The European Commission has approved Cyprus’s €1.18 billion defence investment plan under the EU’s new Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme, opening access to low-interest, long-term loans for military procurement until 2030. The approval came during a European Commission College meeting in Limassol on 15 January, with Cyprus among the first eight member states to … Continue reading How Cyprus will spend SAFE’s €1.2bn on drones, missiles and French military hardware