Money paid for hosting a Eurovision after-party event at the Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Center in Kyiv allegedly ended in the hands of the disgraced ex-president’s allies.
Eurovision 2016 winner Jamala is on a mission to help the thousands of homeless animals that live at the Sirius animal shelter in Kyiv. To do this, she is selling the outfits that she wore at the 2017 contest held in the Ukrainian capital earlier this year, EuroVisionary reported.
Eurovision 2017 winner Salvador Sobral is reportedly in intensive care in a Lisbon hospital as he awaits a heart transplant operation, Britain's Metro reported.
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.
Director General of the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) Zurab Alasania says the organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest are preparing sanctions against Ukraine for not allowing a Russian singer who violated Ukrainian laws when performing in the city of Kerch in occupied Crimea to participate in the contest.
Ukraine's state broadcaster said authorities in Geneva had frozen 15 million euros given by Kyiv to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as a guarantee for the successful hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest, according to Reuters.
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.
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.
Before the official opening ceremony of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, a Red Carpet event took place in Kyiv for all contestants and envoys from 42 participating countries.
Ukraine's border officers have denied entry to Ukraine to another two Russian journalists who were going to cover the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, speaker of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodyan posted on Facebook.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has addressed the nation on the occasion of the official start of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, according to the presidential press service.
This week, the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) finalized a series of training sessions on human rights and cultural awareness for Ukrainian border guards and customs officials who are greeting a large influx of visitors for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, EUAM press service reports.