EUROVISION 2006 TO AMEND REPORT ON ARMENIAN SINGER FOLLOWING AZERI PROTEST

ANS TV, Baku
13 Mar 06

[Presenter over video of the official website of Eurovision 2006]
The information posted on the official website of the Eurovision
Song Contest about singer Andre will be changed, one of the official
organizers of the event, Svante Stockselius, has told ANS. Andre will
represent Armenia during the 18-20 May Eurovision 2006 Song Contest
in Greece.

A decision has been taken to change the incorrect and politically
motivated text on the website about the Armenian singer, Stockselius
said.

The report about Andre posted on the official website of Eurovision was
a pure propaganda. It named as his birthplace the Nagornyy Karabakh
Republic, without mentioning that it is a self-declared entity, and
former Stepanakert, that is Xankandi, the town which the separatists
proclaimed their capital.

[MPA news agency reported at 0822 on 13 March that the Azerbaijani
Ministry of Culture and Tourism had protested at the text on the
website]