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”.

Polish sport in mourning

Nearly all sport events in the country have been cancelled after the tragic plane crash in Smoleńsk in which President Lech Kaczyński was killed. The accident also claimed the life of Piotr Nurkowski, the president of the Polish Olympic Committee.

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.