Armenia to join Junior Eurovision Song Contest on November 29September 8, 2020 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Broadcasting Union announced on Tuesday, September 8 that Armenia is among 13 EBU members to “Move the World” at the 18th Junior Eurovision Song Contest on November 29. Also returning to the show are Belarus, Franc, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Malta, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine, and hosts Poland. They will be joined by Germany which is competing for the very first time. The show, hosted for the second year in succession by TVP, will take on a different form this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 18th Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted live from Warsaw in a studio with all presenters and necessary crew socially distancing. Interval acts will also perform live from Warsaw. To protect the health of the artists and ensure the competition can still take place in a fair and safe way, all the competing songs will be performed in a studio in each participating country. The Eurovision Song Contest was been canceled in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The final of this year’s contest, which would have involved acts from 41 countries, was scheduled to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 16. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |