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  • Foreign affairs

EC deems RTR Planeta’s ban in Lithuania lawful

The European Commission has concluded that the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania's decision to ban Russian TV channel RTR…

6 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian supreme court upholds 1-yr ban on RTR Planeta

The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court has upheld a one-year ban imposed by the country's media watchdog on the retransmission of…

6 years ago
  • Society

Init fined EUR 150,000 for broadcasting Russian TV channel RTR Planeta

Lithuania's Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) on Wednesday imposed a fine of 150,000 euros on the cable operator Init for…

6 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s Init facing huge fine for broadcasting Russian TV channel RTR Planeta

The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) is considering issuing a huge fine to TV company Init for its…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas speaker to search for ways to repeat vote on Bastys (Updated)

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has pledged to seek ways to repeat the vote in the impeachment of MP Mindaugas…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s Security Dept satisfied with MP Bastys’ verbal answer on KGB links – lawyer

Officers of the Lithuanian State Security Department were satisfied with a verbal answer from impeached MP Mindaugas Bastys about his…

6 years ago
  • Politics

MP Bastys survives interpellation

Lithuania's parliament Tuesday came a few votes short of revoking the mandate of MP Mindaugas Bastys for gross violation of…

6 years ago
  • Society

Part of Lithuanian cable TVs continue to air RTR Planeta programs despite ban

Defying a one-year suspension imposed by the Lithuanian media watchdog on RTR Planeta, a part of cable TV operators in…

7 years ago
  • European Union
  • Society

Dispute on Lithuanian sanctions for Russian TVs moves to EU Court of Justice (Updated)

The Lithuanian government will seek to prove at the EU Court of Justice that the media watchdog's order for rebroadcasters…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

EBU rep doubts efficiency of Lithuania’s sanctions on Russian TV channels

A representative of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) says that creating alternatives would be more efficient in countering Russian propaganda…

7 years ago
  • Society

RTR Planeta suspended in Lithuania for a year over incitement to war and hatred

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) decided on Wednesday to order the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta off the…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s radio, TV watchdog to decide on Russia’s RTR Planeta broadcasts

Lithuania's Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) will Wednesday decide whether broadcasts of the Russian channel RTR Planeta should be banned…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian media watchdog may suspend RTR Planeta broadcasts for up to 18 months

Broadcasts by the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta in Lithuania may be suspended for between a year and a year…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania inviting RTR planeta reps to discuss repeated violations

Representatives of the Russian television channel RTR Planeta should arrive in Lithuania this week for a meeting with the Lithuanian…

7 years ago
  • Society

Two Russian TV channels may face stronger sanctions in Lithuania

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) has ruled that RTR Planeta and TVCI disseminated content inciting to war and…

7 years ago
  • Society

Media watchdog to consider steps against 2 Russian TV channels

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) on Monday will consider taking measures against two Russian-language TV channels broadcast in…

7 years ago
  • Uncategorized

RTR Planeta may face sanctions in Lithuania again

Just over a month after restrictions on the broadcasting of RTR Planeta in Lithuania ended, the country's TV watchdog has…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Bastys didn’t pass security filter due to Rosatom, ex-KGB links

Lithuania's Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys did not get a permit to work with classified information due to his personal…

8 years ago
  • European Union

EC: Lithuanian move to ban RTR Planeta broadcast in line with EU law

The Lithuanian decision to ban broadcasts of the Russian television channel RTR Planeta for instigation of hatred is not in…

8 years ago
  • Society

Audience of news on Russian TV channels down by 1/3 in Lithuania

The number of viewers news broadcasts on Russian-language television channels has declined by a third in Lithuania, shows a poll…

8 years ago