MG Baltic group VP Raimondas Kurlianskis boasted to a number of high state officials that he maintains close connections with not only the Liberals, but also the Conservatives. From secret data gathered by officers it […]
What do the companies Arvi, MG Baltic, part of the so-called officials and Russia‘s aims to penetrate Lithuania’s energy system have in common? The conclusions of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) investigation […]
Lithuania’s law-enforcement have closed a 589-day investigation into political corruption allegations of one of the country’s largest business concerns MG Baltic, the Liberal Movement and the Labour Party. […]
Politicians who held high offices last term, but did not enter Seimas again are enjoying their status as private individuals and some of them are unwilling to discuss their current lives. A number of the […]
Virginija Baltraitienė, Lithuania’s former agriculture minister and MP, has sent a letter to members of the Labour Party over the weekend, informing about her plans to leave the party. […]
The Seimas elections campaigning period is now almost over, having lasted since spring. The Alfa.lt news portal reviews the key factors and parties throughout the process First of all – the role of law enforcementThis […]
The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sack Jonas Milius, the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service, the prime minister’s spokesman Mindaugas Janulionis told journalists at the government. […]
After the major party debate, experts found the Conservatives (TS-LKD) and the “Peasants” (LVŽS) to have performed the most successfully, earning 33 and 31 points respectively. Meanwhile the Social Democrats (LSDP) left the experts disappointed, […]
Lithuania has already managed to enter the Chinese dairy market and now the representatives of other industries are looking to enter the largest market in the world. Preparations for this are already well under way for companies planning to export beef, grain and animal fodder. […]
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), the largest opposition political group at the Lithuanian parliament, has collected signatures of 31 MPs in support of interpellation against Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė. […]
The commotion about Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė‘s dinner and hunting party with her Latvian counterpart should not affect the relations between the two neighbouring states, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė of the Labour Party. […]
Responsibility of Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė should be assessed by the Labour Party that delegated her to the post, the board of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party stated on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė on Monday made a public apology to her Latvian counterpart, Janis Duklavs, over the situation in connection to the recent dinner and hunting activity in Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė says that she has no grounds to fire Jonas Milius, director of the State Food and Veterinary Service, but she has advised him to step down.
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Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has met with the CEO of the retail chain Lidl, Radostin Dimitrov Roussev-Peine, to discuss the prospects and challenges of the country’s food industry. “We want that more local manufacturers‘ […]
Lithuania would like to get a bigger percentage of the European Union‘s support for dairy farmers than its share in total milk production, according to the country’s agriculture minister. Virginija Baltraitienė said on Thursday that […]
The Lithuanian government is giving out €18 million to dairy farmers who say low prices have dealt a lethal blow to small farms. About 1,500 farmers will distribute the subsidy, about €80 per cow. Members […]
Forming cooperatives is the only way for Lithuania’s small farmers to survive, says Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė. Farmers throughout Europe have been hit by small prices and even medium-sized farms are struggling to stay afloat, […]
Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė is to discuss potential support for the dairy sector together with the division chairmen of the Lithuanian Farmers’ Union. The discussions will primarily focus on financial support for dairy producers, […]
Lithuania’s Labour Party approved 69 candidates on Sunday at the party’s meeting for single member constituencies for the upcoming parliament elections, two constituencies remain vacant. The Lithuanian electoral system is a hybrid: 71 parliamentarians are […]
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