POLAND’S presidential race between business-friendly Bronislaw Komorowski and conservative Jaroslaw Kaczynski is too close to call ahead of the final round of voting tomorrow, surveys showed yesterday.

AIB has refused to comment on its progress in meeting capital-raising requirements, despite mounting speculation regarding its Polish operations and concerns over the possibility of state ownership.

Goalkeeper Artur Boruc has confirmed it was his dislike for Rangers which meant he did not shake hands with any opposition players at the end of Celtic's heavy defeat at Ibrox.

POLAND’S chief prosecutor yesterday ordered an investigation into allegations that Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper solicited sex from a woman in exchange for giving her a job with his political party, the government said.

Poland’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret jails for terrorist suspects there, saying the issue must be cleared up before it becomes “dangerous” for his country.

POLAND served as the CIA’s main centre to detain terrorist suspects in Europe at clandestine prisons, according to remarks by a Human Rights Watch investigator made public Friday.

A Human Rights Watch investigator said Poland was the CIA’s main centre to detain terrorist suspects in Europe at clandestine prisons, a Polish newspaper reported today.

Poland heads into general elections this weekend with two centre-right parties set to hand a stinging defeat to the governing ex-communists and touch off a struggle over economic policy in the EU’s biggest new member.

LEW RYWIN, the Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning Schindler’s List and The Pianist, was found guilty of fraud charges in a bribery scandal in Warsaw and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Lew Rywin, the Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning Schindler’s List and The Pianist, was found guilty of fraud charges in a bribery scandal in Warsaw and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

President Aleksander Kwasniewski told cheering supporters today that Poland has fulfilled its aspirations to return to Europe, after exit polls showed an overwhelming 82% voting ’yes’ to EU membership.

Poland’s embattled prime minister categorically denied any involvement in a murky scandal that has gripped the nation as he testified today before a parliamentary panel investigating allegations that a leading film producer attempted to solicit a bribe for lobbying the government.

Zbigniew Boniek says he is considering an offer to take over the Poland national team.