Are you laughing now, Cyprus?

‘Humour that has been shaped by centuries of upheaval’

Is Cyprus funny?

The Czech Republic is! According to new international research, it ranks as the most humorous country in the world – known for its dry wit, piercing irony, and quietly subversive sense of humour.

So is Greece. Ranking 6th in the world in the funny stakes, it’s a bastion of expressive self-deprecation; humour that’s been shaped by centuries of upheaval. Laughter, the study notes, is the Hellenic social glue...