2013 in Cyprus

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Events in the year 2013 in Cyprus.

Incumbents

• President: Demetris Christofias (until 28 February); Nicos Anastasiades (from 28 February)
• President of the Parliament: Yiannakis Omirou

Events

Ongoing –

February

• 17 February – Voters in
  AKEL to contest a runoff on 24 February. The runoff election is won by Nicos Anastasiades.^[1][2]

• 16 March
  • European Nations Cup Second Division to earn their 18th consecutive Test victory. This at least ties the all-time record for consecutive Test wins, and (depending on the source) may be a new record.^[3]
  • A deal is reached between
    wiped out to raise billions.^[4][5] The plan is overwhelmingly rejected by Cypriot lawmakers on March 19.^[6][7]
• 20 March – President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades presents a new bailout package for Cypriot banks as Cyprus is hit with a liquidity crisis.^[8][9]
• 22 March –
  Minister of Finance of Cyprus Michael Sarris says that his talks with officials in Russia about a possible rescue package for Cypriot banks have led nowhere.^[10]
• 23 March – The
  bailout package and stave off financial collapse.^[11]
• 24 March – President Nicos Anastasiades begins a series of emergency meetings in Brussels in a last-ditch attempt to finalize a bailout.^[12]
• 25 March – Cyprus reportedly reaches an outline bank bailout deal with international lenders including the EU, the ECB and the IMF. Eurozone finance ministers approve the deal, which includes a radical downsizing of the island's Russian-fueled financial sector.^[13][14]
• 26 March – The
  deposits, and that big depositors in Cypriot banks can lose up to 40% of their funds, while depositors with less than 100,000 euros in their accounts will not be affected by bailout plans.^[15][16]
• 28 March – Security tightens in Cyprus as banks prepare to reopen after nearly two weeks, following a controversial international bailout that was negotiated with the EU and IMF.^[17]
• 29 March – President Nicos Anastasiades says the island has no intention of abandoning the euro, despite the tough conditions imposed by its 10 billion euro bailout deal with the EU and IMF.^[18]

April

• 2 April –
  Charis Georgiades.^[19]
• 12 April –
  finance ministers and central bank governors begin a two-day meeting at Dublin Castle to talk about austerity, the collapse of the Cypriot economy and the creation of a federal bank.^[20][21]

• 29 August – Britain sends six Typhoon fighter jets to the country in order to guard against potential retaliation by the Assad regime in the event of air strikes against Syria.^[22]

Deaths

• 7 February – Niki Marangou, writer and painter (b. 1948).^[23]
• 29 April – Marianna Zachariadi, pole vaulter (b. 1990).^[24]
• 15 November – Glafcos Clerides, politician, President (b. 1919).^[25]

References