New Eurovision rules to prevent Russia-style political provocations
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organizer of the Eurovision international song contest, is going to change the…
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Ukrainian public broadcaster urges Eurovision to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty
Members of the Supervisory Board of Ukraine’s public broadcaster (UA:PBC) have appealed to the head of the European…
EBU, Samoilova is a political candidate & instrumentalized to threaten Ukrainian security
The Eurovision conflict surrounding Russia’s contestant Yulia Samoilova shows no signs of subsiding. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) banned…
How Eurovision became the Kremlin’s mousetrap
On 22 March 2017, Ukraine’s authorities barred Russia’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest from entering Ukraine. The…
Gerard Depardieu, the Eurovision contestant, and other Russian artists Ukraine banned
By choosing Yuliya Samoilova, a singer in a wheelchair, as a Russian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest-2017…
Is military aggression at the heart of Eurovision’s values? Open letter in protest of EBU statement
On 22 March 2017, Ukraine’s security service banned entry to Russia’s Eurovision participant Yulia Samoilova over her performance…