Baku to host 2012 Eurovision final on May 26January 25, 2012 - 21:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 25, capital of Azerbaijan Baku hosted semi-final allocation draw for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The contenders were divided into two semi-finals following the draw, Armenia to perform in the second one, to be held in Baku on May 24. Italy, Spain, Azerbaijan will vote in the first semifinal, due on May 22. France, Ukraine, Germany will vote in the second semifinal. The participants from 18 countries - Montenegro, Iceland, Moldova, Cyprus, Romania, Austria, Albania, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, Latvia, San Marino, Switzerland, Finland, Israel, Greece, Ireland, Hungary will partake in the first semifinal to be held in Baku on May 22. The participants from the remaining 19 countries - Serbia, Sweden, Georgia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Macedonia, Estonia, Belarus, Turkey, Malta, Slovakia, Croatia, Norway, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina will set to participate in the second semifinal due on May 24. Eurovision 2012 final is scheduled for May 26, Trend reported. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |