Cyprus reviews deposits tax after Russian snub Cyprus is locked in "hard negotiations" with a troika of lenders to save the eurozone member's banking system and economy in general from ruin, government spokesman Christos Stylianides said on Friday. Some among a crowd of 200 protesters outside the legislature, mostly employees of Laiki, or Cyprus Popular Bank, who face losing their jobs, also urged MPs to reverse their opposition to a tax on deposits. Images and soundbites