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Reuters 3 minute read Private television TVN logo is seen on satellite antennas at their headquarters in Warsaw, Poland February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo WARSAW, July 21 (Reuters) - Polands ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party postponed a parliamentary debate over a new media law, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday, amid a split with allies over amendments that could see U.S.-owned channel TVN lose its licence. The proposed legislation would amend Polands Broadcasting Act and p...

Jason Hovet 3 minute read The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny PRAGUE, July 13 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic and Polands talks over the disputed Polish open-pit coal mine Turow are progressing, a Czech deputy environment minister said on Tuesday, with expert groups aiming to hammer out technical issues this week before higher level meetings next Thursday. The Czech governments lawsuit against Poland, filed a...

(Adds more quotes, details) WARSAW, May 11 (Reuters) - Bank Millennium, the Polish unit of Portuguese lender BCP, sees no need to raise capital to cover the costs of potential settlements with clients over Swiss franc loans, the bank’s management said on Tuesday. The Polish Supreme Court was expected to issue a highly anticipated guidance on FX loans later on Tuesday that might have an impact on the way banks reach settlements with their clients, whose loan repayments ballooned due to franc a...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read WARSAW, May 28 (Reuters) - Polish bank PKO BP wants to start paying dividends again as soon as possible, its deputy head said on Friday, after financial regulator KNF told banks not to do so in the first half of 2021 due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “Our ambition is, of course, to start paying dividends as soon as possible, but of course... the KNF always has the last word here,” Piotr Mazur told a conference call with analysts. (Reporting by Anna K...

By Reuters Staff (Adds quotes) WARSAW, May 23 (Reuters) - Poland’s prime minister on Sunday condemned the detention of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich and called on the European Union to discuss sanctions against Belarus. “I condemn in the strongest terms the detention of Roman Protasevich by Belarusian authorities, after a Ryanair passenger aircraft was hijacked. This is a reprehensible act of state terrorism,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Twitter. He added ...

BELARUS-POLITICS/POLAND (URGENT):Poland condemns detention of Belarus opposition activist

Big pharma and private equity seek healthy returns in Europes east Reuters 2 hrs ago © Reuters/DAVID W CERNY Trial run of the national vaccination centre in Prague By Agnieszka Barteczko, Anna Koper and Michael Kahn WARSAW/PRAGUE (Reuters) - In the race to supply vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. drug developer Novavax turned to emerging Europe to speed up production with a pair of deals that endorsed a growing trend for consolidation in the region. As part of a doubling in mer...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will bring forward the reopening of cinemas and start vaccinating 16- and 17-year-olds, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as COVID-19 cases decline.

(Adds more quotes, details) WARSAW, May 11 (Reuters) - Bank Millennium, the Polish unit of Portuguese lender BCP, sees no need to raise capital to cover the costs of potential settlements with clients over Swiss franc loans, the bank’s management said on Tuesday. The Polish Supreme Court was expected to issue a highly anticipated guidance on FX loans later on Tuesday that might have an impact on the way banks reach settlements with their clients, whose loan repayments ballooned due to franc a...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read WARSAW, April 26 (Reuters) - Poland’s consumer watchdog fined Portuguese retail group Jeronimo Martins more than 60 million zlotys ($16 million) for labelling fruit and vegetables as grown in Poland when they were imported, it said on Monday. The regulator UOKiK said consumers who made “patriotic” choices had been misled, at a time when the government has been encouraging Poles to buy Polish products to support the economy during the coronavirus crisis. Jeronim...