Elvis lives, strangely enough in Slovenia, today, 3 November 2025, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: About the programme ‘KUD Mesarija Elvis’ in the ‘Culture and Arts Department of Elvis Butchers Shop’ by the actor Renato Jenček from Celje; about the stage character in his solo comedy, his role models Elvis Presley and Oskar Trobec, and [...]

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: Kick-off for the new project year „Jugend schreibt“ (Youth Writes) at Hotel Celjska koča, 20. – 21.10.2025 At the invitation of the Municipality of Celje, city director Gregor Deleja, 28 students and teachers from a total of 8 schools in Celje, Maribor, Velenje and Videm pri Ptuju attended the [...]

Robotics - Language Acquisition - CLIL - International Cooperation: Rhineland-Palatinate/RLP in Slovenia – Continuation of educational cooperation in the context of CLIL Robotics with funding from Erasmus+. Organised by the Rhineland-Palatinate State Institute of Education (organisation: Kristina Fischer) nehmen unter Leitung von Christian Hennicke and Axel Karger 13 teachers from primary, secondary and grammar schools participate [...]

‘When the trumpet found its echo’ – With the Oberkrainers in Begunje, Slovenia. How their international musical career began in the 1950s in a small Alpine village, gained momentum in Germany, and continues successfully today. A Reportage in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 22.09.2025. By Urh Štrakl, Amaya Kragolnik and Julija Pungeršek. As part of the [...]

Discover Pippi Longstocking-Festival in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: She has a house, a monkey and a horse, and held her 36th festival in Slovenia from 6 to 12 September 2025: Pippi Longstocking lifts horses, takes on police officers and pirates, and has already thrilled well over a million visitors – especially children and young people, to [...]

Adria, Action, Adrenaline - Kitesurfing in Koper/Slovenia - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 25.8.2025: „Wind in your hair, speed on the water, the danger that constantly surrounds you and reminds you how alive you are, pure adrenaline: that's kitesurfing. This is my life“, says Toni Vodisek from Koper. About the silver medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games, [...]

Slovenian students as ambassadors of their country: The ‘Jugend schreibt’ (Youth Writes) project with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ in Slovenia – presented on 19 August 2025 in Delo: https://lnkd.in/daDizCQQ About the history of the project, its implementation and goals, the people portrayed, and the topics covered. Many thanks to Špela Kuralt for her article in [...]

Big cinema from Slovenia - Marko Mandić, Sonja Prosenc, the Berlinale and the Oskar, - on 18.8.2025 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: https://lnkd.in/dREpXzyj About "Gold", "Im Angesicht des Verbrechens", about "The Hitman´s Bodyguard" and "O Beautiful Night", about "Family Therapy", "History of love", and the future of cinema. A report as part of ‘Jugend schreibt’ [...]

The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea – And the vision of a European Walk of Peace along the front lines of World War I. In conversation with Maša Klavora, director of the non-profit foundation Walk of Peace Fundation / Pot miru - ‘Walk of Peace in the Soča Region’, on [...]

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 28.7.2025 - Two reportages: About Barbara of Cilli, the Roman-German, Hungarian and Bohemian queen; multilingual, curious, researching; crowned in Aachen, buried in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague; how she ruled over a small part of Europe and how her life in Celje continues to have an impact today; - [...]