Spain PM defends Eurovision boycott over Israel

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has defended Spain’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation, saying ‘silence is not an option’ while citing the genocide in Gaza and the ‘illegal war’ on Lebanon.Published On 16 May 202616 May 2026Click...

Where did Eurovision go wrong?

On February 25, 2022, just one day after Moscow’s troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EBU banned Russia, stating that allowing it to be represented “would bring the competition into disrepute”.Critics have decried what they see as a...