NATO official praises Latvia's help in KosovoPaksas, government cleared for takeoff

  • 1999-06-17
  • Paul Beckman
VILNIUS – For a man who gets his thrills performing daredevil stunts in an airplane, the prime minister's chair may prove a pretty tame place to be for Rolandas Paksas.But just one week after his government was approved to become Lithuania's ninth since independence, citizens and politicians are already clamoring for Paksas to perform feats no less challenging in the political arena.With support from the ruling Conservative faction and its former coalition partners, the Christian Democrats, Paksas' program easily coasted to acceptance. Two-thirds of the 120 votes cast by MPs were in favor o...
 
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