Runner to tackle half-year marathon

  • 2003-05-08
KRETINGAWhile on his whirlwind tour around the country on the eve of the EU referendum, President Rolandas Paksas saw off the famous jogger Petras Silkinas, who intends to run for six months and 19,000 kilometers throughout Europe.Two thousand residents of Kretinga, a city in western Lithuania, were on hand to participate in the ceremony, which included a stop by the official Eurobus. Paksas arrived on a Defense Ministry's Mi-8 helicopter and rallied citizens of Kretinga to participate in the May 10 - 11 referendum on joining the European Union."It is the exam of century. I believe we will ...
 
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