Covid-19 therapeutics: Stepping up EU defences
By Stella Kyriakides Vaccination is picking up the pace across the EU with the numbers increasing by the day. Last week we saw the largest...
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Coronavirus: Kyriakides says increase in new cases in 14 member states
EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Friday she received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Belgium where she is currently based. Speaking...
Cancer projected to be the main cause of death in Europe by 2035
Cancer patients are expected to increase by 25 per cent across Europe by 2035, according to European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides....
President meets with EU health commissioner
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday had a meeting with EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, at the Presidential Palace. He said after...
EU Health Commissioner’s home staked out by German newspaper reporters
Reporters from Germany’s popular Bild newspaper have reportedly been camped outside of EU Health Commissioner’s Stella Kyriakides’ Nicosia home, it emerged on Sunday. According to...
Choosing between lives and livelihoods ‘a false dilemma’
Interview with EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides on lockdowns, public health, support programmes and vaccines in the fight against coronavirusEU What is the current epidemiological...
Kyriakides says pandemic brings opportunity for change
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides on Saturday spoke of both the serious effects and the opportunities of the Covid-19 pandemic in...
EU Health Commissioner in self-isolation
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, said on Sunday she was self-isolating after a close contact of hers tested positive to coronavirus....
Coronavirus: Kyriakides urges public to follow the prescribed measures
Everyone must follow recommended measures on the coronavirus until a vaccine or treatment is available, EU Commissioner on Health Stella Kyriakides said on Monday. Speaking...
Kyriakides says only compliance to health measures will prevent a second wave
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou met with Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides on Wednesday to discuss the measures taken by Cyprus in response...
Coronavirus: EU gives conditional authorisation for Remdesivir
The European Commission on Friday granted a conditional marketing authorisation for the medicine Remdesivir, making it the first medicine authorised at EU level for treatment...
‘Stepping up to the challenges’
Cypriot Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides says ‘never again’ to lack of preparedness THE European Commission, building on the lessons learned from the Covid-19...
Seventh Italian dies from coronavirus in Europe’s worst flare-up (Update 2)
By Elvira Pollina and Emilio Parodi The death toll in Europe’s largest coronavirus outbreak rose to seven on Monday and new cases climbed above 220...
‘Foreign policy and national security still male-dominated’
Former top EU diplomat Federica Mogherini, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide and Cypriot EU Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides were among the speakers at...
Kyriakides launches European Beating Cancer Plan consultations
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides on Tuesday – World Cancer day – launched an EU-wide public consultation on a Beating Cancer...
Cyprus first official stop for new EU commissioner Kyriakides
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides will be in Cyprus on Thursday and Friday in her first official visit to a member...
Tree planting raises awareness about violence against women
A group of women, including high profile personalities, planted 37 trees at the Nicosia municipal pool on Saturday as a symbolic gesture ahead of the...
Cypriot European commissioner designate one step closer to appointment (Updated)
Commissioner designate Stella Kyriakides on Wednesday received the green light from a committee at the European Parliament (EP) to proceed to the next stage of...
Cypriot Commissioner-designate Stella Kyriakides to appear before EP ENVI Committee
The public hearing of Cypriot Commissioner-designate for Health Stella Kyriakides is set to take place today at 1830 (Brussels time) before the EP ENVI Committee...
Kyriakides officially named to European health role
Stella Kyriakides, Cyprus’ new EU Commissioner will lead the Health portfolio, it was officially announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made by President-elect Ursula von...