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Trump bankrupted them, EU countries come together to save Radio Free Europe and Voice of America

2025-03-17 18:18:05Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Trump bankrupted them, EU countries come together to save Radio Free Europe and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EU member states said on Monday they would try to save Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the US-funded news outlet created to reach people under communism during the Cold War, warning they could struggle to replace funding cut off by Donald Trump.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky asked EU ministers at a meeting in Brussels to explore ways to allow the Prague-based service to continue providing news coverage in countries where free media is banned or in its infancy.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called Radio Free Europe "a beacon of democracy" and said it was sad that the US had decided to cut its funding. She said ministers had agreed to look at what the EU could do to help, but it would not be easy.

"Can we step in with our own funds to ... fill the gap that the US is leaving? The answer to that question is ... not automatically, because we have many organizations coming to us with the same request," she told reporters.

"But there has really been a push from foreign ministers to discuss this and find a way, so that is the task on our part, to see what we can do," she continued.

Hit by President Trump over a move to cut federal bureaucracy, the Agency for Global Media over the weekend cut grants to Radio Free Europe, which broadcasts in Iran, Russia, Belarus and war-torn Ukraine, among other countries.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists continued to work Monday as new articles appeared on its website.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President and CEO Stephen Capus said in a statement over the weekend that canceling the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty grant agreement "would be a massive gift to America's enemies."

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Monday "we will see what can be done" to help both Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, where more than 1,300 employees were suspended on Saturday.


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