radio free europe

Trump tried to shutter Radio Free Europe. The EU threw it a lifeline

11:50pm May 21, 2025

The Trump administration is withholding $75 million designated for the news outlet. EU officials say RFE/RL has played a critical role in providing news to areas where the press can't operate freely.

Early R.E.M. single, recorded in Winston-Salem, re-released as Radio Free Europe faces potential cuts

4:54pm May 05, 2025

by Paul Garber

The Trump administration says the government-funded news resource is wasteful and is trying to shut off its funding. Last week, R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe said whether it’s music or a free press, censorship anywhere is a threat to the truth everywhere.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sues Trump administration over canceled contract

7:30pm March 18, 2025

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a government-backed overseas broadcaster, sued the Trump administration in an attempt to get it to release funds appropriated by Congress.

In this handout, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva poses for a photo during a work break in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 6, 2013.

World News

Russia charges Radio Free Europe editor with failing to register as a 'foreign agent'

3:04pm October 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for alleged spying in March.

The Voice of America building, shown Monday, in Washington, D.C. VOA has increasingly been a target of the Trump administration.

Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling

1:57pm June 18, 2020

by David Folkenflik

On Wednesday, President Trump's new appointee as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media dismissed the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and other government outlets.

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