Delfi.lt

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Delfi (also known as delfi.lt after its Lithuanian domain name and informally called Delfis in Lithuanian) is one of the three main internet news portals in Lithuania.^[1] It is the most popular Internet portal in Lithuania^[2] providing daily news, ranging from gardening to politics.^[3]

Delfi was established by the Estonian company MicroLink and in 2003 sold to Norwegian company Findexa^[4]. It operates, under a single name, in the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. It has its own bureax in Moscow, Kaliningrad, Warsaw, and Stockholm. It also sources its news reports from the Baltic News Service and from wire services.^[3]

[edit] Freedom of speech

Because visitors of Delfi can comment on every news story, this site constantly is in the centre of debate over freedom of speech in the Baltic States.^{[citation needed]} Some members of the Estonian and Lithuanian Parliaments have proposed laws making Delfi and other news portals responsible for the contents of anonymous comments. ^{[5] [6]} In September 2006, attorneys of Artūras Zuokas, the controversial mayor of Vilnius, have asked public prosecutors to seize Delfi servers and reveal IP addresses of all anonymous commentators that have written comments about him in several Delfi publications ^[7]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Lithuanian internet review 2001", ebiz.lt, 2002-01-30.
2. ^ Spring vs Summer: Website Usage Statistics. Gemius.
3. ^ ^{a b} Laima Nevinskaite (2003-11-13). "Media of the Baltic States in the European Communication Networks". The European Public Sphere Conference, Europäische Akademie, Berlin Grunewald, 28th-30th November 2003, Europäische Akademie Berlin.
4. ^ "Findexa acquires the Baltic news portal Delfi", European Association of Directory and Database Publishers, 2003-12-16.
5. ^ "Parliament fails to adopt controversial bill on censoring webcommentators" (PDF), Baltic Business News Newsletter, 2006-05-18.
6. ^ "Law amendments proposed by members of Seimas, contain more restictions to massmedia", Delfi News, 2006-06-20. (in (Lithuanian))
7. ^ "Zuokas vs internauts writing comments about him", Delfi, 2006-09-04. (in (Lithuanian))

[edit] External links

• The Delfi web site for Lithuania
• The Delfi web site for Estonia
• The Delfi web site for Latvia