No May Day for OPZZ; Dębski case; TV Trwam; STOEN refund; Avalanche

The head of the National Trade Unions Alliance (OPZZ) Maciej Manicki, annou nced that this year the union will not organize a formal march and celebrat ion on Labor Day (May 1). Manicki argued that this is because the employment situation is so tough that there is nothing to celebrate. (Gazeta Wyborcza, April 12-13, p. 5) ... The latest news in the investigation concerning the murder of former sports minister Jacek DĘBSKI, "Baranina", who is accused of ordering the murder, is now believed to also have hired a man to kill a fam ous sports manager from the Poznań Olimpia Club. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, the director of TV TRWAM, announced that the planned launch date of the station, which had been set for Easter, is unrealistic. The station is not technically ready yet and so far it has not managed to s ign any contracts with cable operators. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 31) ... A Wars aw District Court has ordered energy distributor STOEN to pay back its clie nt Robert D. over zł. 30,000, as this was the amount that Stoen overcharged the client for being connected to the energy network. "Having no other choi ce, the customer accepted the terms imposed by Stoen," the court said. (Rze czpospolita, p. C1) ... An avalanche in the Tatra Mountains on Saturday co vered 16 young people in snow. Fortunately nobody was hurt, and all the ski ers managed to free themselves. According to rescuers, the group was skiing in an area closed for tourists. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.K./A.Z.