The prosecutor's office closed the case of bribery UEFA Ukraine

Attorney General of Cyprus decided to close the case opened in connection with allegations of a member of the board of directors of the Cyprus Football Federation Spyros Marangosa regarding the vote on the choice of venue for the finals of the European Football Championship 2012. This was reported today by the press office of UEFA. "UEFA is pleased that as a result of police investigation has not been found information and evidence to substantiate the words of Mr. Marangosa. The European Football Union underlines that all the charges against Mr. Marangosa UEFA and its members of corruption and bribery found to be groundless. In addition, UEFA takes into account the apology Mr Marangosa he made the statement the police authorities of Cyprus, with the resulting situation of his charges, "- said in a statement UEFA. Recall, 29 October 2010 UEFA sued C. Marangosa in the Swiss courts, accusing him of libel. This case is still pending. It is known that in October 2010, the German newspaper "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" published an article in which C. Marangos stated that 5 members of the UEFA executive committee in 2007 were from Ukraine and Poland a bribe of 11 million euros for voting in favor of these countries. UEFA have called the accusations groundless. Recall that the April 18, 2007 Ukraine and Poland won the right to host Euro 2012. Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv defined as a city for the championship matches in Europe, and Kiev - and for the finale. The total amount of funds needed for the preparation and holding of finals of the championship, is equal to 126.26 billion USD. The total cost of building stadiums for Euro 2012 in Ukraine is UAH 2.784 billion., 57.1 million euros and 400 million Ministry of Industry