Mosquito experts visit Akrotiri
The Sovereign Base Area Environmental Department and the Joint Services Health Unit (JSHU) hosted a training seminar last week on harmonising Aedes Invasive Mosquito (AIM)...
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New Year’s Honour List for entomologist
Dr Kelly Martinou from the Joint Services Health Unit working in RAF Akrotiri has been awarded the Commander Strategic Command Commendation as part of Her...
Carrying the weight of poor mental health
British Forces Cyprus personnel island-wide have taken up the what is known as the Medicine Ball Challenge to raise awareness about mental health issues. The...
Desalination plant evacuated near Kouris river
Disaster was averted last week after the Sovereign Base Area Police and its partners from within the Republic of Cyprus managed to divert the overflowing...
RDA welcomes three new ponies
Riding for the Disabled (RDA) have started the new year in positive fashion after taking delivery of three new ponies, thanks to the fund-raising efforts...
New recruits sworn in
The first tranche of 30 new Sovereign Base Area Police recruits were sworn in on Tuesday morning with the officers now ready to begin two...
SBA Police bringing Christmas cheer to local communities
The Sovereign Base Area Police have been delivering some Christmas cheer in the build-up to the holiday period this week after visiting two local schools...
Dhekelia-based 1 PWRR team train in Morocco
A training team from the Dhekelia-based The 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment has returned to Cyprus after deploying to Morocco to train...
SBA Police honoured for bird-trapping operations
The Sovereign Base Area Police’s Community Action Team (CAT) have been awarded two of the most coveted environmental awards across defence for their work in...
BFC community raising money for homeless
Members of the British Forces Cyprus community ‘slept rough’ last Saturday night as part of The World’s Big Sleep Out. The charity event, which saw...
Thousands of flamingos on Akrotiri salt lake
Staff at the Akrotiri Environmental and Education Centre have confirmed that approximately 11,000 flamingos have taken up residence at the salt lake site this year...
Bases and RoC in joint Troodos exercise
Last week saw emergency services from across the Bases and within the Republic of Cyprus take part in a large-scale exercise in Troodos to test...
Cycle Challenge raises €22,000
The first-ever Chief Constable’s Cycle Challenge to help 10 Cypriot children in need of medical care and two schools specialising in working with children with...
Road Safety Week success
Command Master Driver, Warrant Officer 1 Craig McIntyre, has said this year’s Road Safety Week has proved a huge success in raising awareness about the...
BFC community welcomes Children in Need to Cyprus
The British Forces Cyprus community featured in a two-minute video on the BBC’s Children in Need charity appeal last week after raising £10,000 for the...
Tartan Army donates to RDA
Ahead of last weekend’s Cyprus versus Scotland European Championship qualifying match in Nicosia, the official Tartan Amy Children’s Charity (TACC) visited Riding for the Disabled...
Drug Dealer sentenced to 25 months prison
A Greek Cypriot man living in Trachoni was jailed for 25 months in Her Majesty’s Prison, Dhekelia last week, after being found guilty for the...
Cypriots honoured by Bases Commander
Following the latest round of Commander British Forces Cyprus Commendations, a number of locally employed staff have been honoured once again for their dedication and...
Bird trapping ‘almost eradicated’
Sovereign Base Area Police officials have this week confirmed the illegal trapping of Ambelopoulia – Black Caps – has decreased a further 55 per cent...
Silver medals for 2 Mercian Cambrian Patrol teams
Two teams from the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment returned from Wales last month having secured silver medals at the world-renowned infantry competition, Exercise Cambrian...
