EURO 2021

View of the construction site of the national stadium ‘Olympiyskiy’ which will host the final soccer match of Euro 2012 in Kiev, Ukraine. National Sports Complex “Olimpiysky” (“Olympic”), the main sports arena of Kiev and Ukraine, is now under reconstruction for Euro 2012 soccer cup. Long and protracted preparation of the cable-stayed system lifting started in July and is one of the most important stages in the rebuilding of the stadium. Let’s have a look on the current state building.

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 […]

UEFA has launched the official UEFA EURO 2012 ticket resale platform, to allow customers who cannot use final tournament tickets they won in the lottery to resell them at face value. UEFA has launched the official UEFA EURO 2012 final tournament ticket resale platform, to allow customers who cannot use tickets they won in the lottery to resell them at face value. The application period for final tournament tickets ran from 1 to 31 March, with a record 12,149,425 ticket requests made by fans from some 206 countries worldwide. Tickets […]

On 24 July 2011, everybody is invited to a Sunday Walk around the National Stadium in Warsaw. On this day the largest stadium in Poland will be opened for the first time to the inhabitants of Warsaw and all people wanting to see the interior of the Stadium. During the walk, everyone will be able to enter the pitch through the passage and see the interior of the Stadium – the two rings of stands for 58 thousand spectators, the 70-metre central spire or the large-size LED screens. On this […]

Construction has been completed on a stadium in Gdansk, northern Poland that is to be one of the venues for the Euro 2012 football championships, officials said on Tuesday. The stadium was given the green light nearly three weeks after its completion deadline of July 1. It will have its grand opening on August 6. Delays in building the Gdansk stadium forced officials to move a June 9 friendly between Poland and France to Warsaw. The stadium is one of four Polish venues that will host matches at Euro 2012, […]

Ukrainian sky during Euro 2012 will be protected by the NATO aircrafts U.S. military aircraft is expected to protect the skies over the country during Euro 2012,  says  “Vzglyad.” Work of Ukrainian and Polish patrol of the airspace of the U.S. Air Force began as early as this weekend. Airplanes Air Force of Ukraine, the United States and Poland on Monday are to conduct probe flights on the protection of Ukrainian and Polish airspace. According to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine,  training will be attended by aircraft and helicopters […]

The ukrainian capital decided to get rid of the press for Euro 2012 in a mass dismantle of the places for sale of newspapers and magazines. The Kyiv city state administration has already removed  “Press” 14 kiosks from the streets. The corresponding order was prepared in connection with preparation for Euro 2012. This was reported in The Association of Ukrainian Press. Illegally installed kiosks must be demolished. This refers to kiosks placed recently in the 1.5 km zone of the football championship, as well as near the Metro and monuments. […]

Before the start of the European Championship to be held next summer in  Ukraine and Poland, the Ukrainian national team will play a friendly match against Estonia. The game is scheduled for June 5 and will be held in Austria or Germany, according to 2012ua.net. Thus, the schedule of test match team Oleg Blokhin is now fully known until the beginning of the final tournament of Euro 2012. This year, the Ukrainians will play: in Kharkov, with Sweden (August 10) and Uruguay (September 2) in Sofia and Bulgaria (October 7) […]