{"id":99310,"date":"2024-08-06T16:39:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99310\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"baj-press-club-belarus-call-on-poland-to-save-belsat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99310\/","title":{"rendered":"BAJ, Press Club Belarus call Polish leaders to save Belsat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and Press Club Belarus have appealed to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski over the imminent reorganization of <em>Belsat<\/em>, a Belarusian-language television station based in Warsaw and funded by the Polish government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/belsat-20240708.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/belsat-20240708.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/belsat-20240708-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/belsat-20240708-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/belsat-20240708-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/belsat-20240708-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        File photo        <span>(Belsat)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The television channel was founded in 2007 in a deal between the Polish foreign ministry and the Polish broadcaster <em>TVP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, <em>TVP<\/em> announced that <em>Belsat<\/em> will join its World Programs Center (O\u015brodek program\u00f3w dla Zagranicy), operating all foreign-language services. Belarusian pro-democracy activists and <em>Belsat<\/em> journalists called on the Polish government and <em>TVP<\/em> to keep the Belarusian channel as an independent unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BAJ and Press Club credited Poland for creating a prototype of Belarusian public television and a unique, strong team of television professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups are extremely concerned that <em>Belsat<\/em> might be downgraded to a language service that shares a frequency with the Ukrainian and Russian services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of that, viewers in Belarus might lose the only independent TV station broadcasting news in Belarusian, the associations said in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Ukrainians and Russians can access a range of independent TV stations, Belarusians only have <em>Belsat<\/em>, the appeal stresses.<\/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\/03\/dzikavicki-belsat-pozirk-20-03-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dzikavicki-belsat-pozirk-20-03-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dzikavicki-belsat-pozirk-20-03-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dzikavicki-belsat-pozirk-20-03-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dzikavicki-belsat-pozirk-20-03-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dzikavicki-belsat-pozirk-20-03-1128.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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belsat head Dzikavicki denies report of irregularities at the station<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 19, Pozirk. Alaksiej Dzikavicki, acting director of the Polish-based Belsat TV, has dismissed the allegations of irregularities published on the Onet portal as lies and libel. Dzikavicki said the author of the report, Jacek Har\u0142ukowicz, did not even bother &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/96578\">\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>August 6, Pozirk. The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and Press Club Belarus have appealed to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski over the imminent reorganization of Belsat, a Belarusian-language television station based in Warsaw and funded by the Polish government. The television channel was founded in 2007 in a deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":94515,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-99310","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BAJ, Press Club Belarus call Polish leaders to save Belsat | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 6, Pozirk. 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