Norway bans Russian music contestants Newsnorman lebrecht January 26, 2023The Queen Sonja Singing Competition in Norway has made the following announcement:Singers born in 1991 or later are welcome to apply for the Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2023. The 2023 competition will be held in Oslo from the 15th – 26th of August. Applications from singers with Russian or Belarusian citizenship will therefore not be accepted. Most sporting competitions are now open to Russians, so long as they do not vocally endorse the Ukraine war. And thousands of Russian and Belarus exiles have now fled to other countries.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2023 22:25 UTC