  Armenia’s Sona Rubenyan wins Audience Award at New Wave contest  July 28, 2014 - 15:00 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian singer Sona Rubenyan won the 6th place with 220 points as well as the Audience Award at the 13th New Wave international contest in Jurmala, Latvia. “Thank you for supporting me every minute and gifting me this victory,” she said in a Facebook post, addressing her fans. “I am sure I was the only participants with such a huge army of supporters.” Rubenyan was born in Yerevan in 1993. She graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and participated in a number of Armenian TV projects. Georgia’s Nutsa Buzaladze won the contest, followed by Ukraine’s representatives Victoria Petrik and Vyacheslav Rybikov, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Photo from Sona Rubenyan's FB page   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 |  Latest news U.S. welcomes Armenia, Azerbaijan’s border delimitation announcement  Blinken said it is an important step towards concluding a durable and dignified peace agreement.Residents Of border villages protest as Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on delimitation Residents of several Armenian communities in the northeastern Tavush province began protests late on Friday.Up to 10% cashback from GetTransfer with IDBank cards IDBank clients who make their booking on GetTransfer will receive an exclusive cashback.European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 |
