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The 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture year was opened in Hancock, Michigan on 24 January at Heikinpäivä celebrations.

At the end of the year, several searches were conducted in the regions of the Russian Federation among defenders of the rights of indigenous peoples. …

Before the New Year, on 17 December, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow ruled to place Daria Yegereva, a representative of the Selkup people and …

After six years of work, village signs in the Izhorian language using Latin letters were installed in the Leningrad Oblast. Half a hundred village signs were placed in the territory of the Vistina (Вистино) village council, with the Izhorian language alongside Russian. The signs were placed not only in the current Izhorian villages, but also in places where Izhorians used to live more densely.

On 21 June, Narva – the 2025 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture – announced the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture, which will be Hancock, Michigan, USA.According …

On 27 October 2025, a memorial plaque in Hungarian and Estonian was unveiled on the wall of the main entrance of the Eötvös Károly Library in Veszprém, Hungary, in memory of Estonian poet, guardian of Finno-Ugric unity, and freedom fighter Enn Uibo (1912, Vana-Kariste – 1965 Dubravlag, Mordvin SSR).

Since 2007, the board of the Kindred Peoples' Programme has awarded a literature prize to recognise authors and translators of works of literature in the native languages of stateless kindred peoples who have helped to preserve and promote indigenous literature.

In 2025, the Science Awards of Kindred Peoples’ Programme were presented to Saami scholar Berit-Ellen Juuso and Komi researcher Maria Fedina.

Academic work Patrick O’Rourke is a Finnougrist who focuses primarily on the Livonian language. In his bachelor’s thesis, he compared the North Estonian Häädemeeste dialect …

This year’s Kindred Peoples’ Days, with the slogan “Ida-Viru – our Ingria,” are ongoing. Since Narva is the cultural capital of the Finno-Ugric peoples, our …

The aim of the award is to recognise the work of authors or translators of the literature of kindred peoples without their own statehood. The Literary Award may be …