CENTRE-RIGHT leader Donald Tusk last night became the first Polish prime minister since the fall of communism in 1989 to win a second consecutive term following his Civic Platform’s election victory.

POLISH prime minister Donald Tusk and his centre-right Civic Platform (PO) looked like creating history by being the first government to run full term and be re-elected.

The Second World War Katyn massacres were committed on the direct order of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, Russia’s lower house of parliament said today – a statement hailed by Polish officials.

JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI has conceded defeat in the Polish presidential elections.

JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI, the twin brother of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski, said yesterday he would be the candidate of his right-wing opposition Law and Justice party (PiS) in a presidential election.

Britain’s Conservative MEPs will be part of a new 55-strong “anti-federalist” political group in the European Parliament, it was announced today.

Had Irish emigrants been entitled to vote, and if even a small fraction of them had exercised that right, undoubtedly they could have been the deciding factor in general elections here given the size of the country and the closeness of election results.

Glanbia have announced 2006 grain prices ranging from €109 to €124.71, including VAT.

THE US has its political power families — the Kennedys, Clintons, Bushes. But nothing quite like what is developing in Poland.

The US has its political power families: the Kennedys, the Clintons, the Bushes. But nothing quite like what is developing in Poland.

PROSECUTORS filed charges yesterday against Poland’s last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, in connection with his imposition of martial law in 1981 as the Soviet -backed regime tried to crush the Solidarity pro-democracy movement.

Poland’s new conservative government wants to change the official name of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on the Unesco world heritage registry, an official said today.

THE election of conservative Lech Kaczynski as Poland’s president on Sunday has sealed a shift to the right with the rise of tough-talking leaders who pledge to protect the country’s interests.

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, a former school principal turned economic adviser, is set to become Poland’s new prime minister as he embarks on talks to form a new government that will try to reduce taxes and increase prosperity for the country’s 38 million residents.

POLAND’S centre-right parties, celebrating a crushing victory yesterday over the ruling left, faced tough talks on forming a coalition amid divisions over the scope of market reforms.

Polish voters gave an overwhelming election victory to two centre-right parties committed to tax cuts and fighting corruption, severely punishing a left-wing government marred by sleaze scandals and its failure to create jobs.

POLISH MPs narrowly voted against reintroducing the death penalty yesterday after a series of killings that outraged the nation.