World news about “Eurovision 2012” published by euronews.
Singing Russian grannies bring spring spirit to London A singing troupe of Russian grannies has been entertaining the UK capital – as part of a series of events to celebrate Russia’s springtime festival… 15/03/2013
Sweden euphoric after Eurovision win When Loreen, Sweden’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, broke all records during the selection stages, it is fair to say hopes were high – and rightly… 28/05/2012
Eurovision Song Contest fans – nocomment Inside the Crystal Hall, the venue for the Eurovison Song Contest in Baku, fans turned out to support their countries. 27/05/2012
Eurovision: Frankie Says Norway*The first in an occasional series from euronews’ own forecasting frog. Forget Paul the Octopus, or the latest psychic animal, Ukraine’s pig, so powerful it… 25/05/2012
Baku: Eurovision protesters arrested – nocomment Police detained around three dozen people in Baku at an opposition protest. It was staged in the Azeri capital just days before the Eurovision Song Contest… 25/05/2012
Eurovision warms up The early heats of the Eurovision Song Contest have been held in Azerbaijan, this year’s host country. 18 acts went through the semi-finals with songs which… 24/05/2012
Grannies represent Russia at EurovisionREUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili 23/05/2012
Eurovision in Azerbaijan human rights pledge Preparations are intensifying in Azerbaijan ahead of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. As organisers responded to criticism over human rights in the… 22/05/2012
Eurovision: Russian grannies sing – nocomment A group of singing grannies called ‘Buranovskie Babushki’ representing Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest, rehearse their song. 22/05/2012
Eurovision: the great voting conspiracyThe 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is back on Saturday, with the grand final in Baku, the capital of last year’s winners, Azerbaijan. Twenty countries that… 21/05/2012
Eurovision excitement builds in Azerbaijan Eurovision fever has gripped Azerbaijan, with just days to go before the finale of the annual singing competition. Also read: Eurovision: the great voting… 14/05/2012
Kosovo-born singer represents Albania at Eurovision In the sunny Albanian city of Tirana, Kosovo-born singer Rona Nishliu gets ready for the Eurovision Song Contest – where she will represent Albania in the… 11/05/2012
Eurovision’s youngest singer Slovenian Eva Boto is just 16, the youngest contestant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Still at school in a small town in the north of Slovenia… 27/04/2012
Euro Song Contest terror attack thwarted, claim policeAzeri television has shown footage of reported Islamist terrorists who had threatened to attack Azerbaijan’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. Last… 31/05/2012
Eurovision: a night of clear winners and sore losersThere were no surprises at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, either in the result or the reaction to it. The bookmakers’ favourite, Sweden, won by a large… 28/05/2012
Sweden’s Loreen crowned Eurovision winnerSweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Bookies favourite 28-year-old Loreen topped the leader board with 372 points for her club hit ‘Euphoria’, which… 27/05/2012
Eurovision final puts spotlight on AzerbaijanAzerbaijan sees this year’s Eurovision song contest as a chance to showcase the country. It has been criticised for clamping down on dissent, but Baku insists… 26/05/2012
Eurovision: Last minute nervesPerformers and organisers are all running through their last minute preparations for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan. While a few of the… 26/05/2012
Sweden, Russia and Italy strong Eurovision favouritesSeveral Eurovision Song Contest finalists rehearsed until 3am in preparation for Saturday night’s gala event in Baku, Azerbaijan. Irish twins Jedward put… 26/05/2012
Moscow tells Baku to ‘Grab a Granny’ for EurovisionA group of grandmothers is hardly the first to spring to mind when you think of Russian girl bands. The Buranovo Grannies — combined age more than 400 — are… 25/05/2012
Eurovision semis narrow the finalists to 26Ten more countries were picked for Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest during the second semi-final in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Thursday evening. They’ll… 25/05/2012
Spotlight shines on Azerbaijan rights recordPolice in Azerbaijan arrested 35 pro-democracy protesters on Thursday as the focus remains on the ex-Soviet republic’s human rights record. The country has… 24/05/2012
Azeri police break up opposition rallies ahead of EurovisionFor Azerbaijan, hosting the glitz and glamour of the Eurovision Song Contest was part of a charm offensive to put the ex-Soviet Republic on the map. But… 24/05/2012
Eurovision’s first semi-final winners announcedThe winners of the first semi-final in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest celebrated getting through to the all important climax of the competition on May… 23/05/2012
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Rare anti-government demo in AzerbaijanIn a rare sanctioned demonstration, thousands of Azeris gathered close to the venue of the upcoming Eurovision Song contest to call for democratic reform in… 22/04/2012
Cheers and tears for Azerbaijan’s Crystal HallAzerbaijan has announced the completion of its new concert hall which will be the venue for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Crystal Hall in the… 18/04/2012
