Review of Polish press

During the Kielce Road Construction Fairs, a deputy Prime Minister Przemysław Gosiewski informed that the government were considering an increase by over a dozen billion PLN in the investment outlays on the construction of express roads and motorways in the years 2007 – 2013, in connection with the hosting of EURO 2012.
Expenditure on transport infrastructure in the Lower Silesia before EURO 2012 will exceed PLN 10 billion. (Polska Gazeta Transportowa)
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A former Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz assured that investment banks are interested in constructions in Poland and Ukraine. He also added that as a representative of Poland in the EBRD (the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), he would encourage Polish companies to invest in the east. (Puls Biznesu)
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A new seat of the Polish Football Association will be constructed for EURO 2012. (Życie Warszawy)
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Until yesterday Warsaw Underground accepted applications for a competition concerning the so-called concept project for the second line of the underground. Ten design offices from Poland and abroad have already applied. The competition jury started today checking whether the applicants meet all requirements. At the end of May it will invite the participants for a second stage, where the construction contractors will be selected. Works will commence at the end of the next year and they will take about four years – so as to make it for EURO 2012. Construction of the second line of the underground is – after the National Stadium – the most important investment in Warsaw. (Dziennik, Rzeczpospolita, Trybuna)
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Yesterday the first meeting of the Pomeranian Organizing Committee for EURO 2012 was held. During the meeting nominations were handed to individual members and Piotr Karczewski, the Pomeranian deputy voivode, presented the structure of the committee and his vision of future works. Five sub-committees were established. The most important one – the sub-committee for strategies – will be headed by Paweł Adamowicz, the President of Gdansk. (Dziennik Bałtycki)
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EURO 2012 will have impact on the real estate market in the cities hosting championship matches. Prices are certain to rise wherever transport investments will be concentrated. (Gazeta Prawna Dodatek)
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Krzysztof Łopaciński, the director of the Tourism Institute, thinks that EURO 2012 will influence promotion of Poland abroad, with the outcome of over 20.6 million tourists coming to our country. It is estimated that in 2012 they will spend USD 10.9 mio. in Poland. A perceptible increase in the number of visits of foreign tourists will be maintained after the championships. (Puls Biznesu, Życie Warszawy)
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Władysław Stasiak, the head of the National Security Office, is of an opinion that Poland will develop on time the security program for EURO 2012. (Rzeczpospolita)
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22nd May 2007