Czech public broadcasters strike over government plan to overhaul funding and threaten independence

Radio Prague Intl—Czech Radio employees staged a 24-hour strike on Monday to protest a government plan to restructure public media funding, which broadcasters say would fundamentally undermine their editorial independence. Thousands of Czechs marched in the streets against the proposal, calling it an 'absolutely shocking' overhaul. Czech Radio's chief executive warned the reforms would structurally weaken public broadcasting, and the strike drew immediate international attention.

• Radio Prague Intl — Czech Radio staff held a 24-hour strike on Monday
• Radio Prague Intl — Czech Radio journalists also cited pay disputes alongside the editorial grievances
• The Independent (UK) — Czech public broadcasters staged a warning strike over the funding overhaul
• Radio Prague Intl — Czech Radio chief warned the reform would weaken public broadcasters
• Radio Prague Intl — Czech public broadcasters announce a one-day strike over funding
• Radio Prague Intl — Funding shake-up sparked a political storm over Czech public media
• Radio Prague Intl — Czech broadcasters warned the reform threatens editorial independence
• Radio Prague Intl — Czech Radio employees stage a one-day strike
• TVP World (Poland) — Czech broadcasters called the funding overhaul 'absolutely shocking'
• ABC News — Money — Czech public broadcasters stage a warning strike over a funding overhaul
• Deutsche Welle — Thousands demonstrated across Czechia to defend public media funding
• South China Morning Post — Thousands marched to defend Czech public broadcaster funding