1.   Those are the finance ministry, the treasury ministry, the economics ministry and the internal affairs and administration ministry.

2.   Carlo Ciampi, who also leads the treasury ministry, noted the government needs to first create a new telecommunications regulatory agency.

3.   Kaczmarek will serve as a state secretary in charge of the privatization agency within the treasury ministry, Pawlak said.

4.   The Italian treasury ministry will supply the rest next year.

5.   A meeting was scheduled for later in the day among officials from the treasury ministry, the Polish bank Gdanski and unions representing the workers.

6.   Dini, who served as treasury ministry under Berlusconi, retains his portfolio and will serve both as prime minister and treasury minister in the new government.

7.   On Wednesday, militants from Solidarity had clashed with police who evicted them from the treasury ministry they had occupied in protest at the closure of the Gdansk shipyards.

8.   On Wednesday, militants from Solidarity clashed with police who evicted them from the treasury ministry they had occupied in protest at the closure of the Gdansk shipyards.