According to the documentation submitted in response to a request for free access to information, RTCG Director General Boris Raonić had eight recorded official trips in 2025. He traveled to Skopje, Las Vegas, Belgrade twice, Yerevan, Basel, Zagreb and Sarajevo, and Brussels. Advance payments totaling 3.317,32 euros were approved and paid for these trips, while the final travel invoices amounted to 2.465,36 euros. Of this amount, 2.376,72 euros relate to daily allowances.
The public service broadcaster submitted documentation on the travel of the Director General of RTCG for 2025 on August 26, 2026. The attachments specifically listed travel orders for Las Vegas, Skopje, Switzerland, two trips to Belgrade, Brussels, Yerevan, as well as Zagreb and Sarajevo.
Vegas cost the most
The largest single travel bill is for Las Vegas, where Raonic stayed from April 2 to 10 to attend the NAB Show 2025 technology fair. The decision provides for eight daily allowances of 112,35 euros each, totaling 898,80 euros, plus another 400 euros for taxis and incidentals, for a total of 1.298,80 euros. The final travel bill, however, is 934,23 euros: 898,80 euros for daily allowances and 35,43 euros for additional expenses. The difference compared to the advance payment received was 364,57 euros.
The documentation also shows a significant difference between the amounts approved in advance for individual trips and the final calculated costs.
For the trip to Yerevan, Raonic was approved for 395 euros - 195 euros for three daily allowances and 200 euros for taxis and unplanned expenses. The final travel bill only contains 195 euros for daily allowances, while the difference section lists 200 euros.
It was similar with the trip to Switzerland. 868,57 euros were approved, of which 568,57 euros were for four and a half daily allowances and 300 euros for unforeseen expenses. The final bill is 621,78 euros - daily allowance of 568,57 euros and another 53,21 euros in expenses - so the difference is 246,79 euros.
Three daily allowances were initially approved for Brussels, totaling 243,60 euros. In the final calculation, two and a half daily allowances, or 203 euros, were recognized, so the difference is 40,60 euros.
When the 364,57 euros difference after the trip to Las Vegas is added to these amounts, it follows that out of the 3.317,32 euros in advances received, 2.465,36 euros were finally calculated, or that the difference amounted to 851,96 euros.
Almost the entire calculation is made up of daily expenses.
Of the 2.465,36 euros finally calculated on eight travel invoices, 2.376,72 euros or about 96,4 percent are per diems. The remaining 88,64 euros relate to other expenses recorded in the final invoices - 35,43 euros on the trip to Las Vegas and 53,21 euros during the stay in Switzerland.
Raonic was charged the most per diem for Las Vegas - 898,80 euros, followed by Switzerland 568,57 euros, Skopje 224 euros, Brussels 203 euros, Yerevan 195 euros, Zagreb and Sarajevo 176,75 euros, while both one-day trips to Belgrade were charged 55,30 euros each.
The December trip to Belgrade is particularly interesting: RTCG formally approved it as an official trip, and the decision stated that the purpose was “an interview related to obtaining a visa at the Canadian Embassy.” A daily allowance of 55,30 euros was calculated for that trip.
Important note: the amount of 2.465,36 euros represents the sum of the costs stated in the submitted travel invoices. The documentation does not state the costs of airline tickets and accommodation for these trips, so the total cost of Raonić's trips to RTCG cannot be determined based on the submitted material. This would require obtaining invoices for airline tickets, hotels, transfers and any costs that RTCG paid directly to suppliers.
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