‘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; - [...]

Discover Slovenia´s Hidden Gems in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 14.07.2025 - Shoe craft, design, nature and international cooperation:Hidden away in north-eastern Slovenia lies Lake Blaguš, and there, integrated into the natural surroundings, is Mario Herzog's workshop and studio. Here, you can learn and experience how shoes are made in the traditional way using historical tools and [...]

Discover Slovenian Sportspeople in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 7.7.2025: Tina Trstenjak – European Champion, World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist at the same time. About Slovenia's most successful judoka, her origins, the start and course of her career, the sacrifices involved, the joy of silver and gold medal successes, respect for opponents, judo as a way [...]

Original with Oberkrainer – „Jugend schreibt“ (Youth writes) in Begunje/Slovenia At the “Woodstock of brass music”, they got 25,000 fans in the proper mood; their headquarters in Begunje is regarded by some as the “Vatican of folk music”, and cover versions of their music are also played with Japanese lyrics: How did the world career [...]