Serbia seeking to buy Cyprus’ ageing combat helicopters
Defence ministry wants to offload old ones and buy new fleet The defence ministry has neither confirmed nor denied reports that Cyprus will replace its...
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Defence Minister takes part in teleconference on “Task Force Takuba” in Mali
Cyprus Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides participated in a Ministerial virtual conference on the “Task Force Takuba” operating in Mali. A press release issued by the...
Coronavirus: defence ministry extend suspension of exercises for reservists
The defence ministry has extended a postponement of army reservists’ duty until March 31, taking into account the risks of spreading the coronavirus, it announced...
Defence ministry seeking €70m in extra funds
The government will keep modernising the armed forces so that they remain a potent deterrent, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Monday. He was speaking...
Colonial era machine gun goes missing from army camp
The National Guard and the police have launched investigations to locate a colonial era machine gun that has gone missing from a military camp in...
Defence minister to discuss Turkey’s provocations with Israeli counterpart
Developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey’s provocations in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone will be discussed during a meeting Defence Minister, Savvas Angelides, will hold...
French aeronautical exercise in Nicosia FIR on Tuesday
A French aeronautical exercise will take place on Tuesday within the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR) in the region of Paphos and Polis Chrysochous. According...
Corrective steps being taken to address faulty army call-up system
The government reiterated on Friday that it is taking corrective steps to address shortcomings in the call-up system for National Guard reservists, an issue highlighted...
Audit office army report ‘could have compromised national security’
THE audit office ought to have refrained from making public its report on the state of the armed services’ recruitment system, the defence ministry said...
Cyprus and Serbia to exchange classified information
An agreement for the exchange of classified information was signed on Monday between the defence ministers of Cyprus and Serbia. Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides and Serbia’s Defence...
Israeli F16 jets over Paphos as part of joint exercise
JOINT military drills involving the armed forces of the Republic of Cyprus and Israel are being conducted on Monday. The joint exercise,”ONISILOS-Gedeon 1/2017″ will last...
Army plans to get conscripts out of the kitchen
National Guard conscripts serving their mandatory army time will be relieved of kitchen duties and diverted to operational needs early in 2017, according to defence...
Condition of heatstroke conscript remains serious
The condition of the 19-year-old conscript who is intubated at the Nicosia general hospital’s ICU after suffering heatstroke at Larnaca’s training facility on Thursday, remains...
Army to open applications process for professional soldiers on Friday (Updated)
The applications procedure to recruit 3,000 contract soldiers for the National Guard will begin on Friday June 3, and end on June 24, Politis reported...
Fire rips through Russian defence ministry building in Moscow
A fire ripped through a Russian Defence Ministry building in central Moscow on Sunday, sending plumes of smoke over the Russian capital as fire fighters...
State ordered to compensate conscript for back injury
The state has been ordered to compensate a former conscript for back injuries he sustained during his stint in the National Guard. In a ruling...
Longer alternative service for ‘mentally unfit’ conscripts
By Staff Reporter CONSCRIPTS deemed to be mentally unfit will no longer be able to secure a full discharge but will rather be required to...
RAF man given medal for saving Cypriot families in 1963-64
By Annette Chrysostomou After more than 50 years, an ex-RAF serviceman was awarded a medal for saving Cypriot families during the conflicts in the 1960s,...
Our View: Staff pressure not defence needs behind army promotions
NOBODY seemed at all bothered by the government bill which, if approved, would increase the number of colonels serving in the National Guard from 57...
Probe ordered into ‘souvlaki riot’ at Larnaca boot camp
By Evie Andreou A probe was ordered into an incident that occurred on Tuesday night at the Larnaca boot camp when reportedly a large number...