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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Eurogroup Responds to Cyprus Crisis: March 16 and March 25, 2013
Eurogroup Responds to Cyprus Crisis: March 16 and March 25, 2013
The eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus was the focus of world attention in March 2013 when it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Following a series of frantic, tense meetings between Cypriot, EU, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials, a deal was cobbled together to prevent a financial meltdown of the country. In return for providing €10 billion ($13 billion) in rescue aid—€9 billion from the EU and €1 billion from the IMF—Cyprus agreed to wind up its second largest bank, undertake a raft of painful economic reforms, raise taxes, and lower public spending. The deal was a relative success in economic terms, notably ...
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