#farmers protest

Every day, Sotiris Kadis still drives out to his farm. He unlocks the gates, walks through the yard and sits for a while among the empty pens where hundreds of ...

Farmers have agreed to accept the culling of livestock on farms where foot and mouth disease has been detected, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. She announced the “immediate ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met both experts and representatives of farmers on Tuesday to discuss the government’s handling of the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease at farms across ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Tuesday holdtwo consecutive meetings on the current developments surrounding the foot and mouth (FMD) disease, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. During the first ...

A livestock farmer who said he lost 2,300 sheep and goats to compulsory culling measures told protesters outside the presidential palace on Friday that “the only thing left for us is ...

Three new cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been identified at farms in the Nicosia district, authorities confirmed on Thursday, with the total number of infected units across Cyprus rises to ...

Livestock farmers will gather before the presidential palace on Friday to protest the management of the foot and mouth disease and demand a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, the newly ...

The association “Voice of Livestock Farmers” has branded the controversy over sampling procedures a “major fiasco” with a protest expected to take place outside the presidential palace on Friday morning. ...

Consultations between veterinary services, livestock farmers and agricultural organisations failed to produce any major breakthrough on Monday, as farming representatives reiterated their demand to seek a meeting with President Nikos ...

Paphos farmers have called off Monday’s planned protest over water shortages following an intervention by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou. According to the organisers of the protest, the minister contacted ...

Livestock farmers remain in dispute with the government over compensation linked to the foot and mouth disease outbreak, with representatives warning that protests remain possible if concerns are not addressed. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed relief after farmers abandoned their plans to block the Rizoelia roundabout, which connects the Larnaca-Nicosia and Larnaca-Ayia Napa highways, in protest at the government’...

Livestock farmers late on Thursday called off a protest planned for Friday, after authorities said they’d take a firm hand in dealing with the demonstrators, which might have possibly ...

Police will be deployed in the Rizoelia area on Friday to ensure public order and safety during a planned protest over the foot-and-mouth measures by a group of livestock farmers. ...

A compensation package for livestock farmers resuming operations after foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks has been agreed and will be submitted to the Council of Ministers for approval, the head of the ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris has said he takes responsibility for assurances given to the President regarding the handling of the Rizoelia farmers’ protest, while also expressing dissatisfaction with aspects of ...

A 60-year-old cattle farmer from Yeri was admitted to intensive care on Saturday after suffering a heart attack shortly after his animal unit tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease. The incident ...

Livestock farmers plan to formally request a meeting with Nikos Christodoulides, their spokesperson Stella Petrou said on Friday, as tensions continue over the mass culling of animals linked to the ...

An ongoing livestock farmers’ protest at the Rizoelia roundabout in Larnaca continued on Thursday, with Justice Minister Costas Fitiris attending the site as demonstrators blocked key road access. Farmers initially ...

Agricultural organisations rejected the ongoing farmers’ protests over the foot-and-mouth outbreak on Thursday, as police warned that gatherings could increase transmission risks and involve individuals unrelated to the livestock sector. ...

Livestock farmers will be gathering on Thursday at Rizoelia roundabout in Larnaca to protest the ongoing mass culling of animals due to the foot and mouth outbreak, while the police ...

Cyprus’ main agricultural organisations have called on President Nikos Christodoulides to raise the issue of relaxing EU protocols on animal culling at the upcoming European Council meeting. In a joint ...

The veterinary services department on Saturday morning implored farmers not to gather, ahead of a planned protest at the presidential palace against the culling of livestock in light of the ...

Livestock farmers have announced a nationwide protest to be held on Saturday in Nicosia, marching to the presidential palace in opposition to ongoing culling measures linked to foot-and-mouth disease. Demonstrators ...