Only winners at the Poetry Slam Fresach

Literature on a high level und performance ready for the stage: the participants of the Young Poetry Slam of Fresach convinced and filled the audience of the first European Tolerance Dialogues on Whitsuntide at the Carinthian mountain village with enthusiasm. Helmuth A. Niederle, President of the PEN writer’s guild praised the quality of the contributions…

Federal president signs declaration of tolerance

Federal president Hein Fischer, the Carinthian governor Peter Kaiser, the bishops Alois Schwarz and Michael Bünker, as well as for over 150 participants of the European Dialogue for Tolerance signed the “Fresacher declaration of tolerance 2015” already on the first day of their announcement. The declaration is available at the museum of tolerance of the…

Think.Tank.Fresach debates definition of tolerance

“What we need, is not passive but rather strong and active tolerance – living interest, empathy, and the recognition of difference”, the evangelical bishop Michael Bünker said on Friday at the European Tolerance Talks 2015 in Fresach. With his statement Bünker lead the guests into a panel discussion entitled “modernity, human rights and Islam”, https://www.fresach.org.…

Wladigeroff: Dreaming of Dreams

Only a few months ago the famous twin brothers Wladigeroff released their third jazz album, entitled “Dreaming of Dreams”. Now Konstantin Wladigeroff will present his versatile sound compositions at the European Tolerance Talks in the Carinthian mountain village Fresach (Friday, May 22, 10 pm). In the Evangelical Church Fresach the Bulgarian musician performs with Michel…

Bouzouk-Lutes for freedom

Assi is the name of a river in Syria and means rebel, because it is the only river in the Levant flowing from south to north. The civil war in Syria leaves the river metaphorically standing for the story of millions of refugees. Once a lively and flowing part of the Syrian culture Assi today…

Love Songs from prison

Philo Ikonya sings and plays her famous and touching poems on Friday 22nd of May, evening 8 p.m. in the old Prayers House of FRESACH – worth to see and hear. “Philo Ikonya’s poems are filled with political commitment, and it’s hard not to be touched by the story that is evoked in them. Thematically,…

Schulz to open Tolerance Talks with video message

The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz will open the first European Tolerance Talks in the Carinthian mountain village Fresach next Friday (22nd May). Because of another urgent commitment in the Latvian capital Riga his speech will be presented in the form of a video message. Schulz was invited by DRF-President Hannes Swoboda as…

The Power of Singing

The annual exhibition 2015 at the Cultural Centre Fresach is dedicated to the history of the hymn. Under the motto “VoicePower” (StimmKraft) it delivers visible and audible impressions from the Reformation to the present. “The healing power of singing should be experienced through this exhibition,” Superintendent Manfred Sauer said. “At the same time we want…

In religion, opinions are divided

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of liberation from Nazi-Germany the Mauthausen Committee Austria has examined how it is with tolerance in Austria: Only when it comes to religion there are strong reservations, especially against Muslims: So two-thirds (65%) would have a problem if someone in the family wants to convert to Islam. A…