After the draw ceremony, which will be held by December 2, 2011-th, where contestants will be determined in groups of the tournament will also be presented to the official ball of Euro 2012. Four giant soccer ball, which will symbolize the Euro-2012, will be installed in Kiev. These constructions will be placed on the flowerbeds of European Square and Victory Square, the Postal Square (intersection of Vladimir descent Borichev descent) and near Kharkov area. Enlarged copies of the official ball of Euro 2012 will please people of Kiev and guests starting from April 1 to July 1, 2012.
As you may be know, on December 2 on the big screen at the House of Trade Unions of Ukraine, at the Independence Square, the final's draw ceremony of Euro 2012 will be shown. The ceremony will be held at the National Palace of Arts "Ukraine". Resident
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The monetary unit of Ukraine - grivna (UAH). The hryvnia (Ukrainian Hryvnia) - Ukraine's currency. In the past - the monetary unit of Kievan Rus. Hryvnia is divided into 100 cents. Exchange foreign currency in the hryvnia is possible in banks and in many exchange offices. The most common foreign currency in Ukraine is the U.S. dollar and the euro. Most hotels, restaurants and shops accept credit cards.
September 2, 1996 the National Bank of Ukraine in accordance with the Decree of President of Ukraine put into circulation banknotes in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 hryvnia. [10] August 22, 2001 in turn introduced bill denomination of 200 hryvnia. September 15, 2006 in turn introduced a bill of 500 hryvnia.
Currently in circulation are still small coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents and current - 1 hryvnia.
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WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO
World Heavyweight and "The Ring” Champion Wladimir Klitschko will come back to
Düsseldorf (Germany) for his next title defense. The undisputed Superchampion
of the heavyweight division will be challenged by French Jean-Marc Mormeck at
the ESPRIT Arena on December 10. The stadium is the homefield of the German
soccer club Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Mormeck is the current WBA International Heavyweight Champion with a
professional record of 36 wins (22 KOs) with 4 losses. Two of his losses were
early in his career when he lost as an inexperienced fighter in 4th and 5th
fights. In 2002, Mormeck became WBA World Cruiserweight Champion when he defeated
Virgil Hill. After three successful title defenses he unified the WBA and WBC
titles when he stopped unbeaten WBC Champion Wayne Braithwaite. After
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Well-known resort town of Zakopane, Poland declared itself as a city without Euro 2012 and football. During the upcoming championship city plans to prepare for tourists and residents of cities that will host matches of the tournament, an alternative program, which did not touch the football championship themes.
To this end, the city authorities decided to organize the issues campaign in the cities, which will host Euro 2012. "The fans - it's a noisy group of tourists, and many people will want to rest. We can organize them," - said Kavetsky.
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At the end of play-offs became known the full list of participants of Poland and Ukraine Evro 2012, as well as the composition of the basket toss tournament, the ceremony will take place in Kyiv on December 2 and will begin at 19.00 on Kiev time. The draw for the group round of Euro 2012 will take place in December / AP baskets full of as follows:
Basket 1: Poland (23 806 - the number of points in the team rankings for UEFA national teams, 28 - ranked teams UEFA), Ukraine (28 029, 15), Spain (43 116, 1), Netherlands (40 860, 2).
Ukrainian cuisine is one of the richest national cuisines. Its original dishes like "borsch" or "salo” are well known far away from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian food is characterized with large number of different components. For example the traditional Ukrainian food – borsch – contains 20 components. The recipes of the Ukrainian cuisine include the number of different fruits and vegetables, as well as meat, poultry, fish, mushrooms and berries. The most common meat product is pork.
While travelling in Ukraine you must to see the following showplaces.
1 - KYIV, the capital of Ukraine
Kyiv (Kiev), is an ancient and scenic city of close to 3 million people situated on the picturesque banks of Dnieper River. The same time it is the bustling capital of Ukraine, cultural and business center of the country.
Most probably, you will come directly to Kiev or will cross it, when will come to Ukraine. So, don't lose the possibility to get a look on the Cathedral of St. Sophia, church of St. Andrew, Percherska Lavra - the Monastery of the Caves, Golden Gate (a structure which dates by 1037), Cathedral of St. Volodymyr, Kyiv Opera House. Of course, went through the main street, Khreshchatyk from Bessarabka to Europian square.
And if you really plan to spend in Kyiv several d
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has called the prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko disgraceful.
"We completely agree that the treatment of Mrs Tymoshenko, whom I have met on previous occasions, is absolutely disgraceful. The Ukrainians need to know that if they leave the situation as it is, it will severely affect their relationship not only with the UK but with the European Union and NATO," David Cameron said in the House of Commons.
The British prime minister also noted that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague made a very strong statement regarding Yulia Tymoshenko’s sentence, stressing that the trial was subject to numerous and serious violations of fundamental legal principles, in direct contradiction of common European values.
Judge Rodion Kireyev has sentenced former Ukrainian ex Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison and banned her from holding p
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