The Committee on Family Matters, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism adopted a decision to address the Prime-Minister of Ukraine with a request to hold a meeting in order to determine appropriateness of conducting the finals of EuroBasket in Ukraine in 2015 under conditions of limited financial resources of the state

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
07 April 2014, 11:22

Such decision was adopted following results of considering the draft resolution on measures of stabilizing Ukraine’s economy, cutting budgetary expenses and intensification of state management (Reg. No. 4273).   

People’s deputies claimed rejection to hold “EuroBasket 2015” will lead to “considerable decrease of basketball’s prestige in the country, and to worsening of Ukraine’s international reputation”.

According to the Committee’s members, the meeting should be attended by people’s deputies, management of respective ministries, local executive authorities, local self-government authorities, representatives of Local Organising Committee of “EuroBasket 2015”, Basketball Federation of Ukraine, and investors of building sports arenas. Following results of the meeting, the Committee plans to re-consider the draft resolution on measures of stabilizing Ukraine’s economy, cutting budgetary expenses and intensification of state management.