Economy
Lithuanian farmers receive EUR 169m in direct payments
Since 1 December, Lithuania’s National Paying Agency paid out LTL 584 million (EUR 169 million) to farmers in direct payment and compensations. […]
Agriculture
Economy
Lithuanian products presented in Middle East
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 the step will help Lithuanian agricultural producers to find new markets. […]
Economy
Lithuanian milk producers to receive state aid in early December
The National Paying Agency (NMA) under the Ministry of Agriculture is going to distribute transitional national aid to diary producers on 1-2 December. […]
Economy
Poultry consumption in Lithuania doubled over decade
An average Lithuanian consumes around 25 kilograms of poultry annually, while the rate a decade ago stood at 12 kilograms. Global trends indicate that poultry consumption continues to grow steadily. […]
Economy
Lithuania asks EU for EUR 32m support to its milk producers
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. […]
European Union
Baltic and Finnish farmers send new assistance request to EU
Baltic States and Finnish agricultural organizations submitted a repeated appeal for help to the European Commission, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Society
Lithuanian animal rights activists appeal against ritual slaughter
One of animal rights organisations has submitted an official complaint to the European Commission over the adopted amendments to the Law on Animal Welfare which enabled slaughter of animals based on Muslim and Jewish rites without prior stunning. […]
Economy
Lithuanian Agriculture Ministry introduces ritual slaughter methods
Specialists, meat processors, representatives of Muslim and Jewish religious groups discussed additional laws needed for the implementation of the law on ritual slaughter of animals that was recently passed by the Lithuanian parliament. […]
Economy
European Union
EU should cover 75 percent of Lithuania’s ASF-related costs, agriculture minister says
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 Informal Council of Agriculture Ministers. […]
Economy
Lithuania might soon be allowed to export meat to US, prime minister says
Lithuania might soon be allowed to export meat products to the United States of America, the Baltic country’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has been informed. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM tours United States
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his delegation are visiting the United States of America (Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Chicago) on 5-13 October. […]
Economy
Lithuanian fruit and vegetable growers to receive EU support
The European Commission has adopted a new programme for emergency market measures for perishable fruit and vegetables in the wake of the Russian ban on imports of certain EU agricultural products, the EC informs. […]
Economy
New African swine fever case detected in Lithuania
African swine fever (ASF) was ascertained after testing samples of a hunted wild boar in Alytus district, the State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) has informed. This is the seventh ASF case in wild boar population in Lithuania and second in Alytus district this year detected in wild animals. […]
Economy
Grain price may continue to fall, expert says
Grain market analyst Tadas Povilauskas of the Lithuanian agricultural companies’ Group Litagra says that grain price may continue to fall due to both good harvests and competition of alternative cultures grown by Australian and South American cultivators. […]
Economy
Controversial reactions to legalization of ritual slaughter of animals in Lithuania
The law legalizing ritual slaughter of livestock, which was passed by the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament, has attracted controversy. While the local Jewish Community of Lithuania welcomed the law, animal rights activists said they will turn to the European Commission. […]
Economy
Lithuania legalizes ritual slaughter of animals
The Lithuanian parliament has legalized the ritual slaughter of livestock in a move that is expected to help farmers hit by Russia’s food import ban to sell their production to Muslim markets. […]
Economy
Economy
Economy
Lithuanian PM sees no possibility to reduce VAT on meat
Unlike some members of the ruling majority, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not see any possibilities to introduce VAT exemptions for meat next year. […]