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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 …
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LITHUANIA – LEGISLATION 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 €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 …
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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 …
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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 »
LITHUANIA – CONSTRUCTION When looking for new housing, experts recommend choosing not only houses, but also flats with aerothermal (air-water) heating. Although there are currently not many apartment buildings heated …
This method of heating will soon be extended to all apartment buildings Read More »
LITHUANIA – NEWS Neither prevention campaigns nor regular police raids prevent drunk driving. On Friday evening alone, five heavily intoxicated drivers were caught in Vilnius within a few hours. Two …
LATVIA – LITHUANIA – ENERGETICS Vilnius-based Green Genius has announced that it will build a solar power plant in Latvia.“This 100 MW project is currently the largest in Latvia,” said …
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