Memorials for Mari blast victims
State officials and representatives of political parties attended on Sunday memorials of the men who lost their lives during the blast at Mari naval base...
Mari explosion
Late minister’s family sues Republic for Mari case jail death
The family of the late former defence minister Costas Papacostas, who died in 2015 while serving a five-year jail term for manslaughter over the 2011...
Damages for family of twins killed in Mari blast
The Larnaca district court on Thursday awarded some €600,000 in damages to the family of twin brothers killed in a naval base explosion in 2011,...
Former National Guard chief imprisoned for Mari role by Athens court
Former National Guard chief Petros Tsalikides was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Military Court of Athens on November 17 for his role...
‘Never again’ – president’s pledge to Mari blast relatives (Updated)
By George Psyllides The pain of the tragic and needless loss of 13 men in a naval base munitions explosion in 2011 will forever weigh...
Former army chief faces prosecution over Mari
By Evie Andreou FORMER National Guard chief Petros Tsalikides faces prosecution and trial by a court martial in Athens over his role in the events...
In memory of Mari explosion
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou yesterday attended an official ceremony re-naming the Ayios Ioannis Fire Station in Limassol, the Sergeant Vassilis Krokos Fire Station after one...
Deputy fire chief and disaster unit boss were ‘undeniably negligent’ at Mari
By Constantinos Psillides FORMER deputy chief of the fire service Charalambos Charalambous and former head of disaster response team EMAK Andreas Loizides were undeniably negligent...
Military’s hands were tied, Mari appeal argues
NO ONE was in charge of monitoring the state of the munitions cargo at Mari naval base ahead of the July 2011 explosion, the attorney-general’s...
Polyviou lets loose on Christofias
By Stefanos Evripidou FORMER PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias is clearly guilty for the Mari explosion which caused the death of 13 people, and should be prosecuted...
