Weekly news:

OIL & PETROCHEMICALS

CZECH REPUBLIC & SLOVAKIA

Czech retail fuel prices rise; top-selling Natural 95 at CZK 24.90/liter

HUNGARY

Hungary’s top oil/gas co. MOL to lay off 220 – report

Hungarian retail gasoline prices to rise HUF 4 per liter this week, diesel unchanged

POLAND

Polish top fuel firm PKN Orlen withdraws from PLN 200 mln deal for installation construction

Polish gas monopolist PGNiG should hold majority in potential foreign upstream acquisition

PRESS: Polish gas PGNiG, fuel firm PKN Orlen may jointly acquire foreign upstream project

Lithuanian refiner Mazeikiu Nafta inks deal for rail transportation of oil products

GAS

CZECH REPUBLIC & SLOVAKIA

Slovak gas supplier SPP agrees with German peers E.ON Ruhrgas, VNG to seek ’alternate’ supplies

POLAND

Polish fertilizers producer ZA Pulawy completes coal gasification project’s feasibility study

Polish fertilizers producer ZA Pulawy may cut demand for gas from PGNiG by mid-2013

U.S.-based FX Energy boosts proven reserves on new Polish finds

PRESS: Polish top fuel firm PKN Orlen to take 200,000 tonnes of LPG through new sea terminal

Poland does not expect sudden change of Russian position on Nord Stream pipeline – Polish PM

Polish gas monopolist PGNiG’s involvement in Norwegian gas projects ’appropriate’ – analyst

Polish gas monopolist PGNiG’s Norwegian unit gets 25% stake in new gas exploration license

PRESS: Norwegian state-owned company joins Skanled gas pipeline project

HEAT, POWER & SEWAGE

CZECH REPUBLIC & SLOVAKIA

Czech utility CEZ launching tender for suppliers to planned nuclear units early

Czech utility CEZ triples investment program through 2010 to boost economy, save jobs

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

CZECH REPUBLIC & SLOVAKIA

Czech Republic awards EUR 4.2 mln thin film module contact to Taiwanese solar group GET

CALENDAR

CZECH REPUBLIC & SLOVAKIA

Czech Republic – calendar of upcoming events 23/02-03/03/2009

Nb: This news report features only the headline of each news.

Agency Interfax