{"id":9000448,"date":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/eng\/vips\/joze-antonic\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","slug":"joze-antonic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/eng\/vips\/joze-antonic\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9000448\" class=\"elementor elementor-9000448 elementor-9000446 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0000 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0000\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0001\" data-id=\"aac0001\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-band\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><nav class=\"aacc-krumen\" aria-label=\"Brotkrumen\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/\">The Alps-Adriatic Centre<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">What others say about us<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <span class=\"last\">Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d<\/span><\/nav><h1>Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d<\/h1><p class=\"aacc-band-lead\">Mayor of Bled<\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0003 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0003\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0004\" data-id=\"aac0004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt\"><div class=\"aacc-innen aacc-iv\"><aside class=\"aacc-iv-seite\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aacc-iv-bild\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/antonic.jpg\" alt=\"Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-name\"><b>Jo\u017ee Antoni\u010d<\/b><span>Mayor of Bled<\/span><small>Position at the time of the interview<\/small><\/p><p class=\"aacc-iv-quelle\">This interview was published on the AACC\u2019s former website.<\/p><\/aside><article class=\"aacc-iv-text\"><blockquote class=\"aacc-iv-zitat\"><p>\u201cHowever, very important was the meeting at the headquarters of AACC (Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border co-operation) where we continued the discussion and agreed upon the signature of the document about partnership cooperation between the two communities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>When and how did you come to contacts with Carinthia and Carinthian Slovenes?<\/h2><p>The roots of my family are extending just to Carinthia. My grandfather was born in Klagenfurt (Celovec), my grandmother in Sankt Veit in Jauntal (\u0160entvid v Podjuni). I established more contacts as a musician and longtime leader of the Alps quintet. We often appeared all over Carinthia and of course among Carinthian Slovenes. We got a lot of friends in both nations. We cherished these contacts for decades. As a politician I considered necessary to include the existing relations and contacts to intercommunity cooperation on partnership level.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>What meaning does the partnership among communities in neighborhood countries have for you?<\/h2><p>In year 2002 we signed the partnership document with the town community Villach (Beljak), with the mayor Helmut Manzenreiter. A lot of merit for this goes to musician and my friend Gerhard Lepuschitz. With town Villach we have very close contacts. In year 2003 we established contacts with long time acquaintances - Bernard Sadovnik, who had invited the Alps quintet to Southern Carinthia several times, with mag. Filip Warasch and mag. \u0160tefan Lesjak, the committee member in the Velden community. As they visited our community office we also discussed possible partnership cooperation between the communities Bled and Velden. I was very enthusiastic about this proposal and in a very short time we invited the mayor of the borough community Velden Ferdinand Vouk to Bled. However, very important was the meeting at the headquarters of AACC (Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border co-operation) where we continued the discussion and agreed upon the signature of the document about partnership cooperation between the two communities. We both then gave such proposal to the community committees. Both assemblies were - by coincidence - held on the same day and the partnership proposal was accepted with full approval. The partner town Villach enables our presentation at their traditional fair every year. The cooperation continues on various fields. The community Velden is very important for Bled, since both places are well-known tourist resorts, at home and internationally. In cooperation with AACC we prepared the presentation of tourist activity organization in the community Velden, we cooperate in sport and cultural area, too. However, the most important are the human and personal relations. With the mayor Ferdinand Vouk we meet regularly, one time here in Bled, the other time in Velden, in order to improve our contacts.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>What are your wishes and expectations regarding your successor (he, she) for the community Bled which has since many years an active role in cross-border co-operation?<\/h2><p>I expect from my successor (he, she) that in the communities Bled and Gorje the initiated work will be continued. I also wish the communities remain in future the members of AACC and that they make full use of the services, which AACC can offer on various fields.<\/p><\/section><\/article><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0006 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0007\" data-id=\"aac0007\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt aacc-abschnitt--grau\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2 class=\"aacc-h2\">More voices<\/h2><div class=\"aacc-sk-raster aacc-sk-raster--drei\"><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/mirko-brulc\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Brulc.jpg\" alt=\"Mirko Brulc\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cNow there will be no more border in physical sense what means our common area of Gorica will really be united.\u201d<\/span><b>Mirko Brulc<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Nova Gorica<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/bojan-srot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/srot.jpg\" alt=\"Bojan \u0160rot\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cI am convinced that in the future we will \u2013 in cooperation with the AACC \u2013 finalise some more projects, maybe not only on the field of tourism but on some other fields, too.\u201d<\/span><b>Bojan \u0160rot<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Celje<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/branko-kidric\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/branko-kidric-in-filip-wara.jpg\" alt=\"Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cWe are satisfied that we started our cooperation several years ago.\u201d<\/span><b>Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Roga\u0161ka Slatina<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"aacc-sk-alle\"><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">All voices<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0009 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0009\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0010\" data-id=\"aac0010\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-cta\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2>Would you like to learn more about the AACC\u2019s work?<\/h2><p><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"mailto:office@aacc.co.at\">office@aacc.co.at<\/a><a class=\"aacc-knopf aacc-knopf--hell\" href=\"tel:+43463500762\">+43 (0) 463 500 762<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When and how did you come to contacts with Carinthia and Carinthian Slovenes? The roots of my family are extending just to Carinthia. My grandfather was born in Klagenfurt (Celovec), my grandmother in Sankt Veit in Jauntal (\u0160entvid v Podjuni). I established more contacts as a musician and longtime leader of the Alps quintet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":366,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9000448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9000448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9000448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9000448\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9000448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}