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Finnish Court annuls 2023 Saami elections

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland decided that the vote must be considered invalid due to a significant amount of individuals omitted from the election list.

05.04.2024

Andres Heinapuu 70

16 March was the birthday of Andres Heinapuu, one of the founders of Fenno-Ugria (1991).

18.03.2024

New law on Saami Parliament strengthens Saami self-determination rights

Last December, the Finnish Government submitted a proposal to Parliament to amend the law on the Saami Parliament. The aim is to promote the realisation of the right of self-determination of the Saami and to improve the working conditions of the Saami self-government and the Saami collections, especially with regard to language and culture. The proposal implements Petter Orpo's government programme and has been drafted in cooperation with the Saami Parliament.

07.02.2024

Saami films receive multiple Jussi nominations

Je'vida and Máhccan are among the nominees for the Finnish Jussi Award.

07.02.2024

In memoriam Valei Kelmakov

At the end of last year, sad news came out of Udmurtia of the passing of the eminent Udmurt linguist and Finnougrist Valei Kelmakov (14 January 1942–28 December 2023).

05.02.2024

Book review: Trillium

To celebrate the Year of Livonian Heritage and the continuing Decade of Indigenous Languages, Fenno-Ugria publishes a book review of the Livonian-English poetry anthology 'Trillium'.

21.12.2023

Livonian Day in the Latvian National Library in Riga

On Saturday, 16 December, from 12.00-17.00, the National Library of Latvia in Riga (Mūkusalas iela 3) hosted a Livonian Day. On the closing day of …

21.12.2023

Anniversary of Votic symbology

15 December is the day of the Votic symbology. On this day in 2002, the Votic flag and coat of arms were created. The main …

21.12.2023

Mari Literary Language Day celebrated festively

Mari Literary Language Day, celebrated on 10 December, has been a national holiday of the Republic of Mari El since 1998.

21.12.2023

Artist draws inspiration from Komi mythology

Yury Lisovski cherisches the Komi cultural heritage through his art.

16.12.2023

Mari and Udmurt birthrate in Bashkortostan highest in region

The Statistical Office of Bashkortostan used the last census, in 2021, to find out which ethnic groups in the republic have the highest number of children.

15.12.2023

The Bible in Komi

The Komi Bible has been produced and published in Komi-Zyrian in cooperation with the Finns and with the support of Finnish church circles.

14.12.2023