Poland - Factors to Watch Apr 25

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25/04/2018 07:20

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Wednesday. ALL
TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
  
    DATA
    Poland's statistics office to release March unemployment
data at 0800 GMT. 
    
    POLAND'S CONFLICT WITH EU
    Poland's argument with the EU over rule of law may not be
ended if the opposition continues to use this conflict as an
instrument in domestic political struggles, President's Andrzej
Duda chief foreign policy adviser Krzysztof Szczerski told
Rzeczpospolita daily. 
    
    RESTITUTION OF HEIRLESS JEWISH PROPERTY
    U.S. Congress has approved a bill directing the United
States to help in efforts aimed at the restitution of heirless
Jewish property so that it can be used to assist Holocaust
survivors. 
    A large part of this heirless property of Jews killed in the
Holocaust is located in Poland, Rzeczpospolita daily reported. http://bit.ly/2oEJDvZ
    
    PKO BP  PKO.WA 
    Poland's biggest lender PKO BP booked 228 million zlotys
($66.27 million) in charges for a bank guarantee fund and bank
restructuring fund in the first quarter of 2018, the bank said
on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S16K5
    
    GETBACK  GBK.WA 
    The value of outstanding bonds of debt collecting firm
GetBack stood at 2.6 billion zlotys at the end of March owned by
9064 retail investors and 178 financial institutions, Parkiet
daily quoted data from financial supervisors KNF.
    Separately, S&P suspended its rating for GetBack, which the
agency said is experiencing difficulties with the full and
timely repayment of at least one of its private debt placements.
    
    11 BIT STUDIOS  11B.WA 
    The share price of computer game maker 11 Bit Studios rose
on Tuesday as the company's latest game Frostpunk gathered
positive opinions on the Metacritic website, Parkiet daily
reported.
    
    ORANGE POLSKA  OPL.WA 
    Orange Polish unit is to publish first quarter financial
results after market closes. 
    
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX 
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX 
 
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 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)
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