Lithuanian basketball player Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, who has received the United States citizenship, is going to lose his Lithuanian passport. This has been confirmed by Lithuanian Deputy Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius.
He has told DELFI that 39-year-old Ilgauskas became a US citizen last year. Since the Lithuanian Constitution rules out the possibility of double citizenship, the Kaunas-born NBA player will be stripped of his Lithuanian nationality.
"We have received an official notice from the US Embassy