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 forthcoming month-long championship. The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, is a member of the Kyiv-based Femen women's rights group which believes the Euro-2012 soccer tournament being played in Ukraine next month will encourage sex tourism. Kovpachik strode up to the silver, 60 centimeter (two feet) high trophy, which was on display as a tourist attraction in an open air exhibition in central Kyiv, ostensibly >>>

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Hands off ... Topless protester attacks Euro 2012 trophy at an exhibition in Kyiv. Source: Sergei Supinsky / AAP A topless Ukrainian woman attacked the trophy to be awarded at the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer tournament, knocking the silverware to the ground during an exhibition in Kyiv. The woman ran toward the Henri Delaunay trophy, then exposed an obscene slogan protesting against the tournament written on her torso. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End >>>

After famously topless Femen protesters crashed the economic bacchanal at Davos in January, Europe has nervously awaited the sensationalist women's rights group's next move. Would they give the popemobile an ironic carwash with egg yolks during Easter, or create a human tableaux of Judith killing Holofernes in protest of Greece electing 21 members of its resident neo-Nazi party to parliament last week? This weekend, the anxious European community finally got its answer — Femen would ruin soccer, or almost ruin soccer, as it turns out. According to a report from Reuters, a 23-year-old Femen >>>

A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 football trophy while it was on public display in Kyiv in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship. The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, is a member of the Kyiv-based Femen women's rights group which believes the Euro-2012 tournament being played in Ukraine next month will encourage sex tourism. Kovpachik strode up to the silver, 60 centimetre high trophy, which was on display as a tourist attraction in an open air exhibition >>>

(NewsCore) - A topless Ukrainian woman attacked the trophy to be awarded at the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer tournament, knocking the silverware to the ground during an exhibition in Kyiv on Saturday. The woman ran toward the Henri Delaunay trophy, then exposed an obscene slogan protesting against the tournament written on her torso. She was quickly detained by police, the Ria Novosti news agency reported. The FEMEN protest group -- a feminist organization campaigning to end sexism and sex tourism in the Ukraine -- regularly disrupts sporting and other public events in the country. Following Saturday's >>>

(NewsCore) - A topless Ukrainian woman attacked the trophy to be awarded at the upcoming Euro 2012 soccer tournament, knocking the silverware to the ground during an exhibition in Kyiv on Saturday. The woman ran toward the Henri Delaunay trophy, then exposed an obscene slogan protesting against the tournament written on her torso. She was quickly detained by police, the Ria Novosti news agency reported. The FEMEN protest group -- a feminist organization campaigning to end sexism and sex tourism in the Ukraine -- regularly disrupts sporting and other public events in the country. Following Saturday's >>>

KYIV, Ukraine, May 13 (UPI) -- A topless woman in Kyiv attacked the trophy to be awarded to the winner of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, officials said. The woman walked up to the Henri Delaunay trophy, on display in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, and knocked it over Saturday, ITAR-Tass reported. She then displayed a crude message against the tournament. She was arrested by police. The Femen group regularly stages topless protests and said Saturday's event was to highlight how Euro 2012 could increase prostitution in Ukraine. "Femen is opposed to the hosting of Euro 2012 in Ukraine >>>

KYIV (Reuters) - 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 forthcoming month-long championship. The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, is a member of the Kyiv-based Femen women's rights group which believes the Euro-2012 soccer tournament being played in Ukraine next month will encourage sex tourism. Kovpachik strode up to the silver, 60 centimetre (two feet) high trophy, which was on display as a tourist attraction in an open air exhibition >>>

Stunned security guards grappled with a topless protester as she made a grab for the Euro 2012 football trophy.Women’s rights activist Yulia Kovpachik, 23, tricked them by pretending to pose for a snap next to the trophy, on display in Kyiv.But she then yanked down her red T-shirt to reveal the words “F*** Euro 2012” scrawled on her chest.She grabbed the two-foot high cup with both hands before being grabbed by burly guards.  Yulia, dragged away covered in a sheet, is a member of Ukraine-based group Femen which claims next month’s tournament will make the country a magnet for sex tourists.The >>>