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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Philip Oltermann and Lisa O’Carroll

Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott

A photographer takes a picture of a TV screen in Wiener Stadthalle, the venue of next year's Eurovision in Vienna, Austria reads Eurovision song contest, Vienna 2026, United by music
A TV screen in Wiener Stadthalle, the venue of next year's Eurovision in Vienna, Austria. Photograph: Leonhard Föger/Reuters

Austria has said it will continue with plans to host next year’s Eurovision, in spite of its budget being hit by four countries boycotting the song contest over Israel’s participation and the war in Gaza.

At a meeting in Geneva, the national broadcasters that make up the European Broadcasting Union gave the all clear for Israel to take part in next year’s event in Vienna, the contest’s 70th anniversary edition.

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