Lithuania's prime minister resigns

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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