The Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool and Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Rome… All the news this Saturday.
By VD with AFP
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Eurovision. Eurovision takes place this Saturday in Liverpool, the city of the Beatles, where representatives of 37 countries are in the running, with the hope of winning after Ukraine last year. Unable to stand, because of the Russian invasion, at the winner of last year, as traditionally, it is Liverpool, in the north of England, which hosts the Eurovision contest. After its victory last year thanks to the triumph of the Kalush Orchestra with its song Stefania mixing hip-hop and traditional music, Ukraine is represented this year by the electro duo Tvorchi. Given in the leading group, France, which has not won since 1977 with Marie Myriam, is represented by the Quebec singer La Zarra and her electro-disco “Evidemment”.
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Visit. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in Rome on Saturday for meetings with political leaders and likely with Pope Francis for his first visit to Italy since the Russian invasion. The Ukrainian president is expected to meet with the head of government Giorgia Meloni who visited Kiev in February to confirm Italy’s support for Ukraine, despite the peninsula’s close ties with Russia before its invasion of the territory. Ukrainian. After his Italian stage, Zelensky should go to Germany. The Ukrainian president should land on May 13 in Berlin and be received with military honors on the 14th by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz then by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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