Armenia qualifies for Eurovision Song Contest finalMay 12, 2023 - 12:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Thursday, May 11 night saw the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest take place in Liverpool. Of the sixteen acts that performed, just ten, including Armenia, made it through to Saturday's Grand Final. Armenia's Brunette wowed audiences as she performed her song 'Future Lover' second in the evening's line up. The vocals and staging made for the perfect euro-bop, Euronews said. In addition, Albania, Cyprus, Estonia, Belgium, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Australia and Slovenia will join the ten qualifiers from the first semi-final along with last year's winners Ukraine and 'The Big Five'. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |