The EU will finance RFE / RL and has provided 5.5 million euros from its budget for it.
The statement came from the head of the European diplomacy Kaya Callas at a press conference on the meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers.
"The ministers agreed to allocate 5.5 million euros to finance" Freedom "radio station," he said. According to him, the EU "aims to ensure that RFE / RL continue to operate in neighboring EU countries, as well as in Central Asia.
"This is short-term funding, now the EU countries should agree between them for long-term funding," Callas added.
It should be reminded that in mid-March, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order, significantly reducing the scope of the US Government's Global Media Agency (USAGM) and a number of other state structures. Usagm, among other things, monitored the Free Europe / Freedom Media Corporation.
