National Guard opens electronic registration platform for 2022 intake
Teenagers who will join the National Guard in 2022 can submit their details via an electronic platform, based on which a decision on where they...
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New army recruits start reporting for service
New army recruits started reporting for duty on Monday at recruitment centres around the island. Conscripts all over the island are reporting to camps in...
House rejects budget that would allow conscripts to study in UK (Updated)
Parliament on Friday rejected a supplementary budget earmarked for the recruitment of contract soldiers that would have replaced conscripts who would have been given a...
Parents complain to parliament over delays in decision on army deferral
Parents of conscripts wishing to defer their army service to begin studies in the UK this year sent a complaint to parliament on Wednesday, as...
As crunch army vote nears unclear which way vote will go
It remains unclear as to which way parliament will vote on Friday when they decide the fate of national guardsmen seeking to defer their service....
Conscripts’ UK studies in the balance awaiting House vote
A bill set to be voted on in parliament later on Friday would finally allow a group of national guardsmen to defer their service and...
Anastasiades pledges to personally intervene to help male students
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday he would personally intervene to try and help male students facing fee hikes at British universities after they finish...
Government has abandoned 522 boys over UK college fee hike say parents
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou was on the defensive on Thursday as parents of 522 soldiers attacked the government, a day after it was announced that...
First new recruits report to army (with pics)
National Guard conscripts started to report for duty on Monday with school graduates presenting at recruitment centres (KEN) in Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos. Due...
Coronavirus: army studying scenarios for 2020 summer conscription
Military authorities are studying various scenarios regarding the summer’s conscription, which will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The defence ministry and the army command...
