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• Israel set to join elite lunar club with first mission to moon

  3 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Israel’s first spacecraft built to land on the moon was set for launch on Thursday from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

• Chelsea see off Malmo to reach last 16

  3 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Chelsea progressed in the Europa League with a 3-0 win over Malmo which will do little to quell the sense of inevitability that Maurizio...

• Audit office identifies string of welfare shortcomings

  4 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  The audit office on Thursday called on the labour ministry to upgrade without delay the software programme used by the service paying out...

• Arsenal make comfortable Europa League progress

  6 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Arsenal cruised into the last 16 of the Europa League as they comfortably turned around a first-leg deficit to beat BATE Borisov 3-1 on...

• Islamic State teen Begum asks UK to show “more mercy”

  6 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  A teenager who was stripped of her British citizenship after leaving London to join the Islamic State group has asked the government to...

• Head of Britain’s leading LGBT+ lobby group quits as trans debate rages

  6 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  The head of Britain’s leading LGBT+ rights group, Stonewall, said on Thursday that she was stepping down after a tenure marked by debates...

• Nike stumbles into social media storm after basketball star’s shoe splits

  7 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  A Nike Inc sneaker worn by a college basketball superstar split in half less than a minute into a highly anticipated game between Duke...

• Suspect arrested in extortion case

  7 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Larnaca police on Thursday arrested a man who had been wanted for questioning in connection with a case involving conspiracy to commit a crime...

• Nicosia man found dead, overdose suspected

  7 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Police are investigating the case of a man who was found dead on Thursday on the Anthoupolis-Ayioi Trimithias road in the Nicosia suburb of...

• Limassol land registry operating like a ‘free-for-all’

  7 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  The Limassol district land registry is operating like a free-for-all, with staff frequently covering for one another by punching in coworkers’...

• Plan to link road tax to emissions agreed by lawmakers

  7 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  A new policy on linking the road tax to emissions has been agreed by legislators, who will be tabling a bill to the House plenum on March 1....

• Cyprus has over 3,000 hectares of fruit trees

  7 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  In Cyprus, 3,286 hectares (ha) of land is planted with fruit trees of which 377 ha contains apples, 1.109 ha oranges, 299 ha peaches, 933 ha...

• Manafort sentencing set for March 8

  8 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Virginia on March 8,...

• Putin to US: I’m ready for another Cuban Missile crisis

  8 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  President Vladimir  Putin  has said that Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States is foolish enough to...

• Price of meds hiked over 26% in north

  9 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  An increase of 26.4 per cent in the price of medicines in Turkey has had a knock-on effect on prices in the north, Turkish Cypriot press...

• Black actor who staged racist attack faces felony charges

  9 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Actor Jussie Smollett claimed to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack because he was dissatisfied with his salary on the hip-hop TV...

• Man City fan in critical condition after alleged assault

  11 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  A Manchester City fan is in “critical condition in hospital” as a result of an alleged assault after their Champions League Round of...

• Christodoulides says Lute will be briefed on disputed July 4 meeting

  11 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  The government will make sure UN envoy, Jane Holl Lute, will be thoroughly informed on the meeting in Crans-Montana on July 4, 2017 that...

• Fit-again Kane in contention for Spurs trip to Burnley

  11 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  Harry Kane is back in full training and could return for Tottenham Hotspur’s away clash at Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday,...

• Sculpture meets drawing in new exhibition

  11 hours ago Cyprus Mail

  The worlds of sculpture and drawing meet in Alexandros Grant Michaelides’ latest exhibition, starting next week. Opening on February 26 at...