Food embargo
Lithuanian parliament speaker sceptical about cutting VAT to alleviate Russian import embargo effects
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says she has reservations about cutting value added tax (VAT) rate for vegetables and meat....
Lithuanian president instructs prime minister to evaluate losses due to Russia's food embargo
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius to assess potential losses due to Russia 's latest sanctions and...
Lithuanian agriculture minister calls for extraordinary EU ministers meeting
Following the introduction of sanctions on food imports by the Russian Federation, Lithuania's Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has turned...
Lithuanian dairy farmers complain about unilaterally terminated contracts and cut buying-in rates
Representatives of the agricultural sector say they support the plans of the Government to carry out intervention buying and claim that the interests of...
Lithuanian agriculture minister says European Commission might help with Russian embargo relief
Intervention buying-in by authorities would help Lithuanian farmers cope with the consequences of Russia’s restrictions on the imports of food and farm...
Parengė Gediminas Inčiūra
