28/05/2026
Join us on June 1 at 6 PM for a talk with Anna-Lena Laurén — award-winning journalist, author, and one of the Nordic region’s leading voices on Russia and Ukraine.
👉Anna-Lena Laurén is an award-winning journalist and author with extensive experience covering Russia, Ukraine, and the post-Soviet region. She has worked as a correspondent for several leading Nordic media outlets, including Hufvudstadsbladet and Dagens Nyheter and is widely recognized for her insightful analysis and deeply reported stories from regions marked by political conflict and social transformation. For more than fifteen years, she has reported from Moscow, Kyiv, and across Eastern Europe, earning a reputation as one of the leading Nordic voices on Russian and Ukrainian affairs. Currently, she is based in Berlin for Dagens Nyheter.
Her journalism has received several prestigious awards, including Finland’s Journalist of the Year award. In addition to her reporting, she is the author of several acclaimed books on Russia and Ukraine.✍️
🎤EVENT on June 1: Drawing from years of reporting from Moscow, Kyiv, and across Eastern Europe, she will speak about the realities of journalism under authoritarian rule, the Russian media landscape, and what it means to witness war and political change from close range. The evening will include a talk, moderated discussion, audience Q&A, and informal conversation afterward.
📍 French Institute auditorium, Budapest
📅 Monday, June 1
🗣 Event held in English and is part of the Fortnight Against Disinformation program.
Sign-up: https://forms.gle/9o6fundJR3m9KKb67