WARSAW, Sept 11  (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Poland's financial 
markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland GMT + 2 hour): 
    2011 EURO ADOPTION 
    Poland aims to join the euro in 2011, Prime Minister Donald 
Tusk said on Wednesday, making his firmest statement yet on when 
the EU's largest former communist economy could adopt the common 
currency.                                     [ID:nLA337606] 
    PKN CEO CHANGE 
    Poland's largest oil company PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> will next 
Thursday replace its chief executive Wojciech Heydel with his 
deputy Jacek Krawiec, newspaper Parkiet reports withouth giving 
sources. 
    CERSANIT PLANT IN ROMANIA 
    Poland's largest bathroom fittings maker Cersanit <CRSA.WA> 
will build a new plant in Romania over the next two years with 
production capacity of 12 million square meters of ceramic tiles 
annually, newspaper Parkiet reports citing its supervisory board 
member Artur Kloczko. 
    RAIFFEISEN 
    Raiffeisen Bank Polska, a unit of Austria's Raiffeisen 
International <RIBH.VI>, is planning to offer yen-denominated 
mortgage loans in Poland, newspaper Dziennik reports without 
giving sources. 
   RATES 
   Poland needs at least one more increase in interest rates and 
the monetary tightening may continue if the zloty weakens 
further, the central bank's moderate policymaker Andrzej Wojtyna 
was quoted as saying on Thursday.                [ID:nLB9091] 
    LOTOS Q3 PROFIT 
    Third-quarter net profit at Poland's second largest oil 
refiner Grupa Lotos <LTOS.WA> will be lower than a quarter 
earlier, the company's deputy chief executive said on Wednesday. 
                                              [ID:nLA471157] 
    PKO BP NEEDS 4 BLN ZLOTY FOR POLAND, UKRAINE 
    State-controlled Polish bank PKO BP <PKOBP.WA> will need 4 
billion zlotys ($1.6 billion) to finance growth in Poland and in 
neighbouring Ukraine, its supervisory board head told Reuters on 
Wednesday.                                   [ID:nLA579035] 
    POLAND TO SELL CHEMICAL MAKERS 
    Poland wants to privatise local chemical makers over the 
next two years as it seeks to cash in on the boom in the sector, 
treasury minister said on Wednesday.         [ID:nLA230647] 
    EU GROWTH FORECAST 
    The European Commission on Wednesday published interim 
forecasts for growth in the 15-nation euro zone and 27-nation 
European Union raising Poland's 2008 growth forecast to 5.4 
percent from 5.3 percent in April forecast.  [ID:nBFA000731] 
    News editor of the day: Piotr Skolimowski 
    NOTE - For a diary of forthcoming events see [PL/DIARY] and 
a calendar of east European economic indicators see 
[CONV/DIARY]. 
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