The programme was created by the University of Silesia, with financial support from the Ministry of National Education and offers a post-graduate course in the local Silesian language and culture for ...

As the battle in Poland over who gets to direct the country’s museums heats up, the government in Katowice has removed a director from her post. Alicja Knast, the director of the Silesian Museum since ...

The Athletic is attending some of the most ferocious derbies across Europe, charting the history of the continent’s most deep-rooted and volatile rivalries. The series began last season, covering 10 ...

They are beautifully decorated, hand-painted, with intricate wood carvings. But Silesian Guild chests are far more than meets the eye. These historic objects are full of curious traditions, which have ...

The Silesian Days of Contemporary Music started in 1984 as a follow-up to the Silesian Composers' Tribune, a traditional concert series organized by the Katowice Division of the Polish Composers' ...

Speaking at a special session of the Silesian local parliament, Duda said that Poland will always uphold the memory of the Silesian Uprisings, three insurgencies (1919-1921) in which the region's ...

When a revolt of textile workers broke out in his native Germany in 1844, Karl Marx took their side--and began to identify a social force that could create a new society. IN THE 1844 Manuscripts, ...

President Andrzej Duda in Katowice joined the events on the 100th anniversary of the ending of the Third Silesian Uprising. President of Poland Andrzej Duda in Katowice on 100th anniversary of the end ...

BOLESLAWIEC, Poland - Grey skies and rain could not wash away Polish high school students' excitement and interest while climbing inside an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle during an open house ...

The Polish mining region in the Silesian voivodeship has been the biggest hotspot of the coronavirus pandemic in Poland for months. Nearly every day, almost half of the new infections in Poland can be ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jerzy Gorzelik carries a Polish passport, lives in Poland and speaks Polish to his wife and children, but ask ...