Public Television of Armenia denies the country’s intention to file complaint against Azerbaijan to European Broadcasting UnionNovember 22, 2010 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Councillor of Public Television of Armenia Director General, the leader of Armenian delegation to Eurovision Diana Mnatsakanyan denied allegations on the fact that Armenia intends to file a complaint against Azerbaijan to European Broadcasting Union. As she noted, Azerbaijan hasn’t purchased the rights for broadcasting of Junior Eurovision. “We’re unsure if the contest was aired on Azerbaijani television. So we will not be able to file a complaint until discovering the actual facts. To the best of my knowledge, Azerbaijan takes no interest in the contest. The allegations that the broadcast was cut off were merely posted on Azeri forums.” According to some Armenian media reports, the issue of Azeri violations of Eurovision song contest rules will be raised at European Broadcasting Union meeting in Geneva. The broadcast of 2010 Junior Eurovision has been interrupted in Azerbaijan as soon as the contest winner was announced. The interruption was reasoned by the victory of Armenia's representative Vladimir Arzumanyan, who is from Karabakh, Yerkramas reported. Azerbaijani music lovers have not managed to enjoy Arzumanyan's performance as the contest winner. On November 20, Armenian participant of 2010 Junior Eurovision, Vladimir Arzumanyan won the contest, gaining 120 points for his song – Mama. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |