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The Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintatus Palakas resigned on Thursday after a protest in the country’s capital on the investigation into his alleged business behavior.
“Gintatus Palakas called me this morning and informed me of his resignation,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus told reporters. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)Nausada also said that Palakas made the right choice and welcomed the decision.
Nausėda recently gave Paluckas two weeks to decide whether to stay in its position or not.
On July 24, 2025, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausada gave the Prime Minister Gintas Palakas two weeks to decide if he would resign. (INTS Kalins/Mike Sagar/Reuters)
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The President’s advisor Fredericus Jansanas told reporters on July 24, “The President has asked the Prime Minister to either answer the questions raised by the people in the next two weeks or to seriously consider his further options as Prime Minister.”
The Prime Minister’s resignation comes even after a small party threatened to get out of the ruling coalition of the country until Palkas stepped down from his post.
Media outlets began publishing investigation into Palkus’s trade and financial behavior, anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies of Lithuania began their own investigation. The Associated PressOne of the cases against him is more than a decade.
The newly elected Prime Minister of Lithuania, Gintatas, talks to the media in Parliament on 21 November 2024. (AP Photo/Mindgas Kululbis, File)
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The Associated Press reported that in 2012, Palakus was convicted of incorrectly presenting the bidding process for rat to drive away in Wilneyus, where he was serving as director of the city’s municipal administration, the Associated Press said. However, it is discovered that he did not pay a fine of about $ 20,000.
According to the LRT, another recent scam included € 200,000 ($ 228,777) subsidized loan, which was already received by Paluckas after Paluckas already received after serving as Prime Minister. The outlet said that Lithuania’s main official Ethics Commission is investigating the loan.
Garnis was also linked to another recent scam, which included the Prime Minister, including Dakora-Palukas’ sister-in-law’s company-Nai European Union funding and used it to buy goods from Garnis. However, according to the LRT, public outrage pushed Dakora to return the money.
The Lithuanian new Prime Minister Gintatus Palakas participates in a session of the Republic of Lithuania on December 12, 2024 in a session of the Republic of Lithuania. (Petras through Malukas/AFP Getty Image)
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According to the Associated Press, Palakas denied any wrongdoing and claimed that criticism is part of the “coordinated attack” by his political opponents.
The Prime Minister’s resignation keeps Lithuania in an indefinite position, as it comes just before the joint military exercises of Russia and Belarus. According to The Associated Press, the entire cabinet of Palakas is also expected to resign, possibly the Baltic country was left a few weeks forward without a working government. However, it cannot affect Lithuania’s foreign policy, as Nausada, which represents the country globally, has been an enthusiastic supporter of Ukraine during its years of war with Russia.
