Euro 2012: Topless Femen activists in Ukraine plan football championship protests – video
Neo-feminist group Femen prepares for a 'blitz of stunts' during this summer's Euro 2012 football championship, which it says will fuel prostitution and sex tourism
Documentary: Ukraine’s FEMEN Activists
It seems a week can’t go buy without some celebration of Euro 2012 being hit by a topless activist from FEMEN. Their purpose is simple yet broad: women’s rights, particularly in relation to the sex trade. (Though they do venture beyond.) The methods of protest are rather eye-catching, making them arguably the most visible group...
Euro 2012 Gets A “Psychic” Pig
This is a gimmick that should’ve died with Paul the ‘Pus, and hopefully he tasted utterly delicious for putting us through the next [large number here] tournaments with a psychic animal which isn’t really psychic at all.
The Ukraine took the bait this time around and will dazzle our minds with a psychic pig. How?...
Letters: Just the ticket for the Olympics
My four children would have been thrilled to see even one event in the Olympic village (Leaders, 18 May). Yet after bidding online for numerous tickets we did not get any. Having the Games in London is like having a party in your house, being asked to ...
Letters: Just the ticket for the Olympics
My four children would have been thrilled to see even one event in the Olympic village (Leaders, 18 May). Yet after bidding online for numerous tickets we did not get any. Having the Games in London is like having a party in your house, being asked to ...
Letters: Just the ticket for the Olympics
My four children would have been thrilled to see even one event in the Olympic village (Leaders, 18 May). Yet after bidding online for numerous tickets we did not get any. Having the Games in London is like having a party in your house, being asked to ...
Letters: Just the ticket for the Olympics
My four children would have been thrilled to see even one event in the Olympic village (Leaders, 18 May). Yet after bidding online for numerous tickets we did not get any. Having the Games in London is like having a party in your house, being asked to ...
Ukraine postpones summit after 13 EU countries withdraw in protest
Kiev postpones Friday's meeting as European leaders pull out over treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is to end her 19-day hunger strike, her daughter said on Tuesday, as authoritie...
Yulia Tymoshenko: Ukraine’s firebrand behind bars | Observer profile
As the country prepares to co-host Euro 2012, its charismatic former prime minister languishes in jail. But her political ambitions are undimmedPoor Viktor Yanukovych. In what looked very much like vengeance, Ukraine's president last year succeeded in ...
Yulia Tymoshenko’s plight becomes PR disaster for Ukraine
European leaders threaten to boycott Euro 2012 football tournament over treatment of Ukraine's jailed opposition leaderFor Viktor Yanukovych it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. On 1 July Ukraine's president hosts the final of the Euro 2012 footb...
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy adds to Ukraine’s Euro 2012 goalkeeper crisis
• Goalkeeper ruled out for three months with shoulder injury• Ukraine now missing three goalkeepers for Euro 2012Ukraine's first-choice goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy has been ruled out of next month's Euro 2012 Championship, in what could be int...
Euro 2012 faces diplomatic crisis over Tymoshenko
Germany leads west European and EU states threatening to boycott football tournament unless Yulia Tymoshenko is releasedThe 2012 European Championships were heading towards a diplomatic fiasco on Monday after more EU leaders said they would join Germa...
