Michel Platini President of the UEFA, the European football governing body, has arrived in Poland to evaluate the stage of preparations for EURO 2012. Taking stock of Poland’s preparations for the event co-hosted with Ukraine „Gazeta Prawna” reports that according to UEFA’s assessment there are no delays in the construction of the National Stadium.  >>

The 7th edition of the Heineken Open'er Festival sets off today. The event will last until Sunday. It takes place in Gdynia on the Babie Doły Airfield. The Festival features world rock, pop and club music celebrities including: Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Sex Pistols, Erykah Badu and Róisín Murphy. Poland will be represented by i.e. Cool Kids of Death, Ścianka, Lao Che and Kobiety.  >>

Speeding up privatization, liberalizing the economy, limiting public debt and introducing Poland to the euro zone will help the country improve its position in World Bank rankings – Adam Szejnfeld, Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Economy said during the presentation of the Polish version of "Doing Business 2008" report, wnp.pl informs.  >>

After six months of proceedings a compromise has been reached in court over top Polish Miś Uszatek (Earflap Teddy Bear) TV cartoon copyright, TV24 reports. The lovable character was created by a Polish writer Czesław Janczarski and cartoonist Zbigniew Rychlicki. The teddy bear first appeared in the children’s magazine “Miś”. The heirs of the editor in chief of the magazine sued a company which is now producing the foppy-eared cuddly toy. The court case blocked their sales as the court banned the production and sales of Earflap.  >>

Following the partial privatisation of the social security system it Poland, 40% of income from privatization is to be obligatorily allocated to the Demographic Reserve Fund (DRF) – “Gazeta Prawna” informs.  >>

In June Poles withdrew another PLN 2-3 billion invested in mutual funds. Since the beginning of the slump on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) over PLN 20 billion were withdrawn by trustees, “Gazeta Wyborcza” reports. >>

The Phase 2 of A1 motorway construction in which it will be extended from the Nowe Marzy junction to Toruń, where it will be connected with an existing 11-kilometre road section including the bridge over the Vistula River in Czerniewice will cost PLN 3 billion 145 million – Lech Witecki, head of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) announced on Wednesday.  >>

Polish entrepreneurs are moving production to the U.S. where manufacturing plants, office space, machines and land can be bought cheaper due to the depreciating dollar – “Dziennik” daily writes.  >>