Livestock farmers to march on presidential palace over culling measures

Livestock farmers have announced a nationwide protest to be held on Saturday in Nicosia, marching to the presidential palace in opposition to ongoing culling measures linked to foot-and-mouth disease.

Demonstrators will gather at the GSP stadium at 10am before marching at 11am, calling for an immediate halt further culling and demanding clarity on compensation.

In their statement issued on Friday, farmers said they oppose the “indiscriminate killing of healthy and asymptomatic...