Prague- Poland will submit restructuring plans to save its ailing shipyards to Brussels on Friday before a European Commission deadline, said Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad.

The Baltic shipyards - famous as the birthplace of the Solidarity labour union that fought and toppled Poland's communist regime - have sentimental and historic value to many Poles.

The European Commission had given Poland until September 12 to come up with plans to restructure and privatize the yards, extending a previous deadline that Poland failed to meet.

Warsaw - A former priest in the Polish city of Czestochowa was sentenced to three ye

Warsaw - A Polish television crew detained in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia was released on Tuesday morning, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.

A reporter and cameraman from TVP, along with their Georgian driver, were stopped Monday by Ossetian police and later handed over to Russian soldiers. Their equipment - including their mobile phones - was also confiscated.

Warsaw - New details emerged on Tuesday in an incest case which has shocked Poland.

A 45-year-old man, who was arrested on Monday, has been charged with repeatedly raping his daughter over a period of six years, and with imprisoning her during that time.

Details of the charges emerged which appeared to temper the original reporting of the case after national media had labelled the man as the "Polish Josef Fritzl," referring to the Austrian incest case which came to light in April.

Media reports Monday had suggested the woman - identified only as Alice as her last name was withheld in accordance to Polish law - was held captive for six years until she reported the abuse last week.

Warsaw - A 45-year-old man was arrested Monday in eastern Poland on suspicion of imprisoning his daughter for six years and raping her repeatedly.

Warsaw - Fifty-six per cent of Poles believe Russia will re- build its empire or already has imperial might because it can sway Europe and the US, according to a poll published on Monday in the Polish edition of Newsweek.

Out of 813 people taking part in the survey, a quarter said Russia's return to power was "impossible," while 19 per cent said they didn't know because Russia was "unpredictable."