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Battle Against FMD Requires Island-Wide Approach

After emerging in Iraq in March 2025, the fast‑spreading foot‑and‑mouth disease reached the island by December – but how effective can eradication efforts be when cooperation between the two communities remains sporadic and fragmented?

SOCIAL LENS

Foot-And-Mouth Disease In Cyprus: Government Announces Compensation For Farmers, Malas To Lead Scientific Team

Government promises full compensation, income restoration and sector recovery measures, with scientist Stavros Malas appointed to lead expert task force

POLITICS

How Your Vote Shapes Your Daily Life

A growing number of young Cypriots are missing from the electoral roll ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections

SOCIAL LENS

Entire Cyprus Designated ‘Further Restricted Zone’ Over Foot-and-Mouth Disease – Halloumi Exempt

Under the new framework, protection and surveillance zones of 3 and 10 kilometres are established around a total of 33 confirmed outbreaks.

GLOBE

Greece Rules Out Participation in Operation in Strait of Hormuz

Government officials say the EU naval mission Aspides is geographically limited to the Red Sea and does not extend to the Strait of Hormuz.

SOCIAL LENS

First Case of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Detected in Dali, Veterinary Services on Alert

Information from politis.com.cy indicates that a case has also been identified at a cattle farm in the Geri area.

NEWSPULSE

Battle Against FMD Requires Island-Wide Approach

Cyprus Divided

|16.03.2026 21:12

How Your Vote Shapes Your Daily Life

POLITICS

|16.03.2026 17:50

Foot-And-Mouth Disease In Cyprus: Government Announces Compensation For Farmers, Malas To Lead Scientific Team

SOCIAL LENS

|16.03.2026 17:05

Cyprus Transport Plans: Electric Vehicle Subsidies, Tram Review And New Highway Projects

SOCIAL LENS

|16.03.2026 16:49

Housing Finance Corporation Plans €135m Sale of Non-Performing Loans

ECONOMY

|16.03.2026 16:12

Historic Split at UN Over Women’s Rights After 70 Years

SOCIAL LENS

|16.03.2026 14:41

Greece Rules Out Participation in Operation in Strait of Hormuz

GLOBE

|16.03.2026 14:21

European Commission Announces €458m Humanitarian Aid Package for Middle East in 2026

GLOBE

|16.03.2026 14:15

Farm Groups Call for Foot-and-Mouth Measures to Apply in Occupied Areas

SOCIAL LENS

|16.03.2026 14:07

Paris Erotokritou Appointed New General Director of Nicosia Municipal Theatre

CULTURE

|16.03.2026 13:50

PODIUM

Government promises full compensation, income restoration and sector recovery measures, with scientist Stavros Malas appointed to lead expert task force

A growing number of young Cypriots are missing from the electoral roll ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections

Under the new framework, protection and surveillance zones of 3 and 10 kilometres are established around a total of 33 confirmed outbreaks.

Government officials say the EU naval mission Aspides is geographically limited to the Red Sea and does not extend to the Strait of Hormuz.

Information from politis.com.cy indicates that a case has also been identified at a cattle farm in the Geri area.

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