Viktor Yushchenko and Michel Platini

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, left, President of European Football Union (UEFA) Michel Platini, right, speaking during the visit of the National sporting complex “Olimpiyskyi” in Kyiv, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. This day President of Ukraine and UEFA’s President have got acquainted with a reconstruction process of the stadium for the final of 2012 European Football Championship. According to Youth and Sports Minister, as of April 1, 12% of the general amount of stadium's reconstruction works have already been financed. The Sports Ministry is about to receive a final summary budget of reconstruction up to May 5, and it is planned that the Cabinet of Ministers will approve all project documentation up to June 10. The Minister also said that, according to the project, the general capacity of the National sporting complex is 69 thousand 423 places and the net capacity is 63 thousand 427 places. A readiness of “Olimpiyskyi” NSC for matches of Euro-2012 is defined by UEFA as an obligatory condition for carrying out of the championship in Ukraine. The general construction budget makes up UAH 2 114 726,997, an expected term of bringing of the National sporting complex into operation is June 2011. Photo by Mikhail Markiv/POOL/UNIAN