On 25 June 2009, the Ministry of Infrastructure hosted the meeting of the Visegrad Group transport ministers. The meeting was attended by secretaries and undersecretaries of state in the transport ministers from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The Polish side was headed by Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure Maciej Jankowski.

On 24 June 2009, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure Magdalena Gaj met with Director General of International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO) Jose Toscano.

On 17 June 2009, within the framework of the Communications Committee meeting, the European Commission presented an amended draft recommendation on high speed Next Generation Access networks (NGA). The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the regulation. The public consultation will be open until 24 July 2009. The Commission plans to adopt the Recommendation, taking account of comments received, before the end of 2009.

17-19 June 2009, Warsaw hosted the General Assembly of UNIFE – Association of the European Rail Industry. During the conference, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure Juliusz Engelhardt spoke about the future of railway infrastructure in Poland.

The Council of the European Union today held an informal discussion on the state of play regarding the ‘telecoms package’. The Member States consider this set of legislative proposals very important, not least because of the current economic downturn and the role the sector of information and communication technologies can play in mitigating its impact. The Council agrees that the three proposals of the ‘telecoms package’ should be adopted as soon as possible.

A delegation led by Minister of Infrastructure Cezary Grabarczyk is visiting China, 12-17 June 2009. During the visit, the Minister is accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PKP Group, General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Sea Ports of Gdynia and Szczecin-Świnoujście, and Polish Agency for Enterprise Development.

On 11-12 June 2009, whithin the framework of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, Luxembourg hosted the second formal meeting during the Czech Presidency. The meeting was attended by Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure Maciej Jankowski.

Luxembourg, 8 June 2009, the European Council adopted a new regulation amending regulation (EC) No 717/2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community.

On 9 June 2009, the Finnish Ministry of Communications hosted a Baltic Sea Summit on the digital dividend in Helsinki attended by government delegations from all the Baltic Sea states, namely Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. Poland was represented by Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure Magdalena Gaj.