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Ukrainian national broadcaster fined by European Broadcasting Union

UKRAINE – Without any penalties to Russia (at least yet), the European Broadcasting Union is reported to have imposed a financial penalty to UA:PBC:. The European Broadcasting Union said on Thursday that Ukraine faced a large fine due to severe delays in the organization of May’s Eurovision song contest in Kiev and a lack of cooperation with the EBU over the participation of a Russian artist.

“As a result of this, attention was drawn away from the competition and the brand reputation of the Eurovision Song Contest was endangered,” the EBU said in a statement.” Therefore the contest’s steering committee … has recommended that UA:PBC (Ukraine’s state broadcaster) should receive a substantial fine, in line with the rules of the competition,” it said, without saying how much Ukraine would have to pay.

Ukraine, the host country, barred entry to the Russian contestant because she had performed in Crimea after the Ukrainian peninsula was annexed by Russia.

SOURCE: REUTERS.COM

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Eurovision Weekend 2017: Martina Bárta added to the line up

GERMANY – Berlin is welcoming the 2017 edition of Eurovision Weekend in collaboration with OGAE Malta which means that several Maltese artists will attend the event.

It is already announced that Claudia Faniello (Malta 2017), Glen Vella (Malta 2011) andKurt Calleja (Malta 2012) are going to be there to perform for the Europeans but today two more names were reveled.

Martina Bárta from the Czech Republic and Axel Feige from this year’s German National Final are the two new artists announced for joining the line up.

Tickets for the Eurovision Weekend cost 36 Euros and include the entrance to all the events of the Eurovision Weekend. You can get your ticket online via Ticketscript, or send an e-mail to tickets@eurovision-weekend.de with the number of tickets you want.

The complete programme is published on the homepage  and on Facebook page. The team of oikotimes.com will be there to bring you the latest! 

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