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Lithuania ranks 36th in World Press Freedom Index
Lithuania ranks 36th in the annual World Press Freedom Index, produced by Reporters Without Borders, unchanged from last year. […]
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What to do with those shooting at the state: Bakas softens his tone
Having proposed that suspect news media outlets should have their licenses stripped, Vytautas Bakas is backing away, claiming that this is not his opinion. The head of the Lithuanian branch of Freedom House Vytis Jurkonis […]
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Words after which an international scandal is predicted for Lithuania
The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) chairman Vytautas Bakas may embroil Lithuania in an international scandal through his mentions of removing licenses for news media outlets specified in an intelligence report. This was […]
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Lithuania moves up on Freedom House media rating
Lithuania moved up slightly on the media freedom index published by the US non-governmental organization Freedom House, ranking 21 points on a scale where 0 means full freedom and 100 means full media restriction. […]
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Lithuania has ‘practically unlimited’ freedom of speech – PM
Freedom of speech in Lithuania is “practically unlimited”, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday, commenting on the latest World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders earlier this week. […]
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Lithuania drops to 36th place on World Press Freedom Index
Lithuania has dropped one place to the 36th on the traditional World Press Freedom Index published by the organization Reporters Without Borders. […]
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Lithuania moves down in media freedom index
Lithuania was ranked 35th in this year’s World Press Freedom Index published by the non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders. […]
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Propaganda must be fought with democratic methods – OSCE representative
The fight against the propaganda in democratic countries must adhere to democratic principles and governments should refrain from blocking contrarian opinions where possible, said Dunja Mijatović, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative for media freedom, who is visiting Lithuania. […]
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Supporters and critics of Poland clash in European Parliament
Ping pong of historical references pepper European Parliament debate on Poland reforms and European Commission investigation […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister to preside over UN Security Council debates
In the framework of the Lithuanian presidency over the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will preside over two Security Council debates in New York this week – on journalist safety and on foreign terrorist fighters. […]
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Lithuania rises one spot in 2014 World Press Freedom Index
Lithuania has risen in the annual World Press Freedom Index by one notch to the 31st position among 180 countries. […]