cypriots

Turkish Cypriots must be very happy now that the Greek Cypriots rejected the peace settlement in 2004.

In the end Cyprus loses, Greek Cypriots lose and Turkish Cypriots lose too.

Cyprus is a divided country, as a result of a conflict in 1973 between Turkish Cypriots (and Turkey) and Greek Cypriots (and Greece).

Remember, ALL Cypriots had to take a haircut on their savings in banks greater than 100k euros.

International finance scammers fucked the Cypriot economy, and then the pro-austerity EU forced all Cypriots to choke down the bailout.

When in the past Greek Cypriots blocked certain issues in the EU with logical or illogical motivations nobody punished them.

Also it might be a tax haven for others, but for Cypriots its their country.

How many Cypriots have recovered money from their stolen bank accounts?

The people with over 100k Euros that are being affected the most aren't the Russian depositors but older Cypriots who rode the tourist property boom.

Oh by the way While Cypriots were queuing in the ATMs to withdraw 300€ tops (then reduced), Laiki Bank was open in London, and accepting all withdraw orders.

Scandinavian countries (and Cypriots but that's a special case) are way more fluent in English with a way better accent (better == clearer) than Germans I've met.

Then there was a suggestion to nationalize semi-state pension funds although, Germany amongst others were against this idea suggesting that this could be even more painful for ordinary Cypriots than a deposit levy.

S As for the "Cyprus savings confiscations in 2013 provoking a previously unseen rally on bitcoin", that didn't happen by Cypriots.

Lastly, this: "In 2004, Greek Cypriots again defied international expectations when they voted down a United Nations-backed reunification plan they believed was unfairly weighted against them.

Cyprus also has higher interest rates on mortgages, and most Cypriots have mortgages, so they are not actually having any profits because of "so-called" high rates.

Any non-Cypriots who lost money in Cyprus are not as naïve as they would have us believe.

Cypriots sure found out the hard way when their bank accounts were suddenly frozen.

And weren't a lot of the people who were hit by the levy on deposits actually non-Cypriots using Cypriot banks as tax havens?