Poland - Factors to Watch Nov 19

Mbank SA

19/11/2024 07:20

WARSAW, Nov 19 - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that appeared in the Polish media on Tuesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour):
    
    DEBT
    Polish Finance Ministry will publish debt supply for
Thursday's tender at 1400. 
    
    ISRAEL
    European Union foreign ministers on Monday rebuffed a
proposal to suspend political dialogue with Israel put forward
by the bloc's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, who cited concerns
about possible human rights violations in the war in Gaza.
    
    UKRAINE
    Foreign ministers of the most important European countries
are meeting on Tuesday in Warsaw to talk about further
assistance for Ukraine, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily reported.
    
    ARMS 
    The greatest success of the Polish arms industry in
relations with Ukraine is the sale of 54 Krab howitzers; the
Polish Armamments Group (PGZ) has not signed any further large
contracts with this country, Rzeczpospolita daily reported.

    ELECTRIC CARS
    Negotiations are underway with Chinese Geely and if both
parties reach a favourable agreement, a factory will be built
and electric cars will be produced in Poland, Polish State
Assets Minister Jakub Jaworowski was quoted as saying by
Rzeczpospolita daily. 
    
    HEALTH INSURANCE
    Nearly 1 million entrepreneurs will gain from the reduction
in health insurance premiums, and about 2 billion zlotys 
($490.3 million) will remain in their pockets in 2025, Poland's
Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna
Pelczynska-Nalecz was quoted as saying by Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
  
    
    MBANK  MBK.WA 
    mBank will present its new strategy in the third quarter of
2025, bank's newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Cezary
Kocik was quoted as saying by Puls Biznesu daily.
    
    
                  
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media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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