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Kaljulaid discusses coronavirus with Baltic, Polish, Russian leaders

President Kersti Kaljulaid discussed the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with regional heads of state by phone and video conference on Monday. From her office in Tallinn’s …

18.03.2020

Attention: Work process changes put in place due to COVID-19

Due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Estonia, the team of the VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples shall, where possible, be working …

13.03.2020

Registration for the VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples has Opened

  The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples, taking place on 17-19 June in Tartu, at the Estonian National Museum, began delegate registration as of …

26.02.2020

The logo of VIII World Congress inspired by bark beetle

The logo of VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples was created by an Estonian artist Peeter Laurits. Read why he chose to be inspired by the …

07.02.2020

The 15th Finno-Ugric Writers´ Congress to take place in Transilvania

The Association of Finno-Ugric literatures has been organizing congresses every two years since 1993. The aim of these Congresses is to keep and develop literary …

13.08.2019

Towards a Strategic Outcome Document of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

The UN International Year of Indigenous Languages invites all stakeholders to contribute to the strategic outcome document of the year. Introduction to the survey:In its …

12.08.2019

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9 August 2019ee

United Nations celebrates the Day of World´s Indigenous Peoples on the 9ht of August with a special event to highlight the critical need to revitalize, preserve …

02.08.2019

The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will take place in Tartu, Estonia

The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples will take place from the 17th to 19th in June 2020, in the recently opened Estonian National Museum. The main …

06.05.2019

Students of finno-ugric studies gathered at IFUSCO conference in Vienna, Austria

A yearly multilingual conference of students of finno-ugric studies from around the world (IFUSCO) took place from 24th-28th of April in Vienna, Austria. Alltogether 130 …

30.04.2019

The United Nations permanent forum of indigenous issues

Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge at the centre of UN annual forum More than 1,000 Indigenous Peoples participants from all over the world will be at …

25.04.2019

UN international year of indigenous languages

Year 2019 was claimed a year of indigenous languages by United Nations. Fenno-Ugria organises many events that are related to the theme of this year.  …

21.03.2019