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Armenia: Eurovision Song Contest Blogging

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 @ 07:08 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Armenia
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Cyber-Activism, Music
Languages:: English

In what is likely the first time an official organizational committee has reached out to bloggers in Armenia, Uzogh announces that Public TV is convening a meeting between the Head of Delegation for Armenia's Eurovision Song Contest Entrant, Sirusho, and all interested citizen journalists.

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