Bailed-out Cyprus is to receive another €126m from the International Monetary Fund, which says the island nation’s reform programme continues to be “a success”.

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The “reckless” economic policies of Cyprus’ former president were mainly to blame for the financial crisis that brought the country to near bankruptcy, an independent inquiry has found.

THE Cypriots are being crucified for their economic sins.

Cyprus' finance minister Michalis Sarris has resigned after an investigation was announced into how the country ended up nearly bankrupt.

The eurozone economy has passed another bleak milestone with official figures showing unemployment across its 17 countries has hit 12% for the first time since the currency was launched in 1999.

Three former supreme court judges have been asked by the president of Cyprus to investigate how the country ended up nearly bankrupt.

Cypriot businesses are under increasing strain to keep running after financial authorities stretched the country’s bank closure into a second week in a bid to stop depositors rushing to drain their accounts.

Cypriot politicians turned to the European Union today in a last-ditch effort to help their island nation forge a viable plan to secure an international bailout after failing for a week to find a solution to a crisis that could force their country into bankruptcy.

Politicians in Cyprus are racing to complete an alternative plan to raise the funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout, with a potential bankruptcy just three days away.

As Cypriot politicians raced to find a new financial rescue plan ahead of a Monday deadline, tensions built in the streets of the capital. Residents withdrew what money they could from ATMs amid fears the banks could collapse.

Cyprus has four days to agree on a new plan to raise funds to avoid bankruptcy after the European Central Bank warned that it would pull the plug on the country’s banks at the start of next week if no bailout deal is agreed.

Cyprus’ president is trying to amend a key condition of a draconian eurozone bailout plan that would tax deposits in the country’s banks to reduce its effect on small savers.

Cyprus’ finance minister urged politicians to approve a first batch of spending cuts and tax hikes agreed with international creditors by December 13, when the other 16 EU countries that use the euro are expected to discuss a bailout deal.

Cyprus could seek a European Union bailout to help recapitalise its banking sector before crucial elections in Greece this Sunday, its finance minister warned today.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun a historic visit to Cyprus, declaring the two countries’ warming ties a “natural relationship”.

A laptop owned by the US-based Russian spy ring’s suspected paymaster was being searched by experts today after he vanished in Cyprus.

Cyprus’ main airport reopened today after shutting down overnight to repair malfunctioning runway lights.

Cyprus’ rival leaders ended their first major meeting aimed at reunifying the war-divided island today, with negotiations to continue next week.

Marine archaeologists have salvaged ancient wine vases piled on the hull of a 2,350-year-old cargo ship lying on the seabed off Cyprus’ southern shore, the island’s Antiquities Department said today.

Roger Federer admitted he was relieved to have got his first-round match out of the way as his quest for a first French Open title got under way yesterday.

Cyprus’ new president pledged to open new crossing points on the divided island and to work towards demilitarising it under a possible reunification deal.

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated today from Cyprus’ presidential run-off in a major surprise after a cliff-hanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute.

At least 15 countries are considering sending troops to an eventual United Nations-mandated international “stabilisation force” in southern Lebanon - including Malaysia, Indonesia and Norway.

About 350 people – most of them European citizens – were evacuated overnight from Lebanon to Cyprus through Syria on Italian military flights, officials said today.

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt was satisfied with both his game and his ankle after progressing to the French Open’s third round today.

ANDY RODDICK hopes to recapture his fitness in time for Wimbledon after being forced to retire from the first round of the French Open with a left ankle injury.

British foreign secretary Jack Straw expressed hope today that renewed Turkish initiatives would help resolve the Cyprus dispute, which threatens to hinder Ankara’s efforts to join the European Union, Turkish media said.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was greeted with angry criticism from Cyprus’ president as he arrived on the divided island in hopes of gauging support for a stalled UN. peace plan.

A Cypriot airliner ploughed into a hill north of Athens today, killing all 121 people on board, Greek officials said.

World number one Roger Federer safely negotiated the opening round of the US Open after a straight sets victory over Spain’s Albert Costa.

Hopes of a deal between the leaders of Greece, Turkey and divided Cyprus by a midnight deadline faded today as diplomats expressed pessimism and the EU ruled out agreeing to one of the major Turkish demands.

Security was discreet at Cyprus’ main airport today as the island waited for 13 ‘‘Most wanted’’ Palestinian gunmen deported from Israel.