By Aistė Valiauskaitė, LRT TV, LRT.lt.
The biggest cuts in the upcoming budget are set to target the Media Support Fund and to the National Museum, whose head was one of the protest leaders against the decision to hand the Culture Ministry to the populists.
Opposition politicians suggest this may be retaliation against the cultural community and the media for their protests.
“Freedom of expression has become a systematic target for this coalition,” says Mindaugas Lingė, deputy head of the Conservative (TS-LKD) group in parliament.
“Why is the cultural sector, which took a stand, now receiving such a blow, a vindictive stab in the back? It really raises questions, and the optics are not good,” Lingė adds.
The budget is also being cut for the Media Support Fund, which keeps most of the cultural and regional press afloat.
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