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Poland - Factors to Watch Feb 7

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WARSAW, Feb 7 - The following are news stories, press reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour): NUCLEAR POWER Poland will chose location for its second nuclear power plant in the second half of the year. Belchatow, Kozienice and Polaniec are being considered, Mateusz Berger, government's top official in charge of energy security said, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports.


INTEREST RATES Keeping interest rates on hold and waiting for the effects of monetary tightening is justified according to analysts Fitch ratings agency, Parkiet reports.


DHL DHL plans to buy a stake in Polish unit of Cainiao, a unit of Alibaba. Both companies plan to invest 60 million euros to expand network of parcel lockers, Puls Biznesu reports.


CREDIT HOLIDAYS


Almost a half of Poles didn't use a possibility to suspend mortgage payments. As of the end of January 1.876 million Poles benefited from credit holidays, Rzeczpospolita reports.



****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.**** For other related news, double click on: Polish equities E.Europe equities Polish money Polish debt Eastern Europe All emerging markets Hot stocks Stock markets Market debt news Forex news For real-time index quotes, double click on: Warsaw WIG20 Budapest BUX Prague PX ($1 = 4.4159 zlotys) (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)

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