An activist of the Ukrainian movement FEMEN "dethroned" the Euro 2012 Cup.Yulia Kovpachik approached the place where it was on display in Kyiv, bared her chest, which had an obscene inscription referring to Euro 2012, and pushed over the trophy. The Cup has been damaged, the activist has been arrested, report FEMEN officials. They argue that the action was held in protest against FIFA allegedly promoting sex tourism in Euro 2012 host cities.According to tradition, on the eve of the championship, access to the trophy is open for the public. Presently, it is installed on Kyiv’s main square.Earlier, >>>

Kyiv, May 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A topless female protester attacked the trophy to be awarded at Euro 2012 and knocked it to the floor at an exhibition in the Ukrainian capital Saturday. The protester approached the Henri Delaunay trophy, on display in the centre of Kyiv, and knocked it over before displaying an obscene slogan on her bare torso directed against the tournament. She was detained by police. The Femen group regularly stages topless protests, and said it wanted to highlight how the Euro 2012 tournament would increase prostitution in Ukraine. "Femen is opposed to >>>

A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kyiv on Saturday in a protest against the exploitation of women during the forthcoming championship. The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, strode up to the silver trophy, which was on display as a tourist attraction in central Kyiv. But she then pulled down her red T-shirt to reveal the words "F**k Euro 2012" scrawled on her chest. As she grabbed hold of the cup, she was seized by security guards, who appeared to >>>

Kyiv (dpa) - A member of a Ukrainian feminist group stripped to the waist and attacked the trophy for the Euro 2012 football championship on Saturday, before security carried her off. A topless activist of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN in action. Picture: SERGEY DOLZHENKO The incident took place in Kyiv's central Independence Square, where the trophy for the European football championship was on display.The woman, a member of the shock protest group Femen, had "Fuck Euro-2012" painted on her torso.News reports identified her as Yulia Kovachik, 23. She was able to knock the >>>

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An activist from women's rights organisation Femen is detained for protesting against prostitution for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2012 soccer tournament, in central Kyiv (GLEB GARANICH, REUTERS / May 12, 2012) >>>

A topless female protestor has attacked the trophy to be awarded at Euro 2012, knocking it to the floor at an exhibition Saturday. The protestor approached the Henri Delaunay trophy, on display in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, and knocked it over before displaying an obscene slogan on her bare torso directed against the tournament. She was then detained by police. The Femen group regularly stages topless protests and said it wanted to highlight how, the group claimed, Euro 2012 would increase prostitution in Ukraine. “Femen is opposed to the hosting of Euro 2012 in Ukraine and accuses >>>

KYIV - A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro 2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kyiv on Saturday in a protest against the exploitation of women during the forthcoming championship.The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, strode up to the silver trophy, which was on display as a tourist attraction in central Kyiv, ostensibly to be photographed alongside it like hundreds of other sightseers.But she then pulled down her red T-shirt to reveal the words "Fuck Euro 2012" scrawled on her chest. As she grabbed hold of the cup with both hands, >>>

Activists from Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN shout slogans and hold placards during a topless protest on February 1st, 2012, in Zurich against the Hockey world cup in 2014 in Belarus. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON Oksana Shachko, a girl with a doll-like face, is supposed to go to prison for five years. It's a cool spring Thursday in Ukraine as the 24-year-old walks through the streets of Kyiv with her attorney. She is wearing a leather jacket and black boots, and dangling an almost-finished cigarette between her fingers. Five years, because she bared >>>

Kyiv:  Ukraine's capital Kyiv, struggling to shake off a reputation as a new destination for sex tourism, is taking steps to curb prostitution during the month-long European soccer championship, the city government said on Friday.Ukraine expects some one million foreign football fans to visit when it co-hosts Euro 2012 with Poland next month, and stages the final in Kyiv on July 1.The Kyiv city government met officials from the interior ministry and state security service (SBU) this week to discuss measures to curb the sex trade, which is illegal in the >>>