President Bronislaw Komorowski went to Szczecin on the Polish western coast, Sunday, to take part in the events commemorating August Agreements signed with communist authorities, which led to the creation of the Solidarity movement in 1980.

The police arrested subcontractors of Spanish construction firm Dragados, responsible for building a stretch of A1 motorway in Silesia, the daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Friday.

Daniel Libeskind, the world famous architect born in £ód¼, visited his hometown last Friday to discuss the details of the New Center of £ód¼ project where he is going to design a new building to be erected on the site of £ód¼ Fabryczna railway station.

Macy Gray, Marianne Faithfull, Philip Glass, Rufus Wainwright and Kroke are among the artists who will appear tomorrow in a performance, directed by the American artist Robert Wilson to grace the 30th anniversary of Solidarity movement.

The fourth edition of Multicultural Warsaw Street Party - a street festival which aim is to promote the idea of multiculturalism of the Polish capital through the common celebration of art, music and dance, was held on Sunday.

Poland will likely postpone the IPO of passenger railway transport operator PKP Intercity until 2012, results from the railway transport strategy until 2015 elaborated by the cabinet.

Leftist opposition party SLD might take over control of public TV, as its agreement with another opposition party PiS fell apart.

Governing party PO is divided upon PM Donal Tusk's proposal to change the party's statute and extend the leadership board to 35 people from current 13, which will be discussed at the September party convention.

Main opposition party PiS wants to introduce new taxes for banks and insurers instead of the 1 pp VAT rate hike planned by the cabinet, deputy head of PiS and deputy head of parliamentary public finance commission Beata Szydlo said.

Main opposition party PiS plans some hundred interpellations about Poland's economic situation, policy towards SMEs, energy security and related bills in September, the daily Rzeczpospolita found out.

Poland will likely announce a tender on the sale of 53% stake in fuel firm Lotos within two weeks.

Leftist opposition parliamentary caucus Klub Lewicy wants Poland to subsidize housing loans within the new housing-savings scheme, results from a draft law submitted to parliamentary speaker Thursday.

Investment vehicle Kulczyk Holding signed a contract to build a coal-fuelled power plant in Belarusian town Zelwa, and will hold a 50% share in the investment of total value estimated at even 1.5 billion euros, the daily Parkiet found out.

Getin Noble Bank will fight to defend its second position in mortgage loan sales and can improve its monthly sales and position in car loans, Getin Noble Bank officials told an analyst conference.

Poland's exports likely increased by 20.1% y/y in July, reaching EUR 10.1 billion euros, according to estimates by export insurer KUKE.

Poland's energy market regulator URE sees no reasons for electrical energy tariff change this year, URE head Mariusz Swora told PAP Polish News Agency.

Poland's inflation is seen rising to end-2010 and at the beginning of 2011, but should remain within the target range, Monetary Policy Council member Anna Zielinska-Glebocka told TVN CNBC broadcaster.

Polish banks are expected to show gradual results' improvement in H2, and the sector's net profit growth in 2010 is expected to reach 30%, Ipopema Securities analyst Tomasz Bursa told the daily Puls Biznesu as the H1 reporting season draws to an end.