The subject is topical in another Baltic state, Lithuania, which introduced a currency board in 1994.

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The move had been expected and comes after the small Baltic state met the required financial criteria.

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Michael Campbell told a court on Wednesday that although he did travel to the Baltic state to buy weapons, he did not intend to use them to arm republican paramilitaries.

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