SINGAPORE – Switzerland is set to take centre stage this summer. Fresh off hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, the ...

Good vibes and live music filled the air as 22,000 people attended the inaugural Rainbow Festival in Cologne on Saturday, ...

Meanwhile, Hungary, under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, flatly refused to enforce the warrant. And among Europe’s largest players – France, Germany, and Italy – the response has ranged from ...

Eurovision: A political and poetic echo chamber The song contest, with its final round taking place on Saturday in Basel, Switzerland, has been marked by the tensions stirring through Europe.

When the Eurovision Song Contest was first held in 1956, only seven countries entered and had two acts each. Switzerland’s Lys Assia won with her song Refrain and none of the participants sang ...

Hungary, whose government has also cracked down on L.G.B.T. rights, including by banning pride events, has not taken part since 2019.

EUROVISION is one of the most exciting events in music, as nations compete in an all-singing-all-dancing competition. However, due to world events, some countries are unable to compete at the singi… ...

In the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Helga's voice helped Hungary's entrant Compact Disco make it out of the semi-finals. Their song Sound Of Our Hearts ultimately came in 24th in the grand final.

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Today’s plenary session in Strasbourg saw Hungary’s controversial nationalist PM Viktor Orbán presenting the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency to the European Parliament… but it quickly turned ...

Since 1956, Eurovision has been pitting countries against each other in a fierce battle of over-the-top pop music, outlandish costumes and go-for-broke stagings.

In 1998, a young artist by the name of Dana International took to the Eurovision stage to perform a song aptly titled “Diva”. It was the year of Madonna’s Ray of Light and Geri Halliwell’s ...