In the European Parliament will discuss Radio Liberty Support

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/AB/0A/IB-FR9PS9OJG_240DF4A4.jpg" Alt = "in the European Parliament will discuss Radio Support Support issues"/> ~ ~ ~ < P > MEPs of the European Parliament on Tuesday, April 1, with the participation of the EU Supreme Representative, Kai Callas will discuss how to protect access to democratic media after the loss of radio free Europe/Radio Liberty of US financing.

~ ~ < p >According to the press service of the European Parliament, in response to the decisions of the US Global Media Agency, to stop giving grants to Radio Liberty 10 European countries on March 18, they made a joint statement, supporting the Czech initiative to save the media organization from closing. ~ ~ > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62 < P > & laquo; emphasizing a vital role played by a broadcaster in providing an independent, impartial and information based on information for citizens in regions where the freedom of the press is threatened, these countries have called on the EU Ob & Rsquo; The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Lien supported the initiative & raquo ;, & ndash; Read in the message.

< p >On March 17, a meeting of foreign ministers of 27 Member States of the Bloc was held, which discussed the issue of the future of Radio Liberty. Following the results of the EU EU Supreme Representative, Kai Callas reported that the ministers of the EU & nbsp; nbsp; agreed & laquo; find a solution & raquo; & nbsp; regarding the fate of Radio Liberty.

< p > Directive about & nbsp; Nbsp; Nbsp; Nbsp; Radio Liberty from & Rsquo; Rsquo; appeared a few hours after US President Donald Trump signed a decree & nbsp; legislation & raquo;.

< P > RVE/PE grant was terminated by a letter signed by Carey Lake, which indicated her position as & laquo; senior adviser V.O. USAGM Executive Director with powers delegated Executive Director & raquo;. The letter stated that the grant is selected & laquo; no longer meets the priorities of the agency & raquo;. No more explanations were provided.

< p > USAGM & ndash; It is an independent US government agency that controls news and information broadcasting almost 50 languages ​​for about 361 million people weekly.

< p > Total & nbsp; budget request & nbsp; for USAGM for 2025 Financial year amounted to $ 950 million to finance all operations and capital investments.

~ ~ < P > These include media such as RVE/RS, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Cuban Marti (Radio Marti) office, Middle Eastern broadcasting networks (MBN) and Open Technology Fund (Open Technology Fund). < P > According to USAGM documents, budget request for 2025 for RVE/PS was about $ 153 million.