Fire guard station in Torun, Poland

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Media Business Centre, ITI and TVN buildings in Warsaw, Poland

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Training center of customs officers in Poland.

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Czech TV buildings in Prague, Czech Republic.

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The FSB (Federal Security Service) is a domestic state security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor of the Soviet Cheka, NKVD, and KGB. Its headquarters are in Lubyanka Square, Moscow.

FSB is engaged mostly in domestic affairs, while the espionage duties were taken over by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (former First Chief Directorate of the KGB). However FSB also includes the FAPSI agency, which is involved in electronic surveillance abroad. In addition, FSB operates freely at the territories of the former Soviet republics, and it can conduct anti-terrorist military operations anywhere in the World if ordered by the President, according to the recently adopted terrorism law. All law enforcement and intelligence agencies in Russia work under guidance of FSB if needed. For example, GRU, spetsnaz and Internal Troops detachments of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs work together with FSB in Chechnya.

"Agora and "Gazeta Wyborcza" (Election Gazette) were created on the eve of the parliamentary elections in 1989. "Gazeta" became the first independent newspaper in Poland, while Agora grew into one of the largest and most renowned media companies in Central and Eastern Europe.

Since 1999 Agora's shares have been listed on the Warsaw and London stock exchanges. During the company's IPO, the stock was more than 10 times oversubscribed. The issue price was PLN 36 or $9.26 per share. The proceeds from the IPO, amounting to $93 million, went into further growth of the company, including the expansion of its printing base and the construction of the new premises in Warsaw.

Agora's flagship business is "Gazeta Wyborcza" - Poland's largest quality daily. In 2005 "Gazeta" had 5.6 million (1) readers and its circulation reached ca. 450 thousand copies (2). "Gazeta's" unique formula which combines a national newspaper with regional pages and thematic supplements appeals not only to readers but also to advertisers. In 2005 "Gazeta's" advertising sales reached PLN 465 million (EUR 115 million) while its share in the newspaper advertising market was 41% (3)."

Axel Springer AG is one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in Europe, having over 150 newspapers and magazines in over 30 countries, including several central and eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and western European countries: Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, more than 10,000 employees with annual revenues and income on the scale of a billion euros. It was started in 1946/1947 by journalist Axel Springer . Its current CEO is Mathias Döpfner.

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Radio Radiostacja is a Polish radio station.

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