Thousands of people demonstrated in the centre of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, against Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas on 8 July 2025, BNS reported. The protest rally was organised by the Democracy Forum and local activists. The demonstrators demanded answers from Paluckas on his current and past business dealings, an end to the current coalition with the far-right Dawn of Nemunas party, and full accountability for ongoing political scandals. Neither Paluckas nor other coalition members attended the protest. Meanwhile, parliamentary speaker Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the Union of Democrats for Lithuania (DSVL), called for clearer lines between business and politics, BNS reported. Speaking in an interview with Ziniu Radijas, he said that an investigation by the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) into the prime minister’s business entanglements would “probably tell us a lot.”
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