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Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas says that he would resign right away if Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis lost confidence in him.

The shadows of abuse on Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas and his family discredit him and damages the reputation of the rest of the government, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

The European Commission is aware of the issue of different levels of direct payments for farmers and will make efforts to make these payments uniform across the bloc, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in Vilnius on Friday.

Lithuania's Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas duly stepped aside from the decisions to earmark support to his former employer and consequently did not violate the law, the Chief Official Ethics Commission concluded on Wednesday.

Tuesday's voting on Lithuania's 2018 state budget shows that there should be enough political support in the Seimas for other reforms, too, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania does not need any additional EU funding for dealing with a landslide crisis at Vilnius' historic Gediminas Castle Hill.

Guenther Oettinger, the EU commissioner in charge of budget and human resources, is to come on a visit to Lithuania on Thursday.

With Lithuanian farmers' losses due to heavy rains estimated at tens of millions of euros, the Cabinet declared on Wednesday a nationwide emergency situation in a move that will improve the country's chances of securing EU aid and will open the way for using the government's reserve funds.

Preliminary losses incurred by Lithuania's farmers due to heavy rains may total at about 40 million euros, says Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, adding that part of the losses would be covered from the state reserve, with plans to apply for European support.

The Lithuanian government is looking at how to best help farmers affected by heavy rainfall and flooded crops, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas thinks that the European Union should ban international corporations from using different recipes for food products that are sold in Eastern Europe under the same brand names as in Western Europe.

One out of three members of the Seimas made public information about their meetings with organizations and registered lobbyists during the Lithuanian parliament's past spring session, Transparency International Lithuania said on Wednesday after analyzing parliamentarians' official calendars and pers...

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas is now not so keen on moving his ministry from Vilnius to Kaunas, an idea he was enthusiastic about some time ago.

The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to relocate the post of agricultural attache from Russia to Japan.