Pirmais Baltijas Kanals (First Baltic Channel) was the most frequently fined television channel in Latvia last year, according to information collected by news agency LETA. In 2014, the National Electronic Mass Media Council fined the First Baltic Channel a total of three times.

The First Baltic Channel was fined 3,600 euros in May 2014 for presenting biased and unilateral information on the television programme Vremya, as well as 1,000 euros due to violations related to the use of the Latvian language.

First Baltic Channel is the one of the most popular Russian-language networks broadcasting in the Baltic States. In October, it was temporarily blocked in Lithuania for allegedly running unbalanced coverage of the Ukraine crisis.

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