Mayor welcomes Tourism Forum in Villach

Die Stadt Villach wird die Europäischen Toleranzgespräche 2018 wieder maßgeblich unterstützen. Villachs Bürgermeister Günther Albel betonte bei der Programmvorstellung im Spiegelsaal der Landesregierung, das diesjährige Thema „Sehnsucht nach Europa – Über die Suche nach dem verlorenen Paradies“ sei dazu geradezu prädestiniert dafür. Villach sei ein Paradies auf Erden, und wir müssten alles tun, dass es…

Program presentation 2018 in Vienna

Vienna (18 Jan 2018) – In front of a the well-attended auditorium at the Oberbank Vienna the Denk.Raum.Fresach on Thursday evening presented the program of the European Tolerance Talks 2018, which are dedicated to the “Yearning for Europe” and the “Search for lost Paradise”. Architectural theorist and contemporary historian Michael Zinganel, currently honorary professor at…

Yearning for Europe >> Preview 2018

Yearning for Europe About the search for the Lost Paradise With the main theme 2018, the initiators of the “Denk.Raum.Fresach”, try to analyze – in the year of the Austrian EU Council Presidency – the manifold issues, irritations and even tensile tests to which the European integration project is currently exposed. What follows on Brexit,…

Congratulations on the Human Rights Award

Overwhelming reactions, dozens of congratulations, perseverance. So you can summarize the many responses to the Carinthian Human Rights Award 2017, which have reached us, representing here those of the Carinthian Deputy Governor Beate Prettner: Dear Denk.Raum.Fresach team, “They give us wings with this award and give us motivation to continue along this path together with…

Minister Drozda signs Freedom Charta

Federal Minister Thomas Drozda, friend and promoter of the European Tolerance Talks, signed the Freach Freedom Declaration Charter in the presence of Hannes Swoboda and Peter Nageler from Think.Tank.Fresach. For Drozda, the declaration, adopted in June, is a great opportunity to put the concept of freedom and civil liberties on a new basis for understanding.…