Cyprus
Cyprus reportedly orders a third Barak MX, Drone Dome and Lite Beam lasers, and plans Iron Dome to replace its Russian BUKs
According to Cypriot press reports on October 11, the government has ordered a third Barak MX battery, Drone…
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Cyprus
The Republic of Cyprus, the Turkish occupation, energy in the Cypriot EEZ and the Cyprus issue.
Cyprus
Cyprus National Guard to hold four days of live-fire drills at Kalo Chorio for exercise IRIS-2026
The Cyprus National Guard General Staff announced on October 11 that live-fire drills will take place by day…
Cyprus
Cyprus: Study to greatly upgrade the Mari naval base so it can host large warships
Cyprus’s Ministry of Defence has awarded a year-long study to expand the Evangelos Florakis naval base at Mari…
Cyprus
Two 14th-century icons stolen after the Turkish invasion returned to Cyprus
Two Byzantine icons of the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, stolen from Kyrenia after the 1974 Turkish invasion and…
Analysis
Analysis: Barak MX, the common air-defence “dome” of Greece and Cyprus with missiles out to 150 km that troubles Ankara, with IAI’s official video
Analysis: IAI’s official video of the Barak MX, its four interceptors from 15 to 150 km, the architecture…
Cyprus
Üstel calls scenarios of an Israeli strike on the occupied north “dangerous” and attacks Greek and Cypriot armaments
Ünal Üstel, the “prime minister” of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus, says discussions in…
Cyprus
Oruç Reis off Kyrenia: Turkish minister says a gas pipeline to the occupied north could carry Cypriot gas to Europe
Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has reached waters off Kyrenia to survey the route of a planned…
Cyprus
HMS Dragon returns to Portsmouth after 214 days, from defending the Cyprus bases to the Arabian Sea
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon returned to Portsmouth on Friday, October 9, after 214 days away. Her…
Cyprus
Cyprus and Israel back at the table over “Aphrodite”: new round of talks next week
Cyprus and Israel will hold a new round of online talks next week on the cross-border gas reservoir…
Cyprus
Mitsotakis on the GSI: “It is no longer only a Greek and Cypriot project, it is a European one”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a SKAI interview on October 9 that the Great Sea Interconnector is…
Cyprus
Occupied north lashes out at the EU: “protector of the status quo”, attacks Fitto and the Republic of Cyprus
The so-called foreign ministry of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus accused the EU of…
Analysis
Analysis: Israeli Merkava Mk4 for Cyprus, how they would fare against Turkish occupation forces, and what the “no” to the Leopard 1A5 means for Greece
Analysis: The National Guard’s rejection of Greece’s Leopard 1A5 and its turn to Israeli Merkava tanks. How a…