#National Guard

Cyprus needs to continuously upgrade its defence due to the increasingly aggressive attitude of Turkey, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday. The defence ministry aims to safeguard the independence, ...

Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades said the investigation into the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, whose body was found under a bridge in Alassa in 2005, is essentially flawed as attorney-general ...

A fire that broke out on five national guard vehicles in Polemidia this week was caused due to a short circuit, police said on Saturday. Limassol CID said that following ...

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 ...

The mother of Thanasis Nicolaou, the former guardsman found dead in 2005, protested outside the attorney-general’s office on Saturday, two years after her son’s remains were exhumed for further ...

Strengthening the operational capacity and deterrence capability of the National Guard is a “key priority”, said the Minister of Defence, Charalambos Petrides, on Friday. Speaking at the passing out ceremony ...

The defence ministry announced on Thursday that they will be acquiring 60 new four-wheel drive vehicles for the National Guard. As stated in its announcement, the ministry signed a contract for ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides on Friday gave her recommendations on ending unlawful gender discrimination against female officers in the National Guard. An investigation carried out following complaints submitted to her ...

Relatives and friends of female non-commissioned officers in the National Guard protested outside the presidential palace on Sunday over what they called unacceptable proposals submitted by the ministry of defence ...

The director of the president’s office Andreas Iosif assured protesters outside the palace on Sunday that their concerns over gender equality in the national guard would be addressed. Iosif ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou on Thursday said she was sorry it took 17 years for Thanasis Nicolaou’s 2005 death to be properly investigated. The latest twist in the tragic tale of ...

Police on Tuesday received the conclusions of the latest report into the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou. Attorney General George Savvides delivered the circumstances of the 26-year-old conscript’s ...

Police confirmed on Thursday that they had already taken some security measures for the protection of Panicos Stavrianos, the medical examiner that wrote up the initial report on the death ...

Police are to carry out a risk assessment on security issues to his person, raised by state medical examiner Panicos Stavrianos in connection with the death of national guardsman Thanasis ...

The mother of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, found dead under the Alassa bridge in 2005, has made a new appeal for authorities to bring those whose actions led to his death, ...

The National Guard this week co-organised themilitary training exercise Military Lion with the armed forces of Jordan and the central administration of the United States, the defence ministry announced on ...

Some €19 million in funding has been secured by the defence ministry via the European Union’s structural funds Thalia programme for the installation of photovoltaic systems in National Guard barracks ...

The National Guard needs to be ready at all times to avoid another fait accompli, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday addressing the new intake of military school students ...

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 Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and ...

The findings of the third investigation on the circumstances leading to the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005 will be handed to Attorney-general George Savvides by September 15, it emerged ...

The ‘Guardian 2022’ tactical exercise involving joint training between national guard’s special forces with their US counterparts was recently concluded, according to an official announcement from the defence ministry. The ...

It is a national duty for all to work together for a Cyprus settlement, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides told new conscripts during their swearing in ceremony at Larnaca training camp ...

The family of the 27-year-old special forces soldier who died on Wednesday has asked for his organs to be donated to those in need, the health ministry announced on Friday. ...

The defence ministry pledged on Thursday that if anyone were found responsible for the National Guard accident that led to the fatal injury of a 27-year-old commando, they would be ...