Vet chief and advisory head clash over foot-and-mouth payouts

An intense dispute over how to compensate farmers whose livestock were slaughtered during Cyprus’s foot-and-mouth outbreak has put the head of Veterinary Services on a collision course with the chief of the Special Advisory Committee, with millions of euros and EU co-funding at stake. Veterinary Services Director Christodoulos Pipis and Special Scientific Committee head Stavros […]

By Angelos Nicolaou