Current affairs

As of 3 July 2011, microchips will be the only form of identification tagging accepted.

The new Government announced it will pursue an active, initiative-taking foreign policy, in cooperation with the President. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen emphasised that his Government’s policy on Europe is positive but also determined and realistic.

The Institute of Migration is arranging a Festival “Finland in our Hearts” in Turku for expatriate Finns, their descendants and friends, in July 1-4, 2011. Remember to note this very special festival in your calendars.

The Embassy of Finland is closed on Monday 13th June.

Hellenic Federation of the Deaf organizes on the 19th of June at the atrium of Benaki Museum, Piraeus Building, the music project “See the Music”. Signmark, a Finnish Deaf artist, will participate to this project as the headline act and Greek K.Vita will play his own music.

How does Finland’s renowned education system mix with the worldwide International Baccalaureate programme when the same school utilises both? We visit Ressu Comprehensive in Helsinki to find out.

Parks and gardens in Turku, the 2011 European Capital of Culture, are blooming with unique new flower varieties and floral environmental artworks.

A 16-year drought comes to an end as Finland dispenses with first Russia, then Sweden to win the 2011 Ice Hockey World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia (article includes video and slideshow).

The 2012 World Championship aims to be the best-designed tournament in history, as the tournament organization joins forces with the Helsinki World Design Capital organization.

The Cirko Festival, now in its sixth year, gives Helsinki the chance to celebrate the opening of the Cirko Centre for New Circus, built in a former factory building. Join the action in our slideshow below.