Swedish language instruction is mandatory in Finnish schools because according to its constitution the country is bilingual.
The fact is however that many Finns see no need to learn Swedish, an attitude that Education Minister Henna Virkkunen is seeking to counter with a new proposal, writes the daily Savon Sanomat:
“According to Virkkunen Swedish language [...]
E-books are neither a miracle cure nor the end of the world or a spiritual turning point, writes the daily Postimees:
“Translations from Estonian are published mostly either by universities or by small publishing houses, and that brings fame and glory, but hardly any money.
E-books aren’t changing this much: the distribution opportunities change only [...]
International Competition for Dance Schools & Groups
The event in which you will participate is the Barcelona Dance Award 2010, a competition that has established itself as the largest and most important amateur dancing event in Europe, divided into different categories which awards the best groups, talents, choreographers and teachers. The commission of international experts, [...]
As European Capital of Culture 2009 Vilnius suffered heavily from the conflict of powers between the Lithuanian government and the city administration, and now the same fate could await the Estonian capital of Tallinn in 2011, the daily Õhtuleht (Estonia) fears:
“Being a Culture Capital is a national task that should not be discussed to [...]
The renowned “60th Berlin International Film Festival” of Germany has selected Indian filmmaker Madhusree Dutta’s “Cinema City” project for display.
This “installation project” will be on display in several cinema foyers, exploring questions about the relationship between urban space and cinema during the Festival in Berlin from February 11 to 21. It has been described [...]
Tallinn’s city council plans to halve the funding allocated to preparing the city for its year as European Capital of Culture 2011.
A scandalous measure, according to news portal Delfi:
“The city of Tallinn and the Estonian government will be playing with fire if they make such radical cuts in the organisers’ budget. You [...]
In accordance with the wishes of the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, his house has been auctioned off to the highest bidder.
The building has been purchased by the Norwegian Gude Gudeson, who plans to turn it into a meeting place for artists together with Bergman’s daughter Linn Ullmann.
The daily Svenska Dagbladet writes that [...]
The Suiti are a small Catholic community in the Protestant (Lutheran) western part of Latvia.
The Suiti cultural space is characterized by a number of distinct features, including vocal drone singing performed by Suiti women, wedding traditions, colourful traditional costumes, the Suiti language, local cuisine, religious traditions, celebrations of the annual cycle, and a remarkable [...]
In the leftist daily Information film critic Christian Monggard writes that Lars von Triers’ new film Antichrist deserved to win the Nordic Council Film Prize worth 350,000 kroner (around 47,000 euros).
"The fact is that Triers’ film deserved to win. None of the other five films nominated – and only few of the films that [...]
Riga was yesterday (15 September) selected as Lativa’s nomination for European Capital of Culture in 2014.
The Baltic city of just over 710,000 will share the 2014 title with Swedish city Umeå, which was nominated last week.
Latvia’s capital has long been a key centre for trade, finance and culture thanks to its location on the [...]
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