On 15th of June, Katowice was visited by the Selection Committee of the European Capital of Culture event in 2016. The main purpose of the visit was to learn more about the City’s candidature before the final decision on 21st of June saying which city will get the title. In ...

Mayors of Katowice and Cracow, Piotr Uszok and Jacek Majchrowski, signed today a letter of intent for cooperation in the area of culture between both cities. Consequently, Cracow – the European Capital of Cutlure of the year 2000 – formally starts to support Katowice efforts in a race for the ...

Tychy, Ruda Śląska, Sosnowiec, Bytom and Piekary Śląskie – five cities of fourteen creating the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (GZM), adopted resolutions to support Katowice in efforts to be designated as a European Capital of Culture in 2016 (ESK 2016). Following cities prepare necessary resolutions to join ...

Today was announced a shortlist of Polish cities which compete for the title of the European Capital of Culture 2016. The pre-selection took place in the Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw. Five cities were qualified for the second stage. The list includes Katowice. The shortlist of the five ...

Representatives of the European Capital of Culture 2016 Office of Katowice presented today the City’s application which had been filed yesterday in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Katowice rivals 10 other Polish cities to become the capital of culture in 2016. Between 13th and 15th of October 2010 ...

The City Hall of Katowice has formally presented a logo of the Katowice’s candidature for the European Capital of Culture in 2016. The logo was designed by Wojciech Janicki from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and was chosen from among 35 proposals. It is composed of two ...

The Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski, announced last week the invitation for the candidate cities to submit their applications to be named with the European Capital of Culture title in 2016. Katowice will rival Toruń, Lublin, Łódź, Warszawa, Poznań, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Szczecin and Białystok. The deadline ...

Seventeen polish cities is procuring European Capital of Culture in 2016. Yesterday, Katowice joined this group. Preliminary heats will take place at autumn by Ministry of Culture decision. The Mayor of Katowice, Piotr Uszok wants to engage other cities of the Silesian Agglomeration in participation in applying for the seat ...