EURO 2012

… main stadium for the Euro 2012 were announced during the stay of Kolesnikov in Kharkov, where he participated in the opening of “Shakhtar Plaza”. The high-class hotel, located near the football stadium, serves as accommodation for the guests of the EURO2012.

According to our estimates, expenditures on the maintenance of the stadium will amount to about 120-125 million hryvnias (about 47-49 million PLN). ‘In the next year we plan to receive revenue in the amount of 110 million hryvnias, which…

… in special training activities, which will consist of five hours of lectures and 25 hours of classes. Trainings will include a total of 14 subject areas, including the principles of volunteer work, first aid and topography of the city. During EURO2012 the Volunteer Center will be located at the bus depot at Legnicka St. – said Janicki.

Grzegorz Pyzałka, a coordinator of volunteering from the Euro Office of the Town Office in Wroclaw added that during the championships volunteers will be …

…selling media rights – 62% or more than 840 million European currency, and the commercial rights (sponsorship, licensing and merchandising) – 22% or 290 million euros,” – said in a statement.

Overall, UEFA said the big increase in profits for the continental championship in football, and for the last twenty years European Championships yield increased by more than 30 times.

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…, including the opening match in Warsaw on 8 June 2012 and the final match in Kiev on July 1.

Anyone interested, except for those who are prohibited to enter stadiums, will be able to fill in an application on the official website of UEFA – www.euro2012.com.

In Poland first tickets for VIPs were granted during the charity party in Wroclaw. The price of the tickets reached 80.000 PLN. It is believed, however, that tickets for Euro 2012 will be cheaper than the ones sold for Euro 2008. Price…

…. Soon, accommodation centers in which teams will prepare for matches will be selected. Such a center must include a training base and four- or five-star hotel. After holidays in Europe the UEFA official catalogue of center offers will be distributed. Euro2012 company want to have at least 20 places in the catalogue.

The list of the tournament sponsors is quickly filling up. For the first time there will be three types of sponsors. For now, UEFA signed agreements with six global sponsors: …

… East Europe Monitoring Centre, the FARE East European Development Project as well as the challenges and opportunities posed by EURO2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

The question of an underrepresentation of ethnic minorities attending football games in Ukraine and …’ symbols such as the Celtic cross are frequently displayed while far-right groups dominate the fan culture, including in EURO2012 host cities such as Lviv and Kharkiv. Alarming evidence of growing links between fan groups and far-right …

It’s been over 2 years since Poland and Ukraine were chosen to host the Euro 2012 championships. Politics and officials assure us that everything will be ready on time.

– there will be highways, airports, and fast railways and the cities-hosts will be able to prepare well for such prestigious event.

On the other hand from time to time there are some critical commentaries about the degree of the preparations. We decided to check how Polish cities are prepared for Euro 2012

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… in the Ukraine have forced UEFA to come out with a plan B. „It is not a mystery that we have been running talks in Zurich concerning our actions in case the Ukraine does not meet the deadlines. One such solution could be holding Euro2012 by Poland and Germany.”, the “Emperor” said.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung wrote that such a scenario is has been talked about In UEFA and its head Michel Platini has been subtly preparing Europe to face the change of the Euro 2012 host. He guaranteed recently …