Poland’s largest chemicals maker Ciech CECH.WA wants a stake in state-owned sector peer Kedzierzyn and may spend up to $100 million on top of that to buy small local chemical companies, its chief executive told Parkiet newspaper on Tuesday. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Serb minority in Poland as all Serbs says its stance upon the arrest of Radovan Kradzic. They are satisfied about it as it allows Serbia to initiate its way to the EU. Yet they see it as a way through blackmail over an innocent man. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Poland’s planned public offering of shares in power producer Enea worth up to $1.5 billion is expected to proceed but other major sales could be put on hold until market sentiment improves and prices rise. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Russia’s government has approved a rise in Russian oil export duty of $97.8 to a record $495.9 per metric ton as of August 1, the government press service said on Tuesday. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Polish authorities have erected a monument to US president Ronald Reagan, feted for his crusade against communism and seen by some as having hastened the collapse of the Soviet bloc, reports said Tuesday. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
PepsiAmericas Inc. recorded a 16 percent rise in its second-quarter profit, thanks to strong sales of its products in European countries such as Ukraine, Poland and Romania. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz told energy giant Gazprom on Tuesday that Russia is supplying more natural gas to Europe via Ukraine than it is obliged to under existing contracts. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Drew Naymick’s finance career can wait. The ex-Spartans big man and all-time leading shot blocker at Michigan State is going to keep pursuing his basketball dreams. Naymick says he’s going to try to strike while the iron’s hot. And right now, it’s hot in Poland. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
If busy bars and blasting music seem to go hand in hand, new research from France suggests that might be because loud music encourages more drinking. “This is an informative and good study that I think a lot of people will identify with, because it makes a lot of sense,” said Dr. Marc Galanter, director of the division of alcoholism and drug abuse at the Langone Medical Center at New York University. “Because it seems that loud music throws people off their game and renders them less in control of their capacity to moderate their drinking.” Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
A Polish mini-rmarket in Spring Bank, Hull, has been closed after environmental health officers found it to be infested with mice. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Polish central bank may not have to raise interest rates further if wage growth starts to ease in September, a member of the bank’s Monetary Policy Council, Marian Noga, said on Tuesday. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
The Polish zloty edged lower against the US dollar in early New York trading on Tuesday morning amid reports that the Polish consumer price index rose 3.4% year on year in June. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Frankfurt - The German Football Federation (DFB) on Tuesday denied British media reports that the ruling body UEFA has been in contact over Germany possibly replacing Ukraine as Poland’s co-host for Euro 2012. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
A documentary filmed in Warsaw is set to hit the big screen this week. The movie “American Teen” was shot in 2005 and 2006, and the director chose the small town from hundreds across the country to portray the life of the American teen. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
British Transport Police confirmed the 41-year-old was electrocuted at Vauxhall station in south London on July 12 after walking on to the track from one of the platforms. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski will meet his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus in Prague Thursday to discuss the E.U.’s Lisbon Treaty, officials from both countries announced. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
WARSAW — A newborn baby girl died after being thrown from a third-story window in the Polish capital, apparently by a drunken relative, police said Tuesday. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
When Bronislaw Geremek was tragically killed in a car crash in Poland in mid-July, most Americans did not recognize his name. Geremek, who? Bronislaw, what? Oh yes, we do know where Poland is — more or less. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Timbaland’s confusing tour schedule still seems to be at loggerheads with Australasia and Europe, with none of the conflicting shows officially being cancelled yet. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
Steinmeier is still optimistic about the Lisbon Treaty. The Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty has sent shockwaves across the EU. But the treaty is still no lost cause, says German Foreign Minister Steinmeier in an exclusive essay for DW-WORLD.DE. Complete Article Submitted By The Outlook
