Ukraine's government is dissolving an agency overseeing preparations for Euro 2012 after UEFA, European football’s governing body, complained that it was inefficient, Reuters reports.
According to the news service, deputy Prime Minister Ivan Vasyunyk, told local news agencies that the agency, headed by a former cabinet minister would be replaced by a 50-strong "coordinating bureau" responsible to the government.
Ukraine, which is co-hosting the championship with Poland, has repeatedly come under fire for being slow to tackle the mammoth tasks required to modernise stadiums, hotels and transport networks.
The president of Ukraine's football federation, Grigory Surkis, told Ukrainian media: "UEFA has consistently stressed that it is not happy with the agency's work."
In Warsaw, Polish Sports Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki said he was unconcerned by what he saw as a technical shake-up.
"I am not worried by this at all. The decision is just an adjustment to the requirements and expectations of UEFA," Drzewiecki told TVP Info news channel. "Their wish was for Ukraine to implement a similar model to the one we have in Poland."
The cabinet meeting also endorsed technical and financial specifications for the renovation of Kiev's main stadium at an estimated cost of more than two billion hryvnias ($340 million).
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