The Cabinet of Ministers authorized the Ministry of Justice to procure legal services to represent Ukraine's interests in a Swiss court aimed at returning the funds laid out as financial guarantees for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, as stated in the relevant government decree.
A total of 92% of foreigners who came to Ukraine to see Eurovision 2017 Song Contest in Kyiv have expressed their will to visit Ukraine at least once again, according to the poll by the Institute of World Politics and GfK Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia was right to boycott this year's Eurovision song contest because Ukrainian authorities were not up to the job of organizing such events, according to Reuters.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Sunday Ukrainian police had detained a Ukrainian prankster for jumping onto the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest and dropping his trousers while singer Jamala was performing, according to Reuters.
Salvador Sobral from Portugal has won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with his entry "Amar Pelos Dois."
Kyiv is hosting the Grand Finals of this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
Twenty-four hours before the Eurovision-2017 Grand Final, the William Hill bookmakers shifted their odds for the winner away from Italy’s Francesco Gabanni to Portugal’s Salvador Sobral.
The State Border Guard Service had no reason to refuse entry to Bulgarian singer Kristian Kostov since he had not violated the rules of crossing the Ukrainian border, the country's Border Guard Service spokesman Oleh Slobodian told UNIAN.
All countries qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest's Grand Final, which is scheduled for May 13, have become known after the second semi-final on May 11.
Ukrainian organizers of Eurovision Song Contest 2017 events have spent about UAH 50 million, or US$1.9 million, on security, according to the Ukrainian news portal Ukrayinska Pravda.
Ukrainian authorities and Eurovision Song Contest officials in Kyiv said on May 11 that they were looking into reports that the Bulgarian entrant in the competition visited Crimea, a potential violation of Ukrainian law, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
Eurovision Song Contest Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand has announced that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will decide whether sanctions against Ukraine over a Russian contestant should be introduced or not after the competition is over.
Ten finalists of the Eurovision 2017 song contest in Kyiv have been named after 18 contestants took part in Semi-final 1 on May 9.
A group of professionals from the television industry came forward with an initiative to create an alternative promo video of Ukraine and the City of Kyiv ahead of the Eurovision-2017 International Song Contest, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Ukraine is fully prepared for hosting the Eurovision-2017 International Song Contest on the territory of the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said after getting acquainted with the state of preparation for the contest.
A special promo video clip about Ukraine was released ahead of the Eurovision-2017 International Song Contest, titled "Come to Ukraine to Celebrate Diversity."
The coordination group of the Anti-Terrorist Center at the Main Directorate of the Security Service in the City of Kyiv and Kyiv region is conducting tactical special exercises at the International Exhibition Center which will host Eurovision 2017 in May,” the SBU press center reported in the late hours of Tuesday, April 25.
Russian security forces have been preparing to stage provocations in Odesa on May 2 and May 9, aiming at creating a negative perception of Ukraine abroad in the context of tEurovision-2017 international song contest hosted in Kyiv, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry reported on Facebook.
Ukraine provides equal opportunities for all participants of the Eurovision-2017 international song contest, which will be held in Kyiv, but they must respect Ukrainian law.
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Kyrylenko said Kyiv is ready to further clarify to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) the situation regarding the entry ban against Russian entrant Julia Samoilova if the issue of any sanctions arises following Eurovision-2017, Obozrevatel news outlet reports.
Having learned the content of the letter of Ingrid Deltenre, Director General of European Broadcasting Union, to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, Supervisory Board members of UA:PBC on Tuesday released a public statement, according to Detector Media.
The Russian Federation may participate in Eurovision-2017 in Kyiv in case they select an entrant who did not violate Ukrainian legislation, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko said on air of Ukrainian Radio.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has confirmed to Deutsche Welle the Swiss tabloid Blick has quoted Ingrid Deltenre correctly on the issue regarding Russia’s Eurovision entrant in the contest to be held in Kyiv, at the same time emphasizing that the organization cannot be responsible for other conclusions by the newspaper, in particular claiming that the EBU is already considering possible sanctions against Ukraine.