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Aug 2026
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Greece regains official status as a country free of Peste des Petits Ruminants

International recognition from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) for the successful management and eradication of the disease

€3.6 million in compensation for 226 livestock farmers over sheep and goat pox outbreak

The compensation concerns animals that were culled as part of measures to eradicate the sheep and goat pox epidemic

Farmers are being paid normally after the technical issue with contribution deductions

The technical problem in the OPEKEPE payment system, which had caused a temporary deduction of ELGA contributions without the subsidies being credited, was gradually resolved from 12:00. Payments for the Redistributive Aid started in the morning, followed by the settlement of the Basic Aid

Floods 2023: Additional suspension of tax and social security obligations for those affected

Extension of payment deadlines and suspension of tax and social security debt collection for those affected by Storm Daniel

Consultation on the Agricultural Advisory Services plan until February 14

The consultation will last until Friday, February 14, 2025

Ministry of Rural Development and Food (ΥΠΑΑΤ): Two-month extension for the improvement plans of 2018 – Absorption reaches 451 million euros

In 2024, 42.5 million euros were paid to beneficiaries for the improvement plans – Submission of the final payment request

Greece seizes more than 700kg of illegal pesticides from Turkey

The Ministry warned about the disastrous effects of illegal pesticide usage has on the economy & the environment