EURO 2012

… the city goes through dynamic changes – from grey communist city it is transforming into metropolis vibrant with life, full of cinemas, clubs, theatres, museums, restaurants and cafés. Thanks to completed within recent years and implemented currently great infrastructural and cultural projects (such as Copernicus Science Centre, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the History of the Polish Jews, Polish History Museum) the city has now a chance to join the league of most important European capitals.

… University of Technology.

For 90 years Gdańsk has been dynamically developing – there is now over 60 000 enterprises operating in the city. The capital of the Pomerania Region occupies leading position in terms of utilisation of UE funds which fosters and results in grand investments in infrastructure. Gdańsk, along with adjacent Sopot and Gdynia, constitutes Polish holiday base – over 20 kilometres of Baltic beaches attract each year 500 000 foreign and more than 800 000 Polish tourists.

… improves an image of given country, and also causes great development of infrastructure.

According to preliminary approximations, about half a million foreign supporters should arrive … published by Main Statistic Department (in Polish – Główny Urząd Statystyczny) the hotel infrastructure in Poland in last months of 2007 consisted of 1 370 objects… (from real estate tax) for investments in hotel, tourism and sport infrastructures. Such immunity will be valid for 4 years for hotel objects and…

… examined and discussed the state of infrastructure preparations for the final tournament of … comprehensive review showed important shortcomings regarding infrastructure in all Ukrainian cities in question…. with regard to the stadium, airport infrastructure, regional transport and accommodation are met… with regard to the stadiums, airport infrastructure, regional transport and accommodation. Should … with regard to the stadiums, airport infrastructure, regional transport and accommodation, these …

In the group of the most important infrastructure projects 80% of key investments is …status of preparations in three main areas – infrastructure, organization, social engagement.

The Ministry of …, coordinates a total number of 219 infrastructure projects directly related to the tournament,…particular regard to the progress of implementing infrastructure projects and consistent implementation of strategic … winter time of this year.

Many infrastructure projects are implemented with very tight…

… in investment increased developers’ interest in key infrastructure projects, while falling prices of building … should make the final price-tag lower.

Infrastructure work is a major challenge for …,” Herra said.

Herra estimated that total infrastructure work linked to the tournament would cost…since September.

Polish transformation

For Poland, the infrastructure work needed for Euro 2012 is …is without doubt a catalyst for the infrastructure transformation Poland has to see,” said…

Where even soccer is politics, infrastructure improvements have fallen behind.

KIEV — In Ukraine, soccer… country from investors and tourists. The country’s creaking infrastructure would receive a complete overhaul, from roads and …it risked losing the bulk of the matches because its infrastructure — hotels, airports, roads and, yes, stadiums — was … or construction was woefully behind schedule.

“Important shortcomings regarding infrastructure” were found in Ukraine, UEFA’s leadership said in…

… wrong with the stadium itself, but because the other infrastructure simply is not there – the airports, the highways … their funds.

And then there are the roads.

Crumbling infrastructure

The 19th Century satirist, Nikolai Gogol, once said … crumbling and littered with potholes.

The country’s transport infrastructure is in need of massive investment before it can… up for grabs to renovate airports, stadiums and other infrastructure.

“The whole process is far too politicised. Because …

…in 2011. UEFA has deemed the city’s transportation infrastructure sufficient, even though many of the planned investments …a consortium headed by Mostostal Warszawa. Construction on most infrastructure investments is proceeding without major delays.

Undoubtedly, …by that of progress made on sports and transportation infrastructure. The fact that Kraków and Chorzów were considered …six Polish cities applying, Kraków has the best hotel infrastructure. Moreover, this could still be used during the …

… chronic, almost institutionalised, corruption. Poland have a poor football infrastructure but decent transport; Ukraine has poor transport but good … club, over the past decade, and the excellent tourist infrastructure in the city, it seems bewildering that it was …shouldn’t place too great an additional strain on the infrastructure (and, frankly, 300,000 sounds high). When Pope John… differs from Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk in that the tourist infrastructure there is far less of an issue that the …