In Brief: Słupsk airport; Mennica Państwowa; Skanska; PTC ratings; IACS

The Słupsk local authority want to open a border crossing at Redzikowo military airport which would be open to cheap airline operators. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) ... Shares of publicly traded state mint, Mennica Państwowa, rose by 7.5% on Friday on the news of a possible long-term dividend program that would give zł 46 million to company's shareholders. (Parkiet, June 14-15, p. 2) ... The board of directors of Gdańskie Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Drogowych Skanska has decided to write-off 211,500 of its ordinary shares and 8,172 privileged shares. (Rzeczpospolita, June 14-15, p. B2) ... Moody's rating agency has increased its rating of Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (PTC) telecom mobile operator to Ba1 from Ba2. A few weeks ago Standard & Poor's also decided to improve PTC's rating. (Rzeczpospolita, June 14-15, p. B2) ... The former president of the Agriculture Restructuring and Modernization Agency Aleksander Bentkowski claims that there is no need to renegotiate the contract with Hewlett Packard over the IACS system which will manage farmers direct subsidies, while, the new president, Jerzy Miller is pushing ahead to re-negotiate the deal. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) J.K.