Most Commented, Euro 2012

EU sports commissioner to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine BRUSSELS – European Commissioner for Sports Androulla Vassiliou has joined the growing list of European politicians who say they will not attend the matches of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship in Ukraine in protest against the prosecution of opposition figures in the country.
May 4 at 14:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Don't boycott Euro in Ukraine, urges Klitschko Ukrainian world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has urged western politicians not to follow appeals for a boycott of June's European championships in his homeland, but instead come to Euro 2012 matches.
May 6 at 18:31 | Kyiv Post
Azarov: 'I would like our team to have decent performance at Euro 2012' Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that he would like Ukraine's national football team to take a decent place at the Euro 2012 European Football Championship as a response to calls for a boycott of Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine.
May 11 at 17:23 | Interfax-Ukraine
City directions go English – but will it be enough? Kyiv authorities are rapidly putting up English-language signs in an effort to prepare the city for the influx of thousands of football fans for Euro 2012.
May 17 at 23:54 | Alyona Zhuk and Olga Rudenko
Virtual tours of Ukraine’s main cities available for all online Virtual tours of Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv and Donetsk are now available from the comfort of your couch with the launch on April 20 of Google Street View in Ukraine.
Apr 26 at 23:36 | Jakub Parusinski
Expert: European politicians shouldn't boycott Euro 2012 BRUSSELS – European politicians should not boycott the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, as such actions will cause only negative consequences, an expert from the European Policy Centre (EPC) Amanda Paul has said.
May 3 at 16:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lubkivsky: no unjustified growth of hotel prices in Ukraine ahead of Euro 2012 There is no huge growth of prices for hotels and other accommodation places because of the holding of Euro 2012 in Ukraine this summer, Director of UEFA Euro 2012 in Ukraine Markiyan Lubkivsky has said.
May 4 at 10:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Euro 2012  activists,  volunteers ask Merkel not to boycott football championship Representatives of the Euro-Patrol public movement and several volunteers from the Euro 2012 host city of Kyiv have passed an appeal to the German Embassy in Ukraine asking German Chancellor Angela Merkel not to boycott the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.
May 4 at 12:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
Euro 2012 host Kiev cracks down on sex trade Kiev, struggling to shake off a reputation as a new destination for sex tourism, is taking steps to curb prostitution during the month-long European football championship, the city government said on Friday.
May 11 at 18:26 | Reuters
Politicians’ boycott will not hurt sporting event, French expert says Calls by European politicians for a boycott of Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine won’t affect the sports competition, says Pascal Boniface, head of France’s Institute for International and Strategic Relations. But the country’s 15 minutes in the global spotlight could cut both ways if the controversies continue.
2 days ago at 21:46 | Jakub Parusinski
High prices, poor infrastructure scare foreign fans off Ukraine Jens Nielsen is sitting in his Danish hometown of Esbjerg worrying about Ukrainian train tickets.
2 days ago at 21:55 | Oksana Grytsenko
Kyiv metro to extend opening hours during Euro 2012 Kyiv subway will not be able to work round the clock during the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, but will try to shorten a break in its work, head of Kyiv Metropolitan municipal enterprise Volodymyr Fedorenko reported.
Apr 27 at 20:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
Surkis calls for end to speculations on Euro 2012 venue change President of the Ukrainian Football Federation Hryhoriy Surkis has said that head of the Spanish Football Federation and one of the UEFA Vice Presidents Angel Maria Villar did not suggest shifting the 2012 European football championship venue from Ukraine to Spain.
May 2 at 14:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian Cabinet approves guarantees for $300 million in loans for Euro 2012 The Ukrainian Cabinet, as part of the implementation of the 2012 state budget law, approved government guarantees for UAH2.4 billion (over $300 million) in borrowing by state companies to finance preparations for the Euro 2012 soccer championships.
May 4 at 10:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Merkel still undecided whether she should attend Euro 2012 in Ukraine German Chancellor Angela Merkel has not decided yet whether she should visit Ukraine during the Euro 2012 European Football Championship to protest against the situation of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, said the EFE agency.
May 7 at 10:34 | Interfax-Ukraine