Lithuanian newspapers and birdcages

  • 2003-03-06
  • Darius James Ross
In the weeks following his unexpected second-round victory in Lithuania's January presidential elections, the country's media went into a feeding frenzy over Rolandas Paksas.Most newspapers ran stories about mystery guests from Russia flying in for top-secret meetings with the (then) president-elect, blew his campaign election spending numbers into the stratosphere (the most outrageous speculations put the number at over 40 million litas) and had a field day with Jurijus Borisovas, the director of Aviabaltika - a helicopter service company that was the Paksas campaign's largest donor.Twelve...
 
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