Poland - Factors to Watch on July 13
WARSAW, July 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland GMT + 2 hours):
PUBLIC DEBT
Poland's public debt would exceed 50-51 percent of GDP this year and it cannot be ruled out it would hit 55 percent, a deputy finance minister was quoted as saying on Monday. [ID:LD522169]
PRIVATISATION
Poland's 2009 budget revenues will reach 12 billion zlotys, Terasury Minister Aleksander Grad reiterated in Gazeta Wyborcza daily adding it would also be an absolute minimum for 2010. He added next year would bring privtisations of energy group Tauron and two chemical makers, Pulawy and Police.
PKO
Poland's largest bank PKO PKOB.WA is determined to complete a 5 billion zlotys ($1.6 billion) rights issue this year despite the dismissal of its chief executive, his interim replacement was quoted as saying. [ID:nLB203671]
KGHM
Europe's second largest copper miner KGHM KGHM.WA will finish selection process for a new chief executive by end-July, the head of its supervisory board told Reuters.
ENERGY SECTOR
Labour unions from Poland's state-owned energy companies threaten with strikes should the government push ahead with its privatisation plans for the sector, daily Rzeczpospolita reports.
News editor of the day: Gabriela Baczynska
NOTE - For a diary of forthcoming events see [PL/DIARY] and a calendar of east European economic indicators see [CONV/DIARY].
For other related news, double click on: Polish equities [PL-E] E.Europe equities [.CEE] Polish money [PL-M] Polish debt [PL-D] Eastern Europe [EEU] All emerging markets [EMRG] Hot stocks [HOT] Stock markets [STX] Market debt news [DBT] Forex news [FRX] For real-time index quotes, double click on: Warsaw WIG20 .WIG20 Budapest BUX Prague PX .PX
© Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved



