2012 in Cyprus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2012 Timeline of Cypriot history ← 2011 2010 2009 2012 in Cyprus → 2013 2014 2015 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2012 Timeline of Cypriot history Events in the year 2012 in Cyprus. President: Demetris Christofias President of the Parliament: Yiannakis Omirou Events Ongoing – 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis; Cyprus dispute January 13 January – The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's lowers its long-term credit ratings by two notches on multiple eurozone countries, including Cyprus, while lowering it by one notch for Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia.[1] June 25 June – The country announces that it plans to ask its European partners for a loan of about 1.8 billion euros by the end of this week; this would make Cyprus the fifth European country to seek help.[2][3] July 25 July – Lamia al-Hariri, Syrian ambassador to Cyprus, and her husband Abdelatif al-Dabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UAE, defect to Qatar.[4][5] Deaths Main article: Deaths in 2012 Further information: Category:2012 deaths References ↑ "S&P; | Standard & Poor's Takes Various Rating Actions On 16 Eurozone Sovereign Governments | Americas". 2012-01-15. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2020-08-24. ↑ "And then there were five: Cyprus seeks EU aid". Reuters. 2012-06-25. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved 2020-08-24. ↑ "Cyprus asks EU for financial bailout". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-08-24. ↑ "Syrian envoy to Cyprus defects". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-08-14. ↑ "Syria's ambassador to the UAE defects, joins his defected wife in Qatar: sources". 2012-07-25. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2020-08-14. vteYears in Cyprus (1960–present) Pre-1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 vte2012 in AsiaSovereign states Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste (East Timor) Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen States withlimited recognition Abkhazia Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan Dependencies andother territories British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau Category Asia portal vte2012 in Europe Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom States with limitedrecognition Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies andother entities Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard Other entities European Union Related Articles~TimelinesTop QsFact Checks
