Greek City Times: Cyprusays, The First Cypriot Greek Language App, Wins International Award

Greek City Times profiles Cyprusays Founder & CEO Effie Athanassiou following her win at the CYDIA Awards 2026, tracing the personal story behind the app from her experience growing up in the Cypriot diaspora to building the world’s first mobile app dedicated to teaching Cypriot Greek.

The article also explores the academic and technology team behind Cyprusays, the challenges of bringing Cypriot Greek into a structured digital learning environment and the broader mission to give the language its own space, recognition and future for learners in Cyprus and across the diaspora.

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