Serj Tankian: rumors on my possible participation in Eurovision confused Turkish governmentAugust 12, 2010 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World-known musician Serj Tankian spoke about recent rumors claiming his participation in Eurovision song contest. “I didn’t have any idea about Eurovision, when in 2008 a Finnish reporter asked me if I plan to bring SOAD into the contest to raise Armenian Genocide awareness. I replied that I could look into it to see what it was.” “Later, an article confirming my participation was published.” “Initially, I had no intention to perform at Eurovision. However, on noticing rumors on my participation in Eurovision confused Turkish government, I thought of undertaking some steps in this direction. And should SOAD participate, Armenian Genocide issue would be surely featured in our performance,” the singer stated. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |