JAROSLAW Kaczynski, a leading candidate in Poland’s presidential election, interrupted the last day of campaigning yesterday to visit the grave of his identical twin – the leader whose death in a plane crash forced the early vote.

Celtic have been told to forget about a January move for Bosnia-Herzegovina midfielder Semir Stilic – because his club believe he will be worth even more in the summer.

Bosnian international Semir Stilic has urged Lech Poznan to sanction a move to Celtic in this month’s transfer window.

Derry City manager Stephen Kenny has revealed how Celtic have beaten off competition from a host of English clubs to sign Niall McGinn.

THE European Union could be left in a quagmire for years if its leaders fail to resolve their differences over new rules for operating the union at the two-day summit that kicks off in Brussels today.

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.

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.

The two centre-right parties that emerged from Poland’s weekend election with the most votes were expected to open coalition talks today, but were first trying to agree on who the chief negotiators should be.

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.

The leader of the winning party in Poland’s election pledged today to move ahead quickly on forming a coalition government to tackle economic problems that include the European Union’s highest unemployment rate.