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Lesvos livestock farmers: “No” to mass culling due to foot-and-mouth disease, immediate vaccination program demanded

Cooperatives and farmers’ associations are calling for the immediate suspension of mass culling of herds, the implementation of a universal vaccination program, and the carrying out of an epidemiological study on the island

Lesvos counts millions in damages due to foot-and-mouth disease: port blocked, cheese factories shut down, cancellations also in tourism

With the main demand being the reopening of the port of Mytilene so that mature dairy products can be transported off Lesvos, representatives of the island’s institutions are set to attend a meeting tomorrow under the Minister of Rural Development

Confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease in Lesvos

Measures have been put into effect – Foot-and-mouth disease is an अत्य highly contagious viral disease affecting cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, as well as certain wild species

The 19 islands in the Dodecanese, Northern and Eastern Aegean where VAT is reduced by 30% – See the list

Pierrakakis: “Effectively, the 24% VAT becomes 17% and the 13% VAT becomes 9%” – The measure is already applied on 5 islands in the Eastern Aegean that maintain reception facilities for refugee flows

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