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Eurovision Song Contest: Ukraine’s Jamala wins competition
Ukraine’s Jamala has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden. …read more Source:...
Ukraine commemorates Chernobyl disaster
Ukraine Ambassador to Korea Vasyl Marmazov held a panel discussion at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul on April 29 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his country’s tragic Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. “Nuclear power: lessons of the past and tasks for the future,” co-organized with the university, began with...
Crimean Tatars celebrate Eurovision win, Russians cry foul
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Crimean Tatars are celebrating Ukrainian singer Jamala’s win at Eurovision with a song that sheds light on their horrific deportations to …read more Source: Taiwan...
Ukraine stuns Russia to win politically charged Eurovision
STOCKHOLM: Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest Saturday, adding a touch of political drama to the annual kitsch extravaganza. After a tense vote count, during which it seemed Australia was going to run away with the crown until the audience votes came in, Jamala was declared the...
Sore Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
MOSCOW – Russian lawmakers on Sunday lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as one pro-Kremlin paper insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Almaty Region Hosts KazGeo Tengri Ultra Marathon
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – More than 400 runners participated May 7-8 in the Great Steppe Marathon held on the Ili River near Almaty’s legendary Tamgaly Tas. The athletes, from Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Poland,...
WATCH: Ukraine’s Jamala wins 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
STOCKHOLM — Ukrainian singer Jamala’s melancholic tune about Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars was crowned the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday (May 15, 2016), an unusual choice for the kitschy pop fest. Susana Jamaladinova, a 32-year-old trained opera singer who uses the...
Ukraine stuns Russia to win politically-charged Eurovision
After a tense vote count Jamala representing Ukraine was declared Eurovision 2016 winner after a heart-felt performance of “1944”, about the deportations of Crimean Tatars during World War II. Photo by AFP STOCKHOLM: Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest, adding a touch of political...
Ukraine’s Jamala takes home Eurovision crown with song about war
Ukraine’s Jamala reacts on winning the Eurovision Song Contest final at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, May 14, 2016. REUTERS STOCKHOLM: Ukraine’s Jamala struck a surprise gold in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with a song “1944” about war-time deportations of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union in one of the...
Cybersecurity challenges discussed at GUAM headquarters
The 4th meeting of the working group on cybersecurity was held on May 12-13 in Kiev at the Secretariat of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM. The Azerbaijani delegation was among the participants of the event, which highlighted topical issues of cooperation between GUAM member states in the field of...
