Labor pulls ministers from Cabinet, coalition teeters on brink of collapse
May 31, 2006
By TBT staff

GOODBYE: Few were surprised by Uspaskich's resignation, as the Labor Party is coming apart at the seams.
VILNIUS - Viktor Uspaskich resigned his position as Labor Party chief amid a new surge of pressure on Lithuania's ruling coalition, whose grip on power grew more tenuous throughout the past week. The resignation follows a split among the Labor Party, Lithuania's most popular according to most polls, and a probe by prosecutors on possible breaches of law including corruption and misappropriation of funds. News of Uspaskich's resignation came on May 29 at a meeting of the party's presidium. Two da ...
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