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1. EY Cyprus Earns 2026-2027 Great Place To Work Certification

EY Cyprus is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work® for October 2026 - 2027. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at EY Cyprus. 91% of employees said that when you join the company, you are made to feel welcome. ...

2. Life lessons you wish you’d known at 20

These are the life lessons most people only learn the hard way by their forties. Knowing them earlier can change how you handle responsibility, relationships, self-worth, and the slow work of building a life that actually feels good....

3. Cyprus needs results, not 19 proposals nobody has seen

Nikos Christodoulides' 19 proposals were presented as a chance to revive the Cyprus peace process, but questions remain over their substance and diplomatic impact. The real test is not whether the President appears to be taking action, but whether his initiatives bring the island closer to renewed negotiations....

4. Nicosia honours Cypriot-born former USC president Max Nikias

A book presentation in Nicosia has celebrated the life and achievements of C. L. Max Nikias, the Cypriot academic who rose to lead the University of Southern California (USC), one of the leading universities in the United States....

5. ''The greatest risk for Cyprus is remaining a passive consumer of artificial intelligence''

With a career that has brought her close to the most influential centres of political and technological decision-making in the United States and Europe, Nina Schick is now ranked among the world’s top 20 speakers on artificial intelligence....

6. Artificial intelligence at the heart of a new global power struggle

The global struggle for power in artificial intelligence, and its implications for work, the economy, innovation and geopolitics, took centre stage at the Digital Agenda Cyprus Summit 2026, held on Wednesday, October 14, at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre. This year’s theme was “AI Wars – Challenging the Balance of Power: Life, Work, Country, Region”....

7. Common foods that may increase stress levels

Stress is a natural response of the body to challenges or pressure. However, when it is prolonged, it leads to increased levels of cortisol, the so-called “stress hormone.”...

8. The University of Limassol supported Women in Business & Beyond Conference

The University of Limassol (UoL) supported the Women in Business & Beyond Conference, which took place on 9–10 October 2026 at The Warehouse by IT Quarter in Limassol. Professor Constantina Constantinou, Executive Vice-President for Health Sciences Strategy and Development at the University of Limassol, participated as a speaker, bringing women’s health, cancer prevention and wellbeing into the conference’s wider conversation on empowerment. ...

9. Her daughter came home after 471 days, learning to be her mother again came next.

''You weren’t there to hold my hand when I needed you.'' Romi Gonen said those words to her mother after coming home from 471 days in Hamas captivity....

10. University of Nicosia ranked among the world’s top 550 universities

According to the THE World University Rankings 2027, UNIC ranks joint 1st among Cypriot universities and joint 2nd among Cypriot and Greek universities, retaining its 1st position in Research Quality among the Cypriot and Greek universities...

11. Rubio marks Independence Day with message of stronger U.S.-Cyprus ties

The United States marked Cyprus’ Independence Day with a message that put the growing relationship between the two countries front and center, highlighting a partnership extending from regional security to classrooms and business opportunities....

12. Alzheimer’s: The everyday herb that may support memory and brain health

Rosemary contains more than 50 natural compounds that may offer various health benefits. These include supporting digestion, helping reduce stress and supporting the immune system. ...

13. Immigrant students outperform native peers in new Cyprus educational assessment

A persistent public belief that foreign pupils drag down Cyprus's national academic standing was shattered by the latest PISA study, which reveals that children from migrant backgrounds outperform native Cypriot students across reading, mathematics, and science....

14. Education Ministry scrambles to defend textbook fiasco

Cyprus schools have begun the new academic year with a textbook supply problem that the Education Ministry says has been exaggerated, while acknowledging that a number of private contractors failed to deliver printed material on time....

15. University of Athens launches first English-language degree programme in Cyprus

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is set to introduce its first English-language undergraduate degree programme in Cyprus as part of its continuing expansion on the island....

16. School air conditioning delays leave classrooms sweltering

A large number of classrooms across Cyprus remain without operational air conditioning despite previous government commitments and installation schedules, the secondary school teachers’ union OELMEK has said....

17. Cyprus spends big on education but students keep falling behind Europe

Cyprus is one of the European Union’s most generous education spenders. In 2024 it devoted 13.2 per cent of total public expenditure to education, the fifth-highest share in the bloc and well above the EU average of 9.7 per cent. ...

18. Long summers, short school days: Is Cyprus ready for an education shake-up?

“We have an ambitious plan, but we are fully prepared to begin evaluating teachers as soon as schools reopen,” Education, Sports and Youth Minister Athina Michaelidou said in an interview with Kathimerini....

19. China gives €6,000 to Cyprus missing persons committee

China has donated €6,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, supporting the painstaking effort to identify remains and return them to their families....

20. Back to school: Parents cheer, children groan and wallets brace for impact

Back to school! Three little words that have parents clapping, cheering and quietly counting the days, while children contemplate the horror of alarm clocks, homework and getting out of bed before the sun has properly introduced itself....

21. More parents get full-day school option as program expands to 381

More families across Cyprus will have access to full-day schools from September, as the government expands the program to 381 schools nationwide....

22. Back to School with Lidl Plus competition!

From August 24 to September 20, Lidl Cyprus marks the new academic year by offering 15 Lenovo LOQ laptops and 15 Apple iPads Pro 11, thus supporting students in their new beginning. ...

23. OpenAI rolls out new ChatGPT experience for teens

OpenAI is introducing a dedicated version of ChatGPT for teenagers as parents and teachers face growing questions about how students use artificial intelligence for schoolwork and personal support....

24. No fault, no accountability

As expected, there were those who wasted no time turning the incident into an opportunity for political point scoring. Apparently determined to remind everyone that politics in Cyprus is too often conducted with childish instincts, they immediately drew comparisons with the Mari explosion and asked, with obvious satisfaction, whether the President of the Republic knew about the destruction of the ammunition and, if he did not, whether he should have known. ...

25. Cyprus' brightest young AI minds head to world Olympiad in Kazakhstan

While much of the world's conversation around artificial intelligence focuses on whether AI will replace jobs, a group of Cypriot students is preparing to show how the technology can be used to solve some of tomorrow's biggest challenges....

26. Funeral director kept 35 bodies at mortuary instead of burying them

A funeral director in the UK is being sentenced this week for keeping 35 bodies and around 100 containers of human ashes at his mortuary....

27. The Videogate case solved a few details, but nobody knows who paid for the job

Despite the size of the investigation and the sheer volume of gathered evidence, the core question stays open: who ordered the "Videogate" job, and what were they actually trying to achieve? ...

28. “Alphamega & Bean Bar” Academy invests in the future: 14 new graduates ready to take the next step in their careers

29. US school introduces AI robot teacher’s assistant

A New York school district is preparing to do something that sounds like science fiction: bring a humanoid robot into a classroom....

30. Finally, cooler classrooms: 25 Cyprus schools begin €20 million energy transformation

For generations of students, hot classrooms, poor ventilation, and outdated school buildings have been a familiar part of the Cyprus school experience. ...