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The Ministry of Agriculture says it will ease controls on farmers who suffer losses due to the dry weather and will not impose sanctions for non-compliance with commitments tied to the European Union’s support.

Bronius Markauskas is stepping down as Lithuania's agriculture minister amid criticism over his family's farming practices, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday.

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis believes Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will later on Wednesday not call on Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to step down after he came under fire for the circumstances surrounding his family's farming.

The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) has found possible irregularities in Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas' farming practices but will not launch a pre-trial investigation.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he will not yield to pressure from President Dalia Grybauskaitė or anyone else in his decision on the future of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.

Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas is continuing in the position until the authorities check the circumstances of his family's farming, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis told journalists after meeting with the minister on Tuesday.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it will be difficult, but possible for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in his post after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on him to resign amid criticism over his family's farming practices.

After President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas can no longer remain in office, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it would difficult for the minister to stay on.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, who has recently come under criticism over his family's farming practices, can no longer remain in office.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), sees no reason for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to resign amid criticism over his family's farming business.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis doubts the possibility to initiate a no-confidence vote in Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas amid criticism of his family's farming on another person's land.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Tuesday that he did not plan to resign amid allegations of using several plots of land for farming purposes without the landowners' permission.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no reasons, at least for now, for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to resign following reports that his family received EU payments for farming someone else's land.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas says that he would resign right away if Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis lost confidence in him.

The shadows of abuse on Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas and his family discredit him and damages the reputation of the rest of the government, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Searches conducted by Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) at the National Paying Agency (NPA) were part of a probe into projects administered by Saulius Silickas, a former head of the agency in charge of allocating EU and national agricultural aid funds, Agriculture Minister Bro...

Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) has conducted searches at the National Paying Agency (NPA), which is in charge of allocating EU funds.