Warsaw - Prime Minister Donald Tusk's bold plan for Poland to adopt the euro by 2011 has strong support among the business community and ordinary Poles, but others doubt that Warsaw can meet - or maintain - the strict economic criteria for joining the club.

Post-communist Eastern Europe's largest economy has in effect chosen high growth over low inflation and fiscal restraint. Poland's gross domestic product expanded 1.5 per cent in the second quarter compared to the previous three months, while the eurozone's GDP shrank by 0.2 per cent.

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.