The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the Eurovision Song Contest, positively assesses Ukraine's preparations for hosting it. This was reported to journalists yesterday by the director of the EBU television department, Bjorn Erichsen.
According to him, Ukraine is fully on schedule with the preparation plan for hosting the contest. Erichsen believes that the political situation in Ukraine that has developed today cannot become a reason for untimely preparation for the contest. "I don't think there are any security problems in Ukraine... Now everything is being analyzed in the smallest detail... At present, Ukraine looks very decent," Erichsen commented on the issue of security for holding Eurovision in Ukraine.
Erichsen noted that six months remain until the contest, and this is enough to carry out the necessary work at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv (resolve all technical issues, repaint the building, provide air conditioners, set up acoustics, install a new ceiling), reports "Ukraina-ranok.Ru".
Earlier, the supervisory board of the Eurovision Song Contest decided that the Eurovision-2005 contest would be held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv. It is forecast that at least 40 delegations from European countries and about 2,000 journalists will come to participate in the contest, and about 100 million residents of Europe will see the broadcast of the contest.