Foreign Correspondents' Programme in Finland

We have now posted our final words and a HUGE thank you for our wonderful participants for making this year's programme such a success! Hopefully see you in Finland soon!

https://fcp.finland.fi/thank-you/‎

THANK YOU! – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme THANK YOU! Once again, the FCP week is behind us. The week went by fast and during the week we received background information about Finland’s foreign and security policy and Finland’s NATO application. We also visited Espoo and Turku. From our FCP-Facebook you can see more where we visited and ...

is now officially over! Last moments in Turku. But you will hear from our participants in August. Stay tuned!

Day 5 of in super sunny City of Turku! We visited Turku Student Village and heard about RESPONSE-project. After a guided city walk we had a sauna and refreshments in Saaronniemi and wonderful dinner in Nobi. Thank you Katri Puhakainen from City of Turku for organising a great program for us! Kiss my❤️ Turku!

Day 4 was the day of Helsinki University. We had very interesting discussions with Dr. Iro Särkkä, Assistant Professor Katri Pynnönniemi and Emeritus Kimmo Rentola. Afternoon themes were happiness, wellbeing and education with PhD Iida Pyy and University Lecturer Jenni Vartiainen.

Day 3 of started with meeting in The Parliament of Finland with members of parliament Mr. Joonas Könttä and Mr. Jukka Kopra. We also visited Aalto University and heard about innovation ecosystem and Smart Otaniemi. In EMMA museum we got to experience modern art and the Museum of Play exhibited toys from our childhoods. The day ended with dinner hosted by the City of Espoo.

Day 2 of ! Today we had a interesting meeting with Mr. Janne Kuusela from Ministry of Defence and with Mr. Jere Paldanius from the Finnish Defence Forces. We also had discussions about media freedom with Ms. Laura Saarikoski from Helsingin Sanomat. Not to forget the sunny city walk and great lunch!

Today we spent the day at the MFA. Day filled with many interesting meetings and sharp questions!

THEY ARE HERE! has officially started!

Now we are ready to start the FCP. Here are Rushana’s thoughts:

Finland in the eyes of an Uzbek journalist – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Finland in the eyes of an Uzbek journalist Hi! My name is Rushana Aliakbarova. I’m from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. I would like to give a little bit information about my sunny country. Uzbekistan is a heart of Central Asia. Modern Uzbekistan is absolutely another country that can boast a modern infrast...

Just two nights... We are happy to have Dilara from Turkey here as well.

Greetings from Ankara – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Greetings from Ankara Hey there, greetings from Ankara! I am Dilara a 27-year-old journalist who has been covering issues on Foreign policy and Turkish diplomacy for the past three years. I was thrilled when I found out I was in the program a couple months ago but little did I know that I would come...

Now is Pierre-Mickaël’s from France turn to introduce himself. is almost here!

A political and poetic journey ahead – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme A political and poetic journey ahead Bonjour ! I’m Pierre-Mickaël Carniel, a 22-year-old journalism student. This year, I will be the young Frenchy of the group. I am originally from Courcelles-Chaussy, a village in Lorraine near Luxembourg. I studied political science in Mulhouse, in southern Al...

Today's second post comes from the longest and narrowest country in the world- Chile! Our participant Paula has written her insights about coming to Finland!

LATINOAMÉRICA IS HERE! – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme LATINOAMÉRICA IS HERE! On 2003, I remember myself watching “Brother Bear” when I learned about the northern lights for the first time. Years later, a friend of mine told me he was visiting a country called Finland which had the best educational system all over the world. Only a couple months ag...

We have five days and five blog posts left before starts! Today's post is from Magdalena from Poland, go read what she has to say about Finland and Poland!

Poland and Finland: Shared Stories – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Poland and Finland: Shared Stories Sauna, vodka and the skijumping champion Janne Ahonen – these would most probably be three most commonly mentioned names and things if Polish people were asked what they associate with Finland. Among thirteen countries participating in this year’s Finland Forei...

Our final countdown to FCP has now started! On coming Sunday we will finally meet our participants and kick off our programme! But before that we have few more blog posts for you to enjoy! Today we will head to sunny Phillippines, go read what Krixia has to say!

Hello from sunny Philippines! – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Hello from sunny Philippines! Hello from sunny Philippines! I am Krixia Subingsubing, a 26-year-old journalist from the country’s paper of record, the Philippine Daily Inquirer. I’ve been a reporter for nearly six years now and have been largely covering social justice, human rights and the envi...

To celebrate the fact that the start of is only eight days away, we are giving you not one but TWO brilliant blog posts today. The second FCP2022 participant of the day is Jakab from Hungary! Dive in!

Thoughts from Hungary – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Thoughts from Hungary Hi! I’m Jakab from Hungary. I work at Hungary’s most viewed left wing media, called Partizán. We upload videos on a daily basis including my own series called Monoszkóp. In my videos I covered generational differences in media, pop culture, and also between green activist...

New blog post is out! Go read what our participant Israel from Angola has to say about journalism, and breaking stereotypes!

From willingness to learn, to breaking stereotypes – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme From willingness to learn, to breaking stereotypes By: Israel Campos Most of my colleagues (and friends to be) who came before me (and whom I am so looking forward to meeting in person in a few days) started their articles by saying who they are. As a natural rule-breaker, I thought I would do thing...

We have now published the fifth blog post! Go read the insights that our participant Grace from USA has written about FCP and Finland.

Finland: For the Idealist in You – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Finland: For the Idealist in You Last year, through my summer internship, I had the opportunity to visit the Finnish Embassy in Washington, DC. I was attending a press event about the 2021 Helsinki Biennial, a recurring art installation located on an island near Finland’s capital city. The embassy...

New week has started and is getting closer and closer! To kick off this week we have a new blog post for you, this time from our participant Finn from Australia. Have a nice week!

Big moment for Australia and Finland – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Big moment for Australia and Finland By Finn McHugh My name is Finn McHugh, I’m a federal political reporter for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media in Canberra, Australia. My focus is on federal politics and foreign affairs, but I have a broad remit to cover issues directly relevant...

Yet another blog post is now out! This time we have post from Zahra from UK. Dive in!

Thoughts from UK – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Thoughts from UK Hi! I’m Zahra. I’m 28 years old and from Birmingham, England. Currently, I work as a journalist for one of the UK’s top flagship TV news stations – after having completed my master’s in Broadcast Journalist last year. To offer a little background about myself – My dream ...

The second blog post from our FCP participants is now out! Go read what Careen Joel from Tanzania has to say about upcoming !

A Safe and Sustainable Space for Youth in Circularity! – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme A Safe and Sustainable Space for Youth in Circularity! By Careen Joel My name is Careen Joel Mwakitalu, FCP 2022 representative from Tanzania. First things first, I have been drowning with excitement recently because of the coming FCP programme in Helsinki. I feel like it is a timely opportunity for...

The first blog post from our FCP participants is now published! Our writer is Amit from Israel. Go read Amit's thoughts about Finland!

Thoughts from Israel – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Thoughts from Israel My name is Amit Tomer, I’m 29 old, an Israeli who lives in Tel-Aviv and works as a journalist for a decade. These days I have a radio talk show that usually deals with economics and social issues. I have never been to Finland, and I’m waiting for the visit and thrilled to le...

Here they are: The participants for Foreign Correspondents' Programme 2022! Dive in to our blog and find out who are the wonderful participants of FCP 2022!

Here they are: FCP 2022 Participants! – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme Here they are: FCP 2022 Participants! The start of thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents’ Programme 2022 is less than a month away and it is approaching FAST! Therefore now is the perfect time to introduce our brilliant participants who come from 13 different countries all over the world. They are ...

The participants for this year’s programme have now been selected! We will write more about them next week!

FCP 2022 participants have been selected! – thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents' Programme FCP 2022 participants have been selected! The event we have all been waiting for is getting closer: thisisFINLAND Foreign Correspondents’ Programme is finally happening after two long years! In the coming summer 2022 these carefully selected participants will start their one-week journey in Finlan...