By Reuters Staff
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish PKN Orlen chief executive said a court decision to suspend the competition watchdog UOKiK’ approval of the state-backed refiner’s takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press would have no impact because the deal has been completed.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of PKN Orlen, Poland s top oil refiner, is pictured at a petrol station in Warsaw, Poland, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
Opposition political parties have said the takeover - approved by UOKiK and completed by PKN earlier this year - is part of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party’s wider efforts to increase its control of the media.