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Culture news

Indigenous Sámi cinema meets a global audience in Venice

Defending livelihoods, rights and lands - Europe's indigenous Sámi communities have long fought to be respected and recognised. Now the battle has a global showcase at the Venice Film Festival

4 September 2022

Culture news

The language app designed to save minority European languages

The app IndyLan was designed to help people learn minority languages, but a lack of funding post-Brexit is holding it back.

16 August 2022

Finland

UN finds Finland violated political rights of indigenous Sámi people

The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been looking into the sensitive issue about who is eligible to be included on the Sámi electoral roll.

15 June 2022

Art

Fake news? Questioning reality with a renaissance underdog

The Ikon showcases contemporary art alongside renaissance paintings as they invite visitors to take a second look at the world.

24 February 2022

Sweden

Sweden launches commission on injustices suffered by Sámi people

Between 20,000 and 40,000 Sámi people live in northern Sweden, although there is no official census.

4 November 2021

Conscious Travel

What’s it like to spend time with remote communities?

Jenny Southan travels to Lapland to stay with the only Indigenous community in the EU.

29 January 2021