  Georgia boycotts Eurovision 2009March 11, 2009 - 22:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia refused to participate in Eurovision 2009 Song Contest due in Moscow, Contest Project Manager in Georgia Natia Uznadze reported. On Tuesday European Broadcasting Union informed Georgian Public Television Management about non compliance of "We don't wanna put in" song performed by Stephane and 3G with the contest rules. There's a rule against political songs in the Eurovision, so Georgia could have changed song lyrics, present another song or even another singer. "The band refuses to make changes in the lyrics, " RIA-Novosti cited Unadze as saying. Stephane and 3G returned to Georgia from a trip abroad on Wednesday.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |
