WARSAW, Poland — Polish police say they have detained four Ukrainian feminists after they removed their shirts in front of Warsaw's National Stadium to protest against the European Championship.The women belong to the group Femen, which opposes Euro 2012 because it fears the tournament will lead to an increase in prostitution.Some of the activists also used a vulgar insult against the sporting event, which started on Friday with the match between Poland and Greece in the capital. Security guards intervened immediately and were soon backed up by police, who detained the women.Maciej Karczynski, >>>

WARSAW, Poland - Polish police say they have detained four Ukrainian feminists after they removed their shirts in front of Warsaw's National Stadium to protest against the European Championship.The women belong to the group Femen, which opposes Euro 2012 because it fears the tournament will lead to an increase in prostitution.Some of the activists also used a vulgar insult against the sporting event, which started on Friday with the match between Poland and Greece in the capital. Security guards intervened immediately and were soon backed up by police, who detained the women.Maciej Karczynski, >>>

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -Polish police say they have detained four Ukrainian feminists after they removed their shirts in front of Warsaw's National Stadium to protest against the European Championship. The women belong to the group Femen, which opposes Euro 2012 because it fears the tournament will lead to an increase in prostitution. Some of the activists also used a vulgar insult against the sporting event, which started on Friday with the match between Poland and Greece in the capital. Security guards intervened immediately and were soon backed up by police, who detained the women. Maciej >>>

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Embed code Get News Video Feed Use this mRSS feed to stay informed of new content: Marisa Krystian | Jun 8, 2012 2:01pm EDT | 1min:20sec Activists took their tops off to reveal an anti-EURO2012 message outside the Warsaw stadium on Friday (June 8). The members of Kyiv-based Femen women's rights group stripped down just hours before the opening match of Europe's biggest football tournament, shocking fans arriving at the stadium. The group believes the Euro-2012 soccer tournament >>>

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Ukraine has a booming prostitution industry - and the already high number of women scouting the streets, bars and hotels of the country's four host cities for clients is expected to spike even further this month as hundreds of thousands of football fans converge on the country.Experts are warning about the high risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases: Some 1.1 percent of the adult population and nearly one out of 10 prostitutes are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to the United Nations AIDS agency."They will be playing Ukrainian roulette," said Kostiantyn >>>

A member of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen is evacuated by police. Ukraine’s media-savvy feminist group Femen went topless Friday in Warsaw to denounce a potential spike in prostitution during the Euro 2012 football championships. Just ahead of kick-off, the four women suddenly appeared amid a crowd of thousands of fans and proceeded to press up against an entrance to Warsaw’s new national stadium. The message “F*** Euro” was scrawled in large lettering across their bare breasts, followed by “2012” on their stomachs. It was repeated on their backs. They also >>>

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Yulia, a 20-year-old call girl, is awaiting Euro 2012 with a mix of excitement and dread. She's upped her rates in the hope of earning enough to go to college next year, but "every girl is afraid," she admits. "Anything can happen."Ukraine has a booming prostitution industry — and the already high number of women scouting the streets, bars and hotels of the country's four host cities for clients is expected to spike even further this month as hundreds of thousands of football fans converge on the country.Experts are warning about the high risk of contracting sexually >>>

While members of a women’s rights group in Ukraine have been stripping to their waist to protest against the month-long Euro 2012 to be co-hosted between their country and Poland, two Vietnamese models have done something different: they wear body painting to welcome the championship. Models Sella Truong and Tu Hanh Van exposed their curvy body under paintwork featuring the national flags of the two co-hosts of the European football championship, which kicks off tonight. Truong, who also played in several TV series and wide-screen movies, has her body painted white >>>