In Brief: McDonald's new strategy; PKN Orlen; Police protest

McDonald's Polska held a press conference yesterday to announce its plans to implement a new strategy. The main element of the new tactic is to change the interior of its restaurants in order to made them more in tune with local preferences. The plan will also encompass the introduction of new meals and a strong promotional campaign. Company representatives did not reveal the costs of the new strategy. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) ... Tomorrow's general shareholders meeting of oil giant PKN Orlen, might lead to a change in the top management of the company. The people mostly endangered are Sławomir Golonka, the deputy sales president and Orlen president, Zbigniew Wróbel. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) .. Around 1,500 policemen, firemen and border-guards protested yesterday in front of the Prime Minister's Office demanding an increase in wages and for equal pay, by 2004, in the army and other services. "We have been hearing such promises for over seven years now," complained the policemen. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) A.K.