Grybauskaite's phenomenon

  • 2010-03-04
President Dalia Grybauskaite is the first Lithuanian president whose portrait can be found on T-shirts in Lithuanian shops. Her popularity is indeed enormous. Those T-shirts are quite symptomatic - Grybauskaite’s face is not smiling on them and the inscription near the portrait states: “Poker face.” Many Lithuanian intellectuals are slightly irritated by her tough action and the speaking style of an army officer. According to Arunas Brazauskas, editor-in-chief of the Web site balsas.lt, Grybauskaite would be suitable for the post of chief of the Lithuanian army bat...
 
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