In Brief: Edipresse Polska; Environment grants; Tele-Fonika results

Last year's revenues of publisher EDIPRESSE POLSKA amounted to zł. 258.45 million which is nearly 20% down on 2001. Despite strong competition, Viva, Mamo to ja and Przyjaciółka magazines remain leaders on their parts of the market. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) ... According to the estimates of the Environment Ministry, between 2004-06, Poland will be able to take advantage of EU environment subsidies of around zł. 2.5 billion. Environment Minister, Czesław Śleziak says that the money should be primarily spend on sewage treatment plants, as well as recycling. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... The total loss incurred by the merged TELE-FONIKA Kable and Tele-Fonika KFK for 2002 amounted to zł. 47.8 million as compared to zł. 163.5 million in profit in 2001. Their combined revenues reached zł. 2.2 billion last year which is around zł. 300,000 less than in 2001. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) A.Z.