Costas Kadis

The world is holding its breath as the United States chooses its next president, with latest polls offering little clarity on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will emerge victorious.

Analysts are trying to assess what each candidate's potential victory might mean for Europe and Greece's broader region. The impact appears equally difficult to predict.

Greece's Apostolos Tzitzikostas has been assigned the transport and tourism portfolio in the next European Union executive, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, announcing the body's new makeup.

The governor of Central Macedonia had been nominated for a post in the new Commission in early August.

Until recently, the European Union’s health department enjoyed special attention, especially after the COVID-19 crisis, when it received an additional €5 billion in funding and established a new agency for health crisis response. At that time, Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, with four decades of experience in the health sector, led the efforts.

Cyprus has named Costas Kadis, a scientist who held several cabinet posts in previous administrations, as its nominee for a post in the European Commission.

If the EU's parliament confirms the 57-year-old in the role, he will replace Cyprus's Stella Kyriakidou, who holds the health portfolio. Kadis had not been among those rumoured for the post.

Cyprus' Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Costas Kadis and Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios met with representatives of the World Bank on Thursday in order to formulate a tourism strategy for Cape Akamas.

Cyprus' Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment is about to register the red potato, the countrys second most important agricultural product, with the European Union for which an application for registration has been published in the republic's official gazette.

A protocol for the export of Cypriot dairy products to China was signed on Tuesday between Cyprus's Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis and Minister of the General Administration of Customs of China Ni Yuefeng.

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet that he made his selection on grounds of meritocracy.

Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick will participate in the 19th World Conference of the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots and the third trilateral meeting Greece-Cyprus-Israel.

He will also be received by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulides and Education Minister Costas Kadis.

Bulgarian and Cyprus on Friday signed a memorandum that will help them fight against the trafficking in artifacts and efforts to retrieve stolen items, the Culture Ministry has said.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Bulgarian Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov and Cyprus Transport Minister Marios Demetriades as the former was visiting the island.