So far, UEFA has decided not to confirm Kiev as venue for the final match of UEFA EURO 2012. UEFA stated that the final EURO-2012 match will be held in Kiev only if specific conditions with regard to the stadium, airport infrastructure, regional transport and accommodation are met by 30 November 2009.

Generally, the Euro-2012 has given Ukraine an opportunity which certainly matches its top level in the European football league — Ukrainian Shakhtar football club won the last, thus very historic UEFA Cup just recently. Ukrainian football players  are playing for top European football clubs. The best known of the Ukrainian football players, Andriy Shevchenko has played for the Italian Milan FC and the British Chelsea FC after his triumph at Dynamo Kyiv.

Many Ukrainian football fans admit though that the commercialization of the national clubs and football in general has limited the opportunities lately for the local Ukrainian players due a growing number of professional players  being bought from foreign football clubs, particularly in Brazil and Africa.

The high level of private football clubs management in Ukraine however does not mean the same level of the Ukrainian government’s commitment to the preparation of the EURO-2012. The private sector is just watching for now how the main infrastructure projects will evolve and if, at all, Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, will be able to secure the right to host the EURO-2012 final match. Otherwise, the venue might be reconsidered in favor of the Polish Warsaw.

And, while EURO-2012 is a great PR opportunity for Ukraine, any capital infrastructure investments in the times of economic turmoil can bring back the stability and provide a solid foundation for the country’s further development beyond the football games of the 2012.

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams sanctioned by UEFA. Poland and Ukraine will be the host nations of the final tournament, scheduled for mid-2012, following the selection of their joint bid by UEFA’s Executive Committee, on 18 April 2007, in Cardiff, Wales.

A German IT proffessional visiting Kiev is pointing out that he feels that Ukraine’s capital is more European than any of the EU’s capitals which have been swapped with 2nd, 3td and further waves immigration from Turkey, North Africa and Asia.

Many Europeans have experienced that walking on the Kiev streets late at night is as safe as back in their home towns. Yet, EU is adamant in imposing the level of check up on any Ukrainian wishing to cross the European border as if Ukrainians were causing any troubles in Europe.

Europe itself is cutting Ukraine off its map and its stipulated plan of expansion forgetting once again the role Ukraine had played historically in the Europe’s security and stability. Economic and political protectionism of the EU towards Ukraine is difficult to fathom. The Soviet past seems to be a hard psychological burden for many Europeans while not so many might still remember the history of the World War II and the role Ukraine had played in it beyond the fact that it was part of the USSR.

A Ukrainian enterpreneur who just failed to get his French visa when he wanted to visit Paris as a tourist is packing his suitcase to a much friendlier deistination. Getting a visa to Cuba seemed to be a great welcome form the Island of Freedom compared to the long 4 full days of the application for a French visa, getting the refusal, submitting an appeal and, yet,  getting another refusal without any explanation. He’s saying that he would never apply for a European visa again and better spend his vacation budget in friendlier and less paranoic countries.

Europe is failing to admit that Ukrainians have actually never lived in a third world country. The post-Soviet year of harsh evolvement of the market economy has created a certain gap in the Ukrainian society putting Ukraine in the tope positions in Europe by the number of billionairs, at the same time, some of the less fortunate Ukrainians are still earning humble 200-300 EUROs per month. Compared to the WWII devastation which took away lives of 8 million Ukrainians and the renewal of the economy from zero, the post-Soviet economic challenge is a matter of only a few more years. What’s bothering Ukrainians more is the fact that most of them are not welcome in Europe for no reason at all. And, if there is a reason, Europe should make it very clear and not distance itself from Ukraine even further.

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