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The power of the fourth estate: Dismantling the concept of freedom of opinion

Milda Aleknonytė | The Lithuania Tribune Say a document titled “Ms. X changed her mind, while Prof. Z keeps his stand” began with the sentence “It is said that only stupid and dead people do not change...

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Opinion: The media of gender and everyday life in hidden society

The Lithuania Tribune presents another analytical essay by Vladimiras Laučius about the current state of journalism in Lithuania, published by www.delfi.lt.  The worsening state of journalism is being...

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Businessman Gudelis considers further investments in Lithuanian media

BNS Benas Gudelis does not rule out a possibility of making further investments in the media business in the future after his recent acquisition of a 34 per cent stake in the Lietuvos Rytas Group. The...

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BNS dismisses pressure by law-enforcement as unacceptable

BNS BNS, the largest news agency in the Baltic states, on Friday said it condemns the pressure exerted by law-enforcement institutions, which it said violates journalists’ right to keep their...

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Prosecutor General on investigation of secret state information leak to the...

BNS Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s office said on Friday the ongoing pre-trial investigation into the leaking of information to the media is being carried out intensively, but in strict compliance...

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Lithuanian PM calls the actions of law-enforcement against media “unacceptable”

BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Friday called the law-enforcement’s actions against the media “unacceptable” amid an ongoing investigation into a leak of information. “I don’t...

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Council of Europe Commissioner criticises pressure on Lithuania’s BNS

BNS The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muiznieks, has expressed concern over pressure on the Baltic News Agency (BNS) to reveal it sources of information. “Concerned by...

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Opinion: Security versus media freedom in Lithuania – another provocation?

Edvardas Pocius | The Lithuania Tribune People, who follow Lithuanian news, might know the latest: the state’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) carried out actions against the Baltic News Service...

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President: SIS should carry out in-house probe of actions against journalists

BNS The Special Investigation Service (SIS) should carry out an in-house probe of the actions taken against journalists, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. “The SIS should perform an...

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Lithuanian president suggests stricter rules to protect journalists’ sources

BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday proposed stricter rules to protect journalists’ sources, suggesting that a court must call a journalist to a hearing before issuing an order to...

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Opinion: Politicians are defending press freedom only with words

The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by journalist and political scientist Ainius Lašas, about the not always transparent relations between Lithuanian politicians and the media, as...

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Opinion: Crocodile tears in a police state

The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by political analyst Kęstutis Girnius, in which he further scrutinizes the unfolding of the scandal caused by the state secrets’ leak to the Lithuanian...

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Who are Lithuania’s media elite?

However popular it is to criticize the media, dislike it because of its content or to belittle what journalists do, the media in Lithuania remains a powerful elite. But who are the elite in the...

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Mobile DELFI version proves to be the most popular

In January, the major news portal DELFI attracted a record number of readers to its mobile version, www.delfi.lt informed. In the first month of this year the mobile DELFI version had 5.431 million...

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Lithuanians spend more time in front of TV, read less press

BNS People in Lithuania spent on average 3.40 hours, or 4 minutes more time in front of their TVs last year, compared to 2012, putting behind Estonians who had so far been the longest TV viewers among...

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Since 2009, the Lithuania Tribune (our new address http://en.delfi.lt/) news portal has been bringing you the most insightful and relevant news about Lithuania and the Baltic region. Now we are...

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