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            <title><![CDATA[Call for Investigation into Eurovision Voting Amid Israel Controversy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Israel's second place in the Eurovision Song Contest has stirred up emotions due to the current war in Gaza. Now, the Flemish TV company VRT is calling for an investigation into the voting in the final.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 12:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eurovision Song Contest Draws Over 2.5 Million Swedish Viewers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Over two and a half million Swedes sat down to watch KAJ snatch a fourth spot in the European Championship Song Contest at the weekend. Many also wanted to see the sauna brothers' semi-final, which becomes number two on the week's list.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 11:37:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palestinian Flags Prominent at European Championship Opening]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Palestinian flags dominated in the audience when the artists of this year's European Championship were presented on the turquoise carpet in Basel.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 13:10:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel Issues Travel Advisory for Basel Ahead of Eurovision Final]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Israeli security council issues special travel recommendations for trips to Switzerland ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Basel next week]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 08:17:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[KAJ Kicks Off Major Summer Tour Across Sweden and Finland]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After the final of the European Song Contest in Basel in May, KAJ sets out on a major summer tour in Sweden and Finland.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:15:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is Israel's song in the ESC]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA["A new day will rise". It will be Israel's contribution in the European Championship Song Contest in Basel in May.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finland praises Kaj: "A sauna missile"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kai's victory in the Swedish Melodifestivalen was celebrated on streets and squares all over Finland tonight. Now the Finns are hoping for double success for Finland in ESC.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 12:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden among the first in Eurovision]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden competes in the Eurovision Song Contest's first semifinal on May 13. Sweden's entry will compete for a final spot in the semifinal's first half. This is clear after Tuesday's draw in this year's host city Basel in Switzerland.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:33:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[October 7 survivor competes for Israel in ESC]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It will be 24-year-old Yuval Raphael who represents Israel in the European Song Contest this year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:25:56 GMT</pubDate>
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