{"id":124753,"date":"2025-02-03T19:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124753\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"trump-suspends-foreign-aid-eu-steps-up-to-support-independent-journalism","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124753\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump suspends foreign aid, EU steps up to support independent journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The European Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/mex_25_399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">has announced<\/a> an increase in aid for Belarusian and Russian media in exile, with additional funding of around \u20ac3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU seeks to ensure that &#8220;exiled independent journalists and media can continue producing content and distributing it to their audiences without editorial interference.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 21, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all foreign aid from Washington for 90 days. Among other things, the document applies to the activities of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which supports, among other projects, programs to support journalists in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">European Federation of Journalists calls on donors to support Belarusian media<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 29, Pozirk. Dozens of independent media outlets in more than 30 countries may face financial problems following the suspension of aid programs by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) said in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/124094\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 3, Pozirk. The European Commission has announced an increase in aid for Belarusian and Russian media in exile, with additional funding of around \u20ac3 million. The EU seeks to ensure that &#8220;exiled independent journalists and media can continue producing content and distributing it to their audiences without editorial interference.&#8221; On January 21, US President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":7766,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-124753","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump suspends foreign aid, EU steps up to support independent journalism | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 3, Pozirk. 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