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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 machines, how long this process takes, what can happen during the process, what customers worldwide want, and where the shoemaker himself feels the pinch: there are hardly any skilled workers left, but their cross-border cooperation promotes business, solidarity and friendship.
A „Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) reportage by Franja Kos, Zoja Štancar and Leon Romih: https://lnkd.in/d_qhSUpr
Patronage: Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje; Projekt management/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB.

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 of life, and how Tina Trstenjak continues to be active in judo after her active career: https://lnkd.in/e_xemh9p
A „Jugend schreibt“ (Youth writes) reportage by Zoja Štancar and Anja Oblak, under the patronage of the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje; Management/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB Lab Tržec/Videm pri Ptuju

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 start in a small village in the Slovenian Alps? What makes the Oberkrainer so successful, especially in German-speaking countries? And how much hard work is behind the production of cheerfulness and exuberant atmosphere?

A conversation in Begunje with Sašo Avsenik, who is the third generation to carry on the Oberkrainer tradition, and with international guests at his guesthouse. As part of the project ‘Jugend schreibt’ (Youth writes) with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ and the young journalists Urh Štrakl, Amaya Kragolnik and Julija Pungeršek. And with the support of the Municipality of Celje and the Slovenian Tourist Board. Project management/photos: Gerald Hühner, Monica Hühner, Discimus Lab.

Elvis is alive – in Slovenia!
A three-hour meeting with actor Renato Jenček, on the stage of the Plesni Forum/Dance Forum Celje:
About the programme ‘KUD Mesarija Elvis’ in the ‘Culture and Art Department of the Elvis Butcher’s Shop’, about the stage character of this solo comedy, its creation and the role models Elvis Presley and Oskar Trobec, about the power of parody and music, and how the audience reacts to it across generations.
An interview with Performance, as part of the project „Jugend schreibt“ (Youth writes) with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, conducted by student journalists Milenca Obrul, Ema Holešek, Nika Kroflič and Tjaša Pavc; under the patronage of the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Project management/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ:
She has a house, a small monkey and a horse, her own multiplication table and over 1.6 million visitors in Slovenia to date: Every year, Pippi Longstocking attracts new guests to the festival named after her in Velenje – the largest festival for children and youth in the international region.
A “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) interview with the director Barbara Pokorny, on 12 May 2025 at the ‘Dom Kulture’ in Velenje: About the role model Pippi Longstocking, about great entertainment and professional management behind the scenes, about 35 years of festival history, the programme 6 – 12. 09. 2025, and about plans for the future.
With the student journalists Dina Skamagkouli, Lan Jerič, Lucian Lovrenčič and Anja Oblak. Under the patronage of the Municipality of Celje; Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Monica and Gerald Hühner.

Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ – 5.5.2025: Jewish life in Slovenia. How Robert Waltl discovered his own roots and hidden traces in the ‘most beautiful street in the most beautiful city in the world’, about history and how he works against forgetting it.
The role played by Slovenian presidents and Oscar winner Branko Lustig, and how international diplomats cleaned Stolpersteine across the country in January 2025. (Online: https://lnkd.in/de3-Nnj4)
A reportage by student journalists Urh Štrakl and Blaž Klinar, GCC Celje; under the patronage of the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB

First International CLIL Robotics Championship – Tehno park Celje, 24.4.2025:
The project for the early promotion of robotics and communication (DaF) from a European perspective took place under the patronage of the German embassies in Ljubljana and Zagreb. The first competition organised by INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB/DISCL, with the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Tehnopark Celje, Marjeta Gmajner, and other supporters, was attended by the first three winners of the CLIL Robotics Championships of Slovenia and Croatia 2024/25. The German-Croatian-Slovenian jury honours the mixed team “Primary School Trnsko, Zagreb/HR – Gymnasium Vegova, Ljubljana/SLO” as the first winner. Certificates and prizes are presented by Katja Kuceja (German Embassy Zagreb), Louis M. (German Embassy Ljubljana), Matjaž Preložnik (ETRA d.o.o. Celje) and Monica Hühner (DISCL).
We would like to thank all the students, teachers and supporters involved and look forward to the next steps on the way to a ‘CLIL Robotics Champions League’. Gerald Hühner, Monica Hühner, Etjan Kiralj and Saša Ljubec.

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“Let there be light!” – Discover Slovenian Art and Artists in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ:
22.04.2025: Oto Rimele – “Laibach”-Guitarist – Miles Davis interpreter – visual artist with light installations – professor of art history at the University of Maribor and more. A life with and for art.
A reportage in the context of the project “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) with the FAZ. Author: Sara Vidovic/Videm pri Ptuju. After research/interviews in the artist’s studio in Maribor, among other places. Under the patronage of Občina Videm; Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB.