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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8158

25 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/afghanistan
Afghan radio comes into being with financial aid from Commission - Decision taken on Tuesday to earmark EUR 57.5 million for other projects

Brussels, 25/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - "Good Morning Afghanistan", an Afghan radio station jointly financed by the European Commission with EUR 235,000, began broadcasting from Kabul on 25 February. With two hours daily broadcasting in two languages, the radio, which has a team of around twenty young journalists from all ethnic groups of the population, will reach up to 80% of the Afghan population. Announcing this news to the press, the spokesperson for Commissioner Chris Patten (external...

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