Posts tagged with "naval base"

Naval base buzz builds as French ambassador visits Mari Cyprus

Naval base buzz builds as French ambassador visits Mari

February 5th, 20192665 French ambassador to Cyprus Rene Troccaz has visited the Mari naval base on the back of reports that Paris in interested in acquiring permanent naval facilities on the island. On Monday Troccaz visited both Mari outside Limassol as well as the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos. He later tweeted: “Prospects for cooperation on...
Turkey planning to establish ‘sovereign base’ in the north – reports Cyprus

Turkey planning to establish ‘sovereign base’ in the north – reports

August 28th, 201812251 By Evie Andreou Turkey is planning to establish a sovereign naval base in the north of the island, it was reported on Tuesday. According to Turkish daily Yeni Safak, Turkey’s navy has submitted a proposal to the ‘foreign ministry’ in the north for the establishment of the base. Such a base in the north would ensure...
Court awards compensation to families of Mari victims Cyprus

Court awards compensation to families of Mari victims

May 20th, 20162192 The family of fire sergeant Andreas Papadopoulos who was killed in the 2011 Mari Naval blast which killed 13 people will be given €628,000 in compensation in addition to €380,000 the family already received, a Larnaca court has ruled. The court also decided on compensation for the relatives of firefighter Panayiotis Theofilos and...
Ex def min Papacostas in critical but stable condition (updated) Cyprus

Ex def min Papacostas in critical but stable condition (updated)

February 24th, 20152055 Former defence minister Costas Papacostas, convicted in connection with a deadly naval base blast in 2011, is in critical but stable condition following a heart attack, his family said on Tuesday. Papacostas, 76, suffered the attack on Sunday evening and was being treated in Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care...
Russian forces storm Ukraine base in Crimea (Updated 3) World

Russian forces storm Ukraine base in Crimea (Updated 3)

March 19th, 2014946 By Aleksandar Vasovic and Maria Kiselyova The United States warned Moscow it was on a "dark path" to isolation on Wednesday after Russian troops stormed Ukraine's naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol and raised their flag. The dramatic seizure came as Russia and the West dug in for a long confrontation...
Greek Navy frigate docks in Limassol Cyprus

Greek Navy frigate docks in Limassol

December 7th, 20132475 GREECE’S role in the South Eastern Mediterranean is of vital importance according to Defence Minister Fotis Fotiou who was speaking in Limassol yesterday during a visit by the Greek Navy frigate Salamis. “At a crucial point in time of instability and daily challenges, at a time when others are trying to cause trouble in the...
Jail for four found guilty in Mari blast Cyprus

Jail for four found guilty in Mari blast

August 2nd, 20132185   Former defence minister Costas Papacostas was sentenced to five years jail on Friday on charges of manslaughter for his role in the July 11, 2011 Mari naval base blast, in which 13 sailors and firemen died. The three other men convicted on July received sentences of two years each. On July 9, the court convicted...
Naval base building named after Mari victim Cyprus

Naval base building named after Mari victim

July 4th, 20131089 DEFENCE MINISTER Fotis Fotiou took part in a ceremony on Wednesday to name the headquarters of the Underwater Demolition Unit (UDU) at the Mari naval base after Petty Officer Michalis Irakleous, who was killed in the blast on July 11, 2011. Speaking at the ceremony, Fotiou said Irakleous noted that Irakleous was much loved and held in...
Our View: Any base agreement with Russia incompatible with NATO cooperation Opinion

Our View: Any base agreement with Russia incompatible with NATO cooperation

July 2nd, 20132887 MUCH HAS been written in the Cyprus press recently about Russia’s request to use the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos. This was reportedly the subject of talks in Moscow between the defence ministers of the two countries last May but nothing has been finalised. However the growing uncertainty over the future of the Bashar al-Assad...
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