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By Hakan Karahasan Just as elsewhere in the world, not a day goes by in Cyprus without far-right populism making its presence felt. The most recent ‘development’ took place during ...

Imagine discovering that your partner has been talking to an AI companion most evenings. Not occasionally, and not as a joke. They tell it about their day, confide in it ...

Hundreds of schoolchildren discovered the excitement of cricket while a packed weekend of fast-paced competition delivered big scores, sixes and standout individual performances across Cyprus. Cyprus Cricket celebrated the European ...

EU-funded researchers have pored over centuries-old sailing manuals and ship logbooks to trace how sailors’ hard-won knowledge slowly built our modern view of a connected planet. By Gareth Willmer In ...

Dr Thomas James Phillips Writing in the 19th century literary feuilleton Vremya (Time), the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky chastised the intelligentsia of his day for its revolutionary impatience. Having been ...

Researchers, farmers and tech companies are developing open-source tools to tackle crop disease, irrigation and patchy internet, making digital farming cheaper, more practical and easier for farmers to trust. By ...

Microwave Mochi with Sweet Bean Paste 100g glutinous rice flour (mochiko)260ml cold water50g white sugarPinch of salt1-2 drops food colouring50g cornflour10-12 tbsp (250-300g) sweet ...

The croissant, the buttery laminated pastry now closely associated with French breakfast culture, has a history that does not start in France but instead in Austria, going through many centuries ...

By Dina-Perla Portnaar The summer continued to be a parade of hidden defects within my home. A man with a detective device had to be summoned to trace the invisible ...

Most banks will walk into 2027 dragging the same core they installed decades ago. A CIO asks for one new field on a mobile loan application, and the answer comes back: ...

Dentsply Sirona spent the past few years in repair, and in the second quarter of 2026 the dental-equipment maker showed the work is starting to pay off, swinging back to a ...

Most businesses treat payments as a solved problem the moment checkout works. Pick a provider, integrate the API, watch transactions come through — done. That mindset holds up fine at low ...

Two people earn exactly the same amount. So why can one absorb an unexpected bill while the other takes months to recover? In the Money Doctor series, Professor of Finance ...

By Emilios Charalambous and Avgi Michael In January 2026, the European Commission unveiled its plan to overhaul the EU’s Cybersecurity Act, a proposal now known as CSA2. It’s the ...

October may be on the calendar, but summer still has something to offer in Cyprus. The days remain warm, the sea is inviting, and the first weekend of the month ...

Most businesses see password security as merely a technical matter. The fact remains, however, that weak passwords, or those used elsewhere, provide an easy way for unauthorized individuals to gain ...

Opening a Bank Account online can be considerably faster than the traditional branch-based process. For eligible customers, Aadhaar-based verification and PAN can help simplify digital onboarding, while Video KYC can ...

By George Neocleous For the past 15 years, the soundtrack of Limassol has been characterised by the rumbling of high-end luxury cars, foreign accents negotiating multi-million-euro property deals and the low, ...

New AI-based diagnostics could help identify people at risk of dementia earlier, opening up more opportunities for monitoring, intervention and support. By Hannah Docter-Loeb Vebjørn Andersson has seen first-hand ...

Grilled Feta with Cherry Tomatoes and Peppers 200g feta kept in one whole piece500g tomato sauce with basil1 large Florina pepper (cut into strips)10 cherry tomatoes (whole)20 olives (mixed ...

Pizza, one of Italy’s most recognisable culinary exports, has a history that stretches back through centuries of simple flatbreads and regional experimentation. Its earliest ancestors can be traced to ...

By Vasilios Silivistris Humans have always developed ways to protect themselves from emotional discomfort. Some of these responses arise automatically and outside awareness, while others are deliberate attempts to manage ...

More detailed climate models are helping researchers explore how climate change may affect particular regions and how human actions shape the risks ahead. By Tom Cassauwers From his office on ...

By Philippa Tracy The narrator of this novel is middle-aged law professor Tom Layward. His wife, Amy, had an affair, years earlier, with a man “she knew from synagogue.” This ...