Kiev

They were in the Ukrainian capital for a Europa League game between Partizan Belgrade and Dynamo Kiev.

Balac told the daily Vecernje Novosti that a group of hooligans approached them and asked if they were Serbs - and attacked them before they could answer.

Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych says that he will not change his stance, that he presented earlier this month, raising a lot of dust in Serbia.

Kurt Volker, who was appointed US representative for Ukraine negotiations in July, tweeted on Wednesday that he will meet his Russian counterpart on Saturday in the Serbian capital.

"Will meet Russian counterpart Oct 7 in Belgrade to discuss how to catalyze Minsk implementation and restore Ukraine's territorial integrity," Volker tweeted.

At least 2 people are injured after a blast in Kiev, RIA Novosti reported.

The explosion took place in the very center of the Ukrainian capital. Police teams and ambulances were sent to the site.

"I am very proud to have the opportunity to bring Bulgaria to the second place of Eurovision 2017. I am sad that I could not reach the end but Salvador deserved the first place, there is something special inside him, otherwise the fight would not be interesting."

A teenage singer from the Balkans narrowly missed seizing the crown at the 2017 Eurovision song contest staged in Kiev Ukraine on Saturday night.

Juries were wowed by 17-year-old Kristian Kostov's song "Beautiful Mess" despite a brief row over the youngster's brief appearance in a Russian TV show in Russian-occupied Crimea - a sensitive subject in Ukraine.

Portugal's Salvador Sobral won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest narrowly beating Bulgaria and Moldova, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene.

​The Eurovision final took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Saturday night.

The Bulgarian's Representative of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 goes to the Finals this Saturday after his last night's performance on the stage, reported BNR.

He won the hearts of the audience and the jury in Kiev with his song "Beautiful mess".

The show will start at 22:00 p.m.

Kristian Kostov goes on the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 tonight, reported BNT.

He will hit the stage under number 15, and will sing the song "Beautiful Mess" in the tight competition. The most watched musical show in Europe begins at 22:00. 

For Kristian could be voted from 20 countries except from Bulgaria. 

The European Union approved visa-free travel for Ukrainians on Thursday, fulfilling a key promise to cement ties with Kiev as it remains embroiled in a deadly conflict with pro-Russian insurgents, AFP reported.

"YES, we did it!" Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Facebook after the Brussels decision, which the former Soviet republic has been trying to clinch for years.