January–September 2026 month by month: EU presidency and handover to Ireland, foot-and-mouth disease, May elections, Guterres visit and 5+1, Cronos gas, S&P upgrade, 0% VAT from 12 October.
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Updated: The 2026 news chapter now runs month by month to the end of September: the end of the Cyprus EU presidency and Ireland's trio, the Guterres visit and the promised 5+1 meeting, the EU envoy Raffaele Fitto, the Cronos gas decision, the S&P upgrade to A, the 2027 budget and the new 0% VAT on bread, dairy, meat and fish from 12 October. Crossing points, taxes, energy and water chapters were updated too.
Cyprus's second presidency (the first was in 2012). Motto: "An Autonomous Union. Open to the World."
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