Lithuania's prime minister resigns

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas during press conference in Riga, Latvia May 30, 2025.
Reuters

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas announced his resignation on Thursday in a statement released by his Social Democrat Party.

The decision comes after a junior coalition partner issued an ultimatum on Wednesday, threatening to leave the government unless Paluckas stepped down due to his business links with a company owned by his sister-in-law.

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