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After 75 years of operating through historic times that marked the end of communism and return to democracy across eastern Europe, the future of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is now at risk after U.S. President Donald Trump cut its funding.
This has prompted a call from the Czech government urging European Union foreign ministers to discuss the matter at their meeting in Brussels on Monday, to allow RFE/RL to continue to provide news coverage in countries where free press is banned or still in its infancy.
"We have to start with the political readiness to do something, so I will ask for that today," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said.
He added on social media platform X that ministers would discuss how to at least partially maintain its broadcasting.