Eurovision 2009: Azerbaijan voted for Armenian representativesMay 19, 2009 - 19:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During Eurivision 2009 contest, Azerbaijan voted for Armenian singers Inga and Anush Arshakyans, Thomas Niedermayer, representative of German Digame mobile company told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent, noting at the same time that he was entitled to specify the exact number of votes received from Azerbaijan.Mr. Niedermayer also said that Armenian Public Television reported to the company that the screen part displaying number for voting in favor of Armenian singers was closed during Eurovision 2009 contest. He also added that the information is currently being verified. Digame company is a subsidiary of German T-Mobile network, offering large-scale services of telephone and SMS voting. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |