Czechs appeal for EU help with Radio Free Europe after Trump cuts
- The Czech Republic plans to discuss the future of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at an EU foreign ministers' meeting, according to Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky.
- The U.S. Agency for Global Media has terminated grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which broadcasts to 23 countries where free press is limited.
- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reduce funding for several federal media agencies, impacting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
- CEO Stephen Capus commented that the funding cut would be a 'massive gift to America's enemies.
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Former staff stress the important role of the channel in authoritarian countries, the ex-president of Estonia stands up for EU money
As Soviet radio operated at a different frequency and could not be removed from the USSR or used in Western Europe, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who in 1988 had been appointed director of the Estonian service of Radio Free Europe, got a contraband one and sent it to Finland, “close enough to Estonia to tune it daily.” It was the late 1980s, and Ilves, who had been raised in New Jersey, the son of an Estonian refugee couple who fled Soviet occupation, f…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sues Trump administration over canceled contract
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to try to block it from terminating all federal funds for the U.S.-backed broadcaster.In a federal lawsuit, the network argues that the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has violated the Constitution and federal laws by withholding money Congress expressly allocated for the broadcaster. USAGM disburses funds to U.S.-backed international networks, including Radio Free Eur…
EU Mulls Options To Keep Radio Free Europe Afloat.
European Union officials on Tuesday discussed options for keeping Radio Free Europe funded after the Trump administration halted grants to the pro-democracy media outlet, The AP reports. Jessica Rozencrantz, Sweden’s European Affairs Minister, cited the need to make sure “Radio…
Trump's cuts to US-funded media a blow to press freedom, EU warns
President Donald Trump's decision to freeze US-funded media outlets, including Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe, risks "benefitting adversaries", the EU has said. Meanwhile, countries like China and Cambodia praised the move, accusing the outlets of "biased" reporting and "fake news".The Trump administration has begun mass layoffs at US-based broadcasters just two days after signing an exe
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