#National Guard

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 ...

The Cyprus National Guard is set to be supplied with personal protective equipment from Israel, under an agreement signed in Nicosia on Wednesday. The same PPE is used by the ...

Authorities on Monday were investigating the circumstances under which a contract soldier was critically injured during helicopter training. The 27-year-old special forces contract soldier was hospitalised with brain swelling and ...

The defence ministry and Airbus on Friday signed the deal for supplying the Republic with six H145M light attack helicopters with the option of acquiring an additional six in ...

The upgrading and broadening of the cooperation between the armed forces of Cyprus and France was the main issue of discussions the Chief of the National Guard, General Demokritos Zervakis ...

National Guardsmen posted at a Ledra Street outpost were harassed by two drunk men in the early hours of Wednesday, with the police later arresting the young men. Local media ...

The National Guard on Saturday announced that the Nikitis-Dimitra 2022 military exercise was successfully concluded. The exercise was large-scale and was conducted on land, sea and air. Government agencies and services ...

Dozens of national guard reservists have had their rifles taken away as they are no longer deemed suitable to be armed, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. “Since the beginning ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Monday congratulated the graduates of the frogmen training school for conscripted navy men, at a ceremony at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base. “Today is the ...

A second person, a retired military doctor, has been arrested in connection with a ring offering families a way to pay their son’s way out of the army, it ...

Cyprus is probably the last country in Europe to introduce legal gender recognition in its national legislation to allow people to change their name and gender marker in official documents, ...

The funeral of Corporal Natalie Neophytou took place on Saturday, held at public expense, with Neophytou buried with full military honours. The funeral, which took place at the Apostolou Pavlou ...

The inspector general of the national guard is the investigating officer who will probe the conditions under which the fatal accident which led to the death of a 27-year-old non-commissioned ...

A 27-year-old non-commissioned female officer lost her life on Thursday following an accident at an army camp in Kornos. The National Guard has launched an internal investigation to determine the ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides commemorated the fallen soldiers and those currently serving in the army as he marked Saint George’s day on Friday. In his speech at Lieutenant General ...

Teenagers who will join the National Guard in 2022 can submit their details via an electronic platform, based on which a decision on where they will serve will be taken, the ...

More than 3,700 former national guardsmen who have failed to sign up as reservists have been tracked down in the past few months as a result of closer cooperation between the ...

A new study has revealed that while the Cypriot National Guard’s weaponry and equipment remains numerically unchanged, increasing requirements in maintenance, difficulties in replacing obsolete hardware, and other international ...

Relatives of female army personnel protested outside the defence ministry on Saturday, demanding an immediate end to gender discrimination after male colleagues were promoted over a decade earlier than female ...

Cyprus will not provide weapons to Ukraine as it would create gaps in the Republic’s deterrence capabilities, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday. Speaking after the House foreign ...

The US has requested the National Guard hand over Russian-made weapons systems to Ukraine. The defence ministry on Monday said that it will not make any moves that would reduce ...