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Mediatel to run MVNO for foreigners - , a fixed-line operator, plans to launch the first mobile virtual network operator based on the platform for Vietnamese and Ukrainians in Poland, Puls Biznesu reported. Marcin Kubit, the president of Mediatel, said this is going to be the first MVNO in Poland to be directed specifically at the ethnic groups. He explained that the company intends to reach the group of 200,000 foreigners who have already used its ' Telepin VoIP service with a mobile telephony offer as well. These are mainly citizens of Vietnam and the Ukraine. Advertising, marketing and customer services will be in the target groups' languages.05-08-2008
Napisy.org back? - The popular website offering free film subtitles in Polish, www.napisy.org, may be reactivated, according to . In May 2007, after an investigation launched at the request of distributors associated in Fundacja Ochrony Tworczosci Audiowizualnej (the Foundation for Protection of Audiovisual Works), the website was suspended and its creators questioned. Since then, however, no specific charges have been brought, and the Zabrze Regional Prosecutor doubts whether in this case the law has been broken at all. An expert assigned by the prosecutor is to state whether publishing unauthorised translations free of charge of works for which authorised translations are available is a violation of the law. 03-05-2008
Google develops its activity in Poland - announced its plans to enlarge the number of its staff in Europe by several times and to develop its Polish facilities in Krakow, Wroclaw and Warsaw. Wroclaw is already one of the key places for the company and after Dublin it may become the second operational center in Europe. The company is interested in employing 300 engineers but also some individuals who know the languages of neighbouring countries. The owner of the most popular internet browser in the world does not disclose its financial results from each respective country of Central Europe, nor its share in the market of advertisements on browsers. However, according to the latest research of Gemius, in Poland this share is around 86%. Poland is the market where Google has the strongest position in the region in terms of browsers' ads. IAB, a consulting company, estimates that the value of the Polish market for browsers' advertising in 2007 will amount to PLN 110m and according to its forecast it will top PLN 180m in 2008. 10-10-2007
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Moscow awaits more shopping centres - Two new shopping centres were put in operation in Moscow in Q1 2008: shopping mall Oblaka with a total area of 95,000 m2 (33,000 m2 retail space) and Zig-Zag, which covers 28,400 m2 (16,000 m2), according to Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko. This year a further 19 premises will be opened to the public with the overall area exceeding one million square meters. 05-14-2008
Mosmart to open 550 outlets in Ukraine by 2012 - Grocery retailer , which established a joint venture - with Ukrainian investment fund in April 2008, shed more light on its expansion in the country. By 2012 Mosmart is to invest $300m in the opening of 50 hypermarkets and 500 convenience stores in Ukraine. The first 10,000 m2 hypermarket is planned for launch by the end of the year. Mosmart operates 83 outlets in Russia.05-14-2008
Baltika will manage Carlsberg in Eastern Europe - announced that it will be organised in four new regions: Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe and Asia. The new management structure is a result of the joint acquisition of brewery by and , which took place in April. Beginning on 29 April 2008 Anton Artemyev, the president of , a leading Russian brewery company, will head the Carlsberg Eastern European division. The Eastern Europe division consists of companies from the Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) joint venture, except BBH Baltics, which became part of the Northern Europe region. 05-14-2008
Lindex to open in Russia - The first clothing store in Russia will be launched in St. Petersburg in August 2008. Overall, by the end of the year the company is to add several more stores, wrote. Lindex is owned by Finnish firm .05-14-2008
Lewiatan Business Index steady in April - The annual PKPP Lewiatan Business Index amounted to 65 points in April, holding steady in relation to March, the Polish Confederation of Private Employers (PKPP) Lewiatan announced. The half-yearly index also remained unchanged, at 69 points. On the other hand, the quarterly index dropped by two points to 70. According to PKPP Lewiatan, the macroeconomic situation in the first quarter was stronger than anticipated, even despite poor industrial output data and weaker-than-expected retail sales in March. Nevertheless, the broader trend of weakening index values seen over the past few quarters suggests the pace of economic growth will slow somewhat through the remainder of the year. However, the deceleration will be mild, as indicated by the fact that all the indices remained at a relatively high level. PKPP Lewiatan believes that macroeconomic fundamentals still remain strong and GDP growth will continue to be driven by robust domestic consumption and investment, although both will expand at a somewhat slower rate. On the other hand, the outlook for foreign trade is less clear. The PKPP Lewiatan Business Index is constructed on the basis of market prognoses prepared by Poland's leading economists for the current quarter, half year and full year. It is measured on a 100-point scale, where a score of 50 corresponds to an economic growth forecast of 3-3.5% of GDP annually.05-12-2008
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