Fresh waves of uncertainty sweep Cyprus NICOSIA: Cyprus has warned that "superhuman" efforts are needed to reopen its banks by Thursday as protests and uncertainty about the island's top lender showed that its huge bailout had not ended its troubles. The comment by central bank governor Panicos Demetriades on Tuesday came as hundreds of angry bank workers demonstrated outside his office and thousands of students rallied against the terms of the EU-IMF rescue package. We don't know if the bank will be closed or if we will have work. Andreas Costa, bank employee Banks were shut for an 11th day, leaving homes and businesses on the Mediterranean island short of cash, and there were growing doubts about whether the banks would be ready in time for the promised deadline of Thursday. Employees of the Bank of Cyprus hold signs reading "shame" at Tuesday's protest in Nicosia. Mr Demetriades said the delay in reopening them was to fully install capital controls that would prevent depositors draining their accounts, and the need to strengthen Bank of Cyprus, the number one lender. "A superhuman effort is being made for the banks to open on Thursday," he said. Each day the banking system is closed, people's trust diminishes and they want to get their money out, so we are obliged to impose restrictions. President Nicos Anastasiades secured the €10 billion ($12.5 billion) bailout in Brussels early on Monday, just hours before Cyprus faced bankruptcy and a possible exit from the euro. Most European stocks and the euro rallied on Tuesday after a sharp fall the previous day when remarks by Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem led markets to speculate that the bailout was a model for other struggling members. But the deal has not ended the woes of Cypriots who fear for their jobs and a future darkened by austerity. The sense of uncertainty deepened when Bank of Cyprus chairman Andreas Artemis suddenly tendered his resignation due to concerns about the impact of the bailout, although the board of directors later rejected it. Hundreds of staff at the bank flooded into its headquarters in Nicosia after it was announced that an administrator had been appointed to oversee its restructuring under the bailout, leading to them to fear for their jobs. Chief executive Yiannis Kypri addressed them in a bid to reassure them about their jobs - but they then marched on to the central bank building to call for the resignation of Mr Demetriades. "We don't know if the bank will be closed or if we will have work . . . we have to demonstrate to show that we don't want others to decide for our lives," said Andreas Costa, a 53-year-old bank employee.