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World News // 1 decade ago

Court: Lithuania wronged ousted leader

Lithuania violated human rights conventions by barring its ousted leader from running for office in 2004, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Brussels.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Center-right party holds Lithuania lead

Lithuania's center-right political opposition held a slender lead in early parliamentary voting returns, officials said Monday.

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Ex-president of Lithuania acquitted

Former Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas has won acquittal from the country's Supreme Court on charges of revealing a state secret.

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Former Lithuanian president acquitted

A Lithuanian court exonerated a former president Monday of charges he divulged state secrets to a Russian businessman, Itar-Tass reported.

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Lithuania ex-president goes on trial

Former Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas pleaded innocent to charges of leaking state secrets, local media reported Friday.

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Bush congratulates Lithuanian leader

President George W. Bush telephoned Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus Wednesday and reaffirmed bilateral cooperation, the White House said.

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Lithuania re-elects Adamkus president

Voters in Lithuania returned 77-year-old President Valdas Adamkus to office Monday with 51.63 percent of the vote, the Novosti news agency said.

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Adamkus wins Lithuanian presidency

Valdas Adamkus has won Lithuania's presidential elections with 51.5 percent of the vote, election officials said Monday.

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Lithuania's Paksas faces criminal charges

Lithuania's former President Rolandas Paksas was charged by police Wednesday with leaking state secrets.

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Lithuania's Paksas banned from re-run

Former Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas was prevented from running again for the presidency Tuesday in a landmark vote in parliament.

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The goal of the accusers is not to discover the truth but to break me morally and destroy me politically
Impeachment process starts in Lithuania Dec 03, 2003

Rolandas Paksas ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 10 June 1956 in Telšiai, Samogitia, Lithuania, then USSR) is a Lithuanian politician who currently heads the Order and Justice Party. He was the President of the Republic of Lithuania from February 26, 2003 to April 6, 2004 when he was impeached. He is the first European head of state to have been impeached.

Rolandas Paksas was the only child of Feliksas and Elena Paksas.

In 1974, he graduated Žemaitės Secondary School in Telšiai.

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