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Russia intends to lift sanctions on imports of food and farm products from certain European Union (EU) countries, which were introduced last August. However, the list of the countries does not include Lithuania, the Agriculture Minister and the Chief Veterinary Officer have said.
Lithuania's delegation at this year's Berlin International Green Week, an important international trade fair held annually in Berlin, is going to focus on finding new markets.
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said he supports the plans of Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė to pass a temporary law that would regulate relations between dairy producers and processors.
Lithuanian producers are concerned about the United Kingdom's nutrition labelling system which uses the colours of traffic lights. Most traditional Lithuanian goods, cheese, ham, honey and jam, will be marked in red despite being made of natural ingredients.
Lithuanian farmers will be allocated LTL 11.2 billion (EUR 3.2 billion) for direct payments, but the payment structure will differ, the Ministry of Agriculture says.
Egypt has confirmed to the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service that Lithuanian beef meets the requirements and therefore may be exported to Egypt.
Last week Lithuanian products were introduced in one of the major international food and beverage industry exhibitions SIAL Middle East 2014 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A delegation headed by Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė visited the UAE. It is hoped...
Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė will on Monday remind Brussels of Lithuania’s request for approximately 110 million litas (EUR 32m) for the country’s dairy sector to compensate for losses sustained due to Russia’s sanctions.
Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has referred to the new European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries seeking for the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to take responsibility for the detention of Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wo...
The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, accountable to the European Commission, might be to blame for the detention of a Lithuanian fishing vessel in Russia as it failed to provide in time information about changes in the boundaries of Russia's special economic zone, Lithuania's Ministry of Ag...
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) will meet for an extraordinary sitting on Wednesday; one of the issues to be discussed is the Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf) that has been detained by Russia.
The European Union (EU) should cover up to 75 percent of Lithuania’s costs in combating African Swine Fever (ASF), Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė has said, adding that the officials representing the Community’s Member States have agreed to increase financing for Lithuania at the Informa...
The European Commission has confirmed that the Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf) was not in Russian waters when it was apprehended and forcibly towed to the northern port of Murmansk, the Lithuanian Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.
The European Commission, which is helping Lithuania to establish the circumstances of the detention of a fishing vessel by Russian officials, has not received any response from Moscow to its inquiries, Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė says.
Japan is interested in Lithuanian beef products and is waiting for them in the country's stores, said Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Kazuko Shiraishi during her meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė.
The European Union (EU) is concerned by the Russian decision to arrest the Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf) and demands that it be released without delay, reads a communiqué published on Tuesday.
The recent detention of a Lithuanian fishing vessel is Russia's demonstration of anger and power, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday.
Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to increase advance direct payments from 50 to 70 percent, in order to reduce the impact of the Russian embargo on dairy and meat producers.
Government officials and representatives of dairy processing industry have agreed that, in August, milk produced in Lithuania will be bought-in and the price will not be reduced by more than 12 percent, i.e., by approximately LTL 0.10 (EUR 0.03) per litre.
According to the calculations of Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė, losses of Lithuanian dairy and meat producers may possibly amount to LTL 500 million (EUR 145 million), because of food product embargo imposed by Russia.
