UEFA Supervisory Board to confirm all four Ukrainian Euro 2012 host cities on June 2, says minister

The UEFA Supervisory Board will confirm the right of all four Ukrainian cities to hold the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, in Nyon (Switzerland) on June 2, Ukraine's Family, Youth and Sports Minister Ravil Safiullin said.

Safiullin explained that over the past two months dramatic changes have took place in the preparation for the championship, especially in terms of development of infrastructure, so UEFA will not reduce the number of host cities, the Ukraine 2012 information center reported.

"We had two problematic stadiums - in Kyiv and in Lviv. Once all kinds of works were resumed the number of workers at these facilities increased by 3 or 4 times over the two months. The works are carried out in three shifts 24 hours a day. We can daily see how the stadiums are growing. These achievements were noted by UEFA inspectors, who have come recently to Olympiysky National Sports Complex and the stadium in Lviv," the minister said.