The organisation has had a presence at a number of Euro 2012-related events, as it believes hosting the tournament will lead to a surge in prostitution in Ukraine. The latest protest came in Dnipropetrovsk as Inna Shevchenko, 21, removed her top to reveal the words “F*** Euro 2012” and then grabbed the 8kg Henri Delaunay trophy. As police swiftly moved to seize her, another activist — who Femen later claimed was a French journalist — also stripped off to reveal the same slogan, “She also supports our struggle against sexism and prostitution and decided to take part,” Femen official >>>

KYIV — Ukraine will use fighters and helicopters to guard its air space and put security and health services on full alert during the European soccer championship, but officials said on Tuesday they could do little to stem a likely flood of prostitutes.The country's top security and defence official, Andriy Klyuev, told security chiefs that the world would judge Ukraine by how it dealt with the security challenges posed by the month-long Euro-2012 tournament in June.The leadership of President Viktor Yanukovich is under fire over the jailing of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for >>>

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Protests by topless activists with the Ukrainian group FEMEN appear to be working, as it has become patently clear to Euro 2012 organizers and their government partners that football fans will not pass up the opportunity to make “sexy time” at the upcoming tournament. Health officials in Poland are taking a particularly strong step: the Associated Press reports that, as part of the “Fair Play” campaign, 150,000 free kits with condoms and leaflets will be distributed in fan zones at Euro 2012 to warn people about the health hazards of casual sex, such as AIDS and other sexually-transmitted >>>

By Richard Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - Anna darts gleefully around the two sparsely-furnished rooms situated through an archway off a steep street that climbs up from Kyiv's Independence Square. She is a general showing off her new headquarters. "This is going to be our training room for our Euro strikes," she says. "That's for the girls to get fit on for when they scrap with the police or have to run away from them," she says, pointing to a set of wall-bars and an overhead muscle-tone pulley-bar by the front door. The topless >>>

In an attempt to bring light to Ukraine’s rampant prostitution problems, a group of feminist activists took off their tops and attempted to steal the Euro 2012 trophy. The group, known as FEMEN, is threatening to carry out similar publicity stunts throughout the tournament this summer. Take Our Poll br Such tactics have already been many times before by this particular group. Photo: Femen activists Alexandra (L) and Inna Shevchenko display a banner with imprints of their breasts during a news conference in Vienna, March 2, 2012. Photo: Ukrainian topless activist from the FEMEN movement >>>

Embed code Get News Video Feed Use this mRSS feed to stay informed of new content: Julia Telfer | May 22, 2012 2:19pm EDT | 1min:10sec Topless members of the Femen radical feminist group seized the Euro 2012 football trophy on display in Ukraine to protest against the increase of sex tourism in the former Soviet republic. Inna Schevchenko, 21, stripped from the waist clutched the cup while it was exhibited in a central square in Dnipropetrovsk. A 46-year-old French journalist >>>

Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group staged a second attack on the Euro 2012 soccer trophy on May 21, grabbing it while it was on public display in the southeast of Ukraine before being seized themselves by police. AFP Topless activists from a Ukrainian women's rights group staged a second attack on the Euro 2012 soccer trophy on May 21, grabbing it while it was on public display in the southeast of Ukraine before being seized themselves by police. Inna Shevchenko, 21, an activist in the Femen group, peeled off her top, >>>

By Richard Balmforth KYIV | Tue May 22, 2012 5:07pm BST KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will use fighters and helicopters to guard its air space and put security and health services on full alert during the European soccer championship, but officials said on Tuesday they could do little to stem a likely flood of prostitutes. The country's top security and defence official, Andriy Klyuev, told security chiefs that the world would judge Ukraine by how it dealt with the security challenges posed by the month-long Euro-2012 tournament in June.The leadership >>>

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