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AI-driven approach to bus tracking takes first prize at Cyprus Transport Hackathon
A persistent flaw in Cyprus’ public transport tracking systems took centre stage at the first Cyprus Transport Hackathon, where a multidisciplinary team won first prize with an artificial-intelligence solution designed to compensate for unreliable GPS signals on buses. The one-day hackathon, held on January 17, 2026, at Strovolos municipal hall, formed part of a national […]

Opap Cyprus appoints Panayiotis Georgiou as legal manager

Square One launches 500+ new homes in 2026

Book review: Comic bardolatry seems to be on the up
It strikes me that colder, darker days require more laughter than the brightness and warmth of most of the Cypriot year. Fortunately, as a side-effect of my decision that the complete works of PG Wodehouse would make excellent bedtime reading for my son, I discovered the existence of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, and with […]

Audit slams housing finance agency IT failure as ‘strategic breakdown’

CySEC issues new guidance on digital resilience for financial firms

Police union chief warns Cyprus losing ground to organised crime

Blood reserves running low, health ministry issues plea
Reserves of blood and its derivatives are running low, prompting the health ministry on Tuesday to renew its plea for donors to come forward. In a press release, the health ministry said new donors were fewer and needs were increasing, including for transfusions and derivatives, such as red blood cells, plasma and platelets, for treatment, […]

Why hiking in Slovenia rarely feels overwhelming

Russian strikes cut heating to thousands of buildings in Kyiv amid freezing cold

CEO confidence in revenue growth sinks to five-year low, PwC finds

Greenland: Trump vs. NATO
After the Danish and Greenland foreign ministers came out of a meeting in Washington on 14 January convinced that Donald Trump really intended to seize Greenland, things moved very fast. Except in Canada. “We didn’t manage to change the American position,” said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. “It’s clear the president has this wish […]
