#Defence

Cyprus and Israel have signed a bilateral defence cooperation programme between the national guard and the armed forces of Israel (IDF) in Tel Aviv, as well as a corresponding tripartite ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set out ambitions to more than triple annual defence exports to $5 billion over the next two years, as arms firms flocked to a ...

The Cyprus Association of Research and Innovation Enterprises (CARIE) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hellenic Aerospace Security & Defense Industries Group (HASDIG) aimed at consolidating the ...

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, ...

Nicosia and New Delhi sought to strengthen ties on Thursday, signing agreements aimed to tighten military cooperation and expand the use of solar energy technology. Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said ...

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 multi-national ‘Medusa’ military exercise will end this week after six days, the defence ministry said on Thursday. According to the ministry, the exercise began on November 19 and will be ...

France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost ...

Germany’s Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht was in Cyprus on Sunday for contacts with her Cypriot counterpart Charalambos Petrides. The meeting had not been announced in advance. A statement from ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said Cyprus was committed to upholding its responsibilities arising from oil and gas exploitation activities in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Petrides’ comments came ...

Cyprus has already bought new helicopters for the National Guard and has made defence agreements with more than 15 countries, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday. Speaking at a military ...

The complete lifting of the arms embargo on Cyprus by the US comes into force on Saturday, following an announcement by the State Department on September 17. The lifting of the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and the government on Saturday welcomed the State Department’s announcement that the US would completely lift the arms embargo on Cyprus, imposed in 1987. In a post ...

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 ...

An international small-scale aeronautical cooperation exercise with the code name ‘CYP/FRA-03/2022’ took place this week in the maritime region south of Limassol during the presence in the region of ...

Germany will expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by sending more warships and joining drills with allies as it keeps an eye on the “enormous” build-up of China’s ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Tuesday spoke of the impact of the war in Ukraine, at regional and international levels, in the context of the EU’s defence ministers informal ...

Cyprus is expanding its defence cooperation with other EU member states, following a Defence Cooperation Agreement signed with Romania, on Monday. In particular, the Agreement for the new Defence Cooperation ...

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 ...

Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday. The missiles would be existing arms modified to ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides met his Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, the ongoing cooperation on armaments and the trilateral pact between Cyprus, ...

Cyprus-based research and development company SignalGeneriX announced its participation in three EU funded defence projects with a funding total of €65 million, describing this as a major success for itself and ...

Huge strides have been made towards the strengthening the island’s defensive capability, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Friday addressing military academy graduates during their confirmation ceremony at the ...

The selection process for this year’s army recruits and their allocation in various units of the national guard has been decided with meritocracy, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on ...