30 new recruits get food poisoning from first army meal
Defence ministry spokesman Christos Pieris on Monday confirmed that 30 new army recruits suffered food poisoning after a meal at the Larnaca camp where they...
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New army recruits start reporting for service
New army recruits started reporting for duty on Monday at recruitment centres around the island. Conscripts all over the island are reporting to camps in...
National Guard, drones, being brought in to help with fire prevention (Updated)
The forestry department on Friday said the National Guard would start assisting in the forest monitoring programme aimed at preventing fires. According to the forestry...
Lawyer for family of dead soldier call for culprits to be found following new evidence
The death of a soldier 16 years ago, which appears to have been the result of strangulation and not suicide as initially thought, should be...
First eight national guardsmen off to train in US
The US on Thursday welcomed in their Nicosia embassy, the first eight officers from the National Guard who are going to participate in the International...
National Guard chief on visit to Egypt
Chief of the National Guard Lieutenant General Dimokritos Zervakis was on Sunday in Egypt after an invitation from his counterpart there Lieutenant General, Mohammed Farid...
Cyprus and France wrap up military air exercise
Cyprus and France successfully carried out a joint air-defence exercise across the Republic, simulating military installations of the National Guard being attacked by figher jets,...
Coronavirus: More than 100 people in army have Covid
More than 100 members of the national guard have tested positive for coronavirus, while more are in self-isolation as close contacts, the defence ministry said...
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...
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...