The Research Group of the Standing Technical Committee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EUFMD) met in Closed and Open Sessions on 16-20 October 2006 in Paphos, Cyprus. The draft report of the Open Session plus some of the papers presented there are now available on the web. Issues covered at the Open Session included epidemiology and surveillance of the disease; vaccine control; vaccine application; and diagnostics. The EUFMD is a regional Commission established under the auspices of FAO in 1954. See the report or contact keith.sumption@fao.org for more information.