What to do while in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine, March 21, 2012 The President of the Union of European Football Associations Michel Platini noted the progress Ukraine made in preparations for the European Football Championship EURO 2012. According to Platini, modernization plans have been 95 percent implemented. "Difficult births often lead to beautiful babies," is how Michel Platini referred to the project. Michel Platini reckoned that the organization of EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine was a complicated and difficult adventure, reports AFP. The upcoming football tournament played a key role in developing the much-needed infrastructure in the host countries. Ukraine has built new airports, hotels and roads, taking its infrastructure 30 years into the future. Such legacy of the UEFA football championship will last, said Platini. In 2010, Michel Platini urged Ukraine to intensify the preparations for the football championship: "The championship is 2012, not 2030." But in 18 months Ukraine dispelle...

The UEFA EURO 2012 tournament next summer will be a global sporting event reaching millions of people across the world. Football is intrinsically linked to society and an event on such a scale provides an opportunity to use its enormous popularity to highlight and tackle issues affecting communities across Europe. Away from the action on the field, where the stars and teams make the headlines, UEFA has put together a social responsibility program in cooperation with the local governments, host cities and members associations. The program will have an impact on specific issues and leave a legacy not only in Poland and Ukraine, but also beyond the two host countries' borders.  UEFA invited key organizations in Poland and Ukraine to propose and develop a joint football and social responsibility program under the banner of UEFA's renowned RESPECT campaign. As a result, four RESPECT projects will be implemented at UEFA EURO 2012 - RESPECT Diversity, RESPECT Fan Culture, RESPECT Inc...

Any football fan going to Ukraine this summer?   Vitali Klitschko  born 19 July 1971 is a  Ukrainian  professional  boxer  and the reigning  WBC   Heavyweight  Champion. Klitshko gives e xclusive interview for www.TheFA.com Fair play by Ribery and Kroos play "Scissors Paper Stone".

Non-Official SONG EURO 2012: Listen here: http://www.eurohit.com.ua/users/user/8972-golub-dmitro.html Although nothing can compare to the excitement of attending a UEFA EURO 2012 match in person, public screening will provide an excellent alternative way to follow the action and soak up the tournament atmosphere for those watching from afar. Fan parks (fan zone) showing matches live on giant screens in the host cities have become a key part of the fan experience at recent EUROs and public screening of  UEFA EURO 2012 matches will no doubt also be a popular choice for supporters across the world. UEFA's public screening licensing program is intended to enhance fans' enjoyment of the tournament and proved a success during  UEFA EURO 2008, when about 5,000 licenses were granted. To protect UEFA's broadcast and commercial partners, public screening licenses must be issued by, or on behalf of, UEFA for all public screenings outside the domestic environment (i.e. hom...

For the first time in history, male football fans will actually WANT to be pulled over at the airport and given a thorough pat down while  making their way to Euro 2012 this summer . The staff checking passports at Ukraine's  Borispol airport, near Kiev, are nothing like the stereotypical border guards that one imagines at an Eastern European checkpoint. Indeed, they are unlike any border guards at any airport - with their manicured nails, perfect make-up and not-a-strand-out-of-place hairstyles. The young female guards in their severe military uniforms, waiting for their turn to be given a professional make-over, look like they might be models in a men's magazine photo shoot or a slick airline television commercial. But they are all border guards for a living, and their special pampering is part of a bizarre initiative to provide 'master classes' in grooming. The Ukrainian government is concerned that it might not be putting its best face forward when it co-hosts Euro...

Kiev is home to the world's most  Kiev is home to the world's most  beautiful women   . A visit to Kiev is truly awe-inducing and it's almost hard to believe that women this beautiful even exist. They're also less intimidating than their Russian counterparts. Check out Kiev in the summertime, when Hydropark Island on the Dnieper River becomes a hot spot for sunbathing Ukrainian beauties. And for anyone who thinks that  beautiful women  must be vapid as well, Ukrainian  women  are ready to disprove that theory. The women  in the country are well educated and always ready to talk about literature or philosophy.

Poland and Ukraine filled the remaining places on their Friends of UEFA EURO 2012 rosters at the end of  September, with a mixture of high-profile personalities and competition winner joining the campaign to promote next summer's tournament. FC Bayern Munchen and Ukraine midfielder Antoliy Tymoschuk was among the final nine Friends of UEFA EURO 2012 revealed in Kyiv on 23 September as Ukraine completed its 100 strong list, a milestone Poland had reached three days earlier. During the special event, Markiyan Lubkivskyi, the tournament director in Ukraine, was delighted to present all of Ukraine's 100 Friends of UEFA EURO 2012, specially the half who are not famous names: "These people are not professional musicians or athletes, but their exceptional creative abilities will help us promote UEFA EURO 2012." Poland's final batch of 11 were all competition winners who had triumphed in a UEFA European Football Championship history quiz and in a creative challenge abou...