… She added that there is “a prioritizing of the payments” right now, since important payments are owed to the European Broadcasting Union, EBU, regarding the Eurovision festival.

“Of course, there is a prioritization of payments at this moment, and we are trying to pay some international obligations first, some of which have not been paid since January 2024. Such non-payments would put RTSH in the position of losing its partnership with the EBU, and participation in Eurovision, or the loss of many television rights,” Vasili told BIRN.

“It would also face international courts for non-payment of contracts with foreigners,” she added.

In April, Vasili took over as director general of the broadcaster, which is in dire financial straits and burdened with lawsuits stemming from the abrupt firing of some 150 employees by her predecessor, the former politician Alfred Peza.