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‘No progress’ in talks with Russia over EU meat imports
The European Commission‘s efforts to talk with Russia about opening up its markets for European pork did not meet with much success, according to EU commissioner for agriculture Phil Hogan. […]
Economy
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Economy
Tax and legal changes to drive growth in 2016
With the new year will come new changes to Lithuania’s tax codes and other laws that will change residents’ everyday lives and hopefully propel the country towards continued growth. […]
Economy
Lithuanian export downturn predicted by producers and exporters
In the upcoming months, Lithuania’s producers and exporters predict a decrease in Lithuanian industrial exports. According to a poll distributed to the heads of industrial companies by Statistics Lithuania, 14 percent of businesses predict a decrease while 17 percent predict an increase (a month ago, these percentages were 12 and 31 percent, respectively). […]
Economy
Lithuanian exporters weather through one year Russia’s embargo with heads held high
Statistics Lithuania reports that in June, the volume of Lithuania’s exports decreased by 3.6 percent on a year-on-year basis. But the decrease was influenced by a significant fall of re-exports, since exports of Lithuanian-made goods grew by 3.7 percent. […]
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Lithuanian president: Moscow’s economic embargo punished Russia itself
The economic embargo imposed by Russia had the biggest effect upon Russians themselves by way of a sharp decrease in the selection of food products and surge in food prices, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
European Union
Some EU countries had bilateral export talks with Russia, EU Commission confirms
The European Commission says that representatives of some EU member states have apparently met with Russia‘s representatives in recent months to discuss food export issues without informing the EU’s executive body or other countries. […]
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Lithuanian analyst: Russia trying to sow discord in EU with import bans
Russia is trying to sow discord between the Baltic countries and other European Union (EU) Member States by halting plans to resume imports of pork from selected Western European countries, political scientist Dovilė Jakniūnaitė believes. […]
European Union
President Grybauskaitė: Commissioner Andriukaitis is dividing Europe
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that, by possibly allowing Russia to choose EU member-states for which it will lift the food exports embargo, European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis is dividing the unity of the European Union and standing up for Moscow’s interests. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president slams EU Commissioner Andriukaitis over Russia embargo talks
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė sees Brussels’ proposal to Moscow to hold talks on lifting the existing food embargo with individual EU countries as a “deplorable precedent” and believes that Lithuania’s representative, European Commissioner for Heath and Food Safety Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, must take responsibility for that, a presidential adviser said on Tuesday. […]
European Union
EU agriculture chief: EU to speak with one voice with Russia about trade sanctions
The European Union (EU) will be unified in talks with Russia over possible lifting of sanctions for certain food products, Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said after a Farm Council meeting on Monday. […]
European Union
Lithuania’s farmers disappointed with Lithuanian EU commissioner
Lithuanian farmers say they are disappointed in Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. […]
Economy
Russia does not plan to call off sanctions on products from Lithuania
Russia intends to lift sanctions on imports of food and farm products from certain European Union (EU) countries, which were introduced last August. However, the list of the countries does not include Lithuania, the Agriculture Minister and the Chief Veterinary Officer have said. […]
Economy
Lithuanian meat producers lose EUR 2.9m per month due to beef overstock
Due to Russia’s food embargo and the beef overstock which resulted because of these restrictions, farmers who grow beef steers and cows lose around LTL 10 million (EUR 2.9 million) of income every month. […]
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