Voters in Liechtenstein withdraw state funding from the country's public radio broadcaster

Voters successful Liechtenstein person voted to retreat authorities backing from nan mini country’s nationalist power broadcaster, a determination that leaves nan station’s early successful doubt

BERLIN -- Voters successful Liechtenstein person voted to retreat authorities backing from nan mini country's nationalist power broadcaster, a determination that leaves nan station's early successful doubt.

In a referendum connected Sunday, 55.4% of participants voted to scrap authorities that grants authorities backing to Radio Liechtenstein astatine nan extremity of 2025, charismatic results showed.

The measurement was initiated by a mini guidance party, Demokraten pro Liechtenstein. It based on that Radio Liechtenstein is swallowing much than 70% of authorities backing for nan media, giving it an unjustified advantage against backstage media, and that it should beryllium privatized.

The position was slated to get nationalist backing to nan tune of 3.95 cardinal Swiss francs (nearly $4.6 million) complete nan adjacent 4 years.

The authorities based on earlier nan ballot that it's questionable whether Radio Liechtenstein could beryllium privatized successfully, “because it is hardly imaginable for a backstage power position successful Liechtenstein to make capable advertizing income.”

It says Radio Liechtenstein had an mean 11,400 regular listeners successful nan state successful 2021, nan past twelvemonth for which figures are available.

Liechtenstein is simply a principality of astir 39,000 group that borders Switzerland and Austria. It has adjacent ties successful peculiar pinch Switzerland, pinch which it has a customs and rate union.