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• Euro-Area Economy Headed for 2-Year Slump

  By Rebecca Christie, Bloomberg  |  May 3, 2013

  EC lowers forecast; now predicts 0.4% decline in GDP in 2013.

• Cyprus Capital Controls Could Last Years

  By Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg  |  March 27, 2013

  Cyprus will be the first country without its own currency to impose such controls.

• Cyprus Bailout Shuts Bank

  By Rebecca Christie, James G. Neuger and Svenja O’Donnell, Bloomberg  |  March 25, 2013

  Nation will shrink its banking sector in exchange for 10 bln euros in aid.

• Russia Rejects Cyprus Rescue Bid

  By Olga Tanas and Ilya Arkhipov, Bloomberg  |  March 22, 2013

  Cypriot lawmakers begin debate on ways to avoid financial collapse as EU deadline looms.

• ECB Gives Cyprus Funding Deadline

  By Georgios Georgiou and Stefan Riecher, Bloomberg  |  March 21, 2013

  Cypriot President Anastasiades works on plan to stave off financial collapse.

• Europe Weighs Cyprus’s Fate

  By Patrick Donahue and Jeff Black, Bloomberg  |  March 20, 2013

  After legislators reject bank levy, Merkel signals willingness to engage with Cyprus.

• Cyprus Deposit-Tax Passage in Doubt

  By Patrick Donahue and Mark Deen, Bloomberg  |  March 19, 2013

  If the legislature rejects the levy, the nation risks losing its membership in the euro.

• Cyprus Levy Threatens to Derail Euro-Area Bailout

  By Patrick Donahue, Bloomberg  |  March 18, 2013

  Charge on bank accounts still must be ratified by legislature.

• EU Seen Posting Weak Q4 Data

  By Mark Deen, Bloomberg  |  February 11, 2013

  Sovereign debt crisis is expected to result in the weakest GDP report since Lehman.

• German-French Spat Caps 2012 Crisis Fight

  By James G. Neuger, Bloomberg  |  December 14, 2012

  Merkel and Hollande disagree over changes to make in currency bloc.