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Lithuania banned a Russian TV channel, RTR Planeta, last week, becoming the first European Union member state to take this step in an attempt to tackle what it calls Russia's information war. However, even supporters of the move say that bans alone will not solve the problem.
Lithuania's State Security Department stated on Monday that the media of the Respublikos Leidiniai (Respublika Publications) and balsas.lt group, as well as the organisation founded by Rolandas Paulauskas disseminated anti-Western opinions, which "often echoed the ideas propagated by Moscow".
A ban on broadcasts of the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta took effect in Lithuania on Monday, while the ban on rebroadcasts of some of the content of Ren TV Baltic has expired.
Lithuania made international headlines last week when its Radio and Television Commission decided to institute a blanket ban on all programmes of a Russian TV channel. The channel in question, RTR Planeta, is registered in Sweden, but its content is entirely Russian-produced. The Commission had prev...
Lithuania’s media watchdog has blocked broadcasts by Russian TV channel RTR Planeta on grounds of inciting hatred over Ukraine.
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission took a responsible step on Wednesday to ban broadcasts of the Russian-language RTR Planeta channel for three months, Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius cautions that bans won't solve the pr...
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission on Wednesday instituted a three-month suspension of broadcasts of the Russian-language television channel RTR Planeta.
Lithuania's Radio and Television Commission will Wednesday decide on issuing a temporary ban on all broadcasts of Russian-language channel RTR Planeta in the country.
Over the last decade, Russia has had plenty of time and resources to test and perfect its propaganda machine, which has achieved an unprecedented level of maturity, while Western democratic media has been in decline, says Christopher Walker, executive director of the National Endowment for Democracy...
The European Union's (EU) institutions intend to work out a strategic communication plan by June to “challenge Russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns”, heads of EU states and governments have agreed in Brussels.
Lithuanian press may be under heavy attack by foreign hackers. The first victim was the independent news website “The Baltic Review” whose English and German version “Baltische Rundschau” were hacked and totally destroyed last week.
As Russia wages war in Ukraine, attacking not just military targets but also basic common sense with aggressive misinformation and propaganda campaign, information has become a security issue. Faced with new and quite unprecedented challenges, big media is approaching a moment when it will need to h...
In response to informational pressure of the Kremlin-supported media, the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT plans new programs for Russian-speakers in Lithuania and hopes to launch a program focused on explaining sources of propaganda and its methods of working.
In an effort to fight Russian propaganda efforts and provide alternative sources of information for Russian-speakers, the United States and Europe must coordinate their actions, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said in the US.
They say that a so-called information war is raging and that we're in it. A war is a war - there are friends and enemies, military action, military logic and discipline.
The new Russian news channel, Sputnik, seen as the Kremlin's medium of international propaganda, is preparing to expand into Latvia and is hiring journalists in the Baltic state, the Latvian Television show De facto reported on Sunday.
Lithuania's State Security Department said on Monday it observed “increasingly obvious” Russian attempts to instigate an information war and spread its propaganda in the Lithuanian media and social networks.
A report published in German media on Sunday, saying that Berlin would not sell armoured Boxer vehicles to Lithuania, could be part of a provocation campaign aimed at derogating good relations between Lithuania and Germany, according to Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas.
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Prof. Dr. Julian Lindey-French, Senior Fellow, Institute of Statecraft, Netherlands. Lithuania and the Baltic States are engaging in information war with Russia and we are trying to convince our western partners that the issue is very serious, do you thin...
The European Union will set up a special communications team to counter Russia's propaganda campaign, which will also offer objective information about processes and events, it was decided during Thursday's meeting of EU foreign ministers, according to Latvian Foreign Ministry Parliamentary Secretar...
