Following his Tuesday meetings with India’s leaders in New Delhi, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the country’s top politicians recognize that Poland is a stable and reliable partner.

Weak demand, unstable currency and increased competition remain the most important barriers for business, according to survey conducted by the daily Puls Biznesu.

Polish and Ukrainian Defense Ministers Bogdan Klich and Mykhailo Bronislavovych Yezhel met in Warsaw on Tuesday to discuss further development of bilateral military cooperation, the Defense Ministry wrote in a press release.

Poland’s culture minister Bogdan Zdrojewski announced, Sept 6, a list of 11 cities which are competing for the European Culture Capital 2016 title: Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Katowice, Lublin, Lodz Poznań, Toruń, Szczecin, Warsaw and Wrocław.

Penta investments wants to float its portfolio firm Zabka, a grocery chain, in Q2 2011 and is selecting a strategic advisor for the process. Zabka controls some 2,250 shops in Poland and 100 in the Czech Republic.

Senators from the governing party PO are planning changes in Poland's social security premiums which target nursing costs for those over 75.

Poland assumes the Monetary Policy Council will make the first rate hike in 2010 and will hike rates further in 2011, with average rate at 4.14% for the year; the zloty is expected to strengthen, according to the 2011 budget draft.

Pekao wants to launch a new offensive in the retail client segment, as it aims at 1 mln new 'eurokonto' accounts this year, retail banking director Wojciech Pantkowski said.

Local government officials are spending heavily ahead of the autumn local government elections, enough to worry the central government about debt levels.

Poland's financial market supervisor KNF wants to update three more recommendations for bank.

Foreign direct investment to Poland in 2010 is increasingly likely to hit the 10 billion zlotys mark, the president of Poland's FDI promotion agency PAIiIZ Slawomir Majman has said.

Poland's net employment outlook is seen at 11% in Q4, with 19% of employers surveyed planning a headcount rise and 8% predicting a cut, Manpower recruitment agency said in a report.

Poland's government will make a consecutive grab at its demographic reserve, putting 4 billion zlotys to plug leaks in the system.

Listed biotechnology firm Bioton signed a preliminary deal on the sale of 51% in its Swiss unit BioPartners to Actavis Group, Bioton said in a market filing.