NEWCOMER
NIKOS GENARIS
He is of Cypriot and Korean descent, born in 1993 and on February 10, 2010 he made his debut with Arsenal's second team in a match against Stoke. Five months later, in July, he signed his first professional contract with Arsenal and is now one of the great hopes of European football.
POLYCARP PANIC
His star started shining last year. At the age of twenty, he did well in both last year's Rally Cyprus and the Love Cyprus Golden Stage. This year he entered the speed championship and after seeing that he can go fast, he followed the whole program. Panikos Polykarpou is the youngest Pancyprian Speed Champion, winning the Kornos race last season.
PIEROS SOTIRIOU
He was born on January 13, 1993 and is an irreplaceable member of the football team of Olympiakos Nicosia. His game as a midfielder is distinguished for his good ball drops, excellent finishes, while he is also fast, thus gradually gaining a place in both the first eleven of his team and the National U19. One of the great hopes of Cypriot football.
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
KOSTANTINOS CHARALAMPIDIS
Born in Nicosia on July 25, 1981, the right midfielder of APOEL is currently going through his most mature and creative phase as a footballer. With his game being mature and essential, he has contributed the most to the excellent course of APOEL so far.
JOHN'S SUNDAY
The Cypriot high jumper was born on July 26, 1984 and now, his conquests and performances in the sport, have put Cyprus on the world sports map for good. In the summer he was second in Europe and third in the world in his sport, while this season he is intensively preparing for the London Olympics.
ANDREAS KARIOLOU
He started at the age of two in the sport of windsurfing and now his rise is vertical. He came 6th in the recent European Championship in Burgas, the best place he ever took in the world ranking of RS: X. According to the latest announcement of the ranking by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), it is in 4th place with 3.675 points, gaining 10 places from the previous announcement made on July 27, 2011.
ANTONIS ANDREOU
Only recently the champion of our country in shooting and more specifically in the set, equaled the world record in the World Cup matches in Beijing, with 125 successes in the 125 records of the regular match and with a total result of 147/150 (achieved 22/25 in the final ) secured the first place and the gold medal, raising in one more race the Cypriot flag to the highest mast in a world event.
SAVVAS POURSAITIDIS
He came to Cyprus on behalf of Digenis Morfos in 2002. He was transferred to Ethnikos Achnas at the end of the season, where he certified the quality he possessed. Timur Ketspaia located him and took him to Anorthosis in 2004. APOEL included him in its squad in 2008 and since then until today, he excels with his team but also in the national team of Cyprus, since in 2009 he acquired the Cypriot citizenship.
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
MARIOS IOANNOU
In the summer of 2010 he directed and presented Shakespeare's Summer Night Dream while he uploaded with the Mitos team a chronicle from the epic of Leontios Macheiras. Now he successfully uploads the Diary of a madman. His path in the profession of actor lasts for years and he brings successive distinctions while he also stars this year in the success of the series, At the Edge of Paradise.
MANOLIS MICHAILIDIS
His many years in the field, is the element that speaks for him since he chooses, although an actor, to stay away from the limelight. He has stood out for many of his works, but he took the big step by successfully and convincingly incarnating Creon in Antigone, a play staged by Theater One.
MARINOS HATZIVASILEIOU
Despite his young age, he has managed to stand out both with his special performance in Aegia Fuxia, and in the cast of Potato Antinachtes. His source of talent and his appeal to comedy and satire in general, give with his participation another reason that the final result that the viewer will watch will be successful.
MARIOS DIMITRIOU
A graduate of the Satirical Theater, he has repeatedly starred in successful television series. This year, however, the season he is going through is particularly good, since as a member of the successful team that goes by the name of Potatoes Antinachtes, he is for many with his sarcastic humor and honest interpretation the connecting link for the success of the series.
LORIS LOIZIDIS
He was the mastermind of the most successful TV series in Cyprus, Aegia Fuxia, something that continues this year with the Potato Bombs. Last year's success with the theatrical I Do Not See, I Do Not Hear, I Do Not Speak, as well as this year with the Kotziakaro thesis, prove to us that his diverse talent finds a way out just as well on the theatrical board.
SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR
FILIPPOS PATSALIS
A milestone in the history of world medicine was the discovery by the research team of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, under Dr. Filippos Patsalis, of a new non-invasive prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome. He is an accredited laboratory director in the specialties of Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics, Embryology and Andrology from the College of American Physicians. From 1993 until today he works as the Director of the Department of Cytogenetics at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.
JOHN NEOPTOLEMOU
Research into the TeloVac vaccine, a new type of vaccine that is expected to significantly extend the life of patients with pancreatic cancer, is led by Dr. John Neoptolemou, who believes that this vaccine belongs to a new generation of drugs aimed at activation of the immune system to treat a disease.
CROSS CROSS
Professor and holder of the Nikos Symeonidis Research Award for 2010 for his research work on "Transfer of knowledge to create a multidisciplinary core of excellence in computer science at the University of Cyprus". Dr. Kasinos's research career in leading academic and research institutions, his excellent publications in high quality scientific journals and the establishment and operation of a sustainable research team in Cyprus with an international scope highlight an international level researcher.
CHRISTODOULOS KOTSAPAS
He is a professor at Yale University in the United States and a head of scientific research recently published in a prestigious journal and found that many genes associated with multiple sclerosis are linked to other diseases of the immune system, such as Crohn's disease and type 1 diabetes.
CHRISTOFOROS VASILEIOU
An electrical engineer and researcher at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is part of a team led by Professor Michael Cima, who built the first implantable device to be implanted in a patient's body and eliminate the need for recurrent biopsies. from testicular and ovarian cancer.
GEORGE PARASKEVA
He is the fitness coach of the APOEL team. A tireless student of science who serves who fought for part of the profits from the course in the Champions League in 2009 to be invested in the scientific and technological development of APOEL training facilities which can now be characterized as modern in terms of equipment.
PANAGIOTIS PRODROMOU
The head of the aerodynamics department of the Formula 1 world champion, Red Bull Racing, is one of the top geniuses in the field of sports, thanks to which his team managed, for the second consecutive year, to overshadow "sacred monsters" such as Ferrari and McLaren, constantly shaking the status quo.
ART AND CREATION
GIORGOS PELAPAISIOTIS
He is a composer, creative director and designer of Dead Famous Productions and Music Candy. He is the exclusive composer of many BBC radio shows (Radio1, Radio2 and Radio4), and one of his own creations has participated in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Alexander McQueen's Savage Beauty exhibition. He holds the DKNY Honorary Award from Donna Karan, the Pan-American Jasco award and two Gold Thimble awards for his career in fashion. The New York Times presented his work and its creation became the cover of the London Sunday Times. Finally, his music through SONY / BMG, Universal and EMI has reached 28 countries while he has also signed the music theme for the most important CNN show Piers Morgan Tonight, which is broadcast in 212 countries.
MARIOS IOANNOU ILIA
Marios Ioannou Elias is the composer and artistic director of the blockbuster "autosymphonic", which was created for the festive finale of the 125th birthday of the car in 2011. The premiere of the visionary agreement in the central square of Mannheim, Germany, attended by 300 musicians, 500 technicians and 81 cars, attracted 20.000 listeners. The German media described it as "the work of the century". His works are performed worldwide at major concert venues (eg the Berlin and Warsaw Philharmonic) and state operas (eg Stuttgart and Skopje). They are also designed specifically for areas such as central squares, parks, factories and airports. He has won awards in Munich, Moscow, Seoul, Shengdu, China, New York, etc. In 2007 he was also honored by the President of Austria in Vienna.
MICHALIS ANASTASIADIS
His work is a combination of design and art, reaffirming once again the commonalities of art and design, aiming to create an interaction of objects with the whole environment. And he has achieved this through his sparse collections that number few pieces and are permanent exhibits at the Moma in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. In 2010 she was awarded the Bristish Design Awards for Beauty Mirror as Best British Design 2010 by AD Collectors 2011 and the British Elle Decoration.
CHARILAOS KYTHRAIOTIS
He was born in 1966 in Nicosia and got his first stimuli with the world of architecture from a very young age, watching his father, who was also an architect. He studied at the Architecture Association School of Architecture and in 1993 he returned to Cyprus to start his own career. He gradually began to gain ground with his first project, the building of the Union of Authors, while other projects followed, such as the Parliament building and now the THOK building that completely changes the face of the capital.
ENTREPRENEUR / MANAGER
Phoebus of Erotokritos
A native of Nicosia but with roots in Karmi, Kyrenia, a 63-year-old graduate of the Pancyprian High School, he began his career as a van driver distributing paper to his family company. He took over the team's fortunes in October 2008 and two months later made the selection of coach who has since led the "blue and yellows" from success to success.
ANDREAS PITTAS
His upward trajectory as a leading scientist-physician is intertwined with that of the award-winning pharmaceutical expert who pioneers research. Through Medochemie, it represents the scientific community of the modern pharmaceutical industry in Cyprus and abroad, while giving breath to the economy through the large volume of exports recorded by the company in 2011.
CHRISTOS SAVVIDIS
Eastern Europe has been the most dynamic region for the EOS Group over the last decade. The international financial services company under his leadership has shown an 18% increase in turnover in the last year alone. Every market and every culture demands solutions and, acting as a pioneer, sees the opening of markets in Eastern Europe as a challenge. The best solutions, in his opinion, are promoted by the synthesis of the experience and ideas of the new generation, which he strongly supports.
MICHALIS AND NIKOLAS LOIS
The company LOIS Builders was founded in 1977 by Soto Lois and since then its course in the construction sector having in its portfolio projects such as Jean Nouvel Towel 25, the Ministry of Finance, the Olympic Palace, etc. brought her to the top very soon. Continuing its upward course, Michalis and Nikolas Lois have expanded the horizons of the company even more. In the midst of the crisis, the company expanded and established itself in Saudi Arabia, having won its first major project.
JOURNALISTS OF THE YEAR
YIANNIS NEARCHOU
With his repeated, valid and fully detailed reportage in the newspaper "Politis", he highlighted all those issues that determined our news relevance, especially those issues related in general to the police and police reporting but also the award of justice.
VANGELIS VASILEIOU
Taking the position of editor-in-chief of the newspaper, "Politis" published valid reports on the issue of Greek Cypriot property and the parliamentary compensation committee. This serious aspect of the Cypriot issue drastically changed the rationale of the talks, highlighting the work of the journalist.
MICHALIS PAPAEVAGOROU
It is in every sense of the word the "soul" of the radio station "Channel 6", which this year completed 20 years of upward presence in the media. This fact is further demonstrated by the fact that from a local in Limassol, he became a Cypriot. A model station for its contribution to information and entertainment.
ALKIS ANDREOU A consistent journalist, with his work remaining at the same high levels year after year. A tireless servant of the information and one of the main journalists of the Third Program of RIK and more specifically of the show Proino Dromologio that analyzes and penetrates successfully in the current affairs of the Cypriot journalism for a long time.
APOSTLE OF TOMAR
In the front line of the report for many years, he has identified his name with the coverage of major issues, declaring "present" with the seriousness and objectivity that distinguishes both himself and the final result he gives to the outside. He followed exactly the same line in covering the deadly explosion in Marie.
MICHALIS PAVLIDIS
The new news director of Mega Channel in collaboration with his team managed this year through the objective coverage of particularly difficult times for our country in the days following the disaster in Marie, to give consistently and with revealing reports everything that happened before and after the tragic Facts. Immediately but also keeping a low profile, with seriousness and sobriety, the Cypriot citizen was informed about the consequences of those days, a fact that was reflected in the increase of the viewership of the main news bulletin of Mega.