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On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
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May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️USAGM withdraws termination of RFE/RL grant, funding back in effect.

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has reversed its decision to terminate grant funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for the fiscal year 2025, RFE/RL reported on March 27.
USAGM withdraws termination of RFE/RL grant, funding back in effect
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has reversed its decision to terminate grant funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for the fiscal year 2025, RFE/RL reported on March 26.
kyivindependent.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
danceswithseagulls.bsky.social
www.kyivpost.com/post/51977
R.E.M. Reissues “Radio Free Europe” in Support of Press Freedom and RFE/RL
R.E.M. reissues “Radio Free Europe” to honor press freedom and support RFE/RL as it faces US funding cuts and pressure from authoritarian regimes.
www.kyivpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️ US court orders release of $12M RFE/RL funding after Trump administration freeze

The ruling marks a significant victory for RFE/RL amid growing concerns about U.S. funding cuts to independent media countering Russian disinformation.
US court orders release of $12M RFE/RL funding after Trump administration freeze
The ruling marks a significant victory for RFE/RL amid growing concerns about U.S. funding cuts to independent media countering Russian disinformation.
kyivindependent.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ninajankowicz.com
RFERL is fighting back! 👏🏻
Linkedin post from Lisa Curtis: I am Board Chair of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which received a letter from Kari Lake of United States Agency for Global Media claiming to cancel RFE/RL’s Congressionally appropriated funding. Our pro bono legal team is prepared to take all necessary steps to ensure that RFE/RL continues its Congressionally authorized mission. Here are four reasons it’s illegal for USAGM to deny appropriated funds to RFE/RL: 1. It violates the statute governing RFE/RL. 2. It violates Congressional appropriations laws. 3. It violates the U.S. Constitution. The Appropriations Clause and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution, and the Impoundment Control Act, cannot be ignored. Justice Kavanaugh agrees and said so in his Aiken County decision in 2013. 4. Finally the grant termination itself is unlawful.
March 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
marikamikiashvili.bsky.social
Georgia's Russian police in action.
#GeorgiaProtests
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November 19, 2024 at 5:58 AM
anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu
US District court halts the destruction of Radio Free Europe
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US District Court Halts Attempt to Defund RFE/RL
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted RFE/RL's request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (...
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March 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Journalists of the RFE/RL's Schemes investigative project have obtained access to the private correspondence of Russian major general Roman Demurchiev
February 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️ RFE/RL sues Trump administration over funding cuts.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) sued the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, calling the action unconstitutional.
RFE/RL sues Trump administration over funding cuts
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) sued the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, calling the action unconstitutional.
kyivindependent.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
newsguy.bsky.social
Former RFE/RL journalist Ihar Karnei has been freed from unjust detention in Belarus, announces the broadcaster's president. about.rferl.org/article/form...
Former RFE/RL Journalist Released from Detention in Belarus
Former RFE/RL journalist Ihar Karnei has been freed from unjust detention in Belarus.
about.rferl.org
June 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️Trump has consulted Hungary's Orban on Ukraine war, sources tell RFE/RL.

Hungarian government sources said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sought Orban’s opinion on strategies to end the Ukraine war, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Hungarian Service reported.
Trump has consulted Hungary's Orban on Ukraine war, sources tell RFE/RL
Hungarian government sources said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sought Viktor Orban’s opinion on strategies to end the Ukraine war. Orban, known for his close ties with both Russian President...
kyivindependent.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:23 AM
starshine.bsky.social
we're doing partisan woke Gladio and RFE in 2029
samd.bsky.social Sam @samd.bsky.social · 24d
jesus fucking christ

Trump is using our taxpayer dollars to create a global fascist movement
WASHINGTON/BERLIN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is planning to spend $4 million to bolster right-wing media in Europe, part of a package of at least $25 million for civil society groups working on conservative causes in the region, according to four people familiar with the funding. The grants risk deepening tensions between the Trump administration and European governments, some of which have already accused Washington of intertering in their domestic politics. The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) says the funding is meant to strengthen transatlantic ties and promote free speech. It comes as European countries prepare for elections over the next couple of years, and as the Trump administration openly backs Europe's populist right-wing and far-right parties. The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) says the funding is meant to strengthen transatlantic ties and promote free speech. It comes as European countries prepare for elections over the next couple of years, and as the Trump administration openly backs Europe's populist right-wing and far-right parties. The State Department notified Congress of its intent to allocate these funds on August 21, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans. Three million dollars were earmarked for a program to "document and analyze democratic backsliding in Europe as it relates to mass and illegal migration, the independent media landscape, and legislative agendas by supranational entities," according to the people. Another $1 million aims to create a consortium of independent journalists covering issues including national sovereignty, natural rights, and religious freedom in Europe, they added.
September 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️ Russia using bombers it received from Ukraine in 1999, RFE/RL reports.

Russia actively uses at least six Tu-160-type bombers that Ukraine gave to Russia in 1999 as a payment of gas debt, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Schemes' investigation showed on Nov. 26.
Russia using bombers it received from Ukraine in 1999, RFE/RL reports
Russia uses at least six Tu-160-type bombers that Ukraine gave to Russia in 1999 as a payment of gas debt, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Schemes' investigation showed on Nov. 26.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:32 AM
emptywheel.bsky.social
I mean, if James Murdoch wants to fund RFE for a while he's got the $$.
mpolymer1.bsky.social Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · Mar 20
Yet another WSJ Editorial Board slam on the Trump admin (a daily occurrence, from the radical left WSJ…oh wait 🙄) “Donald Trump has no interest in soft power or the war of ideas. It’s a blind spot that will be filled by the propaganda of our adversaries” www.wsj.com/opinion/radi...
Opinion | A U.S. Retreat in the War of Ideas
Trump shuts down networks that help evade dictatorship firewalls.
www.wsj.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Ukraine informed the EU Commission it’s completed procedures to join the EU roaming zone, per RFE/RL’s Brussels correspondent Ricard Jozwiak. The move will take effect January 1, 2026.
June 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
newsguy.bsky.social
RFE/RL today received its overdue congressionally appropriated funds for the month of April. https://about.rferl.org/article/in-legal-win-rfe-rl-receives-april-funding-lawsuit-continues-for-remainder-of-fy-2025-funds/
In Legal Win, RFE/RL Receives April Funding; Lawsuit Continues for Remainder of FY 2025 Funds
Today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) received its overdue congressionally appropriated funds for the month of April. 
about.rferl.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
kevinrothrock.me
Yesterday, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) began furloughing staff at its Prague headquarters because the United States Agency for Global Media has not sent RFE/RL its Congressionally appropriated funds for April. about.rferl.org/article/stil...
Still Awaiting Funds, RFE/RL Furloughs Staff and Seeks Relief from Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) today began furloughing staff at its Prague headquarters because the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has not sent RFE/RL its Congressionally appr...
about.rferl.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
NEWS: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty files suit in federal court, arguing that Trump administration acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally in blocking funds allocated by Congress for the U.S.-backed international broadcaster.

COVERAGE TO FOLLOW

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RFE/RL Sues USAGM to Block Termination of Federal Grant
The grant cancellation would violate the Constitution and federal laws, according to the case filed by RFE/RL in the US District Court for DC
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March 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️ USAGM agrees to partially fund RFE/RL as judge weighs case over Trump cuts.

RFE/RL sued USAGM on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, arguing the step violates federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.
USAGM agrees to partially fund RFE/RL as judge weighs case over Trump cuts
RFE/RL sued USAGM on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, arguing that the step violates federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.
kyivindependent.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
kyivindependent.com
⚡️ EU foreign ministers to discuss US withdrawal of funding for RFE/RL.

EU foreign ministers are set to discuss the termination of the U.S. grant that funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) during a meeting in Brussels on March 17, according to a Kyiv Independent reporter in Brussels.
EU foreign ministers to discuss US withdrawal of funding for RFE/RL
EU foreign ministers are set to discuss the termination of the U.S. grant that funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) during a meeting in Brussels on March 17, according to a Kyiv Independent...
kyivindependent.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
newsguy.bsky.social
RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America’s Enemies” about.rferl.org/article/rfe-...
RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America’s Enemies”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed today by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that its federal grant agreement, which funds RFE/RL’s global operations, has been terminated.
about.rferl.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
altnps.bsky.social
- Source: Federal court order and internal communications; confirms Judge Royce C. Lamberth reinstated funding for RFE/RL, criticized the administration’s freeze as unconstitutional, and emphasized the organization’s mission in authoritarian regimes like Russia and Iran.
July 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
mikeeckel.bsky.social
Drone video of demonstrators in Tbilisi this evening-- one day after riot police violently dispersed protesters. By RFE/RL's Georgian Service
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
newsguy.bsky.social
Statement from the president of RFE/RL.
March 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
kevinrothrock.me
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty learned yesterday from US Agency for Global Media that its federal grant agreement, which funds RFE/RL’s global operations, has been terminated. If it tanks the outlet (and all its offshoots) it would be a huge loss for Russia watchers. about.rferl.org/article/rfe-...
RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America’s Enemies”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed today by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that its federal grant agreement, which funds RFE/RL’s global operations, has been terminated.
about.rferl.org
March 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM