US President Donald Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media page, has called for the termination of state broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), which he says is the “mouthpiece of the Democrats”.
“Why would a Republican want the Democrats’ ‘mouthpiece,’ the Voice of America (VOA), to continue to exist? It’s a complete, leftist disaster – no Republican should vote for its survival. KILL HIM!“,” Trump wrote.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has reportedly sent out layoff notices to more than 600 employees of Voice of America, The New York Times reported.
The layoffs will reduce the news organization’s workforce to fewer than 200 people, about one-seventh of its workforce at the beginning of 2025.
The U.S. international radio company “The Voice of America” (VOA) has appointed journalist Myroslava Gongadze as Eastern Europe Chief, due to which she will move to Kyiv in 2022, the Voice of America press service said.
As explained in the broadcaster, as a Russian troop buildup intensifies along the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied Crimea, Gongadze will be covering for a global audience the Kremlin’s aggressive posture in Eastern Europe as well as the impact of Russia’s and China’s influence throughout the region.
Voice of America expects in this new role, she will lead “expanded coverage of a region threatened by hybrid war and disinformation,” the broadcaster said.
Thus, Gongadze, who has been working for the Voice of America in the United States since 2004, will move to Kyiv in 2022.
In turn, Gongadze said she is honored to build on my seventeen-year career at Voice of America in my new role as Eastern Europe Chief.
