Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

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offbeat Apr 24, 08 - 3:31 AM	Privatization plan for Poland Government adopts bold privatization plan Warsaw, Poland April 23, 2008 The Government adopted a four-year privatization plan on Tuesday. Under the plan, 740 state-owned companies are to be sold and PLN 30 bln in revenues collected by the Treasury. The Treasury will sell stakes in Poland’s second largest bank PKO BP, four consolidated power groups and companies in the chemical sector. According to Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad’s plan, power companies ENEA and PGE will first increase capital though IPOs on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and later the Government will find strategic investors for them. Grad said, however, his plan does not foresee further sales of stakes in oil companies PKN Orlen and Lotos or copper giant KGHM. It is hoped that this will not be a fire sale assisting the mafia and political contacts buy at bargain basement. Once these companies are privatised it will be a question of holding your breath and awaiting sharp price increases. The money from the sale can pay for the war in Iraq and increase the pay packets of the politicians
Varsovian Apr 24th, 2008 - 9:35 AM	Re: Privatization plan for Poland That's been the experience with "privatization" in the UK. The best one was when Blair privatized the weapons research centre - and the people who massively understated its value became millionnaire shareholders!
Angela W Apr 25th, 2008 - 11:45 PM	Re: Privatization plan for Poland This can only be a good thing. I believe many state owned companies and institutions need some shaking up. Far too many people employed doing very little.
offbeat Apr 26th, 2008 - 5:59 AM	Re: Privatization plan for Poland I don't think that is true, people in Poland earn very little and are exploited by there employers, lake of occupational health and safety, meal breaks etc. Once these companies are privatised it will mean people being stood down and prices going up. For the lucky owner it will be a take over by a larger western company. Poles are no lazier than the Brits or yanks or I might say the aussies
Another Ania Apr 27th, 2008 - 12:44 AM	Re: Privatization plan for Poland maybe we can have a thread on how to become a shareholder in Poland?

	Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else! Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password
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