Kharkiv’s mayor has no doubt that the city will host Euro-2012

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #232323; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The territorial community of Kharkiv will be ready to meet all the UEFA’s requirements by May 15, when the final assessment of the readiness of cities competing to host the Euro-2012 matches will be held. As the PR service of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kharkiv</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> Council informed UNIAN, this was announced at a press conference by the city mayor Mikhail Dobkin.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #232323; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Mr Dobkin has emphasized that construction of the Metallist stadium is going nonstop, and Kharkiv will fulfill all the plans concerning preparation of the city for the Championship in time and in a quality manner. Mr Mayor has also confirmed that the stadium will be completed already in 2009. According to Mr Dobkin, at the next session of the City Council in February, the city authorities are going to allot a subvention of UAH 10 mln for construction of this facility. In total, Metallist works are funded by three sources: the regional and municipal budgets and by the strategic investor of the project – DCH company. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The reconstruction works at the Kharkiv airport are also being performed at full swing. According to Mr Dobkin, the preparatory work is to be completed in February, and installation works at the new terminal will begin. Preparation of health care facilities, construction of roads and transport interchanges are also going in full compliance with the plans. Mr Mayor has also emphasized that the funding of road construction and reconstruction will not be cut despite all the difficulties.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">UNIAN<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>