British Bases

In his first visit to troops deployed overseas, Defence Minister James Heappey was on island this week visiting personnel stationed within the Sovereign Base Areas...

Commander British Forces Cyprus, Major General Rob Thomson, visited Episkopi Primary School on February 27 to discuss the importance of reading with the children and...

The Sovereign Base Area Administration’s Cyprus Community Relations Funding (CCRF) gave close to €50,000 to Cypriot organisations and individuals in both the east and west...

BFC marks Safer Internet Day Bases school children joined in with the UK-led Safer Internet Day campaign on February 11 which aims to promote positive...

The 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment has welcomed a new Commanding Officer to the Alexander Barracks this month, with Lieutenant Colonel Andy...

King Richard’s School (KRS) Year 8 student, Charlie Brown, took a set of clippers to his locks last week to raise €500 for Macmillan Cancer...

Earlier this month, representatives from various organisations across British Forces Cyprus visited St John’s School in Episkopi to deliver a Drugs Substance Misuse presentation to...

Troops from the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment have been in Jordan over the past few weeks exercising alongside members of the Cyprus National Guard...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...