16 seconds to the Olympics

16 seconds to the Olympics ... ...and 3 years to do it. Slovenian high school student Tia Tanja Živko from Celje won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Youth Olympics in the 1,500 metre race and is preparing for Los Angeles. Medium distance, marathon and A-levels - how does a teenager manage this workload? [...]

Very big cinema in Slovenia! Before the film starts, a conversation in the Union cinema in Celje: with Samo Seničar, cinema manager in the Municipality of Celje, with director Sonja Prosenc and actor Marko Mandić. About the Slovenian film landscape, how to successfully produce and act in films, about the Slovenian Film Festival, about Oscars, [...]

Award ceremony of the IV Slovenian CLILiG Robotics Championship (SCRM) in Narodni dom, Celje. ‘Why should robots be used in language education (DaF)?’ was the task set in the fourth round of the Slovenian robotics project in German, designed and organised by INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB. After the anthem of EUROPE, performed by pupils of the [...]

Slovenia's Hidden Gems in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: Where and how are traditional, high-quality shoes still made? Who can still do it? Where does the material come from? What machines and tools are needed? Which manufacturing steps are necessary? How long does it take to make a pair of shoes? And who still manages to successfully [...]

Primož Roglič and the Goldene Circle: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 17.02.2025: About the Slovenian world star Primož Roglič in the German cycling team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, about his social commitment, the ‘Zlati Krog’ (Golden circle), the role of his family, and how he acts as a role model for the youngest and young cyclists. For example, Sven [...]

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ - 3.2.2025: - About Nika Kovač: "A Global Voice from a Small Country". How commitment begins and what challenges and opportunities are associated with it. - And about Radio SI/RTV Slovenija and its German voice Tatjana Dolanc, who won the Frankfurt and Hessian reading competitions as a child of [...]

‘Once upon a time in Slovenia’ - How do you actually make shoes? What do you do when your shoe pinches? What tools do you use? And who (still) knows how to use them? The shoemaking trade has also become a case for history and museums. So it's a good thing that the Museum of [...]

European champion, world champion and Olympic champion all at the same time: Tina Trstenjak, the most successful Slovenian judoka and one of the most successful in the world. A meeting at Marjan Fabjan's judo centre in Celje/Lopata, with student journalists Anja Oblak and Zoja Štancar and an interview: On the history and success of judo [...]

Jewish life in Slovenia - In-depth research at the Mini Teater/Jewish Cultural Centre Ljubljana: with Robert Waltl, the founder and director, a detailed guided tour also in the synagogue, with an insight into the history of Jewish culture in Slovenia in the past and today, a visit to the exhibition on Renia Spiegel, the ‘Polish [...]

‘’Youth writes‘’ about the Young Researchers programme in Slovenia - The Slovenian ‘Jugend schreibt’ (Youth writes) team of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ has been joined by six schoolgirls from Gimnazija Koper for the 2025 project year. Their practical journalistic work began on 21 January 2025 with two interviews at the Centre for Science and Research ZRS [...]