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Poland - Factors to Watch Feb 10

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WARSAW, Feb 10 - The following are news stories, press reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour): DEBT Poland's Finance Ministry to publish supply for Tuesday's tender at 1400. INTEREST RATES Poland's central bank to publish minutes from its January meeting at 1300. UKRAINE Presidents of Poland and Ukraine met in Rzeszow, south-east Poland, on Thursday and discussed the situation in the region, the office of the Polish president said on Friday on Twitter. JUDICIARY Polish president will decide whether to sign the judicial reform bill into law "in the near future", Rzeczpospolita daily reported, quoting unnamed sources close to the president.


Poland's parliament on Wednesday passed two pieces of legislation the government hopes will unblock billions in European Union funds, but doubts remained over whether the president would sign the judicial reform bill into law. ENERGY Companies that suffer from the energy crisis can get up to 5 billion zlotys ($1.13 billion) in a support scheme for energy-intensive industries introduced in Poland, Parkiet daily reported.


NUCLEAR Poland is in talks with the European Commission on financing investments in nuclear energy; the EU rules do not provide for the possibility of financing such investments in operational programmes and this is what Poland is fighting for, Polish Climate Minister Anna Moskwa was quoted as saying by PAP news agency.


CIECH Poland's Ciech plans to increase its investments in Romania; resumption of soda production and intensification of trade in plant protection products are being considered, Parkiet daily reported.


****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 = 4.4323 zlotys) (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)

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