The U.S. Embassy hosted retired Congressmen Tom Davis (R-VA, 1994-2008) and Martin Frost (D-VA, 1979-2005) August 27-30 for a series of programs on U.S. elections in Helsinki and Turku. In addition to public events at the University of Helsinki and the John Morton Center in Turku, Mr. Davis and Mr. Frost spoke with young political ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 10 September, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, American Spaces, Embassy, Events
| Tags: Helsinki Media High School, Midterm Elections, U.S. Elections
Please join us for Artist’s talk: Judd Morrissey: “Place Taking Place: Poetics of Embodied Mixed Reality” at the Helsinki University Kaisa Library (Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor) on Friday, August 24 at 16:00 (note the new starting time!) This artist’s talk will navigate the emerging territories and queer liminalities of a practice that integrates language, code, ...
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By American Resource Center | 21 August, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, News, Public Affairs
One June 20, 2018, Ambassador and Mrs. Pence welcomed over 1,000 friends and guests to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of American independence at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki. As part of the “Iconic America” theme, the party featured classic American cars, the Statue of Liberty, as well as guest appearances from Darth Vader, Superman, Uncle ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 21 June, 2018 | Topics:
Embassy, Events, News
| Tags: July4
The U.S. Embassy Finland hosted the winners of the 2017 American Resource Center (ARC) Grant 2017 at a ceremony in the Embassy’s Innovation Center on May 21, 2018. The U.S. Embassy awarded a record number of four ARC Grants this year due to the exceptionally high quality of applications last fall. Ms. Emilia Lehtonen, a ...
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By American Resource Center | 21 May, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Education, Events, News, U.S. & Finland
| Tags: ARC, ARC Alumni, ARC Grant
The 2018 SelectUSA Summit Registration is Open ! The SelectUSA Investment Summit, June 20-22 is the highest-profile event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. Featuring senior government officials, C-Suite business executives, and other thought leaders, each Summit focuses on a timely theme related to the U.S. investment environment, industry trends, and new opportunities. As SelectUSA’s signature event, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 15 May, 2018 | Topics:
Business, Events, News
| Tags: SelectUSA
U.S. Midterm Elections will be held in November 2018. What factors are relevant for thinking about how the election will go? In this presentation, Dr. Peter Miller will discuss the following: an overview of the House and Senate seats that are up for election; the remarkably high rate of retirements in this cycle and the ...
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By American Resource Center | 4 May, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
| Tags: Lecture
On March 14, 2018, Chargé d’Affaires Donna Welton delivered remarks to open the Fulbright Finland seminar “Making Democracies Resilient to Modern Threats” at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. The seminar explored new threats to democracies in the modern era, such as misinformation and influence campaigns, as well as the development of democratic responses ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 14 March, 2018 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, News, Speeches
| Tags: Fulbright Finland Foundation
Please join us for a public lecture by Ethan Tabor at the Kaisa Library Auditorium (Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor) on Tuesday, March 20, at 5 pm. Over the past several years, the “Rust Belt” has emerged a major topic in contemporary narratives about the United States. What is the Rust Belt? Where is it? Is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 9 March, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events, News
| Tags: Ohio, Rust Belt, Steel
A group of Finnish women gathered at the U.S. Embassy for a live stream viewing event on Tuesday, March 6. The members of the group represented a wide range of organizations that focus on supporting persons of disabilities, sports, or both. A few past and present athletes were also present. The event preceded both the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 6 March, 2018 | Topics:
Embassy, Events, News, Public Affairs
| Tags: Paralympics, Sports
***NEW DATE Please join us for a public lecture by Sam Northern at the Kaisa Library Auditorium (Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor) on Tuesday, February 27, at 5 pm. “What is on your bucket list? Summiting Mount Everest? Diving the Great Barrier Reef? For most people, these are unlikely adventures. This is no longer the case with ...
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By American Resource Center | 12 February, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events, News
| Tags: American Resource Center, ARC, Fulbright Finland Foundation
On November 31 and December 1, 2017, the U.S. Embassy organized the
Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (AEC) finals in Helsinki. This nationwide program invites middle and high school students to form teams of up to four to pitch, in three-minutes, an original entrepreneurial concept in English. Post received more than 150 applications in early October from which it selected ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 1 December, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Embassy, Events, News, Public Affairs
| Tags: AEC, Ambassador's Entrepreneurial Challenge
The American Resource Center is proud to co-host a 4-part lecture series and a photo exhibition at the Helsinki University Kaisa library in honor of Native American Heritage Month and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Finnish Association for American Indian Cultures. Fulbright Bicentennial Chair Daniel Cobb delivered the first lecture “ImagiNative: Why Visual ...
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By American Resource Center | 3 November, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events
| Tags: Lecture Series, Native American Heritage Month, Photo Exhibition
Alaskan children’s book and travel author Tricia Brown visited Finland October 21 – 28 as part of a U.S. Embassy program to strengthen grassroots dialogues between the United States and Finland on Arctic issues. During her program she had a chance to meet and interact with Finns of all ages, all walks of life, both ...
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By American Resource Center | 2 November, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, News
| Tags: Arctic Dialogues
Please join us for a public lecture by Tricia Brown at the Kaisa Library Auditorium (Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor) on Tuesday, October 24, at 5 pm. Traditional stories are the heart of indigenous identity. The right to tell stories that have been passed on for generations is an indigenous cultural right. What happens when other people publish ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 18 October, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Human Rights
| Tags: Alaska, Indigenous cultural rights, Literature
Please join us for a travel night on U.S. national parks at the Kaisa Library Auditorium (Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor) on Tuesday, September 26, at 5 pm. The evening is arranged by the American Resource Center in co-operation with SAM Helsinki. The main language used will be Finnish.
Download the flyer (PDF 5 MB, in Finnish)
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By American Resource Center | 14 September, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: American Resource Center, ARC, National Parks, Travel Night
On the occasion of Finland’s 100th year of independence, the United States commemorates our close and enduring partnership with Finland and is delighted to present a centennial gift of an additional $500,000 to the Fulbright Finland Foundation. U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Donna Welton announced the gift on Monday, August 21 at a U.S. Embassy reception in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 21 August, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Education, Embassy, Events, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Finland
| Tags: Fulbright Finland Foundation
Public lecture “
When ink is not enough ” presented by London based Francesca Willow & Texas based Madison Mae Parker exploring collaboration of the arts is part of the Runokuu 2017 Festival. Thursday, August 24, at 16:30-18:00 at the Kaisa Library (Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor). Free entrance, welcome!
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By American Resource Center | 18 August, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: American Resource Center, Runokuu
Chargé d’Affaires Donna Welton hosted an Iftar meal – a dinner to break the fast during Ramadan – for guests from Nuorten Muslimien Foorumi, Finnish Islamic Congregation and Nuoret Muslimit (Young Muslims NGO).
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 26 June, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Events, Human Rights
| Tags: Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy, Iftar, NGOs
On June 15, Chargé d’Affaires Donna Welton hosted the 241st anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki. In order to highlight the United States’ vast diversity in natural beauty, cultural and culinary tradition, and innovation, the theme of this year’s celebration was “From Sea to Shining ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 16 June, 2017 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy, Events
| Tags: 50 States, From Sea to Shining Sea
The U.S. Embassy Helsinki had the pleasure of congratulating the 2017 Future Leaders participants at the U.S. Embassy Innovation Center on May 19, 2017. The U.S. Embassy Helsinki expresses their gratitude to the partners within the Future Leaders program – AFS and the Finnish National Agency for Education. The Future Leaders program takes 15 young ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Embassy, Events, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S.
| Tags: Future Leaders
The United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Band, Clarinet Trio visited Helsinki on March 20-25. The Clarinet Trio, consisting of Staff Sergeant Lenora Dziergowski, Staff Sergeant David Halperin, and Senior Airman Randolph Palanda, entertained a variety of audiences during their visit. Whether it was immigrants, refugees, school children or veterans, this highly-skilled trio charmed ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 28 March, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Clarinet Trio
Welcome to visit the U.S. Embassy Finland booth at the exhibition hall 6 at the
American Car Show 2017 at Helsinki Messukeskus on April 14-16, 2017! Tentative program – stay tuned for updates! Friday, April 14 11:00 Live Music! Come and enjoy classic American tunes 13:30-15:00 Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge! Learn more about the U.S. Embassy’s premiere youth entrepreneurism program. Special Guests: ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 24 March, 2017 | Topics:
Embassy, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Helsinki Car Show
The American Resource Center has a pleasure to invite you to a public lecture “Ronald Reagan and the ‘Evil Empire’: Democracy Promotion and U.S. Foreign Policy since the 1980s” by Dr. William Michael Schmidli. The event takes place at Kaisa Library Auditorium, Fabianinkatu 30, 7th floor. Dr. Schmidli is Associate Professor at Department of History ...
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By American Resource Center | 13 March, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces, Education, Events, History
| Tags: ARC, International relations
U.S. Embassy Finland hosted a breakfast event on the morning of the U.S. Presidential Elections on November 9. Photos of the event are available through our
Flickr album .
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 9 November, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Embassy, Events
| Tags: Elections
On October 13 and 14, the Embassy hosted a pre-presidential election program with presentations from both sides of the American political spectrum, given by speakers with exceptional knowledge of U.S. politics.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 13 October, 2016 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
Ambassador Charles C. Adams hosted a reception in honor of the 2016-2017 American Fulbright Grantees at the U.S. Embassy Finland on August 23, 2016. The keynote speaker was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Culture Anita Lehikoinen. Altogether there will be over 40 American students, researchers, teachers, and experts in Finland in 2016-2017.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 23 August, 2016 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, Education, Events
The American Resource Center had the pleasure of hosting an evening dedicated to Finndians, the descendants of Finnish immigrants and Native Americans, on August 11. A newly published book “Fintiaanien mailla” sheds light on a topic that up until now has been relatively unknown in Finland.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 11 August, 2016 | Topics:
Events
On June 16, Ambassador Adams hosted the 240th anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America. The Arctic was the central theme, in order to highlight the United States’ Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 16 June, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events
| Tags: 4th of July, Arctic
American Resource Center Grant 2015 awardees were celebrated at the ARC 70th Anniversary Seminar at the Helsinki University Kaisa Library on May 19, 2016. We were proud to present certificates to the 2015 ARC Grant winners Juuso Koskinen and Evelina Salo.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 19 May, 2016 | Topics:
American Spaces, Education, Events, News
| Tags: ARC Grant
The American Resource Center (ARC) celebrated its 70th Anniversary on Thursday, May 19. Thank you to our guest speakers Professor Emeritus Markku Henriksson, International Affairs Journalist Teri Schultz from Brussels, and PhD Candidate Janniina Vlasov from Tampere University! This year also marks the 10th Anniversary of the ARC Grant program.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 19 May, 2016 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
The Deed of the new Fulbright Finland Foundation was signed on Friday, May 13. This major milestone will enable the changing of the legal status of the current Fulbright Center from a commission to a Foundation.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 13 May, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Education, Events
U.S-Finland cooperation helps save lives at sea. Three Finnish vessels from Arctia Offshore and ESL Shipping were recognized for being part of this effort with Amver awards on April 19. U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Finland, Ms. Susan Elbow and U.S. Coast Guard Amver director Benjamin Strong made the presentation during the 12th annual ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 19 April, 2016 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Events
Ambassador Adams delivering his opening remarks – in Finnish – at the Polar Bear Pitching Festival in Oulu. Ambassador Adams visited the Northern city of Oulu on February 10-12, 2016, for meetings with city officials and local business, cultural, and media contacts.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 10 February, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events
| Tags: Ambassador Adams, Oulu, Polar Bear Pitching Festival
This fall the American Resource Center organized the Great Decisions Seminar for the second year in Finland. Great Decisions is the United States’ largest discussion program on world affairs by the Foreign Policy Association. Participants are provided with materials on the most critical global issues facing America today and have the opportunity to meet weekly ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 24 November, 2015 | Topics:
American Spaces, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events
| Tags: ARC, Great Decisions
Hats off to Team AMVibrate who won the Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge 2015 with their groundbreaking hearing device! This fantastic team from Schildt High School in Jyväskylä left the AEC Grand Final with some seed money for their business and boarding passes to the United States to study entrepreneurship there. The runner-ups in the final was ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 13 November, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, Events, News
| Tags: AEC, Entrepreneurship
Award-winning writer, TV producer, documentarist and – above all – storyteller, William Doyle took us behind the scenes of his hit 2014 PBS documentary film U.S. Navy SEALS: Their Untold Story at a public lecture at Kaisa Library on October 28, 2015.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 28 October, 2015 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
| Tags: ARC, William Doyle
U.S. Embassy Finland’s reception kicked off a seminar in Helsinki, under the title: “Deep Freeze? East-West relations in the Arctic.” Admiral Robert Papp, U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic, sent his video greeting to the reception saying that he was “deeply impressed by Finland’s dedication to the Arctic Council.”
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 16 October, 2015 | Topics:
Embassy, Events
| Tags: Arctic, Robert J. Papp
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal rocked Helsinki this September. The two-day visit was packed with music workshops, performances, interviews, and intensive jam sessions with some lucky young musicians. In sessions at the Pop & Jazz conservatory, Harju youth center, and Kallio performing arts high school, Ron shared stories, guitar techniques, advice on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 18 September, 2015 | Topics:
Events
Evan Burfield, an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the startup incubator “1776,” visited Helsinki September 1-4, 2015 as a guest speaker of the U.S. Embassy. Mr. Burfield’s visit honored the on-going 375th anniversary of the University of Helsinki, and the 20th anniversary of the cooperative partnership between the American Resource Center and the University Main ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 4 September, 2015 | Topics:
Embassy, Events
| Tags: ARC, Helsinki University
U.S. Embassy Helsinki joined forces with a dynamic group of our young alumni to travel to the Arctic and get a first-hand understanding of Arctic communities and livelihoods. This was the second half of a program created to familiarize youth with important Arctic issues, with a special focus on the core goals of the Arctic ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 15 August, 2015 | Topics:
Embassy, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Alumni, Arctic
Alito Alessi, (Executive Director of DanceAbility International) came to Helsinki summer 2015 to conduct a DanceAbility Teacher Certification Course. Dancers, including people with and without disabilities, and professionals working with people with disabilities came from all around Finland and beyond to attend this course and related workshops.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 16 July, 2015 | Topics:
Embassy, Events
U.S. Embassy Helsinki was proud to host the State Department’s first ever Special Envoy for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) Human Rights, Randy Berry, during Helsinki Pride, June 27-28. While in Helsinki, the Special Envoy met with LGBTI activists from Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia, and took part in Helsinki’s Pride Parade ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 28 June, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Embassy, Events
| Tags: Ambassador Oreck, Helsinki Pride, Randy Berry
U.S. Embassy Helsinki celebrated America’s 239th Independence Day on Wednesday, June 17. We welcomed over one thousand distinguished guests to the Wild West-themed party – an expression of the flourishing friendship and strong ties between our nations. In addition, the party commemorated the 25th anniversary of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 17 June, 2015 | Topics:
Embassy, Events
| Tags: July 4
Finlandia literature prize winning author Jussi Valtonen visited the Helsinki University Library on June 4. He was interviewed by Laura Noreila from the League of Finnish-American Friendship Societies. During the 1-hour interview the audience took the opportunity to ask questions, mainly about the plot and characters of Valtonen’s winning book, “He eivät tiedä mitä tekevät”.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 4 June, 2015 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
| Tags: ARC, Book Talk, Fulbright Center, SAYL
American Resource Center Grant 2014 awardees were celebrated on May 7 at the Helsinki University Kaisa Library. Scholarships were presented to Ms. Anna Wennäkoski and Mr. Joonas Tuhkuri.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 7 May, 2015 | Topics:
American Spaces, Deputy Chief of Mission, Events
| Tags: ARC, ARC Grant
The
American Resource Center had the pleasure of hosting a lecture by translator Liesl Yamaguchi at Helsinki University Library on April 28. Liesl’s translation of Väinö Linna’s “Tuntematon sotilas” was published on April 30th. The translation process was long and laborious, requiring countless hours of background research and expert interviews with military representatives both in Finland and the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 28 April, 2015 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
| Tags: ARC, Book Talk
Congratulations to these youngsters for making it to this year’s Young Ambassadors program. We are certain that an amazing summer is waiting for you in the United States! During the award ceremony, the Young Ambassadors heard from Ambassador Oreck, CIMO Director General Samu Seitsalo, YFU-Finland Director Elina Talonen-Lintunen, and President of Vaisala Inc. Scott Sternberg.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 24 April, 2015 | Topics:
Embassy, Events, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges
| Tags: YAP
‘Empowering Youth Alumni to Act for the Arctic’ conference, organized by the Embassy Helsinki, gathered these future decision-makers to learn about the Arctic opportunities and challenges. The group heard from Ambassador Oreck, U.S. Special Arctic Representative Admiral Papp, and Finnish Foreign Ministry’s Arctic Official, Counsellor René Söderman.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 23 April, 2015 | Topics:
Alumni, Ambassador, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Ambassador Oreck, Arctic, Youth Alumni
Guests at the New York State of Mind travel night caught a serious travel bug after the tour de force of the Big Apple at Helsinki University Library on March 31. Speakers included travel bloggers from the 50 State Puzzle Kirsi Rutonen and Ulla Alakangas, and Katja Tammela-Kohi.
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 31 March, 2015 | Topics:
American Spaces, Events
Guests gathered at the Ambassador’s residence to say thank you and farewell to U.S. Ambassador Bruce J. Oreck on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Ambassador is the longest serving U.S. Ambassador to Finland, having been sworn-in August 2009. He presided over the construction of our new Chancery and repurposed the former office building into the energy ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 26 March, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events
| Tags: Ambassador Oreck, YAP
Ambassador Oreck had the freezing pleasure of opening the Polar Bear Pitch Fest in Oulu on February 25, 2015. Start-ups get to pitch as long as they can in the icy water while being filmed and broadcast all over the world. More information, including a video of the brave contestants and the Ambassador’s remarks, is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 25 February, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events
| Tags: Ambassador Oreck
Ambassador Bruce Oreck on January 15 opened the Discover America Pavilion at Nordic Travel Fair 2015. After the ribbon-cutting the Ambassador greeted the exhibitors at the pavilion. The annual travel fair gathers together industry professionals and travel aficionados at Expo and Convention Centre Helsinki. This year the fair is themed “Where the Whole World Meets.”
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By U.S. Embassy Finland | 15 January, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events
| Tags: Ambassador Oreck
