Current affairs

The Embassy of Finland is closed on Friday 28th October due to Greek National Day.

The book How to Marry a Finnish Girl shows why kids can speak Finnish but you can’t, how to avoid summer cabins, and more.

A group of 30 talented young people will meet once again in Finland next June at the third Millennium Youth Camp. The application process for the 2012 Millennium Youth Camp has now begun, the first round closes on 19th of December 2011.

The Embassy in Finland in cooperation with Finnish Institute in Athens would like to invite you to a filmn evening,documentary film "Between two homelands", at the premises of the Finnish Instute. Please, comfirm your participation. Also in Thessaloniki.

A big music party with the upcoming European groups with Guest Star Apocalyptica with their splendid "7th Symphony" show.

Compositons of Sibelius and Debussy at Theocharakis Foundations´ Auditorium on Tuesday 18th October at 8.30 pm.

Get acquinted with Finnish progressive rock with Von Hertzen Brothers in Thessaloniki and Athens.

The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council discussed today, on 22 September, the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. In practice, the accession would mean that internal border checks be lifted at the borders between Bulgaria and Romania and the other EU countries. ‘Finland considers that it is yet too early to make a decision on the accession of these two states to the Schengen area,’ said Minister of the Interior Päivi Räsänen.

Helsinki’s brand new Music Centre, which opened its doors on August 31, 2011, is already earning plaudits from musicians and audiences for its state-of-the-art acoustics.

Almost 40 candidates have been nominated for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize. “The level of technological achievement in the nominations received is high, with innovations from a broader range of technology sectors than in previous years,” says Ainomaija Haarla, President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland. ”Robust knowledge of both basic science and technological applications was very apparent.”