The story so far: Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the 66th Eurovision Song Contest held in Turin, Italy, for its song ‘Stefania’, in a clear show of popular support for conflict-hit Ukraine that went beyond music. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his country’s third victory in the singing extravaganza in a Telegram post, writing “Our courage impresses the world, our …
The European Broadcasting Union stated that an issue at one of the Dutch mobile telecom providers hampered scores of votes from the Dutch public from being counted during the Eurovision final on Saturday. “Our understanding is that there was a problem in the Netherlands at one of the Dutch telecom companies, so that votes were not processed by the network …
