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September 2009 | Risk Summary

The stability of Lithuania's centre-right governing coalition remains tenuous, with the ongoing recession engulfing the Baltic state likely to see public pressure on the government mount further through the end of the year. We are particularly concerned over the coalition's stability following parliament's decision to fire Arunas Valinskas, Lithuania's speaker of parliament on September 15.

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