Lithuanian opposition scents victory in run-off vote


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  • Sunday, 25 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Lithuania's Homeland Union leader Ingrida Simonyte and Gabrielius Landsbergis, party chairman, speak to reporters after polls closed in the first round of Lithuania`s election, in Vilnius, Lithuania October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians return to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a parliamentary election where the centre-right opposition expects victory as unemployment and debt hurt the government.

The Baltic Sea state of less than 3 million people has fared relatively well in the coronavirus crisis, though cases have spiked of late as elsewhere around Europe.

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