The budget for Dutch world service radio is to be slashed from €46m this year to just €14m, foreign affairs minister Uri Rosenthal said after the weekly Friday cabinet meeting.

In addition, responsibility for RNW is being shifted from the culture ministry to the foreign office, and €6m of its funding will come from the development aid budget, Rosenthal said.
The focus of RNW’s activities will shift from informing Dutch citizens abroad and presenting a ‘realistic image’ of the Netherlands to providing independent information in countries without a free press.
Earlier this month, RNW attempted to head off far-reaching cuts by publishing its own reform plans based on a 25% budget reduction.
For RNW’s report on the cuts, click here