Brussels, 23/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 22 October, the European Commission approved a Cypriot state aid scheme to issue special government bonds which will be used by credit institutions as collateral to obtain liquidity from the European Central Bank (ECB) and on interbank markets. The credit institutions would use the liquidity raised for housing loans and loans to small- and medium- sized enterprises on competitive terms. The special bonds would pay no coupons and would have a...