Napoleon is now back with his Antosia.

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

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski fired the interior minister today, citing suspicions that he leaked information that hindered a corruption investigation – the latest episode in a deepening political crisis.

A JUNIOR partner in Poland’s ruling coalition said yesterday it was withdrawing its two ministers from government in a move that could set the scene for early legislative elections.

Polish voters, fed up with the sleaze-ridden left-wing government, were expected to cast their ballots today for two centre-right parties that promise tax cuts and clean government.

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.