In Brief: TPSA is biggest; gov't wants LOT partner by March; NBP charity

Telecoms operator Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) is the largest company listed on a new stock exchange index, the CETOP 20. The index was introduced on the Budapest Stock Exchange and lists the 20 largest firms whose shares are traded on stock exchanges in Central Europe. (Parkiet, p. 7) ... Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Pilat said the government is planning to find a new strategic partner for LOT Polish airlines by the end of March 2002. The investor would take over a 25% stake currently held by the Swissair Group. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4) ... The National Bank of Poland (NBP) will help out Poland's largest annual charity event, organized by the Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy Foundation, by collecting the currencies of 12 EU countries which are soon to join the European Monetary Union (EMU). The NBP will exchange the money and donate the total proceeds to the Foundation by Feb. 28. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) M.T.K.