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KAJ are the favourites for the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday. If they win, the question is which Swedish city will host the competition in 2026. Last year's organiser Malmö is already sure of its answer. - We will hand over with a warm hand to someone else next year, says Anna Wittgren, Marketing Manager in the City of Malmö.

This year's Eurovision week has officially begun.

The colorful, kitsch and other excesses of the Eurovision festival, the largest non-sporting televised event in the world, with some 160 million viewers, is already here, as every year in May. In the Swiss city of Basel, host thanks to Nemo’s victory in 2024, yesterday the celebrations of the big Eurovisive week began with the parade for the turquoise carpet of the singers representing the 37 countries participating in this 69th edition. It has …

What the hell just happened

As Eurovision week gets underway in Switzerland, Jim Dickinson reviews where negotiations with the EU are up to over youth mobility, Erasmus+ and wider issues of fees, funding and mobility

Eurovision Week officially begins today with the traditional turquoise carpet, a huge opening event where the artists step out in front of the audience and media. What kind of reception will Erika Vikman and KAJ receive?