422-(WARSAW) - Football fans heading to Ukraine and Poland for Euro 2012 can now take a digital stroll through the tournament stadiums and host cities on Google Street View, organisers said Wednesday. "This is a great chance for fans to really see and practically experience the host cities and the arenas even before they come here," Mikolaj Piotrowski, spokesman for the tournament's Polish logistical arm PL.2012, told AFP.

474-Ambiance plombée à Kiev. A trois semaines du coup d'envoi du championnat d'Europe de football, co-organisé par l'Ukraine et la Pologne, les nuages s'accumulent au-dessus des autorités ukrainiennes. Après les opérations coup de poing des Femen, ces activistes dénudées qui fustigent la prostitution et la corruption, puis les attentats de Dnipropetrovsk, voilà désormais que les dirigeants européens brandissent la menace d'un boycott politique de la compétition.

221-Dat Oekraine niet het meest gastvriendelijke land is voor gekleurde voetbalsupporters, zoveel was al bekend. Zelfs bij voetbalbond UEFA dat al heeft opgeroepen voor beveiligde zones voor fans met een etnische achtergrond.

483-Premier League-baas Richard Scudamore hoopt dat de invoering van doellijntechnologie al tijdens het seizoen 2012/23 plaats kan hebben. 'Als we er klaar voor zijn, moeten we het doen.' Momenteel is de FIFA nog bezig met het testen van verschillende systemen zoals Hawk Eye en Goal Ref, op 2 juli wordt er in Kiev vergaderd over de testresultaten. De invoering van de systemen was aanvankelijk gepland voor het seizoen 2013/14. 'Dat was het originele uitgangspunt', legt Scudamore uit.

377-Ukraine's prime minister has come under a blistering attack over the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday, Mykola Azarov said Tymoshenko had been convicted by a free and independent judiciary. However, he reconfirmed that her case would be reviewed in order to establish whether her conviction was "politically motivated".

434-Ukraine plans to, in the coming years, actively increasing the production of fish meal " according to the chairman of the National Agency for Fisheries of Ukraine Viktor Dronik. According to Dronik about €20 million has already been invested in Ukraine's fishing industry in 2011. And in order to further develop an investment of between 500 million to 1 billion hryvnia (EUR 50-100 mln) is planned per year for the coming years.

470-By JAMES MARSON KIEV, Ukraine-Ukraine's prime minister said the country is trying to shake off Russia's influence but also bristled at criticism from the European Union, reflecting in an interview Ukraine's challenges in navigating between its two powerful neighbors. Ukraine will increase natural-gas production by as much as 25% in the next three years in order to wean itself from costly Russian supplies and wriggle free of Moscow, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

466-Stefan de Vrij en Georginio Wijnaldum kregen dinsdagavond te horen dat zij niet langer deel uitmaken van de selectie van het Nederlands elftal. Beiden werden daarop toegevoegd aan Jong Oranje. Bondscoach Cor Pot van Oranje Onder-21 voegde De Vrij, Wijnaldum en Charlton Vicento toe aan zijn selectie voor de EK-kwalificatiewedstrijden tegen Luxemburg (1 juni) en Bulgarije (5 juni). Vorige week had Pot al een voorlopige selectie van zeventien spelers bekendgemaakt.

212-UKRAINE'S highest court yesterday postponed hearing former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal of her conviction and seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers in signing a gas deal with Russia....

483-Il était la promesse du foot français, il serait devenu le problème de l'équipe de France. N'empêche, Laurent Blanc a décidé de se le coltiner et emmènera Yoann Gourcuff dans le road-trip ukraino-polonais des Bleus au mois de juin. La présence ou non du Lyonnais constituait la principale inconnue dans la préliste des joueurs évoluant dans l'Hexagone annoncée mardi par le sélectionneur en prévision de l'Euro que les Bleus démarreront le 11 juin contre l'Angleterre.

363-France coach Laurent Blanc named Yoann Gourcuff in his preliminary 26-man squad for Euro 2012 on Tuesday, while there was a surprise first call-up for Montpellier defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. Gourcuff had been in danger of missing out, having made only 13 league appearances for Lyon this season due to injury, and has not represented his country since March 2011.

402-(WARSAW) - Polish authorities on Tuesday played down fears of trouble when the Euro 2012 host nation meets Russia next month in what looks set to be the most politically charged match of the tournament. Interior Minister Jacek Cichocki said that Polish police were working with their Russian counterparts to head off hooliganism, just as they were liaising with the forces of other nations taking part.

326-(BRUSSELS) - The European Union told Ukraine on Tuesday there could be no further progress in years of efforts to clinch an ambitious trade and political accord until Kiev improved its rights record. "Our message to Ukraine is clear," said Danish Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency.

446-By JAMES MARSON KIEV, Ukraine-Ukraine will increase its natural gas production by as much as 20% in the next three years in order to wean itself off costly Russian supplies and wriggle free of Moscow's influence, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said in an interview. On the eve of talks in Brussels Tuesday, he also accused European leaders of blocking Ukraine's efforts to integrate into the European Union over the jailing of an ex-prime minister.

383-Tussen juni en september zijn er op de Brusselse gewestwegen 29 werven gepland. We geven hieronder een overzicht. Sluit fotoset en ga terug naar de vorige pagina vorige 1 / 1 volgende Brussels ministerie Openbare Werken FOTOSPECIAL. Gay Pride zorgt voor kleurrijke straten in Brussel FOTOSPECIAL. Indignado's trekken door Brussel FOTOSPECIAL. Dolfijn Roxanne is drachtig FOTOSPECIAL.

192-Manchester City won the English league title for the first time in 44 years to deny rivals Manchester United a 20th domestic championship in a gripping conclusion to the Premier League season.

483-(Novum/AP) - KIEV - De behandeling van de beroepszaak die de voormalige Oekraïense premier Joelia Timosjenko heeft aangespannen tegen haar veroordeling wordt uitgesteld tot 26 juni. Dat heeft het Oekraïense hooggerechtshof dinsdag bepaald. De Oekraïense aanklagers hadden aangedrongen op uitstel omdat Timosjenko, die ernstige rugklachten heeft, momenteel wordt behandeld in een ziekenhuis in Charkov. Volgens de aanklagers kan ze daarom niet in de rechtszaal in Kiev verschijnen.

458-Ukraine's highest court on Tuesday postponed hearing former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal of her conviction and seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers in signing a gas deal with Russia. Prosecutors argued that the appeal should be postponed because Tymoshenko is undergoing medical treatment for a back condition in a hospital in Kharkiv, the city where she is imprisoned, and would be unable to appear in court in Kiev, the capital.

426-A Ukrainian court delayed hearings today into former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against last year's abuse-of-office conviction, a verdict seen by many Western nations as politically motivated. The European Union has condemned the former Soviet republic's ruling and Ms Tymoshenko's seven-year prison sentence, urging her release and shelving landmark association and free trade deals with Ukraine over the issue.