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For a long time there was no hope in improvement of language situation in our country. Especially with the view of EURO 2012 it is very important to know foreign languages.

It's been recently reported that FREE Enlgish language training courses for medical staff for Euro 2012 were launched! Kievan doctors and nurses from now on are intensively learning English to meet UEFA EURO 2012 appropriately. The lanuage training programme has started on September 1st. This activity is founded by Rodion Butko charity fund. Its is quite positive to notice that our society is undergoing such necessary changes with the view of forthcoming EURO 2012 football championship it Ukraine.Such help to UEFA with the EURO 2012 preparations is urgent because government presently doesn't cope with the language programmes organization. Now we can be sure that at least someone will know English for Euro 2012...

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The new FIFA ranking position of Ukraine has markedly deteriorated. Having lost after defeats by Uruguay and the Czech Republic 67 credits points, a team of Oleg Blokhin went down to 60 th place.

We are falling faster teams of Slovakia and Belarus, who lost for the last month 144 and 91 points respectively, as well as England, which lost 88 points worth four places in the rankings. Note that the next superniki Ukrainians - Bulgarians and Estonians - have settled on 55 and 58 places.

A leader of the early season was again won the right to speak at Euro 2012 Spain squad. In the back of them dashyt Dutch and Germans. Of the teams from other continents is the strongest team of Uruguay, situated on the fourth position.

1. Spain - 1605 (42)
2. Holland - 1571 (-25)

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After the European football championship in 2012, Ukraine plans to focus on the development of megacities.

This assured the Deputy Prime Minister - Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov during his working trip to Dnipropetrovsk, the press service of the government.

He stressed that after the finals and the President of the Government will pay maximum attention to such cities. This will be done through the construction of roads, the organization of high-speed rail link between them, etc.

"For maximum convenience, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk and Kiev after the Euro 2012 will run high-speed train Kiev-Dnipropetrovsk-Donetsk", - said Boris Kolesnikov.

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In November, the Polish national team will play with an Italian national soccer team in Poland on November 11, 2011.

Such an agreement reached between the two countries football association, informed the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

Reportedly, the match frames and Azzurri will be held at the stadium in Wroclaw, which will take three matches in the group stage of Euro 2012. Duel will be the next rehearsal for, by that time the newly built, evroareny.

Recall, in September the team will hold two Franciszek Smudy sparring match: with Mexico - 2 September in Warsaw, and Germany - September 6, Gdansk.

In 15 games prior to this six times won the Polish national team, there have been just as many draws and only three won by Italians.

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Over three hundred days before the start of Euro 2012 and Ukraine nas no building objects problems.

This was stated by the leaders of UEFA, Michel Platini, Gianni Infantino, according to Channel 5.

Olympic Stadium Renovation completed at 90%. Work in the Lvov stadium scheduled for completion in October. At the same time open and complex in Kiev.

Sports arenas in Kharkiv and Donetsk for two years as ready to receive visitors.

Also before the end of the year and expand the country's air gates - the airport "Borispol". The new terminal is to increase passenger numbers by half - to 12 million people a year.

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Kiev completed designing road signs leading to the main objects of the future Euro 2012.

The State Automobile Inspectorate has agreed the layout of about 40 traffic signs, which are covered by the Rules of traffic of Ukraine, the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration.

At the moment the city is also preparing a concept of orientation on the basis of temporary signs, developed by the European Football Union. Manufacture of temporary signs deals with UEFA, but their installation and dismantling is provided by the city. The establishment of signs for traffic orientation will be performed in April 2012, transmits information center "Ukraine 2012".

In addition, at the time of the finals of the central part of the city planned to install 100 tourist information booths with information about travel routes in Ukrainian and English languages.

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As of July 26, 2011 The European football union has received almost 10 000 applications for volunteer work during Euro 2012, with the necessary requirements in 6000.

Applicants for euro 2012 volonteering represent 80 countries. Age of volunteers - from 18 to 78 years, according to local organizing committee of Euro-2012 Ukraine.

According to the Director of Euro 2012 in Ukraine Markiyan Lubkivsky, the number of applications during the first week of registration, which began on June 14 at the site UEFA, exceeded the monthly rate of Euro 2008.

"Competition in some cities today is 2.5 per place, - said Head of the Ukrainian IOC. - There are 20 areas of work of volunteers, but the most interesting, and those that require more volunteers, is the safety and order (not to be afraid of this trend - a translation and help the stewards at the stadium) and event-transport (elite volunteers). "

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Lviv arena stadium is ready for the Euro 2012. Its football field is completed by 42%. All the excavation work is already made​. This was said by General Director of "Zahidinfraproekt" Vladimir Shadrin.

"The lawn football pitch plan to lay in early August - quoted Shadrin SE in Ukraine - are also in the area around the arena continues to actively work on the landscaping. Construction team has already held a 80% fire tanks and completing the construction of fire and decorative ponds. In July, will also device recreation areas, pedestrian walkways, park lamps, benches, urns. at the end of this month, workers will clean up and roads, parking lots, small architectural forms, outdoor lighting." source

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In the Ukrainian capital 243.5 thousand square meters of roads were repaired since the beginning of 2011 within the city's preparation for Euro 2012. Until the end of the year this figure are planning to increase almost three times - up to 650 thousand square meters. 

This was stated according to the General Directorate of Transport and Communications of the Kyiv City State Administration.

According to management, maintenance of roads in Kiev in 2011 is planned to be 72.28 million UAH from the city budget, and  40 million UAH - from the public.

Works are carried out simultaneously in all parts of the city. Now started to repair the road surface in the pedestrian area of ​​1.5 km around the NSK "Olympic" on the streets T

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All Polish stadiums for the upcoming European Football Championship 2012 will be ready in November. This was assured by the chairman of the Union government PL.2012 responsible for preparing the country for the tournament, Marcin Herra. According to him, Poland is among leaders on construction of sports facilities, in terms of preparation for such a large-scale events like the European Championship.

"In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the objects were put into operation six months before the start of the championships, and in Portugal and South Africa - even for two months. Up to November this year will be prepared all the stadiums in Warsaw Arena - the last of them. I must admit that the planning of events before the final transfer of the stadiums was a mistake "- said Guerra.

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