My Country? Europe. | Mauro Armadi (Rausten) | Activity https://mycountryeurope.com/members/richard-nikolaus-eijiro/activity/ Activity feed for Mauro Armadi (Rausten). Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:01:17 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-GB 30 hourly 2 e893c9f61ddacb20924ad21cb7ad574e Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2607 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:21:30 +0000 Stay tuned for a review of the key points of Juncker s state of the union address.

]]> 637d100ca179d8791b591ba5f6a100c8 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2601 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:52:09 +0000 President Tajani reminds to the Parliament and the President of the Commission that we already no have a guilty for the the two journalist killed, one in Malta and one in Slovakia.

]]> cc59da0cda3ecbe0aa21269a13636b56 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2586 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:36:40 +0000 Now it s turn of Gabriele Zimmer for the group GUE/NGL.

]]> e85e47e0f8bca1410a6c400136b83b3f Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2572 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:21:18 +0000 Now it s the turn of Guy Verhofstadt for the ALDE group, that has started criticising the speech of Legtuko.

]]> d9720e09a613b12931cb9a0c4c653583 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2567 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:15:49 +0000 Now it s the turn of Ryszard Legutko for the ECR group.

]]> 2372e25ceeea40b69a3608b0fce8fee1 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2557 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:08:39 +0000 Now it s the turn of Udo Bullmann, for the S&D.

]]> 121379e63c214c5dd054e84843950be9 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2542 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:53:47 +0000 “Federica Mogherini has made Europe s diplomacy more coherent.” These the words of Juncker on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

]]> 4d3a1120c7e6180b46b30df8434eb1c7 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2521 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:31:38 +0000 The President has mentioned the Swedish people greeting the Polish firefighters for the their help, Europe at its best.

]]> 802370a59e2156c894c5e91204107cfb Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2512 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:21:12 +0000 As always Juncker is speaking in French, but he s changing the language for some sentences of his speech, as example “Europe is a world power”.

]]> 4f332cfd67c3b6dd4144f3dbdd5ed670 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2509 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:19:17 +0000 The need for “a strong and united Europe” seems like the key message of the speech by the President thus far.

]]> 3e889f9395af336f0d9430b0bd5775b7 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2507 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:18:29 +0000 “We will not militarise Europe, but a strong and united Europe must defend its citizens from internal and external danger.”

]]> 7fbfe4be41a89188f4aba487f356db52 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2498 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:11:20 +0000 The Union has gained a key role in the world economy during his mandate.

]]> 06da90202aef0852e0414b0e0cc8af91 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) commented on the post, LIVE - State of the European Union 2018 https://mycountryeurope.com/domestic-politics/state-of-the-union-2018/#comment-2493 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:07:09 +0000 “Let s be happy we live in a contintent of Peace, thanks to the European Union.” Juncker is speaking in French.

]]> 7952f1f8b0bd68cf55bad11b90aa9c9d Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Turkish Elections: All You Need To Know https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=5074 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:25:53 +0000 On 24th June, Turkish citizens will head to the polls and vote in snap presidential and parliamentary elections. The elections were called in April by the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after last year’s […]

]]> 5d94286bfdb2f30d84f686ec22c2e8cf Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, United Kingdom: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3818 Sun, 06 May 2018 16:41:20 +0000 The United Kingdom has participated sixty time at the Eurovision Song Contest and its one of the most successful country with a total of five victories.

The first victory for the country comes in 1967 with Sandie […]

]]> b4e1514d38e848a856c25b27d7ba98eb Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Ukraine: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3816 Sun, 06 May 2018 12:49:47 +0000 Ukraine is one of the youngest members of the Eurovision Song Contest, since its debut in 2003 the eastern european country has participated fourteen times, with only one absence in 2015.

Despite its short […]

]]> 996f3b7d96df3acc5caab4dc5954652b Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, The Netherlands: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3814 Sun, 06 May 2018 07:52:29 +0000 The Netherlands was one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, since the country has participated fifty-eight times and has missed only four contests.

The Netherlands […]

]]> ff27816c7c50a28403e061a03a2ceaef Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Switzerland: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3812 Sat, 05 May 2018 14:12:09 +0000 Switzerland hosted and won the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 with Lys Assia and the song Refrain. Since then the country has participated fifty-eight times, with another victory in 1988 with Céline […]

]]> 9398077433b202f2103c68f1e467ee35 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Sweden: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3810 Sat, 05 May 2018 08:59:25 +0000 Sweden is another veteran of the Eurovision Song Contest, since its debut in 1958 has participated fifty-seven times missing only three contests.

Sweden is also one of the most successful countries, with six […]

]]> 99464f5706de2f12d146e3a802560f22 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Slovenia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3806 Fri, 04 May 2018 10:10:34 +0000 Since its debut in 1993 Slovenia has participated twenty-three times at the Eurovision Song Contest, with two absences in 1994 and 2000.

The country’s best results are two seventh places, achieved the first time […]

]]> ebb234456b58b351e604848a855fc9c4 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Spain: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3808 Thu, 03 May 2018 16:22:53 +0000 Spain is one of the Big Five of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country is a veteran of the Contest with fifty-seven presences since its debut in 1961.

Spain has won two times in its long career, the first time […]

]]> 4a84232425da335b6586edd62a43c0a6 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Serbia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3804 Thu, 03 May 2018 08:37:15 +0000 Since its debut in 2007 Serbia has participated ten times, before it has participated as part of Yugoslavia (1961 – 1992) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006).

Serbia won the contest on its debut as an I […]

]]> 5c90a9d9f98d0f03710f5a60d6c5e66b Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, San Marino: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3802 Wed, 02 May 2018 09:13:36 +0000 San Marino is one of the youngest members of the Eurovision Song Contest, since its debut in 2008, the country has participated eight times with two absences in 2009 and 2010.

San Marino was not really lucky in […]

]]> 4a8d70524bff63950f6e6291fdb1cac6 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Russia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3800 Tue, 01 May 2018 12:39:06 +0000 Russia co-holds with Sweden the record for for the most top five finishes in the 21st century, exactly nine top five results.

Since its debut in 1994, Russia has participated twenty times, with three absences in […]

]]> 0aed21756d3e1ec64971ef3621dcc5cd Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Romania: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3798 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:51:49 +0000 Since its debut in 1994 Romania has participated eighteen times, with four absences and zero victory.

The best result for the country is the third place, achieved two times, the first one in 2005 with Luminița […]

]]> 96cf94c90ea0bdab461c99b24f4ca449 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Portugal: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3796 Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:20:41 +0000 Now it’s time for the winner of the last contest and that will host this edition: Portugal.

Portugal has participated forty-nine times at the Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 1964, with five […]

]]> 8c0d6511e3ecfddebe749ac8df71abbc Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Poland: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3794 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:48:28 +0000 Since its debut in 1994, Poland has participated twenty times in the Eurovision Song Contest with four absences in 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013.

Its debut remain the best result for the country, that year Edyta […]

]]> e3c484401acaa33357616dd3dd854572 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Norway: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3792 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:47:34 +0000 Since its debut in 1960, Norway has participated fifty-six times at the Eurovision Song Contest, with only two absences. The first one in 1970, as protest against the new voting structure, and in 2002 when they […]

]]> b61ab6d0643cc1d2747418a066918850 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Montenegro: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3790 Sat, 28 Apr 2018 21:09:33 +0000 This is the tenth times for Montenegro at the Eurovision, since its debut in 2007, before this date it has participated as part of Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1991 and as part of Serbia and Montenegro from 2004 to […]

]]> cc0da3531dacf318ad35e1b1a6a9725d Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Moldova: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3788 Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:07:04 +0000 Moldova is one of the youngest members of the Eurovision Song Contest.  Since its debut in 2005, the country has participated thirteen times, with no absences.

The best result is a third-place in the last […]

]]> 5676839315a82696b8a0c83f5bff88ee Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Malta: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3786 Sat, 28 Apr 2018 07:56:32 +0000 Since its debut in 1971, Malta has participated thirty times, with a long absence of sixteen years after the 1975 contest, after a couple of last places in its first two attempts in the contest in 1971 and […]

]]> 7420b8f9cd8fd56985bfaa1c87b9893e Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Lithuania: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3784 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 22:01:45 +0000 In its debut in 1994, Lithuania finished last, with Ovidijus Vyšniauskas who received no points, then the country withdrew from the contest, not returning until 1999.

Since then Lithuania has participated […]

]]> cd4427fd0518b31f2c434472ddda4481 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Latvia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3782 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:54:26 +0000 Latvia is one of the youngest members of the Eurovision Song Contest, since its debut in 2000, the country has participated eighteen times and has won one time.

The first and last victory comes in 2002, when […]

]]> 6ae364a0ba72a1de56176ed3a8e41690 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Italy: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3780 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:16:48 +0000 Italy is one of the only seven countries that competed at the very first Eurovision Song Contest. Since then the mediterranean country has participated 43 times, with only two wins.

The first victory comes in […]

]]> a62088f918a1e611c950b21a97574b3d Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Israel: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3778 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:08:49 +0000 Since its debut in 1973, Israel has participated forty times in the Eurovision Song Contest and has won the contest three times, including two consecutive wins.

The first victory comes in 1978 with Izhar Cohen & […]

]]> 75a8410f01d93f3f3797dc6232f0433f Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Ireland: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3776 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:11:16 +0000 Ireland is the most successful country in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of seven wins, including three consecutive wins in 1992,1993,1994. Since its debut in 1965 in Naples, the country […]

]]> 5f903ccee02c977e54acdc64f2e5d535 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Iceland: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3774 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:29:27 +0000 Since its debut in 1986, Iceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times, missing only two contests in 1998 and 2002.

The best results for the country are two second places in 1999 with Selma and […]

]]> 31ee012dccb385d664231e06539c2e16 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Hungary: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3772 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:24:02 +0000 This year will be the sixteenth time for Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 1994. The first contest remain also the most successful one for the country, that finished in fourth place with […]

]]> 117580f29778ef1ff5a6dd881ed5ad5f Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Greece: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3770 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:09:16 +0000 Since its debut in 1974, Greece has participated thirty-eight times in the Eurovision Song Contest, missing only six contests.

The country has won only one time, in 2005, with Helena Paparizou and the song My […]

]]> bdcc6132c7fe561cf94c19a314a96d54 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Germany: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3768 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:40:26 +0000 Germany has participated in every Eurovision Song Contest, except in 1996 when its entry did not qualify past the audio-only pre‐selection round. With sixty appearances, Germany is the country with more p […]

]]> aaad7a13ffe4cda9743f59452927a1ad Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Georgia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3766 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:06:19 +0000 Georgia is one of the youngest participant of the Eurovision Song Contest, since its debut in 2007, the country has participated ten times.

Georgia has missed only one edition, in 2009, when the European […]

]]> 9a8c58fa28f07ff49791dc82d40137df Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, France: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3764 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:41:37 +0000 France is clearly a veteran of the Eurovision Song Contest with sixty participations since its debut in the first edition of the contest in 1956, being one of the only seven countries to be present at the first […]

]]> 0ea8e0f39cc295d2a87a116465a47310 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Finland: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3762 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 07:45:41 +0000 Finland is a veteran of the competition, since its debut in 1961 with the songs Valoa ikkunassa, the country has participated fifty-one times and has won one time, with one of the most iconic song of the […]

]]> fe2327242fdb6f739fef0738ceff99b7 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Macedonia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3760 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:15:09 +0000 2018 will be the eighteenth time Macedonia competes in Eurovision. The tiny Balkan republic is one of the most unsuccessful countries in the contest, in fact, the best result for the country is a 12th place in […]

]]> 9cb9fb3a9ed1a23a5252d49101c35e51 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Estonia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3758 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 07:51:57 +0000 Since its debut in 1994, Estonia has participated twenty three times and has won one time, in 2001, with the song Everybody singed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL.

This year, in Lisbon, the country will be […]

]]> 98b9f86d8b827594996a152b4374893f Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Denmark: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3756 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 15:47:20 +0000 Denmark is a veteran of the competition. Since its debut in 1957, the country has participated forty-six times and has been absent fifteen times.

It was absent for eleven consecutive contests from 1967-1977, due […]

]]> d04ea1f0395f9fd16bc595296238a663 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Czechia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3754 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 08:19:02 +0000 2018 will be the seventh time Czechia competes in Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 2007. The country was absent in five editions of the Contest, after receiving no points in the semi-final of the 2009 […]

]]> 47b7e87d8914cb516d3be72516e0ac49 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Cyprus: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3752 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 18:41:02 +0000 Since its debut in 1981, Cyprus has participated thirtyfour times with three fifth places as best results for the country: in 1982 with Anna Vissi, in 1997 Hara & Andreas Constantinou and in 2004 with Lisa […]

]]> b93d4078924e6c78b7081116d15f77fa Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Croatia: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3750 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:17:16 +0000 Croatia has a pretty long career as participant of the Eurovision Song Contest, since it debut in 1993, the country has participated twenty-three times and has been absent in only two years 2014 and 2015.

The […]

]]> a6c86e30f74bbf690a2d81b8d14fca68 Mauro Armadi (Rausten) wrote a new post, Bulgaria: Road to Eurovision https://mycountryeurope.com/?p=3748 Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:57:27 +0000 2018 will be the twelfth time Bulgaria competes in Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 2005. The country was absent in two edition in 2014 and 2015, due to financial problems in the first year and due to […]

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