At a meeting with Lithuanian business figures on Tuesday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis presented the idea of allowing payment for alcohol by bank cards only, 15min.lt news portal said.
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With excise duty on alcoholic beverages due to increase in Lithuania from March 1, nearly 1 in 5 of the country's residents intend to buy less alcohol and nearly half will not change their drinking habits, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday.
Specialized retail stores for alcoholic beverages could be opened in Lithuania in 2018, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said.
Small-scale entrepreneurs say they would go bankrupt, if alcohol was moved out of food stores to specialized shops, as proposed by Lithuania's new ruling Peasant and Green Union.
