Evkaf stakes claim on British bases land (updated)
The British bases on Tuesday gave reassurances that all Turkish Cypriot land is safeguarded and cannot be developed without the consent of its owners, following...
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Turkey weighs in on bases development, slams UK and Cyprus
Turkey criticised the UK and Cyprus on Friday over an agreement allowing development of certain areas inside the British sovereign bases 60 years after independence....
Cypriots on British bases can now develop properties
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday hailed as historic the signing of an agreement with the UK to allow development of certain areas inside the British...
Two men remanded by SBA police for growing cannabis
Two men were remanded in custody for one day on Wednesday morning after being arrested by the SBA Police just outside of Ypsonas on Tuesday...
Government denies Turkish pressure over aircraft on British bases
The agriculture ministry on Saturday rubbished a report by daily Phileleftheros suggesting two fire-fighting aircraft leased by Cyprus through EU co-funding were going to...
‘We will do this together’
By Major General Rob Thomson This fight against Covid-19 is far from over but, following the President’s speech on Wednesday, it’s a good moment to...
Coronavirus: British Forces donate food to families in need
The British base of Akrotiri has launched a food aid programme to help struggling families during the Covid-19 outbreak. Representatives of the police’s Community Unit...
Coronavirus: British bases and Cyprus police ‘working together’
Police from the British bases and the Republic have been working together to ensure adherence to the restrictions on movement by carrying out checks. Joint...
Coronavirus: Bases say seven, not nine cases in SBA
The British bases on Wednesday issued a clarification as regards the number of confirmed Covis-19 cases within the sovereign bases areas (SBA). A BFC spokesperson,...
Coronavirus: SBA adopts new measures announced by Republic
Authorities at the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) have confirmed that the new measures introduced by the Republic of Cyprus on Monday to control the spread...
Coronavirus: British bases close schools until after Easter
The British bases have closed all six schools as of 3pm on Wednesday until April 20, after the Easter holiday. “Bases schools will now transition...
Coronavirus: Bases say align with measures introduced by Nicosia
The British Bases say they have aligned with the measures introduced by the Republic of Cyprus to counter the spread of coronavirus, with Administrator of...
Coronavirus: British bases expected to abide by Cyprus rules regarding virus
The permanent secretary of the foreign ministry Tasos Tzonis on Monday met with British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie after the British bases’ authorities announced late...
Coronavirus: two confirmed cases on British bases
The British bases announced Sunday night that two members of the British Forces Cyprus community had tested positive for Covid-19. They are members of the...
Unficyp to monitor wellbeing of trapped Strovilia residents after north closes crossing
Unficyp on Thursday said it would continue to follow up on the well-being of Strovilia residents after the Turkish Cypriot side announced it would temporarily...
Several people in self-isolation at British bases
An unconfirmed number of people are currently in self-isolation at the British bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, but no cases of coronavirus have been reported...
Anti-bird trapping activist injured in poaching scuffle
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Wednesday demanded that the government restore the police anti-poaching unit after one of their volunteers was attacked by a criminal...
Squabble over responsibility for fly-tipping at Kouris river
British bases accused of not doing enough to prevent littering The Kouris river has become an informal dumping ground for rubbish and the British bases...
Escaped psychiatric patient turns himself in
A man who had escaped the psychiatric ward of Limassol hospital has turned himself in to police. Kyriakos Georghiou, 39, had been wanted since Tuesday...
Elderly man dies while swimming in Ormidhia
An elderly man lost his life on Thursday apparently while swimming in Ormidhia, in the Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia. The deceased was identified as Antonis...
