(29 Mar 2013)
1. Wide of Nicosia street, right pan to Bank of Cyprus
2. Mid of Bank of Cyprus sign
3. Mid pan of bank
4. Close of cash machine display screen reading (Greek/English) "Sorry this ATM is temporarily out of service"
5. Women walking to cash machine and turning away after reading screen
6. Close of Bank of Cyprus sign
7. Wide of Nicosia street, pan left to convenience store
8. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Aristos Kakoudas, civil engineer:
"I believe that on the first of April the Troika will come and tell us that this was a joke and that then everything will be fine."
9. Pan of the morning newspapers
10. Front page of Cyprus Mail newspaper reading (English) "All calm as banks open their doors"
11. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Yiannis Attianides, economist:
"This is a situation imposed on us but we will get over this as well. The restrictions are of course helpful at these times, in order to avoid panic."
12. Front page of Politis newspapers reading (Greek) "You have the euro... and we have a civilisation!"
STORYLINE:
The Cypriot banking sector may be in crisis but the people of the island remained calm on Friday morning, a day after banks re-opened after being shut for over a week.
There was no panic and no queueing at banks and ATMs despite residents now having limited access to banking services.
One cash machine at a Bank of Cyprus branch was out of service but it seems this was an isolated technical fault.
Restrictions are in place on financial transactions to prevent people from draining their accounts.
Among the capital controls, cash withdrawals will be limited to 300 euros (383 US dollars) per person each day.
"The restrictions are of course helpful at these times, in order to avoid panic," said economist Yiannis Attianides.
Another local said he thought the whole situation seems like an April 1st joke to him.
"I believe that on the first of April the Troika will come and tell us that this was a joke and that then everything will be fine," said Aristos Kakoudas.
In Europe on Thursday, markets responded positively to the calm reopening of Cyprus's banks.
Banks in the Mediterranean island nation were shut for nearly two weeks as the government negotiated a rescue loan from international lenders to prevent the financial system from collapsing.
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