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Ukraine and Poland will duly prepare for hosting the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) European Football Championship in 2012, said UEFA President Michel Platini. “We have been in intense preparations for the Euro 2012. There have been some difficulties, but everything will be good at the 2012 European Championship in Ukraine and Poland. We had asked for stadiums to be ready two years before the tournament, but this is not always possible. This is very hard work. Everything will be done on time,” he told a press conference in […]

Builders involved in the sites of European Football Championship, are not paid in time. It is reported by “Radio” Liberty” with a reference to the trade union leaders and workers themselves. Working with NSK “Olympic” saying that the money paid little and more and not timely. They believe that this situation threatens the quality and timing of completion. “I get a hundred hryvnia per day, somebody has – 150. It’s very small! Withhold wages for the time. Now delayed for a week” – said one of the builders. A few […]

Tottenham – 7/2 with bookmaker to finish in the top four of the Premier League – playmaker Luka Modric is not going anywhere in the transfer window despite Chelsea courting the midfielder, according to assistant boss Kevin Bond.

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On 18 August 2011, at the invitation of the Polish Parliament’s National and Ethnic Minorities Committee, the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association presented its activities against racism and xenophobia in football stadiums in the lead up to EURO 2012. – ‘Polish football is often quite multi-cultural, which is emblematic of broader demographic changes across Europe, but the situation in many stadiums still gives reasons for concern’ – said Dr Rafal Pankowski, the coordinator of the East Europe Monitoring Centre set up by ‘NEVER AGAIN’ in cooperation with the FARE Network and UEFA. […]

On Friday, August 5, 2011, the Poland Senate voted against  amendments to the Law on security at public events, which permits sale of low alcohol drinks at football matches, including matches during Euro 2012. Last week, the amendment was admitted by the Polish parliament. The Senate rejected the sales of “light” beer in the arenas of Euro 2012. Senator of political block “Law and Justice” Peter Kaleta turned to the audience on the eve of the vote with a question: if today will be allowed to sell alcohol in the stadiums, […]

David Taylor, the UEFA chief executive, assessed the progress of works of Ukraine for Euro 2012 in 80%. Taylor said on Wednesday in Kiev: “The main problem? In view of the fact that I represents the football side, it is important for me to finish the construction of the stadiums in Kiev and Lviv”. As Taylor pointed out the another issues are airports of the host cities and infrastructure. Ukraine has already prepared two stadiums – in Kharkiv and Donetsk. The Stadium in Kiev is now being modernized and in […]

Euro 2012 is a great sports event with a lot of football fans from across Europe. They watch matches, have fun, drink, celebrate or… they want to feel happier. They drive around the country, they may seek friends, and possibly prostitutes. Will all that is associated with it become stronger? the activities of criminal groups, conflicts between them, trafficking in women, forcing them to provide sexual services? “The demand may increase” admits Irena Dawid-Olczyk from the Foundation Against Trafficking in Women of La Strada. However in Germany, before the world […]

Wireless Internet is plannd to be implemented not only in kiev metro, but in trains also. For the first time wireless communications will be put on a fast section of the route Lviv – Kiev – Kiev – Donetsk, which strenuously prepares for high-speed movement at the time of the start of European Football Championship Euro 2012, reports the newspaper “Segodnya”. Ukrzaliznytsya is now looking for partners among communication companies who are ready to implement a project to provide wireless connectivity for passenger trains on all lines operating in Ukraine. […]

The opening ceremony of the stadium will be held in Lviv on 28 October with the participation of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych – said Borys Kolesnikov Deputy Prime Minister. The stadium in Lviv will be one of the four Ukrainian stadiums for Euro 2012. The President of Ukraine will open the stadium on October 28, and the first match of Ukraine and Austria will be held on November 15 – said Deputy Prime Minister, responsible for preparing for the final tournament of European Football Championship. Kolesnikov said that […]

Information agency “Tavria News”  conducted a public opinion poll during 90 days by voting online. The main questing was “Do we really need EURO 2012 in Ukraine? Poll results clearly demonstrate the relationship of Kherson people (as part of Ukrainian society) to this event. Out of the 500 voters: – Answered affirmatively, only 37.2% of respondents; – Consider it necessary, not holding EURO 52.9% of respondents; – And only 9.9% of respondents answered that they do not care at all What conclusions can be made out of such data? Ukrainians […]