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Lithuanian Reforms Target LRT Director Amid Controversy

12/19/2025

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Critics in Lithuania say reforms aim to remove LRT director-general Monika Garbaciauskaite-Budriene.
Opposition lawmakers filed more than 100 amendments, including a no-confidence vote from Agne Širinskiene’s cat, Nuodegulis.
Parliament approved the amendments, but a final vote is delayed by the culture committee chair's hospitalization.
Speaker Juozas Olekas said the vote may be postponed until January.
President Gitanas Nauseda expressed skepticism about the law change and questioned its seriousness.

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Critics in Lithuania say reforms aim to remove LRT director-general Monika Garbaciauskaite-Budriene.
Opposition lawmakers filed more than 100 amendments, including a no-confidence vote from Agne Širinskiene’s cat, Nuodegulis.
Parliament approved the amendments, but a final vote is delayed by the culture committee chair's hospitalization.
Speaker Juozas Olekas said the vote may be postponed until January.
President Gitanas Nauseda expressed skepticism about the law change and questioned its seriousness.