Poland: The Polish government has floated its remaining 20% in POLMOS LUBLIN, one of the five largest vodka producers, before kicking off the privatisation procedure for POLMOS BIALYSTOK, producer of “Zubrowka” and “Absolwent” vodkas, which has a 20% share of the national market and is valued at 200 million EUR. BOLS of the Netherlands and the French PERNOD RICARD have expressed an interest.- Czech Republic: The Czech privatisation agency has received five preliminary offers for the acquisition of a majority stake in CESKY TELECOM, the country's largest telecommunications operator. It is worth noting that the government is selling its 51.1% stake in the operator, whose estimated value is 2.6 billion dollars. Apart from two financial consortia, the operators SWISSCOM (Switzerland), TELEFONICA (Spain) and BELGACOM (Belgium) have put in offers but with its offer of 1.88 billion, BELGACOM's offer is unlikely to be high enough to defeat the competition.