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SAMI SALLINEN Helsinki drafts world’s first underground master plan

HELSINKI’S city planning committee derground transport plans, includ- held a meeting on 31 May over what ing the extension of the metro line is thought to be the world’s fi rst un- to the west of Ruoholahti, and from derground master plan. Kamppi to Pasila and Katajanokka, Helsinki wants to guide and coor- as well as the construction of the so- dinate the use of new space carved out called Pisara-rata, a circular under- of the primary rock on which the Finn- ground railway service that would ish capital is built. One of the aims is to link Pasila, Sörnäinen, the city cen- secure the future of the council’s own tre and Töölö. underground construction projects, According to Eija Kivilaakso, head including transport tunnels. of the city planning department, Hel- Demand for underground space, sinki will have more underground especially for storage and park- spaces designated for leisure, culture ing areas, has experienced strong and sport facilities than ever before. growth since the beginning of the The plans will now be distributed decade, resulting in an increased for comments and further develop- need for guidance from the city ment, and are expected to reach the planners. The master plan includes decision-makers of the Helsinki City ten new underground car parks. Council towards the end of this year. Helsinki has many ambitious un- STT/ HT A sea of gerberas created by Kaisa Salmi has transformed Parliament House into an environmental art installation.

Finland to cut carbon Flower power dioxide emissions at the Finnish parliament

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION an- crease costs and reduce competi- A MAGNIFICENT sea of gerbera liament House will be growing ger- yard of Lasipalatsi, which will now nounced on Monday that Finland tiveness. Stefan Sundmann from fl owers is covering the steps of beras and other tropical plants in become a permanent installation. must trim its 2008-12 annual car- Metsäteollisuus ry claimed that Finland’s Parliament House this the year 3007 because of global The fl owers from the EDEN III in- bon dioxide allocation plan by 5%. the industry had already reduced week, in a powerful demonstration warming,” Salmi told Helsingin Sa- stallation will be given away free to The cut is smaller than those faced its carbon dioxide emissions below of fl ower power. Entitled Gerbera- nomat, as she was conducting her the public and can be collected from by many other EU countries. Fin- the level required by the Kyoto Pro- meri, EDEN III, the environmen- mass fl ower arranging session ear- the steps of the Parliament House land had proposed a national alloca- tocol, despite increasing production tal art installation is the creation lier this week. She hopes the work this Saturday and Sunday. tion plan with a cap of 39.6 million by 40%. of Finnish artist Kaisa Salmi, and will stimulate people to think about With Helsinki enjoying a heat tonnes of CO2 emissions a year. “I Meanwhile, Finland’s Ministry consists of about 60,000 gerberas the relationship between power wave this week, the fl ower instal- am very pleased with this solution. of Foreign Affairs has decided to in- in 10,000 pots. and the environment. lation is being diligently watered We can live with this quite well,” vest 25 million US dollars in the Asia The giant fl oral display has been Salmi’s artistic fl ower installa- by volunteers. A security compa- said Mauri Pekkarinen (Centre Par- Pacifi c Carbon Fund, through which timed to coincide with the United tions on the environmental theme ny is keeping a watchful eye on ty), the trade and industry minister. it can purchase emissions credits Nations World Environment Day, have been enjoyed in Helsinki since the installation around the clock. Metsäteollisuus ry, which rep- from the projects of the Clean De- celebrated on 5 June, and the arrival 2000, when her musical green- The fl owers have been donated by resents Finland’s forest industries, velopment Mechanism, which re- of King Harald V and Queen Sonja of house was on show in Töölönlahti. the Lepola garden centre in Turku, has challenged the reduction of the duce greenhouse gas emissions in Norway for a state visit to Finland. Last year she created a musical ger- which is renewing its stock of ger- allocation plan, saying it would in- developing countries. STT “My crazy vision is that the Par- bera and citrus garden in the court- beras. STT / HT

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said&done "In my opinion, it is good that Russia is no longer in a weak po- Heidi Hautala is a Member of Parliament and chair of the sition. Weak states may always contain unexpected risks." Committee on Legal Affairs. She has also been a Member of the European Parliament (1995-2003) and the Green League President Tarja Halonen quoted in Helsingin Sanomat, 3 June. candidate in the Finnish presidential elections (2000,2006).

“There are more jobs to be fi lled than during the 1989 economic boom. At the same time there are about two hundred thousand Dreaming people who are unemployed. ... The incentive and income traps have decreased since the mid-1990s. But still for 15% of the un- employed, working isn’t worth it.” of normal Kauppalehti, 31 May.

“But few of the households who survive on salaries have be- neighbourliness come overheated, except about their living costs.” Heidi Hautala Martti Ristimäki, comments on fi nance minister Jyrki Katain- en’s warnings about the ‘overheating’ of the Finnish economy, Talous-Sanomat, 31 May.

HEN fi rst started to get and the Soviet Union col- edly called his friend. Black be- their passports until their “Jorma Ollila, the chairman of the Finnish Business and Poli- Winvolved in foreign pol- lapsed just a bit later. comes white, white becomes fl ight has taken off. I agree, cy Forum (EVA), was bragging about his own fi tness level at the icy matters towards the end black. it was utterly unwise that launch of the report. It should be excellent too, because just his of 1980s, I was a young leader IN THE early 1990s every- the German government de- wage-earnings in 2005 were 4.27 million euros. When everyone of a very young (Green) par- thing seemed to be moving in BUT, BUT... Isn’t it true that nied some critical journalists else is promised the same reward for raising a sweat, keep fi t en- ty. Our natural orientation, the right direction in Russia. one must be patient since access to the recent G8 sum- thusiasm should spread like tuberculosis did in the olden days.” as a grassroots movement, At least so it seemed. Russia never had a chance to mit. It simply undermined was to make contact with the learn democracy? Hasn’t Pu- the credibility of Chancellor Apu, 31 May, commenting on EVA’s campaign to improve mens’ fitness. old dissidents and new move- IT IS not just me who thinks tin, after all, created order Angela Merkel who had just ments in Gorbachev’s Soviet that things now look worse in chaos, and doesn’t Rus- a couple of weeks earlier told Union. This was not popular for the political “dissent- sia need stability fi rst, in or- President Putin to allow crit- “This is a police state. Finland has always been a land of prohi- among Finland’s political elite ers” than they did prior to der to have democracy? Why ical opinions at the EU-Rus- bitions, soon you can’t do anything here. Luckily I have a fi eld of the time. Our only “allies” the Gorbachev era. In Russia defend the rights of just a sia summit held in Samara. and a terrace where to smoke.” were a few elderly gentlemen today, just the hint of a dif- handful of people who are in Finnish politics, who had ferent political opinion gets dissatisfi ed with the political RUSSIA is so close; Moscow Actress Hannele Lauri responds to the smoking ban in restau- been banished to the politi- one into deep trouble. Even system? is just one night’s train trav- rants, Ilta-Sanomat, 30 May. cal desert by President Urho worse, the security appara- el away from Helsinki. What Kekkonen because of their tus is immediately alarmed if WE SHOULD not be misled a fantastic country we have sharp opinions about our Big anyone dares to address the by such arguments. Russia next to us. It is sad that we “It feels so good when foreigners are praising a Finn. However, Neighbour. It was not always still ongoing confl ict and vio- has, fi rst of all, joined Euro- cannot have normal relations a friend of mine said such journalism is the spiritual masturba- so much fun to be supported lence against the civilians in pean institutions such as the with our neighbour. Normal tion of the Finns. He is clearly unpatriotic.” by them, I can tell you. Chechnya. Council of Europe and the Or- means that we can meet with ganisation for Security and them without being accused Janne Metso, Uutislehti 100, 31 May, commenting on the Finnish me- IN 1987 I participated in a for- THIS IS what happened to Cooperation in Europe, which of “foreign” intervention in dia’s enthusiasm to ask foreigners about Finland’s star ice hockey bidden human rights confer- Oksana Chelysheva and Stan- oblige them to guarantee po- their internal business. My player Teemu Selänne, who may win the Stanley Cup for the fi rst time. ence in Moscow. I was deeply islavs Dmitrievsky in Nizhny litical rights and freedoms. Russian friends tell me that impressed by the courage of Novgorod. Their Chechen-Rus- These rights belong to every it is their life insurance that those people who were ob- sian Friendship Society was individual and are not sub- we get engaged and active- “Summer work in the factories, construction sites and ports served and harassed by the abolished by Russian courts ject to any kind of majority ly support the democratic during my school years taught me at least that Finland has a with a clev- voting. Secondly, by denying movements and defenders of very wise working class, and my years in university that we er mix of its citizens the freedom of human rights in their coun- have the most stupid intellectuals in the universe.” "My Russian friends tell me that two fresh expression and assembly, try. Even foreign business- it is their life insurance that we laws, one Russia is also contradicting es will face hardships as Aarno Laitinen, Iltalehti, 2 June. actively support the democratic on NGOs, its own interests. The people long as the rule of law is not the other we now see marching in the consolidated. movements and defenders of hu- on extrem- streets of Moscow, Nizhny Finland’s sigh of relief is all the greater because before the an- man rights in their country." ism. Both of Novgorod, Chelyabinsk and IT WAS great to see how the nouncement of the allocation plan Ministry of Finance was my friends St. Petersburg belong to the European Parliament showed warning about the possible loss of 40,000 jobs by the year 2020 are now on most creative section of so- solidarity to Garry Kasparov, if Finland implements the EU’s ambitious climate objectives. KGB. In 1989 we invited the the list of extremists, and FSB ciety that can really contrib- the former chess champion, green movements from all is watching their every step. ute to the development their one of the top people in the Aamulehti, 4 June, commenting on the European Commission over the Baltic Sea region to Their case is currently pend- country. We have not seen Other Russia coalition, the plan for Finland to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. Finland to discuss what was ing in the European Court of anyone throw a bottle during umbrella of the democrat- not supposed to exist: envi- Human Rights. If they are ex- these demonstrations. ic opposition. I am – once ronmental destruction in the tremists, then indeed Vladimir again – really proud that I A police patrol had to shoot a delinquent crow in Oulu on Monday socialist camp. That was re- Putin is a pure democrat, as IT IS NOT only wrong but al- was a member of that Parlia- night. The police was alerted at 6pm about several aggressive crows al news in the West. The Ber- the former German chancellor so stupid to beat these peo- ment for eight years. in the yard of the Kaijoharhu daycentre. When the patrol came to in- lin wall came down that year Gerhard Schröder has repeat- ple, detain them, and hold vestigate the situation, one crow attacked towards the police.

Kaleva, 4 June.

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As the rest of the nation takes a well-earned holiday, an army of students takes over the shops, restaurants and offices during the summer months. Many students support themselves with summer jobs – and some also continue working throughout the academic year. Over half of all the students aged 18 or over had a job in 2005.

PEKKA PÖYRY region and in the province of the students in the polytech- 2000 had graduated by the Among the students en- The statistics also show HELSINKI TIMES Uusimaa, than elsewhere in nics graduate within the rec- end of 2005, and three out rolled in vocational educa- that women are much more Finland. Predictably, as stu- ommended time limit. of four did it in less than tion – the alternative to conscientious than men, THE EMPLOYMENT rates vary dents get older, the more like- As for upper second- four years. Since the 1990s, general upper secondary ed- when it comes to educa- between students at dif- ly they are to work. Roughly ary education, the statis- students have been able to ucation – the situation has tion. They graduated more ferent levels of education every fi fth 18-year-old stu- tics show that those Finns arrange their high school not been quite as good. Dur- often at every level of edu- and the statistics also show dent had a job, whereas eve- who go to high school will studies on a more individ- ing the same five-year peri- cation. At the universities some regional differences. ry other 24-year-old student almost certainly go on to ual basis, which means that od, only 70% of the students and polytechnics the gap According to Statistics Fin- was employed. graduate from it, too. Near- the time they spend in high who entered the vocational was a dramatic 15% higher land, in 2005 it the was uni- A comparison between ly 90% of the students who school education can vary a education managed to com- completion rate in favour of versity students who had the the different fi elds of educa- started in high school in great deal. plete their studies. women compared to men. most jobs, with 57.5% work- tion also shows considerable ing alongside their studies. differences in the employ- The table shows the numbers of students in employment in 2005 (over 18-year-olds), However, it has been the stu- ment rate in 2005. Seven out and the share of working students in relation to the total student population in 2000-2005. dents in vocational education of ten students who were whose employment has in- studying security and safety Total number of Number of em- Share of working students from all students creased the most during this were also working, while on- Education sector students in ployed students in 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 decade, almost reaching the ly 55% of students in the fi eld 2005 2005 same level as the university of humanities and education % students. The statistics also were employed. show that one-third of high Working on the side High school 49 647 14 883 30,0 31,0 30,0 30,8 31,5 31,3 school students above 18 al- doesn’t necessarily speed Secondary voca- 193 176 108 499 56,2 54,4 45,6 43,7 43,8 42,3 so made some extra euros by up the studies, About 70% tional education working. of the students in polytech- Vocational 132 762 71 156 53,6 52,7 50,8 50,2 51,0 49,5 Rents are higher and there nics and universities even- education are more jobs available in the tually graduate. However, greater Helsinki region than only one-third of the univer- University 176 055 101 295 57,5 56,9 55,7 55,9 57,8 57,6 in other parts of the coun- sity students graduate in 5.5 try, and this clearly shows years, which is considered as Total 551 640 295 833 53,6 52,5 48,8 48,2 49,2 48,2 in the statistics. It is much a reasonable period for com- 1) more common for students pleting university studies. A This table does not include students under 18 because there is no information about their employment. In 2005, there were 68,464 under 18-year- to work around the Helsinki considerably bigger share of old students in high school and 48,899 under 18-year-old students in vocational education.

European Chemicals Agency established in Helsinki

VESA MOILANEN / LEHTIKUVA MIRVA LEMPIÄINEN uation, Authorisation and re- thing Finnair is increasing its HELSINKI TIMES strictions of Chemicals and fl ights,” Verheugen joked. it requires companies work- Pajunen wanted to wel- THE BEGINNING of a new ing in the EU to register any come the new ECHA employ- era dawned for the Europe- chemicals they manufacture ees to Finland and assured an Union and Finland on 1 or import in excess of one everyone that the city of Hel- June as the European Chem- tonne per year. sinki would do its best to help icals Agency (ECHA) opened ECHA will be setting up its them feel at home. He also its doors in Helsinki – the functions over the next year said there had been a propos- fi rst agency of its kind in the and is expected to be fully al for setting up a new Euro- world. The European Union operational by 1 June 2008, pean School in the autumn is taking the lead in chemi- when the pre-registration of of 2008 to accommodate the cals legislation and is con- the substances begins. Along children of the ECHA staff. vinced that other countries with commencing its phys- Vanhanen talked about will eventually follow suit. ical operations at the Tilg- the years of turmoil in the EU Prime minister Mat- mann Building last week, the that had preceded the setting ti Vanhanen said this is “by ECHA also opened up its cy- up of the ECHA and said last far the EU’s largest legisla- berspace offi ce by launching year’s Finnish EU presidency tive project over the recent its website, www.echa.eu- helped pave the way for fi nal- years.” Vanhanen was speak- ropa.eu. According to Dan- ising the project. “The agency ing during a press conference cet, the website will be the is going to be a very impor- held at ECHA’s new premis- agency’s “main communica- tant institution globally and es at Annankatu on 1 June, tion channel with the outside a model example for the rest alongside Commission Vice world”. It currently features of the world,” he said. President Günther Verheu- 22 languages. “All the EU lan- The prime minister also gen, Lord Mayor of Helsin- guages will be there,” Dancet claimed that the ECHA was ki Jussi Pajunen and ECHA promises. actually better for Finland Interim Executive Director There are 40 staff mem- than hosting the European Geert Dancet. bers working at ECHA dur- Food Safety Authority, which ECHA’s fi rst working day ing the initial period but the Finland had initially strived was deliberately made to co- agency is expected to in- to obtain. “From a global per- incide with the day the new crease its workforce up to spective, we fared better at groundbreaking European approximately 200 staff the end. We are very happy chemicals legislation REACH members during 2008, many with how things turned out,” went into force. REACH of them being professionals Vanhanen said. Matti Vanhanen is happy that ECHA ended up in Finland. stands for Registration, Eval- from all over Europe. “Good HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND NEWS 6 –12 JUNE 2007 5

BRIEFLY Finnish aid to rise and go green Finnish state Afghanistan bribe- auditors to ratchet taking investigation up controls on civil broadens servants According to Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Paavo Väyrynen, the new Tampere-based daily Aa- Finland’s National Audit Of- mulehti reported on 1 June government is fully committed to raising total aid levels and is seeking to integrate environ- fi ce is to upgrade checks on that a number of Finns serv- mental issues more closely into development policies. the country’s corps of civ- ing in the Nato-led Interna- il servants this year and the tional Security Assistance next, Tampere-based dai- Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG ly Aamulehti reported on 3 were suspected of failing to FRAN WEAVER ly by governments in the ear- June. intervene in bribe-taking in DEVELOPMENT TODAY – HELSINKI TIMES ly 90s as Finland struggled The offi ce told that it 2004-6. to get out of the slump. Last was planning at least ques- Earlier in the week, two PAAVO VÄYRYNEN is a long- year Finnish aid rose in ab- tionnaires, inspection vis- Finns who had served in Af- serving Centre Party politi- solute terms but fell as a per- its and follow-up of cases ghanistan were charged cian and a veteran of many centage of GNI to just 0.39% where wrongdoing had been with accepting bribes from governments, whose latest – much less than many other detected. local builders. Jari Pelto- career move sees him taking more generous European do- According to Aamulehti, nen, the military lawyer who on a greener shade, and fo- nor countries. The last gov- last year the police learned heads the investigation, told cusing increasingly on glo- ernment cautiously promised of 416 cases of malfeasance on 1 June that superior offi c- bal issues. Väyrynen insists to increase aid gradually as or crimes committed by pub- ers of the two were among that the new government far as economic conditions lic-sector employees – dou- the larger group of suspects. is fully committed to reach allow, making it highly ironic ble the number seen a decade A joint investigation by the UN aid target of 0.7% of that the consequent relative ago. STT the National Bureau of In- gross national income (GNI), decline in Finnish aid levels vestigation and the Defence even though no schedule for is directly due to the booming Command investigation de- Finland and Serbia reaching this target was de- economy. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen. partment led to the new sus- fi ned in the new government “This new government want unanimous picions. STT programme drawn up before has already agreed to in- Kosovo decision his appointment. crease offi cial development ernment clearly wants to “Afforestation and re- ”As a Minister I will strive assistance more than dur- do more in the environmen- forestation issues should -Halonen CDs urge Finnish to ensure that Finland reach- ing the previous government. tal fi eld, and personally I am defi nitely be given more at- Tarja Halonen, the president state to lead by es 0.7% as rapidly as possible. The growth will be at least very satisfi ed to see this,” tention in the future,” says of Finland, said after talks example and bin old The government should de- around 370 million euros,” says Väyrynen. “The gov- Väyrynen. “Over the years, with her Serbian counter- fi ne a schedule to reach this says Väyrynen. “This means ernment is also going to pay Finland has gathered a lot part, Boris Tadic, on 2 June bulbs target,” pledges Väyrynen. that 0.51% will be reached in much more attention to envi- of expertise in forest issues that both countries hoped The Christian Democrat fac- From his unique perspective 2010, and this makes it pos- ronmental and climate issues such as the sustainable use of the UN security council tion in Finland’s Parliament as a lifetime career politician, sible to reach the 0.7% target in its development policy. forest resources. I think we could reach a unanimous de- has urged the country’s pub- Värynen has also expressed by 2015 as agreed in the Euro- Any specifi c initiatives in this should carefully look at the cision on the future status of lic administration to show frustration that Finland is pean Council in 2005.” fi eld will be included in the potential which forest car- Kosovo, a Serbian province. an example of how to save again in the same situation Development campaign- forthcoming Finnish Devel- bon sinks in the developing President Halonen add- energy by phasing out incan- ers remain critical of the opment Policy Programme, countries can offer to com- ed however that the two descent bulbs altogether and slow pace of Finnish aid in- which is currently under bat climate change.” countries’ views on the mat- replace them with compact ”As a Minister I will creases, pointing out that preparation.” “It is also important to in- ter were not without their fl uorescent ones and light- strive to ensure that there are plenty of UN aid Väyrynen recently ad- crease the capacity of the de- differences. emitting diodes. This would Finland reaches 0.7% organisations and Finn- dressed the UN Sustainable veloping countries to fully Finland is backing the signifi cantly cut Finland’s ish non-governmental or- Development Commission, benefi t from the clean devel- proposal by UN special en- carbon dioxide emissions. as rapidly as possible. ganisations who could stressing the importance of opment mechanism (CDM) voy Martti Ahtisaari, whose Malcolm Turnbull, the The government should fi nd good uses for fund- links between development, of the Kyoto Protocol,” says plan would give the province Australian environment ing increases. In future, natural resources and en- Väyrynen. “We see Kyoto many of the trappings of a minister, said in February define a schedule to Finland is also likely to in- vironment. He particularly mechanisms as important sovereign state. that his country would be reach this target.” crease budget support for highlighted the need to pro- elements in our strategy to President Tadic reiterat- the fi rst to ban incandes- government programmes mote sustainable rural devel- combat climate change to- ed that Serbia was against cent bulbs. STT in its eight main aid part- opment to prevent the growth gether with the develop- the idea of an independent as back in the 1980s, when as ner countries, as long as risks of unsustainable megacities ing countries.” Finland helps Kosovo and added that any Tuomioja tells Foreign Minister he was part related to the corrupt misuse with intolerable conditions. developing countries to solution would have to be in Finnish SDP to keep of a government that sched- of funds can be eliminated. Finland has always been build up renewable energy harmony with internation- uled similar aid increases to- Tanzania, Mozambique, Nic- keen to spread its forestry ex- schemes that can generate al agreements and take the SAK at arm’s length wards the UN target. aragua and Zambia already pertise around the develop- certifi ed emission reduction rights of Kosovo’s Serbian Erkki Tuomioja, a Finnish Finland subsequent- receive such support from ing world through aid-funded credits. These can then be minority into account. STT Social Democrat MP, was ly reached the UN aid tar- Finland. Nepal, Ethiopia and projects. A forthcoming for- sold through the CDM to rich quoted as saying by weekly get briefl y at the end of the Kenya are Finland’s other estry aid strategy is expected countries like Finland, who Parliamentary Seura on 1 June that the So- 80s, largely due to a dramatic main development coopera- to give social and environ- need to compensate for their cial Democratic party should drop in gross national income tion partners. mental issues more emphasis failure to cut emissions down committee wants steer well clear of the Cen- when the country entered a Future Finnish aid is al- in forestry schemes, in re- to levels agreed in the UN Finnish government tral Organisation of Finnish deep recession. But aid levels so likely to have a greener sponse to criticism from aid Kyoto climate agreement. to voice EU treaty Trade Unions (SAK) in order were then reduced drastical- hue. “The new Finnish Gov- consultants. to gain support from else- stand where in the trade union Finland’s parliamentary movement. Foreign Affairs Commit- The former foreign min- tee has demanded the gov- ister slammed his own par- ernment to make public its ty for often appearing to be views on the possible reviv- a mere political extension of Discovering Helsinki’s natural environment al of the EU’s draft constiu- the SAK, causing the Confed- tional treaty. eration of Salaried Employees On 31 May, the government (STTK) and the Confedera- ILONA TURTOLA dead-nettle. Original species According to Heikkonen, fl ora. They are so expensive came under fi re for not re- tion of Unions for Academ- STT include the wild strawberry, increasingly dense urban that we haven’t managed to leasing its answers to ques- ic Professionals (Akava) to Solomon’s seal and wild pan- development should be coun- get even one here yet.” tions on the draft treaty shun the Social Democrats. FOR A METROPOLITAN city, sy. In total, Helsinki hosts an teracted by a thriving area of The attitudes of Helsinki’s posed by current EU presi- Mr Tuomioja suggested Helsinki’s natural environ- impressive array of fl ora and continuous green spaces. residents send a strong sig- dent Germany. that the SAK background of ment is still in fairly good fauna with more than 1,100 “The roads and streets are nal that natural diversity and At question hour on 31 Eero Heinäluoma, the SDP stead. About 40% of Helsin- plant species, 46 mammals the major problem in creat- the green spaces in the city May, Prime Minister Mat- chairman, might be a liabili- ki’s fl ora consists of original and 120 nesting bird species. ing continuous green spaces. should be protected. A sur- ti Vanhanen (centre) justi- ty as the “imprint of a lobby- plant species, according to The city’s waterways also If the meeting point between vey in 2005 showed that 97% fi ed the secrecy by saying ist is powerful”. STT city ecologist Kaarina Heik- add to the diversity of the en- a road and the green space of Helsinki residents believe that releasing the infor- konen from the City of Hel- vironment and about 80% of is organised in a way that that nature is important be- mation would weaken Fin- sinki Environment Centre. the shoreline is freely avail- is good for both, it is an ex- cause of the fresh air and lei- land’s negotiation position The archipelago is Helsin- able for leisure use. Howev- pensive solution,” says Heik- sure opportunities it offers. at the forthcoming EU sum- ki’s most natural area. The er, in the land of a thousand konen. “For example, in the The Environment Cen- mit and that both the Grand inner city has less original lakes, not a single one is lo- Central Park area we have tre is launching an informa- Committee and the Foreign plant species but it does host cated in the capital city, says sometimes tried get some tion system about Helsinki’s Affairs Committee were be- many species that were intro- Heikkonen. green bridges, which means natural environment on the ing kept abreast of develop- duced to the area by people The biggest threat to bridge constructions for use Internet on 6 June, which ments. STT in the 17th century, such as the survival of the plants by light traffi c, pedestrians everyone can visit at www. the dandelion and the white in Helsinki is construction. and animals, that have some hel.fi /luontotieto 6 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 FINNISH PAPERS HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY SAMI SALLINEN TALOUSSANOMAT 31 May KIRKKO JA KAUPUNKI 30 May EDITORIAL JANNE VILLA We have to adapt to wood export duties Churchmen warming

Russia’s prime minister Mihail Fradkov’s recent visit to Finland confirmed that Russia’s wood export to homosexuals duties will increase in July, writes Taloussanomat. The debate over homosexuality and the effects of reg- istered partnerships for gay couples is widening inside Finland’s Lutheran church, writes Kirkko ja Kaupunki. “IN THE BEST case scenario, will be increasing demands forest owners and those who vestments. It is impossible to the period of export duties that the state should promote support the forest industry in predict the future of the ex- will be short if Russia abolish- the domestic wood trade and the National Coalition Party. port duties. The forest com- “IN RECENT YEARS the rela- cians fear that the complete es the export duties as it be- support investments in for- The Social Democratic Party, panies may, in the familiar tionship of the leading Finn- acceptance of gay rights at comes a member of the World est roads and local roads, in a friend of the Paper Workers’ style of the big corporations, ish churchmen towards this stage would cause a con- Trade Organisation. But it order to help the growing Union, will also be clamouring also completely change their homosexuality has been crit- siderably bigger group of ‘con- wouldn’t be a big surprise if road haulage of timber. Polit- loudly from the opposition. plans, in which case sowing icised – depending on the servative’ believers to split Russia’s membership is de- ical sympathy will especially It is necessary to keep a the tax-payers’ money into attitude of the critic – as from the church. At the oth- layed and the export duties be found in the Centre Par- sense of judgement in the increasing the transportation conservatively reactionary er end of the church boat, lib- are charged for many years.” ty, the main party in the gov- money allocated to road of wood may once again turn or as too liberal. The repu- erals are growing impatient “In the near future there ernment, but there are also building and other public in- out to be a waste of money.” tation of women priests and with the slowness of change leading female theologians in the position of the church.” has, on the other hand, been “The latest confl ict was very pro-gay.” sparked when pastor Leena HELSINGIN SANOMAT 1 June “The bishops’ views were Huovinen blessed a female JUHA SIRÉN, OTTO TALVIO thrown into confusion by couple in a Helsinki restau- the law on the registration of rant, who had registered their same-sex partnerships, which partnership. A complaint was came into effect in March recently made about her at Smoking still allowed in 39 bars in Helsinki 2002. The bishops could not the Diocese of Helsinki, which satisfactorily explain to the did not lead to any measures churchgoers or to the media, against her. Some restaurants, cafes and service station bars have built smoking cabins or applied for a tempo- what the law meant in rela- Bishop Eero Huovinen ad- rary permit to allow their customers to keep smoking, as a new anti-smoking law came into force tion to the gay employees of opted reserved attitude to- last week, writes Helsingin Sanomat. the church and the church wards to the public blessing of blessings of gay couples. a civil partnership in church, It seemed diffi cult to re- but seemed to give his bless- “FROM THESE, 34 were grant- sumed in the cabins. For ex- that received the permit. The clients the opportunity to spond to a question that di- ing to the blessing of gay cou- ed a two-year transitional ample, it’s no longer possible cigarette smoke should not smoke indoors. vided churchgoers deeply, ples in private events and period provided by the law to drink coffee even in the smell in the other areas of the The restaurants cannot because it was impossible prayer .” and fi ve have built smoking smoking cabins of the air- restaurant and the author- apply for further permits to to please everyone. As the “Unlike its neighbouring cabins.” port halls.” ities will monitor the situa- the two-year extension, but church’s line towards the op- churches, it seems that Fin- “The difference between “Altogether 83 bars in tion with occasional smelling smoking cabins can be built ponents of female clergy has land’s Lutheran Church will the smoking cabins and the Helsinki applied for the tests. at any time. This will, how- tightened, it has become clear not be ready to elect gay bish- designated smoking areas extension.” After two years these res- ever, require a permit from that the ultra-conservative ops for many years to come, of the transitional period is “Smoking is allowed for taurants will also have to the city building regulation group who may possibly leave unless someone who has al- that the restaurant’s food two years in the enclosed construct a smoking cabin if department.” the church over this issue is ready been elected as a bish- and drinks cannot be con- smoking areas of the venues they still want to offer their quite small. ops suddenly jumps out of the But many church politi- closet...”

SUOMENMAA 1 June V 6/2007 EDITORIAL SAMULI LAUNONEN Small Paltamo a model Our country’s most Iraqi Finnish artist for the whole country The weight of Finland’s artistic honour is on the shoulders of Adel Abidin from Iraq, who is representing Finland with Maaria Wirkkula in the year’s most important arts event, the Venice Biennale, reports V. The municipality of Paltamo in Kainuu has decided to abolish unemployment starting from “THE CHARMINGLY greying courage to send a person to frightened and violent.’ travel brochures, videos and the beginning of next year, reports Suomenmaa. 33-year-old Adel Abidin is the international market who “Irony is Abidin’s own an Internet machine from chain-smoking and waving is originally from somewhere weapon. His works are easy to where the visitor can print his arms. else and does not even speak understand and fl ooded with out a fl ight ticket.” “THE MUNICIPALITY will stop instead of compulsory cours- “ ‘I was dumbfounded the language.’ black humour. In Venice he “Abidin is happy that he paying unemployment ben- es for the unemployed. when I was asked to partici- “ ‘Before the war Bagh- will construct his most chal- has two homes.” efi ts and will take all the un- It is clear that the Paltamo pate,’ he says hoarsely from dad was a broad-minded city,’ lenging work to date, Abidin “ ‘I don’t fi nd anything to employed people on its own model may fail. Its funding the middle of a pile of photo- Abidin emphasizes. ‘It was Travels. The pink-tinted trav- complain about Finland’s po- payroll. The municipality is may turn out to be unwork- graphs and drawings. ‘It on- nice to live there. The war has el agency is pretending to sell litical system. Go and visit establishing an employment able. Perhaps not every- ly says good things about the changed everything. Now- tours to war-ravaged Bagh- Iraq and then come and com- offi ce that will arrange some- one will be found something Finland of today. We have the adays the people there are dad. Abidin has produced plain.’ ” thing to do for everyone who meaningful to do. In the end is currently unemployed. maybe not everyone wants Finding a job for more to work. than a hundred people is The leaders of the Palta- HELSINGIN UUTISET 1 June a big challenge in a small mo municipality have been PIA ALATORVINEN municipality.” asked whether ‘forcing’ peo- “The objective is to ac- ple to work breaches human tivate the unemployed and rights? Quite rightly, the mu- Social Services client needs contact with staff member point them towards mean- nicipality has answered that ingful work that will devel- being unemployed is not any- op their skills, so that they one’s human right. A new report by Lilli Autti, an officer for social affairs, criticises the Social Services Department may at some point get a per- Instead of searching for (Sosiaalivirasto) for worsening customer service, writes Helsingin Uutiset. manent job from the open faults in the Paltamo mod- market. Paltamo’s project is el and waiting for it to fail, signifi cant, positively unique other municipalities should “ACCORDING to the report, enough advice about how to Even the Social Services tact with the Social Servic- and courageous in its own also start looking at the pos- the Social Services Depart- take care of their concerns. Department staff have told es Department, he or she is way.” sibilities for similar, cou- ment does not pay enough at- The Social Services De- the offi cer for social affairs in quite a crisis and there “For years the statistics rageous changes. There is tention to the life situations of partment is not comment- that they can no longer assess should be a staff member have been massaged by plac- no doubt that the Paltamo the clients. Not all the clients ing on the report for the time the client’s situation on an in- readily available for support. ing the unemployed on cours- model would also work else- have the opportunity to per- being.” dividual basis. The offi cer for The client should only be giv- es of variable quality, whose where, if it succeeds in the sonally meet the Social Servic- “Applying for income sup- social affairs is wondering en responsibility for taking usefulness has unfortunate- province which has the high- es Department staff members, port has in particular become whether the values of the de- care of things according to ly often approached zero. Pal- est unemployment rate in the even if they want to. The cli- a diffi cult issue, which clients partment have hardened.” his/her abilities and physical tamo will organise real work country.” ents have also not been given describe as a runaround. “When a client makes con- capacity.” HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 7 G8 greenhouse gas emissions rise BRIEFLY

GREENHOUSE GAS emissions industries. But Russia is still AU yet to approve Japan aims to cut by leading industrialized na- 28.7 percent below 1990 lev- cancer deaths tions have accelerated since els. “My personal view is that Darfur force 2000 and several countries the importance of Kyoto was Despite pressure for Su- Japan is launching a plan are performing worse than not for the actual emissions dan to accept a peacekeep- to cut deaths from can- the United States which op- reductions it may achieve - ing force of 23,000 troops cer among those under the poses a U.N. pact for curb- - which are tiny compared and police, a key African age of 75 by 20% in the next ing global warming, U.N. data with what is needed -- but Union committee has not 10 years. The programme shows. rather that Kyoto was a fi rst approved plans sent by the will focus on improving The capping of carbon di- attempt to build a global con- United Nations, diplomats standards of treatment, oxide emissions from burn- sensus and commitment. In said. Sudan has been sent early detection and an an- ing fossil fuels was on the that, it has been less than an informal copy of details ti-smoking campaign. The agenda as the leaders of the fully successful ,” Raupach drawn up recently but a plan specifi es introducing Group of Eight rich nations said. formal submission cannot radiation and chemother- met in Germany last week, Last week, U.S. President happen until the AU’s Peace apy at more hospitals and hosted by Germany’s Chan- George W. Bush unveiled a and Security Committee training specialist doctors cellor Angela Merkel. strategy on global warming gives its consent. to provide such treatment. But U.S. president George that stressed new technol- In November, Sudan’s The Japanese are among Bush is not alone in presid- ogies but rejected the caps President Omar al-Bashir the longest-lived people in ing over rising emissions. on greenhouse gases that agreed to a three-phase the world but more than “Growth rates ... of emis- other rich countries want. U.N. plan to strength- half a million are diagnosed sions in the U.S. are slowing,” To address the problem, en the African troops but with cancer each year and said Michael Raupach, of the Bush said he wants the na- he has delayed formal ac- 320,000 die of the disease. Earth Observation Centre in tions that emit the most cli- ceptance of the fi rst two Reuters Canberra, Australia, of over- mate-warming greenhouse phases for months and has all greenhouse gas trends. gases to meet in the United complained that the pro- “European emissions are States this fall. The U.S. plan posed 23,000-strong U.N.- creeping up in the post-2000 calls for consensus on long- African Union so-called Sheehan ends war years.” term goals for reducing the “hybrid” force is too large. campaign National data submitted greenhouse gases that spur Some 200,000 people have to the U.N.’s Climate Change global warming, but not be- died and more than 2 mil- U.S. activist Cindy Sheehan Secretariat show that over- fore the end of 2008, shortly lion have been uproot- announced she was ending all emissions by G8 nations before Bush’s White House ed in the Darfur confl ict. her public campaign against rose 2.0 percent from 2000 term ends. Reuters the Iraq war with an angry to 14.3 billion tonnes in 2005 British Prime Minister blast at Democrats, Repub- and were up 0.7 percent since Tony Blair welcomed Presi- licans and “cowardly lead- 1990, the base year for the dent George W. Bush’s strat- ers” who have abandoned U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol. egy, saying it was important Beijing to shut U.S. troops indefi nitely in Among G8 nations, Rus- that the United States for the down polluters Iraq. sia, Italy and Canada have all fi rst time had said it wanted Sheehan became a lead- had bigger rises than the 1.6 to be part of a global deal. Beijing will shut down fac- ing voice against the Iraq percent U.S. gain since 2000, Critics, however, dis- tories and ban thousands confl ict after her son, when Bush won election to missed it as a diversion of cars from city streets to Casey, was killed in combat the White House. The reviv- and a delaying tactic. “The improve air quality during in 2004. Sheehan said she al of the Russian economy declaration by President next year’s Olympic Games. had reached the conclusion after the collapse of the Sovi- Bush basically restates the 120 billion yuan ($15.69 bil- that her son “did indeed et Union is a main spur. Only Greenhouse gas emissions by G8 nations in 2005 and change U.S. classic line on climate lion) had already been in- die for nothing” and was Britain, Germany and France since 2000. change -- no mandatory re- vested in environmental “killed by his own coun- have cut back since 2000. ductions, no carbon trading improvements over the try which is beholden to Since 1990, however, the world emitter. Kyoto nations Among big shifts, Russian and vaguely expressed ob- past decade and at least an- and run by a war machine United States has had a 16.3 expect falls in emissions in emissions are up 7.3 percent jectives,” EU Environment other 25 billion yuan would that even controls what we percent rise, second worst coming years when invest- since 2000, mainly driven Commissioner Stavros Di- be spent over the next year. think.” behind Canada. All G8 na- ments, for instance in energy by an economic rebound af- mas said in a statement. Improving air quality is Sheehan criticized Dem- tions back Kyoto except the effi ciency or wind or hydro ter the collapse of the Sovi- Reuters / HT one of the biggest issues ocrats, saying they had United States, the biggest power, will take effect. et Union and its smokestack facing Beijing. Some pol- turned against her when luting factories have been she tried to hold them to given time limits to reduce the same standards she emissions and others will held Republicans. “I am have restricted operations going to go home and be Gorbachev launches new book by slain Putin critic from Aug. 8 to 24 next year. a mother to my surviving Reuters children and try to regain JAMES KILNER REUTERS bachev told the press briefi ng. tion. Further along the same ists’ union the International some of what I have lost. Politkovskaya’s death shopping street, at an alterna- Federation of Journalists, to Good-bye America ... you FORMER Soviet leader sparked outrage in the West tive bookshop, Politkovskaya’s applause from Gorbachev and are not the country that I Mikhail Gorbachev hosted but little emotion in Rus- face stared out at passers-by others. Chile to file love.” she said. The White the launch of a new book last sia, where previous books by from the large window display White was in Moscow to Fujimori House had no comment on week by murdered Russian her were never properly pub- for the new book. attend a conference which Sheehan’s announcement. journalist Anna Politkovska- lished. Her reports appeared Friends and colleagues at called on governments to do extradition report Reuters ya, the fi rst by her to be wide- only in the fringe intellectu- the launch criticised the slow more to catch reporters’ kill- A Chilean prosecutor plans ly available in her native land al newspaper Novaya Gazeta, pace of the investigation into ers. In the background a pro- to fi le a fi nal recommen- and language. part owned by Gorbachev. her death. jector displayed a series of dation this week for the Politkovskaya, a critic “It’s very important that “It’s essential that the in- black and white photos span- extradition of former Pe- Eiffel Tower of President Vladimir Putin this work is in Russian,” Polit- vestigation is brought to a ning Politkovskaya’s life. The ruvian President Alberto promotes diving and reporter of human rights kovskaya’s 28-year-old son swift conclusion, the killers last showed the thin, tall 48- Fujimori, clearing the way abuses in Chechnya, was shot Ilya said. “My mother’s only are found, they are prosecuted year-old striding into a super- for a judge to rule on the Visitors to the Eiffel Tower dead last October at the en- book in Russian was in 2002 and justice is delivered,” said market hours before she was case after 19 months. Fuji- usually go for the spectacu- trance to her central Moscow and was called The Second Aidan White, General-Secre- shot dead. mori was arrested in Chile lar views of the French cap- apartment block as she re- Chechen War. But there were tary of the worldwide journal- in November 2005, when ital, but in June they will turned from a Saturday after- problems printing it and dis- LEHTIKUVA / VILLE MYLLYNEN he was en route from Ja- be able to cool off by scu- noon shopping trip. tributing it.” pan to Peru, where he ba diving in the pool at the Investigators say her un- The 988-page hardback apparently had plans to re- foot of the landmark. Al- solved murder was linked to book, entitled What for and launch his political career. though the 16-metre by 16- her reporting. priced at around 600 roubles Peru wants to try Fujimo- metre pool, which opened Gorbachev, 76, hosted the ($14), arranges work by Polit- ri on human rights charg- on 1 June, is just 1.5 me- launch at his political institute kovskaya around different es, including allegations of tres deep, organiser Jean- in Moscow alongside Polit- themes. two massacres to crush the Bernard Bros said it was a kovskaya’s son, daughter and The prominence given to Shining Path Maoist rebels. good way to promote div- estranged husband, who edit- Politkovskaya’s book at shops The former president de- ing to city-dwellers. Wet- ed the book. in Moscow varied. nies the charges. Reuters suits, fl ippers, masks, air “Anna may have died, but At the Moscow Bookstore tanks and an instructor she is still with us and it (the near Red Square, one of the are all provided for a 10- book) is very important be- Russian capital’s most famous minute plunge in the pool. cause we need to know more and mainstream bookshops, Organisers say around a about people like her, espe- about six copies of Politkovs- hundred people will be able cially in a country which is still kaya’s book had been jammed to use the pool each day. trying to fi nd its way,” Gor- into the political memoirs sec- Anna Politkovskaya at a book signing in Helsinki, 2005. Reuters FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 8 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY JUKKA VISKARI, LONDON INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE 27 May VISHNU MAKHIJANI Finnish women return to their roots LETIKUVA / TOR WENNSTRÖM / IMAP

The report published in Indian Muslim News and Informa- tion talks about the hard-working Finnish women.

“IN A COUNTRY where 83 of the 200 parliamentarians are females, it is hardly surpris- ing that there are very few Finnish women who do not work – or that many are even returning to their roots to pay back their communities. ‘It's a legacy of the war (World War II). We have been brought up on stories of how hard our grandmothers had to work while the men were away fi ghting the Soviet ar- my. When we hear those sto- ries, we feel we are not doing enough today,’ explained Tuija Sulkinoja, who is re- sponsible for marketing the Kuusamo Lapland region of northern Finland as a tourist and skiing destination. In 1920, a mere 10 percent of married women worked. Finnish waitress at work in a café. There number has risen to 80 percent in the new century. give up lucrative careers to are not doing enough, when Finland, she was made re- women. They hold the portfoli- fi eld that included three oth- Among mothers with one return to their roots. we remember how hard our sponsible for social affairs. os of foreign trade and develop- er women and three men. child or two, more than 80 per- She once ran a hugely suc- grandmothers had to work,’ ‘Miina Sillanpää's career, ment, education, finance, labour, Such is her high approval rat- cent work outside the home. cessful international travel Sulkinoja maintained.” from factory worker and maid- culture, social affairs and health, ing among the Finnish public, This includes mothers with agency that even had an of- “In 1906, Finnish women servant via the working class social services, and transport across party boundaries, that children below school age. fi ce in Dubai and which she became the fi rst in the world women's movement to the po- and communications. she was re-elected for a sec- Among women in the 20- has now left in the hands of to gain full political rights. sition of minister, was often cit- Finland broke new ground ond six-year term in 2006. 30 year age group, 70 percent an associate to return to her Thus, from a moderate 19 in ed as proof of the opportunities in 2000 by becoming the fi rst Thus, it's little wonder are in the work force, largely native Lapland to promote it the fi rst unicameral elections active women had of achieving Western nation to elect a wom- that women like Sulkinoja because the younger ones are globally.” in 1907, the number of wom- infl uential positions in socie- an president – as distinct from – and multitudes of others still studying.” " ‘Most women in Finland en in parliament rose to 77 in ty,’ explains Merja Manninen, Margaret Thatcher who was – continue to thrive in this “The 50 something Sulkin- work eight to 10 hours out- 2001 and to the current 83 in who has researched the history Britain's head of government. Land of the Midnight Sun. oja in fact typifi es a new side the house and then we the last elections held in 2003. of Finnish women.” Tarja Halonen, then the After all, if the sun nev- breed of Finnish women who come back to cook and clean When the fi rst woman “Of the 17 ministers in the country's foreign minister, er sets, so is a woman's work have consciously chosen to the house. Still, we feel we minister was appointed in present government, eight are won the 2000 election in a never complete!”

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW 19 May SHERMAN ZAVITZ "You cannot see it without being quite terrified"

The Canadian paper reports how a Finnish professor wrote a very important letter in the history of Niagara Falls.

“ON SEPT. 2, 1750, Peter Kalm so vast a quantity of water fall- veloping a strong interest in sat down while in Albany, N.Y. ing headlong from a surprising botany, especially as it applied and wrote a lengthy letter to height.’ ” to agriculture and industry, he his friend, the noted Benjamin “He disagreed with Father studied at several universities. Franklin, who lived in Philadel- Hennepin, the European dis- In 1747, he was appointed pro- phia. In that letter, Kalm pro- coverer of the falls 72 years ear- fessor of economic natural his- vided the fi rst description of lier, who stated they were about tory at the University of Åbo, in Niagara Falls written in Eng- 180 metres high. Finland. lish. He had visited the Falls the Kalm was sure the fi g- That same year, his close previous month.” ure of 42 metres, which the friend, the distinguished Swed- Niagara Falls today. “Kalm was overwhelmed king's engineer had calculated, ish botanist Carl Linnaeus, with the sight, writing to Fran- was much more accurate. (To- asked him to go to North Amer- tember, 1748. While he travelled proved important, since he Kalm returned to Finland klin: ‘It is beyond all belief ... day, the Horseshoe Falls has ica and collect information on considerably in the American learned valuable information in 1751 and resumed his work when you see this! I cannot, a drop for the most part of 57 economically useful plants that colonies (this was prior to the and found seeds such as sugar at the University of Åbo, where with words, express how amaz- metres).” might be grown in Scandinavia. American Revolution), he also maple and fast-ripening maize, he remained the rest of his life ing it is.’ “Although born in Sweden After spending about sev- paid a lengthy visit to Canada, as well as walnuts, all of which teaching and publishing. ‘You cannot see it without in 1716, Kalm's family moved to en months in England, Kalm then known as New France. he hoped to be able to grow in He died at Åbo (now Turku) being quite terrifi ed; to behold Finland when he was fi ve. De- reached Philadelphia in Sep- His Canadian journeys his homeland. in 1779.” FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 9 eGOV MONITOR 24 May ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY’S NEWS SERVICE 22 May KHALEEJ TIMES ONLINE 26 May Saudi minister Council of Europe: Reports on racism in visits RTA stand in Azerbaijan, Finland, Ireland and Monaco Finland, Finland “Abdul Aziz Al Ohali, Acting and racial discrimination still Minister of Saudi Transport, needs to be improved, including ASU take first visited the Roads and Trans- The press release by Council of Europe through evaluation measures.” port Authority’s stand at expresses worry regarding racism in Finland, “These new reports [one the Mobility and City Trans- among other countries. report on each country] form joint steps port Congress and Exhibition part of a third monitoring that concluded in Finland cycle of Council of Europe yesterday. “THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE'S “Finland has ratifi ed Pro- member states' laws, poli- During the meeting expert body on combating tocol No.12 to the European cies and practices aimed at with RTA offi cials including racism, the European Com- Convention on Human Rights combating racism. ECRI's The University’s own news service reports Obaid Al Mulla, CEO of Pub- mission against Racism and and strengthened its legal country-specifi c reports are about their intentions regarding Finland. lic Transport Agency … bi- Intolerance (ECRI), today re- and institutional frameworks available in English, French lateral relations … and ways leased four new reports ex- against racism and racial dis- and the national language of of developing them were amining racism, xenophobia, crimination. But there is a the country concerned at ht- “FINLAND, with its popula- several unique capabilities of discussed. antisemitism and intoler- need for a more consistent tp://www.coe.int/ecri. tion of more than 5.2 mil- Finland's technology-based The meeting also ex- ance in Azerbaijan, Finland, public commitment against They cover all member lion and its 10 universities, industry … we reached out to changed information per- Ireland and Monaco. ECRI racism and racial discrimina- states on an equal footing, is positioned well to be an ex- Ambassador Ware to explore taining to the development recognises that positive de- tion in all its forms in order from the perspective of pro- change partner in education possible collaborative oppor- of different services, moni- velopments have occurred to promote genuine owner- tecting human rights. They and technology with ASU tunities…’ he says. toring systems, smart cards, in all four of these Council of ship by society as a whole examine whether ECRI's and the state of Arizona. Julia Rosen, assistant GPS, utilisation of clean fu- Europe member countries. of the fi ght against these main recommendations ASU and Finland took vice president for research el, unifi ed systems of using At the same time, however, phenomena. from previous reports have the fi rst step toward a mul- and economic development, different public transport the reports detail continuing The implementation of the been followed and, if so, to tipronged relationship with presented the university's modes like buses, metro, grounds for concern for the existing institutional and le- what degree of success and the visit in April of Marilyn entrepreneurial portfolio, light train, tram, marine Commission…” gal frameworks against racism effectiveness.” Ware, U.S. ambassador to focusing on SkySong, the transport and taxis.” Finland.” ASU Scottsdale Center for “The whirlwind tour of Innovation.” TECHSPOT.COM 25 May ASU started with a welcome “ ‘SkySong is … both serv- by Anthony “Bud” Rock, vice ing as a “soft landing” for JUSTIN MANN THOMSON FINANCIAL president for Global Engage- fi rms from outside the US 25 May ment, and Gary Waissi, dean who seek to enter the mar- of the School of Global Man- ketplace, and as a gathering Finland courts rule breaking agement and Leadership. place for innovators and en- Alstom in talks to “Dawn Kallestad, direc- trepreneurs already operat- supply trains for CSS isn't a crime tor of the Offi ce of Global En- ing in Arizona and the US,’ gagement [with ASU], says Rosen says.” Finland-Russia rail The technology-focused website reports on a court case in Finland Ware's visit set the tone for “The next step in the ASU- link partnerships between the Finland connection is for that could have global implications. university and Finland. Rock and Waissi to visit Fin- “French engineering group ‘Ambassador Ware was land ‘to expand on the rela- Alstom is currently in talks extremely impressed with tionship … and to meet with with Finnish and Russian rail “WHAT IF defeating a copy- wasn't anything particular- That said, it can't be mak- ASU,’ Kallestad says. ‘The universities and companies operators to deliver three or protection mechanism was ly special: ing the media companies ambassador … believes the to determine areas of col- four high-speed trains for the allowed by law if the mech- ‘[S]ince a Norwegian hack- happy. If any other countries potential for U.S.-Finnish co- laboration, particularly with link between Helsinki and anism was ‘ineffective’? er succeeded in circumvent- follow suit, it could lead to operation is enormous.’ ” the schools of engineering, St Petersburg, Finnish news That's exactly what is go- ing CSS protection used in a huge grey area as to what “ASU chose to explore a education, design, and also agency STT reported. ing on over in Finland, with DVDs in 1999, end-users have is violating a copyright and Finnish connection for sever- with SkySong,’ says Kalles- Contacted by Agence Finnish courts ruling that been able to get with ease what is not when it comes to al reasons, Rock says. tad, who adds that ASU also France-Presse, the Finnish two people charged with de- tens of similar circumvent- duplicating media.” ‘Given the quality of the is pursuing student exchange rail operator, VR, refused to feating CSS are not guilty ing software from the Inter- “This ruling could eas- Finnish education system, opportunities.” comment on the claims re- of breaking a copyright law, net …’ wrote the court. ‘Some ily end up benefi ting con- garding Alstom, or to name due to the ease at which CSS operating systems come with sumer rights. Then again, it the companies in the run- is defeated worldwide. Due this kind of software pre-in- may just end up with many ning for the contract.” in part to testimony from stalled ... CSS protection can more ridiculous lawsuits sur- AFRICAN SOCCER NEWS 24 May “The rail link is expected expert witnesses, the court no longer be held “effective” rounding DRM [Digital Rights to be operational by 2010.” agreed that bypassing CSS as defi ned in law.’ Management].”

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arrivals boost New cultural centre Finland to provide grant to develop Sami culture in northern assistance for Nepali peace fund Falcons camp Finland The newspaper in China, with a circulation of 3 million, published the The African football website reports on “The Finnish government has allocated funding for the es- following report by Xinhua news agency. Nigerian women’s national team players tablishment of a Sami Cultural based in Finland. Centre in the northern town of Inari. The long awaited centre “THE GOVERNMENT of the Re- sive Peace Agreement between the fund, and the Swiss gov- will also include space for the public of Finland has agreed to the government and the Com- ernment … some 829,384 “THE ARRIVAL of six Finland- ria Football Association … and Sami Parliament in Finland. provide a grant assistance of munist Party of Nepal (Maoist) dollars and the government based players on Wednesday were all ready to represent The cost of the construction about … 4 million U.S. dollars to signed last November.” of Denmark … some 1.8 mil- boosted the morale of the their country once again. … is estimated at 8.5 million Nepal, the National News Agen- “The peace fund pro- lion dollars.” Falcons currently in camp ‘It is not long since I relo- EUR. It will include space for cy, RSS reported on Tuesday. vides mechanism to channel “In the peace fund consti- for an Olympic Games qual- cated to Finland so I still see the Sami Parliament, a library According to the RSS, the and coordinate resources in tuted by the government of ifying match against Algeria myself more as a home-based and facilities for fi lm and chil- grant assistance will be de- fi ve areas … management of Nepal for those national and next month. player than a foreign player …’ dren's activities, Yle News posited in the Nepal Peace camps and reintegration of international donors who The players, Vera Oko- Okolo said.” reports.” Trust Fund. former combatants, rehabili- want to assist the peace proc- lo, Lilian Cole, Ayisat Yusuf, “Vera now plays for FC “Chairman of the Sami Par- The agreement to this effect tation of internally displaced ess, some fi ve countries so far Evelyn Nwabuoko and Rita United, the same club that has liament Pekka Aikio says he is was signed between the govern- people, election of Constitu- have agreed to provide 905.24 Chikwelu, arrived in Lagos on Rita Chikwelu on its books disappointed that the project ment of Nepal and the govern- ent Assembly, strengthening million rupees (13.9 million Tuesday night … and made the while Lilian Cole, Evelyn start-up is being delayed to ment of the Republic of Finland of law and order and police dollars) to the country. road trip to Oghara. Nwabuoko and Rachel Ayeg- 2011. The delay shows that the at the Ministry of Finance Mon- administration, and support The government of Nepal One of the new arrivals, ba play for KMS. Ayi Yusuf government does not consider day … The overall objective [of to the peace process. has deposited 383.62 million former Bayelsa Queens at- is on the books of Nicefutis. matters in the far north to be Nepal Peace Trust Fund] is to Earlier, the British gov- rupees (some 5.9 million dol- tacker Vera Okolo, told media The Falcons have an Olym- as important as projects in the support the successful imple- ernment had deposited … lars) in the fund so far, the sources that they had been in pic Games Qualifying match capital region.” mentation of the Comprehen- some 4.8 million dollars in RSS said.” constant touch with the Nige- away to Algeria on June 3.” 10 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

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DAVID J. CORD is Managing Director of Fundior Investment Services Limited.

Equity markets reach new highs

n recent days a number of stock market indices and I averages have broken record highs. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average in America The new compact portable computer Foleo only weighs 1.1 kilograms. broke the records set during the dot com boom seven years ago. Other New World markets also reached new highs, such as in Brazil and Mexico.

n Europe, the United Kingdom’s FTSE 100 flirted I with a new record high, as did Germany’s DAX. In Asia, the most attention has been paid to China’s equi- Palm unveils compact ty market. Millions of Chinese have been pulling their savings from bank accounts, which are offering low in- terest rates, and instead investing in the skyrocketing stock markets. The Chinese government, worried about the rampant speculation, caused mild panic when it tri- portable computer pled the stamp tax in an effort to calm the high flying market. n Finland, the OMX Helsinki 25 index has also been Palm Inc. has introduced a compact portable computer to I climbing steadily. Continuing high global liquid- ity has been one contributing factor for its contin- accompany its Treo smartphone, seeking to regain its competi- ued growth. Although the European Central Bank has been slowly increasing interest rates, they still remain tive edge in the crowded high-end handheld device market. at historically low levels. Good earnings reports and corporate mergers and acquisitions have also helped the Finnish equity markets. Inflation remains low in the euro area, and trade with neighbours has contin- FRANKLIN PAUL ume of Treos. It’s not going to “I will argue that this prod- the burgeoning world of open ued to flourish. REUTERS be a driver in the short term. uct is for the ‘road warrior.’ source computing, a growing Good earnings reports Although many But it allows us to rethink how It’s not probably for main- market of devices that are central banks and THE NEW FOLEO is about the you design smartphones.” stream, it’s more of a busi- not based on the dominant and corporate mergers economists ex- size of a hardcover book and, The Foleo may signal a ness tool,” said Bajarin, who operating system software and acquisitions have pect a slowdown at 1.1 kilograms, half the shift in focus for Palm, which noted that Foleo will compete made by the likes of Micro- in world econom- weight of other small laptop dominated the market for with low-cost laptop PCs. “It soft or Apple. helped the Finnish ic growth, inves- computers. It is designed to personal digital assistants will hit a nerve with a certain Shares of Palm were up equity markets. tors have been be used with a smartphone, (PDAs) after it launched its segment and in that sense 1.7% on Wednesday after- cheered by bet- to help business travelers original Palm Pilot in 1996. has a lot of potential.” noon, rising 27 cents to $16.45 ter than expected news from various quarters. There better manage their e-mail Its PDA sales dwarfed With Foleo, Palm enters on the Nasdaq. have been no major external shocks in recent months, and documents by offering a those of rivals such as such as a political crisis, currency meltdown, or finan- 10-inch screen, full keyboard Hewlett-Packard Co. and So- cial collapse. and wireless technology. ny Corp., but PDA demand Palm, best known for dwindled early in this decade Somewhat surprisingly, the bull run in Finland’s equity personal digital assistants as similar features were built prices has not shown a correspondingly large increase (PDAs) and Treo phones, said into cheaper mobile phones. in Finnish households investing their savings in the it expects the Foleo to even- Palm’s Treo, which com- stock market. The year 1999 is still the high- tually work with rival smart- bines a phone with its PDA water mark for Finns investing directly in the stock phones such as Research In operating system, eventually market, when Finnish households held €28.4 billion Motion’s Blackberry and Ap- became the company’s signa- worth of equities. If the market continues to perform ple Inc.’s iPhone, although it ture product with shipments well, it is possible that this record will be finally bro- has not discussed technolo- of 2.3 million units in the last ken in 2007. gy-sharing agreements with fi scal year. those companies. Tim Bajarin, an analyst lthough Finns invest well below the average of de- Company founder Jeff with Creative Strategies in A veloped nations, they have been investing in other Hawkins said he expected San Jose, said mass appeal instruments, according to information from Statistics unit sales of Foleo – priced at for the Foleo is not likely, Finland, the Bank of Finland, and the Finnish Associ- $599 before a $100 rebate be- since smartphones represent ation of Share Promotion. While direct ownership of ginning this summer – to be a fraction of the overall mo- shares has stagnated, ownership in mutual funds has smaller than Treo units sales bile phone market and only climbed from €4 billion in 1999 to over €16 billion to- at fi rst. a portion of those customers day. Investing through voluntary pension insurance “Ultimately, it will make will be interested in carrying plans has also become increasingly popular, with total smartphones more success- a separate device. investments growing from €8.6 billion in 1999 to over ful,” he said in an interview. Moreover, many business €20 billion in 2007. “The volume we anticipate travellers are resigned to [email protected] selling of Foleo initially will carrying a smartphone and a Foleo has been designed to accompany smartphones such as be small compared to the vol- full portable computer. Treo 680W. HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 11 Dutch try to grow BRIEFLY

environment-friendly meat in lab Finland’s TVO The fund is also worried submits EIA plant about a tense situation on the Finnish labour market REUTERS / LEHTIKUVA on fourth nuclear and the vulnerability of ex- REED STEVENSON REUTERS unit ports. STT

DUTCH researchers are trying Finland’s trade and industry to grow pork meat in a labora- ministry said in a statement Finland’s Sampo not tory with the goal of feeding last Thursday that Finnish millions without the need to utility Teollisuuden Voima to bid for Royal & raise and slaughter animals. (TVO) had submitted its pro- Sun Alliance -CEO “We’re trying to make meat gramme for an environmen- without having to kill ani- tal impact assessment (EIA) Björn Wahlroos, the chief mals,” Bernard Roelen, a vet- on what would be TVO’s executive of Finland’s Sam- erinary science professor at fourth and Finland’s sixth po was quoted as saying Utrecht University, said in an nuclear power station. by Finnish business paper interview. The ministry is to circulate Kauppalehti last Wednesday Although it is in its ear- the plan for comments until that the company was not ly stages, the idea is to re- the end of August. mulling bidding for UK in- place harvesting meat from “A situation where the surer Royal & Sun Alliance. livestock with a process that unit will not be built in Mr Wahlroos told eliminates the need for ani- Olkiluoto is reviewed as a Kauppalehti that profi t- mal feed, transport, land use zero option. This means as- ability in the UK non-life and the methane expelled by sessing the environmental business was lower than in animals, which all hurt the impact of a situation where Finland. STT environment, he said. the amount of electricity “Keeping animals just corresponding to the unit’s to eat them is in fact not so production capacity would Talvivaara raises good for the environment,” be bought from the market,” said Roelen. “Animals need the ministry added. EUR 310 mln in to grow, and animals produce TVO’s assessment pro- London IPO many things that you do not gramme can be viewed at the eat.” municipal offi ces of Eura- Talvivaara Mining raised al- Developed nations are ex- joki, Eura, Kiukainen, Lappi, most 211 million pounds, pected to consume an av- Luvia and Nakkila as well as or about 310 million euros, erage of 43 kg per capita of at the Rauma environmental through its initial public of- poultry, beef, pork and other offi ce and on the internet at fering on the London Stock meats this year, an amount ktm.fi /en/olkiluoto4yva. Exchange, the Finnish com- that rises around 2 percent Meat packages in the future could bear the sign “no animals harmed in production of this stake” The ministry expects the pany said last Wednesday. annually, data from the Unit- environmental impact as- Finnish steel make Outo- ed Nations’ Food and Agricul- “I can imagine that some But it will take years before op, give them nutrients and sessment process to be con- kumpu will hold 4.9 per cent ture Organisation shows. people will have problems meat grown in labs and even- exercise them with electric cluded within a year. following the IPO and the is- Asked whether people with it,” he said. “People tually factories reaches su- current to build bulk. “In accordance with the sue of conversion shares. would be repulsed by lab- might think it is artifi cial. permarket shelves. And so After perfecting that pro- Nuclear Energy Act, the fi nal The Talvivaara deposits grown meat, Roelen said But some people might not far, Roelen and his team have cess, scientists will then need EIA reports shall be annexed in eastern Finland comprise he believed there would be realise that some part of the managed to grow only thin to fi gure out how to layer tis- to the application for the de- one of the largest known enough demand, as much of meat they eat is artifi cial.” layers of cells that bear no re- sues to add more bulk, since cision-in-principle regarding sulphide nickel resources in what people eat today is al- Research is also under way semblance to pork chops. meat grown in petri dish- the new nuclear power plant Europe. The mine is also ex- ready extensively processed, in the United States, includ- Under the process, re- es lacks the blood vessels unit.” STT pected to produce copper, from the feed that animals ing one experiment funded searchers fi rst isolate mus- needed to deliver nutrients zinc and cobalt as byprod- consume to the conditions by U.S. space agency NASA cle stem cells, which have the through thick muscle fi bres. ucts. STT under which they are raised to see whether meat can be ability to grow and multiply And then there is the question HKScan to cut 400 and the preparation of meat grown for astronauts during into muscle cells. Then they of fat, to add fl avour. jobs in Finland after slaughter. long space missions. stimulate the cells to devel- Sweden’s Byggmax Finnish food group HKScan to land in Finland said in a statement that it was launching an 18-22-mil- Swedish DIY retailer By- lion-euro cost-cutting pro- ggmax said it would expand gramme in Sweden. into Finland, adding its aim New procurement law “Underlying this two-year was to open its fi rst store in programme is to improve Finland next year and have competition strengths and several up and running by the unsatisfactory fi nancial the end of 2009. Byggmax comes into force performance of Scan AB,” challenges Kesko in Fin- the statement said, adding land. Kesko owns K-Rauta, THE PROCUREMENT LAW that exceeding the thresholds are New procurement law the programme would affect the most widely spread hard was fi nally passed after long open to appeal. an estimated 400 jobs. ware store chain in Finland debate entered into force on 1 Procurement units can al- :: The new procurement law that entered into force on 1 June HK Ruokatalo bought and has also shops in Swe- June. The new law means that so continue to invite tenders divides public procurements into three groups. Swedish Meats and changed den and Norway. Byggmax smaller public sector pro- for procurements below the its name to HKScan last has 37 stores in Sweden and curements than before will national thresholds, but the :: In the EU, the threshold for goods and services is €211,000 and year. STT four in Norway. STT - HT have to be put out to competi- procurement law will not ap- for building contracts €5,278,000. EU procurements must be in- tive tender. ply to them and the cases can- vited to tender within the whole union. The directives apply only In future, the public au- not be taken on appeal to the partly to social and health services. IMF tells Finland to Bombardier to thorities must invite bids for Market Court. all goods and service procure- According to the new law, :: The national procurement thresholds for goods and services keep spending in expand in Finland ments of over €15,000 and for public authorities inviting is €15,000 and for building contracts €100,000. For social and check building contracts totalling tenders must now specify in health services the threshold is €50,000. Canada’s Bombardier Rec- more than €100,000. In the more detail what aspects are The International Monetary reational Products said in social and health services the emphasized in the invitation :: Small procurements refer to procurements not exceeding the Fund (IMF) said in a state- a statement last Tuesday threshold is €50,000. to tender. national thresholds. They do not require an invitation to tender, ment last Thursday that Fin- it would invest seven mil- Previously there have The Ministry of Trade and and no appeals can be lodged at the Market Court. land should exercise greater lion euros into building a not been any exact national Industry (KTM) believes that fi scal prudence, adding the new factory in Rovaniemi in thresholds for tendering. In the new law will make com- :: In specialized fi elds, such as transport and postal services, government’s 2008-11 bud- Finland. practice, procurements ex- petition more open and equal. only the EU thresholds are applicable. get framework had not been Bombardier expects to ceeding €6,000 have been in- All procurements exceeding a positive signal. move into the new 19,000- vited to tender. When there the threshold must be noti- :: National and EU procurements are listed at The IMF warned Finland square-metre facility by have been no thresholds, it fi ed in a public database on www.hankintailmoitukset.fi not a lull itself into compla- December next year. The has been unclear when it is the Internet. This increas- cency and underlined that factory that will produce possible to appeal about the es the opportunities avail- curbs corruption and the grey thresholds. With the introduc- the rapid ageing of the popu- Lynx and Skidoo sledges will procurement contracts to the able and gives companies an economy. tion of the new law, procure- lation was the country’s big- employ 330 people. STT Market Court. The law will equal opportunity to submit The compulsory notifi ca- ment notices are estimated to gest challenge. clarify the situation, because tenders. According to KTM, tion has previously only applied rise from the current 2,000 no- only tendering procedures the open competition also to procurements exceeding EU tices to as many as 40,000. STT 12 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 SPORT HELSINKI TIMES Finland needs a win after failure against Serbs

LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO EGAN RICHARDSON The build-up to the game HELSINKI TIMES was dominated by the contin- uing saga of Jari Litmanen’s FINLAND’S FOOTBALL team injuries. With Litmanen in takes on Belgium tonight at the team, Finland can play a the Helsinki Olympic Stadi- much more expansive game, um – a game Roy Hodgson’s with greater precision in the men desperately need to win attacking third. Without to stay in the hunt for Eu- him, Mikael Forsell, Shefki ro 2008 qualifi cation after Kuqi, Jonatan Johansson and a disappointing loss to Ser- Alexei Eremenko Jr don’t of- bia on Saturday. Defeat for fer quite the same threat. the Finns today would snuff Litmanen started on the out the qualifi cation hopes bench, but came on for the that burned so brightly after last 20 minutes. Shefki Ku- their fi rst two games against qi partnered Mikael Forsell Poland and Portugal yield- in the starting line-up. Ku- ed four points. Belgium al- qi was born in the former so suffered a fatal blow to Yugoslavia, and if any extra their chances on Saturday motivation was required the after losing 2-1 at home to ethnic Albanian received it Portugal. when the Serbian fans un- With a near sell-out furled a banner reading "Ko- crowd and football events sovo is Serbia". taking place around the sta- Given the defensive prow- dium and in the Helsinki city ess of the Serbs, it was a ham- centre, Finland’s hopes were mer blow for Finland when high before the game. But Bosko Jankovic opened the Serbia’s two well-taken goals scoring after only 3 minutes. Finland’s Jari Litmanen, Serbian Milos Krasic (left) and Nemanja Vidic (right) fight for the ball during the Euro 2008 qualifier soccer condemned Finland to their A mistake by Tony Kallio al- match between Finland and Serbia in Helsinki last Saturday. Finland lost 0-2. second consecutive defeat. lowed Ivica Dragutinovic to An attacking game was cross and Jankovic volleyed to the midfi eld and allow Fin- visitors looked more likely. menko Jr after suspension, throw the towel in, but may- not on Finland’s agenda, with home. “If they hadn’t scored land to make more incisive So it proved, with Milan Jo- and Litmanen can be ex- be you know him better than Hodgson emphasising the so early on, it would have through balls. It worked, to vanovic sealing the win on 86 pected to play a bigger role me,” a clearly irritated Hodg- quality rather than quantity been a very different game,” an extent, with Hannu Tii- minutes by slipping the ball than his 20 minute cameo on son told the journalist from of attacks before the game. said Hodgson afterwards. hinen hitting the bar and an past Jussi Jääskeläinen. Saturday. Iltalehti, who asked whether Serbia conceded only one Sami Hyypiä spent much improved attacking perform- With Teemu Tainio out in- After the game, the Fin- the manager expected to see goal in their entire qualifi ca- of the second half as a strik- ance from the Finns. jured and Hyypiä suspended, land manager was left fi eld- Hyypiä in August for the Ka- tion campaign for the 2006 er with Litmanen playing in Hyypiä’s absence from de- Hodgson’s selection prob- ing questions about his zakhstan fi xture. World Cup, so throwing cau- front of the back four. Lit- fence was exploited by Ser- lems are mounting for to- players’ retirement plans. Finland vs. Belgium tion to the wind was unlikely manen’s composure was sup- bia, and as the game opened night’s match. On the plus “Sami Hyypiä doesn’t strike tonight at the Olympic to be successful. posed to bring some stability up a breakaway goal for the side he welcomes back Ere- me as the kind of man to Stadium. Nieminen and Laine improve rankings despite losing sudoku LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS/CHARLES PLATIAU 735 298 67 79 431 5 872 53 58 524 348

Jarkko Nieminen was knocked out from the French Open. SOLUTION ON PAGE 15

JARKKO NIEMINEN and Em- 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 in a match that performance at the French ma Laine are rising in the lasted 2 hours and 58 min- Open. In 2003 he made it to world tennis rankings de- utes. The third set lasted ex- the fourth round. This year spite getting knocked out of actly an hour and Nieminen Nieminen earned 43,250 the French Open last week- expressed his disappoint- euros for reaching the third SEND end. Nieminen has moved ment after the game for fail- round in the singles and los- up one position to 21 and ing to win a closely fought ing in the first round of the US Laine is now at 125-130, hav- contest. Nieminen has still to doubles. Altogether, the FEEDBACK ing moved up from 141 in the beat Hewitt during his pro- men’s prize money in Paris [email protected] women’s rankings. fessional career. totals 6,947,960 euros. Hard-serving Lleyton Reaching the third round STT / HT Hewitt beat Nieminen 1–6, was Nieminen’s second best HELSINKI TIMES LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT 6 –12 JUNE 2007 13

ROBIN DEWAN

Sweden first to open embassy in Second Life

SWEDEN HAS become the fi rst “The embassy is now open country on to open an embas- to the public and offers a sy in the virtual world Second smorgasbord of impressions Life. Created to promote The to anyone interested in Swe- Nordic state’s image and cul- den,” said the Swedish Insti- ture, the embassy does not tute, which was behind the offer any real or virtual con- project. sular services but provides The embassy also includes information on its real world a room dedicated to Raoul counterparts. Wallenberg, who helped save Second Life, an Internet- thousands of Jews in World based world where users War Two. It recreates his of- create characters known as fi ce in Budapest, where he avatars, is run by Linden Lab, worked as a diplomat and is- based in San Francisco. sued Swedish passports to The opening of the embas- Hungarian Jews to help them sy was attended on line by escape the Nazis. Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, It also has an art exhibi- in the form of an avatar, and tion, pictures of Sweden and at a real life press conference fact sheets and radio news in Stockholm. via iPOD. Reuters LISN makes scents MTV’s Unplugged Japanese incense shop thrives in Helsinki. to return

MTV’S ON-AGAIN, off-again According to Billboard, ROBIN DEWAN or offi ce. The concept is quin- before he was granted a fran- The shop itself is a treat Unplugged programme will Bon Jovi inspired the Un- HELSINKI TIMES tessentially Japanese, rem- chise. Finland’s strong repu- for the eyes. It was designed return this summer, reports plugged format after its iniscent of their traditional tation in design was the main by Dsign Vertti Kivi and Co. American music magazine stripped-down performance AN ENTIRELY new, dare I say, tea ceremony, where sub- bridge in convincing the Jap- and features straight lines, Billboard on its web site. The on the 1989 MTV Video Mu- art form has been brought tleties are meant to be ap- anese fi rm to branch out. The black veneer walls and glass new episodes will feature the sic Awards. The group’s ap- to the city. The potential for preciated. “The scents are fact that Helsinki is a small, tables displaying the care- Police, Bon Jovi, Kenny Ches- pearance coincides with the enhancing indoor environ- designed to be complex,” design-oriented capital ap- fully arranged, colourful in- ney, Mary J. Blige and John release of its new album, Lost ments has expanded thanks says Helsinki shop co-own- pealed to the management of cense sticks and designer Mayer. Highway, on 19 June. to the recent arrival of in- er Sami Hilvo. Each scent is Shoyeido and they agreed to burners/holders. The show was last aired The dates of the other tap- cense boutique LISN. The made up of 20 to 50 different give it a try. According to the owners, in March 2007, featuring Ko- ings have not yet been re- shop offers an extensive line ingredients and can evoke The name LISN comes the response to Lisn in Helsin- rn with guest stars Robert leased, although the Police of all natural incense and de- different associations for from the English verb, to lis- ki has been very good and is Smith (The Cure), Amy Lee will reportedly hold their signer incense implements each person experiencing it. ten. “Listening” to a scent is improving with each month. (Evanescence) and Chester show in mid-July, writes for contemporary interiors. New scents are added to the a concept that originated in Hilvo emphasizes that this Bennington (Linkin Park). Billboard. The incense is of the highest range each season and are the 15th century among Jap- concept is not aromathera- This time round, the pro- Unplugged is a series quality and is something to available in individual pack- anese incense connoisseurs. py but rather meant for pure gramme will be shown on showcasing popular musical be savoured. ages or specially combined The names of LISN’s scents, enjoyment. Residents of Hel- several channels and plat- artists playing acoustic ver- LISN was started in 1989 assortments. such as Vernal Tapestry and sinki now have the opportu- forms, including VH1, CMT sions of their familiar songs. by the Shoyeido company of The Helsinki shop is one Cendrillon, suggest the com- nity to indulge in the fi ne art and MTV.com. It was fi rst aired in 1989, Japan who have been manu- of only three in the world – plexity of the fragrances of incense “lis’ning.” Bon Jovi will start the new and along the years has fea- facturing incense, used for the other two are located in themselves. The owners edition of Unplugged begin- tured classic performances religious purposes, for more Kyoto and Tokyo. Hilvo got hope to create a market sim- ning 22 June on MTV. The fol- by the likes of Björk, Bob Dy- than 300 years. The LISN the idea for opening a shop ilar to that which already ex- LISN Helsinki lowing two evenings will be lan, Eric Clapton, Kiss, Neil product line consists of over after discovering LISN while ists for fl owers – the idea of Tarkkampujankatu 4 aired by VH1 and CMT, with Young and Nirvana. Many of 120 different scents to be living in Japan. It took him customers stopping in to pick 00140 Helsinki special versions tailored to the performances have also used by anyone in their home three years of negotiating up a scent for the day. those channels’ audiences. been released as albums. HT Payback heist LEHTIKUVA / ERIC GAILLARD IN THE FOLLOW-UP to Ocean’s Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) provoking ... types of fi lms Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve, and mechanical whiz Basher as well as pure, unadulterat- suave con artist Danny Ocean Tarr (Don Cheadle). ed entertainment,” Pitt told (George Clooney) rounds up In May, the cast of Ocean’s Reuters. the boys for a third heist in Thirteen rolled into Cannes The Ocean’s crew knows Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s daring its notoriously tough as well as anyone that the Thirteen. fi lm critics. A Cannes debut marketing muscle of a major After casino owner Wil- represents a risk for a ma- Hollywood studio can often ly Bank (Al Pacino) swindles jor Hollywood movie like guarantee big box offi ce, de- one of the original eleven, Re- Ocean’s because reviewers spite what could be a round uben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould) in the French Riviera resort of poor reviews at Cannes. out of his share of a new ca- tend to throw their support With that box offi ce logic in sino Bank is building, Ocean behind European, Asian and mind, the stars were happy calls together his crew of U.S. art house fi lms, and fore- to joke about what awaited thirteen to help rouse the old sake Hollywood studio fare. them at Cannes. man from his deep despair. Pitt, Clooney and the gang “It’s really not about the And of course the only way to defended Ocean’s as a form fi lm, as much as (winning) do it is to hit Bank’s new ca- of pure entertainment that the award,” Clooney quipped, sino on the night of its grand deserved its place along- although Ocean’s Thirteen opening. side fi lms like Cannes open- was not in competition for Once again, the crew in- ing night movie My Blueberry the award. cludes good old Rysty Ryan Nights. “There is a fair argu- Ocean’s Thirteen opens in (Brad Pitt), intellectual geek ment for deep and thought- cinemas 6 June. STT / HT George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle pose at Cannes. 14 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 CULTURE HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY CARINA CHELA Looking at New York

BACK IN THE early 1980s when nature in Lapland and the Sa- Rocking the park Pekka Antikainen (b. 1960 mi people. in Kuopio) was a student of Nowadays Pekka Antikai- For several years, Helsinki’s photography at the Insti- nen lives in Inari most of the oldest and best known park, tute of Crafts and Applied year. He is founding member Kaivopuisto, has been the Arts in Lahti, he and his col- and chairman of the board of venue of the famous Kaivop- leagues went on a study trip the photo agency Leuku. Dur- uisto concerts. Surround- to New York. Their hotel was ing the last 20 years of his ed by embassies, villas, the in the middle of Manhattan career, Antikainen has pub- sea, rock cliffs and green and that is where Antikain- lished several photography lawns, these concerts mark en took the pictures that are books and has held joint exhi- the beginning of summer for now presented in the exhibi- bitions in Finland and abroad, many city dwellers. Several tion New York, New York in as well as individual exhibi- Finnish pop and rock groups the Lasipalatsi gallery until tions. He has also worked as will perform at this annual 21 June. a photojournalist and pho- free outdoor event, includ- When Finnish-American tographer for advertising ing Sunrise Avenue, Yö, Ari photographer Arno Rafael agencies. As a teacher of pho- Koivunen, Lauri Tähkä & Minkkinen told Antikainen tography and lecturer he has Elonkerjuu, Apulanta, Jonna that instead of taking pic- been working, for example, Tervomaa, Uniklubi, Hanna tures of unknown cities, like at the University of Oulu, the Pakarinen, PMMP and Iri- New York, he should be pho- University of Art and Design na. The Kaivopuisto summer tographing Finland, Antikai- Helsinki and the Educational Photograph from a series by Pekka Antikainen, New York, 1983. concert is held on 10 June, nen packed his bags and Centre of Sami Area. Antikai- starting at 1:00 p.m. travelled up north to Lap- nen has also ventured into de- Besides photography An- York, New York is in a way whether it is in New York or land. The imposing scenery sign. A new line of stoneware tikainen has worked at rein- far from Antikainen’s speci- Lapland. Before being dis- of Enontekiö made a great by Pekka Antikainen honours deer herding farms, which ality, he explains his photo- played in Helsinki and after impression on the enthusi- Finnish and Sami heritage is revealing of his working graphs as having the same more than 20 years in the ar- Helsinki’s birthday astic student of photography and it is based on 4000–7000 methods. He often prints and approach: he gets close to chives, New York, New York Founded in 1550, the city of and today Antikainen is best years old rock paintings in frames the photos himself. his objects and captures the was exhibited earlier this Helsinki celebrates its birth- known for his photographs of Finland. Even if the exhibition New life and people that go by, year in Lahti. day on 12 June, a day that has been commemorated and has been celebrating it KIMMO KOIVUNEN since 1959. This day has be- come a real city party, offer- ing plenty of things to see, do and experience for peo- ple of all ages. Helsinki will be fi lled with people, music and a variety of happenings Shall we samba? from early morning to late evening. The birthday cele- brations begin at 8:00 a.m. ON 8 AND 9 June samba takes On Friday evening from 9 Senate Square at 3:00 p.m., at the railway station where over downtown Helsinki. The p.m. to 4 a.m., Restaurant Eatz followed by the other schools, coffee and rhubarb pie will street carnival is expected hosts the Clube Carnaval par- and the parade proceeds along be offered to the fi rst 6000 to draw tens of thousands of ty, during which the brand-new the route Unioninkatu–Poh- early morning birds. This spectators. Last year, sunny carnival costumes compete in joisesplanadi–Mannerhei- will be followed by music weather attracted an audi- Noite das Fantasias, a contest mintie–Kolmen Sepän aukio played by the Guards Band. ence of some 40,000 people. for the best carnival costume. (Three Blacksmiths’ Square). The programme on the stage This year the carnival Music and Brazilian atmos- Following the Rio de Janei- in Esplanadi Park from 10:00 starts on the Esplanadi stage phere is provided by Caipir- ro tradition, the event is al- a.m. onwards includes mag- on Friday 8th at 7 p.m. The inha feat. Sergio Bastos, Bate so the annual Championships ic, songs performed in the opening ceremony features Pakarão, Sambic Show and DJ for samba schools in the coun- Helsinki slang, as well as the crowning of this year’s Magic Sam. The event is for try. The Swedish group Ma- music by jazz musicians and Carnival King and Queen, as adults only. ravilha do Samba/Samba de singers. There will be sever- well as shows by the Samba Saturday is when the huge Souza visits Helsinki for the al markets all over the city School União da Roseira and street carnival takes place. second time. Altogether some and the Esplanadi Park will Sambic. This is the 17th Hel- The program starts with a one thousand people will par- be invaded by artisans sell- sinki Samba Carnaval and it presentation of the groups ticipate in the event, with sev- ing their works of art from is the only Finnish festival taking part in the parade at the en schools parading and fi ve 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. See full listed in the Top 50 European Senate Square at 12:00 noon. of them taking part in the programme at www.hel2. Local Festivals 2007. The fi rst group starts from the competition. fi / h e l s i n k i p a i v a .

The proud Ålanders AUGUSTO MENDES THE AUTONOMOUS and uni- chipelago with its rocky tion and Finland’s independ- present. Shipping has always lingually Swedish region in coastline is fairly near to ence, they collected petitions been especially important Finland, Åland (Ahvenan- Finland, it remains relative- which expressed the wish for Åland and no other indus- maa in Finnish), has its own ly unknown for many. In the of the Åland people to reu- try has had such an infl uence fl ag – a blue fl ag with a yel- exhibition ÅLAND – AHVE- nite with the old motherland on the population. Unique for low and red cross – its own NANMAA! held in the Na- Sweden. The petition was re- Åland is the untouched archi- stamps, licence plates and its tional Museum of Finland jected and the Finnish gov- pelago and the beautiful bed- own top domain. There are a some of the frequently asked ernment restructured Åland rock, worn smooth by the total of 26,700 persons liv- questions about Åland and in 1918 as a province. How- inland ice and glowing with ing on the Åland islands in 16 Ålanders are answered by ever, the Finnish government the typical red colour of the different municipalities. Of taking glimpses into the past was prepared to allow Åland Åland granite. Ålanders are al- them some 10,800 live in the and present of Åland. The ex- a form of inner independence so proud to have the most sun- only town in Åland, Marie- hibition aims to not only an- and in 1920 the Finnish gov- shine of all the Nordic countries hamn. The town was founded swer questions but also to ernment accepted a self-gov- from May through August. in 1861 and is today the cen- soften hardened prejudices. erning law for Åland. The exhibition ÅLAND – tre for industry, politics and Ålanders are also known With its 6,500 islands, AHVENANMAA! is open in the culture. in history for the fact that, Åland offers an island world National Museum of Finland Even if this scattered ar- after the Russian revolu- where the sea is always until 21 October. HELSINKI TIMES WHERE TO GO 6 –12 JUNE 2007 15

MUSIC THIS WEEK'S PICK Wed 6 Duo Salonkivaunu: Mi Buenos Aires Querido Love songs and tangos by Car- Contemporary Dance Festival Kaktus los Gardelli from the 1920s and 1930s adapted for violin and pi- ano. Juuso Mero, violin and Vesa This festival presents high quality contemporary dance works Watanen, piano. and is organised for the second time by dance group Grup- Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 pen Fyra, which also celebrates its seventh anniversary at the Tullisaaren ulkoilupuisto, Laa- same time. RIIKKA SUNDQVIST jasalo Tickets 5 Dance company Gruppen Fyra (G4) is a Finnish contempo- Wed 6 & Thu 7 rary dance group, established in 1998. Its current members The Helsinki International Maj are Pia Tavela, Jenni Nikolajeff and Tommi Haapaniemi who all Lind Piano Competition, Finale hold a Master of Arts in Dance. The group also has several ad- The finalists are accompanied by ditional members representing different fields of art. Gruppen the Helsinki Philharmonic Or- Fyra has performed at many different events in Finland and chestra. abroad (Japan and Portugal 2004, Iceland, Thailand and Nor- Finlandia Hall, 19:00 way 2000). Mannerheimintie 13 Tickets 20/10 G4 aims to take dance to where people are. The group wants www.siba.fi/MajLind to expand people’s knowledge of dance by performing in plac- es where dance is not normally seen; in the streets as well Wed 6 as in trams, fairs, department stores and different business Emma Salokoski Ensemble This jazz quintet consists of five occasions. young and talented Finnish mu- sicians. During the festival Gruppen Fyra will present its latest work Club Tavastia, 21:00 called PAULA. G4 has also invited dancer/choreographer Jou- Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 ko Valkama to prepare a choreography for the group for the Tickets 12/10 first time; the piece called HEILURI (Pendulum) will see its world premiere at the festival. A common factor in Valkama’s Thu 7 choreographic works is the energy, unexpectedness and use Riku Niemi Orchestra soloists of Finnish metal rock music, combined with an underlying cur- & Tomi Metsäketo rent of humour. Singer Tomi Metsäketo and the Riku Niemi Orchestra opens the Other works featured at the festival include KITCHEN cho- summer concert series in Savoy reographed by Nina Hyvärinen and STOCKMANN by Kirsi Theatre. Saastamoinen. Savoy Theatre, 19:00 Kasarmikatu 46-48 Tickets 29/25 Wed 6 to Sat 12 Contempo- Tickets 15/8 rary Dance Festival Kaktus See full programme at http:// Thu 7 Helsinki Cable Factory gruppenfyra.com Kaisu Hölttä, Virpi Juntti, Tommi Haapaniemi and Lotta Maunula dance in Gruppen Fyra. Dalindèo Tallberginkatu 1 G This Helsinki based sextet com- bines in their music tradition- Savoy Theatre, 20:00 Until Sun 10 Cable Factory Until 21 Oct Tue 12 al bossa nova elements such as Kasarmikatu 46-48 The Fifth Triennale of Finn- Tallberginkatu 1 G Åland – Ahvenanmaa! Banff Mountain Film Festival mellow guitars and airy strings Tickets 25/10 ish Art: In Search of the Mi- Tue - Sun 11:00-18:00 The exhibition presents impor- World Tour with fresh compositions. raculous Tickets 6/4/0 tant parts of Åland’s cultur- The biggest mountain film festi- Kuudes Linja Sat 9 A survey into Finnish contempo- www.fmp.fi al heritage as seen from today’s val arrives in Helsinki. Hämeentie 13 African night: “SENEGAM- rary art. The exhibition focuses perspective. Savoy Theatre, 18:30 www.kuudeslinja.com BIA” on young Finnish visual art, pho- Until Sun 2 Sep The National Museum of Finland Kasarmikatu 46-48 Cultural Centre Caisa, 20:00- tography, video and media art. Crime Scene: Helsinki Mannerheimintie 34 Tickets 15 Sat 9 24:00 Kunsthalle Helsinki The exhibition by displays an ex- Tue - Wed 11:00-20:00 www.pathfindertravels.se Mississippi blues festival Mikonkatu 17 C/Vuorikatu 14 Nervanderinkatu 3 tensive selection of crime scene Thu - Sun 11:00-18:00 Blues festival in the Restaurant Tickets 5 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 photos taken by the Helsinki Po- Tickets 6/4/0 Until Thu 30 Aug boat Wäiski is organised for the Wed 11:00-20:00 lice Department. These unique www.kansallismuseo.fi Lego Show Helsinki first time. Performances by Erja Mon 11 to Sat 16 Sat - Sun 12:00-17:00 shots portray a new, shady side A summer event for the whole Lyytinen, Siberian Blues Huskies, Helsinki Tap 2007 Festival Tickets 7/5/0 of Helsinki in the 1920s, 30s family presenting old and new Daddy Giljotin and Retronix. OTHERS The festival presents various www.taidehalli.fi and 40s. LEGO products. Children also Restaurant boat Wäiski, 18:00 forms of tap dance. The fes- Sederholm House Sat 9 have the possibility to build and Hakaniemenranta 11 tival includes performances Until Sun 10 Aleksanterinkatu 16-18 Finnish Red Cross First Aid play. Tickets 20 from dancers from Finland and Leena Lehto: Porcelain and ce- Wed - Sun 11:00-17:00 Competition Coca Cola Center www.mississippibluesboat.com abroad. Intensive tap dance, ramics Mon - Tue closed The first aid teams of the Red Sörnäisten rantatie 6 body drumming, showdance and Gallery Bronda Tickets 4/2 Cross contend for the Finnish 11:00-20:00 Sat 9 hiphop courses are organised Annankatu 16 Free admission on Thursdays. championship and the organisa- Closed during Midsummer 23 & Summer concert during the festival. Tue - Fri 11:00-17:00 www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo. tion presents its voluntary work. 24 June. Classical music. Leena Sain- Savoy Theatre Sat - Sun 12:00-16:00 fi/sederholmintalo Suomenlinna, 10:30-17:00 Tickets 7 io, soprano; Tarja Koskinen, alto; Kasarmikatu 46-48 Free entrance. Free entrance. Seppo Varho, piano. Tickets 30 www.galleriat.net/bronda Until Sun 30 Sep Urho Kekkonen Museum www.helsinkitap.fi OUR LAND! – Photographs Tue 12 Sudoku solution Seurasaarentie 15 Until Sun 10 From Finland Helsinki Day Tickets 10 Sun 10 June to Mon 16 July Taru Tompuri: Paintings Finnish way of life from the 1960s Helsinki celebrates her anniver- 735768231495 Kalevala dell’Arte Gallery Dix to the present day with the means sary on Monday 12 June. Pro- 123495687298 Mon 11 This Comedia dell’arte play is in- Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-17:00 of documentary photography. gramme includes. morning cof- 54968723167 Genesis (UK), Sansa spired by the arch types and Wed 11:00-18:00 Works by 23 photographers. fee service at the Railway sta- The legendary British rock group mystical stories of Karelia. The Sat - Sun 12:00-16:00 Art Museum Tennis Palace tion square, a happening in the 28731495679 with Phil Collins starts its Euro- actors of the group represent Free entrance. Salomonkatu 15 Korjaamo Culture Factory for 431956872431 5 872 pean tour from the Helsinki Ol- various nationalities and there- Tue - Sun 11:00-20:30 people living in Töölö, Ostari ympic Stadium. 69587231453 fore you can hear Finnish, Eng- Wed 6 to Sun 24 Tickets 7/5 Festival in Kontula, and several Olympic Stadium, 17:00 lish, French and Italian in this Tuija Lindfors & Tiina Free admission on Fridays. city tours in the Helsinki area. 91456872358 Paavo Nurmen tie 1 play. Valkeapää www.taidemuseo.fi/english/ten- More info www.hel2.fi/helsink- 856723149524 Tickets 79/59 KokoTeatteri Constructions and installations. nispalatsi ipaiva 372149568348 12/13/14/15/17/19/20 June Gallery Jangva Thu 7 19:00 Kalevankatu 18 A discussion event for immi- 16 June 15:00 Tue - Fri 11:00-20:00 grants Unioninkatu 45 Sat - Sun 11:00-17:00 Cultural Centre Caisa, 15:00- Tickets 12/8 www.jangva.fi 19:00 Mikonkatu 17C/Vuorikatu 14 Until Sun 26 Aug Free entrance. EXHIBITIONS Inexpensive Fun Until Sun 10 This exhibition, displaying THEATRE AND DANCE Pink Twins: Pulse material on recycling and col- The Pink Twins, that is Juha and lecting, is arranged in co-op- Thu 7 Vesa Vehviläinen, work in the eration with the Kirppis (Flea Tap Dance Group Five Steps fields of experimental digit- Market) programme on tele- 25v! al video art and electronic mu- vision. The world’s oldest tap dance sic. The artists have used a sat- Helsinki General Post Office group celebrates its 25th an- ellite picture from a glacier in Si- Asema-aukio 5 H niversary in Stoa. The show is beria as source material for the Mon - Fri 9:00-18:00 a journey to the history of tap video installation, transforming Sat - Sun 11:00-16:00 dance. The show combines the it into an abstract picture flow Tickets 4/3 different periods of tap dance: resembling various natural phe- Free entrance 9/10/12 June. the golden age of the tap dance nomena. legend Fred Astaire, the colour- Kunsthalle Helsinki Until Sun 26 Aug ful world of musicals, and the Nervanderinkatu 3 Helsinki School funky beats of today. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 In the new exhibition we meet Stoa, 19:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 seven new artists from Hel- Turunlinnantie 1 Sat - Sun 12:00-17:00 sinki University of Art and Tickets 25 Tickets 7/5/0 Design and seven artists from www.taidehalli.fi the previous generation who Fri 8 & Sat 9 have had the greatest impact Yalla! Oriental Dance Festival on the young artists. The festival features enchanting The Finnish Museum of Pho- oriental dance by various inter- tography national performers. 16 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 08:00 Golden Girls In depth look at the day’s news from Al 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- www.yle.fi/aamutv 16:00 All in the Family Jazeera’s international news centers. The latest business news from tures all of the important interna- 16:10 Diagnosis: Murder Archie, the Donor. 06:30 Witness around the world with live reports tional news stories and interviews 18:31 Yes, Minister 16:40 Days Of Our Lives Outsiders. Inspirational and provoc- from Singapore, Frankfurt, London that are shaping the business day. Open Government. The new Minister’s 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show ative stories providing a fresh and and New York. World Business Re- 09:00 Business International idealistic commitment to open the win- Today’s guest Desperate House- informative insight into the world’s port will give you everything you A round-up of the day’s global busi- dows of his department faces its first wives – star Eva Longoria. American key events. need to start the working day. ness news with focus on internation- hurdle. Part 1/21. BBC series rerun. talk show. 07:00 Riz Khan Live 07:30 World Business Report al business and market trends. 19:05 Meerkat Manor 20:30 Gay, Straight or Taken Interactive show letting viewers di- 07:45 Sport Today 10:00 World News First part of Animal Planet’s 13-part In the new summer series one woman rectly question world leaders, news- 08:30 Kill Or Cure? News bulletins on the hour, featur- series of Meerkat Manor near Kala- meets three men for a series of dates makers and celebrities.. Kill or Cure? filmed the clinical trials ing the latest international news hari. Production: OSF, Great Britain. and then must decide who is gay, who 07:30 Crossroads Europe in Northern India, 3 years ago, for a from around the world, financial up- 19:35 Italian Fascism in Color is straight and who is taken. Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- drug to fight Visceral Leishmaniasis. dates, sports, weather and special From the Birth of Fascism in 1919 to 21:00 Dirt part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy A new drug has been licensed and reports. its Full Flowering in 1936. The previ- Ovophagy. looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming it’s hoped that it will make a huge ously untold story of how Mussolini 23:35 Wanted tranquility there are enclaves of ten- difference to the battle against one seized power through systematic in- The Promise of Darkness. sion in the city of Malmo. of the most deadly diseases. timidation, violence and murder. The 00:35 Footballers Wives 08:00 News Review 09:30 HARDtalk first of two documentaries on the 01:35 Married… With Children rise and fall of Mussolini – told for 08:30 Listening Post Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- 02:05 Hitchcock Presents What is being reported by world me- ers and personalities from across the first time in colour. dia and how? Richard Gizbert guides the globe. 21:40 Milocevic on trial you through the global news divide. 10:30 Talking Movies The trial where former Yugoslav 09:00 101 East Tom Brook presents all the latest president was accused of war crimes SUBTV Cambodia Trial. Hosted by Teymoor news and reviews from the US cin- was the first of the kind where a Nabili. ema scene with reports from Holly- former head of a state is prosecuted 07:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 09:30 Operation Focus wood and New York. for such crimes. Part 1/2. Block Long Hong Kong Terror. The Israeli Air Force launched a sur- 11:30 World Business Report 23:00 Wire in the Blood (CERT 15) 07:35 Animaniacs prise strike on Arab military airfields 11:45 Sport Today Mermaids Singing. Part 1/11. A crime Turkey Jerky. in 1967, Al Jazeera will uncover the 12:00 World News Today series teams a university clinical 07:55 The Ratzz: Paranoid real reasons why Israel went to war. World News Today is a comprehen- psychologist, Dr. Tony Hill, with a 16:05 DragonBall Z 10:00 News sive programme of news and analy- tough female Detective Inspector 16:30 DragonBall Z 10:30 Inside Story sis, including World Business Report. based on characters created by Val 16:55 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures McDermid. Production: Coastal Pro- Going beyond the headlines and to 13:30 World Business Report Boston Legal. MTV3 at 23:30 of Superman duction, Great Britain. the heart of the news of the day. 13:45 Sport Today Barbarians at the Planet. 00:35 Euronews 11:00 News 14:30 Asia Today 17:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 11:30 Riz Khan Live The daily current affairs programme 10:30 World Sport 18:30 E! Entertainment: True Hollywood 12:00 News aimed at viewers across Asia with in- A comprehensive review of sports Story 13:00 News depth reports from BBC correspondents news from around the world, includ- TV2 Simon Cowell. Idols judge Simon 13:30 The Fabulous Picture Show and interviews with leading players. ing all the key highlights, profiles Cowell is England’s revenge to USA FPS brings our audience face to face 14:45 Sport Today and interviews with the newsmakers 11:35 Happy Days and at the top of the list of world’s with filmmakers, features the best 15:30 HARDtalk and stars of sport. Spunky Come Home. most hated persons. of world cinema and Hollywood, and 16:30 Fast Track 11:00 Larry King 12:00 Adoptions tells the stories of people passionate The series with the latest news about Global talk-show featuring inter- Part 1/13. Anna’s adoption. Ameri- about film. travel, from the industry itself to the views with high-profile politicians can documentary series. Production: 14:00 News latest deals and destinations, with the and top entertainment figures. Hallmark, USA. 14:30 Witness most current information on flights, 12:00 Business International 13:20 Spendaholics Outsiders. holidays, and advice for people travel- 13:00 World News Asia Out-of-control shopaholics are put 15:00 News ling on business or for leisure. Andrew Stevens presents the latest under the microscope to unravel the 15:30 Listening Post financial developments in the Asia- buried meanings behind their spiral- ling debt in a British reality show by 16:00 News Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- nomic and financial trends. BBC. Part 1/10. Rerun. 16:30 People and Power 15:40 Laurel and Hardy – The Best Of Golan Heights. What happens and 14:00 World News Adoptions. TV1 at 12:00 The most hilarious moments of the what matters in the world involves 14:30 World Sport two comedians considered one of People and Power – what it is, who 15:00 World News Asia the most famous and finest dou- 19:30 Desperately Seeking Sheila has it and who wants it. 16:00 Your World Today ble acts in cinema history during the A programme that keeps viewers 20:30 The Simpsons 17:00 News first half of the 20th century. from around Europe, the Middle East In Marge We Trust. 18:00 News 15:45 Daffy Duck Golden Girls. NELONEN at 08:00 and Africa updated with breaking 21:00 Point Break (CERT 15) 18:30 Witness Animated movie by Bob Clampett A young FBI agent Johnny Utah Last Jew of Babylon. Ezra spent news, the latest global stories and weather information. from 1941. (Keanu Reeves) goes undercover to years pining for Daisy in Iraq. Now in 17:30 Asia Today 19:00 Touched by an Angel catch a gang of bank robbers who his eighties, he decides to follow his 20:30 World Business Today 18:30 World Business Report Virtual Reality. may be surfers. Utah becomes friends heart. But the search for his sweet- A round-up of the day’s global busi- 19:45 Mr. Bean with the suspects and their free life- heart is bitter sweet. 18:45 Sport Today ness news with focus on internation- 19:00 World News Today al business and market trends, eco- Animated Mr. Bean in his funny ad- style on the surf starts to tempt him 19:00 News in a highly visual action drama di- 20:30 Our World nomic developments, stock market ventures. 19:30 Inside Story rected by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring: The 1967 War: 6 days that shook trading, bids and take-overs. 20:00 News Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary the Middle East. In the lightning war 21:00 World News Europe Busey, Lori Petty. USA 1991. 21:00 Riz Khan Live that lasted for 6 days in June 1967 Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- MTV3 21:30 Crossroads Europe Israel smashed the armed forces of est financial developments in Eu- 00:20 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 22:00 News Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The war rope, as well as giving an analysis of 17:35 Center of the Universe 01:10 L Word 22:30 The Fabulous Picture Show deepened the Arab Israeli conflict. economic and financial trends. Lake House. Pilot. A television drama series that 23:00 News 40 Years later its legacy still dom- 21:30 World Business Today 18:05 Fashion House portrays the lives, loves and learn- ings of a group of lesbians and bi- 00:00 News inates the Middle East. Our Middle 22:00 World News Europe Friends With Benefits. sexuals and their friends, family and 00:30 Inside Story East Editor Jeremy Bowen reports. 22:30 World Sport 20:00 30 Days New Age. lovers in Los Angeles. The first sea- 01:00 News 21:30 HARDtalk 23:00 Business International 21:00 C.S.I. New York son rerun. 01:30 Witness 22:15 Sport Today 00:00 World News Fare Game. 02:35 Quantum Leap Last Jew of Babylon. 22:30 World Business Report 00:30 World Sport 22:30 The Apprentice Rebel Without a Clue. 23:30 Asia Today 01:00 CNN Today 23:45 World Business Report 23:30 Boston Legal 00:30 HARDtalk The Black Widow. Part 2/2. 01:30 World Business Report 00:30 Chelsea Handler Show YLE TEEMA No programmes in English today.

Yes, Minister Daffy Duck A 1980s British comedy series Yes, Daffy Duck is an animated char- Minister is about the wheeling and acter in the Warner Bros. Looney dealing of political life. Although Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon set within the British political scene, series. Daffy was the first of the the series deals with political games new breed of “screwball” characters and clashes between politicians and that emerged in the 1930s and the civil service that could be found supplanted traditional “everyman” almost anywhere in the world. The characters, such as Mickey Mouse, YM series is admired for showing in popularity in the 1940s. Virtually Point Break the reality of political life, while every Warner Bros. animator put combining it with British humour. his own spin on the duck. Animator In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves Former British prime minister Mar- Bob Clampett’s Daffy is wild and the ex-presidents. They commit crimes wearing masks of ex-presidents Rea- garet Thatcher was very impressed zany (as “Daffy” of course means gan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The FBI believes that the members of the with the series and once stated: “Its “crazy”), perpetually bouncing gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) closely observed portrayal of what around the screen. Duffy’s cries of undercover to the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. goes on in the corridors of power “Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!” are voiced by Utah meets surfer Bodhi (Patric Swayze) and gets drawn into the lifestyle has given me hours of pure joy”. Mel Blanc. of his new friend. An action drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey, Lori Petty. USA 1991. (CERT 15) TV1 at 18:31 TV2 at 15:45 The new Minister James Hacker SUBTV at 21:00 (played by Paul Eddington). HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 17

SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION thursday 7.6. SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 07:25 Capertown Cops 06:30 Witness 06:30 World Business Report 09:00 Business International 15:05 Holby City 08:00 Golden Girls Last Jew of Babylon. Ezra spent The latest business news from A round-up of the day’s global busi- 18:31 The Last of the Summer Wine 15:00 Bridezillas years pining for Daisy in Iraq. Now in around the world with live reports ness news with focus on internation- 19:00 How to be a Gardener 16:00 All in the Family his eighties, he decides to follow his from Singapore, Frankfurt and Lon- al business and market trends. 01:00 Euronews Archie, the Hero. heart. But the search for his sweet- don and the news of what happened 10:00 World News 16:40 Days Of Our Lives heart is bitter sweet. overnight in New York. World Busi- News bulletins on the hour, featur- 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show ness Report will give you everything 07:00 Riz Khan Live ing the latest international news 20:00 Tuesday Night Book Club you need to start the working day. TV2 Interactive show letting viewers di- from around the world, financial up- Chapter 6. rectly question world leaders, news- 07:30 World Business Report dates, sports, weather and special 21:00 Criminal Minds makers and celebrities. reports. 11:35 Happy Days 07:45 Sport Today Riding the Lightning. 07:30 The Fabulous Picture Show All the latest sports news and results 10:30 World Sport The Last of the Big Time Malphs. 22:00 4400 FPS brings our audience face to face from around the globe. A comprehensive review of sports 12:00 Animal House The Home Front. with filmmakers, features the best 08:30 Fast Track news from around the world, includ- A docu-soap about the rescue, reha- 23:55 Trailer Park Boys (CERT 15) of world cinema and Hollywood, and The series with the latest news ing all the key highlights, profiles bilitation and adoption of dogs that Rub ‘n Tiz’zug. tells the stories of people passionate about travel, from the industry it- and interviews with the newsmakers come from desperate circumstances. about film. self to the latest deals and destina- and stars of sport. 13:25 Love Me, Love My Kids 00:25 Wildboyz (CERT 15) 08:00 News Review tions, with the most current informa- 11:00 Larry King Divorced Sharon Collier hasn’t been Indonesia. 08:30 Everywoman tion on flights, holidays, and advice Global talk-show featuring inter- on a date for 15 years. Part 6/6. Se- 00:55 Married… With Children A weekly magazine show that takes for people travelling on business or views with high-profile politicians ries ends. 01:55 Hitchcock Presents a critical look at the universal issues for leisure. and top entertainment figures. 13:55 Close encounters with Keith Barry affecting women around the world. 09:30 HARDtalk 12:00 Business International NEW SERIES. Part 1/10. Keith 09:00 Listening Post Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- 13:00 World News Asia Patrick Barry is an Irish illusionist, SUBTV Richard Gizbert guides you through ers and personalities from across Andrew Stevens presents the latest mentalist, and close-up magician who performs various pieces of illu- the global news divide. the globe. financial developments in the Asia- 07:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? sion and interesting mental feats. 09:30 Crossroads Europe Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- Gentlemen Start Your Momster. Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- nomic and financial trends. 07:35 Animaniacs part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy 14:00 World News Video Review. looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming 14:30 World Sport 16:05 DragonBall Z tranquility there are enclaves of ten- 15:00 World News Asia 16:30 DragonBall Z sion in the city of Malmö. Family 15:30 Inside the Middle East The 16:55 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures 10:00 News Brat Camp. News magazine programme fea- Simpsons. of Superman 10:30 Inside Story TV2 at turing reports on the economic, so- SUBTV House of Luthor. Going beyond the headlines and to 22:35 cial and cultural issues that face the at 20:30 17:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien the heart of the news of the day. Middle Eastern region, hosted by 18:30 E! Entertainment: 101 Incredible 11:00 News Hala Gorani. 10:30 Our World Celebrity Slimdowns 11:30 Riz Khan Live 16:00 Your World Today Our World features some of our fin- 14:20 Laurel and Hardy – The Best Of 19:30 Test Drive My Girlfriend A programme that keeps viewers 12:00 News est News programmes on current The most hilarious moments of the 20:00 House of Boateng from around Europe, the Middle East 13:00 News issues around the world. The pro- two comedians considered one of Savile Row tailor and British de- and Africa updated with breaking 13:30 Sportsworld grammes will showcase BBC journal- the most famous and finest dou- sign sensation Ozwald Boateng rev- news, the latest global stories and 14:00 News ism at its best with programmes that ble acts in cinema history during the olutionized the perception of mens- weather information. 14:30 Witness expose and evaluate global topics. first half of the 20th century. wear in Europe with his unique blend 19:30 Inside the Middle East Last Jew of Babylon. 11:30 World Business Report 15:40 Laurel and Hardy – The Best Of of traditional elegance and cutting- News magazine programme fea- 15:00 News 11:45 Sport Today 22:35 Family Brat Camp edge modernity. Now he’s set his turing reports on the economic, so- Four British families in crisis embark sights across the Atlantic. 15:30 People and Power 12:00 World News Today cial and cultural issues that face the on a journey to save their dysfunc- 20:30 The Simpsons Golan Heights. World News Today is a comprehen- Middle Eastern region, hosted by 16:00 News sive programme of news and analy- tional families from falling apart. Homer’s Enemy. Hala Gorani. Stripped of their home comforts and 16:30 101 East sis, including World Business Report. 21:00 Love On The Rocks taken back to Stone Age living, the Rajapakse Interview. Hosted by Tey- 13:30 World Business Report Marcus & Priscilla, Scott & Takeisha. tearaway teenagers and their par- moor Nabili. 13:45 Sport Today 22:00 Sex and the City ents are forced to endure the un- The Freak Show. 17:00 News 14:30 Asia Today relenting physical and emotion- 18:00 News The daily current affairs programme 23:05 C.S.I. Miami al strain of living and surviving in Complications. 18:30 Witness aimed at viewers across Asia with the barren Idaho desert in a reality 00:00 Late Night with Conan O’Brien Made in Taiwan. Nathan and Oscar in-depth reports from BBC corre- show. Part 1/4. 00:50 L Word know they come from the sea. It’s in spondents and interviews with lead- 23:25 Third Watch their cultural legacy. But their DNA ing players. Pilot 2. tells an older story, making them 14:45 Sport Today Close 01:40 Last Man Standing journey back to Taiwan. 15:30 HARDtalk encounters NEW SERIES. Australian drama se- 19:00 News 16:30 Talking Movies with Keith Barry. MTV3 ries of three best friends who are 19:30 Inside Story Tom Brook presents all the latest TV2 at 13:55 discovering that, in their late twen- 09:10 Hollyoaks 20:00 News news and reviews from the US cin- ties, they are still single and really 17:05 Hollyoaks have no idea about women whatso- 21:00 Riz Khan Live ema scene with reports from Holly- 17:35 Yes, Dear ever. Rerun. 21:30 Children for sale wood and New York. Jimmy Has Changed. An investigation of child traffick- 17:30 Asia Today 20:00 Your World Today 18:05 Fashion House ing in India, where parents routinely 18:30 World Business Report 20:30 World Business Today A Private Affair. YLE TEEMA sell their children for as little as five 18:45 Sport Today A round-up of the day’s global busi- US dollars. 19:30 Kitchen Takeover 19:00 World News Today ness news with focus on internation- 21:30 In This World 22:00 News 20:30 Click al business and market trends, eco- 20:00 Men in Trees Caribou in the Room. Enayat and Jamal are Afghan refu- 22:30 Sportsworld The programme for everyone inter- nomic developments, stock market gees who live in a camp in Peshawar 23:00 News ested in the internet and new media. trading, bids and take-overs. 21:00 ER Tell Me no Secrets. and try to escape to Great Britain 00:00 News Whether its e-commerce, new devel- 21:00 World News Europe with the help of people smugglers. 23:30 Friday the 13th (CERT 18) 00:30 Inside Story opments and products, or gadgets Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- Their dangerous journey leads them Friday the 13th is the first of a popu- and games, Click looks at the tools est financial developments in Eu- along the “silk road” through Paki- 01:00 News lar series of American slasher films, that will revolutionise business and rope, as well as giving an analysis of stan, Iran and Turkey towards Lon- 01:30 Witness which all feature Jason Voorhees ei- personal life. economic and financial trends. don. Movie depiction based on a true Made in Taiwan. ther as the killer or as the motivation 21:30 HARDtalk 21:30 World Business Today story, directed by Michael Winter- or inspiration for the killings. Direct- 22:15 Sport Today 22:00 World News Europe bottom. Starring: Jamal Udin Torabi, ed by Sean S. Cunningham. Starring: 22:30 World Business Report 22:30 World Sport Enayatullah Jumaudin. UK 2002. Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry 23:30 Asia Today 23:00 Business International Crosby, Kevin Bacon. USA 1980. 23:45 World Business Report 00:00 World News 01:20 The Munsters 00:30 HARDtalk 00:30 World Sport My Fair Munster. 01:30 World Business Report 01:00 CNN Today

In This World Bridezillas In This World is a change of pace and subject “Bridezilla” (bride + Godzilla) is a for British director Michael Winterbottom after term used to describe a difficult, his recent works 24 Hour Party People and The unpleasant, perfectionist bride. In Claim. This intimate, yet hard-hitting, response her quest for the perfect wedding to the asylum controversy follows two Afghan this monster bride will disre- teenagers as they escape from the Shamshatoo gard the feelings of her family, refugee camp in Pakistan. Building on two bridesmaids and even her groom. engrossing performances from the non-pro- Bridezilla is also the coined nick- fessional leads the film challenges knee-jerk name of a YouTube video depict- reactions to the asylum debate by questioning ing a woman who is upset about the neat bureaucratic distinctions between Friday the 13th her haircut on her wedding day economic migrants and political refugees. and then “wigs out”, cutting off Although originally conceived as a response to Despite warnings by the superstitious locals of a “Death Curse”, Steve Christy all of her hair. It was revealed as a the UK’s on-going asylum debate, the events of hires a group of young people to help him re-open Camp Crystal Lake. Camp hoax by Dlisted.com, and eventu- September 11th (which occurred while the film Blood is the name given to the camp by local residents as a result of the its dark ally the girls made their rounds on was still in preproduction) have given it an addi- history of tragedy and murder. Soon the innocent are stalked by a dark figure in various talk shows. Later it turned tional resonance. In This World is a staggeringly the shadows, and are murdered one by one. Young Kevin Bacon co-stars as an ill- out that the video was part of a persuasive reminder that the West’s duty to the fated counsellor in this cult movie – the showing of which was banned in Finland marketing campaign by the sham- people of Afghanistan is far from over. when the movie was first released in the 1980s. Directed by Sean S. Cunning- poo manufacturer Sunsilk. ham. Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby. USA 1980. (CERT 18) YLE TEEMA at 21:30 NELONEN at 15:00 MTV3 at 23:30 18 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 07:25 Sponge Bob 06:30 Witness 6:30 World Business Report 09:00 Business International 16:10 Diagnosis: Murder 08:00 Golden Girls Made in Taiwan. Nathan and Oscar 7:30 World Business Report A round-up of the day’s global busi- 21:30 The Body in the Library 15:00 Bridezillas know they come from the sea. It’s in 7:45 Sport Today ness news with focus on internation- A gorgeous blonde turns up dead in 16:00 All in the Family their cultural legacy. But their DNA 8:30 Talking Movies al business and market trends. the most unlikely place: the library Mike’s Pains. tells an older story, making them Tom Brook presents all the latest 10:00 World News of the irreproachable Colonel Arthur 16:40 Days of Our Lives journey back to Taiwan. news and reviews from the US cin- News bulletins on the hour, featur- Bantry and his vivacious wife, Dol- 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 07:00 Riz Khan Live ema scene with reports from Holly- ing the latest international news ly. Dolly calls her friend Miss Mar- Oprah’s guest today is Janet Jackson. from around the world, financial up- ple, and together they begin an in- 07:30 101 East wood and New York. 20:00 The Lion Man dates, sports, weather and special vestigation. Rajapakse Interview. Hosted by Tey- 9:30 HARDtalk Extra NEW SERIES. Series of the Lion Man reports. moor Nabili. Each week HARDtalk Extra will profile 23:25 Rose and Maloney follows the developments at the Zi- 08:00 News Review the personalities that make the news, 10:30 World Sport 00:10 Euronews on Wildlife Gardens in New Zealand, 08:30 People and Power leading figures from the arts and en- 11:00 Larry King as the wildlife park moves into phase Golan Heights. What happens and tertainment, scientists and overnight Global talk-show featuring inter- two of their expansion plans. The views with high-profile politicians what matters in the world involves success stories. HARDtalk Extra asks TV2 park has been closed and major con- People and Power - what it is, who why the spotlight fell on them. and top entertainment figures. struction is underway to provide the has it and who wants it. 12:00 Business International 11:35 Happy Days animals with amazing enclosures. 09:00 Everywoman 13:00 World News Asia Fonzie’s Baptism. 21:00 White Chicks A weekly magazine show that takes Andrew Stevens presents the latest 13:10 I’ll Show Them Who’s Boss After an unsuccessful mission, two a critical look at the universal issues financial developments in the Asia- Gerry Robinson is one of the UK’s black FBI agents (Shawn and Marlon affecting women around the world. Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- most exceptional businessmen, well Wayans) go undercover disguised as 09:30 Sportsworld nomic and financial trends. known for making tough decisions the two spoiled white daughters of a 10:00 News 14:00 World News and seeing them through to make his tycoon in a crazy comedy directed by 10:30 Inside Story 14:30 World Sport companies thrive. BBC production. Keenen Ivory. Starring: Shawn Wayans, Going beyond the headlines and to 15:00 World News Asia Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie the heart of the news of the day. 16:00 Your World Today Faison, Brittany Daniel. USA 2004. 11:00 News A programme that keeps viewers 00:45 Natural Born Killers (CERT 15) 11:30 Riz Khan Live from around Europe, the Middle East The misadventures of Mickey and Mal- 12:00 News The Lion Man. NELONEN at 20:00 and Africa updated with breaking lory who are outcasts, lovers and se- rial killers. Thriller directed by Oliver 13:00 News news, the latest global stories and Stone. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jul- 13:30 Everywoman weather information. 10:30 Click iette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy 14:00 News 20:00 World’s Untold Stories The programme for everyone inter- Courageous filmmakers tell intimate Lee Jones. USA 1994. 14:30 Witness ested in the internet and new media. stories of society’s most vulnerable Made in Taiwan. Whether its e-commerce, new devel- members. Gritty, powerful tales that 15:00 News opments and products, or gadgets open our eyes to a world that is both SUBTV 15:30 Crossroads Europe and games, Click looks at the tools disturbing and captivating. The Body in the Library. TV1 at 21:30 Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- that will revolutionise business and 20:30 World Business Today 07:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy personal life. A round-up of the day’s global busi- Gold Faw. looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming 15:45 Bugs Bunny 11:30 World Business Report ness news with focus on internation- Animated series by Bob Clampett 07:35 Animaniacs tranquility there are enclaves of ten- 11:45 Sport Today al business and market trends, eco- Mobster Mash. sion in the city of Malmo. from the year 1943. Production: 12:00 World News Today nomic developments, stock market Warner Bros. 16:40 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures 16:00 News World News Today is a comprehen- trading, bids and take-overs. 18:30 Mega Structures of Superman 16:30 Listening Post sive programme of news and analy- 21:00 World News Europe Petronas Towers. Part 1/4. Get an in- Madame Ex. Second season begins. What is being reported by world me- sis, including World Business Report. Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- side look at the planning and engi- 20:30 The Simpsons dia and how? Richard Gizbert guides 13:30 World Business Report est financial developments in Eu- neering behind creating some of the The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase. you through the global news divide. 13:45 Sport Today rope, as well as giving an analysis of greatest buildings and machines ev- 21:30 Smith and Jones 17:00 News 14:30 Asia Today economic and financial trends. er made. Production: National Ge- 22:05 Sex and the City 18:00 News The daily current affairs programme 21:30 World Business Today ographic. They Shoot Single People, Don’t 18:30 The Fabulous Picture Show aimed at viewers across Asia with 22:00 World News Europe 19:50 Creature Comforts They. FPS brings our audience face to face in-depth reports from BBC corre- 22:30 World Sport 22:50 Two Mules for Sister Sara (CERT 00:05 Late Night with Conan O’Brien with film makers, features the best spondents and interviews with lead- 23:00 Business International 15) 02:15 Planet Rock Profiles: Chemical of world cinema and Hollywood, and ing players. 00:00 World News The gunfighter helps the nun and Brothers tells the stories of people passionate 14:45 Sport Today vice versa in the storms of Mexi- about film. 00:30 World Sport 15:30 HARDtalk Extra co civil war in a western starring the 19:00 News 01:00 World News 16:30 Our World young Clint Eastwood. Directed by YLE TEEMA 19:30 Inside Iraq Our World features some of our fin- Don Siegel. Also starring: Shirley A critical look at Iraq, a platform for MacLaine. USA 1970. est News programmes on current 19:05 Third Dimension: The Boy who politicians and experts to express issues around the world. The pro- their opinion and provide viewers Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan grammes will showcase BBC journal- A film about an eight-year-old boy Mir with a fresh perspective in a dynam- ism at its best with programmes that MTV3 ic format. Hussain whose playground is the rub- expose and evaluate global topics. ble and tunnels of the destroyed Bud- 20:00 News 17:30 Asia Today 09:15 Hollyoaks dhas of Bamiyan in post-taliban Af- 21:00 Frost Over The World 18:30 World Business Report 17:05 Hollyoaks ghanistan. Directed by Phil Grabsky. Sir David Frost returns to the glo- 18:45 Sport Today 22:30 Formula 1: Free Practice bal stage with some of the biggest 20:00 Henry Rollins Show Canada: Highlights from the free Today’s guests Oliver Stone and names in world affairs and enter- 19:00 World News Today practice. Sleater Kinney. tainment. 19:30 HARDtalk Extra 23:10 Rocky V (CERT 15) 20:25 Jazz Legends 22:00 News 20:30 Kill Or Cure? White Chicks. NELONEN at 21:00 In the fifth episode of the Rocky film Pianist Ramsey Lewis invites guests: 22:30 People and Power Meningitis is a deadly infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and saga, our hero is reluctantly retired Chris Botti, Roy Hargrove and Clark 23:00 News the spinal cord. Those who survive it 01:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: from boxing and, back from riches Terry. Part 1/13. PBS, USA. 00:00 News are often left with a damaged nerv- Global Edition to rags, Rocky takes on a new young 20:50 Lyonel Feininger 00:30 Everywoman ous system and a host of disabilities. Emmy award winning late night chat protege who betrays him. Directed Bird Cloud – University Art Muse- 01:00 News Kill or Cure? investigates the latest show with comic reports and sketch- by Sylvester Stallone. Starring: Syl- ums, Cambridge, USA. vester Stallone. USA 1990. 01:30 Inside Iraq developments for a vaccine. es on American current affairs with 23:30 Cat People 21:30 HARDtalk Extra satirist Jon Stewart. 01:15 Formula 1: Free Practice A horror film classic tells the story of a Rerun. 22:15 Sport Today young Serbian woman, Irena Dubrov- 22:30 World Business Report na (Simone Simon) who is haunted by 23:30 Asia Today the myth of the cat people of her vil- lage. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. 23:45 World Business Report Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, 0:30 HARDtalk Extra Jane Randolph. USA 1942. 1:30 World Business Report

The Buddhas of Bamiyan Natural Born Killers Bamyan lies on the Silk Road, a In this praised satire of the media, public caravan route linking the markets opinion and the modern attitude toward of China with those of India, Central violence, written by Quentin Tarantino, Asia, Middle East and Europe. It a delivery boy Mickey Knox (Woody Harrel- was the site of Buddhist and Hindu son) falls in love with his customer Mallory monasteries, and a thriving centre for Wilson (Juliette Lewis, both in the photo). religion, philosophy and Greco-Bud- Mickey helps Mallory kill her abusive fa- dhist art from the second century up ther and enabling mother, beginning their to the ninth century. The Buddhas macabre journey down Route 666. Every of Bamyan, 55 and 37 meters high, few miles, they attack everyone within were the largest examples of stand- Mega Structures their site, invariably leaving only one per- ing Buddha carvings in the world. son alive to tell the tale. The two are made They were perhaps the most famous The Petronas Twin Towers, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were once the world’s famous by unscrupulous reporter and, cultural landmarks of the region and tallest buildings. These towers, designed by César Pelli, an Argentinian architect, glorified by the media, the pair become the site was listed by UNESCO as a were completed in 1998. The 88-floor towers are constructed largely of reinforced legendary folk heroes. Thriller directed by World Heritage Site. The statues were concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in Oliver Stone. Starring: Woody Harrelson, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Islamic art, a reflection of Malaysia’s Muslim religion. In an unusual move, a differ- Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Japan, Switzerland and UNESCO, ent construction company was hired for each of the towers, and they were made to Lee Jones. USA 1994. (CERT 15) among others, have pledged support compete against each other. The first episode of a new National Geographic series for the rebuilding of the statues. offers an inside look at the planning and engineering behind the Towers. NELONEN at 00:45 YLE TEEMA at 19:05 TV2 at 18:30 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 19

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 World News 17:15 Monk 14:30 Moonlighting In depth look at the day’s news from 06:30 Equestrian World 06:30 World Report Mr. Monk and the Candidate. An 16:35 The Secret Life of Zoey Al Jazeera’s international news cent- Episode 5. More than a competition, Offering the world’s broadcasters Emmy Award winning television A touching drama depicts the nar- ers. FEI Equestrian World concentrates a global forum from which to report show about private detective Adrian cotic events that took place in young 06:30 Inside Iraq on the spirit of the sport and the life- the news “as they see it” to the rest Monk afflicted by Obsessive Com- Zoey Carter’s life while her mother A critical look at Iraq, a platform for style surrounding it. of the world. pulsive Disorder (OCD) who also suf- though she knew everything about politicians and experts to express 07:30 Click 07:00 World News fers from multiple phobias. her perfect daughter. Directed by their opinion and provide viewers The programme for everyone inter- 07:30 World Business This Week 22:00 Charles II – The Power and the Robert Mandel. Starring: Mia Far- with a fresh perspective in a dynam- ested in the internet and new media. Review of the week’s business and Passion (CERT 15) row, Julia Whelan, Cliff De Young. ic format. 08:15 Reporters political developments. Part 2/4. USA 2002. 07:00 Frost Over The World 08:30 The Happiness Formula 08:00 News Special 22:55 Inside the Actors Studio 18:30 Desperate Housewives Sir David Frost returns to the glo- Rewiring Our Brains. We can In-depth coverage and analysis of Tonigth’s guest: Kate Winslet. Every Day a Little Death. bal stage with some of the biggest think ourselves happy and actual- the key issues of the day. 00:40 Euronews 21:00 Jackie Brown (CERT 15) names in world affairs and enter- ly rewire our brains to be more op- 09:00 World News A female flight attendant becomes a tainment. timistic according to a new field of 09:30 CNN Business Traveller key figure in a plot between the po- 08:00 News Review psychology. Scientists say we have a Richard Quest presents a business TV2 lice and an arms dealer in a crime 08:30 The Fabulous Picture Show set range of happiness. Now positive programme that looks at the state of thriller directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Pam FPS brings our audience face to face psychologists say we can make our- today’s European and Asian markets. 14:20 Il Divo – live in Los Angeles Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert For- with film makers, features the best selves 10% to 15% happier perma- 10:00 World News Il Divo in an open-air concert in Los ster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, of world cinema and Hollywood, and nently. 10:30 World Sport Angeles, June 2006. tells the stories of people passionate Robert De Niro. USA 1997. 09:30 BBC World Inside Sport 17:30 Body Hits about film. 01:20 Sexual Predator (CERT 15) 10:30 Earth Report 11:00 Larry King Sport Junkies. 09:00 Riz Khan One on One Photographer J.C. Gale is convict- Too Late To Say Sorry. The Aral Global talk-show featuring inter- 22:35 The Life and Death of Peter Sell- Mallika Sherawat. Risqué Bollywood ed of involuntary manslaughter after Sea is notoriously regarded as the views with high-profile politicians ers actress Mallika Sherawat doesn’t a young woman dies while engaging world’s worst man-made environ- and top entertainment figures. The colourful film shows Peter Sell- mind pushing the limits and says in kinky sexual games with him in mental disaster. This vast inland sea ers, a comedian best known for his she’s only being honest in an indus- 12:00 World News an erotic thriller directed by Robert has halved in depth and lost 90% of role in Pink Panther movies, as a de- try that can be very hypocritical. its volume. Fishing ports are now 50 12:30 World Sport Angelo, Rob Spera. Starring: Angie 13:00 World’s Untold Stories mented genius, not having a per- Everhart, Richard Grieco, Kevin Fry, 09:30 101 East kilometres from the sea and ships lie sonality of his own. Directed by Rajapakse Interview. Hosted by Tey- stranded in the salty desert. Courageous filmmakers tell intimate Elizabeth Barondes, Julian Christo- stories of society’s most vulnerable Stephen Hopkins. Actors: Geoffrey pher. USA 2001. moor Nabili. 11:30 Middle East Business Report Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, 10:00 News Middle East Business Report pro- members. Gritty, powerful tales that open our eyes to a world that is both Stephen Fry. USA 2004. 10:30 Everywoman vides a window on finance and com- disturbing and captivating. A weekly magazine show that takes merce in the Gulf. SUBTV a critical look at the universal issues 12:30 This Week 13:30 Revealed An in-depth look into the lives of MTV3 affecting women around the world. 16:20 Mad TV some of today’s most talented and 11:00 News successful figures, getting beneath 10:45 Disney Classic Cartoons 18:00 MacGyver 11:30 Inside Iraq their public image. Donald’s Camera. Deathlock. 12:00 News 14:00 World News 12:55 Genesis: Turn It On Again 01:30 Planet Rock Profiles: Chemical Brothers 13:00 Frost Over The World 14:30 World Sport 14:55 Kazaam Rerun. 14:00 News 15:00 World News The world’s most powerful genie has just met his match in a fantasy comedy di- 14:30 Riz Khan One on One 15:30 CNN Business Traveller Mallika Sherawat. rected by Paul Michael Glaser. Starring: 16:00 News Special 15:00 News Shaquille O’Neal, Francis Capra, Ally YLE TEEMA 17:00 International Correspondents 15:30 101 East Walker, Marshall Manesh. USA 1996. Top news journalists and media fig- 16:10 Third Dimension: The Boy who 16:00 News 16:40 The Simpsons ures from across the world meet to Two Dozen and One Greyhounds. Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan 16:30 48 discuss the current news stories and Il Divo – live in Los Angeles. TV2 at 14:20 17:10 The Simpsons A film about an eight-year-old boy Accra. One journalist, one crew, one offer a critique of the week’s events. Disbands. called Mir Hussain whose play- destination and just 48 hours to 17:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: ground is the rubble and tunnels of journey to the heart of the world’s 13:10 The World Uncovered Global Edition the destroyed Buddhas of Bamiyan most exciting cities. The World Uncovered is an interna- Emmy award winning late night chat in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Direct- 17:00 News tional current affairs strand which show with comic reports and sketch- ed by Phil Grabsky. 18:00 News confronts strong, hard-hitting sto- es on American current affairs with 17:00 History: Churchill’s Bodyguard 18:30 Listening Post ries that affect peoples lives around satirist Jon Stewart. Part 1/13. Winston Churchill has What is being reported by world me- the world. 18:00 World News come to be seen as one of the great- dia and how? Richard Gizbert guides 14:15 Sport Today 18:30 Inside Africa est prime ministers ever. And one you through the global news divide. 14:30 The Record Europe News magazine programme featur- man knew him better than any oth- 19:00 News An in-depth look at the politics of ing reports on African political and er – Walter Thompson – Church- 19:30 Children for sale social issues from host Femi Oke and ill’s bodyguard. BBC documenta- Europe. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. An investigation of child traffick- CNN correspondents in the region. ry series tells the impelling story of 15:10 Imagination TV2 at 22:35 ing in India, where parents routinely A Picture Of A Painter: Howard 19:00 World News the former Scotland Yard detective sell their children for as little as five Thompson accompanying Winston Hodgkin. Alan Yentob takes Howard 19:30 Revealed 17:40 MTV3.doc: Life before Life US dollars. Hodgkin, one of Britain’s most pop- 20:00 World News Churchill everywhere during his 18 An amazing documentary by Europe years of service. 20:00 News ular living painters, away from his 20:30 CNN Business Traveller Images tells the inside story of the 19:00 A Brief History of Errol Morris 21:00 Witness Special Bloomsbury studio to India, which 21:00 News Special nine months of the gestation of a Fascinating portrait of the docu- Made in Taiwan. Nathan and Oscar has been a source of inspiration and 22:00 World News human life. Part 1. know they come from the sea. It s in mentarist Errol Morris and his work escape for the artist since the ear- 22:30 World Sport 19:50 Meet The Parents their cultural legacy. But their DNA ly Sixties. through interviews of Morris himself 23:00 World News Male nurse Greg Focker meets his tells an older story, making them 16:30 The Happiness Formula and other directors such as Werner 23:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: girlfriend’s parents before propos- Herzog and Philip Glass. Directed by journey back to Taiwan. 17:30 Earth Report Global Edition ing, but her suspicious father is eve- Kevin McDonald. 22:00 News 18:30 Middle East Business Report ry date’s worst nightmare. A box of- 00:00 World’s Untold Stories 00:25 Monty Python’s Flying Circus 22:30 Inside Iraq fice comedy directed by Jay Roach. 19:15 Sport Today 00:30 World Sport 23:00 News Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, 19:30 Extra Time 01:00 World News 00:00 News In-depth interviews with the stars, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner. USA 2000. 01:30 Inside Africa 00:30 48 coaches and the power brokers in 23:25 Quills (CERT 15) 01:00 News the world of sport. A delightfully unsettling account of 01:30 Riz Khan One on One 20:10 The World Uncovered the demise of the Marquis de Sade Mallika Sherawat. 21:30 Equestrian World and those he brings down with him. 22:10 Imagination Darkly sensual drama directed by Philip Kaufman. Starring: Geoffrey 23:30 Middle East Business Report Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix. 00:30 BBC World Inside Sport USA/Germany/England 2000. 01:30 The Happiness Formula

Jackie Brown Revealed: Liya Kebede The screenplay of Quentin Tarantino’s On this month’s show, one of the third feature film is based on the world’s hottest supermodels reveals novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard, a different agenda to the stere- although Tarantino made consider- otypical clothes hanger. Liya Kebede, able changes to the story line and born in Addis Abba, is not just a characters. In Jackie Brown, Pam pretty face. She’s determined to use Grier plays the name role, a middle- her fame to help alleviate the health aged airline flight attendant who gets problems suffered by mothers in coerced by ATF agent Ray Nicolet some of the world’s poorest regions. (Michael Keaton) to help them bring The story of Kebede’s rise to cover- down arms smuggler Ordell Robbie girl fame suddenly began when she MTV3.doc: Life before Life (Samuel L. Jackson) and his accom- was handpicked as the budding plices. In true Tarantino form, this film model for Gucci’s Fall/Winter 2000 Life before Life is Europe Images International’s major primetime documentary has a substantial amount of violence campaign. Revealed talks to Gucci that takes the viewer on an odyssey of life that is crafted out of two interrelated and profanity and it is in some re- creative director Tom Ford on what worlds. The world of the baby-to-be: its development in its intra-uterine world spects a homage to earlier blaxploita- he saw in the then unknown hopeful, under strict scientific control, and the world of the mother-to-be: her daily dra- tion films, and the movie’s soundtrack showcases Kebede in the glamorous mas, her emotions and reflections on her pregnancy and her relations with her is reminiscent of those earlier films as world of New York fashion, and sees future child. For the first time, a complete re-creation in 3D synthetic images well. Directed and written by Quentin her journey to native Ethiopia on a with Mac Guff Ligne (A Species’ Odyssey) will allow us to see what has never Tarantino. USA 1997. (CERT 15) World Health Organisation trip. been seen before. The 3D sequences represent nearly 40% of the film. NELONEN at 21:00 CNN at 19:30 MTV3 at 17:40 20 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 HELSINKI TIMES

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12:30 Scrubs AL JAZEERA ENGLISH BBC WORLD CNN TV1 16:00 Married… With Children 16:30 Everybody Hates Chris 06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 World News 09:05 Rosemary & Thyme 17:00 8 Simple Rules for Dating My In depth look at the day’s news from 06:30 Kill Or Cure? 06:30 World Report 14:15 Diagnosis: Murder Teenage Daughter Al Jazeera’s international news cent- Meningitis is a deadly infection of 07:00 World News 15:05 Murder, She Wrote 17:30 Crossroads ers. the fluid surrounding the brain and 07:30 International Correspondents 16:00 Italian Fascism in Color Britney Spears stars a road com- 06:30 Everywoman the spinal cord. Those who survive it Top news journalists and media fig- From the Birth of Fascism in 1919 to edy in which three childhood best A weekly magazine show that takes are often left with a damaged nerv- ures from across the world meet to its Full Flowering in 1936. The previ- friends, and a guy they just met, take a critical look at the universal issues ous system and a host of disabilities. discuss the current news stories and ously untold story of how Mussolini a trip across the country, finding affecting women around the world. 07:30 Fast Track offer a critique of the week’s events. seized power through systematic in- themselves and their friendship in 07:00 Witness Special 08:10 The World Uncovered 08:00 News Special timidation, violence and murder. The the process. Directed by Tamra Dav- Made in Taiwan. Nathan and Oscar 09:30 The Record Europe 09:00 World News first of two documentaries on the is. Starring: Britney Spears, Anson know they come from the sea. It s in 10:10 Imagination 09:30 Revealed rise and fall of Mussolini – told for Mount, Zoe Saldana, Kim Cattrall. their cultural legacy. But their DNA A Picture Of A Painter: Howard Hodg- An in-depth look into the lives of the first time in colour. Rerun. USA 2002. tells an older story, making them kin. Alan Yentob takes Howard Hodg- some of today’s most talented and 17:15 Monk 20:00 Fear Factor journey back to Taiwan. kin, one of Britain’s most popular living successful figures, getting beneath Mr. Monk Meets Dale The Whale. 21:00 Man on Fire (CERT 15) 08:00 News Review painters, away from his Bloomsbury their public image. 18:45 Inspector Morse In Mexico City, a former assas- 08:30 Crossroads Europe studio to India, which has been a 10:00 World News 23:10 Get Up, Stand Up. Revolutionary sin swears vengeance on those Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- source of inspiration and escape for 10:30 World Sport Music who committed an unspeakable act part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy the artist since the early Sixties. 11:00 Larry King We Shall Overcome. Part 1. The pro- against the family he was hired to looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming 11:30 This Week Global talk-show featuring inter- gram traces the birth of protest protect in an action thriller direct- tranquility there are enclaves of ten- 12:30 Equestrian World views with high-profile politicians songs back to the American union ed by Tony Scott. Starring: Denzel sion in the city of Malmö. Episode 5. More than a competition, and top entertainment figures. movement and explores the impact Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc 09:00 Listening Post Anthony, Radha Mitchell, Christo- FEI Equestrian World concentrates 12:00 World News of pop culture in politicizing the ba- Richard Gizbert guides you through by boomer generation during the Vi- pher Walken, Mickey Rourke. USA/ on the spirit of the sport and the life- 12:30 World Sport the global news divide. style surrounding it. The series goes etnam era. Rerun. Britain/Mexico 2004. 13:00 World News 09:30 Inside Iraq behind the scenes to explore all the 00:05 Euronews 00:15 Medical Investigation A critical look at Iraq, a platform for news and latest hot topics that are 13:30 CNN Business Traveller 01:15 Hitchcock Presents politicians and experts to express at the centre of the sport. Richard Quest presents a business programme that looks at the state of their opinion and provide viewers TV2 with a fresh perspective in a dynam- today’s European and Asian markets. ic format. 14:00 World News SUBTV 10:00 6teen 10:00 News 14:30 World Sport 15:00 Inside Africa 12:35 Laurel & Hardy – The Best Of 12:10 Batman 10:30 101 East Bird of Prey. Rajapakse Interview. Hosted by Tey- News magazine programme featur- 15:55 Globe Trekker: 6 x Paris 13:30 E! Entertainment: Weddings Al- moor Nabili. ing reports on African political and Toby Amies gets to know Paris with six different local guides. tered 11:00 News social issues from host Femi Oke and CNN correspondents in the region. 20:50 Mr. Bean 15:45 MacGyver 11:30 Riz Khan One on One Twice Stung. Mallika Sherawat. Risqué Bollywood 15:30 Revealed 22:55 Doctor Who 17:10 Mountain actress Mallika Sherawat doesn’t 16:00 World News 23:40 Terminal City mind pushing the limits and says 16:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Part 1/10. Canadian reality show NEW SERIES. Pilot. she’s only being honest in an indus- Global Edition from the hospital world. 18:00 One Tree Hill try that can be very hypocritical. Emmy award winning late night chat Something I Can Never Have. 12:00 News Crossroads. NELONEN at 17:30 show with comic reports and sketch- 19:00 Summerland 13:00 Witness Special es on American current affairs with Rerun of the series begins. Made in Taiwan. satirist Jon Stewart. 20:00 Smallville 14:00 News 13:30 The Happiness Formula 17:00 Late Edition 20:55 Dizzy: One Good Reason 14:30 48 Rewiring Our Brains. We can In-depth analysis of Washington 21:00 24 Accra. One journalist, one crew, one think ourselves happy and actual- politics. Includes interviews with the 06:00 - 07:00. destination and just 48 hours to ly rewire our brains to be more op- top newsmakers and headline-mak- 22:00 Muscle Worship journey to the heart of the world’s timistic according to a new field of ers from around the world. In this documentary, profession- most exciting cities. psychology. Scientists say we have a 19:00 World News al female bodybuilder Gayle Moher 15:00 News set range of happiness. Now positive 19:30 CNN Business Traveller describes the life of female body- 15:30 Inside Iraq psychologists say we can make our- 20:00 World News builders. 22:55 Last Man Standing 16:00 News selves 10% to 15% happier perma- 20:30 Revealed Muscle Worship. SUBTV at 22:00 16:30 People and Power nently. 21:00 News Special 23:45 The X Files Depopulation Hebron. 14:15 Sport Today 22:00 World News Shapes. 17:00 News 14:30 Earth Report 22:30 World Sport 00:35 Love On The Rocks 18:00 News Too Late To Say Sorry. The Aral 23:00 World’s Untold Stories MTV3 Sea is notoriously regarded as the 18:30 Witness Courageous filmmakers tell intimate world’s worst man-made environ- One Legged Football Team. It’s one stories of society’s most vulnerable 09:55 Biker Mice from Mars YLE TEEMA mental disaster. This vast inland sea of the strangest football teams in members. Gritty, powerful tales that The Masked Motorcyclist. has halved in depth and lost 90% of the world. Playing football is a life- open our eyes to a world that is both 13:30 Joey 15:40 Monty Python’s Flying Circus its volume. Fishing ports are now 50 line for members of the Sierra Leone disturbing and captivating. Joey and the Spanking. 16:10 A Brief History of Errol Morris kilometres from the sea and ships lie amputees team. 23:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: 14:00 Jack & Bobby Documentary rerun. stranded in the salty desert. 19:00 News Global Edition Chess Lessons. 17:00 Race – The Power of an Illusion 15:05 Have Your Say 00:00 CNN Today 20:00 Beauty and the Geek The Difference Between Us. Part 19:30 Inside Story Each week, BBC World viewers can Detailed news and information, fea- 21:00 Survivor 1/3. Everyone can tell a Nubian from 20:00 News join the multimedia phone-in pro- turing all the important international a Norwegian, so why not divide peo- 21:00 Crossroads Europe gramme, broadcast alongside BBC 23:45 Steven Spielberg Presents Taken news stories, and interviews that are ple into different races? That’s the 21:30 Listening Post World Service Radio and BBC Online, John. shaping the business day. question explored in the first hour of 22:00 News and share their views on topical issues the three part series. The first epi- 22:30 Children for sale of the day with a global audience. NELONEN sode shows that despite what we’ve An investigation of child traffick- 16:30 Dateline London always believed, the world’s peoples ing in India, where parents routinely 17:30 Kill Or Cure? simply don’t come bundled into dis- sell their children for as little as five 18:10 The World Uncovered 08:55 Designer Finals tinct biological groups. Production US dollars. 19:15 Sport Today What happens when you take ea- California Newsreel. ger design students on the brink of 23:00 News 19:30 Have Your Say 19:00 City Lights graduation and match them with a 00:00 News 20:30 The Happiness Formula The Tramp struggles to help a blind pair of daring homeowners? Ameri- 00:30 Inside Story flower girl he has fallen in love with 21:30 Earth Report can reality show. 01:00 News 22:30 Dateline London in a Chaplin comedy that is from a 01:30 Witness 09:25 Discovery period between silent and a talkie 23:30 Reporters Meeting with a White Shark. Discov- One Legged Football Team. 00:30 Extra Time movies. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. ery Channel documentary. Starring: Charles Chaplin, Virginia 01:30 Dateline London Terminal City. TV2 at 23:40 11:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show Cherrill. USA 1931.

Imagination – A Picture City Lights Charlie Chaplin Of A Painter City Lights is a film written and directed Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Howard Hodgkin is one of Britain’s by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who (1889–1977) was an English com- most popular living painters but no also composed the musical score of the edy actor who became one of the one has seen him paint for over 20 film. There is no dialogue in the picture most famous performers as well years. He is an enigma, painting although it was made at a time when mo- as a notable director and musician highly colourful near-abstract tion pictures with sound (a.k.a. “talkies”) in the early to mid Hollywood compositions on wood which, he were taking over the industry. Because of cinema era. Chaplin is considered claims, have their origins in specific his power in Hollywood and the complete to be one of the finest mimes and personal memories. Imagination is artistic and financial control over his work, clowns ever caught on film and not alone in speculating about this Chaplin was able to make this film silently has greatly influenced performers seductive and ultimately mysterious stunning. In 1963 Stanley Kubrick listed in this field. His working life in art as something about Hodgkin’s City Lights at number 5 in his all time entertainment spanned over 65 paintings intrigues and attracts writ- top-ten films and Orson Welles says that years, from the Victorian stage and ers. Some, like critic Susan Sontag, it is his favorite movie of all time. Among music hall in England as a child and novelist Bruce Chatwin, were others Andrei Tarkovsky expressed his ad- performer, almost until his death at friends of the artist, but Nobel Prize miration for the director, saying “Chaplin the age of 88. Chaplin’s principal winner Seamus Heaney, and novel- is the only person to have gone down into character was The Tramp, who first ists Colm Toibin and Julian Barnes, cinematic history without any shadow of a appeared in Chaplin’s third film Mabel’s Strange Predicament (1914). In his all add their voices to an appre- doubt. The films he left behind can never autobiography Chaplin recalls the birth of the Tramp: “I had no idea of the ciation of a painter who, at 73, is as grow old.” character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the makeup made active and as inscrutable as ever. me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked YLE TEEMA at 19:00 on stage he was fully born.” BBC WORLD at 10:10 HELSINKI TIMES 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 21

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 08:00 Golden Girls In depth look at the day’s news from Al 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- 18:31 Yes, Minister 15:00 Bridezillas Jazeera’s international news centers. 07:30 World Business Report tures all of the important interna- The Official Visit. 16:00 All in the Family 06:30 Witness 07:45 Sport Today tional news stories and interviews 19:10 Lost City of New Orleans Chain Letter. One Legged Football Team. It’s one 08:30 Our World that are shaping the business day. On 29 August 2005 New Orle- 16:40 Days of Our Lives of the strangest football teams in Our World features some of our fin- 09:00 Business International ans took a direct hit from Hurricane 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show the world. Playing football is a life- est News programmes on current A round-up of the day’s global busi- Katrina and overnight turned into a 20:00 Ugly Betty line for members of the Sierra Leone issues around the world. The pro- ness news with focus on internation- Venice from hell. The documenta- For Thanksgivings and a Funeral. amputees team. al business and market trends. grammes will showcase BBC journal- ry takes a look at the chaos that fol- 21:00 Six Degrees 07:00 Listening Post ism at its best with programmes that 10:00 World News lowed the worst natural disaster in NEW SERIES. American drama se- Richard Gizbert guides you through expose and evaluate global topics. News bulletins on the hour, featur- American history. ries about six residents of New York the global news divide. 09:30 HARDtalk ing the latest international news 22:25 Get Up, Stand Up. Revolutionary City and their respective relation- 07:30 Inside Iraq Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- from around the world, financial up- Music ships and connections with one an- A critical look at Iraq, a platform for ers and personalities from across dates, sports, weather and special Next Stop. Part 2. The documenta- other. The series is based on the idea politicians and experts to express the globe. reports. ry programme chronicles the vital of six degrees of separation which their opinion and provide viewers 10:30 World Sport role that popular music has played in suggests that everyone is no more with a fresh perspective in a dynam- A comprehensive review of sports the ongoing struggles for peace and than six “steps” away from each per- ic format. news from around the world, includ- equality in the USA and Europe. The son on Eaarth. 08:00 News Review ing all the key highlights, profiles second episode follows John Lennon, 23:25 Oz (CERT 15) 08:30 Riz Khan One on One and interviews with the newsmakers Bruce Springsteen, Crosby, Stills, Famous Last Words. Last episode of Mallika Sherawat. Risqué Bollywood and stars of sport. Nash & Young – among others. season four. actress Mallika Sherawat doesn’t 11:00 Larry King 23:35 Euronews 00:35 Married… With Children Global talk-show featuring inter- mind pushing the limits and says 01:35 Hitchcock Presents she’s only being honest in an indus- views with high-profile politicians try that can be very hypocritical. and top entertainment figures. TV2 09:00 Crossroads Europe 12:00 Business International Muslims in Spain. Second of a four- 13:00 World News Asia 11:35 Happy Days SUBTV part series on Muslims in Europe; Surface. SUBTV at 21:00 Andrew Stevens presents the latest Hollywood 1/3. Justin Webster examines Spain’s un- financial developments in the Asia- 12:20 Laurel and Hardy – The Best Of easy relationship with its Muslim Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- 07:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 14:15 Creature Comforts population. nomic and financial trends. E-Scream. 10:30 Kill Or Cure? 14:50 Mega Structures 09:30 48 14:00 World News 07:35 Animaniacs Meningitis is a deadly infection of Petronas Towers. Part 1/4. Get an in- Accra. One journalist, one crew, one The Warners And The Beanstalk. the fluid surrounding the brain and 14:30 World Sport side look at the planning and engi- destination and just 48 hours to 16:55 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures the spinal cord. Those who survive it 15:00 World News Asia neering behind creating some of the journey to the heart of the world’s of Superman are often left with a damaged nerv- 15:30 Revealed greatest buildings and machines ev- most exciting cities. The Source. ous system and a host of disabilities. 16:00 Your World Today er made. Production: National Geo- 10:00 News Kill or Cure? investigates the latest A programme that keeps viewers graphic. Rerun. 17:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 10:30 Inside Story developments for a vaccine. from around Europe, the Middle East 15:45 Creature Comforts 19:30 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D- Going beyond the headlines and to 11:30 World Business Report and Africa updated with breaking List the heart of the news of the day. 11:45 Sport Today news, the latest global stories and 20:30 The Simpsons 11:00 News weather information. The Secret War of Lisa Simpson. 12:00 World News Today MTV3 11:30 Everywoman 13:30 World Business Report 19:30 Revealed Guest voice: Willem Dafoe. A weekly magazine show that takes 13:45 Sport Today 20:00 Your World Today 21:00 Surface a critical look at the universal issues 21:15 Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sister- NEW SERIES. There’s something 14:30 Asia Today affecting women around the world. hood strange going on in the world’s The daily current affairs programme 12:00 News A classic Southern tale of hilarity set oceans. Ever wonder what life would aimed at viewers across Asia with in a sleepy Louisiana parish, Divine be like if a new form of sea life be- 13:00 News in-depth reports from BBC corre- Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood fol- gan to appear in locales all over the 13:30 Sportsworld spondents and interviews with lead- lows a group of lifelong friends who earth? Surface is an expansive dra- 14:00 News ing players. stage a rather unorthodox inter- ma and undersea adventure that 14:30 Witness 14:45 Sport Today vention to help a young playwright centers on the appearance of mys- One Legged Football Team. 15:30 HARDtalk unravel the truth about her com- terious sea creatures in the deep 15:00 News 16:30 Click plicated, eccentric mother, find for- ocean while tracking the lives of four 15:30 People and Power The programme for everyone inter- giveness and acceptance, and let human characters. Depopulation Hebron. ested in the internet and new media. go of her painful past. A bittersweet 22:50 Sex and the City 16:00 News Whether its e-commerce, new devel- drama comedy directed by Cal- Four Women and a Funeral. lie Khouri. Starring: Sandra Bullock, 16:30 Crossroads Europe opments and products, or gadgets 00:25 Late Night with Conan O’Brien and games, Click looks at the tools Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, Muslims in Spain. Six Degrees. NELONEN at 21:00 00:55 Buffy the Vampire Slayer that will revolutionise business and Cherry Jones, James Garner, Ashley 17:00 News Helpless. 18:00 News personal life. Judd. USA 2002. 18:30 Witness 17:30 Asia Today Legacy of Jedwabne. Inspiration- 18:30 World Business Report 20:30 World Business Today YLE TEEMA al and provocative stories providing 18:45 Sport Today A round-up of the day’s global busi- ness news with focus on internation- a fresh and informative insight into 19:00 World News Today 17:00 Race – The Power of an Illusion al business and market trends, eco- the world’s key events. 20:30 Fast Track The StoryWe Tell Part 2/3. The sec- nomic developments, stock market 19:00 News The series with the latest news ond episode of a documentary series trading, bids and take-overs. 19:30 Inside Story about travel, from the industry it- uncovers the roots of the race con- 21:00 World News Europe 20:00 News self to the latest deals and destina- cept in North America, the 19th cen- tions, with the most current informa- Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- tury science that legitimated it, and 21:00 Riz Khan est financial developments in Eu- Interactive show letting viewers di- tion on flights, holidays, and advice how it came to be held so fiercely in for people travelling on business or rope, as well as giving an analysis of the western imagination. The epi- rectly question world leaders, news- economic and financial trends. makers and celebrities. for leisure. sode is an eye-opening tale of how 21:30 World Business Today 21:30 Everywoman 21:30 HARDtalk race served to rationalize, even jus- 22:00 World News Europe Get Up, Stand Up. TV1 at 22:25 22:00 News 22:15 Sport Today tify, American social inequalities as 22:30 World Sport “natural.” 22:30 Sportsworld 22:30 World Business Report 23:00 Business International 23:30 Henry Rollins Show 23:00 News 23:30 Asia Today 00:00 World News In his own talk show, punk legend 00:00 News 23:45 World Business Report 00:30 World Sport Henry Rollins discusses politics, mu- 00:30 Inside Story 00:30 HARDtalk 01:00 CNN Today sic and how to change the world, to- 01:00 News 01:30 World Business Report night with Chuck D. Music guest: 01:30 Witness Jurassic 5. Legacy of Jedwabne.

Divine Secrets of the “Six Degrees Lost City of New Orleans Ya-ya Sisterhood of Separation” Built on a mosquito-infested swamp Siddalee (Sandra Bullock), a famous The notion refers to the idea that if surrounded by water, New Orleans sits New York playwright, gives a maga- a person is one “step” away from in a bowl 2.5m below sea level. Its very zine interview in which she discusses each person he or she knows and two existence seemed proof of the triumph her unhappy childhood and infuri- “steps” away from each person who is of engineering over nature but in 2005 ates her dramatic, Southern mother. known by one of the people he or she Hurricane Katrina devastated the city A long-distant fight wages until knows, then everyone is no more than overnight. After the chaos caused by the her mother’s friends, the members six “steps” away from each person natural disaster, an investigation has be- of the Ya-ya Sisterhood kidnap on Earth. Hungarian author Frigyes gun to reveal what went wrong and why. Siddalee and take her “home” to the Karinthy was the first proponent of Scientists are confronting the possibility South, where they hope to explain the notion in his 1929 short story, that New Orleans may be the first of her mother’s history and to patch Chains. Karinthy believed that the many cities to face extinction. The future up the rift between mother and modern world was shrinking due to for the sinking city is today uncertain. daughter. This bittersweet drama the ever-increasing connectedness of Sea levels are rising and hurricanes are comedy is directed by Callie Khouri, human beings. Despite great physical increasingly frequent. The challenges the scripwrighter of the box office distances between the globe’s indi- ahead are enormous, but in some form hit Thelma & Louise and in addition viduals, the growing density of human New Orleans will be rebuilt. However, to Sandra Bullock it stars the great networks are making the actual social one lesson will reverberate around the Ellen Burstyn (top left in the photo) distance far smaller. Drama series Six world humankind cannot take on Mother as the playwright’s mother. Degrees begins on Nelonen. Nature and think it can win every time. MTV3 at 21:15 NELONEN at 21:00 TV1 at 19:10 22 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 07:30 Sponge Bob In depth look at the day’s news from 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- 15:05 Holby City 08:00 Golden Girls Al Jazeera’s international news cent- 07:30 World Business Report tures all of the important interna- 16:10 Murder, She Wrote 15:00 Bridezillas ers. 07:45 Sport Today tional news stories and interviews 18:31 The Last of the Summer Wine 16:00 All in the Family 06:30 Witness 08:30 Click that are shaping the business day. The Mystery of the Lost Bus. Mike Faces Life. Legacy of Jedwabne. Inspiration- The programme for everyone inter- 09:00 Business International 23:10 Newsroom 16:40 Days of Our Lives al and provocative stories providing ested in the internet and new media. A round-up of the day’s global busi- 00:05 Euronews 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show a fresh and informative insight into ness news with focus on internation- Whether its e-commerce, new devel- 20:00 Jack Osbourne: No Fear the world’s key events. al business and market trends. opments and products, or gadgets NEW SERIES. The lazy son of Oz- 07:00 Riz Khan and games, Click looks at the tools TV2 zy Osbourne is challenging him- Interactive show letting viewers di- that will revolutionise business and self with travelling around the world rectly question world leaders, news- personal life. 11:35 Happy Days in 80 days and getting through the makers and celebrities, address- 09:30 HARDtalk Hollywood. 2/3. Fonzie and friends most demanding physical and psy- ing issues impacting lives around Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- continue their trip in Hollywood. chic challenges. Among the tasks the globe. ers and personalities from across are a benji jump in South Africa and 12:00 Supernanny 07:30 Everywoman the globe. a wrestling match in India. 14:40 Cirque du Soleil A weekly magazine show that takes 10:30 Fast Track 22:00 4D: The Perfect Penis (CERT 15) The Canadian Cirque du Soleil (Cir- a critical look at the universal issues The series with the latest news First part of a documentary trilogy cus of the Sun) is a circus like no affecting women around the world. about travel, from the industry it- about the penis. 08:00 News Review self to the latest deals and destina- other: they do not use animals, they do not speak any understandable 23:55 Starsky and Hutch 08:30 People and Power tions, with the most current informa- 00:55 Married… With Children Depopulation Hebron. What hap- tion on flights, holidays, and advice languages and they do not have con- ventional clowns. Production: CBC 01:25 Hitchcock Presents pens and what matters in the world for people travelling on business or O.C. MTV3 at 20:05 involves People and Power - what it for leisure. International. is, who has it and who wants it. 18:50 Spendaholics SUBTV 09:00 48 10:00 World News Out-of-control shopaholics are put Accra. One journalist, one crew, one News bulletins on the hour, featur- under the microscope to unravel the destination and just 48 hours to ing the latest international news buried meanings behind their spiral- 07:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? journey to the heart of the world’s from around the world, financial up- ling debt in a British reality show by Reef Grief. most exciting cities. dates, sports, weather and special BBC. Part 2/10. 07:35 Animaniacs 09:30 Sportsworld reports. 20:10 Life Begins Ups and Downs. 10:00 News 10:30 World Sport 23:00 News from Home / News from 16:55 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures 10:30 Inside Story A comprehensive review of sports House of Superman Going beyond the headlines and to news from around the world, includ- With News from Home / News from The Prankster. Lois Lane has a se- the heart of the news of the day. ing all the key highlights, profiles House, Amos Gitai completes the cret admirer whose devotion to Lois movie trilogy which began with 11:00 News and interviews with the newsmakers doesn’t remain secret from any citi- 1980s House and continued in 1998 11:30 Riz Khan and stars of sport. zen of Metropolis. 24. MTV3 at 22:30 with A House in Jerusalem. Creating 12:00 News 11:00 Larry King 17:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien Global talk-show featuring inter- a sort of human archaeology, Gitai 19:30 Australian Princess 13:00 News explores the relationships between views with high-profile politicians 20:30 The Simpsons 13:30 101 East the house’s inhabitants, past and 11:30 World Business Report and top entertainment figures. The City of New York Vs. Homer. Rajapaksa Interview. Hosted by Tey- present, between Israelis and Pales- 12:00 Business International moor Nabili. 11:45 Sport Today tinians. Each in his or her own way 21:00 Project Runway 14:00 News 12:00 World News Today 13:00 World News Asia becomes a sign of the region’s, the Social Scene. The competitors are Andrew Stevens presents the latest designing party clothes for high-so- 14:30 Witness World News Today is a comprehen- world’s, destiny. financial developments in the Asia- ciety queen Nicky Hilton. Nicky her- Legacy of Jedwabne. sive programme of news and analy- sis, including World Business Report. Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- self is a fashion designer, so pres- 15:00 News 13:30 World Business Report nomic and financial trends. sures about the task are high. 15:30 48 MTV3 13:45 Sport Today 14:00 World News 22:00 Sex and the City 16:00 News 14:30 Asia Today 14:30 World Sport The Cheating Curve. 16:30 Everywoman 17:35 Complete Savages The daily current affairs programme 15:00 World News Asia Almost Men in Uniform. 23:50 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 17:00 News aimed at viewers across Asia with 16:00 Your World Today 18:05 Fashion House 01:30 The X Files 18:00 News in-depth reports from BBC corre- A programme that keeps viewers A New Face. Darkness Falls. 18:30 Witness spondents and interviews with lead- from around Europe, the Middle East 20:05 O.C. Africa Poor Whites. South Africa’s ing players. and Africa updated with breaking The Shake-Up. poor are now white as well as black 14:45 Sport Today news, the latest global stories and 22:30 24 YLE TEEMA but does the Rainbow Nation have a 15:30 HARDtalk weather information.20:30 World darker side due to positive discrimi- 06:00 - 07:00. The final hour of the 16:30 Kill Or Cure? Business Today 20:30 Profession: Cartoonist nation against whites? 24-hour thriller series. Meningitis is a deadly infection of A round-up of the day’s global busi- Chris Ware. ChrisWare (1967-) is an 19:00 News the fluid surrounding the brain and ness news with focus on internation- American comic book artist and car- 19:30 Inside Story the spinal cord. Those who survive it al business and market trends, eco- toonist, best known for a series of com- 20:00 News are often left with a damaged nerv- nomic developments, stock market ics called the Acme Novelty Library, 21:00 Riz Khan ous system and a host of disabilities. trading, bids and take-overs. and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, 21:30 Listening Post Kill or Cure? investigates the latest 21:00 World News Europe the Smartest Kid on Earth. Ware’s art Richard Gizbert guides you through developments for a vaccine. Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- is eclectic in its influences, and largely the global news divide. 17:30 Asia Today est financial developments in Eu- reflects his love of early-20th century American aesthetics in both cartoon- 22:00 News 18:30 World Business Report rope, as well as giving an analysis of economic and financial trends. ing and graphic design. Among others, 22:30 People and Power 18:45 Sport Today 21:30 World Business Today son of John’s, Sean Lennon, has been 23:00 News 19:00 World News Today 22:00 World News Europe quoted saying: “I’m beyond a huge 00:00 News 20:30 Talking Movies 22:30 World Sport Chris Ware fan actually; I own a lot of 00:30 Inside Story Tom Brook presents all the latest original artwork. I think he’s the great- 23:00 Business International 01:00 News news and reviews from the US cin- est living artist, personally.” 00:00 World News 01:30 Witness ema scene with reports from Holly- 21:00 History: Churchill’s Bodyguard Africa Poor Whites. wood and New York. 00:30 World Sport Winston Churchill has come to be 21:30 HARDtalk 01:00 CNN Today Profession: Cartoonist. seen as one of the greatest prime 22:15 Sport Today YLE TEEMA at 20:30 ministers ever. And one man knew 22:30 World Business Report him better than any other – Walter 23:30 Asia Today Thompson – Churchill’s bodyguard. 23:45 World Business Report BBC documentary series tells the im- 00:30 HARDtalk pelling story of the former Scotland Yard detective Thompson accompa- 01:30 World Business Report nying Winston Churchill everywhere during his 18 years of service.

101 East Spendaholics For almost a quarter of a century Do you often find yourself splurg- one of Asia’s bloodiest conflicts has ing on gifts for loved ones or feel raged in Sri Lanka. 60,000 people greedy for the latest gizmos or are thought to have died in the civil gadgets, even if you can’t afford war between government forces and them? If you also have the habit Tamil separatists in the north of the of buying yourself something as island. A ceasefire was reached in a reward when things go right 2002 between the government and or as a comfort when things go the rebels, and raised hopes for a wrong there is a risk that you are lasting settlement. But violations of a “spendaholic”. This modern day Jack Osbourne that agreement have become more illness can be influenced by many frequent with hundreds dying in factors, from childhood exposure Jack Osbourne is the son of music legend Ozzy Osbourne and music manager renewed fighting. In an exclusive to parental spending habits to Sharon Osbourne. At the age of fourteen Jack was offered an internship at Virgin interview with 101 East’s Teymoor constant exposure to advertising Records whilst Sharon was managing The Smashing Pumpkins on this label. After Nabili, Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri to television channels and Web that Jack started A&R scouting for Epic Records and helped Sharon in managing Lankan president admits for the first sites devoted to shopping. The Ozzy’s annual touring festival, Ozzfest. Jack shot to fame in 2002 after appearing time that the historic 2002 ceasefire intention of a new British reality in his family’s reality show The Osbournes on MTV. When initially approached is dead and says the route to a politi- show is to help each contributor about the idea of The Osbournes, Jack opposed, saying: “I don’t want to be cal solution runs through military out, but are the consumer junkies famous.” Now the rebellious teenager has his own show Jack Osbourne: No Fear. tactics. ready and willing to do it? NELONEN at 20:00 AL JAZEERA at 13:30 TV2 at 18:50 HELSINKI TIMES WEATHER 6 – 12 JUNE 2007 23

Wed 6/6 +12 Finland info +18 Helsinki info Wednesday 6.6. – Tuesday 12.6. +16 Wed 6/6 Thu 6/7 Fri 6/8 Sat 6/9 Sun 6/10 Mon 6/11 Tue 6/12 This week: no special holidays +20 +21 +23 +22 +20 +20 +20 +18 Saturday 9.6. Åland Islands Independence Day +22 +22 +24 +25 +27 +27 +27 +28 +28 Alko. The only store to sell alcohol stronger than beer and cider is +24 Alko. Alkos are normally open Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat 9-18. On Sundays +33 +34 +35 +34 +35 +29 +31 Alkos are closed and around holidays the opening times may vary. You +24 can check the opening times from Alko’s service number: 020 711 712 (Mon-Sat 8-21). Thu 6/7 +23 +24 +27 +28 +27 +26 +26 +36 +35 +36 +37 +39 +38 +34 Banks and Money Exhange. Finnish banks are usually open Mon-Fri +14 10-16.30. Money can be also be exchanged at the Forex in the Helsin- +22 +24 +27 +27 +23 +22 +21 ki Railway Station Mon-Sun 8-21 and the Forex at Esplanadi Park Mon- +22 Fri 9-19 and Sat 9-15. +22 +25 +22 +17 +22 +21 +16 Dental Care. Helsinki City Dental Clinics are open Mon-Fri 8-15. +19 Some of the clinics stay closed the whole summer. Tel. 09 310 5015. +20 +27 +28 +29 +29 +29 +29 +25 Emergency Number. 112 +22 +36 +31 +30 +32 +40 +33 +32 +19 Grocery stores. Food and daily essentials are available at supermarkets +23 +22 +20 +21 +23 +20 +21 +19 and smaller shops. The biggest grocery store chains are Alepa, K-Market +23 and S-Market. They are usually open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat 7-18 and Sun 12- +37 +39 +39 +40 +39 +38 +37 21. Kiosks, petrol stations and small stores may stay open longer. Fri 6/8 +37 +37 +37 +38 +40 +41 +40 Health. Helsinki City Health Centers operate a summer schedule from June until the end of August. Open Mon-Fri 8-16. Children in urgent +13 +23 +24 +26 +22 +20 +22 +18 need of medical treatment at night (22.00 - 08.00) should be taken to Lastenklinikka’s Emergency Department, tel. 09 10023 or 09 4711. +21 +22 +19 +21 +20 +23 +20 +19 Treatment for adults is available at night and during the weekends at the Malmi or Maria Hospital’s Emergency Department, Mon-Fri 16- +17 +23 +21 +25 +25 +21 +22 +20 22, weekends and holidays 8-22. Malmi tel. 09 10023 or 09 310 6611. Maria tel. 09 471 63466 or 09 4711. +21 +31 +32 +31 +29 +28 +26 +30 A Telephone Health Service is open 24 hours every day of the year, +23 provided by experienced nurses. The service costs the price of a nor- +28 +22 +24 +27 +28 +27 +27 mal telephone call. For information about health, illness or health care +17 +24 services in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area call 09 10023. On the In- +28 +27 +25 +24 +22 +22 +23 ternet, see: www.hel.fi/terveyskeskus +21 +19 +21 +21 +22 +22 +16 +17 Helsinki Times. Next issue is out on Wednesday 6 June. Helsinki Times Sat 6/9 is available from R-kioski, Akateeminen Kirjakauppa and Suomalainen +23 +23 +24 +27 +27 +24 +25 Kirjakauppa after week 23. Helsinki Times is also available on subscrip- +13 tion. +21 +22 +23 +23 +23 +22 +23 +20 Libraries. Public libraries in Helsinki are usually open Mon-Thu 10-20 +22 +25 +27 +26 +23 +20 +22 and Fri-Sat 10-16. Kirjasto10 (Library10) in the centre of Helsinki (in Postitalo, Elielinaukio) offers internet access and good information serv- +16 ices in English. It’s open Mon-Thu 10-22, Fri 10-18 and Sat-Sun 12-18. +21 +21 +22 +22 +21 +21 +18 +21 +32 +32 +34 +30 +33 +33 +33 Market Halls. Fresh vegetables, fish, meat, bakery and dairy products +22 are sold at the old traditional market halls near Helsinki’s harbours. +25 +26 +28 +19 +24 +24 +23 Wanha Kauppahalli (Old Market Hall) in Kauppatori (Market Square) +23 +17 and Hakaniemen kauppahalli (Hakaniemi Market Place) are the most +21 +14 +20 +21 +20 +22 +25 +28 popular. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16. Museums are closed on Mondays. Detailed museum information in Sun 6/10 +21 +19 +18 +21 +20 +23 +26 English at www.a5.fi/lehdet/museoesite/

+10 +23 +25 +22 +22 +20 +23 +20 Post. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. Stamps are also available from kiosks and shops. The orange post boxes can be found +14 +19 +22 +32 +23 +25 +26 +29 everywhere around the city. +24 +26 +27 +20 +25 +21 +15 +12 Public Transport. Buses, trains, trams and the metro operate in Helsin- +19 ki and surroundings on weekdays mainly from 5.30 until around midnight. +24 +24 +22 +23 +24 +23 +19 On weekends public transport operates from 6.30 until around midnight, with fewer departures. Night buses operate extensively during weekends +21 +11 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +9 until 4.00. Public transport in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area is organised by YTV (the Metropolitan Area Council) which offers detailed information +23 +19 +25 +26 +28 +29 +29 +29 +23 about timetables, routes and ticket prices in English at www.ytv.fi +22 +22 +21 +22 +23 +23 +23 +24 Information on traffic exceptions. You can get exception info about Mon 6/11 Helsinki City Transport’s (HKL) to your mobile phone by sending an +26 +26 +25 +27 +28 +26 +28 SMS with the message HKL TRAM, HKL TRAIN, HKL FERRY, or HKL METROE to the number 16 166. In a return message you will get in- +9 +31 +32 +30 +29 +28 +29 +29 formation about traffic exceptions concerning the respective vehicles. With a message HKL INFOE you will get the current traffic exceptions +12 +25 +20 +24 +23 +22 +18 +12 of all vehicles that are a part of the service. The price of an SMS is 0, 25 euros/message. NOTE: The service is available with the connec- +11 +22 +17 +22 +19 +19 +20 +20 tions of Sonera, DNA, Elisa and Saunalahti. +16 +23 +17 +20 +19 +18 +19 +17 You can also read the exception info on the internet from HKL’s home +21 page www.hkl.fi or the Omat lähdöt timetable service www.omatlahdot.fi. +25 +27 +31 +33 +32 +31 +31 +20 +21 Railway. The Finnish State Railways (VR) operates the long-distance +23 +25 +25 +24 +23 +24 +26 +26 and international railway traffic. Timetables, ticket prices and other in- formation are available in English at www.vr.fi. VR Telephone Service: 0600 41 902 (€1 + Inc.) Tue 6/12 +16 +17 +18 +10 +12 +16 +17 +23 +24 +27 +27 +25 +24 +22 Tourist Information. Helsinki City Tourist Information & Convention +8 Bureau offers free information about the city and its sights, events and services, including free maps and other material. The office is located +14 in Esplanadi Park, Pohjoisesplanadi 19, and it’s open Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat- Sun 9-18. Tel: 09 3101 3300. A smaller Tourist Information is located in the Central Railway Sta- +12 Wednesday 6/6 tion at the Hotel Booking office. From June to August visitors are also +14 served by the Helsinki Helpers, teams of guides that patrol the streets in the city centre. +18 4:00 am 10:36 pm 2:42 am 11:51 pm Useful Information Missing? +18 +18 4:09 am 10:50 pm 1:34 am 1:05 am If this information about Finland still left you uncertain about some- +19 thing essential, please let us know your info requests, so that we can 3:50 am 10:56 pm be more helpful in the next issue! [email protected] Compiled by Mirva Anjala. Issue 5 6 - 12 JUNE 2007

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A couple embraces in front of German riot police during a dem- First day of summer at Munkkiniemi beach in Helsinki. Maintenance workers cover the court during the French Open onstration against the ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting and tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris. the G8 summit in Hamburg.

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A worker attempts to clean up an oil slick caused by the rupture of Demonstrators dressed as Guantanamo Bay prisoners stage a A protester stands in front of a burning car during clashes with an undersea oil pipeline in San Vicente bay about 510km south of protest against the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleez- police at an anti-G8 demonstration in Rostock, Germany. A Santiago, Chile. The spill, which is estimated at over 2,000 barrels za Rice in central Madrid. group of around 500 demonstrators set upon police after a se- of oil, has seriously affected at least one community of sea lions ries of largely peaceful marches through the city, in which po- and caused the deaths of different species of birds. lice said 25,000 people took part.