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An EU-funded research initiative is guiding Europe’s coal regions through the transition to renewable energy, while focusing on job creation and clean energy. By Kaja Šeruga The Maritsa Iztok ...

EU-funded researchers are shedding light on how digital media use is impacting teenagers and what parents, teachers and policymakers can do about it. By Michaela Nesvarova In today’s world, ...

Microsoft and a US national laboratory have announced that they are partnering to examine how artificial intelligence could be used to speed up the process of compiling the documents needed ...

Google has agreed to secure as much as 3 gigawatts of US hydropower in the world’s largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity, the company has announced, as Big Tech ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting July 14: The finance ministry has “absolutely refused” to pay any money to Greece’s independent transmission system operator (...

Two small spaceports in the far north of Sweden and Norway are racing to launch the first satellites from mainland Europe into space as the region looks to reduce its ...

A year after Josh Schulman became Burberry’s (BRBY.L) CEO with a mandate to turn the British luxury brand around, investors say they’re pleased with early signs of ...

Oracle will invest $3 billion in Germany and the Netherlands over the next five years to bolster its infrastructure powering artificial intelligence and cloud offerings in the European market, the company ...

President of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Friday said hotel occupancy in July ranges between 80 and 85 per cent, stating that the flow of reservations is normal for this ...

Britain’s stock market finally appears to be reversing years of underperformance against the rest of Europe, as a UK/US trade deal, lighter regulation and cheap stocks deliver juicy ...

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) reported this week a swing to a bigger second-quarter adjusted profit than expected, helped by sales growth in North America and cost cuts, ...

Diageo (DGE.L) CEO Debra Crew has stepped down after two years in the job, the world’s biggest spirits maker has said, with finance chief Nik Jhangiani taking over ...

Average house prices in the United Kingdom in May were 3.9 per cent higher than a year earlier, after a 3.6 per cent rise in the year to April, the Office for ...

Cyprus’ working life expectancy has climbed to 39 years, placing the island well above the EU average of 37.2 years in 2024, according to Eurostat data released on Friday. The figure reflects the ...

The construction materials price index reached 119.03 units in June, based on 2021 as the reference year, according to official data released on Friday. The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) reported that this ...

President of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Friday said hotel occupancy in July ranges between 80 and 85 per cent, stating that the flow of reservations is normal for this ...

The Larnaca tourism board (Etap), in collaboration with local authorities and with the support of the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, is pressing ahead with a series of targeted interventions to ...

Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Nicodemos Damianou participated in the Informal Competitiveness Council of the European Union on Research, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, between July 16–17, 2025. ...

Cyprus has emerged as a key growth market for major Greek IT groups, which are steadily expanding their presence on the island while boosting their international reach across Europe. From ...

Property transactions on the island climbed 15 per cent in the first half of 2025, but the booming market is leaving students and families facing steep rents ahead of the academic year. “...

The need for a rational regulatory framework for short-term rentals was the central focus of a recent meeting between the Cyprus Property Developers Association and Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis, chairperson of the ...

OpenAI has included Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud among its suppliers to meet escalating demands for computing capacity, according to an updated list published on the ChatGPT maker’s ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has confirmed that the Administrative Court has annulled its decision to impose major fines on Ioannis and Amalia Vardinoyiannis, following a long-running legal ...

Tourism in Cyprus continued to strengthen in June 2025, with tourist arrivals rising 3.4 per cent year-on-year to reach 498,527, compared to 482,261 in June 2024, according to the state statistical service. For the first ...