ATHENS: Greece has banned the transportation and reproduction of sheep and goats across the country for 10 days after detecting more than 100 pox infections, the agriculture ministry said.
The measures are precautionary and are aimed at containing the spread of the virus, which does not affect humans, the ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday.
So far, 104 cases have been detected, most of them in the northern area of Evros. About 17,500 animals have been culled.
Authorities are investigating the initial source of the outbreak and tests are being conducted in the wider area where the cases were first detected, in line with EU rules, it said.
Greece is home to the largest number of goats in Europe, the ministry has said. Their milk, used in Greece’s trademark feta cheese, is a major economic driver.
“Starting today, we announce a complete ban on the movement of sheep and goats for breeding, fattening, grazing and slaughter, throughout the Greek territory for 10 days,” Agriculture Minister Costas Tsiaras said.
In June, Greece imposed similar restrictions to contain a viral infection known as “goat plague.”
Greece imposes restrictions to contain spread of pox among sheep, goats
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Greece imposes restrictions to contain spread of pox among sheep, goats
- Authorities are investigating the initial source of the outbreak and tests are being conducted in the wider area where the cases were first detected, in line with EU rules, it said
Senegal to suspend all extraditions to France
- A French appeals court in late November requested details from Dakar regarding Senegal’s request to extradite media magnate and government critic Madiambal Diagne
DAKAR: Senegal has “decided to suspend” all extraditions to France, Dakar’s justice minister said, accusing Paris of refusing to hand over two Senegalese citizens to the West African country.
The row comes after the French courts postponed a decision last month on whether to return a Senegalese press baron critical of the Senegalese government, and as Dakar seeks the extradition of a businessman under investigation for financial irregularities.
“We have two Senegalese nationals in France. France, up to now, has not returned them to Senegal, which has provided all the justifications and continues to request their extradition,” Justice Minister Yassine Fall told parliament, without specifying who the two people were.
As a result of France’s non-cooperation, Senegal will refuse to extradite 12 people wanted by France “until France responds favorably to what we have requested,” Fall said.
“If these people are guilty of crimes, we arrest them. We do not do as France does. We do not let them remain free,” the minister added.
A French appeals court in late November requested details from Dakar regarding Senegal’s request to extradite media magnate and government critic Madiambal Diagne, who fled to France in late September and is subject to a Senegalese arrest warrant for alleged financial irregularities.
Two journalists were arrested in Senegal in October after conducting separate interviews with Diagne, sparking an outcry among press groups and the political class, which called the detentions a severe attack on freedom of speech. Both were freed within the week.
Since toppling former President Macky Sall in 2024, considered one of France’s closest allies in West Africa, the Senegalese government has adopted a more critical stance toward Paris, without completely turning its back on the country’s former colonial ruler.
