Integration Award for Radio X
The Radio X Foundation has been awarded the 15th Basel Prize for Integration. According to a press release issued on Friday, the radio station—which is celebrating its 15th anniversary—promotes integration and participation among non-German speakers in Basel. The prize comes with a cash award of 15,000 francs.
The communiqué of the Christoph Merian Foundation (CMS) praises in particular the various foreign-language programs of the non-commercial radio station: These represent the linguistic diversity of the population like no other medium in the region, it said. Around 80 volunteers from the respective language groups make these broadcasts.
The Integration Award was launched in 1999 by the Evangelical Reformed and Roman Catholic Churches of Basel-Stadt, the Novartis pharmaceutical group and CMS. It honors commitment to integration and the peaceful coexistence of different population groups in the region. The jury is recruited from the ranks of the prize founders as well as migrants. The award ceremony has been announced for August 22. (SDA)
