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If Lithuania introduces a complete ban on alcohol advertising, it will hardly be able to enforce it on foreign-registered Internet sites, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday.
Alcohol in Norfa shopping centre
Alcohol in Norfa shopping centre
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"I think that in adopting the law, we need to look at how it will function in practice and at our possibilities to enforce it. I do have certain doubts as to possibilities to technically solve this when it comes to portals, sources outside the Republic of Lithuania's jurisdiction. It is quite com

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