Poland - Factors to Watch June 12

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch that may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):

CPI

The statistics office is due to publish the second reading of consumer price index (CPI) for May at 1200 GMT.

UKRAINIANS

Since beginning of the year, Polish companies decided to hire 737,000 Ukrainians, 50 percent more than a year ago, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily said. But as the European Union has lifted visas for Ukrainians, many of them may leave Poland.

PEKAO

The newly-elected supervisory board of Poland's second- largest lender Bank Pekao SA has asked the chief executive officer to resign, but he declined to do so last week. The attempt to force him to leave his post bodes ill for the bank, Rzeczpospolita daily said.

SOLDIERS

The Polish president would like the United States to increase the number of soldiers based in Poland, he told Super Express tabloid when asked about the topics he would like to raise with the U.S. president who is coming to Warsaw in July.

PARTY POLL

Support for the ruling Law and Justice rose by two percentage points to 32 percent, while the biggest opposition Civic Platform's fell by six points to 22 percent, Super Express said, quoting a poll conducted by Pollster institute.

****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****

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