Cyprus faces risk of exclusion from EU market over unilateral decision on foot-and-mouth disease culling

Cyprus risks being excluded from the European Union’s single market if it unilaterally ends the culling of animals affected by foot-and-mouth disease, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou has warned. Speaking to the parliamentary agriculture committee, Panayiotou made it clear that any decision made without the European Commission’s consent would result in “economic suicide.” “A unilateral decision […]

By Angelos Nicolaou