Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "European Commissioner For Health" produced 39 items.
| 1. Cypriot foreign minister steps down | July 18, 2011 |
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Resignation follows blast that killed 13 and knocked out half of the island's power supply. Markos Kyprianou, the foreign minister of Cyprus, resigned today (18 July), a... | |
| 2. Sorry, but we lost Christmas | January 20, 2011 |
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Commission forced to apologise for calendar mix-up. The European Commission cannot seem to shake off some fuss about a 2011 calendar that it sent out to schools in December.... |
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| 3. Ministers reject proposal on cross-border healthcare | December 1, 2009 |
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Spain and Hungary lead efforts to block draft law for patients' right to treatment in other EU member states. A draft law setting out patients' rights to treatment in other... | |
| 4. Kuneva stays on as commissioner | July 16, 2009 |
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Meglena Kuneva says it would be irresponsible to step down as commissioner and says she will not take up her seat in the Parliament. Meglena Kuneva, the European... | |
| 5. Commission calls for more smoking bans | June 30, 2009 |
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Health commissioner says EU citizens are not protected from tobacco smoke. The European Commission wants EU member states to increase their efforts to ban smoking in public... | |
| 6. No smoke without ire | May 14, 2009 |
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The campaign to get people to quit smoking. The curious juxtaposition of cigarette advertising at sporting events was brought to an end by an EU-wide ban on tobacco... | |
| 7. The snuffing out of snus | April 7, 2009 |
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Sweden's trade minister outlines why the EU should end its ban on Sweden's special form of tobacco. How would the people of France react if the European Union wanted to... | |
| 8. News in brief | March 5, 2009 |
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| 9. Commission may tighten animal-welfare rules | February 26, 2009 |
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Commission flags possibility of new rules after campaign for better treatment of animals in transit. The European Commission today said that it is considering tougher rules... | |
| 10. Parliament votes to relax animal feed rules | February 5, 2009 |
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MEPs backs Commission's proposal to ease labelling rules introduced in response to health scares. The European Parliament has approved plans to ease the rules on animal feed... | |
| 11. Commission in bid to stop passive smoking | January 29, 2009 |
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Commission to put forward bon-binding proposal in bid to boost compliance with international commitments. National governments should step up their efforts to stop people... | |
| 12. Cleaner air with closed doors? | September 18, 2008 |
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Committed to consulting with all – except Lady Nicotine. Although tobacco is grown in several EU member states, it is three southern countries, Greece, Bulgaria and Italy,... | |
| 13. Plans to lift US poultry ban delayed | July 10, 2008 |
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Industry commissioner applies brakes because of suggested health and safety regulations.
Günter Verheugen, the European commissioner for industry, is blocking a... | |
| 14. Cyprus's ministries for ill-health | April 24, 2008 |
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Markos Kyprianou is missing Brussels. It seems that Markos Kyprianou has been suffering since giving up being European commissioner for health to become Cyprus's foreign... |
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| 15. The return of Markos Kyprianou | April 18, 2008 |
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The former European Commissioner and Cyprus's new foreign minister enjoys a wordy return to Brussels. The “source of all legitimacy” is becoming increasingly popular... |
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| 16. Barroso must block the exit door | March 6, 2008 |
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Why Markos Kyprianou's departure is important. The departure of Markos Kyprianou from the European Commission is not a historic event. This is no slight on the man himself.... | |
| 17. Kyprianou and the Blanc Bleu Belge | October 18, 2007 |
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The responsibilities of Markos Kyprianou, the European commissioner for health, include the health of animals. So he faces an interesting challenge at the end of next week.... | |
| 18. Kyprianou seeks to end meat ban | April 19, 2007 |
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Markos Kyprianou, the European health commissioner, will meet Russia's agriculture minister on Saturday (21 April) in a bid to overturn the country's 16-month-old ban on... | |
| 19. Kyprianou targets barriers to medical treatment abroad | March 8, 2007 |
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The European Commission is preparing the first ever EU-wide health strategy to help patients looking for treatment outside their own member state. A public consultation on... | |
| 20. Simplifying European healthcare | February 22, 2007 |
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MEPs and European Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou will next Tuesday (27 February) discuss the problem of offering healthcare to Europeans outside their home country.... | |
