Armenia's Iveta Mukuchyan takes 7th spot at Eurovision 2016 (video) May 15, 2016 - 02:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ukrainian singer Jamala won the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden on May 14. The contest will thus be held in Ukraine in 2017. The representative of Australia Dami Im took the second spot, while Russia's Sergey Lazarev came in third. Armenia's delegate in Eurovision 2016, Iveta Mukuchyan took the 7th spot with her song "LoveWave." "LoveWave" was written by Mukuchyan, Stephanie Crutchfield, Lilith Navasardyan and Levon Navasardyan. 26 countries participated in the final. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |