  Armenia will not participate in Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 in BakuFebruary 11, 2009 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku will host Eurovision Dance Contest in September 2009. As President of Armenian Dance Sport Federation Aghasi Mkrtchyan told PanARMENIAN.Net Armenia will not be participating in the third Eurovision Dance Contest. One of the reasons is Azerbaijan's refusal to take part in International Dance Sport Championship held last year in Yerevan. According to Azeri media, General Manager of Azerbaijani Public Broadcasting Company Ismail Omarov declared that "Azerbaijan guarantees the safety of all contestants including Armenians, should they wish to participate."   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 |  Related sections Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
