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Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police officers raised a total of €30,000 during the annual Cycle Challenge, they announced on Tuesday. The money raised from the event on Saturday will be donated ...

The commander of the British Forces in Cyprus and Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) administrator Peter Squires on Friday paid tribute to all those involved in the successful evacuation of people ...

British forces officials on Wednesday said they were looking forward to more opportunities to train alongside the National Guard, following a successful joint exercise the previous day. On Tuesday, explosive ...

Curfews have been imposed on three people following football violence in Achna, SBA police announced on Tuesday. The three men appeared in Dhekelia Court on Monday following their arrest for ...

A total of €15,000 was raised for the Cyprus Anti- Cancer Association during Sunday’s annual Christodoula march organised by the SBA police, as part of events held around the island. ...

A total of 32 new recruits have now completed their first week as SBA Police constables after taking their official oath in Dhekelia last week. According to Sovereign Base Areas, the ...

A routine exercise to conduct essential emergency military training will be carried out in Ayios Nikolaos, near Dhekelia on Wednesday, between 9am and noon, the British bases said in an ...

Ampules of Botox were one of the more bizarre items an individual attempted to smuggle through the crossing points last year, SBA Customs officials in Dhekelia aid on Thursday. The ...

Sea turtle populations are increasing in the areas around the sovereign bases following conservations efforts by military and civilian volunteers, officials said on Friday. In 2022, a total of 172 green and ...

The Sovereign Base Area police has welcomed 37 new officers to its ranks after its latest round of recruits completed their two-year probationary period, it announced on Monday. The officers, 30 Greek ...

A total of 117 fire fighters in the British Bases have undergone gruelling Breathing Apparatus Training, defence fire and rescue officials said on Friday after the courses ran throughout October. The ...

The Sovereign British Bases will need to show will in their agreement to allow development in the Lysi and Kontea areas, the house refugee committee said. In statements on Tuesday, ...

People described as “opportunistic individuals” have been stopped at crossing points smuggling counterfeit goods into the Republic, the British Bases said on Thursday morning. Over the past month, officers have ...

A British soldier died on Monday morning in a traffic accident in the Dhekelia base area. The SBA said that “just after 2am today [Monday] a British soldier lost his ...

New Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) Administrator, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Peter Squires, was officially sworn in at Flagstaff House in Episkopi on Thursday. Squires joined the RAF in 1989 will take ...

Continuing its zero tolerance policy towards drug use, the British Bases police have arrested 31 people for possession of drugs, it said on Friday. The arrests were made in the villages ...

British high commissioner Stephen Lillie celebrated the “huge milestone” in Cyprus-UK ties on Monday outlining the new deal for development in the British bases. The British bases, comprising 254 square kilometers – ...

A concert to mark the Queen’s jubilee and the friendship between Britain and Cyprus will be organised by the British bases at Curium on June 2, it was announced on ...

A 90-year-old man died on Tuesday after his moped crashed with a car near Dhekelia, police said. Initial reports say that the victim, Christos Yiangou from Xylophagou, crashed head on ...

Speaker of the UK House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, paid tribute to the men and women serving in British Forces Cyprus (BFC) during his visit to the Bases earlier ...

British bases police (SBA) have donated 23 computer towers seized from gambling joints to nine schools. The computer towers, which were seized in SBA Police online gambling raids in 2020, have been ...

British Bases personnel, units from the UK and Cyprus recently undertook a three-day joint bomb disposal training in Akrotiri to “share best practices and foster working relationships for future collaboration”, ...

The Achna community council on Friday urged British bases (SBA) authorities to reconsider their decision to reject a request to police games at Famagusta’s Achna Forest stadium, which champions ...

Sovereign Base Area authorities have taken delivery of four specialised patrol vehicles that will contribute to efforts to tackle illegal migration and smuggling along its boundaries. The new vehicles take ...