No new attendance record on site, but a significant increase in online viewership – that’s the result of the 11th European Tolerance Talks 2025. Over 8,000 interested people followed the 14 panel discussions via livestream, an increase of more than 25 percent compared to the previous year. On average, around 400 participants participated in each
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At the conclusion of the European Tolerance Talks 2025, the Board of Trustees of the Carinthian Democracy Workshop Denk.Raum.Fresach adopted a policy paper for a new understanding of the current global situation. The “Fresach World Order” provides explanations for historical developments and proposals for the future of Europe in an increasingly turbulent environment. Every single
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Longtime correspondent and war reporter Dr. Friedrich Orter (75) was awarded the European Tolerance Prize for Democracy and Human Rights by the City of Villach on Thursday evening. His gripping reports from many recent crisis regions and war zones have made television history, his commitment to truth and peace in the world is legendary, and
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Cathrin Kahlweit, longtime correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung in London, Vienna, and Kyiv, advocates for a foreign and security policy buildup against internal and external enemies. In her speech at the opening of the European Tolerance Talks 2025 in the Carinthian mountain village of Fresach, the former peace activist emphasized the need to defend the
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Europe and its Enlightenment, the philosophers of the postwar period (Ghosts of the Present), concepts for more orientation (instead of order), ways out of the current labyrinth, and a compelling appeal for more independent thinking in dealing with concrete life situations were the focus of Renate Schmidtkunz’s opening discussion with the Berlin historian of philosophy
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Comedian Hosea Ratschiller and 70 students asked questions, and Hatto Käfer, a well-versed EU expert and former Commission official, delivered dry answers. This year’s youth forum at the Neue Bühne Villach was an entertaining hour of democracy education for young and old. The topic: Europe in Madness – Only with Humor 🙂 was met with
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