Cyprus takes part in multinational military exercise
For the fifth year in a row, the air force of the national guard is taking part in the multinational military exercise Iniohos, which takes...
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MoD: sanctions for reservists who do not report for duty
The defence ministry issued a reminder to reservists who have not reported for duty to do so by the end of the month or face...
Step forward for animal welfare unit in national guard
The Animal Party and the defence ministry discussed the implementation of a scheme to provide a special unit for animal welfare in the national guard,...
Defence ministry warns reservists: report for duty or else
The defence ministry warned Wednesday that people of certain ages who have not reported for reservist duty, including those who have not provided the...
Defence ministry develops system to monitor those avoiding reservist military service
The defence ministry on Tuesday said it has developed a monitoring system to help locate and summon noncompliant reservists to serve their mandatory service. The...
Examination of deceased soldier’s remains resumes on Tuesday
Most of the work involved in examining the bones of a deceased national guardsman was completed on Saturday and the process will be resumed on...
National service teaches life skills says archbishop on Christmas visit
Archbishop Chrysostomos visited national guardsmen on duty along the green line on Thursday and distributed Christmas presents as part of his tour visiting soldiers over...
Exhumation of soldier’s remains in disputed death
The remains of a young man who was found dead in 2005 while doing his military service will be exhumed on Thursday after a court...
National Guard takes delivery of second howitzer battery
The National Guard has taken delivery of a second battery of Serbian-made 155mm self-propelled howitzers, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Saturday. CNA said...
Body of national guardsman to be exhumed 15 years after his death
Fifteen years after he died, the Limassol district court has ordered the exhumation of the remains of a 26-year-old whose death while doing his military...
3.55 per cent of 2020 intake not serving in army
The number of recruits that were called up but are not serving in the army this year stands at 3.55 per cent, Defence Minister Charalambos...
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...
Numbers of soldiers seeking deferral for UK studies ballooning
There are apparently 296 national guardsmen seeking to defer their service and study in the UK, a figure which has ballooned past the government’s previous...
The strange slogans of the National Guard
Cyprus is Greek and so is Macedonia, according to our soldiers. Really? By George Koumoullis One morning a few days ago, I met some friends...
Cost of deferred military service for students to study in UK to reach €667,000
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides will brief the House defence committee on Thursday on a cabinet decision to hire soldiers to replace those conscripts who will...
Hopes rise that soldiers with UK university places can start this month
The defence ministry will decide what to do about male conscripts who face increased fees in the UK if they do not go to university...
Male students for 2021 must negotiate own fee deal with UK universities
Male students serving in the army this year, who will lose their home fee status at British universities because of a fee hike from 2021,...
Draft dodgers the lowest in decades says minister (Updated)
New army recruits were sworn in on Friday morning as the defence minister hailed the high turnout of new recruits, with only 3.5 per cent...
Coronavirus: Defence minister highlights new measures for recruits
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Thursday visited the recruitment centre (KEN) in Larnaca to address the new recruits who have started their national service facing...
Anastasiades concerned that military contacts with Turks downplay occupation (Updated)
The Greek Cypriot side said it was willing to discuss setting up a mechanism for direct contacts at military level between the National Guard and...