EU animal health commissioner visits island over FMD outbreak

The European Commissioner for animal health and welfare, Oliver Varhelyi, is visiting the island on Friday to assess the current foot and mouth outbreak and how Cyprus is handling it.

Verhelyi will visit the Zenon crisis coordination centre in Larnaca before meeting with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou and representatives of foot and mouth affected livestock units.

Later in the day, he is expected to meet with agricultural organisations, producer representatives and officials...