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Warning over news media: situation compared to state of war

January 17, 2019 Media Briefing 0

Currently the Seimas is discussing two legislative projects, which would fundamentally change news media work. Representative of the Lithuanian Journalist Union (LŽS) Darius Lukoševičius had a brief, but telling description for the majority’s aims – “declaring a state of war.” However, gathered in a discussion hosted by the opposition on press freedom, specialists in the area openly pointed out that the situation is already bad, without even the amendments having been put in place, lrt.lt writes. […]

Seimas takes to deliberating on LRT activities investigation commission’s conclusions again

December 13, 2018 Media Briefing 0

On Thursday, the Seimas returns to deliberating on the conclusions of the commission on the LRT’s activities. Legislative amendments were to be presented based on the conclusions, however the amendments were prepared without awaiting the conclusions being approved by parliament or a response from the Constitutional Court (KT). […]

A. Jokubaitis warns regarding the LRT: a short circuit awaits

October 30, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Politicians often act like lordlings, they care not that the kingdom is actually a democracy. This is the view of philosopher, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) professor Alvydas Jokubaitis. […]

Kęstutis Girnius. Is the freedom of the press under threat?

October 19, 2018 Kestutis Girnius 0

The answer to this question is clear. There are no serious threats. The journalists are exaggerating. The government is not seeking to rein in the media, it backs away when it faces criticism over supposed […]

EBU warns Lithuania against linking LRT supervisors’ mandates to appointing bodies’ terms

October 17, 2018 BNS 0

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has warned that linking the mandates of public broadcasters’ supervisory bodies to the terms of office of the appointing authorities may increase political interference. […]

M. Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė on the Seimas Commission investigation: the conclusions to a certain extent are true, but the aspirations of parliamentarians are not related to transparency

October 12, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The conclusions of the Seimas Commission scrutiny of the LRT activities are to a certain extent true, but the proposals on how to change the LRT management structure have nothing to do with the conclusions, says the LRT Director General Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė. Professor of Vilnius University Andrius Vaišnys maintains on the LRT RADIO – the conflict could easily be resolved in the discussion, lrt.lt writes. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė

Attempt on LRT’s independence poses threat to freedom of speech, president says

October 11, 2018 BNS 0

An attempt on Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT’s independence poses threat to the freedom of speech, President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

Indrė Makaraitytė. Covered by a noble mission – the majority’s lies and desire to control

October 11, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Former companion of Ramūnas Karbauskis, from whom the head of the “Farmers” bought Ūkininko Patarėjas shares, Vytenis Neverdauskas says that one of the core facets of “Farmer” plans to take power was the LRT, Indrė […]

LRT Council criticizes proposals to change Lithuanian public broadcaster’s governance

October 9, 2018 BNS 0

Proposals by a Seimas commission to revise the rules for appointing members of the LRT Council and change the public broadcaster’s governance model is a step toward its politicization, the council said. […]

Seimas panel’s draft findings call for changing LRT management structure

September 19, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc investigative commission scrutinizing the finances of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) proposes in its draft findings to change the public broadcaster’s management structure. […]

Lithuanian president appoints new members to LRT Council

May 8, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Tomas Balžekas, a journalist and the owner of a magazine publishing business, Giedrė Švedienė, a former auditor general, and Norbertas Černiauskas, a historian, as new members of the LRT Council. […]

Seimas' acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster's (LRT) operations holds if first meeting

Seimas panel wants external audit of national broadcaster’s finances

January 25, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster‘s operations decided at its first meeting on Thursday to turn to 14 institutions for information about LRT, asking the government to earmark money and call a tender for LRT’s external audit. […]

National broadcaster’s council chief complains over too many papers asked too fast

January 23, 2018 BNS 0

The information submitted to Lithuanian parliamentarians may contain shortcomings, as the parliament was requesting too many documents within an excessively short period of time, says Žygintas Pečiulis, chairman of the council of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT. […]

Ruling Farmers’ party leader says LRT probe needed because of ‘mess’ in its documents

January 23, 2018 BNS 0

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), says that a parliamentary scrutiny of the finances of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) is “necessary and inevitable” because of the “chaotic” way in which the public broadcaster provided its answers to lawmakers’ inquiries. […]