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Rimi introduces Smart-ID age verification - now even buying beer becomes more complicated than rushing into St. Joseph's Cathedral
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Rimi introduces Smart-ID age verification - now even buying beer becomes more complicated than rushing into St. Joseph's Cathedral

Rimi stores begin checking age with Smart-ID, as 60% of employee time is spent arguing with teenagers about whether they look 18 years old.

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Latvian banks earn 380 million, but Liepāja fishermen still promise freshly caught fish
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Latvian banks earn 380 million, but Liepāja fishermen still promise freshly caught fish

Latvian bank profits reach 379 million euros, which is only 190 million less than the previous year. Experts note that this decrease is not as dramatic as Riga residents' hopes for cheaper housing.

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Strawberry Growers Promise First Strawberries by End of May — As Optimistic as Liepāja Theater Season Without Buses Full of Riga Residents
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Strawberry Growers Promise First Strawberries by End of May — As Optimistic as Liepāja Theater Season Without Buses Full of Riga Residents

Guntars Dzērve from 'Augusta zemenes' predicts with the same confidence as a meteorologist in January that strawberries will be ready in May, provided the weather doesn't surprise us.

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Foreigners in Liepāja Sell Apartments Faster Than You Can Hide from Bills in Karosta Basements
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Foreigners in Liepāja Sell Apartments Faster Than You Can Hide from Bills in Karosta Basements

Statistics reveal that foreigners sell more than they buy in Liepāja's housing market, with average prices rising 30% over four years. Buyers have become pickier than tourists searching for authentic Karosta basement hideouts.

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Ripo Repair Center Will Service German Missiles as Carefully as Rose Square Benches
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Ripo Repair Center Will Service German Missiles as Carefully as Rose Square Benches

Latvia's vehicle repair company is taking on air defense system maintenance because, as the owner says, military equipment is just as complicated as organizing Riga's traffic.

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UniCredit tries to take over Commerzbank — Germans resist as intensely as metalheads in Liepāja against pop music
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UniCredit tries to take over Commerzbank — Germans resist as intensely as metalheads in Liepāja against pop music

Italians with a 29% stake want even more, but Germans are protesting louder than a rock concert on Liepāja beach.

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Charity Fund 'Sofi' Invests Money Like St. Joseph's Cathedral — Beautiful, But Not What It's For
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Charity Fund 'Sofi' Invests Money Like St. Joseph's Cathedral — Beautiful, But Not What It's For

The tax authority is evaluating the fund's right to maintain charity status after it turns out donations are being invested in bonds instead of being spent on charity.

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IEA to release oil from strategic reserves — as strategic as Liepāja Theater's repertoire planning
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IEA to release oil from strategic reserves — as strategic as Liepāja Theater's repertoire planning

World nations have agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to fight high prices. In Liepāja, they haven't found oil yet, but there's plenty of wind.

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37% of Latvians can't afford utilities — in Liepāja they simply freeze and wait for spring
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37% of Latvians can't afford utilities — in Liepāja they simply freeze and wait for spring

Survey reveals that a third of Latvians worry about utility payments, but in Liepāja people have long learned to live with cold as part of life.

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Housing prices rise by 11% — faster than trees grow in Jūrmala Park
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Housing prices rise by 11% — faster than trees grow in Jūrmala Park

Housing prices in Latvia rose by 11% in the fourth quarter, which is almost as rapid a climb as the path to Liepāja's Jūrmala Park.

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Germany proves it can go bankrupt faster than Liepājas Metalurgs loses games
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Germany proves it can go bankrupt faster than Liepājas Metalurgs loses games

Germany registered 24,064 corporate bankruptcies, which is more than the number of Liepājas Metalurgs fans after a loss in Riga.

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Fontaine reduces price for his music town – now cheaper than an apartment in Riga
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Fontaine reduces price for his music town – now cheaper than an apartment in Riga

Lauris Fontaine is selling his Rock City in Pāvilosta for 400,000 euros because Spain is warmer and workers aren't as expensive as on our side.

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