Euro 2012: Swedish fans left angry in Ukraine

With hordes of Swedish fans due to arrive over the opening weekend of Euro 2012, Kiev is working around the clock to complete a campsite promised to 5,000 of them.

A local supplier acting on behalf of the city had promised to provide a suitable space for thousands of Swedish campers, as well as internet access and catering, shower and toilet facilities.

But when Camp Sweden organisers arrived on Wednesday, they were dismayed to find standards that fell far short of what they had been promised when they signed the deal in April.

“We had an inspection, and after that we wrote a letter to the city of Kiev and the Swedish Embassy,” Camp Sweden organiser Ingo Soderlund said.

A visit to the camp yesterday by journalists revealed stacks of unused building materials, as well as four-inch nails protruding through corrugated metal fences and newly-built shower blocks where the cement had not yet set.