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inessita wrote a new post, Live blogging the Eurovision Song contest 10 years, 5 months ago
Good evening! Bon soir! Guten Abend! Welcome to the Persephone ESC Live Blog. I have my red wine and big night is about to begin! If you don’t have a TV or if the ESC is not shown in your country, you can join me […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Malta and Moldova 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown. We have now reached Malta and Moldova.
!–more–Glen Vella, who along with his career as a singer works as a learning support assistant and works with kids with […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Ireland and Israel 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown. Ireland and Israel are up next.
!–more–Ireland is sending Jedward into the race this year. The identical twins John and Edward had some major success over the last […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Hungary and Iceland 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown. Next up are Hungary and Iceland.
!–more–Kati Wolf, Hungary, is one of the many artists competing this year who have been in their home country’s version of X Factor. […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: France and Georgia 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown. We have now made it to France and Georgia.
!–more–The French tenor Amaury Vassili, whose  first album went to double platinum in France, will be performing his song, […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Cyprus and Denmark 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown! We’re off to Cyprus and Denmark today.
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Cyprus’ Christos Mylordos is also singing in his native language. And we’re back to drama and this time, a broken […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Bulgaria and Croatia 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown! Today it’ll be Bulgaria and Croatia.
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Bulgaria’s Poli Genova sings the song “Na Inat” in her native language. The title means “Defiance,” and here are the […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Belgium and Bosnia & Herzegovina 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown! Today we’ll look at Belgium and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
!–more–Belgium’s Witloof Bay also sings about the popular theme love in their “With Love, Baby.” But all without […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Azerbaijan and Belarus 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to our Persephone ESC Countdown! Azerbaijan and Belarus are next.
!–more–It’s time to continue and here we are with some more kitsch and drama from Azerbaijan’s Ell/Nikki with “Running […]
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inessita wrote a new post, ESC Countdown: Armenia and Austria 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to the Persephone ESC Countdown. Today, we have Armenia and Austria.
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After starting with Albania yesterday, we’ll quickly move on to Armenia’s Emmy and “Boom Boom.” Boom Boom Chucka Chucka […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Where are the women? 10 years, 5 months ago
Lets talk about Germany today. The country of poets and thinkers (as the Germans call it). Europe’s economic engine. The country of VW, BMW, Porsche, Siemens, Puma, Adidas, and so many more. Germany has been […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Public safety vs. human rights 10 years, 5 months ago
This is a really difficult subject and article, to be honest. It is about how things never are black and white and reminds me that I in some situations would struggle incredebly to find the right solution. Because […]
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inessita wrote a new post, The first Swedish suicide bomber? 10 years, 5 months ago
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly European Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome back to the Euro News. This week we have an update on the E. coli outbreak in parts of Europe, Portugal has a new government, Denmark offers the best work-life balance in the world, and […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly European Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome back from your long weekend – just in time for a new European Roundup! Germany is currently finding its way out of the nuclear power era, cucumbers are experiencing a crisis on the European market and […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly European Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
This week, more often than not, I was incredibly angry with what is going on in the world. Denmark wants to put border controls back up – oh, and they also want to cherry-pick immigrants and an opposition leader […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly European Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
Welcome to this week’s European Roundup! We have Italian homophobes, new energy sources in Iceland, and dictators and weddings for you.
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France: Sarkozy and Berlusconi to call for reinstitution of […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly Europe Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly Europe Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
And it’s time again for your Weekly Europe Roundup. This week we have news from Ukraine, where a former president has to face murder charges, Germany, where Merkel’s CDU has to deal with historically bad […]
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inessita wrote a new post, Your Weekly Europe Roundup 10 years, 5 months ago
Another week, another Euro Roundup. This week, Germany and Italy are discussing the future of atomic power plants, Atlantis was apparently found in Spain and thousands of people protest in Portugal. […]
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