I came upon this list which I thought might be of interest to some our members. It's a comparison of the cost of a broadcast receiving license in various European countries. It was on a British website, so the amounts have been converted to their equivalents in pounds Sterling.

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No. Country         TV   Radio   Radio+TV  

1   Iceland        153     66      219 
2   Switzerland    115     69        - 
3   Denmark        164     24      164 
4   Austria          -     42      143 
5   Norway         128      -        - 

6   Belgium        123      -        - 
7   Sweden         120      -        - 
8   United Kingdom 116      -        - 
9   Germany          -     37      112 
10  Finland        107      -        - 

11  Slovenia         -     24       82 
12  France          74      -        - 
13  Italy            -      -       59 
14  Ireland         58      -        - 
15  Croatia          -     41       51 

16  Poland           -      7       23 
17  Hungary         19      -        - 
18  Slovakia        13      5        - 
19  Czech Republic  17      1        - 
20  Portugal         -     11        - 

21  Romania          9      -        - 
 
    Bulgaria         -      -        - 
    Spain            -      -        - 
    Lithuania        -      -        -     
    Latvia           -      -        - 
    The Netherlands  -      -        -

It's interesting to note that many countries still have a radio license. These were abolished in the U.K. in 1971.

Let me point out for our American/Canadian friends, that this isn't a joke. The authorities (at least in the U.K.) really take this seriously!