In Brief: Belvedere delays pay; TP buys more Parkiet; Net foreign assets up

The State Treasury still has not received payment from Belvedere Dystrybucja for the sale of 79.99% of shares of Starograd Gdanski Polmos. The Treasury struck a zl. 36.4 million deal with Belvedere Dystrybucja, a subsidiary of alcohol trader Belvedere France, which was supposed to be closed last year, but Belvedere Dystrybucja asked the Treasury for a closing date of January 23, 2002. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) ... TP Internet, a subsidiary of TPSA, increased its share in Parkiet Media, the publisher of the "Parkiet" daily newspaper, to 71.48%. Until now, TP Internet held 50.1% of the publisher's shares. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 8) ... Net foreign assets in Poland's banking system grew by $1.1 billion from Dec. 1 to Dec. 20, reaching $33.48 billion. The National Bank of Poland announced that foreign assets were $1.6 billion higher than at the end of 2000. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 20) A.K.