Poland moves to free state media from previous government’s political control

Donald Tusk’s cabinet has fired and replaced the directors of the state television and radio outlets and the government-run news agency (Virginia Mayo/AP)

Poland’s new pro-EU government has begun to wrest control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power.

The cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week, said on Wednesday it had fired and replaced the directors of the state television and radio outlets and the government-run news agency.