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Lithuania's law-enforcement have closed a 589-day investigation into political corruption allegations of one of the country's largest business concerns MG Baltic, the Liberal Movement and the Labour Party.

Virginija Baltraitienė, Lithuania's former agriculture minister and MP, has sent a letter to members of the Labour Party over the weekend, informing about her plans to leave the party.

The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sack Jonas Milius, the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service, the prime minister's spokesman Mindaugas Janulionis told journalists at the government.

Lithuania has already managed to enter the Chinese dairy market and now the representatives of other industries are looking to enter the largest market in the world. Preparations for this are already well under way for companies planning to export beef, grain and animal fodder.

Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), the largest opposition political group at the Lithuanian parliament, has collected signatures of 31 MPs in support of interpellation against Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė.

The commotion about Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė's dinner and hunting party with her Latvian counterpart should not affect the relations between the two neighbouring states, says Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė of the Labour Party.

Responsibility of Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė should be assessed by the Labour Party that delegated her to the post, the board of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party stated on Tuesday.

Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė on Monday made a public apology to her Latvian counterpart, Janis Duklavs, over the situation in connection to the recent dinner and hunting activity in Lithuania.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė says that she has no grounds to fire Jonas Milius, director of the State Food and Veterinary Service, but she has advised him to step down. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.