Andrius Tapinas

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Andrius Tapinas
Born	(1977-04-06) 6 April 1977 (age 47) Vilnius, Lithuania
Occupation	Writer, TV producer, presenter
Genre	Science fiction, Historical fiction, Steampunk
Notable works	Pinigų karta, Auksinis protas
Website
www.tapinas.lt/blog

Andrius Balys Tapinas (born 6 April 1977) is a Lithuanian journalist. Tapinas is the anchor of a long-running popular Lithuanian TV program The Money Generation. He has 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 Belarus border during 2020 Belarusian protests.

In 2023, a poll by the news portal Delfi voted that Tapinas is the most influential public figure in Lithuania.^[1]

Tapinas had been married to Rasa Tapinienė (divorced in 2019),^[2] a news anchor on LRT, and they have two children.

1. Hour of the Wolf
2. Day of the Plague
3. Hour of the Wolf. Sidabras (comic book, writer)

•  Lithuania: Knight Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2017)
•  Ukraine: Order of Merit (2022)^[3]

• lt:Laikykitės ten su Andriumi Tapinu

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• Andrius Tapinas on Twitter
• Tapinas' official blog
• Tapinas' TV programme website
• Hour of the Wolf Lithuanian website
• Andrius Tapinas webpage at Goodreads