Antoni Macierewicz

EU migration plan illegal says MP

Antoni Macierewicz, who is also a former defence minister and one of the most well-known members of the party, was speaking out against the plan, which, if implemented, would see member states accept a certain number of migrants. Marian Zubrzycki/PAP

EU plans to make member states accept migrant quotas is illegal, an MP and senior member of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party told PAP on Monday.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Cttee notifies prosecution of alleged Lech Kaczyński assassination

A government commission investigating the 2010 Smolensk air disaster which killed Poland's presidential couple has notified the prosecution about the possibility of the incident having been a planned assassination attempt on President Lech Kaczynski, the commission's head, Antoni Macierewicz, told PAP on Monday.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Daughter of Smolensk crash victim calls investigator 'a liar'

Barbara Nowacka, an MP and a daughter of a former minister killed in the 2010 presidential plane crash, has called the chief investigator behind a new report into the disaster “a liar” and accused him of falsifying documentation.

Presidential plane crash investigator presents final report

The 2010 Polish presidential plane crash in Smolensk, Russia, that killed 96 people including the president, was a result of "an act of unlawful interference", said Antoni Macierewicz, head of a special sub-committee investigating the cause of the air disaster.

Presidential plane crash investigator upholds assassination claims

The head of a special sub-commission investigating the cause of the Smolensk air disaster that killed the Polish president and dozens of the country's political and military elite has said its official report will prove their aircraft was blown up.

PM among six new ruling party vice presidents

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been named as one of six new vice presidents of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, PAP has learned.

Polish PM criticises Russia for not returning presidential plane wreckage

Mateusz Morawiecki has criticised Russia for not returning the wreckage and black boxes of the TU-154M plane that crashed in Smolensk in 2010, killing all 96 on board, including the then Polish president Lech Kaczyński and his wife.

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