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Violence among pupils has increased at an alarming rate

HEIDI LEHTONEN - HT early intervention are central to MICHAEL NAGLER – HT decreasing school bullying and violence. It is important to increase BULLYING has become more com- knowledge about how we perceive mon in comprehensive schools. Sev- violence and what it means to youth, en per cent of girls and one tenth of parents and those who work among boys said that they are bullied at least young people,” Pietikäinen says. once a week. A fi fth of junior high The results of the Kiva Koulu school students on average have ex- (Nice school) programme, which was perienced physical threats during the developed at the University of Turku last year. Fights and threatening with with funding from the Ministry of violence have increased considerably Education, have appeared prom- among boys in comprehensive school. ising. In the experimental schools These results are revealed in a school which ran for a year, the proportion health survey conducted by STAKES, of children who were repeatedly bul- the National Research and Develop- lied as well as those who bullied oth- ment Centre for Welfare and Health. ers fell by about 40 per cent. Over 100,000 comprehensive school, Elisa Poskiparta of the Universi- vocational school and high school stu- ty of Turku, a senior researcher of the dents took part in the survey. Kiva Koulu programme, says that the STAKES Senior Researcher Minna experimental schools have received Pietikäinen sees dysfunctional fami- the programme surprisingly well. lies as one reason for increased school She hopes that there will be grow- bullying and youth violence. “Drug and ing interest in the project. “This year alcohol use and mental problems have junior high school students are also increased in our society, and more involved in the experiment, which families than before have problems. makes it more challenging than last This manifests itself in the increase of year,” she adds. children taken into state custody, the The experiment, which began in Entertainment resort Flamingo in Vantaa will be the largest of its kind in Nordic Countries. need for rehabilitation services, and 2007, targeted over 4,000 pupils in perhaps also in the increased physical the fourth, fi fth and sixth grades of threats experienced by young people.” comprehensive school. This school A more thorough approach year comprehensive school pupils Finland’s largest entertainment should be taken with regards to in the fi rst to third grades as well as school bullying and violence. Ac- those in the seventh to ninth grades cording to Pietikäinen there are not will get to try the project. The Kiva centre to open in Vantaa enough support services for youth Koulu programme will be available and families. “Pre-emption and to all schools by autumn 2009. KATI HURME mingo has also evoked some conver- opened by Finnkino, along with the HELSINKI TIMES sation about the consequences, both Flamingo Spa, which contains the planned and otherwise. The rising largest indoor water park in Finland Competition invites easy designs THE RECENT trend in shopping cen- amount of private traffi c is one issue (10,000 m²) and an Inca themed en- tres is towards bigger, better and troubling some critics. According tertainment spa for adults. The spa STT open, while material which easily more entertaining, and the epitome to the CEO of Espa Invest, Esa Ran- can fi t up to 2,500 people. It goes MATTHEW PARRY – HT slides through the fi ngers is prob- of the phenomena is Ideapark, the ta, “Flamingo is intended as a kind without saying that a hotel, dozens ably not the best choice either. En- 104,000 m² mall opened in Decem- of resort where people will arrive in of restaurants, cafés and wall-to- IN FUTURE, products on supermarket tries should also come with succinct ber 2006 in Lempäälä. The next Ide- groups by bus or plane.” He adds that wall shopping will also be part of the shelves will be marked with informa- but clear instructions for opening. aparks are already being planned in ”Flamingo aims to attract up to three Flamingo experience. tion on how easy it is to open them. Research indicates that around Pieksämäki and Vihti. and half million visitors per year.” Public concern has also emerged The Finnish Rheumatism Associ- 1,5 million Finns suffer from an im- The latest arrival in the Greater The colossal entertainment centre about the disappearence of local ation, in conjunction with the Foun- paired ability to use their hands. This Helsinki area, billed as the largest has already been affectionately nick- services from local residential ar- dation for Finnish Inventions, has competition aims to make every-day entertainment centre in the Nordic named the ”the Las Vegas of Finland”. eas. Small shopping centers built launched a Helppo avata- competi- products easier to open. Countries, is Flamingo, set to open The name is not entirely overblown, in the 1960s and 70s are slowly dy- tion to fi nd the best design ideas for Much packaging presents diffi cul- in Vantaa on 3 September. The new- as the September line-up for night ing, forcing people to do their dai- the packaging of groceries and medi- ty to even the most able-bodied of us, comer is located right next to what club Club Flamingo includes Boney M, ly shopping in big supermarkets, cine. The competition, which closes at but it is the sick and the elderly who used to be the second largest shop- Village People and the mid-90’s euro- mostly located in or close to mas- the beginning of December, is open to face the greatest challenge. Stud- ping centre in Finland, Jumbo, and is dance group Ace of Base. The centre’s sive shopping centres like Flamin- anybody. ies have shown that ease of opening situated less than three kilometres two-storey night club, run by man- go. The periodic public debate about Prospective entries should take is often a factor in purchasing deci- from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. ager Sedu Koskinen, has room for Sunday opening hours is also affect- into account the material used in sions, and two thirds of consumers While many locals have expressed up to 2,300 customers. ed by the mega-mall trend, just in packaging, since the most robust say they would pay more for a prod- satisfaction at the development, the Flamingo’s other attractions in- time for the municipal elections at package may not be the easiest to uct were it easier to open. phenomenon of mega-malls like Fla- clude the fi rst 3D-cinema in Finland, the end of October.

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Is there any light at Operation “empty field”: causes, developments, lessons the end of the tunnel? The massive aggression of announced 9 August that ternational mechanisms are Georgia against South Ossetia The recent Georgia-South Ossetia conflict will go down into history the country’s troops had be- put in place. has intensifi ed its ambitions as gun a “peace enforcement Russia quickly pulled back well as long-cherished dreams as the most dramatic and fierce confrontation with a substantial operation” in South Ossetia its forces from South Ossetia of Abkhazia to proclaim in- use of military might. to force Georgian troops to and Georgia proper: the with- dependence from Tbilisi. On cease violence. drawal began 18 August, and 25 August, both the Russian It was not an easy decision by 22 August, at 19.50, nearly all State Duma and the Federa- UNDOUBTEDLY, the recent A carefully lican hospital were totally for the Kremlin to embark up- Russian contingents have safely tion Council formally request- and relatively short Georgia- timed attack destroyed, water supply sys- on military power. But it did returned to Russian territory. ed the President to support South Ossetia armed confl ict People all over the world were tems severely damaged, the not have any intention to cap- Seemingly, the fi ve-day the independence of these re- that lasted only from 8 till 12 watching the Olympic Games Parliament and University ture Georgia or to oust Presi- war was over. What are its publics. President Medvedev August 2008 will go down in in China. The Russian lead- buildings burned. Around dent Saakashvili. The Russian major lessons? signed two decrees on the rec- history as the most dramat- ers were out of Moscow: Pres- 70 per cent of buildings were Foreign Minister Sergei Lav- First. True, it was an ex- ognition of the independence ic and fi erce confrontation ident Dmitry Medvedev was reduced to rubble, and gas rov stressed 19 August that tremely unhappy event for of South Ossetia and Abkhaz- with a substantial use of mil- in the Volga river area, while and electricity were cut off. Russia did not have any inten- both sides. It badly damaged ia on 26 August. He referred to itary might. Prime-minister Vladimir Pu- The offi cial reaction from tion “to occupy Georgia or to the relationships between the UN Charter and the Helsin- The major reason for the tin attended the Games. Late Moscow to this was quick and annex any part of it.” Moscow and Tbilisi. Mikhail ki Final Act, among other in- latest confl agration lies in at night 7 August or two hours straightforward: the Kremlin By 11 August the Georgian Saakashvili made a tremen- ternational arrangements. the fi rm desire of the cur- before Georgian forces at- labeled it an act of “aggression, army ceased to exist as an dous blunder by ordering his The main players in the rent Georgian leadership to tacked the capital, Mikhail genocide, ethnic cleansing, organized force: the troops troops to raze to the ground world arena on the issue – in suppress secessionist move- Saakashvili arranged a smoke- and military crimes,” resulting escaped to the south in pan- the South Ossetian capital. this case Russia and the USA screen – he made an in a humanitarian catastrophe ic, mainly to Tbilisi, leaving He lost his credibility and – still assume irreconcilable emotional “peace- – nearly 34,000 refugees from hundreds of military hard- grasp of reality. stands. Recently a number of 2,100 civilians inside the loving statement,” South Ossetia fl ooded neigh- ware unattended. Second. Georgia and Rus- NATO members again start- city were killed. Almost the in which he prom- bouring Russian republics After this major military sia suffered heavy human ed talking about admission ised South Ossetia within 36 hours of the shelling defeat of Georgia, President and material losses. The fi rst of Georgia into the alliance. entire capital has been cov- and Abkhazia sub- of Tskhinvali. Medvedev took a decision to fi ve days of the confl ict cost With such a leader? entrated – nearly all schools stantial autonomy. Russia was also concerned wind up the overall operation Russia around $508.7 mil- In the eyes of Russia, and the republican hospital Washington has al- that 15 Russian peacekeep- 12 August. At 12.58 Moscow lion. The war wiped $7 billion the general situation on the so repeatedly prom- ers of 588 that have been time he announced that “the off the Russian stock market. ground in Georgia is still a were totally destroyed, ised Moscow that it monitoring the ceasefi re for security of the peacekeep- The respective Georgian fi g- “complicated” one, despite water supply systems would never allow 15 years under internation- ers and civil population has ure is around $10 billion. the ceasefi re accord. Tbilisi to use mili- al accords were killed and been restored, the aggres- Third. The confl ict poi- Unfortunately, Georgia is severely damaged, the tary force to resolve 150 of them injured. The Rus- sor was punished and suf- soned the atmosphere be- pulling back its troops to the Parliament and University territorial issues in sians expressed their anger fered very substantial losses, tween Russia and a number positions designated on 7 Au- buildings burned. the Caucasus. that many were brutally ex- its Armed Forces have been of Western nations who gust very slowly, though the Russian, South ecuted by their former “com- disorganized”. backed the regime of Mikhail withdrawal of troops under Ossetian and Ab- rades-in-arms” – Georgian The same day the Rus- Saakashvili, and canalised its the Medvedev-Sarkozy peace ments of the de jure auton- khazian leaders were great- peacekeepers. sian and French Presidents thrust into South Ossetia. plan is a bilateral, rather than a omous republics of South ly concerned over the fact (France holding the EU pres- Fourth. Paralleling the unilateral measure. Georgian Ossetia and Abkhazia that that the attack of the Geor- New “peace operation” idency) had worked out a 6- military operation, an infor- military units are again being de facto severed nearly all gian Army was preceded by to cease violence point peace plan to defuse mation and diplomatic war concentrated in the heartland political and administrative the devastating bombard- So, in these circumstances the crisis and to restore sta- unfolded. Unfortunately, too of the country and “are prepar- ties with Tbilisi in the 90s. ment of Tskhinvali. In an the Kremlin decided to send bility in the Caucasus. many Western leaders have ing for future actions,” as the The other key reason behind offence that deliberately tar- its 58th Army of the North displayed a double standard, Russian General Staff put it. the August war was the per- geted civilians and non-mili- Caucasus Military District, Lessons to learn disseminated false informa- On 18 August, President sonal ambition of Mikhail tary buildings, Tbilisi made to protect South Ossetians The blueprint was very well tion, based their statements Medvedev promised a tough Saakashvili, the Georgian use of hundreds of 122-mm and its own peacekeepers welcomed by the world com- exclusively upon Georgia’s response to any aggression President, to “close down the BM-21 "Grad" multiple rock- there. Russia used aircraft, munity at large, by the UNO, stories, and actually sent a against Russian nationals – chapter of the South Osse- et launchers, heavy artillery armored units, and near- EU, OSCE and NATO. The strong message of support be they civilian or military. In tian and Abkhazian separa- and mortar, tank fi re and ly a dozen warships from principles include non-use of to Tbilisi. They failed, how- a constructive mood, he also tism” before joining NATO. air strikes. This operation its Black Sea Fleet, includ- force and an end to all hos- ever, to persuade the world promised not to escalate ten- The carpet shelling of was eloquently codenamed ing guided-missile cruiser tilities, free access to hu- that Russia has allegedly re- sion in international relations. the South Ossetian capital “Empty Field.” It was elabo- Moskva. The overall group- manitarian aid, withdrawal sorted to “indiscriminate Moscow is urging other Tskhinvali by Georgia be- rated by President Saakash- ing had nearly 15,000 men. of Georgian troops to their attacks” on civilians. The countries to do the same. gan 8 August 2008 at 00.06, vili in 2006. So, the pre-confl ict 12:1 mil- permanent stations and number of losses among ci- There must be no “Empty while the military intrusion As a result, 2,100 civilians itary supremacy in favor Russian troops to the posi- vilians in South Ossetia are Field” operations in the future. of its regular infantry and inside the city were killed. of Georgia has been nearly tions occupied before the incomparable with those of Any positive gain of such ad- armored units into the city Almost the entire capital has counterbalanced. start of hostilities. Russian the Georgian civilian losses: venturist schemes will be lim- started three hours and 30 been coventrated – near- Explaining this move, peacekeepers will take extra respectively 2,100 versus 69 ited. But the negative outcome minutes later. ly all schools and the repub- President Dmitry Medvedev security measures until in- persons, or 30 times higher. can surely be a fatal one. LCD-Display LCD-TV

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“Persons at risk should seeking protection for their have more support, especial- luxury items. ly educational support, to help Although Sirén is quick them get jobs and make them to point out that “social con- Vandalism in progress feel like they are also stake- trol is tighter nowadays and holders in society. Problems people have become less tol- start at home and continue at erant of vandalism in Fin- school, so something should be land; they don’t accept According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data, 27,000 cases of van- done to increase their chanc- trashy behaviour in public dalism were reported to police, which is five per cent up on the previ- es of survival in life. After all, anymore. Besides, people their circumstances at home are more alert to this sort ous year. A total of 419,000 offences were reported to the police in the are bad enough to deal with.” of thing and it is easier to report crimes to the police period of January-June 2008. Boomtown rats thanks to the spread of mo- Apparently, economic boom bile technology.” times in recent years have al- Indeed, what stats consist- NICHOLAS WHITEHOUSE cles numbered 6,300, which unique to Finland is of a po- seem to be committing more so contributed to the upswing ently fail to recognise is the HELSINKI TIMES is down nine per cent from larisation of criminality crimes and the offences com- in vandalism in Finland. Ac- kind of social information con- the year before. Crimes in- among Finnish youth, which mitted seem to increase with cording to Sirén, the spread tained in documents like Na- VANDALISM, in particular volving car burglaries wit- continues to bedevil fellows severity,” comments Reino of “soft” targets in down- tional Victim Surveys. “These damage to property, has in- nessed a 13 per cent drop on at the National Institute of Sirén, Senior Researcher. town Helsinki such as more surveys are very important creased and offences relat- fi gures for 2007. Legal Policy. Indeed, recent fi gures in- buildings using glass to show because the target population ed to motor vehicles have Reassuringly, Finland re- “Generally, in terms of dicate that year-on-year re- off their wares and fl ashy are ordinary households and decreased. mains a below average coun- vandalism and criminality, peat offenders aged 18 and cars visible on the streets are victimisation fi gures point to The number of speed- try when comparing fi gures on our research clearly shows under are increasing the fre- open invitations for vandal- a downward trend in Finland ing offences has also risen, crime with the rest of Europe. that less and less youngsters quency and seriousness of ism. So it would seem to in- over the last 10 years in the partly as a result of more ef- are admitting to theft or van- their criminal behaviour, es- surance companies that are number of victims of assault fi cient speed camera surveil- Polarisation of dalizing property. On the pecially where vandalism is publishing record sales of in- and vandalism, which is not lance methods. Incidents of criminality other hand, there is a hard- concerned. surance policies to individ- visible in police reports and theft involving motor vehi- However, a persistent trend core of repeat offenders that “This polarisation is some- uals with a high net worth statistics,” Sirén concludes. what concerning for socie- LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER ty, but it must be balanced by The number of crimes between January and June 2008. the fact that less young peo- Change refers to the crimes committed on 2007. ple are involved in crime to- January-June Change April Change May Change June Change day than 10 years ago,” Sirén 2008 2008 2008 2008 suggests. All crimes 418 694 21 167 71 060 3982 79 311 5 076 70 869 939 The perpetrators of such acts seem to range from Crimes against bored graffi ti artists to ne- criminal law 255 447 -5 188 43 841 -205 48 142 -900 47 043 -2 124 glected kids with special ed- Illicit use of motor ucation needs angry at their vehicles 6 324 -612 1 110 -195 1 293 -151 1 331 -77 circumstances. burglary 18 980 -1 847 3 312 -486 3 797 -657 3 654 -353 “Generally, it is very often assault 16 530 337 2 845 78 3 026 161 2 887 -122 a question of young people drunk driving 12 720 -802 1 960 -319 2 659 205 2627 -480 being involved in committing drug related crime 7 409 77 1 298 253 1 361 166 1 334 22 acts of vandalism. Within robbery 790 -49 154 21 135 -12 147 -17 that, kids with special education needs have problems homicide, murder, killing 67 11 18 9 5 -1 15 0 both at home and school, which frequently puts them rape 366 -20 60 -4 73 2 94 5 at a higher risk of becoming speeding 123025 11 871 22 024 1 598 24 008 2 792 18 496 884 young offenders,” Sirén con- Source: Statistics Finland fi rms and adds: Finland's crime rate remains low in European comparison.

Areas of oxygen concentration in the Baltic Sea. August 2008

Baltic Sea “dead zone” spreading LONGITUDE (0) 65000' The Baltic Sea contains the largest of the infamous “dead zones” in the world’s seas, caused 2 0 ' by nutrient pollution. A new survey shows that the lifeless area of the Baltic sea bed has 64 00 expanded significantly over the past year. 0 63000'

FRAN WEAVER a heavily polluted zone in the of St Petersburg. A new in- what must be done, and it’s 62000' HELSINKI TIMES Gulf of Mexico fed by the Riv- ternationally fi nanced treat- more a question of political OXYGEN er Mississippi, whose waters ment plant collects sewage will to make the necessary A DEPRESSING fi lm of the dead come from the vast intensive from southwestern districts investments to combat pol- 61000' zone in the bottom of the Gulf agricultural region of the US of the city, but St Peters- lution from so many sources. of Finland shows murky wa- Midwest. burg’s 4.7 million residents It’s vital that the measures ters where no fi sh can swim, Marine biologists see dead generate almost as much within the international Bal- 60000 and a sea bed made of death- zones as a major threat to life wastewater as the whole of tic Sea Action Plan for nutri- ly black slime. The only life in the world’s oceans, along- Finland – and a third of this ent load reductions in each of forms that can survive here side overfi shing. They form sewage is still released into the coastal countries should 59000' are bacteria that can feed on due to the decomposition of the Gulf untreated. be implemented as urgent- decaying organic material. massive blooms of marine al- “The main problem in Fin- ly as possible without being 0 '' This process uses up all the gae, which fall to the sea fl oor land is diffuse loads of nu- watered down,” he says. 58 00 life-giving oxygen in the wa- when they die. Algal blooms trients originating from MAPCREDIT : FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE ter, and produces foul-smell- have lately become frequent farmland and rural homes More problems in the 57000'' ing hydrogen sulphide gas in the Baltic, where they feed not connected to sewerage pipeline? RESEARCH which is deadly to all other on the excess nutrients accu- systems,” explains Viitasalo. Environmentalists are also marine life – including any mulated in this shallow and “Environmental agricultural alarmed about how marine 16000' 18000' 20000' 22000' 24000' 26000' 28000' 30000' human divers who get into virtually enclosed sea. subsidies have not yet been ecosystems could be affected LONGITUDE (0) deep waters. Though the Baltic is rela- effectively directed to make by the proposed Nordstream “The extent of the dead tively small, its large catch- farmers reduce their use of gas pipeline from Russia to The red areas on this map of the Baltic Sea show zones of the sea zone stretching from Swed- ment area is home to some fertilisers in the right ways Germany, whose submarine bed where no oxygen is present. In the yellow areas oxygen con- ish waters into the Gulf of 85 million people. Sources to stop nutrients entering route runs through the Gulf centrations are so low that few sea creatures can survive. Finland varies from year to of nutrient pollution include rivers and the sea.” of Finland. But marine scien- year, but it has clearly grown poorly treated sewage and Viitasalo stresses that tists reckon the pipeline will es would both increase the pacts of nutrient pollution over the last year, and is cur- runoff from over-fertilised quantities of nutrients al- only release pollution from amounts of nutrients washed in Finland’s coastal waters, rently larger than Estonia,” farmland. ready present in farmland sea-fl oor sediments on a local into the sea, while warmer by mixing shallower oxygen- says marine biologist Profes- soils and sea-fl oor sediments scale and temporarily, during summer temperatures create rich layers of water with the sor Markku Viitasalo of the From Russia are so immense that it could its construction phase. favourable conditions for algal deeper water masses where Finnish Institute of Marine with love be a long time before the Bal- Climate change could rep- blooms,” explains Viitasalo. oxygen depletion problems Research. The Gulf of Finland is partic- tic Sea starts to recover its resent a more serious threat. This year’s mild win- typically occur. But mean- This makes the Baltic ularly burdened by untreated natural balance, even if ac- “The predicted heavier rain- ter and stormy seas have in while, down in the deeps, the dead zone even worse than sewage from the Russian city tion is taken now. “We know fall and shorter winter freez- fact helped to ease the im- dead zone is still spreading. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 5

LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA an east Helsinki comprehensive school. “My fi rst year was IN BRIEF really a challenge,” he says, “and I didn’t get as much sup- SAS jet returns Climate change port as I would have wanted. I to Finland with seen raising think that the day-to-day organisation of our work was undercarriage precipitation in covered in our training, but the fault Finland mental pressures were rarely A Scandinavian Airlines jet A report made public by the discussed, and it’s those that was forced to turn back to Finnish prime minister's give us the most diffi culties.” Turku shortly after takeoff offi ce on 25 August sees cli- from the airport in south- mate change leading to an New challenges western Finland early on 27 increase in winter precip- Working in a city like Helsin- August after the aircrew no- itation and to sunnier and ki which is slowly becoming ticed a problem in the aero- drier summers than before. more cosmopolitan gives rise plane's undercarriage. Mats The report, which assumes to other challenges – new- Rosin of Finavia, formerly a global average temper- ly arrived immigrants who known as the Finnish Civil ature increase of no more speak only their own lan- Aviation administration, said than two degrees from New teachers find their first year of work extremely stressful. guage and are inserted in- the aircraft had landed safely pre-industrial levels, pre- to the class in the middle of and taken off again. Mr Ros- dicts that Finland's climate the school year require spe- in added the incident had not will change faster than the cial teaching methods. Also, been extremely serious. Res- forecast global average. Training for the real world says Suonio, parents are giv- cuers said the aircraft, bound Oras Tynkkynen (green), en too much of a role to play for Copenhagen, had been the climate policy special- in school life. “In my opin- carrying 80 passengers. STT ist at the prime minister's New research suggests the gap between education ion, when the parent leaves offi ce, said it was possible the pupil at the school, they to limit climate change to and real life causes problems for new teachers. are under our authority and Vanhanen keen to a tolerable level with rapid responsibility. We should know what Finland emission reductions. STT be stricter and not listen so NICK BARLOW ten years and is now the princi- in with established staff, and much to parents, who any- wants from EU HELSINKI TIMES pal of a teacher training college are challenged by students way have a highly objective Matti Vanhanen (centre), Finnish court in central Finland, found that with mental health problems. viewpoint of the situation.” Finland's prime minis- IT IS THE CASE that many jobs the gap between education and “In general students are very Blomberg agrees. “Quite ter, said 26 August that he gives life in prison do not live up to our expecta- work causes problems for staff. nice and the teachers did not often parents do not attend would summon a national to mother for tions, and for novice teachers “The interviewees were experience any problems with to their children’s education brainstorming session to murdering three starting work at comprehen- involved in subject-specifi c them, but classes were too needs satisfactorily them- establish what exactly Fin- sive schools, new research teaching, form teaching, and heterogeneous,” Blomberg selves. They deliver them late land wanted from the Eu- children suggests, this is particular- special needs education,” she explains. “Teachers want to to school or do not ensure at- ropean Union. The Espoo district court ly the case. A recent doctoral says. “Although the project help those with special needs, tendance at all. This is some- He added at a gather- in southern Finland on 26 thesis by Seija Blomberg from was based in Helsinki, and but although being in class thing new from ten years ago. ing of Finnish ambassadors August found Fu Yu-Hsiu the University of Helsinki has some of the problems found may be good for the child it of- In addition, for some staff, that he wanted parties, guilty of murdering her indicated that teachers start- were specifi c to working in a ten provides many diffi culties teaching is more like a project businesses, unions, non- three children and sen- ing their fi rst jobs after qual- big city, most problems the for the teacher.” which they will continue with governmental organisa- tenced her to life imprison- ifi cation are unprepared for teachers had to face are just Part of the problem arises for as long as it is interesting. tions and academics to ment. The court heard that the realities of classroom life. as common in small towns.” from the fact that the training This was also something new voice their views on what Fu, 41, murdered her eight- The research was based received by teachers is sporad- for me.” The thesis suggests kind of EU Finland would year-old twin girls and son, on interviews with fi ve teach- More support needed ic and unconnected, with lit- that there should be a ‘well-or- like to see in the next dec- 2, in her fl at in August last ers in their fi rst year of work The results showed that new tle guidance during their study ganized, structured and sys- ade and what sort of poli- year. The woman strangled in primary and comprehen- teachers experience their years or induction. Jani Suonio tematic induction program tics it should practice at the the children after an at- sive schools around Helsinki. fi rst year of work as highly is a recently graduated teacher for novice teachers,’ overseen supranational level. tempt to kill them with an Blomberg, who has taught for stressful, fi nd it diffi cult to fi t who has worked for one year in by a national organisation. Mr Vanhanen declared overdose of sleeping pills. that the aim was to fi nd a The murders were preced- "shared state of will" on an ed by a custody battle be- EU for the 2010s. tween Fu and her former The EU forum is to be husband. STT Pressure and lack of time limit summoned next year. STT sexual intercourse of people in their 30s want to have it all the time,” parallel relationships have The number of women’s sexual partners has Kontula says. decreased.” According to Kontula sexual exclusivity is Wide selection increased, but desires have decreased. Attitudes on cheating nowadays a stronger princi- have grown stricter pal than love. Kontula compared Finland’s In sex quality doesn’t re- of clothingʼs - HEIDI VÄÄRÄMÄKI – STT 4.3 times a month. However, results to those of eight oth- place quantity. According to MICHAEL NAGLER – HT men wanted sex considerably er European countries. Even Kontula the happiness of cou- with Outlet more than women. though in Finland people are ples was in direct relation to FINNISH bedrooms are quieter liberal with regards to ho- the number of times they had than they have been for years. Women under mosexuality and sex without made love. He advises couples prices According to a book by Re- pressure from sex love, in relationship matters to give up on too much rea- search Professor Osmo Kon- Based on the book, a very people are stricter than else- soning and to surrender to the tula of the Family Federation, contradictory image can be where. “People expect more pleasure. “You can advance Finns now have 20 per cent drawn from Finnish women’s and more fi delity from them- your own desire by thinking less sex than in the beginning sex life. Unwillingness has selves and their partner. This more about sex and your own of this decade. “A worrying increased, yet more sex is can be seen by the fact that partner”, Kontula adds. turn has occurred in Finnish craved. The number of wom- sex life,” says Kontula, who has en’s sexual partners has quin- studied the subject for years. tupled since the 1970s, yet Those who live apart make love more often

Kontula sees several rea- they make love less than be- – Finns engage in sexual intercourse on average 4 – 6 times a fi sons for the phenomenon: fore and masturbate more. month. “More and more women have “Women nowadays have – At their most typical, both men and women wish to have sex problems with regards to tested sex with more peo- twice a week. stimulation and having an or- ple, but they still haven’t nec- – Couples that don’t live together make love the most. gasm. Therefore the motive essarily found their place in – In those relationships where it is the man who takes the initia- to have sex is also smaller. On sexual matters. Pressures tive, there is less sex. the other hand, many other have been put on women to be – Women fantasise more about having sex with one of the same www.textileoutlet. things take up people’s ener- better in bed, but at the same gender. gy, and they don’t fi nd shared time much is talked about the – Every third woman who has experienced unwillingness to have time for sex.” risks of sex,” Kontula says. sex thinks their partner is too fast. The data in Kontula’s Halu & According to him the contra- – A third of men whose partners are unwilling to have sex con- intohimo (Desire and passion) diction is also due to the fact sider their partner to be too slow in climaxing. book are based on a Finsex that the differences between – Last year 2,590 people answered the Finsex survey. survey that was conducted last women’s sexuality is greater – Finland’s results were compared with similar research results Karvaamokuja 8, 00380 Helsinki www.textileoutlet.fi year. According to this survey than men’s. “There are wom- in Norway, England, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Ita- Tel. 020 7401 864 Open: Mo-fri 10-18 Sat 10-14 the average man had sexual inen who don’t want sex at all, ly and Greece. tercourse 4.8 and the women and then there are those who STT MICHAEL NAGLER 6 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 FINNISH PAPERS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MATTHEW PARRY LEHTIKUVA / MARJA AIRIO ILTALEHTI ONLINE JAANA VAAHTIO 24.08.2008 As economy cools, demand for VIP booths remains strong

The online tabloid Iltalehti reports on the shortage of VIP booths

VIP BOOTHS in arenas and According to Katariina “Interest in booths for an other venues in Finland are Järveläinen, the event man- ice hockey match depends in hot demand, and interest- ager at LänsiAuto Arena, rent- on how a team is playing. If ed parties can end up wait- ed spaces also ﬁ ll up fast. the Jokerit are playing well, ing a number of years before The arena has almost 50 there’ll be no shortage of in- gaining access to one. booths, of which only three terest in booths, but if they’re According to proprietors and are owned by the Arena scraping in at the bottom of organisers, there is no short- board. The majority of booths the table, the situation may be age of demand for the booths. are used by businesses, a large a bit different,” she says. VIP booths are often booked number of them are also rent- The lion’s share of Hart- well in advance for the more ed out. wall’s more than 90 VIP popular concerts and ice hock- Hartwall Arena’s VIP booth booths are in the names of ey matches. And Finns looking manager Minna Kumén con- various companies and part- to get their hands on their very ﬁ rms that booths are seldom ners, but the venue main- own booth may face a years- left unoccupied, though she tains seven of its own booths long line since vacancies rarely points out that demand varies which it rents out for partic- come on to the market. depending on the event. ular events.

LÄNSI-SAVO KIMMO HALONEN 23.08.08 Rehn: Defiant stance won’t

Students by the Helsinki University main building. help Russia build bridges HELSINGIN SANOMAT MARJUKKA LIITEN 23.8.2008 LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / HRVOJE POLAN The Länsi-Savo newspapers reports Finnish masters perform on the EU commissioner’s views on the well in European comparison Georgiancrisis.

The national daily Helsingin Sanomat reports that Finnish graduates have THE EU commissioner for ex- good employment prospects when compared to the European standard. pansion, Olli Rehn, has predicted that the Georgian crisis will be a decisive factor when FINNISH Students are an av- ter than those whose degrees the German, Dutch, Swiss the multi-national organisa- erage 21 years of age upon are from polytechnics. and Norwegian systems. tion next considers the future entering tertiary education Over 2,500 Finnish uni- Out of this group, only new direction of its security policy. which, although high, turns versity and polytechnic grad- students in the Netherlands The commissioner explains out to be quite normal when uates took part in the study, were on average younger than that the crisis is a clear refl ec- compared to the average age which was carried out by their Finnish counterparts. tion of the EU’s and Russia’s of new students in eight other Professor Osmo Kivinen and When measured against confl icting security priorities: European countries surveyed reseacher Jouni Nurmi. new students in Britain, whereas the EU stresses coop- in a recently-released study. The value of students’ de- Spain and France, however, eration as the road to greater The results also indicate grees was measured by ex- the Finns were comparative- mutual security, Russia con- that Finnish graduates are amining the situation of ly older. Only the Germans tinues to assert its right to doing well when measured graduates fi ve years after and the Norwegians were on take military action whenev- up against their European their graduation in 2000. average older than the Finns. er it deems necessary. brothers and sisters. They Of the countries under Finnish and German stu- Rehn argued that while have greater employment study, the division between dents also tended to be older the confl ict was marked by prospects, their profession- universities and polytechnics at graduation, with an aver- provocation and miscalcula- al status is higher and their – the so-called “dual model” age age of 27 years after six tion, the use of military force incomes tend to much bet- – was also characteristic of years of study. was disproportionate. EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn.

LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA JORMA J. MATTILA. ILTALEHTI. 22.8.2008 Language barrier in Ruskeasuo confounds interested bidders

FINNISH speakers expressing The language barrier is so A cottage on 92 Narsissi- interest in buying a summer high that one Helsinki-based tie remains unsold despite a cottage or an allotment gar- interested buyer was forced number of offers being made den in Ruskeasuo are being to suspend her offer when on the property, apparent- given the cold shoulder. it became clear that money ly from the wrong language The potential custom- wasn’t the issue. group. ers are fi nding it diffi cult to “It’s true. One of my cus- “It seems these cottag- negotiate their way around tomers was rejected simply es are marked out exclu- what appears to be an infor- because his mother tongue sively for Swedish speakers. mal policy of favouring Swed- was not Swedish.” They’ve established a pres- ish speakers, or at least Finns One dealer in summer cot- ence in the area, and they’re who are acceptably profi cient tages, who does not wish to be unwilling to see its linguis- in the language. named, has confi rmed that of- tic character compromised. A command of Swedish, and fers are being dismissed out of There have even been threats preferably native-level, is also a hand on the basis of language. to cut off the supply of water prerequisite for admission to the “It’s quite odd that some and electricity to any Finn- local allotment garden associa- buyers are being marginal- ish-speakers who may have In Ruskeasuo, money talks, but it has to speak the right language. tion’s Swedish-speaking board. ised his way.” the nerve to move in.” HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 7 TRANSLATIONS BY MATTI KOSKINEN LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / SUPRI Biden helps Obama plug key gaps in electorate

In picking Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running-mate, Barack Obama hopes to plug some key gaps in the electoral constitu- encies whose support he hopes will send him to the White House in the elections just 10 weeks from now.

Cain has been making solid been higher than other de- gains in speciﬁ c “swing” states mographic groups and who that are likely to be critical to have shown the greatest un- A worker separates rice grains before putting them on sale at a wholesale market in Jakarta, Indo- the election's outcome. easiness about Obama. nesia. The production of 1 kg of rice takes up 3400 litres of water and the world’s rice paddies ac- As chairman of the Senate count for 21% of global water use for crop production. (Source: www.waterfootprint.org)

WASHINGTON Foreign Relations Committee Placating the Biden's presence on the tick- Obama-skeptics needs of 500 million people,” et is aimed at reassuring vot- As a Catholic with white says the report co-authored ers who are concerned about working-class roots, Biden Wasted food is by SIWI, along with the Food Obama's inexperience in that will also appeal to two oth- and Agriculture Organisa- area. Indeed, Biden's selec- er key Democratic constit- tion (FAO) in Rome and the JIM LOBE also wasted water IPS tion was tipped off in part by uencies that have too-often International Water Manage- Obama's decision to send him strayed from the party's ment Institute (IWMI) in Sri to Georgia for an on-site in- ranks in national elections The world's growing food crisis is being ag- Lanka. OBAMA desperately needs spection of the latest global over the past 30 years and to plug those gaps, given his hotspot. that have strong reserva- gravated by wastage and overconsumption. Virtual water steady slippage in public opin- Similarly, at nearly 66 tions about Obama's candi- Professor John Anthony Al- ion polls over the past month. years old, with a formida- dacy, generally preferring lan of King's College, Lon- While he remains slightly ble mane of white hair, and Sen Hillary Clinton in this national Water Conference, don, winner of the 2008 ahead of Sen John McCain in some 35 years in the Senate, year's primary elections. Lundqvist told reporters that Stockholm Water Prize, is most polls, his headway has Biden is likely to attract old- Biden is plain-speak- “improving water productiv- the author of a concept called been within the statistical er voters whose turnout in ing and unusually direct – if STOCKHOLM ity and reducing the quanti- "virtual water", where he ar- margins of error, while Mc- elections has traditionally sometimes overly loquacious ty of food wasted can enable gues that people consume – particularly when he is on us to provide a better diet for water not only when they the attack, a stance which the poor and enough food for drink it or take a shower, but makes him an excellent growing populations.” also when they consume food complement to a presiden- products. tial candidate whose soaring Obesity and waste The virtual water concept rhetoric has been consistent- A study titled measures water embedded in THALIF DEEN Saving Water ly positive, designed to in- IPS released in Stockholm ar- the production and trade of spire rather than denigrate. gues that while the risk of un- food and consumer products The selection is sure to der-nourishment is reduced – from the ﬁ eld and the fac- disappoint some Democrats “OBESITY is a much bigger with an increasing supply tory to the dinner table. who had hoped that Obama problem than under-nour- of food – provided access is A cup of coffee, for exam- would see his way to choosing ishment,” said Professor Jan ensured – the risk of over- ple, accounts for about 140 li- Clinton. However, it also re- Lundqvist of the Stockholm eating and wastage is also tres of water that is used in assured some who were wor- International Water Insti- likely to increase when food growing, producing, packag-

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNANO ried that Obama would opt tute (SIWI). becomes more abundant in ing and shipping the beans. for a right-wing Democrat. He pointed out that there some societies. One single hamburger The fact that Obama chose are 850 million people world- In the United States, as accounts for an estimated Biden suggests that he be- wide who suffer from hunger much as 30 per cent of food 2,400 litres of water; one kil- US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack lieves his electoral fortunes and starvation daily, com- products, worth some 48.3 ogramme of beef consumes Obama and running mate Delaware Senator Joe Biden during a rest on wooing white, work- pared with over 1.2 billion billion dollars, is thrown 15,000 litres; a slice of white rally in Springfield, Illinois, on 23 August. ing class voters that proved so people who are overweight away annually just by house- bread takes in 40 litres; and elusive to him during the pri- and obese, which can lead to holds alone. one kilogramme of cheese maries, the so-called “Reagan a vast range of health prob- “That's like leaving the absorbs 5,000 litres of water Democrats” who have been lems like diabetes and heart tap running and pouring 40 The fi gures were worked key to Republican victories disease. trillion litres of water into out scientifi caly by research- since 1980 and who fl ocked Speaking on the side- the garbage can – enough ers in the Netherlands, said Carpet to Clinton's banner in most of lines of the Stockholm Inter- water to meet the household Allan. the primary elections.

Foreign policy veteran Sale On his strong point, for- India’s mining boom eign policy, Biden, like Clin- ton, voted in favour of the We have the widest carpet and 2002 resolution that author- affecting tribals, environment rug selection in Finland ised the use of force against Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Un- environmentalists and devel- erbate confl ict,” says Sunita like Clinton, however, Biden opment activists. Narain, director of CSE. Now is the right time to buy both repeatedly cautioned Less than 25 per cent of the India’s policy on mining re- genuine carpet at an against going to war un- nearly 2.6 million people, over mained cautious till around til U.N. inspectors complet- NEW DELHI half of them tribals, displaced 1997, but problems began sur- ed their work in the run-up by mining from 1950 to 1991, facing when an economic lib- affordable price! to the 2003 invasion and lat- have been rehabilitated. eralisation regime unplugged er admitted that he regret- A New Delhi-based envi- controls and allowed industry Thousands of beautiful quality carpets from: ted his vote. He has been an ronmental organisation, the partial investment control in Persia, India, Nepal, Tibet, Kashmir, Turkey, unapologetic backer of the Centre for Science and Envi- mining in 2000. Afghanistan, China etc. KEYA ACHARYA United Nations and multilat- IPS ronment (CSE), has begun a The situation was aggravated All sizes, hundreds of patterns and colours. eral institutions in general. campaign to address the prob- when the government amend- (Also rare giant-sized carpets) Biden has himself sought lems of environmental degra- ed the policy in 2006 to allow the presidency twice. He was INDIA is mineral-rich. Approx- dation coupled with the large 100 per cent direct investment We also have large quantities leading contender for the imately 24 types of minerals, scale loss of homes and live- by foreign companies. Western of beautiful silk carpets. Democratic nomination in including iron, bauxite, copper, lihoods in India’s rapidly bal- mining interests jumped at the 1988 until he was caught pla- chromite, gold, lead, manga- looning mining industry, and opportunity to get at impressive www.mattocenter.fi giarising a speech by British nese, zinc and coal, are found in its latest mining policy. reserves for key minerals and a Labour leader Neil Kinnock in nearly 50 percent of its total “Based on unrealistic as- large, built-in market for them. and subsequently dropped landmass of 3.20 million sq km. sumptions, the policy fails to This huge spiralling pro- out of the race. He also ran But the main concentrations take into consideration the duction has contributed a for the nomination this year of this mineral wealth happens social and environmental mere 2.5 percent to the coun- Matto-Center but dropped out after a fi fth to fall in the ecologically rich, problems happening due to try’s GDP in the last ten years Fredrikinkatu 34, Tel. 09 693 1770 -place showing in the earli- tribal-inhabited areas of south, mining. It is bound to promote and yielded much smaller rev- Weekdays 10-17 Saturdays 10-13 est caucus despite a strong central, and northeastern India large-scale exploitative min- enues for the government than showing in several debates. that have suffered neglect, say ing and will, therefore, exac- it should have. 8 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES

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Tips for succeeding in a job interview

Thorough preparation for a job interview pays off in the long run. Organising documents, good timing and sensible dressing are all part of the preparation process.

Idesco Oy, founded in 1989, is one of the oldest and LEHTIKUVA good idea to aim to arrive at most experienced companies in the field of RFID the premises 5-10 minutes technology. The company focuses on applications for before the appointment, no people and vehicle identification and access control. earlier, but no later, either. It is owned by private equity investor Sentica Part- Dressed for success ners and the operative management of the company. It’s certainly an advantage if you can gain some idea of To secure the implementation of company’s interna- how people dress there, be- tional growth strategy, Idesco is now looking for an cause if you can imitate it, you give your interviewer a innovative and active person to join ourteam: subtle sense of familiarity and with it, the impression that you’ll fi t in well. If you’re Product / Business Manager not sure, try comparing the position and the company in As a Product / Business Manager you will have an general with other business- excellent view to the European electronic securi- es you know. People working ty market. You will be responsible for product defini- in customer service general- tion and productization of wireless identification so- ly dress quite formally while, for telemarketers, clothes lutions and ensuring their commercial competiveness are understandably less im- and success in the market. Your role requires intense portant. Programmers tend co-operating with local sales forces, product devel- to be a bit more relaxed in opment and our customers. their style than project man- agers, and so forth. The dress code in larger organisations The successful candidate for this position has strong is usually somewhat stricter experience from electronic security or access control A firm hand shake is a good plus. than in smaller ones. solutions and adequate technical/commercial educa- If you fi nd yourself wa- tion and experience. The candidate must be willing to SO, you’ve successfully put you try to persuade the re- same time coming across as vering between two outfi ts, work with customers and have ability to travel. Excel- together an attractive appli- cruiter to come earlier, or effi cient, helpful and organ- the general rule is to go with lent English skills are required while other languages, cation, and now you and a few stay later, than he or she nor- ised. You also allow the inter- the smarter option. While especially Swedish, are a plus. other applicants have been mally would. The recruiter view to run more smoothly the work clothes of clean- invited along to an interview. is just working there, after since the interviewer won’t ers, for example, tend to- Before you set out to charm all, so it’s not as though they need to disappear to the cop- wards the utilitarian, it’s a the prospective employ- intend to spend their free ying room, and you can both good idea to turn up to your er with your inimitable wit, time hanging around the of- focus instead on discussing interview looking neat and For further information, please contact fl air and talent, it’s worth sit- fi ce, interviewing potential what you’ll bring to the job, well-presented. VP Sales & Marketing Timo ting down for a moment and employees, no matter how and what that job would en- One more tip for the la- Jauhiainen by phone: +358 50 3765 525 considering a few key factors promising. Nor should you tail. Remember, any time the dies: plan for the worst. I’ve or by e-mail: [email protected]. which could make or break leave the recruiter to choose interviewer spends copy- heard horror stories of runs your performance. from over two alternatives, ing your papers is time away in stockings matched with Please send your application by September 5th by and the last thing you want from you. climbing hemlines, of fi ve- e-mail to Anu-Leena Arola Making an appointment to do is send suggestions centimetre long tears in [email protected] or to Timo Jauhiainen, If you’re in any way given back and forth in an indeci- Arriving on time skirts and jacket buttons [email protected], or by post to the opportunity to affect the sive manner. Do you know precisely where falling off after one shake time of your appointment, Should you be offered the company is located, how of the interviewer’s hand, of seize it. While taking care to more than three choices and you’ll get there and how long thick, knee-high socks run- Idesco Oy bear the recruiter’s conven- none of them are suitable, try it will take you? If not, it ning down to the ankles on Teknologiantie 9 ience in mind, try to select suggesting a compromise. might be worth practicing. the trip to the meeting room. 90570 Oulu a time that works for you. Obviously, if you’re already If fi nding the place is Incidents like these can be Psychologically, choosing working, you can hardly be tricky, you’ll probably re- prevented: try to ensure your expected to turn ceive instructions from the clothes are as new as possible If you want to make a pro- up for an interview recruiter at the same time – seams, elastic lining and fessional impression, make during offi ce hours. as you’re offered an inter- stitching are far less likely to This is something view. Listen carefully. If the give in if the material is bare- a copy of each of the docu- you should be quite instructions are detailed and ly used. Older clothes should ments and compile them in a open about be- you’re not in a position at that be inspected carefully and cause the recruiter moment to write them down, strengthened the night be- plastic sleeve along with your is bound to under- ask whether you would be fore if necessary. Many fi nd C.V. on top. stand and will prob- able to call the recruiter back a spare set of stockings, a BRD Consulting ably prove quite when you have a pen and pa- small sewing kit and safety A few Holder the time of day can improve fl exible. He or she might offer per to hand, or request that pin to be a sensible back-up. your performance immense- you a time at the beginning or he or she forward them to The important thing is that examples of Master ly: some of us don’t exactly the end of the day, or perhaps you in an e-mail. If you offer you don’t want to be sitting in Licence shine fi rst thing in the morn- during your lunch break. to call back, make sure you the interview with your mind of the Europol ing, while others struggle to ask the recruiter for an ap- on stockings and skirts. If First Offi cer string together a coherent Papers in order? propriate time, especially if you can guard against any positions Vacon sentence after 3pm. In the days before your inter- he or she sounds busy. problems with your clothes, Manager&Specialists When you’re present- view, make sure you can fi nd On the weekday before you’re free to focus on what’s on our ed with a few alternatives all the originals of the refer- your interview, set out for important. for time, select two of the ences, qualifi cations and oth- a dummy run at the same All of this advice is given website most convenient – one in the er documents you’ll need to time as you intend to on with one goal in mind – to morning and one in the after- take with you. If you want to the day. Use the same route get you to the interview re- noon – and let the recruiter make a professional impres- and means of transport and laxed, collected and ready for know that either one works sion, make a copy of each of measure how long it takes a conversation about your fu- helsinkitimes.fi More open jobs splendidly. That way, you al- the documents and compile you to arrive. This will al- ture, undistracted by minor at www.helsinkitimes.fi low the recruiter to choose them in a plastic sleeve along low you to make some last- irritants. Remember, a lit- the most fi tting of the two, with your C.V. on top. That minute changes to either tle preparation is a massive whilst at the same time en- way, you can give the inter- your route or your timetable. advantage. suring that you’ll be at your viewer a copy of all your im- In addition, allow yourself best whichever time is set- portant papers and save him an extra 15 minutes in case Translated from Finnish by tled upon. In no way should or her the trouble, while at the of unexpected delays. It’s a Matthew Parry. HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 9

LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / BABU BLOOMBERG 21 August. MEERA BHATIA MP TALK Marimekko net beats estimates on new In this series Members of stores, handbags Parliament share their views on Finnish society Flagship of Finnish fashion Marimekko re- and politics with ported second quarter profit gains, writes the readers of Meera Bhatia for New York-based information Helsinki Times. service Bloomberg. SINIKKA HURSKAINEN is a six-term Social Democrat MP and the Chairwoman of the Council of Europe’s Finn- “MARIMEKKO OYJ, designer of ings in the quarter were held ish delegation. women's Olympic team uni- back by higher expenses and forms for its home country a slowing global economy. of Finland, said second-quar- ‘Profi tability remained at At the backdrop ter profi t rose 56 per cent, a good level, ’ Chief Executive fuelled by new foreign stores Offi cer Mika Ihamuotila said and surging demand for the in the statement. ‘Growth of the Olympics company's handbags.” was, however, overshadowed HARDLY any other Olympics have awakened as much “The garment and tex- by the slowdown of the world discussion beforehand about human rights as the Bei- tile maker, founded in 1951, economy. Its impact on con- jing Olympics, which recently ended. The violence in Ti- opened seven stores and con- sumption demand was ev- bet, the violations of basic rights and the destruction of cessions in 2007 from To- ident in several markets ordinary Chinese people’s homes to make way for the kyo to suburban Washington during the second quarter.’” games caused worldwide consternation and criticism. to fuel growth. Marimekko “Earnings and sales will he maintained its forecast that helped by ‘substantial’ promo- AS THE GAMES began these voices strangely fell silent. full-year sales growth and tions in Finland, the company Of course before the games we also heard the comment Marimekko spring/summer line for 2009 was presented at a profi tability will match last said today, as well as the open- “sports and politics should not be mixed” many times. fashion show in Helsinki, 24 August. year's level, even as earning of four outlets in Japan.” Indeed, in the name of sport many are willing to turn a blind eye to such human rights violations which otherwise would be unthinkable. On the contrary, don’t the NEW ERA 20 August. FREDERICK PHILANDER people who think like this let politics interfere with sports to the greatest extent? Those basic values, which people would not be willing to negotiate on in other sit- Civil society educated in management uations, are tossed aside in the name of the Olympics. THE COUNCIL of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has The Finnish embassy in Namibia organised a civil society workshop on 15 August. confi rmed that there can be no democratic society without a basic right to freedom of speech. It has said Windhoek-based newspaper New Era reports on the development initiative. that the development of society and of each and every individual is dependent on the opportunity to receive and disseminate information and ideas. “THE EMBASSY of Finland on a valuable partnership with civil society participation and ‘To answer this call from Friday held its 4th Round Ta- many NGOs and institutions human rights.” our partners in development, AT THE END of July Helsingin Sanomat reported that ble Conference with more over time. The objective of the “However, external assist- since 2006 we have organised China was also censoring the use of the Internet at than 30 old and new civil so- fund is to complement other ance cannot be a substitute round table partners’ meet- the Olympics’ press centre. According to the daily you ciety partners at the Habitat Finnish development efforts for a country’s own national ings and offered capacity could not get access from the media centre to many Research and Development – with an overall aim of allevi- resources, she warned. building and training. Based such pages which are normally censored in China. Centre in Katutura. ating widespread poverty in Na- ‘At its best, external as- on your feedback, the em- Would this kind of behaviour be allowed in a political More than 40 Namibians mibia,’ said the Finnish project sistance serves as a catalyst bassy has understood that conference, a high-level business meeting or in an in- from different organiza- manager Elise Heikkinen. for development, to enhance these seminars and occasions ternational cultural event, to name but a few exam- tions attended the one-day According to her, special atten- conditions where govern- have, besides the skills devel- ples? I doubt it. In the Olympics it was an every-day workshop. tion is given to initiatives that ments, private sector, com- opment, allowed our partners occurrence. ‘The Embassy of Finland in strengthen civil society devel- munities and individuals the opportunity for network- Namibia, through its Fund for opment by enhancing social take the initiative and lead ing and sharing of ideas and A HORRIBLE example of sports activity which violated Local Cooperation, has built equality, gender equality, open into their own hands. …’ experiences,’ she said.” the right to be free from bodily harm was recently seen in the British documentary DDR:n dopingskandaali (DDR’s doping scandal), which was shown on YLE. The THE BALTIC COURSE 25 AUGUST. JUHA TERE BALTICBUSINESSNEWS. documentary told about young women athletes who COM 22 AUGUST. had been pumped full of steroids. They themselves SANDRA TAIMRE knew nothing about this “force feeding”. The power- Rise in alcohol excise duty in ful hormones changed these girls into men, and now Cooling econ- they try to seek justice and compensation for their Finland increased vodka sales in Estonia sufferings in court. omy hinders THE DOCUMENTARY also showed athletes whose skel- Alcohol excise tax hike has sent Finns shopping south again, proving a creation of etal structure couldn’t take the abnormal muscle mixed blessing to Estonian producers, writes The Baltic Course. growth caused by hormones, and who now are crip- joint Finnish- pled for life. The state where these things were done is

LEHTIKUVA / PEKKA SAKKI now history, but one can only hope that today’s gener- duty; therefore Estonia’s larg- Estonian trade al lust for medals will not cause these scenes to be re- est distillery Liviko was forced union peated anywhere else in the world. to stop some of production lines since they could only export “MATTI HUUTOLA, the head CHINA, the Olympic host country, unfortunately sent a their products, the Baltic Busi- of the Finnish trade union, distorted message to 4 billion TV viewers when the little ness News Channel informs. said that Estonia and Finland girl who actually sang the opening song wasn’t allowed Liviko's CEO Janek Kal- could have joint trade unions on the stage. The credit went to the one whose cheek vi said that liquor producers by 2025. In Estonia, such idea structure and row of teeth fulfi lled the cuteness criteria. were in a diffi cult situation in still causes bemusement.” Is it according to the Olympic spirit that appreciation for the wake of a 20% increase in Harri Taliga, the chairman talent goes to the one who is attractive enough, and not excise duty, Äripäev writes. of the Association of Estoni- to the one who actually possesses the talent? ‘This is a years old practice, an Trade Unions, is careful in that before a greater excise commenting on Huutola’s idea. HOWEVER, only the best can be wished on those ath- Finnish spirits for sale in Tallinn. duty growth retailers stock- "It is only an idea and it is not letes and their support teams who play by fair rules! pile. After that a quiet period clear at which level the merger It is wonderful that one Finn, who this time managed “AN INCREASE in alcohol ex- Finns bought abroad 10% follows when producers can would happen, Taliga said.” to get a gold medal, is a mother of two small children cise duty in Finland at the more alcohol in the fi rst quar- sell nothing,’ Kalvi said.” “Taliga also added that the who works as a waitress in a café. Indeed, the female beginning of the year 2008 ter of 2008 comparing to the “The greater the excise cooling economy would make shooter who was equipped with iron nerves thanked stimulated an increase in the fi rst quarter of 2007.” duty increase, the greater increasing the number of trade her 7-year-old son for good coaching after the event. amount of alcohol bought “Estonia's major retail the wish to speculate, Kalvi union members diffi cult. Ac- abroad, including Estonia, chains bought warehouses of explained the reason why al- cording to him, it is impossible Translated by Michael Nagler the Baltic Business News liquor producers empty before cohol producers suggest rais- to increase the number of me- Channel reported. the increase in alcohol excise ing excise duty step by step.” mebers for many years.” 10 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

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DAVID J. CORD is a Private Banker with over ten years of international experience.

Investors become nervous after conflict in Georgia

THE Financial Times reported last week that the con- ﬂ ict with Georgia caused investors to pull their money out of Russia at the fastest rate in ten years. Russia’s neighbours have also been roiled, but Finland’s ﬁ - nancial markets seem to have weathered the crisis unscathed.

RUSSIA’S central bank released data that showed a massive amount of capital ﬂ ight in the week beginning 8 August. Russia’s foreign currency reserves fell 2.7%, or $16.4 billion, that week, second only to a week in 2006 when Russia paid off the bulk of its foreign debt to the Paris Club.

RUSSIA’S stock market has also been hit hard. Fearful investors pulled their money out of Russia, contribut- ing to a 6.5% fall in the Russian equity index since 7 Au- Finland remains a European leader in silviculture and wood processing. gust. Debt markets were not immune either. Domestic rouble bonds have fallen in price while the yields have increased by up to 150 basis points, or 1.5%, in the past thirty days. Finnish labour productivity in THE DEPUTY chairman of Russia’s central bank, Gen- forest-based industries highest in Europe nady Melikyan, was quoted by the Financial Times as saying, “Foreigners are pulling out of some assets On the European level, 79 and stock markets and the exchange rate has suffered A recent study published by Eurostat compared forest-based indus- per cent of the workforce was most. I think we have come close to the bottom now.” employed by large companies tries of the EU-27. Finland’s labour productivity was the highest, at (47 per cent of the companies CONVENTIONAL wisdom might think that a similar almost twice the European average. identifi ed in the report). In phenomenon would occur in Finnish markets. Finland Finland, this trend was con- is a neighbour of Russia, and history has shown that fi rmed, with the country relations have not al- RISTO HAATAJA located as forest and other have an annual turnover of identifi ed as a pulp and pa- ways been friendly. HELSINKI TIMES wooded land in 2005. The EU- 20.3 billion euros. per specialist and with 63.7 International inves- However, if anything 27 average is 42.2 per cent. per cent of the workforce em- tors appear to have Finnish markets have FINNISH productivity was Finnish forests are a source Finnish enterprises ployed in large companies. given their approval improved during the calculated at 68,500 euros of national pride to Finns on specialise in pulp The EU average for all for- crisis. per person employed, while many levels. and paper est-based enterprises was, to Finland’s foreign the European average was at Timo Saarinen, a machin- The Eurostat study reviewed by contrast, 22 per cent of policy. THE OMX Helsinki 38,700 euros. ery operator in the forest- three major subsectors of for- the workforce employed by 25 index actually in- At the same time, Finnish ry industry, exemplifi es the est-based industries. These large companies. creased about 1% since the crisis began. The yield on personnel costs were in the relationship between Finns were wood and wood prod- In all the EU-27 states, 10-year Finnish government bonds has decreased since top three, just behind Ger- and their forests. ucts, pulp and paper, and there were 350,446 enter- last month, from 4.88% to 4.44%. A fall in yield means many and Sweden, at 43,400 “It is a lifestyle,” says printing. An additional but prises involved in the for- the prices for the bonds increased, which is not a sign euros. The report noted that Saarinen. “You work in the secondary sector covered by estry sector. These employ 3 of fearful investors fl eeing the Finnish issue. personnel costs are infl u- forest, you live in the forest, the report was the related fi eld million persons and generate enced by specialisation. and you play in the forest. Af- of furniture manufacturing. 380 billion euros in revenue. THE YIELD differential between the Finnish govern- Finnish forestry is domi- ter a while it becomes your Predictably, pulp and pa- Production trends relat- ment bond and the German government bond widened nated by the pulp and paper life and you can’t imagine an- per is dominated by large en- ed to pulp and paper contin- slightly over the past month. The differential fi rst ap- industry. Processing indus- ything else,” he continues. terprises. The pulp and paper ue to increase. Printing and peared at the start of the year when it became appar- tries generally pay higher Altogether 4,032 enter- industry also had a higher related industry trends are ent that the global economy was slowing. The German wages, according to the prises are involved in for- share of value added, which is declining, which may be at- bond is often considered a safe haven for European in- report. estry related activities in refl ective of higher productiv- tributed to increased use of vestors, but there appears little to suggest it has been In Finland 76.5 per cent Finland. These enterprises ity in processing industries, electronic means of commu- chosen to the detriment of Finnish bonds during the of the total land area was al- employ 72,900 persons, and according to the study. nication and advertising. Georgian crisis.

IT IS conceivable that some foreign money pulled out of Russia found a home in Finland, which would help ex- plain the increase in both stock and bond prices. It is also likely that international investors have given a vote of conﬁ dence to Finland’s relations with Russia.

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LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON million more people in the two countries watching from home. The event has a histo- Did you ry of harsh rivalry. Finland pulled out of the competi- know … tion for several years in the 1930s after Sweden succeed- ed in getting Paavo Nurmi Th e original declared a professional ath- lete and banned from inter- “Flying Finns” national competition. There were middle have even been incidents of fi ghts breaking out between and long-distance athletes. Today the rivalry runners Hannes remains intense, but proper sportsmanship is the norm. Kolehmainen, “When Finland and Swe- den meet, the individual re- Paavo Nurmi, sults are secondary to the and Ville Ritola unifying feeling of team spirit,” said Noronen. “The tradi- in the 1920s. tional head-to-head aspect of sports is very strong and it catches the audience with chilling excitement. A dark August night and highlighted Finland-Sweden stadium create an electric at- athletics international Finnish long-jumper Tommi Evilä in last year’s competition in Gothenburg, where Finland took all three medals in long jump. mosphere where top athletes (in Finnish and Swedish): of two countries fi ght in front www.suomiruotsimaaottelu.fi of thirty thousand singing Tickets: and hand-clapping fans.” www.lippupalvelu.fi Typically the event has al- Finnish Athletics: Finnish star athletes take on ternate host countries. Last www.sul.fi year it was held in Gothen- Television schedule: burg, Sweden and this year 29 August – YLE TV2 it is Finland’s turn. Since Hel- 19:20–21:50 sinki normally only gets to 30 August – YLE TV2 Sweden in annual classic 18:00–18:50 host the event every other Mika Noronen of the Finnish year, organisers are encour- 19:10–20:50 Athletics organisation. aging people to see it while Th e 68th edition of the Finland-Sweden athletic competition “For example javelin world it is on Finnish soil. “Finland champion Tero Pitkämäki versus Sweden athletics is Oxford versus Cambridge in kicks off 29 August in Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium. and long jump world bronze an unforgettable experience rowing,” said Noronen. “Be medallist Tommi Evilä will for all sports fans, similar to there and feel it!” be competing for Finland,” LEHTIKUVA / MATTI BJÖRKMANN Noronen continued. “High DAVID J. CORD ly competition that dates the javelin are all included. jump world champion Stefan HELSINKI TIMES back to the days of nine-time The Finnish men have won Holm and heptathalon Olym- Olympic gold medallist Paa- the last three years, while pic gold medallist Carolina THE OLYMPIC torch will bare- vo Nurmi. The fi rst event the Swedish women are on a Klüft will fi ght for Sweden.” ly have cooled by the time was held in 1925, and Nur- seven-year winning streak. Finnish athletes will be par- mi won the 5,000 metre and Finland-Sweden rivalry ticipating in their next com- 10,000 metre races, helping Olympians in Helsinki Finns are enthusiastic about petition. This event will be the Finnish team take home For those individuals who sporting events, and few taking place on 29 and 30 Au- the inaugural victory. wanted to see the Olympics in things get the competitive gust in Helsinki’s Olympic The teams are split in- person but were unable to go juices fl owing like facing Stadium, and will pit Finland to men’s and women’s teams to Beijing, this will be an op- Sweden. About sixty thou- against its bitter sports rival competing in traditional portunity to see Olympians sand people are expected to Sweden. track and fi eld events. Events compete. “All the best athletes go to Olympic Stadium over The Finland-Sweden ath- such as sprints, middle-dis- from Beijing should be there the two days, and television National spirits run high in the spectator stands and wearing letics international is a year- tance races, long jumps, and unless they are injured,” said coverage will have about one your colours is all part of the fun.

ued Kumpulainen. “Minea Finnair Masters to host Ladies European Tour Blomqvist has risen great- ly on the world ranking this DAVID J. CORD Helsinki Golf Club, often year and currently holds the HELSINKI TIMES known as Tali, is the venue 67th position. Great per- for the event again this year. formances can also be ex- SOME of the best golfers in The club was founded in 1932 pected from Kaisa Ruuttila the world will be coming to and it is the oldest golf club in and Ursula Wikström. Kaisa Helsinki for the annual Fin- Finland. “Helsinki Golf Club ﬁ nished sixth last year, being nair Masters tournament. is located in a beautiful set- the best Finn.”

LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI Starting on 29 August, golf- ting just a couple of miles This year a number of ers from twenty-six coun- outside downtown Helsin- improvements have been tries will be competing for ki,” said Kumpulainen. “The made, such as an electronic the €200,000 purse. course is a classic parkland score board and moving the Golf is rapidly gaining popu- course with a relatively ﬂ at restaurants into one large larity in Finland. Tero Kumpu- layout.” tent. Kumpulainen said “We lainen of Infront Finland says “The Finnish players are will do our utmost so that Finland has about 120,000 well represented and will the players, audience, volun- golfers and the Finnair Mas- most certainly give a good teers and sponsors will ex- ters have in past years had challenge to the top play- perience an unforgettable Finland’s Kaisa Ruuttila is expected to perform well in this year’s Finnair Masters. around 17,000 spectators. ers of Europe,” contin- weekend!”

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Finnish finance rising raw material and la- ministry cuts bour costs and that export demand had fallen because 2009 GDP growth of slowdowns on the North forecast American and western Eu- Finland's fi nance ministry ropean construction mar- said in an economic bul- kets. Karelia-Upfl oor has letin released 27 August, seven factories in Finland the fi rst day of the gov- and one each in Romania ernment's budget talks, and Russia, employing about that it expected the coun- 1,500 people in total. STT try's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 2.8% this year and 1.8% in 2009, Finnish union having previously forecast issues strike notice 2.8% and 2.0%, respectively. “The cyclical upswing on nuclear site in the Finnish economy The Finnish Construction has peaked and economic Trade Union on 26 August growth is rapidly deceler- issued a strike notice cov- ating,” the ministry added. ering the nuclear power “Nonetheless the founda- station construction site in tions of the economy are Olkiluoto. The union said sound and the employment in a statement that tempo- situation continues to re- rary employment agency main strong.” STT Rimec, thought to be registered in Cyprus, had with- held more than third of the Karelia-Upofloor pay of its Polish builders for to cut up to 190 tax and social security con- tributions but failed to ex- jobs plain where the money had Finnish fl ooring mak- been rendered. It added er Karelia-Upofl oor said that talks with Rimec and 26 August it would start a French builder Bouygues, statutory round of cooper- the main contractor in ation procedure talks, add- Olkiluoto, had been fruit- Holiday apartments near Marbella, Spain. Safe, sunny, and within a reasonable flight distance, Spain remains a favourite destination ing it would cut up to 190 less and that all work at the for Finns looking to buy property abroad. jobs. The company add- site would stop on 10 Sep- ed in a statement that the tember if no agreement was profi tability of its hard- reached by that date. STT wood fl ooring business had Balmy climes and bargains weakened on the back of draw adventurous Finnish buyers

The stereotype may be pensioners retiring to Florida or Spain but now the market, and the destinations, are changing.

MATTHEW PARRY – HT has also reappeared on the Finns getting bolder HANNA KOIVISTO – STT map. Those after a long-term There are no statistics avail- investment have turned their able on Finns' real estate SUN, sea, gorgeous land- gaze to the US, where a weak purchases abroad. Of the Strong scapes and a price range that dollar and falling house pric- SKVL's 400 member-compa- won't break the bank are the es offer ripe pickings to buy- nies, around twenty are in- euro most common motives for ers prepared to wait out the volved in assisting Finnish Finns seeking to buy proper- credit crunch. buyers in foreign markets. makes US ty abroad. Some are looking The Ministry for Foreign Af- for a holiday home, others a Young families fairs estimates that Spain a buyer's base for their golfi ng activi- showing interest alone is home to over 20,000 ties; another might be look- The typical customer for Finns. ing for an investment, while overseas property has long Marketing manag- market Start your business still another will be after a been someone either in, or er Crista Enkovaara, who STT in Helsinki Region! slice of paradise where he fast approaching, their re- deals in properties in Thai- MATTHEW PARRY – HT can spend the majority of the tirement, and this descrip- land and the Mediterranean year. tion still covers a signifi cant region for 24 Housing, ar- SPAIN'S Sunshine Coast re- According to real estate chunk of the market. gues that Finns have become mains a fi rm favourite with If you’re planning on starting a busi- agents, buyers appreciate a But now others are begin- bolder about upping sticks Finns after property, but short fl ight trip and security ning to express interest in and trying out life in other Thailand, along with other ness or you have questions about in addition to a favourable cli- looking outside the country countries. She sees this as parts of the Mediterrane- mate at a bargain. For years, for their summer cottage. the chief factor behind the an, is also attracting atten- entrepreneurship, sign up for the Spain's Costa del Sol (Sun- “Nowadays, families with increasing demand for over- tion. In the US, Florida has information session or make an ap- shine Coast) has remained a young children are also inter- seas property. also sparked renewed inter- favourite with Finnish buy- ested in fi nding themselves a While there's no shortage est as the weak dollar plac- pointment for business counselling. ers. More recently, however, holiday home which they may of luxury mansions on offer, es buyers with euros at an Both services are free. other Mediterranean coun- then share with relatives,” the majority of buyers settle advantage. tries have risen in favour, explains Antti Haukkamaa, for much more modest prop- The “New Europe” of the such as Turkey, Greece and managing director of Matka- erties. The most common so- EU's eastern expansion is fur- Italy, and outside of Europe, haukka travel agency, which lution is a two-person unit in ther diversifying the market, Information sessions about Thailand has become in- also deals in apartments un- an apartment building, about since it's still home to some entrepreneurship in English start from creasingly popular. der the brand 2Base. 60 square metres in size. easily accessible bargains. Thursday 11 September onwards. “We're also starting to see In addition to the US, in- “Low-maintenance and And price is what weighs quite a bit of interest in some vestors are spying opportu- simple convenience are im- most heavily on a Finnish www yrityshelsinki.fi of the new EU-countries, nities in Central America. portant criteria for many customer's mind when con- where there are still bargains Spain, too, is looking more at- buyers, since they may on- sidering overseas property, to be had, and which are eas- tractive now that the housing ly be occupying the place for followed closely by security ily reachable by plane,” re- bubble has burst with prices and a direct fl ight connection. Kaisaniemenkatu 6A, 6th fl oor a small part of the year. Usu- P.O. Box 37, 00099 City of Helsinki ports Jaana Anttila-Kangas, tumbling and many proper- ally, the property is in an Usually, customers desire a Tel. +358 9 310 36360, fax. +358 9 310 36369 managing director of the ties yet to fi nd buyers, while apartment complex where piece of southern sunshine Finnish Association of Real Estonia seems to be heading there's always somebody on with proximity to the sea and Estate Agents (SKVL). Florida in a similar direction. site,” Enkovaara says. beautiful surroundings. HELSINKI TIMES SPORT 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 13

LEHTIKUVA / HANNU KIVIMÄKI Medo makes hay while sun fails to shine on Inter In a must win game for HJK, their Sierra Leonian midfielder scored a last minute winner to keep the Veikkausliiga title race alive.

EGAN RICHARDSON from Inter's fan group Ul- keeper Patrick Bantamoi HELSINKI TIMES traboyz, and Forza HJK and went down clutching his Sakilaiset in the HJK end. The hamstring, but tried to con- INTER TURKU arrived in Töölö Inter fans were much more tinue when he really should as the undefeated league sustained in their chant- have asked to be substituted. leaders with a swagger about ing during the fi rst half, and their play and a fi ve point you could sense the HJK sup- Screamer cushion in the league table. porters did not quite have The result was a stunning 35 They left cursing individu- the confi dence of their Turku yard freekick that screamed al errors and a defeat that counterparts. into the top corner. The goal- opens an opportunity for HJK scorer was 19 year old Sakari with eight games still to play. Awful stadium Mattila, a midfi elder who has The Helsinki club have played HJK had given away a lot of already been on trial at Se- well under Antti Muurinen tickets to junior clubs in the rie A club Palermo. One of the this season, but their frail- South Stand, and none at all themes of Inter's dominant ties were exposed by a 3—2 in the upper tier of the East, start has been their astonish- loss away to KuPS before the where the journalists were. ingly young squad, but with 10 Inter game. The effect, when combined of the 22 players that started That defeat made suc- with the appalling construc- the match at Finnair Stadium cess against Job Dragtsma's tion of Finnair stadium, was under 23, Mattila showed that men even more important, to make the media feel as if other clubs offer opportuni- as even a draw would have they were looking in on an ties for their youngsters too. left HJK with an uphill strug- event from a hot air balloon, In the second half HJK went gle to win the championship. without much noise or at- further ahead when Bah gave Still, the much-vaunted HJK mosphere but a near-perfect Hooiveld the slip and swept midfi eld pairing of Medo and view of the proceedings. home from close range, be- Tuomas Haapala had a tough As the game wore on HJK's fore Croatian striker Doma- time of it in the fi rst 20 min- youthful midfi elders became gol Abramovic struck twice to utes as they were led a mer- more comfortable and be- put Inter back on level terms. ry dance by Dominic Chatto. gan to create some chanc- They could have been ahead, When HJK did break through, es. Hooiveld and Corpache as Severi Paajanen had hit Paulus Roiha failed to pick in defence were forced to the post, but a draw seemed out his strike partner Dawda make last ditch tackles, rath- like a fair result. Then came Bah, who was free of a mark- er than stepping out of de- Medo's defl ected strike, fren- er and screaming for the ball fence to intercept attempted zied celebrations among the in the penalty area. through balls, and the game previously subdued HJK fans, The crowd was big, 7,153, looked fairly even. Just be- and a title race that might not including a large contingent fore half-time Inter's goal- be decided before October. Dawda Bah was one of HJK’s hard-working heroes, scoring a goal for his team.

“Leo-Pekka is in top form, and he has mainly pro- Leo-Pekka Tähti in good trim for Beijing gressed strengthwise. Over the last few days at home we will have tw o effi cient exer- Wheelchair racer Tähti is in peak condition this season, setting a World Record on the 100m and expecting to take cises. In Beijing we’ll concen- trate on getting in the right home two medals in the Paralympic Games. state of mind.” The Beijing Paralympics will start on 6 September. STT in the 2004 Paralympics in “The gold medals in Ath- never know about the Chi- one. The fi nal decision over Tähti will be let loose on 12 MATTI KOSKINEN – HT Athens, is poised to continue ens took everyone by sur- nese, what they are capable which chair Tähti will use in September, when the 200m in Beijing what has thus far prise. I doubt anyone was of,” Tähti said. Beijing has not been made. qualifying rounds are held. THE FINNISH Paralympic been a successful season. expecting such success from “The aluminium chair is The semi fi nals will take Team has set its sights on a “This summer has been me. Now the situation is dif- Beijing beckons sturdier, but the carbon fi bre place the next day, and the total of six medals from the really good. I’ve been in good ferent. For the past four In a wheelchair race the one is better in the initial ac- fi nal on 14 September. Täh- Beijing games, and wheel- health and my confi dence is years I’ve been able to con- equipment also count for a celeration. I suppose the fi nal ti will have no day off, as the chair racer Leo-Pekka Täh- high. Results from certain centrate on sports, but while lot, and Tähti has that under decision will be made on the 100m qualifying rounds and ti is banked on to bring in races also indicate that my my own speed has increased control. Finland’s fi rst car- site,” said Tähti. semi fi nals are held on 15 a third of them. Tähti, who condition is sound,” Tähti the general level of com- bon fi bre racing wheelchair Tähti’s coach Juha Flinck is September, and the fi nal on took home two gold medals told STT. petitors worldwide has also is lighter than an aluminium also feeling the excitement. the day after.

gone up considerably,” Täh- LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA ti noted. In the Finnish Champi- sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 18 onships in Kempele, the last competition of the season before Beijing, Tähti raced the 100m in 14.04s and 200m in 25.45s, both the best times ever achieved on a Finnish track. In May Tähti raced a 100m World Record time of 13.59 in Switzerland. Natu- rally he’s going for the gold in the event in Beijing. “The overall level is really high, so it will take a top performance to win. But the aim is of course victory, the time doesn’t really matter that much. At double the distance even a dimmer medal will do,” Tähti stated. His stiff- est competition comes from Thailand and Holland. “Koysub Supachain and Kenny van Weeghelin are very dangerous. And you Leo-Pekka Tähti at this year’s Finnish Championships in Tampere. 14 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT HELSINKI TIMES

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Canada’s Cole “Johnny Utah” Manson performing at the Air Guitar World Championships.

Film Air Guitar – the instrument for world peace premieres formances are more polished not without a serious mes- The Air Guitar World Championship goes to the United States. in Finland and considered. It’s no longer sage. The Final Friday start- Friday 29 August just a matter of getting drunk ed off with the Declaration of and jumping up on stage when AGWC Peace, and the AGWC MARJO HÄKKINEN second place, while Canadi- AGWC Network you hear a great riff. It has be- Parade for world peace was HELSINKI TIMES an Cole “Johnny Utah” Man- The Air Guitar World Champi- come a form of performance organised for the fi rst time. son’s performance carried onships have been organised art and you can really see that In keeping with tradition, CRAIG “Hot Lixx Hulahan” him to third place. in Oulu annually since 1996. it’s heading more and more in contestants summoned the Billmeier’s polished, but ex- Festival Producer Hanna An idea once dismissed as ab- that direction.” entire world to play the air plosive performance had no Jakku was chuffed with this surd has bloomed into an inter- The two Finns in the Fi- guitar and rock to “Rocking equal at the Air Guitar World year’s Final: “the show was national media event, with the nal seem not to have kept up in the Free World”. According Championships Final in Ou- great, the host nailed it and AGWC network swelling to a with trend, however. Max- to the Air Guitar Ideology, all lu on 22 August. The Ameri- we experienced some of the world-wide league of 24 offi cial im “Angel of Death” Andro’s bad things disappear and cli- can beat the other 20 fi nalists best air guitar playing for a AGWC countries in the process. “performance of duties” was mate change stops if every- with his impeccable timing long time.” National championships are ar- enough win him 11th place, body plays the air guitar. Get Smart (USA) and an overall solid perform- According to Jakku, an air ranged in each country before but the other Finn, Oskari And a healthy climate is Director: Peter Segal ance that took the audience guitarist’s most important the respective representatives “Knucklefi nger” Martimo, important to air guitar play- Starring: Steve Carell, by storm. assets are the capability and gather in Oulu for the battle of was placed second to last. ers. “Naturally, the air is all Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Andel “John Sniffl er” So- courage to let his guard down the best. you need. Polluted air com- Johnson, Terrence Stamp reen’s (NL) sensitive per- and throw himself into the As the event has interna- Strumming for promises the sound of the air Genre: Comedy formance jumped out in the music, followed closely by per- tionalised, it has also become world peace guitar and kills the guitar- fi rst round and took him to formance skills and charisma. more professional. “The per- All the fun and games are ist’s rhythm,” says Jakku.

only half of a fl ip-fl op, or only even swim in them – the top- With minimal publicity a fl ip for short. Or just a fl op. less sandal stays on until you those incapacitated fl ip-fl ops A topless what?! Genius?! Or a slightly fancier carefully peel it off voluntar- became a hit. They don’t leave alternative to putting carton ily. The sandals are perfectly any tan lines or blisters; no boards to your feet in a home- safe, although at a closer look threat to a freshly done ped- Topless flip-flops could be the next Crocs. less manner? Meanwhile, the they look like shoes worn by icure, you literally fl oat as if fashion critics are arguing laboratory scientists or those walking barefoot. Only, if I about what’s worse, this or given to people who might want to walk barefoot, I walk Käsky (Finland) MARINA SIDYAKINA mind to a whole new concept the colourful Crocs… harm themselves with any- barefoot. Why make this Director: Aku Louhimies HELSINKI TIMES of foot-wear. This is how this wonder thing remotely sharp or solid. even more complicated? Starring: Pihla Viitala, A Topless Sandal is its works: carefully choose your Samuli Vauramo, Eero Aho SO, DEAR readers, now that American name, while in Brit- size, with attention to sepa- Genre: Drama/Romance the adjective “topless” caught ain it goes by the name of Nude rate male and female sandals. your eye, let’s talk about Sandal. ‘Sandal’ is a symbolic Choose the design with care, what really matters: shoes. word in either phrase, because because it’ll be an embarrass- What is a shoe, really? Let no all there is to it is a fl at base of ing tasteless fl op if the san- defi nition limit your fashion a fl ip-fl op, only without any dal’s colour (only printed on sense, but instead open your toe straps. So technically, it’s its sticky side) doesn’t match your outfi t. Then peel off the WWW.TOPLESS-SANDAL.COM clear cellophane layer off and neatly line it up along your foot starting from the heel. The secret is the water-based glue (allergy-free) that keeps Happy-Go-Lucky (UK) the foamy sole in place. Now Director: Mike Leigh you might look like you’re Starring: Sally Hawkins, barefoot, but in fact it’s a de- Elliot Cowan, ception: you can run, jump Alexis Zegerman and play soccer, with no re- Genre: Comedy/Drama striction to your toes’ move- Glued to your own feet, neither glue nor the shoes leave any trace! ment. Apparently, you can HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 15

MATTI NIKOLAINEN A book with a slightly wrong name

At 318 pages, the book Helsinki Heart & Soul’s thickness ensures that it is no guide book for travellers to carry around while wandering the streets of Helsinki. Instead it is a beautifully constructed picture book mainly about the architecture of Helsinki.

MARJO HÄKKINEN time at the Narikka Square makes sure that it is not For an antique dealer the HELSINKI TIMES in Kamppi, the bums sitting guidebook for a traveller buildings, the structures of on the doorways of the metro to carry while wandering urban social environment, HELSINKI is the “cultural and the colourfully dressed around the streets of Hel- might be the heart of the city, capital of Finland; a foggy dwellers of Kallio? The life- sinki. The presumed reader but for many the soul of the city where a person doesn’t lessness of the photos gives is not the 18-year-old back- city is something else, found even know one’s neighbours; the impression of a ghost packer from Barcelona, but from somewhere else. beautiful at times; the trendy town. the 45-year-old foreigner liv- In order to give the reader bars of Punavuori and greasy The fact that one of the au- ing and working in Helsinki. the possibility to form their spoons of Kallio.” thors, Wenzel Hagelstam, is If one doesn’t know much own experience while read- The above-mentioned in- Finland’s best known antique of Helsinki’s history the ing the book, there is no need habitants’ thoughts of their dealer explains the historical book might be interesting al- to say more. hometown Helsinki show approach and like the authors so for those living longer in how individual experiences say in the prologue “we simply Helsinki. of the environment form sub- point out the things that are of Helsinki Heart & Soul is an Helsinki jectively and can diverge a lot interest to us.” Obviously it’s not extensive and beautiful pic- Heart & Soul – not least when it comes to the people, but the architectur- ture book – of architecture. Hagelstam, Wenzel; the aesthetic pleasures. al history of Helsinki’s districts The fact that there are no Toivonen Roosa, And as the editors of the that interest Hagestam. people in the pictures makes Toivonen, Seppo; book Helsinki Heart & Soul the book timeless which Hagelstam, Katja (photos): emphasise, whereas a tour- Not for a tourist might be a tactical maneuver WSOY 2008. 318 pages. ist often builds up the concep- The size of a 318-page block on behalf of the authors. tion of the city quickly, relying KATJA HAGELSTAM on intuition, “to the inhabit- ants of the city it is a far more complicated entity, holding keys to individual memories Ally McBeal’s flatmate. past, present and future.” Helsinki Heart & Soul introduces one subjective way to Matti Nikolainen: see and experience the city. Beautiful architectural ghost town A self-taught artist The book opens with a brief history of Helsinki and a guide to the city’s districts. Matti Nikolainen’s drawings and paintings Thereafter photos (by Katja Hagelstam) with short factu- combine different techniques and themes, al captions play the main role from a classical Michelangelo to an abstract and are of good quality. The relatively small amount representation of thoughts and emotions. of text makes the book easy just to fl ick through, although there is quite an amount of his- SUSAN FOURTANE “It’s diffi cult to say why torical facts squeezed in. HELSINKI TIMES people like abstract work, is For somebody who has it the combination of colour, lived in Helsinki browsing A SELF-TAUGHT, naturally tal- or is it the composition? May- the photos offer a big sur- ented artist with no formal be I’m a bit conservative on prise: where are all the peo- art training, Matti Nikolain- that matter but I think that ple! Where are the groups of en has been drawing for more before you do abstract works youths spending their free Low-rise apartment house in Vallila with its park-like court. than 10 years, combining his you have to do more tradi- work as an Art Director in an tional kinds of art work, at advertising agency with his least know how to draw. Go “We have an Open Call art work. to an art school and if you for Finnish artists or artists Most of the galleries don’t don’t go at least do some- Art exchange in Finland who live in Finland for cer- accept artists without formal thing in your house, learn to tain residencies we have in art education. After several at- draw and draw a lot, learn collaboration with HIAP. Eve- tempts, he gave up. “You have new stuff. An artist has to Marita Muukkonen, the curator of the FRAME Finnish Fund of Art ry year there is a residence to go to millions of art schools give from himself.” Exchange, took us on a pleasant journey through the unknown and place in New York. If a Finn- to be accepted by an art gal- Some of Nikolainen’s ish artist applies for a resi- lery. Trying different draw- works have been described fascinating world of Art Exchange. dency abroad, FRAME grants ings, techniques and styles has as beautiful. He defi nes beau- it and sends him abroad. HI- been my art school.” ty as something that makes AP hosts foreign artists as we From an early age he liked him feel warm. “I like simple SUSAN FOURTANE art projects, exhibitions and Programme) and the Acad- don’t have our own residen- masters like Goya, Velazquez, things, simplicity is beauty.” HELSINKI TIMES publications. emy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, cies,” explains Muukkonen. DaVinci, Hockney, Basqui- Nikolainen has a natural Through the Curatorial FRAME promotes links be- FRAME participates in col- at and Yves Klein. Although talent that needs to be ex- SINCE 1992, funded primari- Programme, international tween Finland and the inter- laborative projects with inter- nowadays he is more inter- pressed and discovered. It’s ly by the Finnish Ministry of curators who are interested national contemporary art national art institutions. There ested in abstract impression- a pity that not many art gal- Culture, FRAME Finnish Fund in doing research in Finland scene providing residencies is an extensive exhibition in ism, he takes art seriously leries give an opportunity to of Art Exchange has worked can apply to come here and for both curators and artists. New York until 15 September, and likes learning from the self-taught artists. Does go- within the Finnish Fine Arts FRAME also invites curators “If the visual art curators Arctic Hysteria: New Art from classics before attempting ing to an art school make a Academy Foundation inviting to Finland. come for one month they can Finland, which is an intergen- more abstract works. better artist? Do they teach foreign curators, critics and art “We choose the curators stay and live at the HIAP res- erational and interdisciplinary you how to draw when you historians to Finland through based on the ideas and the idence where curators and exhibition featuring 16 Finnish Natural talent that go to an art school or is draw- its Visitors’ Programme as an concepts they have, and their researchers can work, meet artists who will introduce New needs to be discovered ing a natural talent? Petri effi cient way of expanding the interests. We look at the CV more artists and have exhi- York audiences to outlandish Nikolainen admires the way Käki , who runs the Ant Gal- international art exchange, and see if he or she is an in- bitions,” adds Muukkonen. visions of aliens, utopias, ani- Klein studied the pigments lery, trusted the artist for his gathering and disseminat- teresting person to invite. The aim of the programme mals, and psychedelia. for many years to create a work without asking if he ing information about Finnish The system is fl exible, so is to provide curators with pro- The exhibition is organ- certain blue known as Klein went to an art school. contemporary art. there are no deadlines,” says fessional experience in organized by P.S.1 Contemporary Blue. In abstract art the art- Why not discover the art FRAME’s curator Mari- Muukkonen ising visual art projects with Art Center in collaboration ist and the viewer’s thoughts of a self-taught artist for ta Muukkonen explains that an opportunity to carry out re- with the Artists’Association merge. It’s a personal inter- yourself? The exhibition Kind FRAME works on collabo- International Frame search on Finnish fi ne art, to of Finland and FRAME. pretation which is differ- of Gospel: Debut/Retrospec- rative projects with Finn- of collaboration contact Finnish art practition- Framework: The Finnish Art ent for everybody and raises tive is at the Ant Gallery on ish or international partners In collaboration with the ers and to develop internation- Review, is a bi-annual magazine some thoughts. On abstract Topeliuksenkatu 3, Helsinki, and also independently pro- HIAP (Helsinki Interna- al curatorial projects involving dedicated to contemporary art, art, Nikolainen says: until 26 September. duces contemporary visual tional Artists-in-residence Finnish artists. culture and cultural criticism. 16 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / JUHA JORMANAINEN SEAFOOD How to make it

Kalakukko fish, sprinkle some salt and pepper on top of them, then Dough ingredients: add some side of pork and 6 dl of water keep doing this until you run 5 teaspoons of salt out of the side of pork. After 1.6 dl of melted butter that replace it with the bacon 8 dl of flour (wheat) and keep layering them until 6 dl of rye flour you run out of fish and meat. 2 dl of whole wheat flour – Brush the edges of the rolled Filling ingredients: out dough with water, then 700 g of vendace gently lift the edges of the (gutted and cleaned) dough upwards so that they 170 g of sliced bacon cover all the fish and pork mix. 150 g of sliced side of pork – Pinch the dough so that it 1.5 teaspoons of salt closes nice and neatly on 0.5 teaspoons of ground the top of the kalakukko. black pepper – Cut out all the excess dough, Other ingredients: but keep it in case you need Rye flour to sprinkle while to fill some holes that might rolling the dough appear while baking. Melted butter to paste while – Use a wet knife to smoothen baking the surface of the kukko, and – Add the salt, melted but- be sure to check all the edg- ter and flours into the wa- es for small tears or holes. If Rye is an essential ingredient in kalakukko. Tasty choice for filling. ter. Knead the dough into a any appear, take care to fill smooth mix, if needed add them so that the juice will a little bit more rye flour to not escape from the inside make the dough into a nice during cooking. Kalakukko – the Finnish Cornish pasty and “hard” consistency. – Brush the top with water – Sprinkle some rye flour on- once more, and then sprin- to the table and pour the kle a generous amount of The traditional Finnish dish of kalakukko, from the Savo region of Finland, means fish baked dough mix out of the bowl. rye flour to the top. inside a loaf of bread. The British Cornish pasty is based on the same idea as the Finnish – Shape the mix into a nice round – Gently lift the kalakukko to ball and then press it flat. the baking tray, lined with kalakukko – providing a whole packed lunch in one convenient package. – Use a rolling pin to get the baking parchment. sheet of dough into about – Bake it in 225 degrees for 1.5-2 cm thick, slightly thin- one hour, then brush it with VILLE VUORINEN southern Savo, the fi sh you as you would do a normal loaf These smaller versions of ner at the edges. the melted butter. HELSINKI TIMES use to fi ll the dish is vendace of bread, this way the amount the kalakukko were ideal for – Heat in an oven to 225 de- – Lower the temperature to (muikku in Finnish), which of crust and fi lling stays more the travelling salesman, as grees. 150 degrees and bake for KALAKUKKO can be a slight- often leads to this dish being even throughout the whole the slightly salted and baked at least another four hours, ly confusing word for the fi rst called muikkukukko. kalakukko. This way it is also fi sh stayed edible for a long Filling: making sure you brush it with timer, as the word kala means In the northern parts of easier to eat with your hands time. The same could also be – The easiest thing is to have the melted butter at least fi sh and kukko means roost- Savo the fi sh of choice is Eu- and it is more convenient to said about the traditional ka- your fish gutted and cleaned once every hour. er, but in the case of kalakuk- ropean perch (or ahven). Dif- spread a small amount of but- lakukko which kept for very by the fishmonger – or if you – Take care to look for any tears ko, the word kukko is derived ferent regions of Finland have ter on the top of the slice. long times when unopened, feel like it, you can easily clean in the kukko, and be quick to from the word kukkaro – also started to prepare their You can enjoy the kalakuk- so it was an ideal food to pre- them yourself, especially if you fill them using the left over which means wallet, which in own versions of this Finnish ko either hot or cold, and the pare in bigger amounts and are making a smaller amount. dough, water and rye flour. turn comes from the fact that dish, and a close relative of traditional drink to go with it store for a later use. – After cleaning and washing – After you take the kukko out the crust of the kalakukko is the traditional kalakukko is is buttermilk, or piimä, as the the fish, dry it by placing it of the oven, baste it with melt- used to hide and wrap the fi sh the Northern Karelian dish Finns call it. Sweet version made on a paper-towel. ed butter one more time, then inside it. lanttukukko which is made of blueberries Preparing the kalakukko: wrap it in tinfoil and then into The crust of the pie is by using swede as the fi lling. Ideal food for If there is a way to prepare – Sprinkle a thin layer of rye one or two kitchen towels. This made from rye fl our, although Other variations of the dish travelling salesmen a savoury dish with some- flour onto the middle of the will help soften the outside of you do often fi nd people add- in eastern Finland include During the early part of the last thing sweet in it, the Finns rolled out dough sheet. the kukko and also lets the filling a small bit of wheat fl our different meat fi llings as well century, the traditional way of will most likely fi nd a way to – Then, in turns, lay a layer of ing cook for a while longer. to make the dough easier to as a potato fi lling. preparing the dish was large- do so. And so we fi nd sweeter handle. The secret of prepar- Just as there are different ly unknown in many parts of variations on the kalakukko ing the kalakukko correctly fi llings for the dish, there are Finland, but variations of the theme as well, using almost is to bake it in the oven long also two very different ways to dish have been discovered in the same type of dough but enough so that all the fi sh open the kalakukko. The slight- various regions. One favour- substituting the fi lling with bones have softened to edi- ly more traditional way is to ite of travelling salesmen was blueberries. The dish is called ble consistency, while leav- cut a round hole on the top of prepared in the Viena region rättänä or mustikkakukko. Restaurant - Since 1916 ing the fi lling nice and moist. the kalakukko, and then con- of Finland, where the fi sh was After preparing the Kalakukko spread its way tinue to cut round shapes from laid on top of a thin layer of rye dough, you roll it out on the Lehtovaara is known for its warm atmosphere, across Finland during the time the top down as you go along. fl our dough, and then the edg- table and then cut it with a friendly, appreciated service and delicious portions when people emigrated from This way the fi rst slice has es were turned up to cover the round cutter. You then line a that indulge the taste buds. the Savo region, and it has more of the crust and less of fi sh so that both ends would small ramekin with the piece gained popularity amongst the fi sh, and when eating with still be left open. of dough, and then place the Lehtovaara is famous for its high quality Finns all around the country. company you usually share the This way of preparation blueberry fi lling into the dish Finnish and international kitchen. fi rst piece with everyone at the took a lot less time than the Sa- before covering them with Two kinds and two table. With this way you are vo way, but the downside was another round piece of dough Mechelininkatu 39-FIN The restaurant is situated close ways to eat them more likely to need a fork and that the fi shbones did not have and baking it in the oven for 00250 Helsinki to the Sibelius Monument When it comes to the prep- knife, as the crust will not keep the time to soften up enough about 60 minutes. 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follow the journey of Birger Kaip- Until 21 Sep THIS WEEK'S PICK iainen's tableware through the Fluid Street – alone, together production process. In the tenth anniversary exhibi- Arabia Museum and Gallery tion, a street functions as a met- Hämeentie 135 aphorical space, a common eve- Night On Earth Tue - Fri 12:00-18:00 ryday space or a flow of time. Museum of Contemporary Art Night On Earth is an innovative new project, which con- Until 31 Aug Kiasma nects together a series of urban arts events in Berlin, Shang- Marjatta Hanhijoki: Chinese Mannerheiminaukio 2 hai and Helsinki during the spring and summer of 2008. toilet and other images Tue 10:00-17:00 Hanhijoki's exhibition presents Wed–Sun 10:00-20:30 The idea is to generate creative interaction between artists watercolours and prints from Tickets €7/5 and public within but also between these locations. This se- 1971 to 2008. 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Sun 31 Aug Love song arrangements of po- Circo Aereo: Black Lion biennial of current Finnish archi- land from the southern coast to Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Bonde Do Role and Top Billin’ ems. Featuring poets Tommy Medieval poetry, a live sound tecture. the northern fells. On this guided Helsinginkatu 58 This Brazilian band mixes elec- Tabermann and Arno Kotro. Mu- world, and hypnotic dance meet Museum of Finnish Architecture tour you'll be able to explore the Tickets €14-62 tro and Latin funk rhythms in sicians/composers: Jarmo Jul- in Black Lion, a collaboration be- Kasarmikatu 24 Finnish nature through four sea- www.operafin.fi their music. kunen, Mikko Perkola, Max Lilja. tween four different artists. Thu–Sun 10:00-16:00 sons as well as hear some inter- Club Tavastia, 20:00 Suomenlinna Maritime Fortress, Ateneum Art Museum, Wed 10:00-20:00 esting details of Finnish culture Fri 29 Aug Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 Ballast Room, 19:00 Ateneum Hall Tickets €3.5/1.7/0 and mentality. Ensiferum, Falchion Tickets €18/16 Tickets €17 29 Aug 18:00, 30/31 Aug 15:00 www.mfa.fi Museum of Natural History The kings of Viking folk metal. www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.kapsakki.fi Kaivokatu 2 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13 Nosturi, 21:00 Tickets €15/10 Until 11 Sep Tue – Fri 10:00, 12:00 & 14:00; Telakkakatu 8 Sun 31 Aug Fri 29 & Sat 30 Aug www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Mikula Lüllwitz: The Finnish Thu also 17:00 Tickets €14 Helsinki Festival: Helsinki Ba- Ivan Viripajev, Viktor Ryžakov, Musicians Portfolio Sat & Sun 13:00 www.elmu.fi roque Orchestra & Sirkka-Liisa Teatr Praktika: July Until 31 Aug Photos of Finnish musicians. Tickets €5/2.5 Kaakinen-Pilch The internationally renowned Cirque Plume: Plic Ploc Goethe-Institut www.fmnh.helsinki.fi Fri 29 Aug The Helsinki Baroque Orches- playwright Ivan Viripajev jour- These new cirkus pioneers fill the Mannerheimintie 20 A Glenn Hughes (UK) tra offers a unique musical expe- neys inside the mind of a mur- big top with astonishment, joy, Mon - Thu 12:00-18:00 Until 31 Aug Glenn Hughes has played and rience on their fifth visit to the derous cannibal. Age and gen- longing – and rain. Fri 12:00-16:00 Open-Air Cinema sung in such legendary bands as Helsinki Festival. der shift as the monologue is per- Hietaniemi, Taivallahden kenttä Free entrance Open-air cinema delights at the Trapeze, Deep Purple, Black Sab- House of Nobility, 16:00, 19:30 formed by a charismatic actress. Tickets €49/25, inner yard of Lasipalatsi!. bath, Gary Moore, and Sacred Ritarikatu 1 Helsinki Festival: STAGE. family ticket €125 Until 28 Sep Lasipalatsi Square Groove. Tickets €27/10 Korjaamo Culture Factory, 18:00 www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Visions and Plans for the Future Free entrance Club Tavastia, 21:00 www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Town planners have outlined the www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 Tickets €25/15 Until 31 Aug future of Finland's capital re- Tickets €28/25 Tue 2 & Wed 3 Sep www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Havis Amanda, my love gion in the Greater Helsinki Vi- Until 31 Aug www.tavastiaklubi.fi Concerts in Villa Aino Ackté The fountain designed by Ville sion 2050 competition, which has Michelangelo Antonioni 2 Sep: Lied Concert (Rahmaninov, Fri 29 to Sun 31 Aug Vallgren was unveiled at the Mar- resulted in vivid debate about fu- Series of films by Italian director Fri 29 Aug Wolf, Ginastrea), tickets 7/5€. Oliver Bukowski, Schauspiel- ket Place in Helsinki in 1908 ac- ture developments in the region. Antonioni (1912-2007), known Helsinki Festival: Risto, Tuomo 3 Sep: Poetry Night (Poems by haus Hamburg: Bowling Alone companied by a lot of public de- The exhibition presents the best as a visionary, an auteur, and a Tuomo has proclaimed the begin- Helvi Hämäläinen), tickets 10€. Jenny, seventy-plus, lives illegally bate. Over the years Havis Aman- entries and future visions of other kindred spirit of Federico Fell- ning of the golden era of Finnish Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 in thirtysomething Jessica’s flat. da has become the most popular public architectural competitions. ini. In his films, people search for soul, while Risto takes the audi- Tullisaari Recreation park, The audience witnesses an in- public sculpture in Helsinki. Museum of Finnish Architecture their identity and place in the ence on a crazy trip to the glitter Laajasalo tense debate between two gen- Helsinki Information Jugendsali Kasarmikatu 24 world, the meaning of life. Anto- of disco balls and the space rock- www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi erations. German playwright Ol- Pohjoisesplanadi 19 Tue, Thu - Fri 10:00-16:00 nioni was awarded an Academy et of love. iver Bukowski’s plays are known Mon - Fri 9:00-17:00 Wed 10:00-20:00 Award for his life-time achieve- Huvila Festival Tent, 19:00 Thu 4 Sep for tragicomic moments, sharp Sun 11:00-17:00 Sat - Sun 11:00-16:00 ment in cinema in 1995 and the Tokoinranta Sibelius Academy Student dialogue and black humour. Hel- Free entrance www.mfa.fi Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Tickets €22 Concert sinki Festival: STAGE. www.jugendsali.fi in 1997. www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi DocMus: Nebenklänge (van Ei- Korjaamo Culture Factory, 18:00 Until 11 Jan 2009 Orion Cinema jden, Steen-Andersen, Hynninen, Töölönkatu 51 B Until 31 Aug Remake Eerikinkatu 15 Until 30 Aug Kagel, Huber, Beil) Tickets €25/15 The Bäcksbacka Collection reMAKE is a series of five mini www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Viapori Jazz Sibelius Academy, concert hall, www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi The exhibition presents the in- exhibitions on show in Room X in Viapori Jazz Festival is in full 19:00 ternational dimension of the honour of Kiasma’s anniversary Until 30 Aug swing with its eclectic pro- Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9 Until 30 Aug Bäcksbacka collection with year. The series portrays works, On Saturdays: Historical Hel- gramme. The Love Jazz concert Tickets €0-10 Cullberg Ballet: As If & Walk- works by early 20th century interventions, and projects that sinki in Films on 29 August will treat listeners www.siba.fi ing Mad Finnish and French artists. put the definition of the relation- Programme: 13:20 Art Nouveau to treasures from the legendary Sweden's leading dance compa- Helsinki City Art Museum, ship between a work of art and a architects - making the world a Love Records catalogue. Until 19 Sep ny, the Cullberg Ballet, is known Tennis Palace museum into a new light. better place, 13:45 Helsinki Time, Suomenlinna Maritime Fortress The Merry Widow for its strong, beautiful move- Salomonkatu 15 Museum of Contemporary Art 14:15 Focus on Alvar Aalto, 14:35 www.viapori.fi/jazz The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár ment, narrative clarity and tech- Tue–Sun 11:00-20:30 Kiasma Helsinki - with love, 15:10 Ulti- is an operetta masterpiece. The nically accomplished dancers. Tickets €7/5/0 Mannerheiminaukio 2 ma thule – The edge of the world, Sat 30 Aug Pontevedrian widow’s courting The humorous Walking Mad and www.taidemuseo.fi Tue 10:00-17:00 15:45 Looking for the real Helsin- Helsinki Festival: The Do, The games have delighted audiences the darker As If explore human Wed–Sun 10:00-20:30 ki, 15:50 Helsinki Time. Rodeo since 1905. Lehár’s effervescent relationships. Until 31 Aug Tickets €7/5 Kino Engel, Sofiankatu 4 Mix together a hint of pop, a Merry Widow is one of the world’s Finnish National Opera, Almi Anton Corbijn – Four www.kiasma.fi Free entrance touch of hip hop and a dab of best-loved operettas. Hall, 19:00 Dimensions www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi electro, add one sensuous vocal- Finnish National Opera Helsinginkatu 58 Photographer and director An- Until 14 Sep ist and inventive songs, and you 3/5/12/18/19 Sep 19:00, 6 Sep Tickets €25/25 ton Corbijn earned his fame in Sam Vanni – teacher have the recipe for this year's 15:00 & 19:00 www.operafin.fi the 1970s with photographs of and master solution sudoku surprise breakthrough act The Helsinginkatu 58 rock and jazz musicians. Sam Vanni (1908–1992) was Dø, whose debut record topped Tickets €14-62 Sat 30 Aug to Wed 17 Sep Helsinki City Art Museum, Ten- one of the most important the French album chart this year. www.operafin.fi Ballet: Anna Karenina nis Palace post-WWII reformists of Finn- Expect a stylish performance. Choreography by Alexei Ratman- Salomonkatu 15 ish abstract art. The exhibition Huvila Festival Tent, 19:00 THEATRE AND DANCE sky. Anna Karenina, a noblewom- Tue - Sun 11:00-20:30 presents works by Vanni and his Tokoinranta an escaping a cold marriage, for- Tickets €7/5/0 pupils and followers from the Tickets €25 Until 31 Aug sakes her husband and son for www.taidemuseo.fi 1940s to the present. www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Helsinki Festival: STAGE 2008 a passionate love, rejecting the Helsinki City Art Museum, Mei- This theatre festival produced by moral code of her social class. EXHIBITIONS lahti Sat 30 Aug the Korjaamo Culture Factory and When the passion fades, there is Tue–Sun 11:00-18:30 Helsinki Reggae Festival the Helsinki Festival presents a only one solution left. In this bal- Until 31 Aug Tamminiementie 6 On stage Jukka Poika, Reino & collection of free European thea- let version of Tolstoy’s classic Images Behind the Ceramics Tickets €7/5/0 The Rhinos, Civalizee Foundation tre groups and makers. novel, Ratmansky focuses on the Photos by Johannes Romppanen www.taidemuseo.fi HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 19

friday 29.8. saturdaySELECTION 30.8. OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

TV1 Britain’s most prized elite SUB TV1 22:25 Mercury Rising (CERT15) SUB combat force, of which many FILM 09:10 YLE News are currently fighting in Af- 07:30 Preston Pig 08:05 Osteseeparadies Rügen FBI-investigator Art Jeffries 13:10 Holiday Showdown 09:15 A Dance to the Music ghanistan. This eight-part 10:10 Sturm der Liebe Rügen in the Baltic Sea is protects an autistic boy who 14:10 Mad TV of Time documentary follows the 11:05 Hollyoaks Germany’s largest island can dissemble a code and 15:30 Candid Camera 11:05 Heartbeat lives of rookie-come-sol- 14:45 Nightmares Next Door and a very popular tourist thus is a hot ticket for mur- 16:00 Take That - The 14:30 Doctors diers through their journey 15:45 Late Night with attraction. Wildlife is wide- der. Directed by Harold Beck- Ultimate Tour 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder from the training-camp to Conan O’Brien spread on the island. er. Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec 17:00 Pink - I’m Not Dead Tour 17:08 Heartbeat the fighting-ground. 16:35 Mi Gorda Bella 09:05 National Geographic – Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi 18:30 Summerland 18:20 Wild Secrets Chubby Valentina turns in- The Berlin Wall McBride, Kim Dickens, Robert 19:30 Instant Star The Sonora desert, located to a blossoming boob-boast- 10:05 The Denali Mountain Stanton, Bodhi Elfman,Carrie 20:00 Temptation Island on the border between the NELONEN ing thin girl of a thing but 11:05 Heartbeat Preston. USA 1998. 21:00 Britney - Speared by US and Mexico, is famous decides to go by the name 12:00 The life of the Red Deer the Paps for its cacti and strange 08:00 Love Inc. Bella instead of making a Part 1/2. The Jägersborg zoo Britney Spears lived the wildlife. 08:30 Eddie & Jeff fortune off her weight-loss is famous for its deer and dreams of many a little 18:55 Foyle’s War Eddie and Joy’s daughter Al- secrets. She seeks revenge elks. New-born calves are munchkin as a teen-pop- Part 12/12. Foyle gives or- lison comes home for Christ- on the evil Olimpia and woos playful but also learn how star, but later her life took ders for the tailing of a com- mas and finds her parents Orestes. to act like adults in the zoo. a turn for the worse. Al- munist leader, and his as- incredibly depressing. Eddie 17:30 Sturm der Liebe Produced by Danish Tele- though perhaps not directly sistant goes under cover in a decides to change his atti- Alexander does not want to vision. the fault of her cap-tilting, building company. tude for the better, and cele- lose Katharina, and Barbara 12:30 A marriage of two cultures douche-bag trouser-wear- 21:30 Being Human FILM brates his new-found charm asks Miriam to stay in 15:10 Bramwell ing, free-loader of an ex- Situated in four different at their New Year’s party. Fuerstenhof for good. 16:15 Russian immigrants Survivor. MTV3 at 21:00 husband, the singer saw her

time-frames this comedy 09:00 Come Dine With Me 18:30 Hollyoaks Part 2/7. Admiral Kolt- body, her career and her is about the eternal search Zoologist Clive Brommel 19:00 Big Brother Extra sak was a scientist who led 00:35 Inside family cracking up around for happiness. Directed by serves up some of his green 19:30 Will & Grace a fleet on the Black Sea in NEW SERIES. This American her, all the while being Bill Forsyth. Starring: Rob- patch. 20:00 Friends World War I. Produced by TV thriller-series follows Rebec- filmed by the paparazzi. in Williams, John Turturro, 09:30 Baby Squad 20:30 Simpsons Channel Russia. Russia. ca Locke, an FBI agent who 22:00 Big Brother Anna Galiena, Robert Car- 10:00 Diva on a Dime 22:00 Big Brother 17:10 Heartbeat tracks down the most vio- 23:00 Numb3rs lyle, Lorraine Bracco. USA/ 10:30 Unsellables 23:00 Bones 18:45 Neighbours in the Wild lent criminals in Los Ange- 00:25 Stargate SG1 UK 1994. 13:00 Baby Squad 23:55 Late Night with 19:40 New Tricks les. In the first episode Re- 01:15 X Files 23:35 Sacrified Eight-month Jake is a pro Conan O’Brien 22:00 Tell Me You Love Me becca starts her new job and 02:05 Invasion The son of a pair of suicide at screaming and moaning, 00:45 Cheaters (CERT15) is having difficulties settling bombers is lured into fol- and his mother Melissa can- 01:35 G-Spot Part 1/10. Three different in. She must prove herself. lowing a Palestinian woman. not stand him anymore. Can Gigi’s friends try to sooth couples end up seeing the YLE TEEMA Will the fighting never end? the Baby Squad prevent her her broken heart by taking same marriage-counsellor. Starring: Maryam Hassouni. from throwing him off the her shopping, as Stella finds One deals with separation, NELONEN 11:05 Der Zauberberg Produced by VARA B.A. The balcony? another kind of entertain- the other children and the 12:55 José Antonio Abreu – Netherlands. 13:30 Colin & Justin’s ment on a plane. Gigi is also third battles infidelity. 12:30 Red Bull X-Fighters Tocar y Lochar 01:10 Euronews Home Heist picked up for a role on tel- Produced by HBO. Spain. Director and economist José 14:30 Nigella evision and teenager Sasha 22:55 Suburban Shootout 13:00 How to Live Longer Antonio Abreu started a mu- 15:00 Dr.Phil has a crude make-over. 23:20 Monk 14:30 Fat Doctor sical education system for TV2 How to deal with 00:00 Euronews Forty-one-year-old mother children in Venezuela in the plastic surgery. of three Amanda weighs in 1970s, which has helped 10:35 Little House on the Prairie 16:05 Days of Our Lives YLE TEEMA at about 250 kilos. Her only many a child escape pov- 11:25 Happy Days 17:00 Ugly Betty TV2 hope is surgery, which could erty and achieve stardom 11:50 64 Zoo Lane 18:00 Australia’s Next Top Model 15:55 Nå skal du høre FILM kill her. through their talent. 11:55 Monster Garage 20:00 Kid Nation Pjotr Sapeg presents his an- 20:50 Der Alte 15:30 The Bachelor: Paris 12:45 Hundkoll 21:00 Austin Powers in imations “Mons, the cat” 22:05 Out of Sight FILM 16:40 Ghost Whisperer 13:15 Mr Bean Goldmember FILM 1995, “Salt-shaker” 1998, A robber and a convict star 17:40 White Water Summer FILM 13:30 Lonely Planet – Robbie The hilarious third part of the “Rat Romance” 1998 and in this romantic crime-com- Four city-slickers end up Coltrane’s Britain Austin Powers trilogy, this “Through fat lenses” 2004. edy, which involves a love- hanging out in wild nature 15:50 Derrick flick is the ultimate triumph Produced by Pravda Produc- ly police-lady. Directed by surroundings with strange Alf Hauff escapes an as- of Mike Myers. Whether you tions. AS Norway. Steven Soderbergh. Star- wilderness guide Kevin Ba- sassination attempt, but is love him or hate him, secret 16:40 Yle Live: ring: George Clooney, Jenni- con. Directed by Jeff Bleck- someone really trying to kill agent Austin Powers gath- Provinssirock 2008 fer Lopez. USA 1998. ner. Starring: Kevin Ba- the head of the family? Alf’s ers a nasty amount of British 18:30 Full Circle With 00:05 Golf – Women’s con, Sean Astin, Jonathan half-brother confuses him stereotypes and flings them Michael Palin European Tour Ward, K.C. Martel, Matt even more. at R’n’B superstar Beyon- 01:35 Swinging (CERT15) Adler, Caroline McWilliams, 16:55 64 Zoo Lane cé Knowles who plays Foxy Charles Siebert. USA 1987. Suburban Shootout. TV1 at 22:55 22:05 Law & Order Cleopatra. Directed by Jay 20:00 Crocodile Hunter 22:50 Golf – Women’s Roach. Starring: Mike Myers, MTV3 21:00 O Brother, Where European Tour Beyoncé Knowles, Michael Art Thou? FILM 14:10 Mambo! 00:35 Skithouse Caine, Seth Green, Michael 09:25 Disney’s Legend of Tarzan Three Mississippi con- 15:25 Feel like going home 01:00 Terminal City York, Robert Wagner, Mindy 09:55 Viva Pinata victs escape from a work- 16:45 Cycle of Life Sterling. USA 2002. 10:10 Biker Mice from Mars camp. They seek a covet- 18:25 Mata Hari 23:20 Triangle 10:35 Biker Mice from Mars ed treasure and a whole 20:10 Full Circle With MTV3 00:20 Jackass - The Movie 13:10 Golf - PGA Tour heap of luck. Directed by Michael Palin (CERT15) FILM 16:10 National Lampoon’s Joel Coen. Starring: George Part 9/10. Michael Pal- Friends. SUB at 20:00 09:15 Desire The crazy gang of accident- Christmas Vacation FILM Clooney, John Turturro, Tim in reaches one of the last 16:20 Hell’s Kitchen seeking dudes continues Chevy Chase stars in this in- Blake Nelson, John Good- legs of his Pacific Rim jour- Two contestants remain as their weird-ass tricks and 19:20 Bom, yeoreum, gaeul, gye- teresting attempt at a child- man, Charles Durning, Holly ney in Peru and Colombia. charming, not-so-Scottish, stunts, bringing not a single wool, geurigo, bom FILM comedy which follows a fa- Hunter. USA 2000. BBC 1997. chef Gordon Ramsay deliv- stunt-man along and hav- The beautiful philosophical ther who is trying to make 23:35 Navy NCIS 21:00 Classic Albums - Cream ers their final challenge. ing an emergency number journey of a Buddhist monk. the perfect Christmas for 00:35 Beck – Moneyman Disraeli Gears (1967) was 20:00 Kangaroo Jack at hand. Directed by Jeff Directed by Ki-duk Kim. his family. Bit by bit his plan (CERT15) FILM the second LP from super- 21:52 Just for Laughs Gags Tremaine. Starring: John- Korea 2003. goes badly off beam. Di- Swedish detective Beck trio Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce 22:36 Golden League ny Knoxville, Bam Margera, 21:45 Feel like going home FILM rected by Jeremiah Chechik. gets another sly taunt as the and Ginger Baker. They re- Zürich. Commentary in Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ry- Part 1/7. Musician Corey Starring: Chevy Chase, Bev- Stockholm underworld lead- corded hits such as Sunshine Finnish. an Dunn, Jason Acuna, Pres- Harris tours Mississippi and erly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, er Gavling (Lennart Hjul- of My Love and Strange 01:05 Commando: On ton Lacy. USA 2002. finds the roots of Blues in Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, ström) captures a policeman Brew. The Front Line Africa. Directed by Martin William Hickey, Mae Ques- and guts him for information. 21:49 Cream Farewell Concert The rookies receive some Scorsese. Performers: Wil- tel, John Randolph, Diane Directed by Harald Hamrell. As their last gig, the band historical perspective about ly King, Leadbelly, John Lee Ladd, Doris Roberts. USA Starring: Peter Haber, Mikael Cream performed at the their training when they are Mi Gorda Bella Hooker, Taj Mahal, 1989. Persbrandt, Stina Rautelin, Royal Albert Hall in London taken on a tour of a veteran on SUB at 16:35 Salif Keita. 19:20 Columbo Per Morberg, Lennart Hjul- on 26 November 1968. BBC. cemetery. The marines are 23:05 Jazz Is Happening 21:00 Survivor ström. Sweden 1998. 23:09 Cream Reunion Concert

Jackass – The Movie Mercury Rising O Brother, Karma hardly allows for evil Ballsy Bruce Willis plays yet Where Art Thou? wishes of another man to hurt- another dude with an attitude and Probably the funniest hillbilly film ing himself, but had Buddha mission to protect as undercover ever to star George Clooney and for a second seen Jackass, FBI-agent Art Jeffries, who must super-talented John Torturro, not he might’ve said “Damn, save Simon Lynch (Miko Hughes), to mention Tim Blake Nelson, those dudes are whack!” and a little autistic boy with the ability John Goodman and Holly Hunter, continued watching this movie to crack complicated government this flick is one of the ultimate after the two years of nasty codes with his mind. Alex Baldwin prison escapee comedies! Set in production they churned for takes on the role of crooked Colo- Mississippi, three loons Everett, MTV. Sure Johnny Knoxville nel Kudrow who wants to silence Pete and Delmar O’Donnell es- Bom, yeoreum, gaeul, gyewool, geurigo is hot and Bam Margera is the boy and his family, and there- cape from their chain-burdened an idiot, but the real kicker is fore seeks their collective destruc- existence to seek a $1.2 million Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring, yes! ‘Tis the season for Ryan Dunn’s smellicious beard tion. He kills the boy’s parents, treasure Everett claims to have another passionate Korean film featuring a monk. Like any faithful or Wee Man’s feisty attitude. leaving the boy to fend for himself, hidden before getting picked little religiously bound boy, the little monk played by Young-min Kim Closet drag-queen Chris Pon- until Jeffries sweeps in to save the up by the police. They have to and later by Ki-duk Kim, devotes his youth to the practise of his faith tius is another gem in disguise boy and embarks on a race against find the money within four days and never strays an eye from Buddha’s chubby exterior. One day a lady and his next move is always time, as the FBI, in disbelief of the before the place overflows for a crosses his path and he feels a sudden carnal urge to try out his natu- better than his last. Remem- boy being in danger, labels him new man-made lake. They record rally carved equipment. Will this lust bring him happiness and eternal ber though, don’t try this at a kidnapper and issues a search a song Man of Constant Sorrow, nirvana, or will it simply ruin his path to purity? He returns to his master home. It’s only for really stupid warrant. Willis received a Razzie which leads them to places they for answers. The film won a Silver Condor prize at the Argentinean Film people who get paid to wreck award, and Miko Hughes won a never dared dream of. Their band, Critic’s Association Awards and a Blue Dragon Award. their balls and brain cells. Young Artist Award. the Soggy Bottom Boys is a hit! YLE TEEMA at 19:20 Fri NELONEN at 00:20 Fri MTV3 at 22:25 Sat NELONEN at 21:00 Sat 20 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

sunday 31.8. monday 1.9.

TV1 MTV3 SUB TV1 Roxanne’s relationship suf- SUB fers because of his mar- 08:05 Neighbours in the Wild 09:25 Teenage Mutant Ninja 11:10 Quantum Leap 09:10 YLE News riage-crisis. 07:00 Preston Pig 09:05 War of the Birds Turtles SERIES CONTIUES. Lee Har- 09:15 A Dance to the Music 16:25 The Bold and the Beautiful 07:10 Code Lyoko The Allied used messenger- 09:50 Mumintrollens Äventyr – vey Oswald is taken care of. of Time 17:00 Monarchy - The Royal NEW SERIES. Yumi, Jere- pigeons during World War II, The Moomins 12:50 Instant Star Part 7/8. Middle-aged Nick Family at Work my, Odd and Ulrich are four which managed to get be- 10:50 At the End of My Leash 13:20 Veronica Mars runs into Widmerpool, as Queen Elizabeth II has school-children who attend hind enemy lines and save Siobhan works, looks after 14:10 Xena: Warrior Princess Pamela finds a new crush at ruled since 1952 and is boarding-school togeth- many people. Produced by her two-year-old son, and 15:00 Nightmares Next Door the launch-party of a liter- showing no signs of ceasing er. They find a super-com- Atlantic Productions. does the chores. Her two 16:00 Holiday Showdown ature book. Nick finds out energy or public popularity. puter next to an old factory 11:05 Heartbeat crazy dogs and ignorant 17:00 Office Monkey more about his old friends. This six-part documentary near their school and travel 13:00 Garden Stories husband prove a greater 17:30 Commercial Breakdown 11:05 Tomb of the follows the Queen and the to a mysterious planet called 13:30 Wild Secrets challenge. 18:00 Janice Dickinson Unknown Mummy Royal Family in their mis- Lyoko through the machine. 14:05 National Geographic – 11:15 Just for Laughs Gags Modeling Agency An exploration of an Egyp- sions at home and abroad. 07:35 Batman Intelligent Rats 13:25 Tierärztin Dr. Mertens Janice is menaced by the fail- tian royal tomb reveals a Iconic photographer 10:05 Sturm der Liebe Laboratory tests have prov- 14:30 According to Jim ing male-model shoot. She 3500-year-old mummy. Annie Leibovitz takes a por- 11:00 Hollyoaks en that rats are highly cog- 15:00 Scent of a Woman FILM tries to turn it around and sees Produced by National Geo- trait of the Queen, which 15:00 Office Monkey nitive and clever prob- Al Pacino plays a bitter more than she bargained for. graphic. USA. becomes quite controver- 15:30 Mi Gorda Bella lem-solvers. Produced by blind man who recruits a 19:00 Criss Angel – Mindfreak 14:30 Doctors sial. BBC. 16:30 Candid Camera National Geographic. USA. young college-boy to help 19:30 Hogan Knows Best 17:08 Ballykissangel 18:00 Emmerdale 17:00 Commercial Breakdown him. Directed by Martin Father Camillo, formerly fa- 21:20 Meet The Parents FILM 17:30 Sturm der Liebe Brest. Starring: Al Paci- ther Peter, returns to Bal- Ben Stiller plays yet another Katharina blames Laura no, Chris O’Donnell, James lykissangel. BBC. hit-your-knee-presto-come- for breaking her marriage Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar. 19:05 Saved By The Sun dy character as Greg Focker, and Laura is worried Helen USA 1992. Global warming and wither- a guy who just cannot catch will try to separate her and 22:36 Big Shots ing fossil fuel reserves have a break with his future fa- Christian. James and Katie disagree increased awareness about ther-in-law. Directed by Jay 18:30 Hollyoaks about going public with their solar power. Can it Roach. Starring: Robert De 19:00 Big Brother Extra relationship, while Duncan really make a difference? Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, 19:30 Will & Grace and Terrence fight over Re- Produced by WGBH. USA. Blythe Danner, Owen Wil- 20:00 Friends Entourage. SUB at 23:00 Waterloo Road. TV1 at 17:08 veal. Brody argues with his cli- 00:35 End of Waiting Time son. USA 2000. 20:30 Simpsons ent and Karl and Marla bicker 01:30 Euronews 23:32 Mystère - Lost Signs 21:00 Numb3rs 15:10 Bramwell about telling Wendy their big 20:00 Rock of Love 00:32 Kitchen Confidential 22:00 Big Brother 17:08 Waterloo Road news. Zack solves one problem 21:00 Big Brother Talk Show 23:00 Numb3rs The new term begins with Jack by creating another. 22:30 Axe Gamekillers TV2 23:50 Numb3rs fighting with self-doubt and 23:35 Cape Wrath (CERT15) NEW SERIES. Each week NELONEN Something weird is spot- two new teachers, Jasmine a poor lad must trudge 14:30 Eliza Rivombrosa ted flying above Los Ange- Koresh and Matt Wilding. through the gutting experi- 15:20 Lonely Planet – Vietnam 08:00 Love Inc. les, and then mysteriously 18:45 Inspector Morse NELONEN ence of dating, not knowing The longest and most popu- 08:30 Eddie & Jeff disappears. The FBI calls it 21:15 Adidas vs Puma - The Tale that the women are lar episodes of Lonely Plan- 09:00 Nigella terrorism. of Two Brothers 10:00 Austin Stevens – actresses. et return with Justine Sha- 09:30 Baby Squad 00:40 Late Night with Rudi and Adi Dassler, the Snake Man 23:00 Entourage piron’s first trip from Ho Chi 10:00 Colin & Justin’s Conan O’Brien founders of Puma and Adi- 11:00 Baby Animals SERIES CONTINUES. Vin- Minh to Hanoi. Produced by Home Heist 01:35 Bones das, are brothers who fell 12:00 Dr.Phil cent “Vince” Chase, his Pilot Productions. 13:00 Birth Stories 02:25 Eleventh Hour out over a row 60 years ago. How to deal with greedy brother Johnny “Dra- 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters Korean Sumi and Kamal is accused of sex- The grudge lives on in their people. ma” Chase, and their close Kate meets up with her old Englishman Mike are ex- ual harassment although home village, as well as glo- 16:00 What About Brian? friends Turtle and Eric live paddling-society buddies pecting their first child. he denies it. Ex-producer bally on football pitches. 17:40 Dirty Dancing: Havana the high life in Hollywood. and feels a quiver when see- Sue still suffers physical Tony Joel tries to solve the 22:00 Third Power Nights FILM Mean manager Ari Gold fol- ing her first love. Jodi meets and emotional pains from matter. Part 2/3. Danish reporter Ul- The second part of the sul- lows the gang, but who does her old rival. the c-section, as Maya rik Torp continues to suspect try Dirty Dancing movies is Vince, who is starring in the 18:25 Plus belle la vie and John’s twins are the government of shenani- placed in Havana and fea- new flick “Aquaman”, want 19:50 Food Safari in for a bit of trouble. YLE TEEMA gans in this political thriller. tures a charming young to take to the premier? Maeve O’Meara explores 13:30 10 Years Younger USA Produced by Nimbus Film. waiter, Javier, who gets in- 23:30 Money Envy Australia’s French cuisine 14:00 Property Virgins 10:15 Tales of the World 22:40 Absolutely Fabulous volved with preppy-girl 01:30 Supernatural with master chef Guillaume Yousuf is an ambitious first 17:00 The War of the World 23:10 One Life – My Life on a Katey. Directed by Guy Fer- 02:20 Buffy, the Vampire Slayer Brahimi, who reveals the flat hunter who would like 17:50 The Wells Cathedral Post-it-Note land. Starring: Diego Lu- best of Burgundy. to become a landlord. He 19:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó Christine Lyall-Grant’s early na, Romola Garai, Sela 20:17 Mr Bean makes a risky decision de- 20:15 Our Mutual Friend Alzheimer’s has been a pain, Ward, John Slattery, Jonath- YLE TEEMA 20:30 Police, Camera, Action! spite the warnings from 21:05 Classic Albums – but the 65-year-old lovable an Jackson, January Jones. 21:25 Skithouse the pros. John Lennon lady is not ready to throw the USA 2004. 09:45 Wa N’Wina 22:05 Third Watch 14:30 My Greek Kitchen 22:05 Yakuza deka: The Assassin towel in just yet. Thankfully 20:00 Fear Factor Directed by Dumisani Doc’s friends are nominat- Tonia Buxton ventures the (CERT15) FILM her daughter can help. BBC. 21:00 S.W.A.T. (CERT15) FILM Phakathi. Produced by Steps ing him as carer of the year, island of Naxos in the Cyc- An undercover police agent 00:05 Euronews This action thriller focus- For The Future. although the man is com- lades prefecture and makes delves into the details of the es on the Los Angeles spe- South-Africa 2001. pletely confused by his life. some special local delica- Japanese drug trade. Direct- cial unit S.W.A.T team made 10:40 Madame de Pompadour 22:50 Zodiac Murders cies. ed by Yukio Noda. Starring: TV2 of Samuel L. Jackson, Col- 12:20 Cuéntame cómo pasó 15:00 Dr.Phil Sonny Chiba, Ryohei Uch- in Farrell, Michelle Rodrigu- 13:35 The Alternative How to deal with problems. ida, Fumio Watanabe. Ja- 10:25 Seventh Heaven ez and LL Cool J. They try 14:00 Lone Frank MTV3 16:05 Days of Our Lives pan 1970. 11:40 Little House on the Prairie to bag a deadly drug-lord 14:30 Modern Mummies 17:00 Ugly Betty 23:30 Massive Machines 16:40 Monster Garage who has promised his fre- 15:20 The Doors 09:10 Desire 18:00 Australia’s Next Top Model 17:30 Supernanny er a hundred million dollars. 16:10 SOAP 10:35 Emmerdale 20:00 America’s Next Top Model Supernanny Jo Frost pays a Directed by Clark Johnson. 17:20 Stormy Decade 11:05 Emmerdale The girls get a make-over visit to single-mother Tara Starring: Samuel L. Jack- 18:10 Our Mutual Friend Andy has something impor- from super salon expert Fre- Howat, who fends for three son, Colin Farrell, Michelle 19:00 Only Angels Have Wings tant to tell Libby, while Bet- deric Fekkai. Some cry and children, two of which are Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Olivi- FILM ty is still confused by the others simply offend the teenage brats with a war- er Martinez, Josh Charles. Postmen flying in the An- Dingles. Matthew is deter- hair-guru. zone mentality. USA 2003. des must avoid fog, love and mined to save some time 21:00 Rock Rivals 19:10 Liar, Liar FILM 23:40 Sleeper Cell (CERT15) other dangers. Directed by for Louise. 22:00 Shield (CERT15) A successful lawyer is forced Howard Hawks. Starring: 13:55 King of the Hill 23:25 Frasier to speak the truth, word-for- Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, 14:55 L.A. Law Frasier has promised Niles word, for 24 hours. Directed Rita Hayworth, Richard Bar- CJ gets a bizarre case to his help in writing a book on by Tom Shadyac. Starring: thelmess. USA 1939. handle as a couple try to go siblings. The brothers book a Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, 21:15 A concert in Schönbrunn back on a house-deal be- hotel room for some peace, Jennifer Tilly. USA 1997. Madame Pompadour 22:55 Jazz Is Happening cause the property is haunt- but hither come no inspi- The Bold and the Beautiful. 21:00 Elisa di Rivombrosa on YLE TEEMA at 10:40 23:55 The Pervert’s Guide to ed. Grace gets involved with ration. MTV3 at 16:25 00:00 Yle Live – Crowded House Cinema (CERT15) the war-court. Arnie and 23:55 Damage

Scent of a Woman S.W.A.T. Monarchy: Almost teen-heartthrob Chris Based on the 1970s TV-series The Royal Family O’Donnell plays Charlie Simms, S.W.A.T., which followed a at Work a poor student who is granted Special Weapons And Tactics the humungous chance of at- team in California, this talkie Say what you like, the British tending a private preparatory stars a pre-puberty Colin Farrell Royal Family has style, and school. However the boy is no as Jimmy Street and über-ac- said style comes with a bundle Harry Potter with inherited tion-man Samuel L. Jackson, who of responsibilities. Never moolah, and is forced to work plays Sergeant Dan “Hondo” before have the blue-blood to pay for his flight home to Harrelson, an agent who rear- entourage been featured like Oregon for Christmas. He takes ranges the team which Street and this in a documentary, and they a job as ex-US Army officer his partner mess up. Harrelson Meet the Parents have also added a number of elements to their PR-depart- Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade’s brings in Chris Sànchez (Michelle The never-ending quibble of meeting the parents of your so-called one ment. Their new website, for (Al Pacino) assistant. The man Rodriquez), Deacon Kay (LL Cool and true love is about as funny as getting slapped in the face with rotten instance, is a great example of is a middle-aged grumpy blind J), T.J. McCave (Josh Charles) fish. Sure other people will laugh, but you just end up stinking for days. how they have taken control alcoholic, and if that’s not a lot and Michael Boxer (Brian Van Why oh why is it necessary to put yourself through such misery, just marry of their affairs like a media to chew on, he also has lady Holt). Now ready for action, somebody else, you’d think, but Greg “Doomed at Birth” Focker (Ben company and now can fully issues. He plans to commit these geezers take on a bloated Stiller) is determined to impress his future father-in-law Jack (Robert De cash in on the fact that they suicide, but only after having town of adversity and kick some Niro), and is put under rigorous inspection by the hard-ass of an old CIA- used to run the country. With tried all the finest things in life drug-lord kingpin ass. Only the agent. Jack whips out a polygraph machine and wires Greg up to check less power, they now exude a one last time. Al Pacino won an ass is already in prison and has his lie-to-truth ratio. The film is a remake of the original indie film by Greg graceful good-will ambassado- Oscar and a Golden Globe for promised his freer one hundred Glienna, which has since been removed from distribution. Musical director rial ambience to the events his performance. million dollars. Randy Newman was nominated for an Oscar for the song A Fool in Love. they attend. MTV3 at 15:00 Sun NELONEN at 21:00 Sun MTV3 at 21:20 Mon MTV3 at 17:00 Mon NELONEN

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TV1 MTV3 NELONEN TV1 MTV3

09:10 YLE News 09:15 Desire 08:00 Love Inc. 09:10 YLE News 09:15 Desire 09:15 A Dance to the Music 10:35 Emmerdale Clea’s boyfriend’s competi- 09:15 At Home with the 10:35 Emmerdale of Time 13:55 Living with Fran tive spirit is burdening their Braithwaites 13:55 How I Met Your Mother 10:30 The North Pole Oil Race It is amazing that Fran relationship, but Clea has Alison gets a lottery ticket for Victoria is offered a schol- What kind of oil-fields lie in Drescher is still allowed decided to stay firm on the her 40th birthday. She wins arship to Germany, which Greenland and the North to appear on television af- issue. a heap of money, but decides makes her reconsider her Pole? Both Danish research- ter the decibel levels she 08:30 Eddie & Jeff not to tell her family. Why is relationship with Ted. Lily ers and US and Russian au- has reached over the years, 09:00 My Greek Kitchen she hiding it? Produced by is also in a sticky situa- thorities are interested in but lo and behold, she has 09:30 Birth Stories Yorkshire Television. tion when buying a wedding Runaway. NELONEN at 00:05 the findings. strung along another sit- 10:00 10 Years Younger USA 11:05 Ballykissangel dress, while Marshall gets to 11:05 Ballykissangel com. This time she plays a 10:30 Property Virgins 14:00 Retsel der Seeschlangen know Barney’s tailor. his true love. Will age affect 14:05 Memento mori mother. 13:00 Birth Stories Marine biologist Glen Burns 14:55 Northern Exposure his decision? Next week this Children’s graves in Scot- 14:55 ER 13:30 10 Years Younger USA investigates poisonous sea- Shelly has always wanted to spot will be donned by the land create a lasting impres- Neela is among the injured 14:00 Property Virgins snakes at the see the world and Holling’s Finnish programme Sinkkuäi- sion on Norwegian artist Ine in a violent protest. Abby, 14:30 My Greek Kitchen Great Barrier Reef. satellite antenna makes this dille sulhanen, in which ma- Harrang. She makes an exhi- Pratt and Morris gang up. 15:00 Dr.Phil 14:30 Doctors possible! Joel wants to see ture Finnish hotties try to bition of life based on the ti- 16:25 The Bold and the Beautiful How to deal with cheaters. 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder Elaine, but is it at find some arm-candy. ny tombs. Produced by Nor- 17:00 Monarchy – The Royal 16:05 Days of Our Lives 16:05 Neighbours in the Wild all possible? 22:00 Rome wegian Television. Family at Work 17:00 Ugly Betty 17:08 Ballykissangel 16:25 The Bold and the Beautiful 23:35 Frasier 14:30 Doctors 18:00 Emmerdale 18:00 Australia’s Next Top Model 19:30 1968, un Monde en 18:00 Emmerdale Frasier and Niles have yet an- 17:08 Ballykissangel Val and Bob get the town 23:20 Frasier Révolte FILM Matthew makes a lunch- other cup of coffee at Cafe 19:00 The Vicar of Dibley up and running, but Eric is Frasier doubts that Gil Ches- A wave of protests swept date with Terry but does not Nervosa. Niles asks Frasier if Part 1/6. The village peo- not happy about his birth- terton from the food pro- the world in 1968, but who plan on showing up, while he is happy and interrupts him ple think a lanky, beard- day and the guests get all gramme is after his airing- were the most visible lead- Val and Eric have found in the middle of an answer. ed man of the cloth will confused. spot. While sick in bed he ers of the movement. Dan- common ground. 00:05 Runaway come to shepherd their lets Gil and Niles fill in for iel Cohn-Bendit, Jan Palach 21:00 C.S.I. - New York sad souls through life, but him and finally ends up on- and Robin Morgan were 22:31 The Apprentice are surprised to find chip- air pumped up with cold- among the many people who This year’s Finale is settled SUB per, chubby Geraldine, a fe- medicine. changed the world. Pro- in the depths of Hollywood male priest, as their new vic- 23:50 Jericho duced by Bonne Compag- cheese. How will the Bare 07:00 Preston Pig ar. BBC. nie/France 3. France. Naked Ladies gig and the 07:10 Code Lyoko 19:29 Yes, Prime Minister 23:00 Saved By The Sun celebrity ice-hockey match 07:35 Batman The PM believes basic ed- SUB 23:50 Euronews go down and who will Trump 10:05 Sturm der Liebe ucation needs a polish and keep and who will hear the 11:00 Hollyoaks tries to argue his point to 07:00 Preston Pig infamous detrimentally mut- 15:30 Mi Gorda Bella the Chancellor of the Ex- 07:10 Code Lyoko TV2 tered words: You’re fired. Orestes decides to stay with chequer. BBC. 07:35 Batman 23:55 Mythbusters Chiqui because of the child, 21:00 Road to Guantanamo 10:05 Sturm der Liebe 10:35 Plus belle la vie 01:00 The Job and Olimpia is convinced Jericho. NELONEN at 23:50 (CERT15) 11:00 Hollyoaks 11:00 Tina the cook Bella is really Valentina and The tragic story of three 15:30 Mi Gorda Bella Sassy Swedish cook Tina ac- is determined to prove it. British citizens who were 20:00 Private Practice 16:30 E! Entertainment: cepts the challenge of pre- NELONEN 16:30 E! Entertainment: Forbes in the wrong place at the NEW SERIES. How do you 25 Most Stylish paring a two course dinner Cash Queens of Music wrong time. Directed by start over again when your 17:30 Sturm der Liebe for four people for only 100 08:00 Love Inc. 17:30 Sturm der Liebe Michael Winterbottom. Star- whole life falls apart? Add- Katharina finally decides Swedish kronor. Produced 08:30 Eddie & Jeff Laura wants to comfort Al- ring: Rizwan Ahmed, Farhad ison Montgomery, the doc- between Alexander and by Swedish Television. Joy and Eddie fight about exander and Robert wants Harun,Waqar Siddiqui, Arfan tor from Grey’s Anatomy Sven, and Christian finds out 15:15 Food Safari marriage-camp and Steph to get to know Miriam. Usman. UK 2006. gets her own spin-off show, Helen has been faking pan- 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters and Jeff argue about mon- 18:30 Hollyoaks 22:35 Suburban Shootout and proves that Hollywood ic attacks. Sandra cannot understand ey. Both men are slumped 19:00 Big Brother Extra 23:05 Tell Me You Love Me really has no boundaries in 18:30 Hollyoaks why Alex gets to manage by the fact that the women 19:30 Analyze This FILM (CERT15) casting an annoying, high- 19:00 Big Brother Extra the farm and starts plotting have someone to confine in. This crime comedy is about a 23:57 Euronews pitched actress despite au- 19:30 Will & Grace against him, while the Drov- 09:00 My Greek Kitchen tortured mafia boss who con- dience refusal. Addison con- 20:00 Friends er’s Run women are cele- 09:30 Birth Stories sults a doctor to solve the tinues her life in Seattle and 20:30 Simpsons brating a lottery win. 10:00 10 Years Younger USA on-going gang-crime. Di- TV2 has a painful divorce from 21:00 Skins 10:30 Property Virgins rected by Harold Ramis. Star- Derek Shepherd (Patrick Chris is kicked out of school 13:00 Birth Stories ring: Robert De Niro, Billy 08:33 Shaun the Sheep Dempsey). and the pill-popping teen Julia is a dancer and will Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz 08:41 Shaun the Sheep 21:00 Cold Case is left without a plan. He’s perform for the last time in Palminteri, Kresimir Nova- 10:35 Plus belle la vie 22:31 C.S.I. - New York homeless, jobless and pen- three weeks before giving kovic, Joe Viterelli. USA 1999. 11:00 Animal Hospital 23:30 C.S.I. - New York niless, although a surprising birth. Little-Jackson is get- 22:00 Big Brother Legendary animal-lover Rolf 00:30 Love You to Death twist cheers him up. ting used to his musician 23:00 C.S.I. Harris introduces yet anoth- SERIES ENDING. A couple 22:00 Big Brother parents, and Heather has an 23:50 Late Night with er batch of sick animals that of bible-lovers get married in 23:00 Kojak aqua-birth at home. Conan O’Brien need some urgent tender the hot, exotic climate of Af- 23:50 Late Night with 13:30 10 Years Younger USA 00:45 Invasion loving care. BBC. rica, but when they return Conan O’Brien 14:00 Unsellables Russell finally gets a chance 11:30 True Adventures of the Ul- to their cool and extreme- 01:15 Smallville 14:30 Come Dine With Me to investigate the strange At Home with the Braithwaites. timate Spider-Hunter ly bland home surroundings 15:00 Dr.Phil tissue recovered from a TV1 at 09:15 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters will they still feel the same How to deal with brats. missing pilot. The park rang- Harry has just recovered jungle-love as before? Which YLE TEEMA 16:05 Days of Our Lives ers find an abandoned ba- from his heart-attack when one will feel the urge for a 18:25 Plus belle la vie 17:00 Ugly Betty by whose mother was one of the old ticker starts acting rebuttal first? Narrated by 10:30 Street USA 20:30 Hundkoll Daniel returns to work af- the people lost in the hurri- up again. Alex asks Jodi to cult-director John Waters. 16:10 Caroline Søeborg – 23:00 Insider’s Guide to ter a much-needed men- cane. Mariel finds herself. present her prize bull. Chefens Sjael – Happiness tal break, and Betty tries 01:30 Bones 18:25 Plus belle la vie The Soul of a CEO James’s good deeds are go- to cheer him up with a date 19:20 Supernanny Part 1/8. Danish reporter ing unrewarded, while Lindy with a supermodel. Wil- The Burnett family has five Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt and William differ about the helmina’s mysterious friend YLE TEEMA children who are all as pesky discusses family, work and future. Julie gets a weird is preparing to take over as the other. The kids have stress with Danish commod- bunch of flowers. Mode. 16:30 Don’t Die Young successfully crushed the ity CEOs. Today’s guest is 00:15 The Beslan Siege 18:00 Australia’s Next Top Model 17:00 Cycle of Life parents defence and are Stine Bosse, the head of Try- Almost 400 child hostag- 20:00 Age of Love 18:00 Caroline Søeborg – moving in for the kill, but gvesta. es and over 700 people were SERIES ENDING. Time for The Soul of a CEO can Supernanny Jo Frost 17:10 Undersea World of wounded in the Siege of ex-Wimbledon player Mark 19:00 Der Zauberberg bring ‘em around before Jacques Cousteau Beslan in September 2004. to choose between the ba- 21:00 Pervert’s guide to cinema they burn the house down. 19:00 Madame de Pompadour The majority of them were bies and the oldies. The final (CERT15) two women meet his family 20:05 Robin Hood Skins. SUB at 21:00 20:40 Don’t Die Young children. Directed by Rich- 22:50 Yle Live – Provinssirock 22:05 Murderball FILM 21:10 Stormy Decade ard Alwyn. 2005. in Australia and he chooses 2008

Madame E! Entertain- Analyze This de Pompadour ment: Forbes Cash Old fox Robert De Niro garners Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Queens of Music another gangster-role as Don or Madame de Pompadour, Paul Vitti who runs into the Madonna may have freakishly car of psychiatrist Ben Sobel, a was one cunning little minx. large muscles but she needs Not only did she find a way man with enough problems to them to carry around all her handle. Vitti needs to analyze to wangle her wide derriere money. Raking in around $72 extraordinaire down the halls his problems and considers million a year, she was named Sobel the man to treat his of Versailles and into the arms the top Forbes Cash Queen of of misfortunate Charles-Guil- shattered soul. Sobel, on the Music, and set the record for other hand, half-welcomes laume Le Normant d’Étoilles, highest earning female artist. she also seduced Louis XV, the case, as most of his cases Murderball The singer, who recently bore him stiff to death, but the very king of her country. turned 50 years young, is still Going were boundaries may try to stop them, these brave men, Alas, she had known this, for a hardly loves his new 24-hour chasing success and will in- open telephone, which is being equipped with their wheel-chairs, prove disability is not really a factor fortune teller had bequeathed evitably go down in history as if you try hard enough. These Canadian and American quadriplegics her the honour of being his abused by both the feds and one of the most influential art- the Mafioso. He also has a battle in the already gruelling sport of rugby and challenge each other supposed hidden lover. Legend ists of the 20th century. She all the way up to the 2004 Paralympic Games. The men have custom- has it that she was quite the wedding coming up, a pesky beat Barbra Streisand, Celine son and annoying parents to made, individually fitted chairs, built to tackle the fiercest of challeng- singer, actress and intellectual, Dion and Shakira to the title ers. The “wings” are especially cool, since they, plus the side-slanted and the King made haste to deal with, but how do you dis- of biggest Cash cow and will miss a dangerous client? The wheels, are pimped to the max, holding the players safe and ready for a provide her with the title of undoubtedly continue grazing rough ride. The film was an effort to gather money for the Paralympics, Marquise, thus forever separat- film was nominated for two endorsement deals like the Golden Globe awards. raise awareness and support the campaign “Get Into the Game”. ing her from her husband. one she has with H&M. TV2 at 22:05 Tue YLE TEEMA at 19:00 Tue SUB at 16:30 Wed SUB at 19:30 Wed 22 29 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

Fri 8/29 thursday 4.9. +7 +11 TV1 MTV3 17:00 Ugly Betty 18:00 Australia’s Next Top Model +9 Fri 8/29 Sat 8/30 Sun 8/31 Mon 9/1 Tue 9/2 Wed 9/3 Thu 9/4 09:10 YLE News 09:15 Desire 20:00 Paradise Hotel +12 09:15 A Dance to the Music 10:50 Emmerdale SERIES CONTINUES. An- +20 +22 +26 +19 +18 +17 +17 of Time 13:55 New Adventures of Old other batch of singles is +12 +34 +32 +31 +29 +32 +32 +33 Alison feels guilty about Christine shipped away with protec- +15 +8 hiding the money but her SERIES CONTINUES. The tion to capture the very es- +27 +31 +32 +30 +31 +31 +33 daughter’s greedy mood kids return to school and sence of stupidity and dis- +13 soon reminds her she did Richie gets a new teach- regard of sex-education Sat 8/30 +30 +31 +31 +29 +30 +31 +31 the right thing. She asks her er (Blair Underwood). The pamphlets. +28 +22 +26 +27 +30 +28 +28 best friend to help her start teacher excites children and Who will share rooms and +4 a fund. mothers alike, as Christine who can keep their nerves +20 +20 +23 +25 +22 +20 +20 11:05 Ballykissangel struggles with her ex-hus- cool long enough to win the +9 14:30 Doctors band and Richie tells the game? Hosted by Aman- +19 +24 +27 +18 +18 +17 +15 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder class they’re back together. da Byram. +10 15:50 The Tribe FILM 14:55 Ally McBeal 21:00 Criminal Minds +12 +27 +25 +24 +26 +28 +31 +31 A short documentary about An ex-colleague accuses 22:00 Dexter (CERT15) both Barbie’s history and Elaine of sexual harassment. 23:25 Frasier +11 +35 +34 +34 +33 +32 +32 +33 the history of Jews in a won- Nelle’s new boyfriend has Frasier’s author friend has +15 +12 +20 +21 +21 +19 +18 +15 +17 derful exploration about the a secret. used one of his stories in a relevance of tribes in the 16:25 The Bold and the Beautiful book, which, to his shock, is +16 +34 +33 +34 +35 +34 +34 +35 2000s. Narrated by Peter 18:00 Emmerdale read by women. Sun 8/31 Coyote. Directed by Tiffa- 20:00 Men in Trees 23:55 Hex +41 +40 +39 +37 +36 +37 +39 ny Shlain. 21:00 House A young couple is dead- +5 +19 +23 +26 +23 +22 +19 +17 SUB locked in a restaurant stick- +8 +26 +27 +27 +23 +25 +21 +19 up. The wife is rushed to hospital due to respira- 07:00 Preston Pig +7 +17 +21 +23 +21 +19 +18 +17 tory problems and stom- 07:10 Code Lyoko +11 ach pains, but soon the hus- 07:35 Batman +31 +30 +31 +31 +28 +26 +30 +11 band gets similar symptoms 10:05 Sturm der Liebe +30 +30 +28 +28 +29 +28 +30 and they both end up in bed. 11:00 Hollyoaks +14 +10 House takes on the role of 11:30 Barbershop +25 +22 +23 +25 +24 +21 +20 doctor and secret detective. 14:30 Big Brother Game +15 22:31 Spooks 15:30 Mi Gorda Bella +20 +23 +22 +17 +12 +16 +16 23:40 Final Curtain (CERT15) 16:30 E! Entertainment: Behind Mon 9/1 FILM The Scenes +30 +30 +24 +22 +25 +27 +31 +4 This British drama flick fol- 17:00 E! Entertainment: +27 +28 +28 +28 +28 +28 +29 lows old game-show host Living Lohan +7 J.J. Curtis who is battling NEW SERIES. Another +30 +28 +26 +28 +29 +26 +19 Living Lohan. SUB at 17:00 the younger generation and senseless reality show be- +6 new charming host Dave gins as Dina Lohan, mother +8 +28 +29 +29 +29 +29 +29 +29 16:10 Graf Spee – Letters From Turner, who with his youth- of Lindsay Lohan (often re- +31 +32 +34 +32 +32 +30 +31 the River Plate ful handsome approach is ferred to as the White Op- +10 The Graf Spee was the big- taking over. Curtis feverish- rah in blogs), tries to pre- +18 +22 +22 +23 +23 +23 +20 gest, most scary part of ly attempts to keep the rat- tend she is not exploiting +10 +8 the Nazi navy and Winston ings up and hires biogra- her children for a cheap +12 +27 +24 +25 +26 +28 +28 +25 Churchill aimed at destroy- pher Jonathan Stitch to take buck. ing it. BBC. UK. down his life story. Directed 17:30 Hollyoaks Tue 9/2 +15 +12 +11 +11 +9 +17 +21 17:08 Ballykissangel by Patrick Harkins. Starring: 18:00 Sturm der Liebe +21 +23 +25 +21 +22 +22 +23 22:30 The Clinic Peter O’Toole, Adrian Lest- 19:00 Big Brother Extra +4 19:30 Will & Grace 23:30 Telegrafisten FILM er, Aidan Gillen, Julia Sa- +8 +25 +24 +27 +28 +32 +33 +32 Based on Knut Hamsun’s walha, Ralph Brown. USA/ 20:00 Friends novel this summer drama is UK 2002. 20:30 Simpsons +15 +20 +19 +19 +14 +12 +13 +6 about Rolandsen, an electri- 01:20 The Job 21:00 Pussycat Dolls +7 cian who has definite sparky 22:00 Big Brother +22 +26 +22 +21 +19 +18 +14 charm. Directed by Erik 23:00 Supernatural +8 +10 +12 +12 +13 +15 +12 +12 Gustavson. Starring: Björn NELONEN 00:00 Late Night with Floberg, Marie Richardson, Conan O’Brien +12 +10 +26 +21 +23 +25 +27 +28 +27 Jarl Kulle. Norway 1992. 08:05 Love Inc. 00:55 G-Spot +10 01:05 Euronews 08:30 Eddie & Jeff Gigi is sure she is having +30 +31 +30 +30 +28 +28 +29 09:00 Come Dine With Me a nocturnal affair with a Wed 9/3 +29 +30 +25 +22 +23 +28 +24 09:30 Birth Stories ghost. Soon enough her ob- TV2 10:00 10 Years Younger USA vious acid-trip wears off and +5 +27 +31 +28 +28 +28 +28 +29 10:30 Unsellables her friends call her crazy. +9 10:35 Plus belle la vie 13:00 Baby Squad 01:30 Kojak +16 +19 +19 +21 +13 +13 +18 11:30 Corner Gas One-and-a-half-year-old 12:50 Scarlett Street FILM Manisha is an angel by day +7 +14 +13 +11 +12 +12 +12 +17 YLE TEEMA +8 This crime film of a classic and a little devil at night, +11 +14 +13 +12 +12 +14 +16 follows a man who is cap- who refuses to sleep and rel- +10 tured by a woman. Directed ishes in crying and giving 11:30 Street USA +29 +28 +31 +32 +30 +30 +30 Fritz Lang. Starring: Edward her parents mental melt- 16:55 Undersea World of +8 +11 G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, downs. 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LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / SUSANA GONZALEZ THURSDAY A queue of children wait to exchange their toy guns for non-weapon-like toys as part of a government project to reduce violence in the area, in the Petare district of Caracas on 21 August.

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Georgian women walk past nationalistic posters with some de- Trishaw riders transport commuters through a flooded area after General view of the “Morro da Providencia” favela, one of the picting Russia aggression on Georgia, on 18 August in Tbilisi. heavy monsoon rain in the northeastern Indian city of Guwaha- most violent of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taken on 20 August. The Russian troops controlled the main entry into the Georgian city ti 19 August. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods across French photographer identified as JR is launching a project of Gori, amid expectations that Moscow was to start pulling out South Asia in which 147 people have been killed. called “Women Are Heroes”, through which the photographs of its forces. women, relatives of the victims of clashes between the police and drug traffickers, were placed in the facades of the houses.

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Two motorcycle police officers inspecting the Helsinki Senate A child wears campaign buttons for US Democratic presidential Performers with enlighted vehicles during the Olympics Closing Square before the Night of the Arts on 22 August. candidate Senator Barack Obama at a campaign event at the Old Ceremonies in the National Stadium Bird’s Nest during the Olym- State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, 23 August. pic Games in Beijing, China, on 24 August.