Katowice

The 20th-Century history of Silesia and its inhabitants has come alive in Katowice. The play "Polterabend," written in Silesian dialect by Stanislaw Mutz, has received a preview at the Silesian Theatre in Katowice.

A castle in the village of Konczyce Wielkie located in the Slask Cieszynski region of southern Poland has been bought by private investors for 1.6 mln zloty.

About 100 miners from the Budryk coal mine in Ornomontowice in Silesia have been on strike while 700 meters underground. Although the directors of the mine have blocked the shafts, the miners have found ways to get below the surface.

Fifty border guards from Silesia will learn sign language during a 60-hour course.

Taking the music to the masses Elektrowoz Festival toured through Katowice to Krakow in December with the entertainment never leaving the tracks.

Gliwice residents can catch some of the real Christmas spirit by helping to build a manger scene on the main market square.

Top Polish rock outfit Hey are in Krakow this Saturday Dec. 15 at Klub Studio as part of their fifteenth anniversary national tour.

" The founders of an association of people with Silesian heritage on Nov. 17 filed a second complaint with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against the Polish courts. They demand the right to register the association as an advocate for a Silesian minority nationality. However, according to Polish law such a minority doesn't officially exist."

Seventy-two talented students have received scholarships from the Silesian Fund.

Silesians who are blind or have very limited vision are learning to use the Internet through an innovative Polish program that will be available across the country next year.