2013年，“三驾马车”批准塞浦路斯100亿欧元救助计划，塞浦路斯面临紧缩改革的压力。而塞浦路斯经济陷入严重的衰退，增长面临诸多困难。2013年2月大选，塞浦路斯最大反对党——中右翼民主大会党获胜，阿纳斯塔夏季斯当选总统。南北和谈有望重启，但统一遥遥无期。围绕海洋经济区的天然气开发，希族塞浦路斯和土族塞浦路斯的矛盾加深。
In the February 2013 presidential election，Nicos Anastasiades，leader of the largest opposition party in Cyprus-the center-right Democratic Congress Party，was elected president. The North and South peace talks were expected to restart，but unification was nowhere in sight. Contradictions between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have been worsened over the exploitation of natural gas in the marine economic zone. The troika approved a 10 billion bailout plan to Cyprus and the latter faced the pressure of engaging in austerity reforms. Cyprus’ economy slipped into a severe recession. It must overcome lots of difficulties before restoring economic growth.
