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A clock that will count down the time left to the Euro 2012 European Football Championship will be started on June 8, 2011 at 19.00 Kyiv time – exactly a year before the start of the football tournament – near the central entrance of Kyiv City State Administration, according to the administration's press service.

The press service reported that an electronic board 8.5 meters wide and 2.5 meters high will be installed on a pedestal over 3.5 meters high.

The construction will weigh about 1.5 tonnes.

According to the report, installation operations for the clock started on May 27.