Eurovision 2012 official websites hackedMay 17, 2012 - 17:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Thursday, May 17, hackers attacked the official websites of the Eurovision 2012 song contest. A group of hackers calling themselves “Fedai of liberty” targeted eurovision.az, eurovisionaz.com, esctoday.com and ann.az. sites. They placed their demands and the photo of the murdered writer Rafig Tagi who was critical of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. They also placed slogans against the Eurovision song contest in Baku. The technical staffs of the sites are working to eliminate these problems now, Azerbaijan Press Agency (APA) reported. On January 17, Eurovision's official website published the participant list of 43 countries including Armenia. Gohar Gasparyan confirmed to PanARMENIAN.Net that Armenia is a full-fledged member of EBU and its participation in the contest to be held in Baku proves this. Later, however, Armenia refused to take part in the Baku-hosted international song contest. Prior to the deadline set by the EBU, Poland also withdrew from Eurovision 2012; it will not face any sanctions. 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. |