New CEO of PKP resigns

Bogusław Kowalski, the recently appointed chief executive officer of state-owned PKP stepped down in the weekend. "I am handing in my resignation. I am doing this due the sense of a responsibility of the trust I was given," Kowalski wrote in a statement. The decision was apparently made as a result of controversy on his appointment related to his alleged connections to Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in People's Republic of Poland (PRL). Kwiatkowski replaced Jakub Karnowski as the head of PKP. He took the office on December 11.

Kowalski served as the deputy Minister of Infrastructure between 2005 and 2007 and he is also considered to be the "godfather" of Koleje Mazowieckie, one of the best performing regional train operators. Kowalski was responsible for establishing it while serving as deputy voivode of the Mazowieckie region.