Gold Magazine April - May 2013, Issue 25 | Page 31

I

am sure that others writing on
these pages will do an excellent
job of highlighting the benefits
that Cyprus still offers international business despite the best
efforts of our friends in Europe
and the IMF, so I should like to
make some more general observations on the
current situation.
We are going through uncharted waters
and it seems that every day new and graver
consequences of the decisions taken in Brussels
regarding our country emerge. Many people
in Cyprus face great hardship and I fear that,
for a time at least, things will get worse as
the effects of the new measures are felt. Our
economy and our very nation have suffered a
major blow and we must rebuild them both.
We can emerge from the ruins and return to
prosperity, but it will require a concerted effort from all of us. It is
also important that we seek
to understand the reasons
for our downfall so as to
avoid becoming vulnerable again.
By Andreas
Q