Two-thirds of Lithuanians support giving up small coins: survey


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  • Sunday, 12 Jan 2025

VILNIUS, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over two-thirds, or 69 percent, of Lithuanians would back a decision to phase out 1 and 2-cent coins and round off cash payments. Twenty-nine percent would be against it, while the rest have no opinion, according to a new Eurobarometer survey recently, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported.

The number of those in favour of rounding up has gone up by 3 percentage points over the year, while the number of opponents has dropped by 2 points, according to the Bank of Lithuania.

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