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What does it take to make 500 pirogues? 🥟

In May, we welcomed four culinary students and their teacher to Budapest to craft the heart of the Taste Finland event: food. Read our latest blog post to hear their thoughts and follow the twists and turns of their journey in Budapest. Link in bio! 🔗

FinnAgora’s Fall Resident Artist Selected!

We are pleased to announce that Hanna Råst has been selected for FinnAgora’s artist residency programme for fall 2026. Hanna will spend three months in Budapest at aqb, art quarter budapest, with FinnAgora’s support.

Hanna’s practice moves between traditional ways of making, drawing influence from photography while often transforming it into sculptural forms. Her work frequently engages with material experimentation and fields such as archaeology, geology, and psychology.

During the residency, Hanna will focus on artistic research, material experimentation, and networking, with a particular interest in connecting with local artists, researchers, and the broader cultural scene in Budapest and Hungary.

See you in Budapest, Hanna!

Images via the artist’s website: 1. Weight of Memory (2022) by Hanna Råst 2. Artist portrait by Anni Hanen.

🌃🎤What a lovely Literature Night we had in Debrecen last Friday. The Csokonai Fórum terrace filled up with eager listeners all throughout the night - and based on the laughs to our chosen oeuvre "Bátyámnak" (For My Brother) by E.L. Karhu, we think Finnish literature received some new fans. The book was translated by Panka Zsóka.

We are also so happy to have had actor Julianne Horváth as the reader - thank you again for your wonderful interpretation of the text.

Photos: Jakkel Rudolf

Reminder of today's talk with journalist and author Anna-Lena Laurén, 6 PM at the French Institute (Fő u. 17). 🎤Please register in beforehand to ensure we can offer refreshments for everyone: https://forms.gle/kHe6Vv4LTdvo3Rrz9

Join us on June 1 at 6 PM for a talk with Anna-Lena Laurén — award-winning journalist, author, and one of the Nordic region’s leading voices on Russia and Ukraine.

👉Anna-Lena Laurén is an award-winning journalist and author with extensive experience covering Russia, Ukraine, and the post-Soviet region. She has worked as a correspondent for several leading Nordic media outlets, including Hufvudstadsbladet and Dagens Nyheter and is widely recognized for her insightful analysis and deeply reported stories from regions marked by political conflict and social transformation. For more than fifteen years, she has reported from Moscow, Kyiv, and across Eastern Europe, earning a reputation as one of the leading Nordic voices on Russian and Ukrainian affairs. Currently, she is based in Berlin for Dagens Nyheter.

Her journalism has received several prestigious awards, including Finland’s Journalist of the Year award. In addition to her reporting, she is the author of several acclaimed books on Russia and Ukraine.✍️

🎤EVENT on June 1: Drawing from years of reporting from Moscow, Kyiv, and across Eastern Europe, she will speak about the realities of journalism under authoritarian rule, the Russian media landscape, and what it means to witness war and political change from close range. The evening will include a talk, moderated discussion, audience Q&A, and informal conversation afterward.

📍 French Institute auditorium, Budapest
📅 Monday, June 1
🗣 Event held in English and is part of the Fortnight Against Disinformation program.

Sign-up: https://forms.gle/9o6fundJR3m9KKb67