At a European Commission (EC) working group vote on an EC regulation providing emergency financial support to farmers facing economic viability problems caused by the crisis in the Middle East,…
On Monday, July 13th, at the meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, Latvia expressed support for the European Commission’s Livestock Strategy and Protein Action Plan, which…
On Monday, July 13th, Acting State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Liene Jansone will participate in the meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, where Member States…
On July 2nd in Riga, Latvian food producers, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Normunds Šmits and Deputy State Secretary Juris Zīvarts met with Lulu Retail, one of the largest…
With support from the EU Recovery Fund, the Ministry of Agriculture has completed the project “Development of Agricultural Data Centre cloud computing services within the national federated cloud”*…
On Wednesday, July 1st, a reduced value added tax (VAT) rate of 12% will take effect for bread, milk, poultry and eggs. The reduced VAT rate of 12% will also remain in place for fresh fruit, berries…
On June 22nd and 23rd, Minister for Agriculture Uldis Augulis participated in the meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, where Member States discussed sustainable fishing…
Minister for Agriculture Uldis Augulis has set the Ministry of Agriculture’s key priorities for the near future: representing Latvia’s interests in EU negotiations, strengthening the capacity,…
This week, representatives of Latvian food and agriculture businesses, the Ministry of Agriculture and its subordinate institutions concluded a successful working visit to Kazakhstan. The Latvian…
On Tuesday, May 26th, at the meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, Belgium, Member States discussed current developments in the EU’s external trade and the availability of…
