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Lithuania's Labour Party, whose delegate, Virginija Baltraitienė, is currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture, has proposed a controversial law to protect dairy producers that has critics, even those in the dairy industry, scratching their heads.

The European Commission has denied a request for €75 million in support for Lithuanian dairy farmers submitted by Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė at the beginning of the month.

Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister has submitted a request to the European Commission for an additional €75 million in EU funding to support the dairy sector in Lithuania.

Milk producers being hit by significant losses are calling for resignation of the Minister of Agriculture and say in the absence of government support, they will bring cows into the centre of Vilnius in protest by the end of March.

The ministers of environment and agriculture will have to go if they are caught lying about investigations they are currently subject to, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has suggested on Monday evening after meeting with the president.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė is fuelling political crises in the country instead of seeking stability and balance, says European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the honorary chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė has accepted resignation of her deputy Vilius Martusevičius over alleged corruption in the ministry's food for poor programme.

The Prosecutor General's Office is to investigate public procurement contracts for the government's food for poor programme after it emerged that companies picked to supply products offered massively inflated prices.

Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė might have to explain herself to official ethics watchdogs after it has emerged that the ministry's food for poor programme awarded a government contract to a company linked to the minister's party colleague Viktor Uspaskich.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to have a "serious conversation" with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius about corruption suspicions that have plagued his cabinet over the last week. The meeting is scheduled for next week, after Butkevičius comes back from vacation.

Illegal poultry imports from Poland is an old problem that has not been dealt with properly, Lithuania's agriculture minister said after law enforcement and tax authorities busted a network that processed and sold unaccounted and possibly substandard products.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less.

Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė will establish a commission to carry out an internal investigation into the actions of Daiva Gineikaitė, the director of the National Land Service (NZT) who was accused of having been under the influence of alcohol when she caused a traffic a...

Daiva Gineikaitė, head of the National Land Service (NZT) under the Ministry of Agriculture, has been temporarily placed on unpaid leave pending the results of an investigation into whether or not she was driving under the influence of alcohol when she caused a traffic accident in Kaunas, Lithuania'...

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė says that the Baltic states and Poland will not be able to stop the spread of African swine fever (ASF) without additional help from the European Commission.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says it is unrealistic to expect that European milk quota regime will be extended, but Lithuanian farmers can expect greater direct payments in the future.

On Friday, the European Commission officially confirmed the Lithuanian Rural Development Programme.

In 2014, Lithuania harvested a record amount of grain, over 5 million tonnes.

After member-states of the European Union have finally given their blessing to the Liliputas, a Lithuanian semi-hard cheese, the product will from now on be sold with a "protected geographical indication" logo.