  Baku allocates USD 63 mln for 2012 Eurovision February 10, 2012 - 14:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will allocate AZN 50 mln ($63 mln) from state budget for organization of 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The distribution of the fund aimed at holding of international events in Azerbaijan was approved in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Finance. According to order, AZN 5.4 mln will be granted for Ministry of Culture and tourism, AZN 3.8 mln for State Committee for Diaspora, AZN 2.9 mln for Ministry of Economic Development, AZN 2.6 mln for Ministry of foreign Affairs, AZN 828,000 for Milli Majlis, according to Azerbaijan Press Association. On January 17, the head of the Armenian delegation to Eurovision, Gohar Gasparyan said that Armenia’s participation in the contest proves its full fledged membership in European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Azerbaijan’s Ell/Nikki duet with Running Scared song won the Eurovision 2011. Italy's Raphael Gualazzi with Madness Of Love song took second place followed by Eric Saade from Sweden. Armenia’s Emmy was knocked out of Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the May 10 seminal, although her performance of Boom Boom song was met warmly by the audience at Arena stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany.  Top stories In "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are getting punished for their defiance. The Jubilee Cannes Film Festival honored the legendary French director, the 89-year-old Alain Resnais. Brad Pitt doesn’t want his new film, the crime tale Killing Them Softly, to be viewed as an attack on President Obama According to the wiretapped conversations, Seki obtained the drugs from Sinan Yüksel, who is among 19 suspects.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
