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Fenno-Ugria yearbook 2024 published
Fenno-Ugria’s latest, more comprehensive yearbook “Soome-ugri sõlmed 2024” focuses on Karelia. There are views on the Karelian culture from both the Russian and the Finnish …
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Fenno-Ugria general assembly approved 2024 activities, elected new board
Fenno-Ugria’s general assembly on 11 June 2025 approved the Foundation’s 2024 financial and activity report. Also a new board was elected, composed of Madis Arukask, …
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Lennart Meri’s “Silverwhite” presented in a high-profile event
On 28 May, Lennart Meri‘s book “Silverwhite” was presented at the British Embassy in Pirita-Kose. The book was translated into English by Adam Cullen and …
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New issue of Alkukoti published
The opening article of the magazine is “It is customary to bury the dead” by editor-in-chief Esa-Jussi Salminen, in which he writes that the war …
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Nikolai Merkushkin no longer RF president’s representative at Finno-Ugric World Congress
As of November 2024, Nikolai Merkushkin, who led the Republic of Mordovia from 1995 to 2012, will no longer be the representative of the Russian …
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III Conference of Finno-Ugric Writers took place in Khanty-Mansiysk
The conference took place on 19-23 May and was expected to attract nearly 200 participants: writers, publishers, literary scholars, linguists, librarians, ethnologists. All the Finno-Ugric …
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Fenno-Ugria representative participated in UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
From 21 April to 2 May, the session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) was held in New York, where Fenno-Ugria was …
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Erzya national activists convicted and given suspended sentences
On 10 April, a court in the Oktyabr district of the city of Saransk handed down a two-year suspended sentence to the national activists Yevgeny …
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Tallinn Music Week again in 2026
Tallinn Music Week 2025 is over and the Fenno-Ugria Night once again offered a wide variety of musical experiences. For the tenth time, unique Finno-Ugric …
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In Mari El, raions will be replaced by municipalities
The Head of the Republic of Mari El, Yuri Zaitsev, told the news agency TASS that the republic is planning a reform of its administration: …
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Competition for 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture opened
On 24 March, the Estonian Uralic Centre, in cooperation with Sukukansojen ystävät ry, announced the opening of the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture competition. The …
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Former MP declared as foreign agent cannot work as aide to MP in Komi Republic
The four-member Communist faction in the Komi State Council failed to secure Viktor Vorobyov a job as an aide to a member of parliament. Previously, …