28/02/2012 12:54
Ukraine to welcome tens of thousands of football fans
Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine are preparing to welcome tens of thousands of football fans, after years of work to revamp and build match venues as well as upgrade vital air, road and rail infrastructure, the sources report.
Four venues in Ukraine are hosting 12 Group B and Group D matches, as well as two quarter-finals and a semi-final before the showpiece final at the Olympic Stadium in the capital, Kiev, on July 1.
Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov has insisted that everything will be ready in time.
"The three new terminals of Kiev Boryspil aiport will be ready to receive the guests in April," Kolesnikov told a recent news conference. "The new airport in Lviv will start its work at the end of March."