Lithuania's Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene resigned Wednesday following a dispute with the prime minister over military spending in the key NATO member.

In a Facebook post, Sakaliene said she and Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene, who is from the same Social Democratic Party (LSDP), have "fundamentally different ideas on how to strengthen defence".

Ruginiene described the resignation as "inevitable", stressing that she could not accept that........

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