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Businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have largely moved beyond debating the importance of artificial intelligence, but many are struggling to deploy it at scale while keeping costs and risks under control, according to market intelligence firm IDC. The findings, presented by IDC senior research analyst for AI-Fuelled…

3.1 million unemployed people aged 15 to 74 in the EU moved into employment between the first and second quarters of 2026, while 7 million remained unemployed, according to Eurostat data.

Cyprus has largely cleaned up its banking sector's non-performing loans (NPLs) , but a substantial private debt problem remains outside bank balance sheets, according to Xenios Socratous of the Central Bank of Cyprus' (CBC) risk analysis section.

Eurobank S.A. repurchased over 1 million of its own shares on Euronext Athens between September 7, 2026 and September 11, 2026 , as part of its ongoing share buyback programme

Demetra Holdings Plc repurchased 3,005 of its own shares on September 11, 2026 , as part of an ongoing share buyback initiative

GAP Vassilopoulos Public Ltd reported an 81.1 per cent increase in profit attributable to shareholders for the first half of 2025 , despite only modest growth in revenue , according to its interim management report approved on Monday.

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has received a record 284 proposals for its PRE-SEED programme , highlighting growing interest in creating and developing startups with international ambitions in Cyprus.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has approved Eurobank Equities Investment Firm Single Member SA as a market maker for Globalwealth Group Plc shares, while also confirming that 20 million additional shares in S.N.P. Southeast Network Public Ltd will begin trading on September 15, 2026.

More than one in 10 consumers could be regularly using AI agents to shop and make purchases online on their behalf by , according to a new Mastercard report examining the future of shopping and payments.

The share of adults in Cyprus participating in education and training rose to 12 per cent in 2025 , up from 7.5 per cent in 2015 , according to figures published by Eurostat , highlighting a growing role for lifelong learning in the country's labour market.