What to do while in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine  (AP) — Tired of seeing their country criticized as greedy and unfriendly, a group of Ukrainians on Monday announced a project to provide  free accommodation , translation and other services to foreign  football fans  attending next month's European Championship. The Friendly  Ukraine initiative  unites several Web sites and offers such things as rooms, airport pickups and guided tours to football fans free-of-charge. Organizers say accommodation may be modest, but it will come from the heart and will be free. " Ukraine  is a friendly country, Ukraine is a  hospitable country ," said program coordinator  Viktoria Svitlova . "We are changing the image of the Ukrainian people." UEFA President  Michel Platini  has called on the government to stop "bandits and crooks" from ripping off fans with exorbitant accommodation prices. There aren't enough hotel rooms and some fans will have to live in camps and Soviet-era student dormito

Ukraine will be front and center on the world stage with Poland as the two nations set to co-host the  UEFA Euro 2012  Tournament. Unfortunately for Ukraine, it could very easily walk away from the tournament with an 0-3 record. With a  FIFA World Ranking  of 50, Ukraine looks to be completely outmatched against the likes of England (ranked 7th), France (ranked 16th) and Sweden (ranked 17th). But as a host nation, anything is possible when playing on your home soil in front of millions of loyal supporters. Here is the opening round schedule for Group D at the UEFA Euro 2012 Tournament (All Times ET): Group D England France Sweden Ukraine (host nation) Monday, June 11 France vs. England: 12:00 p.m. (Donbass Arena - Donetsk, Ukraine) Ukraine vs. Sweden: 2:45 p.m. (Olympic Stadium - Kiev, Ukraine) Friday, June 15 Sweden vs. England: 12:00 p.m. (Olympic Stadium - Kiev, Ukraine) Ukraine vs. France: 2:45 p.m. (Donbass Arena - Donetsk, Ukraine) Tuesday, June

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Two key amendments to the UEFA EURO 2012 regulations have come into force following their ratification by the UEFA Executive Committee. The amendments concern paragraph 8.07, dealing with determination of the final rankings of teams who are equal on points at the end of the group matches – and paragraphs 10.08 and (new) 10.09, concerning measures to be taken in the event of a match being abandoned. Final group rankings To avoid doubt, and in order to ensure that the criteria related to the direct confrontation between the teams remaining equal in points after the group phase are reapplied, the UEFA Executive Committee decided at its meeting in Istanbul on 20 March 2012 to amend paragraph 8.07 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12 as follows – in particular the new clause d) shown in bold: "If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings: a) Higher nu

As part of the   League   Trophy   Tour   of Euro-2012   "Follow   the cup !"   FEMEN   activists raided   a   cup in   Dnepropetrovsk. Today at   11:00 am   in Dnipropetrovsk   journalist   international edition   Marie Claire   citizen of   France , along with   Emma   Aels   FEMEN   activist   Inna   Shevchenko   topless   attacked   the UEFA Cup   in 2012 .   Euro- gusyatnitsa   Platini   was beaten   to the ground   along with the  cabinet,   to which   was attached   after the attack   on her   FEMEN   in Kiev. Both   participating   shares   have been arrested,   along with them   were detained photographer   Marie Claire magazine   Veronique   French citizen   and a journalist   before Vigor   magazine   Newsweek Poland   Poland   Alexander   Gumovska   citizen ,   a citizen of  Australia,   the operator   FEMEN   Kitty   Greene   managed to escape.