#Defence

Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday. The missiles would be existing arms modified to ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides met his Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, the ongoing cooperation on armaments and the trilateral pact between Cyprus, ...

Cyprus-based research and development company SignalGeneriX announced its participation in three EU funded defence projects with a funding total of €65 million, describing this as a major success for itself and ...

Huge strides have been made towards the strengthening the island’s defensive capability, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday addressing military academy graduates during their confirmation ceremony at the ...

The selection process for this year’s army recruits and their allocation in various units of the national guard has been decided with meritocracy, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on ...

The defence ministry pledged on Thursday that if anyone were found responsible for the National Guard accident that led to the fatal injury of a 27-year-old commando, they would be ...

The defence ministry and Airbus on Friday signed the deal for supplying the Republic with six H145M light attack helicopters with the option of acquiring an additional six in ...

By Elias Hazou and Christodoulos Mavroudis The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Thursday called the armaments activities on the Greek-Cypriot side a provocation and a threat to stability on the ...

The National Guard on Saturday announced that the Nikitis-Dimitra 2022 military exercise was successfully concluded. The exercise was large-scale and was conducted on land, sea and air. Government agencies and services ...

Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday to see the large bilateral military exercise Agapinor, which started on Sunday. He was greeted at Paphos international airport ...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz is expected in Cyprus in the next couple of days to watch the large bilateral military exercise on the island Agapinor, which started on Sunday. ...

A large-scale military exercise ‘Agapinor-2022’ in which the national guard and the armed forces of Israel will participate will take place from Sunday until June 2, the defence ministry announced. The ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides will travel to the United States on Sunday for a working visit, marking a milestone in Cyprus-US relations as he will be the first Cypriot defence ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday a man on remand for allegedly taking payment to secure boys did not have to do the army was not employed at the ...

The multinational military exercise Argonaut 2022 drew to a close on Friday, helping prepare the island for any crisis situations, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said. The exercise, held after a two ...

Cyprus does not meet the terms and conditions to apply for Nato membership and will not apply for the moment, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday on the sidelines ...

Cyprus supports the European Union’s timely action in emerging conflicts before they escalate into a crisis, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday. He was speaking after attending the ...

The multinational civil-military exercise Argonaftis 2022, will take place between May 16 and 20, the defence ministry announced on Sunday. Argonaftis is an annual sea, air and land drill. It has not taken ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides commemorated the fallen soldiers and those currently serving in the army as he marked Saint George’s day on Friday. In his speech at Lieutenant General ...

Cyprus acts as a bridge between the Middle East, the Arabian Gulf and Europe in the field of cybersecurity, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Wednesday. “We need a genuine ...

More than 3,700 former national guardsmen who have failed to sign up as reservists have been tracked down in the past few months as a result of closer cooperation between the ...

Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides on Sunday suggested that Nicosia was keen on joining Nato in light of the current status quo on the island, if it wasn’t for Turkey. ...

Reports that the Cyprus government had been asked to give its Russian-made weapon systems to Ukraine has put the government in a quandary. Although Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides ruled this ...

Deepening cooperation between Cyprus and Egypt was at the centre of a meeting on Tuesday between President Nicos Anastasiades and Egypt’s army chief Lieutenant General Osama Askar, who is ...