LRT
Source Passport
LT-M-00006-3
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- Legal name
- Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija
- Country
- Lithuania
- Type
- Multi-platform group
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė (generalinė direktorė, director general)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
2 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not applicable
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- State-owned
- Owners not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(a)
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
3 sources
- LRT.lt news, 2026-05-22, read 2026-10-19 (LRT Council rejected LRT's 2025 activity report; director general Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė; report goes to the Seimas by 1 July)
- LRT Mediateka, 'LRT Už kadro: 2025 metų LRT veiklos ataskaita', 2026-06-27, read 2026-10-19 (director general Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė presents LRT's 2025 report; site lrt.lt)
- e-seimas, Law No. VIII-1595 amending Article 29 of the Law on Provision of Information to the Public, 2000-03-28, read 2026-10-19 (historical text: LRT is a state-owned public non-profit institution; a 12-member Council is its highest governing body and appoints the Director General; detailed rules in the separate LRT law)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
EMFA Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Parent group Pending check
- Lithuanian state: LRT Council (LRT taryba) is the highest governing body and appoints the director general; the annual report goes to the Seimas
2 sources
- e-seimas, Law No. VIII-1595 amending Article 29 of the Law on Provision of Information to the Public, 2000-03-28, read 2026-10-19 (historical text: LRT is a state-owned public non-profit institution; a 12-member Council is its highest governing body and appoints the Director General; detailed rules in the separate LRT law)
- LRT.lt news, 2026-05-22, read 2026-10-19 (LRT Council rejected LRT's 2025 activity report; director general Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė; report goes to the Seimas by 1 July)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
EMFA Art. 6(1)(d), plus revenue mix
- State advertising and third-country public revenue
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- LRT English
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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