In Brief: WSE & Euronext; EU provincial aid; PKO BP, BGZ privatization

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) will on February 2 sign a letter of intent on mutual membership with pan-European stock exchange Euronext. This will allow Polish investors to access shares quoted on European markets. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) ... All of Poland's regions are poor enough to obtain structural aid from the European Union (EU), according to a Eurostat report. The aid is assigned to regions with GDP below 75% of the EU average. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 3) ... According to Treasury Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek, the withdrawal of National Bank of Poland (NBP) support makes it impossible to privatize PKO BP this year. In addition, he said the privatization of another bank, BGZ, cannot be considered for the time being. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 6) P.W.