Cyprus bank staff protest over threat to jobs, pensions At least 1,000 Cyprus bank staff marched on parliament on Saturday to protest what they see as a hit on their jobs and pensions being imposed in an effort to rescue an EU bailout for the island. Workers marched from the headquarters of the Cyprus Union of Bank Employees (ETYK) towards the presidential compound where they held a brief rally at the gates before heading towards the finance ministry and then on to parliament. Images and soundbites