Sámi Grand Prix 2025 will take place on 12 April in Guovdageaidnu, Norway. The event features 12 Sámi artists in song and ...

A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

After the war, during the Soviet era, speaking Tver Karelian became a source of embarrassment - it was associated with rural ...

A year after the Crocus City Hall terror attack, Central Asian migrants in Russia face growing harassment, legal pressure, ...

Despite laws banning discriminatory hiring practices, Russian state entities are advertising jobs with the requirement that ...

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In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision ...

The Barents cooperation provided the town of Kirkenes with greatness and importance, and everything 'Barents' was celebrated, ...

In February 2024, Putin supported the idea of Italian student Irene Cecchini who suggested that Russia ease entry rules for those who share traditional cultural and family values. The head of state ...

With talks having failed to bridge differences over terms to extend the ceasefire, the military resumed its air assaults on ...

In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...

Since the Syrian revolution transitioned into armed conflict—after the regime ruled out negotiations and used excessive force ...