BHRT, the national Bosnian broadcaster has informed esctoday.com that Bosnia and Herzegovina will not compete at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest due to financial reasons. BHRT told esctoday.com that the decision was taken yesterday evening in a special meeting. The broadcaster hopes to return to the contest in 2014 if the financial situation improves.

BHRT announcement

Bosnia Herzegovina debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with Fazla and is yet to win the contest.

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Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.