Poland will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the so-called August Accords that were reached after a series of strikes in Gdansk in 1980, and paved the way for the creation of Solidarity, yet its former leader and cofounder Lech Walesa has declined an invitation to take part in the events.

Following a decision by Poland’s Treasury to privatize WSE, the bourse is expected to submit its prospectus to the Financial Supervision Authority shortly and go public on November 9, the daily Parkiet writes citing own findings.

Works on building the monument to commemorate Smolensk plane crash victims were launched yesterday at Powazki military cemetery in Warsaw.

PGE power group offered the highest price for the 83% stake in energy firm Energa put up for sale by Poland, and may negotiate the final deal within several weeks with PGE signing the conditional purchase contract end-September or earlier, the daily Parkiet writes.

Five hundred artists including world-renowned violinist Nigel Kennedy, jazzman and composer Michal Urbaniak, composer Krzysztof Penderecki with Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra, will take part in the 7th "Singer's Warsaw" International Jewish Culture Festival.

Listed insurer giant PZU is looking for potential acquisitions but presently sees no interesting targets, CEO Andrzej Klesyk told a press conference.

Courtney Love, Nelly Furtado and Mika are among the stars of the Orange Warsaw Festival, one of the biggest music events in Poland which will be held at the Służewiec Horse Racing Track on Aug. 28-29.

Internet portal Onet.pl, owned by listed media group TVN has noted even 170% y/y increase in advertising spending from food companies, and 30%-60% from other segments, Onet.pl data shows.

Some Opposition PiS Law and Justice politicians say that Jaroslaw Kaczynski may resign from the party leadership in the autumn, Rzeczpospolita daily wrote on Thursday.

Listed hotel operator Orbis is seeing signs of stabilization on the hotel market in Poland, CEO Laurent Picheral wrote in a comment to Q2 results.

Poland's energy market regulator URE received five motions for energy prices increase, including a 10% hike of gas prices for gas giant PGNiG and over 10% price increases for energy makers RWE, Vattenfall, Enea, energaPro and Enion.

Poland's radio and television watchdog KRRiTV will announce a competition for digital frequencies for commercial broadcasters, the daily Gazeta Wyborcza says.

Polish cities will be increasing their debts by 2013, the daily Puls Biznesu says citing the president of the Polish cities Ryszard Grobelny.

Poland wants BGZ bank to debut on WSE in H1 2011, the Treasury Ministry spokesperson Maciej Wewior told PAP Polish News Agency.