  Georgia boycotts Eurovision 2009March 11, 2009 - 22:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia refused to participate in Eurovision 2009 Song Contest due in Moscow, Contest Project Manager in Georgia Natia Uznadze reported. On Tuesday European Broadcasting Union informed Georgian Public Television Management about non compliance of "We don't wanna put in" song performed by Stephane and 3G with the contest rules. There's a rule against political songs in the Eurovision, so Georgia could have changed song lyrics, present another song or even another singer. "The band refuses to make changes in the lyrics, " RIA-Novosti cited Unadze as saying. Stephane and 3G returned to Georgia from a trip abroad on Wednesday.   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 Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
