Decision, in which Polish cities matches of Football European Championship 2012will be played, will be taken after making reports on the subject of stadiums and the infrastructure by UEFA – said a director of 2012 PL company Marcin Herra.
The company is responsible for a coordination of all works connected with the organization of finals of the football European championships in 2012 inPoland. Herra metwith regional and self-government authorities of Cracow, Katowice and Chorzów on Wednesday. At the beginning of the April an UEFA delegation will come to Poland in order to judge the state of building works of stadiums on Euro 2012. In May an infrastructure report is supposed to be done.(read more…)
UkrainianPrime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko and her Polish counterpart Donald Tusk on Friday promised their countries would co-host the European football championship in 2012 successfully.
Tymoshenko and Tusk made the remarks after the two sides signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in organizing and holding of the 2012 football championship. (read more…)
Michel Platini, the head of the European football body UEFA, has warned Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine and Poland to speed up their preparations. Neither Ukraine nor Poland has hosted a major championship before, and Platini has stressed his growing concerns over their progress.
“We’ve had to wake them up a little and tell them it’s time to get going,” Platini told French radio France Infoon Thursday. “The 2012 Euro will still be held (there), but we’ve told them in the nicest possible way to speed things up a bit.”
Platini first warned the co-hosts back in January, highlighting the importance of the next six months. (read more…)
The Ukrainian Minister of Sport, Jurij Pawłenko, claims that in 2008 his country will catch up on the preparation to the EURO 2012. We lost a lot of time; honestly, it was 9 months – said Pawłenko on Saturday during the press conference in Kiev.
The minister thinks that the reconstruction of the Olymic Stadium is the most important task for them. Many times UEFA asserted that the Stadium in Kiev, as the international scene of EURO 2012, does not fulfill the security standard.
The main problem is the shopping centre built near the stadium which strongly impedes the emergency action. We have already known what should be done – said Pawłenko. He explained that the surface part of the shopping centre will be liquidated and the owners get a proper compensation. The compensation will be paid by the authorities of Kiev. Both, Poland and Ukraine got the right to the EURO 2012 coordination.
They were completely shocked that they cannot organize the EURO 2012. Few months later they snapped out of the defeat andattacked. The Italian want to retake our EURO 2012! Antonio Matarrese, the president of Italian football league has already rocked the boat.
- Poland and Ukraine are undeveloped – said Matarrese during the interview for one of the radio stations. If there is anoter country that supports Italy, we are able to organize the championship – he added.
Matarrese does not want to reveal what country he is talking about. It is presumed that about Croatia which unsuccessfully tried (with Hungary) take the initiative of EURO 2012.
“Trojickyj” shopping centre that is build in the neighbourhood of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, will have been liquidated by 1 June – an agreement there upon was signed by both, representatives of the Ukrainian government and the owners of the “Trojickyj” shopping centre.
According to the document, till 10 February, the Kiev authorities and the owners of the shopping centre will appoint a working group which decide about the compensation credit for the liquidated building.
UEFA repeatedly called down the Ukrainian authorities that the stadium in Kiev, as the arena for EURO 2012, does not fulfill the security standard. In case of a vacation during EURO 2012 football matches, the shopping centre would hinder such an emergency action.