euros it needs to keep its capital wheels turning. The remainder would have been made up by the levies on personal accounts—with the government planning to claim 6.7 percent of bank accounts with less than 100,000 euros in them and 9.9 percent from bank accounts with more than 100,000 euros in them. An increase in the corporate tax rate would have also helped keep Cyprus's head above water.

On Tuesday, the Cypriot parliament voted the plans down (even Anastasiades's own party abstained in the vote) as alternative solutions were sought, including proposals from Russian investors to purchase the troubled banks. These negotiations led nowhere, however, and on Friday the parliament reconvened to prepare the ground for the introduction of a modified version of the original plan.

The expected compromise isBlowing the whistle

StreetNet International held a campaigns meeting in cooperation with the United Workers Centre (CUT) Colombia and the General Union of Informal Workers (UGTI) in Bogota, Colombia on 21st May. The meeting agreed to give their full support for the letter sent to FIFA, written by the CUT-Brazil, StreetNet and the Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights, calling on FIFA to respect the rights of street vendors. They also agreed that each organisation would send a copy of the letter to FIFA to their respective National Federations of Football and to call for a meeting to put forward their concerns. During the meeting, the participants looked at the Solidar website, and were invited to sign the petition against FIFA. They also blew the whistle at Sepp Blatter!