Grupa LOTOS (LTS) will be included in the portfolio of the Warsaw Stock Exchange's new WIG30 index, to be published on September 23rd.

Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Jarek Baran of the LOTOS Rally Team have won every round of the LOTOS Polish Rally Championship, and sealed their magnificent performance in the 2013 season by coming top of the LOTOS 70th Rally Poland.

Michał Kościuszko and Maciek Szczepaniak have finished testing prior to their participation in the LOTOS 70th Rally Poland. The LOTOS Rally Team has been checking not only the strength of Kościuszko’s spine, but also their Ford Fiesta R5, which will be their drive in Poland’s most important rallying event.

“All my life I’ve been living near the refinery, so when I finally got the chance to explore it, I didn’t think twice. I also came to confirm my belief that the plant is safe, and I was right,” said Barbara, a resident of Stogi and one of several hundred people living near the refinery who accepted our invitation to come and visit on our recent Open Day.

‘Towards a New Deal’, the slogan for the latest Economic Forum on September 3rd-5th 2013 in Krynica, refers to the economic, social and political transformations brought about by the global financial crisis.

The LOTOS Group has once again taken sixth place among the 500 largest companies of Central and Eastern Europe. The Company was qualified to its top position after its revenue in the analysed period of 2012 amounted to as much as PLN 33.1bn.

For the Rallye Deutschland, part of the World Rally Championships, Robert Kubica took fifth place in the WRC category – the best result so far in Polish rallying history. Until now, the previous best Polish WRC win in the history of the World Championships was Krzysztof Hołowczyc's sixth place in the 2009 Rally Poland.

This Thursday, August 22nd 2013, two Polish rally teams supported by Grupa LOTOS – Michał Kościuszko and Maciek Szczepaniak from the LOTOS Rally Team, and Robert Kubica and Maciek Baran – will compete in the Rallye Deutschland, the ninth round of the 2013 World Rally Championship.

The Kauno Ruduo rally, the fifth and only foreign round of the LOTOS 2013 Polish Rally Championship, is scheduled to start this weekend, August 23rd. The LOTOS Rally Team will be represented by Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Jarek Baran.

On August 14th 2013, an agreement on joint operations within the Kamień Pomorski licence block was signed between Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA and LOTOS Petrobaltic S.A. In practical terms, the agreement will strengthen the cooperation between the companies in exploration for and production of conventional oil and gas resources.

During the first half-year 2013, LOTOS put down solid foundations for its ambitious 'Efficiency and Growth 2013-15' programme.

Robert Kubica and Maciek Baran hit the podium in the WRC-2 category of the next round of the World Rally Championship 2013. With their previous two wins – in the Rally d’Italia Sardegna and the Acropolis Rally – they now stand second in their category after the Rally Finland, which is the eighth and hardest of the WRC rounds. This advances the Polish Team, supported by the LOTOS Group, to third place in this year's WRC-2 standings.