EURO 2021

More and more politics, less and less sports. There is a real danger that European politicians will boycott the championships in Ukraine. Will EURO 2012 be the repetition from 1980 when West Europeans countries boycotted Olympic Games in Moscow due to the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan? The president of Germany Joachim Gauck was the first to cancel his participation at matches in Ukraine within the framework of EURO 2012; after that Angela Merkel and her ministers announced boycott of the Ukrainian part of EURO. Ukrainian Foreign Office shakes fists […]

During the Euro 2012 in the Ukrainian airports and airspace of Ukraine will be on duty by up to four fighters and two helicopters. This was during a briefing on February 21 said director of operations – Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major-General Victor Gamora. According to him, the Ukrainian side is a constant dialogue with the Polish colleagues. “Today, the Ukrainian side intends to continue consultations with the Polish working group to amend the agreement between the defense ministries […]

6000 law enforcement officers and 2,000 health workers will be able to communicate freely with the guests of Euro 2012 in English. This was emphasized by the Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikovduring a news conference at the NSC “Olympic” . He also noted that Ukraine has managed to solve the language problem in the preparations for the football continental championship. “Even though with a great difficulty, but we managed to find the solution to this problem. In principle, those who will be directly in contact […]

For some SPA was important, for others it was a golf course and a private beach. All of them wanted luxury hotels and even pitches. What were the national football teams driven by when choosing residential bases for Euro 2012 UEFA announced the official list of centres in October this year. It included 21 offers from Poland and 17 offers from Ukraine. For the last twelve months, representatives of football teams taking part in Euro 2012 have been traveling around Poland and Ukraine in search of places where footballers could […]

200 days before the beginning of the European Football Championship UEFA sees progress in Ukraine in preparations and has no significant objections to the preparations – said Markiyan Lubkivskyi, director of the Organizing Committee of the Euro 2012 at a press conference in Kiev. ‘We will do everything to make next year’s tournament the best event’ – he stressed. The greatest achievement of the past hundred days, mentioned by Łubikowski, is completion of stadiums in Kiev and Lviv. At these stadiums first matches have already been played. – They have […]

Ukraine prepares to take the final of the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament with at least a million fans.  This is said by Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov, reports BBC. According to him, since June – which is not the season of mass holidays, many football fans will come to Ukraine only to see thier favourite team play. More accurately count the number of guests of Euro 2012 will be known after the Finals Tournament on December 2, Kolesnikov said. That’s when it becomes clear in which cities will play teams […]

Everybody is getting ready for UEFA EURO 2012: Doctors are learning English, and Gaitana wrote an anthem for Euro 2012. Song of Gaitana calls Ukrainians to unite all the people around the championship. Gaitana plans to perform the new song in several versions, as a solo artist and with the Friends of the euro championship. Gaitana received the titel of an official Friend of the Euro-2012 in early July. By becoming a Friend of Gaitana has promised not to get bored, and kept her promise. She writes songs adedicated to […]

Ukrainian hoteliers are missing out on early bookings for Euro 2012 with reservation databases in host-city hotels still closed for the dates of the event, according to www.booked.net. Less than 250 days from the kick-off of Europe’s top international soccer showcase almost all host-city hotel booking systems in Ukraine, which is co-hosting the tournament alongside Poland, remain closed. Meanwhile, preparations for the 14th European Championship is continuing at pace across Ukraine. Reconstruction of stadiums and key improvements to infrastructure is almost complete in the host-cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and […]

“Book of Wishes to National Football Team at Euro 2012” sets national record and becomes the biggest book in Ukraine. The idea of the book, consisting of 2012 good luck wishes from football supporters of different parts of Ukraine, was initiated by the team behind Zozulica project (unofficial Euro 2012 mascot) and supported by information centre “Ukraine 2012” together with publishing house “Summit-book”. The unique publication has a symbolic weigh of 20,12 kg and the parameters of 68x105cm. They are equal to 1/100 size of the National Olympic Stadium to […]

In September 2011 a new programme on language education has started. Kiev healthcare staff can now learn English for free.  The facility is organized by Rodion Butko foundation. It is planned to educate 911 kievan medics in 3 months. SUch step is crucial for EURO 2012 preparation because of an urgent need of English speaking specialists to host the championship. Lanugage barrier has always been a major problem for a vast population of Ukraine. These privately financed language courses will greatly contribute to a successful EURO 2012 in Ukraine.