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Warning over news media: situation compared to state of war

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. […]

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

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. […]

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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

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. […]

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

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. […]