Refugees moved to temporary Kokkinotrimithia camp (Updated)
Fifty-one refugees believed to have arrived in the north from Turkey by boat and who crossed through the buffer zone at Limnitis, have been...
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Runaway boys found safe and sound after all-night search
Two Russian lads aged 11 and 12 who were reported missing from their houses since Sunday afternoon were found safe and well, not far from...
First phase of annual Argonaftis exercise begins Monday
Civil Defence, in cooperation with the foreign ministry, National Guard and other state agencies are organising the first phase of the annual exercise Argonaftis 2016...
Civil defence in Larnaca earthquake exercise
Dealing with a catastrophic earthquake was the scenario for a civil defence exercise which was successfully conducted in Larnaca on Wednesday morning. A total of...
Search for missing pensioner in Paphos
Police were on Sunday still searching for a 92-year-old man Pavlos Charalambous from Praitori in Paphos who went to church on Saturday afternoon but never...
More refugees moved to temporary camp
By Andria Kades Another three people were taken to the Kokkinotrimithia temporary camp on Thursday from the group of 26 that were rescued off the...
Interview process for Akrotiri migrants completed
The interview process for all 114 migrants rescued early on Wednesday morning off the British Base of Akrotiri has been completed, Civil Defence spokeswoman Olivia...
Government officials at Akrotiri to interview refugees
By Evie Andreou The next steps in the handling of the 114 refugees who arrived Wednesday morning on board two boats at Lady’s Mile beach,...
Cyprus participating in biggest evacuation exercise held to date
THE FIRST phase of the search rescue exercise ‘Argonaftis’ (Argonaut) 2015 took place yesterday, with Cyprus joining efforts with 18 other countries to test the...
Peyia residents invited to discuss emergency preparedness
By Bejay Browne The British High Commission in partnership with Cyprus Civil Defence is organising a briefing in Peyia in Paphos this evening to promote better...
Refugees say they’re at breaking point
By Evie Andreou CLOSE to breaking point, and devastated by the recent death of one of their own, some 60 Syrian refugees from the 337...
Missing octogenarian found sleeping under a bush
The 81-year-old former Bolshoi ballet dancer Vlason Stanislav who went missing from his Limassol house on Friday was found sleeping under a bush on Sunday...
Annual Argonaftis exercise underway
By Staff Reporter The annual sea, air and land exercise Argonaftis began on Monday in collaboration with the defence, foreign, interior and justice ministries. The...
Civil defence ‘needs to get younger’
By Angelos Anastasiou THE interior ministry is preparing a roadmap to restructure the Civil Defence in order to deal with the fact that a third...
Authorities ‘on standby 24/7’ to help stranded villages
By Poly Pantelides AUTHORITIES said on Friday they would be vigilant overnight as cut-off villages braced for a third night of bitter cold and bad...