Ansip: “Three Marathons in Four Weeks”. And the Government?

Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip is going to compete in three marathons in just four weeks.The first one will be the Sapporo ski marathon 50-kilometres freestyle cross-country event on February 14th in Japan – a marathon that will not miss to have some political implications since the they after the event PM Ansip will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in order to strength the economic and political ties between Japan and Estonia.On February 21st, exactly one week after the Sapporo event, the active Estonian Prime Minister will also compete in the 63-kilometre Tartu ski Marathon, joining the event in the Estonian university town.The last efforts are then to be saved for the 7th of March, when he will head to Poland for the Bieg Piastow 50-kilometres free-style cross-country ski event.According with the Estonian Government spokeswoman, Ansip will cover all the costs of attending these marathons out of his own pocket and not using public money even if, seen the great shape of the Prime Min ...