Klagenfurt/Wernberg. On Saturday, the 2. March 2024 The annual general meeting of the Carinthian Homeland Service took place in the Gasthof Fruhmann in Wernberg (KHD) statt.

The focus of the meeting was one Resolution, which was decided unanimously and in addition to the reconciliation that has already become a tradition- und Verständigungsarbeit des Heimatdienstes im Verhältnis zur slowenischen Minderheit für das laufende Jahr einen neuen Arbeitsschwerpunkt festlegt.

“The Carinthian Homeland Service wants to promote greater acceptance and widespread learning of the languages ​​of the Alps-Adriatic region surrounding us under the motto 'connected to the homeland - open to the world' and 'speaking and dialect-based' while consciously cultivating our native German language in Carinthia, So advocate for Slovenian and Italian.”, so der KHD-Obmann Andreas Mölzer.

And Mölzer continues: “Italian is of course one of the major cultural languages ​​in Europe and Slovenian has a special meaning for us, as the language of the ethnic group living in the country and as the entry language for the large Slavic language family.”

“For this purpose, we will hold our large annual scientific conference in September on the topic of Carinthia’s neighboring languages ​​and will also massively debate this topic in all of our publications.”, erklärt der KHD-Obmann.

For the Carinthian Homeland Service it is an important decision in terms of content, in particular to advocate for widespread learning of the Slovenian language in Carinthia. “With the emphasis, however, dass das keinerlei Aussage über ein ethnischkulturelles oder gar nationales Bekenntnis darstellt“ hält Mölzer weiter fest.

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