The Ukrainian team is in Tenero for a training camp in preparation for the UEFA EURO 2016 soccer championship, hosted by France.
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France is still struggling with the impact of the rail strike, which combined with heavy flooding in Paris and other parts of the country to leave train services severely affected on Monday.
Transport Minister Alain Vidalies said the government had satisfied union demands to protect rest periods for rail workers and help with the 50 billion euro (38.6 billion pounds) debt of the SNCF rail company, saying the militant CGT union should call off its action.
About 1.5 million foreign fans are expected for 51 soccer matches involving 24 teams in games played at 10 stadiums across France.
A total of 42,000 police officers and 30,000 gendarmes – including agents from the French equivalent of the SAS – will be deployed during the month-long sporting event.
Household rubbish risked building up in the Paris region and elsewhere in the country due to strikes against the government’s labour reforms which are at the heart of the wave of industrial unrest.
French intelligence chiefs have screened 3,500 staff brought in to ensure the safety of fans at the tournament, which begins on Friday when host nation France takes on Romania.
“No-one would understand if the trains or the planes… prevented the smooth functioning and affected the transport of spectators”, Hollande said.
Mr Wainwright, from Wales, said: ‘I have no doubt that the Euros are on a potential target list for ISIS, for obvious reasons.
France imposed an emergency regime countrywide after radical Islamists carried out a series of terror attacks on November 13, 2015, killing 130 and wounding over 400 people.
The terrorist threat exists on the territory of France, but possible threat at Euro 2016 has not been detected, the minister stated. “However, no direct threat to the 2016 Euro Cup has been revealed”, Kanner said.
Air France flight attendants plan to go on strike from July 27 to August 2.
Several oil refineries remain out of operation despite a vote by unions to resume work after stoppages had created petrol stations that left motorists queuing at filling stations last month.
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