Lack of general planning, delays in infrastructure construction, mismanagement of funds ahead of Euro 2012 – these are conclusions included in the report by NIK Poland’s state-run audit institution presented at a press conference in Warsaw, Monday.

The number of Polish households expectant of inflation increased in August when compared to the previous month, fragmentary data from a survey by the IPSOS agency shows.

The Copernicus Science Centre, one of the first institutions in Poland where visitors will be able to carry out experiments explaining the laws of science will open on the bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw on September 3.

Junior coalition party PSL will propose their own, independent election lists in the local government poll this autumn, PSL's leader Waldemar Pawlak said at the party's supreme council meeting in Warsaw on Saturday.

Poland's Economy Ministry is working on a proposal to increase minimal pay to 50% of the average wage, deputy PM and Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak told the daily Rzeczpospolita.

Poland's state-owned road management company GDDKiA needs some 5 billion zlotys for roads renovation and additional 4.5 billion zlotys the for the improvement of road safety.

The upcoming sitting of the supervisory board of the public television TVP may bring the suspension of opposition PiS members from the management board, the daily Rzeczpospolita says.

Leader of the right-wing opposition party PiS Jaroslaw Kaczynski is facing open criticism from PiS MP to the European Parliament Marek Migalski, who wrote, in his web-blog, an open letter addressed to Kaczynski.

Fuel group PKN Orlen has launched the sale of units Orlen Budonaft and Orlen Centrum Serwisowe, the company said in a press statement.

Poland will launch a tender for frequencies for 4th generation mobile broadband LTE, telecom regulator UKE head Anna Stezynska told PAP Polish News Agency.

Poland's planned VAT hike by 1 pp for most categories will likely result in inflation increase by a mere 0.3-0.4 pps, deputy Finance Minister Ludwik Kotecki told the daily Gazeta Wyborcza.

Poland could gain nearly 35,000 jobs if all investments currently negotiated by foreign investment agency PAIIZ were realized, the daily Rzeczpospolita writes.

Polish cinemas saw ticket sales decline by some 7% y/y to 18.45 million in H1 2010, while noting an increase in revenues by 5.8% to 351.1 million zlotys thanks to higher ticket prices, especially for 3D movies, Boxoffice.pl data shows.

Poland could save 1.5 billion zlotys a year thanks to freezing salaries in the budget sector, which it plans to do in the next four to five years, the daily Rzeczpospospolita reports front-page citing own findings.

Polish investor Ryszard Opara is seeking 306 million zlotys from bank Pekao, as he claims the bank encouraged him to invest in shares of industrial conglomerate Elektrim, even though the bank was aware the company is on the verge of bankruptcy.