Lithuanians went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of the country’s presidential election, with incumbent president Gitanas Nausėda aiming to fend off prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė for another five-year term. Sixty-year-old Nausėda, a moderate conservative and strong supporter of Ukraine, has been in office since 2019. He is seen as a favourite to win. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m., with early voters in Vilnius arriving even before the official start. Nearly 2 million citizens are eligible to vote in this eighth presidential election since Lithuania’s independence from the Sovi…