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| Cyprus election ballots reprinted to remove Guinness World Records logo | Cyprus election ballots reprinted to remove Guinness World Records logo |
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| Cyprus has been forced to reprint all 575,000 ballot slips for next month's presidential election after Guinness World Records objected to a candidate's use of its logo. The government will ask Andreas Efstratiou to pay at least €15,000 (£12,900) to cover reprinting costs, election commission official Demetris Demetriou told the state-run Cyprus News Agency. | Cyprus has been forced to reprint all 575,000 ballot slips for next month's presidential election after Guinness World Records objected to a candidate's use of its logo. The government will ask Andreas Efstratiou to pay at least €15,000 (£12,900) to cover reprinting costs, election commission official Demetris Demetriou told the state-run Cyprus News Agency. |
| Demetriou said that Guinness had initially permitted Efstratiou to use the logo during his second presidential run in 2008. Efstratiou, who runs a bridalwear shop, earned a Guinness Book of World Records entry, now superseded, for creating what was then the longest wedding-gown train, at 1,362 metres, in 2007. The record now belongs to Lichel van den Ende of the Netherlands for a 2,488-metre train. | Demetriou said that Guinness had initially permitted Efstratiou to use the logo during his second presidential run in 2008. Efstratiou, who runs a bridalwear shop, earned a Guinness Book of World Records entry, now superseded, for creating what was then the longest wedding-gown train, at 1,362 metres, in 2007. The record now belongs to Lichel van den Ende of the Netherlands for a 2,488-metre train. |
| Guinness told Efstratiou to stop using the logo in 2011 and complained to Cypriot authorities when it recently found out that he had used it again. | Guinness told Efstratiou to stop using the logo in 2011 and complained to Cypriot authorities when it recently found out that he had used it again. |
| Efstratiou said he thought Guinness was being unfair, saying he believes he still can be called a record-holder despite not holding the current title. | Efstratiou said he thought Guinness was being unfair, saying he believes he still can be called a record-holder despite not holding the current title. |
| "I've used this logo before several times," he told Associated Press. "I can use it since I'm a record-holder, I've got the paperwork to prove it. If an athlete wins a medal at the Olympics, do they take it back?" | "I've used this logo before several times," he told Associated Press. "I can use it since I'm a record-holder, I've got the paperwork to prove it. If an athlete wins a medal at the Olympics, do they take it back?" |
| He added that his supporters are upset and that he would talk to his lawyer to see what action could be taken. | He added that his supporters are upset and that he would talk to his lawyer to see what action could be taken. |
| Efstratiou has run for president twice before in 2003 and 2008, winning less than 1,000 votes each time. Cyprus has a population of around 900,000. | Efstratiou has run for president twice before in 2003 and 2008, winning less than 1,000 votes each time. Cyprus has a population of around 900,000. |
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