Silesia

Is 10 year hunt for missing WWII airmen finally over? Wrocław University teams up with US govt. after remains found at American bomber crash site

The solving of the mystery has been taken on by the US government agency DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) and the University of Wrocław. Uniwersytet Wrocławski

In 2019, specialists managed to locate the crash site of the WWII US Airforce Flying Fortress in Jordanów Śląski where they have now discovered human remains thought to belong to the aircrew.

Katowice revival

In our continuing series on the changing faces of Polish cities, this week we take a look at the Silesian capital of Katowice.

Opposition warns new coal licences will deprive Silesia of EU funds

The head of Poland's main opposition party has attacked the government for issuing new coal mining licences and warned that this could deprive Silesia province of billions of EU funds.

Gov't, unions seal social contract for mining

Government and union delegates in Katowice, southern Poland on Friday sealed a social contract for the Polish mining sector as Poland enters an EU-imposed energy transformation procedure aimed at eliminating coal from the European energy mix.

Hero cop saves unborn deer after pregnant mum is killed by car

A highway patrol officer became an overnight hero after delivering the unborn baby deer found falling out of its dead mother's stomach following the fatal accident in Bielsko-Biała.

Katowice’s Spodek ‘flying saucer’ celebrates 50th birthday

Opening its doors for the first time On May 8, 1971, the Spodek Arena in Katowice has since hosted dignitaries, rock stars and sporting royalty. Alex Webber looks back at the iconic building’s iconic history.

Pandemic situation in southern industrial region critical – minister

The situation in the southern Polish province of Silesia is critical in terms of both the number of Covid cases and the number of hospitalisations, the health minister said after a meeting in Katowice, the province capital.

Poland to build its first e-car plant next year

The Polish government has chosen Jaworzno, in the southern industrial region of Silesia, as the site for the country's first electric vehicle factory.

100 years after disappearing, remains of Zeppelin aircraft ‘laden with gold’ found at crash site in Silesia

The Zeppelin Staaken took off from Breslau on On 4 August 1919, but never arrived at its destination of Kamieniec Podolski in Ukraine. Now researchers say they have found it in a forest near Raciborz, southwest Poland.

Polish scientists develop clip to facilitate diagnosis of melanoma

A special clip facilitating the diagnosis of skin tumours, including melanoma, has been developed by scientists from two universities in Katowice, southern Poland - the University of Silesia and the Medical University of Silesia.

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