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LATVIA – LITHUANIA – NEWS In July, Lithuania is introducing changes to its used car trade regulations, requiring a thorough check of the actual mileage of cars. According to Andris …
A third of cars imported to Latvia have twisted odometer readings Read More »
LITHUANIA – LEGISLATION Commercial banks, which have made impressive profits this year and last year due to exceptional circumstances, including an interest rate hike by the European Central Bank, will …
Lithuanian government forces banks to share record profits Read More »
LITHUANIA – NEWS Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kravys has said that the Baltic states will try to stop imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia, the BBC reports. “We have …
Baltic states intend to stop imports of liquefied gas from Russia Read More »
LITHUANIA – AUTO REPAIR There is probably no driver who has never experienced the problem of a dead battery unable to start a car engine. The colder the weather, the …
When it is not recommended to jump-start your car from another car Read More »
LITHUANIA – LEGISLATIONĀ Lithuania’s Finance Ministry on Thursday proposed a temporary tax on bank profits to raise about 510 million euros ($538.7 million) over two years, Reuters reported. Bank profits …
LITHUANIA – META (Facebook) Technology company Meta, which owns social networking sites Facebook and Instagram, is launching Meta Verified, a subscription service costing up to ā¬15 a month. The new …
LATVIA-LITHUANIA-ESTONIA Last week, fuel prices fell in Lithuania and Latvia; average prices in Estonia remained the same as a week earlier, according to BNS news agency data based on information …
LITHUANIA – RESEARCH More than a third of nightclub-goers have tried drugs at least once, according to a survey by the Lithuanian Department for Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control released …
More than a third of nightclub-goers in Lithuania have tried drugs at least once Read More »
LITHUANIA – SOCIAL MEDIA An expert working group of the National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) discussed malicious activities of bots in social media on Friday and outlined concrete proposals …
Lithuanian parliamentarians seek to stop bots spreading propaganda on social media Read More »
LITHUANIA – ENERGY Warm January weather across the region has resulted in stable natural gas prices, relatively low consumption and unexpectedly high electricity production at power plants. All of this …
Warm weather and Latvian hydropower plants have made electricity cheaper in Lithuania Read More »
