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The Event Forest was planted in Sotkamo on Tuesday 25.5.2021, in honor of the 2022 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival. The Event Forest is …

The winter edition of the 2021 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF 2021 Vuokatti) is rescheduled in most parts to March 2022. The European Olympic …

The theme song of European Youth Olympic Festival 2021 called “Long in to the Night” will be published on Saturday, February 13th, 2021. The song will be available in Spotify, iTunes, and in EYOF 2021 Youtube channel. The theme song highlights the values of the upcoming event: The youth are the future. At the same time, the song fires up the vibes for the upcoming multisport event targeted at the best European young athletes.   “I believe, the message of this song is obvious: always believe in yourself and in your own dreams. Moreover, the song encourages to act upon the olympic spirit and cherish the values of friendship, fair game and tolerance”, describes the lyricist Heikki Mäkäräinen. Mäkäräinen is a Kajaani-born actor and artist, who has previously been seen in The Voice of Finland singing contest.  The song “Long in …

The European Union has provided Regional Sport Association of Kainuu with almost EUR 400,000 Erasmus + project funding in connection with the European Youth …

The 2021 Winter edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is decided to be postponed from February 2021 to December 11-18, 2021, due …

The upcoming EYOF 2021 event is to be planned as environmentally sustainably as possible. New practicalities are piloted to minimize the environmental and climate …