#Ministry of Defence

Defence minister Vasilis Palmas assured on Friday that Cyprus’ operational readiness remains high, yet cautioned that that no nation can guarantee absolute protection amid escalating regional tensions. Speaking on Sigma ...

The internal investigation into the disappearance of explosives during a national guard exercise has identified omissions and dereliction of duty by officers involved, defence minister Vasilis Palmas admitted on Saturday. ...

Defence spending is set to drastically expand, with President Nikos Christodoulides projecting the domestic defence industry to grow to a double-digit share of gross domestic product in the coming years. ...

The results of an internal investigation into the disappearance of 13.6 kilograms of TNT during a national guard exercise will be announced next week, the defence ministry confirmed on Tuesday. It ...

The defence ministry on Friday denied that reports of an alleged Turkish air defence expansion in the north do not inherently undermine the Republic’s newly acquired H145M helicopters ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday again denied reports of a planned joint rapid-response force among Cyprus, Greece and Israel, but confirmed the recent signing of a trilateral work plan ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday denied reports that the governments of Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are planning to combine to create a military “rapid reaction force” to counter Turkish ...

Cypriot citizens can now apply to study at three United States military academies – West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy – the defence ministry announced on Friday. The ...

The strengthening of bilateral defence and military cooperation between Cyprus and Greece was the focus of a meeting between the defence ministers of the two countries on Thursday. This is ...

The non-commissioned (NCO) officer who called homosexuality unnatural in a TikTok video may face criminal charges, police said on Tuesday after completing investigations. The findings were sent to the legal ...

The audit service on Monday sounded the alarm over explosives stored in an area surrounded by homes. The warning was included in a report on the defence ministry, which outlined ...

Demonstrators outside the Presidential Palace on Sunday called for the president and the council of ministers to act on a report by the Ombudswoman that female officers were not being ...

A 32-year-old National Guard officer, Xanthos Kyriacou, from Limassol died on Tuesday after an accident during a training exercise in the mountainous area of Trooditissa. The accident occurred at around 8.30...

Someone unsuccessfully tried to hack the Defence Ministry website last week, reliable sources told the Cyprus News Agency on Monday. “The effort was successfully halted and the website suffered no ...