Britain helps Lithuanian region to be hit by nuclear plant closure

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  • Source:
    BBC Monitoring International Reports, February 2, 2004 Former Soviet Union, 3pp
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    • Abstract:
      The British government has been providing advice and financial aid to business start-ups in eastern Lithuania, helping the region's residents become independent from the Ignalina nuclear power plant, which is about to be decommissioned, says an article in Lithuanian newspaper Lietuvos Rytas. According to the article, this aid has resulted in the emergence of new medium-sized companies with up to 100 employees, whose business has already extended beyond the region of the nuclear plant...