Thousands of staff at Czech public broadcasters strike over funding plans

Industrial action is biggest escalation yet in months-long dispute with populist government of Andrej BabiThousands of public service media employees in Czechia are holding a 24-hour strike after the government of the billionaire prime minister, Andrej Babi, pushed ahead with controversial plans to change the way the countrys public broadcasters are funded.Mondays industrial action by staff at Czech Television and Czech Radio marks the biggest escalation yet in a months-long confrontation betwee...