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Lesvos cheese makers resume milk collection, port set to reopen

Ekathimerini 25 Apr 2026
Cheese makers on Lesvos began collecting milk from dairy farmers on Friday, following assurances from the Rural ...
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Lesvos Faces Severe Food Shortages Due To Port Blockade

Greek City Times 21 Apr 2026
The island of Lesvos remained without consumer goods for a seventh ...
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Livestock farmers end Lesvos port blockade

Ekathimerini 21 Apr 2026
The head of the port authority and the island’s police director who arrived at the scene asked the small group of livestock farmers to leave, saying their number did not justify closing off the area ... .
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Lesvos farmers continue port blockade amid disease outbreak, shortages reported

Ekathimerini 19 Apr 2026
On Friday, Rural Development Minister Margaritis Schinas pledged, following a meeting with Lesvos livestock breeders, that the government would partially lift the ban on the sale of cheese from the affected island.
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Lesvos livestock breeders told to keep calm amid foot-and-mouth outbreak

Ekathimerini 17 Apr 2026
The government will partially lift a ban on the sale of cheese from the foot-and-mouth disease-hit island of Lesvos, Rural Development Minister Margaritis Schinas promised Friday following a meeting with local livestock breeders.
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Lesvos in the grip of foot-and-mouth disease

Ekathimerini 16 Apr 2026
Critical decisions are expected soon as authorities move to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, with a joint ministerial decree set to unlock ...
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Lesvos Paralyzed as Greek Farmers Intensify Protests Over Foot-and-Mouth Restrictions

Greek Reporter 16 Apr 2026
Lesvos remains in turmoil for the third consecutive day as livestock farmers escalate protests against the devastating economic impact of measures taken to combat foot-and-mouth disease ... Lesvos is a “ghost town”.
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Lesvos farmers disrupt ferry sailings for a second day

Ekathimerini 15 Apr 2026
Hundreds of farmers blockaded the main port of the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, disrupting ferry services for a second day Wednesday to protest the government’s handling of a deadly livestock disease.
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Lesvos farmers disrupt ferry sailing amid foot-and-mouth epidemic

Ekathimerini 14 Apr 2026
Farmers on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, who are struggling to cope with a deadly livestock disease, on Tuesday prevented hundreds of travelers from boarding an outward-bound ...
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Turkish Tourist Arrivals To Greek Islands Surge

Greek City Times 06 Apr 2026
The number of Turkish tourists visiting Greek islands has increased fivefold in ...
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Two new foot-and-mouth cases recorded on Lesvos farms

Ekathimerini 03 Apr 2026
Two new cases of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth livestock disease have been recorded on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, authorities said Friday.
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Authorities detect 18 cases of foot-and-mouth on Lesvos

Ekathimerini 01 Apr 2026
A total 18 cases of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease among livestock have been recorded on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos where Greece’s first case in a quarter-century was detected in mid-March, authorities said Wednesday.
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