Nikos Anastasiades

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President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis (left) welcomes new Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras in Nicosia on Monday. The euro zone “would be maimed without Greece and Cyprus”, said Mr Tsipras. Photograph: Katia Christodoulou/EPA
Tsipras urges Greek Cypriots to renegotiate with troika

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras has told Greek Cypriots that the dissolution of the troika would serve the interests of both Greece and Cypr(...)

German chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian prime minister Enrico Letta inspect a guard of honour during a welcome ceremony outside the Chancellery in Berlin yesterday. Photograph:Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
New Italian PM urges Merkel to back growth strategy for the EU

Italy’s new prime minister Enrico Letta has called on European leaders to devote(...)

A crowd waits for a branch of Cyprus Bank to open in Nicosia, Cyprus, yesterday, after almost two weeks of closure. Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/The New York Times
No storm, only calm, as Cyprus banks reopen

Patience and perseverance rather than panic marked the sorrowful opening of Cypriot banks at noon yesterday after a 10-day holiday. President N(...)

A protester atop the fence at the presidential palace during an anti-bailout rally in Nicosia yesterday. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Bank of Cyprus and Laiki Bank chiefs sacked
  • Europe
  • March 28, 2013, 06:53

Michael Jansen The chief executive and board members of the Bank of Cyprus and Laiki Bank, the country’s two largest, were dismissed y(...)

Cypriots gather for Mass at an Orthodox church in Nicosia yesterday. Talks between the the International Monetary Fund and European Union continued as the country sought to agree terms to a bailout for its ailing banking sector. Photograph: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
Cypriots quietly await fate as negotiations on bailout terms continue with Brussels

Some Cypriots went to church to pray, others gathered in cafes as Brussels decided the fate of their economy and country. Traffic was li(...)

People eat at a restaurant under a banner placed by the owner in central Nicosia. The banner reads, ‘My proud Cyprus with the big No’. Photograph: Reuters
Cypriot leaders scramble to create a fresh rescue plan

Cypriot banks will remain closed until Tuesday, the government confirmed yesterday, as emergency talks on a new bailout proposal ended last night w(...)

People eat at a restaurant under a banner placed by the owner in central Nicosia. The banner reads: “My proud Cyprus with the big No.”
A country awash with conspiracy theories to explain hard line on bailout

Cyprus is buzzing with conspiracy theories over why its Eu ropean partners and the International Monetary Fund are adopting a hard line over th(...)

Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades prepares to chair a meeting with party leaders at the presidential palace in Nicosia yesterday. Photograph: Reuters
Politicians gather to finalise a Plan B for Cyprus as pressure mounts

The Cypriot parliament is meeting tonight to vote on a yet to be finalised Plan B to stave off bankruptcy and economic disaster. Preside(...)

People wait to use the ATM machines outside a Laiki Bank branch in the Cypriot capital Nicosia yesterday. Photograph: Petros Karadjias
Ireland welcomes bailout deal for Cyprus as positive

The Cypriot parliament will hold an emergency debate this afternoon on the terms of Cyprus ’s bailout deal amid mountin(...)