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Stay out of firing ranges, police and National Guard warn

Police and the National Guard warned the public to stay out of firing ranges and restricted military areas and...
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Defence Ministry wants civil protection mechanism directly under Cabinet

The Defence Ministry told parliament on Thursday that the new National Civil Protection Mechanism should come directly under the...
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National Guard could help in disasters under civil protection bill

A bill that would rename the Interior Ministry the Ministry of Interior and Civil Protection, and allow the National...
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Turkey angered by foreign contingents and Israeli systems at independence parade

Ankara has come out all guns blazing on the occasion of the National Guard military display, raging against the...
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Cyprus strengthens deterrence as President hails new systems and foreign contingents

The presence of foreign troops at this year's Independence Day parade was welcomed by Nicos Christodoulides as being the...
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Independence parade as Cyprus to showcase latest armaments and host foreign contingents

Keeping the National Guard's defensive nature message firmly at the forefront, Cyprus culminates October 1st independence celebrations with a...
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US, French and British troops to join independence day parade

Cyprus will mark the 66th anniversary of its independence with a military parade on Thursday, October 1, with troops...
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Egyptian troops and aircraft to join October 1 military parade

A pair of Greek F-16 fighter jets and an Egyptian Air Force Airbus C295 transport plane will fly past...
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Independence parade rehearsals bring low-level flypasts over Nicosia

Aircraft will make low-level flypasts over Nicosia at around 11am on Tuesday in rehearsals for the October 1 military...
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Parliament to probe grenade safety, Athens court reserves ruling

Cyprus's parliamentary Defence Committee is examining philenews revelations that Egyptian-made hand grenades used by the National Guard appear to...
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Two grenades withdrawn over cracks, injured soldier’s lawyers say

Lawyers representing a former soldier who was seriously injured by a grenade said two of the 73 grenades supplied...
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Palmas confirms Tserkezoi shooting range to close

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas announced the start of the process to close the Tserkezoi Shooting Range, saying the countdown...
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Kalo Chorio alert lifted after first shell defused, second inert

The alert at the Kalo Chorio firing range has ended after bomb disposal experts defused the unexploded shell found...
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