Grybauskaitė wants to reduce Russian productions on Lithuanian TV channels


The amendments on reducing the volume of Russian TV productions in Lithuania are to be put before the country’s parliament on Tuesday, delfi.lt reports.

The President suggests amending the Law on Public Information, stating that at least 90 percent of the television programmes rebroadcast in Lithuania should be in the official languages of the European Union, except for special  packages.

According to the President, the measures are proposed ‘in the wake of increasingly frequent information attacks and hostile propaganda’ from Russia. Russian TV production accounts for up to 30 percent of all programmes rebroadcast in Lithuania.

Under the proposed amendments, propagation and instigation of war, calls to undermine Lithuania’s sovereignty and independence could lead to the suspension or termination of a broadcasting or rebroadcasting license as well as heavy fines by the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania. According to the President’s Office, similar rules are in force in Germany, France, Slovenia and Malta.

www.belsat.eu/en. following Delfi, BNS

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