Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

captial controls | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
Select Page
Media ID: 55297186
Caption:

A woman sweeps as people, right, wait outside a branch of Bank of Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)


Cyprus Reopens Banks Under Tight Restrictions

Cyprus Reopens Banks Under Tight Restrictions

by | Mar 28, 2013 | World

Nicosia, Reuters—Cypriots queued calmly at banks as they reopened on Thursday under tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent a run on deposits after the government was forced to accept a stringent EU rescue package to avert bankruptcy. Banks were shut almost...