Society

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. […]

Society

Lithuanian court rejects request to suspend Russian channel’s broadcasts

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on Friday rejected the request by Lithuania’s Radio and Television Commission to halt broadcasting of the Russian-language TV channel Ren TV Baltic’s programs. The commission had asked to suspend broadcasting of programmes produced outside the European Union for 3 months. […]

Audrius Siaurusevičius
Society

LRT chief: Lithuania’s national television must be alternative to mass production

The main task for Lithuania’s national television, LRT, is to provide an alternative to mass production, says LRT head Audrius Siaurusevičius. He stresses that it is important not to forget less visible things whose value in the future will only increase. […]

No Picture
Opinion

Opinion: How Russian propaganda missiles are fired

Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine is well-oiled. That’s more or less what our media concludes from the ubiquitous lies diffusing from the Russian TV channels. When you work in communications, the operation of this machine seems even more menacing because it’s not only the final result that you see. You understand perfectly from this result the amount of people, resources and impact employed. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president proposes another anti-propaganda bill

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has once again submitted her amendments to the Law on Public Information, saying the aim of the bill is to ensure national security and protect the society from hostile propaganda and disinformation. […]