In Brief: Polish graves in Ukraine desecrated; Polish status in IMF changes

Vandals changed Polish signs on many graves to Ukrainian ones. The Polish general consul in Lvov said the incidents are not being investigated by Ukrainian authorities and the changes are probably unofficially supported by the cemetery management who banned all restoration work on Polish graves. (Zycie Warszawy, page 1) ... Poland changed its status in International Monetary Fund (IMF) from a debtor to shareholder. The government announced an increase in Poland's membership fee of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 380 million, with SDR 1 worth zl. 4.9, bringing shares in IMF to a total of SDR 1.369 billion. Poland became IMF member in 1986 and after 1990 borrowed $ 4.5 billion to help to carry out the country's stabilization policy. The state repaid all its obligations to IMF in 1995. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 9)