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Eurovision 2020 organizers have announced they are canceling the event due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Independent reports.

The news was reported to Eurovision's official Twitter account and page.

"It is with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.

"Tears Getting Sober" is the song to be performed by Bulgarian contestant VICTORIA at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam.

The song was presented on March 7 during a live broadcast on Bulgarian National Television's morning show "The Day Begins with Georgi Lyubenov", BNT reported.

Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said they were focused for now on holding the event planned for Rotterdam in May while weighing possible disruptions from the coronavirus crisis.

Dutch public broadcaster NPO said it was in consultations with the European Broadcasting Union, the co-producer of the hugely popular televised event, to review how the virus may impact the contest.

The representatives of several nations due to attend a delegations' meeting in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Monday ahead of this year's Eurovision Song Contest are canceling their trips due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, it emerged on Saturday.

Singer Roxen will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which will take place in Rotterdam in May, performing the song 'Alcohol You,' the public choice winner on Sunday evening of the National Final organised by the Romanian National Television Broadcasting Corporation (TVR) at the Sports Hall in Buzau.

Ukraine returns to Eurovision after missing the song contest last year, DPA reported.

The country plans to send the band Go_A to Rotterdam in May. Over the weekend, the group won the competition to represent Ukraine with the song "Solovey." five performers.

Costa Rica police seized the largest amount of drug in its history yesterday - 5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a container of flowers that was to be loaded today in the port of Limon, on the Caribbean coast, France Press reported.

The drug was hidden in a shipment of flowers traveling to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Interior Minister said.

Romanian-Dutch duo Horia Tecau/Jean-Julien Rojer quickly qualified for the quarterfinals of the men's double of the ATP tennis tournament in Rotterdam - ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, with prizes worth 2,013,855 euro, after defeating the pair made up of Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) / Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia), with a score of 6-2, 6-2.

Dutch-Greek singer Stefania Liberakakis poses for portraits in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Thursday. The 17-year-old will represent Greece in the upcoming 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The ESC 2020 will take place at the Rotterdam Ahoy and consist of two semi-finals, to be held on May 12 and 14, and a grand final on May 16.

Director Radu Jude is the first Romanian to be present at the Berlin International Film Festival with three productions, informs a press release issued on Monday for AGERPRES.