EU to provide ‘substantial’ financial support to combat FMD

Cyprus is set to receive financial support from the European Union to move forward with measures to combat the outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), President Nikos Christodoulides said in Brussels on Wednesday.

“I thanked the President of the European Commission for the substantive financial support not only to address the challenges that arise immediately, but (…) to reactivate the livestock sector,” he said after attending the European Council meeting.

Christodoulides...