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[^2]\n\nEurostat reported on 2025-01-01 that the obesity rate in Cyprus rose to 15.5% for individuals aged 18 and older, compared to 13.8% in 2022. [^3]\n\nEEAI 2026, the European Conference on EDGE AI Technologies and Applications, will take place Oct. 19-21 in Mellieħa, Malta. [^4]\n\nBulgaria's youth unemployment rate for people under 25 rose to 14.1% in July 2026, marking the second consecutive monthly increase. [^5]\n\nThe number of unemployed people in Bulgaria was approximately 107,000 in July 2026, compared to 114,000 a year earlier. [^6]\n\nEurostat stated that more than half of adults in Cyprus fell into the overweight or obese categories in 2025 based on the combined statistics. [^7]\n\nEEAI 2026 is co-organized by European initiatives such as the Chips JU project EdgeAI and dAIEDGE network of excellence, with cooperation from CLEVER, REBECCA, TRISTAN, NEUROKIT2E, LoLiPoP IoT, SMARTY, and SMARTEDGE. [^8]\n\nThe conference will cover the edge AI technology stack, including edge AI frameworks, generative AI, agentic AI, architectures, algorithms, data types, and applications. [^9]\n\nThe Czech Republic recorded the lowest unemployment rate in the EU at 3.3% in July 2026, followed by Poland at 3.4% and Malta and Slovenia at 3.5%. [^10]\n\nThe European Union average obesity rate for individuals aged 18 and older was 16.3% in 2025, with 35.4% classified as overweight. [^11]\n\nTopics at EEAI 2026 include integrating high-performance generative models onto devices for real-time on-device content creation and reasoning. 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