Armenia-Azerbaijan: Eurovision Propaganda Fail · Global Voices
Onnik Krikorian

Global Chaos takes a look at the government-led publicity and international media attention surrounding this years Eurovision Song Contest held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Public Diplomacy blog also notes the propaganda deployed by arch-foe Armenia's Public TV against Azerbaijan during the final, including re-inventing elements of Novruz as Christian even though the Zoroastrian festival pre-dates Christianity by hundreds of years.