FinnAgora’s new podcast series Point Taken continues. In the latest episode, our guest is Finnish dancer Jenna Jalonen. In the episode, Rebecka Vilhonen from FinnAgora and Jenna Jalonen discuss modern dance, the impacts of the pandemic on performing artists, and the differences between Finnish and Hungarian contemporary dance fields. You can listen to the episode here . The podcast is in English.

Finnovation, a series of conferences aimed at businesses and the wider public, was launched by FinnAgora in 2019. The series will continue this year with a focus on sustainability. This year’s main event will take place during the Planet Budapest 2021 conference in December, but we will open the debate on Monday May 31st with a webinar on a similar topic: “Sustainable Finance and Green Economy in Europe”. Apart from the green transition, the webinar will discuss reforms affecting the whole business sector that the EU has already ratified or are currently being finalised. Therefore, these

Welcome to the third part of Beyond Populism, a series of online lectures and discussions, on Wednesday May 26th at 15.00 CEST. The Finnish Institute in the Middle East is producing a discussion on the topic Middle East and its researchers in the public discourse. In the event professor Hannu Juusola from University of Helsinki and Doctor of Social Sciences, researcher Karim Maiche from Tampere University reflect on how the Finnish media tends to represent events in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the role of a researcher as a public commentator. The conversation is led by Sanna

Who? Name: Kinga Marjatta Pap Education: organist, MA in English and Estonian, MEd in English, MEd in music Professional background: freelance translator and interpreter, senior translator at an international localisation company, counsellor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, event manager at the music collection of the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Hobbies: reading, choirs, other positions of trust Home towns in Hungary: Budapest Recommends travellers in Hungary to see: smaller towns, such as Kaposvár, Kőszeg and Sárospatak Your mother is Finnish and your father is Hungarian.

FinnAgora is looking for a Finnish or Finland-based fine artist to stay at the Valóság residence in Budapest for one month and to be part of Art Market Budapest, the largest contemporary art event in Hungary. Art Market Budapest is an art fair, where galleries showcase and sell artists' art at Bálna conference center in the center of Budapest. The event takes place on 6-10 October 2021 (Press opening 6.10). FinnAgora invites the artist to stay at Valóság, the only Finnish artist residence in Hungary, for one month prior to the event. The artist would stay in Budapest from 16.9 to 15.10. The