Baku commits gross violation of Eurovision rules of by hiding phone number from Azeri to vote for ArmeniaMay 18, 2009 - 14:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri was deprived the possibility to vote for Armenia's song at the Eurovision 2009". In a final tournament all means have been taken in Azerbaijan to prevent their counterparts from voting for the song of Anush and Inga Arshakians representing Armenia.According to a group of Azeri Internet users, during broadcasting of the Eurovision contest the part of the screen with phone number to call and vote for Armenian participants, was hidden. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter was told in Armenian Public Television (APT), APT had been already informed about illegal behavior of Azeri side and submitted a complaint to the organizational committee of the contest. It's worth mentioning, that Armenia gave 1 point for the song of Azeri participants. According to voting results, Inga and Anush Arshakians, who represented Armenia at the Eurovision international contest, took the 10th place. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |