Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marko Radoja, editor-in-chief of Bosnian public broadcaster BHRT, said he received more than 200 threats after telling TV presenters not to wear flower symbols to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide anniversary.

Bosnia's main broadcaster BHRT may close down altogether, experts and journalists warn, as the financial woes that have plagued the broadcaster for years already continue to worsen.

BHRT director Belmin Karamehmedovic told local news portal Klix on Wednesday that because of rapidly falling revenues, staff now have no health insurance, and their salaries are being paid late.

Serb Republic President Milorad Dodik will travel to Moscow on September 22, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The public broadcaster of the Serb entity (RS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, RTRS, reported this on Wednesday.

A commission set up to organize the RS Day referendum has published an ad in local newspapers calling on all RS citizens to vote.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Radio and Television, BHRT, Bosnia's state television, is experiencing extreme financial hardship, which is making it difficult to support the functioning of the network and might result in it having to stop broadcasting, the network's administration said.

The bank accounts of the Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHRT, could be blocked any day, due to the accumulated debt of Bosnia's main public broadcaster.

Officials warn that this could disrupt the broadcasting of both BHRT and the main broadcaster in Bosnia's Federation entity, Radio and Television of BiH Federation, RTVFBiH.

Bosnia's Communications Regulatory Agency for, RAK, is receiving first requests to halt the broadcasting of local television stations whose analog signal is troubling neighbouring countries that have all moved over to digitalization.

Bosnia's three state and entity radio and television stations risk going off air as political quarrels and conflicting views about their role block the passage of legislation needed to provide them with money.