Public Television of Armenia denies the country’s intention to file complaint against Azerbaijan to European Broadcasting UnionNovember 22, 2010 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Councillor of Public Television of Armenia Director General, the leader of Armenian delegation to Eurovision Diana Mnatsakanyan denied allegations on the fact that Armenia intends to file a complaint against Azerbaijan to European Broadcasting Union. As she noted, Azerbaijan hasn’t purchased the rights for broadcasting of Junior Eurovision. “We’re unsure if the contest was aired on Azerbaijani television. So we will not be able to file a complaint until discovering the actual facts. To the best of my knowledge, Azerbaijan takes no interest in the contest. The allegations that the broadcast was cut off were merely posted on Azeri forums.” According to some Armenian media reports, the issue of Azeri violations of Eurovision song contest rules will be raised at European Broadcasting Union meeting in Geneva. The broadcast of 2010 Junior Eurovision has been interrupted in Azerbaijan as soon as the contest winner was announced. The interruption was reasoned by the victory of Armenia's representative Vladimir Arzumanyan, who is from Karabakh, Yerkramas reported. Azerbaijani music lovers have not managed to enjoy Arzumanyan's performance as the contest winner. On November 20, Armenian participant of 2010 Junior Eurovision, Vladimir Arzumanyan won the contest, gaining 120 points for his song – Mama. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |