Gitana Markovičienė EN

Vitas Tomkus, the owner of the media group Respublikos Leidiniai, has sold 80 percent of shares in the Lithuanian news agency ELTA.

Delfi, a subsidiary of Estonia's media group Ekspress Grupp, is selling its magazine publishing business to GM Media Invest, a company controlled by Gitana Markovičienė, the buyer and CEO of the Lithuanian news agency ELTA.

Journalist Rimvydas Valatka said on Wednesday he had decided to leave the post of editor-in-chief at the Lithuanian national news agency ELTA after merely one day of work.

Gitana Markovičienė, former commercial director at Respublikos Leidiniai (Respublika Publications) media group and formerly one of the leaders of the Labor Party who intends to buy the controlling stake in the Lithuanian news agency ELTA, has been appointed as the agency's CEO.