RIGA - In contrast to the glitzy and hyped-up Eurovision, New Wave, an international contest of young performers organized by Russian public television, and ARS, a Russian entertainment company was met rather quietly in Jurmala last week.The skimpy coverage on New Wave – a few articles and two interviews with Latvia's participants –came nowhere close to pages and even a special publication that the Latvian media, particularly Diena, devoted to the Eurovision Song Contest.With Eurovision, the state gave 3 million lats (5 million euros) in subsidies to stage the Pan-European show, which toda...
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