KIEV, May 30 (Reuters) – President Viktor Yushchenko accused government officials on Friday of sabotaging the reconstruction of the main stadium hosting Euro 2012 matches and told his prime minister to ensure the project went ahead.
Yushchenko, in a letter to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, said no action had been taken to proceed with the renovation of Kiev’s 84,000-seat Olympic stadium since a Taiwanese firm won a tender in April to carry out the job. The stadium is to host the final of Euro 2012, being staged jointly with Poland.
A statement on the president’s Web site (www.president.gov.ua) said the agency overseeing Euro 2012 had information that “delays and what amounts to sabtage by oficials at the Sports Ministry could disrupt the renovation schedule at Ukraine’s main stadium”.
“I am asking you to intervene personally to immediately correct the situation, avoid an international scandal and ensure that preparations for Euro 2012 proceed in timely and reliable fashion,” the president told Tymoshenko. (read more…)
Let no grub spook Poles that if Lack us 300km of freeway ,they’ll Take from us organisation of Euro 2012.It’s a drool.If there won’t be Any disaster , nothing treaten us. – affirmed minister of sport and tourism – Miroslaw Drzewiecki.
Minister arrived to Pabianice for Cremony of opening the football field near band of Schhols no.2 .The field has an artifical pavement within the ‘Orlik 2012’ Project.He underlined that is the most important Project made by Donald Tusk, past the organisation of Euro 2012 .
In every commune will be a field with artifical Grass , Volleyball and Basketball field and building with inter alia changing room.All of the terrain will be compounded and lightened.Center such this will be about 2500.I know from UEFA agents that in no one country were accomplished the Project like this. Against infrastructure for children and youth Poland is very delayed and closing-up to other, higher developer countries and we don’t have Any reasons for which our youth Has worse conditions than colleagues from Germant Or Sweden – said Drzewiecki.
Representatives of six cities – hosts of the euro 2012 and PL 2012 company – discuted in Poznań about preparing to European football championship.
- It was one of draft-meetings which are made cyclically once a month.We were already in Warsaw and in Gdańsk and in next month we’ll met in Wroclaw.And it’ll be done like this in next 4 years.We’ll meet to appraise what is done and appoint objectives for next months. – explained Marcin Hera , chairman of PL 2012
Representatives of Warsaw , Gdańsk , Wroclaw ,Poznań , Chorzów and Krakow during audiovisual presentations made raport of that what they’ve done in last month.After the end of meeting.Participants visited Civic Stadium which is being modernizated and Glogowska street which will connect center of Poznan with freeway. (read more…)
GENEVA — UEFA president Michel Platini will visit Poland and Ukraine in July to check on their preparations for co-hosting the 2012 European Championship.
The two countries have to intensify their efforts over the next few months in order to meet UEFA’s requirements, Platini told a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday.
But “there is no Plan B,” he said, referring to possible alternative venues in case the former eastern bloc states fail to put in place the necessary infrastructure to host the event.
UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said Platini will travel to Poland and Ukraine after Euro 2008, held in Austria and Switzerland in June.
Gaillard said UEFA’s main concern is whether the hotels and transportation networks – including airports, railways and roads – will be sufficient to host the hundreds of thousands of fans expected for the event. (read more…)
Jewhen Czerwonenko – the boss of the Ukrainian National Agency for Euro 2012 said on Wednesday, that if works connected with preparation for Euro 2012 in Lvov will not speed up, the role of the host Odessa or Charkow – reserve cities can get.
Visiting Odessa Czerwonenko said this city have great chances to be the host for future finalists of the European championships.
It is already next, after the UEFA representative Matteo Gambuto, statement giving the distinct signal that Lvov can lose the status of the city – host. Let us remind, that a few days ago telling about problems of “different cities” Gambutto meant exactly Lvov.(read more…)