Press reviewed by Elzbieta Krajewska.

GAZETA WYBORCZA daily worries over heat loss, proved by research carried out ad-hoc by an insulation manufacturing company. The shock began with their own building... "We couldn't believe it" said a company representative, promising corrective alterations. Just as bad, and clearly visible on a picture from an infra-red camera, is the Ministry of Infrastructure, responsible for the government programme on thermal awareness, as well as the offices of Greenpeace and WWF in Warsaw, followed by the Embassies of Denmark and Norway, countries who lead the field in energy saving! The company told the paper that their intentions had been good. "We know cars emit fumes harmful to the environment. We segregate our rubbish. But we still don't realize how important it is to prevent heat loss at our homes and offices" they say.

DZIENNIK daily is concerned over the bad luck which seems to be dogging President Lech Kaczyński on his Eastern visit. First, his plane was grounded at the airport in Mongolia and he had to charter another to fly to Japan. This meant a delay of eight hours in the agenda. Then the Japanese Emperor fell ill and cancelled the meeting. The imperial sickness is fate, writes the daily, but the plane breakdown is forcing more concrete declarations about the need for a new VIP air fleet. Especially as both government planes are 18 years old. No other country has such problems, adds DZIENNIK.

We won't be saving on Christmas, reports RZECZPOSPOLITA daily, noting that on the average, households will be actually spending at least a tenth more on the holiday than last year. Only one in five Poles say that they will be putting in the stop on Christmas spending but overall, we'll fork out more than 23 billion zloty, and presents will cost us between 100 and 500 zloty. All this is making business happy – writes RZECZPOSPOLITA, reminding that the Christmas shopping rush accounts for between 20-30% of profits for some companies, annually.

Still in a holiday mood (of sorts), and still about money, the tabloid SUPER EXPRESS has collected figures from all over Poland on church donations. This is the season when parish priests start their annual visits to homes of the faithful and SUPER EXPRESS recorded just how much a member of the congregation will slip into the priestly pocket during the visit. According to their report, this ranges from a modest 10 zloty in the poorest regions, to a whopping 250 in Warsaw or Pomerania, with an average of 50 to 100 zloty. Church collections bring in from 1 zloty to 10. And the paper prints a reminder from one parish priest saying that there is actually no obligation to give anything at all...