Eurovision Song Contest: Organisers say 'the situation with Russia is different' as pressure mounts to boycott Israel

Europe - and Australia - will descend on the Swedish city of Malmo this week for the Eurovision Song Contest. But this year the competition has been marred by a bitter row over the participation of Israel.

Jean Philip de Tender, the deputy director general of the EBU, says there's no place for politics in the competition.
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