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Cyprus Achieves Zero Inflation While EU Faces Rising Price Pressures

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

October 19, 2025

Overview Of Inflation Trends

Cyprus recorded a remarkable achievement in September 2025 by maintaining a 0.0% annual inflation rate, positioning it as the EU member state with the lowest inflation according to the latest figures released by Eurostat. This outcome contrasts with a broader European backdrop, where inflationary pressures continue to build.

Euro Area And European Union Dynamics

Across the euro area, annual inflation increased to 2.2% in September from 2.0% in August, up from 1.7% a year earlier. In the wider European Union, the inflation rate ascended to 2.6% in September from 2.4% in August, a rise from 2.1% recorded a year before. These figures underscore a steady upward trajectory in consumer price levels over the past year.

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Diverse Economic Landscapes Across Member States

Within the EU, Cyprus stands out with its unchanged rate, followed by France at 1.1% and both Italy and Greece at 1.8%. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Romania, Estonia, Croatia, and Slovakia experienced much higher rates of inflation, with Romania at 8.6%, Estonia at 5.3%, and Croatia and Slovakia both at 4.6%. Such disparities highlight the varied economic conditions across the Union.

State By State Inflation Shifts

Comparative data from August 2025 indicates that annual inflation declined in eight member states, remained stable in four, and increased in fifteen, signaling broad-based upward price pressures that continue to challenge policymakers and businesses alike across the Union.

Components Driving The Inflation Surge

Examining the contributing components, the service sector emerged as the largest driver of inflation, adding 1.49 percentage points to the annual rate in the euro area. This was closely followed by the food, alcohol, and tobacco segments which contributed 0.58 percentage points. Non-energy industrial goods added 0.20 percentage points, while energy prices exerted a slight negative influence of -0.03 percentage points. These contributions reflect the complex interplay of various sectors in shaping overall consumer price dynamics.

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Women Accounted For More Than Half Of Scientists In 10 EU Regions

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

November 10, 2026

In Portugal’s Continente region, 265,100 women worked as scientists and engineers in 2025, representing 46% of the total workforce in these occupations.

Across the EU, women made up more than half of all scientists and engineers in 10 regions. Four were located in Spain, two in Portugal and one in Greece. The remaining regions were Poland’s Makroregion centralny, Sweden’s northernmost region and France’s outermost regions.

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Most of these areas had relatively small numbers of scientists and engineers overall. Spain’s Noreste region was the largest, with 102,700 women in these occupations, accounting for 51% of its total workforce.

Women’s Representation Varies Across Europe

The figures highlight considerable regional differences in both the number of women working in science and engineering and their share of the overall workforce.

Cyprus remains below the EU average, with women accounting for 37.8% of scientists and engineers. However, this share is broadly comparable to that of Île-de-France, one of Europe’s largest centres of scientific and engineering employment.