Current affairs

Brunch, that happy marriage of breakfast and lunch, has been receiving lots of attention in Finland lately. We set out to find the best brunch locations in Helsinki, from the traditional to the edgy.

Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb will be a guest speaker on Monday, 22 August at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Missions organised by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is the first time a guest speaker from abroad has been invited to Estonia’s Annual Meeting of Heads of Missions. In his speech Minister Stubb will take up changes in the global economy and the international situation and the measures these require.

Two major conferences were held in South Africa in July. The first one was the 16th World Federation of the Deaf Conference, between the 18th and 24th of July in Durban. The second one was the Educational International Conference, which was held between the 22nd and 26th of July in Cape Town.

Estonia is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its re-independence on Saturday, August 20. In connection with the anniversary the Estonian Foreign Ministry and the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute are organizing a high-level roundtable discussion on Estonia’s past 20 years and the challenges that lie ahead over the next few decades.

We visit the Finnish Language Office to see how new words enter Finnish – and also how Finnish words travel the world.

Here’s our field guide to the fascinating mythical creatures that might still be lurking out there in Finland’s vast forests, or in the dark depths of a remote lake.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.

Video coverage: The Helsinki Cup, first held in 1976, forms one of the largest junior football tournaments in the world.

Video coverage: The Helsinki Cup, first held in 1976, forms one of the largest junior football tournaments in the world.

Video coverage: The Helsinki Cup, first held in 1976, forms one of the largest junior football tournaments in the world.