The measures to combat the further spread of the foot-and-mouth disease decided on by the cabinet have been lauded as a step “in the right direction” by agricultural organisations on Tuesday.

As mass culling continues to address the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Cyprus, agricultural organisations have urged for the same measures to be imposed in the north as well, where the first…

The meetings with EU Commissioner Varhelyi over what can only be described as the barely concealed demands of political parties, livestock farmers, and agricultural organisations — that Cyprus receive preferential treatment, sparing it both the culling of animals on infected premises and the export restrictions on dairy products that apply to every other EU member […]