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NICOSIA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Cypriot parliaments on Friday passed emergency bills aimed at clinching1 a bailout deal with international lenders, but left until Saturday to vote on the contentious2 deposit tax.
The Parliament agreed to creates a so-called investment fund, aimed at helping3 raise 5.8 billion euros demanded by the Eurogroup as a condition for a 10 billion euro bailout.
The Cypriot parliament on Tuesday rejected a Eurogroup demand to tax bank deposits, only to make a U-turn after the European Central Bank issued an ultimatum4 that emergency liquidity5 to the Cypriot banks will be discontinued on Monday - effectively forcing a bank meltdown.
Lawmakers also set limits to the outflow of capital to prevent a drain of the banks when they reopen on Tuesday at the end of a week-long bank holiday.
A third bill passed by parliament provided for the consolidation6 of Cyprus Popular Bank which would have collapsed7 at opening on Tuesday. The bank will transfer unsecured deposits of over 100,000 euros and bad loans to a "bad" bank which will ultimately be liquidated8.
The bank will continue functioning on a much smaller scale which will include deposits fewer than 100.000 euros and good loans.
Eurogroup finance ministers will meet on Sunday to talk on a revised bailout package for Cyprus.
Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades, who was engaged in non-stop negotiations9 during this week, will fly to Brussels on Saturday for the final phase of the bailout negotiations.
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1 clinching | |
v.(尤指两人)互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的现在分词 );解决(争端、交易),达成(协议) | |
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2 contentious | |
adj.好辩的,善争吵的 | |
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3 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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4 ultimatum | |
n.最后通牒 | |
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5 liquidity | |
n.流动性,偿债能力,流动资产 | |
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6 consolidation | |
n.合并,巩固 | |
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7 collapsed | |
adj.倒塌的 | |
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8 liquidated | |
v.清算( liquidate的过去式和过去分词 );清除(某人);清偿;变卖 | |
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9 negotiations | |
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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10 unity | |
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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