Polish PM promises not to close Belsat
Polish PM Beata Szydło has promised not to close Belsat, its director Agnieszka Romaszewska wrote on Facebook:
"I think that you will be happy to learn the news like I was. The Prime Minister has promised that Belsat will not be closed. We will discuss our further cooperation with the MFA within a month.”
Belsat was facing closure at the end of 2016. The Polish MFA decided to significantly reduce the financing of the Belarusian-language TV channel. A civil campaign was started to protect Belsat. Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich and the first leader of independent Belarus Stanislau Shushkevich sent letters in its support to Warsaw.
"I think that you will be happy to learn the news like I was. The Prime Minister has promised that Belsat will not be closed. We will discuss our further cooperation with the MFA within a month.”
Belsat was facing closure at the end of 2016. The Polish MFA decided to significantly reduce the financing of the Belarusian-language TV channel. A civil campaign was started to protect Belsat. Nobel Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich and the first leader of independent Belarus Stanislau Shushkevich sent letters in its support to Warsaw.