Eastern Partnership countries with the Russian-speaking TV? – Money.pl

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to the end of the year develop initial concept of the channel formed by the State of the Union. The project has the working name: European Television for the Eastern Partnership countries, it is said also called Voice of Europe. According to PAP, the Foreign Ministry has reserved for this purpose, about 3 million zł in next year’s budget.

– We are anxious that this was a modern TV to have a high quality and was available. EU side is not very active in terms of information policy – caller says PAP diplomatic circles.

According to Deputy Foreign Minister Katarzyna Kacperczyk final decision to grant additional funds have not yet been made. – are considered different scenarios, the financial contribution of the Member – said this week at a meeting of deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee.

Draft news channel formed under the auspices of the European Fund for Democracy. The mission of the Fund, headed by Pole Jerzy Pomianowski, is to support the democratic transition in the southern and eastern neighborhood of the European Union.

As informed Members Kacperczyk, the initial concept of television is to be built by the end of the year, followed by its evaluation by Poland and EU partners.

– ongoing consultations EU and non-EU countries for the creation of the television. The need is obvious. It’s about getting to the objective and balanced message to the people of the Eastern Partnership, who derive knowledge about the situation in the Russian media. Russian media does not retain objectivity, and are rather used as a tool of information war, as evidenced by the Ukrainian conflict – Deputies said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Kacperczyk admitted that the project supports several EU countries.

The establishment of the Russian television said in March, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during the annual exposé of Polish international politics. is worth serious consideration pan-European television project in the Russian language, which call for the creation of our allies from the Baltic countries. It is also the case for reform of our media in foreign languages ​​ – the Sikorski said.

is the EU’s Eastern Partnership program to strengthen cooperation with the six Eastern neighbors of the EU: Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Was launched at the initiative of Polish and Sweden, in May 2009 at a summit in Prague. The aim of the initiative is to bring partner countries to the EU through enhanced cooperation and integration activities, based on EU values, norms and standards.

a significant step for the entire program PW was going to be a summit in Vilnius in November 2013. Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia were to enter a higher level of relations with the signing or initialling of the Association Agreements. Before the summit in Vilnius Ukrainian authorities announced, however, that inhibit prepare for the conclusion of this agreement. This caused many months of demonstrations and deep political crisis in the country, which led to a change in government. Finally, the political part of the EU-Ukraine was signed in March in Brussels, already by the new Ukrainian authorities.

In Vilnius association agreements with the EU, including the agreement on free trade zone, initialed, Georgia and Moldova. Armenia announced that turn instead to initial an agreement with the EU intends to formed by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Customs Union. EU Association Agreements with Georgia and Moldova and the second part of the agreement with Ukraine on a free trade above all, were signed in Brussels in June.