Wasyniuk says: Euro 2012 in four Polish cities and four Ukrainian cities

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The vice–president of Ukraine: Ivan Wasyniuk, on Friday in Warsaw declared that he is convinced that European Football Championships in 2012 will be played in four Polish and four Ukrainian cities.

‘The statement of UEFA and Michel Platini is very clear - they treat Euro 2012 project as “four plus four”. The only possible exception is the situation when the governments of both countries, in the face of the crisis, will apply to change the project as “three plus three’ But Ukraine and Poland are not planning to submit such applications – said Wasyniuk on the press conference.

His words were confirmed by the Minister of Sport and Tourism – Mirosław Drzewiecki. ‘If we regularly come out of the red to orange color’ there’s no reason to talk about the asymmetry in sharing between the Ukrainian and Polish cities the right to organize the championships. Such situation may appear only in the face of some kind of cataclysm, for which we also have to be prepared. Both Drzewiecki and Wasyniuk emphasized that there was nothing mentioned about organization of championships being taken over by any other country.

‘From time to time the media speculate about a third party. Someone looks for a partner either for Poland or Ukraine. I think this is more like a game, otherwise it wouldn’t be so interesting. – said the vice-president of Ukraine and added ‘ we also achieve successes in building our facilities for Euro Championships and I guarantee that we remain a trustworthy partner for Poland. During the visit the topic of the new frontier crossings was discussed. ‘There will be both mobile and passenger.’ We established the possible location and the person responsible. We brought up the issue of abolishing the visas during the championships and we talked abort the concept of a common ticket which could be valid in both countries- added Drzewiecki

Wasyniuk tried to calm down Poles that everything proceeds according to the schedule and that Ukraine certainly won’t be facing the lack of funds.

‘Until 2012 six stadiums will be built. .In Dniepropietrowsk we already have an object ready to use. In Donieck and Charkow the construction works will have been finished this year. In Kijow, similarly as in Warsaw construction works are carried without interruptions. According to the plan of budget means 100 millions of dollars will be devoted on this project. The stadium in Lwow is also under construction and until the end of April the groundwork is expected to be finished In Odessa everything goes as planned

As he emphasized, we treat as safe positions those ‘budget entries ‘that are concerning Europe. We control the situation but we are aware of the fact that we reached the economic bottom and now we can only expect the situation to get better in the second part of the year .

The vice–president of Ukraine remarked that Euro 2012 is a large scale project whose major aim is to confirm the strategic partnership of both countries, built on equality and openness.

The Ukrainian government delegacy stays in the capital in relation to the routine visit connected with the arrangements for the World Football Championships Euro 2012

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Born in Poland and immigrating to the US at the age of 14, I can still recall the results from the shakles of the Soviets. My last visit there was in 1984 during Marshall Law. By then, the solidarity movement had greatly increased the people's optomism that more freedom could be on the way. Unfortunately, I haven't been back since the fall of communism. Plan to do so soon. Having said that, I'm happy to see Poland and the Ukraine being chosen as the host nations of Euro2012. These countries have gone through hell and back. I hope they will be successful and impressive as hosts. We all have to realize that it's not easy to reverse the course of a third world mindset of the Soviets and their communist cronies and applaud these two countries for the strides each has made toward democracy and an open market economic system. I hope they can make an impression not just on the rest of Europe, but the world as well, that with passion and hard work, many strides and great changes have been made in less than 2 decades after the control of a 3rd world soviet mindset imposed on these two nations from 1945 through the end of the 1980's. Good Luck Poland and Ukraine, make your nations proud and all the Polish and Ukranian-Americans proud as well.