) meeting is the exchange of views in relation with the assumptions, the forecasts and the scenarios, which define the amount,” committee chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos said. “Small amendments to these rates can potentially bring about changes worth billions.” The assumptions used by Pimco include growth, unemployment, property prices and ability to repay loans, Papadopoulos said. The DIKO vice chairman said bank needs on September 30, 2012 did not exceed €4.0 billion “but something came up inside of three months.” The committee heard

Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly (left) at yesterday’s House meeting (Christos Theodorides) that international lenders imposed extreme scenarios on Cyprus to ensure the viability of the banking system should such an event materialise. “We have assurances that efforts are underway to select the baseline and not the extreme scenario so that we all achieve our objective for a sustainable debt,” AKEL parliamentary spokesman Stavros Evagorou said.

Eurozone gloom as new jobless figures released (continued from front page) Compared with November 2011, youth unemployment rose by 329,000 in the EU27 and by 420,000 in the eurozone. In November 2012, the youth unemployment rate was 23.7 per cent in the EU27 and 24.4 per cent in the euro area, compared with 22.2 per cent and 21.6 per cent respectively in November 2011. In November 2012 the lowest rates for youth were observed in Germany (8.1 per cent), Austria (9.0 per cent) and the Netherlands (9.7 per cent), and the highest in Greece (57.6 per cent in September 2012) and Spain (56.5 per cent). And increasingly, southern nations are chipping away at their social safety system to make do. “Most national welfare systems have lost much of their ability to protect household incomes against the effects of the crisis,” said Andor. The ﬁgures illustrate the daunting tasks confronting the European Union. While the threat of a collapse of the eurozone due to too much government debt may have receded, many national economies wallow in recession and joblessness continues to rise, creating poverty and fuelling social discontent. “A new divide is emerging between countries that seem trapped in a downward spiral of falling output, fast rising unemployment and eroding disposable incomes and those that have so far shown

good or at least some resilience,” Andor said. Beyond savings cuts, governments have also made reforms – particularly of labour practices and education - to promote employment. But they take time, both to enact and to feed through an economy. As unemployment across the eurozone continues to rise, many analysts are concerned whether the political will to continue to cut budgets can be sustained. “We expect the unemployment rate at the eurozone level to continue to rise from 11.8 per cent in the latest figures to 12.5 per cent by early 2014, as eurozone businesses and households remain wary, and governments continue to cut back,” said Tom Rogers of Ernst & Young Eurozone Forecast. One bright spot in yesterday’s EU statistical releases were new figures showing economic sentiment in the eurozone had improved in December. The so-called economic sentiment indicator rose by 1.3 points to 87 as confidence improved among consumers and almost all business sectors. Analysts said it was likely a result of improvements in financial markets, but warned that with unemployment still high, a recovery in the economy was months away. (PA, with additional reporting by Peter Stevenson)

Remand for job scammer A 40-YEAR-OLD man was remanded for six days yesterday by the Larnaca District Court in connection with cases of taking money under false pretences from people looking for employment in a private security firm. The suspect from Larnaca was accused by five young Bulgarians of taking money after promising them non-existent jobs. The man allegedly asked for copies of IDs, residence permits, social insurance numbers as well as €140 to buy them uniforms to work in a private security firm of which he claimed to be the director. Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou said the five filed complaints on Monday. “Police investigations showed that this person neither had a licence for nor a company which provides security,” said Andreou. Police had also received a complaint from a take-away that the same man had managed to take €500 worth of food without paying. The man denies the allegations. Andreou called on anyone who may have been cheated by the same man to contact the police. He said the suspect was previously arrested just a few weeks ago after he was accused of extracting money from unsuspecting citizens by claiming to be a contractor.

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Drastic changes at CY

By Stefanos Evripidou

Four out of ten staff could be let go under restructure

EUROPEAN LEADERS from across the EU institutions and member states will arrive in Cyprus to attend an extraordinary summit of the European People’s Party (EPP) summit to be hosted in Limassol this Friday. Presidential candidate and leader of the Democratic Rally party (DISY) Nicos Anastasiades yesterday highlighted the importance of the EPP- “the largest political force in Europe” and the largest parliamentary group in the European Parliamentagreeing to hold such an important summit outside of Brussels. He noted that the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, 15 EU heads of state and government of the EU and 13 members of the European Commission belong to the political family of the EPP. The summit is taking place at a very critical and decisive period for both the EU and Cyprus, said Anastasiades. The main agenda for the summit will be the EPP’s strategy for the 2014 European Parliament elections and the EU’s multiannual ﬁnancial framework for the period 2014-2020.

Delegates will also discuss the EPP’s candidate to seek the ofﬁce of the president of the next European Commission. The DISY leader said that both during the summit and in private meetings he would have the opportunity to raise important issues related to Cyprus, “with emphasis on the solidarity we expect from our partners both in the efforts to solve the Cyprus problem and addressing the economic crisis”. According to Anastasiades, the summit will be attended by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the Presidency of the EPP, and leaders of EU member states whose parties belong to the EPP, including leaders of the EU member states, such as the Chancellor of Germany, the Prime Ministers of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and others. Anastasiades said: “We are determined to utilise the bonds we have created in order to promote our positions and our proposals and assert a more auspicious, European future for Cyprus.” He added: “The EPP has always been an ally of Cyprus in promoting our positions on the Cyprus issue and securing our sovereign rights in our Exclusive Economic Zone.”

By Elias Hazou FOUR out of ten Cyprus Airways staff could be made redundant while those remaining would take a 10 per cent cut in salaries, under a restructuring plan drawn up to salvage the ailing national carrier. Devised by Air France and KLM, the plan advocates a drastic trimming down of the company, widely considered to be bloated after decades of unchecked hiring. The airline currently has some 1,000 people on its payroll. CY’s management, administration and trade unions are currently engaging in intensive consultations with a view to agreeing a formula acceptable to all sides. But

Agreement on the new plan is needed by the end of this month that looks like a hard sell, even as the company stares bankruptcy in the face. Time is also pressing, as it’s understood that an agreement should be reached as soon as possible - by the end of this month. The blueprint currently being discussed calls for the sacking of 407 employees, and for a 10 per cent reduction in the salaries of non-ﬂight personnel among the 578 staff that would remain. Some unions however are making noises about the ﬂat 10 per cent rate, demanding

scaled pay cuts instead, while others are calling for equal treatment. The plan also provides for the outsourcing of a number of departments, such as catering. However, CY chairman Stavros Stavrou has said that under no circumstances will the company accept the outsourcing of either the engineering or maintenance departments as these are directly linked with safety, which must remain within the purview of the airline. Severance is another major sticking point. A total

compensation ﬁgure of €10m to €12m has been reported, which would come to between €26,000 and €28,000 per person. The cash-strapped government will have to dig deep into its pockets to ﬁnd the money. The state has a 70 per cent stake in the company. Only last month parliament grudgingly endorsed the release of €16m to the company from the state; the cash was earmarked for a share capital increase, which the airline said would help them get back on their feet.

Young musician shines in Paphos By Bejay Browne A TALENTED young musician has been crowned the winner of a Paphos talent competition ﬁghting off stiff competition from a wide range of performers. Competitors in Paphos battled against each other at a number of knock out heats which resulted in the winner walking away with a one thousand euro’s cash prize on New Years Eve. Rhys Taylor, 22, a singer and guitarist was crowned Paphos’ most talented performer. Taylor told the Cyprus Mail: “I was jaw-droppingly shocked when my name was announced as the winner. It was incredible. I thought another vocalist, Sharon would win; she came in second place last year.” Paphos has talent 2012 was held at Charlie’s bar on the Tomb of the Kings Road where 18 competitors performed for a panel of judges in the hope of walking away with the cash prize. Walter Alfrey, owner of Charlie’s for the last two years said: “The heats were held over a number of weeks and we had all sorts of talent entering. Performers ranged from comedians, singers and wild card acts. The competitors ranged in age from 17 years old to 72, and originated from a number of countries including Cyprus, Britain, Russia and the Philippines. The winner performed a number of hits including covers and his own original material. Taylor moved to Cyprus with his family ten years ago and lives in Tremithousa in Paphos, with his partner and six-month-old son. He was persuaded to enter the competition by his mum Rose, a member of the Paphos based singing group ‘The Zingers’. He says he still can’t believe his win. Taylor describes his musical taste as eclectic and says his vocal style is hard to describe. “I like all different kinds of music from dance

Rhys Taylor’s ‘got talent’ to Eric Clapton and The Who. The songs I write have a bluesy feel to them, whether they are poppy or rock.” Although Paphos has Talent is the ﬁrst competition the musician has entered he has played a number of gigs before, initially with a band he was a member of at school. “My family is not particularly musical although my Mum began singing a few months ago and my Dad plays a bit of guitar,” he said. “I’m going to get a demo recorded to help me to get some gigs and see where it goes from there. I would love to be able to make a living out of music.”

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New consortia want to drill twice in three years By Elias Hazou THE Italian-Korean and the French-led oil consortia have proposed drilling for gas twice within the space of three years after exploration contracts have been signed. The companies’ approach to gas exploration in Cyprus’ offshore blocks is far more “aggressive” than Noble Energy’s on Block 12, Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis said yesterday. Talks are ongoing with the companies selected for the offshore blocks in the second licensing round; yesterday authorities met again with ofﬁcials from the ENI-Kogas consortium to discuss the latter’s bids for blocks 2, 3 and 9,

followed by a meeting with the France’s Total regarding blocks 10 and 11. The government hopes to conclude these negotiations as fast as possible. Sylikiotis informed MPs that talks with the ENI-Kogas partnership were progressing well, adding that the two sides are on the verge of agreeing their respective percentages in a production-sharing contract. Agreement still had to be reached on some individual aspects of the consortium’s economic proposal before a contract could be drawn up, he said. “We are slightly further behind in negotiations with Total for blocks 10 and 11,” he added. The experience of Total and of ENI-Kogas in deep-water drilling and their technical know-how meant they could

proceed faster than Noble has on Block 12. “Their proposals could be described as being more aggressive than Noble’s,” Sylikiotis said. Both Total and ENI-Kogas have promised to carry out two drills within the ﬁrst three years of being awarded a licence, compared to the one drill completed by Noble in the space of approximately three years since being awarded the licence for Block 12. Sylikiotis said also the two consortia would conduct extensive seismographic and threedimensional surveys of the seabed. In the meantime the government and Noble Energy are engaging in talks regarding the monetisation of Block 12 and the construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant. Sylikiotis

said that, in order for the LNG terminal to be ready by 2019, the vital groundwork – finding investors for the plant as well as future buyers for the gas – should be wrapped up this year. The LNG plant itself would cost around €7 billion to €8 billion. According to the minister, authorities have already completed the land development plan for the project, which will be located at Vassilikos near Limassol. The plan envisages the construction of three LNG trains (liquefaction and purification facilities), making the terminal one of the largest in the world. On Block 12, licensed to Noble in the first licensing round, Sylikiotis said the Houstonbased company would carry out appraisal drilling in April.

Talks to begin on importation of gas Sylikiotis says once deal clinched and implemented by January 2015, the price of electricity in Cyprus will fall By Elias Hazou

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CYPRUS expects soon to begin negotiations with natural gas suppliers with a view to importing by January 2015, Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis said yesterday. As a stopgap, the government wants to import gas for electricity production until such time as the island is able to exploit its own offshore hydrocarbon reserves. Using natural gas to fire power plants would drive down the price of electricity, though not dramatically, Sylikiotis said. Electricity prices in Cyprus are currently the highest in the EU. Back in October, the Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) issued a call for interest to supply the island with up to 1.2bn cubic metres per year of natural gas until the end of September 2018 – around the time that Cyprus expects to have infrastructure in place to process its own gas reserves. At present, the island is heavily dependent on imported oil products. By switching to gas-fired power generation, DEFA expects total gas demand to be 0.4, 1, or 1.2bn cubic meters per year, depending on the number of gas-fired units put online. The entry point for natural gas would be the Vassilikos power station on the south

coast of the island. As well as being the landing point for domestic gas and a possible liquefaction terminal. The LNG would be brought into a floating receiving point and re-gasified offshore. Whether that would be done via a floating storage re-gasification unit or a re-gasification vessel with onshore storage is still undecided. Having received expressions of interested, DEFA has shortlisted 14 companies which meet the minimum criteria. Earlier this month, DEFA sent these companies the tender documents so that they would submit their proposals by February 4. From then on, the negotiations leading to the selection of a supplier would take some weeks.

ELECTIONS The process would not be sidetracked by the upcoming elections and a possible change in government, the minister said, because the negotiations would be conducted by DEFA and the Electricity Authority (EAC), who would also take the ﬁnal decision. According to Sylikiotis, the approximate date of January 2015 - by which the island should generate power from natural gas - was set for two reasons. The ﬁrst is to allow time for the necessary receiving infrastructures to be

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built and go online. Secondly, the EAC has undertaken to begin electricity production from natural gas by 2015 as a condition for qualifying for a €130m loan from the European Investment Bank. Last year the bank agreed to finance the EAC for the construction of unit 5 at Vassilikos power plant to boost electricity supply on the island. Sylikiotis said the imported gas would be either in compressed or liquefied form. Meanwhile the government is in talks with Israel over the possibility of the neighbouring nation supplying gas from its Tamar field – expected to come on tap midyear. Assuming a deal with the Israelis is clinched, compressed natural gas would be imported here on ships, in compressed form. Also yesterday, lawmakers had a chance to take a closer look at a government-drafted bill governing the creation of a national hydrocarbons fund. Sylikiotis urged MPs to pass the law as soon as possible to allow the anticipated €200m from signature bonuses from the second offshore licensing round to be transferred to the treasury and then to the hydrocarbons fund. Unless this is done by January 17, he said, the government might miss the chance to ‘lock in’ the cash, and the €200m might end up going toward

paying off the national debt. January 17 is just four days before eurozone finance ministers meet to likely discuss Cyprus’ bailout request and the island’s debt. The government legislation provides that part of the proceeds from natural gas exploitation would go toward investing in LNG infrastructures, another part to the state budget, and a fraction set aside for future investments. It does not, however, specify the respective percentages. It’s understood that a copy of the draft bill has been sent to Cyprus’ international lenders – the troika - who have taken an interest in the island’s natural gas reserves as possible collateral for a loan. The preliminary bailout agreement struck between the government and the troika late last year called for a resource fund to “receive and manage the public revenues of offshore gas exploitation”. It further proposed that “clear rules governing inflows and outflows should be established as part of Cyprus’ budgetary framework, giving due respect to the need to develop the hydrocarbon industry, including the necessary infrastructure, the importance of bringing Cyprus’ public debt on a steady downward path and the need to invest for future generations.”

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Europe

Depardieu skips court to prep for new role

The S-word enters the papal lexicon

Larger-than-life actor already in spotlight over tax, drink driving case will now go to full trial

THE ubiquitous term “spread” - a staple of financial news bulletins and one of the main measures of investor sentiment - has now penetrated even the elevated lexicon of the papacy. In his speech to diplomats from around the world, Pope Benedict chastised those who only think of a “spread” in financial terms. He said there should be a simultaneous concern for a social “spread” - the gap between the rich and poor. “If the differential index between financial taxes represents a source of concern, the increasing differences between those few who grow ever richer and the many who grow hopelessly poorer, should be a cause for dismay,” the pope told the diplomats in his speech at the Vatican on Monday. “In a word, it is a question of refusing to be resigned to a ‘spread’ in social well-being, while at the same time fighting one in the financial sector,” he said. During the financial crisis facing Italy for more than a year, hardly a week has passed without a news report about the see-sawing spread - the risk premium investors demand to hold Italian bonds rather than their safer German equivalents. The higher the spread, the greater interest payments are for Italy to finance its public debt. The spread was at 574 basis points about 14 months ago when Prime Minister Mario Monti took office, and is now at about 279 basis points. In the part of his speech that centred on financial issues - most of the address was dedicated to hot spots such as Syria - the pope said politicians had to consider people as well as numbers. “Certainly, if justice is to be achieved, good economic models, however necessary, are not sufficient. Justice is achieved only when people are just,” he said. As far as the spread is concerned, Benedict, a worldclass theologian who by his own admission is not good with numbers, is only the latest person to be unexpectedly touched by the S-word. Last month Monti told a television interviewer that talk of bond spreads had filtered down from the power lunches of bankers and brokers all the way to his grandson’s kindergarten. “The youngest of my daughter’s three children was home and saw a news programme on television and they were talking about the spread,” Monti said. “And he said ‘Mamma, but I’m Spread’”.

By Alexandria Sage FRENCH film star Gerard Depardieu failed to show up in court to face drink driving charges yesterday as he pursued a headline-grabbing world tour that has seen him set up an alleged tax haven home in Belgium and pick up a passport in Russia. The garrulous actor’s lawyer said he had missed the hearing in Paris because he was now in Montenegro, holding meetings over a film in which he will play disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The no-show means the case will turn into a full trial - guaranteeing yet another day in the spotlight for Depardieu who is already caught up in a public row with French authorities over his tax status. It could also lead to the 64year-old star of Cyrano de Bergerac and Asterix and Obelix getting a tougher sentence if convicted - in theory up to two years in prison. “Despite wanting to be there and meet the judges and in no way to escape justice, Gerard Depardieu absolutely could not be is lawyer present,” his mont told Eric de Caumont a scrum of reporters outside the Paris courtroom. He said his client enewas in Monteneatgro negotiator ing a deal for an upcom-ing film in which he would splay Strausso Kahn, who was seen as othe next Sosicialist presince dent of France before a US sex ught scandal bought areer down his career last year. ier on A day earlier DeparMonday, ated at dieu celebrated ards cera FIFA awards urich. emony in Zurich. Depardieu is accused of crashing his scooter in Parore than is with more three times the legal hol in his limit of alcohol blood. No one else was injured in the

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accident. The actor did not have to attend the hearing. But many defendants have used similar pre-trial sessions to strike a bargain with prosecutors and accept a lighter sentence in exchange for acknowledging guilt. Depardieu hit the headlines last month after he bought a house over the border in Belgium, spurring accusations he was trying to dodge a proposed new tax on millionaires. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called the move “pathetic” and unpatriotic. Last week, Depardieu accepted a Russian passport, provoking even ﬁercer charges that he had abandoned his homeland.

TAX REASONS Russia has a flat income tax rate of 13 per cent, compared to the 75 per cent on income over €1 million that President Francois Hollande wants to levy in France. Depardieu on Monday denied he was leaving France for tax reasons. “I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will probab probably have dual Belgian nati nationality. But if I’d wanted tto escape the taxman, as the French press say, I would have done it a long time ago,” h he said. Depardieu is a Dep l a r g e r- t h a n - l i f e and outspoken g figure who beg gan his long c career playing th thugs and dropout outs before moving on to leadingman roles in films like the romantic com comedy Green Card Card. A few fe months before th the scooter incident cident, a car driver accuse accused Depardieu of assa assault and battery du during an altercation in Paris. Last year, th the actor outraged p passengers on an Air France flight by uri urinating into a bottle in the aisle.

Lighter roll: Depardieu as Obelix

A Greek Evzone, or Presidential Guard, on duty during a snowfall in Athens yesterday

Armies use patriots for Turkey in fight against cuts

‘I’m innocent’ says the French minister facing tax fraud probe

SENDING Patriot missiles to Turkey has a hidden beneﬁt for Europe’s shrinking armed forces: it helps them to justify expensive and little-used weapons systems at a time when their governments are slashing military spending. The German and Dutch armies have both held media opportunities to show off their deployment of two Patriot missile batteries and up to 400 personnel each in response to Turkey’s request for NATO to bolster security along its 900km border with Syria. The Patriots, anti-missile systems intended to counter any threat from Syrian Scud missiles, will guard three southeastern Turkish cities. The United States is also sending a pair of batteries; all are expected to be operational by February. “It does show that a capacity like this is relevant,” said General Tom Middendorp, commander of the Dutch armed forces.

FRENCH prosecutors are to open a preliminary investigation into Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac over allegations that he had a secret bank account in Switzerland, the Paris prosecutor’s ofﬁce said yesterday. Cahuzac, who is leading a government crackdown on tax evasion, has vigorously denied a report by the French investigative news website Mediapart that he held an undisclosed account at the Swiss bank UBS until the start of 2010. He said he would welcome an inquiry that he was conﬁdent would prove his innocence. The investigation is nevertheless a huge embarrassment for President Francois Hollande’s eight-month-old Socialist government, which has made raising income and capital gains taxes on the rich a central plank of its economic policy. A preliminary investigation could take several months and would lead

either to Cahuzac being placed under formal investigation or to the case being dropped for lack of grounds. “Jerome Cahuzac welcomes the Paris prosecutor’s decision,” his office said in a statement. “This step will, as he has always said, show his complete innocence of the absurd allegations that he has been subjected to.” Mediapart chief Edwy Plenel told I>Tele television that he stood by the story. Mediapart published its first report on the affair in early December and followed up by posting a recording of a telephone call, which it said dated from 2000, in which a male voice it cited as Cahuzac’s mentions an account he held at UBS. Cahuzac has filed legal complaints against the website and repeated his denial of the allegations on France 2 television on Monday evening. He said the voice in the recording was not his.

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Afghan renegade kills UK soldier

Six of the Royal Mail’s new stamps issued yesterday to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground, the world’s oldest underground travel network

MPS back benefits bill Working-age benefits rises to be capped at one per cent THE government’s plan for a real-terms cut in working-age benefits cleared its first Commons hurdle after heated exchanges between coalition and Labour MPs last night. MPs voted by 324 to 268, majority 56, to give the legislation a second reading, but former Liberal Democrat minister Sarah Teather rebelled and warned attacks on the poor could lead to the “fragmentation” of society. Labour branded the plan a “strivers’ tax” as 68 per cent of households caught by the below inflation rise in benefits were in work. But Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith accused Labour of tying working families into the benefits system and “buying votes” by increasing handouts. He said: “They think that helping people is about trapping more and more people in benefits. What is really interesting is that under the tax credit system, nine out of ten families with children were eligible for tax credits.

“This went in some cases up to over £70,000 in earnings. What a ridiculous nonsense they have created.” The Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill limits rises in most working-age benefits to one per cent in 2014/15 and 2015/2016 instead of linking them to inflation. Similar measures for 2013/14 will be introduced separately.

SLASHING The plan, announced by George Osborne in his Autumn Statement last year, is aimed at slashing £5 billion from the welfare bill over the next five years. Duncan Smith said that since the beginning of the recession incomes for those in work have risen by about 10 per cent but for those on benefits they have risen by about 20 per cent. He said: “What we are trying to do over the next few years is get that back to a fair settlement and then eventually it will go back on to inflation.” But shadow work and pen-

sions secretary Liam Byrne claimed the Bill was a “hit and run on working families” who were paying the price for the Chancellor’s economic failure. “Millionaires will have £107,000 more from next year to help them heat the swimming pool,” he said. “It’s not Britain’s millionaires who are picking up the tab, it is Britain’s working families. This Bill is a strivers’ tax, pure and simple.” Labour former foreign secretary David Miliband described the Bill as “rancid” and claimed it was motivated by party politics. “It reeks of the politics of dividing lines that the current government spent so much time denouncing when they were in opposition in the dog days of the Brown administration,” he said. “The enemy within is not the unemployed, the enemy within is unemployment. I don’t want to live in a society where we pretend that we can enjoy the good life while our neighbours lose their life chances.”

The military is vulnerable to cyber risk, MPs warn BRITAIN’S armed forces are now so dependent on information technology that their ability to operate could be “fatally compromised” by a sustained cyber attack, MPs warned yesterday. The Commons Defence Committee said the cyber threat to UK security had the ability to evolve at “almost unimaginable speed” and questioned whether the government had the capacity to deal with it. It called on ministers to take a more hands-on approach to ensure proper contingency plans were in place. The committee heard evidence that entire combat units, such as aircraft and warships, could be rendered completely dysfunctional by a cyber attack. Experts warned an enemy could seek to target radar or satellites to create a “deceptive picture” in the military com-

mand structure while the increased use of unmanned drones and battleﬁeld robots potentially added to the vulnerability. “The evidence we received leaves us concerned that with the armed forces now so dependent on information and communications technology, should such systems suffer a sustained cyber attack, their ability to operate could be fatally compromised,” the committee said. “Given the inevitable inadequacy of the measures available to protect against a constantly changing and evolving threat... it is not enough for the armed forces to do their best to prevent an effective attack. “In its response to this report the government should set out details of the contingency plans it has in place should such an attack occur. If it has none, it should say so - and urgently create some.”

A BRITISH soldier has been killed and six others injured in the latest “insider attack” on international troops by a member of the Afghan security forces. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred yesterday at Patrol Base Hazrat in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. NATO command spokesman Brigadier General Gunter Katz said a suspected member of the Afghan National Army opened ﬁre on international (Isaf) and Afghan troops at the base. “The shooter who actually turned his weapon against members of the Afghan National Army and Isaf was shot during the incident,” he said. The soldier who died was a member of 28 Engineer Regiment who was attached to 21 Engineer Regiment. The Ministry of Defence said next of kin had been informed. The incident underlined the threat from “green-on-blue” attacks by renegade members of the Afghan security forces, which have claimed all six British soldiers killed on the current tour of duty. According to NATO, 61 people were killed in 45 incidents last year, compared with 35 in 21 attacks in 2011.

The tally does not include the December 24 killing of an American civilian adviser by a female member of the Afghan police because an investigation is continuing. Downing Street described the latest killing as “tragic” and said measures had been taken to step up protection for the troops in Afghanistan. They include stronger vetting and screening of recruits to Afghan security forces, and the monitoring and surveillance of elements thought to pose a threat, as well as counter-intelligence measures. “These are clearly very, very serious incidents,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said. “The military always keep force protection measures under review.” A statement issued by a Taliban spokesman named the “infiltrator” who carried out the attack as Mohammad Qasim Faroq. It said he escaped from the scene but was shot and killed after opening fire on a checkpoint. The latest incident comes after David Cameron announced last month that nearly 4,000 British troops would be withdrawing from the country in April, ahead of complete withdrawal of combat troops by the end of 2014.

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World WORLD TODAY Bibi takes on the world IT’S Bibi against the world on a campaign trail that took the combative Israeli prime minister to a Jewish settlement yesterday. Enjoying a wide opinion poll lead before a January 22 election, Benjamin Netanyahu has been lecturing the international community - vocal in its criticism of settlement expansion on occupied territory and his hints of military action against Iran - about what it should really be worried about. The right-wing candidate, known by his childhood nickname “Bibi”, has been striving in campaign appearances to strike a common chord in a country where a song titled, “The whole world is against us”, was once a hit. “The great danger to the world is not from Jews building in our ancestral capital in Jerusalem, it’s from nuclear weapons in Iran,” Netanyahu said on Monday in a speech in the holy city, to which both Israel and the Palestinians stake claims.

Genes determine how fat you are, new research concludes By John von Radowitz GENES are largely to blame for bulging waistlines, a study has found. While diet plays a key role in obesity, some people are programmed to get fat easily, research from the US suggests. Although the work focused on mice, it is believed to be just as relevant to humans. Lead scientist Dr Brian Parks, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), said: “Our research demonstrates that body-fat

responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component, and we have identiﬁed several genetic factors potentially regulating these responses. “We found that obesity has similar genetic signatures in mice and humans, indicating the mice are a highly relevant model system to study obesity. Overall, our work has broad implications concerning the genetic nature of obesity and weight gain.” Dramatic increases in obesity over the past few decades have been linked to high-calorie sugar and

Jailed militant agrees to a four-stage plan which would lead to disarmament By Daren Butler

ABOUT one million Syrians are going short of food, most of them in conﬂict zones, due to government restrictions on aid distribution, the United Nations said yesterday. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in Syria each month, still short of the 2.5 million deemed to be in need, WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said. Bread and fuel particularly are in short supply. The WFP is unable to step up assistance as only a handful of aid agencies are authorised to distribute relief goods in Syria, where more than 60,000 people have been killed during 21 months of conﬂict.

ABU Dhabi has awarded a $653 million contract to build a branch of France’s Louvre museum, signalling the oil-rich emirate is again moving ahead with flamboyant development projects after a pause prompted by the global economic crisis. Arabtec Holdings, a big construction firm headquartered in neighbouring Dubai, said yesterday it had been awarded the 2.4 billion dirham contract by the Abu Dhabi government. Construction is due to finish in 2015. Abu Dhabi plans to build three iconic museums. The other two museums are a branch of the Guggenheim of the United States, and the Zayed National Museum.

tion of weight ranged from zero to 600 per cent. The ﬁndings are consistent with generational patterns of body mass index and obesity seen in humans, said the researchers. “Our results emphasise the importance of gene-by-environment interactions, with important implications for an understanding of the overall genetic architecture of obesity,” said Prof Lusis said. “In particular, it will be of interest to examine behavioural and neurological differences among the strains as they relate to obesity traits.”

Turkey, Ocalan map steps to end Kurdish conflict

1m Syrians in need of food aid

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fat-rich diets as well as sedentary “couch potato” lifestyles. But the new research indicates that body-fat responses to food are to a large extent hard-wired in to our DNA. Over the course of the two-year study, the UCLA team looked at the effect of high-calorie diets on more than 100 strains of laboratory mice. The scientists located 11 regions of the genetic code associated with obesity and fat gain due to diet. Several of these overlapped with genes identiﬁed in human studies. Increases in body fat as a propor-

Fake money with likenesses of US President Barack Obama at the Souvenir World shop in Washington as preparations are underway for his inauguration on January 21 (AFP)

Earth could have billions of twins EARTH could have many billions of twins strewn across the Milky Way, a study suggests. Astronomers estimate that at least 17 billion stars in our galaxy harbour an Earth-sized planet. This may be a small proportion of the true ﬁgure, since it only includes hot worlds that hug their parent stars closely and are easy to detect. As more data is gathered scientists expect to ﬁnd more rocky Earth-sized planets in wider orbits. An unknown number could lie within the habitable or “Goldilocks” zone of their parent star - the orbital path where temperatures are just right to permit surface liquid water and, potentially, life. Moons orbiting planets in habitable zones could increase the chances of life even further. Fifteen newly discovered candidate planets the size of Jupiter or Neptune fall into this category. While such planets would not themselves be suitable for Earth-like life, they could be circled by moons that are. The new analysis is based on data from the American space agency Nasa’s Kepler space telescope.

THE TURKISH government and the jailed leader of a Kurdish insurgency have agreed on the framework for a plan to end a war that has killed 40,000 people since 1984, envisaging rebel disarmament in exchange for increased minority rights, a newspaper said yesterday. The Radikal daily said senior intelligence officials had held meetings with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) chief Abdullah Ocalan in his island jail near Istanbul, yielding a four-stage plan to halt the conflict. Previous negotiations with the PKK were highly secretive and appeared to have run aground. The open acknowledgment of the latest contact has raised hopes for a renewed peace effort, including from the main pro-Kurdish party in parliament. “Meeting with Ocalan... is a correct step, it’s logical and appropriate,” Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) leader Selahattin Demirtas told members of his party in the assembly in Ankara. “Peace in Turkey can only begin with this step.” Radikal said that after an initial end to hostilities the PKK fighters would withdraw from Turkish territory, after which disarmament talks would begin, before a final process of the militants laying down their weapons. Ocalan will prepare four letters setting out his vision for a solution to the conflict to be addressed to the BDP, to the PKK commanders in northern Iraq, to Europe, where many PKK activists are based, and to the Turkish public, Radikal said. The “roadmap” would involve releasing from custody thousands of people accused of PKK links. It would also lead to constitutional reforms removing obstacles to Kurdish language education, strengthening local administrations and an ethnically neutral defini-

tion of citizenship, describing people as citizens of Turkey rather than Turkish citizens. There was no ofﬁcial conﬁrmation of any agreement and Radikal did not specify its sources but it is generally regarded as being reliable on the Kurdish issue. Ocalan’s demands appeared to be limited, with no references to an independent Kurdistan, a federation or the concept of “democratic autonomy” which has been proposed by Kurdish politicians, according to the report.

BOMB ATTACKS Since the PKK took up arms in 1984 violence has been focused in Turkey’s mountainous southeast border region with Iran, Iraq and Syria but bomb attacks have also been staged in cities. Talks with the PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. Ocalan is widely reviled by Turks who hold him directly responsible for the bloodshed. Many Turks rejoiced when Ocalan was hounded from a series of Middle East hideouts, denied refuge in Europe and ﬁnally tracked to Kenya by Turkish special forces in

1999. Demirtas said Ocalan, held on the island of Imrali since his capture, had shown a determination to work towards peace but that progress would depend on the government. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has played down the concessions which Turkey would make to end the conﬂict, ruling out the prospect of Ocalan being released and placed under house arrest or a general amnesty. Erdogan is under pressure to stem the violence, Turkey’s main domestic security concern, particularly with presidential elections due in 2014 in which he is expected to stand. There was a cautious response from senior PKK commander Murat Karayilan in northern Iraq, who said the active PKK leadership must be given direct access to Ocalan himself. “The (PKK) armed forces are what is fundamentally important. For that reason we must have direct dialogue with the leader,” Karayilan said in an interview with a news agency close to the militants. “There is the problem of convincing the broad command structure and ﬁghters, not just the leadership,” he said.

KURDISH MILITANTS ATTACK TURKISH OUTPOST, 13 KILLED TWELVE Kurdish militants and one Turkish soldier were killed in clashes along the Turkey-Iraq border after the militants opened fire from inside Iraq on a remote outpost in southeast Turkey, security sources said yesterday. A group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, located in northern Iraq about 8km from Cukurca, a remote and mountainous border district in Turkey’s Hakkari province, opened fire on the Karatas military outpost on Monday night, the sources said. Turkish security forces fired mortars at the militants who were using the area’s thick fog and snowfall as cover, they said. One Turkish soldier was killed in the initial attack and 12 rebels were killed by the return fire. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Turkey and the PKK. The militants began fighting in 1984 with the aim of carving out a separate state in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey. They now seek autonomy in the region.

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Gunshots and plea for help heard in 911 calls from US movie shooting By Keith Coffman A 13-YEAR-old girl caught in last summer’s shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theatre was heard frantically pleading for help in a tape of her emergency 911 call played in court yesterday. In it, the girl could be heard desperately telling an emergency dispatcher that her six-year-old cousin, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, and Veronica’s pregnant mother, Ashley Moser, had been struck by gunﬁre. Veronica was the youngest of the 12 people killed in the attack. “My two cousins have been shot,” she cries, as the dispatcher tries in vain to instruct the girl, whose name was not given, on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The recording was one of two 911 calls played in court during the second day of a preliminary hearing for the accused gunman, James Holmes, in which prosecutors are seeking to convince a judge they have enough evidence to put him on trial. The onetime University of Colorado neuroscience doctoral student is charged with 24 counts of ﬁrst-degree murder and 116 counts

of attempted murder stemming from the July 20 shooting rampage at a midnight screening of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, in Aurora, Colorado. In addition to the 12 dead, 58 others were wounded. Prosecutors charged Holmes with two counts for each shooting victim - one for commission of the crime “after deliberation” and another for “malice manifesting extreme indifference to human life.” Prosecutors have yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty, though the charges make Holmes eligible for it. During testimony, police officers and investigators outlined in graphic detail the shooting and its immediate aftermath. Police say Holmes, who bought his movie ticket 12 days in advance, left the screening a few minutes after it started and re-entered Theater 9 at the Century 16 multiplex a short time later dressed in tactical body armour, a gas mask and helmet. Armed with a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun and pistol, police say, he then lobbed a tear gas cannister into the auditorium and sprayed the audience with bullets.

Teachers in Ohio, Texas flock to free gun training classes SCHOOL teachers in Texas and Ohio are flocking to free firearms classes in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school massacre, some vowing to protect their students with guns even at the risk of losing their jobs. In Ohio, more than 900 teachers, administrators and school employees asked to take part in the Buckeye Firearms Association’s newly created, three-day gun training programme, the association said. In Texas, an $85 Concealed Handgun License (CHL) course offered at no cost to teachers filled 400 spots immediately, forcing the school to offer another class, one instructor said. “Any teacher who is licenced and chooses to be armed should be able to be armed,” said Gerald Valentino, cofounder of the Buckeye Firearms Association. “It should be every teacher’s choice.” The December 14 tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, sparked a national debate about whether to arm teachers, prompting passionate arguments on both sides. The deaths of six and seven-year-old school children led President Barack Obama to promise “meaningful action” to curtail gun violence, while the National Rifle Association has advocated arming teachers and placing trained guards in each of the country’s 100,000 schools.

Smoke billowing as a bushﬁre burns near Green Point in New South Wales

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Sweltering Oz battles hundreds of wildfires Hundreds of blazes as residents forced to evacuate homes By Rob Taylor AUSTRALIAN fire crews battled hundreds of wildfires, a searing heatwave and powerful, hot outback winds yesterday, but were hopeful they had dodged a potentially catastrophic fire day without loss of life or major damage. Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate homes as fires raged in southeast Australia, while some had no choice but to seek shelter in their homes as fires approached. Temperatures soared to more than 45 degrees Celsius. Fire fighters hope cooler weather sweeping up the Australian east coast late yesterday, which saw temperatures fall 20 degrees Celsius in a matter of hours in some coastal towns, would ease the incendiary conditions. “It’s very much a moveable feast with many fires still being identified,” said New South Wales (NSW) state

fire commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, warning a respite would not come for some hours and would last only days before searing heat driven by outback winds returned. The severe fire conditions replicated those of 2009, when “Black Saturday” wildfires in Victoria state killed 173 people and caused $4.4 billion worth of damage. After a week-long heatwave bushfires are ablaze in five of Australia’s six states, with more than 137 fires in the most populous state NSW, and in forests around the capital Canberra. Around 100 houses, the majority on the island state of Tasmania, have been destroyed by bushfires in recent days, and many people are still missing in fire-ravaged areas. Fire officials declared five areas of southern NSW as catastrophic, meaning if fires ignited they could not be controlled and advised people to evacuate. “We grabbed the photo

albums, suitcases, clothes and jewellery and ended up getting out while we could,” said Hallie Fernandez who runs a bed and breakfast motel at Brogo in NSW, where an out-of-control bushfire was burning. In Australia’s biggest city Sydney, where the temperature hit 41.8 degrees Celsius, thousands flocked to the city’s iconic beaches, while zookeepers hosed down animals to help them cope with temperatures that tested national records. The blistering heat also caused a blaze at a nuclear research facility in southern Sydney after cabling overheated in a nearby electricity substation, while thousands of homes in the city’s north experienced power outages due to soaring demand. In the outback city of Broken Hill, the mercury hit 45.1 Celsius, while the country’s biggest highway between Sydney and Melbourne was cut by fires that surrounded people in the township of

Tarcutta. “The heat has been so intense that tar on the road has been melting and sticking to my shoes,” retired Australian journalist Malcolm Brown said from central NSW. The record heatwave forced the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to extend its extreme temperature limit, adding new pink and purple colours to forecast maps to allow for temperatures of above 54 degrees Celsius. The bureau is forecasting 54 degrees Celsius in central Australia next Monday. The heatwave, which began in Western Australia on December 27 and lasted eight days, was the ﬁercest in more than 80 years in that state and has spread east across the nation, making it the widest-ranging heatwave in more than a decade. Strong wind gusts had created a “dome of heat” covering much of the island continent, said climate experts.

Cameroon acquits men jailed for ‘looking gay’ First images of giant squid filmed in deep ocean A CAMEROON appeal court on Monday overturned the convictions of two men found guilty of homosexuality and sentenced to ﬁve years in jail for cross-dressing and wearing make-up. Homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon but recent incidents have highlighted growing tension between a largely conservative society and a younger generation less concerned by the issue. The two men were convicted in November 2011 and had already spent over a year in prison. Their lawyer, Alice Nkom, who also campaigns

for gay rights, said the court’s decision had been expected. “Their conviction was against the law because they were not actually seen or caught doing anything at the time the police arrested them,” she said. “They were arrested because they were just seen wearing women’s clothes and because of the nature of their makeup, and only suspected to be homosexuals, which is against Cameroon law. That is why we appealed.” Three weeks ago, the same appeal court upheld the three-year jail term of

32-year-old Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, found guilty of homosexual conduct because he sent a text message to another man saying: “I’m very much in love with you.” Nkom, who also defended Mbede, said she hoped the supreme court would overturn that ruling. “A man cannot be found guilty of practising homosexuality simply because he sent a message to another man to say he loves him. At least two persons of same sex must be caught doing the act before they are arrested and convicted.”

By Ruairidh Villar A JAPANESE-led team of scientists has captured on film the world’s first live images of a giant squid, journeying to the depths of the ocean in search of the mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the ‘kraken’, a tentacled monster. The images of the silvery, three-metre long cephalopod, looming out of the darkness nearly 1km below the surface, were taken last July near the Ogasawara islands, 1,000 km south of Tokyo. Though the beast was small by giant squid standards - the largest ever caught stretched 18 metres long, tentacles and all - filming it secretly in its natural habitat was a key step towards understanding the

animal, researchers said. “Many people have tried to capture an image of a giant squid alive in its natural habitat, whether researchers or ﬁlm crews. But they all failed,” said Tsunemi Kubodera, a zoologist at Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science, who led the team. “These are the ﬁrst ever images of a real live giant squid,” Kubodera said of the footage, shot by Japanese national broadcaster NHK and the Discovery Channel. The key to their success, said Kubodera, was a small submersible rigged with lights invisible to both human and cephalopod eyes. He, a cameraman and the submersible’s pilot drifted silently down to 630 metres and released a one-metre-long squid as bait. In all, they descended around 100 times.

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Business BUSINESS TODAY Qatar throws Egypt $2.5b QATAR tossed Egypt an economic lifeline yesterday, announcing it had lent Egypt another $2 billion and given it an extra $500 million outright to help control a currency crisis. Political strife has set off a rush to convert Egyptian pounds to dollars over the past several weeks, sending the currency to a record low against the US dollar and draining foreign reserves to a critical level. The government said it expected an International Monetary Fund technical committee to visit Cairo in two to three weeks’ time to resume talks on a crucial $4.8 billion loan to plug balance of payments and budget deﬁcits.

Sainsbury tops Xmas spend J SAINSBURY, Britain’s No. 3 supermarket group, posted the highest sales growth of the so called “big four” grocers in the run-up to Christmas and was the only one to grow market share, according to data published yesterday. Market researcher Kantar Worldpanel said Britain’s grocery market grew 3.2 per cent in the 12 weeks to December 23, with the strongest growth at the discount and premium ends of the market - at Aldi and John Lewis’ Waitrose respectively. Among the ‘big four’ which also includes market leader Tesco, No. 2 player Wal-Mart’s Asda and No. 4 Wm Morrison - Sainsbury’s saw sales growth of 3.4 per cent, edging up its market share by 0.1 percentage points to 17.1 per cent.

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Galaxy phones power Samsung to record $8.3b profit By Miyoung Kim and Hyunjoo Jin SAMSUNG Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, said it likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion, as it sold close to 500 handsets a minute and as demand picked up for the flat screens it makes for mobile devices, including those for rival Apple Inc products. That run of five straight record quarters may end in JanuaryMarch on weaker seasonal demand, though a strong pipeline

of smartphones - the South Korean group’s biggest earner - and improving chip prices have eased concerns that earnings growth could slow this year, powering Samsung shares to record levels last week. The stock closed down 1.3 per cent yesterday, in a Seoul market that fell 0.7 per cent. “Investors are a bit concerned that Samsung’s momentum may slow in the ﬁrst half. The smartphone market is unlikely to sustain its strong growth as advanced markets are nearing saturation despite

growth in emerging countries,” said Kim Sung-soo, a fund manager at LS Asset Management. Samsung has outpaced Apple - its biggest rival and biggest customer - despite the US ﬁrm’s launch of the latest iPhone 5, with sales momentum boosted by its Galaxy Note II phone-cum-tablet, or ‘phablet’, in the fourth quarter. IPhone 5 sales were a little below expectations, analysts said. While Apple rolled out just a single new smartphone last year globally, Samsung bombarded the market with 37 variants tweaked

for regional and consumer tastes, from high-end smartphones to cheaper low-end models. Shipments of Samsung’s ﬂagship Galaxy S III, which overtook the iPhone 4S in the third quarter to become the world’s best-selling smartphone, are likely to have slipped to around 15 million in the last quarter from 18 million in July-September, analysts estimate, but sales of around eight million Galaxy Note II ‘phablets’ should more than make up for that - pushing overall smartphone shipments to around 63 million.

‘Davos man’ fears more storms, real and economic Income disparity and government debts top risk list of World Economic Forum report By Ben Hirschler FRAGILE economies and extreme weather have combined to crank up the global risk dial in the past year, creating an increasingly dangerous mix, according to the World Economic Forum. Despite Europe’s avoidance of a euro break-up and the United States stepping back from its fiscal cliff, business leaders and academics fear politicians are failing to address fundamental problems. That is the conclusion of the group’s Global Risks 2013 report, which surveyed more than 1,000 experts and industry bosses and found they were slightly more pessimistic about the outlook than a year ago. “It reflects a loss of confidence in leadership from governments,” said Lee Howell, the WEF managing director responsible for the report. Severe wealth gaps and unsustainable government finances were seen as the biggest economic threats facing the world, as they were last January. There was also a marked increase in focus on the dangers posed by severe weather. The 80-page analysis of 50 risks for the next 10 years comes ahead of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos from January 23 to 27, where the rich and powerful will ponder the planet’s future. Bringing together business leaders, politicians and cen-

Fragile economy: poor and homeless people in Greece are given food

tral bankers, Davos has come to symbolise the modern globalised world dominated by successful multinational corporations. Chief executives arriving on their private jets may still ooze conﬁdence but ‘Davos man’ - and most delegates are male - has plenty to worry about these days. “Most of the risks have gone in the wrong direction in the

past year,” Howell told reporters yesterday. On the economic front, eurozone instability will continue to shape global prospects in the coming years and the “associated risk of systemic ﬁnancial failure, although limited, cannot be completely discarded,” the report said. Concerns about rising greenhouse gas emissions have grown notably in the

past 12 months. The issue is ranked as the third biggest worry overall, while failure to adapt to climate change is viewed as the biggest single environmental hazard. “Two storms - environmental and economic - are on a collision course,” said John Drzik, chief executive of Oliver Wyman, a unit of insurance broker Marsh & McLennan. “If we don’t allocate the re-

sources needed to mitigate the rising risk from severe weather events, global prosperity for future generations could be threatened.” This year’s Davos meeting takes as its theme “resilient dynamism”, in recognition of the need for governments and businesses to develop strategies to ensure critical systems continue to function in the face of such threats.

‘Japan needs women to galvanise economy’ Samaras: big efforts made By Linda Sieg JAPAN must put more women in key posts to boost its economy and to prove its ruling party has changed its hidebound ways, the party’s top spokeswoman said yesterday, just days after two female party executives clashed over quotas for women managers. “To mobilise women would create a breakthrough in Japan’s economy. This itself would change the paradigm of Japan’s economy and ought to be ensconced as part of our growth strategy,” said Yuriko Koike, a multilingual former defence minister who was appointed head of LDP’s public relations after the party surged back to power last month. Shinzo Abe, who returned to the premiership in December after the LDP’s stunning election victory, three years after it was ousted, has appointed Koike and two other women to important party posts in what the prime minister called an effort to show that the longdominant party has changed.

But in a sign the conservative party remains ambivalent about the role of women, the two other female appointees - LDP policy chief Sanae Takaichi and party General Council Chairwoman Seiko Noda - quibbled on Sunday over the need to set a legally binding target for boosting women’s share of managerial posts in the public and private sectors to more than 30 per cent by 2020. The LDP’s campaign platform called for a numerical target but did not specify whether it would be compulsory. Takaichi, a staunch conservative on social issues, raised the concern a quota would lead to “reverse discrimination”, while Noda backed the measure as necessary to spark change, according to reports of their exchange on a TV show. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Japan in a report in October to make better use of working women, noting females accounted for nine per cent of the country’s managers as of 2009, compared with 43 per cent in the US. Female labour force participation overall also lags other advanced countries.

GREECE is making enormous efforts to get its economy on track despite the pain this involves for its citizens, its prime minister Antonis Samaras said yesterday on a visit to Germany, chief champion of austerity in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has praised the reform drive of Samaras’ government, said the whole EU faces hard work to reach agreement on closer economic ties aimed at ending the debt crisis. “I would like at the outset to make clear that our country is making enormous efforts, accompanied by great sacriﬁces, to get things back on the right path,” Samaras said before his talks with Merkel. “We are trying to win back

credibility, among the peoples of Europe and among the ﬁnancial markets,” he said, adding that Greece had adopted a raft of measures to achieve this goal and to get liquidity ﬂowing to businesses again. “This and investments are the two big elements which are necessary for our country, a country that is indeed suffering a great deal, above all from the scourge of unemployment, especially among young people.” Greece, which has received tens of billions of euros in emergency loans from its euro zone partners since mid-2010 to stave off bankruptcy, is expected to see its economy shrink for the sixth consecutive year in 2013.

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Opinion

Re-hiring of retired central bank staff is unjustified IN ITS last issue, the Sunday Mail carried a report about the Central Bank re-hiring, on contracts, employees who had opted for early retirement. Three of them benefited in this way, collecting their retirement bonus, without paying income tax as will be the case for all public employees who retire from this year onwards, and having their monthly pension calculated by the old method, that was scrapped at the end of 2012. The Central Bank’s employees had every right to opt for early retirement, in order to ensure the maximum bonus and pension, but to re-hire them on short-term contracts was totally unjustified, at a time of record unemployment. How peculiar that these practices are taking place under a government, which vehemently opposed the extension of the retirement age, so jobs would open up for youngsters in the public sector. Hiring retirees does not exactly fit in with this government’s philosophy. These decisions were justified in the view of the significant number of personnel that opted for early retirement the Central Bank said in its defence, adding that it was the only way to ensure the smooth operation of its departments at a time of increased responsibilities. “It became necessary to offer a small number of work contracts of a limited time period until procedures to hire permanent personnel are completed,” the Central Bank said. Of course the Central Bank’s committee, to which the applications for early retirement are submitted, was not obliged to approve them. It could have turned down the applications of people who were still needed by the service, instead of being so obliging. It is also a bit difficult to understand why the procedures for hiring replacements were not put in motion as soon as the requests for early retirements had been approved. And if there was not enough time for the long-winded procedures, the bank should have turned down some of the applications to ensure its smooth operation was not affected. Under the circumstances, suspicions that the re-hiring of retirees was politically-motivated cannot be ruled out, especially knowing the level of control the government and AKEL have been exercising at the Central Bank in recent months. It would surprise nobody to hear that the ‘short-term’ (nobody knows how shortterm these are) contracts were given to the retirees at the behest of the government, which has always looked after its ‘own’. But whatever the reasons, it is unacceptable to reward the lack of loyalty of public employees, who have chosen early retirement in order to maximise their pension and bonus incomes, with new contracts, no matter how ‘short-term’ these might be.

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No doom scenario but gloom deepens Comment Alan Wheatley

T WOULD be fair to say that US hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass does not expect the explosion in global debt in recent years to turn out well. “This ends through war,” Bass, the founder of Hayman Capital Management in Dallas, said. “I don’t know who’s going to fight who, but I’m fairly certain that in the next few years you will see wars erupt, and not just small ones,” he told a recent conference. http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=JUc8GUC1hY&feature=youtu.be But while many investors have, like Bass, bet heavily on chaotic sovereign default in countries such as Greece, three years of dogged diplomacy in Europe have so far wrong-footed the doomsayers. And while some popular protests have erupted into violence, notably in Greece, the mystery for many analysts is why Europeans have not fought harder against escalating job losses, social spending cuts and tax rises. Unemployment in Greece and Spain has reached 25 per cent. Bass bases his apocalyptic view on his calculation that credit market debt has reached 340 per cent of global output, saying the world has never lived in peacetime with such a burden. He says some societies will not withstand the social strain when trillions of dollars of debt have to be restructured, inflicting hefty losses on millions of investors. War in the euro zone - which Bass does not expect to survive in its present form, if at all - looks far-fetched, to put it mildly. Europe’s political elite demonstrated in 2012 its determination to preserve the euro. Prophecies that doom has merely been delayed could well prove yet again to be wide of the mark. But it is reasonable to ask how much those caught in the cross-fire between creditors and debtors will stand for as the euro’s battle for survival drags on. Take Portugal, now into the third year of recession, where the president has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of unprecedented tax increases. Adelino Maltez, a political scientist at Lisbon Technical University, said Portugal “got drunk on Europe” during the boom years. “Now for the first time we have the feeling that we have nowhere to go,” he said. “For 2013 the Portuguese lack a sense of mission. There is a recognition of collective powerlessness.” In other words, with scant prospect of a swift return to growth, the risk in 2013 is less

Protests have failed - except in Greece - to translate into a big shift in votes for radical parties outright conﬂagration in the single-currency area than a fraying of social and political ties and an insidious erosion of hope. Jean-Dominique Giuliani, who heads the Robert Schuman Foundation, a pro-European think tank in Paris, says difﬁcult reforms must continue because the crisis shows no sign of going away. “Changes will now be constant and will demand a great deal of populations, overturn societies, surprise political leaders and unsettle experts,” he said in a commentary on his group’s web site. Charles Robertson, chief

‘Europe’s political elite demonstrated its determination to preserve the euro. Prophecies that doom has merely been delayed could well prove yet again to be wide of the mark’

economist at Renaissance Capital in London, is among those wondering how much more voters are prepared to sacrifice. He expects Greece to quit the euro this year and says Spain might follow by the end of 2014. Spain has already endured one year of unemployment above 25 per cent but will probably have to manage three more in order to meet the financial targets set by its international creditors. “No economy (as far as we are aware) has ever sustained this unemployment rate and maintained a peg to a fixed exchange rate,” Robertson said in a report. Most damaging of all, he said, was the absence of hope: “For households, wages are still likely to fall to boost competitiveness. Households are deleveraging and defaulting, not borrowing more to fuel consumption.” A vibrant black market and a still-generous welfare state mean unemployment is probably sustainable at higher levels, and for longer, than ever before, Robertson acknowledged. Still, by 2014, Spanish voters will have had time to conclude that the reforms introduced by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whom they elected in 2011, have failed to deliver prosperity. “People may then take to the streets and demand change,” Robertson argued. Even though the consensus has swung towards the euro staying intact, many economists fret about the broader ramifications of protracted austerity. A possible explanation suggested by Deutsche Bank for Europe’s relative social peace to date is that the bur-

den of adjustment has fallen disproportionately on young people. In Spain, for example, the employment rate for the under-25s tumbled from 39.1 per cent in mid-2007 to 18.3 per cent in mid-2012, a fall of 20.8 per centage points. For the 35-49 age group, with a higher level of protection against layoffs, the drop over the same period was 8.9 per centage points. This mix of “youth sacriﬁce” and relative economic security for the bulk of the population might be why street protests have failed except in Greece - to translate into a big shift in votes for radical parties, according to Gilles Moec, a Deutsche economist. But the potential economic cost is huge. With fewer youngsters working, Italy and Spain have suffered a loss in productivity of about 2 per cent, boding ill for future growth, Moec estimated. The textbook answer is to push policies that end the divide between hard-to-ﬁre ‘insiders’ and typically young ‘outsiders’ on precarious short-term contracts. The risk, however, is that these and other structural reforms become discredited because voters associate them with declining living standards and rising inequality, according to Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, a London think tank. “The consequences are likely to be far-reaching. Not only will governments struggle to push through the needed reforms, but there is a risk of a broader backlash against the market economy and the European Union,” he said.

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Showbiz

Arnie’s back, Hollywood hopes he’s still a big star

Bowie breaks long silence with new release

65-year-old former bodybuilder to appear in three films this year

By Mike Collett-White

By Ronald Grover and Zorianna Kit AS he famously droned on-screen in his signature Terminator movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger is back. A year after leaving the California governor’s office and becoming tabloid fodder for fathering a boy with his family’s housekeeper and splitting with his wife, Maria Shriver, the 65-year old former bodybuilder will star in no less than three Hollywood movies over the next 12 months. None are likely to win Schwarzenegger an Oscar. Indeed, the movies, and Schwarzenegger’s own fee, are low-budget compared with his global blockbusters of yore. But studio executives are betting that overseas fans especially will once again respond to a personality whose 24 films generated worldwide ticket sales of $3.9 billion, according to boxoffice.com. “He is still a worldwide star who resonates with action audiences around the world,” said Rob Friedman, the co-chairman of the Lionsgate motion picture group, which is scheduled to release his next two films. The Last Stand will open on January 18, and The Tomb in September. Ten, the third film, is scheduled for release in January 2014 by Open Road Films, a joint venture of the AMC and Regal Theatre chains. “When you have left the movie business for seven years, it’s kind of a scary thing to come back because you don’t know if you’re accepted

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, seen above at the film premiere of The Expendables 2, ‘is still a worldwide star who resonates with action audiences around the world’ or not,” Schwarzenegger said at a recent press event for The Last Stand. “There could be a whole new generation of action stars that come up in the meantime.” The actor said he was “very pleasantly surprised” by what he called a “great reaction” to his cameo in the 2010 action film The Expendables, which featured fellow action stars Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham. The film

grossed $103.1 million in U.S. ticket sales and $274.5 million worldwide. Since then, Schwarzenegger appeared in a second Expendables and says he will join a ﬁfth instalment of the Terminator if it is made. Comcast’s Universal Pictures wants to “do a bunch” of new ﬁlms based on the 30year-old Conan The Barbarian movie, said Schwarzenegger, in which he would reprise his role as a barbarian.

He added that Universal, after 10 years of prodding by Schwarzenegger, also wants to do a sequel to the 1988 comedy Twins, in which he and Danny DeVito played mismatched twins, to be called Triplets. Schwarzenegger no longer commands the $25 million pay checks he cashed in his heyday and will get between $8 and $10 million for each of his next three ﬁlms, according to two people with

knowledge of his salary but who were not authorized to speak publicly about it. He also gets a percentage of the profits, according to one of the people. “He has significant value outside the United States and Canada, where he is still revered by people who have grown up with him throughout the years,” said Jere Hausfater of film production company Aldamisa International.

Downton sets PBS record Mariah Carey in feud with Minaj with 7.9 million viewers BRITISH period drama Downton Abbey scored rave reviews and a record 7.9 million viewers for public broadcasting channel PBS as viewers tuned in to watch a wedding and ﬁnancial calamity during the award-winning show’s third season US premiere on Sunday. Fans witnessed the wedding of Matthew and Lady Mary Crawley, after two seasons in which viewers were kept wondering if they would ever tie the knot. According to PBS, the ratings for season 3 quadrupled the average viewings for PBS primetime shows, which usually is 2 million viewers, and nearly doubled the premiere of the second season, which kicked off with 4.2 million viewers in January 2012. The joy over the wedding was offset by news that Lord Grantham, the owner of the grand estate, had lost his fortune to bad investments. American actress Shirley MacLaine debuted in the role of the feisty Martha Levinson, the mother of Lord Grantham’s American wife Cora. She entertained viewers with her witty exchanges with Downton matriarch Violet Crawley, played by Maggie Smith. Downton Abbey, created by British screenwriter Julian Fellowes, has become both a critical success and a cult favorite among its many US fans. It has won seven Emmy awards and will be going into Sunday’s Golden Globe awards with three nominations in major television categories including best drama series. Vanity Fair, which live-tweets humorous comments during the show, leads a strong online following of fans who discuss aspects of the show ranging from dresses and dances to the dramatic twists.

Nicki Minaj (left) apparently threatened to shoot fellow American Idol judge Mariah Carey

POP diva Mariah Carey said she hired increased security following what she described as threats reportedly made against her by fellow American Idol judge Nicki Minaj, according to an interview on ABC News. Carey, 42, one of three new judges to join the panel for the hit talent show’s new season on January 16, told Barbara Walters, “it felt like an unsafe work environment.” Anytime anybody’s reeling threats at somebody, you know, it’s not appropriate,” Carey said. “I’m a professional. I’m not used to that type of environment,” she said, adding that she hired extra security. The diva was alluding to widely reported tension between her and Minaj, who were seen arguing with one another in a video from the show’s audition phase. Walters has reported that, according to Carey, others on the Idol set heard Minaj go further and say, off-camera, “If I had a gun, I would shoot that bitch.”

BRITISH singer David Bowie released his first new song in nearly a decade yesterday in a surprise launch coinciding with his 66th birthday. Where Are We Now? produced by long-term collaborator Tony Visconti, is a melancholic look back to the time Bowie spent in Berlin in the 1970s with an accompanying video featuring blackand-white footage of the city when it was still divided. The song, available on iTunes and free to view on his re-launched website, was recorded in New York and will be followed by Bowie’s first studio album since 2003, The Next Day, due out in Australia on March 8 and the United States on March 12. Fans welcomed the return of one of pop music’s most gifted and enigmatic figures, and the hashtags #Bowie and #DavidBowie were trending on Twitter following the announcement. Early reaction from the public was mixed, but critics were largely impressed. “Plenty of veteran musicians are masters of the cunning trick of staying away just long enough for every comeback to be hailed as a return to form, regardless of its true quality,” wrote David Smyth of London’s Evening Standard. “Bowie’s new song - Where are we now? - is free of such bluster - it’s gentle, elegiac and stunningly beautiful.” The artwork for the album appears to be based on that used on Heroes, Bowie’s acclaimed 1977 record that was the second album in his so-called Berlin Trilogy. The typically understated associations with the singer’s past have prompted the music press to speculate that he may be returning to the German cycle. As yet there is no word on whether Bowie will tour to support the album, or on the identity of the mysterious woman whose face appears in the new video alongside that of the singer. Bowie’s label Columbia Records said the new song was a “treasure” that appeared “as if out of nowhere”, underlining the element of surprise. “Throwing shadows and avoiding the industry treadmill is very David Bowie despite his extraordinary track record that includes album sales in excess of 130 million not to mention his massive contributions in the area of art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary,” the label said. The album will consist of 14 songs, and a deluxe edition will feature three bonus tracks. The glam-rock star, born David Jones in south London in 1947, shot to fame with Space Oddity in 1969, and later with his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, before establishing himself as a chart-topping force in the early 1980s.

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Education Slump in applications for English universities THE number of UK students applying to university has slumped for the second year in a row, official figures showed last week. New UCAS statistics show that 265,730 people living in the UK had applied to start degree courses this autumn by December 17 - down 6.3 per cent compared with the same point the previous year. The fall is likely to spark fresh concerns that wouldbe university students are still being put off by higher tuition fees. Among students in England alone, applications have plummeted by 6.5 per cent, with 229,932 applying by December 17. The figures also show a slight drop among other EU students, with applications down 1.9 per cent. But the number of overseas students from outside the EU hoping to study at UK universities this autumn has risen by 0.8 per cent, the statistics show. The latest fall in applications follows a larger drop last year. By mid-December 2011, 245,882 people had applied to start degree courses in autumn 2012, down 7.6 per cent on the previous year. English students starting university last autumn were the first to pay tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year. Overall, the numbers applying to university is now at its lowest level since 2009, when 266,296 UK students had applied by mid-December.

Single focus on phonics ignores other methods Children’s laureate urges greater flexibility in teaching of reading By Alison Kershaw BRITAIN’S Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson has warned against the government’s focus on using a single method to teach youngsters to read. Young children learn in “various different ways”, she argued, and the new reading test could leave some pupils feeling like they are “not quite up to scratch”. The government is promoting phonics, a system which focuses on sounds rather than recognising whole words, as the best way to raise reading standards. Speaking as she launched a series of plays on Monday aimed at boosting young children’s reading skills, Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, said: “What I’ve always thought is that children learn in various different ways. Some children respond better to phonics, some to looking and seeing words and some learn by osmosis. “Any good teacher knows you need a variety of ways of reading.” Donaldson, who said she is a fan of phonics, suggested there was a time when she wondered what happened to using this method but that now the pendulum has “swung too far the other way”. “I can’t see why it can’t settle around the middle,” she said. Donaldson also raised questions about the government’s new reading test for six-year-olds. The compulsory phonics check assesses a child’s ability to sound out or decode a series of words, some of

which are made up, to test their reading skills. But concerns have been made by some literacy experts and teaching unions that the test is unnecessary, labels good readers as failures and risks holding some youngsters back. “It is important to learn the different sounds, and teachers do their own checks. I think it is a bit patronising for teachers,” Donaldson said. Teachers know the different children in their class and their reading abilities, she said. The check “is going to mean a lot of schools teaching to the test” and could leave some youngsters feeling that they have failed.

Julia Donaldson (below) is in favour of phonics, which focuses on sounds rather than recognising whole words, but says other methods have a role wooden way, and get bored easily when it wasn’t their turn,” Donaldson said. “I hit on the idea of writing some very short and simple plays where they could all get involved. It worked a treat. The children loved having a part to read and they started putting much more expression into the words. “After one read-through we would swap the parts around and that way any new vocabulary really sank in. Their reading came on in leaps and bounds.” A Department for Education spokesman said: “Ensuring all children master the ability to decode and sound out new words is essential if they are to become conﬁdent readers. “The phonics check will ensure that no child slips through the net still struggling with this basic skill.”

FEELINGS OF FAILURE “The government underestimates how easily children can feel that they’re not quite up to scratch.” Donaldson said she came up for the idea for the series of playlets after listening to children at her son’s school read. Giving each child a part encouraged them to “read with much more expression”. The Bug Club Plays to Read include traditional stories such as The Hare And The Tortoise as well as dramas about children today. Each six-part play is aimed at improving reading skills. “When helping to oversee a reading group with my eldest child I realised that sometimes when reading books children would read in a

schools report ‘Come and Meet Us Afternoon’ at the Falcon School THE Falcon School in Nicosia is providing prospective pupils and their parents a ‘Come and Meet Us Afternoon’ for kindergarten and reception classes on Thursday, January 17 between 2 and 4pm. The Falcon School offers small class sizes and wonderful facilities for children who are just beginning their learning journey. The ‘Come and Meet Us Afternoon’ is an opportunity for parents and children to experience the learning environment of the school’s early years’ classes and to talk to the teachers about what the school offers. The school is also offering the opportunity for children and parents to have a taste of some of the school’s activities during the afternoons in the weeks following January 17. Activities include ‘Come and Cook With Us’, ‘Come and Create With Us’, ‘Come and Make Music With Us’ and ‘Come and Do Funtastic English With Us’. For further information, or to reserve a place for any of the activities, please call on 22 424781 or email falconschool@cytanet. com.cy Website www.falconschool.ac.cy

‘Night of the Elves’ at the French-Cypriot School THE younger children of the French-Cypriot School in Nicosia experienced some extra seasonal excitement just before Christmas when 26 little ones, aged between four and six, turned into Santa’s elves for one night. “We thought it would be a great idea for young students to sleep over at school,” said Julien Laneyrie, one of the six French and Cypriot teachers who supervised the school’s ‘Night of the Elves’. “I experienced it two years ago and it was a wonderful event. What better way to feel the Christmas atmosphere than to be in Santa’s workshop to prepare Christmas gifts, then to sleep all together after a common elves’ dinner?” Excited, the children were dropped off at the school, equipped with pajamas, a toothbrush and sleeping bags. Teachers placed mats on a classroom ﬂoor and prepared for a potentially sleep-

Pupils preparing for their school’s festive sleepover less night, as their main concern for the evening would be to cater for the little ones at all hours of the night.

Without a second wasted, Santa’s little helpers quickly set to work, crafting Christmas decorations with paper,

ribbons and crayons, before settling down to a Christmas picnic of soup and sandwiches and little chocolate Santa treats. A cartoon was the final entertainment of the night and the children were ready for bed. “Most of the kids were really excited. A few were a bit anxious not to sleep at home for the first time but they understood really quickly how great the event was,” said Laneyrie. In the morning, parents were welcomed back for a festive ‘world breakfast’ made up of various national dishes, an event that truly reflected the school’s international character. Canadian maple syrup crepes, French croissants and baguettes, British sausage rolls, and Cypriot and Lebanese delicacies were only a few of the items on the menu. French-Cypriot School: Tel. 22675285, www.efcn.info

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N HER San Diego hotel room, Florence Welch is reflecting on the year that was. And the morning afters to come. “I’ve got to stop talking about hangovers,” the South Londoner says, while simultaneously acknowledging that the theme of the artwork for Florence + The Machine’s second album Ceremonials was “a lost drunk chanteuse. But,” she grins, “they are a large part of my life. I had an epic hangover last Christmas. I was wearing pyjamas and jewellery - it’s a good way to do Christmas I think. It’s Christmas and you should be able to lounge. And I dress up most days of the year anyway, so Christmas should be the one day off.” To date, the 26-year-old’s album Ceremonials, the follow-up to her four millionselling, Brit-winning debut Lungs, has sold three million copies since its release in October 2011. It continued into this year with a bang - a British number one in the summer for the album’s fifth single, ‘Spectrum (Say My Name)’, winging its way to the top via a Calvin Harris remix. And, at the end of last year, there was an O2 double whammy - appearances at the 20,000 arena first with The Rolling Stones, followed by two headlining nights under her own billowing steam. And in between, concerts. Lots of concerts all over the world. In clubs, stadiums, beaches, parks, convention centres, tents, fields.

Spring 2012 brought another stratospheric high. For one night only, Florence + The Machine became Florence + The Classical Machine at the Royal Albert Hall. The event: a concert in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity with personal significance for her (“for reasons I don’t want to go into”). The result: baroque’n’roll of the most beauteous, transporting kind. “It was a dream come true. Can you imagine that the me from the early gigs - drunk, in black lipstick, a screaming child singing about bats and banshees that that kind of performance could have been transformed into an operatic night like that?” she gasps. We first spoke in California back in September, on another American tour. Followed by Mexico. “I did have a hangover that was transcendental,” Florence says, wide-eyed. One month after our San Diego encounter, we are talking in her plush red dressing room at the Grade II-listed Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley, a mere four miles from her family home in Camberwell. Tonight she’s performing a special show for the benefit of Radio 2; her guest duet on ‘Gimme Shelter’ with the Stones is three weeks away and, at the time of our meeting, top secret. In Mexico City, the last show before a short holiday in the remote jungle coastline near Ixtapa – “It was Jurassic rehab; Florence + The Machine go wild!” - she

and her band mainlined Mezcal. “I’ve never experienced anything like it!” she hoots. “I felt like I wanted to peel off layers of my own skin. I felt like I couldn’t hear or talk or see… And then the next day I did feel like I was floating in and out of myself. And me and Iso [Isabella Summers, keyboard player and the original The Machine] nearly got chucked out of the airport because we were asleep on the floor.” There was a similar bedtime fandango in Los Angeles, where the band played two sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl. “We did slightly over-celebrate the first show,” she says gingerly. “Terrible schoolgirl error. We decided to have a sleepover at our hotel, so we ordered extra beds - and thought they would be cots. But, power to the Chateau Marmont, at four in the morning, seven fullsize single beds turned up. We moved all the other furniture on to the balcony so the whole room was just bed. Then I fell asleep, and no one ended up using them - everyone petered off into the night.” Might one of these party animals have been her new best friend Blake Lively? “No, no, she wasn’t involved in the Night of the Seven Beds. I performed on Gossip Girl a couple of years ago, and she’s always been a fan. She came to my very first show in New York. She was so sweet, she brought everyone pizza at the after-show,

Florence Welch’s whirlwind year has seen her mainlining Mezcal in Mexico, duetting ‘Gimme Shelter’ with Mick Jagger and throwing a celebrity sleepover at the Chateau Marmont. Craig McLean meets her

n friends ever and we’ve been h love music, since. We both d iinﬂ ﬂuence. and she is a good She’s very savvy, and a good American girl - she helps me with my more cynical British side.” Is she an occasional party girl? “No, that’s the thing, she can party but she doesn’t drink. So she’ll go till four in the morning but she

big, crazy Met Ball scene h i Bl k th having Blake there tto b be a partner in crime has been really lovely.” Of course, the elegantly tall and old-world glamorous Florentine Leontine Mary Welch is also able to call on her sartorial scenester pals. Her current stage wardrobe

at Paris F hi W k a Fashion Week year ago, the designer “really worked to put me at ease. He’s friendly but he is very frank,” she concedes. Anything else she’s missed out on? A love life, perhaps? (She split with her last boyfriend, events organiser James Nesbitt, over the summer.) “Ha!” Florence goes uncharacteristically silent. “Um,” she says eventually. “No comment,” she smiles.

Her current stage w from Gucci’s A/W 2 she must be the on whom Karl Lagerfel With previous boyfriends Stuart Hammond (left) and James Nesbitt can make sure I’m in a taxi. That’s a good friend!” Florence laughs. “She’s got such a big heart. She’s far more in the public eye than I am, and she’s a good, grounded, wise person to get advice from. She’s been a really big support when I’m in that

is drawn from Gucci’s A/W 2012 collection, and she must be the only celebrity about whom Karl Lagerfeld hasn’t been rude. “He’s actually really warm and funny,” Florence insists. When she performed (in a giant shell) on the Chanel catwalk

Perhaps it’s best: her previous, on-off relationship with Dazed & Confused writer Stuart Hammond inspired the emotional torment of Lungs, but they reunited last year, only to break up again around the release of Ceremonials. In the forever fast-forward Flo-world, it seems like there hasn’t been room for both emotional contentment and artistic advancement.

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“To me, Ceremonials feels very much like a battle bettween safety f and freedom, or chaos and control,” she offers. “And at that point I’d gone, ‘Right, I want freedom and chaos.’ I ripped myself from the safety. And it was in the midst of that madness that the album was released. It was almost as if, in order to make the songs real, I had to live them. And I had to throw myself into this year, with all of myself.” But now, ﬁnally, the end is

wardrobe is drawn 012 collection, and nly celebrity about ld hasn’t been rude in sight. On the horizon: a festive season with her extended family. Her parents - her American mother Evelyn is an art history professor, her English father Nick a one-time ad man - split in her early teens. Her mother began a relationship with a neighbour, which threw Florence and her younger brother and sister together with three step-siblings. Her late paternal grand-fa-

as ther Colin was or deputy editor ly of The Daily nd her Telegraph, and uncle is the columnist and g Brown. Is he satirist Craig he flesh as he is as funny in the in print? “Yes!” she shoots back. “Christmas with Craig is the best. We had New Year with him last year in Aldeburgh in Suffolk where he lives, and he wrote a spoof of Downton Abbey that we all performed for the village. (It wasn’t filmed.) We sent my little brother out leafleting, and so people came into the living room and I made a poster. I drew Highclere House, and we stuck it on the door. Craig was the Earl of Grantham, and I was the Dowager Countess. I don’t really watch it, so I spent the whole afternoon catching up with Maggie Smith’s performances, trying to get her accent right and the pursed lips and rolling eyes. I had some great one-liners - Craig’s satire of it was really, really good. It was called Brownton Abbey.” This year she shows no sign of letting up. Florence has talked of writing a musical with old school pal Sophie Hart-Walsh, a costume designer, and there are also rumours of a collaboration with another friend, playwright Polly Stenham. But the self-confessed worka-

holi lic holic has other plans, too. “I’m going home!” she says, ei- t h e r referring to the family pad she was still living in at the start of last year, or the South London house she’s bought but has barely had time to visit. “But secretly I’ve had an idea,” she adds in a stage whisper. “I want to make two albums. I’ve got it in my head: an orchestral album and a crazy, experimental, electronic pop record. Two records at the same time!” she beams. “I haven’t written the songs yet - that’s the easy bit! But if I can get four albums knocked out by the time I’m 30, that’ll be good.” But for now Florence is powering through her ﬁnal tour dates of 2012. Olympian drinking aside, she’s been ring-fencing her health by judicious juicing - backstage at The Rivoli Ballroom her rider resembles a Borough Market goodie bag. Does she always request a selection of root vegetables? “Yeah, because you can drink them. The beetroot makes your mouth bright pink, though, right before the show. But there’s no way you can get to the end of the tour without being completely f***ed. I start

What a caper: performing at the O2 in Dublin last March off my tours really well, then the wheels fall off like they did in Mexico. I began this one at Bestival in September with a really bad back. It feels like it’s been a year of jumping up and down, so I have a lower back problem, literally from constant impact. Ballerinas get it. They get to 30 and everything just goes kaput. I feel like I’m heading that way.” Ever the good (melo)drama queen, she is, of course, lying. The spotlight is where

she belongs. Later tonight, on stage in front of the small Radio 2 audience, a full year since she began touring Ceremonials, she gives it her arena-wowing all. Like a proper, old-school trouper, they’ll have to drag Florence into the wings, kicking and singing ‘You’ve Got The Love’. “The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself,” she says. “Even though you’re in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without

judgement. I have this sensation of being in ﬂight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which you can completely lose yourself. The bits of your personality that you keep under wraps in ordinary life, you can let them run free…” And to have lift-off, the naturally high Florence Welch doesn’t even need that Mezcal. Still, she probably won’t say no. It is the party season, after all.

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

NICOSIA Jack Reacher (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 1) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3pm

Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.25pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 11am, 1.10pm and 3.25pm

House at the End of the Street (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.55 and 10.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 7.55 and 10.20pm

Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.05pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 5) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11.30am and 3.05pm

Cloud Atlas (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7pm, weekends also at 3.30pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.15pm

Arbitrage (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.20pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 10.20pm

An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm

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

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 7 and 10.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) at 7pm Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.10pm, weekends only at 3.15pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.10pm, weekends only at 11.20am, 1.20pm and 3.15pm Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) (in English, in 2D) at 5.05pm, weekends also at 3.10pm; K-Cineplex, Mall of Cyprus (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.05pm, weekends also at 11.15am, 1.15pm and 3.10pm

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

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

Elles (in French, with Greek subtitles) Cine Studio, Thursday at 9pm, presented by the Friends of the Cinema Society. Tel: 96420491, www.ofk.org.cy

LIMASSOL Jack Reacher (15) Rio 1 at 5, 7.45 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3pm House at the End of the Street (N/A) Rio 6 at 5.30 and 7.45pm; Rio 3 at 10.30pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 7.55 and 10.20pm Cloud Atlas (15) Rio 5 at 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 7 and 10.15pm An… (12) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 8 and 10.10pm. Tel: 25-871410; KCineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm Wreck-It Ralph (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 6pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.25pm Life of Pi (K) Rio 4 at 5, 7.45 and 10pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 3.05pm Arbitrage (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 10.20pm

Zarafa (K) Rio 2 (in Greek) at 4.30pm, weekends also at 3pm; Rio 3 (in Greek), weekdays only at 6pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) Rio 3 at 4.30 and 7.35pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7pm Seven Psychopaths (18) Rio 6 at 10pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 3 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 2.50pm. Tel: 25-871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.10pm, weekends only at 3.15pm Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 1 (in English, in 2D), weekends only at 3pm. Tel: 25871410; K-Cineplex (Screen 4) (in English, in 2D) at 5.05pm, weekends also at 3.10pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 5 at 5.30 and 7.45pm

LARNACA Jack Reacher (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 1) at 5.25, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3pm House at the End of the Street (N/A) K-Cineplex (Screen 4) at 5.35, 7.55 and 10.20pm, weekends also at 3.30pm Cloud Atlas (15) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) at 7 and 10.15pm

Music Fusion Music Pop meets opera meets show-tunes with Tina Chester: Soprano and Andrew Oliver: Piano. January 9. Erimi Michael’s Tavern. Concert 7pm, dinner 9pm. €18 inc. dinner. Reservations Tel: 25-934104

Theatre The Blood Theater group Olvos presents play which deals with racism in society. January 9-11. Larnaca Municipal Theatre. 8.30pm. €10. The proceeds from the performances will be given to charity. In Greek. Tel: 24-665795

Tomorrow Music Fusion Music Pop meets opera meets show-tunes with Tina Chester: Soprano and Andrew Oliver: Piano. January 10. Letymbou Tavern. Concert 7pm, dinner 9pm. €23 inc. dinner. Reservations - Tel: 26-642614

Other Events Cabaret and Stand Up Comedy Show The multi-talented George Christodoulides presents a show with piano and saxophone and accompanied by singer and actor Margarita Zachariou. January 10. Muse Cafe Kitchen Bar, Mousalla, Paphos. 9.30pm. Free. Tel: 26-941951/99-372600 Vikomedy Stand-up Comedy Show Comedic educational show presenting daily life events from a scientific perspective. January 10. Casteliotissa Hall, old Nicosia. 8pm. €8. Tel: 99673508, vikengineering@yahoo.com World Photo School Workshop Digital photography workshop designed for complete beginners as well as those who want to cement their knowledge on DSLRs. January 21-25: 6.30pm-9pm with Wednesday off for assignments. January 26-27: 10.30am-4.30pm. World Photo School, 5 Steliou Mavrommati Street, Yeri. €125 until January 10. (€200 after this date). Tel: 99-938023, worldphotoschool@gmail.com. www.worldphotoschool.com Coffee Morning Monthly meeting organised by Women’s Friendship Group at St. Paul’s with illustrated travel talk by Carol Tyrrell. January 10. St. Paul’s Cathedral Hall, Byron Avenue, Nicosia. 9.30am. In English. Tel: 99-924363

An… (12) Rio 6 (in Greek) at 7.30pm; Rio 5 (in Greek) at 10pm Wreck-It Ralph (K) Rio 6 (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11am and 3pm

Life of Pi (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 5) at 5.30, 7.50 and 10.15pm, weekends also at 3.05pm

Life of Pi (K) Rio 3 at 5, 7.30 and 10pm

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) at 7 and 10.15pm Hotel Transylvania (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 3) (in Greek, in 2D) at 5.10pm, weekends only at 3.15pm Rise of the Guardians (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 6) (in English, in 2D) at 5.05pm, weekends also at 3.10pm To Rome With Love Thursday at 8.30pm, presented by the Larnaca Cinema Society. Call for details of venue. Tel: 99-658831, 99-462903. www. lfcinema.org

PAPHOS Jack Reacher (15) Rio 1 at 5, 7.30 and 10pm House at the End of the Street (N/A) Rio 4 at 7.30 and 9.45pm Cloud Atlas (15) Rio 5 at 7pm

Arbitrage (12) Rio 7 at 10.30pm Zarafa (K) Rio 5 (in Greek) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11am and 4pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12) Rio 7 at 7.30pm, weekends also at 4.30pm; Rio 6 at 9.45pm Hotel Transylvania (K) Rio 7 (in Greek, in 3D), weekdays only at 5.45pm, weekends only at 11am and 2.50pm Rise of the Guardians (K) Rio 4 (in English, in 2D) at 5.30pm, weekends also at 11am and 3.30pm; Rio 1 (in Greek, in 3D), weekends only at 11am and 3pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (12) Rio 2 at 7.30pm, weekends also at 5.15pm Skyfall (12) Rio 2 at 9.45pm

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An… (12) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 7.55 and 10.15pm Wreck-It Ralph (K) K-Cineplex (Screen 2) (in Greek) at 5.35pm, weekends also at 3.25pm

Ongoing Other Events European Political Thought A series of seminars to be presented by Dr Eleni Papamichael, followed by a discussion. Participants to more than six seminars will be awarded Diplomas of Attendance. Until January 23. M106 (Millennium building 1st floor) at the University of Nicosia 8.45pm. Every Wednesday. €50. Monitoring individual lectures €10. Tel: 22-841600/ 99-536311 and/or cceia@unic.ac.cy 7 films: Harun Farocki A selection of screenings by legendary German filmmaker, critic and teacher followed by discussion and talk with the artist. Within the framework of the opening ceremony of a new contemporary art centre. Until February 15. Point Centre for Contemporary Art Megaron Hadjisavva, 2 Evagorou Street, Nicosia. Every Wednesday through Sunday from 11am-5pm. Tel: 22-662053. Email: info@pointcentreforcontemporaryart.com. www.pointcentreforcontemporaryart.com

Bidoun Library A mobile library consisting of books, magazines and other printed matter about the Middle East. Within the framework of the opening ceremony of a new contemporary art centre. Until February 15. Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Megaron Hadjisavva, 2 Evagorou Street, Nicosia. Tel: 22-662053. info@pointcentreforcontemporaryart.com. www. pointcentreforcontemporaryart.com

Theatre Social Security THOC presents play by Andrew Bergman. January 8-9. Rialto Theatre, Limassol. 8.30pm. In Greek. The performance on January 9 will be with Greek and English surtitles. Tel: 77-777745 Death and the Maiden Satiriko Theatro. Until January 25. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros, Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Wednesdays and Fridays at 8.30pm. €15/10. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609 The Elephant Man Theatro Ena presents a play by Bernard Pomerance, translated and directed by Andreas Christodoulides. Until January 27. Theatro Ena, 4 Athinas Avenue, Nicosia. Every Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm. In Greek. €15/12. Tel: 22-348203

Social Security THOC presents a play by Andrew Bergman. Until February 3. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Friday through Sunday at 8.30pm, Saturday at 6pm and 8.30pm. €12/6 . In Greek. The performance on January 26 will be with Greek and English surtitles. Tel: 77-772717/22-864300 Spring Awakening THOC presents work by Frank Wedekind, directed by Dimitris Lignadis. Until February 9. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. On specific days at 8.30pm. In Greek. €12/6. Tel: 77-772717/22864300 Kali-Kantzar & Co A musical directed by Lea Maleni with music by Dimitris Zavros. Until February 10. THOC New Theatre Building, 9 Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia. Every Saturday and Sunday at 6pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-864300 Misery Stephen King’s psychological thriller staged by Satiriko Theatre. Every Friday and Saturday. Until February 13. Vladimiros Kafkarides Cultural Centre, 11-15 Vladimiros Kafkarides Street, Aglantzia, Nicosia. Every Wednesday and Friday at 8.30pm. In Greek. Tel: 22-312940/22-421609. email: satiriko@cytanet.com.cy. www.satiriko.com

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

Exhibitions Ceramic Art Exhibition More than 60 works by Cypriot and Maltese ceramists., Until January 10. Larnaca Municipal Gallery. Monday-Friday: 9am-1pm & 3pm-6pm 12-12-12 Group art exhibition. Until January 12. Elefsis, 7 Aischylou Street, Laiki Yitonia, Old Nicosia. Opening hours: 10am-2am. Tel: 99-51679 Unity – Unity Solo painting exhibition by Pavlos Samios. Until January 12. Apocalypse Gallery, 30 Chytron Street, Nicosia. Monday- Friday: 10.30am1pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30am-1pm. Tel: 22-766655 Women Sculpture exhibition by Dinos Michaelides. Until January 15. Gallery Gloria, 3 Zinonos Sozou Street, Nicosia. Monday-Friday: 10.30pm12.45pm and 5pm-8pm. Saturday: 10.30pm-12.45pm. Tel: 22-760286

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World Photo School Workshops Wor Evenin Group Evening Januar January 21-24: 6.30pm-9pm with Wednesday off for assignments. 10 places (7 available) Weekend Group January 26-27: 10.30am-4.30pm. 10 places (3 available) Venue: World Photo School, 5 Steliou Mavrommati Street, Yeri. Fee: €125 until January 10. (€200 after this date) Each person should bring their own digital SLR camera or a pro-compact camera with manual exposure mode. To make a booking, please fill in the booking form. Payment: Bank Transfer or Cheque Digital photography workshop designed for complete beginners as well as for those who want to cement their knowledge on DSLRs. Tel: 99-938023. email: worldphotoschool@ gmail.com. www.worldphotoschool.com

IF SANTA brought you a digital camera for Christmas but you’re not quite sure how to use it, the World Photo School is offering a digital photography workshop this January for complete beginners and people wanting to brush up on their basic photographic skills. Digital photography has taken off in a big way over the past few years and it’s easy to see why it’s overtaken ﬁlm in popularity. Digital photography is affordable, convenient, versatile and, above all, it makes photography more fun than ever before. So, if you are not familiar with the fundamentals of digital photography then the upcoming workshop is a must for anyone wanting to pursue serious photography. All the basics and much, much more are included in this highly visual one of a kind workshop created by husband and wife team Alex Mita and Luciana Franzolin. With over 10 years combined experience in developing and delivering photography workshops at London School of Photography, one

Review Theatre Combine drinks with a show WITH store owners complaining about the drop in sales this Christmas, and an increasing number of families shopping from the ‘discount’ line of items at Carrefour, it is unquestionable that a play about the current situation is in order. Enter Point To with their latest production A Play About Trash. Making clever use of the Scarabeo Lounge bar, and transforming the long stretch of the bar itself into a stage, the show illustrates four random characters, each depicting their own situation in a series of unrelated monologues. It’s a great concept, and the scenery – a backdrop of all kinds of ‘trash’, along with the promise of live music and vocals, poses

of London’s most prestigious Photography Schools, Mita and Franzolin combined their love for travelling and experiencing new cultures with the dream of bringing professional Photography Workshops to aspiring photographers around the world. The world tour kicked off in Brazil, in October 2012, where it was a huge success. The second stop is Cyprus, Mita’s homeland, where you can either take part in the evening classes held on January 21 to 25 with Wednesday off for assignments or the weekend morning class on January 26-27. Your facilitators for this workshop are both photojournalists and London School of Photography trainers. Mita began his career working as a reporter for the Cyprus Mail in 2001, and has covered assignments for the Irish Independent, The Daily Record and the Sunday Mail. In July 2006, Mita was hired by AFP’s Middle East Bureau to cover the inﬂow of refugees into Cyprus during the war in Lebanon. His pictures have

intriguing expectations. But the setting is barely matched by the play’s content, and the songs, which follow a predictable barstyle low-quality entertainment, also fail to live up to what could potentially have been a very interesting premise. Eleana Charalambous takes on the role of the comical Lola, a housewife forced to resort to phone-sex for extra cash. While audiences laughed, her performance could have been far more hysterical had she played her part only with her voice – allowing her body to continue with mundane household chores, while her words attempted to seduce men. Astero Kyprianou, who plays the borderline psychotic nurse who ‘accidentally’ kills her patients in an effort to free them from the weight of society, could also have dialed down the intensity of her performance; at times her presence onstage felt somewhat like watching a pressure cooker – you know it won’t explode but you don’t want to try taking off the lid. While there was something comical about this por-

been published in media giants like The Guardian, The New York Times, Daily Telegraph, Stern, Le Monde and more. Franzolin is a London-based photojournalist and trainer. Born in Brazil, where she started a career as a press photographer in 1998, she divides her time between teaching and photographing personal projects (eg: Senses), freelance and commissioned work. She has exhibited in Brazil and the UK and her images have been published in newspapers, books and magazines. This workshop will provide you with a solid foundation from where you can start your photographic journey. You will master the settings of your camera and understand how different combinations of ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture can be used to make photography more exciting and fun. Take up the workshop and you’ll be seeing the world afresh, noticing colour, light, structure and textures, and how your camera can help you take the most stunning pictures.

Make sure to apply as soon as possible as there’s a limit of 10 people per group. Small groups enable a more hands-on experience with emphasis on practice of basic theory. The methodologies used are slides and images for technique and function demonstration. At the end of the workshop, people will receive a certificate of participation and a CD with all the presentations. Each person is required to bring their own digital SLR camera or a pro-compact camera with Manual exposure mode (be able to control ISO, shutter speed and apertures manually). If you have any doubt about the suitability of your camera, please contact the pair. To make a booking, fill in the booking form and find payment information at the booking page. Your booking will only be confirmed once the payment has been made and there’s a reduced rate for those who apply by tomorrow. By Ledha Socratous was a performance which lacked an overall togetherness and a professional feel. In particular, the decision to keep each monologue separate from the rest without any kind of link or connection tainted the overall flow of the show. Yet despite the production’s weaknesses there was a positive energy among the company which must be commended, and it is always a promising thing to see an independent group attempt to provide something different to the theatre spectrum. So for those who would like to combine drinks with a show, the performance is on for three more nights, on January 12, 19 and 26 at Scarabeo Lounge Bar, in Nicosia, 9.30pm.

trayal that could not be denied, it was nevertheless refreshing when Nicolas Dimitriou took over with his monologue – that of a waiter who dreams of being a singer. A very predictable part, yet he supported it adequately. Unlike the two previous women, Evangelia Onoufriou’s perform-

ance of the housewife-turnedactivist lacked the enthusiasm demanded by her role, and seemed somewhat under-rehearsed. This may have been due to her primary role as the production’s director. It is unquestionably a challenge to attempt to be both ‘in’ and ‘out’ of a show, and in this case the result

A Play About... Trash The theatre group Point To, in collaboration with Scarabeo Lounge Bar, presents a comedy directed by Evagelia Onoufriou. January 12, 19, 26. Scarabeo Bar, 4 Nikokreontos Street, Nicosia. 9.30pm. €10. In Greek. Tel: 99-935777/99-740773 By Eleni Cosma

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

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Fourth season. ‘Planet of the Ood’. The Time Lord takes Donna far into the future, visiting her ﬁrst alien world. The duo discover shocking truths about the human race while on the planet Ood-Sphere, as the enslaved inhabitants struggle for survival.

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Desperate Housewives Seventh season. ‘Truly Content’. Susan enters a rivalry with a fellow Va-Va-Va-Broom girl, Renee provokes Bree’s ire by snatching up hunky handyman and Carlos gives Gabrielle a shocking ultimatum when he discovers she has been searching for Juanita’s real parents.

New season of local period drama, based on true events.

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Kati Psinetai (rpt) Kato Apo Ton Idio Ourano News In English News In Turkish Doctor Who (rpt)

International thief Simon Templar accepts a job to steal a female scientist’s formula for cold fusion. Action adventure, starring Val Kilme. 1997.

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

NRG Zone Kids’ TV Euromaxx Magazine show bringing you the latest on lifestyle and entertainment in Europe.

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A revamped version of its predecessor (Koinonia Ora 8). Current affairs show that examines the issues affecting everyday people in Greece and abroad.

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Aiyia Fuxia Local comedy series, with village setting.

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Niose Me News Vals Me 12 Theous Ekeino To Kalokairi Presidential Elections 2013 News Sports News Ola Bahalo Fetos Sinora Agapis (rpt) I Agapi Irthe Apo Makria (rpt) News Deal (rpt)

Nea Mera Proino Mou Enimerosi Tora Klemmena Oneira (rpt) Eheis Meson Yia Sena News Master Chef New season of Greek reality series. Amateur cooks compete to win the coveted MasterChef title.

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Fifth season. ‘Smells Like Murder’. Brenda gets more than she bargained for when a container holding human remains is found, and resorts to new tactics to enable her team to ﬁnd the killer. Meanwhile, the detective’s niece stirs up trouble.

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Las Vegas First season. ‘Groundhog Summer’. Ed takes the law into his own hands by going after a rapist he suspects of targeting Delinda, while Danny and Mike investigate a trio of students laden with hi-tech equipment who might be planning a robbery.

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Magikos Kosmos S’ Agapo (rpt) Akti Oneiron (rpt) Ston Asterismo Tis Imeras Kouzina Me Apopsi Igeia & Zou (rpt) Milagros Kids’ TV Top Models S’ Agapo Sabrina, To Koritsi Tis Agapis Akti Oneiron Paciﬁc Blue News Sports News Igeia & Zoi FILM: Boat Trip Two friends decide to go on a cruise to boost their ﬂagging love lives, only to discover all the other passengers are single gay men. Comedy, with Cuba Gooding Jr. 2003.

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FILM: City Of Industry A middle-aged crook who out to avenge his younger brother’s murder. Thriller, starring Harvey Keitel. 1997.

FILM: Smart People Recently widowed, a professor tries to juggle a new love and an unexpected visit from his adoptive brother. Romantic comedy, starring Dennis Quaid. 2008.

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FILM: Nowhere To Run An escaped convict helps a widow and her family drive off the corrupt businessmen intent on stealing her farm. Action adventure, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rosanna Arquette. 1993.

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06:15 The Weakest Link 07:00 3rd & Bird 07:10 Boogie Beebies 07:25 Tikkabilla 07:55 Me Too! 08:15 3rd & Bird 08:25 Boogie Beebies 08:40 Tikkabilla 09:10 Me Too! 09:30 Fawlty Towers 10:00 Twenty Twelve 10:30 The Weakest Link 11:15 EastEnders 11:45 Doctors 12:15 Coast 13:15 Princess Margaret: A Love Story 14:05 Last Of The Summer Wine 14:35 Fawlty Towers 15:05 Twenty Twelve 15:35 EastEnders 16:05 Doctors 16:35 Coast 17:35 Princess Margaret: A Love Story 18:25 The Weakest Link 19:10 EastEnders 19:40 Doctors 20:10 Casualty 21:00 My Family 21:30 Getting On 22:00 Unforgiven 22:50 One Foot In The Grave 23:20 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man Xmas 2012 00:50 Waking The Dead 01:40 EastEnders 02:10 Doctors 02:40 Casualty 03:30 The Weakest Link 04:15 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 05:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man Xmas 2012 05:45 One Foot In The Grave

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11:50 How Do They Do It? 12:15 How It’s Made 12:40 Extreme Engineering 13:35 Wreckreation Nation 14:30 Wheeler Dealers 15:25 American Chopper 16:20 Mythbusters 17:15 Dirty Jobs 18:10 Deadliest Catch 19:05 Ultimate Survival 20:00 How It’s Made 21:00 Alone In The Wild 22:00 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 23:00 Bear Grylls’ Wild Weekend 00:00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 01:00 The Real Hustle 01:55 Alone In The Wild 02:50 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 03:50 Bear Grylls’ Wild Weekend 04:50 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 05:45 How Do They Do It? 06:10 Overhaulin’

09:30 Motorsports: Gta Race To Dubai 09:45 Rally: Rally Raid Dakar 10:15 Ski Jumping: World Cup Poland 11:15 Biathlon: World Cup Germany 12:00 Cross-Country Skiing: World Cup-Tour De Ski Italy 13:15 All Sports: Watts 13:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Poland 14:45 Tennis: World Challenge Australia 16:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Poland 17:45 Biathlon: World Cup Germany 20:45 Ski Jumping: World Cup Poland 23:15 All Sports: Wednesday Selection 23:20 Equestrian: Fei World Cup Belgium 00:20 Equestrian Sports: Riders Club 00:25 Golf: Golf Club

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05:40 Desperate Housewives 06:25 Castle 07:10 Modern Family 07:35 New Girl 08:00 Body Of Proof 08:50 Masterchef 09:40 Desperate Housewives 10:25 Castle 11:10 Modern Family 11:35 New Girl 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 12:50 Private Practice 13:40 Body Of Proof 14:30 Masterchef 15:20 Desperate Housewives 16:05 Castle 16:50 Modern Family 17:15 New Girl 17:40 Body Of Proof 18:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 19:20 Desperate Housewives 20:10 Castle 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 21:50 Private Practice 22:40 Modern Family 23:05 New Girl 23:30 Grey’s Anatomy 00:20 Private Practice 01:10 Castle 02:00 Desperate Housewives 02:45 Modern Family 03:10 New Girl 03:35 Rita Rocks 04:00 Body Of Proof 04:50 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover

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10:00 Pawn Stars 10:30 Storage Wars 11:00 Ancient Aliens 12:00 Storage Wars 13:00 American Pickers 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 American Restoration 15:00 Mud Men 16:00 Storage Wars 17:00 American Pickers 18:00 Pawn Stars 18:30 American Restoration 19:00 Mud Men 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Storage Wars 21:00 Ancient Aliens 22:00 Swamp People 23:00 Storage Wars 00:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Storage Wars 01:00 Ancient Aliens 02:00 Swamp People 03:00 Storage Wars 04:00 Mud Men 05:00 Pawn Stars 05:30 American Restoration 06:00 Ancient Aliens

07:30 Fred Claus 09:25 What Women Want 11:30 True Stories 13:00 Bad Boys 15:00 Fork In The Road, A 16:45 Christmas With The Kranks 18:25 Good Guy, The 20:00 LTV Sports News 21:00 Avatar 23:45 King’s Speech, The 01:50 Hustler Tv 03:15 Friday After Next 04:45 After.Life 06:30 Ltv Sports News

07:00 Chowder I 07:25 Marvelous Misadventures Of Flapjack, The 07:50 Tom & Jerry Show, The 08:15 Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! I 08:40 Loonatics Unleashed Ii 09:05 Superman: The Animated Series Ii 09:30 Superman: The Animated Series Ii 09:55 Looney Tunes Show, The 10:20 Tak & The Power Of Juju 10:45 Fanboy & Chum Chum 11:10 X’s, The 11:35 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 12:00 Dora The Explorer 12:25 Spongebob Squarepants 12:50 Spongebob Squarepants 13:15 Mighty B!, The 13:40 My Life As A Teenage Robot 14:05 Hey Arnold! 14:30 Icarly 14:55 Icarly 15:20 Shaggy & ScoobyDoo Get A Clue! I 15:45 Justice League Unlimited I 16:10 Legion Of Super Heroes I 16:35 Young Justice 17:00 Copa Del Rey 2012-13 19:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 21:00 La Liga World 21:30 Planet Speed 22:00 Toyota Australian Football International 2012 23:00 Copa Del Rey 2012-13 01:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 03:00 Liga Bbva 2012-13 05:00 Copa Del Rey 2012-13

07:15 According To Jim 08:00 Big Bang Theory, The 08:30 Mentalist, The 09:15 Top Boy 10:10

Eastbound & Down 10:40 Two And A Half Men 11:30 Closer, The 12:15 Harry’s Law 13:00 Pan Am 13:45 According To Jim 14:30 Mentalist, The 15:15 Top Boy 16:10 Friends 16:35 Gossip Girl 17:20 Ncis: Los Angeles 19:00 Pan Am 19:45 According To Jim 20:30 2 Broke Girls 21:00 Necessary Roughness 22:30 Southland 23:20 Shameless 00:15 Welcome To The Rileys 02:10 Desert Son 03:45 Friends 04:15 Gossip Girl 05:00 Ncis: Los Angeles 06:30 Pan Am

07:40 Talhotblond 09:00 Book Of Eli 11:00 Love Ranch 13:00 Sin Nombre 14:45 Action Zone 15:15 U.S. Marshals 17:45 Hereafter 20:00 Hangover 22:00 Before Sunset 23:30 Action Zone 00:05 Daring! TV 03:45 Lethal Weapon 05:40 Boxer (2009)

08:45 Abduction 10:30 Hollywood 1on1 11:00 Grace Card 12:45 X-Men: First Class 15:00 No Reservations 16:50 Cine News 19:35 Action Zone 20:10 To Tango Ton Christougennon 22:00 Passion Play 23:45 Conan The Barbarian 01:40 Cine News 02:05 The Stone Angel 04:00 The Bone Collector

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Fast Five (Novacinema3, 21.00) If you’re five minutes late to Fast Five you’ll miss a high-speed car chase down a desert highway, with a bus (yes, a bus) overturning and rolling down the asphalt - all before we even get to the opening titles. The action in this fifth instalment of The Fast and the Furious is fast and furious: it’s the action movie as pure excess, moving to a whole new locale (Rio de Janeiro), bringing back many of the characters from previous outings and adding Dwayne Johnson as an FBI agent going after our heroes (Paul Walker and Vin Diesel). Paul and Vin are assembling a team to take a local drug lord for $100 million, though the film is probably unwise to bill itself as a heist movie - be-

cause heist movies need a clever plan, and our heroes’ plan is not clever. The climax has a huge metal vault being dragged through the streets of Rio in another high-speed car chase - and it’s truly spectacular, but physically ripping out a vault, tying it to your car and dragging it through the streets of the city is surely the stupidest possible way of stealing $100 million. Still lots of fun, once you accept all that. Made in 2011.

Passion Play (Novacinema1, 22.00) Mickey Rourke and Bill Murray in the same film? I’m there! Admittedly there’s also Megan Fox, who’s a bit vapid - but she plays an angel (an angel?!), which is

weird enough to make up for her vapidity. Burnedout Mickey is a trumpet player, avuncular Bill is a gangster (as he was in Mad Dog and Glory); Mickey’s been fooling around with Bill’s wife, so the gangster gets his thugs to take him out into the desert and kill him - but our hero escapes, ending up at a circus sideshow where he finds an angel (an angel?!) and falls in love. Haven’t seen this film, and few other people have either (it went straight to DVD in most places), but the combination of crime movie and magicalrealist whimsy sounds intriguing, especially with this cast. “On its face, Passion Play sounded preposterous, but I had no idea how ridiculous it would be,” disagrees a site called ‘DVD Verdict’. Made in 2011.

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06:15 Born On The Fourth Of July 08:40 The Adjustment Bureau 10:30 The Emperor’s Club 12:20 Cine News 12:35 Desperately Seeking Santa 14:05 Inspector Gadget 15:30 Anonymous 17:45 Films & Stars 18:20 Starsky & Hutch 20:05 Bounce 22:00 Barney’s Version 00:20 Tenderness 02:05 Proof Of Life 04:20 Cine News 04:40 American Gangster

19:05 City Hall 21:00 Fast Five 23:15 Person Of Interest 00:05 The Son Of No One 01:40 Adult Zone

19:15 Melinda And Melinda 21:00 Hemingway & Gellhorn 23:40 Serendipity 01:15 Micki & Maude

07:00 Harvey Girls 08:40 Jailhouse Rock 10:15 Elvis on Tour 11:45 Ben-Hur 15:10 Time Machine 16:50 Somebody Up There Likes Me 18:40 On the Town 20:15 Elvis: That’s the Way It Is 22:00 Clash By Night 23:50 Hunger 01:25 Gone With the Wind

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

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1 Young animal caught his first fish (4) 2 Showing little emotion when I’d lost out (6) 3 Upset, having been shaken (8) 4 We cannot avoid this responsibility (4) 5 Old £1 tithe (6) 6 Why one is attending a sale that is prohibitive (10) 9 Provocation can be seen and intended to be heard (10) 13 Can die out after sungod produces brilliance (8) 15 Two upright figures for the team (6) 16 Provide inspiration for puzzle (6) 18 Work doggedly to produce a hit (4) 20 Man, a bit of a thug, has appeared (4)

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5 It is played round St Andrews (as well as golf) (4) 7 He got a plan involving seven sides (10) 8 Take a chance about not feeling well in digs (6) 10 Way to put cloak on a ﬂashing beam (6) 11 Noticed it was partly frozen (4) 12 Thus without us, Rodney composed a song of lamentation (8) 14 Helped by being there (8) 16 Rebel leader entered large vessel (4) 17 Strangely am in SE French city (6) 19 Graham coming from town in N Ireland (6) 21 Dispiriting (10) 22 Some are listening out for the gun (4)

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Answers to crossword 2279

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CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Stratum; 5 Aspic; 8 Relieve; 9 Madness; 10 Haricot; 11 Thrifty; 14 Shopper; 16 Lakelet; 18 Ribston; 19 Penance; 20 Perry; 21 Mourner. Down – 1 Summit; 2 Ready reckoner; 3 Take off; 4 Marshy; 5 Abler; 6 Preoccupation; 7 Create; 12 Double-u; 13 Slip-up; 14 Stream; 15 Ranker; 17 Lanky.

QUICK: Across – 1 Jobless; 5 Licit; 8 Immense; 9 Make off; 10 Tutored; 11 Dynasty; 14 Sponsor; 16 Plastic; 18 Retract; 19 Antigua; 20 Elder; 21 Lindsey. Down – 1 Jammed; 2 Brokenhearted; 3 Endorse; 4 Shifty; 5 Limit; 6 Canary Islands; 7 Tweedy; 12 Postman; 13 Uptake; 14 Scrawl; 15 Ratify; 17 Tiger.

ARIES March 21 - April 20

LEO July 23 - August 22

SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21

Venus relocates today into Capricorn. If you can cultivate a stylish yet professional image, it can have an impact upon the movers and shakers that you encounter. If you take your talents seriously, so others will be drawn towards you. In love, this location can point towards an attraction to someone you meet through work, or from a different age group.

With such a lot of emphasis on your professional and work sector this week, this has probably pushed you to think whether you are happy with what you do. A sense of personal satisfaction has certainly been important to this, and if you can help others in your role, better still. But how do you feel about the people you work with? Are you at ease?

A welcome boost to your income can occur in the next four weeks. However, if you do see a pleasant upturn, you will want to enjoy some of it by spending money on the things you love most. This may include boosting your wardrobe, or conversely, enjoying a really nice meal. Appreciating the more sensual side of life can also be a factor.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

VIRGO August 23 - September 23

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20

Your natural appreciation of the good things in life, can see you more attuned to buying goods which have some kind of lasting intrinsic value. If you like collecting antiques, watches, or even jewellery, you may ﬁnd that you will be particularly inquisitive in the next four weeks. However, a need to wheedle out the truth of a close relationship gets stronger.

Have you been able to get creative so far this year? If so, and you’ve been brimming with ideas, now you can add even more panache and style to your output. Then again, you may want to soak up other people’s talents and could soon visit a show or a gallery. In romance, you can start to yearn for a more beautiful kind of love. Solo? Attention beckons.

There is a lot of potential for change in your situation. With this in mind, you may also ﬁnd yourself thinking about your image and the way you dress. Extra reﬁnement can appeal, or you may be drawn towards a complete makeover. If you are solo, a new phase kicks in. You can feel more progressive and hopeful about your prospects.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

LIBRA September 24 - October 23

AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19

You may beneﬁt from someone else’s largesse. This may not happen exactly today Gemini, but it can happen over the next four weeks. If you have been waiting for any kind of payout, this too can come soon. If you are single, someone may soon want to spoil you. You may ﬁnd yourself awakening more to the positives of closeness and intimacy.

If there have been any changes in your home life or emotional situation, you can use the arrival of your ruler Venus into Capricorn today, to try to create a more peaceful and calm vibe. Perhaps you are still reﬂecting on the events of a visit over the holidays. Creating a real sense of tranquillity can help you to ﬁnd your essential equilibrium.

You may have a secret admirer Aquarius, and if they are to be revealed it may well be through someone playing Cupid. Alternatively, you can start to get to know someone new yourself, but it will probably develop very slowly. You may even be secretive. If you are in a tie which feels unsatisfactory, you may start to ponder your options.

CANCER June 22 - July 22

SCORPIO October 24 - November 22

PISCES February 20 - March 20

The Sun/Pluto conjunction at the turn of the year, and more recently, the Sun/Mercury conjunction, have probably taught you a lot about yourself and your interpersonal relations. If there have been harsh words exchanged, or more assertive vibes, then from today you have a chance to soothe and smooth. A spirit of give and take can work wonders.

With all the recent parties and comings and goings, did you get to know someone in your community more? If so, you can ﬁnd yourselves chatting more frequently now. If you have a natural love of writing or reading, these can be a source of considerable comfort. You can have a tendency to be very direct in what you say, but diplomacy can work wonders now.

Whatever you feel about the close relationships in your world, friendship or partnership wise, valuing the things you share in common between you, rather than focusing on any differences, becomes quite a theme now. If there have been politics swirling around a group, things can improve, though this will require give and take by all concerned.

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classified contents Employment Opportunities pg 22 Employment Miscellaneous 22 Pets 22 Lessons 22 Health & Fitness 22 Personal 22 Services 22 For Sale Miscellaneous -For Sale Land/ Property Business 22 For Sale Motor vehicles 22 Wanted -To Let Nicosia 22 To Let Limassol 25 To Let Larnaca 25 To Let Paphos 25 To Let Protaras, Ayia Napa, Paralimni -For Sale Nicosia 26 For Sale Limassol -For Sale Larnaca -For Sale Paphos 26 For Sale Ayia Napa -For Sale Famagusta Protaras 26 For Sale Athens -Property& Home Services display ads --

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dle of January. Agios Andreas €1200 - H3AAD0001-R (photos in website). 5. 4 BEDR spacious luxury detached house with central heating, full a/c, 3wc, big sitting and dining area, big separate kitchen with electrical appliances and family room, big bedrooms, blinds, bbq area, garden, 2 parking(one covered), in a very quiet area near Apoel training ﬁeld – ARCHANGELOS - €1200 – H4AR0016-R (photos in website). 6. 3 bedr+big attic room with shower and wc luxury new house, 210sq.m, central heating, full a/c, 4wc, blinds on all windows, cooker and oven in the kitchen, small garden, covered parking near Alpha Mega supermarket - STROVOLOS €1100 (H4ST10007-R), (photos in the website). 7. 3 bedr detached ground ﬂoor house with separate maid’s room, with very big garden with grass(200sq.m) and covered patio with bbq and bar, central heating, full a/c, 180sq.m, FUL-

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TO LET NICOSIA covered verandah, covered parking, nice view, off Makarios avenue between Hilton and DEBENHAMS shop. Nicosia centre, € 450 (photos in website). 3. 3 bedr new luxury big apartment 150sq.m+big 25sq.m veranda with very nice view, big sitting and dining areas, big separate kitchen with all the electrical appliances, big bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, storage heaters, full a/c, shutters and blinds on the windows, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood off Prodromou close Ministry od Defence – Engomi- €600 – A3ENG0026-R (photos in website). 4. A1DAS0010-R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with big sitting and dining room, big bathroom, big bedroom with shutters, covered veranda, storage heaters, 2a/c, cooker and oven in the kitchen, covered parking in a quiet area in a small modern building near Acropolis Park. Dasoupolis €400 (photos in website). 5. 2 bedr new luxury modern furnished apartment , central heating ind, 2 a/c, big covered veranda and covered parking in a quiet area behind the Municipal building – Agios Dometios - € 660 - A2ADO0004-R (photos in website). 6. 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

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4 bedr luxury floor apartment,250sq.m, office, maid’s room, central heating ind, full hidden wall unit a/c,2 showers, 1 bathroom, 3wc, parquet floor, big kitchen with cooker and oven, bbq on the veranda in the kitchen, big sitting area, roller blinds on all the windows, alarm system, big veranda on a small building off Athalasas avenue near Alpha Mega supermarket and Areteion hospital – Dasoupolis - € 1100 - A4DAS0002-R (photos in website).

8. A1ACS0007- R, 1 bedr luxury spacious apartment with 2 a/c for hot and cold, electrical appliances in the kitchen, big bedroom, covered veranda, blinds, covered parking, in a quiet area near Acropolis park. NICELY FURNISHED. Acropolis €450 (photos in website). 9. 3 bedr new luxury finished PENTHOUSE apartment 150sq.m internal areas+120sq. verandas, solid parquet floor all the flat, big bedrooms, big sitting and dining room, big semi separate kitchen with electrical appliances, home cine ma with big screen, LCD tv, covered parking in a quiet neighborhood near CYTA, Laiki + Hellenic bank headquarters and French school. CAN BE RENTED ALSO expensive MODERN furnished – Dasoupolis - € 1200 - A3DAS0019-R (photos in website). 10. 2 bedr luxury apartment with

TO LET NICOSIA 3 a/c for hot and cold, big covered veranda, covered parking and storage room, NICELY FURNISHED, near Acropoli park behind Tseriotis showroom – ACROPOLIS - €450 – A2ACS0033-R (photos in website). 11. 3 bedr luxury spacious ground floor apartment with separate entrance, big verandas and garden, big sitting and dining room, central heating independent, full a/c, 2wc, very big master bedroom, electrical appliances in the kitchen, aluminum shutters on windows, parquet laminate floor all the flat, covered parking, storage room, in a very quiet neighbourhood in a dead end street, off Athalasas Avenue behind Stephanis near English School €650 (A3ST10030-R), (photos in the website). 12. 2 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds, big covered veranda, in a small 2 storey building in a quiet area behind Tymvos – MAKEDONITISSA - € 500 – A2MAK0008-R (photos in website). 13. 3 bedr luxury apartment with central heating independent, full a/c, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, big sitting and dining area, big covered veranda, covered parking, storage room, blinds, shutters in the bedrooms, big kitchen with all expensive electrical appliances, off Makarios avenue near the centre – Nicosia Centre€ 800 – A3NIC0025-R (photos in website). 14. 4 bedr new spacious luxury finished floor apartment with floor heating independent, full

TO LET NICOSIA a/c, 3wc, electrical appliances in the kitchen, blinds on all windows, very big 50sq.m covered veranda, fire place, covered parking and big overfloor heated covered swimming pool on the ground floor, on a small 3 storey building in a quiet neighbourhood near a playground and near Ippokration private hospital Engomi - €2000 - A4ENG0003-R (photos in website). 15. 2 bedrs new luxury apartment, sitting room open plan with kitchen which includes cooker, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, 2 wc, central heating, full AC, blinds on the windows, very big covered verandas, covered parking and storage room in a dead end off Athalassas avenue near Laiki popular bank and Hellenic bank headquarters. - DASOUPOLI €500 (A2DAS0006-R), (photos in the website). 16. 2 bedr luxury apartment with a/c for hot and cold, NICELY MODERN FURNISHED, covered parking, off Stavrou Avenue behind Coffee Beanery. PRICE INCLUDES COMMON EXPENSES – STROVOLOS - € 550 – A2ST10051-R (photos in website). For many more properties with photos visit our website at www.landtouristestates.com which is updated daily. LANDTOURIST ESTATES LTD 22422225 / 96-422225 / 96422226 www.landtouristestates.com 2 BDRM flat in the centre of Nicosia. Rent €450. For information call 99453663, 99663927.

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TO LET LIMASSOL nished renovated this year. Laminated parke ﬂoor, and big wardrobes in the 3 bedrooms. Rent €590.00 Tel 99497576 99886775 *****************************

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TO LET LARNACA per month For more info pls call 99639378

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THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELCTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND MANY MORE PLEASE CALL EITHER 96 545 174 OR E-MAIL ON info@unique-consultancy.eu LANDLORDS; WE NEED YOUR PROPERTIES NOW. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT. ***************************** KILI – PAPHOS, 3 bedroom villa, with swimming pool and garden, unfurnished, gas central heating, large verandas, lovely mountain views, very quiet and tranquil area, €500 per month o.n.o. Call: 99479006 ***************************** GREAT VALUE STUDIO FLAT FOR RENT, - Large modern studio ﬂat in small residential block, in central Paphos, 5 minutes from town centre, 2 minutes from motorway, and 10 minutes from Kato Paphos. Separate Living area/kitchen and bedroom. and shower room. Fully furnished (washing machine etc.) , and air conditioning. Covered veranda, and undercover designated parking. Only Euro 215/ month inc. communal charges. Phone 99-310481. PAPHOS / PEYIA VILLA, villa for rent in Peyia, 4 bedroom, 4 bathrooms, large sitting-dining area, fully airconditioned and heated, unfurnished, panoramic views, large parking, low rent contact: 99490953, 26815534

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PAPHOS ***************************** ON THE PHINIKOUDES PROMENADE. An unobrstructed, panoramic view of the sea and the marina. An exclusive superb 1 bdrm on the 4th floor on the beach. Fully renovated, brand new. Has fitted new kitchen, w/m, fully a/c and sauna room!! Also suitable for office use. Must see to appreciate. Rent €450. Call 99222197, 99541828. ***************************** LARNACA FLAT FOR RENT: Fully-furnished spacious 2-bedroom first floor flat in central location near Metro supermarket, A/C, private parking, intercom system, en-suite bathroom, small block. Phone: 99354789 ***************************** 2 BEDROOM NICOLADES SEA VIEW CITY BLOCK, a/c’s in all rooms, private parking, sea view, walking distance to everything, can be used for office or residential. €750, minimum 12 months contract. 99320077 Larnaca ***************************** FOR RENT 2 bed, 2 bath, new built apartment, in a quiet scenic location In Alethriko, Larnaca 5 min. to Larnaka, 5 min. to the beach Fully furnished, A/C, communal pool, under covered parking, Long term rent, €350.00

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€290 /mnth Acropolis Heights Chlorakas (a) and € 380 / mnth Universal area (b) Both are 2-bed houses, beautiful locations, in Cul-de-sacs, 10 years old, 90 sq. mts, Furnished, Open-Plan Lounge/ Kitchen, Front Car-port, Garden, (a) is Ground ﬂoor, 1 W.C/bath. (b) is 2-Floors, 2 W.CS/Bath and part air-conditioned. Call 99632388.’

***************************** LONG TERM RENTALS 1. Chlorakas - 1 bed ground ﬂoor furnished apartment with central heating, communal pool and parking, sky TV. €335 pcm including all bills 2. Tala - 2 bed quality furnished apartment. Stunning sea views, large balcony, well kept gardens, communal pool, quiet area. €375 pcm 3. Chlorakas - Large 4 bed detached villa, secluded position, large private pool, a/c, and parking. Unfurnished. Very nice well worth seeing. €800 pcm reduced 4. Peyia - Unfurnished 2 bed 2 bathroom house, a/c, ceiling fans, ﬂy screens, storage, satellite TV, private parking, swim-

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Advertiser TO LET PAPHOS

TO LET PAPHOS number: RTL_501

APHRODITE HILLS - Villa share at this amazing resort? Now available for discerning people, luxury double rooms, each with own en suite and heating unit and plus of large lounge/dining/ kitchen area, external patios, gardens and swimming pool. Fully furnished and equipped €800pm plus share of running expenses, min period 6 months or yearly contract renewal. To enquire (or view from January 2013) ring 99178141. A chance not to be missed!

***************************** MR RENT PAPHOS, THE LEADING PROPERTY RENTAL AGENCY IN PAPHOS OFFICE: 26271858 (00357) IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY TO RENT WE ARE THE RENTAL AGENCY TO CONTACT OFFERING FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENT COLLECTION SERVICE 1. UNIVERSAL AREA €450 spacious 3 bedroom ﬁrst ﬂoor apartment, master with ensuite. Situated on small complex with no pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture, fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher. Balcony leads to a large private roof terrace with shaded barbeque area offering views of the sea, storage & sunbathing deck. 2. SEA CAVES €500 we are delighted to offer this detached 2 bedroom villa situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area offering sea views. Gated drive for off street parking. Fully enclosed good sized low maintenance garden with private pool offering privacy and shaded areas. Available unfurnished or part furnished. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference number: RTL_482 3. KISSONERGA €550 modern detached 3 bedroom villa situated in a quiet residential area. Master bedroom with ensuite, separate kitchen, downstairs guest wc. Enclosed garden offering private pool & off street parking. Available unfurnished though can include kitchen appliances. Pets allowed at owners discretion. Website reference

4. PEYIA €700 price includes pool cleaning. If you are looking for a villa with breathtaking views & privacy than this property is for you. This modern detached 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa is furnished with modern furniture, including satellite TV. One bedroom & bathroom on ground floor. A spacious enclosed garden with private pool offering stunning views. Off street parking. Website reference number: RTL_401 5. CHLORAKA €750 modern detached 4 bedroom 3 bathroom villa with ground floor bedroom & bathroom. Beautifully furnished with good quality modern furniture includes sky satellite, fly screens & feature fireplace with modern gas fire. Private pool offering views of the sea. Off street parking. Situated within walking distance of bus routes & shops. Website reference number: RTL_611 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 accommodation offering an enclosed garden with c/pool. Fully furnished with modern furniture & solar panels. Website reference number: RTL_442 7. ANAVARGOS €895 we are delighted to offer this unique 5 bedroom 3 bathroom rustic country home offering spacious living accommodation with large gardens, private pool & stone built bbq & entertainment area. Fully furnished with log burner for those winter months. A real character home worth viewing. Pets allowed. Website reference number: RTL_635 offers considered. 8. TALA €900 a charming detached 4 bedroom villa with character, situated on a corner plot in a quiet residential area with breathtaking sea views. Spacious living rooms with central heating & real fireplace. Separate kitchen & dining room. Good sized garden offering private pool and stone built barbeque area. Undercover parking. Available fully furnished. Website reference number: RTL_638 TEL: 97790883 OFFICE: 26271858 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MANY MORE PROPERTIES www.mrrent-paphos.net Email: info@mrrent-paphos. net

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TO LET PAPHOS ****************************** FOR RENT A selection of 1 to 5 bedroom houses & apartments F/F & U/F Universal, Peyia, Tomb of the Kings, Tsada, Timi, Chlorakas & Kato Paphos Landlord & Owners please call 99329357 Or please view at are website www.cyprussands. com Fully Registered Company in Cyprus ****************************** A DELIGHTFUL AND SPACIOUS 1 bedroom apartment, F/F, top floor, new, located at a peaceful location just 500 from St. George hotel in Chloraka. A+ quality apt. Within walking distance to amenities, part of a beautiful building with swimming pool, list and other amenities. Only €250p/m Other apts also available near Carrefour in the Centre of Paphos. Call 99403261, 26934650 ****************************** FLOWRON PROPERTY SERVICES LTD: PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FOR TENANTS AND LANDLORDS: PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT LONG TERM RENTAL, PROPERTIES WANTED: FULL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH KEY HOLDING AND RENT COLLECTIONS OFFERED ANAVARGOS: 1 to 3 Bedroom apartments available near to the general hospital, furnished or unfurnished. All properties, have white goods and are modern. The building has a lift and off street parking. Prices from 300400 Euros per month. Ref 7777 Price 300-400 ANARITA: 3 bed nicely furnished villa in the centre of Anarita village with private pool, off street parking. Property has a modern kitchen with granite work tops, sitting and dining area, guest wc. Upstairs 3 bedrooms Master with en suite shower, separate family bathroom. Outside shaded pergolas. Ref 855 Price 600 SECRET VALLEY: 3 bed villa fully furnished 3 bedroom villa with private pool. Nice furniture, master bedroom with on suite shower, family bathroom, 2 bedrooms with twin beds. Dining area, kitchen, guest WC, off street parking, private pool. Modern Villa. Ref: 1035 Price 700 SERCRET VALLEY: 4 bed beautiful furnished bungalow to the highest of standards, with large bedrooms - en suites, Modern large kitchen fully equipped, sitting and dining area with fire place. Outside heated pool, off street parking, landscaped gardens and great views. Ref: 1151 Price 1800 TIMI: 3 bed nicely furnished villa with large sitting and dining areas, fire place, full AC. Upstairs

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MESGOI: large unfurnished villa situated in a residential area. Property is very modern with fire place, downstairs bedroom with en suite, kitchen and separate utility room, 3 additional bedroom upstairs with master en suite, family bathroom. Outside private pool, fully fenced and private, nice views, pets welcome, suit family with children going to local international school. Ref: 783 Price: 750 TALA: A family home offered part furnished in a quiet residential area, property has off street parking, private pool, central heating and AC, modern kitchen, sitting/ dining area, guest wc, upstairs 3 bedrooms with master en suite, family bathroom, sea views. Ref: 988 Price: 750 OFFICE: 120 MAKARIOS AVENUE, PAPHOS. OFFICE: 26600450 MOBILE: 97614070 many properties available on WEB: www.flowron.com Email info@flowron.com

****************************** PEYIA – 3 bedroom villa with modern quality furniture and finishes. Central heating, sky, alarm, infinity pool and stunnning sea and mountain views €700 per month, call: 99389426 ****************************** BRAND NEW APT, opposite Poseidonio Gym, near Carrefour, F/F, a/c, great quality, 1 bdrm, from €340p.m.Tel 99403261 ****************************** RENTAL POINT - PAPHOS PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RENT IN THE PAPHOS DISTRICT. JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES. ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR LONG TERM RENTAL. CALL 97648440 FOR MORE INFORMATION. LANDLORDS CALL IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY FOR RENT.!!! 1. MESA CHORIO – 2 bed 2 bath fully furnished ground floor apartment set on an elevated position on this prestigious development. Open plan living area. Good sized kitchen. 2 double, bedrooms, master with en-suite

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PEGEIA: 4 bed villa with stunning situated in a lovely quiet location in Pegeia offered unfurnished. The property has 2 down stairs bedrooms, a large sitting room with ﬁre place, central heating, kitchen with Stylish design, dining area. Upstairs 2 bedrooms, large outside veranda. Outside stunning views Private pool. Ref: 765 Price: 900

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TO LET PAPHOS shower room. Family bathroom. Large patio areas with enclosed gardens and lovely sea views. Covered parking and security gates.. Comm swimming pool. €425.00 or near offer 2 EMBA 3 bed 2 bath unfurnished villa in handy location close to the shopping areas. Property also has separate 1 bed apartment on the lower level. Large open plan living area and dining area. Fully fitted dining/kitchen with appliances . Guest WC. 3 double bedrooms one with ensuite. 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 en-suite, one with Jacuzzi tub. Small seating area with adjacent balcony. Pool and off street parking. Lnadscaped gardens €750.00 per month or close offers only 5. TRIMITHOUSA – 4 bed, 3.5 bath unfurnished villa set in quiet location. Open plan living area. Fully fitted kitchen. Ground floor bedroom with en-suite shower. Guest WC. Stairs to 3 more bedrooms, one with en-suite and family bathroom. Garden areas, large terraces and feature BBQ area and pergola. Private pool, garage. Never been occupied. Available 1 Feb. €725.00 per month OVNO. 6. UNIVERSAL AREA – 2 bed fully furnished apartment. Living area, fitted kitchen. 2 double bedrooms and family bathroom. A/C, 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

FOR SALE NICOSIA ****************************** 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. *****************************

PROPERTY FOR SALE NICOSIA NICOSIA, FLAT FOR SALE: 2 bedroom ﬂat with title deeds, 110 sqm, fully renovated, best central area, 800m from the european university,excellent view, eu 99,000. Tel 99 621914

PAPHOS ***************************** 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT. Large living room and separate kitchen. Excellent views to the sea and the harbour. Double glazing and fly screens throughout. Off peak electric heating. Window shutters to all main rooms and an intruder alarm fitted. Lift and car park. Euro 120.000 ono, Call: 26 947315 ***************************** PAPHOS, FLATS FOR SALE OR RENT: kissonerga, 3 bedroom flat with title deeds, in a block of 4 flats only, fully renovated, 2 baths, 146 sqm closed area, ch, ac, covered parking, excellent view of sea and mountains, half registration fees till 31.12.12. Reduced to eu 135,000,or rent eu 450 pm. Tel 99 621914 ***************************** 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. 92 sq.m covered area. Full TITLE DEEDS. REDUCED €92,000 ***************************** PAPHOS 1 bedroom apartment, fantastic central location, lounge/kitchen, bathroom, veranda, covered parking, communal pool, Furnished. Near all amenities. TITLE DEEDS NOW REDUCED €45,000. ***************************** 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 €65,000. ***************************** 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 €92,000 Call 99716390. ***************************** 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. *****************************

FAMAGUSTA ***************************** AYIA NAPA, studio for sale, 38 sqm, furnished and fully renovated, with title deed, in licensed complex, 500m from nissi beach, eu 49,000, tel. 99 621914

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Advertiser 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.

SATURDAY SERVICES NICOSIA St Paul’s Church Hall, Byron Ave LIMASSOL ‘Meeting Point’, 193A Christodoulou H’pavlou, opp Molos Park on beach rd BIBLE STUDY FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN 10.00 am Nicosia • 10.30 am Limassol FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE 11.30 am Nicosia • 11.45 am Limassol Pastor: Branislav Mirilov 96702349 Info: Nsia 96207014 • Lsol 99322614 www.adventist.org | www.hopetv.org

AYIA NAPA and DHERYNIA (Anglican Church in S.E Cyprus) Sunday Worship 9.30am Morning Prayer every Sunday morning at St Constantinos & Eleni Chapel, Dherynia (near Hospital in Dherynia) 11am at Scandinavian Church, off Nissi Avenue (opp Tassia Maris Hotel), Ayia Napa nd 6pm at St Constantinos & Eleni (2 week) Chaplain : Revd Simon Holloway M.A. Tel: 97 839349 www.angsecyp.org Visitors especially welcome

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Sport Warne banned, fined after Big Bash bust-up SHANE Warne has been ﬁned A$4,500 and banned for one game after a heated row with Marlon Samuels in a match in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 competition ended up with bats and balls being thrown. The West Indies all-rounder and former Australia Test spinner had a heated verbal altercation before Warne threw the ball and hit Samuels on the arm, accidentally he later claimed. Samuels reacted by throwing his bat down the wicket in the general direction of

Warne and the umpires were forced to step in to restore order. Cricket Australia (CA) found Warne guilty of three offences but not guilty of a breach of the rule that forbids throwing “the ball at or near a player or ofﬁcial in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner”. “I’m disappointed with some of my actions but I’m also disappointed at the severity of the penalties,” Warne told reporters. “I think that was pretty harsh.”

Warne was found guilty of showing dissent to the umpire, engaging in physical contact with other players and using offensive language. Samuels, who has been charged with two offences, ended up on the winning side as the Melbourne Renegades beat the Melbourne Stars to clinch a home semiﬁnal in the Big Bash league in front of a record crowd of 46,681 at the MCG. His evening came to a painful end, however, when he top-edged a Lasith Ma-

linga bouncer into his own face and left the ﬁeld with a suspected fractured eye socket. Samuels has been the subject of controversy in the competition already this season when Darren Lehmann, coach of the Brisbane Heat, questioned the legality of his bowling action. Warne’s team mate Cameron White was also found guilty of dissent at an umpire’s decision, while the case against Samuels will be heard when he is able to attend a hearing.

Aussie spin legend Shane Warne (right) and West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels had a heated altercation

Calendar keeps F1 fans guessing Number of races this year still not confirmed

By Steve Keating

By Alan Baldwin

IN BRIEF

FOR a sport timed down to the thousandth of a second and measured in millimetres, Formula One seems to be finding it surprisingly difficult to get to grips with a calendar. With little more than two months to go before the Australian season-opener in Melbourne on March 17, the sport has yet to confirm how many races there will be in 2013 and where two of them will be held. The fans can expect to see fewer teams on the grid, with HRT seemingly defunct but still supposedly seeking a buyer, but they are also still waiting for a definitive driver lineup with vacancies remaining at Caterham and Force India. The first official test of the new campaign kicks off at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain on February 5 with McLaren currently set to be the first out of the box with plans to launch their car on January 31. Most, but maybe not all,

Deal reached to end long NHL lockout

July is the month of uncertainty as things stand, with the German Grand Prix - triple world champion Sebastian Vettel’s home race - scheduled for the seventh at a venue to be decided teams will have their new cars ready to hit the track as soon as the off-season testing ban is lifted - by which time they should also have a clearer picture of what the future holds. July is the month of uncertainty as things stand, with the German Grand Prix - triple world champion Sebastian Vettel’s home race - scheduled for

the seventh at a venue to be decided. This year should be the Nuerburgring’s turn to host the race under an alternation agreement but the circuit’s ﬁnancial problems could mean it stays at Hockenheim, the country’s other Formula One track. Either way, time is running out with local promoters usually seeking to

maximise their chances of breaking even by putting tickets on sale for the race almost as soon as the previous one has ﬁnished. The 20-round calendar also has an empty slot for July 21 - reserved for another unnamed European event that Ecclestone has identiﬁed as being Turkey. However, the impetus to bring that country’s Istan-

bul Park circuit back into the championship stalled when the country’s government baulked at subsidising a race attended by few locals. Bahrain, which was the big uncertainty last year due to violent civil unrest, remains on the calendar with an April 21 date as the fourth round of the season.

THE National Hockey League (NHL) and lockedout players have reached a tentative agreement to end a costly labour dispute and salvage a condensed season that was days away from being cancelled entirely. The deal was announced jointly by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) Executive Director Donald Fehr following a marathon 16-hour negotiation session. News of the tentative deal came just days ahead of the NHL’s self-imposed January 11 deadline to reach an agreement or risk losing a season that was originally due to begin last October. With talks unraveling and the NHL on the verge of cancelling the entire season, the 113-day lockout ended with the help of a US federal mediator who enticed the two parties back to the bargaining table for a ﬁnal push to make a deal. The return of the NHL created an instant buzz across hockey mad Canada, with even Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeting the news with relief. Many teams, particularly those based in the United States, are bracing for a fan backlash while owners and players begin to calculate the damage done by the lockout.

Cities submit bids for 2020 Olympic Games

Redskins coach slammed for Rampant Bulls run the playing injured Griffin struggling Cavaliers ragged

Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid have handed over their bid ﬁles to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics to the International Olympic Committee. IOC members will make a decision on who will host the games by secret ballot in Buenos Aires in September. The bid documents, which run to several hundred pages, reveal plans for all key areas for hosting the Games including venues, budgets and security. Japan’s Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964, while neither Istanbul in Turkey nor Spain’s Madrid have held the Games.

WASHINGTON Redskins coach Mike Shanahan came under fire yesterday for leaving an ailing Robert Griffin III in their playoff loss to Seattle but rejected any notion that he risked the rookie quarterback’s health. Griffin only left Sunday’s 24-14 loss to the Seahawks when he injured himself while trying to grab a bad shotgun snap in the fourth quarter, but critics are suggesting the face of the Redskins should have been taken out of the game earlier. “Robert is our franchise quarterback. I am not going to take a chance on his career to win a game,” Shanahan told reporters at a news conference.

CARLOS Boozer and the Chicago Bulls recovered from a slow start to pummel the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers 118-92 and take over top spot in the Eastern Conference’s Central division. In-form forward Boozer scored a game-high 24 points along with 11 rebounds, while Luol Deng added 19 points as the Bulls recorded their third straight win, and their 11th in a row over the Cavaliers. Chicago, who upset NBA champions Miami 96-89 on Friday, shrugged off a disappointing ﬁrst quarter to improve their overall record to 19-13 and dislodge the Indiana Pacers from top spot in the Central standings.

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Subdued Serena set for sixth title

Kuznetsova overcomes Wozniacki and Sydney heat

American the player to beat in Melbourne

By Greg Stutchbury

By Ian Ransom A belated discovery that tranquility makes a useful ally in the pursuit of glory has Serena Williams in the box seat to win a third consecutive grand slam title at the Australian Open next week. The Williams of explosive on-court tantrums and offcourt drama has largely been banished, and a calmer, more mature prototype arrives at Melbourne Park with her game rivalling the peak of her brilliant career. Pundits are already talking up the chances of a sequel to the ‘Serena Slam’ - the noncalendar grand slam that the 31-year-old American completed during the 2002-03 seasons - and Williams herself believes the best is yet to come. “I was looking at a lot of old matches on YouTube, and I feel like right now I’m playing some of my best tennis,” she said after winning the Brisbane International at the weekend. “I feel like I want to do better and play better still, and I’ve always felt like I could play better.” Williams’s smooth preparations for the year’s ﬁrst grand slam lie in stark contrast to her troubled lead-in to the 2012 tournament, when she arrived in Melbourne with a foot injury after a season blighted by illness and injury. Having played two matches in ﬁve months, Williams strained ligaments in her ankle at the warm-up tournament in Brisbane, and

lasted four rounds at Melbourne Park before being dumped by Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova. A sensational first-round loss at the French Open sparked another round of career obituaries by sports writers. But Williams, who had survived a life-threatening blood clot in her lungs the previous year, began rebuilding her game with the help of French coach Patrick Mouratoglou. In a four-month blitz, Williams clinched her fifth Wimbledon trophy, singles and doubles gold at the London Olympics and her 15th grand slam title at the US Open, underlining her status as one of the greatest players to grace the game. She then capped the year by winning the season-ending WTA finals in Istanbul without dropping a set. Williams, who lost the US Open final in 2011 to Australia’s Sam Stosur and the 2009 semi-final to Kim Clijsters following explosive outbursts at match officials, credited her stunning second half of the season to a more relaxed approach to her game. “I really think starting in 2011, the summer, I really started being more calm on the court and just relaxing more, if it’s possible for me to relax,” Williams said at the Brisbane International. “I feel better when I’m more calm.” A serene Serena is bad news for her rivals, who have already conceded her world ranking of three is scandalously inaccurate, and likely to be corrected in short

time. World number one Victoria Azarenka, the defending Australian Open champion, came close to upsetting Williams in the tense US Open final, but the Belarusian finished the year 0-5 against the American. Curiously, Azarenka dodged a re-match in the Brisbane semi-final against Williams last week, blaming a toe infection caused by a bad pedicure. World number two Maria Sharapova completed a career grand slam with victory at the French Open, but lost all three of her encounters to Williams last year, including a stinging 6-0 6-1 loss for the Olympic singles gold at London. “It’s surprising to win two grand slams, the Olympics, Madrid and the Championships and to be number three,” Mouratoglou said after Williams won in Istanbul. “If there is a bug somewhere (in the rankings system), someone has to find it.” Williams can fix it with her own racquet by winning a sixth Australian Open title, a feat achieved only by Australia’s Margaret Court in the modern era. That would see her succeed compatriot Chris Evert as the oldest world number one in women’s tennis - a nice, albeit sobering idea for Williams. “I’m really boring now,” Williams said in Brisbane. “I used to be fun. “I could be the oldest number one. I don’t know how that goes with the funnest.”

Awesome: Serena Williams is playing some of the best tennis of her glittering career

Boxing clever for controversial Cooper’s confidence By Patrick Johnston

Australia rugby union ﬂyhalf Quade Cooper is preparing for his professional boxing debut

SPARRING for his professional boxing debut has given controversial Australia ﬂyhalf Quade Cooper a conﬁdence boost ahead of the upcoming Super Rugby season, Queensland Reds coach Ewan McKenzie said yesterday. The 24-year-old New Zealand-born back steps into the ring on February 8 on the undercard of close friend and World Cup winning All Black Sonny Bill Williams’ bout with Francois Botha. The bout was agreed upon weeks before Cooper eventually signed a new contract with the Australian Rugby Union(ARU) to continue with the Wallabies and Reds after a year of well-publicised spats with the governing body. Cooper was a shadow of his creative self last year, producing a number of below par performances after re-

covering from a serious knee injury. His frustrations boiled over when he described the Wallabies camp as a “toxic environment” that he felt was “destroying” him. But McKenzie, who with Cooper helped secure the Reds the 2011 Super Rugby title, said that rather than the boxing hindering his rugby, he has seen positives from the diversity. “If you are going to put yourself out there in front of a big TV audience and a crowd one-on-one ... you can’t help think he is getting some beneﬁt from a conﬁdence point of view,” McKenzie told reporters. “He’s been getting his boxing done around normal training. The quality of his rugby training has been outstanding, he seems in a very good space. “He is highly motivated and very switched on. He is adding a lot not just in terms of the team but also a lot of

mentoring around some of the younger guys.” McKenzie said that Reds and Wallabies captain James Horwill was also on track to play in the season opener against the Brumbies on February 16 as he continues to recover from hamstring issues. The lock has been missing since May with the problem and may not play in preseason matches as to avoid any setbacks. “Horwill is on track, we haven’t rushed him. It’s been methodical and very positive,” he said of his captain’s progress. “We haven’t picked trial teams yet. We have to give opportunities for guys around the edges so we will manage that. “And we know we have a tough start to the season with the Brumbies. We will have a look at it.” However, Mckenzie was unsure how much longer Will Genia will be out for.

FORMER world number two Svetlana Kuznetsova defied sweltering heat that earlier prompted Agnieszka Radwanska to suggest it was too hot to play to beat seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki yesterday in the second round of the Sydney International. Russia’s Kuznetsova, a twotime grand slam champion who was knocked out in the first round in Auckland last week and had to qualify for the main draw in Sydney, beat the former world number one 7-6 1-6 6-2. Sydney had been forecast to hit a maximum of 43C yesterday as Australia swelters in a heatwave that has sparked raging bush fires. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported a temperature high of 41.4 C at 3.30pm at Sydney’s Olympic Park and women’s top seed Radwanska had said earlier that play should have been abandoned until the temperature dropped. The world number four, who was given a bye into the second round, played the opening match on centre court and beat Japan’s Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-4 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals but even that early in the day the heat was effecting the players. “I think this is too hot to play tennis,” Radwanska told reporters. “Even for players, for ball kids, for the people sitting out there, I think it’s just too hot.” “Today was one of the hottest days I have played for sure.” Former French Open champion Li Na, who followed Radwanska on to court, compared the heat to playing in a sauna, but she was good enough to speed through Japan’s Ayumi Morita 6-1 6-0 in 52 minutes. “I was feeling, I don’t know, just feeling like unbelievable. They say it was 40, but even on the tennis court even more,” Li said. “I mean, even didn’t finish the match, just finish the first set and I was feeling my feet already burning.” Kuznetsova’s victory in the heat gave the 27-year-old Russian tremendous confidence she could continue to build towards the Australian Open having spent six months out rehabilitating a knee injury. The former US and French Open champion spent two months on crutches last year and had to rebuild muscle strength in her legs to ensure she did not re-injure her right knee and dropped to 85th in the world rankings. She had asked for a wild card for Sydney but was forced to play qualifiers, which had acually helped her build momentum into yesterday’s win.

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FIFA president Blatter urged to impose tougher racism sanctions

APOEL and AEL in big Cup clash By Nemanja Bjedov

Support floods in for Milan’s Boateng By Martyn Ziegler ANTI-RACISM campaigners say FIFA president Sepp Blatter needs to turn his words into actions after he insisted points should be deducted for racist abuse. Blatter responded to last week’s protest by AC Milan midﬁelder Kevin PrinceBoateng by saying players should not walk off the pitch, but that administrators should use harsh sanctions to deal with racism. Piara Powar, executive director of the European antidiscrimination organisation FARE, said FIFA itself had failed to implement tough action at any time in the past. Powar told the Press Association: “How many times has FIFA sanctioned any team with a points deduction for racism in its competitions such as World Cup qualiﬁers? “When have you ever seen FIFA take tough action over racism in an international friendly? “The answer is never. That’s the frustration - these are people who have the ability to make those things happen but are not delivering this action. “People will judge you on your actions not your words.” Blatter had appeared to

Kevin Prince-Boateng (centre) and his AC Milan team-mates make their feelings clear over the weekend suggest that players could use racism as an excuse to walk off during a game if they were losing. Speaking at a conference in the Middle East, Blatter told United Arab Emirates newspaper The National: “Walk off? No. I don’t think that is the solution. “I don’t think you can run away, because eventually you can run away if you lose a match. “This issue is a very touchy subject, but I repeat there is zero tolerance of racism in the stadium; we have to go against that. “The only solution is to be very harsh with the sanctions - and the sanctions must be a deduction of points or something similar.” Powar criticised Blatter for that stance and said the

FIFA president appeared not to know what was in the rules. He added: “The issue is that players should be allowed to walk off as a protest as a last resort. In the case of Boating and Samuel Eto’o with Barcelona they walked off after they had already brought it to the attention of the referee and nothing had happened. “We disagree entirely with the idea that Kevin-Prince Boateng ran away from the Milan match in which he was subjected to racial abuse. It’s a nonsensical suggestion. “The fact that the president of FIFA himself doesn’t seem to be aware of the rules which have taken a lot of time to get on to the statute books is really disappointing.” AC Milan president Silvio

Berlusconi also rejected the FIFA president’s position. He told radio station RTL: “I am of the opposite view. In fact, I thanked and congratulated my players for their decision to leave the ﬁeld during the friendly in Busto Arsizio. “This is an uncivilised problem that needs to be stopped, people should not allow these things to happen. “Teams out on the pitch should set an example of civility and the educational role of football should not be underestimated. “It’s not only about the behaviour of players in the game but of the public, and everyone needs to avoid giving Italy a negative image.” Italian state police conﬁrmed that six suspects have been arrested over the inci-

dent, having been identiﬁed by footage captured on video cameras at the Stadio Carlo Speroni. Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola backed the decision by Boateng to walk off the ﬁeld after being abused during a friendly, and his Milan team-mates for following him off the pitch. Guardiola, speaking at the FIFA Ballon d’Or awards in Zurich, said it could deter racists in the future. He told a news conference: “Maybe it was a good step to take. Maybe with Milan dealing with this situation in that way means that it won’t happen again.” Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta said Boateng had taken a “personal” decision which they understood.

Troubled Real Madrid seek cup boost against Celta By Iain Rogers

Under pressure: Real coach Jose Mourinho has been roundly whistled at the Bernabeu several times

REAL Madrid’s unconvincing 4-3 win at home to Real Sociedad in La Liga on Sunday was hardly the perfect preparation for Jose Mourinho’s troubled side with a 2-1 King’s Cup deﬁcit to overturn against Celta Vigo tonight. To add to a series of poor performances on the pitch, Mourinho has angered Real fans by dropping captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas for the last two league matches and, not for the ﬁrst time this season, they made their feelings clear by roundly whistling the Portuguese at the Bernabeu. Casillas, a graduate of Real’s youth academy who has been with the club since he was a boy, was given a rousing ovation when he came on to replace Antonio Adan after the reserve keeper was sent off in the sixth

minute. The anti-Mourinho protest and the backing for Casillas was the latest evidence that all is not well at Real and failure to get past Celta in Wednesday’s last 16 second leg at the Bernabeu would leave the Champions League as the only competition they can realistically hope to win this season. The Spanish champions are a daunting 16 points behind unbeaten leaders Barcelona after 18 of 38 matches and face Manchester United in the last 16 of Europe’s elite club competition when it resumes next month. The relegation of club hero Casillas to the bench has prompted speculation in Spanish media that Mourinho may be trying to provoke Real president Florentino Perez into sacking him so he can cash in on a lucrative payoff. The former Chelsea man-

ager, who has made no secret of his desire to coach in England again at some point, said after the Sociedad game he did not mind being whistled by Real’s own fans as long as they got behind the team. “This season in the (La Liga) championship, compared with last year, we are having a bad time of it and it seems normal to me to whistle and this is how I like to live,” Mourinho, who turns 50 later this month, told a news conference. “I do not like to always be in a comfortable situation or be a hero forever,” he added. “If I was whistled for the decision to leave out Iker, ﬁne. And if I was whistled for bad performances in the league then I accept it. “Perfect that they whistle when they hear my name and that they help the team during the match as they have done, perfect.”

AEL will be looking to build on their hard-fought victory over Apollon over the weekend when they face APOEL in the first leg of the national cup Round of 16 this afternoon at the Tsirion Stadium in Limassol. Jorge Costa’s men trailed 2-0 at half time but fought back to beat rivals Apollon on Saturday, courtesy of Vouho’s double and Luciano Bebe’s winner eight minutes from time. APOEL, on the other hand, could only manage a 1-1 draw against Alki at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia which means that they now trail league leaders Anorthosis by six points after the Larnaca outfit saw off Doxa Katokopia 3-0 to sit on top of the standings with 44 points. Anorthosis face Alki this afternoon in the cup. Elsewhere, Toni Savevski’s Omonia visit Achna where they will take on Ethnikos and attempt to get back to winning ways after their five-match winning streak came to and end over the weekend weekend with a 2-1 loss to AEK in Larnaca, who are set to take on another Nicosia side, Olympiakos, this evening. AEP Paphos meanwhile host second division side PAEEK, while another second division team Anagennisi Derynias make the short trip to Ayia Napa. Second division leaders Ermis Aradippou meet Enosis Neon Paralimni at the Ammochostos Stadium in Larnaca. The return legs are scheduled for January 16, 23 and 30 respectively, with the first leg of the eighth tie between Nea Salamina and Apollon scheduled for January 23 and the reverse fixture a week later.

Lazio, Spurs charged over Europa match LAZIO and Tottenham will face a disciplinary hearing over behaviour by their fans during their Europa League match in Rome in November, UEFA said this week UEFA said the Italian hosts had been charged over racist chanting by their fans, missile-throwing and also because their team arrived late at the Stadio Olimpico. The Group J match ended 0-0. A group of Lazio supporters chanted ‘Jews Tottenham, Jews’ in German when the game got underway and unfurled a banner saying ‘Free Palestine’. Tottenham have a large contingent of Jewish supporters while Lazio have long had fans with extreme right-wing sympathies.

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Veteran: Manchester United midﬁelder Paul Scholes, now aged 38, says he is glad he came out of retirement last season

Scholes: Reds rivalry still fierce ‘Liverpool historically are our biggest rivals, they’re the biggest games’ PAUL Scholes feels Liverpool still rank among Manchester United’s biggest rivals, even given the Merseyside outfit’s recent struggles. With the clubs being the two most successful in the history of English football, clashes between them have traditionally been major fixtures in the season calendar. Liverpool have not featured in the Barclays Premier League title race for the last few years, though, and ahead of Sunday’s meeting at Old Trafford, the gap between them in eighth place and Sir Alex Ferguson’s table-toppers is 21 points. However, as far as veteran United midfielder Scholes

is concerned, the rivalry between the north-west outfits remains fierce. Asked where Liverpool currently feature among the Red Devils’ biggest rivalries, Scholes told Inside United: “I think it was the top one for quite some while. “Liverpool probably haven’t done as well as they’d have liked over the last few years - and they’d probably admit that. “But it’s definitely still right up there, it’ll always be right up there.” While it has been Manchester City - the reigning champions - and Chelsea battling United for the league title in recent campaigns, Scholes

has no doubt Liverpool “historically are our biggest rivals”. He said: “Whether Manchester City have overtaken Liverpool now (as United’s biggest rivals), I don’t know...it’ll probably take years for City to create what Liverpool have done. “But Liverpool historically are our biggest rivals, they’re always the biggest games and the best atmospheres. But I’m sure City will run them close.” Meanwhile, Scholes has spoken of how glad he is that he decided to come out of retirement, with a year having now passed since his comeback appearance against City. “I just wanted to come back

playing, and I’m glad I did,” the 38-year-old said. “At the time there were a lot of injuries and I thought maybe I could help, so I tried to. “The second half of last season I played quite often. Unfortunately we just fell short of winning the league; that was disappointing, but I’m glad I came back.” Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard meanwhile believes he is getting back to his best form after a mixed start to the season. The England captain has played every minute of all 21 Premier League matches this season, scoring four times. In recent weeks, in particular against Fulham and Sun-

derland, the 32-year-old has excelled and he thinks now people are starting to see the Gerrard of old. “I’ve had mixed experiences this season,” he said. “I’ve passed some unbelievable landmarks for club and country, getting to the 600-games mark and winning my 100th cap for England. “But with the slow start we made and being where we have in the league it’s been a bit mixed for me. “I think my performances are getting closer to where I want them to be so if I can add goals to those performances then maybe people will start saying the old Steven Gerrard is back.”

Mancini ‘worries over Rodwell’ By Andy Hampson

Jack Rodwell has made just two starts and four substitute appearances since arriving at City from Everton

MANAGER Roberto Mancini is hopeful Jack Rodwell will have a successful career at Manchester City despite admitting concern over the midﬁelder’s ﬁtness record. Rodwell, signed for £12 million from Everton in August, has not played since suffering the latest in a series of hamstring injuries on England Under-21 duty in October. The 22-year-old had hoped to return to action before Christmas but suffered a setback and was ruled out until early in the new year. The highly-rated Rodwell’s time at Goodison Park was also blighted by such injuries and his hopes of playing at Euro 2012 or the London Olympics, after making an England debut in 2011, were dashed by them. Mancini said: “He is getting better and we hope we can recover him in two or three weeks. “He needs to start working with the group and he didn’t

do this until Thursday. “I worry because when we bought him we thought he was a good player and then he had these problems with hamstrings. “We hope we can improve this situation for him. He is young and has quality, he has everything to be a good midﬁelder.” Rodwell, who also had a short spell out with a groin injury in September, has made just two starts and four substitute appearances since arriving at City. City are hopeful their other long-term absentee Micah Richards, who required surgery after suffering a knee injury in October, will be back in action by the end of February. Last season’s top scorer Sergio Aguero could be out for several weeks following conﬁrmation over the weekend that he tore his hamstring in the New Year’s Day win over Stoke. Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure and back-up striker Abdul Razak are also missing for at least a month after joining up with

Ivory Coast for the African Nations Cup. It had been reported midfielder Yaya Toure needed treatment at a clinic for a cough and a fever while at a training camp in Abu Dhabi but his brother Kolo has said he is “back on his feet”. The defender added: “Yaya had a couple of days off. Apart from that, everything is going very well at the training camp and we are happy to be here.” With Aguero sidelined, controversial striker Mario Balotelli staked his case for a return to the starting line-up at Arsenal this weekend with two goals in a surprise appearance for the under-21s. Balotelli, who was involved in a training ground bust-up with manager Roberto Mancini last week, was hoping to improve his match-fitness in a friendly against Blackburn at Platt Lane. The 22-year-old missed five games, four of them with a virus, before returning as a substitute in Saturday’s FA Cup third-round win over Watford.

EVERTON boss David Moyes admitted his determination not to suffer another shock cup exit influenced his decision to field a near full strength side for the 5-1 win at Cheltenham in the FA Cup. Moyes had rested players for the Capital One Cup tie with Championship side Leeds earlier this season and seen the Toffees beaten 2-1 at Elland Road. But he paid npower League Two side Cheltenham the compliment of playing most of his star performers in a 5-1 away success on Monday night to clinch a fourth round visit to Sunderland or Bolton. Goals from Nikica Jelavic, Leighton Baines, Leon Osman, Seamus Coleman and Marouane Fellaini secured victory. “We did a very professional job. I wanted to try and progress in the cup if we can,” Moyes said. “We’ve got a bit of momentum and we want to try and keep it going if we can. “We are only in one cup competition. It’s not as if we’ve got the Champions League or Europa League or anything else to deal with as well. “With the side I put out, it could have proved to be folly if we had picked up injuries. Then it would have been made to look a bad decision. “But I was disappointed when we lost our League Cup tie to Leeds. I gave a few players a go that night and I didn’t think it came up to scratch. “I wasn’t going to take a second chance, that’s for sure. I just felt we needed the people who knew what was going on.” Everton effectively killed off the tie in the first 20 minutes via Jelavic’s close range finish and Baines’ spot-kick. Moyes said: “It’s always hard a game like this because the Premier League at times is all-consuming. “But I thought the players did a really good job and kept their focus right. “Their application was spot on. You couldn’t say any player was not spot on.” Cheltenham boss Mark Yates took heart from his side’s performance despite the final scoreline and managing only a consolation effort from Russell Penn. “We were beaten by a very good side, a very strong side,” he said. “The scoreline is a little bit harsh on us but they showed the quality they’ve got. “Our keeper has made two saves and the ball is in the back of the net five times. “We can learn a lot from it. We can be proud of our efforts and endeavour to try and play, and we scored a good goal. “The cup run has given us great exposure and shown we are not a bad side. We kept going, and showed a lot of commitment and quality and times.”

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FIFA award strengthens Messi’s greatest claim Barcelona star proud of fourth straight win By Guy Aspin

IONEL Messi strengthened his claim to be considered the greatest footballer of all time by winning a record-breaking fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or on Monday night. The 25-year-old took the honour ahead of Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona team-mate Andres Iniesta at an awards ceremony in Zurich. The Argentina forward enjoyed a remarkable 2012 even by his own high standards, most notably surpassing Gerd Muller’s 40-year-old record of 85 goals in a calendar year, ﬁnishing with an incredible 91. Messi, wearing a polka-dotted dinner jacket and matching bow tie, said: “To tell you the truth this is really quite unbelievable. The fourth award that I have had is just too great for words. “I would like to recognise my other colleagues from Barcelona; Andres it has been great to train and play alongside you. “I would also like to recognise all of my friends in the Argentinian national team, everyone that has worked

On top of the world: Lionel Messi won 41.6 per cent of the votes in the poll conducted among the coaches and captains of the world’s national teams, while Cristiano Ronaldo managed 23.68 percent and Andres Iniesta 10.91 with me, coaches and staff and my family and my friends. Also my wife and my son. Thank you.” Messi polled 41.60 per cent of the votes, with Ronaldo taking 23.68 per cent and Ini-

esta 10.91 per cent. Although he missed out on both the Primera Division and Champions League crowns, Messi racked up a host of personal achievements last year.

He scored an unprecedented 50 goals in a La Liga season, a record 14 goals in a Champions League season and became the ﬁrst player to net ﬁve times in a Champions League match.

He also shattered the myth that he does not perform as well for Argentina as he does for his club by scoring 12 goals for his country in nine games. Messi’s fourth award took

him past the three FIFA gongs won by both former Brazil striker Ronaldo and former France midﬁelder Zinedine Zidane. France great Michel Platini, and former Holland forwards Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten all won the old Ballon d’Or trophy for European Footballer of the Year three times. Speaking at the pre-gala press conference, Messi claimed he did not consider 2012 his best year yet. He said: “I’m more interested in team awards than I am about what I might win individually. There have been years where we won more titles that have been better.” Messi’s team-mates and rivals were quick to pay tribute to him. Barca midﬁelder Cesc Fabregas wrote on Twitter: “Congratulations Leo, forth time as the best player of #ballondor, you deserve it. And also to @andresiniesta8, huge to be there.” Argentina team-mate Sergio Aguero simply Tweeted: “Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi.” Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand Tweeted: “Congrats to Messi! Wow,4 yrs in a row!! Messi has added something else to his list of ‘the only person to....’ #isMessiTheBestOfAllTime ??” The award was voted for by national team coaches and captains plus invited journalists. Fenerbahce’s Miroslav Stoch won the FIFA Puskas Award for goal of the year, while Spain boss Vicente Del Bosque was named World Coach of the Year. The FIFPro World XI was named entirely of players based in Spain.

Chelsea ready to throw in the towel in fight for Guardiola By Simon Johnson

Up in the air: Pep Guardiola could be spoilt for choice when he ends his one-year sabbatical

CHELSEA are already prepared to concede defeat in their bid to sign Pep Guardiola as their next permanent manager and are now considering other options. Guardiola has conﬁrmed he would like to return to coaching next season - having quit his role at Barcelona last summer - once his year-long sabbatical comes to an end. It is believed that he has made taking charge of a Premier League club his priority but he is set to snub a move to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea owner Roman

Abramovich has pursued Guardiola for the past 18 months and tried to convince him to join in the close season after Roberto di Matteo had led the club to victory in the Champions League. The Russian billionaire was hoping the former Spain international would take charge this summer and was looking to offer a salary worth £15 million-a-year to convince him to move to west London. Chelsea have been fully aware that they faced stiff competition for Guardiola’s signature, with Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal all linked to

the 41-year-old, as well as French giants Paris Saint Germain. Unlike Chelsea, who are under the guidance of interim ﬁrst-team coach Rafael Benitez, all four of those clubs have permanent appointments in place. However, for various reasons, there are doubts over the futures of Sir Alex Ferguson, Roberto Mancini, Arsene Wenger and Carlo Ancelotti and speculation that they could leave their posts at the end of the season. Guardiola is respected as one of the best coaches in the game and Chelsea privately fear he has already decided to go elsewhere.

The fact they have had nine different managers at the helm during the Abramovich era has not helped, especially as Di Matteo was ﬁred only six months after lifting the European Cup. Benitez is still hoping he can get the job on a fulltime basis and is looking to win major silverware this season to convince the board.