In Brief: Airport deadline extension; Ruhrgas & PGNiG; Pekao SA & WBC

In the wake of protests against the decision by Polish Airports Authority (PPL) director Zbigniew Lesicki to change the conditions of the tender for a new terminal at Warsaw's Okecie airport, the deadline for submitting offers has been put back. The bidders will receive the new tender regulations by March 28. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) ... Ruhrgas of Germany has expressed an interest in becoming the strategic investor in Polish Oil and Gas (PGNiG). "When the decision regarding the privatization and restructuring of the company is made, we will examine the case with much interest," said member of the Ruhrgas Energie board, Ulrich Scholer. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4) ... Pekao SA has emerged as a candidate to take over Lublin-based Wschodni Bank Cukrownictwa (WBC). Originally, WBC's shareholders, mainly sugar mills and sugar companies, refused to allow the sale of a controlling stake. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) M.T.K.