#National Guard

A weeklong firearm course was organised recently between sharp shooters of the British bases and the Cyprus National Guard in Episkopi. On the course there were non-commissioned officers from both ...

Gender equality is a central priority for the government, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas said on Friday at a reception honouring women serving in the National Guard. Palmas highlighted the vital ...

The supreme court has rejected the appeal of state forensic pathologist Panicos Stavrianos, reaffirming that the death of 26-year-old national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou was a criminal act. The ruling upholds ...

The new proposal for the voluntary enlistment of girls in the national guard, announced this week, has sparked a predictable mixed reaction from would-be conscripts. A bill for voluntary conscription ...

Women should be invited to sit at the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to join the armed forces, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said. She took to ...

A bill for voluntary conscription of women into the national guard which is to be tabled in parliament after its approval by ministers, was criticised by women’s groups on ...

Chief of the National Guard General Staff, Lieutenant General Georgios Tsitsikostas, has said that a fundamental reorganisation has been planned to address modern challenges, while 2025 has been designated as “Year ...

Cyprus’ political parties on Thursday largely welcomed the United States’ decision to allow the Republic of Cyprus to purchase military hardware directly. Disy leader and House president Annita Demetriou described ...

Cyprus has been authorised to buy military hardware directly from the United States government after joining three programmes run by the country’s department of defence on Wednesday night. As ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Monday that the draft bill for the voluntary conscription of women into the National Guard is ready. The bill is currently with the Legal Service ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday congratulated the 2024 graduating class of the military police, wishing them well on their new role as keepers of law and order in the army. ...

Cyprus is turning to the west to renew its air defence systems, a senior government source said on Thursday. The source told Reuters the country is “turning to other countries ...

Cyprus’ National Guard is “on alert because the region is in a state of constant, prolonged instability”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event to mark ...

The Defence ministry aims to increase military expenditure to 2 per cent of GDP by 2028, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas told the House finance committee on Friday. To work towards this goal, ...

A memorial ceremony was held in Nicosia on Monday to honour the people who died in the two World Wars. Organised by the Nicosia municipality at the Cyprus memorial for ...

Any form of service in the National Guard should be acknowledged as an honour for the conscripts and their families, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Saturday. Speaking at a ...

The defence ministry is hard at work on modernisation and strengthening of the National Guard, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday at the Stylianos Kalbourtzis camp in Delikipos during ...

The challenges of modern times make having religious workers in the army imperative, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Thursday, adding that their presence over the years represented a deeper ...

Cyprus is the weakest country militarily in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East region, lagging behind both in manpower and equipment, a just-released study has found. According to the ...

Not counting maternity leave in calculating pension rights is a violation of legislation on equality between women’s and men’s rights, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said on Tuesday. Lottides, ...

Cyprus’ National Guard is in a worse position than it was before 1974, the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) has said. Despite being more organised and better equipped, the 60-year-old National ...

Many in the audience of the theatre on Sunday evening may have thought that President Nikos Christodoulides was joking when he said that from next year girls would be able ...

A decision to allow girls into the national guard when they graduate secondary school on a voluntary basis is in its final stages, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. “...

The future National Guard officers, studying at the higher military schools in Greece, have chosen an arduous but honourable path, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Addressing their swearing-in ...