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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU’s foreign policy chief laments US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe

The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague.
The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague. The broadcaster was founded during the cold war and is said to reach 47m people. Photograph: David W Černý/Reuters

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, expressed disappointment over US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe and said the EU could not automatically fill the gap.

The US Agency for Global Media stopped grants over the weekend to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which was founded during the cold war and broadcasts to 23 countries, including Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Afghanistan.

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