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Author Topic: Draft 2027 budget contains zero funding for Radio Prague International  (Read 1676 times)

ChrisSmolinski

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Draft 2027 budget contains zero funding for Radio Prague International
« on: September 01, 2026, 1932 UTC »
The Czech Republic’s draft state budget for 2027 does not include any funding for Radio Prague International, the news outlet Seznam Zprávy reported on Tuesday. In a chapter outlining the specific budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which funds the station, no money is allocated for international radio broadcasting.

The minister of foreign affairs, Petr Macinka, cut Radio Prague International’s budget by one-quarter this year and had said it would not receive any state backing in 2027.

The station celebrated 90 years since its first broadcast on Monday of this week.

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Re: Draft 2027 budget contains zero funding for Radio Prague International
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2026, 2215 UTC »
At this point they've probably just been funding it because they heard that Slovakia was funding theirs, at least as leased-time, and that's not a good enough reason.
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Re: Draft 2027 budget contains zero funding for Radio Prague International
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2026, 0517 UTC »
Looks like maybe the overall economy, and the war spending NATO wide, is causing cuts elsewhere.

Sad for those of us who enjoy the programs. I don't hear Prague much, but I do hear Slovakia and Poland on WRMI.

Like R. Romania, it's a good ear to what's happening in the EU.
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