Ukraine’s electro-folklore band Go_A took fifth place at Eurovision-2021 with Shum, an archaic pagan song calling to awaken spring. One of the distinctive perks of this performance was Go_A‘s enigmatic soloist, whose hypnotic...
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian participation in the contest, the band chose a song entirely in Ukrainian. Technically, it could be the second song in Ukrainian to be presented in Eurovision with the first being Go_A‘s...
Improving some spheres of life and nurturing closer ties with the EU while rolling back some reforms and more symptoms of the state being held captive by oligarchs – this is Ukraine in 2017. Resilience The past year Ukraine selected...
The question of media freedom and independence as an important aspect of democracy has been discussed during the Second Media Conference of the Eastern Partnership, and will continue to be discussed during the Eastern European Summit in...
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organizer of the Eurovision international song contest, is going to change the rules of the contest to prohibit countries sending participants who might be banned from entering the host country...
It appears that Ukraine had made a good impression on Eurovision visitors, 54% of whom visited Ukraine for the first time. While the majority (24%) of the respondents of the poll, 59% of whom were from the EU and 41% – from...
On 13 May, the Eurovision song contest grand final in Kyiv was accompanied by Russian artillery attacks in the Donbas frontline. Artillery of the Russian-hybrid forces killed civilians in Avdiyivka, MLRS Grad attack destroyed...
Kyiv has already opened its doors for tourists coming to see the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. We at Euromaidan Press want to take you beyond the city as it looks on TV or in a banal tour guide, to pull open the curtain on how it really...
Comfortable, safe, eco-friendly, high-speed and even … romantic. All this can be said about Kyiv trams. Some people commute every day listening to the sound of the wheels, while others look for new impressions. 125 years ago...
A much-anticipated Eurovision-2017 will take place in Ukraine’s capital in a month, from 8 till 13 May. An official opening ceremony of the song contest is planned for 7 May. As there are some confusing aspects around the contest,...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
