Section: Australia&NZ
Kremlin fury at Eurovision dropping Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A decision by the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Russia from this year’s contest following a spat with Ukraine was roundly denounced by Moscow on Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s spurned singer tapped as Eurovision 2018 contestant
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia says the singer who has been refused entry into Ukraine for this year’s Eurovision Song contest will be the country’s entry for 2018.Yuliya Samoylova, whom Russia chose to sing in May’s competition in Kiev,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia to boycott Eurovision over Ukraine row
eurovision.jpg The winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala, arrives at airport outside Kiev, Ukraine. Russia’s state broadcaster has said it will boycott this year’s Eurovision song contest after the host country, Ukraine, said it would bar entry to the Russian contestant and Moscow rejected two possible compromises...
Russia boycotts Eurovision after contestant barred from entering Ukraine
Russia won’t take part in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, organisers say, after host country Ukraine barred its entrant Yulia Samoylova from entering the country. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia says it won’t broadcast Eurovision Song Contest
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Channel One says it will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Russia after Ukraine, which hosts the contest this year, has barred the Russian entrant from traveling to the country.Ukraine’s security… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian TV drops Eurovision over Ukraine singer ban (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s main state television channel said Thursday it was dropping the Eurovision Song Contest from its schedules after Ukraine banned its performer from entering the country to take part. …read more Source: The West...
Cannes Film Festival releases broad lineup, high security
PARIS (AP) ” A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Former Trump campaign chairman to register as foreign agent
WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, led at the time by… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lobbying firm registers as foreign agent for Ukraine work
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A Washington lobbying firm that worked under the direction of two former Trump campaign advisers has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent. The firm said its work could have benefited the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP Exclusive: Manafort firm received Ukraine ledger payout
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Last August, a handwritten ledger surfaced in Ukraine with dollar amounts and dates next to the name of Paul Manafort, who was then Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. Ukrainian investigators called it evidence of… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
