Cypriots make last transactions as banks close on Thursday Cypriots stayed calm as banks reopened on Thursday after a nearly two-week lockdown, with the first capital controls of their kind in the eurozone saving the island from a catastrophic bank run. Dozens of people were waiting outside banks when doors finally swung open at 1000 GMT, but the lines had vanished when they closed six hours later, and security guards posted at most branches had little to do. Images and soundbites