On May 14, lead Red Arrows pilot , ' Red 1' , Squadron Leader Jim Turner, presented RAF Akrotiri station commander, Group Captain James Linter with a flying suit signed by all of the current pilots.
The suit will be displayed in the station museum that has recently been...More

 John O'Nolan (photo) knows a thing or two about blogging.
He's been a professional blog builder and developer for years, and is an expert with Wordpress, the world's best-known and most-used blogging software.
But Wordpress has lost its way, he says, and the time has come for a...More

 More than 1,000 people are believed to have attended the Episkopi Family Fun Day over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend on May 4. With face painters, water walkers, an inflatable human five-a-side football pitch, and a shooting range on offer among other things, the BFC community’s children...More

 As the Red Arrows continue preparations for the forthcoming display season, members of its engineering team have paid tribute to the support they receive from RAF Akrotiri whilst based in Cyprus on Exercise Springhawk.
The engineers, or ‘Blues’ as they are known, play a key role in the...More

 The Sovereign Base Area Police in both the WSBA and the ESBA are still calculating the amount of money raised after they turned out in huge numbers to support the annual Christodoula March in aid of the Cyprus Anti Cancer Society.
In the WSBA, approximately 700 people from the SBA...More

As part of its Better Tomorrow plan to promote good nutrition and life skills in local communities, the Sodexo Cyprus team recently teamed up with King Richard’s School in Dhekelia to launch its Sow it, Grow It, Eat It campaign.
The project aims to give...More

 LONDON - The British Government is making important changes to the passport service for British nationals living overseas. From 15 April 2013, the application process will be centralised and British nationals in Cyprus should submit their passport application to Identity and Passport Service...More

The Sovereign Base Area Administration broke ground on its new Environmental Education and Information Centre in Akrotiri last week in the presence of CBF, Major General Richard Cripwell in his role as Administrator to the SBAs and representatives of the Republic of Cyprus Government.
The...More