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Gadeikis elected chairman of Lithuania’s LRT Council
Journalist, philologist and litterateur Liudvikas Gadeikis, 63, has been elected chairman of the Council of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Opposition party leaves LRT probe after Lithuanian parlt votes against agriculture probe
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats is leaving the Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc investigative commission scrutinizing the finances of the public broadcaster LRT after the Seimas voted on Tuesday against opening a probe into the situation in agriculture. […]
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Politics
Jakilaitis plans to turn to court over Karbauskis’ persecution
Lithuanian journalist and producer Edmundas Jakilaitis on Wednesday announced his plans to turn to court over his persecution by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS). […]
Society
Larionovaitė replaces Matonis as head of LRT TV news service
Inga Larionovaitė will be in charge of the news service and news integration at Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT. On Tuesday, she announced her decision to step down as head of the news service at Info TV. […]
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Seimas panel to ask anti-corruption body to look at LRT program procurement
The Lithuanian parliament’s investigative commission on the activities of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) will ask the Special Investigation Service, or STT, to assess the transparency of the public broadcaster’s program procurement, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]
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New national broadcaster chief wants ex-colleague from delfi.lt as deputy
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, the new general manager of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT, wants to appoint her long-term colleague from delfi.lt news portal Gytis Oganauskas as her new deputy. […]
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New CEO of Lithuanian natl broadcaster plans to publish some tender info
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, the new general manager of the Lithuanian national radio and television (LRT), pledges to bring more transparency to the operations of the national broadcaster. […]
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President calls for open vote on public broadcaster’s director
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is calling on the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) Council to elect the public broadcaster’s next director general in an open vote. […]
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LRT council doesn’t have proper control of natl broadcaster – watchdog
The council of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has failed to ensure sufficient control of public procurement of the national broadcaster, sometimes having no idea of the price of certain broadcasts, says Diana Vilytė, the head of the Public Procurement Service (VPT). […]
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European Broadcasting Union warns Lithuanian leaders on political pressure on LRT
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has refused to join the activities of the Lithuanian parliamentary commission conducting a probe of the work of the Lithuanian Radio and Television, accusing the MPs of making political pressure on the national broadcaster. […]
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Širinskienė refuses to join a discussion due to Jakilaitis‘ participation
“Farmer” Agnė Širinskienė refused to participate in events moderated by journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis while an investigation of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT is ongoing in the Seimas. She provided this explanation after refusing to participate […]
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Seimas spring session: Bastys’ impeachment, LRT probe, public service reform – BNS Review
Lithuania’s parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members. […]
Society
12 apply for head of Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT
Among applicants for director general of the Lithuanian national radio and television (LRT) are Audrius Siaurusevičius who headed the LRT for two terms, former editor-in-chief of delfi.lt news portal Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė and political reviewer Bernardas Gailius of the conservatives. […]
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Rasa Juknevičienė. We had better learn to live without Russia
Over and over again, we keep hearing the same imperative on Lithuania’s relations with Russia. Over and over again we are beckoned to remain friends and blamed for the lack of friendship. In fact, the […]
Politics
International organizations invited to observe parliamentary scrutiny of Lithuania public broadcaster
The chairman of an ad hoc commission set up by the Seimas for parliamentary scrutiny of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has invited international media and broadcasting organizations to send their observers to the panel’s meetings. […]
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European Broadcasting Union concerned over Seimas scrutiny of Lithuania public broadcaster
Officials from the European Broadcasting Union say that the ongoing parliamentary scrutiny of the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) may undermine the independence of the public broadcaster. […]
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Virgis Valentinavičius. LRT and Karbauskis‘ double Tartuffe
The head of the LRT was insulted last week that Kęstutis Girnius compared the LRT with Lietuvos Geležinkeliai because apparently it was not considered that the national broadcaster is a media organisation that has a […]