Weekly news:

FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC NEWS

NEWS

Easter break in Poland on April 10-13, coverage resumes Tuesday, April 14

COMPANY NEWS

TRANSPORTATION

PRESS: Polish flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines could consider Russian Aeroflot as investor – CEO

Polish loss-making flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines wants to look for stable partner

METALS

PRESS: Polish copper KGHM to get suggestions on potential savings within two-three weeks

CHEMICALS

PRESS: Polish chemical firm Police’s unions demand management board dismissal

FOOD, BEVERAGE & AGRICULTURE

U.S. coffee chain Starbucks to open first St. Pete store in 2009, eyes prospects on Ukrainian market

U.S. coffee house chain Starbucks opens first store in Poland

REAL ESTATE

Polish-listed developer Ronson mulls residential complex launch

Polish contractors market likely to collapse due to dramatic cut in new investments – report

Warsaw apartment prices decline 9% from Jan. 2009, slower decrease expected to follow

Polish developer Dom Development gives apartments to clients in phase I of Warsaw resi project

PRESS: Warsaw city authority to increase spending on communal housing projects by PLN 68 mln

ENERGY NEWS

OIL & PETROCHEMICALS

Total cost of Odessa-Brody extension project at USD 5-7 bln – Ukrainian official

Top Polish refiner PKN Orlen, No. 2 Grupa Lotos may increase petrol prices across board Friday

Poland to endorse Odessa-Brody pipeline feasibility study on Apr 24 – Ukrainian official

Polish refiner Grupa Lotos’ upstream segment to post operating loss in Q1 2009 – analysts

Polish refiner Lotos may use PLN 1 bln to repay loans out of mandatory reserve assets

Polish oil refiner Lotos’ upstream unit cut oil production in Q1 2009 due to accidents

Polish refiner PKN Orlen should not sell shares in Lithuanian unit Mazeikiu Nafta – analyst

Russia’s Lukoil denies holding talks on acquisition of Mazeikiu Nafta from Poland’s PKN Orlen

Polish oil PKN Orlen unlikely to cooperate with Russian Lukoil due to political reasons – analyst

PRESS: Russia’s Lukoil eyes Poland’s PKN Orlen assets in Lithuania, Czech Republic

GAS

Polish gas monopolist PGNiG to benefit from delay of new regulated prices – analyst

HEAT, POWER & SEWAGE

PRESS: Poland will have to spend PLN 90 bln to build three nuclear power plants

IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

LANDLINE/MOBILE TELECOMS

Polish alternative telecoms Netia revises EBITDA guidance for 2009

Polish alternative telecoms Netia plans PLN 100 mln savings in 2010after cost cutting program

HARDWARE

PRESS: Chinese concern Lenovo cancels plans for USD 30 mln production facility in Poland

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

Agency Interfax