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LEHTIKUVA / GETTY OUT AFP PHOTO / HO / GREENPEACE / DEAN SEWELL Finns are punctual in paying their bills STT seldom have good systems for au- MICHAEL NAGLER – HT tomatised billing of interest on ar- rears,” says Puumalainen. FINNS are the best bill payers in Eu- Nordic people clearly distinguish rope. In credit management serv- themselves as better bill payers than ices company Intrum Justitia’s others. In the Nordic countries three- payment method survey the oth- fourths of bills are paid on time and er Nordic countries are the top bill only one per cent are left complete- payers after Finland. The worst bill ly unpaid. “One might hypothetically payers are to be found in Portugal, ask whether a Finn pays his bills too Greece and Cyprus. well compared to his European col- In Finland bills are paid fi ve days leagues. However, in the end, it pays late on average, whereas in the whole off to respect the contract made,” of Europe they are paid 56 days late says Puumalainen. on average. Finns’ good payment What kind of bills typically go in- habits are mostly the result of a good to collection? “The most risk-prone fi nancial situation in addition to leg- are contested and large sums. Small islation that is favourable to billing. non-collateral credit is more easily “Finnish legislation makes interest paid,” Puumalainen says. on arrears and reminder expens- Consumers’, businesses’ and the es possible. This in turn encourag- public sector’s bill paying was ob- es people to pay their bills on time,” served in the survey. Consumers pay says Intrum Justitia’s Communica- their bills the fastest and the public tions Chief Max Puumalainen. sector pays the slowest. However, the In Finland about 80 – 90 per cent Portuguese public sector is the slow- of organisations have outsourced est in paying its bills, which take 138 bill collecting whereas in Central days to pay on average. In the pay- Europe the fi gure is roughly 10 per ment method survey invoice payment cent. “When a professional takes time, delays in payment and credit over the billing it’s also refl ected losses in 25 European countries were in the payment of bills. Many fi rms compared, among other things. may bill carelessly and there might Instrum Justitia’s customer in- not be anyone around to send re- formation tent on 3 June 2008 at minders. For example businesses Kauppatori.

The fight against climate change requires measures in industry as well as on individual level. According to Greenpeace Percentage of women decision with energy efficiency it is possible to save as much as two nuclear power plants’ worth of energy. makers remains unchanged

STT mantschuk on their executive man- DAVID J. CORD – HT agement teams. Energy efficiency essential The clothing and design compa- THE PERCENTAGE of women among ny Marimekko represents a success decision makers has not changed story for businesswomen. It boasts for the past fi ve years according to a seven women on its nine-member in environmental work recent survey by TNS Gallup for De- management team. The iconic de- cision Makers Atlas research. There signer also has a total work force OLLI KUIVANIEMI – STT Mikael Ohlström, a specialist ros a year. “By setting the thermo- are two hundred thousand decision that is comprised of over 90 per cent MICHAEL NAGLER – HT at the Confederation of Finnish In- stat, which often is 23 – 24 degrees makers in the private sector, up al- women. dustries EK, thinks that improving Celsius, to 21 degrees Celsius you most ten per cent from a year ago. The survey also highlighted the VOLUNTARY environmental work is energy effi ciency is important, but can cut off 300 euros a year from Only 30 per cent of these decision popularity of success-driven bo- getting Finnish households and in- that by their scale the calculations this,” Vanhanen says. makers are women. nuses for decision makers. Almost dustry to save on energy. On 19 May in the study are completely unre- According to Vanhanen 100 eu- The survey reports that the distri- half of all private sector manag- Greenpeace released a study that alistic. “Of course each business ros could be easily pinched off from bution of decision makers between ers were offered bonuses tied to claimed that with energy effi cien- strives to conserve energy… How- warm water. The electric bill can the genders is more equal in the pub- the success of the company or goal cy it is possible to save as much as ever, improving energy effi ciency also be lowered by an air source lic sector. As an example, the state- achievement. two nuclear power plants’ worth of should be economically sensible,” heat pump. The investment could owned alcohol retailer Alko reported Performance-based bonuses are energy. says Ohlström. be in the scale of 3,000 euros, but that 30 per cent of its shop manag- viewed as an excellent way to moti- According to the study, in 2020 According to the Greenpeace the pump pays itself back in 3 – 7 ers, 59 per cent of its middle-man- vate employees. Bonuses also tend with a single-minded policy the to- study an ordinary consumer can years. agers and 22 per cent of its senior to reinforce loyalty to the compa- tal electricity need could be as much conserve energy by lowering the Currently the government is set- managers were women. The propor- ny, as employees wish to stay with as 20 per cent less compared to cur- indoor thermostat, decreasing the ting up a national climate and en- tion of women in all management po- their employer in order to receive rent trends. use of water and by favouring pub- ergy strategy which also includes sitions in Alko has steadily increased an expected bonus. Tying the fi nan- At a central role in energy con- lic transportation, among other decisions on energy conservation over the past several years. cial success of the employer together servation is industry, which con- things. and energy effi ciency. “The most The three largest companies list- with the employee is seen as a way to sumes about half of Finland’s There are also economic ben- important task for national ener- ed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange harmonise their respective goals. energy and a little over half of Fin- efi ts to saving energy. Juha gy policy is to make the most ener- only have four women among their TNS Gallup surveyed over 4,000 land’s electricity. According to the Vanhanen of Gaia Group, the con- gy effi cient solution into the easiest top management. Nokia has Mary upper managers from November study industry could improve its sulting fi rm that carried out the and most profi table alternative for T. McDowell, Nordea has Gunn 2007 to April 2008 for the survey. energy effi ciency by utilising ener- study, estimates that the electric households and businesses,” sums Waersted and Fortum has Maria Read about the gender pay gap gy effi cient motors and frequency bill for a typical electrically heated up Greenpeace campaigner Kaisa Paatero-Kaarnakari and Maria Ro- on page 4. changers, for example. detached house could be 3,000 eu- Kosonen. 2 23– 29 MAY 2008 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES

FIRST RESULTS published from the USA are expected Europe hundreds of thou- this spring show that the US to be available. In Finland sands of new jobs are cre- safety requirements are not there is no need to wait for ated in the renewable fulfi lled without new safe- the results from the US, be- energy sector. Several gov- ty criteria for the fuel ele- cause the genetic properties ernments think that it is in ments. The NRC has launched of Finns make nuclear power their economic interest to a three-year consultation safe in Finland. be in the forefront of the process to fi nd out how this rapidly developing technol- problem could be solved. THE PRESIDENT of the EU ogy. But Finland is already But if the current timeta- Commission José Manuel a technologically highly ad- ble is kept, the new reactor Barroso is talking about a vanced country. Therefore in Olkiluoto, Finland, will be new industrial revolution in Finland energy technolo- switched on in 2011, in the in order to prevent a cata- gy cannot be developed any same year when the results strophic climate change. In further. SATU HASSI is a Member of European Parliament and Licentiate of Technology. She is the Vice-Chair of the Com- mittee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety at the European Parliament. She has been the Minister of Environment and Development is- sues 1999-2002 and the Chairperson of the Green League 1997-2001. She presents her summary of the Finnish energy policy discussion. Finland has her own laws of nature

IN SWEDEN and Norway en- IN SOME countries the pow- last year. In Finland increas- ergy consumption has not er companies favour intelli- ing the share of renewable en- grown any further during gent refrigerators and other ergy is a threat to the nation, this millennium. In Denmark devices which can switch on except for renewable peat. In all political parties have re- and off according to the con- Germany the market price of cently agreed on actions to sumption and production sit- electricity always falls when reduce energy consumption. uation of the electrical grid. there is a lot of wind pow- In Finland the growth of en- Intelligent meters tell the er available. The impact of ergy consumption is a law of consumers if the consump- this to consumer prices has nature which you simply can- tion and price of electricity been threefold compared to not escape. In the European is high or low. In Finland we wind power subsidies. In its Union natural gas and wind need to build big hydropow- entirety wind power has cut have been the two greatest er reservoirs on protected several billion euros from the energy sources for new elec- land to get the needed stand- electricity bills of German tricity production capaci- by capacity. consumers. In Finland build- ty for seven years in a row. ing more wind power would In Finland the only realistic GLOBALLY NEW wind power cost the consumers dear- options for new production megawatts exceeded new nu- ly, impoverish families and capacity are nuclear energy clear megawatts already in force the industry to exile. and peat. In other countries the late 1990s. In 2004 – 2006 peat is a fossil fuel, whereas new wind power outnum- FINLAND HAS chosen to be in Finland it is renewable. bered new nuclear capacity the country to build a pro- more than six-fold. In 2007 totype of a new nuclear IN OTHER countries the the amount of new wind pow- reactor, the European Pres- share of wind power can er capacity was more than ten surized Water Reactor or grow to 10 per cent and more times that of new nuclear ca- EPR. The EPR is designed before new standby capac- pacity. In Finland wind power for using a higher uranium ity is needed to compensate is and will forever be peanuts. burn-up rate than in any the fl uctuation of the wind. Nuclear power is undergoing other commercial reactor so In Finland new wind turbines a renaissance - and the rest of far. The US Nuclear Regula- require new standby capaci- the world is following us. tory Commission is investi- ty already when the share of gating if this high uranium wind power is a fraction of GLOBALLY, €100 billion was burn-up rate meets the US one per cent. invested in renewable energy safety requirements. YOUR PERFECT SUMMER DESTINATION

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Finns are starting later than Increased highest fertility (about 4.0) ever before. consumption related can be found among women “In the long run the pop- to children from Somalia, Iraq and Ser- High fertility ulation will decline be- Paradoxically, families are bia. Live births among for- cause the total fertility rate becoming increasingly pre- eigners constituted about 5 has been under a TFR of 2.1 cious in Finnish society as per cent of all live births in which is the minimum lev- people choose to start lat- Finland in 2006. According to Statistics Finland’s data on population changes, 58,729 el guaranteeing an economy er and focus on themselves In addition, many immi- children were born in Finland in 2007, 111 less than the year before. can continue to grow in its more, which is reflected in grant families tend to fol- current state. This is what the rise of consumption, low more traditional lines we are going to see in the fu- children and families. and get married and have NICHOLAS WHITEHOUSE ing her lifetime. For an EU the total fertility rate among ture if current trends con- “Previous studies in Fin- children at a much younger HELSINKI TIMES country this is actually other EU member states,” tinue,” adds Nikander. land point to an increase age than Finns. Apparent- quite impressive. says Timo Nikander, Senior in consumption which is ly, the figure among young FINSTAT’S latest release on “Finland has a relative- Statistician at Finstat. Changing attitudes clearly related to children. women from Eastern Eu- the fertility rate for 2007 ly high birth rate compared However, the fact that towards marriage Particularly consumption rope tends to indicate a fer- indicates that a Finnish to other EU countries. In the mean age of women Linking the decline in TFR related to free time, travel, tility rate that is about two woman can expect to give fact, as of 2006 Finland is in choosing to become preg- to the ageing of first time hobbies and computers and to four times higher than birth to 1.83 children dur- fourth place if we compare nant is now 30 suggests that mothers is complicated by consumer electronics,” says among Finns. Data is based the fact that the number researcher Anneli Mietti- on the number of women in of families with children nen of Väestöliitto, the Pop- the 15 – 19-year-old brack- is actually decreasing. The ulation Research Institute, et and 20 – 24-year-old Live births in 1971 – 2007 age of the expectant moth- referring to the ever popu- bracket. er does not necessarily im- lar world of iPods, Wii, and However, the impact pinge on the number of music downloads for bored of minorities cannot be Thousands children being born. teens. felt now and it is doubtful 80 According to Nikander, whether immigrant fertil- 70 there is also a growing pat- The role of ity rates can fundamental- tern that suggests a change immigrant births ly alter the picture of the 60 in societal attitudes to- Add to the mix the rise in family in Finland at least wards cultural keystones immigrant births and you beyond urban centres like 50 like marriage. This trend have all the ingredients for a Helsinki. 40 can be traced back as far profound social change tak- “I would say that the as the 1950s in Finland and ing place in Finland that will changes are slow, as their 30 is a similar development shape people’s attitudes to- proportion is still very to that which is occur- wards the traditional idea small. However, there are 20 ring in other postmodern of the family unit over the large differences between 10 countries. next few decades. areas in Finland. Helsinki, “The number of families For instance, according particularly eastern Hel- 0 with children in which the to a study published by Fin- sinki, is clearly different 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 parents of the offspring stat the TFR among foreign from the rest of the coun- are married is decreasing mothers is clearly higher try with its relatively large Year whereas the number of co- than their native born Finn- immigrant population, habitant couples with chil- ish counterparts. Between already visible in local Source: Statistic Finland dren is actually increasing,” 2004 and 2006, the TFR of schools and day care,” cau- comments Nikander. foreigners stood at 2.3. The tions Miettinen.

was that the influence of service-area workers. paid among the tertiary ed- pay gaps among different- At the same time, how- ucated have tended to be ly-educated groups on the ever, pay inequality within graduates in the techni- Pay gap among genders fluctuation of pay scales similarly-educated groups cal and natural sciences, within those groups has sig- has grown, especially so it's fair to say that the nificantly weakened among among those with a tertiary most heavily male-dominat- shows little improvement both male and female in- qualifi cation. ed professions are the most dustrial workers as well “In earlier studies, we've well-paid ones as well,” Asp- Pay inequality between men and women is the smallest in the indus- as among male and female found that the most well- lund concludes. trial sector, but remains substantial. LEHTIKUVA / ARKISTO 20011102 / MARKKU ULANDER / PFP 2002

ELISA LAUTALA – HT “So, while industrial ice workers. MATTHEW PARRY – HT workers are on a more equal “The gap typically grows footing than employees in the higher you go up the ed- THE RESEARCH Institute of other sectors of the econo- ucation scale, and as work- the Finnish Economy's (ET- my, we're still looking at de- ers' experience increases. In LA) Rita Asplund has con- grees of inequality across other words, the results sug- ducted a study into pay the board,” Asplund says. gest that differing career inequality between men and tracks divide income levels women in an attempt to es- Gaps grow as over time. Maternity leave, tablish just how much of the incomes rise for example, robs women of gap can be put down to dif- The gap between highly-paid some of the opportunities ferences in professions, and workers in the service sector available to their male co- how much is the result of is slowly narrowing, but it workers,” Asplund says. other factors. has slightly widened among The research is part of a those on average incomes Fringe benefits study carried out as part of and remained unchanged a factor a wider project supported among the lower-paid. Fringe benefi ts and bonus- by the European Social Fund “It's worth remember- es are one source of pay in- and the Finnish Ministry of ing that in industries dom- equality between men and Social Affairs and Health. inated by men, pay gaps women, and this also be- The gap between male between the genders tend comes more signifi cant the and female workers in in- to be smaller, and this is as higher one goes up the pay dustrial professions has tra- true of male-dominated ar- scale. The impact is clearly ditionally been smaller, and eas of the service sector as greater in female-dominat- – according to the study – it is of the industrial sector. ed than in male-dominated the gap has also narrowed Female-dominated areas, in areas. both more quickly and more turn, tend to develop much “The adoption of new substantially among offi - larger gaps, but this ine- wage and salary systems has cial employees of the sector, quality is even starker in the thus far been restricted to compared to other high-paid service sector than in the in- male-dominated, industri- employees. dustrial professions,” Asp- al jobs. In addition, women Despite this, when all in- lund points out. are typically not in a position dustrial professions are con- Her research has also to enjoy the benefi ts of such sidered and both the type made clear that the pay in- new systems, as they often and intensity of labour are equality has only grown as end up in professions where taken into account, the gap incomes have risen, both the resulting wage rises are between male and female among industry-sector man- of smaller signifi cance,” Asp- The gender pay gap in industrial professions has traditionally been narrower than in other sectors, workers was around 20 per agement jobs as well as lund explains. and according to the recent study the gender pay gap between higher earners in the industrial sector cent in 2005. among industrial and serv- Another striking result has narrowed as well. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 23 – 29 MAY 2008 5

Justice Minister proposes that there be a IN BRIEF Finns want health Helsinki court separate official to supervise elections centre services for all remands one amid withholding the names of his of Justice received yet more Alma Media on 21 May quoted Patria corruption Politicians who received campaign funding contributors because there is specifi cations made by MPs a poll as indicating that 80% probe are seeking the title of vuorineuvos for their no punishment for violating to their campaign funding of Finns felt that everybody, contributor. the law. declarations. On that day regardless of income levels, Finland's National Bureau Later he admitted to have Centre MPs Antti Rantakan- should continue to enjoy ac- of Investigation said 20 May acted against the spirit of the gas, Hannes Manninen and cess to public health care that the Helsinki district STT Corruption (GRECO), the Coun- campaign fi nance law and dis- Hannu Hoskonen, Nation- services. 10% of those polled court had remanded one MICHAEL NAGLER - HT cil of Europe’s anti-corruption closed the biggest contribu- al Coalition MP Juha Hakola said municipal health care person suspected of offer- body, has also insisted that a tors of his election campaign and Left Alliance MP Paavo services should be reserved ing bribes in an arms deal ACCORDING to Minister of separate offi ce be formed. on 14 May. Arhinmäki specifi ed their only for the poor. More than between Finnish defence Justice Tuija Brax (Greens) Also, in many other coun- One of Kalli’s most signifi - declarations. half of Finns turn to health and aerospace group Pa- Finland should consider tries corporate campaign fi - cant contributors was the Ke- centres for their prima- tria and Slovenia. Two oth- transferring the supervision nance is public. hittyvien Maakuntien Suomi What about municipal ry care needs, even though er people were questioned of elections to a separate of- The row over campaign fi - (KSM) association. Known elections? their services are deemed and released last week. fi cial. At the moment the nancing arose when Timo Kal- businessmen such as Toivo Professor of Local Public Law poorer than those provided The Finnish police had an- Justice Ministry’s Adminis- li, the chairman of the Centre Sukari and Kyösti Kakko- Aimo Ryynänen of the Uni- by the private sector. Market nounced last week they had trative Unit is responsible for Party’s parliamentary caucus, nen are behind this organi- versity of Tampere believes research company Talous- reason to believe that bribes supervision. announced that he had violat- sation. This association was that in counties people know tutkimus, commissioned by had changed hands in con- The Group of States against ed campaign fi nance law by also found in the declara- who is behind a candidate’s Alma Media, interviewed junction with the sale of LEHTIKUVA / PEKKA SAKKI tions of many top politicians visible and expensive election about 1,000 people. STT Patria arms and licences to last week when they speci- campaign. Egypt and Slovenia. Patria fi ed their campaign funding The current campaign fi - repeated in a statement 20 records due to the row. nance law was fi rst utilised Verheugen says May that it believed its per- In addition it was revealed in the 2000 municipal elec- sonnel had observed all rel- on 20 May that the title of vu- tions. Now a second genera- Finnish and evant legislation. STT orineuvos (honorary mining tion of municipal councillors, Swedish mills counsellor) is being sought who have had to declare their exploit Russia for Kakkonen. Ilkka Kaner- campaign fi nancing records, EU chief Barroso to va (National Coalition), En- are in offi ce. The fundrais- Günter Verheugen, the Eu- vironment Minister Paula ing for the October municipal ropean Commissioner for visit Finland Lehtomäki (Centre), Defence elections is probably already Enterprise and Industry, José Manuel Barroso, the Minister Jyri Häkämies (Na- underway. was quoted as saying by the head of the European Com- tional Coalition) and Speaker According to Ryynänen St Petersburg Times on 21 mission, is to visit Finland of the Parliament Sauli Nii- there have been almost no May that Russia's decision on 2-3 June on the invita- nistö (National Coalition), problems in counties due to to raise roundwood duties tion of Prime Minister Mat- among others, are propos- campaign fi nancing, although to the outrage of Finnish ti Vanhanen (centre), the ing that the title be granted it is in counties where land use and Swedish mills was Finnish government said in to Kakkonen. All of them re- planning, zoning and decisions something he could sym- a statement 20 May. It add- ceived contributions from related to business needs are pathise with. "The situa- ed that Barroso and Van- KSM. made, which could have great tion when some European hanen would discuss the Prime Minister Matti Van- fi nancial signifi cance. countries import Russian implementation of the EU's hanen is also one of those “The municipal part dif- timber, refine it at the bor- Lisbon treaty, climate and who received contributions. fers from state governance by der and then sell back by a energy issues, the EU's Bal- He was criticised for openly the fact that control is great- significantly more expen- tic Sea strategy and rela- supporting Sukari’s new Ide- er due to people being known sive price is not accepta- tions with Russia. Barroso apark project. Vanhanen him- in the locality. If somebody ble," Verheugen said. "The is also scheduled to meet According to Prime Minister Vanhanen MPs should disclose all in- self has staunchly criticised starts publishing full-page importers have been treat- President Tarja Halonen formation concerning election campaign funding "in the spirit of a the image that has arisen in sized adverts, the municipal ing Russia as a third-world and Speaker of Parliament truth commission" in order to restore faith in the political system. public that his opinions can be community will know whose country." Verheugen's com- Sauli Niinistö (cons), give a Vanhanen also said that he will be recusing himself from deciding bought. tune is being played here,” ment stands in stark con- speech at Parliament and whether to grant an honorary title to Kyösti Kakkonen. On 19 May the Ministry Ryynänen says. trast to the EU executive's attend, together with Van- response to the increase. hanen, the inauguration The Commission said then ceremony of the European sented at the conference, that the move amounted to Chemicals Agency's head- the Authority's operations a breach of a 2004 agree- quarters in Helsinki. STT Environmental impact should would be taken over by lo- ment between the EU and cal registry offi ces, and the Russia and might be count- number of such offi ces would ed against Russia in World appear on product labels fall. Funding for the Authori- Trade Organisation acces- Lohja emerges loans and investment scams ty would be maintained at its sion talks. STT as candidate to The government announced a raft of new con- speaks to the necessity of current levels, but the meas- replace Malmi such a campaign. ures would result in greater sumer policies in a recent press conference. Another focus of the press effi ciency and, consequently, Korhonen tells airport conference was the need to greater quality of service. government to cut The municipal executive TUOMAS SAVONEN – STT the example set by Raisio's protect children board of Lohja, about 60km MATTHEW PARRY – HT Elovena oatmeal, which is and young adults RAISIO fuel duty west of Helsinki, announced labelled with information from misleading Jarmo Korhonen, the Finn- 20 May it wanted the Trans- THE GOVERNMENT is looking about where it was culti- advertisements, ish Centre party secretary, port and Communications at introducing a requirement vated and the carbon emis- as well as offer- was quoted as saying by Ministry to take Lohja into that all products be labelled sions generated during its ing similar pro- party news website Apila on consideration when carry- with their potential impact cultivation and processing. tection to new 21 May that the centre-right ing out environmental im- on the environment. Accord- In Cronberg's view, an immigrants and government should reduce pact assessments on a new ing to the Minister of Labour environmental impact the elderly and fuel duty, adding that the secondary and general avia- Tarja Cronberg (Greens), breakdown on labels could helping the lat- price of fuel had exceeded tion airport to serve the cap- changing consumer behav- become compulsory in the ter two groups to the public's pain threshold ital in lieu of Helsinki-Malmi. iour is the key to battling cli- future if other measures manage their af- and was adversely affecting "The town's decision-mak- mate change. prove unsuccessful in miti- fairs online. the economy. "The rise in ers are keen to get the air- Cronberg hopes to in- gating the country's carbon In addition, fuel prices is having a neg- port here," said Mayor Elina crease awareness among footprint. the government ative impact on the entire Lehto-Häggroth. Helsinki's consumers about the envi- used the press national economy," Korho- plan to close Helsinki-Malmi ronmental impact of their ac- Government targets conference to an- nen said. "This accelerates to make way for new hous- commodation, transport and cheap loans, nounce its inten- inflation, which results in ing has been met with fi erce dietary habits, since these investment scams tion to reform a weakening of purchasing opposition from those who pose the greatest threats to The government also an- the Finnish Con- power. This stings especial- wish to preserve the historic sustainability. nounced its intention to tack- sumer Agency ly people with low incomes airport. Helsinki-Malmi air- “At the moment it is dif- le unsustainable debt and and Communica- and those living on benefits port opened in 1936. Helsin- fi cult for consumers to get improve fi nancial knowledge tions Regulatory paid by society." According ki-Vantaa airport took over information about the envi- among consumers. A cam- Authority, sug- to polttoaine.net, a peer- as the capital's main airport ronmental cost of the prod- paign will be directed prima- gesting that the reviewed fuel price watch in 1952. STT ucts and services they use,” rily at the young and school Authority's respon- website, the average price Cronberg said at a press con- students. sibilities be shifted from the Raisio’s Elovena is a forerun- of 95-octane petrol stood ference on consumer policy Cronberg argues that the municipalities to the central ner as the information of the at €1.5 a litre exactly on 20 held 15 May. number of people falling prey government. product’s carbon emission is may, with diesel fuel aver- The minister pointed to to easy-access, high-interest According to a plan pre- stated on the package. aging €1.377 per litre. STT 6 23 – 29 MAY 2008 FINNISH PAPERS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MICHAEL NAGLER LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / STAN HONDA SUNNUNTAISUOMALAINEN 18 May. SATU KAKKORI Parasites are doing well

The Sunday edition of five provincial papers Sunnuntaisuomalainen reports about the increase of various parasite cases.

“LICE, pinworms and mites are ailment, grew by about a quar- particular have been ‘a sig- increasing amongst us. Ludes ter. The sales of the Nix cream, nifi cant boom year.’ are also making a comeback. which is for getting rid of mites, From this one could de- The sale of anti-parasite also grew by 19 per cent from duce that the amount of para- drugs has grown throughout the previous year, according to sites is increasing. Specialist the whole 2000s. Last year the importer’s statistics. of general medicine Sakari the tempo accelerated. The With regards to the pin- Ritala, who has studied the lice shampoo Nix was import- worm drug Pyrvin the phar- matter, is not alarmed, how- ed to the country 21 per cent maceutical factory Orion ever. Our most common par- more than the previous year. says that sales have grown asites are quite harmless to The sales of the Paranix throughout the 2000s, but our health, even if they do spray, which is for the same that the last 12 months in evoke revulsion.” The stock markets seem to be recovering from the recent troubles. KAUPPALEHTI 19 May. SATU HIRVELÄ SAVON SANOMAT 16 MAASEUDUN TULEVAISUUS 19 May. May. ILKKA RITVANEN PETRI P. PENTIKÄINEN The apocalypse didn’t hit Yikes! Hyssälä proposes social the stock markets after all Price of affairs and health The financial paper Kauppalehti reports that the financial markets’ petrol is buses to rural areas fears of a massive recession have proved unfounded. already The tri-weekly newspaper Maaseudun “THE START of the year has per cent from its lowest lev- about 14 per cent lower than it Tulevaisuus reports on Minister Hyssälä’s been the worst for the world’s el in the year and is half a per was at the turn of the year.” over stock markets since 2001, but cent away from zero level. “ ‘Two months ago the fi - proposal to improve rural mobile services. the support to banks provid- The S&P500 Index, which fell nancial markets feared that €1.5/litre ed by the U.S. Federal Reserve 13 per cent at the beginning the end of the world was and the strength of basic in- of the year, is three per cent coming. Now it looks like we “IN THE FUTURE a social af- has been no utilisation of the dustry has maintained in- away from its level at the end are not having as nasty a re- The Kuopio-based fairs and health bus could opportunities offered by rural vestors’ trust in stocks and of last year. The same is true cession as the markets were go around sparsely populat- mobile services. ‘I have seen a therefore the markets have for London’s FTSE 100 Index. predicting,’ said Wilton’s daily Savon Sanomat ed areas along with mobile forest industry occupational recovered. On the other hand the Hel- main economist Michael reports on the con- shops and mobile libraries. health service car that covers The MSCI Emerging Mar- sinki Stock Market’s gener- Strauss to the Bloomberg tinuing rise in the Medicine orders are already the whole occupational health kets Index has improved 19 al index OMX Helsinki is still news agency.” being placed on the Internet, care of a particular company. price of petrol. and it is intended that medi- In Oulu they have a glaucoma cal reserves maintained by bus that goes around conduct- village stores be increased. ing check-ups of eye diseases. “ON THURSDAY the price Minister of Social Affairs A social affairs and health bus of petrol broke through the and Health Liisa Hyssälä could diversify the services of €1.5 mark in Kuopio. At the (Centre) laments that there sparsely populated areas.’ ” Pitkälahti ABC petrol station LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO 95 octane petrol cost €1.519. At other petrol stations the price was also in the same range. Most of the motorists in- terviewed at the Pitkälahti station were mortifi ed about You´ll love the way we print it. the price but asserted that their cars were vital. ‘Terrible, just terrible,’ exclaimed Raimo Mustonen from Varkaus. Mustonen recalls fi lling his tank at the beginning of the 1970s when petrol was 70 pennies per litre at its Buses that offer vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis al- cheapest.” ready operate around Finland.

LAPIN KANSA 18 May. REIJO HIETALA Police have no knowledge e bigger printing house gives you more possibilities. that the parties had quar- relled immediately before the Two die and one injured event. There is also no indi- cation that the parties knew in shoot-out in Rovaniemi each other beforehand. The shooter had returned The Rovaniemi-based daily Lapin Kansa from the Kosovo peacekeep- ing forces on 9 May. He and reports on the bizarre shoot-out carried out the victims were unmarried by a former Kosovo peacekeeper. young men belonging to the general population.” LEHTIKUVA / KAISA SIREN “TWO YOUNG Rovaniemi The Rovaniemi shooter, men were killed and one was who was born in 1983, also injured in a shoot-out in the had a hunting rifl e with him, centre of Rovaniemi on Ko- for which he had a permit. skikatu in front of the Vaaku- The weapons had been in a na hotel on Sunday night. The locked gun cabinet to which shooter was one of the two the shooter had access. dead men. Two fi rearms were Based on video cameras found beside him. The shots in Koskikatu’s restaurants were fi red from a powerful and eye witness accounts it www.iprint.fi revolver for which the shoot- has been confi rmed that the Candles, roses and a poem er had no permit. The permit shooter arrived at the scene were brought to the scene of belonged to a person in his in his car. The other victims the shooting to commemorate circle of acquaintances. had exited from a nightclub. the victims. HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 23 – 29 MAY 2008 7

LEHTIKUVA/REUTERS/GUANG NIU percent of the world’s bikes, IN BRIEF according to Bike Europe. In COLUMNCOLUMN the United States, sales have increased by almost 9 percent Obama tells Naples trash and in the same time period. critics to leave his migrant rows wait But it’s not all good news. for Berlusconi Price hikes in metals - espe- wife alone cially steel, aluminium and Democratic presidential action chrome which are the main hopeful Barack Obama A resurgent trash crisis in metals used in bikes - have said that Republican critics Naples and squabbling over eaten into profi ts and pushed should stop picking on his immigration pose challeng- up prices as manufacturers wife Michelle. Obama was es to newly elected Prime seek to maintain margins. referring to a four-minute Minister Silvio Berlusconi as The key to greater margins video posted on YouTube he fi nalises a sweeping se- lies with high-end light bikes by the Tennessee Republi- curity and economic reform using carbon frames, made can Party during a visit by package. The prime minister from carbon fi bre material, Michelle Obama that por- promised during the election which earn higher margins per trayed a remark she made in campaign he would base his unit because they sell on brand February in an unfl attering government in the southern cachet as well as quality, off- manner. Michelle Obama’s city instead of the capital setting steep raw materials remark that “for fi rst time in Rome to resolve the rubbish costs. “If you want to compete, my adult lifetime I’m proud crisis. The package, accord- A view of Tiananmen Gate as seen through a bicycle’s wheel in Beijing. Thanks partially to factors such you’ve got to raise effi ciency,” of my country” stirred a con- ing to media reports, may in- as record petrol prices and the growing concern over environmental issues, China is leading the world in said Giant’s president Tony Lo. troversy at the time. Critics clude calling in the army to the number of bikes produced per year with about 73 million units out of a total of 100 million annually. At Giant’s cross-town rival said it sounded unpatriotic help clear away Naples’ gar- Merida Industry, an executive and suggested she had not bage and reimposing border said he expected company been proud of her country checks to stem illegal immi- profi ts to be fl at this year due before her husband’s candi- gration, despite Italy’s mem- Bicycle-makers ride high to rising material costs. But dacy. In the ABC interview, bership in the European Merida forecasts that reve- Obama called the video “low Union passport-free Schen- nue will rise 5 to 10 percent class” and said “most of the gen Zone. Reuters this year from 2007, rough- American people would on surging oil prices ly meeting analyst expecta- think that as well.” Reuters tions, on growing demand Food supplies for battery-powered bikes in threatened by Bicycle industries worldwide increase selling profits as petrol prices China and mountain bikes in Record number China quake hit new records and the climate gets warmer. sports-driven markets such of Germans left as in the United States. Tai- An earthquake that killed wan competes with France, country last year at least 29,000 people in REUTERS cle brands such as Boulder, China leads the world in Germany and Italy in the More Germans left the China also badly hurt live- Yukon and Iguana, is reap- the number of bikes produced high-end bike arena. country in 2007 than in any stock and crops in Sichuan ing the profi ts. The company, per year with about 73 mil- In the push to increase year since reunifi cation in province, and disinfection RISING petrol prices, growing which produced 5.5 million lion units of a total 100 mil- margins and win market 1990, despite an economic teams are spreading out to awareness of environmental bikes in 2007, is expected to lion annually, according to share, Giant and its main upswing, fi gures from the prevent more damage, of- issues and the popularity of pull in $1 billion in sales this the Earth Policy Institute, an competitors Finland’s Cycle Federal Statistics Offi ce fi cials said. The earthquake cycling as a recreation sport year, up 10 percent, it says. environmental information Europe, and the U.S.-based showed. The fi gures showed killed about 792,000 of Si- has fuelled a surge in demand Giant’s story is typical of network based in the United Trek and Specialized are rac- 165,180 German citizens mi- chuan’s estimated 60 mil- for bicycles around the world. the global $61 billion bicycle States. The rest comes large- ing to develop the world’s grated elsewhere last year, lion pigs, Li Jinxiang, head of “Driving cars is expensive industry, which is enjoying ly from Taiwan, Canada, Rus- lightest bike. Giant owns the an increase of nearly 10,000 the veterinary department nowadays. Oil prices are go- unprecedented growth as cy- sia, Ukraine and the European lightest bike title with a bike from 2006, with Switzer- at the Ministry of Agricul- ing to remain at a high lev- cling becomes a major recrea- Union. Taiwan makes about 6 that weighs 6-kilograms, 20 land, the United States, Po- ture, told reporters. Howev- el,” said Fabian Kuster, a tion sport and lifestyle option million bikes per year and they percent lighter than earli- land and Austria the top er, the number of breeding spokesman for the Europe- in many Western countries. sell for an average domestic er models, according to cy- destinations. A total of sows nationwide is up on an Cyclists’ Association in “There is a general renais- wholesale price of $222 per cling experts. Called the ‘TCR 111,291 Germans returned last year, which could help Brussels. For short-distance sance and interest in bikes,” unit, according to a local man- Advanced’, these carbon-fi - from abroad, resulting in a stave off infl ation, he told commutes, he added, “a bike said Jack Oortwijn, editor- ufacturing association. bre ultra-light bikes sell for net loss of 53,889 citizens in Reuters. Rescue work is still is faster in the city and takes in-chief of the monthly mag- Bicycle sales have over the about $7,100 each. But Giant, 2007, the third straight year going on for thousands bur- up less space.” azine Bike Europe. “Parts past fi ve years increased by with its competitors close on in which more Germans ied in rubble after the May Giant, the Taipei-based suppliers are struggling to 14.6 percent among European its heels, is working hard to have left the country than 12 quake, but with bodies in maker of international bicy- keep up.” Union nations, which buy 70 develop an even lighter bike. returned. The latest num- mass graves and water sup- bers seem certain to add plies disrupted, efforts now to concerns that Germany also include disinfection is headed towards a demo- campaigns to prevent dis- GPS grows as a crime-fighting tool in U.S. graphic crisis. Reuters ease spreading among ani- mals and people. Reuters said Sgt. John Guard of local The Global Positioning System in the United States: from monitoring sheriff’s domestic violence Facebook stresses cars to monitoring criminals and wrongdoers. unit. But once batterers fi nish independence amid Biofuels and trade the program and go off GPS, dominate EU-Latin the rate shot back up to around Microsoft talk REUTERS become a model for states such level of supervision on some- 40 percent, he added. “It may Facebook Inc founder and American summit as Illinois and Oklahoma. body. On the other side, for a help in the short term pre-tri- CEO Mark Zuckerberg European and Latin Amer- The Oklahoma Senate vot- defense attorney, it is in lieu al. But post-trial, it’s not. That stressed his company’s in- ican leaders called for ac- COAST TO COAST, authori- ed 47-0 in April to enlist GPS of incarceration,” said Lucci. tells me there are other things dependent spirit, after a tion to tackle surging food ties in the United Sates are ex- technology to protect victims Authorities see it as an al- we have to do to ensure the report the social network- prices and global warm- panding electronic monitoring of domestic violence. The Illi- ternative to overfl owing pris- safety of the victims,” he said. ing site might be sold to ing at a summit in Peru, to fi ght crime - moving beyond nois House of Representa- ons in a country with the There are other concerns. software giant Microsoft, despite differences over bi- its early use in tracking move- tives unanimously passed world’s highest incarceration Los Angeles Superior Court which is hunting for ways ofuels and free trade. Left- ments of sex offenders to in- similar surveillance legisla- rate. The number of people in Judge Michael Linfi eld warned to beef up its Internet busi- ist Bolivian President Evo clude gang members who have tion last month. U.S. prisons has risen eight- a Harvard Law School panel ness. “You can tell, from Morales said he feared the been released on probation, Part of the appeal is mon- fold since 1970 to 2.2 million in February that GPS may of- our history and what we’ve poor could suffer as his re- people accused of repeated vio- ey. GPS is a cost-effective al- people. fer only a “high tech illusion done, that we really want- gional counterparts rush to lence against women and even ternative to prison, said Paul North Carolina’s eastern of safety” that fails to do more ed to keep the company in- sign free-trade deals with truant students at schools. At Lucci, deputy commissioner of Pitt County, a rural tobacco- to protect women than tradi- dependent, by focusing on Europe, and others warned the heart of the surveillance is the Massachusetts Probation growing region of 138,690 peo- tional restraining orders, ac- building and focusing on the of a looming world food a technology best-known for Service, pointing to a chart ple, adopted the technology in cording to the law school’s long-term,” Zuckerberg told emergency, which some at- helping people on the road: the taped to his offi ce wall show- late 2005 to relieve overcrowd- newspaper, The Record. Reuters while in Japan to tribute in part to greater global positioning system. ing a state-wide surge in use ed jails by freeing more accused “We don’t ever say to anyone launch a Japanese language use of biofuels. The Euro- Massachusetts, one of of GPS - mostly to track sex of- batterers on bond and track- that this will save your life,” said version of Facebook. Mi- pean Union and Brazil, the the fi rst states to employ it fenders but also for others. ing them with GPS before they Barry Bryant, deputy director crosoft already has a small world’s top ethanol export- in 2006, now has about 700 “These people probably go to trial. It was expanded last of the Governor’s Crime Com- stake and the Wall Street er, back biofuels, but many people fi tted with electronic should be in jail but the cost of year to four more counties. mission in North Carolina. “It Journal said this month Latin American countries bracelets that send signals via incarceration can be as much In a measure of success, po- doesn’t really guarantee much the software giant, having blame them for pushing satellite to computer servers as $30,000 or $40,000 a year. lice dispatchers receive fewer because the truth is it’s real failed in its $47.5 billion bid up food prices and causing if they go places they shouldn’t The GPS costs about $3,400 a calls involving the same per- time. If someone has entered a for Internet portal Yahoo hunger in a region where - so-called “exclusion zones.” year,” he said. “I think it’s good son when an offender wears a zone where they shouldn’t be, Inc, had approached Face- a third of the population The Massachusetts law, which on both sides. It is a device to GPS bracelet. Pitt County’s re- can you get there before they book to gauge its interest in lives in poverty. Reuters allows judges to impose elec- protect the public. Although cidivism rate for domestic vi- do something violent? I don’t a full takeover. Reuters tronic monitoring as a condi- we can’t guarantee anyone’s olence fell from 36 percent in know. But it’s an added meas- tion of a restraining order, has safety, it provides an extra 2004 to 14 percent this year, ure of safety.” 8 23 – 29 MAY 2008 FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES

REUTERS 12 May CHINA VIEW 12 May Slow-growing infants may become hostile adults More Finnish young people By quoting the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, Reuters Health presents the findings at risk of and conclusions of a new Finnish study. developing

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER records. Adult body size was osteoporosis also measured in a physical examination. Study participants with Among the 400,000 higher levels of hostility had a lower body weight and Finns affected by smaller body mass index at osteoporosis one can birth - they also had a slow- find a growing per- er than average weight gain from birth to 6 months of age centage of children and throughout childhood. and teenagers. China These subjects, however, be- came heavier in adulthood, View has the report. the investigators report. Individuals with higher levels of hostility also tended “MANY Finnish young peo- to be shorter in the fi rst year ple are at risk of develop- of life and were also short- ing osteoporosis as a result er in adulthood. The authors of poor diet and insuffi cient note that this growth trajec- physical exercise, local me- tory was mostly attributable dia reported…. to slower growth in stature Osteoporosis, a bone dis- from birth to 6 months com- ease that leads to an in- pared with any other factors. creased risk of fracture, has ‘These two trajectories tended to affect post-meno- of growth that character- pausal women, but is now af- The researchers conclude, “we interpret our findings as suggesting that hostility and cardiovascular disease may share a common vul- ized men and women with fl icting children and youths nerability factor in fetal and early postnatal life.” higher levels of hostility are in Finland, said the media. to a large extent compara- Some experts said in the “ADULTS with higher levels of Hostility has been linked leagues. They suggest that a 1944 who completed a test ble to the trajectories that modern era teenagers like to hostility are more likely to be to risk of cardiovascular dis- common underlying origin called the Cook-Medley Hos- our study group has shown spend more time in front of lighter at birth and through- ease and all-cause mortal- may be low fetal and early tility Scale at an average age to depict men and women computers instead of playing out childhood than less hos- ity, but it is uncertain why postnatal development. of 63.4 years. The authors who have coronary events, outside, and to drink sweet tile people according to a this occurs, note Dr. Katri The researchers studied then estimated the subjects’ stroke, or type 2 diabetes as sodas instead of milk, and this study published in journal Räikkönen, of the University 939 women and 740 men born growth patterns from birth, adults,’ Räikkönen and col- kind of lifestyle is harmful to Psychosomatic Medicine. of Helsinki, Finland, and col- in Helsinki between 1934 and child welfare, and school leagues point out.” bone health.” HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 23 – 29 MAY 2008 9

ICE NEWS 14 May. ALEX MP TALK Greens consider lower voting age in Finland LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON In this series Members of the Finnish Green Party are ad- Members of vocating for lowering the voting age from 18 Parliament share their views on to 16. Iceland’s Ice News explains the pro- Finnish society posed measure. and politics with the readers of Helsinki Times. “JUSTICE MINISTER for Fin- The ministry of justice is cur- land, Tuija Brax, said that she is rently drafting such studies considering lowering the mini- which are expected to be com- mum voting age in the country pleted by the spring of 2011. LYLY RAJALA is a National Coalition Party MP from Oulu. for future municipal elections, Party secretary for the according to reports by the Greens, Panu Laturi, sug- Finnish News Agency STT.” gested…that the party stop Filling up with peat “The decision to lower the supporting the status quo IN THE future, regular petrol stations will offer fuel made voting age will not be made by and begin lobbying for a low- out of a Finnish raw material: peat diesel. There are roughly the government offi cially ei- er voting age. The current age 10 million hectares of marshland in Finland. A million hec- Before reaching a decision, the Ministry of Justice has to study ther at the municipal or at the of 18, according to the Greens, tares is covered in peat bog, which is a fountain of tremen- the impact of the proposed measure in the country’s national and national level until studies have should be lowered to 16 years dous wealth. Norway’s oil and gas reserves have turned it municipal elections. been conducted on the issue. in the municipal elections.” into a very wealthy country. It has an ever-growing oil fund, currently valued at €250 billion, which has been invested abroad because of infl ation fears. With its known oil depos- MOBILETOR 13 May INTERACTIVE INVESTOR its Norway will be able to pump oil from the Atlantic for 50 14 May years and gas for the next hundred years.

AS THE Vice President of the Finnish Delegation to the Nokia WidSets, a new medium Finnish April Nordic Council, I recently paid a visit to Europe’s oil cap- inflation slows ital, Stavanger, in Norway. During the visit, which was for advertisers to advertise a few weeks ago, the director of the national oil compa- to 3.5 pct ny told us that yet another new, signifi cant oil deposit had been found at sea. This means that the above men- Nokia’s new WidSets will allow advertisers of top brands to reach a “FINNISH consumer pric- tioned drilling years may have just doubled. wider and coordinated range of clients. India-based mobile phone es rose 3.5 percent in April, slowing from the 3.9 percent FINNISH bogs hold a great energy reserve equal to that news, reviews and reports web site Mobiletor introduces the system infl ation recorded for March, of Norway’s oil and gas put together. The amount of en- to its readers. offi cial fi gures…showed. ergy buried in the bogs of our country corresponds to the House prices were the known oil reserves of the North Sea. This is fact, not fi c- main infl ationary driver, tion. At the moment, only 0.6 per cent of Finnish marsh- “NOKIA has come up with a that is always with them,’ within the Widsets service. with falling prices of vegeta- land, around 60.000 hectares, is used for peat production. novel way to let advertisers said Jarmo Jokinen, director WidSets is a mobile content bles helping to cap the overall If this number would increase to 2 per cent and the fi nal have a wider reach to their of WidSets, Nokia. ‘WidSets consumption, creation and rise, Statistics Finland said.” product would only be traffi c fuel, Finland would be 50 per customers. Advertisers can raises the bar from today’s sharing service and is avail- cent self-suffi cient in vehicular fuels for the next 50 years. now promote their brands mobile Internet experienc- able in more than 300 Nokia If the utilisation rate would advance to 4 per cent, we through WidSets, a feature es and makes it easier and and non-Nokia devices. It fea- IRANIAN STUDENTS would be completely self-suffi cient for the next 50 years. already available in high-end more cost effective for peo- tures widgets from more than NEWS AGENCY 10 May Even then, we would not be shooting ourselves in the foot, Nokia mobile models. ple to take their favorite on- 5000 brands like Wall Street as peat usage would not surpass its development. This be- ‘With more than 7 million line content, such as news, Journal, Twitter and Fore- ing the case, Finland would not need any oil imports for registered members, Wid- social networks and games, ca. WidSets will also be made Iran and decades. We would be freed from the loose rope around Sets now offers advertisers with them anywhere.’” available by Nokia in their de- Finland to our necks, waiting for our neighbour to turn off the oil or a unique opportunity to tar- “WidSets plans to provide vices produced from Spring gas. We continue to talk about improving our self-suffi - get advertisements direct- this service to advertisers by 2008 onwards creating a wid- probe signing ciency and supply security. Peat is the future! ly to people through a device placing the advertisements er distribution network.” a customs IN 1923, German researchers Franz Fischer and Hans Trop- memorandum sch invented the process of creating aliphatic hydrocarbon SOFIA NEWS AGENCY 9 May compounds from synthetic fumes. The Fischer-Tropsch in Finland, the number of process was used during World War II for producing fu- Finnish holidaymakers has To restore trade ties el for military use. A similar peat diesel factory operated Number of Finnish tourists dropped from 90 000 in 2005 at the Kemira factory area in my hometown of Oulu from to 65 000 in 2007.” that have been cut 1988 to 1990. The low cost of oil was the main reason why visiting Bulgaria drops “Finland’s Ambassa- down for political production was eventually shut down. The effi ciency of the dor announced, however, reasons is the goal of process was only around 50 per cent. According to VTT’s re- that the bilateral trade had search, effi ciency could reach 90 per cent if the heat gener- Finnish-Bulgarian relations face increasing growth threefold in the last the Finnish and Ira- ated in the process could be fully exploited. Heat could be two years to reach about USD nian customs officials. used as steam at the factory or channelled into the district bilateral trade but the number of Finnish 100 M per year. heating network to warm buildings. tourists exploring the Balkan state is de- Yet, Jämsén declared he Iranian Students News creasing. Sofia News Agency reports. was still dissatisfi ed with Agency has the report. ENERGY sources are divided into two groups: fossil and re- the volume of the Bulgar- newable. Peat has received its own categorisation some- ia-Finland commerce. In his where in between. It is a “slowly renewable resource.” words, the two states had “IRAN and Finland are to This status was assigned by the other 2007 Nobel Peace “FINLAND’S Ambassador two years, the Bulgarian Na- the opportunity to expand probe signing a memoran- Prize winner, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- to Sofi a Kauko Jämsén an- tional Radio reported. their economic links, and dum to cooperate on cus- mate Change (IPCC). Without any sign of regret, the great nounced…that the number of Even though Bulgaria is there were conditions for toms-related fi elds. European nations of Germany and France have chosen to Finnish tourists visiting Bul- still the third most popular more Finnish investments in Iranian offi cials are pre- use polluting coal instead. Every year, they receive 3 bil- garia had dropped in the last foreign holiday destination Bulgaria.” pared to take necessary steps lion euros worth of subsidies for polluting. Even Finland to sign a memorandum to work has agreed to this by taking part in the Treaty of Rome. with Finland, said the head of SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL 14 May. TOM STIEGHORST Iran’s customs as meeting with THE PEAT layer of our country produces 6.7 million tons fi rmed…. The carrier plans Finland’s ambassador to Iran. of carbon dioxide emission without us ever touch- to use a 227-seat Boeing 757 Finland’s customs chief ing it. Bogs turned into fi elds generate 5 million tons Finnair to launch Fort and sell the majority of seats stay in Tehran paving the way more. When production is focused on these areas, the through several Finnish tour to sign the letter of under- production of peat liquid fuel can even avert climate Lauderdale-Helsinki flight operators. standing shows the country is change. This development can be further improved by Määttä said that the making every effort to raise planting trees or other carbon sponge bioplants, such fl ights will be for the winter bilateral trade exchanges. He as reed canary grass, at the peat bog. South Florida Sun-Sentinel brings good news season only and are sched- also expressed hope Iranian for travelers on both sides of the Atlantic. uled to end on March 29, businessmen board trip to Fin- THE COST of manufacturing fuel out of peat is 50 cents 2009. The service is aimed land to take place soon would per litre, which is triple the amount needed for fossil fu- at leisure tourists in Fin- help the two states to lift trade el. Of all the EU countries, Germany has decided to make “FINNAIR will start a weekly Lauderdale/Hollywood In- land, but the fl ights will also transactions. all biofuels tax-free by 2009. Similar decisions have not fl ight between Helsinki and ternational Airport. serve the ethnic Finn popu- The Finland’s ambassador been made in Finland, for now. Let there be peat! Fort Lauderdale, providing Flights are scheduled to lation living in and around for his part expressed hope Te- the fi rst direct fl ight to Eu- start Nov. 10, Finnair spokes- Lake Worth in Palm Beach hran-Helsinki decreased trade Translated from Finnish by Vilja Sormunen. rope in several years for Fort man Usko Määttä con- County.” ties could be healed soon.” 10 23 – 29 MAY 2008 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

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Economy shows its resilience Susan Toivonen, florist and spokeswoman of the Kauppapuutarhaliitto, is preparing for the May peak season. FINNISH manufacturers had a surprisingly high jump in sales during the three month period ending in Feb- ruary. According to Statistics Finland, turnover grew Finns as they are to other Euro- 9.9% from the same period a year ago. Domestic sales Roses still the favourite peans. However, recent years grew at a healthy 8.8% rate and exports grew 11%. have seen an increase in inter- est in gardening which has in- THE BEST performers were the chemical and electrical way to greet new graduates creased consumer demand for equipment industries, which both enjoyed growth over products in that area. 20%. The wood and paper industry saw sales fall 1.3% while manufacturers of basic metals had an 8.7% drop May is a commercial high-point for Finnish florists as both Mother's Rush in May, in turnover. Day and Graduation Day are traditionally celebrated with flowers. quiet in July After the summer fl ower sea- STATISTICS Finland’s Index of Turnover in Industry is son, the next high point on calculated differently than most methods and is of in- HANNA KOIVISTO – STT plains that white is now the often interested in gifting the fl orist's calendar is not terest to economists as an alternative measure of fi - MATTHEW PARRY – HT most popular colour, reveal- fl owers to friends. The majori- until Christmas. Many fl o- nancial health. The calculation is based upon the value ing that trends in interior de- ty of buyers, however, restrict rists are closed during July, added tax data from the Tax Administration supple- CUSTOMERS swarm around sign are having an impact on their purchases to major holi- when many of their custom- mented by a sales inquiry. the market gardeners hawk- purchases at the fl orist, too. days or special events. ers are on holiday, too, even ing their wares in Helsinki's Mother's Day accounts for “Almost all Finns purchase if summer weddings keep a FINLAND’S economy appears to be very resilient to Sörnäinen. Roses, azaleas something like €50 million fl owers for a funeral, and the few shops busy during the ongoing global pressures. The Bank of Finland’s May and hydrangea in a riot of worth of fl orists' turnover – vast majority will purchase month. publication of the Main Indicators of the economy al- different colours disappear around a tenth of the entire a bridal bouquet when get- Shops catering for gardens so demonstrates that the domestic economy remains from the stalls into pur- year's taking. Mother's Day ting married. For some, these do not necessarily manage to healthy. chasers' cars, one after an- is only the beginning of the will be the only events for take a break, though. In the other. The city's fl orists are May peak. Graduation Day is which they will visit the fl o- middle of August the autumn THE BANK of Finland’s statistics for the growth in man- preparing for the coming another event which is tradi- rist, while at the other end of season begins which means ufacturing production in the fi rst three months of this celebrations. tionally celebrated with the the spectrum are those who that customers will be look- year was at 5.9%, compared to 5.2% for all of 2007. In- Susan Toivonen restocked gift of a fl ower. buy fl owers weekly,” Toivo- ing for vegetables which will dustrial production growth remains at a rate about 1% her three fl orists a week be- May is also the time when nen explains. withstand the coming cold or faster than the European average. fore Mother's Day that was enthusiastic gardeners seek According to her, fl owers replace ones which have wilt- celebrated on 11 May. This ready-grown, seasonal fl ow- are not quite as important to ed during the holiday season. FINANCIAL institutions are far from hoarding their month is the second busiest ers to adorn their waking cash for fears of a liquidity crunch. In fact, the growth time of the year for market gardens. “It would appear of loans to euro area residents by Finnish fi nancial in- farmers. that May is something of a Tulip approaches rose in popularity stitutions grew at a rate of 13% early in 2008, higher Toivonen, who is the Kaup- second Christmas,” Toivonen than at any time since late 1999. Banks are clearly will- papuutarhaliitto’s (associ- smiles. – In 2007 around 50 million roses were cultivated in Finland ing to lend their mon- ation of market gardeners) and 15-20 million were imported from abroad. Finland’s economy ey, which is certainly spokeswoman, estimated Women over 45 most – The tulip approaches the rose in popularity: almost 60 mil- appears to be very a good sign. that around half of Mother’s enthusiastic buyers lion are sold each year. Day fl owers were roses, but According to the association – The entire flower industry's turnover was €450 million in resilient to ongoing THE MASSIVE in- lately the rose has faced of market gardeners, the av- 2007. €50 million was made up by cut roses alone. global pressures. crease in deposits in- some competition. “Hanging erage Finn spends some €85 – In 2007 90 Finnish firms cultivated cut roses. Almost half to banks has begun fl ower pots, for example, are a year on fl owers. The most of all commercially produced flowers were grown year to slow, which may point to the fact that investors are sold in increasing numbers eager section of the market round. becoming more optimistic with other opportunities. each year,” she says. is made up of women over – 170 Finnish firms produced potted roses last year. Potted This huge expansion in bank deposits may partly ex- Some of the more trend- the age of 45, who have both roses are not normally imported, because the soil in the pot plain the increase in loans issued. conscious buyers might opt the fi nancial means and the adds to their weight, making transport too expensive. for an orchid or a starter pot space in their garden. – Flowers are primarily sold in a couple of thousand super- FOREIGN investors are still eager to purchase Finnish for various herbs. The asso- In addition to investing in markets and grocery stores, 1,400 florists, at least 100 stocks, which show their ongoing optimism in domes- ciation's communications their private plot, the more commercial gardens, almost 100 kiosks and around 300 in- tic companies. This is in contrast to Finns themselves, director Elina Raukko ex- enthusiastic consumers are formal gardens and other vendors. who have been dumping mutual fund shares at an alarming rate for several months now. ed to growing fl owers has INFLATION in Finland has long been below the Europe- Majority of flowers cultivated in Finland declined, the former faster an average, but in recent months it took a surprising than the latter. According to jump. In April infl ation began to cool, falling to a 3.5% STT ers arrive from outside the mental plants. The majori- Raukko, many plots disap- annualised rate. While the Bank of Finland still ex- MATTHEW PARRY – HT country. ty of these were established pear as their gardeners grow pects domestic infl ation to outpace the rest of Europe, “Many fl owers arriving after the Second World War older, and it is especially dif- it seems that price appreciation is noticeably slowing. SPRING is the season of do- in Finland from abroad come as the population fi rst began fi cult to fi nd people willing to mestically cultivated fl ow- by way of the Netherlands, to acquire the wealth to sup- continue the smaller sites. MORE good news has come out of the labour market. ers. Of summer fl owers, a even if they are not cultivat- port them. At the same time, the larg- The unemployment rate stood at 6.4% for the fi rst mere fi ve per cent are import- ed there,” the association “The larger farms have er farms increasingly con- quarter of the year, down from the 6.9% of 2007. The ed from abroad, and a similar of market gardeners' Elina been in the same place for centrate on cut fl owers and central bank is predicting that this will continue to fall percentage of tulips are im- Raukko says. “Carnations, decades. The fi rst fl orists roses for homes. throughout the rest of the year. ported. Around 70 per cent for example, are often im- were opened in Finland dur- “In spite of the gener- of cut roses are cultivated in ported from Columbia, while ing the nineteenth century,” al trend, there are still a fair OVERALL the economic situation points to a gradual Finland, while roses are pri- roses may have been culti- Raukko explains. number of traditional, small- slowdown. However, it appears more and more likely marily imported for times of vated in Kenya or Ecuador. Urbanisation increased scale gardeners in villag- that Finland will have a soft landing instead of the sharp unusual demand, for exam- As a rule, we are seeing more the demand for commercial- es across the country. These drop other developed countries are experiencing. ple graduation ceremonies. and more fl owers reach- ly produced fl owers as the people will typically sell their Still, as much as 90 per ing Finland from ever more number of people cultivat- fl owers to buyers in the lo- [email protected] cent of indoor plants are im- southerly origins.” ing their own dwindled. Over cal area. They have the ad- ported from abroad, and There are now 760 fi rms the years, both the number vantage of offering a wide around half of all cut fl ow- in Finland cultivating orna- and acreage of sites dedicat- selection.” HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 23 – 29 MAY 2008 11

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DAVID J.CORD HELSINKI TIMES Tapani Järvinen: Outotec Tapani Järvinen began his career with Outokumpu in 1985. After working his way up through the ranks and spending time heading operations in Spain and Chile, he was named Member of the Outokumpu Group Executive Committee and later President and CEO of Outokumpu Technology in 2003. JAN AHLSTEDT OUTOTEC is a global provid- way. We are reacting to the la- Looking back at your career er of processes, technologies bour market needs and are al- so far, what are you most and services for the mining ready late. proud of? and metals industry. In 2006 Good work has been done When I left KONE and came Outokumpu Technology was since the previous recession. to Outokumpu I was given a spun off from Outokumpu as There have been a lot of in- general manager position. an independent company and vestments in research & de- When Outokumpu acquired a it changed its name to Outo- velopment and education. company in Spain I was sent tec. Last year it had over €1 Most of this investment has there. That was far more dif- billion in sales. been focused on telecommu- fi cult than I had imagined. nications and electronics, It was very hierarchic, ex- How is business right now? but many other areas also tremely over-manned and Last year we succeeded very have been emphasised. costs were dramatically in- well in making deals. Our hit In Finland especially we creasing. It was diffi cult to ratio was very high, even for can compete with our knowl- reorganise, deal with the us. In 2007 we ended up get- edge, not with our costs. I unions and creditors and at ting almost all the projects was recently travelling with the same time satisfy the that we put a lot of emphasis the President of Finland Tar- customers. on. So we have a lot to do now ja Halonen in China and I I was then sent to Chile because our order backlog is would very much agree with to start a brand new cop- very high. her when she said that the per mining operation. That This company is noth- secret of Finland was three job was just the opposite of ing else but people. We need things: education, education, Spain where I had to down- skilled people for develop- and education! size. In Chile it was building ing new technologies, design- the operation up and recruit- ing, executing and managing At the Global Competitive- ing people. It was very re- projects. This is becoming a ness Forum in Saudi Arabia warding to see the world’s scarce resource nowadays be- you gave a speech about “en- most effi cient mine and met- cause most of the experienced vironmental profi t.” Could allurgical plant being built up people are occupied. you explain your idea? using the latest technology We employ over 2,000 Old technologies can waste available in the industry. people in 21 countries. The resources, waste energy, and Outotec is by defi nition majority of our personnel are pollute. It will not be more a specialist organisation. in Finland, but we also have a costly to do things more clean- We have to take care of the large amount of personnel in ly. It is the other way around. teams and fi nd the right per- Germany, Australia and Swe- In the end it is more effi cient. son for the right job. People den. These are not low labour It may take a bit more of an in- management is the key along cost countries! We look for itial investment to use cleaner with the proper research and knowledgeable and experi- and more effi cient technolo- development that gives com- enced people, not the lowest gies, but in the long run you mercial results. Companies cost. Although it is diffi cult are paid back many times. may make deals, but in the to fi nd skilled labour, we still There have been many end all business is done be- were able to recruit some 350 cases where a company has tween people. people last year. invested at the minimum en- You have to have the op- vironmental protection level portunity to fail sometimes, What do you think Finland requested by the authorities. but hopefully not twice with should do to meet the short- Another has invested in the the same kind of error. You age of skilled labour? best available technology can’t rush some things. It can Maybe the innovation univer- which is more “green” than be frustrating when things sity should be accelerated to required. It is more expen- don’t improve fast but good get it up and running! But this sive to upgrade the minimum things need some time. This won’t help the acute problem technology than if you had is not a lottery. You have to today. For the long term, we invested in the best environ- work hard, but when you Name – Tapani Järvinen have to guarantee education mentally-friendly technolo- work hard you will also have Title and Company – President & CEO, Outotec in a fl exible and controllable gy to begin with! good luck! Birthdate – 27 December 1946 Birthplace – Lemu WHEN WHAT WHERE WHEN WHAT WHERE WHEN WHAT WHERE Education – Master of Science Licensee (Mechanical Engineering) from Helsinki University of Technology 1. When you were a child, 4. What profession would perhaps it would be the IPO Family – Wife and two children what did you want to be you not like to do? of Outotec. That was really a when you grew up? A medical doctor. once-in-a-lifetime event. From the very beginning I wanted to be an engineer. 5. What are your hobbies? 7. What do you love to do? Golf, foreign languages, cul- This is what I love to do! 2. What was your fi rst pay- tures and singing. You know, ing job? Finnish technology students 8. What do you hate to do? My father was in agriculture, are quite famous for their To sit and not do anything. so I worked on a farm pruning singing at parties and in stu- I don’t ever want to be bored. rows of sugar beets. I was paid dent clubs! for each metre completed. 9. What was the best busi- 6. What has been your great- ness book you ever read? 3. What profession other est professional accomplish- John Naisbitt’s Global Paradox. than your own would you ment to date? like to attempt? There have been several. In 10. What was the best advice Perhaps researcher, scien- Spain it was really tough to anyone ever gave you? In this series Helsinki Times interviews Finnish business leaders. tist or something to do with stop the bleeding. In Chile Don’t give up. The situation is The next interview with Heli Iisakka, Chief Financial Officer, foreign diplomacy or foreign we built an entire operation never so bad that you can’t do Ramirent appears in issue 22, published on 6 June. cultures and languages. from almost nothing. But something. 12 23 – 29 MAY 2008 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / MINNA RAITAVUO IN BRIEF Investment COLUMNCOLUMN funds more popular than Cloetta-Fazer ing less than 1,500MW. shares unravelling The two Areva designs shortlisted by Fennovoi- STT Swedish business paper Da- ma generate 1,250MW and MATTHEW PARRY – HT gens Industri on 20 May 1,700MW while Toshiba's quoted unnamed sources is rated at 1,600MW. Fen- FINNS generally prefer to keep as saying that Cloetta-Fazer novoima hopes the Finnish their savings right where they was on the verge of splitting government and Parlia- can see them: in their bank ac- in two. The Nordic region's ment will give the go-ahead counts. According to the re- biggest sweets maker came for construction to start in sults of the FFFS’ survey, every into being in 2000 through about 2012. STT third saver deposits his or her the merger of Sweden's wealth into savings and in- Cloetta and the sweets arm vestment accounts, and al- of Finnish food group Karl Jobless rate most as many prefer to make Fazer. The interpretation of sure their money is ready at the merger agreement has down at 5.8 pct hand in a transaction account. been a sticking point be- Unemployment rate, adjust- The next most preferred tween the two sides since ed for seasonal variation, option is to channel savings in- 2002. DN reported that a stood at 5.8% in April, com- to an investment fund, which demerger would be on the pared with 6.2% in March, has already overtaken invest- agenda at a general meet- Statistics Finland said in ing in shares in popularity. ing to be held in Stockholm a statement 20 May. "The The most enthusiastic in mid-June. STT number of wage and sala- savers are the slightly-over- ry earners went up and that 50, residents of the capi- of self-employed persons tal region and those earning Stella says to stayed nearly unchanged," over €70,000. Single-person launch Helsinki it added. In April, unad- and student households are justed jobless rates ranged among the most saving- and – St Petersburg from 4.7% in the province of investment-shy. ferry service Southern Finland to 11.1% in The FFFS reports that sav- Finnish shipping company Lapland. STT ing and investment among Stella said 20 May it plans Finns have been on a steady to launch a ferry service increase since 2004. Now, between Helsinki in Fin- Finnish TV viewing Showing of a penthouse in Vuosaari, Helsinki. The Cirrus building is the tallest high-rise coopera- more than half have some sort land and St Petersburg in tive apartment building in Finland with a height of 92 metres, 28 floors and 140 apartments. of savings or investments. Russia this summer. Stella time up 5% added that it had bought a Finns spent an average ferry from Norway's Colour three hours and 13 min- ”Unemployment or some Line to serve on the route. utes a day watching tele- Finns burdened by longer other drop in income are the Colour Line's MS Christian vision in January-April, up usual reasons given for rene- IV currently sails between by about 5% from the same gotiating terms. For single-per- Norway and Denmark. period last year, Finnpanel and larger mortgages son households, such incidents The vessel has a capacity said 19 May. Finnpanel add- often signify a radical change of about 1,900 passengers ed that the digitalisation of in lifestyle,” says Kaija Erjan- and 430 cars. Stella said it broadcasting had played a The majority of mortgagees are prepared for higher interest rates. ti, an FFFS unit leader. would register the ship in role in the increase in aver- Finland. STT age viewing time. Finnpan- Under 30 most el, a company owned by HANNA KOIVISTO – STT The number of loans ex- out in the last two years is 25 likely debtors Taylor Nelson Sofres and AC MATTHEW PARRY – HT ceeding €100,000 was up by years, a full eight years more Every other Finn is burdened Finnish govern- Nielsen, monitors television seven percentage points the than the corresponding fi g- by debt of one sort or another. ment cuts VAT viewing with devices fi tted THE SIZE and duration of year before, with nearly a ure a decade ago. For a large number of these, in 1,100 households. STT mortgages taken out by fi fth of households’ loans ex- The average mortgage now this takes the form of both a revenue estimate Finns has ballooned in re- ceeding the €150,000 mark. swallows more than a fourth mortgage and credit on the Finland's centre-right gov- cent years according to the Residents of the capi- of households’ net income. purchase of household items. ernment on 20 May cut its GDP drops 3% results of a study published tal region between the ages Young families, fi rst-home Around 80,000 Finns confess 2008 value-added tax rev- on 15 May by the Federation of 29-39 have been the most buyers and 29-39-year-olds to taking on quick, high-in- enue estimate by €230 yr/yr in March of Finnish Financial Services likely to saddle themselves are most likely to fi nd them- terest loans in the last year. million as part of its sec- Finland's seasonally ad- (FFFS). with greater debt. The aver- selves dedicating a signifi cant Those under 30 are the most ond supplementary budg- justed gross domestic The average loan for 2007 age for families with young proportion of their incomes to likely to fi nd themselves in et proposal. Jyrki Katainen product (GDP) shrank by was close to €85,000, but children and those earning servicing their loans. this kind of debt. (cons), the fi nance minis- 3% year-on-year and by when that period is extended more than €70,000 a year is The majority of Finns ”When buying a home, ter, said the Finnish econ- 1.5% month-on-month in to include this year as well as over €130,000. pay their loans off accord- new mortgagees tend to use omy appeared to be coping March, Statistics Finland last, the corresponding fi g- ing to the agreed timetable, credit to buy furnishings,” well this year and added said in a statement on 15 ure jumps to €96,000. Loans taking while a tenth of mortgagees explains Halonen. that the government would May. March 2008 had three ”It’s especially in the longer to pay off are forced to lengthen their Mortgages are more com- not cut its growth forecast fewer working days than number of larger loans that As loans have grown, repay- terms. Balancing the latter mon among 30- and 40- for next year. STT the same month the year we’re seeing an increase,” re- ment terms have been pro- out, roughly as many man- year-olds, while levels of before. Adjusted for work- ports Ulla Halonen, a fi nancial longed. The most typical age to pay off their loans more consumption credit debt are ing days, Finland's output analyst working for the FFFS. term for a mortgage taken quickly than planned. more evenly spread among Fennovoima says rose by one per cent from 25-50-year-olds. Those over it would order the year-ago period. STT 50 tend to have less debt, and reactor(s) from this is also the age when sav- ings start to take off. Areva or Toshiba YIT says to build The FFFS predicts that Finnish-German-Swed- shopping centre in Finns’ debt is mainly on sol- ish consortium Fennovoi- id fi nancial ground, with over ma said in a statement it Ikaalinen half of debtors protecting had selected three reac- Finnish builder YIT said in a Start up your own business in Helsinki? themselves with savings and tor designs from France's statement 20 May it would investments. Areva and Japan's Toshiba. build a 20,000-square-me- Moreover, the majority of Fennovoima, with Ger- tre shopping centre in Ikaa- Start up -info, business counselling, mortgagees are prepared for man utility Eon as its big- linen in southern Finland, entrepreneurial training courses and a climb in interest rates. Many gest single shareholder, adding that the value of claim to have saved, reined aims to build between the deal was some €30 mil- business incubator services. in expenditure and careful- 1,500MW and 2,500MW of lion. YIT added that the fi rst ly measured out anticipated new nuclear power gener- phase of construction was mortgage installments pri- ating capacity in Finland. scheduled to begin in late Business counselling for immigrants: or to taking on debt. Almost a The company added that 2009 or early 2010. STT På svenska ɉɨɪɭɫɫɤɢɣ fi fth of households report that the range could be covered an increase in interest rates with either one large reac- In English Eesti keeles would not present a threat to tor or two medium-sized Auf Deutch their fi nancial position. ones, meaning units yield- ϲΑήόϟΎΑ Some 2,400 Finns aged 15-74 were interviewed by the FFFS as part of its annu- 09-310 36360 www.yrityshelsinki.fi al review. HELSINKI TIMES SPORT 23 – 29 MAY 2008 13

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Happy ending. The Finnish national ice hockey team ‘Leijonat’ were satisfied with their performance after beating Sweden 4-0 in the bronze medal game on 17 May. Shedden wins bronze as Finnish Flash bows out “We battled well, and media was a diffi cult fac- Liv and direct Finland won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Can- we got the win we needed,” tor for the Finnish squad, as A selection surprise handed ada as the curtain was drawn on the career of an all-time great. said Ville Peltonen. “They Finnish team manager Jari Finland the advantage in the had the late game yester- Kurri pointed out after the Bronze medal match. With day, so we had an advantage tournament. “All in all, our fi rst choice goaltender Henrik EGAN RICHARDSON with HIFK and Jokerit, but he pions Russia in the semi-fi nal, in terms of recovering from season was a great success Lundqvist unavailable, Swe- HELSINKI TIMES confounded the sceptics with but Sweden had also suf- the semi-fi nals. Maybe that when you consider all the den was expected to go with an excellent performance fered a demoralising defeat helped us.” media controversy we had to Mikael Tellqvist between the BEFORE the tournament, ex- to beat Scandinavian rivals against the host nation, Can- The win was a relief for deal with,” said Kurri. “We pipes. Coach Bengt-Åke Gus- pectations were low among Sweden in the bronze medal ada. What's more, the Swedes the coach, who will now fi nished second in the Euro tafsson sprung a surprise, Finns. Doug Shedden had not game. had less recovery time, a fac- leave Finland behind to take Hockey Tour, and we got the however, and chose Stefan convinced the pundits after Finland had lost compre- tor that was acknowledged charge of Zug in the Swiss bronze here. So the season Liv instead. After conced- a mediocre couple of years hensively to eventual cham- by the Finns. league. Shedden's trial by had a happy ending.” ing four goals from just 13 shots, in comparison to Finn- ish goalie Niklas Bäckström's Assistance membership is the most extensive membership option. If your journey ends due shut-out of 36 Swedish shots, to technical difficulties, the ATCF of Finland Liv probably wished he hadn't provides its assistance members with road side assistance, towage, replacement vehicle or other played at all. replacement transport and pays the assistance "It was like Christmas expenses. morning, a huge Christmas present," Finland’s coach Shedden said about the 2- 0 lead Finland had after the second period when the shot LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN / LEHTIKUVA tallies were 23-10 in Sweden's favour. "I think the whole dif- ference in the game was ob- viously Niklas Bäckström." "It's probably one of the best games of my season," Bäckström said. "It's easier AUTOMOBILE AND TOURING CLUB OF FINLAND now to head into the summer with a smile on my face. If we Travelling all the way with you would have played a series and they outshot us like that Automobile and Touring Club of Finland (ATCF) is the only motorist club Team Sweden’s Niclas Wallin (left) congratulates Tuomo Ruu- it would have been hard. But in Finland. The ATCF provides its members with information and services tu (right). in hockey, anything can hap- in all motoring and traffic related matters and offers member benefits pen in one game. in Finland and abroad. "It wasn't pretty, but we

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LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER media coverage. For instance, ered to be the day when Jaak- the popularity of the name ko casts a cold stone into the Väinö tripled in 1996, when lake making the waters turn the Finnish singer-songwrit- cold again. er J. Karjalainen published a In Finland there are dif- song by the same title. ferent calendars for Finn- Some people prefer to ish, Swedish and Sami names make up unique names for and a separate Orthodox cal- their offspring. Raika Laine- endar as well. However, the Pykälämäki has only nine Finnish name calendar in- namesakes in Finland. “Rai- cludes only 781 names, when ka is a combination of my there are around 35,000 dif- parents’ names Raimo and ferent names in use at the Kaijaleena,” she explains. moment. However, unique names may Yet the ones whose names cause unique situations: aren’t in the calendar can “Sometimes I have been con- choose a day for themselves. fused for a man. As a little Some people pick the day girl I was supposed to model depending on other simi- at a children’s fashion show, lar names in the calendar, but they had provided me or their name may already with boy’s clothes.” exist in some foreign name In any case, Raika Laine- calendar. Pykälämäki prefers un- Several Finnish names are conventional names and variations of foreign names. has chosen not-so-common For instance, the most pop- Parents and godparents holding their hands above the baby’s head in a Christening ceremony. Christening is done within two months names for her children al- ular names parents gave to of the child's birth. so. “I wanted my children to their newborns in 2007, Veeti have unique names so that and Ella, are of foreign origin. Saara and Juha Taru- not everyone would be called Veeti is a variation of the Ger- mo from Klaukkala want- like them. I also didn’t want manic names Ferdinand and ed their boys to have good them to sound too peculiar. Fredrik. Ella is a shortened For name’s sake old traditional names. “Ei- So their names are rare but version of the Arabian name no and Urho just felt right,” not so rare that they wouldn’t Ellinor and the Finnish name says Saara Tarumo. The boys’ be in the name calendar.” Elina which is a variation of The name is a mark of individuality - the first thing that people tell middle names are also con- the Greek name Helena. when introducing themselves. ventional and come from the Different calendars, However, the Finnish no- family. “Ernst and Villiam different names menclature differs signifi - come from their grandfa- The name day tradition orig- cantly from other Western SATU HIRVONEN to be an omen. Children were The all-time popular Finn- thers. They both have also Ju- inates to the Roman Catho- nomenclatures, which may HELSINKI TIMES named after respected peo- ish names Maria and Juhani hanpoika as a middle name, lic and Orthodox calendars cause diffi culties for non- ple so that the child would are common middle names because their father is called of saints. Several Europe- Finnish speakers to differen- NAMES create images of their inherit their good charac- even today: they match well Juha.” Traditionally Scandi- an countries celebrate name tiate Finnish female and male owners. On top of the formal teristics. It was also believed with many other names and navian family names indicate days, and for some it is as names. Bulgarian Radost Di- registered name we might that something bad might are common in the ancestry. child’s parentage. For exam- important as a birthday. In mova has gotten mixed up also have one or more nick- happen if the child’s name Some names are preferred ple the Swedish name Sven- Bulgaria, for instance, peo- with Finnish names more names. The latter ones can be was announced before chris- because they refer to certain sson means “a son of Sven”. ple can expect friends to vis- than once: “For some rea- just shorter versions of the tening. Even today parents imageries, for example Pyry Juhanpoika indicates “a son it them on their name day. In son I thought that Jutta is a formal name or they can ex- often call their children by denotes a snowstorm and of Juha”. Finland, birthdays are more male name. Maybe I associat- press affection. For instance, other, often peculiar, names Lahja means a gift. Naming after fi ctional celebrated, although name ed it with Jukka. Fortunately the Finnish name Johanna is before christening. characters is not unusual ei- days are special too. I was corrected before I truly often shortened to “Jossu” The name choices are based Naming trends ther. For example around 300 Traditionally name days embarrassed myself." or “Johku” when speaking on several matters: traditional Traditional names seem to be women are called Lumikki, held curious beliefs. Among Nevertheless, it is sim- informally. family names, famous people, back in fashion again. For in- which means Snow White in other things, name days ilarly diffi cult for Finns to The naming of a child has meaning, date of birth, har- stance, Aino from the Finn- Finnish, and around 100 men marked special dates of differentiate some foreign strong traditions and some of mony with other family mem- ish national epic the Kalevala are named after Napoleon. weather and agriculture. names. Many wouldn’t guess them still prevail. In the past bers’ names, practicality and was the most popular girl's Some names can become sud- For instance Jaakko's day, that Radost, for example, is a a name was truly considered of course preference. name in 2006. denly popular due to strong the 25th of July, was consid- girl’s name.

Celebrities including Ilkka Film Kanerva, Bill Clinton etc. are premieres Commentary: One step beyond paired with members of the in Finland LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA public who are rubbish with NICK BARLOW er in a small shed and practis- the opposite sex. The celebri- Friday 23May HELSINKI TIMES ing the tango on the roof. ties must educate them in the Unfortunately for pro- ways of courtship, cheered FEW TELEVISED events have fessional cynics like me, the on by a live studio audience united a nation as much as the contestants in the Finnish (possible pay-per-View?). third season of Tanssii Täht- show were almost all bloody Urban Warfare with the ien Kanssa (Dancing with the good. I don’t claim to know Stars – Three platoons of Stars, MTV3). Upwards of 40 anything about dancing but I celebs are given one week’s per cent of the population know I would’ve been knack- intensive military training watched the fi nal. We ooh- ered after two minutes. The and sent to a mystery urban ed and aah-ed as celebrities dancing was a bit too retro war zone somewhere in the and professional dancers tan- for me though – not much Middle-East/Africa/South goed, strutted and grinned representing anything af- America/Detroit. The audi- their way through a series of ter 1970. They should’ve had ence at home vote digitally for dance routines. a performance to The Prodi- their favourite combatants. The eventual winners, ac- gy’s Smack My Bitch Up to ap- Depending on the body count Indiana Jones and the tress Maria Lund and dance peal to the kids. new recruits are fl own in reg- Kingdom of the Crystal teacher Mikko Ahti, thrilled Still, this format clear- ularly, and we will attempt re- Skull (USA) the country with some fl aw- ly needs milking some more. supply by airdrop. Prizes may Director: Steven Spielberg less performances. On the Dancing is all well and good be rewarded posthumously. Starring: Harrison Ford, MTV3 website they look like but sooner or later audiences Real Life with the Stars Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, they’re auditioning for either will want that little bit extra. – Willing (or unwilling) fa- Cate Blanchett, the Phantom of the Opera or Luckily some shows are al- mous people live with nor- Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Dracula Returns. Either that or ready in pre-production: mal people for six months in Jim Broadbent, Igor Jijikine they’re modelling H&M’s new Drinking with the Stars – an attempt to get them to un- Genre: Action/Adventure line of Goth-inspired clothing. Celebrities are paired with derstand the shallowness and Anyway, the whole for- professional drinkers and futility of their own mean- mat is ripe for ridicule. Who given weekly challenges. Liv- ingless ‘profession’. We’d doesn’t want to watch C-list ing only on peanuts and small have to pump it up to the A- celebrities trip over their tubes of Pringles, the con- list – Paris Hilton, Pete Do- own feet live on national TV? testant closest to liver failure herty, Tyra Banks and so on. I know I do. If it was anything by the time of the fi nale wins. I’m not sure the Stars will go like most ‘reality’ shows the Based in Kallio and present- for this one but let’s see. Dancing with the Stars favourites Antti Kaikkonan and Sutu contestants would be ridi- ed by Matti Nykänen. If there are any interested Markkanen. "Stiff" Kaikkonen's performance asserted that skills were culed beyond contempt for a Copulating with the Stars TV producers out there give Source: the Finnish Film Chamber of secondary importance. few weeks while living togeth- – Bit of a twist with this one. me a call. HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 23 – 29 MAY 2008 15

RAMI AAPASUO From head to toe

CARINA CHELA it India, or that its art would HELSINKI TIMES ultimately become the cen- tral interest of my life. In OPPI UNTRACHT came from 1957 I succeeded in receiving New York to Porvoo where he a Fulbright Research Grant and his wife settled down in to study the surviving crafts 1967. He was married to one of India, in particular its jew- of Finland’s outstanding de- ellery and metalwork,” ex- signers Saara Hopea-Untra- plains Untrach. In the sixties cht (1925-1984) who was not Oppi Untracht and Saara Ho- just a furniture and glass de- pea-Untrach lived in India signer but also designed and and Nepal. made jewellery. Oppi Un- The signifi cance of tradi- trach is known in Finland for tional jewellery is vast and his great collections of tra- varied. It depends very much ditional Indian crafts, which on the potent symbolism em- have been seen as selected bodied in their design. It can examples or complete set- be used to identify the wear- tings on shows in museums. er’s religion or caste. Jew- The Design Museum in ellery can also be used to Helsinki is now showing his recognise a specifi c stage in remarkable collection of In- life arrived at by an individu- dian traditional silver jew- al, e.g. the birth of a baby or ellery. "As an experienced adulthood. Pieces are gener- goldsmith I found the in- ally not re-sold as used jewel- ventiveness of a pioneering lery because Indians believe exhibition of Indian crafts they may still possess the overwhelming at the Mu- possibly unfavourable kar- seum of Modern Art in New ma of the former owner. The York in 1954. I had no idea exhibition From head to toe is that I would ever get to vis- on display until 1 June.

OPPI UNTRACHT

Thousands of people were enjoying the performances of World Village 2007. This year 50,000 people are expected to visit the festival. Helsinki hosts the world World Village Festival 2008 kicks off the summer festival season on 24-25 May.

MARINA SIDYAKINA nationalities and bring peo- ing to offer to the audience. HELSINKI TIMES ple closer together. The park is the venue for mu- During the past three sic, theatre and other artistic HELSINKI and Finland are years World Village has be- performances and a beautiful great examples of how small come a regular annual fes- sight for a picnic. The Square our world in fact is. Organ- tival, but the event itself is is more like a fair and offers The world famous opera sing- isers of the annual festival over 12 years old. “Our event stalls of various exotic foods, er Barbara Hendricks is per- World Village bring multicul- has been very positively re- fl ea markets and other such forming on Sunday 25 May. turalism even closer togeth- ceived,” says the festival’s summer-day entertainment. er, and so at the end of May promoter Johanna Eurako- The festival’s scope covers ture Arena on Sunday. Helsinki Central railway sta- ski. This year World Village also several thematic Villag- Enjoying the festival, tion opens itself to offer dif- is taking place at the Railway es, such as UN Peace and Fair the visitor also learns more ferent countries’ cuisines, Square and in the Kaisaniemi Trade Olympic among many about tolerant multicultural- national music and other at- Park. others. After the day’s pro- ism, development work and tributes. The festival is free The festival has some gramme, an after party club globalisation. for all, aiming to narrow the 200 partners who will have will be arranged in Nosturi This year the festival ex- Ornaments of silver, beads of glass. boarders between different a booth and something excit- on Saturday and in Gloria Cul- pects over 50,000 visitors.

CENTRAL ART ARCHIVES Humanistic documentarist The solo photo exhibition of Finland’s most renowned photographer Matti Saanio features a rare collection of photos from the 1960s and 70s.

THUPTEN K. RIKEY tice a considerable variation through his camera in the HELSINKI TIMES in terms of the material quali- regions in the far off north- ties compared to what today’s ern wilderness, in the arc- THE EXHIBITION Shared technology can produce. How- tic coasts, constitute an Life is yet another unique ever, the outshining of his ar- important part of the exhi- event, after the Pekka Halo- tistic mastership is beyond bition. The exhibition covers nen exhibition, to mark any such conditioning. as many as a dozen differ- the celebration of the At- The works on display ent themes envisioned by eneum Art Museum’s 120th speak of Saanio’s relation to the photographer himself, anniversary. nature and the people, amidst such as the burning heart, the Featured in the opening whose presence he lived his song of songs, the birth of art of the exhibition is a small experiences and nurtured and my country - my world, collection of Matti Saanio’s his art. “The camera is with to name a few. Rhetorical (1925-2006) works in original you underneath your sweat- as these names may sound Matti Saanio’s work Taimi and Jouni, Inari, Finland, 1961. photostats of over two meters er and overalls as you un- the contents of each of these in length, which offers the load sacks of fertilizer,” goes themes has important mes- of the serious issues such as him a legend of his time in the his worldview and aesthetic visitors a glimpse of the prod- a quote from his words. sages to convey. My country ecocatastrophes. world of photo artists contin- values. ucts of the 1970s or earlier. The nature and the life - my world, for example, fea- Matti Saanio’s artistic uously shines through in his The exhibition is open un- No wonder that one may no- of people he had captured tures the photos that speak mastership that has made works; the works that refl ect til 3 August. 16 23 – 29 MAY 2008 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

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If you like a light crisp superb producers like Tede- know where to look. The only link seems to be style then Lanson Black label schi, Tomassi and Zenato, all Pohjoisesplanadi 21 Helsinki www.marcante.fi tel +358-9624327 that if the name of the region is good Champagne; and per- of them around €15. is well known, (Pouilly Fume, haps the Massard fi zz from So where are the value CHRIS HAMBLETON Margaux, Chablis), then the Luxembourg and the Freix- and the diversity? Value is HELSINKI TIMES price is slightly infl ated. So, enet Cordon Negro would in Chile and Argentina, with if you like French wines then be good, more affordable the wines of Cono Sur, Casil- FOR MOST foreigners Fin- look away from the famous alternatives. lero Del Diablo and Argento. land’s alcohol state monopo- regions to their close neigh- If you like richer styles Until recently the Tocornal ly is somewhat of a departure bours – go for Cotes du rhone then Pol Roger is an excellent cabernet Sauvignon was the from the norm. In the UK or Gigondas, not Chateauneuf choice, with something like best bargain in the shop at for example fi erce competi- du pape, go for petit Chablis Cordoniu Cuvee Raventos as only €5.79, however this now tion exists between the su- instead of the straight Chab- a cheaper alternative (that’s seems to have been replaced permarkets and high street lis and in Champagne go for the one in the strange shaped with the Shiraz cabernet chains, all of whom pursue the one you have not heard bottle). A good rule with all which is really quite poor in aggressive pricing to lure of, instead of the big brand. wines, but fi zz in particular, comparison. your loot, and there is a vast is try it, you might like it. Diversity? Portugal – number of independent and Sparkling wines some excellent wines from on-line wine shops. Champagne prices global- Whites throughout this under-recog- The other issue is price – ly have been rising. Due to South Africa and Chile are nised country such as the full when I fi rst looked at moving very high demand some of good value regions if you pre- bodied Quinta do Encontro to Finland most people said the prices for recognised la- fer the citrus freshness of and the more affordable and something about the high cost bels are very high here, but Sauvignon Blanc – New Zea- easy-to-drink Tagus creek. of wine. I was fully expecting we have a superb product for land seems to be under-rep- Overall, be adventurous, to be unable to fi nd anything a very reasonable price avail- resented, but you can fi nd the try something new and dif- decent for less than €20. Hav- able to us. Bonnaire cham- excellent Jackson Estate Sau- ferent, maybe spend an extra ing inspected at length the pagne is made in the Village vignon for a shade under €15, euro or two. There are inter- more affordable options there of Cramant, which is a Grand which is a reasonable value. esting wines on the shelves. certainly are a few wines that cru area (1 of only 17) and has Italy is very well repre- Get a few friends round, open I would be happier washing the a high proportion of chardon- sented and I would encourage some different bottles, have dishes with than drinking, but nay from the area, although it you to branch out to Spanish a wine tasting, you have to that is the same the world over. also has the other grapes, Pi- white. Both these countries fi nd something to do with all For around €8 one starts to see not Noir and Pinot Meunier in have a less than brilliant rep- this daylight after all... some quality. the blend. 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MUSICMUSIC This legendary hard rock band released a new album in April. THIS WEEK'S PICK Fri 23 May The Helsinki Ice Hall, 19:00 Elastinen & The E.L.A. Band, Nordensköldinkatu 11-13 Cheek, Joniveli, Timo Pieni Tickets €49 Kiasma Theatre presents: Huijaus www.defleppard.com A night of Finnish rap. Nosturi, 20:00 Tue 27 May Tuija Kokkonen and Maus&Orlovski – A performance with an Ocean View Telakkakatu 8 House of Love 10 yrs – An Tickets €8 Evening for Larry Norman MAUS&ORLOVSKI www.elmu.fi On stage Q-Stone, Janna, A Performance with an Ocean View presents Tuija Kokkonen’s and Lovegrapes, Teri Mantere, Mirk- Maus&Orlovski’s way to examine the interface of nature and cul- Sat 24 May ka Paajanen, Ariel & The Supre- ture. The work combines elements of theatre, live art, environmen- Ghost Frequency Night mos, Tarvo Laakso. tal art and performance art. Performances by Theodor Bastard, Club Tavastia, 19:00 Astrid Swan, Manboy and Viola. Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 The basis of the presentation is the weather and the air, time and Culture Arena Gloria, 21:00 Tickets €12/10 Pieni Roobertinkatu 12 www.tavastiaklubi.fi potential. In Helsinki, it is performed in two different locations: on Tickets €10/9 the ancient shores of the Yoldia Sea after the last ice age in the www.gloria.fi Tue 27 May northern suburbs and on the possible future seashore on the roof Anna Fält: Folk music concert of a city centre department store. Sat 24 May Folk music student Anna Fält is A British Invasion singing without any accompany- Questions about time and duration are also linked to the question A rare chance to hear British ing instruments. The emphasis experimental music from the is on human voice and its flex- of mobility and its meaning. The performance with the ocean view 1960s to the present day in Fin- ible use. is an attempt to create a break – a slow, patient and active area in land. Works by Michael Parsons, Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 the middle of a potential catastrophe. John White, Howard Skemp- Tullisaari Park, Laajasalo ton, Catherine Kontz, John Lely, Tickets €5 A Performance with an Ocean View Henri Vaxby, Tim Parkinson and www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi Laurence Crane. (and a Dog) - II Memo of Time KokoTeatteri, 19:30 Wed 28 May Ancient shore, Jakomäki-Kivikko Unioninkatu 45 Ayabie (JAP) 26/27/28 Aug, 17:00 Tickets €6/3 Ayabie is a Japanese visual kei Tickets €20/12 www.kokoteatteri.fi band founded in 2004. The Tuija Kokkonen and Maus&Orlovski: A performance with an band combines music with fancy A Performance with an Ocean View Ocean View. Mon 26 May look, make up and glamour. Broken Social Scene (CAN) Club Tavastia, 18:00 (for a Dog) - II Memo of Time Indierock from Canada. The Bro- Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 Future shore, P-Kaisa, Kaisaniemi Departure to all performances from Kiasma. ken Social Scene collective in- Tickets €36/33 23/27/28/31 May, 30/31 Aug & 1 Sep 18:00 Performed in English and in Finnish. Weatherproof clothing. cludes almost 20 members and www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tickets €15/8 www.kiasma.fi ten of them are seen on the stage at the same time. Wed 28 May Club Tavastia, 20:00 Tirioni: Retorno – Paluu Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 Portuguese fado in Finnish. Tirio- Mannerheimintie 13 E versity of Art and Design Helsin- signature buildings experimenting three different theatre groups. Tickets €22/20 ni band plays both traditional and Tickets €17.5/11.5/5 ki, Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia and with new forms, such as Dipoli in Each night there is a jury which www.tavastiaklubi.fi modern fado music. the Theatre Academy of Finland. Espoo and the Presidents's Resi- comments what is seen on the Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 THEATRETHEATRE AND AND DANCE DANCE Finnish National Opera dence in Helsinki. stage. The audience's discussion Mon 26 May Tullisaari Park, Laajasalo 23/26/28/29/30 May 18:30, Museum of Finnish Architecture matters the most and at the end Damn Seagulls, Pintandwefall www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi Until Fri 30 May 27 May 13:00 Kasarmikatu 24 of each night there is a vote. Rock music from Finland. Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter 24 May 13:30, 15:30 Thu - Sun 10:00-16:00 Helsinki Railway Square, 18:00 Virgin Oil Co., 22:00 Wed 28 & Thu 29 May The Ballet School presents Ronia, Tickets €15/10 Wed 10:00-20:00 Tickets €20/10 Mannerheimintie 5 Helsinki Philharmonic Or- the Robber's Daughter. The per- Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets €5/3.5/2.5/1.7/0 www.teatteriteltta.org Tickets €10 chestra, Favourite Series formance is an abridged version of www.operafin.fi www.mfa.fi www.virginoil.fi Music by Larsson, Mozart, the 1989 dance work for the Finn- Sat 24 & Sun 25 May Beethoven. Conducted by Juha ish National Ballet based on Astrid Until 25 May Until Sat 31 May World Village Festival Tue 27 May Kangas. Lindgren's book. The performance Zodiak: Z-in-motion Kiyoshi Ishii The festival serves music, dance Def Leppard (UK) Finlandia Hall, 19:00 is a joint production with the Uni- Zodiak’s spring season ends with Paintings. Kiyoshi Ishii, a great and theatre, a full programme the event Z-in-motion, now for fan of Scandinavia and especial- for kids along with exhibitions, JF Promotions Oy, in association with West End International Ltd, by arrangement with the Really Useful Group Ltd the third time. The event holds ly Finland, created his arts both literature and exotic food. in Celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 60th birthday performances of many shapes in Japan and in Scandinavia, Kaisaniemi Park and sizes at the Cable Factory in where he has visited and trav- Free entrance present Helsinki. Z-in-motion provides elled several times. www.maailmakylassa.fi fresh points of view on the con- Taidesalonki Piirto FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY tents, expression forms and de- Uudenmaankatu 7 Sat 24 & Sun 25 May velopments of new dance. The Tue - Fri 11:00-18:00 Design Museum’s Family Weekend programme consists of both new Sat - Sun 12:00-16:00 Workshops, lectures and per- and before-seen performances. Free entrance formances for the whole family. Zodiak, Center for New Dance Design Museum Tallberginkatu 1B Until Sun 1 June Korkeavuorenkatu 23 www.zodiak.fi Symbiotic Realms – Robin Kran- Tickets €7/6/5.5/3/0 itzky & Kim Overstreet – Jewel- www.designmuseum.fi Until Sun 25 May lery from the United States Music Fantasy: The Colours of Kim Overstreet and Robin Kran- Sun 25 May the Water itzky are American artists who Naisten Kymppi – Women’s Heartful and humoristic adven- design jewellery from recyclable 10 km Fun Run ture by Puppet Theatre Sampo. materials. Finland’s biggest sporting event Puppet Theatre Sampo Design Museum for women, with 15,000 female 23 May 10:15, 25 May 15:00 Korkeavuorenkatu 23 runners, joggers, walkers and Klaavuntie 11 Tue 11:00-20:00 Nordic Walkers of all ages par- Tickets €7 Wed - Sun 11:00-18:00 ticipating. www.nukketeatterisampo.fi Tickets €7/3/0 Kisahalli Sports Arena, 10:00-17:00 www.designmuseum.fi Paavo Nurmen kuja 1 C EXHIBITIONSEXHIBITIONS www.naistenkymppi.fi Until Sun 1 June Until Sun 25 May The Secret Life of Objects Thu 29 May Masters of Arts 2008 –festival A selection of Finnish design ob- Power Mover – Exercise Day Special guest star This urban festival of young vis- jects are on display in this exhi- Power Mover is an exercise ual culture in Arabianranta is a bition. A part of the exhibition event that is being held for the playing field of creative passion. is an interactive map where the 8th time this year at the Hel- Built around the degree show of visitors can give their comments sinki Ice Hall and nearby sports Elaine Paige the Masters of Art at the Uni- and views about the objects. fields. The events include street versity of Art and Design Helsin- Design Museum games, dance performances, ki, the festival is bursting with vi- Korkeavuorenkatu 23 bands, a disco, and a chance to Experience the highlight of the sion, fresh perspectives, art, film, Tue 11:00-20:00 try different sports. musical season – some of the design, photography, graphic de- Wed - Sun 11:00-18:00 The Helsinki Ice Hall sign and installations. In addition Tickets €7/6/5.5/3/0 Nordensköldinkatu 11-13 best seats still available! to the degree show, the festival www.designmuseum.fi www.kll.fi offers six international seminars Accompanied by Vantaa Pops and additional programme. OTHERSOTHERS Media Centre Lume Hämeentie 135 C Sat 24 May Free entrance Töölönlahti Blackjack Thu 27th Nov www.moa.fi Running event for women and SUDOKU men. The aim is to run 21 times SOLUTION at 7.30 pm Until Sun 25 May around Töölönlahti Bay. Raili & Reima Pietilä Töölönlahti, 14:00 One of the great names of Finnish www.toolonlahtiblackjack.com 20th century architecture, Pietilä Tickets: 79/69/55/39  rose to international fame when Until Sat 24 May the established principles of mod- Theater Tent ernism began to be questioned in Theater Tent is a theatre event the 1960s and 1970s. Raili and happening in the heart of the Reima Pietilä emphasise organic centre of Helsinki, on the Cen- ® form and natural morphology, and tral Railway Station Square, in a Reserve your tickets at Lippupalvelu and claim them from R-Kioski. www.eventsclub.fi their work is markedly distinctive big tent. In the core of the fes- from the mainstream of the latter tival there is a tragedy contest. half of the century. They created Three tragedy plays, played by HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 23 – 29 MAY 2008 19

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09:10 YLE News 07:25 SpongeBob Squarepants 07:00 Jim Jam and Sunny 08:05 Lost Continent, an Intangible 15:20 Mighty Morphin Power 10:55 Animaniacs 09:15 Where the Heart Is 08:00 Nanny 10:10 Sturm der Liebe Heritage Rangers: The Movie FILM 14:10 E! Entertainment: Married 11:05 Heartbeat 08:30 All in the Family 11:15 Late Night with Conan Ethnic group Baka, living An action packed adventure Away 14:30 Doctors 09:00 Oliver’s Twist O'Brien in the rainforests of Africa, film where ordinary teenag- 15:05 E! Entertainment: How Do 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 09:30 Bridezillas 16:00 E! Entertainment: E! News have a unique way of singing. ers turn in to superheroes I Look 17:08 Heartbeat SERIES GOES ON A BREAK. Weekend 09:05 Two Thousand Acres of Sky fighting against the forc- 16:05 Top Dog 18:30 Wild Secrets 10:30 City Gardener 17:00 Mi Gorda Bella Single mum Abby Wallace es of evil. Directed by Bryan 17:00 MacGyver 19:10 Kingdom 13:00 What Women Really Want? 18:00 Sturm der Liebe escapes her inner city life- Spicer. Starring: Karan Ash- 18:30 Wa$ted Part 10/12. Simon bounc- Only a few women are tru- 19:30 Hollyoaks style with her two children ley, Johny Yong Bosch, Steve 19:00 American Idol es back to the law firm and ly satisfied with their bod- British drama series follows to a small Scottish village Cardenas. USA 1995. 20:00 The Simpsons plans to start working like ies, and the amount of diets the mundane life of different in this new series by BBC. 17:30 The Simpsons 20:30 The Simpsons nothing has happened. tried out is huge. In this ep- families and youngsters in The primary school of Ron- 22:35 Payback (CERT 15) FILM 21:00 No Angels 21:30 L.A. Story FILM isode women and men share the small town of Hollyoaks. ansay is under threat of be- Mel Gibson plays bad guy 22:00 C.S.I. Miami Directed by Mick Jackson. their experiences about dif- 20:00 Friends ing closed unless the town Porter, whose wife and bandit 23:00 Life on Mars Starring: Steve Martin, Victo- ferent diets. 20:30 The Simpsons does not get more pupils. partner join forces to kill him. 00:40 Stargate SG-1 ria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, 14:00 City Gardener 22:05 Bones The town’s advert for a fam- They shoot him and leave 01:35 The X Files Marilu Henner, Chevy Chase, 14:30 Oliver’s Twist An overturned garbage ily appeals to Abby, but in him to die, but Porter recov- John Lithgow. USA 1991. 15:00 El Zorro – La Espada y La truck reveals the body of a order to fulfil the required ers and sets out for a quest 23:10 New Tricks Rosa young man declared miss- criteria, she must find a hus- of revenge. Directed by Brian YLE TEEMA 00:00 Euronews 16:05 The Days of Our Lives ing for over three weeks ago. band really soon. Helgeland. Starring: Mel Gib- 17:00 Oprah The case takes Brennan and 11:05 Heartbeat son, Gregg Henry, Maria Bel- 10:25 Hebrew Lesson 18:00 The Lion Man her team to investigate the 12:00 Last of the Summer Wine lo, David Paymer, Lucy Liu, Part 2/3. TV2 foster care system, which is 14:10 Hiroshima Bill Duke, Deborah Kara Un- 12:40 Callas Assoluta very familiar to Brennan who This two-part BBC docu- ger. USA 1999. The soprano Maria Callas 10:35 Plus belle la vie has been through the sys- mentary traces back the 01:05 Surface (1923-1977) is still one of 11:00 Little House on the Prairie tem herself. route of the bomber that the most legendary stars in 11:50 Creature Comforts 23:00 The X Files dropped the atomic bombs the history of opera. 12:55 How to Divorce Without 00:10 Late Night with Conan on Hiroshima in 6 August NELONEN Screwing Up Your Kids O’Brien 1945. Part 2/3. The Texas marriage 01:05 Cheaters 15:00 First Flower 10:00 Biography: Giorgio Armani counsellor Christina Mc- 02:00 Identical Triblets Even Charles Darwin was 12:30 Family Bonds Gee tells the parents of three The documentary host- baffled about the origin and SERIES CONTINUES. British divorce families to ed by John Thomson travels reproduction of floral plants. 14:30 First Monday forget the grudges and bit- La Femme Nikita. TV2 at 22:55 to the world of identical tri- 17:08 Heartbeat 15:30 Beautiful People terness for a moment and en- plets who despite their simi- 18:45 Chile – Land of Extremes SERIES CONTINUES. courages them to think what lar looks are three complete- Part 3/4. Human is the most 16:25 Charmed is best for their children. 21:00 Beverly Hills Cop (CERT 15) ly different persons. threatening thing to the en- 17:25 First Daughter FILM 13:45 Mr Bean FILM dangered flora and fauna of A romantic comedy stars Ka- 14:00 Monster Garage The first film in the Bever- the volcanic islands of the tie Holmes as a presidential No Angels. MTV3 at 14:10 15:50 Derrick ly Hills Cop series shot Ed- YLE TEEMA coast of Chile. daughter who enrols at a col- 18:25 Plus belle la vie die Murphy to internation- 19:35 Midsomer Murders lege. The time spent away 22:05 Law & Order al stardom. Murphy is Axel 16:20 Walks with an Architect 22:00 Amazing Mrs. Pritchard from the White House gives 14:20 The Four Seasons 22:55 La femme Nikita (CERT 15) Foley, the street-wise and Dominique Rouillard tells Part 2/6. her a new sense of freedom The ballet based on one of FILM loud-mouth Detroit cop in- about the peculiar town 22:55 The Robinsons and a means to discover who Vivaldi’s works is present- The masterpiece of Luc Besson vestigating the murder of planning of the coastal cities Part 1/6. Everything is she truly is. Directed by For- ed by the dancers of the Na- tells the story of a convicted his friend in Beverly Hills. of Normandy. hunky-dory in the ordi- est Whitaker. Starring: Katie tional Ballet of Canada. felon who, instead of going to Foley teams up with to de- 16:45 Pole to Pole nary Brit family Robin- Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie, 15:05 Forever Young jail, is given a new identity and tectives from the local po- Part 2/8. Palin is travelling son. Or so every member Michel Keaton, Margaret Co- 16:05 Nature Bites Back trained as a top secret assas- lice force, but the different in Russia just a few days be- of the family claims except lin, Lela Rochon Fuqua. USA 17:00 The War (CERT 13) sin. Directed by: Luc Besson. approaches to tackling the fore the coup of 1991. the re-insurance agent Ed 2004. Part 1/14. The first part of Starring: Anne Parillaud, Tch- situations soon put the men 18:05 Forever Young who is divorced, unsatis- 20:00 The Crocodile Hunter the World War II series tells eky Karyo, Jean Reno, Jeanne on a collision course. Direct- A local rock ’n roll legend or- fied to his profession, and 21:00 Beverly Hills Cop II (CERT about four cities selected for Moreau. France 1990. ed by Martin Brest. Starring: ganises in Shillong in south- lives his life always in the 15) FILM the programme about the Eddie Murphy, Judge Rein- east India every year a party shadow of more successful The Detroit cop Axel Fo- wartime experiences of the hold, John Ashton, Lisa Eil- to celebrate the birthday of siblings. ley returns to Beverly Hills to residents of those places. MTV3 bacher, Ronny Cox, James Bob Dylan. Directed by Ran- 23:25 Five People You Meet in help his detective friends of 17:54 Dance for the Camera Russo. USA 1984. jan Palit. India 2007. Heaven the local police to investigate 18:00 The Quest for the Missing 09:20 The Young and the Restless 23:30 Deadwood (CERT 15) 19:05 Das Kabinett des Dr. Cali- Part 1/2. A story based on their chief’s near-fatal shoot- Piece 10:40 Emmerdale 00:35 Into the Sun (CERT 15) FILM gari FILM the popular novel by Mitch ing and a series of crimes at- A young Jewish documenta- 13:50 Still Standing Modeled after the Ameri- The expressionistic mute Albom tells about a man who tached to it. Directed by Tony rist examines with a glint in 14:45 Jack & Bobby can yakuza films this action film classic shows a crimi- dies while trying to save a Scott. Starring: Eddie Mur- his eye the role of the ritual 17:30 The Bold and the Beautiful filled package stars mar- nal funfair performer who little girl. After his death he phy, Judge Reinhold, Jurgen of male circumcision in con- 18:00 Emmerdale tial artist Steven Seagal as uses a sleepwalker to com- meets people he dismissed Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John temporary Jewish life. 22:45 Blueberry (CERT 15) FILM a former CIA agent Travis mit crimes. Directed by Rob- while living and realises the Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Paul 18:54 Dance for the Camera Loosely adapted from a se- Hunter who is asked to track ert Wiene. Starring: Werner meaning of certain events Reiser. USA 1987. 19:00 V kruge pervom ries of popular French graph- down the crooks responsible Krauss, Conrad Veidt. Ger- of his life. 23:35 NCIS 19:45 The Legends of Jazz ic novels this modern west- for the murder of the gover- many 1920. 00:45 Euronews 00:35 The Last Seduction (CERT 20:10 Pole to Pole ern takes the spectator to the nor of Tokyo. Forced to work 20:30 Monty Python’s Flying Circus 15) FILM Part 3/8. land of Indian hallucinogens together with the rook- 21:00 Summer of Love Bridget is truly a femme fa- 21:00 Communekind and beyond. Vincent Cassel ie FBI agent, Hunter falls in Part 2/4. This documenta- TV2 tale. This beautiful and in- Maroesja Perizonius goes plays the world-weary Mar- the middle of a war between ry targets the era forty years telligent woman steals her through experiences as a shall Blueberry who follows a the old and traditional mem- ago, when hope, love, sex, 10:00 Så går det på Saltkrokan doctor husband’s money and child of a commune. Nether- group of greedy adventurers bers and the new genera- drugs and music collided 20:50 Der Alte goes into hiding in a small lands 2004. searching the buried treasure tion of Yakuza. When his fi- and politics and moral went 22:00 Eurovision 2008: Final mid-American town. When 21:50 La faute à Fidel FILM of the Indians. Directed by ancée is brutally murdered, through an upheaval. The final of the Eurovi- her husband comes looking A comedic drama reflects the Jan Kounen. Starring: Vincent Hunter’s mission becomes 21:55 Grumpy Old Men & sion 2008. Commentary in for her, she seduces a local political atmosphere of the Cassel, Juliette Lewis, Michael personal. Directed by mink. Grumpy Old Women Finnish. man to get rid of her pesky 1970s from the viewpoint of Madsen, Temuera Morri- Starring: Steven Seagal, 23:40 Magia Russica hubbie once and for all. Di- a precocious 9-year-old girl. son, Ernest Borgnine, Djimon Matthew Davis, Takao Os- A fascinating story about the Ordinary teens turned rected by John Dahl. Star- Directed by Julie Gavras. Hounsou, Hugh O’ Conor, Ge- awa, Eddie George, William art of animation is told via into superheroes ring: Linda Fiorentino, Peter France 2006. offrey Lewis. France 2004. Atherton, Juliette Marquis. the master Feodor Chytruk. on MTV3 at 15:20 Berg, Bill Pullman, J.T. Walsh, 23:25 Grumpy Old Men & 01:10 MythBusters USA 2005. Israel/Russia 2005. Bill Nunn. USA 1994. Grumpy Old Women

Blueberry L.A. Story Payback A movie adaptation of the popular Alongside the insane condi- Revenge is a dish best served Franco-Belgian graphic novel tions that make the manic cold. This Klingon proverb is series Blueberry presents Vincent chaos that is Los Angeles, the well digested in Hollywood as Cassel in the name role. Raised by city is known for its Shake- revenge continues to be the the Native American Injuns, Mike speare-quoting wacky weather constant source of storylines S. Blueberry is keeping the post of presenter named Harris K. in fiction. Typically though the the small wild-west town Marshall. Tellemacher. Fed up with the person seeking revenge has Mundane businesses of the town meaningless life he is leading, something to redeem and is are disturbed when a ruthless killer Tellemacher suddenly starts to thus on the side of what is right, ventures to the holy lands of the believe that a freeway sign is at least in context if not all the Injuns in the search for a treasure informing him what to do and way. But Payback is nothing buried there. Torn between the who to fell in love with. The all- Eurovision like the sort even though Mel frontier world of venal settlers and seeing sign takes the meteo- This is the night when people all around Europe gather in front of Gibson is on the lead role. The the mystical culture of the Natives, rologist for a ride of his lifetime their TV sets to root for their country’s candidate or another favourite main character is a hated crimi- Blueberry sets out to stop the as he stumbles from a romance among the Eurovision finalists. In Finland people are anxiously waiting nal Porter whose ruthlessness outlaw, played in his uncanny style to the next, but seems still to to see how the Finnish contestant Teräsbetoni copes as the metal is topped only by his friend and by Michael Madsen. The journey be unable to take the final step band made the cut in the first Eurovision song contest semifinal and wife who gun him down after takes the two men deep into the and commit. This romantic is tonight performing the metal song Missä Miehet Ratsastaa in the fi- they successfully rob an Asian land of Indian shamanism and hal- comedy and satirical picture nal. After winning with Lordi in 2006, Finland seems to be once again gang. When Porter survives lucinogenic experiences in a way on the life and culture in the counting on Europe’s taste for rock music. This year’s song contest is the attack, he makes it his that could make William S. Bur- city of angels is said to be the the 53rd Eurovision with a record number of 43 represented countries. mission to take avenge on his roughs proud. Being fully-packed most insightful piece of Steve The venue of the contest is the biggest concert hall of Europe, the friend and beloved spouse. The with action sequences though, it Martin, who both played the Belgrade Arena, and the hosts are Jovana Janković, an anchor at the action-packed film it based on is clear that Blueberry is foremost goofy weatherman and wrote Serbia’s public broadcast company RTS, and Željko Joksimović, one of the series of novels by Donald a western. the screenplay of the film. the most successful musicians in the Balkan region. E. Westlake. MTV3 at 22:45 Fri TV1 at 21:30 Fri TV2 at 22:00 Sat MTV3 at 22:35 Sat 20 23 – 29 MAY 2008 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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TV1 MTV3 models and getting them TV1 MTV3 SUB ready to pose in front of a 08:05 Chile – Land of Extremes 07:30 Woody WoodPecker camera, obtaining financial 09:10 YLE News 09:10 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Jim Jam and Sunny Part 3/4. Human is the worst 08:00 The Winx Club backing and creating a rep- 09:15 Where the Heart Is 10:40 Emmerdale 10:05 Sturm der Liebe threat to the preservation 08:50 Power Rangers: Mystic utation of a serious mode- 11:05 Heartbeat 13:50 King of the Hill 11:10 Hollyoaks of the endangered flora and Force ling agency. 14:30 Doctors 14:45 L.A. Law 11:40 Late Night with Conan fauna inhabiting the islands 13:05 Tierärztin Dr. Mertens 18:30 Janice Dickinson Modeling 15:05 Louis la Brocante SERIES GOES ON A BREAK. O'Brien on the coast of Chile. 14:10 According to Jim Agency 17:08 Heartbeat 17:30 The Bold and the Beautiful 09:05 Two Thousand Acres of Sky 14:35 The Simpsons 19:00 American Idol 19:05 The Dreamlife of Rats 18:00 Emmerdale The Bed and Breakfast of- 15:05 Patch Adams FILM 20:00 Hey Paula Today the human brain is no 20:00 House, M.D. fered to Abby’s family turns Directed by Tom Shady- SERIES ENDS. longer off-limits to science. 21:15 Troy (CERT 15) FILM out to be quit a shack. Gor- ac. Starring: Robin Williams, 20:30 Smith and Jones This great leap forward in- The mythic characters of the don is spreading rumours Monica Potter, Daniel Lon- 21:05 24 (CERT 15) to the mystery of the brain classical Greece spring into about Abby’s past, and don, Philip Seymour Hoff- 22:30 Entourage has been made possible life in this epic movie of the Alistair’s fish farm gets a vi- man, Bob Gunton, Irma P. 23:05 Nazi Pop Twins thanks to the intelligent ro- Trojan War. Homer’s legen- cious salmon disease. Hall, Josef Sommer, Peter Filmmaker James Quinn in- dent rat. As animal models dary Greek warrior Achilles, 11:05 Heartbeat Coyote. USA 1998. vestigates the controver- they are at the forefront of played by Brad Pitt, helps 11:55 This Is Not Your Song 17:25 Just for Laughs Gags sial American teenage twin neuroscience and perhaps the King of Sparta to fight Bulgarian filmmaker Adela 17:30 Candid Camera girls’ pop band Prussian the key to crack the neu- the never before defeated Peeva set out for a trip that 20:05 Hell’s Kitchen Blue. Their songs have white ral code of the human be- Trojans whose prince Par- took her all over the Balkan World-renowned British nationalist lyrics and have haviour. is lured the Queen of Spar- area to find out what exactly chef Gordon Ramsay is back been associated with neo- 22:40 Shrink Rap ta to leave her husband. Troy The Dreamlife of Rats.TV1 at 19:05 are the origins of the famil- grilling the wannabe res- Nazism. Part 5/5. Robin Williams is a visually outstanding his- iar song Uska Dara. Direct- taurateurs who are hoping is seen as Pamela Connol- torical battle film combining ed by Adela Peeva. to win the life-changing cu- ly’s guest and tells Pamela the elements of both trag- 16:00 The Simpsons 13:20 Gardener’s Year linary prize. about his childhood. edy and romance. Direct- 16:30 The Simpsons Part 4/6. The beginning of 21:00 Without a Trace 23:30 The Boys from Baghdad ed by Wolfgang Petersen. 17:00 Mi Gorda Bella summer offers prime condi- 22:45 Satisfaction (CERT 15) High Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Ba- 18:00 Sturm der Liebe tions for the plants. Thus it Chloe returns to work to an Four boys tell what it is like na, Orlando Bloom, Di- 19:15 Just for Laughs Gags is a period of fast growth. overbooked schedule. to attend the Tariq bin Zi- ane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean 19:30 Hollyoaks 14:30 Sad Cypress FILM 23:45 L Word ad High School for Boys Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Saf- 20:00 30 Rock Being the first courtroom dra- Kit gives in to her passions in Baghdad, one of the fron Burrows. USA 2004. 20:30 The Simpsons ma in the Poirot series, Sad concerning Benjamin. world’s most dangerous 00:20 Nine 21:00 Life on Mars Cypress presents the mas- cities with suicide bomb- When Lizzie all of a sudden 22:05 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ter detective trying to find ings, mortar attacks and disappears the others real- Jack pleads with the Nevada out the truth behind a dou- NELONEN kidnappings tearing their ise that somebody must be judge, played by John Good- ble homicide. The obvious city apart. watching them. man, to free Tom so he can Lost Continent, an Intangible murderer stands in the dock, 08:30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape 00:30 Euronews 01:15 Reba make it back to the Friday night Heritage. TV1 at 18:20 but Poirot, observing the trial 10:30 Discovery Documentary show. Meanwhile the tensions from the gallery, starts to sus- 11:30 The Most Extreme start to heat up between Matt pect that the case holds more 12:30 Frasier 00:40 Crossing Jordan TV2 NELONEN and Harriet on the set. than meets the eye. Direct- 13:00 Frasier 01:35 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 23:00 Hotel Babylon ed by Dave Moore. Starring: 13:30 Frasier 14:15 Danmarks Vaerste Bilist 08:00 Nanny 00:25 Late Night with Conan David Suchet. 14:00 NRJ in the Park - Tampere 14:45 Zuckeroma 08:30 All in the Family O'Brien 16:05 Operation Moses NRJ in the Park concert in YLE TEEMA 16:15 McLeod’s Daughters 09:00 Oliver’s Twist 02:15 Eleventh Hour The operation named after Tampere with The Giant 17:55 64 Zoo Lane 09:30 What Women Really Want the biblical figure was the Leap, Poets of the Fall, Her- 09:20 V kruge pervom 19:50 Kylie Kwong: My China 10:30 City Gardener covert removal of Ethiopi- ra Ylppö, Lovex, DCX, Flinch 10:05 Madame de Pompadour Australian-born chef and 13:00 Wedding SOS YLE TEEMA an Jews from Sudan during a and Cristal Snow. Part 1/2. Subtitles in Finnish restaurateur Kylie Kwong 13:30 Nigella Feasts famine in 1984. 15:30 American Chopper and in French. returns to the village where 14:30 Come Dine With Me 17:50 Dance for the Camera 17:08 Heartbeat 16:30 What About Brian? 11:45 Cuéntame cómo pasó her ancestors lived in South 15:00 El Zorro – La Espada y La 18:00 Juliette Gréco 18:20 Lost Continent, an Intangible 18:30 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 12:45 Summer of Love China. Rediscovering her Rosa Born 1927, Juliette Gréco re- Heritage 21:00 Beverly Hills Cop III (CERT 15:10 Fighting Fire with Fire Chinese heritage Kylie ex- 16:05 The Days of Our Lives mains as one of the most One tribe living in Mada- 15) FILM This programme raises ques- plores the food and culture 17:00 Oprah known French stars who gascar knows how to carve Directed by John Landis. tions about conventional of the vast and enigmat- 18:30 So You Think You Can Dance still continues to perform on wood. The Zafimaniri men Starring: Eddie Mur- methods of fighting fire and ic country. 20:00 Ugly Betty concerts today. sculpt bowls and carve dec- phy, Judge Reinhold, Hec- whether decades of sup- 20:25 Traffic Police Preparing for her flamboy- 19:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó orations into houses uphold- tor Elizondo, Theresa Ran- pressing fire have simply 21:25 Swinging (CERT 15) ant wedding Wilhelmina re- 20:10 Hebrew Lessons ing thus their traditions. dle, Timothy Carhart, Alan made matters worse. alises that her maid of hon- Part 3/3. Three of the stu- 22:00 Silent Witness (CERT 15) Young, Bronson Pinchot. 17:05 Guns, Germs and Steel our, Victoria Beckham, is dents followed in the docu- 00:05 Euronews USA 1994. 18:00 Dickens stealing all the thunder. Bet- mentary return home perma- 23:30 Rome (CERT 15) Part 2/3. The life of the fa- ty is filled with guilt about nently or just for a visit. Have 00:35 The Huntress mous author. her pact with Wilhelmina to the lessons of Hebrew and TV2 19:00 The Big Sleep FILM keep her affair a secret. Jewish culture sunken in? Based on the Raymond 21:00 Desperate Housewives 20:45 Dance for the Camera 10:25 64 Zoo Lane SUB Chandler detective mys- Bree and Katherine join 22:00 Meraviglie di Aladino FILM 11:00 Little House on the Prairie tery this classic reel stars forces to plan the Founder’s The joint production of Mario 14:40 Monster Garage 10:00 Futurama Humphrey Bogart as the Day Ball much to the dismay Bava and Henry Levin tell 15:30 64 Zoo Lane 10:30 Futurama private detective Philip of everyone else. Gabrielle about a poor young man who 17:30 Paul Merton in China 11:00 Batman Marlowe. Hired by a rich struggles with the reality of finds a magic lamp possessing 21:00 Orgoglio 13:10 One Tree Hill family to keep an eye on having a blind husband. a genie. The genie will grant 23:05 Comedy Inc. (CERT 13) 14:00 Veronica Mars the youngest daughter, 22:00 Californication (CERT 15) the boy three wishes, if he 23:30 Live: Glastonbury 2007 14:50 Jack & Jill Marlowe gets entangled to Hank finds out that Mia sets him free from the lamp. Part 2/3. Amy Winehouse, 15:40 Xena: Warrior Princess a series of murders and dis- stole his novel. Karen is in Directed by Mario Bava and Arcade Fire, Björk, Kaiser 16:30 Jesse appearances. Directed by Ugly Betty. NELONEN at 20:00 shock when Becca announc- Henry Levin. Starring: Donald Chiefs, Killers. 17:00 American Princess Howard Hawks. Starring: es her desire to move in with O’Connor, Noëlle Adam, Vit- 00:30 London Live 18:00 Janice Dickinson Modeling Humphrey Bogart, Lauren his father. torio De Sica. Italy 1961. Kaiser Chiefs, Patrick Wolf, Agency Bacall. USA 1946. 22:05 Third Watch 22:35 Weeds (CERT 15) 23:35 The Flying Circus of Monty The Feeling, Jet. An American reality series 22:25 Doktor Faustus 22:50 Torchwood (CERT 13) Being no longer the mister Python follows supermodel Janice 23:25 SPAM Part 23/26. The old mov- nice guy Peter starts pres- Dickinson as she runs her David Manning takes a hu- ie theatre of Cardiff is reo- suring Nancy. Santa Claus gone missing own modeling agency. The morous and insightful look pened. At the same time a 23:30 Frasier Terror comes in the night on MTV3 at 21:00 first season follows Janice in to the global culture of e- killer roaming the streets is 00:00 The Sopranos on TV2 at 22:50 opening the agency, finding mail spam. USA 2006. reaping a grim harvest. 01:10 The Streets of San Francisco

Patch Adams Troy Robin Williams plays Patch With this 200 million dollar sandal Adams, a man whose willing- and sword movie the director Wolf- TOP 5 ness to help others took him gang Petersen has managed to com- ENGLISH LANGUAGE into medical school and got press the Homer's saga Iliad into a TV Programmes in Finland him through the obstacles two-and-a-half-hour long mayhem on his way. The story based of epic battles that take place some Mon 12 – Sun 18 May on true event begins when 3200 years ago. The great and Adams, a somewhat troubled cocky warrior Achilles, played by the 1. ER man, voluntarily commits very buff and tanned Brad Pitt, is Drama series – MTV3 Thu himself into a mental institu- summoned to steal back the Greek (523,000) tion. There he realises that Queen Helen from the Trojans. 2. HEARTBEAT Beverly Hills Cop III his purpose in life is to help Helen inspires a love worth starting TV series – TV1 Mon others. To pursue that goal a war over in the handsome Prince (489,000) This action-packed comedy film that ends the trilogy of the Detroit professionally, he applies of Troy Paris (Orlando Bloom), whose cop Axel Foley meets the maverick detective, played by Eddie for medical school and is brother Hector becomes the true 3. C.S.I Murphy, returning to Beverly Hills once again. This time though his accepted. Unfortunately for arch-nemesis of Achilles. Hector is Crime series – MTV3 Wed visit is personal as Foley is tracking down the crooks responsible of Adams though, the medical played by Eric Bana who succeeds in (446,000) murdering his boss and friend, Inspector Todd. The evidence points and scientific community his role in a gloriously psychopathic 4. EMMERDALE towards an L.A. amusement park Wonder World, which seems to be does not really appreciate way. Even though Achilles has his TV Series – MTV3 Mon the front of a vicious counterfeit money ring as well as the hideout his methods of healing the heel, and the never defeated Trojans (444,000) of the corrupt killer. Teaming again with his old pal Billy Rosewood, sick, while his patients and receive the horse, Troy impresses 5. COLD CASE Foley is fully prepared to carry out some fabulous daredevil stunts hospital nurses see and un- with beautifully choreographed Crime Series – MTV3 Tue on the rides of the theme park as well as chip a few witty jokes and derstand what an impact this battle scenes and mass spectacles (421,000) charm the audience with his uncanny charisma in the midst of ap- one man’s compassion has on such as the arrival of the Greek prehending the bad guys. everyone around him. armada to the shores of Troy. Source: Finnpanel Oy / Television NELONEN at 21:00 Sun MTV3 at 15:05 Sun MTV3 at 21:15 Mon Audience Measurement HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 23 – 29 MAY 2008 21

tuesday 27.5. wednesdaySELECTION 28.5. OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

TV1TV1 MTV3 SUB TV1 MTV3 SUB 09:10 YLE News 09:15 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Jim Jam and Sunny 09:10 YLE News 09:15 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Jim Jam and Sunny 09:15 Where the Heart Is 10:40 Emmerdale 10:05 Sturm der Liebe 09:15 Where the Heart Is 10:40 Emmerdale 10:05 Sturm der Liebe 10:30 Wild Secrets 13:50 Living with Fran 11:10 Hollyoaks 11:05 Heartbeat 13:50 How I Met Your Mother 11:10 Hollyoaks 11:05 Heartbeat 14:45 Everwood 11:40 Late Night with Conan 14:30 Doctors 14:45 Ally McBeal 11:40 Late Night with Conan 14:30 Doctors 17:30 The Bold and the Beautiful O'Brien 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 17:30 The Bold and the Beautiful O'Brien 15:05 Louis la Brocante 18:00 Emmerdale 16:00 The Simpsons 18:00 Emmerdale 16:00 The Simpsons 17:08 Heartbeat 20:00 Gossip Girl 16:30 The Simpsons 20:00 Monarchy: The Royal Fam- 16:30 The Simpsons 19:30 Yes, Minister Manhattan is getting in- 17:00 Mi Gorda Bella ily at Work 17:00 Mi Gorda Bella 21:00 Normal FILM to the Holiday spirit. Blair 18:00 Sturm der Liebe The second episode of the 18:00 Sturm der Liebe Two-time Oscar winner Jes- is feeling anxious about the 19:15 Just for Laughs Gags series takes a glimpse at the 19:30 Hollyoaks sica Lange and Oscar nom- visit of her father but is cru- 19:30 Hollyoaks life and work of the Queen 20:00 Friends inee Tom Wilkinson star in a elly disappointed when he 20:00 Friends and the Royal Family inside 20:30 The Simpsons poignant yet humorous story is accompanied by his part- 20:30 The Simpsons the Monarchy’s headquar- 21:00 Just Married FILM of one man’s desire to have ner Roman. 21:00 100 Women FILM ters, Buckingham Palace. A happy young couple mar- a sex change after 25 years 21:00 Cold Case It is the worst day of his life, Preparations are made for ries against the wishes of of marriage. The seeming- The team reopens a 2006 when Sam gets thrown out of the Queen’s birthday parade the bride’s friends and fami- ly “normal” Midwestern fac- case of a missing 16-year- the art course and dumped and for the banquet held for ly. Unfortunately their hon- tory worker stuns his family old Amish girl when her by his girlfriend. Luckily he the President of Ghana. eymoon in Europe goes from and community by revealing younger sister comes look- bumps into a lovely girl called Kick Like Me! YLE TEEMA at 21:00 21:00 C.S.I. one catastrophe to the oth- his inner desires and explor- ing for her. Hope who helps him smile The terrified eyes and cryp- er, and soon the wedlock it- ing the accoutrements of be- 22:31 C.S.I. Miami again. But unluckily, Sam tic words of a murder victim self is in jeopardy. Direct- ing a woman from perfume A huge tsunami heads di- looses her number. When he 16:05 Chile – Land of Extremes haunt Sara while she proc- ed by Shawn Levy. Starring: to breasts. Directed by Jane rectly towards Miami. A manages to find her again, Part 3/4. The volcanic is- esses the house where sev- Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Anderson. Starring: Jessica ten-hour warning gives the Hope is inexplicably sad. That lands on the coast of Chile eral showgirls were killed. Murphy, Christian Kane, Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Rich- citizens just enough time forces Sam to set out on a have a unique fauna and flo- 22:31 The Apprentice David Moscow. USA 2003. ard Bull, Mary Seibel, Danny to evacuate the city and quest to find out why his soul ra life that does not exist an- This week the contestants 22:55 Leona Lewis: Better In Time Goldring. USA 2003. forces the CSIs to hurry as mate is so downhearted.Di- ywhere else. are facing the difficult chal- 23:00 Crossing Jordan 23:00 Worst Week of My Life the evacuation seems to in- rected by: Michael Davis. 17:08 Heartbeat lenge of marketing the new 00:10 Late Night with Conan Part 1/14. Monday. A highly spire the criminals to take Starring: Chad Donella, Jen- The villagers are astonished razor of Gillette via text O'Brien embarrassing and highly fun- advantage of it. nifer Morrison, Erinn Bartlett, when Lord Ashfordly returns messages. 01:35 Last Man Standing ny British sitcom tells about 23:30 C.S.I. Miami Steve Monroe, Chene Lawson, home with his bran new and 23:30 Unit Adam’s mother brings her the pre-wed week of Howard 00:30 My Name Is Earl Juleah Weikel. USA 2002. glowing wife. The Unit falls into serious new partner to the fami- Steel who manages to do a 23:00 Traveler 19:30 Summer of Love trouble and heavy fire while ly dinner, but the children very good job of making his SERIES ENDS. Will, Jay and In the summer 1967 thou- retrieving three possible ter- are not too thrilled about the parents-in-law hate him. NELONEN Tyler are forced to join their sands of youngsters from all rorists from Pakistan. newcomer, especially since Things do not get any easier, powers to prove who the re- over United States roamed 00:30 My Name Is Earl it is the anniversary of the when Howard does not suc- 08:00 Nanny al crooks behind the bomb- to San Francisco to enjoy death of their father. ceed in shaking off his bark- 08:30 All in the Family ing are. the message of peace and ing mad stalker Cassie. 09:00 Come Dine with Me 00:10 Late Night with Conan love of the hippiedom. NELONEN 23:30 The Dream Life of Rats 09:30 Nigella Feasts O'Brien 00:05 Euronews YLE TEEMA A great leap forward into 10:00 Wedding SOS 01:05 Crossing Jordan 08:00 Nanny the mystery of the brain has 13:00 Wedding SOS 01:55 Smith and Jones 08:30 All in the family 19:00 Aphrodite's Drop been made possible thanks 13:30 How to Look Good Naked TV2 09:00 Come Dine With Me 20:00 James Ellroy – American Dog to the intelligent rodent rat. SERIES CONTINUES. 09:30 How to Look Good Naked James Ellroy, the creator As animal models they are Stylist Gok Wan helps the YLE TEEMA 10:35 Plus belle la vie 10:00 Wedding SOS of the noir novels like L.A. at the forefront of neuro- women, who hate their own 15:50 Kylie Kwong: My China 13:00 Wedding SOS Confidential and The Black science and perhaps the key bodies, to relocate their 18:00 Serge Gainsbourg Part 1/9. First part of the 13:30 Colin & Justin’s Home Heist Dahlia, is an extraordinari- to crack the neural code of lost va va voom without the Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991) sweeping culinary travelogue 14:35 Oliver’s Twist ly disturbed man which only the human behaviour. surgeon’s knife. Gok helps is famous, yet problematic, fig- through modern-day China 15:05 El Zorro – La Espada y La contributes to his fiction. The 00:20 Euronews women of all shapes and ure of the French music. starts as the Australian chef Rosa event that formed Ellroy’s sizes to feel good about Kylie Kwong returns to the 16:05 The Days of Our Lives life happened in 1958 as his their bodies, before chal- home village of her ancestors 17:00 Oprah mother was murdered when TV2 lenging the women to allow in Southern China. 18:00 The Lion Man he was just ten years old. themselves to be seen na- 16:15 McLeod’s Daughters 18:30 So You Think You Can Dance 20:53 Dance for the Camera 10:35 Plus belle la vie ked. The first episode intro- SERIES GOES ON A BREAK. 20:00 The Bachelor: Officer and 21:00 Kike like me! 11:00 Orgoglio duces 46-year-old Susan, Dave’s attempt to save a Gentleman The Toronto filmmaker and 12:20 Mr Bean who at size 16, is the av- an injured horse from the writer Jamie Kastner sets 15:45 64 Zoo Lane erage for a British woman, clutches of a braggart politi- out on a journey around the 16:15 McLeod’s Daughters but nevertheless feels that cian result into trouble. globe as he engages a wide- Tess is trying to bury her her curves are simply out of 18:25 Plus belle la vie ly varied cast of characters sorrows into hard work after control and haven’t thus let 20:30 Super Vets to talk about the meanings of Nick left Drover’s Run. her husband see her naked Part 8/10. The high choles- Judaism. The quest turns out 18:25 Plus belle la vie for five years. terol values of the Zoo’s mon- as a black comic road movie 20:00 Life Begins 14:30 Come Dine With Me KZ. TV2 at 22:05 gooses are troubling the vets. about identity by the end of 22:05 KZ 15:00 El Zorro – La Espada y La 23:20 Through a Blue Lens which, it really does not mat- The residents of Mau- Rosa A documentary film shot in ter who is Jewish and who is thausen have come to terms 16:05 Days of Our Lives 18:55 Madame de Pompadour the downtown eastside of not. Directed by Jamie Kast- with its dark history as a 17:00 Oprah Part 2/2. Jeanne becomes Vancouver tells the mov- ner. Canada 2007. former site of a German con- 18:30 So You Think You Can the mistress, confidante and ing and compassionate sto- 22:00 El Camino San Diego FILM centration camp. Actually, Dance advisor of king Ludvig XV. ry of drug addicts. A group Ally McBeal. MTV3 at 14:45 This picture tells the story of the black irony of the camp 21:00 Las Vegas For a period of over two dec- of officers of the Vancouver an Argentine obsessed with is brought to life by its cur- 22:00 Diary of a Virgin ades she indisputably was police started video-docu- soccer athlete Diego Mara- rent inhabitants, many of 43-year-old Catherine, 29- the most powerful woman in menting the addicts in a way 21:00 Cane dona. One day, after hearing who live and socialise up- year-old Mike and 49-year- France. Subtitles in Finnish that gave them a means to Inner disputes are rattling that his idol is suffering from on a "quarry of death". Di- old Alan are all sexually in- and in French. talk openly about who they the family business. heart problems, he decides rected by Rex Bloomstein. experienced. Eager to get 21:00 The War (CERT 13) are and how they ended 00:20 Frasier to show his dedication to UK 2006. rid of their virginity, they Part 2/14. The concern at up to the streets. Through 00:50 The Streets of San Francisco his idol by taking an unusu- are even prepared to hire a the east coast of the US ris- their participation, the ad- al piece of wood to him. Di- prostitute. es for the German subma- dicts hope to stop others rected by Carlos Sorin. Star- Honey, I want a sex change How a Queen 23:20 Frasier rines continue to terrorise sharing their fate. Directed celebrates her birthday ring: Ignacio Benítez, Carlos on TV1 at 21:00 00:20 Carnivàle (CERT 15) the Atlantic. by Veronica Mannix. Cana- Wagner. Argentina 2006. 01:25 The Streets of San Francisco 23:15 Soap da 2001. on MTV3 at 20:00 23:35 Vertical City

Normal Kick Like Me! Two-time Oscar winner Jessica Canadian filmmaker and writer Lange and Oscar nominee Tom Jamie Kastner decided to find Wilkinson star in this partly answers to the questions humorous HBO film that tells behind the question “Are the story of one man's desire you Jewish?”. Traveling from to have a sex change, which Brooklyn to London, Paris, after 25 years of "normal" Jerusalem and Poland Kastner marriage is facing more than explores the Jewish identity in a few obstacles. The director the 21st century and forces the Jane Anderson adapted the audience to confront its own screenplay from her acclaimed feelings about Jewish people as Worst Week of My Life play Looking for Normal and well as other non-mainstream One of the UK's most acclaimed contemporary comedies hits the Finn- has succeeded in creating an Through a Blue Lens groups. Through interactions ish television as the very first episode of the sitcom Worst Week of My insightful glance into a fam- As far as educational films go, this Canadian NFB documentary with a variety of characters, Life begins. Whisking the audience through seven disastrous days the ily struggling to understand surpasses all expectations. It tells about a Vancouver police squad, Kastner himself seems to get series tells how getting married can turn hellish, at least for the engaged the stunning revelation of dubbed as the Odd Squad, whose members are on a mission to edu- more involved as the story couple Howard and Mel. Seasoned with high farce and black humour the the father. The wife of the cate the public about issues affecting the community. Constable Al Ar- proceeds. The ironic stand of disastrous week leading up to Howard and Mel's wedding begins, when Midwestern factory worker is senault began with six other policemen to video-document the lives of the beginning is nowhere to be Howard gets to meet his future in-laws for the first time. The unlucky obviously the most shocked of the drug addicts on their beat and managed to document the extreme seen, when he starts passion- groom manages to lose the wedding ring (a priceless family heirloom), her hubby's news, and the film poverty and suffering many addicts endure. By documenting their ately commenting on the ‘Ho- knock out the best man, accidentally grope his future mother-in-law and puts quite a lot of effort into lives the police officers forged an unusual relationship between police locaust tourism industry’. But continues to be harassed by a psychotic stalker. A joyride full of witty Brit- dealing with the relationship and addicts, which enabled the addicts to talk openly about how they this only manages to heighten ish humour is guaranteed as Ben Miller, known from The Prince and Me of the couple and whether ended up on the streets and who they really are. Through participating the feeling of an in-depth and Johnny English, plays Howard and Sarah Alexander, the star from the their love can survive this on the film some of the addicts hope to prevent others from sharing film told from a viewpoint of a hits Coupling and Smack The Pony, plays his sweet fiance. fundamental change. the same nightmare that has become their life. thoughtful person. TV1 at 23:00 Tue TV1 at 21:00 Tue TV2 at 23:20 Wed NELONEN at 21:00 Wed 22 23 – 29 MAY 2008 TV GUIDE & WEATHER HELSINKI TIMES

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TV1 the estrangement between SUB them, she reaches out and 09:10 YLE News asks for his help in her drink- 07:00 Jim Jam and Sunny 09:15 Where the Heart Is ing problem. 10:05 Sturm der Liebe SERIES ENDS. 23:00 Nip/Tuck (CERT 15) 11:10 Hollyoaks 11:05 Heartbeat Sean’s easygoingness is 11:40 Late Night with Conan 14:30 Doctors put on a test when an ec- O'Brien 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder centric artist, envying the 16:00 The Simpsons 17:08 Heartbeat young looks of his co-work- 16:30 E! Entertainment: Behind 18:30 Last of the Summer Wine er, comes to the practice. the Scenes 19:00 Gardener’s Year 00:00 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 17:00 Mi Gorda Bella Part 5/6. In the middle of FILM 18:00 Sturm der Liebe the summer gardens are A collection of tales based 19:15 Just for Laugh Gags blooming and the smells and upon the actual dreams of 19:30 Hollyoaks colours can make one heady. director Akira Kurosawa at 20:00 Friends 21:50 One Life: Lager, Mum and Me different stages of his life. 20:30 The Simpsons The strand of compelling Based more on imagery than 21:00 Project Runway documentary films reflecting on dialogue the film presents For the eighth task the re- the contemporary life in Brit- eight shorter tales with over- maining contestants are to ain begins. The first episode lapping themes and charac- design an outfit to an in- tells the story of a 12-year- ters. Directed by Akira Kuro- ternational jetsetter. But of old Nanzer whose mother is sawa. Starring: Akira Terao, course there is a trick to the an alcoholic. She shares her Martin Scorsese, Chrishu assignment: the client and thoughts of what it is like to Ryu. USA/Japan 1990. the model are the same per- have a mum who drinks. 02:20 Munsters son and that is the contest- 22:35 The Clinic SERIES ENDS. ant him or herself. 23:30 Marie-Jo Et Ses Deux 22:00 Cold Feet Amours FILM 23:00 24 (CERT 15) This film tells a love story of NELONEN 00:10 Late Night with Conan a woman who, even though O'Brien happily married, falls in love 08:00 Nanny 01:05 Smith and Jones with another man. Torn be- 08:30 All in the Family 01:40 Point Pleasant tween the two men she is 09:00 Oliver’s Twist incapable of choosing be- 09:30 Wedding SOS tween an old love and a new 10:00 Colin & Justin’s Home Heist YLE TEEMA flame. Directed by Robert 13:00 What Women Really Want Guédiguian. Starring: Ari- 16:45 Ice Cream ane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre The making of ice cream is Darroussin, Gérard Meylan. a craft and a skill. The sto- France 2002. ry of the delicacy goes back 01:30 Euronews many centuries and is de- fined in this documentary by the very persons who have TV2 dedicates a life to it: collec- tors, ice cream makers and 10:35 Plus belle la vie rich heirs. Italy 2005. 11:00 Corner Gas 17:40 Hebrew Lessons 11:25 Paul Merton in China 18:15 Dance for the Camera Part 2/4. The comedian Paul 19:00 Soap Merton continues his travels 20:30 Vertical City in China by visiting the Bud- 21:00 Les Tomates Voient Rouge, dhist monks and taking part Tomatoes See Red in Kung Fu training. Plum, vine, round, cherry or Ice Cream. YLE TEEMA at 16:45 12:15 Mr Bean cocktail, red, yellow, green 12:55 Mr. Moto's Last Warning or black. Tomatoes are the FILM 14:00 City Gardener world’s most popular fruit Directed by Norman Foster. 14:30 Oliver’s Twist with over seven thousand Starring: Peter Lorre, Ricar- 15:00 El Zorro – La Espada y La varieties. This documen- do Cortez. USA 1939. Rosa tary follows legal and ille- 15:50 Derrick 16:05 The Days of Our Lives gal tomato production cir- Taxi driver Hugo Dornwall is 17:00 Oprah cuits and reflects upon the found from his car murdered 18:00 Gay, Straight or Taken? standardisation of taste and but not robbed. SERIES GOES ON A BREAK. the industrialisation of ag- 18:25 Plus belle la vie 18:30 So You Think You Can Dance riculture at a time of glo- 23:05 Da Vinci’s Inquest 20:00 America’s Got Talent balised food. 21:00 Lost (CERT 15) 21:55 Donau, Duna, Dunaj, The confrontation be- Dunav, Dunarea MTV3 tween the survivors and the The riverboat Donau sails off freighter people begins. to its final journey from Vi- 09:15 The Young and the Restless 22:00 Tudors enna to the Black Sea with 10:40 Emmerdale 00:00 Trailer Park Boys (CERT 15) a mission to give a burial at 13:50 New Adventures of Old 00:30 Surreal Life sea for the former lover of Christine 01:00 Armed and Famous the ship’s captain. 14:45 Ally McBeal NEW SERIES. This reality 23:25 James Ellroy – American Dog SERIES GOES ON A BREAK. series follows five celebri- James Ellroy, the creator of 17:30 The Bold and the Beautiful ties as they train to become the noir novels like L.A. Confi- 18:00 Emmerdale reserve police officers for dential and The Black Dahlia, 21:00 ER the Muncie Police Depart- is an extraordinarily disturbed The 300th episode of the ment, Indiana. Starring the man which only contributes to series finds Luka and Ab- actor Erik Estrada, freestyle his fiction though. The event by preparing to travel to wrestler Trish Stratus, singer that formed Ellroy’s life hap- Croatia after the passing LaToya Jackson, TV-star Jack pened in 1958 as his moth- away of Luka’s father. After Osbourne and Wee Maneli er was murdered when he was Luka confronts Abby about Jason Acuña from Jackass. just ten years old.

One Life: Lager, Mum and Me One Life is BBC’s documentary strand which reflects life in the contemporary Britain by seizing on controversial social issues of the country. The first thought-provoking episode tells about the increasing alcohol ...when the abuse problem from a personal viewpoint. In the UK, one out of three people is alcohol de- REAL QUALITY pendent, and among the young Akira Kurosawa's Dreams adults twice as many women as Being the most personal work of the director Akira Kurosawa, this men are drinking at dangerous MATTERS visually stunning masterpiece takes a look into the dreams of the levels. Almost a million children director himself. Each of the eight short films features a character are living in a home where one named I, who is assumed to present Kurosawa himself at differ- or both parents are alcoholics. PREMIUM BIKES ent stages of his life. One short story takes the audience into the This episode puts one of these paintings of Vincent Van Gogh to meet the actual painter, who in kids in the limelight as 12 years the film is played by none other than Martin Scorsese. Another story old Nanzer tells her side of the questions the reason of war. Kurosawa also paints a nightmarish im- story: what it is like to have a age of a post-apocalyptic world, where the stupidity of mankind has mother who drinks. The award- destroyed nature and life as we know it. The sets and overall visual winning director Min Clough landscape of the film is breathtakingly beautiful, and the stories take handles the subject in a moving Mon–Thu 10:00-19:00 Fri 10:00–18:00 a glimpse into the mind of the eccentric director. and revelatory way. Sat 10:00–15:00 Sun 11:00–15:00 MTV3 at 00:00 Thu TV1 at 21:50 Thu HELSINKI TIMES CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICES 23 – 29 MAY 2008 23

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A skewed sense of destiny See Helsinki on Foot - FINNS are great believers on getting too excited or event on the entire conti- sisu is born from this mind- – nine times out of ten they demonstrating an oft-mis- nent? It can only end in tears, set of resignation. This pe- 7 walking routes around town believe that they will be the guided, silly belief that their they proclaimed. culiar native quality has ones on the losing end of the dream might actually come The current Foreign Min- been explained to me in doz- See Helsinki on Foot is a special brochure for visitors who stick, case in point, the hock- true. They don’t want hope ister, Alexander Stubb, took ens of ways since I fi rst ar- want to discover the city by themselves on foot. It de- ey stick. Gather with some to get the best of them. His- the liberty to sum up the sor- rived. Some have called it scribes seven walking routes and all the places of interest Finns to watch the Ice Hock- tory has taught them better ry situation by stating some- “perseverance”, some “for- along the way: old and new architecture, museums and ey World Championships on than that. thing to the effect that such titude”, others, “resilience,” exhibitions, shops and boutiques, statues and sculptures. the telly sometime and be- A good example of this a move just goes to show Fin- but it’s more than simply fore the game even starts collective lack of faith hap- land’s lack of self esteem – any of those descriptions. Visitors can use the bro- someone is bound to make a pened a couple of years ago they don’t believe they can do Sisu has to do with the abil- chure to explore the green quip about how the Lions (the when Finland announced any better. And then a funny ity to muster up the drive parks around Töölönlahti Finnish national team) are that the monster-band Lordi thing happened: the ghastly to press on against all odds Bay, adventure into the going to bungle it. Hey guys, would represent the country ghouls trounced the compe- in a struggle of epic pro- former working-class weren’t we supposed to be in the Eurovision song con- tition, winning more points portions. An ominous, ever- district of Kallio, discover rooting for them here? That’s test, something they have and by a larger margin than present dark cloud of doom the Jugend treasures of what we do where I come had even far less success in ever before in the history of looms large in this scenar- Katajanokka, or make a from; we scream and shout winning than international the contest. I don’t know if io. Victory is a prospect too voyage to Suomenlinna. and we don’t snicker, “See, ice hockey tournaments. The the band ever received a con- distant to contemplate – at what did I tell you?” when our pundits were up in arms at gratulatory message from least in this lifetime – and The brochure is available at the Tourist Information team screws up. the decision. How could Fin- the honourable Stubb or not even mentioning such a no- (Pohjoisesplanadi 19). Price 2 €, languages Finnish, Swedish Don’t get me wrong, the land stoop so low as to em- – perhaps despite the na- tion is sure to result in gasps and English. Finns desperately, passion- barrass itself even further tional triumph, he would of bewilderment. It’s the lot ately, and with all their be- by sending such a delegation just as soon like to forget the of the Finns. Call it fate, call ing want their team to win, to participate in the most- whole episode. it destiny, but never call it M O R E T I P S F R O M it’s just that custom frowns watched annual television The Finnish concept of quits.

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REUTERS / LEHTIKUVA WEDNESDAY Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy, the world’s first man to fly with fitted jet fuel powered wings strapped to his back, flies during his first official demonstration. Calling himself “FusionMan” Rossy was released from a plane at an altitude of 2,438 km (8,000 feet). He completed several loops with a speed of 300 km/h using only his body to change position during five minutes over the Swiss Alps.

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A destroyed pickup truck rests amid the debris of tornado dam- A general view of the damaged town of Beichuan in South- A photographer shoots Kobe Kaige, current reigning Penthouse aged and destroyed homes in Picher, Oklahoma. Tornadoes killed west China’s Sichuan province. China has dispatched 100,000 “Pet of the Year” as she poses for a brand-new anti-fur ad for People at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through military personnel and police to help with rescue work, as the for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Melbourne, Australia. the central and southeastern parts of the United States over the death toll from China’s worst earthquake in over three decades Kaige wants to help save animals’ skins by showing some of her own weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees climbed to over 12,000 with many thousands more trapped under skin in the advert that will highlight China which PETA claims to be and power lines. Six people were killed in the small northeastern crushed houses, schools and factories. the world’s leading fur exporter. Animals on fur farms commonly are Oklahoma town of Picher, officials said. skinned alive, sometimes while still conscious. Millions of dogs and cats are killed in China for the international fur trade.

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A retired New York City subway carriage is dropped into the At- The front of Helsinki’s Lutheran Cathedral is covered by 20,000 A U.S. Marine, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a lantic Ocean to create an artificial reef near the coast of Ocean chrysanthemums in an attempt to appear in the Guinness Book close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Hel- City, Maryland. of Records as the biggest flower arrangement in the world. After mand Province, Afghanistan. The Marine was not injured. the event citizens were allowed to take the flowers with them.