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The European Commission has concluded that the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania's decision to ban Russian TV channel RTR Planeta in the country for a year was lawful, proportionate and in line with EU law, the RTCL said on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court has upheld a one-year ban imposed by the country's media watchdog on the retransmission of the Russian 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 defying its ban on retransmitting RTR Planeta and other versions of the Russian-language channel.

The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) is considering issuing a huge fine to TV company Init for its failure to adhere to the RTCL's order to strop broadcasting of Russian TV channel RTR Planeta and its other versions.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has pledged to seek ways to repeat the vote in the impeachment of MP Mindaugas Bastys that came a few votes short on Tuesday.

Officers of the Lithuanian State Security Department were satisfied with a verbal answer from impeached MP Mindaugas Bastys about his acquaintance with Piotr Voyeiko, a former KGB agent, therefore, no further probe was conducted, says the MP's lawyer.

Lithuania's parliament Tuesday came a few votes short of revoking the mandate of MP Mindaugas Bastys for gross violation of the Constitution and his oath of office.

Defying a one-year suspension imposed by the Lithuanian media watchdog on RTR Planeta, a part of cable TV operators in the country continue to air a different version of the the Russian-language channel.

The Lithuanian government will seek to prove at the EU Court of Justice that the media watchdog's order for rebroadcasters to move Russian TV channels to their paid packages over violations is in line with EU legislation.

A representative of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) says that creating alternatives would be more efficient in countering Russian propaganda than imposing restrictions on Russian TV channels.

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) decided on Wednesday to order the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta off the air in the country for a year.

Lithuania's Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) will Wednesday decide whether broadcasts of the Russian channel RTR Planeta should be banned in the country amid repeated violations.

Broadcasts by the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta in Lithuania may be suspended for between a year and a year and a half over repeated violations, the chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) said on Tuesday.

Representatives of the Russian television channel RTR Planeta should arrive in Lithuania this week for a meeting with the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission over the repeated violations of broadcasts to the country's viewers.

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) has ruled that RTR Planeta and TVCI disseminated content inciting to war and hatred and its chairman warned that the two Russian TV channels may face stronger sanctions than the usual three-month suspension.

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) on Monday will consider taking measures against two Russian-language TV channels broadcast in the country for alleged incitement to war and hatred.

Just over a month after restrictions on the broadcasting of RTR Planeta in Lithuania ended, the country's TV watchdog has again received a complaint about a program of the Russian TV channel allegedly inciting to war.

Lithuania's Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys did not get a permit to work with classified information due to his personal links with representatives of Russian energy companies and the criminal community, a former KGB agent and a pro-Kremlin journalist, shows a report from the State Security De...

The Lithuanian decision to ban broadcasts of the Russian television channel RTR Planeta for instigation of hatred is not in violation of the European Union's (EU) law, the European Commission said on Friday.

The number of viewers news broadcasts on Russian-language television channels has declined by a third in Lithuania, shows a poll published by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.