Within several weeks President Aleksander Kwasniewski will announce the
name of an internationally respected economist as his candidate for the
position of president of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), replacing
departing Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz. Kwasniewski said that he is
considering 7 or 8 candidate, including his economic adviser Marek
Belka, former Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz and two Monetary
Policy Council (RPP) members, Boguslaw Grabowski and Dariusz Rosati. The
NPB head is approved by the Sejm after nomination by the President, for
a term lasting 6 years. (Rzeczpospolita, B1) P.J.
Oswiecim supermarket developer sues Bielsko-Biala court for damages
The owner of the company Maja, which was about to construct a
hypermarket near the former concentration camp in Oswiecim until
international outcry convinced the local voivod to cancel the project,
is suing the State Treasury. The local court in Bielsko-Biala decided
yesterday in favor of the investor from Oswiecim and ordered the
Treasury to pay zl. 1.5 million plus interest. It has already paid zl.
650,000 including interest The 1996 decision could ultimately cost the
State Treasury more than zl. 2 million. Yesterday's court decision is
not binding. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1, C1) M.M.
