17 May 2026 – PEACE FORUM CONCERT >> Evang. Church Fresach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
18.00 p.m.	Evangelical Church Fresach	Carinthian Requiem Koroški rekviem Concert with readings	Above the Stars - Nad zvezdami Hannes Benedikt (arrangement), Hermann Fritz, Ivana Kampuš, Sepp Ranacher and Claudia Rosenwirth-Fendre	With Singkreis Fresach, Bläserquartett Fresach, Quartett MundART and Quartett MGV Großkirchheim
20.00 p.m.	Tolerance Court	Closing Moments under the Stars	A Reflection with Friends – featuring texts by the great Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann on the occasion of her 100th birthday.	With Siggi Ebner & Burgi Leeb, Günther Unterkofler, Petra Schnabl-Kuglitsch, Hannes Benedikt et al.

 

20 May 2026 – TOLERANCE FORUM >> Paracelssaal Rathaus Villach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
02:00 p.m.	Paracelsussaal im Rathaus	Tolerance Forum I Political Education Today	Rules of the game AGAINST the digital world How to deal with mobile phones & social media	With youth researcher Bernhard Heinzlmaier, EU insider Hatto Käfer, and students from Carinthia. Moderated by Anna-Christina Magnet (ORF)
05:00 p.m.	Paracelsussaal im Rathaus	Tolerance Forum II Resistance with Words	Where danger grows, there also grows the saving power. On the significance of resistance through words and the responsibility of language	Literature forum with Gerhard Ruiss, Anna Baar and Antonio Fian.
07:00 p.m.	Paracelsussaal im Rathaus	Opening reception for invited (and paying) guests	(Border) Town in (Un) Justice Villach in Resistance	Commemorative work with historian Hans Haider, Mayor Günther Albel, DRF President Hannes Swoboda, and others.

 

21 May 2026 – EUROPEAN FORUM >> Tolerance Center Fresach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors & Guests
09.00 a.m.	Fresach Evang. Church	Opening	Europe in Resistance Words and Deeds	With DRF-President Hannes Swoboda, DRF-Chairman Manfred Sauer, Bishop Josef Marketz
09.30 a.m.	Fresach Evang. Church	Political Analysis Europa 2026	On Eternal Resistance A Plea for an Upright Posture.	Opening Speech by Doron Rabinovici, Author and Historian
11.00 a.m.	Tolerance Center	European Forum I Politics & Society	World in turmoil: How far can resistance go? From talk to action – out of the frying pan into the fire.	With Doron Rabinovici, Dimitré Dinev, EU Ambassador Thomas Peyker, Melani Barlai und Correspondent Susanne Glass. Moderation: Hubert Patterer, Kleine Zeitung
12.30 a.m.	Fresach	Lunchtime	Lunchtime	Lunchtime
02.00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	European Forum II Democracy and fundamental rights	The Revolution is to come Ingeborg Bachmann and her resistance against the existing conditions.	With Bachmann experts Irene Fußl, Simone Schönett, Ines Charlotte Knoll, and ORF filmmaker Barbara Frank. Moderated by Claus Reitan.
03.00 p.m.	Fresach	Afternoon Break	Afternoon Break	Afternoon Break
04.00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Talk Meaning & Values	Resistance despite responsibility: On the power of faith and the harsh school of enlightenment	Mina Ahadi, a critic of Islam and a human rights activist, in conversation with Peter Fritz (ORF)
04.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	European Forum III Tolerance & more	Resistance and Love of Enemies: On Dealing with Injustice and Unjustification in the Age of Loss of Faith	Panel discussion with psychotherapist Arnold Mettnitzer, KA President Ferdinand Kaineder, Protestant Bishop Cornelia Richter, and Mina Ahadi. Moderated by Peter Fritz (ORF).
05.30 p.m.	Fresach	Break	Break	Break
06.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Festival of Tolerance Award Ceremony	Against violence | Nonviolent resistance European Tolerance Award 2026 for Human Rights of the City of Villach	Claus Reitan in conversation with Mina Ahadi and Mitra Shahmoradi about the future of Iran.
08.00 p.m.	Private houses	Festival of Tolerance Kitchen & Chimney Talks	Resistance sets you free Literary Interventions	With guests and participants of #ETG26.

 

22 May 2026 – ECONOMIC FORUM >> Tolerance Center Fresach

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors and Guests
09:00 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Lecture and Talk Economy & Technology	Big Tech instead of Big Mac: Is resistance futile? How to deal with the power of the tech giants?	Management consultant Michael Paul in conversation with media scholar and network researcher Martin Andree.
10:00 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Break	Break	Break
10:30 a.m.	Tolerance Center	Economic Forum I Bureaucracy and regulation	You up there, us down here The best strategies for dealing with bad political decisions.	With serial entrepreneur Evelyne Steinberger, Treibacher CEO Stefan Greimel and AK-Expert Valentin Wedl. Moderation: Sonja Sagmeister-Brandner
12:00 a.m.	Fresach	Lunchtime	Lunchtime	Lunchtime
02:00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Lecture Leadership & Conflict management	The Magic of Childhood Cooperative play instead of confrontational arguing	With psychotherapist Arnold Mettnitzer
02:30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Economic Forum II Adversaries & Ambassadors	Resistance and Change Constructive solutions to destructive conflicts	Panel discussion with Arnold Mettnitzer, Angelika Kiessling-Kranzelmayer and others. Moderated by Thomas Cik, Kleine Zeitung.
03:30 p.m.	Fresach	Break	Break	Break
04:30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Lecture Mindfulness	Inner attitude and outer resistance: From the mysticism of Christianity to religious liberation	With philosopher and religious scholar Ursula Baatz
05:00 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Economic Forum III Rights of Nature	Uprising of the Rivers | Rebellion of the Forests Why we must say goodbye to the anthropocentric worldview	Panel discussion with natural philosopher Tilo Wesche, UNESCO Chair holder Michael Jungmeier, lawyer Michaela Krömer, lawyer Camilla Haake and sustainability researcher Christine Ax | Moderated by Alexander Peer
06:30-08.30 p.m.	Tolerance Center	Rebellious readings with culinary delights.	To the barricades, people! There's beer and sausages.	Literary interventions with friends.

 

23 May 2026 – POETS FORUM >> Gasthaus “zum Wirt”

Start	Place	Frame	Subject	Speakers, Authors and Guests
08:30 12:00	Gasthaus "Zum Wirt"	Tolerance Breakfast Poets' Forum	Resistance is futile This tolerance breakfast is brilliant.	Get-together with authors, students, interested participants and visitors.