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Lithuania's mulls buying bank while establishing state bank – minister

2020-08-05
BNS/TBT Staff

VILNIUS – The acquisition of an existing bank is one of the options the Lithuanian government is considering as part of its plans to establish a national development bank, the country's Economy and Innovation Minister Rimantas Sinkevicius says. &qu...

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