In Brief: E.ON chosen, PKP boss sacked; Trzyskawica; Polsat and World Cup

As was widely predicted, the German energy consortium E.ON Energie was chosen by the government for exclusive negotiating talks to buy a controlling stake in the G-8 group. (Reuters) ... Infrastructure Minister Marek Pol yesterday sacked director of Polish State Railways (PKP) Krzysztof Celinski, apparently due to the carrier's poor financial results. The new head will be Maciej Meclewski, former advisor to the supervisory board of Polimex-Cekop. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) ... The State Treasury is again making an attempt to privatize Zaklad Przemyslu Wapienniczego Trzyskawica, a calcium producing facility which controls over 30% of the market. After negotiations with three potential investors - Finland's Partek Nordkalk, Irish CRH and Fels Werke of Germany - the Treasury is now to choose one company to be granted exclusive negotiation rights. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) ... Polsat Television, which acquired the World Cup broadcasting rights for over $20 million, claims it managed to make a profit on the event. The company received $7 million from TVP, from selling the rights to broadcast Polish games, semi finals and the final. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) A.K.