RTS: Eurosong report by end of month

Radio Television Serbia (RTS) CEO Aleksandar Tijanić says that the report on the cost of organizing the Eurovision Song Contest will be made public within a month.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 04.06.2008.

10:42

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Radio Television Serbia (RTS) CEO Aleksandar Tijanic says that the report on the cost of organizing the Eurovision Song Contest will be made public within a month. "There are no secrets about the costs, and the report will be made public as soon as it’s complete, and we’ll try to do it faster than that, maybe within a fortnight,” Tijanic told RTS. RTS: Eurosong report by end of month He said that the national broadcaster had taken out commercial loans from domestic banks to the tune of EUR 5mn, while it had received EUR 3.5mn from the EU. "This means that our costs can be estimated at about EUR 8mn, not counting the costs of the Republic, the City, the Arena and the Sava Center,” said Tijanic. He said that almost everything had been offered at tenders, while for other things, certain “compromises” had been struck, with the state’s blessing. "The entire project was a product of Serbian know-how, though, where necessary, we hired foreign companies to provide us with some technical assistance, and everything paid off,” Tijanic said. The RTS boss’s reaction was provoked by comments from Rodoljub Sabic, the trustee for information of public interest, who said that Tijanic was misinforming the public in regard to the Eurovision Song Contest’s budget. Tijanic retaliated that Sabic was not authorized to set deadlines for announcing the costs of such events. "That’s done by the law, which states that within three months of any large event, a sort of a final overall bill has to be made public,” Tijanic said. Tijanic also said that the introduction of a license fee had removed the national broadcaster from government influence, and had made it accountable to the citizens, “which is one of the basic European standards”. Aleksandar Tijanic (FoNet, archive)

RTS: Eurosong report by end of month

He said that the national broadcaster had taken out commercial loans from domestic banks to the tune of EUR 5mn, while it had received EUR 3.5mn from the EU.

"This means that our costs can be estimated at about EUR 8mn, not counting the costs of the Republic, the City, the Arena and the Sava Center,” said Tijanić.

He said that almost everything had been offered at tenders, while for other things, certain “compromises” had been struck, with the state’s blessing.

"The entire project was a product of Serbian know-how, though, where necessary, we hired foreign companies to provide us with some technical assistance, and everything paid off,” Tijanić said.

The RTS boss’s reaction was provoked by comments from Rodoljub Šabić, the trustee for information of public interest, who said that Tijanić was misinforming the public in regard to the Eurovision Song Contest’s budget. Tijanić retaliated that Šabić was not authorized to set deadlines for announcing the costs of such events.

"That’s done by the law, which states that within three months of any large event, a sort of a final overall bill has to be made public,” Tijanić said.

Tijanić also said that the introduction of a license fee had removed the national broadcaster from government influence, and had made it accountable to the citizens, “which is one of the basic European standards”.

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