Euro-2012 News Online

Olimpiyskiy NSC Reconstruction and Building staff in Kiev decided to introduce Doors Open Days at the stadium every month.

On Tuesday, January 27 the meeting of Olimpiyskiy NSC staff was held to adopt the decision.

During the Doors Open Days everyone interested will have possibility to visit the stadium and get acquainted with its reconstruction process.

After the meeting Minister for Family, Youth and Sport Yury Pavlenko underlined all the reconstruction works at Olimpiyskiy NSC satisfy with the time schedule, approved by the UEFA.

Earlier, January 21^st, the enlarged meeting of UEFA officials, FFU, Ministry for Family, Youth and Sport, NSC Olimpiyskiy management and reconstruction team was held where the officials analyzed changes dynamics at the main Euro-2012 arena, having recognized it as positive.

Ministry for Emergency Situations and Public protection from Chernobyl disaster aftereffects is planning to erect 11 new fire departments in host-cities of Euro-2012 final.

According to deputy Minister for Emergency Situations Vladimir Tretyakov 5 of those fire departments will be built in Kiev, 3 in Kharkov, 2 in Odessa and 1 in Dnepropetrovsk.

Program for Championship organization previews 670 mln hryvnyas for building and reconstruction of fire departments in host-cities of Euro-2012 Championship, 390 mln out of which are intended to purchase new equipment.

Regardless of numerous protests from Donetsk residents, its Pobeda Park suffers death sentence. Only after third attempt Donetsk municipal council adopted resolution to pass on part of Pobeda Park at the bank of Kalmius river to a private firm to build a hotel.

At the 27^th session of 5^th convocation mayor of Donetsk and the deputies

sentenced greenery to cutting down for 5-star hotel basement. They’ve adopted decision to pass part of the territory to the east of Youth Palace on to “Floria” JSC for dubious construction from the third try (at previous two sessions voluntary activists succeeded to remove the issue from the agenda).

Local officials couldn’t be prevented from making the decision even by public hearings on Pobeda Park preservation issue, scheduled for this day. Announcement of the hearings was located at the site of Donetsk mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko. It was supposed during the hearings the city community would speak of reasonability to destroy green nook for the profit of personal interests of commercial firms, aiming to easily grow rich at the forthcoming Europe Football Championship, several matches of which would be held in the city.

However Donetsk authorities hadn’t considered it necessary to take into account opinion of Donetsk residents, so the resolution has been adopted before public hearings started.

Vice Prime-Minister of Ukraine has commented upon stadium construction in Lvov during Cabinet of Ministers’ session for Euro-2012 organization in Lvov.

“Feasible construction works are carried out in the stadium. That’s a clear evidence for those pessimists who two months ago doubted the right choice of Azovintex, our general contractor” - told Ivan Vasyunik.

As informs press-agency of Lvov municipal council, vice Prime-Minister claimed that all the schedules, announced to UEFA, have been kept to. “At the building site over 120 employees are involved in, half of them are residents of Lvov city. In summer, when peak hours come, around 1.5 thousand workers will participate. That’s a feasible and vivid answer to the economic crisis”

At present land works at the construction site are finished and basement erection starts, which will last for four months. By the end of 2009 stadium’s structure will already be erected. Construction is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2010.

First National Channel of Ukraine sent to UEFA application to obtain rights for broadcasting matches of Europe Football Championship 2012.

As says President of National Ukrainian TV Channel Vasily Ilaschuk, First National Channel is the member of European Language Union and it’s the holder of priority right for obtaining similar TV rights in Ukraine.

At the same time Mr. Ilaschuk supposes other Ukrainian channels would also desire to compete for broadcasting Football Forum. Though yesterday was the deadline when UEFA was receiving applications for Euro-2012 broadcasting rights, none of the leading Ukrainian TV Companies confirmed information of its participation in the contest.

Tender terms in particular and rights cost for matches’ broadcasting remain in secret. All the necessary documents, detailed information on the contest and tender opening announcement will be offered to TV companies only when UEFA admits channels to the bids.

First National Channel was the holder of rights for broadcasting football matches of Euro-2008, purchasing of which has cost to the Channel EUR 4 mln.