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Bosnia State Broadcaster BHRT Halts Programming in Funding Crisis Protest

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state broadcaster BHRT stopped all TV and radio output on 26 February, displaying a black screen and a warning about a possible shutdown. The halt stems from a deep funding crisis: licence‑fee revenues collected by the country’s entities have been unpaid for years, and political resistance to a unified public service has drained the broadcaster’s cash reserves. BHRT’s accounts are effectively empty, and without urgent relief it may cease operations entirely. A closure would make Bosnia the only EU member without a national public broadcaster ahead of October elections.