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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin featured on TIME100 Next list
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is standing on a street.
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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin featured on TIME100 Next list

The American magazine TIME includes Sanna Marin in its annually published list of leaders who are emerging to shape the future.

Tagged in FinlandPeoplePoliticsWebpick
Celebrating a different kind of New Year’s Eve in the Finnish capital
An illustration shows a tower projecting green beams of light over a dark background
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Celebrating a different kind of New Year’s Eve in the Finnish capital

Helsinki rings in the New Year remotely with a laser show, children’s activities and an orchestra playing EDM.

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Helsinki proudly displays the colours of the rainbow
A stylised emoji version of a Tom of Finland drawing, showing a man dressed in a black cap, sunglasses and a black leather jacket.
Life & societyEquality

Helsinki proudly displays the colours of the rainbow

Helsinki Pride Week 2020 happens from September 7 to 13 on the streets and online.

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Nordic and international photographers exhibitions on the streets of Helsinki
Photograph art showing some trees and other foliage along with abstract elements.
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Nordic and international photographers exhibitions on the streets of Helsinki

The Helsinki Photo Festival, from July 7 to September 30, 2020, brings the artistic medium of photography back onto the streets.

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Two Finnish universities place near the top of the Young University Rankings
A woman types on a computer keyboard in a library.
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Two Finnish universities place near the top of the Young University Rankings

The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings list the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.

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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin grants rare interview to Vogue
A portrait of Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, pictured outside.
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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin grants rare interview to Vogue

The May 2020 issue of the British edition of Vogue contains an interview with Sanna Marin, Finland’s prime minister. The magazine met her in Helsinki before the coronavirus landed in the Nordic countries. Its US edition also carries an article featuring a conversation with Marin.

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Hometown Helsinki holds special place in choreographer’s heart
A smiling man in a black velvet jacket leans on a spiral staircase with flower pots on the steps.
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Hometown Helsinki holds special place in choreographer’s heart

Dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Ima Iduozee has gained international acclaim and travelled around the world, but Helsinki is dear to him. (Article includes video clip.)

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Finnish innovation fund Sitra lists the most important trends of the 2020s
An illustration montage that includes the number 2020 and photos of a swimming sea turtle, a bee, flames, a hand holding a spoon, and a smiling elderly man.
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Finnish innovation fund Sitra lists the most important trends of the 2020s

What will the 2020s look like? What trends will have the biggest impact on our future? What tensions exist between the various megatrends of our time?

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