European Broadcaster’s Union

Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė
Politics

M. Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė: the European Council and EBU are concerned over press freedom in Lithuania

January 24, 2019 Media Briefing 0

On Thursday, the status of news media in Lithuania and challenges arising for the LRT due to the national broadcaster law being discussed in Seimas were discussed in a sitting of the European Broadcaster’s Union (EBU). LRT director general Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, who participated in the sitting stressed that the European Council and EBU are concerned over trends being observed in Europe that threaten press freedom, lrt.lt writes. […]

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Politics

Seimas rejects LRT investigation conclusions: unprecedented vote in Seimas

December 20, 2018 Media Briefing 0

On Thursday, the final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions was held in Seimas. As Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who chaired the sitting, noted – this vote was unprecedented. Amendments proposed by Aušrinė Armonaitė and the conclusions‘ first article were approved, but the vote on the second article did not pass. When voting on the full conclusions project, the Seimas also did not approve it, lrt.lt writes. […]

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Attacks happened before as well: times when the LRT was headed by two directors and the budget was drastically cut

November 6, 2018 Media Briefing 0

The ruling Farmer Greens, who are aiming to change the LRT’s management and council member appointment procedures, are by far not the first to have taken aim at controlling the national broadcaster. Analogous initiatives arose […]