Division, debt and the EU: a Cyprus balancing act
Published on 1 July 2012 - 4:12am
Tiny Cyprus, divided after a Turkish invasion 38 years ago and its economy in recession, is hoping to prove it can carry its weight when it takes over the EU presidency Sunday.
"What's important for Cyprus to prove is not that it can organise an event -- what it has to prove is that Cyprus can do the job as well as any other European," Cyprus presidency spokesman Costas Yennaris told AFP.
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