"Only" 12 languages at Radio Sweden

The publicly funded broadcaster Radio Sweden has announced it is cutting Albanian, Serbo-Croation and Assyrian from its web-radio programming languages. But 11 languages will remain on Radio Sweden's "choose a language" menu when the cut-back takes effect later this year. Arabic services will actually be beefed up. "It is important to strengthen the broadcasts for the listener groups who need it most, such as Somalis," said Ingemar Löfgren, the head of Radio Sweden's international programs.