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Cttee to notify prosecution of alleged Lech Kaczynski assassination

On April 10 2010 a presidential plane carrying Kaczynski, his wife and over 80 top state and military officials, crashed near a military airfield in Smolensk, western Russia, during a landing attempt in heavy fog. SERGEI CHIRIKOV/PAP/EPA

Antoni Macierewicz, head of a government commission investigating the 2010 Smolensk air disaster which killed Poland's presidential couple, said on Sunday that the commission will notify the prosecution about the possibility of the incident having been a planned assassination attempt on President Lech Kaczynski.

First Polish MiG-29s arrive in Ukraine

The first of a number of Polish MiG-29 combat aircraft have arrived in Ukraine, an aide to the Polish president said on Monday.

National airline carries over 630,000 passengers in February

Poland's flag carrier, PLL LOT, carried 634,104 passengers in February 2023, the company announced on Tuesday.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

President says four MiGs will go to Ukraine in next few days

Poland will send four MiG-29 combat aircraft to Ukraine within the next few days, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, said on Thursday after talks with Petr Pavel, the new Czech president.

MiGs to Ukraine in broader coalition says defence minister

Poland wants to give MiG combat aircraft to Ukraine as part of a coalition of countries, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday in a radio interview.

MiGs for Ukraine in 4-6 weeks says PM

Poland will be able to give Ukraine MiG combat aircraft within four to six weeks, the Polish prime minister said on Tuesday.

Poland will give Ukraine more tanks than planes says presidential aide

Poland intends to give Ukraine fighter aircraft but less than the number of tanks it has provided, an aide to the Polish president has said.

Dutch jets intercept Russian planes over Baltic

Dutch F-35 fighters stationed in Poland intercepted two Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Dutch defence ministry has reported.

Drunk air passenger kicked off plane in Poznan

A flight from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius to London was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Poznan after a drunken man physically and verbally abused fellow passengers.

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