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  • Body of Poland`s late president arrived back home

    Body of Poland`s late president arrived back home

    The body of Poland's late president arrived back home Sunday as his stunned nation mourned the loss of much of its elite in a jet crash in Russia that investigators said was not due to technical faults. Draped in a red and white Polish flag, the coffin bearing Lech Kaczynski was carried onto a...

    11 April 2010, 18:44
  • CEC Releases Updated Voter List Figures

    CEC Releases Updated Voter List Figures

    Updated list of voters includes 3,580,447 citizens eligible to vote in the May 30 local elections with almost third of them in the capital Tbilisi, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC). The updated list includes 6,978 less voters then the initial list released in February. The figure...

    11 April 2010, 18:10
  • Poland mourns president`s death in crash

    Poland mourns president`s death in crash

    (CNN) -- Thousands gathered outside Warsaw's presidential palace on Saturday evening to lay flowers and light candles in honor of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash in western Russia earlier in the day. Kaczynski's wife and several top military officials were also...

    11 April 2010, 18:05
  • Analysis: Ramifications of crash on Polish politics

    Analysis: Ramifications of crash on Polish politics

    (CNN) -- Experts say the deaths of senior military chiefs in Saturday's plane crash could have more serious implications for Poland than the loss of the country's president. President Lech Kaczynski was killed Saturday when a plane carrying senior Polish officials on their way to a memorial...

    11 April 2010, 17:59
  • The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, David Bakradze and the representatives of the parliamentary majority, in written form expressed the sympathy due to the death of the President of Poland in the Book of Condolence

    The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, David Bakradze and the representatives of the parliamentary majority, in written form expressed the sympathy due to the death of the President of Poland in the Book of Condolence

    The Chairman of the Parliament, David Bakradze and the members of the parliamentary majority expressed their deep sorrow and condolence due to the death of the President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, his wife and other officials of Poland, in the Book of Condolence, opened in the Palace of Youth. The...

    11 April 2010, 17:57
  • Saakashvili: Death of Kaczynski is a great loss for all of us

    Saakashvili: Death of Kaczynski is a great loss for all of us

    The Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has paid tribute to Poland`s President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed after his plane crashed in foggy weather in Russia. On BBC Mikheil Saakashvili talked about honours of Kaczynski` as a personality and politician and called his death a great loss. `What...

    11 April 2010, 17:54
  • Georgian mourns over death of Polish President

    Georgian mourns over death of Polish President

    April 11 is declared a Day of Mourning in Georgia. The decision has been adopted by the Georgia president regarding the tragic death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and senior members of the Polish government. National flags have been lowered at state building, including the parliament and...

    11 April 2010, 17:47
  • Biography of Poland`s Lech Kaczynski

    Biography of Poland`s Lech Kaczynski

    Polish President Lech Kaczynski, a lifelong academic, rose to popularity leading Warsaw, the city of his birth. Born in June, 1949, to parents who were educators -- his mother, a teacher, served as a nurse during WWII, and his father was a lecturer at Warsaw University of Technology -- Kaczynski was...

    11 April 2010, 17:45
  • Plane with Lech Kaczynski`s body lands in Warsa

    Plane with Lech Kaczynski`s body lands in Warsa

    A plane carrying the body of Polish President Lech Kaczynski who died in an air crash on Saturday has landed in Warsaw, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Sunday. Kaczynski, his wife and other top officials died Saturday morning as the Soviet-made TU-154 carrying them hit the top of trees as it...

    11 April 2010, 17:42
  • Poles commemorate Smolensk disaster with two-minute silence

    Poles commemorate Smolensk disaster with two-minute silence

    Thousands of people in the streets of Poland`s cities are standing rigid and silent, marking two minutes of silent memorial to those killed in a devastating plane crash. The silence was preceded by the thundering pealing of church bells and din of emergency sirens for nearly a minute before everything...

    11 April 2010, 15:02
  • Georgian Foreign Ministry releases special statement on death of Polish President

    Georgian Foreign Ministry releases special statement on death of Polish President

    Tbilisi expresses support and condolences to Poland over the tragic death of the Polish president, his wife and other members of the Polish delegation in the plane crash occurred in Russia on Saturday. A book of condolences will be opened in the centre of Tbilisi. The Georgian Foreign Ministry has released...

    10 April 2010, 21:29
  • Georgian citizens gather outside Polish embassy to express their condolences

    Georgian citizens gather outside Polish embassy to express their condolences

    Georgian citizens are flocking to the Polish Embassy in Georgia with black ribbons and flowers in Zubalashvili Street in Tbilisi. Georgia expresses its condolences to the Polish People. Residents of Tbilisi commemorate the Polish President, his wife and other people killed in the plane crash occurred...

    10 April 2010, 20:25
  • Saakashvili: ‘Kaczynski Played Amazing Role in Fight for Georgia’s freedom’

    Saakashvili: ‘Kaczynski Played Amazing Role in Fight for Georgia’s freedom’

    Polish President, Lech Kaczynski, who died in plane crash in Russia on April 10 "will always be remembered as absolutely outstanding figure of Polish history, of European history and certainly of the history of my region," President Saakashvili said. Speaking with CNN from London studio,...

    10 April 2010, 19:17
  • Lech Kaczynski awarded title of National Hero of Georgia

    Lech Kaczynski awarded title of National Hero of Georgia

    Lech Kaczynski has been awarded a honorary title of Hero of Georgia, according to President Saakashvili`s decision. President`s spokesperson Manana Manjgaladze voiced the decision at the briefing held on Saturday. April 11 has been declared a Day of Mourning in Georgia regarding the tragic death of the...

    10 April 2010, 19:09
  • Georgian wrestlers to participate in European Championship

    Georgian wrestlers to participate in European Championship

    Georgian wrestlers in Free and Greek-Roman styles will participate in European Championship to be held in Azerbaijan. The Georgian sportsmen underwent through training at Dusheti sports center. There is one debutant among the 7 sportsmen. Giorgi Gogshelidze, Gela Sagirashvili and Otar Tushishvili...

    10 April 2010, 17:36