Sovereign Base Area Police officers in the ESBA have arrested a local man after he was discovered poaching for wild birds in the Ormidia area early on Tuesday morning.

 

Officers at the scene of the early morning raid, accompanied by members of the Nicosia Game Fund,...

The Sovereign Base Area Police opens its doors in the ESBA on Sunday for its highly popular and family-friendly open day.

 

The event, which will see hundreds of people from the BFC and local community flock to the HQ in Dhekelia, has become a key date in the BFC...

Major Dave Norris (Retd) has been honoured by the Director of The Royal Logistic Corps with an RLC Commendation for his 50 years of continuous and outstanding service.
Major Norris joined the Army Catering Corps (ACC) on September 6, 1961 as a 15-year-old apprentice tradesman (Cook); he is...

By Sgt Rob Soutar
Photography by Dave Vine
Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to the world of Mixed Martial Arts and all the benefits it offers you. It is one the best forms of evolved martial arts that exists in the world to date, utilising an effective range of boxing, kickboxing,...

SGT HICKS FROM CJSATC RETURNS FROM A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXCHANGE EXERCISE WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY
The opportunity to take part in Exercise Longlook in Australia presented itself to me back in December 2010.
I immediately recognised this to be a once-in-a-lifetime...

The 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment officially left Cyprus this week after a gruelling tour and CO, Lt Col Robbie Boyd bid an emotional farewell to the island. 
Col Boyd, who saw his battalion deployed on the longest Theatre Reserve Battalion commitment in Afghanistan ever...

Community Volunteers and Victim Support from SSAFA Forces Help Cyprus Volunteers recently attended the SSAFA 2011 In-service Annual Conference held at the Victory Services Club, London.
The Conference is a two-day event comprised of workshops, guest speakers and a chance for the SSAFA In-service...

New RAF Akrotiri Station Warrant Officer Derek Cole (pictured right) took up his new post on Wednesday after taking over from outgoing WO, Chris Eden. WO Cole arrives from RAF Northolt and WO Eden now heads back to the UK to take up the same position at RAF Halton.

 

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The annual Bay-to-Bay swim organised by the Cyprus Joint Police Unit took place last week and hundreds of people from the BFC and local community took part in the early morning race.
The swimmers tackled the one nautical mile course with great enthusiasm and it was local swimmer Marios...

Despite Dhekelia Primary School being closed early, like all the SCE schools on the Island, the X-Factor still took place on Friday July 15 in the shade of school playground.
The children had all been working so hard for this event and looking forward to performing in front of their parents, so...