Stella Kyriakides

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European commissioner for health Stella Kyriakides as she prepared to address a media conference on tourism in Brussels. Photograph: AP
EU urges vigilance to avoid coronavirus second wave

Rigorous testing and tracing regimes and real-time reporting of Covid-19 cases are essential to avoid a second wave of the virus as countries ease res(...)

Police stand guard outside a hotel put under quarantine for coronavirus in the town of Adeje, Tenerife, on Tuesday. Photograph: EPA
Irish in Tenerife contact department over coronavirus concerns

A number of Irish citizens in Tenerife have contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs after a hotel on the island was placed under quarantine when I(...)

Incoming European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen with outgoing president Jean-Claude Juncker prior to a lunch meeting in Brussels. Photograph: Virginia Mayo
Proposed European Commission team hits near-50/50 gender balance

The incoming European Commission will be close to gender-balanced for the first time in its history. President-elect Ursula von der Leyen on Monday li(...)