#RadioFreeEurope sees US funding restored – for the time being : The Trump admin backed down for now, but the future of the US-backed broadcaster remains uncertain. https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/radio-free-europe-sees-us-funding-restored-for-the-time-being/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
US-Auslandssender Radio Free Europe bleibt vorerst bestehen
Vorsichtiges Aufatmen im Funkhaus in Prag: Die existenzbedrohenden Einschnitte beim US-Sender Radio Free Europe sollen zurückgenommen werden. Der Sender hatte sich vor Gericht gegen die geplante Schließung gewehrt.
Judge temporarily halts Trump from canceling Radio Free Europe, handing embattled broadcasters a lifeline
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/media/judge-bars-trump-radio-free-europe/index.html
US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth has granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s request for a temporary restraining order.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty filed suit last week to contest Trump’s shutdown order, claiming it “would violate the Constitution and federal laws.”
„Sinds de val van het communisme richt de zender zich op landen zonder vrije nieuwsgaring.“ - Dus nu ook op de VS? #Radiofreeeurope https://nos.nl/artikel/2561360-radio-free-europe-lijkt-voorlopig-gered
Via the #DailyBeast @ 5:22pm ET on Mar 27, 2025
A #WhiteHouse plot to axe international broadcasters #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty has been foiled after presidential advisor #KariLake was forced to rescind a letter cancelling the network’s grants.
It comes just a day after a judge temporarily halted an attempt by the #Trump administration to shut down the station, claiming it would “violate the #Constitution and federal laws.”
Federal Judge Temporarily Preserves RFE/RL Funding
https://swling.com/blog/2025/03/federal-judge-temporarily-preserves-rfe-rl-funding/
I was wondering what happened to Kari Lake as Trump seems to have appointed his fools to higher positions than he did her.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3360704/kari-lake-withdraw-cancellation-radio-free-europe-funding/
#KariLake #MAGA #RadioFreeEurope #DOGE
Here is the #Trump administration following court orders regarding funding of #RadioFreeEurope #RFE #RL
Radio Free Europe was for decades symbol of fight against totalitarian regimes in Easter Europe and later also in other parts of the world.
(For brief time I worked for Radio Farda and helped with broadcasting free and balanced news to Iran. Good times.)
Since fascist US governement wants to end this organisation, it should be up to EU to take the lead and start with something like Radio Free America - to repay the debt of cold war.
#radiofreeeurope
Einde dreigt voor roemrijk station Radio Free Europe, 'EU moet het redden'
Het wordt het grootste cadeau van Trump aan Poetin genoemd: het stopzetten van de financiering van Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Met tientallen radio- en tv-zenders en websites doet RFE/RL iets waar talloze regimes al decennia bang voor zijn: de bevolking van onafhankelijke informatie voorzien. Daar dreigt nu rigoureus een einde aan te komen.
#Putin loves Trump even more.
Het wordt het grootste cadeau van Trump aan Poetin genoemd: het stopzetten van de financiering van Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
#radiofreeeurope
https://nos.nl/artikel/2561210-einde-dreigt-voor-roemrijk-station-radio-free-europe-eu-moet-het-redden
https://theconversation.com/how-us-foreign-aid-cuts-are-threatening-independent-media-in-former-soviet-states-251763. Add this to Trump's closure of #voiceofamerica, #radiofreeeurope, #radioliberty & #radiofreeasia, & voices of #freedom in the #media globally are greatly diminished.
Jennifer Rubin and Tom Malinowski and Jen Rubin on free media and a #Signal slip
#VoiceofAmerica #trump #RadioFreeEurope #media #censorship #authoritarianism #TheContrarian #Democracy
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/tom-malinowski-and-jen-rubin-on-free
Judge Puts A Stop To Donald Trump’s Effort To Shut Down Radio Free Europe
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #KariLake #RadioFreeEurope #SteveCapus
https://deadline.com/2025/03/radio-free-europe-trump-judge-1236350562/
Leyla Latypova - RL & RFE Closure Silences Indigenous Voices Struggling Against Russian Imperialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdMawwzGG08
Apart from destroying democracy #trump and #musk behave like #ISIS destroying historical statues (the archives).
#LeylaLatypova #Latypova #Tatarstan #Bashkortostan #Chechnya
#RL #RadioLiberty #RFE #RadioFreeEurope
#ruSSia #racist #fascist #kleptocrat #maffia #terror
A federal judge has issued a restraining order against #KariLake & the #Trump admin barring the cancelation of funding for #RadioFreeEurope.
The decision to terminate, the judge says, appears to violate the #law & the intent of #Congress.
US-Medienpolitik - Trumps Kürzungen für die US-Auslandssender und die Folgen für die Pressefreiheit
Pressefreiheit bedroht? Der US Präsident kürzt die Mittel der US-Auslandssender Voice of America, Radio Liberty und Radio Free Asia: Russland und China jubeln.#Pressefreiheit #EUROPA #VoiceofAmerica #RadioFreeEurope #RadioFreeEuropeRadioLiberty #US-Regierung
Trump kürzt Budgets: Das Ende von "Voice of America"?
Dokumentarfilm – „Als der Krieg in die Redaktion kam“ (2024)
Verstehen Sie mich bitte nicht falsch! Ich habe mir mein Leben lang eigentlich kaum vorstellen können, einmal die Partei von Journalist:innen zu ergreifen, die für einen, einst von einem US-Geheimdienst gegründeten, Regierungssender arbeiten. Um dort „US-Regierungspropaganda“ zu verbreiten, wäre wohl mein freundlichst formulierter Vorwurf gewesen.
