Katowice

Jan Kaluza's 30 year love affair with old office equipment has led to him opening the Typewriter Old Machines Museum in Tychy 80 kilometers west of Krakow.

Employees of a business in Katowice are encouraged to each spend three hours of company time a month doing charitable work.

The children's clothing store Smyk owned by the Empik Group Media & Fashion (EM7F) is set to enter the Russian market. According to Dziennik the EM&F company bought up 99 percent of the Cyprian Prolex Services, a share holder in the Smyk-Rus company.

Let's imagine this situation: An old Trabant, an automobile produced by the East German automaker in Zwickau and once the most common vehicle in East Germany, and another old vehicle, the Fiat 125p, are dashing up to the world's most luxurious place ? a casino in Monte Carlo. It would be for sure a big contrast.

An Air Europa Boeing 737-800, chartered by the UN to transport Polish peacekeeping soldiers returning from the mission in Lebanon, hit several dozen approach lights during its landing at the Pyrzowice airport on the night of Oct. 27.

Patrick Pochopien became the youngest police officer in Poland at 9 years of age when he was sworn in on Oct. 26. Pochopien who has leukemia was sworn in with 246 fellow officers during the official police oath ceremony in Katowice, 80 kilometers north-west of Krakow. After which he received an honorable police identification card, uniform and handcuffs ? ready to serve and protect.

Silesia needs police officers. The main police station is struggling to hire an additional 800 police officers. One source may be a series of meetings with unemployed people, which is being organized by labor exchanges.

The 16th Fusion Festival in Silesia will begin on Nov. 9 lasting until Nov. 27. It will include various musical, artistic, literary and theatrical events.

TUP Company, the owner of a dozen hectares of attractive ground in Siewierz, in a green district on Perzycko-Siewierski Bay, wants to build a new town of about 5,000 inhabitants. There will be not only apartments but also places to rest and work.

Katowice needs more hotels. Katowice has hosted few big events recently, such as sport, cultural and trade meetings. The main problem for people visiting the capital of Silesia is a lack of hotel rooms.