MKD Newsletter
Monthly round-up — October 2026
Dialogue Talks 2026–2027
Thank you for joining us in Ljubljana
On 23 October, the conference hall of the Oton Župančič Library was full. Four researchers from Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia and Greece, guided by moderator Carlos Pascual, discussed how intercultural dialogue can build resilience against extremism.
“Words can lead to actions.” — Iralia Kotsakidou
Read the report from the first debate
A new semester of the conversation circle
On 6 October we started the 4th semester of our Slovene conversation circle for speakers of other languages. Because of the great interest, we formed four groups.
Read the postBefore you join, we invite you to a short individual conversation (15–20 minutes) to check your level of Slovene.
Sign up for the circleA cup remembered for forty years
For International Coffee Day and the International Day of Older Persons, we visited older people in residential care. We served Turkish coffee and aşure and took the time to talk with them.
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Iryna from Ukraine
After the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014, she came to Slovenia with her family via Odesa. Today, as an intercultural mediator with the Slovenian Red Cross, she helps Ukrainian refugees.
Read the interviewCooking together: three cooking workshops in October
In our association’s kitchen we cooked dishes from Turkish cuisine – each time with a different group of no more than eight people.
“Food cooked together tastes twice as good.”
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Join us in a public group, an English-speaking group or as a private group.
Sign up for a cooking workshop
Highlights from our second Ebru workshop
The participants explored new colour combinations and the movement of colour on water. Each of them created her own unique piece – and every one was different. Thank you to the Women’s Cultural Association Anatolija for helping us run the workshop.
Stay in the conversation — even when we disagree
For the International Day of Peaceful Communication: let us listen first and only then reply, ask before we assume, and see people in others, not labels.
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The word that connects us
On Reformation Day, Slovenia remembers the period that brought the Slovene language into books, schools and public life. In 1550, Primož Trubar published the first two books in Slovene, the Catechism and the Abecedarium. In our conversation circle and around a shared table, we see every week how Slovene connects people who have come to Slovenia from elsewhere.
“Language is a bridge to people.”
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Dialogue demands authenticity – a thought that continues to have an impact
On the second anniversary of Fethullah Gülen’s death, we remember his thoughts on education, non-violence and understanding between people of different faiths and cultures.
“Sincere dialogue does not require self-abandonment.”
Read the articleNovember 2026
What awaits you next month.
- 9 NovEbru workshop
- 10 NovNew Faces of Slovenia – 4 (Impact4Values)
- 11 NovPublic cooking workshop
- 14 NovVisit to Trubar’s House
- 16 NovInternational Day for Tolerance: event with JKC
- 16 NovMonthly cooking workshop (closed group)
- 18–21 NovDiyalog Akademi
- 19–20 NovIntercultural dialogue seminar (MKD members only)
- 20 NovWorld Children’s Day
- 21 NovWorld Children’s Day celebration with the Association of Latin Americans
- 21 NovEnolončnica on Radio Študent
- 23 NovKnitting workshop
- 25 NovInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 25 NovCooking workshop for the international group
- 30 NovIDYLL project: conversations with 20 people about interfaith dialogue
