From Year 1985 onward at least one European city receives the title »European Capital of Culture« The initiative came from the then Ministers of Culture Melina Mercouri from Greece …
Recently Bernard Sadovnik, the Mayor of the Municipality Globasnitz/Globasnica and the President of the Alps-Adriatic Centre for cross-border Cooperation (AACC) as well as of the Community of Carinthian Slovenes (SKS) …
Photo: Sergio larise, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia CommonsThe first international presentation ot the programme of the European Capitol of Culture (ECoC) Nova Gorica-Goriza (Gorizia) took place in Brussels on November 26th, 2024.
On Sunday, November 17th in the evening the match between national football teams of Austria and Slovenia was held at the stadium Ernst Happel in Vienna.
On November 9th the traditional Feast of St. Martin was held in Šmartno in the Municipality Goriška Brda .
The Alps-Adriatic Centre – AACC – established the contact for the Market Municipality Velden with the important Municipality Bled in Slovenia more than 20 years ago.
Recently the European Week of Regions in Brussels took place, this is the biggest event of the EU regional politics, where cities and regions from more than 200 EU regions …
On September 29th the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won the parliamentary elections in Austria ahead of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) was the third.
The recent meeting between the Carinthian Governor Peter Kaiser and the former Slovenian President Borut Pahor was held in a very friendly atmosphere.
On Friday, September 6th in the evening, the first match in the frame of the UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 in the group between Slovenia and Austria was held.
In the days from August 30th to September 2nd , 2024, it was lively again on the meadow in Bleiburg.
The 28th elections for the Austrian Federal Council will be held on Sunday, the 29th of September, 2024.
