24 January 2000 Lithuania saw three governments in 1999. Gediminas Vagnorius, who had been the head of government since the parliamentary elections of late 1996, resigned in April following a falling out with President Valdas Adamkus. The subsequent prime minister, Rolandas Paksas, resigned four months later in opposition to what was the major event of the year, a privatization deal […]

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