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Austerity reality sets terms of a balancing act in Cyprus

June 3, 2013June 4, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The reality of things to come in the austerity era that Cyprus has been ushered in has been laid bare

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Europe News 

Cyprus approves international bailout

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot parliament approved an international bailout Tuesday in a very close vote, with just over half of lawmakers voting

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Europe News 

EU finance ministers meet in Dublin

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

European Union finance ministers are meeting in Dublin Friday and Saturday to discuss aid for struggling members, with Cyprus high

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Europe News 

Cyprus president warns of ‘difficult days ahead’

April 3, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot president is warning of “difficult days ahead” for his debt-ridden island nation, as it embarks on an austerity

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Europe News 

Cypriot finance minister quits, money controls eased

April 2, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has resigned as a judicial panel prepares to investigate the role that he and others

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Europe News 

Cyprus says no one to be spared in bailout investigation

April 1, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot president says no one, including his family members, should be immune from a new investigation of alleged wrongdoing

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Russia Watch: Russia loses Cyprus

March 31, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Cyprus, Russia

Russia suffered a major defeat last week. And no one noticed. But the setback was so striking that President Vladimir

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Some Bank of Cyprus savers could lose 60 per cent

March 31, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Officials in Cyprus say customers at the country’s largest bank may lose up to 60 percent of whatever savings they

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Cyprus crisis burns Russian investors

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Cyprus, Russia

For years, construction companies in Cyprus lured Russians to invest in the Mediterranean island. Over the last decade, 40,000 Russians

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