Employees of Czech Public Television and Radio began a one-day strike on Tuesday, November 3, to protest the government's plans to cut funding and transfer it to the state budget. Telegraph writes about it. According to the protesters, such measures threaten the independence and very existence of the public media. The strike led to restrictions on television broadcasts. The action escalated the dispute over the future of the public broadcasters, which are among the most popular and trusted sources of news in the Czech Republic, according to a 2025 Reuters report. The government bill passed a preliminary vote last month and now awaits further discussion in parliament. Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the protests in France: he said that Paris cannot regulate the work of social platforms in the country, because they are not sovereign.

Employees of Czech Public Television and Radio began a one-day strike on Tuesday, November 3, to protest the government's plans to cut funding and transfer it to the state budget. Telegraph writes about it. According to the protesters, such measures threaten the independence and very existence of the public media. The strike led to restrictions on television broadcasts. The action escalated the dispute over the future of the public broadcasters, which are among the most popular and trusted sources of news in the Czech Republic, according to a 2025 Reuters report. The government bill passed a preliminary vote last month and now awaits further discussion in parliament. Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the protests in France: he said that Paris cannot regulate the work of social platforms in the country, because they are not sovereign.