Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 16-10-21

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CONTENTS

[01] Nicosia pledges to stand by San Marino in pursuing its EU aspirations

[02] Eurostat 2nd notification: Cyprus public debt at 107.5 in 2015,

deficit at -1.1%

[03] Former Irish Prime Minister says EU lacks politicians willing to

repeat the truth

[01] Nicosia pledges to stand by San Marino in pursuing its EU aspirations

Cyprus will stand by San Marino, Andorra and Monaco, in their bid to conclude association agreement with the European Union Ioannis Kasoulides, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, said on Friday.

Earlier today, Kasoulides received at the Foreign Ministry his counterpart from San Marino, Pasquale Valentini, with whom he had a tête-à-tête, followed by a working lunch. Valentini expressed gratitude for Nicosia`s support towards the European aspirations of all three countries.

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[02] Eurostat 2nd notification: Cyprus public debt at 107.5 in 2015, deficit at -1.1%

Cyprus' public debt stood at 107.5% of GDP in 2015, while deficit was just -1.1% GDP (or 196 million euro), according to Eurostat.

The GDP was 17.637 billion euro and government debt 18.964 billion euro. Government revenues amounted to 39% of the GPD, while expenditure was 40.1% of the GDP. In this release, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, is providing government deficit and debt data based on figures reported in the second 2016 notification by EU Member States for the years 2012-2015, for the application of the excessive deficit procedure (EDP). This notification is based on the ESA 2010 system of national accounts. This release also includes data on government expenditure and revenue.

In a footnote Eurostat is expressing a reservation on the quality of the data reported by Cyprus in relation to a series of technical issues, such as t ...

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[03] Former Irish Prime Minister says EU lacks politicians willing to repeat the truth

What is lacking in European politics at the present time is politicians who are willing to repeat the truth often enough, said Former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton, addressing the Limassol Economic Forum. As he said, the best antidote to populism is the truth.

He said politicians must become more assertive in telling people that "we have all substantial benefits from the existence of the European Union, from been in the European Union, from the trade agreements that European Union has negotiated with the rest of the world and from the growth of globalization".

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