Lech Kaczyński’s mother unaware of his death

“ I can no longer pretend that nothing has happened. I will have to tell her the truth very soon. It frightens me a lot” – confessed Jarosław Kaczyński in an interview for a daily “Super Express”, in which he also told about the last meeting with his brother.

The Polish Parliament introduced a smoking ban, but not everywhere

Smokers will be able to breathe a sigh of relief and proceed with their habit. The smoking-ban for public spaces, passed yesterday by the Parliament, does not include such places as pubs, restaurants and many other. PO and the left are already willing to change and commute the bill – informed on March 4 Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

German newspaper on Polish-Russian relations

For the first time Russia has acknowledged responsibility for the Katyn massacre with such humility. It is an opportunity for Poland to abandon its role of a victim, forced upon the country by historical circumstances – writes German daily paper “Die Welt”. In its opinion, Putin’s recent declarations have won him many enemies in his own country.

Shortages in the Polish flag production

The flag-producing company in Bielsko is having difficulties filling all the orders. After the tragedy in Smoleńsk which claimed, among others, the president’s life, numerous Poles want to hoist them, in this way indicating their mourning – said Jadwiga Górkiewicz, the president of Biel-Flag company.

London: Poles will see the funeral on a street screen

The authorities of London approved the social initiative of Poles in Great Britain who want the Sunday funeral ceremony in Cracow to be displayed on a street screen on Trafalgar Square.