29 July, 16:49 (ANSAmed) – NICOSIA, JULY 29 – The Cypriot government on Monday announced depositors at the country’s biggest lender will lose 47.5% of their accounts over the 100,000-euro insurance limit. Government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos announced the figure as… Read More ›
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Co-op rumour spreads panic : Cyprus
Co-op rumour spreads panic By Stefanos EvripidouPublished on April 6, 2013 THE GOVERNMENT, Central Bank and Cooperative Movement rushed to calm fears of a new raid on bank deposits yesterday after rumours, texts and reports circulating spread panic… Read More ›
New Zealand planning account seizures?
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 The National Government are pushing a Cyprus-style solution to bank failure in New Zealand which will see small depositors lose some of their savings to fund big bank bailouts, the Green Party said today. Open Bank… Read More ›
New EU Plan: Steal Bank Accounts from people
Monday, 18 March 2013 The surprise decision by euro zone leaders to part-fund a bailout of Cyprus by taxing bank deposits sent shockwaves through financial markets on Monday, with shares and the bonds of struggling euro zone governments tumbling…. Read More ›
The decision to raid people’s savings to fund a bail-out for Cyprus sets a “worrying precedent” that could jeopardise the European economic recovery, financial experts have warned.
EU raid on savings to fund bail-out for Cyprus ‘threatens recovery’ By Robert Winnett, and Tom Whitehead 10:00PM GMT 17 Mar 2013 The island’s government has announced that, following pressure from finance ministers in the eurozone, it is introducing a… Read More ›
Cyprus Bail-Out Unfair, short-sighted and self-defeating: Will anyone ever put their savings in a Eurozone Bank again ?
Unfair, short-sighted and self-defeating Mar 16th 2013, 14:54 by A.P. IT IS not a fudge, but it is still a failure. The euro zone’s bail-out of Cyprus, which was sealed in the early hours of Saturday, did get the bill… Read More ›