Ministry of Rural Development and Food

A ban on the movement of animals across Greece for any purpose—such as slaughter or fattening—has been implemented for ten days following a video conference led by the Minister of Rural Development and Food with Deputy Minister Christos Kellas, General Secretary for Rural Development and Food George Stratakos, regional governors, deputy regional governors responsible for the primary sector, rep

Minister of Rural Development and Food Kostas Tsiaras emphasized the need to reassess EU funding allocated for tackling zoonotic diseases during the Council of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries in Brussels on Monday.

Tsiaras proposed submitting a request for funding from the agricultural reserve to secure additional resources for supporting livestock farmers. 

Teams carry out inspections on a farm in the region of Thessaly, central Greece. The General Directorate of Veterinary Medicine at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food has announced a partial revision of the restrictive measures to prevent the spread of sheep plague, based on epidemiological data.

By August 21, the platform for support measures for fire victims in Attica will be open, said Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Triantopoulos, on Wednesday morning.

Minister of Rural Development Kostas Tsiaras announced that traditional August 15 festivities will take place without lamb, hinting that slaughterhouses across the country are expected to remain closed next week.

"We will be without lamb on August 15," Tsiaras stated in an interview with Skai TV.

There have been 22 confirmed cases of plague peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Greece so far. According to current data, twenty of these cases are located in Thessaly, one in Corinth, and one in Attica.

Greece has confirmed 22 cases of rinderpest, with 20 cases detected in Thessaly, central Greece, one in Corinth, Peloponnese and one in Attica.

To date, 10,768 animals have been slaughtered, and another 2,000 are expected to be culled soon.

The first case of plague in Attica was detected in Aspropyrgos, as confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Christos Kellas, speaking to protothema.gr.

In response to new cases of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) detected outside Thessaly in central Greece, authorities have imposed a nationwide ban on the movement of goats and sheep for breeding, fattening and slaughter.

Over the weekend, a fresh outbreak was confirmed at a livestock unit in Mesino, within the Corinthia regional unit.

A case of ovine rinderpest has been detected in a herd of goats and sheep in Kalabaka, in Thessaly, the Ministry of Rural Development and Food has announced.

National and local disease control officials have been sent to the farm to destroy and bury the contaminated animals, to set up a protection zone around the farm and to conduct epidemiological research.