Spanish TV interested in Laura Hayrapteyan's song BarcelonaDecember 5, 2009 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Voting in Eurovision Junior was absolutely objective, according to Diana Mnatsakanyan, Advisor to Public Television's Executive Director on Special Projects. "The 5 points received from Macedonia was a great achievement for us. But let us refrain from judging winners," she told today a news conference devoted to Laura Hayrapetyan's performance Eurovision Junior 2009 song contest. At that, she noted that Spanish TV was interested in Armenian representative's song Barcelona. However, Mnatsakanyan refrained from making comments on Hayrapetyan's possible participation in Eurovision 2010 adult contest. It is untimely to speak about Armenia's further participation unless there is satisfactory response with regard to Azerbaijan's illegal actions during Eurovision 2009, she said. In Eurovision Junior 2009 contest held on November 21 in Kiev (Ukraine), Armenian representative Laura Hayrapetyan became a silver prize winner, receiving 116 points. 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 | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |