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Lithuania's President faces pressure to quit

The President of Lithuania, Rolandas Paksas, came under fire yesterday as a Parliamentary report said that his office had links to the Russian mafia and the Russian secret service.

The report labelled him a threat to national security, and a group was set up, which includes members from the two ruling coalition parties, to collect signatures from deputies in favour of impeachment.

Only 36 votes in the 141-seat parliament are needed to start the impeachment proceedings.

Mr Pa...

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Rolandas Paksas is hanging on (Photo: European Commission)

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