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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…

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

On Thursday, the Seimas returns to deliberating on the conclusions of the commission on the LRT’s activities. Legislative amendments were…

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

Politicians often act like lordlings, they care not that the kingdom is actually a democracy. This is the view of…

6 years ago
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Kęstutis Girnius. Is the freedom of the press under threat?

The answer to this question is clear. There are no serious threats. The journalists are exaggerating. The government is not…

6 years ago
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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…

6 years ago
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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…

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

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

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

Former companion of Ramūnas Karbauskis, from whom the head of the "Farmers" bought Ūkininko Patarėjas shares, Vytenis Neverdauskas says that…

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

Proposals by a Seimas commission to revise the rules for appointing members of the LRT Council and change the public…

6 years ago
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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…

6 years ago
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Lithuanian president appoints new members to LRT Council

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Tomas Balžekas, a journalist and the owner of a magazine publishing business, Giedrė…

7 years ago
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Seimas panel wants external audit of national broadcaster’s finances

The Lithuanian parliament's acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster's operations decided at its first meeting on Thursday to…

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

The information submitted to Lithuanian parliamentarians may contain shortcomings, as the parliament was requesting too many documents within an excessively…

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

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), says that a parliamentary scrutiny of the finances…

7 years ago