- Central and Eastern Europe: in its "privatisation chronicals", the French daily, Les Echos turns to the main ongoing privatisation operations in the Ceecs: i) Poland: - associated with the Polish group ELEKTRIM, FRANCE TELECOM is in exclusive negotiations for the immediate takeover of a 35% stake and later a 51% stake in the fixed public telephone operator TPSA; - CITIBANK has taken control of Poland's third largest bank HANDLOWY BANK; - DEUTSCHE BANK has decided not to take control of the...