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Cyprus Airways shuts after EU order to repay state aid

Cyprus Airways shuts after EU order to repay state aid

The national airline of Cyprus has ceased operations after the European Commission ordered that it must repay €65 million in illegal state aid.

The Commission ruled that the airline, which has been losing money for some time and is 94% government-owned, must pay back  €65m of the €103m that it received in state aid in 2012 and 2013. The airline has been receiving money from the government since 2007.

Harris Georgiades, the country’s finance minister, announced today that the airline cannot repay the money and that it would cease operations immediately. An administrator will be appointed to wind down the company. He said that the government will either reimburse ticket holders or cover the costs of alternative travel arrangements.

“The company has ceased being a viable entity, and cannot continue to operate,” Georgiades said.

The European Low Fares Airline Association said it will provide seats for stranded passengers at special rates.

 

IMF holds back Cyprus bailout funds | World news | theguardian.com

IMF holds back Cyprus bailout funds | World news | theguardian.com.

The International Monetary Fund has said it will not release a further €88m (£69m/US$108m) in bailout money for Cyprus on Friday after the country’s parliament delayed a key foreclosure law that was due to take effect at the end of December.

“Following today’s suspension of the existing legislation on foreclosure, critical requirements for the completion of the fifth programme review are now no longer met,” the IMF said in a statement. Its board had been set to discuss Cyprus’s progress with the loan programme on Friday and was thought likely to release the next instalment of aid.

Cyprus needed an international bailout of €10bn (£7.8bn/US$12bn) from the European commission and the monetary fund in early 2013, largely due to problems in its banking sector.

The eurozone released its latest tranche of bailout loans to Cyprus in November after the government amended laws on foreclosures and on forced sales of mortgaged property in line with the conditions of the loan. The original laws would have made it easier for the country’s hobbled banks to start collecting on bad loans, which account for around half of all loans.

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