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MG Baltic case. How at the group’s behest, a conservative strove to harm Landsbergis and why Steponavičius lowered himself

MG Baltic group VP Raimondas Kurlianskis boasted to a number of high state officials that he maintains close connections with…

6 years ago
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NSGK investigation reveals how Russia’s tethers penetrated into Lithuania: seemingly irreconcilable enemies united

What do the companies Arvi, MG Baltic, part of the so-called officials and Russia's aims to penetrate Lithuania's energy system…

6 years ago
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589 days of political corruption investigation: main facts

Lithuania's law-enforcement have closed a 589-day investigation into political corruption allegations of one of the country's largest business concerns MG…

7 years ago
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In power not so long ago – where do former politicians work now?

Politicians who held high offices last term, but did not enter Seimas again are enjoying their status as private individuals…

7 years ago
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Baltraitienė leaving Labour Party

Virginija Baltraitienė, Lithuania's former agriculture minister and MP, has sent a letter to members of the Labour Party over the…

8 years ago
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ELECTIONS. Populism and bankruptcy of value based politics. Analysis

The Seimas elections campaigning period is now almost over, having lasted since spring. The Alfa.lt news portal reviews the key…

8 years ago
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Government sacks chief vet Milius

The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sack Jonas Milius, the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service, the…

8 years ago
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ELECTIONS. Debate on demography: a victory for the Conservatives

After the major party debate, experts found the Conservatives (TS-LKD) and the “Peasants” (LVŽS) to have performed the most successfully,…

8 years ago
  • Economy

China to evaluate Lithuanian export capacities

Lithuania has already managed to enter the Chinese dairy market and now the representatives of other industries are looking to…

8 years ago
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Conservatives collect signatures for Agriculture Minister’s interpellation

Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), the largest opposition political group at the Lithuanian parliament, has collected signatures of…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ado about hunting party ‘will not affect ties with Latvia’ – Lithuanian Seimas speaker

The commotion about Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė's dinner and hunting party with her Latvian counterpart should not affect the…

8 years ago
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Social democrats urge to look into agriculture minister’s actions

Responsibility of Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė should be assessed by the Labour Party that delegated her to the post,…

8 years ago
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Lithuanian minister offers apology to Latvian counterpart over ‘paranoiac fears’ in Vilnius

Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė on Monday made a public apology to her Latvian counterpart, Janis Duklavs, over the situation…

8 years ago
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Minister calls on Lithuania’s chief veterinary officer to step down

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė says that she has no grounds to fire Jonas Milius, director of the State Food…

8 years ago
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Agriculture minister lobbies LIDL to sell more Lithuanian goods

Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has met with the CEO of the retail chain Lidl, Radostin Dimitrov Roussev-Peine, to discuss…

8 years ago
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Lithuanian dairy farmers ‘deserve bigger share of EU support’ – minister

Lithuania would like to get a bigger percentage of the European Union's support for dairy farmers than its share in…

8 years ago
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Lithuanian dairy farmers to receive €18m in government subsidies

The Lithuanian government is giving out €18 million to dairy farmers who say low prices have dealt a lethal blow…

9 years ago
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Co-ops the only way to make Lithuanian farming viable – minister

Forming cooperatives is the only way for Lithuania's small farmers to survive, says Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė.Farmers throughout Europe have…

9 years ago
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Government to discuss support for dairy farmers facing crisis

Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė is to discuss potential support for the dairy sector together with the division chairmen of…

9 years ago
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Lithuania’s Labour Party announces election candidate list

Lithuania’s Labour Party approved 69 candidates on Sunday at the party’s meeting for single member constituencies for the upcoming parliament…

9 years ago