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• ‘Beachfluencer’ campaign urges beachgoers to clean up

  The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) is encouraging beachgoers to use social media to inspire others to help keep the island’s beaches clean.

  Through its new ‘Beachfluencer’ campaign, the NGO hopes to encourage both residents and tourists to preserve Cyprus’ beaches and protect their natural beauty for future generations.

  “Protecting our beaches is about much more than removing litter. It is about protecting Cyprus’ natural heritage, strengthening our tourism industry and demonstrating the values that define us as a destination,” CSTI chairman Philippos Drousiotis said.

  The campaign is open to everyone and does not require participants to have a large social media following or a verified account, the NGO said.

  “Before leaving the beach, pick up a few pieces of litter – a plastic bottle, a cigarette butt or a food wrapper. Small actions, repeated by thousands of people, create extraordinary results,” Drousiotis said.

  Visitors are encouraged to photograph their clean-up efforts and share them on social media using the @beachfluencer tag and the hashtag #beachfluencer in the hope of inspiring others.

  “Because the most influential people are not those who simply post beautiful photos. They are the ones who leave beautiful places behind,” he said.

  Drousiotis emphasised the importance of collective action by pointing out that even a single bottle, plastic bag or cigarette left on the beach has the potential to remain there for decades.

  “Plastic pollution continues to threaten marine life, wildlife and the natural beauty that makes Cyprus one of the Mediterranean’s most loved destinations,” he said.

  He highlighted the increased importance of sustainable tourism, saying that it was no longer just a trend but has long become an expectation.

  “At CSTI, we believe sustainability should never feel complicated. It should be practical, positive and inclusive. Every resident and every visitor has the power to make a difference and, together, through small everyday actions, we can create a lasting impact,” he said.

  Those wishing to take part can share their posts using the @beachfluencer tag and the hashtag #beachfluencer.

• Monk arrested for attempted murder at Paphos monastery

  The police arrested a 51-year-old monk on Friday in connection with an attempted murder at a monastery in the Paphos district, which resulted in the injury of two people.

  According to sources, a delegation of priests visited the monastery on Friday and made recommendations to a 51-year-old monk to leave his keys to his cell and abandon the monastery.

  The monk allegedly reacted and stabbed a 53-year-old in the throat with a sharp object.

  According to the report, he then attacked a 27-year-old priest injuring his hand with a sharp object.

  The 53-year-old was taken to Paphos general hospital where his wounds were stitched. The 27-year-old was also taken to hospital, treated for his wound in casualty and discharged.

• Myths and legends showcased in Ayia Napa

  Cyprus’ myths, legends and traditions are the focus of a new exhibition in Ayia Napa curated by the Press and Information Office (PIO).

  The Myths of Cyprus is being hosted by the Ayios Epiphanios Cultural Academy in the museum spaces of the Medieval Monastery of Ayia Napa.

  The exhibition explores Cyprus’ mythology, folklore and cultural heritage through interactive visual and digital displays.

  Visitors can discover mythical figures, legendary creatures and locations associated with stories passed down through generations, including both well-known and lesser-known traditions.

  Based on the Press and Information Office’s audiovisual series of the same name, the exhibition uses interactive presentation techniques to bring these stories to life.

  The exhibition runs until November 8 and admission is free.

  During August and September, opening hours are Monday to Friday from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 7pm, and weekends from 4pm to 8pm.

• Nicosia municipality to help restore burned down Corner Pub

  Nicosia is willing to contribute to the full restoration of former Corner Pub, which burned down on Wednesday, mayor Charalambos Prountzos said on Friday.

  In a post on social media, Prountzos said “the destruction of Corner by fire is a blow to the memories of the people of Nicosia and the architectural heritage of the city.”

  “It worsens a dramatically ugly image that already existed next to the presidential palace and opposite the foreign ministry,” he added.

  Prountzos said he had spoken with the town planning department and had expressed the municipality’s readiness to contribute in any way necessary to restore the listed building.

  “The full restoration and reuse of the building, in collaboration with the owners, will be a victory for history and the cultural heritage of the capital,” he said.

  The mayor posted a photograph of Corner Pub in its glory, saying “this is how we want to remember it.”

  The former Corner Pub was for many years a familiar landmark in the capital due to its prominent location opposite the presidential palace and as a Manchester United fans’ club.

  On Thursday, the police arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of torching the building.

• Over the past three years, Cyprus has become one of Europe’s chess hubs

  By Bulat Latypov

  In 2023, Freedom24 – one of the island’s largest financial companies – became the main partner of the Cyprus Chess Federation. Prior to 2023, Cyprus had not played a leading role in world chess.

  In the space of three years, it has become one of Europe’s chess hubs.

  With the support of Freedom24, 26 competitions were held in Cyprus. The most significant of these were the stages of the Women’s World Grand Prix (2023 and 2025) in Nicosia and the Candidates Tournament at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort, with a prize fund of €1 million. Nothing of the sort had ever happened before in the history of chess in Cyprus.

  The Candidates’ Tournament is a crucial stage on the path to the world championship matches. The people of Cyprus witnessed the world’s best chess players competing first-hand. For children and teenagers, it was an opportunity to meet legends who had never before gathered here in such a line-up.

  On March 1, 2025, the Freedom24 Chess Academy opened in Limassol. According to its director, International Master Artem Sadovsky, the academy’s mission is to develop strong players worthy of representing Cyprus. In less than a year, his protégée Olga Mikhailina raised her rating from 1736 to 2250.

  For Freedom24, chess is more than just a game. It develops strategic thinking, resilience and respect – values that we strive to embody in our work every day. In chess, as in business, success often depends on the will to win and the ability to think several moves ahead.

  ‘Thanks to Freedom’s support, around 2000 people on the island are now actively playing chess, the majority of whom are children’, stated Criton Tornaritis, President of the Cyprus Chess Federation, noting that the national team is growing stronger thanks to these young talents.

  On 5 August, the FIDE website published the team line-ups for the countries taking part in the Chess Olympiad, which will take place from September 15 to 27 in Samarkand. The Cyprus men’s team is seeded 77th out of 208. This is a success – never before has the team been ranked in the top half of the Olympiad’s participants.

  The team comprises: Andreas Kelires, Cyprus’s first and so far only grandmaster; 18-year-old national champion Rafail Antoniou; seven-time Cypriot champion Konstantinos Michaelides, the 2025 Cypriot champion Alexandros Isaakidis, and the 13-year-old prodigy Savvas Konstantinides.

  The women’s national team’s world ranking – 125th out of 192 – is more modest, but its potential is enormous. In 2026, 12-year-old Aida Păunescu was crowned national champion. Alongside her, the team includes the 2023 Cyprus champion Victoria Sokolova and her mother Larisa, the 2025 champion Eleni Pica, and the 2026 runner-up Aikaterina Sarkisian.

  The Samarkand Olympiad will also see the election of a new president of the International Chess Federation. One of the three candidates for this post is Timur Turlov, founder and CEO of Freedom Holding Corp., who is also the head of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation.

  Timur says that in recent years, chess has become a true passion for him and a personal project to which he has devoted a great deal of time and resources. Having invested around $75 million in chess, Turlov plans to replicate Kazakhstan’s successful experience on a global scale.

  One of the key elements of his programme is a unified digital ecosystem bringing together players, national federations, databases and educational content. According to Timur, chess is played by talented and successful people. His aim is to create an inspiring environment for nurturing new champions.

  Bulat Latypov is the Chief Communications Officer at Freedom24

• Queer Wave 2026 coming next month

  The island’s LGBTQIA+ film festival returns to Nicosia late this summer to present its seventh edition. Approaching soon, festival preparations are already underway as Queer Wave 2026 gets ready to open its doors again at NiMAC from September 18 to 27.

  On its agenda this year is a unique mosaic of cinema, performance and special events. A ten-day programme will unfold with screenings and parallel events, bringing together local and international filmmakers, and providing a platform for LGBTQIA+ experiences and queer expression.

  With just over a month to go, the official programme and pre-festival events will be announced shortly on the festival’s website (www.queerwave.com) and across the festival’s social media channels (@queerwavecyprus).

  Since its launch in 2020, Queer Wave has offered over 250 Cyprus premieres of LGBTQIA+ films from the international scene over the past six years, while also supporting the work of Cypriot filmmakers and artists.

  Queer Wave 2026

  7^th festival edition with screenings, performances and special events. September 18-27. NiMAC, Nicosia. www.queerwave.com

• Akamas park delays raised with commissioner

  Newly appointed Environment Commissioner Elias Myrianthos met Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Friday to discuss regional environmental issues, including the stalled Akamas National Forest Park project.

  “Personally, and due to my origin from Paphos, my sensitivity for the long-standing problems of Paphos surrounding the area of ​​competence of the environmental commissioner is a top priority,” he said, stressing that this did not undermine priorities set for other provinces.

  Myrianthos said that he aimed to visit communities and municipalities, as well as social organisations and NGOs to gain an understanding of ongoing issues and contribute where necessary.

  “In the meetings that will follow with mayors and bodies of other regions, they will be discussed and they will also get on a path to solving the problems there,” he said.

  Asked about his priorities as a commissioner he assured that the protection of the environment and sustainable development were among the top priorities, while also stressing the need to address concerns regarding animal welfare.

  “This is also one of the topics of discussion with the various bodies that I will have meetings with,” he said.

  Lambrou said the municipality’s main concern remained the Akamas national forest park project, which has been stalled for almost two years.

  “We want it to begin, as the ministry’s own studies have recommended. We support the government departments and our goal is for work to start immediately without any further delay,” he said.

• 119 illegal immigrants repatriated in one day

  Cyprus repatriated 119 illegal immigrants on Friday in the framework of operations by the police and the deputy migration ministry.

  The police said that since January 1, at total of 5,288 immigrants residing illegally in Cyprus had been repatriated through voluntary and mandatory return procedures.

  Furthermore, since the beginning of the year, 856 illegal immigrants have arrived on the island, compared to 1,299 during the respective period of 2025.

  The police said they would continue operations to repatriate illegal immigrants in cooperation with other services.

• Bikers close crossing point on Isaac-Solomou anniversary

  Motorcyclists of the Isaac-Solomou memorial initiative symbolically closed the Zodia-Astromeritis crossing point for a few minutes on Friday, in the context of events to commemorate 30 years since the deaths of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou.

  The crossing point remained open to traffic during the presence of the bikers, who distributed leaflets to commuters.

  The bikers began their procession at 3.15pm with various stops at Nicosia district crossing points and are expected to complete their route at 8pm.

  The ride will continue on Saturday, when bikers gather in all districts and ride to the Dherynia crossing point.

  On Sunday, a delegation and relatives of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou will lay wreaths at the Dherynia crossing point and then attend a memorial service at Saint Demetrios church in Paralimni, followed by a blessing at the Paralimni cemetery.

  Isaac died on August 11, 1996, when Greek Cypriot motorcyclist protesters were met in the buffer zone by Turkish Cypriot counter-protesters who, according to the United Nations report on the incident, were “joined by members of the Grey Wolves who had come from Turkey”.

  The incident became violent as demonstrators from both sides broke into the buffer zone. Isaac became entangled in barbed wire in the buffer zone and was beaten to death by Turkish Cypriots and Turks who had also entered the area.

  Three days later, Solomou was shot dead when, following Isaac’s funeral, Greek Cypriot demonstrators once again travelled to Dherynia.

  He separated himself from other protesters and walked towards a Turkish military post, climbing a flagpole to remove a Turkish flag and was fatally shot by a Turkish soldier.

  Last month, President Nikos Christodoulides said there had been “developments” regarding the case of Isaac and Solomou.

  He said what happened in August 1996 was “murders and nothing else”, adding that “the matter is not closed.”

  “There are developments on this issue about which the right and proper thing is not to speak publicly,” he said.

  The president said he would be informing the families “away from the spotlight”.

  He was speaking on July 17 upon the arrival of a group of motorcyclists who had been touring Greece to mark the 30th anniversary of the men’s deaths.

  The motorcyclists had visited the village of Karavas, on the island of Kythera, in the village of Keryneia, which is located in the Achaea regional unit, and on the island of Salamis, just off the coast of Piraeus. All three locations share the names of locations in the occupied north, namely the Kyrenia district village of Karavas, Kyrenia itself and ancient Salamis.

  Christodoulides had said he would be travelling to Dherynia with the motorcyclists on August 8 to mark the anniversary.

• Pension reform bill heads for consultation

  The government’s pension reform bill will be sent to trade unions and employers’ organisations in the coming days after President Nikos Christodoulides met Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Friday to finalise the next stage of the process.

  The meeting examined the various aspects of the proposed reforms before it was decided that the draft legislation would be forwarded to the social partners for discussion through the labour advisory body.

  Two meetings of the labour advisory body have already been scheduled for August 19 and August 28, where employers and trade unions are expected to examine the government’s proposals before the bill is submitted to parliament.

  The legislation is intended to reform the first pillar of Cyprus’ pension system, which covers the social insurance fund, with the government aiming for the first measures to come into force on January 1 next year.

  Mousiouttas has previously said pensioners should begin receiving higher payments from February, while insisting the reforms will not include an increase in either the statutory retirement age or social insurance contributions.

  He has said the proposals represent “the maximum possible utilisation of the fund’s resources”, adding that any additional expenditure would have to be balanced by savings elsewhere within the system.

  Employers and trade unions have welcomed the consultation process but have said key issues remain unresolved until they examine the final text.

  Keve has questioned the long-term sustainability of increasing benefits without changing contribution rates or the retirement age, while trade unions have argued reforms to the first pillar should be considered alongside changes to the second, including outstanding issues such as early retirement reductions, widowers’ pensions and eligibility for support.

• Environmental groups raise concerns over new Akrotiri antennas

  Environmental organisations Terra Cypria and BirdLife Cyprus have raised concerns over plans to install new antennas in the Akrotiri area, warning that any development must be carefully assessed because of the site’s exceptional ecological importance and the documented impact of existing infrastructure on birds.

  The Akrotiri Salt Lake is designated as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, as well as a special protection area and special area of conservation under the Natura 2000 network.

  The wider area is also one of the most important migration corridors for birds in the eastern Mediterranean.

  Terra Cypria and BirdLife said scientific studies conducted in the area over more than two decades had recorded bird deaths and collision risks associated with the existing antenna infrastructure.

  They said the findings provided an important scientific basis for assessing the new proposals and demonstrated that the area was already under considerable pressure from existing installations.

  The organisations stressed that public discussion of the plans was legitimate but should be conducted transparently.

  Both are participating in the consultation process and the assessment of the project’s Appropriate Assessment study, submitting questions and requesting further clarification and additional information.

  They said this was necessary to ensure the assessment was “complete, adequate, scientifically substantiated and in accordance with the requirements of national and European environmental legislation”.

  Given the area’s “exceptionally high ecological value” and the already documented negative effects associated with existing antennas, the organisations said any further development should be examined particularly carefully and in accordance with the precautionary principle.

  They said their aim was ultimately to safeguard what they described as “our common natural heritage”.

  Meanwhile earlier an SBA Administration Spokesperson said on the antenna project that the SBA are “committed to ensuring that this project is delivered responsibly and in close cooperation with local partners and communities”. 

• Cameroonian asylum claim rejected over implausible kidnapping account

  An administrative court has dismissed the appeal of a Cameroonian asylum seeker after finding that his account had failed to establish grounds for international protection in Cyprus.

  The 35-year-old entered the government-controlled areas through the north in March 2020 before applying for asylum.

  His application was rejected by the asylum service in February 2024, prompting him to challenge the decision.

  In his appeal, he claimed he had worked as a construction contractor in Cameroon before being abducted by Ambazonian separatists in 2019 and forced to pay a ransom to secure his release.

  He said he was later arrested by the Cameroonian army for questioning and detained for four days before being released.

  According to his account, the separatists later accused him of collaborating with the military, while the army suspected him of cooperating with the rebels.

  He alleged that his home was burned down, forcing him to flee before arranging travel to Cyprus with the help of one of his clients.

  The court rejected those claims, concluding that his account was inconsistent and lacked the detail expected from someone describing events they had personally experienced.

  In its judgment, the court said the applicant’s narrative was “full of gaps, ambiguities and shortcomings” and that he was unable to provide “the slightest detail or experiential element” concerning his alleged kidnapping, detention, or subsequent pursuit by either side.

  It added that his allegations “fell far short of a complete, coherent, plausible presentation” and said accepting them would amount to “a naive and unreserved acceptance of allegations that lack every shred of plausibility or detail.”

  The case centred on events the applicant claimed involved Ambazonian separatists, an armed militia seeking independence for Cameroon’s English speaking west.

  The movement emerged after protests over the political and cultural marginalisation of anglophone Cameroonians escalated into an armed conflict in 2017.

  Although separatist groups have declared a breakaway state, it has not been recognised internationally and fighting between government forces and separatist militias continues in parts of the country.

  Despite acknowledging the security situation, the court said that while Cameroon’s southwest region has experienced “a relatively high number of security incidents and civilian casualties”, the applicant’s home city of Buea was not affected to a degree that would create a “serious and personal threat to life or physical integrity” under the legal threshold required for refugee status or subsidiary protection.

• British Bases pledge consultation ahead of Akrotiri Salt Lake project as protest planned

  The British Bases administration has defended plans to modernise infrastructure at the Akrotiri Salt Lake site, saying it remains committed to public consultation and engagement with local communities ahead of a planned protest on Saturday.

  The protest is being organised with the support of the Akrotiri Merra Committee, the Akrotiri Zero Hour movement and organised groups from Kourion municipality. Organisers have called on participants to join the demonstration peacefully, “with unity and responsibility”, to send what they described as a clear message in defence of their community and the surrounding environment.

  In a statement issued ahead of the demonstration outside RAF Akrotiri, a British Bases spokesperson said the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Administration respected “the right to peaceful, lawful protest.”

  The administration said the project involves modernising infrastructure at Akrotiri Salt Lake, including the installation of new equipment and upgrades to existing assets.

  It added that maintaining the capability in the long term would require the acquisition of additional land, but stressed that any such process would follow the required legal procedures. 

  “Any such activity will follow the required processes and involve engagement with affected landowners, including consideration of compensation that might be due,” the spokesperson said.

  Kourion mayor Pantelis Georgiou has previously accused the British bases’ administration of “lying” to his municipality over the number of communications antennae in the Akrotiri base area.

  In the announcement the SBA administration said work on the project would not begin until the required statutory environmental assessment and public consultation procedures had been completed.

  It said it was currently awaiting the necessary applications from the project sponsor before launching those statutory processes.

  Addressing longstanding concerns raised by residents over possible health implications from the site’s radiofrequency emissions, the administration pointed to the findings of a publicly available independent study.

  According to the study, “the dominant sources of radiofrequency fields were cell phone and national broadcast systems. There was no excess of cancer, birth defects or obstetric problems.”

  The spokesperson added that the administration had “seen no evidence to suggest that this position has changed.”

  The SBA administration also said it had informed the Republic of Cyprus that it would be willing to co-sponsor a new independent study into the issue.

  It added that existing monitoring systems, including equipment located within Akrotiri village, continuously measure emissions from the site and provide data to the relevant Republic of Cyprus authorities.

  The administration said the monitoring programme would continue to be independently verified and strengthened through its offer to install additional monitoring units across the Salt Lake site.

  “The administration remains committed to ensuring that this project is delivered responsibly and in close cooperation with local partners and communities,” the spokesperson said.

• State subsidy a must for Cyprus-Greece ferry connection

  The ferry connection between Cyprus and Greece cannot continue without renewed state subsidies, contract operator Scandro Holding Ltd’s chief executive Charalambos Manoli said on Friday.

  Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Manoli said the long-term goal of creating a financially self-sustaining ferry service had yet to be achieved.

  The ferry route was launched in 2022 after the European Commission gave the go ahead for a three-year state subsidy, which was later renewed for a further three years.

  Manoli said 2027 could be the service’s final year unless passenger numbers improve. “There is not such a big demand, as in Greece, where people use the ships to travel between islands,” he explained.

  The ferry runs from the end of May till early September.

  “In June we have about 100 people per trip, in July 200 to 250 people, and the ship is only full in August.”

  On Saturday, AF Marina will be sailing out of Limassol with 380 people aboard, which Manoli said was the highest number of passengers this season.

  “You can’t run a sustainable line for three months. You have to make plans for the other nine months when the line in Cyprus is not running, so that the ship can be used somewhere else. Since there is no flexibility to carry cargo or anything else, this can’t continue,” Manoli said.

  If however there is a will to continue subsidising the ferry line, then there are other considerations.

  Manoli explained that currently ferries are exempt from EU tariffs for carbon dioxide emissions, however this will be lifted at the end of 2029, after which date “a fine will be issued for emissions meaning that the state subsidy will have to be higher.”

  Added to this will be the increase in fuel prices, however Manoli expressed hope that “we will find a way to continue the service in 2027.”

  Regarding demand in 2026, Manoli said it remained close to that of 2025.

  In 2026, bookings were around 8,900 for passengers, 2,700 for vehicles and 371 for pets, while in 2025 8,238 passengers, 2,660 vehicles and 379 pets.

  In the five years the ferry has been running, most people are aware of what to expect, however some people are still under the misconception that they booked on a cruise ship and not a passenger ferry, Manoli said.

  The last trip for the AF Marina this year will be on September 1 when it sails out of Piraeus.

• Advisory Council under fire for rubber stamping semi-govt appointments

  The operation of the advisory council came under scrutiny on Friday after Akel accused the body of being bypassed during the appointment of semi-state organisation boards.

  Institutions Committee chairman and Disy MP Demetris Demetriou said the matter had been registered after “the issue that arose at Cyta and the information regarding appointments of individuals without applying”.

  Akel has alleged that individuals were appointed to semi-state boards without first submitting applications to the advisory council, claiming that if confirmed, the body was “completely annulled” and used as an alibi to promote predetermined appointments.

  The party called on President Nikos Christodoulides and members of the Advisory Council to explain the process, arguing that if appointments were made without applications being submitted, those responsible should resign.

  Otherwise, it said, they would bear “full political and institutional responsibility” for discrediting the institution.

  The government moved on Friday to replace a newly appointed member of Cyta’s board of directors following concerns over a possible conflict of interest.

  Speaking on CyBC, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said the decision had been taken “in the spirit of good governance” after it emerged that the appointee had not declared his relationship with the authority during the selection process.

  According to Antoniou, such an omission created a potential conflict of interest, and the government would proceed with appointing a replacement.

  The development came after the Cyta employees’ union Aset called on President Nikos Christodoulides and the cabinet to revoke the appointment.

  The appointee, Loizos Economides, is a retired senior Cyta executive whose wife remains employed by the organisation.

  Aset also argued that he serves on the management committee of the staff pension and benefits fund, while at the time of submitting his application he was vice president of the staff union and a member of its negotiating team.

  Aset said the appointment amounted to “a blatant case of conflict of interest and institutional incompatibility” and questioned whether the advisory council had properly examined the case before submitting its recommendations to the cabinet.

  Akel said the Cyta controversy exemplified wider concerns over the government’s approach to appointments, claiming the process “essentially confirms the dissolution of the advisory council” and accusing the government of favouring political expediency over merit-based selection.

  The party also criticised the wider appointments process, saying “semi-state organisations are not a field for paying off political bills” and arguing they require independent administrations committed to their public role.

  The cabinet appointed some 85 members for new boards for 11 semi-state organisations and public bodies on Thursday, including the electricity authority (EAC), Cyta, CyBC, Thok, the University of Cyprus and Tepak.

  Pavlos Pavlou, a veteran journalist and broadcaster who spent more than two decades at CyBC, has been appointed as the state broadcaster’s chair.

  Maria Tsiakka was reappointed as Cyta chairwoman, while Loizos Loizou was named chairman of the EAC.

• TGI Fridays: is it still worth a visit?

  By Andreas Nichola

  With summer in full swing, and the temperature at the point where most days are spent hopping from one air-conditioned room to another you begin to feel a little trapped indoors. We decided the best cure was an evening stroll along Larnaca’s Finikoudes, hoping that the sea breeze would make the heat a little more bearable.

  For a while it did exactly that. There was a pleasant breeze coming off the sea and plenty of people out enjoying the promenade. Then, almost as if somebody had flicked a switch, the breeze disappeared. As luck would have it, it was also dinner time.

  Rather than wander too far looking for somewhere to eat, we spotted TGI Fridays. It looked cool, comfortable and inviting, so in we went.

  The menu was pretty much as I remembered it, extensive enough that there really is something for everyone. Their famous Jack Daniel’s glaze appears throughout the menu on everything from burgers to ribs, but there are plenty of other choices too. Fajitas, steaks, salads, pasta dishes and the popular Fridays Sampler all make choosing surprisingly difficult.

  I found myself going backwards and forwards between a couple of dishes. The pork ribs looked fantastic, but then so did the burgers. Just as I thought I’d have to make a difficult decision, I spotted the perfect compromise. One of the burgers came topped with a full pork rib. Decision made. I could have both. My dining partner wasn’t in the mood for something quite so substantial and instead ordered the Cajun-coated shrimp.

  To drink, I decided to make the most of the bottomless soft drinks. The staff were consistently attentive throughout the evening, topping up my glass before I even had chance to ask.

  When the food arrived, my burger looked every bit as impressive as it had sounded on the menu. A large, juicy pork rib sat proudly on top, held in place by a knife, with a generous serving of chips alongside and a dipping sauce on the side. It certainly made an entrance.

  The Cajun shrimp wasn’t quite as visually exciting. The presentation was fairly simple, with the prawns scattered over a generous portion of chips. Fortunately, the prawns themselves were much better than the presentation suggested. They were a good size with a nice bite to them, while the Cajun seasoning offered just enough warmth without becoming overly spicy. My dining partner’s verdict was that it was enjoyable enough, but not memorable, and something they would probably not order it again.

  My burger, on the other hand, was exactly what I’d hoped for. The beef was juicy, the red onion added a welcome crunch and slight sweetness, and the pork rib was beautifully tender, falling away from the bone with hardly any effort. I’m usually one of those people who believes a burger should be picked up and eaten as it comes, but this one was so generously filled that cutting it in half was really the only practical option.

  Although I was comfortably full, my dining partner wasn’t ready to finish the evening without dessert, so naturally I joined in. They chose the brownie with ice cream while I went for the ice cream sandwich with Biscoff biscuits, topped with hot fudge sauce.

  The brownie apparently wasn’t the best ever, but it certainly satisfied a chocolate craving. My dessert was exactly what I wanted. The crunch of the biscuit, the smooth ice cream and the warm, rich fudge sauce all worked brilliantly together, making every spoonful a mixture of hot, cold, soft and crunchy.

  In the end, dessert probably rescued the evening for my dining partner, while for me the burger had already done that job. TGI Fridays may not be somewhere I’d rush to every week, especially with so many independent restaurants still waiting to be discovered, but it reminded me why it has remained popular for so long. Sometimes, when you’re looking for generous portions, reliable food and friendly service, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with returning to an old favourite.

  VITAL STATISTICS

  SPECIALTY International

  WHERE TGI Fridays, 38 Athenon Avenue, Larnaca

  WHEN 12pm-11:30pm daily

  HOW MUCH Burger €17.90. shrimp €17.50. Brownie €5.80. Ice-cream sandwich €6

• Chinese embassy donates €3,000 to Cyprus Red Cross

  The Chinese embassy on Thursday handed over a donation of €3,000 to support the humanitarian work of the Cyprus Red Cross.

  “The generous donation of the embassy of the People’s Republic of China constitutes a substantial reinforcement of the humanitarian work of the Cyprus Red Cross and of our effort to be daily next to those in need,” said President of the Cyprus Red Cross, Fotini Papadopoulou

  The donation was delivered by the Chinese ambassador Yang Yundong during a meeting at the Red Cross headquarters, in Nicosia.

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• EU, former minister at odds with Damianos over interconnector comments

  Both the European Commission and former energy minister George Papanastasiou found themselves at odds with incumbent Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Friday over Damianos’ claim that the planned Great Sea Interconnector project may increase consumer energy prices.

  Damianos had told CyBC radio that “the implementation of the electrical interconnection between Cyprus and Crete will mean significant electricity for Cyprus, but this does not necessarily mean that the price of electricity will also decrease – it may increase”.

  In response, a European Commission spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail that “boosting electricity interconnections helps bring down energy prices by allowing the integration of more renewables in the system”.

  “Better and improved interconnectivity is essential in the EU – to bring down energy prices for our citizens and industry, and to secure our independence,” the spokesperson said.

  Damianos’ predecessor George Papanastasiou was largely of the same view, telling the Cyprus Mail that “when a small market is opened to competition, you want to have access to as many different sources as possible so as to increase that competition”.

  “With a competitive market, the more energy sources and energy providers which exist inside that market, whether they be domestic providers or able to provide energy from further afield via an interconnection cable, the more competition there will be, which will incentivise those providers to offer lower prices to consumers,” he said.

  As such, he said, “logic itself does not agree with Damianos’ statements”, as “the introduction of more competition can do nothing but bring prices down”.

  He added that during his own tenure as minister, all the studies he saw suggested that consumer prices would be reduced as a result of the interconnector’s construction.

  “I do not know where Damianos’ statement comes from exactly, and it is likely unsubstantiated,” he added.

  In addition to his comment on electricity prices, Damianos had said that the government’s decision regarding whether the Republic of Cyprus will join the project as a shareholder “will depend on what the due diligence study being conducted by the European Investment Bank will demonstrate”.

  On this front, he warned that “one million Cypriot consumers will be asked to pay for 63 per cent of the construction costs, while in Greece, 10 million consumers will pay for the rest of the project”.

  The governments of Cyprus and Greece had in April jointly penned a letter to the European Investment Bank to request a new diligence study for the project, with a view to possibly requesting funding for the project’s completion may be provided by the Luxembourg-based bank in due course.

  That study has not yet been completed.

  Damianos’ comments come two days after French asset management firm Meridiam took a majority share in the interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel.

  Meridiam took a controlling share in the project from Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie), with Papanastasiou saying on Wednesday that the buyout will “of course help” the project’s future.

  “It is very good news. This is a fund which is viable joining a project which was looking for financiers,” he told the Cyprus Mail.

  On Thursday, Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said that Meridiam’s buy-in constitutes an “important development” which “creates new, strong momentum for the acceleration and implementation” of the project.

  “Essentially, Admie is joining forces with a very large French investment group, which built the subsea electrical interconnection between the United Kingdom and Germany. So, it has built a similar project, worth €2.8 billion, of similar technical difficulty,” he said.

  He went on to say that “electrical interconnections are essential for the energy security of Europe, and especially the eastern Mediterranean”, and that as such, “we are moving forward with decisive steps, so that the electrical inter connection of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel can be completed”.

  On this front, the European Commission spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail on Friday that the interconnector project is “of the highest strategic importance for the EU”, and that “we are fully committed to it”.

  They added that the project is “key to bringing an end to Cyprus’ energy isolation”.

  Progress on the interconnector has been slow thus far, with the most recent development being the joint letter to the European Investment Bank.

  Previously, the governments of Greece and Cyprus had announced in November last year that the “economic and technical parameters” of the project would be “updated” with a view to attracting more investors to the project.

  Meanwhile, French cable manufacturer Nexans had announced in March that an undersea trial of the type of cable to be used to form the interconnector had been completed successfully.

• World War II veteran and Eoka fighter Pavlos Kasapis dies aged 103

  World War II veteran and Eoka fighter Pavlos M. Kasapis has died at the age of 103.

  In a statement issued by Disy, the party bid farewell to Kasapis “with respect”, extending its “sincere condolences” to his family.

  Separately, cultural centre Artos House said Kasapis “served his homeland and the ideals of freedom and justice with courage and self-sacrifice”.

  His funeral will take place on Saturday at 10am at the church of Ayios Therapontos in Lythrodontas.

• New transport minister to ‘consider’ park-and-ride expansion

  New Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki on Friday said that one of the initiatives she will consider is an expansion to system of park-and-ride services offered around the island, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion in the island’s towns and cities.

  “It is one of the suggestions which will be studied because it certainly helps,” she told the Cyprus News Agency, before adding that the offering of park-and-ride services both eases congestion and “increases the availability of parking spaces” in urban areas.

  On this front, she said that “traffic is certainly one of the priorities because it has to do with the daily lives of both locals and visitors”, and as such, declared that “we must find ways to alleviate it together with the other competent bodies”.

  She said that in her coming meetings with high-ranking civil servants from her ministry, “we will put all the suggestions on the table, see which ones are feasible, and we will come back with more announcements”

  Park-and-ride services have run into difficulties in recent months due to a shortage of bus drivers, with it having initially been feared that the route linking the GSP Stadium with central Nicosia, known as the “Pame Express” would be lost as a result.

  Transport ministry official Andreas Nikiforou said in March that bus drivers in Cyprus are “like an endangered species”, though the service itself was eventually saved.

  At the time, the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) had suggested that “the problem could be solved by hiring drivers from third countries which drive on the left, such as India”.

  However, Disy MP Demetris Demetriou said that a number of laws would have to change to allow this to happen, and as such said, “let’s look at how we can find drivers from the indigenous population”.

  At present, bus drivers in Cyprus are required to have a working knowledge of the Greek language – something which precludes must people from abroad, while the acquisition of Cyprus’ “category D” licence required to drive commercial vehicles can take several months.

  Drivers are also required to take a written examination, which is available in Greek, Turkish, and English.

  In addition to the stringent requirements for bus drivers, Cyprus Public Transport has also warned in recent months that the island’s current crop of bus drivers is ageing out, with drivers retiring faster than they are being hired.

  “As older drivers retire, staff numbers are simply not being renewed at the same rate,” Cyprus Public Transport’s chief financial officer Tryfonas Hadjichristoforou said in March.

Github

• GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 3

  This week’s updates across GitHub Copilot in the desktop app, CLI, and VS Code help you resume and organize work, review changes, and ask questions without losing context.

  GitHub Copilot app

  • Auto now shows which model handled each completed request, plus AI credit and cache details when they’re available.
  • Jump directly into shared sessions, or use /side to explore a parallel question without disrupting your main task.
  • Apply the updated Impeccable skill to mobile interfaces, diagnose its setup, and run more focused design reviews.
  • Sessions now start and switch more efficiently.

  Try the Copilot app.

  GitHub Copilot CLI

  • Easily manage multiple concurrent sessions from the Sessions sidebar. Simply click < (left arrow) to open the Sessions sidebar and use shortcuts to open new sessions (n), close current ones (x), and move between sessions with ease. Click > right arrow to close the sidebar.
  • Create an isolated worktree and begin a separate conversation with the new experimental /worktree command. This gives you another workspace for exploring changes without disrupting your current work.
  • Use /rewind without Git to restore the conversation and files Copilot changed while preserving subsequent edits.
  • See live tool-call durations in the timeline to identify slow commands.

  Install the Copilot CLI.

  VS Code 1.132 Release updates

  • The integrated browser now supports element-level feedback. Select specific elements on a web page, attach a comment to each one, and send that precise visual feedback to the agent. You can select and annotate multiple elements before submitting your message.

  • Dictate in multiple languages. Dictation now uses a multilingual on-device model by default, keeping audio on your device. It can follow your configured language, use your system or browser locale, or automatically detect the language. A new onboarding experience also helps you select and test your microphone.

  • Ask side questions with /btw. Open a side chat without interrupting the agent’s current turn. The side chat shares the context and prompt cache from your primary conversation, so you can ask about the work already in progress. You can also select text from a response and ask a contextual question about it.
  • Review Markdown changes in context. Markdown diffs can now open in the experimental hybrid Markdown editor. The modified document remains editable, while gutter indicators identify added, changed, and deleted content. You can switch between the text diff and hybrid Markdown views from the editor type dropdown.

  Explore everything that’s new in the full release notes

  The post GitHub Copilot weekly releases — August 3 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

• Enterprises can now install third-party GitHub Apps

  Enterprise owners can now install public GitHub Apps created outside their enterprise on their enterprise account. This allows third-party integrators to build apps for enterprise management scenarios. Enterprise installations grant access to the enterprise account itself; they do not grant access to organizations or repositories in the enterprise.

  To support this integrator scenario, all users and organizations can now create GitHub Apps with enterprise permissions.

  For security, apps with the Enterprise organization installations and Enterprise organization installation repositories permissions cannot be installed across enterprise boundaries. This API set is extremely powerful because it can manage all app installations across organizations in an enterprise. Additional safeguards and controls are required before it can be released for cross-enterprise use. If your app uses this permission, it cannot be installed across enterprises. If your app is installed across multiple enterprises then it cannot add this permission.

  To get started, see Installing a GitHub App on your enterprise. Share feedback in the GitHub Community discussion about enterprise installations.

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• Copilot impact dashboard adds a return on investment section

  The Copilot impact dashboard now includes a “Potential return on investment” section that connects what you spend on Copilot to the pull request output you get back.

  What’s new

  Two cards compare developers by how deeply they have adopted Copilot: those working primarily in chat and code completions (i.e., “Passive users” and “Phase 1”) against agent-first developers (i.e., “Phase 2” and “Phase 3”). Each card shows:

  • Cost/dev/month: The average monthly Copilot cost per developer in that group, derived from actual AI credit consumption.
  • % Payroll/month: The above cost expressed as a share of developer compensation.
  • Pull requests/month: Average pull requests per developer per month.

  A salary selector lets you pick a compensation band, and the cost-derived metrics recalculate instantly. This lets you model a potential return on investment against your own payroll assumptions.

  Why this matters

  Administrators could already see that Copilot adoption was deepening, but not what that deeper adoption costs or what it returns. This section puts spend and output side by side for early-phase and agent-first developers, so you can justify continued investment and target enablement programs at the adoption phases with the most headroom left.

  Also in this release

  • More accurate adoption cohort user counts. Cohort user counts now reflect every user active during the full 28-day reporting window, rather than only users active on the window’s final day. Previously, a report ending on a weekend or holiday could show sharply lower counts in each phase. Expect cohort counts to be noticeably higher going forward. This only affects the impact dashboard — the Copilot usage metrics API and NDJSON exports are unchanged.

  Important notes

  • The return on investment section is available in the Copilot impact dashboard at both the enterprise and organization level.
  • It is available to enterprise owners and billing managers, organization owners, and anyone with a custom organization or enterprise role that grants the View Copilot Metrics permission. The Copilot usage metrics policy must be enabled.
  • Cost figures are estimates based on AI credit consumption, and the salary selector is a modeling input rather than actual payroll data. Treat these metrics as directional.

  Visit the Copilot impact dashboard documentation to get started.

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• Copilot code review effort levels are generally available

  Lite and Balanced effort levels for GitHub Copilot code review are now generally available. They let you match the depth of a review to the complexity and risk of a pull request.

  Not every pull request needs the same scrutiny. Documentation updates and small fixes may only need focused feedback, while complex logic, security-sensitive code, and cross-service changes benefit from deeper analysis. You can now:

  • Choose Lite for feedback on straightforward changes.
  • Choose Balanced when a change warrants deeper analysis from a higher-reasoning model.
  • Set an organization-wide default that repositories inherit while retaining control over individual reviews.

  Lite and Balanced are available with Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.

  Lite and Balanced replace Low and Medium

  The Low and Medium effort levels introduced during public preview are now named Lite and Balanced. If you previously configured an effort level, your configuration automatically carries forward under the new name.

  Choose an effort level for each review

  When you request a Copilot code review, choose Lite for routine changes or Balanced for larger, more complex, or sensitive changes. Your choice only applies to that review and doesn’t change the repository or organization default.

  ⚙️ Organization-level defaults

  Organization admins can set a default review effort level that applies to all repositories in the organization. Repositories that haven’t configured their own effort level inherit the organization default.

  To configure the default, navigate to your organization settings → Copilot → Copilot code review.

  See which effort level was used

  Copilot code review now labels which effort level ran in both timeline events and the pull request overview comment. You can see at a glance whether a review ran at Balanced or Lite, making it easy to track review depth across your repositories.

  📚 Find out more and share your feedback

  Learn how to tune review depth for your team in the Copilot code review documentation, and share your feedback in the GitHub community.

  The post Copilot code review effort levels are generally available appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

• Copilot usage metrics API adds agent app activity

  Since agent apps arrived on GitHub, teams have been able to run agents from partners like Claude and Codex directly in their GitHub workflows. The Copilot usage metrics API now reports that activity, broken out by individual agent. The usage metrics API does this in the enterprise, organization, enterprise-user, and organization-user 1-day and 28-day reports.

  What’s new

  A new optional totals_by_3rd_party_agent array contains one entry per recognized agent app. Each entry includes:

  • agent_name: The agent’s display name. Display names can change, so group on agent_id rather than this field.
  • agent_id: The agent’s stable identifier, and the right key for joining across reporting periods.
  • user_initiated_interaction_count: The number of user-initiated agent app job starts.
  • session_count: The number of agent app sessions. Included in the aggregated enterprise and organization reports only. Per-user entries omit this field.

  Why this matters

  Until now, agent activity in your usage metrics was effectively a single bucket, so there was no way to tell Copilot coding agent work apart from work done through other agents. As teams adopt more than one agent, that made it hard to answer basic questions: which agents are actually being used, by how many people, and how does adoption of a newly rolled-out agent compare to the one it was meant to supplement.

  Breaking activity out per agent lets you distinctly track each agent app, compare adoption across them, and ground rollout and licensing decisions in real usage rather than assumption.

  Important notes

  • The nested user_initiated_interaction_count counts agent app job starts. It is distinct from the top-level field of the same name, which counts explicit prompts from other supported telemetry. Do not sum the two or treat them as interchangeable.
  • Activity is aggregated by agent, so multiple apps belonging to the same agent are collapsed into one entry. Activity from agents that cannot be identified is omitted.
  • These metrics are available to enterprise owners and billing managers, organization owners, and anyone with a custom organization or enterprise role that grants the View Copilot Metrics permission. The Copilot usage metrics policy must be enabled.
  • The change is backward compatible. Existing fields keep their current shape, and reports omit totals_by_3rd_party_agent entirely when there is no recognized agent app activity for the reporting period.

  Visit the Copilot usage metrics API documentation to get started, or see Agent apps metrics fields for the full field definitions.

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• “Relates to” issue relationship in public preview and multi-select fields is generally available

  GitHub is making it easier to connect related work and manage multiple field values across issues and projects.

  Connect related issues

  The new “Relates to” issue relationship is available in public preview. You can connect two issues without implying that one blocks, duplicates, contains, or closes the other.

  Multi-select fields are generally available

  Multi-select fields in issues and projects are now generally available, with several improvements:

  • Slice and group project items by multi-select fields in table and board views.
  • View and edit multi-select values from issue and pull request sidebars.
  • Copy and paste multi-select values in the table view.
  • Clear multi-select values from project items.

  Join the discussion within GitHub Community.

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• Secret scanning coverage updates

  This release expands secret scanning’s coverage with more secrets blocked by push protection, one new secret scanning partner, and richer metadata on alerts.

  Secret scanning partnership program

  Lovable Labs is now a GitHub secret scanning partner. Secret scanning now automatically detects the following new secret type in your repositories.

  Provider	Secret type
  Lovable Labs	lovable_api_key

  When a Lovable Labs secret is found in a public repository, GitHub forwards it to Lovable Labs so they can take appropriate action. Learn more about the secret scanning partner program.

  Push protection defaults expanded

  The following detectors are now included in push protection by default. Repositories with secret scanning enabled, including free public repositories, will automatically block commits containing these secrets.

  Provider	Secret type
  APIclub	apiclub_api_key
  Mistral AI	mistral_ai_api_key
  PostHog	posthog_oauth_access_token
  Resend	resend_api_key

  Extended metadata support

  Extended metadata builds on secret scanning’s validity checks, which confirm whether a detected secret is still active. When information is available from the provider, alerts also surface context (e.g., the secret’s owner, its creation and expiry dates, and the associated project or organization) so you can assess ownership and impact without leaving the alert. The following patterns now include extended metadata when detected.

  Provider	Secret type
  Cohere	cohere_api_key
  GoCardless	gocardless_live_access_token
  GoCardless	gocardless_sandbox_access_token
  Square	square_access_token

  Metadata availability varies by provider, token type, and even by individual secret, so GitHub makes a best effort to display it when present.

  Learn more

  Learn more about secret scanning and reviewing extended metadata on an alert, and see the full list of supported secrets in our documentation. Let us know what you think in the community discussion.

  The post Secret scanning coverage updates appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

• GitHub Code Quality no longer adds Copilot as a reviewer

  Enabling GitHub Code Quality on a repository no longer creates a ruleset that automatically requests a code review from GitHub Copilot on your pull requests. In repositories that already have that ruleset, we’ve turned off the settings we enabled.

  When Code Quality became generally available on July 20, 2026, enabling it created a repository ruleset named Code Quality Copilot review for default branch that targeted your default branch. You told us that adding a reviewer should be your choice, so we’ve reversed that.

  What we’ve turned off

  We’ve disabled the three settings we enabled in that ruleset:

  • Automatically request Copilot code review, which requested a Copilot review on every pull request.
  • Review new pushes, which requested another review each time you pushed to a pull request.
  • Review draft pull requests, which requested a review before you marked a pull request ready.

  We only change the ruleset where it still matches what we created. If you’ve edited it, we leave it as you set it, and we never touch a ruleset you wrote yourself. The ruleset stays in your repository with these settings off, so you can delete it whenever you want.

  How to keep automatic Copilot code review

  Copilot code review itself hasn’t changed, and you can turn it back on at any time. Add or edit a ruleset that enables Automatically request Copilot code review for the branches you choose, at either the repository or organization level. For the steps, see configuring automatic code review by Copilot. Copilot code review continues to bill to your Copilot plan.

  This change applies to Code Quality on GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team.

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• MCP allowlists in enterprise managed settings

  Enterprise owners can now centrally control which Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers GitHub Copilot clients are allowed to run by using the new allowedMcpServers and deniedMcpServers keys in enterprise managed settings. Approve the MCP servers your developers depend on and block untrusted or non-compliant ones across your enterprise. This capability is generally available.

  How it works

  Add either or both keys to copilot/managed-settings.json. Each key is a list of matchers that identify MCP servers by remote URL, local command, or name:

  • serverUrl: Matches remote (HTTP/SSE) servers. It supports * wildcards and canonicalizes URLs to prevent evasion.
  • serverCommand: Matches local (stdio) servers by exact command and arguments.
  • serverName: Matches the user-assigned label. This is only supplied as a convenience, not a security control, since users can rename servers.

  Policies fail closed, meaning a malformed or unverifiable configuration is blocked rather than allowed. When policies come from multiple layers, a server must pass every layer.

  In server-managed deployments, both keys can be marked overridable so enterprise teams can define their own allow and deny lists on top of your baseline. To learn more, see our docs on overriding settings for individual teams.

  For configuration examples and the full matcher syntax, see Enterprise managed settings reference.

  Supported clients

  MCP allowlists are currently enforced on the GitHub Copilot app, Copilot CLI and VS Code.

  Getting started

  In your source organization’s .github-private repository, add the keys to copilot/managed-settings.json and commit to the default branch.

  To learn more, see configuring enterprise managed settings.

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• Set pull request limits at the organization level

  You can now set pull request limits at the organization level. Pull request limits let you define how many open pull requests a user without write access can have at one time. If a user reaches that limit, they must close or merge an existing pull request before opening another.

  With this update, you can manage pull request limits centrally across all repositories in your organization instead of configuring them one repository at a time. This helps you apply a consistent policy at scale and reduces administrative overhead for maintainers managing many repositories.

  To set pull request limits for your organization:

  1. Navigate to your organization’s settings.
  2. In the left side bar go to Moderation tools –> Interaction limits.
  3. At the bottom of the page, set your pull request limits.

  Join the Community discussion to share your your questions or feedback.

  The post Set pull request limits at the organization level appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Reddit

r/golang

• Golang Gopher Red

  Soooo I’m not a programmer and only today learned about this Golang Gopher Mascot from Google lens but I got this little guy from a garage sale and am not sure how much to ask. I buy and sell unique plush toys on Poshmark but since I know nothing about him, figured I’d ask here to see if anyone can give me some info? Unfortunately it’s not letting me post a photo but he’s about 7” with a crowdstrike falcon patch on its tummy.

  submitted by /u/Torple49
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• Relationship between of package names and struct names

  I'm creating a simple CRUD project that involves campaign publications. If I have a package named `internal/campaign/usecase`, what should the use case be named? `CreateCampaignUsecase`, `CreateCampaign`, `CreateUsecase`, or `Create`?

  submitted by /u/Cetti_
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• Fynance: An Open-Source Desktop Finance Management built with Fyne + MongoDB

  Hello everyone,

  I wanted a fast, secure, and lightweight tool to track my expenses locally. A desktop app was my final option since it is locally available, fast, and gives me total control over my financial data.

  This led me to develop a finance desktop app called Fynance using Go, Fyne, and MongoDB, and I open-sourced it to help individuals and businesses.

  INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

  For WINDOWS ONLY

  • Download MongoDB: MongoDB
  • Download App: Fynance (Latest)
  • Install MongoDB.
  • Install the Fynance App.
  • Start using the desktop Shortcut or the Start menu.
  • Register an account and log in.
  • Add your custom income and expense categories.

  Tech Stack

  • GUI Framework: Fyne (Go native UI toolkit)
  • Database: MongoDB
  • Programming Language: Golang

  Key Features

  • Complete Management: Track daily, weekly, and monthly income and expenses.
  • Bulk Uploads & Exports: Import data via .xlsx templates or export to CSV.
  • Reports: Quick visual insights and export to PDF Reports.
  • Lightweight UI: Native light/dark modes with a tiny system footprint (50MB disk).
  • Local Security: Password-protected user authentication on startup.
  • Custom Categories: User-defined income and expense categories.

  The project is fully open-source under the MIT license. I would love to hear your feedback.

  Thanks.

  submitted by /u/clintonmoshe2
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• gokrazy/rsync v0.3.6 now with improved Windows & macOS support

  I just published a new release of gokrazy/rsync and figured I’d share it here; hope it’s interesting to some: gokrazy/rsync is an Rsync program and reusable library implemented in the Go programming language), originally as part of the gokrazy Go appliance platform project. gokrazy/rsync is (wire-)compatible with the original "tridge" Rsync. Various use-cases are supported: The gokr-rsync command implements an rsync client and server, which can send or receive files (all directions supported). You can set up a public or private rsync server, in daemon mode or via SSH (anonymous or authorized). You can embed rsync in your program with the rsynccmd package. You can implement your own rsync server with the rsyncd package. Aside from being implemented in Go, a memory-safe programming language, gokrazy/rsync makes use of Go’s traversal-resistant file API (os.Root) and the Linux Landlock Unprivileged Sandboxing to steer clear of vulnerabilities. In server settings, gokrazy/rsync supports mount namespaces and can be further locked down with systemd’s various hardening options. submitted by /u/zekjur [link] [comments]

• DDD + onion architecture in Go — why does everyone hate it? Also, is this entity pattern okay?

  help me !!!

  I just started a new job. The backend is in Go, using DDD with an onion-layer architecture. The project structure looks something like this:

  /backend /cmd /internal /adaptor /<module#1> /entity /repository /service /command /query /usecase

  My team lead constantly complains about DDD in Go — he absolutely hates it. When i try to mention something related to DDD bro starts to spamming my pr with comments. Asking me to show why its better to use DDD? So I'm curious: why is DDD considered a bad fit for Go?

  Also, our entities look like this:

  go

  ``` func NewMovie() *Movie { return &Movie{} }

  func (m *Movie) WithID(id int) *Movie { if m == nil { return nil } m.id = id return m } ```

  Is this pattern okay? I feel like NewMovie(id int) would be better.

  We also have a rule that transactions can't be handled in the usecase layer. Instead, we have to create a single service method that wraps everything in a transaction, and the usecase just calls it. Is this a common approach?

  And one more thing — shouldn't we first sort out what actually counts as a domain concept before turning it into an entity? We literally have an entity for pagination...

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• How to write a CLI tool with Viper and Cobra

  Hello there,

  I recently got into Go and programming in general, as I already had some programming classes in school and in uni when I studied business informatics.

  In preparation for the job interview I wrote my first Rest API. I just used a .env file to read the environment variables in my code but my friend advised me to add cobra and viper to make the setup more accessible and get into those library's as they also used by the new company.

  I know that they should be pretty accessible libraries but for some reason in don't seem to get the right access to their core principles and how they should be set up.

  Does somebody know some good resources that really explain how these things work and how you're supposed to use them as I don't seem to get it.

  submitted by /u/theBRZY
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• Where should logging happen in a Go application?

  I recently wrote my own logger package with Info(), Warning(), and Error() methods.

  I am wondering about logging best practices in Go applications. Do you usually log directly in handlers, or do you log inside functions called by the handler (services, database functions, etc.)?

  submitted by /u/NoTutor4458
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