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Slovak Public Broadcaster Drops Radio_Head Awards Broadcast After Artists’ Criticism - The Slovak Spectator

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STVR says the ceremony became “politicised” after performers criticised layoffs and cultural policy, while artists accuse STVR of censorship.

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STVR Director Martina Flašíková told the artists that she wished them success outside the institution.

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) has pulled the recording of Friday's Radio_Head Awards gala from its schedule after critical statements were made during the ceremony against the Ministry of Culture and the management of public media. Instead of broadcasting the music awards, it aired a documentary about dissent during the totalitarian era.

František Mikloško considers the cancellation of the broadcast of the Radio_Heads Awards and its replacement with a film about the two most prominent Slovak dissidents to be a scandalous decision.

Due to the fact that the performers talked about politics, the public Slovak Television and Radio is not broadcasting the recording of the 18th annual Radio_Head Awards.

Bratislava - The public Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) has decided not to broadcast the planned recording of the 18th annual Radio_Head Awards. The Aktuality server reported this. The presentation on Friday evening was organized by the music radio station Rádio_FM, which is part of STVR. The management of the merged television and radio justified the move by saying that some performers presented personal and political positions. The singer o…

In other circumstances, it would be an evening, after which there would be talk of something completely different. It could be discussed in detail that for the first time two prizes in the main category had to be handed over. That the discovery of the year is the youngest member of the famous group, who also received the statuette for the song of the year. Or, for example, why the debut of the year became a project that had [...]

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Denník N broke the news in on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
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