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.
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With the Seimas elections nearing, LRT the Lithuania Tribune begins a special series on the main Lithuanian political parties. Meet the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance party.
Lithuania's media watchdog decided on Wednesday to obligate re-broadcasters to move the Russian-language NTV Mir Lithuania to their paid channel packages.
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) is considering a move to force rebroadcasters to remove the Russian-language channel NTV Mir Lithuania from their free channel package, making it available only to paying subscribers.
The leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) MEP Valdemar Tomaševski says there is nothing sensational about his meeting with representatives of Russian TV channel Perviy Baltiysky Kanal (First Baltic Channel).
The European Commission has acknowledged that the measures Lithuania took against Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta were well-founded as its programmes incited to hatred.
Moscow is getting ready for a hybrid war with Lithuania. Is the Polish minority going to be the flashpoint? (5)
Another series of Russian provocations involving the Baltic states, related to the Ukraine war, makes so-called hybrid war scenario more and more realistic within the region of the Baltic Sea. The incidents that took place so far, such as the Internet existence of “People’s Republic of Vilnius” or t...
A new cold war is already on, and the West has made a mistake in being unprepared for such a situation, former British ambassador to Latvia Ian Bond said in an interview to lsm.lv.
Well-known Lithuanian non governmental organizations have refused to provide comments to the First Baltic Channel (PBK), a Russian-language TV station, stating that it does not comply with the media transparency criteria and is considered a threat to Lithuania's state interests.
Restrictions on Russian TV channel RTR Planeta ended in Lithuania on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission vows, however, to impose even tougher sanctions, if violations are repeated.