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LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER Boom times expected in the mining industry

SAMI SALLINEN - HELSINKI TIMES possibility of uranium mining in Fin- STT land. According to Pekka Suomela, the Chief Inspector of Mines at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, about THE RISING market prices for gold, fi ve applications for uranium claims nickel and other metals have in Pohjois-Karjala are currently revitalised the mining industry in being processed, and the two already Finland. Finnish and international granted licences are being exam- companies are now racing ahead to ined by the Supreme Administra- exploit the country’s mineral wealth. tive Court. The prospect of domestic Several major mining projects are uranium mining to feed Finland’s expected to start production in the increasing number of nuclear power next fi ve years. plants has attracted strong criticism In a telling sign of confi dence from environmental groups and the in the industry, Talvivaara Min- communities potentially affected by ing Company Ltd had no problem pollution from the mines. raising €310m for constructing a Speaking at the FinnMateria nickel mine in Sotkamo, by list- exhibition in Jyväskylä recent- ing its shares on the London Stock ly, Suomela rued the fact that the Exchange in May. The company is public storm around uranium The hot weather drew more than 60,000 people to enjoy the free Kaivopuisto summer concert in Helsinki last Sunday. Finland’s aiming to start mining nickel and mining has taken away attention jam-packed summer festival season has now begun, and next on the agenda is Provinssirock in Seinäjoki over the weekend. other metals by the end of 2008, from the rapid growth of the mining from what is one of the largest sul- industry as a whole, which will cre- phide nickel deposits in Europe. ate thousands of new jobs in the com- The price of nickel has increased ing years. The mining companies are dramatically in the past year and already competing over workers Talvivaara is expected to produce as the industry is facing an acute Finnish and U.S. foreign 2.3% of the world’s nickel by 2010. shortage of qualifi ed personnel. The most controversial aspect Pots of gold waiting for the of the current boom concerns the enrichment engineers – Page 4. ministers pledge co-operation

FINLAND’S Minister for Foreign Af- chair of the Organisation for Se- arrange a meeting between presi- fairs Ilkka Kanerva met with U.S. curity and Co-operation in Europe dents George W. Bush and Tarja Ha- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (OSCE) in 2008. With Russia be- lonen. From the European countries, in Washington on Monday, in the fi rst coming increasingly hostile to the only Yugoslavia (now defunct) has Left-handedness top-level offi cial meeting between U.S. plans for a missile defence sys- waited longer than Finland for a top- the two countries since 2002. tem in Europe and critical of OSCE’s level audience at the White House. gene identified Speaking at a press conference role in monitoring human rights Despite frequent assurances by after the meeting, a beaming Kaner- and democracy, Kanerva may be Halonen of good Finland-U.S. rela- FINNISH researcher Juha Laurén has that a particular mutation of a gene va said his “good conversation” in for a rough ride as OSCE’s next tions, there is an ongoing debate in identifi ed the fi rst link between left- found by him called LRRTM1 trig- with Rice had extended longer than Chairman-in-Offi ce. the Finnish media over whether the handedness and a particular gene. gered left-handedness in a foetus. scheduled and they had discussed Kanerva stated that Finland U.S. has been “punishing” Finland The fi nd will bring valuable new in- The research showed that LRRTM1 all the relevant questions in inter- and the United States share a com- for its refusal to support the war in formation about the development of already works actively in the brains national politics, with a special fo- mon understanding for resolving Iraq. the brain because the tasks associat- of both mice and humans at the foe- cus on Kosovo and Russia. Rice may the Kosovo issue and see the need Kanerva, from the right-wing ed with most of the roughly 23,000 hu- tal stage. pay a return visit to Finland already to maintain intensive cooperation National Coalition Party, became man genes are still to be discovered. Laurén carried out the research in August, when Kanerva is hosting with Russia. He offered Finland’s Finland’s foreign minister in March In the research for his doctor- at the universities of Helsinki and the Nordic and Baltic foreign minis- expertise to the United States in af- this year, replacing Erkki Tuomioja al thesis, conducted in coopera- Yale. He is defending his doctoral ters in Turku. fairs concerning Russia. from the Social Democratic Party, tion with Dr Clyde Francks from thesis at the University of Helsinki Kanerva said that Rice is aware According to Kanerva, Rice prom- who has been critical of U.S. foreign Oxford University, Laurén found on Wednesday. STT of Finland’s challenging task as the ised to do whatever she can to help policy in the past. STT / HT

Subscribe to Subscribe now! Get Helsinki Times HELSINKI delivered to your home for one year 120€! News from Finland in English every week TIMES E-mail your contact information (Name, Address, Telephone, E-mail) to [email protected] 2 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES said&done “If a politician who wants to be taken seriously is wandering An unwelcome sermon in a health centre in the middle of the night with a younger woman, who is NOT a girlfriend, lets the woman in question throw toilet rolls on his behalf and still goes to the local bar from the IMF stone sober, then that would be worrying. In Vanhanen’s case it is just stupid.”

Reijo Ruokanen, Iltalehti, 8 June.

“It is the duty of the prime minister to step into the public eye to explain incomplete political reforms just as eagerly as he described to the citizens the night-time toilet paper throwing International Monetary episode.” Tuomo Yli-Huttula, Kaleva, 9 June, calls on politicians to ac- Fund economists are cept open debate on controversial issues instead of trying to sti- right-wing politicians fl e it. “An immigrant journalist is contacted when they want a com- without a mandate, ment from an immigrant for some story. It’s not enough that you are invited three times a year to comment on the pages of argues Erkki Tuomioja. a newspaper.” Zimbabwean journalist Percy Mashaire, who has a Master’s Degree from the University of Helsinki and speaks fl uent Finn- Erkki Tuomioja ish, on the diffi culty of getting a job in the Finnish media, Jour- nalisti, 8 June.

HE INTERNATIONAL Mone- by denying elderly people any country stupid enough to a strong case for cutting “Finland and Sweden are proceeding hand in hand towards Ttary Fund (IMF), acting as the possibility to retire be- listen to them? Can someone public expenditure on the more liberal cultural policies. The responsibility of the state is the guardian-in-chief of the fore reaching the pension produce an IMF report on any salaries and travel expenses lessening and shifting on to the shoulders of individuals and so-called Washington Con- age, and by driving young country, rich or poor, grow- we pay through our contribu- the markets. At the same time the state still wants to derive sensus, recently despatched people to work earlier through ing or stagnating, which has tion to the IMF in return for economic and image benefi ts for itself from culture. Cultural one of its economic priests, cuts in student benefi ts and ever, during the past twen- these sermons. This would al- policies are constructed with pocket calculators and interna- Lorenzo Figliuoli, to Helsin- by tightening the time-limits ty years, made any other so have the advantage of com- tional media hits.” ki in order to promote the for completing their studies. recommendations than the pelling our Ministry of Finance Fund’s country report on Fin- Public sector productivity ones listed above? Let alone bureaucrats to come out more Annukka Ruuskanen, Teatteri, 4/2007. land and proffer advice. has to be enhanced by out- some recommendations that openly with their identical sourcing contradict those ideas, such policies, instead of recycling H E I M F The IMF does not and priva- as paying attention to the them through the IMF. “The stadium was swarming with police, stewards and offi - Treport’s recognize the success tization. needs of the poorest, or safe- cials with plastic cards hanging round their necks. They had main fi nd- of the Nordic coun- Charges guarding the public interest prepared for crazy drunkards, hooligans, demonstrators and ings and eco- and fees for and the environment against terrorists, but not an eagle owl. ... We the spectators were nomic advice tries’ welfare policies public serv- competition running amok, jubilant because we knew that we had seen something au- to Finland in promoting social co- ices should or promoting more equali- thentic, something that had not been image manipulated, made very fa- be raised. ty, or indeed anything that planned in an advertising agency, and not even branded for miliar read- hesion and economic Shopping would recognize the success the tourists.” ing. Public competitivity. hours have of the Nordic countries’ wel- expenditure to be lib- fare policies in promoting Erkki Tuomioja, PhD, is an MP Saska Snellman, Helsingin Sanomat, 9 June, comments on the was getting out of hand and eralized and planning rules social cohesion AND econom- for the Social Democratic Par- spectacular disruption of the Finland-Belgium football match should be balanced by spend- relaxed to promote more ic competitivity? ty and the current chairper- by an eagle owl. ing cuts. Wage differen- commercial competition. son of the Parliament’s Grand tials should be increased by HESE IMF recommen- Committee. He was Finland’s cutting the wages of low-pro- HY DO WE pay high Tdations should be Minister for Foreign Affairs “Art is above all a source and expression of spiritual richness. ductivity workers – mean- Wsalaries to these gen- recognized for the ideolog- in 2000-2007 and Minister of If this is not understood, then the spiritual poverty line has ing those with already the tlemen who travel round the ical rantings they are and Trade and Industry in 1999- already been crossed.” lowest earnings. The employ- world promoting their neo- dismissed as such. They do, 2000. He is also the author of ment rate has to be increased liberal right-wing policies to however, at least provide 18 books. Elias Krohn, Kulttuurivihkot, 2/2007.

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Spending time at a cottage, mökki in Finnish, surrounded by forest and water, is the quintessential summer activity in Finland. In 2006, there were nearly half a million summer cottages in Finland – that’s quite a lot of mökki per capita in a country of just five million inhabitants. But a closer inspection reveals that cottage life, and especially ownership, is really the preserve of the older generation in the country.

PEKKA PÖYRY do get a cottage, it should be other accommodation in Fin- HELSINKI TIMES located less than 90 minutes’ land. This marks a 13% rise drive from home, by a lake compared to March 2006. ACCORDING TO the latest or the sea, and it should be The biggest groups of mökki data from Statistics possible to live there during visitors came from Russia and Finland, the average Finnish the winter, too.” Germany. The fl ow of Russian Municipalities with the most summer cottages summer cottage owner is 60 When Finns head off on tourists has been growing years old and only 6% of the holiday to the countryside, especially fast. The number people who owned a cottage the destination is often by of nights they spent in in 2006 were under 40 years a lake in Pirkanmaa in the Finnish hotels grew by nearly Municipality Number of cottages old. Although thousands of surroundings of the city of 40% compared to a year ago, new cottages have been built Tampere, or in South Savo, leaving the Swedes, for Kuusamo 6 138 in the recent years, it is the also rich in lakes and for- example, far behind when it Mikkeli 5 673 generation past middle age ests; or in the fabulous archi- comes to visiting Finland. which is still maintaining pelago of Southwest Finland. British tourists seem to Kuopio 5 236 this national tradition. These are the most popular enjoy visiting Finland in the Tammisaari 5 142 The mean age of the regions for cottages, with winter. During the fi rst quar- owners of new cottag- each one hosting over 40,000 ter of the year they were Mäntyharju 4 651 es completed in 2006 was summer retreats. the second largest group of 53 years. It remains to be However, the municipal- tourists in Finland after the Rovaniemi 4 241 seen if the younger genera- ity with the most mökki is Russians. Pälkäne 4 014 tion will also start acquiring Kuusamo – known for its During the fi rst quarter, cottages as it gets older and fjelds – in the province of it was also the province of Uusikaupunki 3 815 better-off, or whether its Oulu, with over 6,000 cottag- Lapland where the number leisure time spending will es. It’s followed by two mu- of foreign tourists grew Asikkala 3 742 have a different focus. nicipalities in Savo, namely the most compared to the Mustasaari 3 642 On the matrix of cur- Mikkeli and Kuopio, which previous year, and whose rent mökki attitudes, Timo are also the biggest towns in hotels were the most crowd- Kangasniemi 3 596 Utriainen from Nokia is prob- the region. ed in March, with the skiing Tampere 3 571 ably fairly typical of a Finn in While Finns themselves season still in full swing. his thirties. His parents own are getting ready for the hol- A tourist on a visit to Pori 3 504 a cottage in Savo, where he iday season, another survey Finland in March had to pay, Sysmä 3 502 enjoys a sauna and a swim shows that the number of on average, 86 euros per at least once a summer. But foreigners visiting Finland night for a hotel room, which Taipalsaari 3 392 buying a cottage of his own is has grown. Statistics Fin- was three euros more than another story. “It’s not at the land reports that in March the year before. top of my list of future priori- 2007 tourists spent a total of There were about 475,000 summer cottages in Finland last year. ties,” says Utriainen. “But if I 398,000 nights in hotels and Source: Statistics Finland

Pots of gold waiting for enrichment engineers

STR / LEHTIKUVA / PEKKA AHO compete for the best staff – engineers that will begin this report also aims to pre-empt which is good news for those autumn. the structural changes in the with the right qualifi cations With many of the planned region resulting from the new and experience. mining projects taking place mining operations. The starting salary of a in northern Finland, the Uni- Marika Kunnari from the graduating mining engineer versity of Lapland and the University of Lapland, says is already up to 20% higher Rovaniemi University of Ap- there has been little research than for engineers in other plied Sciences have launched in Finland on how mines affect fi elds. The greatest demand a preliminary study on the local residents, communities, is for enrichment engineers, effects of mining operations and host districts. The study whose training programme on the local people and econ- is funded by the European was stopped about fi ve years omy, as well as the training Social Fund, the mining ago, when the prospects for needs of the mining sector in companies and the munici- the Finnish mining indus- Lapland. Set for completion palities that may be hosting try were looking bleak. The by the end of this year, the the new mines. current labour shortage has been made more acute by new mining projects in Swe- Major mining operations planned in Finland den, with companies already actively recruiting staff • Gold at Kittilä’s Suurikuusikko. (Agnico-Eagle Ltd) across the border from Kittilä is the site of the biggest gold deposit in northern Europe. Finland. • Nickel in Talvivaara, Sotkamo. (Talvivaara Mining Company Ltd) “Restarting the train- SAMI SALLINEN –HELSINKI TIMES posit in northern Europe. The be made until the beginning ing will not bring immediate • Nickel in Kevitsa, Sodankylä. (Scandinavian Minerals Ltd) JOUNI KELA – STT new Kittilä gold mine, owned of next year. relief because it takes fi ve by the Canadian company “We are going to rob the years to graduate as an engi- • Platinoids in Suhanko near Rovaniemi and Ranua FINLAND’S rapidly expanding Agnico-Eagle Ltd, is expected key personnel during the re- neer in this fi eld,” said profes- (Arctic Platinum Projects) mining industry is becoming to start production in 2008. cruitment round that starts sor Pekka Särkkä from the an attractive option for any- The greatest demand is now. There will not be enough Helsinki University of Tech- • Phosphates in Sokli, Savukoski. (Yara International ASA) one looking for a lucrative ca- for geologists, mining engi- professionals for everyone nology. Conversion train- reer move. neers and supervisory staff. in the future,” said Krister ing for engineers from other • Iron in Kolari, Finland and Pajala, Sweden The shortage of qualifi ed Kevitsa Mining has already Söderholm, managing direc- fi elds is therefore the quick- (Northland Resources Inc.) labour for the mining compa- started recruiting staff for tor of Kevitsa Mining. The est way forward. The mining nies was high on the agenda its proposed nickel mine companies are concerned industry is now respond- • Nickel in Leppävirta. (Finn Nickel Ltd) at a mining industry semi- in Sodankylä, although the that the shortage of skilled ing to the labour shortage by nar held last week in Kittilä, decision whether the mine workers will drive up wages funding a two-year conver- • Copper and cobalt in Polvijärvi. (Vulcan Resources Ltd) the site of the largest gold de- will go into production won’t considerably as they have to sion course for enrichment HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND NEWS 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 5

BRIEFLY Finnish criminals Finns held by Iran reclaim domestic return to Dubai drug trade Finns unprepared Three Finns seized by Iran Finnish criminals have re- off the island of Abu Musa claimed the domestic drug in the Persian Gulf on 2 June market, provincial daily returned to Dubai in good Savon Sanomat reported on health Saturday afternoon, Monday. According to the their employer Nokia Sie- for retirement paper, the share of foreign- mens Networks said. Bar- ers involved in aggravated ry French, a Nokia Siemens LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON drug offences has plummet- spokesman, said the men SINIKKA SUOSALMI ed to below 10% from a third had been treated well. STT in the space of a few years. Iran freed the men last The report is based on statis- Wednesday but they were FINNS OFTEN go into retire- tics compiled by the Nation- held up on the island, claimed ment with their eyes closed, al Bureau of Investigation by both Iran and the United unprepared both emotionally (NBI). Arab Emirates, because of and fi nancially. Only a quar- “Only a few years ago, adverse weather. ter of 50-59-year-olds have more foreigners, especially The men had been arrest- made – or are even plan- Estonians, were suspected ed after sailing into Iran’s ning to make – some kind of aggravated drug offenc- territorial waters, apparent- of arrangements for their es than currently. They have ly by mistake. Iran has said it retirement. withdrawn from these activ- will not charge the men with These are the fi ndings of ities and the responsibility trespassing. STT a new study by Taloustut- for the traffi cking and sale kimus, commissioned by of drugs has been taken over British Islamists Lääketietokeskus, the Finn- by Finnish groups,” Special bought Finnish ish Medical Association and Investigator Tuija Hietanie- the Association of Finnish mi of the NBI was quoted as fertiliser for bombs Pharmacies. According to the saying. STT British extreme Islamists study, only 15% of the 50-59 bought a bag of fertiliser age group have taken out a Emission scaling made by Finland’s Kemira private pension and only 5% for vehicles as early GrowHow in Burgess Hill have made some savings for in 2003 intending to build their retirement. Just 1% of as 2010 bombs to blow up a shopping the of the almost one thou- Carbon dioxide emissions of centre in southeast England sand respondents in the cars will probably affect the and a nightclub in London study have private health in- rate of car tax in the future, the next year, Finnish daily surance not one is expecting reports Helsingin Sanomat. Helsingin Sanomat reported an inheritance. The Ministry of Finance is 8 June. Such a clear lack of prep- preparing a government bill The police got wind of the aration means that the citi- which would include emis- plans and the extremists zens either strongly trust the sion scaling in the annual were arrested in the spring pension system or that they tax of passenger cars. It is of 2004 and eventually con- are very short-sighted, says believed that the reform will victed. According to the pa- Suvi-Anne Siimes, general be implemented by the be- per, GrowHow assisted the director of Pharma Industry ginning of 2010. STT British authorities in the Finland. investigation. Without forward plan- Helsingin Sanomat added ning, retirement can be- Half of Finns would the men had links to two of come a crisis. It’s not always bin inheritance duty the four bombers who mur- possible to prepare a soft dered 50 people in attacks landing for retirement by For some people the transition from work to retirement can turn into a crisis. Half of Finns interviewed on the London underground taking a part-time pension. for a survey commissioned system on 7 July 2005. STT A lack of preparation can ly happy about retiring and for the transition. It is well but on average they intend by Finland’s OKO Bank said lead to restlessness, irrita- the opportunity for a well- worth refreshing old friend- to retire at 61. In reality, the they would like to see the in- Finland rejects EU bility, depression, loneliness earned rest. But some fi nd ships and hobbies to keep average age for retirement heritance duties abolished illegal immigration and the overuse of alcohol that they have nothing to do active and maintain a stimu- at the moment is just 59. The altogether while more than and medicines, according to after just a few weeks, which lating life. low retirement age is partly a 30% of the respondents pre- directive psychiatrist Teuvo Koski- can be a traumatic experi- In the study, the majority result of so-called age racism, ferred a hefty cut in the rate Astrid Thors (spp), the Finn- nen from the Kuopio Univer- ence. Koskinen encourages of the age group say they are where companies are shed- at which inheritances are ish migration and Europe- sity Hospital. everyone who is approaching happy with the current fl ex- ding staff well before they taxed. Some 7% of respond- an affairs minister, said on Most people are initial- retirement age to make plans ible retirement age of 63-68, reach the retirement age. ents said they wanted the 8 June that Finland did not inheritance duty system left support the European com- unchanged. mission’s proposal for a di- Research company Ta- rective on measures to curb loustutkimus interviewed illegal immigration. about 2,000 Finns aged be- Ms Thors added the di- tween 15 and 74 in April and rective as proposed by the May. STT commission was heavy and its legal foundation opaque. Electoral reforms to boost Finland mulls According to the minister, regional command the other problematic issue is that controls would target smaller political parties in Afghanistan solely illegal migrant work- Ilkka Kanerva (cons), the ers without trying to tackle Finnish foreign minister, illegal work as a whole. HELSINKI TIMES of the electoral districts. In the whole country, but still The committee is al- told the Finnish Broadcast- Ms Thors said Finland practice, only the major par- not enough for her to win a so tasked with producing a ing Company (YLE) on 9 supported the commission’s ties can get their candidates seat in parliament. proposal for changing the June that the country was aims in principle but not THE MINISTRY of Justice has through in the smaller elec- Proposals will be made timing of the elections. Par- planning expanding its cri- the directive as proposed. set up a committee to pre- toral districts, which have for a new system where the liamentary elections could sis management respon- Sanctions should be better pare the reform of the par- relatively few voters. smaller electoral districts be moved from the third sibilities as part of the adapted to offences and the liamentary electoral system. The unfairness of the cur- will be joined together in- weekend in March to the Nato-led International Secu- wide-ranging control sys- The objective of the reform rent electoral system was to larger electoral areas for third weekend in April, with rity Assistance Force (Isaf) tem simplifi ed. is to ensure that the propor- highlighted by the case of the purpose of counting the the new dates in place by in Afghanistan. Mr Kaner- The commission’s propos- tional system of represen- Tarja Cronberg (Greens), votes. Voting would still be the 2011 elections. The fi rst va added the broadened role al will be submitted at this tation used in the elections who lost her parliamentary carried out in the present round of the presidential would comprise regional week’s meeting of EU justice works better and more equal- seat despite amassing 7,804 electoral districts. The sys- elections could be moved command responsibilities in and interior ministers. STT ly around the country, and votes in the Pohjois-Karja- tem of electoral areas would forward by a week to the last northern Afghanistan. that regional representation la constituency in the March include a ban on electoral Sunday in January, with the The Finnish troops in Af- is secured in the parliament. 2007 elections. It was the pacts between the parties. It second round taking place ghanistan are deployed in The current system has second biggest individual is hoped that the reforms are two weeks later. the north of the country. been criticised because pro- share of the vote in her elec- in place before the 2015 par- The committee’s propos- STT portionality is affected by toral district and one of the liamentary elections at the als are due before the end of the wide range in the size highest individual votes in latest. March 2008. 6 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 FINNISH PAPERS HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY SAMI SALLINEN TURUN SANOMAT 8 June AAMULEHTI 6 June EDITORIAL EDITORIAL Government shifts control of press Company subsidies to the political parties information leaks green government would percent, there is no justifi ca- concentrate on increasing tion to increase the subsidies hard to block The government is increasing the financial and changing the press subsi- for political parties by tens of subsidies for the press owned by the parties, dies. The voters have enough percentage points.” The plan to give employers the right to while also giving them more power in the to wonder about the fact that “The newspapers that the state subsidy for the po- are bound to the parties are investigate their employees’ e-mail is way the funds are allocated, reports Turun litical parties was raised needed just as politics re- controversial from the perspective of the Sanomat. from 62,000 euros to 90,000 quires an opposition. euros per member of parlia- The press subsidy should citizens’ basic rights, argues Aamulehti. ment. The increase in party not be obscured into a party “THIS YEAR the subsidy will grip of the parties over their subsidy was 44%. subsidy, which it will be to a be about 14 million euros. newspapers. In the future, will “The government is hap- greater degree in the future. “COMPANIES have placed the Nokia has been the most Next year the party papers it be the case that a party news- pily concerned about all The state subsidies are nec- wrong people in positions of vocal in demanding the right fi nances will be boosted by paper or a provincial newspa- kinds of [economic] over- essary for maintaining di- trust if there are some with to monitor the e-mail traffi c of 18.5 million euros. The in- per which is critical of the party heating and is ready to de- verse communications. The criminal tendencies and if the employees. The reason has crease is almost 30%.” line ... will be given less money? lay tax cuts towards the end press subsidies are not in- some of them even lack the been given that the leaking or “The change in the press It’s hard to believe that of its term in offi ce. ... If the tended for bolstering the sense not to use e-mail for selling of company secrets has subsidies clearly tightens the the fi rst tasks of the blue- rise in prices stays at a few party organisations.” leaking company secrets.” become more common and “According to the propos- for the most part the activity al, the employer could mon- takes place electronically. itor the employee’s e-mail So be it, since it is probably HELSINGIN SANOMAT 8 June traffi c, if there is a justifi able the companies who best know EDITORIAL reason to suspect that he/she the scale of the problem. But is leaking company secrets to it’s another issue whether the outsiders. The right to check change in law that is currently would only apply to the ad- under discussion is the most VAT cut didn't reduce prices after all dresses, size of the messages effective method to eliminate and timing of the e-mails. the leaks.” according to the report. Almost The employer would not “These days information half of the barbers and hair- be able to examine the con- can be saved on a memory dressers have kept their pric- tent of the messages.” stick or CD, which does not es the same or even increased “Most importantly, the em- leave any memory trace on them. There are plenty of ex- ployee should always be in- the computer.” planations: labour costs have formed in writing about the “It’s always possible to ask, risen, rents have increased, the e-mail investigation and its and so it should be, whether guidance from the tax authori- justifi cations. The employ- this is the fi rst step and what ties has been confusing, exist- er’s operations would be mon- could be the next – perhaps the ing pressure to increase prices itored by an authorised data real-time monitoring of e-mail was already so high that with- protection offi cer, who would traffi c without a justifi ed rea- out the tax cut the prices would in turn report annually to the son or the examination of the have been raised.” company’s chief shop steward. content of the messages.” “The small services tax cut is an experiment that will last until 2010.” “If the experiment is seen to fail, it will be interesting to fol- KAUPPALEHTI 11 June LEHTIKUVA / SOILE KALLIO low whether the tax increase MERINA SALMINEN is transferred fully to the pric- es – as the tax cut wasn’t. The lowering of VAT on barber and hairdressing services has not The cut in the VAT for food Doctors criticise the resulted in cheaper prices for the consumer at all the shops, writes promised by the government is an interesting control to the number of pharmaceutical Helsingin Sanomat. small services VAT solution. It has been claimed that 80% of demonstrations “THE Consumer Agency and small services was reduced EU, a precondition for these the VAT cut on food will go on the state provincial offi c- from 22% to 8%. The tax cut objectives is that the pric- the retail prices. On top of this, es published a report on has been developed by the EU es paid by customers for the eating would create new jobs.” Wednesday on how much and its aim is to create more services do actually fall. “It may be that 80% goes Some doctors feel that they are being cheaper haircuts became jobs and to control the grey This precondition has mate- on the prices, it may not. In the bombarded by pharmaceutical sales when the VAT on so-called economy. According to the rialised quite badly in Finland, hairdressing salons it didn’t.” representatives, writes Kauppalehti.

SUOMENMAA 10 June the governing parties’ parlia- “ON AVERAGE, a repre- “According to the law, the MÄNTYNIEMI’S GATEKEEPER mentary groups. sentative visits the same pharmaceutical companies The level of results in the doctor every 5-6 weeks. can only give doctors mod- competition and its partici- Doctors would like to erately priced business gifts pants are still unclear. receive sales representa- that are directly related to The dubious honour for de- tives only when they have their work. veloping the new sport has been something new to tell about These are not seen as sig- For Embo’s sake! shouldered by the leader of the pharmaceuticals. nifi cant by the doctors, ac- Centre Party’s parliamentary They also hope to receive cording to the study.” [Embo is a brand of toilet paper] group Timo Kalli, but clearly the information about a whole “ ‘The lunches and busi- mother of the event must be rec- fi eld of therapy and not just ness gifts are at a reasonable ognised as the Green MP Meri- one product. level. The law that controls kukka Forsius, who was training The information is re- pharmaceutical marketing The latest adventures of prime minister Matti Vanhanen and his for the event over the weekend at vealed by a study about the was tightened a few years rumoured girlfriend Merikukka Forsius culminated in a toilet roll the Lohja health centre. sales prowess of pharmaceu- ago,’ reminds Holttinen.” However, in Lohja the tical sales representatives by “The pharmaceutical com- throwing incident at a health centre, which will surely catch on as a event was target throwing, Kontaktitoimisto Toinen.” panies cannot get defi nite popular pastime, reports Suomenmaa. not distance.” “ ‘Three-quarters of the doc- information about the suc- “The rules of the event are tors are happy to receive the cess of a sales visit because clear and simple: a completely sales representatives but only they cannot verify pharma- unwiped toilet roll is thrown as when they have new informa- ceutical orders by specifi c “THE HIT GAME of the summer throwing or mölkky [Finnish ble. The fi rst national competi- far as possible. The throw must, tion regarding the particular doctors.” is decided. The coming months game] point collecting. tion was held on Tuesday at the however, land inside the sector needs of the doctors that is help- “Altogether there are 800 at the summer cottages and No, the aim of the cheers prime minister’s offi cial resi- familiar from athletics events, ful in their work with patients,’ pharmaceutical sales repre- various summer events will ringing in the yard will be to get dence in Kesäranta, during the meaning within the boundaries says Heli Holttinen from Kon- sentatives in Finland.” not be featuring darts, wellie a toilet roll to fl y as far as possi- late hours of a get-together by of the throwing area.” taktitoimisto Toinen.” HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 7 Rights groups list 39 BRIEFLY G8 trumpets Africa Greek police close “disappeared” in war on terror aid deal “indecent” art show LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / SHANE T. MCCOY G8 leaders announced a $60 Greek police shut down an billion pledge to fi ght AIDS, Athens art exhibit and ar- malaria and tuberculosis rested the show’s curator with great fanfare but many for what they said was “in- activists were disappointed decent” art, prompting heat- that they failed to set a time- ed protests. The artist, Eva table for the spending plans Stefani, is abroad and al- and that it contained little so wanted on charges of of- new money. fending public decency. If Angela Merkel, hosting convicted, they could face G8 leaders and heads of fi ve up to 10 months in jail. African states, trumpeted The work – showing the agreement as a show- scenes from 1960s Greek por- piece achievement of the nographic movies through summit. Leaders reiterat- a peephole to the sound of ed an overall pledge made at the Greek national anthem the Gleneagles G8 summit in – was clearly marked with 2005 to raise annual aid lev- signs that it was not suita- els by $50 billion by 2010, ble for those under 18 years $25 billion of which is for Af- of age. “In the democrat- rica. Aid agency Oxfam said ic Greece of 2007, it is unac- the G8 will fall far short of ceptable to limit expression its Gleneagles pledges. “We and to prosecute creators,” must not be distracted by big the daily Eleftherotupia said numbers. What the $60 bil- in its main editorial. “It’s not lion headline means at best up to police to judge art.” is just $3 billion extra in aid Reuters by 2010.” Reuters U.S. police escorting a detainee to his cell at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hundreds of CLAUDIA PARSONS had interrogated dozens of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, dren about their father’s French right big poll students riot in REUTERS suspects at secret overseas Somalia and Afghanistan. whereabouts.” The groups winners China locations and said 14 of those The United States has ac- said the lack of information SIX human rights groups held had been sent to the U.S. knowledged detaining three about the prisoners “pre- French President Nicolas Hundreds of Chinese stu- urged the U.S. government military prison at Guantana- of the 39. The groups said, vents scrutiny by the public Sarkozy is set to secure a dents in Zhengzhou clashed last week to name and ex- mo Bay. however, that there was or the courts, and leaves de- huge parliamentary majori- with police last week after plain the whereabouts of 39 Bush strongly defend- strong evidence, including tainees vulnerable to abuses ty this week that will bolster street inspectors beat up a people they said were be- ed the secret detention and witness testimony, of secret that include torture.” his reform plans after his student vendor. The Infor- lieved to have been held in questioning of terrorism detention in 18 more cases Bush said in September centre-right allies dominat- mation Centre for Human U.S. custody and “disap- suspects and said the CIA and some evidence of secret there were no prisoners re- ed the fi rst round of an elec- Rights and Democracy put peared.” The groups, includ- treated them humanely. The detention in the remaining maining in custody in U.S. tion on Sunday. Sarkozy’s the number of students ri- ing Amnesty International program has drawn interna- 18 cases. secret facilities at that time. bloc will secure between oting at 1,000. Five students and Human Rights Watch, tional outcry and questions Joanne Mariner of Human But the report said the trans- 383 and 470 seats in the 557- were detained by police, the said they fi led a U.S. federal about the cooperation of Eu- Rights Watch said it was un- fer of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi member National Assembly rights centre said. lawsuit under the Freedom of ropean governments. Tens of known if the suspects were from CIA custody to Guan- at run-off ballots on 17 June The inspectors were set Information Act seeking in- thousands of people “disap- now in U.S. or foreign cus- tanamo in April showed the after winning around 45 per- up across China in the late formation about the 39 peo- peared” during Latin Amer- tody, or even alive or dead. system was still operating. cent of the vote on Sunday, 1990s to ease the burden on ple it terms “ghost prisoners” ica’s so-called dirty wars in “We have families who have “Interviews with prisoners estimates showed. Socialists police and ensure cities were in the U.S. “war on terror.” Chile, Argentina and several not seen their loved ones who have been released from were projected to win 60- clean and orderly. But crit- “Since the end of Lat- other countries where right- for years. They’ve literally secret CIA prisons indicate 170 seats, a result that could ics say they have become a in America’s dirty wars, the wing dictators used extra- disappeared,” Mariner told that low-level detainees have trigger a fresh bout of in- huge interest group thriving world has rejected the use judicial detentions to crush Reuters. frequently been arrested far fi ghting in a party still reel- on fi nes and confi scations of ‘disappearances’ as a fun- armed Marxist opposition. Among the cases detailed from any battlefi eld, and held ing from May’s third straight with over-reaching power. damental violation of inter- The list of 39 people said in the report is the deten- in isolation for years with- presidential election defeat. Reuters national law,” Professor Meg to have been held in U.S. cus- tion in September 2002 of out legal recourse or contact Abstention was a record 39 Satterthwaite of the Center tody at some point was com- two children, then aged sev- with their families or outside percent, against just 16 per- for Human Rights and Global piled using information from en and nine, of confessed agencies,” the report said. cent in the presidential elec- Hungarians Justice at New York Univer- six rights groups, including Sept. 11 mastermind Kha- The groups urged the tion. Reuters reconquer world sity’s School of Law said in a London-based groups Cage- lid Sheikh Mohammed, who U.S. government to cease record for kissing statement. The report said prisoners and Reprieve and was later detained and is use of secret detention, pro- suspects’ relatives, including the Center for Constitutional now held at Guantanamo. vide information on those in Press watchdog Hungarians broke the world children as young as seven, Rights in New York. The de- “According to eyewitness- custody, give access by the slams Somalia record for simultaneous had been held in secret deten- tentions began shortly after es, the two were held in an International Committee of shutdown kissing on Saturday when tion on occasion. In Septem- the Sept. 11 attacks and in- adult detention center for at the Red Cross to all detain- more than 6,400 couples ber, U.S. President George W. clude people said to be cap- least four months while U.S. ees and either bring charges A press freedom watchdog joined lips for a few seconds Bush acknowledged the CIA tured in locations including agents questioned the chil- or release all prisoners. condemned the Somali gov- at a party outside the coun- ernment’s closure of three try’s parliament, the organ- independent broadcasters isers said. accused of supporting ter- Hungary has been en-

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO rorism. HornAfrik, Shabelle gaged in a kissing duel with see how you can have a polit- and Koranic radio station the Philippines since 2004, ical solution without talking IQK were shut down last when 5,327 couples kissed France to host Darfur about the humanitarian prob- week for the second time in Manila, followed by new lems, the military problems in six months on charges of records in Budapest in 2005 meeting on 25 June and the security problems.” supporting terrorism, vi- and in Manila again this Feb- Sarkozy also raised the possi- olating the freedom of the ruary. One young couple who bility of sanctions to back up press and opposing the Horn identifi ed themselves as Or- CRISPIAN BALMER quickly to end the confl ict that his proposals. of Africa nation’s interim si and Pityu started kissing REUTERS has created a humanitarian Sarkozy said the United Na- government. half an hour before the offi - crisis. “Everyone agreed that tions and the African Union The latest shutdown cial record attempt. “That’s FOREIGN MINISTERS from we have to act because it is an should move quickly to deploy came amid a virulent rebel- the least we can do for the key players will discuss Su- absolute scandal,” he told re- a long-awaited peacekeeping lion blamed on remnants of nation,” Pityu said. Reuters dan’s violent Darfur region porters. Looking to speed up force to the region. The U.N. and the Islamist group who have in France later this month in the peace process, Sarkozy African Union reached a tenta- vowed to wage an “Iraq- a fresh initiative to resolve said foreign ministers from tive agreement last week on a style” insurgency against the crisis, French President an “enlarged contact group”, 23,000-strong force by glossing Nicolas Sarkozy the government and Ethiopi- Nicolas Sarkozy said last including the United States, over a dispute on who will con- ans. HornAfrik has accused Thursday. neighbouring Egypt and Su- trol the operation. Internation- a vast region the size of France, the government of inten- Speaking on the sidelines dan ally China, would hold al experts estimate that more has killed 200,000 people and tionally fi ring artillery shells of a G8 meeting in Germa- talks in Paris on June 25. “All than four years of fi ghting be- left more than 2 million home- at its offi ces during battles ny, Sarkozy said major pow- the problems of Darfur will tween government-linked mili- less. Sudan puts the death toll with the insurgents. Reuters er leaders wanted to move be discussed, because I don’t tias and rebel groups in Darfur, at about 9,000. 8 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY JUKKA VISKARI, LONDON ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE 3 June JEFF SPEVAK Nordic notes at Jazz Festival LEHTIKUVA / KALLE PARKKINEN

Verneri Pohjola plays the trumpet in Ilmiliekki Quartet.

The music critic of the US newspaper finds out about the Finnish music scene, talking to Verneri Pohjola, who is performing at the Rochester International Jazz Festival with his Ilmiliekki Quartet.

“WALK THROUGH the heart of And that includes Idols, al Jazz Festival’s fascinating ‘Nordic lighting.’ This should “Each country’s cultur- “ ‘You can’t make a living Helsinki on a Saturday night, Finland’s version of the unre- Nordic Jazz Now series will bring out not only the jazz al and ethnic infl uences lead here in Finland with just one with its wide, Russian-style ality talent show. ‘With Finn- offer the Ilmiliekki Quartet hounds but also maybe the to … pronounced differenc- band,’ Pohjola says. ‘It’s very streets, nice restaurants and ish Idol songs, which are even … and eight other acts from Goth kids.” es in sound. ‘Finland is a bit nice to have different situa- mix of old and new mid-Euro- worse,’ Pohjola sighs. ‘There’s Denmark, Sweden, Norway “ ‘I really don’t consider excluded from this Norwe- tions, music. If not, the point pean architecture. Poke your only 5 million people in Fin- and Finland in the most-Nor- our music as pure jazz,’ the gian and Swedish and Danish of view is maybe narrow. You head inside a club, and here is land; the percentage that will dic light possible.” 29-year-old Pohjola says. ‘It’s scene,’ Pohjola says, ‘because might hit a wall, where noth- what you hear: Heavy metal. be able to sing these is lower.’ “Nordic bands have al- derived from jazz, and also the language is quite dif- ing is happening musically … Or perhaps someone scream- Pohjola’s band, the Ilmi- ways been a big part of the other music styles.’ ferent, the culture is differ- I’m sort of a lifestyle musi- ing a ballad in American Idol liekki Quartet, is not beyond festival’s sound … One band ‘The Norwegian bands, and ent, and we have only begun cian. I play drums in a rock fashion. copping a little American cul- will be featured each night at Danish, maybe our music, has quite recently to play this band, keyboards. Not every- ‘Finland is the most ture itself. Its latest album, the Lutheran Church of the the same infl uences. But for kind of music. Swedish and thing I do is jazz. Well, I don’t American country in Eu- Take It With Me, includes mu- Reformation, a short walk me, a lot of infl uences come Norwegian ethnic music is know if anything I do is jazz.’” rope,’ Verneri Pohjola says. sic written by Tom Waits, Su- from the Eastman Theatre from rock music, and differ- totally different from Finn- ‘Culture-wise, maybe. Eve- zanne Vega and the Red Hot on North Chestnut Street, ent kinds of singers. Björk, ish. Finnish is more Slavic, rything that you have, we Chili Peppers. Nevertheless, with an enhanced sound sys- Jeff Buckley. Tom Waits is one the mood is darker, it’s more must have.’ the Rochester Internation- tem and what’s described as of my absolute favorites.’ ” melancholy.’ ”

AFTERDAWN.COM 30 May AFP 1 June Finland wants EU treaty Finland’s DVD backup case renegotiated with few changes goes to Appeals Court News agency Agence France-Presse reports on Finland’s stance The computer technology focused website reports on new develop- towards EU treaty. ments in a law suit which could determine the legality of breaking down DVD copy protection. “FINLAND wants the Euro- ‘a clear and short agenda’, it of those who have already pean Union constitution to said in a statement.” ratifi ed it. be renegotiated quickly and “German Chancellor An- ‘Signifi cant changes to the “THE CLOSELY followed court ing that the CSS encryption ‘effi cient’ copy protection with a minimum of chang- gela Merkel has made reviv- content of the constitutional case in Finland that will ulti- mechanism found on virtual- mechanism is illegal.” es, in line with the position ing the constitutional project treaty should be avoided,’ the mately decide whether DVD ly all commercial DVD-Video “Now, the prosecutor in put forward by Germany, the a priority of Germany’s EU Finnish government said.” movies can be legally cop- discs can be cracked legal- the case has announced that government said. presidency. Berlin aims to "Britain, Poland and the ied for personal use or not, ly. The ruling stated that CSS she will bring it to the ap- Finland, which is the most conclude a deal at the EU Czech Republic, as well as is heading to the Finnish Ap- cannot be described as ‘effi - peals court … If the appeals recent of the 18 EU member summit in Brussels on June the Netherlands which along peals Court. cient copy protection mech- court decides not to alter states to have ratifi ed the con- 21-22. Merkel, a strong sup- with France rejected the con- Last week, Helsinki Dis- anism’ … Finnish legislation, district court’s decision, the stitution, wants a new Inter- porter of the initial treaty, stitution in a 2005 referen- trict Court sent shockwaves which is based on European prosecutor can still ask the governmental Conference to wants only slight changes dum, are in favour of vast through the media indus- Union Copyright Directive, Supreme Court to overturn be tasked with renegotiat- made to the text, an opinion reforms to the text.” try … across the EU by rul- clearly states that cracking the original ruling.” ing the document and to have shared by Finland and most HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 9

BRIEFLY THE CHRONICLE JOURNAL 31 May AFP NEWS BRIEF 1 June THOMSON THE SUNDAY WARD HOLLAND FINANCIAL 1 June TELEGRAPH 1 June

Russia wants to link England races to Relative of dead women Finland enforces smoking ban its national grid decide it with Finland for “Thirteen horses were nom- found in Finland in bars and restaurants power purchase inated for the Horse of the Year award … The Austral- “Russia wants to link its na- ian Racing Hall of Fame con- tional grid to the power lines tenders were also declared … The Canadian newspaper based in Thunder The French news agency reports on connecting her with Finland Waterhouse, along with Miss Bay, Ontario reports a sad news story. smoking ban in Finland. to enable both the purchase Finland’s trainer David Hay- and sale of electricity, says es, were among the 15 train- Finnish broadcaster YLE’s ers nominated for the Hall of “THUNDER BAY POLICE have information here that indi- “FINLAND became the latest ‘It’s okay in summer, but website. Fame.” located a relative of the two cated the name of a person in European nation to introduce when winter comes I will stay Around 10 pct of the elec- “Arrowfi eld Stud supre- women found dead in a north- Finland.’ a complete ban on smoking in at home,’ he added. tricity consumed in Fin- mo John Messara said Miss side house on the weekend. Helma Forczek‘s maiden all public places, a measure … The new law comes with land comes from Russia, Finland, who became the The Finnish Embassy in Ot- name was Viinikka. well received by the general- a two-year transition period but this might change in the fi rst Golden Slipper winner tawa has contacted a nephew Adams said he expects ly tobacco-critical Finns. during which bars, cafes and next few years due to an ex- to win the VRC Oaks, de- of Helma (Hilla) Martta Forc- the Forczeks’ assets would be According to a Euro- restaurants larger than 50 pected increase in Russia’s served to be included in the zek, the 89-year-old Thunder turned over to the province. barometer poll, the complete square metres with a proper consumption.” mix.” Bay woman whose body was The nephew‘s ‘next course ban on smoking is support- ventilation system can set up “If the link materialises, “Messara stopped short discovered on Saturday, po- of action is either to go through ed by 96 percent of Finns, a special smoking sections. Russia could be able to pur- of saying Miss Finland de- lice said Thursday. the public trustee, who can as- higher fi gure than in the rest In smaller establishments, chase electricity from Fin- served top honours, but he The body of her 49-year- sist family members in these of Europe. cigarettes will be prohibited land and other European did say it was unfair there old daughter Judy, who had matters,’ Adams said. Finland is also one of the altogether or smoking rooms generators when diffi cult were critics who kept com- Down syndrome, was al- The family in Finland will European nations with the will have to be built. Establish- circumstances occur.” paring the fi lly to Miss so found in the house at 473 be asked if they wish to have a fewest number of smokers, ments failing to comply with “This linkage could be- Andretti.” Queen St. funeral held for the Forczeks.” 22 percent. Only Sweden the new law risk a fi ne as do come a reality in as little as Police were informed late “Police believe the moth- has fewer with 18 percent smokers disobeying the law.” fi ve years, YLE added...” Wednesday that the nephew er died before the daughter smokers. “The ban is intended to UNITED PRESS had been found. and that the daughter like- Some hardline smokers protect 70,000 restaurant and INTERNATIONAL 31 May ‘We were able to deter- ly starved to death. They died were however not deterred bar workers from the dangers DOMINICAN mine a maiden name (for several days before they were by the ban they consider a vi- of second-hand smoke.” TODAY 1 June Helma Forczek),’ police found, police said. olation of their rights. “The latest ban is Finland’s Finland helps Japan spokesman Chris Adams The daughter wasn‘t able ‘I don’t like this law. I have second bid at prohibiting students to think said Thursday. ‘So, through to speak and was reliant on always smoked when having smoking in bars and restau- Dominican the consulate, through the her mother, neighbours have a beer,’ Mikko Lehmusmetsä rants following a failed 1999 President receives “The Finnish government embassy, then back to Fin- said. said as he enjoyed the sun attempt.” has launched a Web site in land, they were able to make Helma had been deemed and a cigarette on a beer ter- new ambassadors Japanese geared for school- the connection with a fam- capable of looking after her race in central Helsinki. form Japan, Finland, aged children that not on- ily member. We had found daughter, police said.” Cyprus ly promotes the culture and history of the Scandinavian “President Leonel Fernandez country, but also is designed heads a ceremony [in Santo to teach them how to think Domingo] this Friday noon through why they reach cer- to receive the credentials of tain conclusions regarding a THE PENINSULA 29 May the new ambassadors from question.” Japan, Finland and Cyprus. “Japanese educators in The activity began at 11 particular have been drawn a.m. with the Japan ambas- to Finland’s education system sador Nobutaka Shinomiya, as the country has continued Greens protest at followed by Finland’s Mi- to rank in fi rst place in inter- co Pyhala [Mikko Pyhälä] national education polls." and fi nally Cyprus’ Antonis www.projectfi nland.jp N-reactor site in Finland Grivas.” LEHTIKUVA / NICK COBBING THE TIMES 29 May XINHUA 31 May The Qatari based Fair enough English daily reports Neste Oil from Helsinki on the inaugurates new “The leading four countries continuing difficul- in Uefa’s fair play table this biodiesel plant season are Sweden, Norway, ties in building in Finland Finland and Denmark. Of a new nuclear plant the 39 Uefa Cup places allo- “Neste Oil corporation in- cated for fair play in the past in Finland. augurated offi cially new 13 seasons, a majority (20) biodiesel plant at its Por- have gone to these four Nor- voo refi nery in Finland on dic countries.” “FINNISH, French and Brit- Thursday. ish Greenpeace activists Neste Oil Corporation has protested yesterday against invested 100 million euros PRAVDA 7 June ‘security [sic] breaches’ at the in new biodiesel plant that building site of Finland’s fi fth has been under construc- nuclear reactor, the ecologi- tion for the last 18 months. Pravda reports cal pressure group said. Production at the new bi- on fire shut down Police removed a group of odiesel plant will begin this nuclear reactor in activists who were blocking summer. the road to the site where the The new biodiesel plant Finland world’s fi rst third-generation is the fi rst of its kind to pro- European Pressurized Reac- duce second-generation bio- “No radiation leaked during tor (EPR) is being built. Greenpeace activists who had climbed a crane at the nuclear reactor construction site diesel based on Neste Oil’s the fi re on a Finnish nuclear According to Greenpeace descended on 1 June, after five days. proprietary NExBTL (next station on Thursday. All the spokesman Mikael Sjövall, generation biomass to liq- workers are safe but reactor activists who earlier had by Finnish industrial and project and has held similar “ ‘The protest is a direct uid) technology.” was shut down. climbed onto a tower crane power companies, said work protests in the past. reaction to the quality prob- “The new plant will be ca- The small fi re, on a tur- were still atop it yesterday was not interrupted by the The construction of the lems at the construction site, pable of producing 170,000 bine bearing, was ‘quickly morning. protests.” fi rst nuclear fi ssion pressu- which has led to over 1,000 tons of NExBTL diesel fu- put out with a hand-held ex- The operator of the plant “Greenpeace is highly crit- rised water reactor (PWR) reported breaches of safety el per year from a fl exi- tinguisher,’ said Reijo Sun- Teollisuuden Voima Oy ical of the increasing number began in 2005 but has been standards,’ Greenpeace said ble mix of vegetable oil and dell, director of operations (TVO), a private electricity of problems that have been repeatedly delayed due to a in a statement.” animal fat.” at the Olkiluoto plant.” generation company owned reported from the building number of problems.” 10 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES COLUMN Travel operators believe in Finland’s appeal LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO

DAVID J. CORD is Managing Director of Fundior Investment Services Limited. Exchange traded funds gaining in popularity

xchange traded funds are becoming more popular Eto Finnish investors. Exchange traded funds, or ETFs, are open ended mutual funds that are trad- ed on a recognised investment exchange. Produced by investment companies, they can be complicated to structure and involve the cooperation of various mar- ket participants. Originally most ETFs attempted to replicate the performance of well-known stock indices such as the S&P 500 or the FTSE 100. Recently more exotic and specific funds have appeared to track a par- ticular industry, commodity, trading strategy or other investment niche. Almost any asset class is now avail- able to the investor through the purchase of exchange traded funds.

xchange traded funds attempt to combine many of Ethe benefits of a mutual fund with the benefits of a traded equity. Mutual funds have long been popular because they allow diversification with the pooled re- sources of investors to achieve lower costs. One draw- back has been that traditional funds are typically only bought or sold from the issuer at the close of business every trading day. An exchange traded fund combines the diversification and low cost aspects of a fund but Lapland is still one of the most popular destinations in Finland among foreign travellers. Husky-sled riding at Saariselkä. are traded continuously throughout the day. ETFs nor- mally have lower administrative costs than traditional mutual funds, but investors buying or selling them in- Travel operators cult. We are a bit too far away cur brokerage fees such as normal equity trades. criticise the high prices for low cost fl ights to be fi nan- High prices are the biggest issue What travel operators criti- cially profi table.” xchange traded funds soared in popularity begin- challenging Finland’s appeal in the cise the most about Finland Adding to the complaints Ening in the early 1990s when the American Stock is the country’s high pric- about high prices are the fast- Exchange, a competitor to the better-known New York travel market. es. According to Wyssmann, fl uctuating airline fares and Stock Exchange, Finland’s general price lev- the fact that high or low sea- began promoting el is not much different from sons aren’t as obvious in the Exchange traded funds them heavily as al- HANNA KOIVISTO cruises, as well as cottage, that of Central Europe, but travel prices anymore. soared in popularity ternatives to the STT city and fi shing holidays. On the long journey to Finland in- The price competition be- beginning in the early popular index track- the other hand, many trav- creases the travel budget. tween countries is especially 1990s when the Ameri- ing mutual funds. In el operators would like more Wyssmann says that the fi erce in short city breaks. Ac- 2006 the number information on new destina- criticism of prices has in- cording to Wyssmann, the de- can Stock Exchange of ETFs worldwide THE FINNISH TOURIST tions too. creased particularly because mand for weekend getaways began promoting them almost quadrupled BOARD, MEK, is expecting a The survey was conduct- of the arrival of discount air- is growing and the supply is heavily as alternatives to from the year be- record summer for tourism. ed among 182 travel opera- lines in Europe. “Finland’s immense. “We still have some fore, showing that According to a barometer tors from the Netherlands, geographical location is diffi - work to do in that fi eld.” the popular index track- their appeal has no published by MEK and Haaga- Great Britain, Italy, Germa- ing mutual funds. signs of waning at Perho, a development part- ny, France and Russia. LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN / IMAP present. ner for expert organisations in the service industry, es- Cool summers an inland has two registered ETFs, which have been pecially Russian and Italian export asset Ftraded for several years. Both funds track the pop- travel operators have confi - According to the survey, Fin- ular Helsinki 25 index, with one fund provided by dence in Finland’s appeal. land is considered a reliable Seligson & Company while the other is provided by The travel organisers be- travel destination with ba- Handelsbanken. These exchange traded funds track lieve that the growth in sales sic services of good qual- the twenty-five most liquid companies listed on the will continue this summer. ity. Then again, Finland OMX Helsinki exchange, including companies such as According to MEK Research still has the image of being Nokia, Stora Enso, TeliaSonera and UPM Kymmene. Manager Tom Ylkänen, Fin- a cold faraway land. Tuu- The OMX Stockholm exchange has seven ETFs track- land’s visitor fi gures are also la Wyssmann, MEK’s Prod- ing several indices and investment strategies, while affected by European con- uct Development Manager the OMX Iceland exchange has listed one. sumers’ general fi nancial sit- for Continental Europe, re- uation and their confi dence minds us that the percep- lthough the Nordic exchanges have few ETFs to of- in the future. tion of cold weather is not Afer, Finnish investors have found other locales such The beginning of the year necessarily a negative thing. as the London Stock Exchange that provide greater se- has been promising. From “A cool summer may become lections. Large institutional investors have found ex- January to March, over 1.2 an asset, if there is a heat change traded funds to be useful in their investment million visitors stayed over- wave in Central and South- strategies, and alternative investment managers are night in Finland, which is a ern Europe.” wide users of ETFs to hedge various positions as need- 14.5% increase to the same According to Wyssmann, ed. Smaller private investors are also becoming more period last year. competition for European interested in using the funds in their personal portfo- The traditional travel tourists escaping the heat lios, judging from the number of smaller trades on the destinations are still hold- begins north of the Alps, and OMX exchanges. ing their ground; the most Finland is also in this com- popular areas remain Hel- petition. The survey reveals sinki, Finnish Lakeland and that Finland’s biggest rivals [email protected] Lapland. Tourists are partic- on the summer travel mar- The demand for short city breaks is growing. Chinese tourists on ularly interested in tours and ket are Austria and Norway. Senate Square in Helsinki. HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 11

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Finnair May traffic overall increase of 8.3% over up 14% in a year a two-year period. The agree- ment spans about 20,000 Finnish fl ag carrier Fin- workers. Hopes of a new cen- nair said in a statement last tralised deal were squashed Thursday its traffi c, meas- after the Finnish Technolo- ured in revenue passen- gy Industries announced in ger kilometres, had risen by April it would launch union- 13.9% in May from the year- level talks. STT ago period. “In May Finnair’s passenger traffi c growth was boosted by Europe-Asia traf- Citycon to buy fi c,” the statement added. The shopping centre in group’s passenger load factor Tallinn was 72.2%, up 0.1 points from May 2006. STT Finnish property investment company Citycon said it had agreed to buy the Magistral Finnish state shopping centre in the Mus- reports record tamäe district of Tallinn for dividend income about €16.5 million. Citycon had also agreed to buy about Jyri Häkämies (cons), the 8,500 square metres of build- Fennovoima is planning the building of a sixth nuclear power plant in Finland. Photo from Loviisa nuclear power plant. Finnish minister tasked with ing rights for €2 million. Mag- government ownership pol- istral, built seven years ago, icy, on 6 June reported that has a leasable area of 9,450 the state had booked a record square metres. STT €1.65 billion of dividend in- New company Fennovoima to be founded come last year. The 2006 dividend yield of the state’s Finnish exports hit for the building of a nuclear power plant portfolio stood at 6.7% while record €5.9 billion that of the companies list- in May ed on the Helsinki stock ex- STT / HT site itself, these include safe- companies other than the ex- nuclear power plant’s capac- change averaged 4.6%. The The value of Finnish exports ty, technological, and nuclear isting Fennovoima partners. ity. This translates into some Finnish state has holdings was about €5.9 billion in May, waste management issues. The new companies will be 1.2TWh of electrical ener- in a dozen listed companies up by seven per cent year-on- A CONSORTIUM of four Finn- There are suitable site loca- offered about 6 terawatts of gy per annum which is more and more than 40 non-listed year and an all-time record, ish energy companies and the tions in various parts of Fin- electricity per year. than half of what the Tornio ones. STT the National Bureau of Cus- German energy giant E.ON land, said Project Director “Many from the manu- Works currently requires,” toms said in a statement last are aiming at constructing a Mikko Rintamäki. The loca- facturing industry have ex- he said. week. Deliveries of ships and new nuclear power plant in tion is supposed to be deter- pressed their interest, such “Establishing a new pow- Nokia to hire 300 in oil rigs played a large part Finland. The group consists mined within “a few months” as Rautaruukki, Componen- er plant will increase the Salo in the increase. The coun- of Outokumpu, Boliden, Rau- so that Fennovoima can start ta, Ovako, Luvata Pori, EKA competition in power pro- try’s trade surplus was about man Energia and Katternö. applying for permits for the Chemicals and Suomen Elfi . duction and will thus lower Finnish mobile phone maker €1.49 billion, up from €1.43 To implement the fast-evolv- new nuclear power plant. From the energy companies, the price of electricity. The Nokia said last week it would billion in May last year. STT ing project, a new Finnish Once the suitable sites we’ve been in talks with Van- plant will also decrease de- hire 300 new workers at its power company Fennovoima have been confi rmed in coop- taan Energia, Turku Ener- pendence on electricity im- Salo factory in Finland to Oy will be established. eration with the respective gia, Lahti Energia, Kaakon ports,” stated Rantanen. The cope with increased demand Pharmaceuticals Fennovoima aims to con- municipalities, Fennovoima Energia, Etelä-Suomen Voi- new nuclear power plant will for so-called “smart” hand- expensive in Finland struct a new 1,000-1,800- will complete the environ- ma and Satapirkan Sähkö,” expand CO2-free power gen- sets. Nokia added it would megawatt nuclear power mental impact assessments. Rantanen said. The consor- eration, which is especial- strive to cooperate with elec- Pharmaceuticals are more plant, the companies report- In these studies Fennovoima tium has also started discus- ly important since the EU is tronics companies that are in expensive in Finland than in ed at a press conference on 6 will utilize the extensive ex- sions with other companies committed to reducing emis- the process of letting go staff. Europe on average. Accord- June. A suitable location for perience of E.ON, the second needing long-term procure- sions by 20%,” Rantanen STT ing to Statistics Finland, in the plant is to be found in the largest nuclear power gener- ment of stable-priced power added. Finland pharmaceuticals cost next few months. ator in Europe. Fennovoima for their own production and Rantanen and the CEOs of Ruukki says aims to 11% more that the average in According to Fennovoima, will submit an application for customers in Finland. the other founding compa- raise €380 million Europe. The data used in the the operation of the plant is decision in principle to the nies didn’t comment on the study is from 2005. The most due to start between 2016 Council of State when the en- “There’s room for two on-going nuclear power plant through issue expensive country is Swit- and 2018. The project is a vironmental impact assess- new power plants project of Teollisuuden Voi- Finnish investment compa- zerland, where pharmaceu- continuation of E.ON’s previ- ments have been completed. in the country” ma and Fortum, or estimate ny Ruukki said in a state- ticals cost almost 90% more ous plan, which was to build The aim of the Fennovoima how the government might ment last week it was hoping than elsewhere. The cost in- a new nuclear power plant Several companies founders is above all to guar- react to the projects. They to raise up to c. €380 million curred for the consumer can- in Loviisa. The city offi cials interested in antee the availability of long- said they wanted to focus on through a share issue to fund not be deduced directly from turned down E.ON’s proposal partnership term electricity at a good their own project. “The pow- pulp mill and sawmill invest- the study, because the so- to buy a building site for the The fi ve founding compa- price. According to Ran- er generation of Fennovoima ments in Russia. Ruukki’s cial security systems in dif- power plant a month ago. nies are also looking for more tanen, joining Fennovoima is is important both for partic- earlier target had been €250 ferent countries compensate “Two-thirds of the new business partners for the the only way Outokumpu can ipating companies and Fin- million before the decision to the use of pharmaceuticals in power plant will be control- project. Of interest are com- secure the electricity supply land,” stated Rantanen. issue additional shares. STT different ways. STT led by Finnish companies and panies in the Finnish man- for Tornio Works. According to Rantanen, one-third by E.ON Finland,” ufacturing, commerce and “By participating in Fen- there will be a need for at Chemical deal opens Spain to tax cars said Juha Rantanen, CEO of service industry, as well as novoima, Outokumpu aims least 4,000 megawatts of on the basis of Outokumpu. Fennovoima regional energy companies. to secure a signifi cant por- new base-load generation Finnish labour talks will produce electricity for According to Rantanen, some tion of its electricity needs capacity by the year 2020 in round emissions its owners’ needs at produc- 20 Finnish enterprises have in the years to come. In in- Finland. “It’s very possible Spain is going to start tax- tion cost. already shown interest in vesting in our own energy that both on-going projects The Chemical Industry Fed- ing cars on the basis of their Fennovoima will immedi- acquiring their own nuclear production we can have a re- will materialise. The need for eration of Finland and the emissions. According to the ately start studies on the con- power generation capacity. liable electricity supply at power plants is great enough Chemical Workers’ Union Spanish environment minis- struction of the new nuclear Approximately half of the production cost. Our aim is to to accommodate two,” Ran- reached agreement on a 30- ter Cristina Narbona, the plan power plant. Apart from the capacity will be offered to have up to 150MW of the new tanen said. month collective settlement is almost ready. “The Econo- in the wee hours of 7 June. The my Ministry has practically deal is the fi rst by a sector in- completed a package of meas- volved in the current trilater- ures that will provide incen- Eesti Energia also interested in Finland’s nuclear power projects al incomes policy agreement tives for the less polluting and is expected to serve as a vehicles,” Narbona says. The STT / HT where oil shale is the primary Eesti Energia is one of the more, Poland’s participation has benchmark for other sectors’ tax reform would raise taxes source of energy and it is also companies involved in a joint not been resolved yet. wage rises. After initial lump- for the more contaminating the main source of the ener- effort of the Baltic countries “In addition to Lithuania, sum raises, the fi rst blan- models and probably lower gy produced by Eesti Energia. to build a new nuclear power we’re very interested in Finland’s ket wage increase, 3.4%, is to them for the least contami- ESTONIAN ENERGY company However, according to Liive the plant to Lithuania to replace projects,” Liive said to BNS. kick in in October, the second nating. Narbona did not com- Eesti Energia is also interest- company is constantly trying Ignalina, a power plant to be As of last year, Estonia’s (2.5%) in September 2008 ment on whether the reform ed in taking part in Finland’s to increase the use of alterna- shut down by 2009. electric network is connect- and the third (1.5%) in May will increase revenue or be nuclear power plant projects, tive and more environmental- However, the project has ed to Finland’s via the 350- 2009. The deal also includes cost neutral. Spain’s car tax told Sandor Liive, CEO of ly friendly energy resources. In faced several obstacles recent- megawatt Estlink cable. additional raises of 0.4% in reform is related to a more ex- Eesti Energia, to news agen- addition to renewable energy ly as the partners have not been There are also preliminary 2008 and 2009. The union’s tensive energy saving pack- cy BNS on 6 June. sources, nuclear power could able to agree on the share own- plans for the implementation aim in the talks had been an age. STT–Reuters Estonia is the only country be considered, he said. ership of the new plant. Further- of a second sea cable. 12 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 SPORT HELSINKI TIMES Räikkönen roars but Kovalainen shines

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO TIMOTHY A. CLARY EGAN RICHARDSON BBC that Kubica was “fi ne”. HELSINKI TIMES Hamilton now has an eight point lead over his WHILE G8 LEADERS fret- McLaren team-mate Fernan- ted about global warming in do Alonso, and is in the unu- Heiligendamm last Friday, sual position of having a good Kimi Räikkönen was mak- chance of winning the driv- ing his own emissions – a er’s championship in his fi rst loud roar as his Ferrari fl ew ever season. past the fi nishing line during The biggest circus in mo- practice at Montreal’s Circuit tor sport is still in North Gilles Villeneuve. America this week. The 11 In the race itself on Sun- teams and 22 drivers have day, Räikkönen started now moved on to Indianapo- fourth on the grid but sur- lis for the US grand Prix this prisingly fi nished behind his weekend. The logistics in- Finnish compatriot Heik- volved in Formula 1 are quite ki Kovalainen, who moved staggering, so the environ- up from 19th position on the mentally minded will be hap- grid to reach an excellent py that both North American fourth place. Having crashed races are being held consec- in the qualifying, the man utively so as to minimise the from Suomussalmi will be air miles clocked up by the very happy with his perform- backroom staff. ance and is now 9th in the According to the offi - Driver’s Championship. cial Formula 1 website, each Lewis Hamilton won his Formula 1 team now travels fi rst Formula 1 Grand Prix 160,000 km every single sea- in Montreal, after a surreal son, books as many as 100 race in which the safety car hotel rooms in every desti- Kimi Räikkönen is still not happy with his Ferrari. appeared four times. Polish nation, and ensures that the driver Robert Kubica suf- environment for their em- by the Hulman-George fam- er forms of motor sport. gest crowd ever seen at a the 1984 race in Dallas. Ko- fered a horrendous crash on ployees and sponsors is of an ily since 1945, the track has The close races and attack- Formula 1 race and is now a valainen and Räikkönen a hairpin bend, and medical acceptable standard at each expanded to cover 559 acres ing manoeuvres of NASCAR fi xture in this commercially will be hoping to emulate crews took several minutes track. and provide every possi- are more to their taste, pro- astute sport. their compatriots’ success, to help him out of the car. This should be easy ble comfort to motor racing viding thrills and spills and Finns have a good record while Hamilton hopes to ex- Kubica came out relatively enough to accomplish at the afi cionados. lots of overtaking. Howev- in the US Grand Prix, with tend his lead at the top of the unscathed given the spectac- Indianapolis Motor Speed- The US public is not tra- er since it was reinstated in Mika Häkkinen triumph- Driver’s Championship. ular crash, with his manag- way, the spiritual home of ditionally as enamoured 2000, the US Grand prix has ing in Indianapolis in 2001, er Daniel Morelli telling the American motor racing. Run of Formula 1 as it is of oth- produced perhaps the big- and Keke Rosberg winning

Owl play in the stadium

FRAN WEAVER briefl y on the crossbar of each six-foot wingspan. Selänne HELSINKI TIMES goal, apparently trying to de- Several eagle owls have cide which team to favour. settled in Helsinki over the THE FIRST HALF of the Euro The Finnish goalkeep- last couple of years, attracted triumphs at last 2008 Group A qualifi er be- er Jussi Jäaskeläinen and his by easy pickings in the shape LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / MIKE BLAKE tween Finland and Belgium Belgian counterpart kept a of the city’s rats, voles and in- to score more than 40 goals was halted for six minutes cautious distance from the creasing rabbit population. in consecutive seasons. when an enormous owl soared goalmouth predator. The owl This particular football-lov- Anaheim Ducks beat the into Helsinki’s Olympic sta- remained unfl appable when ing eagle owl - already nick- Ottawa Senators with two dium and landed by the half- security offi cials timidly tried named Bubi - has been seen games to spare in the seven- way line. to shoo it away. regularly around the Olym- game series. Selänne became The 35,000 crowd found Finland took the lead im- pic Stadium this spring. There only the 6th Finn to win the the avian pitch invasion a re- mediately after the eventual have been calls for the nation- Stanley Cup, and in the proc- al hoot, and roared their ap- restart, and their lucky bird al team to adopt Bubi as an ess achieved equal billing proval as the eagle owl (Bubo of prey performed a fi nal fl ap honorary mascot. with “Bubi the Owl” in the bubo) went on to swoop re- of honour around the fi eld be- And the fi nal score in the poster pages of Ilta-Sanomat. peatedly around the run- fore soaring off into the sun- game? Two-whit-two-hoo – No higher accolade could be ning track, stopping to perch set showing off its impressive nil, for the Finns. awarded to a Finnish sports- man this week. Even in his moment of personal triumph, the Hel- sinki born “Finnish Flash” sudoku could not forget the times he SEND had come close to glory with the Finnish national team. 182 “I have been so close to winning something big, the US World Championship, the 741 World Cup, the Olympics. I am just so happy that I fi nal- 61 ly won something,” Selänne told Helsingin Sanomat. 13 FEED- Coached by his former Winnipeg Jets team-mate Randy Carlyle, Selänne will 745 3 168 BACK now take a well-deserved break and recuperate over 35 Teemu Selänne is already a Finnish ice hockey legend. the summer. In a 15 year NHL career his body has tak- 19 info@helsinki- EGAN RICHARDSON Cup for the fi rst time. He also en a battering and, having HELSINKI TIMES played his 1000th NHL game, achieved his lifetime’s ambi- times.fi eventually fi nishing the sea- tion, the 36 year old will have 164 TEEMU SELÄNNE, the former son on 1041 games; he was to decide whether he has the Jokerit right-winger, capped the third-top scorer in the desire and motivation to un- 871 his fi ne season for Anaheim NHL, and he became the fi rst dertake another punishing Ducks by winning the Stanley NHL player over the age of 35 NHL schedule. SOLUTION ON PAGE 15 HELSINKI TIMES LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 13

ROBIN DEWAN Sean Connery says no to next Indiana Jones

RETIREMENT has been good to stone will also join the fourth actor Sean Connery. So good, movie. It is expected to land in fact, the 76-year-old Scot- in theatres in May 2008, but tish actor has decided against the title and story are being appearing in the upcoming In- kept under close wraps. Ste- diana Jones movie, the fourth ven Spielberg will direct the in the series. “In the end, re- fi lm and George Lucas will tirement is just too damned co-write and produce. much fun,” Connery wrote on While he will not be on Web site indianajones.com. the movie’s set, Connery did Harrison Ford previous- have some advice for Ford: ly announced he would again “Demand that the critters be star in the title role as the digital, the cliffs be low, and daring treasure hunter who for goodness sake keep that wields a whip with extreme whip by your side at all times precision. Oscar-winning ac- in case you need to escape tress Cate Blanchett, as well from the stunt coordinator!” as John Hurt and Ray Win- Reuters

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO MICHAL CIZEK

Smokers on the terrace of mbar in Helsinki. Smoking ban ignites mixed response Sharon Stone runs for president “At the moment, I don’t like it, but I think it’s a good thing in the long run.” SHARON STONE is the only I wanted somebody from the woman running in the 2008 world of philosophy, which is U.S. presidential elections, the search for the ultimate ROBIN DEWAN that have sought an exten- now,” he said, “but the prob- hand smoke in their working at least as far as the Ven- truth,” Vezzoli said. “These HELSINKI TIMES sion are, in fact, able to com- lems might start in the win- environments. ice Biennale art festival is would be in obvious confl ict.” ply with that precondition. ter when everybody has to go For many establishments, concerned. Vezzoli is no stranger to THAT was Veera’s comment Establishments that have outside to smoke.” Tuomas the ban might even be good for Stone appears in a mock the world of celebrity art. on Finland’s new smok- been granted an extension to himself is planning on quit- business. Non-smokers might TV campaign ad dreamt up by His last work at the Bien- ing ban which she delivered the ban can allow their cus- ting soon and thought the be more willing to go out to a Italian artist Francesco Vez- nale was a fake trailer for a while shivering and smoking tomers to smoke until 2009. ban might even encourage club now that they no longer zoli. Stone’s pseudo-oppo- fake remake of the fi lm Cal- in the cool evening air on the For most restaurants, how- him to do so. Standing out- have to inhale all the accumu- nent in the art installation is igula, which included Benicio terrace of Erottaja bar. ever, the ban means that cus- side smoking on the sidewalk lated smoke. In certain bars, French philosopher Bernard- Del Toro and Courtney Love. Finland has joined the tomers can only smoke inside in front of Cantina West, such as Club Liberté in Ka- Henri Levy. Their duelling Some critics, including peo- ranks of a handful of coun- designated smoking booths Hanna also thought the ban llio, they have even advertised advertisements play simul- ple who stripped the trail- tries who have banned smok- where no food or drinks can might prompt her to, “smoke that the smoking continues, taneously on video screens at er off the Web site YouTube, ing in all indoor public areas. be served, or step outside to less in the wintertime.” which might draw smokers to the Venice Biennale. thought that his video short The ban went into effect on 1 light up. Most people seem to frequent the place more often. “I wanted somebody from was too pornographic. June with ashtrays being re- Generally the ban has been share a somewhat ambiva- Most businesses did not think Hollywood, which is the “Maybe they’ll fi nd pol- moved from tables in bars well received throughout the lent view on the ban. While it necessary to apply for an place where people search itics too pornographic as and restaurants promptly at country. Helsinki Times vis- they may experience it as extension but when the dead- for the ultimate fi ction. And well,” Vezzoli said. Reuters midnight. ited a number of places in an inconvenience, the prin- line drew near, the Ministry of LEHTIKUVA / ALBERT FERREIRA About 70 restaurants and the city on the day the ban ciple of protecting the right Health offi ce received quite cafes in Helsinki have ap- went into effect to fi nd out of non-smokers to a smoke many last minute requests. plied for an extension to the how smokers were coping free environment seemed to Finland now joins Ireland, ban which would allow them with the new amendment to be well understood and ac- Norway, Sweden and New to permit smoking on the the law. Sitting on a terrace cepted. The idea of the ban Zealand as the latest coun- condition that the smoke on Iso Roobertinkatu, Tuo- in the fi rst place was the re- try to enact a ban on public does not circulate through- mas was enjoying a cigarette sult of petitioning on the part smoking – a move that one out the premises. Inspectors with his friends when we of the service sector indus- day might be heralded as a have been busy making the asked him what he thought try in order to eliminate the turning point in progressive rounds to see if those places about the ban. “It’s OK for health hazards of second- social planning. Highly anticipated climax of The Sopranos LEHTIKUVA / ARKISTO THE END FINALLY came for one ing of other cast members. of television’s most riveting The show’s conclusion be- programs and maybe for its came one of the most antic- chief character, North Jersey ipated TV fi nales in recent Sex and the City mob boss and all around fam- memory. star sparks fashion frenzy ily man, Tony Soprano, as the Members of the cast and HBO series The Sopranos con- creative team remained SHE WON became a fashion While Parker’s character cluded on Sunday 10 June. scrupulously tight-lipped icon with her tales of single Carrie preferred high-end The series’ six seasons prior to the fi nal episode. life in Sex and the City, and designer clothes, the actress’ spanned 8.5 years, having Steven Van Zandt, a guitar- now Sarah Jessica Parker fashion line she designed broken new ground for tele- ist in Bruce Springsteen’s E has sparked a shopping fren- herself is considerably more vision: portraying a hero who Street Band before launch- zy after unveiling her own affordable with $20 dresses is thoroughly evil, a man who ing his acting career as Sil- clothing collection. and $10 tops. corrupts everyone he comes vio, promised that the ending Hundreds of women “I think it’s a great idea into contact with while ap- would be “controversial” and queued in a New York mall to that she made it so affordable pearing perfectly ordinary to “talked-about.” see Parker launch her Bitten and the sizes are so broad,” his neighbours. In Finland, the airing dates label, based on her belief that said fan Kris Young who had Actor James Gandolfi - of the fi nal eight episodes of it’s “every woman’s inalienable come to see Parker. And in- ni’s performance as Tony So- the sixth season have not yet right to have a pulled-togeth- deed the motto of Parker’s prano has been hailed as a been disclosed by TV channel er, stylish, confi dent wardrobe clothing line is “fashion is not Did Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) meet his end in The Sopranos? tour de force, as has the act- Nelonen. Reuters / HT with money left over to live.” a luxury, it’s a right.” Reuters 14 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 CULTURE HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY CARINA CHELA Listening to art There was a close connec- tion between music and the visual arts in the Symbolist Films under the midnight sun era. Music, being sensitive and emotional, was and has MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL always been a source of in- THE ATMOSPHERE of the Mid- Michel Brault, and the tal- spiration for artists. At the night Sun Film Festival is ented director and essayist same time, many composers one of the most unique in Giuseppe Bertolucci (Ber- developed a visual approach the whole world: the most nando Bertolucci’s younger to music. The summer ex- famous fi lm directors of the brother). The festival will be hibition in Ateneum Art world, young directors, the screening Bertolucci’s new Museum will show some 80 international audience and documentary on Pier Pao- works, among them paint- the inhabitants of Sodankylä lo Pasolini entitled Pasolini ings, drawings, prints, sculp- meet under the midnight Next to Us, a fantastic exam- tures, decorative art, and sun in the relaxed and infor- ple of essayist cinema and an material related to music. mal spirit of Lapland. This incursion to the birth of the The art of Finnish composer festival is meant for people fi lm that became Pasolini’s Erkki Melartin (1875-1937) who truly love the art of cin- fi nal work, Saló. is a good example of this ema, there are no formali- Other guests include the dialogue between the visual ties or fancy cocktail parties. Germans Fatih Akin and arts and music. A selection Films are screened in three Isabelle Stever. Akin is a of Finnish Symbolist mu- venues for 24 hours a day, writer and fi lm director who sic produced by the record and the actual time is easi- is the leading exponent of company Ondine for the ly forgotten: the sun shines emigrant life in Germany. exhibition will provide the as brightly at 3:00 a.m. as at Stever is a promising fi gure musical environment. Music 3:00 p.m. in new German cinema. Her and Silence – Finnish Sym- The 22nd edition of the fi rst feature Portrait of a Mar- bolism will be on view in At- Midnight Sun Festival once ried Couple (2002) earned eneum until 30 September. again presents a fabulous her the First Steps prize and Fatih Akin, who won the Best Screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival, is one of Midnight selection of the world’s its leading actor Maria Si- Sun Festival's guests. foremost fi lmmakers and mon the Max Ophuls prize. Cross-media fi lms. Guests include the in- The French fi lmmaker Pas- production ternational award winning cale Ferran will also be season’s feature fi lms, shorts Sun Film Festival is the silent in improvised silent fi lm con- top name of Iranian cin- present at the festival. Fer- as well as documentaries. The fi lm screenings accompanied certs, will provide the sound- The SALERO project aims ema, Abbas Kiarostami; ran gave ten years of his life festival programme includes by live music. This year’s track for Safety Last. at making cross-media pro- the equally successful in order to complete Lady the Finnish premiere of Aki programme includes three This year’s line-up at the duction for games, movies Swiss director and cinema- Chatterley (2006), a sensuous Kaurismäki’s Valimo (Foun- silent classics: one of the fi n- festival also includes a wide and broadcast faster, bet- tographer Claude Goret- fi lm adaptation of D.H. Law- dry). Other Finnish guests est anti-war fi lms ever made, selection of fi lms grouped ter and cheaper by com- ta, famous for such fi lms as rence’s classical novel. When include the actors from The Big Parade (1925), by around the theme of immi- bining computer graphics, The Lacemaker; the Italian the fi lm – set to premiere in A Man’s Job Tommi Korpela King Vidor; Dziga Vertov’s gration and refugees. The language technology, se- veteran director who has Finland in July – was fi nal- and Jani Volanen (who will classic The Eleventh Year; and programme is arranged in mantic web technologies, belonged to the top ly ready, it swept the table at also entertain the festival Harold Lloyd’s best-known co-operation with the Finn- as well as content-based ranks of Italian cin- the César Awards ceremony. audience as a DJ at the festi- fi lm, Safety Last (1923). ish Refugee Council. search and retrieval. SALE- ema since the 1950’s, Finnish fi lms screened val club). Prima Vista Social Club, a The Midnight Sun Film RO will defi ne and devel- Vittorio De Seta; the award- at the festival include the One of the traditional group of fi ve international Festival is held in Sodankylä op “intelligent content”, winning Canadian master cream of the crop in past highlights of the Midnight top musicians specialising 13–17 June. which should enable the cre- ation and reuse of complex media by artists who need to know little of the techni- cal aspects of how the tools actually work. The interna- tional event SALERO Open An American Dream Feast of Music House presents interim re- sults from the research THE AMERICAN sculptor express everything he want- such as polyester resin and THE ORGAN NIGHT AND ARIA Messiah, with soloists carried out in SALERO Duane Hanson (1925-1996) is ed, from social concerns fi breglass, which later be- festival brings the best of Kaisa Ranta, Essi Luttin- and raises discussion about one of the most famous art- to political criticism. came his hallmark. He made vocal and organ music to en, Tuomas Katajala and innovativeness and creative ists of his generation. He is Hanson was born in Min- casts from live models, tint- the mediaeval Espoo Ca- Arttu Kataja. Artistic di- processes in cross-media known above all for his sur- nesota, USA, to a fami- ed the sculptures with skin- thedral this summer, with rector Kari Tikka will con- productions of the future. prisingly lifelike sculptures. ly of Swedish immigrants. coloured paint, put clothes an additional two concerts duct the singers, the Opera SALERO Open House is held People fascinated Hanson He graduated as a sculp- on them and added every- held exceptionally at the Tapi- Chamber Orchestra and on 13 June, in Sampo Hall and the human fi gure was tor in 1951. When he was day accessories to create ola Church. The festival which the Dominante Cham- at the University of Art and the most important theme working in Germany, Han- super-realistic sculptures. will culminate in a recital ber Choir. The other choir Design Helsinki. of his work. Through the hu- son started experimenting Hanson’s aim was not to by Soile Isokoski at the performing is the Uspensky man fi gure he was able to with synthetic materials, copy real individuals, though. Tapiola Church on August Cathedral Male Voice Instead he was interested 30 offers once again the Choir, which has been VG BILD-KUNST/INSTITUT FÛR KULTURAUSTAUSCH Wild architecture in depicting typical humans best singers and organists giving popular concerts of and humanity in general. of Finland and abroad. Sing- Orthodox Church music at Through architectur- And like the early Pop art- ers that will be participat- the festival for many years. al models, sketches, pho- ists, Hanson homed in on ing in the festival include The festival takes place tography and videos, the the everyday in the horrifi c Helena Juntunen, Dilbér, in Espoo from June to August exhibition Wild – Fantasy and incidents. The brutal im- Topi Lehtipuu and Markus and the concerts are, similar Architecture brings together agery of works such as Nieminen. The organists to previous years, always held various approaches to fanta- Motorcycle Accident (1967) will be organ professors on Thursdays. sy architecture spanning the and Policeman and Rioter Kari Jussila and Olli last century. It includes real- (1967) shocked viewers and Porthan, and also Kalevi ised projects and visions of 45

instigated a heated debate Kiviniemi, Jan Lehtola and T EEMU TÖY RY L Ä architects and artists. Why as to how far an artist should Harri Viitanen. aren’t houses built in the shape go. Hanson’s sculptures Russian song will be of a hat or a fi sh, and why does capture a realism that com- celebrated by soprano modern architecture main- pels the viewer to approach Olga Trifonova, one of ly rely on geometrical basic the fi gures for a closer look. the leading soloists of the forms and only rarely plays From the 1970s onwards, Matriinsky Theatre in St Pe- with colours or shapes? Hanson concentrated on de- tersburg. The other foreign The curators of the ex- picting ordinary people. guests at the festival will be hibition are artists Jan- People of different profes- Carolyn Shuster Fournier, Erik Andersson and curator sions, tourists, a woman organist of the Sainte Trin- Jen Budney from Kam- pushing a shopping trolley ité in Paris, and Baroque loops Art Gallery in Can- or an overweight man listen- harp player Andrew Law- ada. The visitors can ing to a walkman – fi gures rence-King. The latter will be also visit Andersson’s Life that were often lost in their appearing together with To- on a Leaf house project, thoughts and lonely. pi Lehtipuu and harpsichord which is under construc- Duane Hanson – Sculp- player Annamari Pölhö in a tion in Hirvensalo, Turku. tures of the American Dream selection of extracts from the Wild – Fantasy and Architec- is on view in the Tennis Pal- opera Orfeo by Monteverdi. The Organ Night and Aria ture is on at the Wäinö Aal- ace Art Museum from 15 June The main feature this festival is held on Thursdays tonen Museum in Turku until Duane Hanson: Old Lady in Folding Chair, 1976. to 30 September. summer will be Handle’s at Espoo Cathedral. 16 September. HELSINKI TIMES WHERE TO GO 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 15 COMPILED BY ANNI SYRJÄLÄINEN MUSIC THIS WEEK'S PICK

Wed 13 Johanna & Mikko Sparkling design Iivanainen duo Concert offers both the duo’s In the summer exhibition of Kunsthalle Helsinki, young own compositions and songs Finnish designers and artists present their work: clothes, from other composers. furniture, industrial design, graphic design and projects Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 which cross the boundaries of art and design. The exhi- Tullisaaren ulkoilupuisto, Laajasalo bition slides smoothly between design, staging, art, cos- Tickets 10 tuming and styling. The exhibition also concentrates on ecological issues in design. Many of the works dis- Wed 13 played are made of recycled materials. According to Laura Voutilainen Sanna Kangasluoma, the spokeswoman and one of the Laura Voutilainen is a famous people behind the exhibition, there will be for example pop artist in Finland. clothes, organic jewellery, installations, a sauna, a for- Esplanadi stage, 16:30 est, a picnic, and articles for everyday use on display at Free entrance. the Kunsthalle. Thu 14 Åland Islands Sparkling Design presents young artists, still unknown Musical performances. among the general public. Another version of the exhibi- Espa Stage, Esplanadi Park tion will also tour abroad, mainly in Europe. Kangasluo- 13:00 T-Time ma points out that at least Belgium and Rotterdam have 14:00 Maria Stenberg shown great interest towards the exhibition. 15:00 Siv Ekström, Gerd Stenlid and Elina Granlund Sparkling Design Wed 11:00-20:00 16:00 Ulvens döttrar Sat 16 June to Sun 12 Aug Sat, Sun 12:00-17:00 17:00 Skrå Kunsthalle Helsinki Mon closed 18:00 Greta Sundstöm Nervanderinkatu 3 Tickets 10/8/0 Kalle Turakka Purhonen: Politics, 2007 19:00 Living Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 www.taidehalli.fi Free entrance.

Fri 15 Åland Islands Musical performances. Espa Stage, Esplanadi Park Tue 19 Until Sun 17 Bulevardi 40 Art Museum Tennis Palace Thu 14 to Sun 17 11:00 Vladimir Shafranov Acoustic Night: Easy Feeling Elin Danielson-Gambogi: In Tue - Fri 10:00-18:00 Salomonkatu 15 Finnish Provinces in Helsinki: 12:00 Meiram Pop and rock music. Italian Light Wed - Thu 10:00-20:00 Tue - Sun 11:00-20:30 the Åland Islands 13:00 Fryk Henry’s Pub The exhibition presents paint- Sat - Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets 7/5 Åland presents it’s contempo- 14:00 Biomech Simonkatu 3 ings from the Finnish painter Tickets 7.5/6/4.5/3 Free admission on Fridays. rary culture, industry and tra- 15:00 Phunky Fish Free entrance. Elin Danielson-Gambogi’s www.sinebrychoffintaidemu- www.taidemuseo.fi/english/ ditions. There will be an archi- 16:00 Red Beans & IItalian period that have seo.fi tennispalatsi pelago restaurant at the Senate Square and a Midsummer Pole Rice Jazz Band THEATRE AND DANCE previously not been seen in 17:00 TBE Finland. Rendering the light Fri 15 June to Sun 23 Sep Until 15 June 2008 in the Esplanadi Park. The Amos 18:00 Whatclub Wed 13 and the changing landscapes Vuokko Nurmesniemi – Fash- The Real Citizen Anderson Art Museum will be 19:00 Willycranes Argentine Tango of Italy became primary ion Designer The Real Citizen examines the presenting art and objects from Free entrance. Argentine tango at 17:30-19:00 themes in her paintings. The summer exhibition of The various requirements of society the Åland Islands. www.hel2.fi/ in the centre of Helsinki out- Didrichsen Art Museum Design Museum presents the on its members at various points Tourism Fri 15 side Kamppi shopping centre. Kuusilahdenkuja 1 unique life’s work of the in time, as well as the difficulty Stella Weather reservation. Tue, Thu - Sun 11:00-18:00 Finnish fashion designer of meeting these requirements. Fri 15 to Sun 17 This poprock band from Free entrance. Wed 11:00-20:00 Vuokko Nurmesniemi. Helsinki City Museum/Haka- Les Lumières – The Enlighten- Joensuu started up in 2002 and www.tango.fi Tickets 8/2 Design Museum salmi Villa ment Festival has increased it’s popularity www.didrichsenmuseum.fi Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Mannerheimintie 13 The fifth Lumières cultural fes- among Finnish listeners Thu 14 & Fri 15 Tue 11:00-20:00 Wed, Fri - Sun 11:00-17:00 tival presents the way of life in ever since. Rhythm Café Until Sun 17 Wed, Sun 11:00-18:00 Thu 11:00-19:00 Suomenlinna in the 18th cen- Presidentti Club An opportunity to enjoy a Lars Sonck & Hilda Hongell – During summer (1 June - 31 Aug) Tickets 4/2 tury. This year the theme of the Annankatu 41 lovely dinner laced with the Architecture of old Mariehamn Mon - Sun 11:00-18:00 festival is Catherine the Great. Tickets 10 international masters of tap The exhibition shows pictures Tickets 7/3 OTHERS www.historiapaiva.fi dance Lane Alexander and and photographs of buildings www.designmuseum.fi Fri 15 Reggio McLaughlin, tap dance designed by the architects Thu 14 Sun 17 Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, group Five Steps and the Foot- Sonck and Hongell. Sat 16 June to 23 Sep Art Historical Tour: Portrait Flea Market in Hietaniemi Dir. Aapo Häkkinen light Hiphoppers. Helsinki Information Rut Bryk: Ceramics Collection Hietalahdentori, 10:00-16:00 The Helsinki Baroque Orches- Savoy Theatre, 20:00 Jugendsali The exhibition displays the oeu- Art history students from the tra is a youthful line-up offer- Kasarmikatu 46-48 Pohjoisesplanadi 19 vre of Rut Bryk in broad perspec- University of Helsinki will be Tue 19 ing audiences a chance to en- Tickets: 30 (show), Mon - Fri 9:00-17:00 tive, from her graphic design of the guides on this tour. Espafolk joy early music performed with 55 (show + buffet/dinner) Sun 11:00-17:00 the 1940s to her large tile works The University of Helsinki, 15:00 Performances by folk enthusiasm and originality. The of the 1980s. The exhibition in- Unioninkatu 34. Free entrance. musicians and dancers. use of period instruments is a Until Sat 16 Fri 15 June to Sun 2 Sep cludes a richly illustrated cata- Esplanadi Park part of the orchestra’s striving Helsinki Tap Festival 2007 Music and Silence – Finnish logue in which experts present Sat 16 Free entrance. to discover new perspectives on The festival presents various Symbolism the life and works of Rut Bryk MeriViapori: Suomenlinna the performance of old master- forms of tap dance. The festival The exhibition examines the from various perspectives. Maritime Fortress Sudoku solution works in a communicative way. includes performances from sev- close connection between Design Museum An event for wooden boats in Suomenlinna church, 19:00 eral appreciated dancers from music and the visual arts in Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Helsinki and the Suomenlinna Tickets 15/10 Finland and abroad. Intensive tap the Symbolist era. Ateneum Mon - Sun 11:00-18:00 fortress. www.hebo.fi dance, body drumming, show- will show some 80 works, among Tickets 7/3 Suomenlinna www.historiapaiva.fi dance and hip hop courses are them paintings, drawings, prints, www.designmuseum.fi Free entrance. organised during the festival. sculptures, decorative art and Sat 16 Savoy Theatre material related to music. Fri 15 June to Sun 30 Sep Thu 14 to Sun 17 Musical performances. Kasarmikatu 46-48 Ateneum Art Museum Duane Hanson Finlandia Junior Games Esplanadi Stage Tickets 30 Kaivokatu 2 Duane Hanson's real size human Sports event for children and 12:00 Johnny Ahlstöm www.helsinkitap.fi Tue, Fri 9:00-18:00 sculptures have over the years young adults. 13:00 EC Wed - Thu 9:00-20:00 aroused both admiration and Myllypurontie 1 14:00 Torbjörn Engman Thu 14 to Wed 19 Sat - Sun 11:00-17:00 confusion in people’s minds. www.helsy.fi 15:00 Sara Strandberg, Hanna Kuopio Dance Festival Malmberg & Emil Grönvall For the 38th time, the town of Kuo- Fri 15 June to Sun 2 Sep Free entrance. pio will be the meeting place of in- New Arrivals – Starring Finn- ternational dance performances, ish Fashion Sat 16 dozens of dance courses and diverse The summer exhibition of Hanna Pakarinen fringe outputs. During the festival, Design Forum Finland will Hanna Pakarinen represented dance theatre encounters the hip analyse fashion, as well as Finland in the Eurovision Song hop, a French cult piece meets new Finnish young fashion and shoe Contest in May and is now back Finnish work, and flamenco collides designers. New Arrivals will dive touring Finland again. with Nordic dance creators. into the journey of a garment Club Tavastia, 21:00 Ticket prices and locations: or a shoe from idea to design- Urho Kekkosenkatu 4-6 www.kuopiodancefestival.fi ing and production to marketing Tickets 12/10 and to the Finnish and interna- EXHIBITIONS tional catwalks. Sat 16 & Sun 17 Design Forum Finland Myötätuulirock Until Sat 16 Erottajankatu 7 Performances from various Lis Zwick & Chris Webster Mon - Fri 10:00-19:00 Finnish rock groups such as Gallery Laterna Magica Sat 10:00-18:00 Kotiteollisuus, Maj Karma, Rauhankatu 7 Sun 12:00-18:00 Von Hertzen Brohthers and Mon - Fri 10:00-18:00 www.designforum.fi Apulanta. Hakunilan urheilu- Sat 10:00-15:00 puisto, Vantaa Free entrance. Until Sun 16 Sep One-day ticket 35/30 www.laterna.fi Ladies’ Salon – 18th century Two-day ticket 60/50 European Women Artists www.mtr.fi Until Sun 17 The exhibition will feature some Kaisu Aro: Paintings dozen women artists, including Sun 17 Gallery Sculptor Margareta Capsia and Helena Ar- Gimer Eteläranta 12 nell from Finland, as well as foreign Jazz from Russia. Tue - Fri 11:00-17:00 painters Angelica Kauffman and Storyville Piano Bar, 19:00 Sat - Sun 12:00-16:00 Rosalba Carriera and sculptress Museokatu 8 Free entrance. Marie-Anne Collot. Sinebrychoff Free entrance. www.artists.fi/sculptors Art Museum 16 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 08:00 Golden Girls In depth look at the day’s news from 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- News in English as a part of YLE 15:00 Bridezillas Al Jazeera’s international news cent- The latest business news from tures all of the important interna- morning TV. End of the second season. ers. around the world with live reports tional news stories and interviews 15:05 Holby City 16:00 All in the Family 06:30 Witness from Singapore, Frankfurt and Lon- that are shaping the business day. 16:10 Diagnosis: Murder Edith Breaks Out. Between Treatment and Trauma. In- don and the news of what happened 09:00 Business International 18:31 Yes, Minister 16:40 Days of Our Lives spirational and provocative stories overnight in New York. World Busi- A round-up of the day’s global busi- The Economy Drive: Jim plans to 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show providing a fresh and informative in- ness Report will give you everything ness news with focus on internation- slim down the Civil Service: His own 20:30 Gay, Straight or Taken sight into the world’s key events as you need to start the working day. al business and market trends. economy drive will set a personal ex- 21:00 Dirt they impact on the lives of ordinary 07:30 World Business Report 10:00 World News ample - won’t it? What to Expect When You’re Ex- people. 07:45 Sport Today News bulletins on the hour, featur- 19:35 Italian Fascism in Color pecting. 07:00 Riz Khan ing the latest international news All the latest sports news and results The Collapse of Fascism 1936-46. Mus- 23:25 Wanted Interactive show letting viewers di- from around the world, financial up- from around the globe. solini dreamt of restoring the glories of Sex Pistols. rectly question world leaders, news- dates, sports, weather and special 08:30 Kill Or Cure? the Roman Empire. But military disas- 00:25 Footballers Wives makers and celebrities, address- Meningitis is a deadly infection of reports. ters in World War II left Italy with a leg- 01:25 Married… With Children ing issues impacting lives around the fluid surrounding the brain and 10:30 World Sport acy of death and destruction. This is the the globe. the spinal cord. Those who survive it A comprehensive review of sports second of a two-part documentary se- 01:55 Hitchcock Presents 07:30 Crossroads Europe are often left with a damaged nerv- news from around the world, includ- ries on the rise and fall of Mussolini - Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- ous system and a host of disabilities. ing all the key highlights, profiles told for the first time in colour. part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Kill or Cure? investigates the latest and interviews with the newsmakers 23:00 Wire in the Blood (CERT 15) SUBTV looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming developments for a vaccine. and stars of sport. Mermaids Singing 2. Part 2/11. A tranquility there are enclaves of ten- 09:30 HARDtalk 11:00 Larry King crime series teams a university clini- 07:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? sion in the city of Malmö. Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers Global talk-show featuring inter- cal psychologist, Dr. Tony Hill (Robson A Scooby-Doo Valentine’s Day. 08:00 News Review and personalities from across the globe. views with high-profile politicians Green), with a tough female Detec- 07:35 Animaniacs 08:30 Listening Post and top entertainment figures. tive Inspector, Carol Jordan (Hermione Drive-insane. Richard Gizbert guides you through 12:00 Business International Norris). Based on characters created 16:45 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures the global news divide. 13:00 World News Asia by Val McDermid. Production: Coastal of Superman 09:00 101 East Andrew Stevens presents the latest Production, Great-Britain. Church of Metropolis. Malaysia Conversion. Hosted by financial developments in the Asia- 00:35 Euronews 17:40 Late Night with Conan O’Brien Teymoor Nabili. Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- 19:30 Desperately Seeking Sheila nomic and financial trends. 09:30 Everywoman 20:30 The Simpsons A weekly magazine show that takes 14:00 World News TV2 The Principal and the Pauper. a critical look at the universal issues 14:30 World Sport 21:00 My Big Fat Greek Wedding affecting women around the world. 15:00 World News Asia 11:35 Happy Days A young Greek woman falls in love 10:00 News 16:00 Your World Today Wanted. NELONEN at 23:25 Hollywood. 3/3. with a non-Greek man and struggles 10:30 Inside Story A programme that keeps viewers 12:00 Adoptions to get her family to accept him while Going beyond the headlines and to from around Europe, the Middle East Part 2/13. American documenta- she comes to terms with her herit- the heart of the news of the day. 10:30 Talking Movies and Africa updated with breaking ry series. age and cultural identity in a com- Tom Brook presents all the latest 11:00 News news, the latest global stories and 13:20 Spendaholics edy directed by Joel Zwick. Star- news and reviews from the US cin- 11:30 Riz Khan weather information. Out-of-control shopaholics are put ring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, ema scene with reports from Holly- 12:00 News under the microscope to unravel the Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, wood and New York. 13:00 News buried meanings behind their spi- Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Bess 11:30 World Business Report 13:30 48 ralling debt with the help of shop- Meisler. USA 2002. Havana. One journalist, one crew, 11:45 Sport Today ping and lifestyle expert Jay Hunt 23:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien one destination and just 48 hours to 12:00 World News Today and self-help author and psychologi- 00:40 The L Word journey to the heart of the world’s 13:30 World Business Report cal coach Benjamin Fry. British reali- Let’s Do It. most exciting cities. 13:45 Sport Today ty show. Part 2/10. 14:00 News 14:30 Asia Today 15:40 Laurel & Hardy – The Best Of The most hilarious moments from the 14:30 Witness The daily current affairs programme YLE TEEMA Africa Poor Whites. aimed at viewers across Asia with two comedians considered among the most famous and finest double 15:00 News in-depth reports from BBC corre- 19:55 Jazz Legends acts in the history of cinema during 15:30 Listening Post spondents and interviews with lead- In Teema’s summer series pianist ing players. the first half of the 20th century. 16:00 News Ramsey Lewis invites great names of 14:45 Sport Today 15:45 Daffy Duck 16:30 People and Power jazz to the studio. Part 1/13. Guests: Daffy The Duck in the Warner Bros Golan Heights. What happens and 15:30 HARDtalk Chris Botti, Roy Hargrove and Clark classic “A Henpecked Duck”. what matters in the world involves 16:30 Fast Track Terry. Production: PBS, USA. People and Power - what it is, who The series with the latest news 19:00 Touched by an Angel has it and who wants it. about travel, from the industry it- The Show Must Not Go On. 17:00 News self to the latest deals and destina- 19:45 Mr Bean tions, with the most current informa- Animated and funny, Mr. Bean goes 18:00 News Center Of The Universe. MTV3 at 17:35 tion on flights, holidays, and advice at it again. 18:30 Witness for people travelling on business or Islamic Comic. Inspirational and pro- for leisure. vocative stories providing a fresh 20:30 World Business Today 17:30 Asia Today and informative insight into the A round-up of the day’s global busi- MTV3 world’s key events. 18:30 World Business Report ness news with focus on internation- 19:00 News 18:45 Sport Today al business and market trends, eco- 17:35 Center of the Universe nomic developments, stock market 19:30 Inside Story 19:00 World News Today Alarmed and Dangerous. trading, bids and take-overs. 20:00 News 20:30 Our World 18:05 Fashion House Our World features some of our fin- 21:00 World News Europe Portrait of a Lady. 21:00 Riz Khan Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- est News programmes on current 20:00 30 Days Italian Fascism in Color. TV1 at 19:35 21:30 Crossroads Europe issues around the world. The pro- est financial developments in Eu- Muslims in Sweden. Pro Choice / Pro Life. Six years after grammes will showcase BBC journal- rope, as well as giving an analysis of having an abortion, a pro-choice wom- 22:00 News ism at its best with programmes that economic and financial trends. an spends 30 days living with pregnant 22:05 Wedding Banquet 22:30 48 expose and evaluate global topics. 21:30 World Business Today women in a pro-life housing unit. A doc- (Hsi Yen) A film about a gay Taiwan- Havana. 21:30 HARDtalk 22:00 World News Europe umentary series by Morgan Spurlong. ese immigrant, who marries a wom- 23:00 News 22:15 Sport Today 22:30 World Sport 21:00 C.S.I. New York an to placate his parents and to help 00:00 News 22:30 World Business Report 23:00 Business International Cool Hunter. the women get a green card. His 00:30 Inside Story 23:30 Asia Today 00:00 World News 22:30 The Apprentice plan backfires when his parents ar- 01:00 News 23:45 World Business Report 00:30 World Sport 23:30 Boston Legal rive in America to plan his wedding 01:30 Witness 00:30 HARDtalk 01:00 CNN Today 00:30 Chelsea Handler Show banquet. Directed by Ang Lee. Star- ring: Winston Gao, May Chin, Mitch- Islamic Comic. 01:30 World Business Report ell Lichtenstein. Taiwan/USA 1993.

Crossroads Europe Wedding Banquet Sweden has the reputation of a Wai-Tung Gao (Winston Chao) lives wealthy, developed, post-industrial happily with his boyfriend in Manhat- society. But beneath this seeming tan. Being in his late 20s, Wai-Tung’s tranquility lies a simmering tension Taiwanese parents are eager to see between Muslim immigrants and him get married and have a child. At native Swedes. The film visits the the boyfriend’s insistence, Wai-Tung city of Malmö to find out how first decides to get married to one of his and second generation Muslims tenants, Wei-Wei (May Chin, in the are integrating into their adopted photo with Chao), hoping that this will My Big Fat Greek Wedding homeland. In the immigrant ghetto placate his parents. But the parents fly of Rosengard, young Muslims in from Taiwan to hold a great wedding My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the other of tonight’s two wedding movie rivals. It was struggle to be accepted by Swedish ceremony for their son. Wai-Tung dares nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and inspired a brief TV society and an inspirational Iranian not tell them the true situation and series My Big Fat Greek Life in 2003. The story is written by Nia Vardalos, who herself hip hop artist tries to address the they go through with the wedding. The stars the film as a Greek-American woman, Toula, who falls in love with a non-Greek problems of the children. Sharmeen Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen) is the first American, Ian (John Corbett, in the photo with Vardalos). The movie examines the pro- Obaid-Chinoy is a multi-award-win- of Ang Lee‘s movies about gay char- tagonist’s relationship with Toula’s family, with their cultural heritage and value system, ning documentary film director and acters before the 2005 hit Brokeback which is sometimes rocky but ends with mutual appreciation. USA 2002. reporter. Mountain. SUBTV at 21:00 Al Jazeera at 07:30, 21:30 YLE TEEMA at 22:05 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 13 –19 JUNE 2007 17

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 07:25 Capertown Cops 06:30 Witness 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- 18:31 The Last of the Summer Wine 08:00 Golden Girls Between Treatment and Trauma. Inspi- The latest business news from tures all of the important interna- 19:00 How to be a Gardener 15:00 Wedding Makeover rational and provocative stories provid- around the world with live reports tional news stories and interviews 01:05 Euronews NEW SERIES. Joanne and Dean. ing a fresh and informative insight into from Singapore, Frankfurt and Lon- that are shaping the business day. Three weeks before their wedding, the world’s key events as they impact don and the news of what happened 09:00 Business International the bride wants to get a liposuc- on the lives of ordinary people. overnight in New York. World Busi- A round-up of the day’s global busi- tion and the groom a new nose and 07:00 Riz Khan ness Report will give you everything ness news with focus on internation- TV2 new teeth. Separation and pain gets Interactive show letting viewers di- you need to start the working day. al business and market trends. them to doubt the meaningfulness of rectly question world leaders, news- 07:30 World Business Report 10:00 World News 11:35 Happy Days the makeover. English series. Hard Cover. makers and celebrities, addressing is- 07:45 Sport Today News bulletins on the hour, featur- 16:00 All in the Family sues impacting lives around the globe. All the latest sports news and results ing the latest international news 12:55 The Canterville Ghost Grandpa Blues. In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Si- 07:30 Crossroads Europe from around the globe. from around the world, financial up- 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show mon of Canterville flees a duel and Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- 08:30 Fast Track dates, sports, weather and special seeks solace in the family castle. 20:00 Tuesday Night Book Club part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy The series with the latest news about reports. His ashamed father seals him in the Chapter 7. looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming travel, from the industry itself to the 10:30 World Sport room where he is hiding and dooms 23:55 Trailer Park Boys (CERT 15) tranquility there are enclaves of ten- latest deals and destinations, with the A comprehensive review of sports him to life as a ghost until one of his The Green Bastard. sion in the city of Malmo. most current information on flights, news from around the world, includ- descendants performs a brave deed. 00:25 Distraction 08:00 News Review holidays, and advice for people travel- ing all the key highlights, profiles A hilarious comedy based on a sto- NEW SERIES. Now that it’s hip to 08:30 Everywoman ling on business or for leisure. and interviews with the newsmakers say you have an attention defi- and stars of sport. ry of Oscar Wilde. Directed by Jules A weekly magazine show that takes 09:30 HARDtalk Dassin. Starring: Charles Laughton, cit disorder, Distraction is the game 11:00 Larry King a critical look at the universal issues Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien. show the world demands. Four con- Global talk-show featuring inter- affecting women around the world. ers and personalities from across USA 1944. testants compete to answer gener- 09:00 101 East the globe. views with high-profile politicians al knowledge questions while being and top entertainment figures. 15:45 Porky Pig Malaysia Conversion. Hosted by A Warner Bros animation by Friz Fre- distracted by anything from hav- 12:00 Business International Teymoor Nabili, 101 East reports on leng. USA 1941. ing to pee on demand and watch- the people and events shaping the 13:00 World News Asia 22:35 Family Brat Camp ing their moms get electrocuted to Asia Pacific region. Andrew Stevens presents the latest Four British families in crisis embark being thrown around by a wrestler. financial developments in the Asia- 09:30 Everywoman on a journey to save their dysfunc- What, like you wouldn’t do any of Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- 10:00 News tional families from falling apart. that for fabulous prizes? Distraction nomic and financial trends. 10:30 Inside Story They are taken back to Stone Age is hosted by stand-up comedian Jim- Going beyond the headlines and to the 14:00 World News as the tearaway teenagers and their my Carr, who proudly continues the heart of the news of the day. We get 14:30 World Sport parents are forced to endure the un- British tradition of humiliating con- the Inside Story from some of the best 15:00 World News Asia relenting physical and emotion- testants. minds in the Middle East and beyond. The Age of AIDS. YLE TEEMA at 21:00 15:30 CNN Business Traveller al strain of living and surviving in 00:55 Married… With Children 11:00 News Richard Quest presents a business the barren Idaho desert in a reality 01:55 Hitchcock Presents 11:30 Riz Khan programme that looks at the state of show. Part 2/4. 12:00 News 10:30 Our World today’s European and Asian markets. Our World features some of our fin- 13:00 News 16:00 Your World Today SUBTV est News programmes on current A programme that keeps viewers 13:30 48 issues around the world. The pro- MTV3 Havana. One journalist, one crew, from around Europe, the Middle East 07:00 Tiny Toons grammes will showcase BBC journal- and Africa updated with breaking one destination and just 48 hours to 17:35 Yes, Dear Test Stressed. ism at its best with programmes that news, the latest global stories and journey to the heart of the world’s expose and evaluate global topics. Headshot. 07:35 Animaniacs most exciting cities. weather information. 11:30 World Business Report 18:05 Fashion House Brain Meets Brawn. 14:00 News 11:45 Sport Today Multiple Offers. 16:45 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures 14:30 Witness of Superman 12:00 World News Today 19:30 Kitchen Takeover Between Treatment and Trauma. Operation Blackout. World News Today is a comprehen- 20:05 Men in Trees 15:00 News sive programme of news and analy- Ladies First. 17:40 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 15:30 Listening Post sis, including World Business Report. 21:00 ER 20:00 House of Boateng What is being reported by world me- 13:30 World Business Report City of Mercy. Catwalk-mission in Paris. dia and how? Richard Gizbert guides 13:45 Sport Today 22:30 MTV3.doc: Tranquility Bay 20:30 The Simpsons you through the global news divide. Lisa’s Sax. 14:30 Asia Today Tranquility Bay is a speciality board- 16:00 News The daily current affairs programme ing school in Jamaica which pro- 22:00 Sex and the City 16:30 People and Power aimed at viewers across Asia with in- vides exposure to development of The Chicken Dance. Golan Heights. What happens and depth reports from BBC correspondents skills and attitudes necessary for ac- 23:05 C.S.I. Miami what matters in the world involves and interviews with leading players. ademic and social success for Amer- Slow Burn. People and Power - what it is, who has The Cell. MTV3 at 23:45 14:45 Sport Today ican youths to become mature, re- 00:00 Late Night with Conan O’Brien it and who wants it for better or worse. sponsible and contributing members 15:30 HARDtalk 00:55 The L Word 17:00 News of society – with exceedingly tough 16:30 Talking Movies 19:30 CNN Business Traveller Longing. 18:00 News methods. In the documentary the Tom Brook presents all the latest 20:00 Your World Today 01:50 Last Man Standing 18:30 Witness young who survived the school tell news and reviews from the US cin- 20:30 World Business Today their stories. Islamic Comic. ema scene with reports from Holly- A round-up of the day’s global busi- 23:45 The Cell (CERT 18) 19:00 News wood and New York. ness news with focus on internation- A psychotherapist Catharine Deane YLE TEEMA 19:30 Inside Story 17:30 Asia Today al business and market trends, eco- 20:00 News (Jennifer Lopez) journeys inside a 18:30 World Business Report nomic developments, stock market comatose serial killer in the hopes 20:35 Massive Engines 21:00 Riz Khan 18:45 Sport Today trading, bids and take-overs. of saving his latest victim in a hor- Motorcycles. Part 4/10. Chris Barrie 21:30 Crossroads Europe 19:00 World News Today 21:00 World News Europe ror thriller directed by Tarsem Singh. finds out the incomparability of Ital- Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- 20:30 Click Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince ian Ducati-motorcycles. part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy The programme for everyone interested est financial developments in Eu- Vaughn, Vincent D´Onofrio, Jake 21:00 The Age of AIDS looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming in the internet and new media. Whether rope, as well as giving an analysis of Weber, Dylan Baker, Marianne Jean- A gripping four-part ‘’Frontline’’ tranquility there are enclaves of ten- its e-commerce, new developments and economic and financial trends. Baptiste. USA, 2000. documentary begins. Part 1/4. sion in the city of Malmo. products, or gadgets and games, Click 21:30 World Business Today 01:50 Munsters 23:40 Lost City of New Orleans 22:00 News looks at the tools that will revolutionise 22:00 World News Europe Walk on the Wild Side. On the 29 August 2005 New Orle- 22:30 48 business and personal life. 22:30 World Sport ans took a direct hit from Hurricane Havana. 21:30 HARDtalk 23:00 Business International Katrina and overnight turned into a 23:00 News 22:15 Sport Today 00:00 World News Venice from hell. The documentary 00:00 News 22:30 World Business Report 00:30 World Sport gives us a look at the chaos that fol- lowed the worst natural disaster in 00:30 Inside Story 23:30 Asia Today 01:00 CNN Today American history. 01:00 News 23:45 World Business Report 01:30 Witness 00:30 HARDtalk Islamic Comic. 01:30 World Business Report

Distraction Tranquility Bay One of the most original and distinctive Tranquility Bay, a special boarding new stars on television, radio, stage, school in Jamaica is acknowledged and also the big screen - the movies as the toughest of boarding schools. Confetti, Alien Autopsy, and Storm In 2003 the school’s director Jay Kay Breaker - British Jimmy Carr now has stated in Observer Magazine: “If I his own show also on Finnish TV. Carr have kids, and they start giving me a has hosted two series and appeared problem, well they are going straight on many UK hit shows and is also fast in the program. If I had to, I’d pull the becoming a face on US TV. He has The Canterville Ghost trigger without hesitation.” Children performed a remarkable three times on as young as 12 have been admitted to NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Since the 16th century the doomed Sir. Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) Tranquility Bay though some critics and twice on NBC’s Late Night with Co- has been living as a ghost in his father’s castle. When the World War II brakes out, and former inhabitants of the facility nan O’Brien. The Scotsman newspaper American soldiers are billeted in the castle, owned now by a young Lady Jessica express concern over the treatment of raves: “A wonder to behold… he plays de Canterville (Margaret O’Brien). Among the soldiers is Cuffy Williams (Robert the inhabitants. MTV3.doc presents with your boundaries, but you love it. If Young, first soldier from the left in the photo), who by chance is also a Canterville. stories of ex-problem children who Jimmy Carr can do to a body what he Together the two meet and learn the fate of their ghostly ancestor and, though survived the rough course. does to a mind, then his girlfriend must Cuffy seems to be a true Canterville, Sir. Simon is finally freed from his centuries MTV3 at 22:30 be the happiest woman on the planet.” of bondage. A fantasy comedy directed by Jules Dassin. USA 1944. NELONEN at 00:25 TV2 at 12:55 18 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 08:00 Golden Girls In depth look at the day’s news from Al 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- 16:10 Diagnosis: Murder 15:00 Wedding Makeover Jazeera’s international news centers. The latest business news from tures all of the important interna- 21:30 Marple: The Murder at the Vicar- Pete and Angie. 06:30 Witness around the world with live reports tional news stories and interviews age 16:00 All in the Family Coconut Revolution. When mining from Singapore, Frankfurt and Lon- that are shaping the business day. Many of those in the peaceful village Gloria Suspects Mike. and modernity threaten Bouganvil- don and the news of what happened 09:00 Business International of St. Mary Mead look with distaste at 16:40 Days of Our Lives lian way of life, the South Pacific is- overnight in New York. World Busi- A round-up of the day’s global busi- Colonel Protheroe. When he is mur- 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show landers retaliate with a self suffi- ness Report will give you everything ness news with focus on internation- dered it’s up to Miss Marple to solve the 20:00 The Lion Man cient stand off using coconuts. you need to start the working day. al business and market trends. mystery. Starring: Geraldine McEwan. 21:00 Long Kiss Goodnight (CERT 15) 07:00 Riz Khan 07:30 World Business Report 10:00 World News Production: Granada, Great-Britain. An action thriller directed by Renny Interactive show letting viewers di- News bulletins on the hour, featur- 07:45 Sport Today 23:25 Rose and Maloney Harlin. Starring: Geena Davis, Sam- rectly question world leaders, news- ing the latest international news All the latest sports news and results 00:10 Euronews uel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Brian makers and celebrities. from around the world, financial up- from around the globe. Cox, David Morse. USA 1996. 07:30 101 East dates, sports, weather and special 08:30 Talking Movies 00:40 Cheaters Hosted by Teymoor Nabili. reports. Tom Brook presents all the latest Hosted by Joey Greco. 08:00 News Review news and reviews from the US cin- TV2 00:50 Freddy Vs. Jason (CERT 18) ema scene. 08:30 People and Power 11:35 Happy Days The legendary horror movie charac- Golan Heights. What happens and 09:30 HARDtalk Extra My Cousin, the Cheat. ters Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on what matters in the world involves Each week HARDtalk Extra will pro- 12:30 Little Angels Elm Street) and Jason Voorhees (Fri- People and Power - what it is, who file the personalities that make the The Bartons. Dr Tanya Byron, BBC’s day 13th) return to terrorize the teen- has it and who wants it. news, leading figures from the arts parenting expert for the series, ad- age population. Except this time, and entertainment, scientists and 09:00 Everywoman vises the Bartons on how to improve they’re out to get each other too. Di- overnight success stories. HARD- A weekly magazine show that takes their children’s behaviour with sim- rected by Ronny Yu. Starring: Rob- talk Extra asks why the spotlight fell a critical look at the universal issues ple techniques that any parent can ert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica on them. affecting women around the world. employ. Keena, Jason Ritter, Kelly Rowland, 10:30 Click 09:30 Sportsworld 13:10 I’ll Show Them Who’s The Boss Brendan Fletcher. USA/Italy 2003. The programme for everyone inter- Cheaters. NELONEN at 00:40 10:00 News Part 2/10. One of UK’s most excep- ested in the internet and new media. 10:30 Inside Story tional businessmen Gerry Robinson Whether its e-commerce, new devel- Going beyond the headlines and to shows how to take tough decisions SUBTV opments and products, or gadgets 10:30 World Sport the heart of the news of the day. We and see them through to make com- and games, Click looks at the tools A comprehensive review of sports get the Inside Story from some of panies thrive in a BBC series. 07:00 Tiny Toons that will revolutionise business and news from around the world, includ- the best minds in the Middle East 07:35 Animaniacs personal life. ing all the key highlights, profiles 15:45 Bugs Bunny and beyond. 20:30 The Simpsons 11:30 World Business Report and interviews with the newsmakers 19:45 Creature Comforts 11:00 News Treehouse of Horror VIII. 11:45 Sport Today and stars of sport. 11:30 Riz Khan 21:30 Smith and Jones 11:00 Larry King 12:00 News 12:00 World News Today Doses / Whole Hog. Special episode Global talk-show featuring inter- 13:00 News 13:30 World Business Report directed by Mike Newell. 13:45 Sport Today views with high-profile politicians 13:30 Everywoman and top entertainment figures. 22:00 Sex and the City 14:30 Asia Today The Man, The Myth, The Viagra. 14:00 News 12:00 Business International The daily current affairs programme 23:50 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 14:30 Witness 13:00 World News Asia Coconut Revolution. aimed at viewers across Asia with 02:10 Planet Rock Profiles: Massive At- in-depth reports from BBC corre- Andrew Stevens presents the latest 15:00 News tack spondents and interviews with lead- financial developments in the Asia- 15:30 Crossroads Europe ing players. Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- 14:45 Sport Today nomic and financial trends. part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy 14:00 World News YLE TEEMA looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming 15:30 HARDtalk Extra 16:30 Our World 14:30 World Sport tranquility there are enclaves of ten- 15:00 World News Asia 16:55 Summer music: Hurriganes sion in the city of Malmo. Falklands 25 Years On. Our World 16:00 Your World Today Hurriganes live at Tavastia-club, 16:00 News features some of our finest News programmes on current issues A programme that keeps viewers Helsinki 1974. Musicians Remu Aal- 16:30 Listening Post around the world. The programmes from around Europe, the Middle East tonen, Cisse Häkkinen and Albert Richard Gizbert guides you through Little Angels. TV2 at 12:30 will showcase BBC journalism at its and Africa updated with breaking Järvinen. Directed by Jouko Kont- the global news divide. best with programmes that expose news, the latest global stories and tinen. 17:00 News and evaluate global topics. weather information. 22:50 Backlash 19:00 Third Dimension: The Meaning of 18:00 News 17:30 Asia Today 20:00 World’s Untold Stories Jim Slater investigates the death of his the Buffalo Wildlife filmmaker Karin Slater 18:30 48 18:30 World Business Report Courageous filmmakers tell intimate father in a conventional 1950s western Havana. One journalist, one crew, directed by John Sturges. Starring: Rich- shows how the Lekgopung people 18:45 Sport Today stories of society’s most vulnerable one destination and just 48 hours to members. Gritty, powerful tales that ard Widmark, Donna Reed. USA 1956. in South Africa earned the name the 19:00 World News Today journey to the heart of the world’s open our eyes to a world that is both people of the buffalo. most exciting cities. 19:30 HARDtalk Extra disturbing and captivating. 20:00 Henry Rollins Show 19:00 News 20:30 Kill Or Cure? 20:30 World Business Today MTV3 Punk legend Henry Rollins discuss- 19:30 Inside Iraq Kill or Cure? goes to the Gambia to A round-up of the day’s global busi- es politics, music and how to change A critical look at Iraq, a platform for investigate the latest vaccines being ness news. 17:35 What I Like About You the world, tonight with Chuck D. developed to fight TB - a complex politicians and experts to express 21:00 World News Europe The Wedding Pt II. Musical guest: Jurassic 5. Rerun. disease which appears in many dif- their opinion and provide viewers Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- 18:05 Fashion House 20:25 Jazz Legends ferent drug-resistant strains. with a fresh perspective in a dynam- est financial developments in Eu- Political Posturing. In Teema’s summer series pianist ic format 21:30 HARDtalk Extra rope, as well as giving an analysis of 22:25 IAAF Golden League Ramsey Lewis invites great names of 20:00 News 22:15 Sport Today economic and financial trends. Live broadcast from Oslo. jazz to the studio. Part 2/13. Guests: 21:00 Frost Over The World 22:30 World Business Report 21:30 World Business Today 23:30 Formula 1: Free Practice Al Jarreau and Kurt Elling. Produc- tion: PBS, USA. Sir David Frost returns to the glo- 23:30 Asia Today 22:00 World News Europe USA. Highlights from the week’s 23:30 The Curse of the Cat People bal stage with some of the biggest 23:45 World Business Report 22:30 World Sport free practice sessions. This mostly unrelated sequel to names in world affairs and enter- 00:30 HARDtalk Extra 23:00 Business International Cat People (1942) follows Amy, the tainment. 01:30 World Business Report 00:00 World News 22:00 News young daughter of Oliver and Al- 00:30 World Sport ice Reed. Amy is an imaginative 22:30 People and Power 01:00 World News child who can not differentiate be- Golan Heights. 01:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: tween fantasy and reality, and has 23:00 News Global Edition no friends of her own age as a re- 00:00 News Emmy award winning late night chat sult. The thrill is born when Amy be- 00:30 Everywoman show with Jon Stewart. gins making imaginary friends out 01:00 News of dead people. Directed by Robert 01:30 Inside Iraq Wise. Starring: Simone Simon, Kent The Curse of Cat People. Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter. YLE TEEMA at 23:30 USA 1944.

Our World Long Kiss Goodnight Falklands 25 Years On. During the three months of Falklands War in Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a 1982, 250 British and 650 Argentin- suburban mom and schoolteacher with ian service personnel lost their lives a seemingly normal life in Honesdale, fighting over the disputed Falkland Pennsylvania. However, several years Islands before British forces recap- ago she was found badly injured, leaving tured the islands in June. The war was her with amnesia and no memory of her not actually declared by either side. past. When she’s attacked by an escaped The initial invasion was considered by convict, Samantha dispatches her attacker Argentina as reoccupation of its own with lethal self-defense skills she wasn’t territory, and by Britain as an invasion Hurriganes aware she possessed. She hires wisecrack- of a British overseas territory, and ing private investigator Mitch Henessey the most recent invasion of British Hurriganes is a Finnish rock band, very popular in Finland since the 1970s and also (Samuel L. Jackson) and together they territory by a foreign power. Brian known as a popular live band in Sweden during the 70’s and early 80’s. Hurriganes’ start finding out the truth about her past. Hanrahan, who covered the war for classic line-up consisted of Remu Aaltonen (in the photo), Albert Järvinen and Cisse A thriller by Finnish director Renny Harlin, the BBC at the time, returns to the Häkkinen. At the moment the band is on tour and radio playlists again because of who at the time of filming was married to islands to share his experiences with the upcoming feature film Ganes, directed by Finn JP Siili and released this autumn, his lead actress Geena Davis. USA 1996. some of the British veterans and see that tells the story of Remu and the band in its heyday. Today YLE TEEMA shows (CERT 15) how the islanders are faring now. footage from an original Hurriganes gig from 1974. NELONEN at 21:00 BBC WORLD at 16:30 Summer Music on YLE TEEMA at 16:55 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 13 –19 JUNE 2007 19

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 World News 14:15 Diagnosis: Murder 14:30 Moonlighting In depth look at the day’s news from 06:30 Our World News bulletins on the hour, featur- 15:05 Murder, She Wrote 15:30 Charmed Al Jazeera’s international news cent- Falklands 25 Years On. Our World ing the latest international news 17:15 Monk 16:35 Romy and Michele’s High School ers. features some of our finest News from around the world, financial up- Monk and the Psychic. Reunion 06:30 Inside Iraq programmes on current issues dates, sports, weather and special 22:00 Charles II - The Power and the The Blonde is leading the Blonde A critical look at Iraq, a platform for around the world. reports. Passion (CERT 15) when two women get into a lot of politicians and experts to express 07:30 Click 06:30 World Report Part 3/4. trouble in their high school reunion, their opinion and provide viewers Whether its e-commerce, new devel- Offering the world’s broadcasters 22:55 Inside the Actors Studio where they lie about their lives after with a fresh perspective in a dynam- opments and products, or gadgets a global forum from which to report Russell Crowe. twelfth grade. A comedy directed by ic format and games, Click looks at the tools the news ‘as they see it’ to the rest 23:45 Euronews David Mirkin. Starring: Lisa Kudrow 07:00 Frost Over The World that will revolutionise business and of the world. and Mira Sorvino. USA 1997. Sir David Frost returns to the glo- personal life. 07:00 World News 18:30 Desperate Housewives bal stage with some of the biggest 08:15 Reporters 07:30 World Business This Week Your Fault. names in world affairs and enter- A weekly programme of stories filed by Review of the week’s business and TV2 21:00 About Schmidt tainment. BBC reporters from all over the world. political developments and their glo- In this comedic drama Jack Nichol- 08:00 News Review 08:30 The Happiness Formula bal economic implications. 20:10 Close Encounters with Keith Barry son is Warren Schmidt, a man in his 08:30 48 As a society we are richer than we 08:00 News Special 22:35 Owning Mahowny 60’s forced to come to terms with Havana. One journalist, one crew, have ever been but according to In-depth coverage and analysis of A movie directed by Richard Kwi- his daughter’s marriage to a man he one destination and just 48 hours to the scientists we aren’t any happi- the key issues of the day. etniowski. Starring: Philip Sey- does not care for. While trying to run journey to the heart of the world’s er. Psychologists say we’re driven 09:00 World News mour Hoffman, Minnie Driver. Can- his daughter’s life, he realizes that ada 2003. most exciting cities. by our in-built need to compare our- 09:30 Global Office he has wasted his. Directed by Al- 09:00 Riz Khan One on One selves with others. We explore some Bringing the lowdown on the lat- exander Payne. Starring: Jack Ni- Mike Wallace. In his time with CBS’ radical solutions. est business and management issues cholson, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates. 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace told it as 09:30 Extra Time and ideas, with techniques for the MTV3 USA 2002. it was. Whether interviewing pres- In-depth interviews with the stars, international executive. 00:55 The Border (CERT 15) idents or con men he was never coaches and the power brokers in 10:00 World News 10:45 Disney Classic Cartoons A border agent involved in drug afraid to ask tough questions. the world of sport. 10:30 World Sport Donald’s Day Off. smuggling decides to clean up his act 09:30 101 East 10:30 Earth Report 11:00 Larry King 15:20 Kangaroo Jack 2: G’Day USA when an impoverished woman’s baby Hosted by Teymoor Nabili. The BBC’s flagship environmental Global talk-show featuring inter- Three Teenagers go to the Australian is put up for sale on the black market. 10:00 News series continues with more stories views with high-profile politicians Outback, and find themselves back Jack Nicholson stars again in a crime 10:30 Everywoman about the people on the front line and top entertainment figures. in Vegas – trying to get their kanga- drama directed by two-time Oscar winner, Tony Richardson. Starring: A weekly magazine show that takes protecting our living planet. 12:00 World News roo friend back home. An animated Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie a critical look at the universal issues 11:30 Middle East Business Report 12:30 World Sport adventure movie directed by Emo- ry Myrick and Jeffrey Gatral. Voic- Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carril- affecting women around the world. 12:30 This Week 13:00 World’s Untold Stories es: Ahmed Best, Josh Keaton, Jeff lo, Shannon Wilcox. USA 1982. 11:00 News A weekly showcase for reports from Courageous filmmakers tell intimate Bennett, Kath Soucie, Phil LaMarr, 11:30 Inside Iraq the BBC’s network of over 250 glo- stories of society’s most vulnerable Keith Diamond, Obba Babatundé. 12:00 News bal correspondents. members. USA 2005. SUBTV 13:00 Frost Over The World 13:30 MainSail 16:50 The Simpsons 14:00 News A monthly look at the world of sail- Round Springfield. 15:00 E! Entertainment: Teen Idols 14:30 Riz Khan One on One ing, with all the latest leisure, travel, 17:20 The Simpsons Teen Idols of the 80s. Among oth- Mike Wallace. fashion technology and business as- The Springfield Connection. ers: Heather Locklear, Johnny Depp, 15:00 News pects of the sport. Philip “Miami Vice” Thomas, Brooke 17:50 MTV3.doc: Life before Life 14:00 World News “Blue Lagoon” Shields, Matt Dillon, 15:30 101 East An amazing documentary tells the 14:30 World Sport Tom Cruise, Duran Duran, Michael 16:00 News inside story of the nine months of Jackson, George Michael, Bruce 16:30 The Fabulous Picture Show 15:00 World News gestation of a human life. Part 2. FPS brings our audience face to face 15:30 Global Office Springsteen, Madonna, Ricky “Men- 19:50 Nine Months udo” Martin. How are they today? with film makers, features the best 16:00 News Special When he finds out his longtime girl- 17:10 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of world cinema and Hollywood, and Charles II - The Power and the Passion. 17:00 International Correspondents friend is pregnant, a commitment- of Superman tells the stories of people passionate TV2 at 22:00 Top news journalists and media fig- phobic man realizes he might have A Bolt from the Blue. about film. ures from across the world meet to to change his lifestyle for better or 18:00 MacGyver 17:00 News 13:10 The World Uncovered discuss the current news stories and much, much worse in a comedy di- Flame’s End. 18:00 News The World Uncovered is a powerful offer a critique of the week’s events. rected by Chris Columbus. Starring: 18:30 Listening Post international current affairs strand 17:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom 19:00 Simple Life What is being reported by world me- which confronts strong, hard-hit- Global Edition Arnold. USA 1995. The simple life of simple people in dia and how? Richard Gizbert guides ting stories that affect peoples lives Emmy award winning late night chat 22:10 Formula 1: Qualifying session Paris Hilton’s own tv series. you through the global news divide. around the world, including exclu- show with Jon Stewart. USA. Highlights from the qualifying 00:35 Miami Vice 19:00 News sive investigations into the most 18:00 World News session. Finnish commentary. Heart of Night. 19:30 Crossroads Europe contentious global issues. 18:30 Inside Africa 23:25 Golf: U.S. Open 01:30 Planet Rock Profiles: Massive Attack Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- 14:15 Sport Today News magazine programme featur- Live broadcast from the third day Rerun. part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy 14:30 The Record Europe ing reports on African political and in Oakmont Country Club. Finnish looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming An in-depth look at the politics of social issues. commentary. tranquility there are enclaves of ten- Europe presented by Shirin Wheeler. 19:00 World News sion in the city of Malmo. 15:10 Imagination 19:30 MainSail YLE TEEMA 20:00 News The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick. 20:00 World News 12:00 Henze: L’Upupa und der Triumph 21:00 Witness Special At just 37 years old, Thomas Heath- 20:30 Global Office der Sohneslieb Helen’s War: Portrait of a Dissi- erwick has already established him- 21:00 CNN Future Summit dent. World events and the people self as one of the most exciting and The first performance of Hans Wern- 22:00 World News er Henze’s 15. opera in Salzburg, they touch: Rageh Omaar presents innovative figures in British design. 22:30 World Sport powerful documentary and insight- Imagine spent 3 months following 2003. Markus Stenz is leading the 23:00 World News ful debate this most ingenious of young design- Vienna Philharmonic’s Orchestra. 23:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Directed by Dieter Dorn. 22:00 News ers to find out what makes him tick. Global Edition 17:00 History: Churchill’s Bodyguard 22:30 Inside Iraq 16:30 The Happiness Formula 00:00 World’s Untold Stories A BBC documentary series about Wal- 23:00 News 17:30 Earth Report 00:30 World Sport ter Thompson - Churchill’s bodyguard. 00:00 News 18:30 Middle East Business Report 01:00 World News 18:00 The Age of AIDS 00:30 The Fabulous Picture Show 19:15 Sport Today 01:30 Inside Africa Part 1/4. Rerun. 01:00 News 19:30 Extra Time 23:00 Summer music: Hurriganes 01:30 Riz Khan One on One 20:10 The World Uncovered Hurriganes live at Tavastia-club, Hel- Mike Wallace. 21:30 Reporters sinki 1974. Musicians Remu Aaltonen, 22:10 Imagination Cisse Häkkinen and Albert Järvinen. 23:30 Middle East Business Report Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Directed by Jouko Konttinen. Rerun. 00:30 This Week NELONEN at 16:35 00:05 The Flying Circus of Monthy Python 01:30 The Happiness Formula

Jack Nicholson Owning Mahowny CNN Future Summit John Joseph Nicholson (1937 - ), better To some it’s a game. To others it’s a habit. Broadcast from Stanford Univer- known as Jack Nicholson or The Jack is But to Dan Mahowny beating the odds is sity and Singapore, CNN Future an iconic, three-time Academy Award everything. Owning Mahowny is a biopic Summit gets to the heart of and seven time Golden Globe winning about gambling addiction and a depiction remarkable developments in the American method actor best known of a compulsion that drives a man, affect- virtual world and the upcoming for his often dark-themed portrayals ing the rest of his life. The great Philip digital revolution. Hosted by of neurotic characters in such movie Seymour Hoffman stars as a mild man- Kristie Lu Stout, the programme classics as Chinatown, One Flew Over nered banker Dan Mahowny, who is given takes a look at the blurring lines the Cuckoo’s Nest, Stanley Kubrick’s access to bigger and bigger accounts between reality and imagination The Shining, Tim Burton’s Batman and with his promotion to assistant manager. and how the new developments Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. Soon the compulsive gambler is skimming are shaping our communities Tonight NELONEN shows two of larger and larger amounts for his own use and the lives of our children. Nicholson’s movies in a row, both of and making nightly trips to Atlantic City. Distinguished panelists include which present a more or less neurotic The wheels go into motion at the bank the founders of Wikipedia, character. when the first missing amount is noticed. Second Life, Flickr and EA, in Directed by Richard Kwietniowski. Star- addition to renowned academics 21:00 About Schmidt ring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt, and psychologists together form Jack Nicholson moons the audience after 00:55 The Border Minnie Driver. Canada 2003. a vision of our future, today. winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. TV2 at 22:35 CNN at 21:00 20 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 World News 14:15 Diagnosis: Murder 12:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show In depth look at the day’s news from Al 06:30 Kill Or Cure? News bulletins on the hour, featur- 15:05 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Married… With Children Jazeera’s international news centers. Kill or Cure? goes to the Gambia to ing the latest international news 16:00 Italian Fascism in Color 14:30 Pimp My Ride 06:30 Everywoman investigate the latest vaccines being from around the world, financial up- The Collapse of Fascism 1936-46. 16:00 King of Queens A weekly magazine show that takes developed to fight TB - a complex dates, sports, weather and special Last part of a two-part documenta- Series continues. a critical look at the universal issues disease which appears in many dif- reports. ry series. 16:30 Everybody Hates Chris affecting women around the world. ferent drug-resistant strains. 06:30 World Report 17:15 Monk 17:00 8 Simple Rules for Dating My 07:00 Witness Special 07:30 Fast Track Offering the world’s broadcasters Mr. Monk and the Other Woman. Teenage Daughter Coconut Revolution. When mining The series with the latest news about a global forum from which to report 18:45 Inspector Morse Series ends. the news ‘as they see it’ to the rest and modernity threaten Bouganvil- travel, from the industry itself to 22:55 Get Up, Stand Up. Revolutionary 17:30 America’s Sweethearts of the world. lian way of life, the South Pacific is- the latest deals and destinations, Music A movie publicist (John Cusack) landers retaliate with a self suffi- with the most current information 07:00 World News Part 2. The program traces the birth deals with the messy public split of cient stand off using coconuts. on flights, holidays, and advice for 07:30 International Correspondents of protest songs with John Lennon, his movie’s co-stars while keeping 08:00 News Review people travelling on business or Top news journalists and media fig- Bruce Springsteen, Crosby Stills reporters at bay as a reclusive direc- 08:30 Crossroads Europe for leisure. ures from across the world meet to Nash & Young, Country Joe McDon- tor holds the film’s print hostage. Muslims in Sweden. First of a four- 08:10 The World Uncovered discuss the current news stories and ald and Buffalo Springfield. Comedy directed by Joe Roth. Star- part series. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy The World Uncovered is a powerful offer a critique of the week’s events. 23:50 Euronews ring: Julia Roberts, Catherine Ze- looks at Sweden. Beneath seeming international current affairs strand 08:00 News Special ta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crys- tranquility there are enclaves of ten- which confronts strong, hard-hit- In-depth coverage and analysis of tal, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci. USA sion in the city of Malmo. ting stories that affect peoples lives the key issues of the day. 2001. TV2 09:00 Listening Post around the world, including exclu- 09:00 World News 00:35 Hitchcock Presents Richard Gizbert guides you through sive investigations into the most 09:30 MainSail 10:25 Stolen Summer the global news divide. contentious global issues. A monthly look at the world of sail- In the suburbs of Chicago in the mid 09:30 Inside Iraq 09:30 The Record Europe ing, with all the latest leisure, travel, ‘70s, an 8-year-old Pete attends A critical look at Iraq, a platform for An in-depth look at the politics of fashion technology and business as- SUBTV Catholic summer school, where he’s politicians and experts to express Europe presented by Shirin Wheeler. pects of the sport. admonished by a nun to follow the their opinion and provide viewers 10:10 Imagination 13:10 Batman 10:00 World News path of Lord, and not that of the with a fresh perspective. The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick. 15:45 MacGyver 10:30 World Sport Devil. Perhaps taking this message a At just 37 years old, Thomas Heath- 17:10 Mountain 10:00 News A comprehensive review of sports bit too seriously, Pete decides it’s his erwick has already established him- 18:00 One Tree Hill 10:30 101 East news from around the world. goal for the summer to help some- self as one of the most exciting and 19:00 Summerland Hosted by Teymoor Nabili. 11:00 Larry King one get into heaven. Movie direct- innovative figures in British design. 11:00 News Global talk-show featuring inter- ed by Pete Jones. Starring: Aidan 20:00 Smallville Imagine spent 3 months following 11:30 Riz Khan One on One views with high-profile politicians Quinn, Bonnie Hunt. USA 2002. 21:00 Blue Velvet (CERT 15) Mike Wallace. In his time with CBS’ this most ingenious of young design- and top entertainment figures. After finding a severed human ear ers to find out what makes him tick. 15:55 Globe Trekker: 6 x Buenos Aires 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace told it as 12:00 World News Asha Gil gets familiar with the capi- on a field, a young man soon discov- 11:30 This Week it was. Whether interviewing pres- 12:30 World Sport tal of Argentina guided by six locals. ers a sinister underworld lying just idents or con men he was never 13:00 World News On the list of seeing and doing: tan- beneath his idyllic suburban home town. The breakout movie of direc- afraid to ask tough questions. 13:30 Global Office go, the grave of Evita, dinner party tor David Lynch. Starring: Kyle Ma- 12:00 News Bringing the lowdown on the lat- with a surrealist artist and dancing cLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Den- 13:00 Witness Special est business and management issues in the bungee ropes. nis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Coconut Revolution. and ideas, with techniques for the Dean Stockwell, Priscilla Pointer, 14:00 News international executive. George Dickerson. USA 1986. 14:30 The Fabulous Picture Show 14:00 World News 23:10 Petnapped FPS brings our audience face to face 14:30 World Sport Thousands of dog owners are be- with film makers, features the best 15:00 Inside Africa coming victims of the UK’s latest of world cinema and Hollywood, and News magazine programme featur- crime wave: Dognapping. Pet de- tells the stories of people passionate Globe Trekker: 6 x Buenos Aires. ing reports on African political and tector Jane Hayes will do anything about film. TV2 at 15:55 social issues from host Femi Oke and to re-unite the victims of dog theft 15:00 News CNN correspondents in the region. with their pets – even as her mar- 15:30 Inside Iraq 12:30 Extra Time 15:30 MainSail riage crumbles around her. Docu- 16:00 News In-depth interviews with the stars, 16:00 World News mentary by IWC Media, 2006. 16:30 People and Power coaches and the power brokers in 16:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: World According to Garp. MTV3 at 14:55 00:05 Last Man Standing Depopulation Hebron. the world of sport. Global Edition 00:55 The X Files 17:00 News Emmy award winning late night chat 13:30 The Happiness Formula 20:50 Mr. Bean 18:00 News As a society we are richer than we show with Jon Stewart. 23:00 Doctor Who 18:30 Witness have ever been but according to 17:00 Late Edition The adventures of a mysterious time- YLE TEEMA Africa Roots. Joni takes her father the scientists we aren’t any happi- In-depth analysis of Washington traveller “the Doctor”, who explores to visit the relics of slavery’s African er. Psychologists say we’re driven politics. Includes interviews with the time and space in his TARDIS time ship 14:40 The Flying Circus of Monthy Py- past. But along the way they learn by our in-built need to compare our- top newsmakers and headline-mak- with his companions, solving problems thon more from DNA tests about where selves with others. We explore some ers from around the world. and righting wrongs. Part 2/13. 17:00 Race – The Power of an Illusion he is really from. radical solutions. 19:00 World News The Story We Tell. Part 2/3. Produc- 19:00 News 19:30 Global Office 23:45 Terminal City 14:15 Sport Today tion California Newsreel. 19:30 Inside Story 20:00 World News 14:30 Earth Report 19:00 A Night at the Opera Going beyond the headlines and to 15:05 Have Your Say 20:30 MainSail A sly business manager and two the heart of the news of the day. Each week, BBC World viewers can 21:00 CNN Future Summit MTV3 wacky friends of two opera singers 20:00 News join the multimedia phone-in pro- help them achieve success while hu- 13:30 Joey 21:00 Crossroads Europe gramme, broadcast alongside BBC 22:00 World News miliating their stuffy and snobbish Muslims in Sweden. World Service Radio and BBC On- 22:30 World Sport 14:55 World According to Garp enemies in a music comedy by the George Roy Hill’s feature movie is 21:30 Listening Post line, and share their views on top- 23:00 World’s Untold Stories legendary comedians. Directed by based on the novel of the same title by 22:00 News ical issues of the day with a global Courageous filmmakers tell intimate Sam Wood. Starring: Groucho, Chico John Irving. The film stars Robin Wil- 22:30 Everywoman audience. stories of society’s most vulnerable ja Harpo Marx. USA 1935. liams as T. S. Garp, the illegitimate son 23:00 News 16:30 Dateline London members. 20:30 BBC Cardiff Singer of The World of a feminist mother, Jenny Fields. Star- 17:30 Kill Or Cure? 2007 00:00 News 23:30 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: ring: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, 18:10 The World Uncovered The world final of the famous sing- 00:30 Inside Story Global Edition Glenn Close, John Lithgow. USA 1982. 19:15 Sport Today ing competition. Production: BBC 01:00 News 00:00 CNN Today 22:20 Formula 1: Grand Prix 19:30 Have Your Say Wales. 01:30 Witness USA. Highlights from the Grand African Roots. 20:30 The Happiness Formula Prix. Finnish commentary. 21:30 Earth Report 23:45 Golf: U.S. Open 22:30 Dateline London Live broadcast from the fourth day 23:30 Reporters in Oakmont Country Club. Finnish 00:30 Extra Time commentary. 01:30 Dateline London

Top 10 English Blue Velvet Language TV Programs In Finland The name of one of the first films by 28 May – 3 June the celebrated writer/director David Lynch is from a Bobby Vinton song that 1. SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE continues the blue velvet motif appearing feature film – MTV3 mon throughout the film in several significant (550 000) moments. Blue Velvet was a box office 2. C.S.I. NEW YORK success, considering its limited release tv series – MTV3 wed The Marx Brothers in theatres across the USA, and Lynch (496 000) received an Academy Award nomination Harpo, Groucho and Chico Marx were a team of sibling comedians who 3. COLD CASE for Best Director in 1987. The film has appeared in US stage plays, film and TV in the 1930s whose humour seemed to tv series – MTV3 tue since become a cult classic, noted for its run in the family. In 1912, their uncle was performing at the Texas Opera House, (494 000) use of surrealism, neo-noir style, dreamlike when suddenly interrupted by a mule shouting outside. The audience hurried 4. ER tv series – MTV3 thu aura, and examination of the dark side of out to see what was happening. When they returned, Groucho, infuriated by the (479 000) America. Blue Velvet remains one of the interruption, made snide comments about the people, such as “Nacogdoches is 5. WHO’LL AGE WORST? best known examples of the psychologi- full of roaches” and “the jackass is the flower of Tex-ass.” Instead of becoming tv series – MTV3 mon cal thriller genre, and it brought director angry, the audience laughed. Afterward, the family began to consider the pos- (418 000) Lynch to the attention of mainstream sibility that they had potential as a comic troupe. Source: Finnpanel Oy / Television audiences. (CERT 15) Audience Measurement A Night at the Opera YLE TEEMA at 19:00 SUBTV at 21:00 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 13 –19 JUNE 2007 21

SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION monday 18.6. SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 08:00 Golden Girls 06:30 Witness 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- 15:05 Holby City 15:00 The Wedding Makeover African Roots. Joni takes her father The latest business news from tures all of the important interna- 16:10 Diagnosis: Murder 16:00 All in the Family to visit the relics of slavery’s African around the world with live reports tional news stories and interviews 18:31 Yes, Minister The Little Atheist. past. But along the way they learn from Singapore, Frankfurt and Lon- that are shaping the business day. Big Brother. A new National Inte- 16:40 Days of Our Lives more from DNA tests about where don and the news of what happened 09:00 Business International grated Database will give every- 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show A round-up of the day’s global busi- he is really from. overnight in New York. World Busi- one access to their own files. Sounds 20:00 Ugly Betty 07:00 Listening Post ness Report will give you everything ness news with focus on internation- simple enough? Not to Sir Hum- Lose the Boss? you need to start the working day. al business and market trends. Richard Gizbert guides you through phrey. 21:00 Six Degrees the global news divide. 07:30 World Business Report 10:00 World News 22:25 Get Up, Stand Up. Revolutionary An American drama series about six 07:30 Inside Iraq 07:45 Sport Today News bulletins on the hour, featur- Music residents of New York City and their A critical look at Iraq, a platform for All the latest sports news and results ing the latest international news Fight the Power. Part 3. The docu- respective relationships and con- politicians and experts to express their from around the globe. from around the world, financial up- mentary series traces the birth of nections with one another. The se- opinion and provide viewers with a 08:30 Our World dates, sports, weather and special protest songs. ries is based on the idea of six de- fresh perspective in a dynamic format Falklands 25 Years On. Our World reports. 23:40 Euronews grees of separation which suggests 08:00 News Review features some of our finest News 10:30 World Sport that everyone is no more than six 08:30 Riz Khan One on One programmes on current issues A comprehensive review of sports “steps” away from every other per- Mike Wallace. In his time with CBS’ around the world. The programmes news from around the world, includ- son on Earth. ing all the key highlights, profiles TV2 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace told it as will showcase BBC journalism at its 22:00 Las Vegas and interviews with the newsmakers it was. Whether interviewing pres- best with programmes that expose 23:25 O.Z. (CERT 15) and evaluate global topics. and stars of sport. 11:35 Happy Days idents or con men he was never 00:35 Married… With Children afraid to ask tough questions. 11:00 Larry King 12:20 Laurel and Hardy – The Best Of 01:35 Hitchcock Presents 09:00 Crossroads Europe Global talk-show featuring inter- 13:50 Airport Muslims in Spain. Second of a four- views with high-profile politicians 14:15 With the Animals part series on Muslims in Europe; and top entertainment figures. 14:50 Mega Structures Justin Webster examines Spain’s un- 12:00 Business International The Channel Tunnel. Part 1/4. An in- SUBTV easy relationship with its Muslim A round-up of the day’s global busi- side look at the planning and engi- population. ness news with focus on internation- neering behind the creation of some 07:00 Tiny Toons 09:30 The Fabulous Picture Show al business and market trends. of the greatest buildings and ma- Starting from Scratch. FPS brings our audience face to face 13:00 World News Asia chines ever made. Production: Na- 07:35 Animaniacs with film makers, features the best Andrew Stevens presents the latest tional Geographic. Schnitzelbank / The Helpinki For- of world cinema and Hollywood, and financial developments in the Asia- 15:45 Creature Comforts mula. tells the stories of people passionate Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- 19:20 Frédéric Chopin: Preludes 07:55 The Ratzz: Paranoid about film. Surface. SUBTV at 21:00 nomic and financial trends. Preludes no 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by 16:55 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures 10:00 News 14:00 World News Frédéric Chopin. At the piano Alfre- of Superman 10:30 Inside Story 14:30 World Sport do Perls. Production: BBC 2003. Season’s Greetings. 09:30 HARDtalk 11:00 News 15:00 World News Asia 17:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- 15:30 MainSail 11:30 Everywoman ers and personalities from across 19:30 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D- A monthly look at the world of sail- MTV3 A weekly magazine show that takes the globe. List a critical look at the universal issues ing, with all the latest leisure, travel, 10:30 Kill Or Cure? 20:30 The Simpsons affecting women around the world. fashion technology and business as- 09:10 Hollyoaks The Cartrigde Family. Kill or Cure? goes to the Gambia to pects of the sport. 12:10 Formula 1: Grand Prix 12:00 News investigate the latest vaccines being 21:00 Surface 16:00 Your World Today USA. Highlights from the Grand 13:00 News developed to fight TB - a complex 22:00 Sex and the City A programme that keeps viewers Prix. 13:30 Sportsworld disease which appears in many dif- Old Dogs, New Dicks. from around Europe, the Middle East 17:05 Hollyoaks 14:00 News ferent drug-resistant strains. 22:35 Cutting It and Africa updated with breaking 17:35 Quintuplets 14:30 Witness 23:35 Daddy’s Spoiled Little Girl 11:30 World Business Report news, the latest global stories and Lord of the Cell. African Roots. 00:00 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 11:45 Sport Today weather information. 18:05 Fashion House 15:00 News 12:00 World News Today 19:30 MainSail Maternal Instincts. 00:50 Buffy, the Vampire Slayer 15:30 People and Power The Zeppo. 13:30 World Business Report 20:00 Your World Today 19:30 Who’ll Age Worst? Depopulation Hebron. What hap- 13:45 Sport Today Today two friends, Carly and Jessi- pens and what matters in the world 20:30 World Business Today 14:30 Asia Today A round-up of the day’s global busi- ca, join up with a forensic artist and involves People and Power - what it The daily current affairs programme using the latest photographic tech- YLE TEEMA is, who has it and who wants it for ness news with focus on internation- aimed at viewers across Asia with in- al business and market trends, eco- nology, they will have to face their better or worse. 17:00 Race – The Power of an Illusion depth reports from BBC correspondents nomic developments, stock market future images. Confronted with the 16:00 News House We Live In. Part 3/3. The and interviews with leading players. trading, bids and take-overs. horrific truth of how they will look in 16:30 Crossroads Europe 14:45 Sport Today 20 years time they are given a new last episode of the documentary se- 21:00 World News Europe ries focuses not on individual atti- Muslims in Spain. 15:30 HARDtalk regime, and start battling it out to Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- tudes and behavior but on the ways 17:00 News 16:30 Click est financial developments in Eu- remain as attractive as possible. In 18:00 News just two weeks they will be looking our institutions and policies favor The programme for everyone interested rope, as well as giving an analysis of some groups at the expense of oth- 18:30 Witness at their new future image again… in the internet and new media. Whether economic and financial trends. ers. The subject is the “unmarked” Speaking Out / Irja and Pauline? In- how will they fare when they face its e-commerce, new developments and 21:30 World Business Today race: white people. We see how ben- spirational and provocative stories the panel of experts to discover products, or gadgets and games, Click 22:00 World News Europe efits quietly and often invisibly ac- providing a fresh and informative in- Who’ll Age Worst? looks at the tools that will revolutionise 22:30 World Sport crue to white people, not necessari- sight into the world’s key events as 21:15 Honey business and personal life. ly because of merit or hard work, but they impact on the lives of ordinary 23:00 Business International A story of a hip hop dance teacher 17:30 Asia Today because of the race-based nature of people. 00:00 World News whose dream about becoming a mu- 18:30 World Business Report our laws, courts, customs and per- 00:30 World Sport sic video choreographer is about to 19:00 News 18:45 Sport Today haps most pertinently, housing. 19:30 Inside Story 01:00 CNN Today come true - but on dodgy conditions. 19:00 World News Today A romantic drama directed by Bille 21:00 Rock Masters: The Eagles 1973 20:00 News 20:30 Fast Track Rare footage from an acoustic con- 21:00 Riz Khan Woodruff. Starring: Jessica Alba, Lil’ The series with the latest news about Romeo, Mekhi Phifer, David Mos- cert in California, from the very ear- 21:30 Everywoman travel, from the industry itself to the cow, Zachary Williams, Joy Bryant. ly days of the legendary The Ea- 22:00 News latest deals and destinations, with the USA 2003. gles. Among others, Don Henley, most current information on flights, Glen Frey, Bernie Leadon and Ran- 22:30 Sportsworld 00:15 Will & Grace dy Meisner perform the songs Take 23:00 News holidays, and advice for people travel- No Sex ’N’ the City. 00:00 News ling on business or for leisure. It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling. Pro- 00:30 Inside Story 21:30 HARDtalk duction: BBC. 01:00 News 22:15 Sport Today 23:20 Henry Rollins Show Days Tonight’s guest: movie director 01:30 Witness 22:30 World Business Report of Our Lives. Werner Herzog. Music guest: Frank Speaking Out / Irja and Pauline? 23:30 Asia Today Black. USA 2006. 23:45 World Business Report NELONEN 00:30 HARDtalk at 16:40 01:30 World Business Report

The Channel Tunnel The English Channel is the part of the Atlantic Ocean separating the island of Great Britain from northern France. Many travellers cross beneath the English Channel using the Chan- nel Tunnel (French: le tunnel sous la Manche), or the Chunnel. The Tunnel was a mega project with several false starts, but it was finally completed Honey in 1994. It is the second-longest rail The Eagles tunnel in the world, with the Seikan Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba, on the right in the photo) is a young but tough-minded Tunnel in Japan being longer, but A legendary American rock band was formed in California in the early 1970s. With dancer in New York’s East Harlem. She teaches hip-hop dancing at a local youth the underwater section of 39 km is five number one singles and four number one albums, the Eagles were among the center but dreams of making it big and becoming a music video choreographer. the longest underwater tunnel in the most successful recording artists of the 1970s and they still hit hard. Their album Luck seems to shine on her when she is cast in a music video by a famous director world. The American Society of Civil Hotel California was rated #37 in the Rolling Stone Magazine’s ”The 500 Greatest but the sudden success comes with a price. The mentor gives Honey an ultimatum: Engineers has declared the tunnel to Albums of All Time” list and the band itself was ranked #75 in the magazine’s 2004 sleep with him or be blacklisted within their industry. Drama movie directed by Bille be one of the Seven Wonders of the list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. BBC Rock Masters presents Glenn Frey Woodruff. Starring: Jessica Alba, Lil’ Romeo, Mekhi Phifer. USA 2003. Modern World. and Don Henley on stage with former members Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. MTV3 at 21:15 Mega Structures TV2 at 14:50 YLE TEEMA at 21:00 22 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION tuesday 19.6. SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

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06:00 News Review BBC News every hour 06:00 CNN Today 09:10 YLE News 07:00 The Sign of a Dragon 06:30 Witness 06:30 World Business Report A European breakfast show that fea- 15:05 Holby City 07:30 Sponge Bob Speaking Out / Irja and Pauline? In- The latest business news from tures all of the important interna- 16:10 Murder, She Wrote 08:00 Golden Girls spirational and provocative stories around the world with live reports tional news stories and interviews 18:31 The Last of the Summer Wine 15:00 The Wedding Makeover that are shaping the business day. providing a fresh and informative in- from Singapore, Frankfurt and Lon- 19:05 Concert for Machines 16:00 All in the Family sight into the world’s key events as don and the news of what happened 09:00 Business International Concert for Machines is an unusu- Archie’s Civil Rights. A round-up of the day’s global busi- they impact on the lives of ordinary overnight in New York. World Busi- al concert in which the main roles, 16:40 Days of Our Lives people. ness Report will give you everything ness news with focus on internation- along with the music, are played by 18:30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 07:00 Riz Khan you need to start the working day. al business and market trends. smoke, fire and machines. The con- 20:00 Jack Osbourne: No Fear Interactive show letting viewers di- 07:30 World Business Report 10:00 World News cert footage was shot in southern The lazy son of Ozzy Osbourne is chal- rectly question world leaders, news- News bulletins on the hour, featur- 07:45 Sport Today Estonia. Directed by Erkki Määt- lenging himself with traveling around makers and celebrities, address- ing the latest international news All the latest sports news and results tänen. the world in 80 days and getting ing issues impacting lives around from around the world, financial up- from around the globe. 23:35 Newsroom through the most demanding physical the globe. dates, sports, weather and special 08:30 Click Series ends. and psychic challenges. Among other reports. 07:30 Everywoman The programme for everyone interested 00:15 Euronews tasks are a bungee jump in South Afri- A weekly magazine show that takes in the internet and new media. Whether 10:30 World Sport ca and a wrestling match in India. a critical look at the universal issues A comprehensive review of sports its e-commerce, new developments and 23:55 Starsky and Hutch affecting women around the world. products, or gadgets and games, Click news from around the world, includ- 00:55 Married… With Children 08:00 News Review looks at the tools that will revolutionise ing all the key highlights, profiles TV2 01:25 Hitchcock Presents 08:30 People and Power business and personal life. and interviews with the newsmakers 11:35 Happy Days Depopulation Hebron. What hap- and stars of sport. The Apartment. pens and what matters in the world 11:00 Larry King involves People and Power - what it Global talk-show featuring inter- 12:00 Supernanny SUBTV is, who has it and who wants it for views with high-profile politicians 14:40 Cirque du Soleil better or worse. and top entertainment figures. The world famous Canadian Cirque 07:00 Tiny Toons 09:00 The Fabulous Picture Show 12:00 Business International du Soleil (Circus of the Sun) shows Sawdust and Toonsel. FPS brings our audience face to face 13:00 World News Asia what would happen if the pow- 07:35 Animaniacs ers erupting from the Sun gave new with film makers, features the best Andrew Stevens presents the latest 16:05 DragonBall Z skills for the people on Earth. Pro- of world cinema and Hollywood, and financial developments in the Asia- 16:30 DragonBall Z tells the stories of people passionate Pacific region, plus analysis of eco- duction: CBC International. 18:50 Spendaholics 16:55 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures about film. Bones. MTV3 at 23:40 nomic and financial trends. of Superman 09:30 Sportsworld 14:00 World News Out-of-control shopaholics are put under the microscope to unravel the Metallo. 10:00 News 14:30 World Sport buried meanings behind their spiral- 17:45 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 10:30 Inside Story 09:30 HARDtalk 15:00 World News Asia 18:30 E! Entertainment: How Do I Look Stephen Sackur talks to newsmak- ling debt in a British reality show by Going beyond the headlines and to 16:00 Your World Today BBC. Part 3/10. 19:30 Australian Princess the heart of the news of the day. We ers and personalities from across A programme that keeps viewers 19:45 Junk Brothers 20:30 The Simpsons get the Inside Story from some of the globe. from around Europe, the Middle East 20:10 Life Begins Bart Star. the best minds in the Middle East 10:30 Fast Track and Africa updated with breaking 21.00 Project Runway and beyond. The series with the latest news about news, the latest global stories and 23:30 Attercliffe Road Window Shopping. The wannabe de- 11:00 News travel, from the industry itself to the weather information. The documentary tells the harsh sto- ry of the city of Sheffield in south- signers have to design an outfit for 11:30 Riz Khan latest deals and destinations, with the ern England, a place that used to be Banana Republic that can be worn 12:00 News most current information on flights, holidays, and advice for people travel- a mighty industrial city but is one no every day – night and day. 13:00 News ling on business or for leisure. more. Directed by Kim Flitcroft. 22.00 Sex and the City 13:30 101 East 11:30 World Business Report The Caste System. Hosted by Teymoor Nabili. 11:45 Sport Today 23:05 C.S.I. Miami 14:00 News 12:00 World News Today 23:55 Late Night with Conan O’Brien 14:30 Witness MTV3 World News Today is a comprehen- 00:45 Crossing Jordan Speaking Out / Irja and Pauline? sive programme of news and analy- 09:10 Hollyoaks 01:35 The X Files 15:00 News sis, including World Business Report. 17:05 Hollyoaks Born Again. 15:30 The Fabulous Picture Show 13:30 World Business Report 17:35 Complete Savages 16:00 News 13:45 Sport Today Nick Nicks Butt. 16:30 Everywoman 14:30 Asia Today 18:05 Fashion House YLE TEEMA 17:00 News The daily current affairs programme Madness in Manhattan. 18:00 News aimed at viewers across Asia with 20:05 O.C. 20:30 Profession: Cartoonist 18:30 Witness in-depth reports from BBC corre- The Night Moves. In the spotlight is Fred, a French Summer Music: Juice. Forced Repatriation. Inspiration- spondents and interviews with lead- 21:00 Cold Case comic book artist whose best known YLE TEEMA at 22:30 al and provocative stories providing ing players. Rampage. creation is Philémon, comic strips a fresh and informative insight in- 14:45 Sport Today 22:30 Spooks of whom were first published in the to the world’s key events as they im- magazine Pilote on July 22, 1965, 15:30 HARDtalk 20:30 World Business Today NEW SERIES. Spooks is a British pact on the lives of ordinary people. before they eventually became an 16:30 Kill Or Cure? A round-up of the day’s global busi- television drama series the title of 19:00 News album series. The general tone of the Kill or Cure? goes to the Gambia to ness news with focus on internation- which derives from a popular collo- series is that of fantastic realism, de- 19:30 Inside Story investigate the latest vaccines being al business and market trends, eco- quialism for spies, as the series fol- picting the adventures of the young 20:00 News developed to fight TB - a complex nomic developments, stock market lows the work of a group of MI5 in- farmboy Philémon in surreal ad- 21:00 Riz Khan disease which appears in many dif- trading, bids and take-overs. telligence officers at Thames House. 21:30 Listening Post ferent drug-resistant strains. In the first episode a car bomb ex- ventures featuring odd creatures in 21:00 World News Europe odd places. Philémon is considered 22:00 News 17:30 Asia Today plodes in Liverpool and MI5 is sent Finnuala Sweeney presents the lat- one of the most poetic and original 18:30 World Business Report undercover to investigate. 22:30 People and Power est financial developments in Eu- “bande dessinée” series of all time. Depopulation Hebron. 18:45 Sport Today rope, as well as giving an analysis of 23:40 Bones 21:00 History: Churchill’s Bodyguard economic and financial trends. The Titan on the Tracks. 23:00 News 19:00 World News Today BBC documentary series tells the 00:00 News 20:30 Talking Movies 21:30 World Business Today 00:35 Will & Grace Fred Astaire and Ginger Chick. compelling story of the former Scot- 00:30 Inside Story Tom Brook presents all the latest 22:00 World News Europe land Yard detective Thompson ac- 01:00 News news and reviews from the US cin- 22:30 World Sport companying Winston Churchill eve- 01:30 Witness ema scene with reports from Holly- 23:00 Business International rywhere he went during his 18 years Forced Repatriation. wood and New York. 00:00 World News of service. 21:30 HARDtalk 00:30 World Sport 22:30 Summer Music: Juice 22:15 Sport Today 01:00 CNN Today Legendary Finnish artist Juice Le- 22:30 World Business Report skinen and Slam performing on the 23:30 Asia Today stage of Esplanadi Park in Helsin- 23:45 World Business Report ki in 1980. 00:30 HARDtalk 01:30 World Business Report

Juice Leskinen Juhani “Juice” Leskinen (1950-2006) was one of the most prominent Finn- ish singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. From the early 1970s onward he released nearly 30 full- length albums, in addition to writing song lyrics for dozens of Finnish artists. Several of Leskinen’s songs have reached classic status in Finn- ish popular music, e.g. ”Viidestoista yö” and ”Syksyn sävel”. In addition Spooks to his musical work, Juice extended his focus to poetry and playwriting Attercliffe Road New series follows the work of a group of MI5 intelligence officers at Thames with nine collections of verse and House. In the first episode a car bomb explodes in Liverpool and MI5 is sent under- Director Kim Flitcroft is observing the life in the old English industrial city of seven published plays. YLE TEEMA’s cover to investigate. Zoe (Keeley Hawes, in the photo) tricks one of the head sus- Sheffield through four individual citizens. Cassi (on the right in the photo) is Summer Music series presents Juice’s pect’s supporters into giving away the plan and heads undercover. Though working a night club dancer whose professional contradictions get complicated when summer concert from the year 1980. for MI5 is all Zoe has ever wanted, her confidence and love of the job will take quite she gets pregnant. Cassi is dreaming of being a singer, but it’s hard to make a battering when she realizes that there are massive downsides to being a Spook. Summer Music: Juice any plans for the future when you have no idea how things are even tomorrow. MTV3 at 22:30 YLE TEEMA at 22:30 TV2 at 23:30 HELSINKI TIMES WEATHER 13 – 19 JUNE 2007 23

Wed 6/13 +10 Finland info +13 Finland info Wednesday 13.6. – Tuesday 19.6. This week: no special holidays +15 Wed 6/13 Thu 6/14 Fri 6/15 Sat 6/16 Sun 6/17 Mon 6/18 Tue 6/19 +15 +20 +18 +18 +19 +17 +19 +19 Alko. The only store to sell alcohol stronger than beer and ciders in +16 Finland is Alko. Alkos are normally open Mon–Fri 9–20, Sat 9–18. +27 +27 +28 +29 +29 +30 +30 On Sundays Alkos are closed and around holidays the opening times +16 +18 may vary. You can check the opening times in Alkos service number: 020 711 712 (Mon-Sat 8-21). +17 +34 +36 +34 +32 +30 +31 +29 Banks and Money Exhange. Finnish banks are usually open Mon-Fri Thu 6/14 +28 +28 +27 +26 +27 +28 +28 10-16.30. Money can be exchanged also in Money Exhange office Fo- rex in Helsinki Railway Station Mon-Sun 8-21 and in Esplanadi Park +31 +30 +32 +32 +29 +22 +30 Mon-Fri 9-19 and Sat 9-15. +10 +24 +29 +26 +24 +27 +22 +24 Dental Care. Helsinki City Dental Clinics are open Mon-Fri 8-15. +14 Some of the clinics stay closed the whole summer. Tel. 09 310 5015. +22 +20 +19 +19 +15 +18 +19 +15 Emergency Number. 112 +28 +28 +31 +27 +31 +25 +31 +15 Grosery stores. Food and daily essentials can be bougt from super +31 +31 +32 +32 +34 +35 +35 markets and smaller grosery stores. Finland’s biggest grosery store +17 chains are Alepa, K-market and S-market. Normally grosery stores are +19 allowed to be open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat 7-18 and Sun 12-21. Kiosks, petrol +19 +18 +19 +21 +17 +22 +19 +20 stations and small stores may stay open longer. +19 +40 +40 +38 +37 +37 +38 +39 Health. Helsinki City Health Centers operate a summer schedule from June until the end of August. Open Mon-Fri 8-16. Children in urgent Fri 6/15 +43 +45 +44 +46 +45 +43 +42 need of medical treatment at night (22:00 – 08:00) should be taken to Lastenklinikka’s Emergency Department, tel 09 10023 or 09 4711. +14 +23 +20 +18 +20 +20 +21 +16 Treatment for adults is available at night and during the weekends at the Malmi or Maria Hospital’s Emergency Department, Mon-Fri 16- +12 +23 +23 +16 +21 +18 +23 +22 22, weekends and holidays 8-22. Malmi tel. 09 10023 or 09 310 6611. Maria tel. 09 471 63466 or 09 4711. +14 +21 +21 +21 +20 +24 +20 +18 A Telephone Health Service is open 24 hours in every day of the year, provided by experienced nurses. The service costs the price of a nor- +13 +28 +26 +30 +31 +27 +31 +31 mal telephone call. For information about health, illnesses or health care services in Helsinki Metropolitan Area call 09 10023. On the In- +15 +27 +28 +27 +27 +28 +27 +27 ternet, see: www.hel.fi/terveyskeskus +20 +16 Helsinki Times. Next issue is out on Wednesday 20.6. and it is a two +22 +21 +21 +21 +20 +21 +21 weeks midsummer special. The paper can be bought from R-kioski and +18 also from Akateeminen Kirjakauppa and Suomalainen Kirjakauppa . +19 +16 +17 +14 +17 +16 +16 Helsinki Times can also been subscribed. Sat 6/16 +30 +30 +27 +26 +26 +25 +30 Libraries. Public libraries in Helsinki are usually open Mon-Thu 10-20 +5 and Fri-Sat 10-16. Helsinki’s city library Kirjasto10 (Library10) in the +22 +23 +22 +22 +21 +21 +21 centre of Helsinki (in Postitalo, Elielinaukio) offers internet access and +14 good information services in English. It’s open Mon-Thu 10-22, Fri 10- +24 +21 +19 +18 +20 +23 +22 18 and Sat-Sun 12-18. +12 +25 +25 +25 +26 +26 +26 +26 Market Halls. Fresh vegetables, fish, meat, bakery and dairy products +11 are sold at the old traditional market halls near Helsinki’s harbours. +32 +33 +33 +32 +32 +33 +33 Wanha Kauppahalli (Old Market Hall) in Kauppatori (Market Square) +13 and Hakaniemen kauppahalli (Hakaniemi Market Place) are the most popular. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16. +19 +17 +24 +25 +24 +24 +26 +26 +25 +18 Museums are closed on Mondays. Detailed museum information in +22 +24 +27 +26 +17 +17 +23 English at www.a5.fi/lehdet/museoesite/

Sun 6/17 +23 +26 +27 +24 +30 +24 +22 Post. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. Stamps are also available from kiosks and shops. The orange post boxes can be found +12 +22 +25 +24 +21 +24 +22 +26 everywhere around the city. +17 +20 +19 +21 +24 +27 +23 +28 Public Transport. Busses, trains, trams, metro and Suomenlinna fer- ry operate in Helsinki and surroundings on weekdays mainly from 5.30 +14 +18 +18 +19 +17 +20 +18 until around midnight. +16 On weekends the public transport operates from 6.30 until around mid- +17 +22 +21 +20 +19 +16 +19 +19 night with fewer departures. Night busses operate extensively on weekend nights until 4.00. Public transport in Helsinki Metropolitan Area is organ- +14 +11 +10 +11 +12 +12 +13 +13 ized by YTV (the Metropolitan Area Council) which offers detailed informa- tion about timetables, routes and ticket prices, also in English, in www.ytv.fi +12 +10 +27 +27 +25 +27 +26 +28 +23 +11 Information on traffic exceptions. You can get exception info about Helsinki City Transport’s (HKL) to your mobile phone by sending an +24 +26 +26 +26 +26 +28 +30 SMS with the message HKL TRAM, HKL TRAIN, HKL FERRY, or HKL Mon 6/18 METROE to the number 16 166. In a return message you will get in- +23 +29 +29 +29 +30 +29 +27 formation about traffic exceptions concerning the respective vehicles. +14 With a message HKL INFOE you will get the current traffic exceptions +31 +30 +30 +31 +30 +29 +28 of all vehicles that are a part of the service. The price of an SMS is 0, +18 25 euros/message. NOTE: The service is available with the connec- +24 +20 +20 +19 +13 +18 +20 tions of Sonera, DNA, Elisa and Saunalahti. +17 +20 +22 +15 +18 +14 +13 +18 You can also read the exception info on the internet from HKL’s home +18 page www.hkl.fi or the Omat lähdöt timetable service www.omatlah- +19 +22 +18 +19 +15 +18 +19 dot.fi +17 +32 +33 +33 +33 +33 +34 +33 Railway. The Finnish State Railways (VR) operates the long-distance +19 +15 and international railway traffic. Timetables, ticket prizes and other in- formation are available also in English in www.rv.fi VR Telephone Ser- +18 +26 +20 +22 +23 +21 +20 +26 vice: 0600 41 902 (€1 + Inc.) +14 +20 +14 +16 +20 +26 +26 Tue 6/19 Tourist Information. Helsinki City Tourist Information & Convention Bureau offers free information about the city and its sights, events +26 +27 +29 +25 +28 +27 +29 and services and provides brochures, maps and other material free of +13 charge. The office is located in Esplanadi Park, Pohjoisesplanadi 19, and it open Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat-Sun 9-18. +16 Tel: 09 3101 3300.

+20 Wednesday 6/13 A smaller Tourist Information is located in the Central Railway Station at +19 the Hotel Booking office. From June to August visitors are also served by Helsinki Helpers, teams of guides that patrol the streets in the city centre.

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Marimekko's traditional summer fashion show was this year held at Narinkkatori in Helsinki.

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An anti-G8 demonstrator holds a placard reading "Mum, I am Two Brazilian Tamarin babies stand next to their father at the zoo A girl looks from behind the glass window of a bus bound for fine! But the cops are very aggressive!" outside the Rostock- in Mulhouse, eastern France. Syria in Al-Salhiyah bus station in Baghdad. Hundreds of Iraqis Laage airport in Germany prior to the arrival of U.S. President leave Baghdad by buses travelling to Syria daily to avoid the sec- George W. Bush. tarian violence.

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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Cent- Naked cyclists ride their bikes during a worldwide naked cycling Activists take part in the 11th Gay Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. er in Cape Canaveral, Florida to begin an 11-day mission to the protest against cars, emission and aggressive drivers through the International Space Station. streets of Madrid, Spain.