#Vasilis Palmas

The United States has issued a “notice to airmen” (Notam) for the Nicosia designated flight information region (FIR) covering Cyprus, defence minister Vassilis Palmas confirmed on Monday. He described the ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said sustained efforts are under way to ensure the National Guard remains on a continuous path of development, modernisation and strengthening, so it can effectively fulfill ...

Contract soldiers (Syop) in the National Guard will be able to remain in their position until they reach the age of 57, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Tuesday, adding that ...

Defence minister Vasilis Palmas commended military registration offices as “vital” in supporting the national guard and in reducing bureaucracy. Palmas, visiting the registration office for the Nicosia and Kyrenia districts, ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas discussed “regional security and bilateral cooperation” with his Israeli counterpart during an official visit to the neighbouring country, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. According to ...

The Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Serbia have mutually strengthened their defence ties with the signing of a status of forces agreement on Wednesday. The accord aims to ...

The EU must have a leading role in efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. Speaking in Brussels after the foreign ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday demanded that the United Nations bring an end to what he described as a policy of “keeping equal distances” between the island’s two ...

“States which pose a threat to European Union member states” cannot join the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement programme, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday declared that Greek Cypriots will “not withdraw from the fight we are waging until justice and freedom are restored in our homeland”. Addressing an ...

Planned upgrades to the Mari naval base may cost in excess of €200 million, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said the upgrades ...

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, ...

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 north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Wednesday accused the United States of “bias” regarding the Cyprus problem, following the signing of a roadmap for bilateral defence cooperation with the US ...

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. “...

Officers and non-commissioned officers who fought against Turkey during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus will be awarded medals by the Republic of Cyprus, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas announced on Sunday. Speaking ...

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 ...

Cyprus “has a duty to help” in the evacuation of European Union and third countries’ citizens from crisis areas of the region should needs arise, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said ...

The government aims to “evolve” the National Guard into a “flexible, semi-professional army”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Speaking at a swearing-in ceremony for new conscripts, he said ...

The visit of Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias to Cyprus on Monday “shows a very clear separation” of the country’s modern government from the junta which sponsored a coup ...

The five people who died when a military helicopter crashed near the Paphos district village of Kouklia were remembered on the eve of the crash’s 22nd anniversary on Saturday. ...

The missing persons issue is the saddest aspect of the drama that marked Cyprus in the summer of 1974, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Sunday. He was speaking at the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday appointed former government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos as his undersecretary, following the resignation of Vasilis Palmas the previous day. In a written statement announcing the decision ...

Undersecretary to the President Vasilis Palmas announced his resignation Thursday, citing personal reasons. The resignation takes effect on February 2. In a statement Palmas thanked President Nicos Anastasiades for their cooperation ...