### [2026-06-22](/feed/2026/06/22/index.md)

##### Mass media in the Czech Republic
# Employees of the Czech public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio are on a 24-hour warning strike to protest against the abolition of licence fees and tying of the public media budget to the government budget. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/czech-public-media-financing-protest-babis-44f951daaa32331369124c10522b38c1)
2. [Swissinfo](https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/warnstreik-in-tschechien-protest-gegen-rundfunkpl%C3%A4ne/91626732)

### Changes:

1. Employees of public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio are on a 24-hour warning strike to protest against the abolition of licence fees and tying of the public media budget to the government budget.  _2026-06-22 13:45:31 (First version)_
1. Employees of the Czech public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio are on a 24-hour warning strike to protest against the abolition of licence fees and tying of the public media budget to the government budget.  _(Current version)_

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