In Brief: Miners protest; Elekrtim-PAK; Law on SSEs; Polsat

Yesterday afternoon, the protest action launched by unions in response to Kompania Węglowa's announcement of pit closures met with a mixed response. Most mines continued to work normally, with protests being limited to blocking roads and demonstrations outside town halls. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... The Treasury Ministry is willing to negotiate with Elektrim over the investment in the Pątnów-Adamów-Konin (PAK) power plant group. Treasury Minister Piotr Czyżewski said that he wants the investment to be concluded as soon as possible. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... The Sejm's European C ommission has approved the draft amendment to the special economic zone (SSE) law, under which companies operating in SSEs will have to return the income tax from which they are exempted if they fail to start their in vestments in the zones by the date they stated in the investment agreement. (www.onet.pl) ... Telewizja Polsat intends to produce programs for Telewizja Puls. According to Polsat's president, they have a surplus of production capacity which can be utilized. He added that recently one of Polsat's subsidiaries purchased a stake in TV station Antena 1. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.Z.