Trump, tariffs, and the Ukraine war: Is the whole world in disarray? No, not in Fresach. Preparations for this year’s Tolerance Talks on the insane year of 2025 are running like a clockwork. The annual posters are already hanging on the Tolerance Museum’s wall, and the special exhibition on the topic “Madness – A World…
Europe before the elections – Europe before the elections Three dozen philosophers, scientists, authors and economists will discuss the topc “Truth and what is real?” at the 10th European Tolerance Talks, which will take place this year from May 15th to 18th in Villach and Fresach. The topic is particularly relevant in view of the…
At its Annual General Meeting in Klagenfurt on Wednesday, the Board of Trustees of the European Tolerance Talks 2022 presented its 2022 program and in this context called for a systemic change in politics and business. The talks will take place in Villach and Fresach from June 1st to 4th. The Federal Government of Carinthia…
The well-known Turkish-German lawyer and women’s rights activist Seyran Ateş opened the European Tolerance Talks 2021 in the Carinthian mountain village Fresach with a brilliant and emotional speech. She called for “absolute equality without changing roles and at eye level for all people: this goal should drive us all to finally achieve a fair society”.…
ORF report moderator Susanne Schnabl-Wunderlich spoke with Günther Apfalter, Head of Europe of the Austro-Canadian car supplier Magna-Steyr. What lessons he learned from the Corona crisis, why he wants to rethink our behavior and striving for even more economic growth, why politics must finally decide in the climate crisis, fear is a bad advisor and…
GROWTH in the focus of the Tolerance Talks 2023 WAHRHEIT im Fokus der Toleranzgespräche 2024 Die ganze Wahrheit über Europa, die neue Medienordnung und die Kosten dafür “Truth – What is real?” is the subject of the 10th European Tolerance Talks in the Carinthian mountain village of Fresach from May 15th to 18th, 2024 –…
The environmental scientist, social democratic politician and Club of Rome Honorary President Prof. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker will open the European Tolerance Talks 2020 on the topic “Exodus – Leaving the Familiar” on May 28th in the Carinthian mountain resort Fresach. The longtime member of the German Bundestag, German church council and senior official of…
Exodus – Leaving the familiar Why we should see climate change and migration as opportunities. The radical changes in economy and environment are forcing people to rethink their proven ways of life and behavior. Large cities as well as rural regions are affected by climate change, with serious consequences for the entire food and energy…
The participants in the European Tolerance Talks 2017 in the Carinthian mountain village of Fresach have drawn up a Declaration of Freedom which will be presented to the provincial government in Klagenfurt, representatives of the federal government in Vienna and later the European Parliament in Brussels. The “Fresach Freedom Charta” was created by intensive discussions…
Within the framework of the European Tolerance Talks 2017 PEN Club Austria celebrated the 70th anniversary of its re-establishment with a reading and a “long night of literature” in the Carinthian mountain village of Fresach. PEN President Helmuth A. Niederle and Vice President Kurt F. Svatek therefor asked for the issuance of 20 Nansen passports…