In the Czech Republic, tens of thousands of people took to the streets - the demonstrators are angry about the plans to change the method of financing the media.
Currently, Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (Čro) are financed mainly through mandatory subscription fees. The Babish government wants to cancel them and transfer the broadcasters to funding from the state budget.
However, media workers fear that in this case they will be dependent on the annual decisions of the government and parliament. Moreover, all this will make journalists vulnerable to political pressure.
Evropeiska Pravda writes that many of the protesters today wore pointy hats made of newspapers, in honor of the cartoon character who for decades presented bedtime stories on Czech television.