Kuwait City, Kuwait. The 5th Digital Cooperation Organisation General Assembly opened on Wednesday in Kuwait, bringing together ministers, international organisations and technology leaders to shape global digital cooperation in the age of artificial intelligence.
DCO assembly focuses on AI governance
The Cyprus Mail covered the assembly live from Kuwait, with on-the-ground reporting from the opening session and ministerial round table as discussions moved quickly to the pace of AI development and the limits of existing governance.
Addressing the assembly by video message, UN secretary general António Guterres warned that AI was advancing faster than the frameworks designed to manage it and urged collective global action through shared standards and guardrails.
“Humanity must steer artificial intelligence together,” Guterres said, adding that the United Nations would advance new initiatives on AI science and global governance in cooperation with the DCO.
DCO secretary general Deemah Al Yahya cautioned that governance was lagging behind technology and that uneven access to infrastructure and capital risked deepening global digital divides.
Famagusta district targets broader tourism and longer season
Famagusta district is stepping up efforts to widen its visitor base and lengthen the season beyond summer, with families and older travellers now a central focus, according to local tourism officials outlining their 2026 strategy.
Giorgos Kafkalias, director of the Famagusta Regional Tourism Board (Etap), said the aim is both market diversification and calendar extension, particularly into early spring, adding that the organisation has already moved into implementation.
He said the Action Plan for 2026 has already begun, after being approved by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, and that delegations will travel abroad in the coming weeks, including attendance at tourism exhibitions in Serbia and Germany in February and March.
Kafkalias said a delegation of the Famagusta Tourism Board will travel to Belgrade for a tourism exhibition between February 19-22, in which Cyprus will be the honored country, followed by ITB in Berlin between March 3-5 and participation in a roadshow in Poland.
Eurobank supports logistics conference in Nicosia
Eurobank supported the 19th Supply Chain, Logistics Conference and Exhibition held in Nicosia this month, where sustainability, digitalisation and artificial intelligence were presented as key elements shaping the future of logistics, according to the bank’s announcement.
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