#Akrotiri

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday that Cyprus will seek a reassessment of the future of the British bases once the current regional crisis subsides, declaring that “everything is on ...

The United Kingdom’s bases in Cyprus are “a colonial remnant”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, before calling for their status to be up for discussion following the conclusion ...

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said that her government takes its relationship with Cyprus “immensely seriously” while facing questions from MPs regarding the decisions taken regarding its bases on ...

Pupils returned to their schools on Monday following Friday’s lifting of the evacuation order in Akrotiri. “We have returned to our daily lives and the children are back in ...

The nursery school and primary school in the village of Akrotiri, as well as the village’s environmental education centre will reopen on Monday, the education ministry confirmed on Friday. ...

United States officials were flown from the Harir airbase near the Iraqi city of Erbil to the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail has been informed, ...

Pupils of the nursery school and primary school in the village of Akrotiri, both of which have been closed for a week in the aftermath of a drone strike on ...

The parents’ association in Akrotiri on Monday requested the temporary relocation of the community’s nursery and primary schools, citing growing fears following last week’s drone attack on the ...

The sirens went off once again in Akrotiri and residents received an sms concerning an ongoing security threat. The alert was over a few minutes later. “There is an ongoing ...

British families residing in the British Akrotiri base will remain evacuated until next Friday in a precautionary measure amid the ongoing tensions in the region, the bases said on Saturday. ...

Germany has said it will not send military support to Cyprus despite rising security concerns in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that its defence responsibilities are concentrated on Nato’s eastern ...

Commissioner of the presidency, Marios Hartsiotis, visited residents of Akrotiri staying in three Limassol hotels on Friday morning, assuring them that the state is supporting their safety, health and well-being ...

A number of “top experts” from the United Kingdom arrived in Cyprus on Friday with the aim of coordinating the air defences of the British bases on the island, British ...

The primary school in the village of Akrotiri, as well as the village’s nursery school and environmental education centre, will remain closed on Monday next week, the education ministry ...

Employees of the British base’s civil administration branch of Pasydy have formally requested the immediate introduction of teleworking for personnel working within the British base areas, citing growing security ...

Sirens wailed on Thursday in Akrotiri and residents received sms alerts that there was an ongoing security threat. “Only for Akrotiri residents: There is an ongoing security threat. Please remain ...

The sounding of sirens and the activation of relevant security protocols at the British air force base Akrotiri overnight were precautionary measures, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on late Wednesday ...

Civil Defence members continue to patrol the Akrotiri area and nearby communities housing critical infrastructure, spokesman Panagiotis Liasidis told CNA on Wednesday. Meanwhile all residents of Mantria have returned to ...

Akrotiri municipality will remain under evacuation until Friday, authorities confirmed on Tuesday, with the situation set to be reassessed at the end of the week. Civil defence teams are continuing ...

Communities around the Akrotiri British air base reported a quiet night, following Monday’s Iranian-backed drone strike launched from Lebanon, however they did report people panicking and hundreds contacting the ...

Britain has yet to decide whether it will send a warship to defend its Royal Air Force Akrotiri base in Cyprus, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas is scheduled to meet with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias to discuss developments in the region in view of the ongoing war between the United States, ...

A “security threat” was briefly declared at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus on Tuesday morning, though the threat swiftly passed, the Cyprus Mail has learned. ...

The government publicly expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United Kingdom on Monday over the absence of what it described as “clear and timely assurances” that the British bases on the ...