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In memoriam Arnold Rüütel (1928-2024)

The deceased President of the Republic of Estonia will go down in the history of our country as a statesman who was one of the …

08.01.2025

24.12.2024

Mari pensioner and activist fined 400,000 roubles

The Yoshkar-Ola City Court fined Mari pensioner, poet and national activist Yuri Blagodarov 400,000 roubles (€4,000) for discrediting the Russian army and inciting hatred. The …

23.12.2024

Mari Union fined for sharing Uralic Centre post

Information from the Uralic Centre concerned the selection of Narva as the 2025 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture.

22.12.2024

12th All-Russian Mari Congress was inexpressive

The 12th All-Russian Congress of the Mari People was held at the National Drama Theatre of the Republic of Mari El from 31 October to 2 November.

21.11.2024

Finno-Ugric Days 2024 in Latvia

The Riga Latvian Society organised the Finno-Ugric Days for the tenth time. The theme of the event was 'transformation'.

11.11.2024

Literary Award to Arvo Survo and Esa-Jussi Salminen

The aim of the Kindred Peoples' Programme's Literary Award is to recognise the work of authors or translators of the literature of kindred peoples without their own statehood

11.11.2024

Kindred Peoples' Days 2024: Tallinn, Tartu, Jõhvi, Narva

Another year of Kindred Peoples' Days dedicated to the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed peoples is now over. This year, Fenno-Ugria's main focus was on Ida-Viru County and its Finno-Ugric heritage.

05.11.2024

David Kroik, winner of Uralic Ethnic Studies Award

This year, David Kroik, a Saami linguist, was awarded the Kindred Peoples’ Programme’s Uralic Ethnic Studies Award for his dissertation ‘The construction of spaces for …

05.11.2024

Finno-Ugric Calendar 2025 out now!

Fenno-Ugria publishes the Finno-Ugric Calendar, and the fresh Finno-Ugric Calendar 2025 is ready. Author: Piret Räni, content editor: Madis Arukask, consultants: Alla Lashmanova, Nadii Mush, …

04.11.2024

Bogáta Timár, fellow of Lennart Meri Waterfowl Fund scholarship

The Lennart Meri Waterfowl Fund scholarship has been awarded for the 8th time this year. Bogáta Timár is the scholarship's first Hungarian winner.

20.10.2024

Mari elected to parliament of Mari El

In September, local parliamentary elections were held in Mari El, which were overwhelmingly won by the United Russia party that won 45 out of 48 seats. Two seats belong to the Communist Party and one to the Liberal Democratic Party.

20.10.2024