One million dollars for RFE/RL
More than a year ago Radio Free Europe made a public announcement that RFE/RL headquarters are to be moved from Prague’s center to a different location, away from the Old Town. And recently Czech government announced that they are giving a gift of one million dollars to the radio to be spent on the relocation to a new site.
Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda and U.S. Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky were speaking today in Washington about this Czech government’s gift of $1,168,000:
(Cyril Svoboda in English: ) “This is a small contribution [which proves] that there is a permanent commitment, political commitment of my country, to support Radio Free Europe, because the fight for democracy is a never-ending story.”
(Paula Dobriansky: ) “This support for the Radios has never wavered, despite the difficulties that have been presented by some governments — foreign governments — some foreign governments — who do not want a free media reaching out to their citizens from [this location] in Prague.”
P.S. In other news, Czech government allocated several millions Czech crowns (again more than one million dollars) for special education exchange programs for Belarusian students that were expelled from Belarusian universities for political reasons.
May 16th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Way to go Czech republic!!!!!
May 19th, 2006 at 12:06 am
From a visit I remember the current premises in that awesome but somewhat scary building as huge, and being state property (former Chekoslovakian parliament, right?) RFE/RL got to rent it for a penny. Relocating to commercial premises must be quite expensive, I hope that won’t mean cutting down on broadcast staff.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:06 am
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