The Polish-American Chamber of Commerce, the British-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Loginet Media have held a press conference ‘Will business win the EURO 2012?’. The debate took place in Warsaw on October 23. It was attended by Mirosław Drzewiecki, Polish Minister of Sports and Tourism, Marcin Herra, president of PL2012, Witold Orłowski, consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Polska and Adrian Furgalski, director at the Transport Consultants Group TOR. >>

Representatives of several Chinese companies have visited Warsaw to discuss possible investments in the run-up to the EURO 2012 football championship to be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, Katarzyna Meller, spokesperson for PL.2012, informed on Monday. >>

The level of Poland’s readiness to host Euro 2012 football championship was the focus of a UEFA meeting in late September. The press extensively reports that both Poland and Ukraine face major infrastructure problems which include the lack of properly-sized sports stadiums, while road and railway construction is lagging behind. But there seems to be a brighter spot in this fairly gloomy picture: experts say Polish aviation is ready to meet the deadline, as Sandra Jacobson reports.  >>

Another meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee is held in Bordeaux, France, on Thursday and Friday to review hosting arrangements for EURO 2012. Poland and Ukraine are to jointly host the event. >>

Polish Minister of Sport Mirosław Drzewiecki has said upon returning from the Olympic Games held in Beijing that Chinese companies are keen on investing in Poland in the infrastructure it needs for Euro 2012 football championship to be co-hosted with Ukraine. The planned investment projects include sports stadiums, motorways, hotels, airport facilities and train networks, as well as other large-scale infrastructure needed for the event. He added Chinese firms offer prices up to 50% lower than the existing bidders.  >>

Pol-Aqua SA, an engineering-construction company based in the Warsaw suburb of Piaseczno, has submitted the best offer in the tender for the first stage of the construction of the National Stadium in Warsaw, the tender commission at the National Sport Centre has announced. >>

The Euro-2012 football championships to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine are surely the best examples of the benefits which can be brought by Central and East European countries pooling resources for a common objective. The following remarks were written for POLISH MARKET by Professor Witold Orłowski, Chief Economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers. >>

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. >>