Fire drill taking place in Paphos on Thursday, no cause for alarm
The fire department on Wednesday issued an alert to the public that there would be an exercise taking place on Thursday at 9am in Paphos...
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National Guard completes joint exercise in Egypt
The National Guard on Friday completed an international joint exercise ‘Tams-Heracles’ in Egypt, it said. In addition to the host country and Cyprus, the United...
National Guard concludes readiness drill (with video)
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...
Firefighting exercise Hephestus tests readiness
Firefighting exercise Hephestus 2022, part of Forest Protection week, took place on Friday and aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the state’s entire forest firefighting...
Multinational Argonaftis drill returns after two years
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,...
Alarming rise in childhood obesity
The education ministry on Wednesday unveiled a national fitness assessment programme for secondary school children (Aristotelis) as part of concerted efforts with the health ministry...
Seven countries join Cyprus for search and rescue exercise (Updated)
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Wednesday launched the multinational search and rescue exercise Nemesis 2021 with the participation of eight countries, including Cyprus. Speaking at...
Bases police in joint exercise with CyPol
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...
Coronavirus: ministry issues clarifications on latest relaxations
The health ministry issued clarifications about the new relaxations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus announced on Thursday that will be in effect...
Emergency exercise carried out at Larnaca airport
An emergency exercise to improve the level of readiness and coordination was conducted at Larnaca airport on Thursday, operator Hermes Airports reported on Friday. Governmental...
