Posts tagged with "British Bases"

Police remind Limassol residents that British bases destroying ammo Cyprus

Police remind Limassol residents that British bases destroying ammo

May 8th, 2018 Police on Tuesday informed residents in the Limassol district that destruction of ammunition was taking place at RAF Akrotiri until 4pm. The work will be completed on Thursday. The bases announced last week that routine explosive demolitions would be conducted at RAF Akrotiri between 9am and 4pm from May 8 to 10. “Please do...
Bases deal ‘devastating’ blow to illegal casinos Cyprus

Bases deal ‘devastating’ blow to illegal casinos

May 2nd, 2018 British bases (SBA) police in Akrotiri on Wednesday destroyed thousands of euros worth of illegal gambling equipment seized in numerous operations over the past year. The raids on illegal casinos, which mostly took place in the villages of Trachoni and Ypsonas, have seen the police’s anti-gambling task force seize roulette and black...
Akel protests against Syria strike and use of British bases Cyprus

Akel protests against Syria strike and use of British bases

April 16th, 2018 Edon, the youth wing of communist Akel, staged a demonstration outside the heavily fortressed US embassy in Nicosia on Monday night to protest against air strikes on Syria at the weekend, some of which were launched from the British base at Akrotiri. Main opposition Akel has accused the government of being complicit in the air strikes...
Brit expats incredulous over UK reports of terrified tourists Cyprus

Brit expats incredulous over UK reports of terrified tourists

April 16th, 2018 British expat residents, tourists and officials in Paphos launched scathing attacks on the tabloid British media on Monday after ‘scaremongering’ reports in sections of the press that tourists were fleeing the island in fear of their lives and that others were cancelling their holidays. “This is utter nonsense and there is no...
Britain, Cyprus and the use of the British bases Cyprus

Britain, Cyprus and the use of the British bases

April 14th, 2018 Under the 1960 Treaty of Establishment arrangements, Britain does not require Cypriot consent on how its bases are used, the former foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Saturday. But he added that it was usual for the British government to inform Cyprus before the bases are used in military operations. Cyprus was apparently not...
Britain says we had to attack Syria, strikes highly successful Middle East

Britain says we had to attack Syria, strikes highly successful

April 14th, 2018 British had no alternative but to take military action to degrade Syria's chemical weapons capability, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday after ordering air-launched cruise missile strikes along with the United States and France. Four Royal Air Force Tornado jets from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus fired Storm Shadow missiles...
President only told of bases' role hours after strike (Update 3) Cyprus

President only told of bases' role hours after strike (Update 3)

April 14th, 2018 Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May only informed President Nicos Anastasiades just after midday on Saturday about the air strikes on Syrian targets, hours after the British base at Akrotiri had been used to launch the British attack. According to the government spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, May called Anastasiades to brief him...
Government treads carefully on bases' role in any Syria attack Cyprus

Government treads carefully on bases' role in any Syria attack

April 11th, 2018 Cyprus is not involved in any planned military strikes against Syria, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. He also gave reassurances that there were no security risks for Cyprus from such operations. Prodromou said that Nicosia had received no requests by other countries to provide facilities for their military...
Bird trapping falls to near all-time low Cyprus

Bird trapping falls to near all-time low

April 4th, 2018 Bird trapping levels dropped to an almost all-time low in autumn 2017, BirdLife Cyprus announced on Tuesday. Data from the organisation’s systematic awareness programme for last autumn show a reduction of 79 per cent in mist netting levels, compared to 2002. Last year’s level was 21 out of an index of 100, the second-lowest since...
Bases praised for bird-trapping crackdown Cyprus

Bases praised for bird-trapping crackdown

March 5th, 2018 The number of songbirds being illegally killed on a UK military base in Cyprus to supply restaurants has fallen by 70 per cent last year, wildlife experts said. More than 260,000 birds such as black caps and robins were trapped and killed last autumn at the British territory, the RSPB said. But the figure is down 70 per cent on the...
Bases announce routine exercises at Akrotiri Cyprus

Bases announce routine exercises at Akrotiri

March 5th, 2018 A routine British military exercise to conduct essential operational military training will be carried out at RAF Akrotiri between 8th-18th and 14th-16th March. The training will include the movement of troops and vehicles, boats and helicopters and there may be some disturbance during these times. A number of the scenarios will...
Rare black flamingo returns to base Cyprus

Rare black flamingo returns to base

February 28th, 2018 A rare black flamingo has returned to the Akrotiri Salt Lake for the third time in four years, the British bases said on Wednesday. The flamingo, which is believed to suffer from ‘melanism’, a genetic irregularity which turns it a dark brown or black, had caused a media storm all over the world when it first arrived in...
Heavy penalties for bird trappers after covert surveillance on bases [VIDEO] Cyprus

Heavy penalties for bird trappers after covert surveillance on bases [VIDEO]

January 20th, 2018 A total of 19 individuals were successfully convicted for offences committed in 2016 related to illegal bird trapping, BirdLife Cyprus has announced. All 19 received fines, while seven of them also received suspended jail sentences The last case with most severe sentences for two individuals included fines of €6,600 and €3,200...
Theresa May to visit British bases on Friday Cyprus

Theresa May to visit British bases on Friday

December 21st, 2017 British Prime Minister Theresa May is paying a flash visit to Cyprus on Friday, reports said. May will be visiting the Sovereign Base Areas for a Christmas meet-and-greet with personnel. According to government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides, the British Prime Minister will not have any contacts with Cypriot officials during her...
Cypriot employee receives British Bases commendation award Cyprus

Cypriot employee receives British Bases commendation award

November 10th, 2017 Cypriot mechanical engineer Nikos Akamas was one of the recipients of commendations awarded on Tuesday by the commander of the British bases in Cyprus for his outstanding service over the past 20 years, the British bases said in a statement. The 52 year old, who is in charge of maintenance, budgets and servicing of vehicles and...
Bases police raid casino, arrest 13 Cyprus

Bases police raid casino, arrest 13

October 31st, 2017 British bases (SBA) police on Tuesday raided an illegal casino in Trachoni, Limassol, arresting 13 and seizing cash, computers, and gambling tables. According to SBA police, the Blue Live casino on the new Trachoni road was raided at 8pm on Tuesday morning. Inside the establishment, which was already the subject of a closure...
British minister defends bases bird trapping crackdown Cyprus

British minister defends bases bird trapping crackdown

October 18th, 2017 Minister of State for the Armed Forces Mark Lancaster said on Wednesday that tackling illegal bird trapping was one of the British bases’ top priorities. Lancaster was at the House of Commons to answer questions submitted in writing by a number of MPs on illegal bird trapping within the British bases territory in...
British bases acquire drone technology to fight crime Cyprus

British bases acquire drone technology to fight crime

September 21st, 2017 British bases police on Thursday revealed new drone technology to help fight crime, including illegal bird trapping. The drone can help find missing persons, obtain evidence which can be used in court and is especially useful in combating illegal bird trapping, which is why it is in possession of bases police in Dhekelia, the area...
Cannabis plantation hidden in underground container Cyprus

Cannabis plantation hidden in underground container

September 20th, 2017 Authorities have discovered a buried 20-foot container that was being used to grow cannabis in a field near the village of Xylotympou inside the jurisdiction of the British bases (SBA) Inside the container, which could only be accessed through a hatch, officers found 32 plastic pots with cannabis plants measuring 30 centimetres,...
Hydro-acoustic system to listen for nuclear tests Cyprus

Hydro-acoustic system to listen for nuclear tests

August 21st, 2017 The government has struck a deal with the US for the installation of a seismic hydro-acoustic system that will monitor the wider region for underwater explosions, it emerged on Monday. In a statement issued by the foreign ministry, the government said the system will be used as part of efforts to bolster the capabilities of the...
Brexit will not affect bases development deal Cyprus

Brexit will not affect bases development deal

August 10th, 2017 BRITAIN’S exit from the EU will not affect urban planning and development within the British Bases, as provided for under the Cyprus-UK Agreement, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday. The source told CNA that a representative ministry has participated as an observer in the occasional meetings and consultations held among...
British soldier arrested for hit-and-run that killed comrade (Updated) Cyprus

British soldier arrested for hit-and-run that killed comrade (Updated)

August 1st, 2017 A British soldier has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run that killed another British soldier on Saturday night in Dhekelia, the bases said on Tuesday. “British Forces Cyprus can confirm that a member of the British military has been arrested in connection to the road traffic incident on July 29 which resulted in the...
British soldier killed in hit-and-run named Cyprus

British soldier killed in hit-and-run named

July 31st, 2017 The British bases on Monday named the soldier who was killed in a hit-and-run near Dhekelia on Saturday night as Corporal John Fernandez, 32, from the 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, The incident happened around 8.30pm on the Famagusta-Larnaca road, 100 metres from a petrol station in Dhekelia. The...
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