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Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys says signals from Brussels indicate that an agreement with the European Commission on new direct payments to farmers is likely to be reached in late 2020.

Poland has officially cancelled a ban on pig imports from the major part of Lithuania, Lithuania's Agriculture Minister announced on January 29.

Lithuania considers tightening Polish pork imports in response to the neighboring country's recent ban on pork and pig imports from Lithuania, the country's Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys said on Friday.

Prices of main food products in five largest Lithuania's retail chains will be regularly announced on an official website in order to give shoppers better understanding about general price level, Lithuania's Ministry of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.

Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys is visiting China to promote Lithuanian exports to the huge Asian market.

The love for food was the recurring theme for 5 days at SIAL in Paris, one of the largest in the world fairs that closes its doors on Thursday. 39 Lithuanian Food Exporters have a stand on SIAL, a gigantic biannual food fair, the largest in France, and a meeting place for more than 180,000 visiting ...

As Lithuania seeks that direct payments to its farmers reach the EU-wide average level after 2020, Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys sees a gradual increase in these payments as realistic.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys has called on the European Commission to cover losses incurred by the country's farmers from drought and swine fever.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys will on Monday attend an informal meeting of EU ministers in charge of agriculture and fisheries in Vienna where post-Brexit funding of the agriculture sector will be discussed.

Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, and Mindaugas Bastys, a former social democrat who stood for election as an independent candidate, have gotten into the run-off of a by-election in Lithuania's Zanavykai constituency, held to fill ...

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday registered six candidates who want to fill a vacant parliament seat.

Lithuania's Ministry of Agriculture plans to allocate 3 million euros for measures aimed at encouraging farmers to renounce pig farming.

Lithuania's agriculture minister plans to propose encouraging farmers to renounce pig farming as swine fever is spreading in the country.

The Lithuanian government has decided to declare a nationwide state of emergency due to a prolonged drought to allow farmers who get EU support to avoid sanctions and to facilitate negotiations with buyers of their products.

Arūnas Gražulis on Monday took office as Lithuania's deputy interior minister.

Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys says that Lithuania must talk with Germany, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands in an effort to secure more funding for its agriculture after 2020.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys says that China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries will seek to accelerate mutual trade.