In Brief: Swissair meeting; Orfe, Farmacol selected; BRE Bank dividend

The Treasury Ministry will meet representatives of Swissair on Monday to discuss the sale of the collapsed Swiss carrier's 25.1% stake in LOT Polish Airlines. The Treasury is expected to find it difficult to find a new investor for LOT, in view of the deteriorating situation on the intern ational airline market. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4) ... Treasury Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek has selected Orfe and Farmacol to conduct parallel n egotiations on the purchase of at least 10% of pharmaceuticals company Cefarm-Warszawa. The results of the negotiations will be the basis for granting one of the potential investors the right to exclusive negotiations. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4) ... At an April shareholders meeting the ma nagement of BRE Bank will decide on offering a zl.10 per share dividend. BRE Bank has earmarked 30% of its 2001 profit to pay out as dividends. (Puls Biznesu, p. 33) A.Z.