Finland's Eltel buys Poland's TKC

Finland's Eltel Networks said in a statement Monday it had signed an agreement to buy Polish peer TKC.

"With this acquisition, Eltel Networks will further strengthen its position in Poland as the leading service provider to the Polish telecom industry, servicing both fixed and mobile networks," the statement added, not revealing the value of the deal.

TKC employs some 580 people in Poland

Eltel had bought another Polish telecommunications company, K-Tel, in February.

Source: newsroom.finland.fi

Rospuda valley, Poland – Dozens of environmentalists have established a protest camp in the path of a section of the soon to be built Baltica Highway

Rospuda valley, Poland – Dozens of environmentalists have established a protest camp in the path of a section of the soon to be built Baltica Highway, linking Poland with Finland, which would destroy a protected nature reserve. Pollution and development that comes with the road along with the heavy construction equipment needed to construct it will drive dozens of rare plants and animals, found only in the bog, to extinction.

The decision to construct the highway violates a European program that protects rare ecological environments. The EU has demanded an explanation and threatened sanctions if the project goes ahead. After massive protests in numerous cities in the region even Poland's First Lady Maria Kaczyński has spoken out against the development.

Protesters have built a series of tree platforms in the threatened valley, 200 km north-east of Warsaw, in order better resist any attempts on the part of the police to forcibly remove them. The international conservationist organization Greenpeace has sent climbers to assist demonstrators.

Source:bombsandshields.blogspot.com