The Minister of Foreign Affairs: The whole world is coming to Warsaw

Herman Van Rompuy, the President of European Council, is coming to funeral ceremonies of Lech Kaczyński. Also President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his will to come. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not rule out participation of Barack Obama, President of the USA.

Politicians on their blogs about the disaster in Smoleńsk

“Hope on reconciliation with Russia”, “I am proud to be a Pole”, “Make me understand the sense of the tragedy and Their death”, “Poland will rise after this blow after all”.

Black boxes from the crashed plane retrieved

Specialists provisionally retrieved information from the black boxes of the presidential airplane, which had crashed near Smolensk. It proved the Russian assumption right that the plane was in working order. A person employed at the Smolensk airport said that the Polish pilots were perfectly trained.

Crowds mourn after Polish president

On Sunday, a few minutes past 3 p.m., the airplane with the body of Lech Kaczyński landed in Warsaw. The coffin, covered with a Polish national flag, was put out the plane by soldiers of the Honour Guard of the Polish Armed Forces. The national anthem was played.

Death of a President, Lech Kaczynski

A plane carrying Poland’s president Lech Kaczynski and others travelling to Smolensk for a Katyn commemoration ceremony has crashed. Eighty eight people were reported on board the ageing Tupolev Tu-154 presidential plane.