Andrius Tapinas
Andrius Tapinas | |
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| Born | 6 April 1977 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer, TV producer, presenter |
| Genre | Science fiction, Historical fiction, Steampunk |
| Notable works | Pinigų karta, Auksinis protas |
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Andrius Balys Tapinas (born 6 April 1977) is a Lithuanian journalist, TV anchor, and writer. Tapinas was the anchor and producer of a long-running popular Lithuanian TV program The Money Generation. Since 2014, he hosts the Lithuanian TV program The Golden Mind with Arūnas Valinskas. In 2016, he also launched his own online TV channel on YouTube called "Freedom TV", which has proven to be a great success. Along with the "Freedom Group", Andrius has completed multiple fundraising campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the 2021 Lithuanian migration crisis. He hosted the "Freedom Chain" from Vilnius to the Belarus border during the 2020 Belarusian protests.
In 2023, a poll by the news portal Delfi voted that Tapinas is the most influential public figure in Lithuania.