In brief: Polish State Roads; Polsat; BMW; AWS backing Balcerowicz?
The Polish State Roads Authority (GDDP) has pledged to spend over zl.4.2
billion on adapting local communications to the European Union (EU) road
networks next year. The money will come largely from fuel taxes while EU
grants and foreign loans would finance the rest. (Rzeczpospolita, p.
B3)... Despite last year's net losses of zl.14.4 million incurred by
Telewizja Polsat S.A., the largest member of the Polsat group, its
president Zymunt Solorz is pressing ahead with plans to build a media
group. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B4)... German auto concern BMW is rumored to
have placed Slupsk and Szczecin on the list of potential locations of its
new production plant. According to a company representative, the choice
for the plant would be unveiled in mid-2001. (Puls Biznesu, p.4)...
According to the chair of the Sejm Public Finance Commission Miroslaw
Sekula, the ruling Solidarity Election Action (AWS) might back the
candidacy of former Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz for president of
the National Bank of Poland (NBP). (Puls Biznesu, p.4)
