Staff at Lithuania’s public broadcaster, Lietuvos Nacionalinis Radijas ir Televizija (LRT), have announced a week-long protest against a proposal to make it easier to remove the company’s director general, LRT reports. During the action, the staff will hold brief moments of silence on air. Also, journalists plan a protest rally outside the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, on 9 December 2025, BNS reports. Earlier, the parliament approved in first reading a bill submitted by the far right Dawn of Nemunas (PPNA) that would allow LRT’s governing council to dismiss the company’s director general with a simple majority. Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene welcomed the proposal, despite an assessment by the parliament’s legal department that the changes may be unconstitutional, LRT reported. Journalist and civil society organisations accuse members of the ruling coalition of trying to bring the public broadcaster under political control. The European Broadcasting Union, the International Press Institute, and the Council of Europe have expressed concern about LRT’s independence, LRT reports.
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