http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-08/poland-ukraine-suffer-as-euro-soccer-hosts
The Euro 2012 football matches have finally begun.
Stadia construction and new infrastructure cost the 2 nations...$39 billion...$25 bn spent by Poland...$14 bn by Ukraine.
Was it worth it?
For Poland...which got much of the money from the EU...the answer is...maybe.
For the Ukraine...probably not!
Kyiv will end-up $6-8 bn in debt...far overshadowing Greece's disastrous $4bn Olympics bath.
Kyiv's matches are also being boycotted by UK ministers and some other EU leaders including the French...because of maltreatment of ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
The take home lesson may be...you can still buy terrible worldwide PR with pride and stubbornness...and it only costs $14 billion.
AND : Russia is favored in Group A. Charges of racism are still being lobbed by some.
The Dutch team reported some monkey noises mocking them during practice in Poland.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/08/us-soccer-euro-idUSBRE8570UE20120608
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