“Why we have to rethink the future” was the topic of a keynote speech by the Hamburg trend researcher Birgit Gebhardt at the opening of the International Tourism Forum in Villach, which took place for the first time as part of the European Tolerance Talks at the Hotel Holiday Inn. Well-known experts from business and…
The 2018 World Cup is fast approaching, with national sides making their final preparations ahead of this summer’s tournament. We now know the groups after December’s draw. England have been put together with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama in Group G. Gareth Southgate’s side were not among the top seeds, meaning they featured in pot two…
The heads of the Carinthian state government and the churches recognized the European tolerance talks as an “extraordinary event for Austria and Europe”. “The tolerance talks are a great enrichment for the country,” praised Carinthian Gouvernor Peter Kaiser. Many important impulses would emerge from Fresach. Villach’s mayor, Günther Albel, spoke of “a strong sign that…
The presentation of the European Tolerance Talks 2017 on 24 January in the mirror room of the Carinthian provincial government in Klagenfurt was the prelude to the new “Citizens’ Dialogue on Freedom and Democracy”. Villach’s mayor and sponsor of the event pointed to the historic importance of his city in the struggle against paternalism and…
Does freedom need democracy? And what is freedom worth if decade’s value building and systems collapse. What happens when long-standing traditions are thrown overboard or hard-won human rights are abandoned voluntarily on the Internet? These and other questions were discussed within the program preview of the European Tolerance Talks 2017 on 18 January in Vienna…
The Carinthian School Authority (Landesschulrat/LSR) is going to support the European tolerance talks 2017. Within the framework of the “The Future of Freedom” generic theme, Think.Tank.Fresach is planning an own conference day for pupils and students at the Congress Center Villach (CCV) on 31 May 2017. LSR-President Rudolf Alterberger welcomes the initiative to give young…
Senator Marc R. Pacheco of Mass. Wednesday evening came to Carinthia in order to attend the opening of the European tolerance talks 2016. Pacheco on Thursday noon will deliver a keynote speech on the “Climate Reality Project” of forme US-Vice President Al Gore. Pacheco praised the iniative of tolerance talks at the opening in Villach.…
The dialogue on tolerance and integration is more urgent than ever. That was the resumé of a program preview on the “European Tolerance Talks 2016” Tuesday evnening held in Klagenfurt in the Mirror Hall of the provincial government. More than 50 top scientists, thinkers and philosophers will discuss “The borders of Europe – Human Rights…
On Wednesday, 19th January, the program of the European Tolerance Talks will be presented in the Mirror Hall of the provincial government in Klagenfurt. The presentation takes place in the context of a press conference and a subsequent panel discussion, the entry is free. The discussion will be moderated by Daniela Stein, head of the…
The Evangelical Diocesan Museum Fresach has been awarded the Austrian museum seal of approval. The young museum, incidentally Europe’s only museum of tolerance, was just opened in 2011. At that time the newly built museum building was awarded the Construction Award of Carinthia. The memorial to the history of Protestantism in Austria is a popular…
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