Sports in Slovenia as a way of life

It doesn’t always have to be about winning gold – sport can also be a way of life. Slovenia is renowned for its outstanding elite athletes, world and European champions, and record-holders. Above all, however, sport in Slovenia is a way of life. This is exemplified by the extraordinary life story of Kazimira Lužnik, born [...]

„Jugend schreibt“ (Youth writes) for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ in Slovenia - 20. June 2026:Completion of the projects on ‘Jewish Life Then and Now’ (FAZ, 5 May 2025) and on ‘Renia Spiegel – The Polish Anne Frank’ (FAZ, 1 June 2026). The research was supported, amongst others, by the embassies of the Federal Republic of [...]

“Slovenian Airline ´Prevc Wings´“ – A conversation with Peter Prevc at the ski jumping stadium in Kranj, where his career as one of the most successful ski jumpers in history began. About his first jumps and record-breaking flights in Planica, about training and nutrition methods, successes and setbacks, about the Prevc family – from which the [...]

„Born to Play Trumpet“ – The Slovenian Youth Orchestra and its efforts to integrate Ukrainian refugees. A reportage by Milenca Stepišnik from Celje, As part of the project „Jugend schreibt“ (Youth writes) with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ. Following discussions with the founder and director, Živa Ploj Peršuh, the Ukrainian trumpeter Sasha Hrim, and, amongst other things, [...]

“Three shots. Three lives lost.” – “We all need to read this!” – Renia Spiegel, the “Polish Anne Frank”, her fate and diary featured in exhibitions in Slovenia. A report as part of the “Youth Writes” project with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, by Sofia Laul, Anja Oblak und Taisiia Khabovska: Following research into a production [...]

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ - Überreichung der Teilnahmeurkunden zum Projekt „Jugend schreibt“ 2025 an Schülerinnen des Gimnazija Koper: Vika Viktorija Starman, Mana Rampini Florjančič, Emma Pančevska Dakič, Gaja Kejžar and Maša Mežnar researched and produced reports on the scientist Manca Peskar at the Centre for Science and Research/ZRS Koper, on Toni Vodisek, the [...]

From his early days as a footballer and the academy’s training programme, to his experiences at 1. FC Köln and Mainz 05 – in both football and carnival – what links FC Bayern Munich with NK Celje, and how Stijan Gobec, at the age of 17, fits into these stories, is consistently working on his [...]

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: Awarding of participation certificates as part of the "Jugend schreibt“ (Youth Writes) project at the Narodni Dom in Celje. In 2025, a total of 30 young people in Slovenia – from schools stretching from Videm pri Ptuju in the east to Koper in the south-west of the country – [...]

The Counts of Celje were a powerful noble family in the Middle Ages; today, the “Counts” of NK Celje are national football champions and come from the “sports capital of Slovenia”. How did they win the league title on the same weekend as FC Bayern Munich and well before the end of the season? What [...]

II. International Robotics Championship in German (CLILiG Robotics): Having qualified through their respective national championships, the top three primary and secondary schools from Croatia and Slovenia took part in the second edition of the International Championship. The event was hosted by Zaprešić Secondary School in Croatia on 23 April 2026. The pupils from the 12 [...]