Finnish ambassador Aleksi Härkönen: Climate change has been put under the microscope
Monday, 19 December 2011 09:46|
What have been the key themes and greatest achievements for Finland during its presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011? Drawing attention to climate change, definitely. It was to do with this that saw Nordic Design Month, Nordic Look held in Tallinn, with its pop-up exhibition sale, where selected designers showed how to make beautiful, ethical and sustainable fashion using recycled materials and the like. The Nordic Look events and seminars were really popular. The Rohevik environmental, green growth festival received a lot of positive feedback, too, and one of the people who came to Estonia as part of it was Finland's environment minister Ville Niinistö, who opened the 'Smart energy and green transport' seminar in the Riigikogu. |
Next year Finland to focus on climate change
Wednesday, 03 November 2010 15:23|
The Nordic countries insist that climate issues should be taken into account when making economic and political decisions. In addition, while the emission of exhaust gases to the atmosphere should be reduced in the Nordic region as well as on an international scale, general living conditions require continuous improvement. |
Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2010: Sweden has the highest unemployment rate of young people in the Nordic region
Friday, 29 October 2010 08:21|
Also from the Yearbook 2010: • In Iceland 37% of students quit school right after compulsory school. The percentage of students with just basic education is higher only in Aland, namely 38%. |
Nordic Houses seek cooperation with the Baltic States
Thursday, 10 June 2010 13:03
The directors of the Nordic Houses visited the Nordic Council of Minister's office in Estonia. Photo: Grete Kodi/norden.eeWhile the Globalisation Initiative and the World Exhibition in Shanghai are very important, the Baltic countries should not be overshadowed by them. This is what the directors of the five Nordic Houses said when visiting our office to discuss opportunities for cooperation. The discussions involved actions for children and young people, creative industries, cultural festivals, the New Nordic Food, etc.
Nordic Houses / institutes in Iceland, Greenland, the Åland Islands, Helsinki and the Faroe Islands see to it that people in the Nordic countries remember, understand and remain interested in Nordic cooperation. The Nordic House in Greenland recently gained a new director – Leise Johnsen, a Dane who is committed to studying Eskimos and is thus familiar with the Polar regions. Won't she be lonely in Nuuk? Johnsen does not think so. Instead, she considers it exciting to promote Nordic cooperation in such a distant and isolated place.
We have had fruitful cooperation with the Nordic House on the Åland Islands for many years now, which has involved, for example, exchanging travelling exhibitions. Cooperation with the Nordic House on the Faroe Islands has been equally pleasant. A few years ago, a modern Faroese opera, The Madman's Garden, was performed as a joint project at the Kultuurikatel in Tallinn. With our Icelandic colleagues we have been discussing opportunities to introduce New Nordic Food. We hope to deepen cooperation with the Nordic Institute in Helsinki soon.
Oksanen was awarded the Nordic literature prize
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:19Author: Kaarel Kressa/Eesti Päevaleht (31.03.2010)
The laureate of the Nordic Council Literature Prize was announced yesterday – the award went to the Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen for her novel about Estonia called Puhdistus.
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The Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen promotes Estonia in the world with her “Puhdistus”
Thursday, 04 February 2010 14:15Author: Andres Laasik/Eesti Päevaleht (04.02.2010)
All good things are known by many names. Utrensning, Purge, Ocˇista, Zuivering, Fegefeuer, Tisztogatás, Renselse are only a few examples of how the title of her novel Puhdistus are translated into other languages.
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Sofi Oksanen won the Nordic Council Literature Prize
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 14:12Nordic-Estonian dialogue at the Helsinki book fare
Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:43Author: Imbi Paju/Postimees (30.10.2008)
At first, the organisers of the Helsinki Book Fair (23-26 October 2008 in Helsinki exhibition centre) intended to dedicate the event to Estonian literature. Unfortunately they didn't have enough time for preparations so shortly after the Gothenburg book fair. Even so, the idea inspired the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia, which saw a brilliant spot for Estonian-Nordic dialogue in the greatest Finnish culture forum. The Estonian Publishers Association was the participant from the Estonian side.
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Estonian cook Andrei Šmakov at the Finnish cult restaurant Chez Dominique
Tuesday, 01 January 2008 14:05Eesti Päevaleht (2008)
People with all kinds of cameras and other stuff related to journalism are everyday business at Chez Dominique. Owner and chef in one Hans Välimäki hasn't returned to the restaurant yet, because he went to the city to take some pictures with Australian (!) journalists.
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Finland is a country of festivals
Monday, 01 January 2007 14:00Author: Irina Stelmach
Finland is considered as a country of festivals. According to the festival brochures here there are more festivals per inhabitant than anywhere else and I believe it. The Tamperen teatterikesä theatre festival (Tampere Theatre Festival) is one of the most interesting I have personally attended.
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