#British Bases

RAF Akrotiri’s 84 Squadron helicopter crew have marked an historic landmark by celebrating 50 years of operational service in Cyprus. Formed on January 19, 1972, the squadron was originally equipped with the Whirlwind ...

British bases police (SBA) have donated 23 computer towers seized from gambling joints to nine schools. The computer towers, which were seized in SBA Police online gambling raids in 2020, have been ...

British Bases entomologist Kelly Martinou has urged nature lovers in Cyprus to download the recently launched Flower-Insect Timed (FIT) Count application to learn more about pollinators and help scientists collect ...

Staff from the Akrotiri Environmental and Education Centre and members of the cyprus Game and Fauna Service, this week released four protected bird species back into the wild after they ...

The cabinet on Friday approved a grant scheme to support new entrepreneurial activity on the British Bases in Cyprus. The scheme which will be launched within October will be financed ...

British bases police and their Cypriot counterparts (CyPol) have just completed an annual week-long joint exercise. The annual drill saw the SBA police’s negotiator team involved for a third ...

Captain Stelios Kotzikas, the Republic of Cyprus Forestry Department’s Aerial Fire Fighting Unit Chief Pilot, has paid tribute to a working relationship with the Bases that dates back to 1983. ...

A soldier serving at the British bases died in a road accident early on Saturday on the Kolossi to Akrtotiri road while two others who were in the same vehicle ...

The British bases have announced the construction of a wheelchair ramp on Lady’s Mile beach to improve disabled access. It is the fourth ramp installed this year on Limassol ...

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 ...