Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES
GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
LOTOS Q1 RESULTS LTSP.WA
Lotos LTSP.WA , Poland's second-biggest oil refiner, said
on Friday its first-quarter operating profit fell 22 percent
year on year to 448 million zlotys ($128.33 million), in line
with the company's estimate. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S40HL
BOND AUCTION, SUPPLY FOR MAY
The finance ministry is due to publish bond auction results
at 0930 GMT and a supply plan for May at 1300 GMT.
CENTRAL BANK MINUTES
The central bank is due to publish minutes from its April
meeting at 1200 GMT.
GETBACK GBK.WA
The former CEO of Getback told Rzeczpospolita daily that the
company's major shareholder Abris is responsible for Getback's
troubles.
Polish debt collector GetBack has so far failed to redeem
bonds worth $25 million, it said on Thursday, augmenting worries
about the remaining $719 million worth of bonds of a firm that
only last year used to be a darling of capital markets.
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GAS
The final route of planned gas link from Poland to Norway
will be known by June, Puls Biznesu daily reported quoting
Poland's gas system operator as saying.
ORANGE POLSKA OPL.WA
The CEO of France's Polish unit did not deny it when asked
if the company may be interested in Polish cable television
operator Multimedia Polska, Parkiet daily reported.
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Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)
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