#British Bases

Seven British bases police officers formally completed their two-year probationary training programme on Monday, while 16 new recruits were sworn in during a ceremony at the Officers’ Mess in Episkopi. The ...

The Bulgarian father of two boys found dead in a car in Xylofagou in June will remain in custody until his trial on November 30, after a senior British bases judge ...

British counter-terrorism police said on Friday that two Latvian men who were arrested on Thursday inside a Royal Air Force base in eastern England that is used by US forces ...

New antennas at the British bases in Akrotiri cannot be put up until a full environmental assessment is carried out followed by a public debate, the federation of environmental organisations (...

The British bases police reported on Wednesday that they had made 80 arrests and carried out more than 700 maritime checks during this year’s peak summer season. Between June and August, ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Tuesday said that he had called on the European Union to offer more support to “address the impact of the energy crisis” during a two-day ...

British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offences and Army bomb disposal experts were examining a number of vehicles in a “major incident” ...

A decision on an appeal by the Bulgarian father charged over the deaths of his two sons in Xylofagou against a refusal to grant him bail is expected within the ...

Cyprus will be used as the launchpad by the British Royal Air Force for assistance it plans to provide to Saudi Arabia in its war with Yemen’s Houthi movement, ...

The British defence ministry is to buy new air raid sirens for its Akrotiri air force base and the adjacent village of the same name, with the contract for their ...

A group of residents of the village of Akrotiri on Tuesday staged a protest against the British government’s plans to erect as many as 68 new communications antennae near the ...

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, asking him to reopen talks over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a spokesperson said on Tuesday in ...

British base police are appealing for witnesses after a 76-year-old man was killed on the Limassol-Paphos highway last Wednesday in a traffic accident near the Episkopi tunnel. The man, identified ...

Bases police made 22 arrests over the past seven days for a range of offences, including drug possession and four drink-driving offences. A total of 31 road safety operations were carried out ...

The British bases’ police force on Thursday said that it has launched an operation aimed at tackling the phenomenon of illegal hunting. The operation, named “Operation Hunter”, is, according to ...

A 76-year-old man was killed by a passing minibus on the Limassol-Paphos highway on Wednesday after stopping to move a refrigerator that had fallen from his vehicle. The man, identified ...

SBA police reported 30 arrests in the past week during summer operations, including three for drug-related driving offences, authorities announced on Tuesday. Officers carried out 20 road safety campaigns, resulting in 33 fixed ...

A total of 34 arrests were made over the past week for a range of offences, including eight for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Sovereign Base Areas police ...

Two vehicles were extensively damaged in an arson attack in Trachoni, Limassol, in the early hours of Sunday, in the second such incident reported in the district overnight. Fire service ...

Bases police have made 26 arrests in the past week, including three on August 16 for drugs and immigration offences following a vehicle stop. During the vehicle search, officers discovered “drug related ...

The UK Ministry of Defence on Wednesday said RAF Akrotiri is protected by “robust, multi-layered security measures”, after a Financial Times report said the island had been considered among potential ...

The British bases on Wednesday said they were on “full alert” ahead of the start of the Ambelopoulia migratory season at the end of August, with measures to protect the ...

Two of the biggest customs seizures recorded at the British bases’ crossing point of Pergamos this summer resulted in almost €8,000 in fines, as officers stepped up inspections during the busy ...

British bases (SBA) police arrested 27 people for various offences over the past week as part of ongoing summer operations across the bases. Police said coordinated operations in both the eastern ...