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"NOVOSTI" about Katyn 2010

List of all news, comments and multimedia materials about crash in Smolensk as published by NOVOSTI:

http://en.rian.ru/trend/kaczynski_crush/

Poland uncertain whether to reveal Tu-154 black box records

Polish investigators have not yet decided on whether to make public data from flight recorders of the Tu-154 plane, which crashed on April 10 in western Russia, killing Poland's first couple and other top officials.

Poland's chief prosecutor Andrzej Seremet said Polish prosecutors will postpone revealing the black box contents until they obtain other necessary information from Russia. The final decision on whether to disclose flight details is expected in two weeks.

"As soon as they [flight recorders] are analyzed in Poland, we would probably decide to make their content public," he said.

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/world/20100423/158707604.html

All victims in Polish plane crash identified

Poland's government says forensic experts have identified the last 21 bodies among the victims killed in the plane crash that claimed the life of President Lech Kaczynski.

Government Minister Michal Boni said Thursday that DNA tests in Moscow had helped in identifying 16 of the passengers and five crew members. The bodies are to be flown to Poland on Friday.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5HRIwocn5cLZn75suY8xsI5-1bgD9F81IK00

Polish 2009 Budget Deficit Widens, 2009 GDP Growth Revised Up

Poland’s general government deficit widened to 7.1 percent of gross domestic product last year, narrower than the government’s estimate of 7.2 percent, the Central Statistical Office said.

The budget shortfall totaled 95.7 billion zloty ($33 billion) last year, up from 46.9 billion zloty in 2008, as GDP growth slowed to 1.8 percent, revised from a preliminary 1.7 percent, the statistical office said. In 2009, the general government deficit was 3.9 percent of GDP, while the economy expanded 5 percent. European Union rules require member countries to keep their deficit ratios at or below 3 percent.

Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-22/polish-2009-budget-deficit-widens-2009-gdp-growth-revised-up.html

Russian Court Ordered to Hear Appeal in Katyn Case

Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the Moscow City Court to consider an appeal in which a rights group, Memorial, sought to force the authorities to declassify a 2004 decision by military prosecutors to drop an investigation into the massacre in the Katyn forest. A Memorial leader, Yan Rachinsky, said the ruling could lead to a court decision to open up secret documents providing details about the killings of thousands of Polish officers there. Poland also wants the documents declassified.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/europe/22katyn.html

Polish investigators challenge Russian claim that pilot error caused crash that killed president

Polish investigators have challenged the Russian claim that pilot error led to the air crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski - and are refusing to rule out terrorism.

The revelation comes amid conflicting reports over whether 'screams' were heard from the passenger compartment shortly before the Tupolev-154 crashed, killing all 96 people on board.

Investigators admit that a prayer is heard on the black box tapes in the final moments before the plane crashed on April 10, and acknowledge that the pilots knew the presidential jet was doomed as it approached a military airport in dense fog near Smolensk.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1267811/Polish-investigators-challenge-Russian-claim-pilot-error-caused-crash-killed-president.html#ixzz0lmrjGldR

3 Auschwitz thieves are no-shows at Polish prison

A Polish judge says three men found guilty last month in the theft of the notorious Auschwitz sign failed to show up to the prison to start their sentences.

Rafal Lisak, a judge at a Krakow court that convicted the men, says they were due to show up at a prison in Wloclawek on Tuesday but didn't appear.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii_ZLAJ4rZ0EsaYbE_Iotl7aPiVQD9F7GP700