Industrial action is biggest escalation yet in months-long dispute with populist government of Andrej Babiš

Thousands of Czechs are rallying in Prague to protest a government plan to overhaul the funding for public broadcasters

Thousands of Czechs are rallying in Prague to protest a government plan to overhaul the funding for public broadcasters

Thousands of Czechs gathered in the capital on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government plan to overhaul the funding of public broadcasting, a move critics say…

Critics say the plan to fund public radio and TV from the state budget would give the coalition government a means to control the media.

Thousands of Czechs protest in Prague against a government plan to change public broadcaster funding, fearing loss of media independence.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis' government has been accused of seeking to take control over Czech public media. The plan would leave broadcasters with a 15% funding cut and no…

Industrial action is biggest escalation yet in months-long dispute with populist government of Andrej Babiš

Ezekben az őrült időkben ez akár Magyarországon is történhetne, de itt most bizony Csehországról van szó, ahol Andrej Babiš a közmédiát közvetlenül az állami költségvetésből…

Andrej Babiš kormánya szigorúbban ellenőrizné a közmédiát, amivel évtizedek óta nem látott ellenállást váltott ki.

Journalists and employees have formed a human chain around the Czech public radio in Prague

Dal primo gennaio 2027 nella Repubblica Ceca viene soppresso il canone annuo, la radiotelevisione nazionale sarà finanziata solo con l'erario dello Stato, con un taglio del 15%…

"The media don't belong to politicians. They belong to us all and we won't allow them to be stolen from us."

Tschechiens öffentlich-rechtliche Sender streiken. Die redaktionelle Unabhängigkeit sei durch die geplante Finanzierung durch den Staat gefährdet, warnen sie.

Plan to put funding under direct control has sparked widespread opposition, with critics fearing political interference.