“Ukraine takes center stage at Eurovision 2018: an extensive commemoration of the country’s 20-year participation history”

“The organization really wants to make a statement,” says Paelinck: “Ukraine couldn’t organize this party, so we’re doing it for them.” And so this entire edition is all about the Eastern European country. referenced to Ukraine, you feel it in the city, you hear Ukrainian songs everywhere, and the Eurovision history of the country is also extensively commemorated this year: Ukraine has been participating for twenty years.”