The Cabinet should discuss Unipetrol privatization on Monday, November 25 (CTK). We expect a tender for a privatization advisor to commence by the end of 2002. Recent reports indicate that Unipetrol will not be divided up prior to a new tender, as was earlier speculated. The privatization conditions will be much more relaxed compared to the first tender, with no minimum price expected to be set.
Jiri Soustruznik