Lithuania set to appoint new prime minister, ruling party says

Lithuania's ruling Social Democrat ⁠party ⁠said on Tuesday that its chair Mindaugas Sinkevicius plans to ⁠become prime minister, replacing Inga Ruginiene of the same party who held the position since last year.

"Mindaugas Sinkevicius is ready ⁠to ⁠assume full responsibility for the formation of the new Government and serve as Prime Minister", Lithuania's Social Democrat Party ⁠said in a Facebook social post on Tuesday.

The Social Democrat party earlier this month voted ⁠to ‌remove the ‌populist Nemunas Dawn, ⁠whose leader ‌was sentenced for antisemitism, from the ⁠coalition government.