KIEV, Aug. 18 – Ukraine's Culture Ministry says that experts are now engaged in technical assessment of the cities that have qualified for hosting the Eurovision 2017 song contest and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which founded the contest, doesn't mind holding the event in any of the shortlisted cities.

"The technical analysis of the projects that were provided by each of the cities is now under way," Press Secretary of the Culture Minister Yulia Datsenko told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.