Kallas and the foreign ministers of the 27 EU Member States discussed the potential financial gap for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at their monthly meeting in Brussels.
The Estonian politician, who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, described as “sad” the news that the US government is withdrawing its financial support for the radio station, which she called a “beacon of democracy.”
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was founded in the early years of the Cold War to promote democratic values to listeners in Eastern Bloc countries and the Soviet Union.
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My father used to listen to it in the communist dictatorship. All in secret, of course. You would not want the Security Services to know that. He was well aware of the reality outside the dictatorship bubble.
That should cover anyone who is over 70 years old… What about everyone else, who are using mostly social networks?