The health commissioner of the European Union, Stzella Kiriakidisz, is believed to have been involved in a corruption scandal regarding the procurement of vaccines against the coronavirus. Four million euros "suddenly landed" in the commissioner's bank account, and so far there has been no meaningful, credible explanation for this. The Western and domestic left-wing and liberal press "censors" this news, they do not say a single word about the fact that the European Commission has been hit by a corruption scandal. In the meantime, it is already obvious that the Brussels pharmaceutical agency does not give permission to Eastern vaccines, as this would seriously harm the interests of Western companies.

So far, Politico in Brussels has not wasted a single word on the health commissioner's scandal, but the media in Germany, France, Italy and the Scandinavian countries have not reported on the incident either, apart from the only Dutch newspaper TPOOK.

The essence of the corruption scandal is that the money in the joint bank account of the Union Health Commissioner and her husband came to the family account as a loan through the state-owned Cyprus Cooperative Bank, but they cannot provide cover for such a large sum, and the Cypriot press reports on passive corruption (i.e. acceptance of bribes). talk. After failing, Stella Kyriakides tries to excuse herself in every possible way. He claimed that he had no personal involvement in the case.

Kyriakides is trying to make you believe that apparently corrupt money has nothing to do with EU vaccine contracts. It is suspected that the bribery money was collected by vaccine production companies, for the contracts concluded on favorable terms for them, which enabled the delayed and stuttering delivery.

It is not the first time that the politician is involved in a corruption scandal related to healthcare. Years earlier, together with her husband, they were the ones who, hiding behind a bank, privatized all oncology treatments on the island of Cyprus, and then, as usual, grossly increased the prices of the treatments.

Between 2000 and 2015, Kyriakides was also the president of the anti-breast cancer Europa Donna Cyprus, and between 2004 and 2006 he was also the president of the European Breast Cancer Coalition Europa Donna organization, which unites the European Donna network. The European Breast Cancer Coalition Europa Donna published its financial reports on its website going back to 2006.

These revealed that in recent years he has received tens of thousands of euros in grants from Pfizer, Astrazeneca and Johnson And Johnson.

In connection with the Kyriakides scandal, it is also worth considering that the EU Medicines Agency has not been able to decide on the acceptance of Eastern vaccines for months. The background of all this may be that the large Western pharmaceutical manufacturers are not interested in recognizing Eastern vaccines, as this would give them a very significant rival.

The other reason is political. If the Eastern vaccines were competitive with the Western ones in quantity, then it would be another serious argument that Brussels made a huge mistake by not ordering an Eastern vaccine in recent months. The question arises, why was there a contract between the European Commission and Astrazeneca that does not contain a commitment?

In this regard, V4NA addressed the commissioner with questions. They asked if he deliberately signed the treaties on worse terms than the British? Or was the no-obligation agreement born out of ignorance?

Ursula von der Leyen was also contacted by V4NA, with the question of how long she will cover the health commissioner?

They asked if he thought the Cypriot commissioner had signed an unfavorable contract out of ignorance or on purpose They were also interested in what, according to the President of the EC, is the bigger mistake, if a treaty was concluded out of ignorance or if it was deliberately concluded that was detrimental to the citizens of the European Union?

They have not yet received answers to their questions.

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