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Polish PM: PGNiG Supervisory Board Dismissed CEO Earlier Monday

The supervisory board of Poland's state-controlled natural gas utility PGNiG SA (PGN.WA) Monday dismissed the company's chief executive, Grazyna Piotrowskia-Oliwa, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.He added that the company's management board member in charge of trade, Radoslaw Dudzinski, had also been dismissed. Mr. Dudzinski was the main negotiator in Poland's gas import agreements with Russia's Gazprom OAO (GAZP.RS).Earlier in April, Mr. Tusk sacked his treasury minister following confusion over a Russian proposal to build a gas pipeline on Polish territory, and said the country may need to create an energy ministry to implement a consistent energy policy rather than have it scattered across ministries, listed companies and regulators.Gazprom said in early April it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Poland's Europol Gaz to study the possibility of building a new branch to the Yamal-Europe pipeline, one that would turn south in Belarus, crossing Polish territory, to supply g...

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