In Brief: PZU & Lindra; GZE & Huta Laziska; Dzien Dobry expansion

After two years of negotiations Poland's biggest insurance company, PZU, is about to complete the purchase of Lindra, one of the leading insurers in Lithuania. PZU has committed itself to investing some zl.34 million over six years in Lindra. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 2; Puls Biznesu, p. 8) ... Head of the Energy Regulation Office (URE), Leszek Juchniewicz, has ordered Go rnoslaski Zaklad Energetyczny (GZE) to sign an immediate energy supply agreement with steel mill Huta Laziska. GZE cut off the mill's electricity supply due to outstanding payments that now amount to zl.200 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) ... Publisher DD Media has expanded the circulation of its free magazine Dzien Dobry. The weekly, which now has a print run of 1 million, is to become available not only in Warsaw but also in Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Wroclaw and the Sopot-Gdansk-Gdynia conurbation. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) M.K.