Date of the residential couple’s funeral announced

If all bodies from the Tu-154 crash return to Poland, the funeral ceremonies in honour of all casualties will take place on Saturday. Lech and Maria Kaczynski’s funeral is planned on Sunday.

Barack Obama: “We are all Polish”

John Kennedy once said: “We are all Berliners”. Today Barack Obama paraphrased these words saying: “We are all Polish”.

Foreign minister contacted the brother of the president

“I’ve got terrible news. There has been a tragic accident. It is supposed that no one survived” – these words told the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Jarosław Kaczyński. Radosław Sikorski in a interview for the TOK FM radio station recalled first moments after he had been told about the accident in Smolensk.

Putin to Poles: That is our tragedy as well

“That is our tragedy as well” – said Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin in his message to Polish people, which was broadcast in Polish media last night. His message had been recorded in a tent near the scene of the air crash. Together with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk he also heard out the Russian services’ report.

Special sitting of NATO concerning the tragedy

A special, public sitting of North Atlantic Council will take place today in the afternoon – informed Polish sources at NATO.