Defence ministry to hire more contract soldiers
A new round of recruitment for contract soldiers starts on Monday, the defence ministry announced on Friday. Applications will be accepted from December 7 until...
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No deal possible over English university fee hike
But seven-year reprieve for British citizens living in EU and hopes for goodwill gesture for boys doing army this year By Annette Chrysostomou Highly placed...
Australia punished soldiers over Nazi flag incident – PM
Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi swastika flag over their fighting vehicle in Afghanistan more than a decade ago were “wrong” and punished at the...
Greece wants speedy return of soldiers who strayed into Turkey (Update)
A Turkish court remanded in custody on Friday two Greek soldiers who were detained after crossing the border into Turkey in bad weather in a...
Greek court temporarily freezes asylum to Turkish soldier
Greece won on Monday a temporary injunction freezing asylum granted to a Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to the country after a botched...
Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst U.N. attack
Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in a raid on a base in Congo that U.N. Secretary-General...
Squaddies arrested in Larnaca
Two soldiers serving at the British Bases were arrested in Larnaca for public in connection with causing disturbance and disorderly conduct while drunk in the...
Eleven killed in attack on Burkina Faso military post
Ten soldiers and a gendarme in northern Burkina Faso were killed on Friday in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a military post, the army...
Archaeological therapy for injured soldiers (VIDEO)
A unique archaeological project, a collaboration of injured UK forces personnel and archaeologists, has proved to be a great success, organisers say. Archaeologists from the...
Myanmar soldiers jailed with hard labour for village killings
A Myanmar military court has jailed seven soldiers for five years each with hard labour for murdering five ethnic minority villagers in June, state media...
Britain: we are deepening our defence relationship with Cyprus (Updated)
Cyprus has a role to play in the coalition against the Islamic State, clamping down on foreign fighters and providing essential aid to those caught...
Professional army era begins
DEFENCE Minister Christoforos Fokaides Friday announced the successful recruitment of 3,000 professional soldiers selected on merit in a transparent procedure within the timeframe envisaged, he...
Fleeing Turkish soldiers appear before Greek prosecutor
The Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in a helicopter after a failed military coup against the government were brought before a prosecutor in the...
Discounted IPT rate passed, tax to be scrapped next year, parties say voted for ‘least unfair’ proposal (Update 2)
DISY LEADER Averof Neophytou’s radical proposal for slashing the state’s immovable property tax (IPT) by 75 per cent this year, and scrapping it altogether in...
Turkish Cypriot side concerned over hiring of 3,000 soldiers by RoC
The Turkish Cypriot side is concerned by the Republic’s decision to recruit 3,000 professional soldiers, it was reported on Friday. An announcement of the foreign...
CMP trying to track down two soldiers who served in 1974
The Committee on Missing Persons on Thursday issued a public appeal seeking two soldiers who served in the medical corps during the 1974 Turkish invasion...
Five U.N. soldiers killed in central Mali attack
Five United Nations peacekeepers were killed and one other seriously injured in an ambush in central Mali on Sunday, the United Nations said. A convoy...
Car bomb blast in southeast Turkey kills one Turkish soldier, wounds five
Kurdish militants launched a car bomb attack near a military installation in southeast Turkey overnight, killing one soldier and wounding five people, the armed forces...
Netanyahu defends top general in excessive force debate
By Jeffrey Heller Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military chief on Sunday after the general drew fire for saying he would not want soldiers...
Palestinian shot dead after trying to stab Israeli soldiers – military
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday who the military said tried to stab them after he was stopped for questioning in the occupied...