Armenian singer shares first spot at major Russian competition (video) September 14, 2017 - 11:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Erna Mir (Mirzoyan) representing Armenia at New Wave, a major Russian music competition held in Sochi, shared the first spot with singers from Uzbekistan and Moldova after the event ended on Wednesday, September 13. Erna collected a total of 362 points after performing Bruno Mars' '24K Magic' on the first day of the competition. On the second day, the Armenian soloist performed a song about her homeland and went on to sing a fresh song on the third day. Another of Armenia's representative, Syuzanna Melkonyan gathered 357 points the second spot. New Wave is an international contest for young performers of popular music founded in 2002, which usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day where the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |