Poles headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new head of state to replace President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash in April. The election pits Kaczynski’s twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, against Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski, who has been acting president since the crash. The two are among 10 candidates […]
Numerous world leaders were forced to cancel plans to travel to Poland for the funeral of President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday, as volcanic ash from Iceland continued to ground flights to and from Europe. — U.S. President Barack Obama The White House said the United States would be represented at the funeral by Lee Feinstein, […]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed early Saturday when the plane he was traveling in with his wife and a Polish delegation crashed at a western Russian airport, according to the Russian regional governor. “There are no survivors,” said Smolensk Governor Sergey Antufyev, according to his spokesman. Eight-nine people died in the plane crash, a […]
