Thursday, September 01, 2011

Radio Prague to suffer no budget cuts in 2012

Seventy five years ago, at 10 AM on August 31, 1936, the foreign service of Czechoslovak Radio went on air for the first time ever. Today, Radio Prague is an independent broadcaster although it is still funded entirely by the Czech Foreign Ministry. Following severe budget cuts in recent years, some good news came on Wednesday from the Foreign Ministry which promises no further cuts for 2012. Radio Prague spoke to the head of the ministry’s public diplomacy department, Jan Bondy.

The read the continuing interview please go to:
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/radio-prague-to-suffer-no-budget-cuts-in-2012