Cyprus Day 2: As the Dust Settles, Talk of Reciprocity and Whispers of Retribution MARCH 30, 2013 BY 21WIRE 1 COMMENT “If it happened anywhere else, there would have been riots in the streets” Patrick Henningsen 21st Century Wire : Another out-standing Gorilla Media JournalistOn Friday at high noon the banks of Cyprus opened for the second day in a row and with minimal queues, and almost no trouble from a citizenry who have become the latest abused poster child for the global financial banking syndicate’s campaign of financial destruction through Europe. The tension fueled by the fear of financial loss and hardship was palpable yesterday morning when the banks finally opened up after 15 days, but no major incidents took place in Nicosia. The Cypriots surprised the world again on Friday, re-enforcing their reputation as the most calm, cool and collected member of the European Union. This is probably down to the fact that this particular Mediterranean civilisation, in the words of one old resident, “has been occupied for 3,000 years”.That’s not diminishing the present day reality of an island divided by a war with Turkey in 1974, and a capital city which now has its own version of Check Point Charlie dividing Greek Cyprus and Turkish Cyprus. PHOTO: No danger of a bank run on Friday, as some Cypriots taking it easy. Capital controls will be in effect for the next 7 days (300 euros per day withdraw limit), and many believe that some form of capital controls will be around for many months to [...]
Cyprus Day 1: Fear and Loathing in Nicosia MARCH 29, 2013 BY 21WIRE LEAVE A COMMENT “We’re treating this like a crime scene” Patrick Henningsen 21st Century Wire NICOSIA - In approximately three weeks time, the island of Cyprus will begin receiving its annual cash injection – from holiday tourism. That’s what’s know as a ‘good injection’. After only a day here, it’s become very clear that the people of Cyprus are concerned, some even scared – about a financial contagion and shock treatment which threatens their future prosperity. Soon, they will get another ‘bad’ injection, which we are told will be deadly. So we are treating this like a crime scene. The next injection will be administered by ‘Dr Troika’. Just utter his name in public here and you will see wrinkles in people’s faces. Dr Troika’s injection is the equivalent, in economic terms, to an experimental vaccine – designed to treat a financial contagion which originated in Greece, and Wall Street before that. It is certain to provoke an auto-immune reaction. The people of Cyprus did not ask for this, yet, they are being forced to take it by the mad economic doctors in Brussels, Berlin and the IMF. It’s the sort of bad medicine that the banking syndicates and corrupt officials have been administering for a while now, in order to take down governments and economies all over the globe with devastating effect. I arrived in Cyprus on Wed night, and was joined by UK-based writer and talk show host Jason Liosatos from Global [...]
