The modernization of Kyiv-based Olimpiysky National Sports Complex for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship is five months behind schedule, according to Ukrainian Family, Youth and Sports Minister Ravil Safiullin.
"Speaking about Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, all the delegates who visited it with Vice Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov regard the situation as depressing. [The project is] more than five months behind the schedule approved by the previous cabinet. There are problems," he said at a press conference on Friday, the Champion Web site reported.
The minister also said that he intends to visit the Olimpiysky Sports Complex next week.
"I am not a builder, I cannot say for sure, but we have to do everything possible to catch up with the delay, so that Euro 2012 will take place," the minister said.
