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Protests in the Czech Republic against changes to the funding of public broadcasters
- Thousands of people in Prague protested against a bill that provides for the transfer of public broadcaster funding from household fees to the state budget.
1TV - The lower house of the Czech Parliament has already supported the bill in the first reading.
1TV+2 - Participants in the rally and the opposition believe that the change will threaten the independence of the media and make them vulnerable to political pressure.
1TV+2
In Prague, on the Old Town Square, a large-scale rally was held to protest the change in public media funding, titled "Hands off the media". Parallel to Prague, rallies were also held in Brno. Demonstrators are protesting the initiative of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's government, which involves the abolition of household fees and the funding of Czech Television and Radio from the state budget. 1TV+3
The lower house of the Czech Parliament has already supported the bill in the first reading, after which the issue will be discussed by parliamentary committees. According to 1tv, one of the reasons for the protest was that the issue was discussed in an accelerated manner, outside of the planned order. 1TV+2
The leader of the protest rally, Mikuláš Minář, stated that Andrej Babiš had crossed all lines and announced new protest rallies in the country. For his part, Andrej Babiš declares that the goal of the change is the transparency of funding and not an attack on media independence. 1TV
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- 1 პრაღაში საზოგადოებრივი მედიის დაფინანსების ცვლილების გასაპროტესტებლად აქცია გაიმართა - 1TV 1tv.ge
- 2 ჩეხეთში საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებლების სახელმწიფო ბიუჯეტიდან დაფინანსების გეგმა გააპროტესტეს imedinews.ge
- 3 🔻 პრაღაში საზოგადოებრივი ტელევიზიისა და რადიოს სახელმწიფო ბიუჯეტიდან დაფინანსების ინიციატივა გააპროტესტეს | Reuters-ის www.facebook.com
- 4 🟥25 ოქტომბერს, ჩეხეთის დედაქალაქში, პრაღაში მედიის თავისუფლების დასაცავად მასშტაბური საპროტესტო აქცია გაიმართა, www.facebook.com
