News2025.03.12 15:53

Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus hospitalised

BNS, LRT.lt 2025.03.12 15:53

Former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has been admitted to hospital, the tv3.lt news website reports on Wednesday.

The former president’s spokeswoman Božena Bagonaitienė told the news website that it was a planned hospitalisation, adding that Adamkus would spend several days in hospital.

The former president was also hospitalised in January when he injured himself during a fall at home.

Adamkus, 98, served two terms as the president of Lithuania: 1998–2003 and 2004–2009.

His wife, Alma Adamkienė, passed away in 2023.

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