#National Guard

By Stavros Nikolaou New army conscripts were sworn in on Thursday morning at separate ceremonies at different army camps because of coronavirus restrictions, as the defence minister highlighted the vital ...

Defence ministry spokesman Christos Pieris on Monday confirmed that 30 new army recruits suffered food poisoning after a meal at the Larnaca camp where they had registered but called it an ...

New army recruits started reporting for duty on Monday at recruitment centres around the island. Conscripts all over the island are reporting to camps in Paphos, Larnaca, Limassol and Nicosia ...

The forestry department on Friday said the National Guard would start assisting in the forest monitoring programme aimed at preventing fires. According to the forestry department the programme concerns drone ...

The death of a soldier 16 years ago, which appears to have been the result of strangulation and not suicide as initially thought, should be investigated, and resolved as a matter ...

The US on Thursday welcomed in their Nicosia embassy, the first eight officers from the National Guard who are going to participate in the International Military Education and Training (IMET) ...

Chief of the National Guard Lieutenant General Dimokritos Zervakis was on Sunday in Egypt after an invitation from his counterpart there Lieutenant General, Mohammed Farid Hegazy. In addition to a ...

Cyprus and France successfully carried out a joint air-defence exercise across the Republic, simulating military installations of the National Guard being attacked by figher jets, the defence ministry said on ...

More than 100 members of the national guard have tested positive for coronavirus, while more are in self-isolation as close contacts, the defence ministry said on Friday. Some 135 people tested positive ...

For the fifth year in a row, the air force of the national guard is taking part in the multinational military exercise Iniohos, which takes place every year in Greece. ...

The defence ministry issued a reminder to reservists who have not reported for duty to do so by the end of the month or face sanctions. The announcement concerns those ...

The Animal Party and the defence ministry discussed the implementation of a scheme to provide a special unit for animal welfare in the national guard, the party said on Friday. ...

The defence ministry warned Wednesday that people of certain ages who have not reported for reservist duty, including those who have not provided the necessary documentation justifying their absence, could ...

The defence ministry on Tuesday said it has developed a monitoring system to help locate and summon noncompliant reservists to serve their mandatory service. The system allows the police to ...