CULTURE

FINNS TAKE OVER CITY FOR A WEEK

St. Petersburg has seen a number of "invasions" by different countries to promote cultural events this year, but the Finns seem to have done more than most to get themselves noticed.

All week, the city has been flooded with Finnish art, dance, ...

REBUILDING OLD CULTURAL BRIDGES

After over a century of stormy relations between Finland and Russia, one of the most celebrated artistic happenings in the two countries' history is making ...

CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS BOOMING

Finland continues to be one of St. Petersburg's most important trade and business partners, with investment and trade turnover growing every year.

Finnish companies outnumber other foreign companies in the city. Although they find a number of administrative ...

KEEPING THEIR FAITH ALIVE

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Mary's Church is the only Lutheran church in St. Petersburg where services are held in the Finnish language.

Its parishioners ...

COUNTRIES EXAMINE MIGRATION OF LABOR

Labor migration and the employment policies were discussed during the international seminar "10 Years of Labor-Market Cooperation Between Russia and Finland" on Wednesday, as part of the exhibition of the Finnish region of Southern Savo, which ...

NATIVE KNOWLEDGE PAYS OFF AGAIN

To take a little liberty with an old cliche, "When in China, do as the Chinese do."

It is my experience, however, that if you're in St. Petersburg ...

DUTCH JAZZ ON THE WAY

A 40-strong crowd of Duch jazz musicians will swarm into the city this week, with 15 acts playing in seven venues and jamming with their local counterparts over two weeks in September.

In a change from most local jazz agendas, Dixieland and jazz standards ...

CHERNOV'S CHOICE

Hugely popular ska-punk band Leningrad, which has been showing a renewed burst of activity over the last couple of months, will play a ...

street musicians set to ... take it to the streets

A festival this weekend aims to showcase some of the people whom you probably walk past every day without noticing them.

Singing Nevsky, a festival that brings together the city's multitudes of street musicians, will take over most of the city's major thoroughfare for much of the weekend.

Performances ...