The Eurovision Song Contest and the Performance of Europe’, a lecture by Prof Brian Singleton,as part of the Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series on Europe. Though heavily criticised for its camp staging and the simplistic lyrics of many of its songs, the Eurovision Song Contest has survived for 58 years […]
Twenty-nine people will go on trial in Azerbaijan on July 2nd for allegedly plotting a wave of attacks that included a planned assassination of President Ilham Aliyev during last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, a court was told today in Baku. “The trial is starting for the last group […]
Reuters have just reported that 4 terrorists that were arrested on the eve of Eurovision in Baku earlier this year have been sentenced for up to 14 years in prison. Azerbaijan has a more relaxed approach to religion than some of its neighbours and this they feel places […]