https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-commissioner-s-nicosia-home-staked-out
Greek Cypriot news sites on Sunday picked up a story on EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, following reports of a media stake out at the health chief’s Nicosia residence amid fierce criticism over vaccine delays...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/astra-offers-small-concession-eu-pleads-for-uk-made-shots-amid-vaccine-row
AstraZeneca has offered to bring forward some deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union while the bloc has asked the British drugmaker if it can divert doses from the UK to make up for a shortfall in supplies, European officials told Reuters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-scrambles-for-supply-amid-vaccine-clatter
Cypriot EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides says AstraZeneca’s revised schedule for delivering fewer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks is “not acceptable” while the European Ombudsman embarks on an investigation into vaccine contracts...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/slow-vaccine-rollout-affecting-cyprus-strategy-president-tells-eu-leaders
President Nicos Anastasiades briefed EU leaders in a videoconference on Thursday evening on the problems Cyprus is facing due to the slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines mainly brought about by the production delays of pharmaceutical companies supplying jabs for the EU....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-boxing-day-for-vaccine-in-cyprus
The first batch of vaccines reached Cyprus on Saturday, a day after Christmas, with a senior home and a referral hospital getting the first vaccinations on the island as early as Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/safety-first-eu-health-commission-says-regarding-vaccines
European Commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakides, said that no compromises on the safety of vaccines will be made, stressing that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will not be authorizing any coronavirus vaccine without a rigorous scientific evaluation.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-warns-against-easing-pandemic-containing-measures
As millions of European citizens gear up for the festive season, the European Union's executive commission urged member countries to keep strong anti-Covid-19 restrictions in place to avoid a post-holiday surge of coronavirus cases and deaths but stopped short of advising against travel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scientists-warn-against-rapid-test-self-checking
The rapid antigen tests that the health ministry recently stocked up on in its battle against time to detect coronavirus cases among Cyprus employees require careful handling....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stella-kyriakides-at-digital-agenda-cyprus-summit-2020
On 1 December 2019, Ms. Kyriakides became the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-cyprus-platinum-sponsor-at-the-first-cyprus-forum
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/commission-signs-vaccine-contract-with-sanofi-gsk
A contract between the European Commission and pharmaceutical company Sanofi-GSK came into force on Friday, allowing for EU member states to purchase up to 300 million doses of the vaccine being developed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-keeps-expanding-future-vaccine-portfolio
EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said the European Commission has concluded exploratory talks with CureVac to purchase a potential vaccine against COVID-19...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-bird-populations-have-been-declining-for-decades-eurostat-shows
Bird populations in the EU have been declining for several decades, data released by Eurostat on Friday, that marked World Environment Day, showed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-must-remain-successful-in-battle-against-virus-health-minister-says
Cyprus has been successful so far in controlling COVID-19 but needs to remain so, said Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou, noting that the EU must improve the overall quality of its healthcare services to be better positioned to deal with issues like COVID-19 in the future....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-secures-essential-protective-gear-for-its-battle-against-coronavirus
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it has been successful in procuring personal protective equipment that is to be distributed across EU Member States to assist in their battles against the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen an exponential surge in demand for the essential protective gear....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tries-to-find-footing-after-virus-cases
Authorities on the divided island of Cyprus are scrambling to cope with the first three confirmed cases of the coronavirus, while a doctor and a young man in the south are feared to have spread the infection far and wide...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-doctor-with-coronavirus-speaks-out
A state doctor in Cyprus who was diagnosed with the coronavirus infection on Monday says specialists “discouraged” him from taking a test sooner, while the EU Health Commissioner calls for calm as Cypriot authorities begin tracing the physician’s contacts from last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-eu-scrambling-to-contain-covid-19-calls-for-coordinated-response
European Union countries should coordinate their responses to the outbreak of the coronavirus to avoid diverging approaches, the EU’s Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides told reporters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interior-minister-in-brussels-for-meetings-with-european-commission-on-migration
Cyprus’ Minister of the Interior Nicos Nouris will be travelling to Brussels on Monday for a series of meetings with the senior leadership of the European Commission to discuss migration....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/european-commission-to-stamp-out-illegal-pet-trade
The European Commission will boost efforts to stamp out the illegal trade in pets, particularly cats and dogs, in the EU, the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-eu-health-commissioner-readies-plan
Cyprus’ new Commissioner to the European Commission Stella Kyriakides has outlined the goals and priorities for the Health and Food Safety portfolio at a meeting held on Wednesday with Cypriot journalists...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-aborts-baby-alone-in-paphos
Police in Paphos are investigating the death of an embryo or fetus after neighbours called authorities to report “strange sounds” coming from a vacation rental of a young Scottish woman...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kyriakides-closer-to-eu-health-chief
Commissioner-designate for Health Stella Kyriakides got on Wednesday the green light from ENVI EP Committee to move on to the next step in the procedure for her appointment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/four-new-partners-at-harris-kyriakides-llc
Harris Kyriakides LLC announces four new partners in the company. As of the 1st of September 2019 the new partners are Andreas Anagnostou, Myria Loizou, Georgia Karamalli and Nicolas Kyriakides.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kyriakides-up-to-the-task-for-eu-health
Cyprus’ EU Commissioner-designate, Stella Kyriakides, who has been selected as the new EU Health Commissioner, says she is ready for the challenge...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stavros-death-could-be-turning-point-in-health-debate
The state is footing the bill for the funeral of 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis, whose death from a traumatic brain injury resulted in the arrest of two doctors and reopened the health debate in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doctorts-clash-with-minister-following-boy-s-death
State doctors say working conditions are to blame for the death of a school boy that led to the arrest of two emergency medics, with the health minister describing the connection as “most unfortunate” as the incident is under three separate investigations...