Poland's president signs into law bill on Euro 2012 soccer games finals

Poland's president Lech Kaczynski on Wednesday signed into law the bill on the 2012 European soccer games finals.

The president said he signed the bill "in the limelight" because of the significance of Euro 2012,Polish PAP news agency reported.

On September 7 Polish Sejm, or the lower house of the Parliament, voted overwhelmingly in favour of the draft giving special powers to the government to prepare necessary facilities for the 2012 European soccer games finals, to be played in Poland and Ukraine.

Last week Polish sports minister Elzbieta Jakubioak said that one billion zlotys (360 million U.S. dollars) will be spent to build a national stadium in Warsaw and 400 million zlotys(144 million U.S. dollars) each to build each of the three regional stadiums needed to host the games of the 2012 Euro soccer championships.
Source: english.people.com.cn