The HN daily reports that the deadline for the submission of bids for the government’s controlling stake in Unipetrol is December 10. Last week, the Czech Press Agency reported that a tender winner would be chosen on December 17. No official information on the bids would be expected until then, though information leakage is possible, and speculation is likely. So far it is not clear what the final privatization consortia will look like, the negotiations still continue.
(Jiri Soustruznik)