塞浦路斯官员星期三全天进行磋商，争取制定一项筹措资金方案，以避免这个地中海岛国出现债务违约。
国际借贷方要求塞浦路斯首先筹集75亿美元，然后才能批准为塞浦路斯提供130亿美元救助金，但塞浦路斯领导人并没有明确的手段来满足这一要求。塞浦路斯议会星期二以压倒多数否决对银行存款征税，征收存款税使储户感到愤怒。
塞浦路斯政府说，国内各银行在下星期二之前仍将停止营业，以避免出现挤兑。塞浦路斯各家银行已经停止营业一周。
欧洲向塞浦路斯施加压力，要求该国在议会否决征收存款税之后拿出应对这个岛国债务危机的新方案。
Officials in Cyprus met throughout the day Wednesday to try to craft a new funding plan to avoid a debt default for the Mediterranean island nation.
Cypriot leaders were faced with no obvious way to raise $7.5 billion the country’s international lenders are demanding before they will approve $13 billion in rescue funds. On Tuesday, the country’s parliament overwhelmingly rejected a tax on bank deposits that angered savers.
The Nicosia government said the country’s banks, closed all week, would remain shut until next Tuesday, to prevent a run on accounts.
Europe is pressuring Cyprus to offer new solutions to the island nation’s debt crisis after parliament rejected the deposit tax plan.