Covert surveillance sees more trappers caught, fined by SBA court
By Christos Papadopoulos The British Bases (SBA) court in Dhekelia on Wednesday handed out sentences to four more bird trappers caught on covert cameras in...
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World Court: British handling of Chagos Islands “unlawful” (Update 1)
The World Court on Monday backed Mauritius in a colonial-era dispute over the Chagos Islands, saying Britain’s handling of decolonisation and the displacement of islanders from the...
Bases arrest man for illegal possession of 49 birds
The British bases in Dhekelia arrested a man for illegally caging 49 wild birds on his land in Achna, the British forces announced on Friday....
Mauritius territorial claim against UK of interest to Cyprus
Cyprus will be among 22 countries that will present arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week in a dispute between the UK...
Bases deny raising objections to casino resort
The British bases have said that contrary to some reports in the local press they have not raised any objections to the Zakaki casino resort...
British bases ask to reserve airspace within Nicosia FIR ‘for preparatory reasons’
The Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) on Thursday requested from Cypriot authorities to reserve airspace within Nicosia’s Flight Information Region (FIR), according to the head of...
Bases police send message by destroying poaching paraphernalia
Police in the British base in Dhekelia on Friday said they have dealt a blow to bird trappers and highlighted their commitment to stamping out...
Bases police hand prisoner to Cypriot police
A convicted prisoner who served a two-year sentence at the British bases prison in Dhekelia for a drugs-related case was handed over to the Cypriot...
Bases officer receives medal
Queen Elizabeth has awarded Dhekelia officer Andreas Pitsillides with the Overseas Territory Police Medal, the only one of its kind handed out in 2018 across...
May tells British soldiers should feel ‘proud’ (updated)
Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday told British forces in Cyprus that they should be proud of helping to crush the caliphate declared by the...
Russia will keep bases in Syria ‘to strike at terrorists’
Russia will keep a naval and an air base in Syria capable of carrying out strikes against “terrorists” if required after a partial military pull-out announced by...
Turkish Cypriot jailed in UK for money laundering
A Turkish Cypriot man arrested by British bases authorities (SBA) earlier this year in Ayios Nicolaos has been sentenced to over five years in prison...
Turkish Cypriots want a say in bases post Brexit talks
Turkish Cypriots said on Thursday they want to have a say in negotiations between the republic and the British government on the status of the...
Bases soldier among suspected far-right UK arrests
A soldier from the British base in Dhekelia was among four men arrested on Tuesday, including suspicion of belonging to a banned far-right group and...
Bases destroy trapper irrigation pipes
The British bases (SBA) said Friday they have destroyed two kilometres of irrigation pipes on Cape Pyla used to water acacia bushes planted with the...
British bases to carry out demolitions
The British bases said they will be conducting routine explosive demolitions at RAF Akrotiri in the Limassol area, on Tuesday, from 8am to 4pm. In...
Bases remove irrigation pipes used by bird trappers
As part of efforts to fight bird trapping, British bases (SBA) authorities have removed illegal irrigation pipes used by trappers at the Cape Pyla range...
Man arrested for possession of 5kg of cannabis
A 25-year-old Larnaca resident was arrested by British bases police on Friday in connection with possession of five kilos of cannabis. The man was arrested...
Archaeological therapy for injured soldiers (VIDEO)
A unique archaeological project, a collaboration of injured UK forces personnel and archaeologists, has proved to be a great success, organisers say. Archaeologists from the...
Britain: we are deepening our defence relationship with Cyprus (Updated)
Cyprus has a role to play in the coalition against the Islamic State, clamping down on foreign fighters and providing essential aid to those caught...
