COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda secured a second five-year term as Lithuanian president in a landslide victory over Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. “Lithuania’s independence and freedom is like a fragile vessel that we must cherish, protect and prevent from cracking,” Nausėda said Sunday night after the ballots had been counted, the Baltic News Service reported. Speaking of the …
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuanians return to the polls Sunday for the second round of the Baltic country’s presidential election as incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda seeks to hold off Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and secure another five-year term. The popular Nauseda has been in office since 2009 and during that time Lithuania has also given refuge to many who have fled …