VILNIUS - Accused of mixing work and pleasure at the taxpayers' expense, Transport Minister Algis Zvaliauskas resigned Nov. 24 without a fight. But the Conservative-led government he left behind may now have to battle to prove its legitimacy.The departure of Zvaliauskas, accused of spending part of an official visit to Sweden hunting and running up a high travel tab, means he is the ninth minister in Prime Minister Gediminas Vagnorius' 17-member cabinet to step down since it was elected in 1996. The Lithuanian constitution says the government must receive confidence from the Parliament if...
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