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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9904

19 May 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 48
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission
Dalia Grybauskaite elected President of Lithuania

Brussels, 18/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - The current Budget Commissioner, Dalia Grybauskaite, has been elected President of Lithuania, in the first round of voting on Sunday 17 May. Having won nearly 70% of the votes cast, she will take over from Valdas Adamkus, the President of the country for the last 10 years. Ms Grybauskaite received the congratulations of the President of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso, who paid tribute to her "impressive electoral victory", which "reflects the...

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