Upon presentation of an accreditation card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, a foreign journalist is entitled to exercise all the rights granted to the journalists accredited to the Office of the Seimas and properly perform all the duties imposed on the journalists accredited to the Office of the Seimas. The Information and Communication Department is entitled to check the accreditation card presented by the foreign journalist against the list of the accredited foreign journalists, submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.
Where foreign journalists arrive at the Seimas for a special event (e.g. meetings or visits of parliamentary delegations, etc.), the Information and Communication Department takes a decision on accreditation or issuing of one-day passes taking into consideration a letter of mediation to admit journalists, issued by the respective state’s representation to the Republic of Lithuania, or a request to accredit journalists, issued in advance by the head of the respective foreign producer of public information.
For more information, please contact Press Office, e-mail: [email protected]