Jun 8th, 18:14

Ukrainian feminists flash breasts against Euro 2012

Via: timesofmalta.com

Please madam, not in front of the psychic pig! Funtik the Psychic Pig was getting ready to make his Euro 2012 soccer prediction in Kyiv on Wednesday when the Femen women’s rights group staged a topless protest in his pen, disrupting the entire thing. How dare they make a mockery of the psychic pig soccer prediction? Funtik is daily given two bowls to eat from, each marked by the national flag of two teams playing each other at the finals. Those who have faith in his psychic powers say the bowl he eats from first will prove to be the winner on the night. But even before a fan zone steward >>>

A half-naked activist from the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen shouts slogans as she protests against prostitution in the cage of Funtik, the pig which predicts the results of the Euro 2012 matches, in the fan zone in Kyiv on June 21, 2012. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters) Change text size for the story Print this story Report >>>

KYIV: A topless protest by Ukraine's Femen women's rights group livened up feeding time for Ukraine's Euro 2012 psychic pig, Funtik, as soccer fans waited to see who he would choose to win Thursday's quarterfinal. Ukraine's tournament mascot had been dozing in his pen in temperatures of 30 C but stirred and got up when he heard the familiar sound of the gate opening for his afternoon meal. Funtik is daily given two bowls to eat from, each marked by the national flag of two teams playing each other at the finals. Those who have faith in his psychic powers say the bowl he eats from first will >>>

KYIV | Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:55pm IST KYIV (Reuters) - A topless protest by Ukraine's Femen women's rights group livened up feeding time for Ukraine's Euro 2012 psychic pig, Funtik, as soccer fans waited to see who he would choose to win Thursday's quarter-final. Ukraine's tournament mascot had been dozing in his pen in temperatures of 30 C but stirred and got up when he heard the familiar sound of the gate opening for his afternoon meal.Funtik is daily given two bowls to eat from, each marked by the national flag of two teams playing each other at the finals. >>>

(Note strong language in fifth paragraph) KYIV (Reuters) - A topless protest by Ukraine's Femen women's rights group livened up feeding time for Ukraine's Euro 2012 psychic pig, Funtik, as soccer fans waited to see who he would choose to win Thursday's quarter-final. Ukraine's tournament mascot had been dozing in his pen in temperatures of 30 C but stirred and got up when he heard the familiar sound of the gate opening for his afternoon meal. Funtik is daily given two bowls to eat from, each marked by the national flag of two teams playing each other at >>>

Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:10pm EDT (Note strong language in fifth paragraph) KYIV (Reuters) - A topless protest by Ukraine's Femen women's rights group livened up feeding time for Ukraine's Euro 2012 psychic pig, Funtik, as soccer fans waited to see who he would choose to win Thursday's quarter-final.Ukraine's tournament mascot had been dozing in his pen in temperatures of 30 C but stirred and got up when he heard the familiar sound of the gate opening for his afternoon meal.Funtik is daily given two bowls to eat from, each marked by the national flag of two teams playing >>>

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Via: cnbc.com

Swedish fans initially mistook a women’s rights protest for a spontaneous striptease on Tuesday when the Ukrainian Femen group staged a bare-breasted table-top demonstration against Euro 2012 in the capital Kyiv.However, the whoops of delight turned to booing when Femen activists held up placards denouncing the European Championships and kicked Swedish fans’ beer off tables in Kyiv’s fan zone.The group, which carries out topless protests to highlight the growth of the sex industry in Ukraine, has targeted Euro 2012, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland, and which it says feeds sex tourism.In >>>

An activist of Ukraine's FEMEN movement attacked the head of the press service of Ukraine's Interior Ministry Vladimir Polishchuk in Kyiv. The activist of the notorious movement threw a cake into the official, RIA Novosti reports. A message posted on the website of the movement said that the activists enticed the official into a press conference near the building of the Interior Ministry. During the conference, the official was answering questions about the actions of the Ukrainian police at the European Football Championship, which currently takes place in Ukraine and Poland. In the middle of >>>