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17 December 2025

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Lithuania: IPI warns over increasing pressure on independent public service broadcasting
Independent public service broadcasting in Lithuania is under increasing threat after the recent passing of a rushed legislative amendment which makes it easier to remove the director general of Lithuanian…
04 December 2025

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Lithuania: Media freedom groups raise alarm as political pressure campaign on LRT widens
Proposed legal amendments to the law governing Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT risk weakening its editorial independence and disrupting its sustainable financing, the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid…
27 February 2025

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Lithuania: Media freedom groups warn LRT audit risks threatening editorial independence
The undersigned international media freedom and journalist groups today raise concerns over a planned “political neutrality” audit recently approved by the supervisory body of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television…