#British Bases

Bases have invested heavily in staff and equipment By Nick Theodoulou Thermal cameras, 24 new personnel and around-the-clock patrols are the most visible results of a recent spending spree at the ...

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, arrived in Limassol port on Wednesday. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, that departed from Portsmouth on May 22, ...

British warship HMS Queen Elizabeth will dock at Limassol port on June 30, when a range of activities is planned “to showcase and develop the strong and dynamic UK-Cyprus defence partnership”, ...

The British bases on Wednesday did not confirm or deny reports from the UK that ten of its soldiers had tested positive for cocaine. Ten SBA personnel who allegedly failed ...

The Sovereign Base Area Police has confirmed a huge capability upgrade after taking delivery of six new armoured vehicles, with a further one set to arrive before the end of ...

The British bases have recorded a close to 95 per cent reduction in the illegal trapping of ambelopoulia, also known as black caps, it was announced on Thursday. These findings were ...

Two cheques totalling €48,119 were on Tuesday presented to the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Association and the One Dream, One Wish charity organisation, by Bases Administrator Major General Rob Thomson. The money, which ...

The Cyprus Community Relations Fund (CCRF) team has started distributing €40,000 to the Sovereign Base Areas community to help fund numerous projects, the British Bases said on Wednesday. The money, from ...

The British government is to invest significantly in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, and other Overseas Territories (OT) according to a 100-page strategy, Global Britain in a Competitive Age, ...

Police on Saturday were investigating after a fisherman found a chunk of what appears to be a piece of a British Tornado fighter jet in the sea. Both the police, ...

The British Bases said on Wednesday that their vaccination programme will begin on March 1 with individuals falling into vulnerable groups offered the vaccine first. The AstraZeneca vaccine was flown into ...

Three Russian nationals were fined a combined total of €900 by Akrotiri police for having a picnic on South Paramali beach on Sunday. In a press release on Tuesday, the British ...

Dherynia municipality on Wednesday said it was looking at ways to keep the people who live in Strovilia in place and also increase the population of the area. Mayor Andros ...

The Sovereign Base Area Police Akrotiri Division has donated 123 boxes of food to 10 of its surrounding communities as part of its Food Aid programme to help struggling families during the ...

Schools, gyms, and indoor dining facilities will remain open at the British bases despite such services being shuttered across the Republic. As of Tuesday morning, the bases have recorded 76 Covid-19 ...