Posts tagged with "British Bases"

Villages on British bases angered over development plan delays Cyprus

Villages on British bases angered over development plan delays

August 7th, 2018 Residents of communities in the British bases are angry because an agreement made four years ago to regulate building private residences has still not been finalised, it was reported on Monday. Community leader of Erimi told daily Phileleftheros that the communities have waited long enough. According to the news article, every...
Bases police arrest two men after car chase Cyprus

Bases police arrest two men after car chase

July 26th, 2018 British bases police arrested two men just after 7am Thursday, following a car chase and the firing of warning shots in western Limassol. The two men were first detected by Limassol police in the Zakaki area. The driver ignored a police signal to stop and sped away. Police gave chase and fired warning shots into the air. The car...
Post-mortem confirms woman’s death by drowning Cyprus

Post-mortem confirms woman’s death by drowning

July 19th, 2018 The cause of death of a 60-year-old woman found dead on the Xylofagou’s shores was asphyxiation as a result of drowning, a post-mortem carried out on Thursday revealed. Niki Christofidi, 60 from Lythrodontas had been on a boat with her husband, son and two relatives near the red cliffs in Xylofagou, when water started filling the...
Woman, 60, dead after boat with five on board capsizes (Updated) Cyprus

Woman, 60, dead after boat with five on board capsizes (Updated)

July 18th, 2018 A 60-YEAR-OLD woman died on Wednesday after a small vessel she was in with another four people capsized off the Xylofagou coast near the red cliffs. Niki Christofidi, from Lythrodontas had been on the boat with her husband and son as well as two other relatives, as part of a family outing. They had departed from Ormidia, passed...
UK armed forces minister on two-day visit Cyprus

UK armed forces minister on two-day visit

June 22nd, 2018 British Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster arrives in Cyprus on Friday for a two day visit to underline the deepening defence relationship between the UK and Cyprus. The minister will hold bilateral talks with Defence Minister Savvas Angelides, visit the British bases (SBA) to review operations, and meet British military personnel...
Huge fire causes extensive damage to farm Cyprus

Huge fire causes extensive damage to farm

June 16th, 2018 A fire in Xylotymbou late Friday destroyed farming equipment and 1,000 bales of hay all worth over €200,000. The farm, which was inside the jurisdiction of the British bases (SBA), broke out at around 10pm on Friday, the authorities said. SBA Dhekelia deputy police chief Andreas Pitsillides said the fire service responded with...
British bases drugs arrest Crime

British bases drugs arrest

June 15th, 2018 Members of the drug squad and British bases police arrested four people for the possession of six kilos of cannabis on Thursday. The four, two of them aged 41, one 38-year-old and a 37-year-old man, all residents of Limassol, were arrested during a coordinated operation targeting drug traffickers. The suspects are being held by the...
Peaceniks march on Akrotiri airbase, Kyprianou slams government Cyprus

Peaceniks march on Akrotiri airbase, Kyprianou slams government

June 10th, 2018 Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Sunday accused the Anastasiades government of being complicit in the deaths of thousands of people in the region, from Gaza to Syria, by remaining silent on the role of the British bases. Kyprianou was one of the main speakers at a protest march on Akrotiri RAF base, organised by the Cyprus Peace...
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...
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