Our current news and information
From 23 to 26 March 2026, the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark hosted the Coordination Committee Meeting of the European Geoparks Network, within which the Danube GeoTour Plus Future Forum was successfully organised as the final strategic event of the Danube GeoTour Plus project, implemented under the INTERREG Danube Region Programme.
This week, the Coordination Committee meeting of the European Geoparks Network (EGN) took place in the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark.
Between February 23rd and 25th, 2026, the final conference of the INTERREG Central Europe project took place in the capital of Croatia under the title “The HUMANITA Summit: From Visitor Impact to Nature Protection – Building a Human–Nature Harmony.”
Register your team now and add your unique mosaic to the fairytale happenings beneath Mount Peca, where our King Matjaž rests.
We are pleased to announce that the Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark will host the EGN Coordination Committee Meeting from 23 to 26 March 2026.
Last week, as part of the Interreg Danube Region Danube GeoTour Plus project, we attended a partner meeting in the picturesque village of Bükkszentkereszt, located in Bükk-vidék Geopark, Hungary.
From 1 July until the end of August, travel up to 5 times a day by bus from Bleiburg to the top highlights of the Geopark, such as the Mežica Show Mine, the zipline in Črna na Koroškem, and much more.
The Summer School 2025 of the INTERREG Humanita project has just finished! Twenty-five students from eleven countries participated. It was a pleasure and privilege to host them, get to know them and collaborate during the event.
Last week, as part of the regular four-year evaluation for the status of a UNESCO Global Geopark, we were visited by Mr. Jack Matthews and Mr. Ángel Hernández Sesé.
This week, we successfully held the kick-off meeting for the EGTC-NET project in the Karawanken Geopark, implemented under the INTERREG IT-AT program. Together with the lead partner, EGTC Senza Confini, we prepared a diverse program for the project partners, which included a cycling tour in the Peča Mine and an informative meeting at the Geo.Dom visitor center on Mount Petzen.
On May 28, 2025, we held a creative workshop at Podzemlje Pece in Mežica together with our partners ZRSVN and Podzemlje Pece as part of the Weeks of Lifelong Learning (WLL), taking place from May 12 to June 15, 2025. Participants from different generations embarked on a discovery journey through didactic games exploring the unique features of the cross-border Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark.
Dive into the invisible and hidden part of the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark!!
