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Cyprus Real Estate Agents Council Announces Mandatory Examination for Prospective Agents

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

September 9, 2025

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council has confirmed that written examinations for new candidate real estate agents are scheduled for November 6, 2025. The examinations, an essential step toward licensure under the Republic’s property and planning legislation, will be held on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the Pavilion in Nicosia.

Legal Mandate and Industry Standards

Council President Marinos Kineyirou outlined that these examinations are conducted pursuant to Article 11(1)(a)(v) of the Real Estate Agents Law. This process is designed to ensure that all applicants possess the requisite understanding of the country’s complex real estate regulations, including the Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law, the Transfer and Mortgage Law No. 9 of 1965, and other pertinent legislations concerning property practices.

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Examination Details and Content

The candidates will be assessed through a closed-note, written examination conducted entirely in Greek. The scope of the assessment includes key legal provisions from various laws: the Land and Surveys Department (Fees and Charges) Law, the Sale of Immovable Property (Specific Performance) Law of 2011, the Streets and Buildings Regulation Law, the Town and Country Planning Law of 1972, and the Real Estate Agents Law of 2010. This rigorous evaluation process is set to uphold the integrity and professionalism within the industry.

Eligibility Criteria and Application Process

Eligible candidates must submit their applications online by 2:00 p.m. on September 25, 2025, accompanied by a fee of €100. Applicants are required to meet stringent criteria under Article 11(1) of the Real Estate Agents Law. In addition to being a citizen of the Republic or another EU member state, candidates must not be bankrupt or under any legal incapacity, and must have a clean legal record free from convictions related to dishonesty or moral turpitude (unless formally rehabilitated). Furthermore, the academic prerequisites demand a recognized diploma reflecting a minimum of three years of post-secondary education relevant to the industry, or its part-time equivalent, alongside at least 12 months of professional experience as a registered assistant real estate agent. Postgraduate qualifications obtained after at least one academic year in relevant subjects are also acceptable.

Further Inquiries

Interested parties requiring additional details on the application process are encouraged to contact the Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council at 22666377. This initiative reflects the Council’s commitment to enhancing professionalism and ensuring that prospective agents are adequately prepared to navigate the complexities of Cyprus’s property and planning sectors.

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by News Editor

August 24, 2026

Courts Are Still Applying Old Copyright Rules To AI

AI companies train models on enormous amounts of published material, including books, articles and academic research. Whether using that content without authors’ permission violates copyright law remains unresolved.

Much of the debate centres on fair use, which allows copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. Courts consider factors such as the purpose of the use, how much material was involved and its impact on the original market.

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Anthropic Case Sets An Important Precedent

A major case involving Anthropic and a group of authors provided one of the clearest rulings so far. Judge William Alsup found that using copyrighted books to train AI models was lawful, comparing the process to people reading and studying literature before creating something new.

Anthropic was nevertheless ordered to pay $1.5 billion in a settlement. The penalty concerned books the company had obtained from illegal online libraries rather than the AI training itself.

For AI companies, that distinction could prove significant because it separates studying copyrighted material from directly copying it.

Competition Could Be The Key Issue

A case involving Thomson Reuters and Ross Intelligence offers a different perspective. A court ruled that Ross could not claim fair use after using Reuters’ copyrighted material to develop a competing AI-powered legal research platform.

The decision suggests courts may be less willing to consider AI training fair use when copyrighted content is used to build a product that directly competes with the original.

For authors, an unresolved question is whether AI-generated content should be considered competition for the works used to train these models.

The Law Has Yet To Catch Up

US copyright law predates generative AI by decades, leaving courts to apply old principles to new technology. Questions also remain over copyright protection for AI-generated works. In Thaler v. Perlmutter, a court ruled that material created entirely by AI cannot receive copyright protection.

Major AI companies remain involved in copyright litigation, and different courts could reach different conclusions. For now, there is no universal rule: the legality of AI training will depend on the circumstances of each case and how courts ultimately interpret copyright and fair use.