Add EU age verification + Cyprus ban articles (EN/DE/FR)

Two new articles covering this weeks news:
1. EU Commission age verification app (April 15) with parental options guide
2. Cyprus under-15 social media ban (April 16)

Also updates Greece article Cyprus section and global country data.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

content/en/greece-social-media-ban-under-15.md

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Greece is not alone. Countries around the world are taking similar steps:
 | **Indonesia** | Under 16 | Enforced (Mar 2026) | Companies summoned for non-compliance |
 | **France** | Under 15 | Passed (Apr 2026) | Arcom regulator blacklist approach |
 | **Greece** | Under 15 | Announced (Apr 2026) | Takes effect Jan 2027 |
+| **Cyprus** | Under 15 | Announced (Apr 2026) | EU age verification app + Digital Citizen |
 | **Norway** | Under 15 | Proposed | Bill in progress |
 
 ## Does It Actually Work? The Australian Experience
@@ -72,17 +73,15 @@ To enforce a ban, platforms need to know how old their users are. But verifying
 
 Greece, along with France, Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Cyprus, is part of an **EU age verification pilot program** testing solutions that link to national population registries.
 
-## What About Cyprus?
+## Update: Cyprus Follows with Its Own Ban
 
-As an EU member state and close neighbor of Greece, Cyprus is watching closely:
+Just eight days after Greece's announcement, Cyprus followed suit. On April 16, 2026, President Nikos Christodoulides announced that children under 15 will no longer be allowed to use social media in Cyprus — making it the latest EU country to act.
 
-- **Current age limit**: 14 (under GDPR framework)
-- **Active proposal**: A bill to raise the minimum age from 14 to 16 is being debated in the House Legal Affairs Committee
-- **EU presidency priority**: President Nikos Christodoulides has declared child digital safety a priority for Cyprus's 2026 EU presidency
-- **Joint letter**: Cyprus co-signed a letter with France, Greece, Spain, Denmark, and Slovenia calling for an EU-wide "digital age of majority"
-- **Age verification pilot**: Cyprus is one of six EU countries testing age verification technology
+Cyprus plans to enforce the ban using the EU's new age verification app, integrated into its national "Digital Citizen" application. Platforms that fail to block underage users face sanctions of up to 6% of global annual turnover.
 
-Cyprus has also introduced a separate bill to make **digital citizenship education mandatory** in all schools — teaching young people to use the internet safely rather than simply banning them from parts of it.
+The country is also making digital citizenship education mandatory in all schools — combining a ban with long-term education.
+
+For full details, see [Cyprus Bans Social Media for Children Under 15](/en/cyprus-social-media-ban-under-15/).
 
 ## Both Sides of the Debate