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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.

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...

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...

The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK) and representatives of the Russian-language TV channel NTV Mir Lithuania disagree on the application of Lithuanian laws.

A Vilnius court on Thursday ruled to suspend broadcasts of the Russian-language Ren TV Baltic in Lithuania for three months.

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on Friday rejected the request by Lithuania's Radio and Television Commission to halt broadcasting of the Russian-language TV channel Ren TV Baltic's programs. The commission had asked to suspend broadcasting of programmes produced outside the European Union for...

The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) decided on Wednesday to demand that two Russian TV channels acknowledge that several of their programs spread biased information. Otherwise, the Lithuanian TV and radio watchdog will initiate a complete ban on broadcasting of the two Russian ch...

The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) on Wednesday decided to ask court to halt broadcasting of the Russian-language TV channel Ren TV Baltic's programs produced outside the European Union.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Wednesday that a dialogue with Russia is impossible until Moscow "is engaged in aggression" and supports "terrorists in eastern Ukraine".

Repeated violations of the law may lead to suspension of rebroadcasting of RTR Planeta and NTV Mir Lithuania channels for up to one year, says Edmundas Vaitekūnas, the head of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission.

The Russian state's control of Russian media is well known and thus, it is not surprising that the Russian media had often been used as Moscow’s tool abroad. The prevalence of the Russian language and the sizeable Russian minorities in Estonia and Latvia facilitate receptiveness to Russian language ...

An ad hoc panel has suggested introducing mandatory content licenses for rebroadcasting companies operating in Lithuania that would provide a clearer definition of the content of foreign broadcasts in the country and allow broadcasting Lithuanian channels without any additional requirements.

Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine is well-oiled. That’s more or less what our media concludes from the ubiquitous lies diffusing from the Russian TV channels. When you work in communications, the operation of this machine seems even more menacing because it’s not only the final result that you see...

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to President Dalia Grybauskaitė's proposed amendments on fighting hostile propaganda.