Ukraine and Poland have won a joint bid to host the Euro 2012 football championship. In a meeting yesterday in Cardiff, Wales, UEFA President Michel Platini announced that the bid scooped 8 votes from the 12 members of the voting committee. Italy secured 4 votes, while another joint bid from Hungary and Croatia received none.
Ageing rockers the Rolling Stones will play their first appearance in Ukraine at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium on July 25 2007. The concert is part of their newly announced European tour that also sees their first visits to Serbia and Romania.
George Michael will be performing at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium on July 9. The concert is part of his European summer tour ‘Live 25’.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has backed Ukraine’s joint bid with Poland to stage the 2012 European football championship. During a one day visit to Kiev he said ‘I hope that the championship will be held here in Ukraine.’
The International Festival of Body Art and Piercing starts today at the Kiev Expo Plaza. It will run until Saturday and features artists from the Ukraine, Russia and many other countries.
Boney M, the legendary 70’s disco stars, will headline Kiev’s New Year’s Eve celebrations on Independence Square. The fun begins at 10 pm. President Yuschenko and Mayor Leonid Chernivitsky will address the crowd.
Just a couple of thousand people turned out on Independence Square yesterday to celebrate the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution. Support for President Viktor Yushchenko has waned after his government has failed to live up to the expectations of most Ukrainians.
Film Director was in Kiev this week to launch a film about the survivors of the Ukrainian holocaust. The documentary Spell Your Name, directed by Sergei Bukovsky, tells the story of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, when the Nazis killed over 30,000 Jews in the space of two days. Spielberg, whose grandparents came to the United States from Ukraine, also visited the memorial to those killed.
Kiev is bracing itself for an invasion of around 5,000 Scottish football supporters on Wednesday. After defeating France 1-0 at the weekend, interest in the Euro 2008 qualifying fixture against Ukraine has soared.
UK rave legends the Prodigy will perform at the Palats Sportu in Kiev on September 26.