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BUSINESS Hyvinkää, two of whom were killed and seven injured. Telia- Chairman of the Finnish Central Nokia news Association for Mental Health Pek- With the mobile phone giant re- ka Sauri points out that centralised portedly in dire straits, we an- storage of fi rearms would make alyse some of the rumours cur- Sonera acts such as that in Hyvinkää less rently circulating about its future. likely to occur.“The best way by far See page 8 to prevent these kinds of acts is to spying LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA limit the availability of fi rearms and to supervise their storage,” Sau- ri says. He believes the Hyvinkää FESTIVAL SPECIAL shooting proves that gun control scandal laws are still far from adequate. Minister of the Interior Päivi Members of the public leave tributes to those killed and injured in the Räsänen (Christian Democrats) says Finnish-Swedish commu- Hyvinkää shooting. there were very few signs in advance that the Hyvinkää shooting would nications company in hot take place. This would have made it water over surveillance very diffi cult to prevent. Räsänen also said on the television programme A- equipment. Finland mourns Studio that the risk of these kinds of events could be reduced if the distress of young people could be relieved. Festival fever DAVID DUNNE Public health administration ex- Whether you prefer metal or Mo- HELSINKI TIMES Hyvinkää pert at the University of Tampere zart, there will be plenty of op- Matti Rimpelä, who was also in- portunities to get your groove on TELEPHONE company and mobile terviewed on the programme, in this summer. Our guide lists all phone operator TeliaSonera has found shooting victims turn predicted that acts like the Hy- of Finland’s festival events, from itself in hot water amid allegations vinkää shooting will become more the established to the eccentric. that some of its subsidiary companies common because of the increase in See pages 10-11 have been complicit in aiding the secu- numbers of alienated young men. rity services of foreign states to moni- Firearms’ control and youth alienation are issues of Rimpelä says the problems of tor the activities of their citizens. concern after yet another mass killing. children and young people have not LIFESTYLE The communications giant, been dealt with suffi ciently. Boys in which is jointly Finnish and Swed- particular suffer in Rimpelä’s view ish owned, say that any phone oper- TUOMAS HAAKANA–STT mass killings could be prevented. from a lack of “social aptitudes” such Unlimited overs ator in a given country – including ALEKSIS TORO–HT The discussion revolves around the as interaction skills. Rimpelä says all Calling all batsmen and bowlers! EU countries – is subject to the laws availability of fi rearms, the distress the recent school shooting perpetra- You are invited to raise a cele- of that country relating to securi- IN THE aftermath of the Hyvinkää and alienation of young people and tors have had in common their past bratory glass of Pimm’s this Sat- ty services’ access to network in- murders, public discussion has re- detrimental free time activities. In problems with social interaction. urday, as avid cricketers bring formation. The news that citizens sumed about why another trag- the early morning of Saturday 26 the quintessential Common- in Azerbaijan and Belarus have been ic indiscriminate shooting has May an 18-year-old man shot nine Read more about the events in Hy- wealth sport to Helsinki. arrested and sometimes tortured occurred in Finland, and how such young people indiscriminately in vinkää on page 5. See page 18 after mobile phone technology al- lowed for those citizens to be inden- tifi ed to security services will come Bicycles are permitted on the CULTURE as a shock to people less acquainted Metro, Suomenlinna ferry and, out- with state surveillance. Get on your bikes! side of peak hours, on commut- The technology, known as ‘black er trains – but they not allowed Sublime Schjerfbeck boxes’, has been supplied to police JAMES O’SULLIVAN The law-abiding inhabitants on buses or trams. Helsinki Region The largest ever exhibition ded- and security services, and allows for HELSINKI TIMES of the capital closely observe des- Transport’s journey planner web- icated to Helene Schjerfbeck’s the unrestricted monitoring of in- ignated cycle paths. Much in the site (www.hsl.fi /en) details the dis- work opens at Ateneum this ternet traffi c, phone calls, location HELSINKI is a haven for cyclists, with same way that everyone here tance, time, type of terrain and weekend. Marvel at the versa- data from cell phones and text mes- around 750 kilometres of well-main- stands to the right on an escalator, even altitude of any bicycle jour- tility and soulfulness of Finnish sages. The countries where these is- tained cycle paths weaving their way pedestrians generally keep to the ney you may wish to embark on, and painting’s grande dame, as you sues have arisen include Belarus, around the city. It offers a choice of appropriate lane, and those who conveniently charts the route on a chart her artistic journey from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, gravel paths through beautiful forest- drift into the cyclists’ path will map. naturalism to symbolism. Georgia and Kazakhstan. ed areas, routes that hug the shoreline, quickly correct themselves when See page 19 and even well-marked paths in the city encouraged to do so by the ringing Read the essential piece on cycling Read more on this on page 5. centre with their own traffi c lights. of a bell. in Helsinki on page 13. 2 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES

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Carl Haglund is a Member of the European Parliament with Finland’s Swedish People’s Party.

What’s up with Europe? to some degree. If the fi nan- AS THE recent elections in ceived the support of mem- 2020. As the European Com- has been that these priorities cial crisis hadn’t triggered the Greece and France have ber states, which until now mission is looking at what the have not been matched with A time of crisis also debt crisis, it would have sur- shown very clearly, there is have been focusing more on Union should be doing dur- funds for their implemen- represents fresh faced sooner or later anyway. growing popular resistance to austerity. ing the next decade, and how tation. While the emphasis this approach. The Greek out- much this will cost, the knee- in member states has been opportunities for THE FIRST major question we come was expected because IN THE MEANTIME, renewed jerk reactions in the cash- on cutting the overall level the European Union, are faced with is how to pre- the voters have suffered two pressure on the interest rates strapped member states have of the budget, less thought vent the immediate debt cri- years of painful austerity dic- of Spain and Italy indicates been understandably and ag- has been devoted to how writes Carl Haglund. sis from sinking the common tated by non-Greeks, to which that time is short, and no per- gressively restrictive. The the existing funds should be currency, the euro. Should there is still no end in sight. In manent solutions have been European Commission has distributed. we pull the plug on the worst France, however, the protest put in place at national or EU proposed that the EU should THE EUROPEAN Union is cur- cases by excluding them against austerity is more ide- levels yet. Popular support spend approximately 1.1 per AS AN OPTIMIST, one should rently undergoing the most from the euro and letting ological, since all attempts at for further lending packag- cent of the total Gross Nation- look for opportunities in all tumultuous time since its in- them fend for themselves, or reforming the French econ- es is wearing thin in healthi- al Income of all EU member situations. The current crisis, ception 60 years ago. This should we carry each other’s omy have been very modest. er economies. And, as if that states together. This is rough- however painful its solutions multifaceted crisis, which debt while economic reforms Nevertheless, a popular no- were not enough, even mod- ly the same level as in the cur- are, will produce a Europe that was triggered by the out- are put in place to make tion is that austerity meas- est austerity measures in the rent budget, and therefore is much better equipped to break of the global fi nan- member states less depend- ures forced upon indebted healthier economies have led does not imply a huge rise in tackle economic competition cial crisis in mid-2008, has ent on debt? countries will not alone solve to turmoil, most recently dem- expenditure. and other global challenges. If changed the dynamics of Eu- the crisis, which has spread onstrated by the fall of the the EU budget is calibrated to- rope and the European Un- UNTIL NOW, the answer has rapidly. The French left cap- Dutch government this April. AT BEST, the EU budget can wards activities like research ion, and brought to light new been to temporarily carry italised on this sentiment, serve as an investment pro- and development, strengthen- political forces which until THE SECOND question is gramme with a leveraging ef- ing of the internal market, and now have remained hidden how to prevent anything like fect on member states’ own Europe-wide infrastructure from public view. It has giv- The current crisis, however painful its solu- this from happening again. spending, maximising the projects, there is great poten- en renewed energy and new tions are, will produce a Europe which is much Here, much more has been benefi t by linking national ef- tial for real economic growth. tools to both the promot- achieved. Already, the Euro- forts to communal ones. This If the European institutions ers of deeper integration to- better equipped to tackle economic competi- pean Commission has been would provide a boost for are given the proper tools wards a federal Europe, as tion and other global challenges. given broad powers to con- struggling economies, while needed to manage a common well as to the opponents of trol and, if necessary, demand simultaneously creating new currency, the internal market such development. Most im- each other’s debt by giving paving the way for Francois member states to correct markets or improving access is developed to its full poten- portantly, it has laid bare emergency lending packag- Hollande to oust the incum- their economic policy if there to existing ones. For this to tial, and member states man- the fact that Europe needs es and cheap credit to banks bent Nicolas Sarkozy. is a risk that these would be the case though, a lot of ad- age to rid their economies of to change, or otherwise fade through the European Central run up unsustainable debts. justments need to be made to a chronic dependency on debt into global irrelevance and Bank. This has given the gov- IN FACT, the idea that growth Even this will not be enough the EU budget. and undertake sorely needed decline, the potential con- ernments of the crisis coun- is necessary to get Europe’s though. More will need to be structural reforms, then Eu- sequences of which are very tries some breathing space to economy working is not new. done to guarantee the integ- MOST importantly, the EU rope will start a new chapter disturbing indeed. think about how to make bad- The European Union had al- rity of the euro. I am no fed- must start putting money of prosperity. The talk of Eu- ly-needed reforms. Howev- ready adopted a strategy for eralist, but a certain degree of behind its political priorities. rope as the “sick old man” will IN ESSENCE, the current debt er, the lending packages have growth in 2009, and the Eu- common fi scal and economic In 2009, a plan was devised be gone and, instead, there will crisis is the consequence of come with harsh terms. Re- ropean Parliament has been policy is necessary if we want to lift Europe out of fi nan- be a much invigorated play- European states living be- forms are ideally gradual and calling for more resources to keep a common currency. cial stagnation, called the Eu- er on the global scene. What yond their means for a long tempered, but - faced with the for programmes promoting rope 2020 Strategy for Growth we must do now is to keep time, which generated enor- prospect of defaults in one or economic growth for sev- THE ECONOMIC crisis, of and Jobs. The strategy quite Europe together through the mous amounts of debt. This more euro-countries - the rest eral years now. Many of the course, has infl uence on most correctly emphasises re- tough times and not let the si- has happened to different ex- of the eurozone has demand- things Mr Hollande is cham- other current processes in the search and development, in- rens of the past lead us astray. tents in different countries, ed immediate fundamental pioning have actually al- EU, perhaps most important- novation and education as Narrow-minded nationalism with Greece being the worst reforms, including huge cuts ready been proposed by the ly the preparations for the top priorities, together with proved disastrous before; let’s example, but everyone has in public spending, in return European Commission, but EU’s long-term budget frame- the sustainable use of natu- not make the same mistake been guilty of overspending for its help. the proposals have not re- work for the period 2014 to ral resources. The problem again.

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LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO COLUMN lighted the issue during his election campaign. Shortly after assuming the presidency, Niinistö asked to palities. Support from the discuss marginalisation with Paananen elected region north of Jyväsky- Myrskylä, who has studied the as the secretary lä would, however, remain issue extensively. “His view of the Social strong. The position of the is that his offi ce allows him Social Democrats and the to infl uence attitudes, and he Democrats National Coalition, mean- wants to use this so that we Reijo Paananen has been while, would be enhanced would collectively ask our- elected as the new secre- moderately. The support selves what more we could do tary of the Social Dem- for parties in the new large for the marginalised and for ocrats with a landslide municipalities was calcu- immigrants,” says Myrskylä. victory. The 48-year-old lated on the basis of the One initiative aiming to Paananen is currently the previous municipal elec- tackle the problem is the communications direc- tions’ results. HT-STT Nuorten yhteiskuntatakuu or tor of SAK, the Central Youth Social Guarantee Pro- Organisation of Finnish gramme, which comes into Trade Unions. In the par- Euthanasia is not According to Statistics Finland, 20 per cent of immigrant youths are socially excluded. force at the beginning of next ty conference’s election, a political issue, year. It pledges to provide a Paananen received a to- job or a study place for un- tal of 304 votes, over half views Katainen employed under 25-year olds of the votes and will re- Prime Minister Jyrki Immigrant youth in within three months. place Mikael Junger as the Katainen (NCP) calls for However, Myrskylä sees party’s secretary. In his wide ranging discussion the initiative as targeting pri- speech, Paananen stat- on euthanasia. On Sun- marily Finns. For immigrants, ed the party’s ambition to day, Katainen stated to Yle danger of marginalisation the integration programmes emerge as the largest party that he views euthanasia that already exist could prob- in the forthcoming munici- as an ethical question rath- ably function more effective- pal elections. HT-STT er than a political one. The Youth marginalisation is on the decline among native Finns, but ly on this front. National Coalition should remains an acute problem for non-Finnish speakers. not strive to adopt a com- A Nordic issue Municipal reform mon stance on the mat- Finland is not the only Nor- to have a marginal ter, Katainen offered. The TEEMU HENRIKSSON The number of socially ex- jor cause of marginalisation dic country that must tack- Prime Minister has no per- HELSINKI TIMES cluded immigrants is sub- among immigrants is a lack le marginalisation among effect in power sonal opinion on the mat- stantial enough to push up of language skills, particular- immigrants. One way of ad- balance ter, but understand both THOSE 15- to 29-year-olds who the total percentage of mar- ly Finnish, making entry into dressing the issue would be The government’s munic- sides of the debate. “This is have not continued education ginalised youth in Finland. the job market hard. “Kurdish by adopting a model already ipal reform would have a an extremely profound eth- beyond comprehensive school, While the rate of marginal- and Somali youth are often in in use in Denmark, where of- limited infl uence on the po- ical question. I would like to do not work and are not tak- isation among native Finn- the most diffi cult situation, fi cials are obliged to contact litical power balance, a sur- hear the various perspec- ing care of a child of their own ish youth fell slightly in the speaking neither Finnish nor young people considered at vey commissioned by STT tives to support my own are defi ned as marginalised by 2010s, the overall percentage other languages that would be risk of marginalisation. indicates. On the basis of thought,” Katainen said. Statistics Finland. grew due to the high number of use,” Myrskylä says. “This could be an effi cient the results of the most re- The Greens announced last Compared with 3.7 per of marginalised immigrants. The cultural background and cheap way of preventing cent municipal elections, week they espouse eutha- cent of Finnish youths, a much of immigrants might also con- social exclusion,” Myrskylä ob- the Centre would lose their nasia, sparking a fi rm re- higher proportion of immi- Difficult backgrounds tribute to the problem, he serves. Currently, offi cials give infl uence to some extent action from the Christian grant youths, 20 per cent, are Another group among whom notes, for example regarding guidance when asked, but they in the new large munici- Democrats. HT-STT considered marginalised. social exclusion is exception- perceptions about the role of have no obligation to actively There are signifi cant dif- ally high is youth who have women. For instance, there are seek out youths in need. ferences between immi- been taken into care. They cases where girls are brought According to Statistics grant groups. For example, currently number 18,000. up with the assumption that Finland’s estimates, the while 10.3 per cent of Per- Many of the immigrants they are not even supposed to number of immigrants in QUESTION OF THE WEEK sian speakers are considered settling in Finland are also enter the job market, but are to Finland will double from to- The past weeks have triggered a re-think that Greece would marginalised, the corre- young adults without access stay at home instead. day’s 170,000 to 340,000 by actually leave the eurozone. sponding fi gure for Arabic to the safety and care of a the year 2020. Therefore un- speakers is 28.5 per cent. The stable home. Moreover, mar- Interventions less Finland succeeds in en- Do you think Greece should exit the eurozone? worst off are youth of So- ginalisation is often passed Politicians are waking up to gaging immigrant youth mali and Kurdish origin, of on to the next generation. the problem of social exclu- more effectively and incor- whom 41 and 34 per cent, re- According to Pekka Myrs- sion and its implications for porating them into society, Yes – 62,2% spectively, can be considered kylä, Development Manag- the nation as a whole. Pres- the extent of youth margin- marginalised. er at Statistics Finland, a ma- ident Sauli Niinistö high- alisation could also grow. No – 37,8%

View details and this week’s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi. school is also an option after comprehensive school, for those who wish to specialise School’s out for summer in a certain profession and ANNIKA RAUTAKOURA ter is marked by a school cel- Comprehensive school enter working life at an ear- HELSINKI TIMES ebration that includes the encompasses primary and lier age. singing of the traditional Su- lower secondary schools in While teaching in compre- AS 2 JUNE approaches, com- vivirsi (Summer Hymn) and Finland, and is attended by hensive school is more or less Who: Eero Vainio prehensive and upper-sec- the distribution of diplomas. students aged seven through continuous until the spring ondary school students For those graduating from fi fteen. Upper secondary festivities, upper secondary From: Lahti prepare for the much-antic- upper secondary school, or school begins at age 16 and school matriculation exams ipated summer holiday, the lukio, school might literally be fi nishes at 18. It is optional, have fi nished in late March. Famous for: highlight of the year for many. out, as they ponder their next and prepares students for However, this is not yet va- Recently elected as the The end of the spring semes- step, study- and career-wise. higher education. Vocational cation for those who contin- third vice-chairperson of ue cramming for university the Social Democrats Party, entrance exams. Upper sec- at the age of 25. their holiday at their summer what longer than in other Eu- ondary graduates who have LEHTIKUVA / SARA GUSTAFSSON cottages or mökki. However, ropean countries on average, successfully completed their Kids at a sometimes the diffi culty is at three months. The dates matriculation exams, known coming up with activities to are also relatively fi xed, with as ylioppilaat, receive a white loose end fi ll your kids’ days with. no great variation between cap to mark the joyous occa- Eero Vainio is an Administrative Sciences student at the Uni- “Our 13-year-old son is at different regions. For univer- sion. For many, this cap is a versity of Tampere, where he has majored in local and region- during the an age when spending time sities, vacation is even longer, lifelong accessory worn with al leadership since 2007. A member of the Social Democrats at our summer place is much beginning generally in May pride every May Day. Approx- since 2004, Vainio sits on the Lahti City Council and the Lahti holidays less appealing than spending and ending in September. imately 30,000 students re- Region Council. His election as the third vice-chair of the par- time with friends,” says Sir- ceive their caps every spring. ty, after Minister of Housing and Communications Krista Kiu- FOR MANY parents, sum- pa, a mother of three. “In Ju- Finnish language upper ru and Antti Lindtman MP were named first and second deputy mer can be a tricky time in ly, however, when my husband secondary and vocational chairs, caused something of a stir, as he beat veteran MPs Juk- terms of co-ordinating their and I have our holiday, most of schools resume on 13 August, ka Kärnä and Ilkka Kantola by a comfortable margin. The av- children’s often longer sum- our son’s friends are also out of and Swedish language upper erage age of SDP’s leadership is now below 32 years old. Vai- mer holidays with their own. town, and he must join us at the secondary schools on 14 Au- nio is quoted as saying: “I’m a 25-year-old boy from Lahti, and Summer is the time for sports mökki,” she adds with a laugh. gust. In the meantime, sum- here I am as a deputy chairman. Now we’re going to move the camps, sailing, and hanging For younger children, day care mer is here, along with the

party forward.” out with friends, and it is also is even more of an issue. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI sun-fi lled streets of Helsinki mökki season. Quite a num- Summer vacation for Students receiving graduation and all the leisurely pastimes ber of Finns spend part of Finnish students is some- caps. contained within. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 5 Police seek motive for shooting spree

Teenage suspect gives no reason for Hyvinkää gun attack which left two dead and several seriously injured.

DAVID DUNNE at people in front of a night- LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI HELSINKI TIMES

club from a rooftop position LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON across the street on Saturday A MOTIVE has still not been morning at around 2 am. Po- established for last Friday’s lice say the suspect has nei- tragic shootings in Hyvinkää, ther a criminal record, nor which left two teenagers dead any previous indication of and one trainee policewom- mental instability. an in a critical condition. Ee- The two victims, an ro Hiltunen, who has been 18-year-old female and a remanded on two counts of 19-year-old male, were ap- murder and several counts parently randomly selected, of attempted murder, has yet as were six of the others in- to explain why he committed jured. In what appears to be the shootings – leaving police a coincidence, the 19-year- without a motive. old male victim was a friend The gunman, who was of the shooter, or at least they dressed in military fatigues, were known to each other on Suspect Eero Hiltunen sits in court Monday 28 May, and (right) police officers reconstruct the shooting incident using the shooter’s rifle. began shooting randomly Facebook. Sources indicated that the trainee police offi cer calibre 7.62mm rifl e when attended, and were to have was the only victim the gun- the police arrived. The use of graduated this summer. The Recent mass killings What happened man specifi cally targeted as the silenced rifl e caused ini- male victim was a member • Myyrmanni bombing October 2002. Petri Erkki Tapio Gerdt in Hyvinkää she arrived with the fi rst pa- tial confusion as people fell of the local Hyvinkää Finnish (19) detonated, either accidently or intentionally, a bomb in trol car on the scene. wounded without anybody baseball team Tahko, as were a shopping mall which kills himself and six others, unclud- Friday 25 May Chief Inspector Mika hearing shots fi red. Three several others injured in the ing a seven-year-old child. Suspect leaves a Hyvinkää Ihaksinen of the National weapons, including one not shooting. Hyvinkään Tahko • Jokela school shooting November 2007. Pekka-Eric Auvin- bar where had been drink- Bureau of Investigation has used in the shootings, have have requested a two-week en (18) fatally shoots eight people with a semi-automatic ing with friends after an ar- said it is believed the sus- been recovered by police. break from their Finnish pistol before killing himself. gument occurs. pect had been drinking with The suspect was appre- Baseball Superpesis League • Kauhajoki school shooting September 2008. Matti Juhani some friends earlier at the hended at around 8 am Sat- fi x t u r e s . Saari (22) fatally shoots ten people with a semi-automatic Saturday 24, 1.57 am bar outside which the vic- urday morning and offered The tragedy has inevita- pistol before killing himself. The gunman begins shoot- tims were shot, but there no resistance when arrest- bly seen the debate on gun • Sello mall shootings December 2009. Ibrahim Shkupolli ing from a rooftop position may have been an argument, ed. During interrogation the control in Finland reignite as (43) kills his ex-girlfriend at her apartment, before going across the street from the after which he left the bar. 18-year-old expressed re- the number of mass shoot- on a shooting spree in a shopping mall – where he shot and bar, killing two and injuring The man returned some time morse for his actions and un- ings, and particularly those killed four people, before later returning to his home and seven. 8.00 am – The sus- later with guns he stole from derstands the consequences involving teenage shooters, killing himself. pect is arrested by police. a family member and began of what he has done – though rises. In the wake of Satur- • Porvoo McDonald’s shooting July 2010. Esa Kalle Vihtori Åk- fi ring at people on the street. no explanation has yet been day’s fatal shootings, Interior erlund (41) shoots three men with an illegally-held semi-auto- Monday 28 given to police as to why he Minister Päivi Räsänen (CD) matic pistol after an altercation at a McDonald’s drive-thru. The suspect is remanded in Confusion carried out the attack. indicated that upcoming custody, charged with two The gunman allegedly The two dead victims changes to gun laws may in- counts of murder and seven opened fi re fi rst with a small- were students at the Hyria clude stricter rules about er of the Finnish Parliament dolences to the families of counts of attempted murder. er calibre silenced rifl e, be- Vocational Institute, which keeping fi rearms under lock Eero Heinäluoma (SDP) has the victims of the shooting fore switching to a large the suspect had previously and key. Meanwhile, Speak- extended Parliament’s con- incident in Hyvinkää.

networks. Azerbaijan also has share in Turkcell and this al- similar laws, which we must lows us to force this issue. We TeliaSonera technology used to spy follow if we wish to do busi- have been operating in some ness in these countries. How- of these countries since the ever, we have planned a full fall of the Soviet Union – we Telecommunications company’s equipment aids oppressive regimes to infringe human rights. human rights impact study can’t exactly pull out and de- and all of our 26,000 employ- ny this everyday service to ees are to undergo a code of tens of millions of custom- supplied so-called ‘black beaten by police on polling TeliaSonera’s head of ex- conduct course.” ers,” says Jönsson. boxes’ to police and security day. ternal communications “We, as a company, take The question remains: to services in Azerbaijan. The The Swedish news show Thomas Jönsson explains: strong views on civil rights, what degree were senior Teli- equipment gives them the Uppdrag Granskning further “This is a tricky situation. In corruption, etc. We are ask- aSonera management aware unrestricted capability to alleges that security servic- countries like Finland, Sweden ing Turkcell, which oper- of their subsidiary companies’ monitor all communications es in these countries are us- and the US, for example, we ates in Belarus, to review dealings with foreign securi- – including Internet traf- ing the equipment to spy on are obliged under law, in cer- their procedures and carry ty services, and what action fi c, phone calls, location da- journalists, union leaders tain circumstances, to allow out a human rights impact would have been taken had the LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI ta from cell phones, and text and members of the political security services access to our study. We have a 13 per cent story not broken in Sweden? messages – in real time. opposition. Azeri citizens are ful- Lars Nyberg, CEO of Telia- ly aware that the govern- Sonera, claims that the main ment monitors their private responsibility for protecting Lars Nyberg, CEO of Telia- calls and Internet activity. human rights and promoting Sonera, claims civil rights are This fact made internation- democracy lies on the politi- a political issue. al news when it was revealed cal level and that TeliaSonera in 2009 that a number of Az- cannot play the role that gov- DAVID DUNNE eris had been arrested and ernments should. HELSINKI TIMES interrogated for voting for the Armenian contestant in Political opposition EQUIPMENT supplied by sub- the Eurovision song contest TeliaSonera is partly owned sidiaries of Swedish-Finnish by using their mobile phones. by the Swedish state, and telecommunications giant More chillingly, in Be- when the matter was raised LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV TeliaSonera to the govern- larus, which has one of the at government level in Swe- ments of Uzbekistan, Azer- worst civil rights records den, Swedish Foreign Min- baijan, Tajikistan, Georgia in Europe, the same equip- ister Carl Bildt replied: “In and Kazakhstan is being ment has been used to track general, I think that it’s good used to monitor private citi- down, arrest and prosecute that we participate in devel- zens and stifl e civil rights in protesters who attended an oping telecommunications in these countries. anti-government protest ral- different countries. Having A news programme ly in the capital Minsk fol- a working mobile phone sys- broadcast in Sweden has al- lowing the 2010 Belarusian tem in Belarus is better for Plainclothes police officers detain opposition activists who tried to hold a rally in Baku, on May 23, leged that Azercell, which is presidential election, where the opposition than for the 2012. Police in Azerbaijan detained several opposition activists who staged the latest in a series of owned by TeliaSonera, has presidential candidates were regime.” unsanctioned protests as Baku hosts the prestigious Eurovision song contest. 6 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY BRIAN CONNOR LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI ILTALEHTI 25 May Number of devastating storms to increase “CLIMATE change is alter- strengthening winds in the ing the frequency, duration future. and intensity of certain ex- ‘Climate change boosts treme weather phenomena average winds and storm throughout the world, says winds during the cooler sea- a recent report from the In- sons. Finland is in the risk tergovernmental Panel on zone,’ she says.” Climate Change (IPCC). Ac- cording to their research, changes may be noted in wind conditions in Finland, among other things. A researcher at the IPCC, Hilppa Gregow, says that be- cause of its geographical lo-

cation, Finland has been less LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA affected by storms than its western neighbours. Winter and autumn storms gener- ally abate before they reach According to climate change Finland. However, Gregow researchers, seasonal storms A leading development policy organisation has demanded corporate responsibility from mining companies operating in Finland. does not exclude the possi- may increase in frequency and bility of Finland being hit by ferocity. KAUPPALEHTI 26 May. ANTTI MUSTONEN

sponsibility. The organisa- MAASEUDUN TULEVAISUUS 25 May tion warns that, in the worst Experts compare mining in cases, foreign investment at- tracted by tax breaks and lax Finns enjoy their coffee environmental standards “FINNS consumed around creased by around two per Finland to the Third World causes more damage than it 9.7 kilos of roast coffee per cent to 52.5 million kilos last brings benefi ts. person last year. The fi gure year. Domestic coffee roast- “KEPA RY, an expert devel- desire to prevent the benefi ts national mining companies. In order to attract inter- corresponds with the av- ers sold 46.4 million kilos of opment policy organisation, of business activity fl owing The lack of environmental national investment, many erage over the last decade. coffee to shops and catering compares mining in Finland out of the country. legislation and resources for countries have granted con- Finns prefer light roast cof- services, down fi ve per cent to developing countries. ‘In Finland, there’s cur- supervision are also a cause cessions to companies. Fur- fee, which still accounts for from the previous year. According to the organi- rently discussion about a for concern. Many develop- thermore, these countries’ 94 per cent of coffee con- Roast coffee imports sation, the debate about min- mining tax, which would ing countries suffer from the environmental legislation is sumption. The taste for dark to Finland increased from ing taxation reveals parallels guarantee that the profi ts same problems,’ says the or- defi cient, and poor govern- roast coffee is, however, on 7.3 million tons last year to with the experiences of de- obtained from Finnish nature ganisation. KEPA called for ance leads to abuses, accord- the rise, and there are an in- 8.3 million tons. Most cof- veloping countries: there is a would benefi t not only multi- clear rules for corporate re- ing to KEPA.” creased variety of darker fee was imported from the roast coffees available. Netherlands; other imports Total roasted coffee deliv- originated in Germany and TURUN SANOMAT 27 May eries, including imports, de- Sweden.” programme director at the Finnish Institute of Interna- Doubts about Lebanon operation tional Affairs. In practice, Israel and “POTENTIAL clashes be- According to Lieutenant anon. The Finnish troops will Hizbollah have started pre- tween Israel and Lebanon Colonel Juha Mäkelä of the not be operationally ready paring for war. Mikko Pa- may lead to Finland with- National Defence Universi- until 1 June. tokallio, researcher of drawing from the Unifi l ty, withdrawal would only be ‘We are behind on our Middle Eastern politics, says peacekeeping operation in considered if the joint Finn- monitoring activities be- that starting a war would be

Lebanon. The 2006 war be- ish-Irish battalion were no cause of events. There’s a a radical but sure-fi re way LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER tween Israel and Hizbollah longer able to operate in the risk that we might be over- for Hizbollah to bring about also suspended a peacekeep- area. whelmed if things start hap- change, and to try and im- ing mission in which Finland Over a week ago, 177 Finn- pening on the Israel-Lebanon prove the organisation’s participated. ish peacekeepers left for Leb- border,’ says Mika Aaltola, situation.” The average Finn consumed 9.7 kg of roast coffee last year.

HELSINGIN SANOMAT 26 May. TUOMO PIETILÄINEN around €40,800 a year in- cluding holiday pay and oth- Restaurant rents in Helsinki are steadily rising. er benefi ts. PHP / MYSQL For a long time, sala- Growing pay gap ry trends for CEOs in listed PROGRAMMING companies have been far re- FURTHER moved from the experience EDUCATION between CEOs and workers of ordinary Finns. This al- 18.9.2012–14.5.2013 “FINLAND generously renu- 2011. The salaries of 27 CE- The growth rate of CEO so seems to be happening in merated chief executive offi c- Os were compared; on aver- salaries is rapid compared to state-owned companies not The target group for this course is people who are pro- ers of companies not listed on age, they earned €286,000 in that of ordinary workers: the listed on the stock exchange; ficient in using computers and have some knowledge of the stock exchange. Accord- 2010, while last year this grew average full time wage, in- already in 2010, the growth HTML, but do not necessarily have any previous know- ing to research by Helsingin to €314,000. Of these CEOs, cluding bonuses, increased rate of CEO salaries was as ledge of programming for the web. The subject is PHP, a scripting language, and MySQL, a database manage- Sanomat, the salaries and bo- 23 received salary increases, by an average 2.7 per cent fast as last year, or four times ment system, both commonly used in web development. nuses of these CEOs increased whilst four had their salaries last year. The average work- that of an ordinary wage During the course the student will learn the basics of pro- by 9.8 per cent on average in slightly reduced. er earns €3,264 a month, or earner.” gramming using the PHP language. They will learn how to augment their applications by connecting them to a MySQL database. Exercises include examples of typical PHP/MySQL applications. Most classes will include both These executives’ base salaries rose the most in 2010-11* a theoretical and practical part. In euros, 2011 Rise in euros Classes are held Tuesdays from 17 to 21 pm during 18.9.2012–14.5.2013.The price is 250 €. Mikael Aro VR-Yhtymä 504,600 47,280 Application before 10.9.2012. Antti Pankakoski Altia 337,918 46,897 Additional information: www.arcada.fi/php Jukka Ruusunen Fingrid 224,463 40,416 Phone: 0207 699 501, stig.blomqvist@arcada.fi Specialization Studies, 30 ECTS Pekka Averio Kuntarahoitus 325,076 38,076

Risto Nieminen Veikkaus 356,011 29,418

Arcada | Jan-Magnus Janssonin aukio 1 | Helsinki | www.arcada.fi *Only including those who served as CEOs throughout the years 2010-2011. Base salary including benefits. HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 7

“Nobody wants another pharaoh,” says 27-year-old Mohamed Mohieddin, who A sort of president awaits Egypt stood against Mubarak’s se- curity forces during last year’s uprising. “We hope Candidates competing in Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted are vying for a pres- that the next constitution will have checks and bal- tigious position whose job description – oddly enough – has not yet been written. An unresolved dispute over ances to prevent Egypt who will write a new constitution for post-Mubarak Egypt has put the country in the unusual position of voting from turning into another for a president with undefined authority. dictatorship.” Parliamentary versus presidential system ure until a new charter could Not surprisingly, Islamists, be written. who hold about 70 per cent The declaration tasked of the parliament’s seats, fa- CAIRO, EGYPT. Egypt’s elected parliament vour a parliamentary system with forming a 100-member in which most authority rests constituent assembly to draft with the legislature, and the a new constitution ahead of role of the president is large- presidential elections. How- ly ceremonial. Secular and ever, problems arose af- liberal party leaders – hop- ter the Islamist- dominated ing to counterbalance the Is- CAM MCGRATH parliament stacked the as- lamist infl uence in politics IPS sembly with conservatives, – have called for a presiden-

prompting many secular and LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA tial system, albeit with limits IN THE absence of a new con- liberal assembly members to to executive power. stitution, Egypt’s next pres- pull out in protest. Both groups appear to be ident will begin his tenure In April, an administra- moving toward a consen- without any legal document tive court suspended the sus on a semi-presidential to adequately defi ne his au- constituent assembly on the system like that of France, thorities and responsibil- grounds that the new body where a strong president ities. “We still don’t know was unrepresentative of the is balanced by an empow- what responsibilities and public at large. ered parliament. One pro- powers the president will “The assembly was sup- posal is that the president have,” says Negad El-Borai, a posed to represent all seg- would be responsible for for- rights lawyer and democracy ments of society,” explains eign affairs, while the par- activist. “Rival parties want political science professor liament-appointed prime to see how the election turns Mostafa Kamel El-Sayed, a minister would handle do- out before deciding on a con- former assembly member. “In- Anti-SCAF Egyptian protesting against the Egyptian army earlier this month in Cairo. mestic policy. stitution that will defi ne the stead it became weighed down Another important debate president’s role.” with Islamists, who would ecutive authorities. “A pres- According to legal experts, lation. Those authorities lie is over the authority and priv- The Supreme Council of have dominated the discourse ident without a constitution the March 2011 constitutional with the parliament. ileges the new constitution the Armed Forces (SCAF) at the exclusion of others.” is like a marriage without a declaration grants the SCAF One of the main sources will assign to the military, suspended Egypt’s last contract,” Mohamed Hassa- executive authorities – in- of contention among legisla- which has resisted calls for constitution after Hosni New constitution nein Heikal remarked dur- cluding the right to declare tors is whether authority in civilian oversight. Activists Mubarak was toppled dur- Commentators warn that ing an interview to Al-Hayat war – until a new constitution Egypt should be centred on accuse the ruling generals of ing a popular uprising in Feb- the situation could spark a satellite channel. The vet- is written. The would-be pres- the parliament or the presi- attempting to interfere in the ruary 2011. A constitutional power struggle between the eran journalist argued that ident is entitled to appoint or dent. The last constitution, constitution-writing process declaration passed by a na- predominantly Islamist par- Egypt’s elections are point- dismiss cabinet ministers, written in 1971 and amended or impose binding legislation tional referendum the fol- liament and the ruling mil- less and illegitimate without but does not have the right to over the decades, increasing- that would enshrine the privi- lowing month was intended itary council – with each a national charter to specify ratify state policy or the state ly concentrated power in the leges the military has enjoyed to serve as a stop-gap meas- side trying to carve out ex- the president’s powers. budget, or to introduce legis- presidency. for over 60 years.

William Pace, executive major war crimes, genocide of the international commu- director of the World Fed- and other crimes against hu- nity,” he said. Big Five crushes Small eralist Movement- Institute manity would be an indis- The importance of this for Global Policy (WFM-IGP), pensable beginning,” he said. resolution is that it implic- explained that even though Pace said it was “outra- itly challenges not just the the S5 were compelled to geous” that the issue of a Chinese and Russian vetoes Five over veto powers withdraw their historic res- recommendation is being regarding repression in Syr- olution, non-governmental opposed. ia, and the Chinese vetoes organisations (NGOs) hope regarding genocide in Su- Though the United Nations recognises that all nations are equal, it is this is just the opening chap- P5 authority dan, but US vetoes and re- ter to the General Assembly called to question lated policies to block UN often said that some of the bigger nations are considered more equal – after 67 years – beginning Stephen Zunes, professor action regarding Israeli war than others. to work with the Security of politics and internation- crimes as well, said Zunes Council to address the UN’s al studies at the Universi- who has written extensively massive need to improve ty of San Francisco, said the on the politics of the Securi- “the dispute disappears. And went one step further when the organisation’s ability to withdrawal of the resolution ty Council. when a great power and a he added: “When two great maintain international peace shows the P5 still run things “These small countries small power are in confl ict, powers have a dispute, the and security. in the world body. pushing this resolution rec- the small power disappears.” United Nations disappears.” “The dysfunctional pil- “But they are coming un- ognise that violations of in- That’s presumably what Mercifully, both the Unit- lars of the Cold War Security der increasing challenge, ternational humanitarian NEW YORK, USA happened two weeks ago ed Nations and the S5 – Council must be remoulded, their credibility is weaken- law are inexcusable regard- when fi ve of the UN’s small- which consists of Costa Rica, and by the Council agreeing ing, and their moral failure is less of any of the P5s rela- est member states, describ- Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singa- to the provision not to use becoming increasingly obvi- tions with the offending ing themselves as the “small pore and Switzerland – sur- the veto to block action on ous to an ever larger majority government.” fi ve” (S5), challenged the fi ve vived the ordeal last week permanent members (P5) of and lived to tell the tale. THALIF DEEN the Security Council, name- IPS ly the United States, Britain, Aborted resolution France, China and Russia, The aborted resolution, AT THE height of the Cold over the misuse of their veto couched in delicate diplo- War, a Peruvian diplomat, powers. matic jargon, “recommend-

Dr Victor Andres Belaun- Hours before it was to ed” that the P5 members of LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO de, publicly expressed scep- be debated and voted in the the Security Council con- ticism about the ability of 193-member General Assem- sider “refraining from using small countries to survive bly, the resolution uncere- their vetoes on action aimed the diplomatic might of the moniously disappeared from at preventing or ending gen- big powers in the world body. the hallowed precincts of the ocide, war crimes and crimes The United Nations, he was United Nations – and proba- against humanity”. quoted as saying as far back bly from the face of the earth. But right from the begin- as the 1960s, is an institution As former New York ning, the P5 clearly signalled “where there is always some- Times Bureau Chief Kath- that the General Assembly thing that disappears”. leen Teltsch recounts in her has no business offering such “When two small powers 1970 Crosscurrents at Turtle recommendations to the Se- have a dispute,” he observed, Bay, the Peruvian diplomat curity Council. P5+1 representatives United States, Britain, France, China and Russia (+Germany) at a recent meeting. 8 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO afford it. Yet it is conceiva- ble, though probably unlikely, that a buyer could materialise from outside the industry. A leveraged buy-out fi rm could make a bid, but the environ- ment for LBOs, which thrive on cheap capital and a calm economy, is unfavourable. Buyout specialists would probably also be worried about Nokia’s health. They tend to focus on the amount of cash that can be taken from David J. Cord [email protected] a company, not how much the The writer is a journalist and columnist for Helsinki Times. company needs to survive. He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience. Nokia is burning through cash at such a rate that con- cerns have been raised about its continued viability. “In our opinion, the com- pany’s ability to repay even Nokia’s fortunes are ailing, and speculation about the company’s future is rife. its shorter-term 2014 bonds Investing during could be an issue,” Societe Generale credit analyst Ju- the apocalypse liano Torii told Reuters.

WITH so much potential for catastrophe hanging over Nokia’s share price Steady as she goes the European economy at the moment, who in their The remaining option for right mind would be investing? Everyone should be, Nokia would be to carry on and here’s why. drops below book value and try to revive its fortunes. It is frantically cutting costs TO START, there is a fundamental long-term problem to reduce its cash haemor- with Finnish pensions. Our current system is unsus- rhage. The new Lumia phone tainable. We will have too few workers paying for too With Nokia’s market price so low, rumours are rampant about the has been well-received by many pensioners. At some point, taxes will have to be future of the company. critics, but it needs good raised and / or benefi ts reduced. All of our politicians sales as well as good press. acknowledge this to some extent, but reforms are con- The market for cheap phones, tingent upon elections. The current government, made DAVID J. CORD ue that differs greatly from Microsoft currently has once Nokia’s strong point, is up of a left-right coalition, is unable to make any real HELSINKI TIMES their accounting value. about 46 billion euros in cash also being addressed. changes. equivalents, while Nokia’s If necessary, Nokia could NOKIA, once the most valu- Purchase by Microsoft? market value is 8.4 billion boost cash reserves to give it THE PROBLEMS in Europe will likely exacerbate these able company in Europe, has The investment community euros. time to recover by selling as- problems. An economic slowdown will put more strain seen its share price fall to is fertile ground for rumours, Other rumours say that Mi- sets. The Nokia Siemens Net- on public revenues and make the pension gap even 2.20 euros in recent days, the and there are plenty about crosoft may not be interested works joint venture has been more apparent. Sooner or later, we will have to take lowest level since the mid- what could happen to Nokia. in buying Nokia, but may help up for sale, but a price suit- more responsibility for our fi nancial well-being in the 1990s. It is now below book One of the most persistent out by providing loans or buy- able for all parties could not golden years. It is better to start now than to wait. value, a situation rhetorical- rumours is that Microsoft ing an equity stake. be reached. The luxury phone ly described as “worth more may buy the company. subsidiary Vertu is also re- IF THE strange alchemy of investing is inscrutable for dead than alive.” “Nokia has a strong bal- Leveraged buyout? portedly on the block. you, don’t worry. The best thing you can do is to open a A company’s book value is ance sheet and some worth- The rumours fi nd it diffi cult On 3 May, CEO Stephen retirement account at your bank, fund it automatically the theoretical value of all its while assets: a very strong to think of another potential Elop told shareholders that each month, and invest in a nice diversifi ed fund. assets minus all its liabilities. brand in most of the world, buyer for Nokia. Apple and he was not planning on any When the market price falls great hardware, and plenty of Samsung would not want it, major patent sales, so their LOOK at unmanaged index funds, because their ex- below book value, analysts patents and know-how,’ writes and RIM probably could not options are limited. penses tend to be lower and their performance re- and investors sometimes be- Brett Arends for the Wall spectable. You can do this yourself in your online bank gin to think of drastic ac- Street Journal. “The alliance if you feel confi dent tion: it might be better off for with Microsoft is a powerful Nokia’s troubled past enough. If not, get an the owners to be acquired, or one. Maybe Apple and Google It is better to start appointment at the even to break up the company have already ‘won’ the mobile- Sales (in millions of euros) Earnings per share now than to wait. bank. But to reiterate: and sell off the assets. With phone business, and everyone 2007 51,058 +1.85 be very careful of the Nokia’s book value at 2.94 else is doomed. But that’s what 2008 50,710 +1.07 expenses they charge. Over the past 40 years, stocks euros per share, the mobile they once said about Nokia. have, on average, increased by 6-7% annually. If you phone maker has ignomini- Things change in this industry. 2009 40,984 +0.24 are charged 3% for fees, you have effectively strangled ously fallen into this category. Microsoft, which is desper- 2010 42,446 +0.50 yourself. Book value is, however, an ate to play catch-up in smart- accounting value, based upon phones, could buy Nokia today 2011 38,659 -0.31 FOR those who like to do their own investing, I would a company’s balance sheet. out of petty cash.” Source: Nokia suggest starting with strong companies in stable in- This can be deceiving, as the dustries. We’re going to need food and power no mat- value of an asset on a balance ter what happens in Europe, for instance, so Kesko and sheet may have little relation Analysts’ estimates for the future Fortum could be on the menu. Be very, very wary of to what it is worth in the open Sales Earnings fi rms in fast-changing or vulnerable industries. That market. Some assets, such as (in millions per means no Nokia. I’m leery of banks, too. short-term investments held of euros) share as cash equivalents, are nor- Low Median High Low Median High ONCE you have some ideas about which industries to mally fairly accurately priced 2012 27,797 31,634 34,909 -0.40 -0.15 +0.72 focus your attention on, take a hard look at their cap- on balance sheets. Others, ital structure. Debt is cheap now, but too much debt such as intangible assets like 2013 25,256 32,603 38,841 -0.34 +0.09 +0.43 could be a death sentence in a major recession. Con- patents, may have a real val- Source: Reuters sider what would happen if their cost of debt increases and sales decrease. Compare the companies with their peers in the industry, as well as with common sense.

IN MY opinion, the most important metric for a compa- ny is their free cash fl ow. Examine this critically, and see what is happening with changes in net working capital and capital expenditures. Run through various horror scenarios and see what the company can han- dle. Be conservative with your estimates.

MOST important is the price. Do not overpay for a com- pany, no matter how good you think it is. If you can’t buy a stock for below its intrinsic value, you probably won’t make money on it. Also, think very long term. If the Eurozone blows up, 20% - 40% drops in stock pric- es would not be unimaginable. But if you paid the right Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki price, don’t worry about short-term swings. Annankatu, 00120 Helsinki tel. +358-9-616 621, [email protected] www.hotelanna.fi HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 9

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Tissue papers promise from Tampere to Pori. In Metro automation addition, an application for planning to the Oulu-Jyväskylä route growth for lumber industry resume has been fi led. HT A decision made earlier this month to scrap the deal Talouselämä: The consumption of tissue papers continues to increase, also in developed markets. between Helsinki Region Revenue of large Transport (HSL) and Sie- mens for the automation of Finnish companies ANTTI AUTIO– STT the consumption of tissue the city’s Metro system has hits record high ALEKSIS TORO– HT papers grows by one to two been reversed. At a meeting According to a survey by per cent annually, while in on Monday night, the Hel- Talouselämä magazine, the THE CONSUMPTION of print- Eastern Europe the corre- sinki City Board said the revenue of the largest com- ing paper in developed coun- sponding fi gure is fi ve to six project is to go ahead and panies in Finland grew to a tries is at a standstill, or has per cent. “The growth is a planning should continue. record high last year, if the even begun to decline as dig- result of rising standards of Diffi culties had arisen be- contracting Nokia is disre- ital communication gains living and hygiene,” Ruonala- tween HSL and Siemens garded. The growth is, how- ground. But the lumber in- Lindgren says. over the years, with HSL ever, principally attributable dustry still has some growth saying the company was to the hike in oil prices, which areas, such as tissue papers, Consumer LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO unable to fi nish the project encouraged roughly a 30 per which have been somewhat products by nature at the price with which they cent increase in Neste Oil’s neglected in Finland in com- Tissue papers are, by nature, had bid for the deal. HT revenue. Neste Oil is Fin- parison to cardboards and consumer products. Their land’s second largest compa- wooden construction. “There brands are well represent- ny after Nokia. The results of are clearly more growth op- ed in advertisements and Four in five use the 500 largest Finnish com- portunities in tissue papers on shop shelves, and include internet banking panies were incorporated than in graphic papers, al- Serla, Lambi, Embo and Nes- Workers operate a machine at the Metsä Tissue mill in Mänttä. in the survey. Disregarding so in mature markets,” says su. Future possibilities range for bill payments Nokia, the combined revenue manager Alina Ruonala- from the development of en- Four in fi ve Finns use internet of these companies grew by 7 Lindgren of the Finnish For- tirely new products to im- The multiple uses of tissue paper banking for bill payments, per cent to 313 billion euros. est Industries Federation. proved features, new forms • Tissue papers are consumer products that are marketed in suggests a study of house- Meanwhile, in comparison to According to the Europe- of packaging, and develop- the same way as other brands. holds’ payment methods by 2010, combined net results an Tissue Symposium (ETS), ment of auxiliary products • The first tissue paper product was toilet paper, first used at the Federation of Finnish Fi- decreased by 9 per cent to the global consumption of such as tissue dispensers the turn of the 19th century. nancial Services. While al- approximately 11 billion eu- tissue papers is predicted to used in public facilities and • Tissues (soft paper handkerchiefs) became available in the most every 18 to 44-year-old ros. Fortum, Nordea Pank- rise to over 40 million tons workplaces. In Joukio’s view, 1920s. Later products have included moist towelettes. Finn uses internet banking, ki Suomi, Sampo, Kone and per year by 2019. Ten years tissue papers, as consum- • Hygienic kitchen tissues are a third large group of tissue the popularity of the service Veikkaus recorded signifi - ago only 20 million tons were er products, are nowhere papers, and paper napkins are found in nearly every home has also increased among cant yields, while Nokia, Ou- consumed per year. near as sensitive to business and restaurant. the elderly. Currently, nearly tokumpu, Metsä Group and Managing director Mika cycles as printing papers. • In workplaces and public spaces, tissue paper is used for half of 65-year-olds handle Finnair recorded the greatest Joukio of tissue paper com- Tissue papers are used no example in hand towels. their bill payments online. losses. HT-STT pany Metsä Tissue, a part of matter what trends prevail • In hospitals and health centres tissue paper is used to en- The study also reveals that Metsä Group, says growth in the economy. sure proper hygiene. Hygiene is also of prime importance only 28 per cent use cash in is generated as increases There are two tissue pa- in the food and other industries. their daily purchases. Simi- Facebook off to a in wealth raise demand for per mills in Finland, Metsä larly, the use of credit cards dismal start on the higher quality tissue paper, Tissue’s facility in Mänttä has decreased. HT-STT and new products are intro- and another in Nokia, which markets. The location of the from pulp factories fi rst stock market duced to the market. He goes the American company Geor- companies depends on the brought into circulation. Facebook’s fi rst full week as on to say that in Western Eu- gia-Pacifi c recently sold to proximity of markets to raw Joukio explains that primary Low-cost coach an exchange-listed compa- rope, growth depends on the Swedish SCA. Metsä Tis- materials. fi bre is always used when the company to open ny ended on a low note. In a products of increasingly high sue has ten other factories in Of the raw fi bre used by purity of the fi nal product is Helsinki-Turku week, the company’s stock quality, while in the east de- Sweden, Germany, Poland, Metsä Tissue, about half is important. Primary fi bre al- exchange value shrunk by mand rises with the standard Slovakia and Russia, which recycled paper and the oth- so imparts durability, soft- route nearly 20 billion USD. Face- of living. In Western Europe, are the company’s main er half primary fi bre, or mass ness and whiteness. The low-cost coach com- book’s initial public offering pany Onnibus was granted was the all-time biggest by permission to begin service an IT company, but proved set up connecting routes the currently ordered planes on the route from Helsinki dismal for investors. The NEWS ANALYSIS from the rest of Europe, their in 2015. Norwegian may, of to Turku on 4 June, YLE re- initial valuation of 104 bil- strategy will be identical to course, use its Dreamlin- ports. Earlier this week, lion USD began to decline Finnair’s. The only difference ers for American traffi c, giv- Onnibus criticised Matka- during the fi rst day of trad- is that, as a low cost airline, en that connections from the huolto for complicating op- ing. Prior to the decline, Norwegian’s cost structure Nordic countries to the Amer- erations in the Helsinki Bus Facebook’s share was mo- is much lighter than that of ican continent are not very Station, and the matter is mentarily priced at 45 USD. Finnair. good. Competition over the under investigation by the Facebook’s listing more Norwegian said in Janu- Atlantic is tough, however, Finnish Competition Au- than doubled Finns’ enthu- ary that it would acquire 372 and an airline based in a Nor- thority. Onnibus currently siasm to invest in American

LEHTIKUVA / PEKKA SAKKI new planes suited for Euro- dic country would suffer from operates connections from shares, Nordnet statistics pean routes over the next an obvious geographic disad- Helsinki to Tampere and indicate. HT-STT two decades. Most of the vantage. The airlines’ profi ts planes ordered will replace lie in Asian traffi c. older planes, as the compa- ny intends to renew its fl eet every seven years. In any case, this will amount to a Low cost carrier Norwegian is expanding its long-range fleet, pos- large expansion in capacity. HANKEN MBA ing a possible challenge to Finnair in the intercontinental market. Finnair has staked its fu- TWO-YEAR PART-TIME MBA ture on Asian traffi c, as the location of Helsinki-Vantaa airport is ideal for fl ights Specialisation alternatives: Norwegian may copy from Europe to Asia. The » shortest route to China and Finance Finnair’s Asian strategy Japan passes through Fin- » International Management land, but Stockholm is not ANTTI AUTIO– STT will purchase two new Boe- out of the way either. The log- » Service and Relationship Marketing ALEKSIS TORO– HT ing 787 Dreamliner airplanes ic of the economy is such that in addition to the six it has al- a good business idea sooner FINNAIR will resolve its prob- ready bought. or later draws competitors. The programme with modules once a month makes it lem of unprofi table European Dreamliner is a plane with Finnair has no monopoly on possible to combine work, personal life and study. routes by transferring fl ights a range of well over 15,000 its geographic advantage. to the British low cost air- kilometres. Designed for ve- The emergence of a com- th line Flybe. However, at the ry long fl ights, the plane can petitor is not far off, as Nor- Next info session 5 June 2012. For more information, same time, a direct attack on fl y from the Nordic countries wegian will already have its please visit mba.hanken.fi. the heart of Finnair’s strat- to Australia without a stopo- fi rst three Dreamliners in use egy is taking shape. The low ver. If Norwegian decides to next year. The next four will cost airline Norwegian an- begin fl ights to Asia, for ex- be painted in Norwegian col- MBA.HANKEN.FI nounced on 24 May that it ample from Stockholm, and ours in 2014, and the last of 10 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 SUMMER FESTIVALS HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY ANNIKA RAUTAKOURA and ONA SIURUA

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JUNE Midnight Sun Film Festival light Anthem Where: Imatra What: Jazz When: 13-17 June Tickets: €65-115 What: Jazz, Big Band Who’s there: TBA Where: Sodankylä www.provinssirock.fi Who’s there: Mart Sander & the Tickets: Free entry Sonisphere What: Films Swing Swindlers (EST), Brassballet www.jazzliitto.fi When: 4 June Who’s there: Taina Elg, Harriet An- Nummirock Metal Festival (GER), Vocapeople Where: Helsinki dersson (SWE), Alan Rudolph (US), When: 21-23 June Tickets: €10-55/night Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlat What: Metal Ruben Östlund (SWE), Alex Petre- Where: Kauhajoki, Nummijärvi www.ibbf.fi When: 5 July- 4 August Who’s there: Metallica, Machine sén (SWE), Rodrigo Areias (POR) What: Metal, heavy rock Where: Savonlinna Head, Amorphis, Gojira, Ghost, Tickets: €8-25 per screening Who’s there: Fear Factory, Saba- Kalott Jazz & Blues What: Opera, concerts, interna- Hardcore Superstar www.msfilmfestival.fi ton (SWE), Sparzanza (SWE), Swal- When: 28 June-1 July tional song contest Tickets: €79 low the Sun, Stam1na, In Mourning, Where: Tornio-Haaparanta Who’s there: Karita Mattila, Apoc- www.fi.sonisphere.eu International Dance Festival/ Before the Dawn, Viikate, Brymir, What: Jazz & Blues alyptica, La Fenice, The Magic Kuopio Tanssii Ja Soi Profane Omen, Rytmihäiriö, Car- Who’s there: Anna-Mari Kähärä, Flute, Aida, The Flying Dutchman, Lumo Jazz When: 14-20 June nalation Sami Pitkämö Trio, Veroni- Free Will, Peter Grimes When: 7-10 June Where: Kuopio Music Centre’s Tickets: €60-99 ca Mårtensen, Honey B & The T- Tickets: €40-275 Where: Kuopio Chamber Music Hall & Culture Arena www.nummirock.fi Bones, Sami Saari Band, Sofia Pet- www.operafestival.fi What: Jazz What: Dance & Classical music tersson , Joanne Shaw Taylor, Jo- Who’s there: Pauli Hanhiniemen Who’s there: Kuopio Symphony Kalajoen Juhannus hanna Iivanainen Hotel Savonsolmu Beach & Blues Melko Akustinen Duo, The Northern Orchestra & Pori Dance Compa- When: 21-23 June Tickets: €0-25 Party Governors, Auteur Jazz, Aki Rissanen ny, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Where: Kalajoki www.kalottjazzblues.net When: 4-7 July Trio, Savonia College plays The Roll- Carlo (US), Karttunen Kollektiv & What: Eurodance, disco, rock, Where: Pieksämäki ing Stones, M.A.D., Taipale, Virta Eero Hämeenniemi, Carl Knif, Joona hiphop Tammerkosken Sillalla What: Blues Tickets: €20-62 Halonen, Dance Theater MD, Ervi Who’s there: Günther (SWE), Cap- When: 29 June-7 July Who’s there: Papa George & Alan www.lumojazz.fi Sirén (FI/JAP) tain Jack (GER), Italo Brothers Where: Tampere Glen (UK), Tim Lothar (DK), Tap Tickets: €12-50 (GER), Popeda, Michael Monroe, What: Finnish music Jelly Blues Duo Kivenlahti Rock www.kuopiodancefestival.fi Petri Nygård, Fintelligens, Jare & Who’s there: Anna Eriksson, Ha- Tickets: €0-10 When: 8-9 June VilleGalle, Cheek loo Helsinki!, Anna Puu, Juha Tapio, www.savonsolmublues.com Where: Leppävaara, Espoo Kerava Jazz Tickets: €35-99 Paula Koivuniemi What: Pop, rock, hiphop When: 14-17 June www.kalajoenjuhannus.com www.sillalla.net Jyrkkä Rock Festival Who’s there: Apocalyptica, Chisu, Where: Kerava When: 6-7 July Viikate, Jukka Poika & Sound Ex- What: Jazz The Voice Juhannus – Oulu Hiphop Festival Where: Jyrkkäkoski, Pudasjärvi plosion Band, Ewert and The Two Who’s there: Iro, Uffe & Trygve Himosfestival When: 29-30 June What: Rock Dragons (EST), Metsatöll (EST), (FI/NO), M.A. Nummisen Uusrah- When: 21-23 June Where: Oulu Who’s there: Brüssel Kaupallinen, Sparzanza (SWE), Black City (DK) vaanomainen Jatsiorkesteri, Robin’s Where: Himos Park, Jämsä What: Hiphop Burning Point, Domination Black, Tickets: €25-45 organizing: Esa Niiva Band, Ste- What: Rock, pop, reggae Who’s there: Asa, Cheek, Notkea Kilpi, The Freza, D’Airot, Dreamtale, www.kivenlahtirock.com ve Lehman Trio (USA), Sten Sandell Who’s there: Happoradio, Michael Rotta, Paleface, Pietari & Jodarok, Faff-Bey, Hellride Acustic Trio (SWE), Trio X (US), Dee Alexan- Monroe, Cheek, Paula Koivunie- Fintelligens, Petri Nygård Tickets: €22-40 Bassline der Evolution Ensemble (US), Delir- mi, Apulanta, Jukka Poika & Sound Tickets: € 28-55 www.jyrkkafestival.com When: 8-10 June ium (FI/DK), Riverloam Trio (POL/ Explosion Band, Herra Ylppö & Ih- www.ouluhiphopfestival.fi Where: Helsinki UK), Samuli Mikkonen & Trygve miset, Chisu Summer Up What: Hiphop, pop, disco, jazz Seim (FI/NO), Starlicker (US), Tickets: €55-105 TUSKA Open Air Metal Festival When: 6-7 July Who’s there: GRUM (UK), Mr. Jazzmessu, Peter Engberg Quartet, www.himosfestival.com When: 29 June-1 July Where: Lahti Woodnote (UK), Lil Rhys (UK), Eva Nieminen & Litmanen Where: Helsinki What: Urban music Lazarus (UK), Snareophobe (UK) Tickets: €0-45 Haapavesi Folk Music Festival What: Metal & Hard Rock Who’s there: Kapasiteettiyksik- Tickets: Free entry www.personal.inet.fi/yhdistys/ When: 25 June-1 July Who’s there: Megadeth, Ministry, Lamb kö, Mohombi (SWE), Jukka Poika & www.bassline.fi keravajazz/ Where: Haapavesi Of God, Apocalyptica, Sonata Arcti- Sound Explosion, Cheek What: Folk ca, Edguy, Sabaton, Exodus, Trivium, Be- Tickets: €35-130 Seikkisrock Boombox Festival Who’s there: Ruthie Dornfeld (US), hemoth, Overkill, Napalm Death, Hate- www.summerup.fi When: 9-10 June When: 15-16 June Russ Barenberg (US), Yamma en- breed, Suicide Silence, Mokoma Where: Turku Where: Helsinki semble (ISR), Bagamoyo ensemble Tickets: €65-130 Ruisrock What: Children’s rock festival What: Hiphop & reggae (TZ), HiR (SWE), Remco Houtman- www.tuska-festival.fi When: 6-8 July Who’s there: Families, Pentti Ra- Who’s there: Brädi, Cheek, Fintel- Janssen Ukulelezaza (NL) Where: Ruissalo, Turku sinkangas & Ohilyönti, Pelle Mil- ligens, Gracias, Jare & VilleGalle, Tickets: €10-75 Ämyrock What: Pop & Rock joona United, Kengurumeininki Notkea Rotta, Paleface, Redrama, www.haapavesifolk.com When: 30 June Who’s there: Pulp (UK), Refused Tickets: €9-12, children under Ruger Hauer, Ruudolf, Steen1, Stig Where: Hämeenlinna (SWE), Mustasch (SWE), Night- 2 for free Dogg, Teflon Brothers, Uniikki Puistoblues What: Music, workshops wish, The Cardigans (SWE), Michael www.seikkisrock.net Tickets: €25-130 When: 27 June-1 July Who’s there: TBA Monroe, Bloc Party (UK), The Mars www.boombox.fi Where: Järvenpää Tickets: Free entry Volta (US), Snoop Dogg (US) X Les Lumières What: Blues www.amyrock.org Tickets: €70-115 When: 11-17 June Provinssirock Who’s there: John Fogerty (US), Eli www.ruisrock.fi Where: Suomenlinna, Helsinki When: 15-17 June “Paperboy” Reed (US), Los Lone- What: Enlightment era cultural fes- Where: Seinäjoki ly Boys (US) JULY Baltic Jazz tival with music, dance and ballet What: Rock & pop Tickets: €63-69 When: 5-8 July Who’s there: E.g. Compagnie Fetes Who’s there: Slayer, Justice Live, www.puistoblues.fi Where: Taalintehdas Galantes Mastodon, Kyuss Lives!, Eagles of Jazz Espa What: Jazz Tickets: €0-30 Death Metal, M83, Rise Against, Imatra Big Band Festival When: 2-27 July Who’s there: Grani Big Band - www.lumieres.fi Example, Snow Patrol, The Gas- When: 28 June-7 July Where: Esplanade Park, Helsinki Swinging with Jan Allan (SWE),

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SACSHA VAUGHN Gunhild Carling & the Carling (US), The Northern Governors, Oulunsalo Soi – Chamber Family (SWE) Paloma Faith (UK) Music Festival Helsinki Times Tickets: €40-150 Tickets: €0-65 When: 3-7 August www.balticjazz.com www.porijazz.fi Where: Oulu asks... What: Chamber music 1) Are you going to Kirjazz Hammer Open Air Metal Festival Who’s there: Virpi Räisänen, Nan- attend any Finnish fes- When: 7 July When: 20-21 July do Russo (ITA), Ulvens Döttrar tivals? Where: Valkeakoski Where: Lieto Tickets: €14-25 What: Jazz What: Metal, Thrash www.oulunsalosoi.fi 2) Which festivals would Who’s there: Erin, Pertti Kurikan Who’s there: Deströyer 666 (AU), you like to attend? Nimipäivät, Koiton Laulu, Haloo Asphyx (NL), Root (CZ), Gehennah Myötätuulirock Helsinki!, Apulanta, Jukka Poika (SWE), Necrophobic (SWE), Portrait When: 3-4 August 3) Which artist do you Tickets: €20-60 (SWE), Charnel Winds, Eyehategod Where: Hakunila, Vantaa look forward to seeing www.valmu.com Tickets: €45-75 What: Rock www.sacrifire.net/hammer Who’s there: Michael Monroe, in the summer? Kaustinen Folk Music Festival Amorphis, Skindred (UK), Ama- When: 9-15 July Wanaja Festival ranthe (SWE), Engel (SWE) Where: Kaustinen When: 20-21 July Tickets: €38-75 The Trockaderos are not your ordinary ballet troupe. What: Folk & country Where: Hämeenlinna www.mtr.fi Who’s there: Kardemimmit, Erk- What: Rock & pop ki & tytöt, Siba Folk Big Band, Os- Who’s there: Leningrad Cowboys, Porispere the group have adopted Rus- trobothnian Folk Orchestra, Suo, Michael Monroe, Chisu, Stam1na, When: 3-5 August sian stage names. Trockadero LuoMuKanteleet, Pauliina Syr- Pariisin Kevät, Freeman, Paleface, Where: Pori Men is a celebration of dance as an jälä, Laima Jansone (LAT), Vilma Haloo Helsinki! What: Metal, rock art form, and of its versatility. Timonen Tickets: €60 Who’s there: Turbonegro (NO), The show is far from low- Tickets: €20-130 www.wanajafestival.fi Amorphis, Satyricon (NO), Sacred in tights www.kaustinen.net Reich (US), PMMP brow. Men dressed as women Otto (25) from Kuopio LOVE Music Festival Tickets: €10-80 ONA SIURUA are only funny for the fi rst ten 1) Yes I am going to attend Jyväskylän Kesä When: 20-21 July www.porispere.fi HELSINKI TIMES minutes. After that, the audi- one or two festivals this When: 10-15 July Where: Tampere ence has to be entranced by Where: Jyväskylä What: Indierock, hiphop, electro Flow Festival summer. What: Music, stand up comedy, Who’s there: Basement Jaxx, When: 8-12 August EVEN THOUGH the Trocka- the performance. The danc- 2) I want to go at least to the theatre Groove Armada, Lapko, Regina, DJ Where: Helsinki deros training is based on ers are highly trained profes- Tuska festival. Who’s there: Nathalie Stutzmann Rascal, Gracias What: Rock, soul, pop, jazz, indie classical Russian ballet, their sionals, and while a person 3) I look forward to seeing (FR), The Northern Governors, Tickets: €45-75 Who’s there: Björk (IS), Bon Iver performances are far from who has never been to the bal- Saint Vitus and Exodus. Paleface & Räjähtävä Nyrkki, Vio- www.lovemusicfestival.fi (US), Flying Lotus (US), A$AP traditional. The group con- let can enjoy the show enor- lons Barbares (MON/FR/BUL) Rocky (US), The Black Keys (US), Tickets: €0-42 Lieksan Vaskiviikko Ane Brun (NO) sists only of men, who al- mously, only those who truly www.jyvaskylankesa.fi When: 20-28 July Tickets: €70-160 so dance the parts normally know the pieces by heart can Where: Lieksa www.flowfestival.com belonging to women. Men spot the subtler changes to Rotuaari Piknik What: Brass music in tutus and pointe shoes – the original choreography. When: 1 July, 11-14 July Who’s there: Trombamania, Bos- Jalometalli Where: Oulu ton Brass, Miklos Nagy & Friends, When: 10-11 August the Trocks exploit every bal- On the two nights in Kuo- What: Concerts Mnozil Plays Mnozil Where: Oulu let manner and tradition pio the group will perform Who’s there: John Fogerty (US), Tickets: €0-25 What: Metal known, negotiating a bal- Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Mika (32) from Espoo Eppu Normaali, Austin Mailer, www.lieksabrass.com Who’s there: Iced Earth (US), ance between humour and Lake, Act II), the postmodern 1) Yes I plan on going to a Pariisin Kevät Crimson Glory (US), Heathen (US), skill. Talented and passion- dance movement essay Tickets: €24-79 Down by the Laituri (DBTL) Nekromantheon (NO), The Devil’s Pat- few festivals this summer www.piknik.fi When: 24-29 July Blood (NL) ate, the group has been con- terns in Space, Go for Barocco with my girlfriend. Where: Turku Tickets: €58-80 quering the world, tongue in and Paquitita. 2) I want to go to Flow festival, Tammerfest What: Pop, rock www.jalometalli.net cheek, for over 30 years. When: 11-14 July Who’s there: TBA Ruisrock and the Finnish Their repertoire includes Metal Expo to name a few! Where: Tampere Tickets: TBA, tickets go on sale Jurassic Rock Les Ballets What: Rock, pop 29 June. When: 10-11 August a full slate of ballet and mod- 3) I look forward to seeing Trockadero de Monte Carlo Who’s there: Apulanta, Cheek, www.dbtl.fi Where: Visulahti, Mikkeli ern dance. The elements of Hevisaurus, Nightwish, 43rd Annual International Chisu, Eppu Normaali, Erin, Kaija What: Rock comedy in the performances Bloc Party, The Cardigans, Koo, Kotiteollisuus Keitelejazz Who’s there: Tinie Tempah (UK), Dance Festival are created by exaggerating Rival Sons and Regina. Tickets: €20-105 When: 25-28 July Meshuggah (SWE), Yelawolf (US), weaknesses and accidents (Kuopio Tanssii Ja Soi) www.tammerfest.fi Where: Äänekoski Iiris (EST), Alaska (RU), PMMP What: Jazz Tickets: €20-59 and accentuating the contra- 18-19 June Compiled by Lahden Yöt Who’s there: Reckless Love, Slade, www.jurassicrock.fi dictions of dance. As part of www.kuopiodancefestival.fi Kassandra Guy and Leanne Sullivan. When: 11-14 July Michael Monroe, Jyväskylä Big the act, all the members of www.trockadero.org Where: Lahti Band, Youn Sun Nah & Ulf Wakeni- Aura Fest What: 90’s inspired music, pop, us, Kúara Trio feat. Trygve Seim When: 10-11 August rock Tickets: €12-52 Where: Turku Who’s there: Lauri Tähkä, Chisu, www.keitelejazz.fi What: Hiphop Bonnie Tyler (UK), Haddaway Who’s there: Uniikki, Cheek, Pale- (GER), Dr. Alban (SWE), Pipefest face, Puhuva Kone, Petri Nygård, Rednex (SWE) When: 26-28 July Kymppilinja, Fintelligens Tickets: €25-35 Where: Vuokatti Tickets: € 26-60 www.lahdenyot.com What: Rap www.auramusicfestival.com Who’s there: Adam Tensta (SWE), Seinäjoen Tangomarkkinat Looptroop Rockers (SWE), B.O.B Espoo Ciné When: 11-15 July (US), Aste, Kuningasidea When: 17-26 August Where: Seinäjoki Tickets: €39-75 Where: Espoo What: Finnish tango www.pipefest.fi What: Cinema Who’s there: The finalists of an an- Tickets: €4.50-7 per screening nual tango song contest Qstock www.espoocine.fi Tickets: €0-100 When: 27-28 July www.tangomarkkinat.fi Where: Kuusisaari, Oulu Weekend Festival What: Rock When: 17-18 August Linnajazz Who’s there: Roxette (SWE), Ama- Where: Espoo When: 12-15 July ranthe (SWE), Death Letters (NL), What: Rock, pop, hip-hop, electro Where: Hämeenlinna Arch Enemy (SWE), Black City (DK) Who’s there: Odd Future Wolf What: Jazz Tickets: €55-90 Gang Kill Them All (US), Donkey- Who’s there: Jo Stance, Sweet Jee- www.qstock.org boy (NO), David Guetta (FR) Hurts na and Her Sweethearts, Manuel (UK), Skrillex (US), Carpark North Dunkel, Marcia Lisboa, West Weston Puntala-Rock (DK), Haloo Helsinki!, Redrama Tickets: €0-35 When: 27-28 July Tickets: €59-79 www.linnajazz.fi Where: Lempäälä www.wknd.fi What: DIY punk rock Ilosaarirock Who’s there: Poison Idea (US), Helsingin Juhlaviikot When: 13-15 July Doom (UK), La Fraction (FR), When: 17 August-2 September Where: Joensuu Avengers (US) Where: Helsinki What: Rock Tickets: €26-38 What: Music, theatre, arts, Who’s there: 65daysofstatic (UK), www.puntala-rock.com performance, workshops Against Me! (US), Antony & The Who’s there: Cirque Éloize, Suvi Johnsons (US) & Joensuun City Vauhtiajot Teräsniska & Erin, Orchestra, First Aid Kit (SWE), Iiris When: 27-29 July Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (EST), The Hives (SWE), Where: Seinäjoki Tickets: €0-58 Mayhem (NO) What: Rock www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi Tickets: €10-75 Who’s there: Haloo Helsinki!, www.ilosaarirock.fi Happoradio, Paleface, Petri Viapori Jazz Nygård, Popeda, Erin Anttila, When: 22-25 August Rauma Blues Kaija Koo, Lauri Tähkä, PMMP, Where: Suomenlinna, Helsinki When: 13-14 July Sleepy Sleepers What: Jazz Where: Rauma Tickets: €38-60 Who’s there: Toot Toot, Holiday What: Blues www.vauhtiajot.fi Care For Billie, Yona & pienet liik- Who’s there: North Mississippi All- kuvat pilvet stars, Lou Ann Barton, Reverend Tickets: €20-25 per concert John Wilkins, Ruby Jane Show, Derek AUGUST www.viaporijazz.fi O’Brien, Erja Lyytinen, Dj HWY 7 Tickets: €55 Oulun musiikkivideofestivaalit www.raumablues.com Elojazz When: 22-26 August When: 2-5 August Where: Oulu Pori Jazz Where: Oulu What: Music videos, live music, air When: 14-22 July What: Jazz guitar world championship Where: Pori Who’s there: Arctic Swing Trio, Tickets: €0-20 What: Jazz, blues, soul, pop Gerard Presencer, Klima Kalima www.omvf.net Who’s there: Norah Jones (US), Tickets: €8-60 Robert Randolph & the Family Band www.elojazz.com 12 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 This page is sponsored by Magma HELSINKI TIMES

Magma is Text by James O’Sullivan a Finland-Swedish think-tank www.magma.fi The Swedish option

A recent study has found that many immigrants in the capital region see Swedish-language integration as a desired pathway.

Ann-Jolin Grune works as project manager for Delaktig i Finland, which seeks to develop integration opportunities in the Swedish language.

While Finnish Law states that immigrants should have the pos- Working with fellow researcher Mika Helander, the duo “The immigrants themselves think that the integration sibility to integrate in both offi cial languages, in Finnish and in found variations in the exact number of foreigners seeking threshold is lower via Swedish, as they learn the language Swedish, up until recently offi cial structures in the capital region service in Swedish in the capital region. According to KELA, quicker, which can be used for understanding documents have supported integration only in the majority language. The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, 1,225 of these for- and diff erent issues,” Helander states. However, recent changes in the Immigration Law have eigners are registered as Swedish speakers. Combining this However, the research also revealed uncertainties among seen the initiation of the nationwide Osallisena Suomessa – information with other sources, the total number was calcu- immigrants over their degree of welcome in the Finland-Swed- Delaktig i Finland or Participating in Finland-project. Made up lated to be just under 2,000 people. ish community, with some of them citing diffi culties in getting of ten larger projects from around the country with the com- However, this falls short of the results of the survey con- their children accepted into Swedish-speaking day care. mon aim of facilitating immigration processes, each of these ducted specifi cally for this research, which found that 4,500 “We Finland-Swedes should do our best to open up and also include a number of regionally specifi c projects. immigrants who have arrived in the past fi ve years would share our networks, and give opportunities to people that One of ten offi cial projects in the Helsinki region, Delak- like to have offi cial services off ered in the minority language. come from diff erent backgrounds,” Grüne urges. “We should tig i Finland i huvudstadsregionen (DiFih), seeks to develop offi - Creutz’s and Helander’s fi ndings also indicated that a maze be grateful and happy for those who choose Swedish.” cial structures to give people the choice between Swedish and of diffi culties exists for immigrants seeking to integrate in Finnish-language integration. Headed by Arbis, the Swedish Swedish in the Helsinki region. Looking ahead Adult Education Centre, along with the participation of Luck- “When arriving and choosing a language, it is often em- Now that the project has established an understanding of an, The Finland-Swedish Culture and Information Centre, DiFih phasised that Swedish is not a good choice and, in a way, the needs of the immigrant population, the wheels are al- is one of four projects around the country seeking to develop many immigrants get the feeling that Swedish is not an op- ready in motion regarding offi cial Swedish-language integra- integration opportunities in the Swedish language. tion,” Creutz says. “This has led to various problems for those tion possibilities in the capital region. “In a way, nobody thought about the whole picture, who have stressed that they need Swedish in their daily lives.” “The results of the research confi rm that we are on the right about how people tend to move to diff erent regions,” ex- Contrary to the previously held belief, the report al- path, and that we have the cure for some of the problems that are plains project manager Ann-Jolin Grüne. “If you integrate so found that many immigrants see integrating in Swedish visible,” Grüne states. “We are commencing an integration pro- into one part of the country in Swedish and want to trans- as merely a stepping-stone to integrating into the whole of gramme in Swedish that starts in September this year and con- fer to another, how will it work out so that you can manage in Finnish society, and not as a means of confi ning themselves tinues until 31 May 2013. If you are an unemployed immigrant Swedish in a diff erent part of the country?” to a Swedish-speaking life. and you want to integrate in Swedish, you can discuss with the Upon its completion in 2013, the project’s fi ndings will be “It is important to remember that immigrants do not employment offi ce whether you can do this integration training presented to the Ministry of Education, with the overall aim think about learning solely Finnish or Swedish. They have an programme in Swedish as part of self motivated studies.” that Swedish language integration will offi cially be possible openness for learning both languages,” Helander observes. in all larger, bilingual cities. “Authorities think that it is a question of either/or, that the immigration pathway would be lengthened in Swedish, and Swedish-language integration in fi gures Documenting the facts that people choosing this pathway would be somehow sepa- – Of the immigrant population, 10 per cent can speak and write in Swedish, Last autumn, a research study began which for the fi rst time rated from the majority of society. We found that 54 per cent and 21 per cent can understand Swedish. ever surveyed immigrants’ attitudes towards Swedish-lan- of immigrants living here would be interested in learning – According to KELA and other sources, just under 2,000 people have chosen services available in Swedish. guage integration in the capital region. This has now been both offi cial languages.” – However, utilising the results of a survey, the report found that of those im- published as part of the DiFih project. According to the research, Swedish, due to its Germanic migrants who have arrived in the past 5 years, 4,500 people would like to “The idea came from the stories we heard from immi- roots, is perceived to be easier to pick up than Finnish for the have offi cial services in Swedish. grants in Luckan and Arbis,” Grüne explains. “Immigrants are majority of immigrants, and many immigrants also see the – 54 per cent of the immigrant population would be interested in learning a bit confused by the attitudes of Finnish-speaking Finns. They acquisition of Swedish as an important tool for advancing both of Finland’s offi cial languages. see that Finland is a very law-abiding country, and that every- their professional careers. where they go offi cials tell them that they should do as the law says, but when it comes to Swedish, offi cials don’t always fol- low the Language Law.” Titled Via svenska – Den svenskspråkiga integrationsvä- gen (Via Swedish-The Swedish-Language Integration Path), the Immigrants are keen Researcher Karin Creutz groundbreaking report highlights the immigrant popula- to learn both Finnish collected experiences tion’s desire to have an offi cial integration pathway available and Swedish, says about Swedish-language in Swedish in the capital region. researcher Mika Helander. integration. “Our aim was to get some kind of picture of the potential group interested in Swedish-language integration,” states Karin Creutz, one of the co-authors of the report. “At the same time, we also collected experiences about Swedish-language integra- tion, and wanted to get an overall picture of what the situation is now – what is working, and what problems there currently are.” HELSINKI TIMES 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 13 Summer guide BARS & PUBS & RESTAURANTS & MUSEUMS & ENTERTAINMENT YOUR HELSINKI GUIDE

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LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / JEAN CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN NPR.ORG 21 May. STUART KAUFFMAN The Power Of Finland’s ‘Kalevala’

“FOR THESE past 10,000 years an oral tradition of folk tales and songs called the Ka- levala has been kept alive by Pirkko Mattila is a Finns Party MP. the people. Generation after generation the Finns sat knee to knee, facing one another, Exploring Fen-land hand holding hand, next to the fi re, rocking, telling the SUOMI – that is Finland in Finnish. Suomaa – fenland, suo tales, says Stuart Kauffman. – bog; something quite Finnish, eh? Bogs produce energy The Kalevala is read in in the form of peat that is also unique and very Finnish. school as we read Chaucer...” Jyrki Katainen considers eurozone bonds problematic. THERE are people who literally hate our peat industry. I guess their opinions are based on a time when the ef- NASDAQ.COM 25 May PLANETF-1.COM 25 May fects of peat harvesting for waterways were not prop- erly understood. I must admit, murky waters around peat industry areas do not inspire one’s confi dence. Finland PM: It’s Too Early Lotus WHEN using peat as an energy source, conservation issues say no to must not be neglected. However, I have seen new tech- To Talk About Eurozone Bonds nology in use and believe conservation targets are being reached. I believe that we can both use bogs as sources of “CREATING common debt is- Claude Juncker said he ex- in Brussels, Jyrki Katainen Kimi’s rally energy and conserve them for future generations. suance in the eurozone would pected no movement on the said ‘we are not in favor of be “inviting problems,” Finn- issue from today’s European eurobonds because for too request PEAT and bogs are biotypes more or less unique to Fin- ish Prime Minister Jyrki leaders summit. many years, too many coun- land. Peat can be found practically only in the wetlands Katainen said Wednesday, On his way into a meet- tries had borrowing costs “LOTUS have put their foot and bogs of the Euro-Arctic region and in Ireland and Es- while Eurogroup chief Jean- ing of center-right leaders that were too low…” down, telling Kimi Räik- tonia. There are, of course, wetlands in many European konen he may not contest countries, but their peat industry is minimal. Finnish this year’s Rally of Finland. peatlands are the products of our original geohistory. SCTIMES.COM 23 May Last week, Autosport re- Moraine dominates the soil moulded by the ice age. vealed that the Finn was hop- ing to return to the World ABOUT two per cent of Finnish bogs are utilised in the Finland star Granlund signs with Wild Rally Championship for a peat industry. The rest are in a natural state, or very one-off outing at this year’s close to one. In addition, almost all of our peatlands are “MIKAEL GRANLUND’S arriv- Rally of Finland, his home fully protected, which means Finland has clearly sur- al in Minnesota has been ea- event. passed EU requirements. gerly awaited by frustrated ‘I’d like to do Rally Finland Wild fans looking for more this season as it fi ts with the PEAT is a controversial energy source in the EU. The star power and offensive skill calendar but you’ll have to question of whether it is a renewable or merely a fossil on a team stuck in medioc- ask the team if it fi ts in my energy source is open to interpretation. At the moment, rity since entering the NHL contract,’ Räikkonen said. peat is listed as a fos- 12 years ago. If the 20-year- But, according to the Daily sil energy source, but old forward turns out to be as Telegraph, Lotus said no to I believe that we can LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ it would be justifi able good as advertised, he could the 32-year-old…” both use bogs as to list it as a renewable wind up sharing a spotlight sources of energy and source as well. with the likes of Adrian Peter- conserve them for son, Ricky Rubio, Jared Allen, THE INDEPENDENT 23 May. PEAT grows, you know. Joe Mauer and Kevin Love. TIM WALKER future generations. Normally, peat grows Granlund’s profi le here, in multiple layers, however, will never match which means that the growth in the lower layers is in- Mikael Granlund joins Minnesota Wild. his fame in Finland...” evitably slower. When peat production is initiated, re- The only generation of the deepest layers takes 120 years, even if peat was harvested from the bottom of the bog. Oil MARKETWATCH.COM 22 May way is – the real fossil fuel – takes millions of years to form. Finland FURTHERMORE, peat is indispensable in Finnish energy Itella Logistics Selects Manhattan production. Boilers in our power stations are designed “IF YOU want the American so that the burning of wood chips can be intensifi ed by Dream,’ Ed Miliband says, ‘go burning peat simultaneously. Exploiting only chips is Associates to Support Regional to Finland. Last week, the La- naturally possible, but the change would require plenty bour leader told a conference of time. In this case, the government has to be criticised: Logistics Services Operation on social mobility that ‘if you with their tax solutions, they temporarily encourage the are born poor in a more equal usage of brown coal in energy production, which is a real “GLOBAL supply chain op- logistics services in North- Manhattan SCOPE(R) sup- society like Finland, Norway setback for European energy and climate strategy. timization provider Man- ern Europe and Russia and ply chain solution portfo- or Denmark, then you have a hattan Associates today part of Finland-based Itel- lio as part of an extensive better chance of moving into AS FAR as the versatile usage of bogs in Finland is concerned, announced that Itella Logis- la Group, has selected mul- supply chain enhancement a good job than if you are born I want to bring up something new: we have the northern- tics, a leading operator of tiple components from the program...” poor in the United States.’ most UNESCO Geopark in the world, in which it is possible Finland may feature con- to see the geohistory of many of our bogs. I can highly recom- sistently in the world suicide mend it. The park is located in Northern Ostrobothnia, in the rate top 20, but according to village of Rokua in the Utajärvi region. One can reach it eas- Finland 360° the recent UN World Hap- ily by plane; it is not far away from Oulu. Want piness Report, it’s actually - The most beautiful places and sights to know more? the second-happiest country THERE is a wide selection of accommodation options start- Finland 360° presents all Read our latest news update in the world (after nearby ing from the spa hotel there, and plenty of public footpaths of Finland´s 19 regions on your mobile Denmark)...” at http://m.helsinkitimes.fi to the local national parks. The Rokua Geopark explains through photos, captations everything that happened in the region before and after and maps. Take a part of the ice age, as well as why there are so many bogs. Finland with you! Published by Karttakeskus. WE MAKE unique things here in Finland. We play bog foot- Price 24,90 € ball and it is possible to go cross-country skiing here even in mid-summer. You read it right. For two summers in a row, I have skied on a bright August evening in the Kapus- ta bog near the village of Siurua, Pudasjärvi. The competi- Where to buy

tion outfi t for the whole team was fl oral dresses with high Book shops LEHTIKUVA / MATTI BJÖRKMAN heels nailed to the skis. Believe me: there is not a more Department stores spectator-friendly sport. Even the skiers have fun! Internet: www.karttakauppa.fi Ed Miliband praises Finnish equality. HELSINKI TIMES 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 17 18 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 LIFESTYLE HELSINKI TIMES

MICHAEL HUTCHINSON-REIS Exploring Finnish Cities In this fortnightly series, Helsinki Times travels to different Finnish cities. The Phoenix of the South

KENNETH QUEK tracting writers from all over HELSINKI TIMES the world to mingle and fi nd inspiration. FEW OTHER Finnish cities You might also consider have seen as much as Lahti. visiting in winter, when Lahti The site of the oldest known holds the annual Ski Games, human habitation in Finland, a part of the Nordic Tourna- it fi rst appears in history as ment. The city has also host- early as 1445. Even then, it ed the FIS Nordic World Ski A batsman from Empire Cricket Club strikes the ball, while a member of the opposition waits to try and catch the ball. was already a vital trade link, Championships a record six situated on the trade route times. The Messilä Ski Resort between Hämeenlinna and has ten runs of varying diffi - • The FCA (Finnish Cricket Vyborg. culty, while the Salpausselkä Association) was estab- It became even more im- Ridges are home to three Cricket? In Finland? lished in 1999 and has portant with the arrival of world-famous ski jumps. member clubs all over the railroad and the Russians There is an abundance of cucumber sandwiches. How- Finland. in the 19th century. Even a hotels, shops, restaurants Two Helsinki-based cricket clubs are set to ever, the reality is that the • Empire Cricket Club was destructive fi re in 1877 that and cafes, and Lahti’s com- game continually attracts a set up in 2003, while leveled the town did not lim- pact size makes it easy to host Finland’s very first Test Match. huge number of new players, SKK was formed in 1993. it its prospects, but prompt- get around. There are al- clubs and international sides • Everyone is welcome ed a complete renewal of the so numerous camping areas and is now the second most to join either club and town plan. situated amidst the natu- CRAIG HOUSTON organise league games be- played sport in the world. In both train at Ruskeasuo Since then, Lahti has ral beauty of the region, in HELSINKI TIMES tween the fi fteen or so mem- many former British colo- on Tuesday and Friday weathered war and economic particular in the environs of ber clubs located throughout nies, such as India and Paki- evenings between 17:30 upheavals. It was hit particu- Lake Vesijärvi. CRICKET is not current- the country. stan, it is far and away the and 20:30 between May larly hard by the recession of A fi ne option for week- ly synonymous with sport most popular sport, while and September. the 1990s, but has risen yet end getaways, Lahti is well in Finland, but there are Tradition and new countries on the crick- again, and is now a thriving served by transport links. two Helsinki clubs trying traditional perceptions eting scene, including The See www.skkcricket.com cultural and sports centre. Regular bus and train servic- to change the perception of The game itself is steeped in Netherlands and Canada, are google.com/site/empire- es connect it to the capital as the game within the capi- history and has been trans- benefi tting from newer, audi- cricketclub/ for more in- Song and ski well as to other cities, and it tal region and beyond by or- ported around the world by ence-friendly versions of the formation. Lahti is perhaps most famous is only an hour’s drive from ganising a Test Match at the its inventors, the English – game and an ever-expanding for the award-winning Lahti Helsinki along a major mo- National Cricket Ground in indeed it is no coincidence international calendar. Symphony Orchestra, which torway. Perhaps it’s time to Kerava this weekend, Satur- that the majority of the best tators to see the game in its plays in the Sibelius Hall. drop by this city of constant day 2 and Sunday 3 June. cricketing countries in the A constantly original format, with more This elegant concert venue reinvention as it takes on its Empire Cricket Club and world happen to be part of evolving game emphasis placed on patience, with excellent acoustics was newest guise! SKK (Stadin Krikettikerho) the Commonwealth. Its roots Traditionally, games have skill and endurance than in the largest wooden structure are both relatively new in can be traced back to the been played over fi ve days and the quicker, more modern built in Finland for a hundred cricketing terms – having 12th and 13th centuries, but involved both teams batting versions of the game. The years. It also hosts the Lahti been established in 2003 and the modern-day rules were twice. In the course of the last game will begin at 2 pm this Sibelius Festival and the Lah- 1993 respectively – but the drawn up in London’s Star century, however, the one- Saturday 2 June and the plan ti Organ Festival. origins of the game in Fin- and Garter pub in 1776. day game was established and is to make use of the long To give your ears a break, land can be traced back to Within Europe, cricket quickly became more popular Finnish summer evenings, enter the quiet of Lahti’s the 1960s. Indeed, the game has a somewhat unfair rep- than its more leisurely prede- with play continuing un- museums – The City Muse- has become so popular that utation of being a slow, cum- cessor. In the past ten years, til dark. Although, as men- um is complemented by The in 1999 a governing body, bersome game played only by the game has undergone a tioned, both sides normally Art Museum, The Poster Mu- LAHTI the Finnish Cricket Associ- upper-class men and always major rebranding with the in- bat twice, the match will be seum and even The Finnish ation, was set up in order to accompanied by Pimms and troduction of the twenty20 unique in that both teams Military Medicine Museum. format of the game, which, as will play as many innings as For literary types, the Writ- the name suggests, is played they can between 11 am and ers’ Reunion and the Poetry Lahti is located in the Päijänne over a combined 40 overs 7 pm the following day. Marathon open the summer Tavastia region, 105 km from Finland’s most visited No.3 and therefore a much short- The National Cricket season in alternate years, at- Helsinki. In this series Helsinki Times looks into the 10 most visited er timeframe. Added to this Ground, which is visible from tourist attractions in 2011. have been high profi le compe- the main road as well as the titions such as the Indian Pre- surrounding area, will un- mier League, which is now a doubtedly lend itself to a su-

multi-million euro enterprise. perb cricket match, as well as LAHTI CITY OF This Finnish Test Match ensuring that there will be a – the fi rst of its kind to be little slice of cricket tradition played in the country – will and pomp on the edge of the be an opportunity for spec- Finnish capital. Exploring

Suomenlinna Finnish idioms A view over Lahti city centre, with the Town Hall in the foreground. The Suomenlinna fortress is an UNESCO World Heritage In this weekly series, Helsinki Times looks at Site. Construction of the fortress began during the Swed- a common idiom in the Finnish language. ish era of the 18th century, and it was built mainly by con- Lahti tidbits victs and soldiers. Back then more people lived in Suomen- • Long gone are the days when Lahti was referred to as the 'Chicago of Finland', for alleged links to organized crime. linna than in the whole of Helsinki. Kuin perseeseen ammuttu karhu Suomenlinna is not merely a fortress, it is also an ideal Cementing the city's reputation as a creative hub is The In- place for a picnic and a dip in the sea. stitute of Design, alma mater to many established arts fig- For more culture-oriented people, Suomenlinna also of- ures. • For design goodies, head to the Marimekko store, Pro Puu fers museums, a beautiful church situated in the middle of Direct English translation: Like a bear shot in the arse. the main island, and enjoyable stage productions during the and Käsityökauppa Ulpukka, which are dedicated to arti- san woodwork and handicrafts. Oskarin Piha gallery and summer. Meaning: To be grumpy. There are also attractions for the children, including the café dishes out art, coffee and old world atmosphere, while outlets for quality brands such as Iittala can also be found toy museum and guided tours led by historical characters. Example: Varo, Jaakko on ollut koko päivän kuin perseeseen nearby. Suomenlinna ferry timetables can be found online. The ferry ammuttu karhu. ride to Suomenlinna takes 15 minutes from the Helsinki Mar- • Take in the sublime Päijänne National Park during the Kel- venne Midnight Kayak Run on 6 July, or cheer your team to ket Square. Watch out, Jaakko has been grumpy the whole day. www.suomenlinna.fi/en victory at the Mölkky World Championship, a Finnish game of wooden skittles, on 18-19 August. HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 19

AMANDA SOILA Whether or not the icon- ic Alien will be making an ap- Revising success pearance is a secret that has been kept closely under wraps, JAMES O’SULLIVAN Prometheus lands at your lo- though the infl uential work HELSINKI TIMES cal multiplex. of Swiss artist H.R. Giger will Director Ridley Scott sur- again be featured for this fi lm. THIS WEEK at the cinema re- prised a great majority of us With nary any further tanta- sembles something of a ghost back in 2009 when it was an- lising details slipping through town, with the onset of sum- nounced that he would be un- the net, all will be revealed mer scaring off the schedul- dertaking a new Alien fi lm. once the lights go down. ing of the usual batch of new However, such an excit- Scott himself continues fl icks by distributers. ing proposal eventually did to plough ahead with a ca- Thankfully, the sole new prove to be a bit too good to reer that is chequered with effort commands enough be true. as many highs as it has pla- of our attention. With the The fi lm is now touted teaus. Coming off the back of roaring success of The as a prequel of sorts that the lukewarm success of Rob- Avengers proving that au- contains “strands of Alien’s in Hood (2010) expectations diences could handle both DNA” as Scott himself has couldn’t be higher. Whatever big effects and a cracking put it. Here the crew of the the fi nal word is, be prepared script, the hotly anticipated eponymous ship embark on for one of the most hotly an- a journey to the darkest cor- ticipated fi lms in some time, ners of the universe, having with the ambiguity of its Alien discovered a clue to the ori- connection proving a sure-fi re gins of mankind. way to attract attention. Of course things go pear- If Scott does hit this one shaped and our heroes, led out of the park, then be sure by Lisbeth Salander herself, to keep an eye out in the Noomi Rapace, fi nd them- near future for his hotly ru- selves having to fi ght to save moured sequel to Blade Run- All the works are made of only reused materials - found at home, at work, from rubbish or flea markets. our collective future. With ner (1982). However, if the Prometheus (K16) an impressive cast, Rapace’s lead up to Prometheus is an- works of art, such as lamps, Release Date: 1 June support comes in the form of ything to go by, it remains to shoes, racks or jewellery. Director: Ridley Scott Irish German actor Michael be seen how connected this Ekopuoti, situated right Starring: Noomi Rapace, Fassbender, Charlize Ther- will eventually be to the orig- Junk’s new life next to Hakaniemi’s mar- Michael Fassbender on and Guy Pearce. inal sci-fi classic. ket hall, is the home of var- Students display art with a difference. ious small businesses – all built around environmental, natural and green thinking. AMANDA SOILA home, at work, from rubbish Hosting an ecological hair- Robin HELSINKI TIMES or fl ea markets – the exhi- dresser, eco-beautician and bition hosts fi nal works by an eco-sewing factory that AS PART of the celebrations fi ve of the fi fteen students modifi es and custom-makes Rockin’ of Helsinki’s 200th anni- in the class, taught by sculp- old clothes, as well as an of- versary as Finland’s capital, tor Jaakko Tornberg. Some fi ce for an environmental LEHTIKUVA / MARJA AIRIO Ekopuoti (Ecoshop) in Ha- of them professional artists, consultants, Ekopuoti is a in Lahti kaniemi hosts a junk art ex- others fi rst-timers, the wom- dreamland for anybody in- hibition by students of Aalto en have been stretching their terested in an environmen- HELSINKI TIMES Open University’s trash art creativity since January, and tally conscious lifestyle. workshop, taking place until have turned old table cloths, “As Ekopuoti is formed 14 June. puzzle pieces, kitchen equip- around the same ideas of re- TEEN pop sensation Robin, Consisting only of re- ment and board games in- using and recycling, the junk whose debut single Front- used materials – found at to imaginatively beautiful art exhibition fi ts here per- side Ollie topped the Finnish fectly,” says Hungarian born charts earlier this year, is set Judit Csoszánszki, one of An exhibition of Helene Schjerfbeck’s works opens at Ateneum. to play Lahti’s Sports Stadi- the exhibition’s artists and um this Saturday 2 June. The its host. Csoszánszki runs pint-sized popstar will per- an eco-consultancy offi ce in form as part of the School’s SOILA AMANDA Ekopuoti with her colleague Celebrating Out concert, which will also and fellow countrywoman feature rapper Puhuva Kone Edina Rudner. (The Talking Machine). This exhibition is the fi rst The three-hour concert held in Ekopuoti, but already a Finnish great is the perfect way for school it has been fl ooded by visi- children and high school stu- tors, some of them mere cu- SUSAN FOURTANÉ Symbolism. Ateneum’s main dents to celebrate the start of rious passers-by. Encouraged HELSINKI TIMES focus this year is Symbol- summer holidays and a great by the success, Csoszánszki ism, of which Schjerfbeck is a chance to catch Robin at the already has a next exhibition ATENEUM Art Museum sur- great Finnish representative. start of his two-month tour mapped out, this time con- prises us once again with an Some of the works have been of Finland. sisting of works by children extraordinary display of over seldom displayed before, or attending her recycled crafts 300 works covering all peri- completely unseen until now. workshops. ods of Helene Schjerfbeck’s Schjerfbeck’s paintings after School’s Out concert For more information illustrious art career. El Greco will be in display for Saturday 2 June Judit Csoszánszki, one of the exhibition’s artists and also its host, see www.ekopuoti.net and Helene Schjerfbeck was the fi rst time alongside two Lahti’s Sports Stadium runs an eco-consultancy office in Ekopuoti. www.enartecs.com. born in Helsinki in 1862. At original works by the Span- School’s Out concert the early age of eleven she ish master. Tickets: €20 euros enrolled in the Finnish Art Ateneum’s majestic ex- for four or €65 for er – both of which have been been a songstress whose Society’s drawing school. Her hibition is part of the offi - a family ticket remixed and re-recorded by a powerful and touching lyr- passion for painting took her cial nationwide programme www.lippupalvelu.fi multitude of artists over the ics spoke to her legions of to Paris, where she studied to celebrate the 150th anni- years. faithful fans. The social-con- LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN Viva Ms art during the 1880s, devel- versary of the birth of Helene As a singer-songwriter sciousness of Vega’s songs oping from historical paint- Schjerfbeck. The programme who has never sought com- perhaps stems from her Am- ing to Naturalism, and later consists of special exhibi- Vega mercial success, at least as a nesty International activi- to Symbolism. At her return tions as well as events all reason for making music, she ties and her work with The and until 1917 she lived in over Finland. Former Presi- DAVID DUNNE has produced a number of Save Darfur Coalition. Re- relative isolation, devoted dent of Finland Tarja Halo- HELSINKI TIMES beautiful, and sadly sporadic, gardless, Vega is a singer who to her art. A lover of nature, nen is the patroness of albums over the past decade wears her heart on her sleeve she moved to Tammisaari in Helene Schjerfbeck’s anni- US FOLK legend Suzanne Ve- and a half. Vega’s latest offer- and her live set is sure to be 1925 where the closeness to versary year. ga is set to play Finlandia Hall ing is actually a four-part col- a memorable one for those nature inspired her most de- this Sunday 3 June, in what lection of songs, beginning lucky enough to catch it. lightful paintings. She spent promises to be a warm and with the release of Close-Up the last years of her life in a Helene Schjerfbeck intimate gig, as part of her Vol. 1, Love Songs in 2010 and spa hotel near Stockholm, exhibition current European tour which eventually fi nishing up with Suzanne Vega where she died in 1946. 1 June-14 October runs through to July. The Cal- Close-Up Vol. 4, Songs of Fam- Sun 3 June The exhibition consists of Ateneum Art Museum ifornia native was successful ily which came out this May. Finlandia Hall works from her early histor- Tickets: €12/10 in making ‘folkie’ hip during Vega, who majored in Eng- Mannerheimintie 13 ical paintings of the 1880s, Free admission for Robin has been a runaway the 1980s with the massive lish literature before signing Helsinki to her later works of min- visitors under 18 success since his debut single international success of sin- her fi rst professional music Tickets: €49/54 imalistic Modernism and www.ateneum.fi in January. gles like Luka and Tom’s Din- contract in 1984, has always www.finlandiatalo.fi 20 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

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JOHANN BERGENHOTLZ, VÄRNÄMÖ Until Thu 31 May Antti Männynväli: Pandamonium Enchanting street/graffiti art. Monumental flowers Make Your Mark Gallery The Carnegie Art Award 2012 exhibition will be on display at Amos Anderson Art Museum until Monday 30 July. This Kaasutehtaankatu 1 year the Carnegie Art Award, one of the largest art awards in the world, celebrates its tenth anniversary. It was es- Tue-Fri 12:00-19:00 tablished by the Swedish Carnegie Investment Bank to promote Nordic contemporary painting and to recognise and Sat 11:00-16:00 Sun 12:00-16:00 support distinguished artists born or living in the Nordic countries. The seventeen Nordic artists were selected from www.makeyourmark.fi/gallery a tough competition between 127 nominees to join the exhibition. This year, Finnish artist Heikki Marila’s exuberant floral paintings won the Carnegie Art Award first prize of one From Fri 1 June million Swedish crowns. Marila’s expressive paintings engage with a variety of themes from dynamic self-portraits Helene Schjerfbeck Major exhibition of one of Finland’s to aerial maps. In his monumental work Flowers he has used his characteristically flowing, expressive style to create most beloved artists. contemporary descendants of symbolically laden 17th century Dutch floral still-lifes. Ateneum Art Museum, Kaivokatu 2 The second prize was awarded to the Swedish artist Ann Edholm for her veritably sculptural approach to painting Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 in monumental works with strong graphic and geometric elements. The third prize was awarded to the Danish Chris- Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 tian Schmidt-Rasmussen whose paintings were described as both figurative and unexpected, revealing that things Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 www.ateneum.fi are not always what they seem to be. Until Sun 3 June Until Mon 30 July Wed 10:00-20:00 Pirjetta Brander: Amos Anderson Art Museum Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Les Fleurs du mal Yrjönkatu 27 Tickets €0/2/6/8 Watercolours and animations, an entire village, a greenhouse and Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 www.amosanderson.fi Heikki Marila: Flowers XXXII, 2009. other installations. Kunsthalle Helsinki Nervanderinkatu 3 Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Wed 11:00-20:00 MUSIC Fri 1 June Sat 2 June Le Bonk Music Machine Kuudes Linja, Hämeentie 13 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Manilla Road (USA) Aura Noir (NOR) Yrjönkatu 24 Tickets €10 Tickets €0/5.50/8 Heavy metal. Black/trash metal. Tickets €10 www.kuudeslinja.com www.taidehalli.fi Thu 31 May Nosturi, Telakkakatu 8 Nosturi, Telakkakatu 8 www.lebonk.fi Evening of Klezmer Music Tickets €20 Tickets €20 Wed 6 June Until Sun 3 June Klezmer night with the band www.elmu.fi www.elmu.fi Sun 3 June Tuima & Che Guevara Aida Chehrehgosha: Freilach mit Kneidlach. Suzanne Vega (USA) Contemporary folk. To mom, dad and my Korjaamo Culture Factory Fri 1 June Sat 2 June Charming singer-songwriter. Korjaamo Culture Factory two brothers Töölönkatu 51 B Souls Club: Lightboxer Ruger Hauer Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13 Töölönkatu 51 B Chehrehgosha’s thought-provoking Tickets €6 Impressive jazz sounds. Hip hop. Tickets €49/54 Free entry and touching photo exhibition. www.korjaamo.fi Korjaamo Culture Factory Korjaamo Culture Factory www.finlandiatalo.fi www.korjaamo.fi Finnish Museum of Photography Töölönkatu 51 B Töölönkatu 51 B Project Space Thu 31 May Tickets €7 Tickets €7/9 Mon 4 June Wed 6 June Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 G Alise www.korjaamo.fi www.korjaamo.fi Sonisphere Festival Helsinki Baroque Orchestra: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Unique pop. Metallica (USA), Machine Head Kasarova & Kamdzhalov Wed 11:00-20:00 Semifinal Fri 1 June Sat 2 June (USA), Amorphis, Ghost (SWE) etc. HeBO with world famous mezzo- www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 HeadHeartHands We Love Helsinki Kesätanssit Kalasatama soprano Vesselina Kasarova and Tickets €6/7 Electro influenced indie pop. (Summer Ball) Tickets €79 conductor Yordan Kamdzhalov. Until Sun 10 June www.semifinal.fi Semifinal, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Enchanting urban ball. www.sonisphere.eu Helsinki Music Centre, 19:00 Sophie Calle: Take Care of Tickets €6/7 Korjaamo Culture Factory Concert Hall, Mannerheimintie 13 Yourself Thu 31 May www.semifinal.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Tue 5 June Tickets €15/27/30 Video films and photographs Animal Drama (EST) Tickets €10/12 Pitbull (USA) www.musiikkitalo.fi inspired by the last words of an Pop rock. Fri 1 June www.korjaamo.fi World class pop/rap artist. e-mail sent by Calle’s ex-boyfriend Bar Loose, Annankatu 21 Lapko Suvilahti. ending their relationship. Tickets €5/7 Famous Finnish rock group. Sat 2 June THEATRE & DANCE EMMA– Espoo Museum of Modern Art www.barloose.com Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Gracias Wed 6 June Ahertajantie 5 Tickets €12/14 Acclaimed hip hop artist with The Rehupiikles Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Thu 31 May & Fri 1 June www.tavastiaklubi.fi Globe live band. Humorous country/rock´n roll/ Thu 31 May Wed 11:00-20:00 Sibelius Academy Symphony Or- Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 folk/blues group. Thomas Freundlich: Human Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 chestra: Leif Segerstam & Crist- Fri 1 June Tickets €12/14 Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Interface Tickets €0/8/10 offer Sundqvist Club For Five www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tickets €12/14 Piece for two dancers and two www.emma.museum Helsinki Music Centre, 19:00 Talented a cappella group. www.tavastiaklubi.fi industrial robots. Concert Hall Virgin Oil CO. Sat 2 June Zodiak, Cable Factory Until Sun 10 June Mannerheimintie 13 Kaivopiha, Mannerheimintie 5 Club Balkan Fever Wed 6 June Tallberginkatu 1 B Taryn Simon – Photographs Tickets €10/20/30 Tickets €15/17 Robert Soko dj set (BIH) Reino & The Rhinos Tickets €12/20 and Texts www.musiikkitalo.fi www.virginoil.fi “The godfather of Balkan beats”. Organic reggae beats and soul. www.zodiak.fi Internationally acclaimed artist’s photographs and writings under- score the invisible space between language and the visual world. Art Museum Meilahti Tamminiementie 6 ART S, P S, E Unforgettable experiences Tue-Sun 11:00-18:30 E T THE PU L C VE RP C . Tickets €0/8/10 R O Y E S ONA SIURUA for its spectacular setting in Kokkola’s magical fi re and S E C I HELSINKI TIMES Until Sun 17 June B Olavinlinna Castle alone! light carnival, Venetsialaiset, In Oulu, the 17th annual is defi nitely one to check out! Thank You for the Music – How Music Moves Us EVEN THOUGH many of this Air Guitar World Champion- A number of festivals include Exhibition on how the experiences summer’s festivals focus on ship is a more exotic addition some free events, though they of listening to music, watching music, there is much more to to this lively northern city’s charge entrance for the main music videos or going to a concert Finland’s seasonal offerings festival array. As for Helsin- shows. can appear in the life and work of than just tunes. ki, the World Design Capital of an artist, a music lover, a fan. Kiasma F

I S R The Midnight Sun Film 2012 will host a great variety Play it again A Mannerheiminaukio 2 M T I S D T Festival, Espoo Cine and Ou- of events throughout the sum- There is a reason why such a A U Tue 10:00-17:00 N S E O U V Wed-Thu 10:00-20.30 T I L I TA S O lu’s Music Video Festival mer, culminating in The Helsin- large number of Finnish fes- G showcase an impressive se- ki Festival at the end of August. tivals focus on music. Finns Fri 10:00-22:00 H E O R R E F lection of Finnish and in- For those who want to rock love good tunes and a good Sat 10:00-18:00 Sun 10:00-17:00 PELAGO BICYCLES, DOWNTOWN HARDWARE STORE ternational fi lms. Events out but spend their money party, so the combination Tickets €0/8/10 KALEVANKATU 32, HELSINKI | PELAGO.FI including Kuopio Tanssii ja elsewhere, there are also free of these is a match made in www.kiasma.fi Soi and Jyväskylän Kesä of- events such as Hämeenlinna’s heaven. Finns especially en- fer something for every- Hämyrock, going strong since joy their metal and rock, Until Tue 31 July Hans von Schantz: Enter Helsinki one, from ballet to standup 1974, and Helsinki’s Bassline. which is refl ected in this In the works of Schantz, Helsinki comedy and children’s ac- These focus mainly on music, summer’s musical pickings. becomes a mythical non-place. tivities. Circus, theatre and from jazz and blues to rock Metallica, John Foger- The Finnish Museum of opera are also represented; and hiphop, but many free ty, Björk, Norah Jones and Photography Savonlinna’s world-class Op- events are also built around a Skrillex are just a few of the The Cable Factory Tallberginkatu 1 G era Festival is worth a visit specifi c theme. For instance, big names that will take over Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 the nation’s stages during the Wed 11:00-20:00 following months. Tickets €0/4/6 Metal Festival Sauna Open www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Air is one of the big festivals Until Sun 19 August taking a year out, but there Outi Heiskanen: Primordial Sea are several new ones to fi ll the Outi Heiskanen is best known for gaps. Among these are LOVE the sensitive line work of her graph- Music Festival in Tampere and ics, but the artist’s 75th anniversary Weekend Festival in Espoo. exhibition also presents works less- LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA er known to the public; paintings, International super- sculptures and installations. stars such as Pitbull, Lady Didrichsen Museum Gaga and Madonna will al- Kuusilahdenkuja 1 so be throwing solo gigs in Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €3/7/9 Throw your hands up for summer and festival fun! Helsinki. www.didrichsenmuseum.fi HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 23 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English and other language broadcasting on Finnish television.

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10:00 Hamish Macbeth 10:05 Emmerdale 10:00 Hamish Macbeth 10:05 Emmerdale (S) 11:05 Yle News in English 13:00 Doctors 11:05 Yle News in English 13:00 Doctors 12:30 Doctors 14:00 Jamie’s Fowl Dinners 11:10 Wild Mothers and Babies 14:00 Michelin Stars: The 17:10 Hamish Macbeth 15:05 The Middle 12:05 The Old Guys Madness of Perfection 18:30 Keeping Up Appearances 15:35 Egypt Underworld DOC SERIES BEGINS. Part 1/6. 15:05 Rita Rocks 19:00 Der Kriminalist 17:05 The Young and the Restless This British sitcom 15:35 Nigel Marven’s Giant In German. 18:00 Emmerdale revolves around two aging Snake Invasion 22:30 The Kennedys Two episodes. housemates: Tom Finnan and 17:05 The Young and the Restless Part 1/8. Emmy-winning 20:05 Undercover Boss Roy Bowden. When Roy’s wife 18:00 Emmerdale Pineapple Express 13 Going on 30 Canadian-produced miniseries 21:00 House left him, Tom moved in and, Two episodes. TV5 21:00 Nelonen 21:00 chronicles the lesser known 23:10 Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back together, they are determined 21:00 Mercy personal stories of the most (K18) FILM to go out in a blaze of glory. 22:35 The Perfect Storm FILM fabled political family in Corporal Tom Hilts returns 07:00 Children’s Programming 12:35 Doctors Directed by Wolfgang 07:00 Children’s Programming American history. In the first from overseas to his In Finnish. 16:00 The Diamond Queen DOC Petersen. Starring: George In Finnish. episode John F. Kennedy hometown to seek out 09:25 A Baby Story 17:10 Hamish Macbeth Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, 09:30 A Baby Story is poised to become the his brother in this horror 09:55 Dresscue Me 18:30 Keeping Up Appearances Diane Lane. USA/2000. 10:00 Dresscue Me youngest man ever elected to sequel. Directed by Shawn 10:30 Property Virgins 19:00 Emma 01:10 Mental 10:30 Property Virgins office while he and a heavily Papazian. Starring: Brionne 13:00 A Baby Story 23:20 Recount FILM 13:00 A Baby Story pregnant Jackie are forefront Davis, Diane Salinger, Julie 13:30 Dresscue Me Kevin Spacey and Bob 13:30 Dresscue Me in the media spotlight. Mond. USA/2008. 14:00 Property Virgins Balaban headline Austin SUB 14:00 Property Virgins 15:05 Gok’s Fashion Fix Powers director Jay Roach’s 15:05 Everybody Hates Chris 16:05 Extreme Makeover: Home all-star docudrama examining 08:00 Sturm der Liebe Two episodes. TV2 SUB Edition the events surrounding In German. 16:05 Extreme Makeover: Home 17:10 Married... with Children the most controversial 14:00 Children’s Programming Edition 06:50 Children’s Programming 08:00 Sturm der Liebe 17:45 Dr. Phil presidential election in In Finnish. 17:10 Married... with Children In Finnish. In German. 21:00 Criminal Minds (K16) United States history: 14:30 Candid Camera 17:45 Dr. Phil 08:50 Flying Doctors 14:00 Children’s Programming SERIES ENDS. The BAU the 2000 US presidential 15:00 Spain... On the Road Again 20:00 The Voice of USA 12:00 Free Radio In Finnish. travels to Atlanta to elections. When the initial SERIES ENDS. 21:00 13 Going on 30 12:50 Don Matteo 14:30 Candid Camera investigate the murders tallies from Florida voting 16:00 Howie Do It Thirteen-year-old Jenna has In Italian. 15:00 Spain... On the Road Again of women and determines polls prove inconclusive, the 17:00 Sturm der Liebe had enough with the trials 14:00 Bonderøven 17:00 Sturm der Liebe there could be more than decision is made to hold a In German. of adolescence and after a In Danish. In German. one suspect involved in the recount. But the controversial 18:00 How I Met Your Mother game on her 13th birthday 16:15 Winzerkönig 18:00 How I Met Your Mother case. decision caused many 18:30 American Idol she wakes up as a 30-year- In German. 18:30 Will & Grace 22:00 Shooter (K16) FILM skeptical voters to suspect 20:30 The Simpsons old woman. 17:00 Children’s Programming 19:00 Friends A marksman living in exile foul play. USA/2008. 21:00 American Pie: The Directed by Gary Winick. In Finnish. 19:30 American Idol is coaxed back into action Wedding (K16) FILM Starring: Jennifer Garner, 20:00 Doctor Who 20:30 The Simpsons after learning of a plot to kill The wedding of Jim and Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, 22:05 True Blood (K16) 21:00 US Kitchen Nightmares the president. Ultimately TV2 Michelle rounds up the Andy Serkis. 22:55 The Count of Monte Cristo 22:00 Breakout Kings double-crossed and framed characters from the USA/2004. FILM 00:00 Bones for the attempt, he goes 06:50 Children’s Programming American Pie films. Directed 00:25 Black Snake Moan (K16) Directed by Kevin Reynolds. 01:00 Ibiza on the run to track the real In Finnish. by Jesse Dylan. Starring: FILM Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy killer. Danny Glover, Rhona 08:50 Flying Doctors Jason Biggs, Sean William A God-fearing bluesman Pearce, Richard Harris. Mitra, and Ned Beatty co- 12:00 Free Radio Scott, Alyson Hannigan. takes to a wild young USA/2002. TV5 star in this action-driven 12:50 Don Matteo USA/2003. woman who, as a victim of conspiracy thriller that asks In Italian. 23:00 30 Rock childhood sexual abuse, 07:00 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show what it truly means to serve 13:55 Moderne bønder 23:30 C.S.I. looks everywhere for love, YLE TEEMA 07:25 Airport one’s country. In Danish. 00:30 United States of Tara never quite finding it. 08:00 That 70’s show Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 15:25 Chick Fix 02:30 X Files Directed by Craig Brewer. 18:00 Die Kommissarin 08:25 Relic Hunter USA/2007. 16:15 Winzerkönig Starring: Samuel L. In German. 09:15 Airline 00:45 Frasier In German. Jackson, Christina Ricci, 19:00 Eyewitness 13:10 The Real Wedding 01:15 Married... with Children 17:00 Children’s Programming TV5 John Cothran Jr., Justin What happens when the only Crashers 01:45 Castle In Finnish. Timberlake, S. Epatha witness to a crime is also 14:00 Airline Two episodes. 20:35 Free Radio 07:00 Airline Merkerson. USA/2006. the victim? Stephanie Slater 14:30 That 70’s show 22:05 Law & Order (K16) 07:30 Airport 02:45 Detroit 1-8-7 was blindfolded during her 15:00 Relic Hunter 23:15 Matrioshki S2: Three Years 08:00 That 70’s show kidnap, but her attacker 15:55 Airport JIM Later (K16) DOC 08:30 RelicHunter was caught because police 16:30 America’s Funniest Home In Dutch. 09:20 Airline JIM interviewers were able to Videos 14:00 Extreme Fishing 12:45 War ich gut FILM help her recall the sounds 17:30 My Wife and Kids 15:00 Dragon’s Den Canada In German. 14:00 World’s Toughest Fixes and smells she experienced. 18:00 That 70’s show 18:00 Dragon’s Den Canada YLE TEEMA 14:30 That 70’s show 15:00 Dragon’s Den Canada 20:00 Greatest cities of the 19:00 MacGyver 19:30 South Park 15:00 A Different Breed 16:30 Border Security World with Griff Rhys 20:00 Navy NCIS 20:00 Meet the Parents 18:00 Die Kommissarin SERIES BEGINS. 18:00 Chuck’s Day Off Jones 21:00 Pineapple Express (K16) 21:00 JIM D The Lost Voyage of In German. 15:55 Airport 18:30 Grimefighters Part 1/6: New York. British FILM Columbus 21:15 Something Wild (K16) 16:30 America’s Funniest Home 19:30 South Park comedian Griff Rhys Jones Critically acclaimed director Part 1/2. The true story FILM Videos 21:00 JIM D: Beyond Scared visits six metropolises to David Gordon Green takes a of Christopher Columbus Directed by Jonathan 17:30 My wife and kids Straight (K16) find out what makes them break from brooding drama was not only one of Demm. Starring: Melanie 18:00 That 70’s show Oklahoma County is in arguably the greatest cities in this action-flavoured victorious discovery; it was Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray 19:00 MacGyver the midst of an epidemic in the world. Jones avoids buddy comedy concerning also marked by disaster, Liotta. USA/1986. 20:00 Navy NCIS of gangs and street crime. the usual tourist traps as two pot-smoking friends. accusation, and betrayal. 23:05 Classic Albums: Metallica 21:00 Legend of Zorro FILM Angry, impressionable teens he searches out the quirky Starring: Seth Rogen, Interviews with local Directed by Martin are being pulled into the and unusual secrets and James Franco, Gary Cole. experts and dramatic Campbell. Starring: Antonio gangster lifestyle and for traditions that form the USA/2008. recreations reveal the Banderas, Catherine two pairs of at-risk girls, jail heart and soul of each city. 23:10 Tough Love Miami truth about the last, untold Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell. seems to be no scarier than 21:00 The World’s Best Diet 00:05 Wild Things: Foursome journey, and paint an USA/2005. the streets. Part 2/2. (K16) FILM intimate portrait of this 23:40 Numb3rs (K16) 22:00 Cowboy Builders Directed by Andy Hurst. complex and courageous 00:30 Not the Nine o’clock News 00:00 Fifth Gear Starring: Jillian Murray, hero. 01:00 Pineapple Express (K16) 00:35 Trigger Happy TV Programmes on Yle Teema Marnette Patterson, Ashley 22:00 Rude Tube (K16) FILM 01:05 Top Shot may be viewed in the original Parker Angel. USA/ 2010. 23:00 South Park Directed by David Gordon 02:00 Rude Tube (K16) language(s) by changing the 01:50 72 hours: True Crime 23:30 Fear Factor Green. Starring: Seth Rogen, 02:30 Manhunters – Fugitive digital receiver’s settings. 02:20 Unschuldig (K16) 00:50 JIM D: Built To Last American Pie: The Wedding James Franco, Gary Cole. Task Force In German. 01:50 Naked and Funny (K16) Sub 21:00 USA/2008. 03:00 Naked and Funny (K16)

The Count Something Wild (K16) of Monte Cristo When conventional New York bond The classic tale of swashbuckling ad- trader Charlie Driggs accepts a venture by Alexandre Dumas comes ride home from the very unconven- to the screen yet again, this time tional Lulu, his life takes an abrupt from director Kevin Reynolds. Young turn. Instead of taking him home, sailor Edmond Dantes’ peaceful life the free-spirited Lulu takes Charlie and plans to marry the beautiful on a road trip to Virginia, introduc- Mercedes are abruptly shattered ing him to the wilder side of life. when his best friend Fernand Things become more complicated deceives him. Unlawfully sentenced when she explains that her real to the infamous island prison of name is Audrey and persuades him Chateau D’If, Edmond is trapped in to pretend to be her husband when a nightmare that lasts for thirteen she takes him to meet her mother. years. With the help of a fellow Events escalate from complicated inmate, Dantes plots and succeeds to scary when Audrey takes Charlie in his mission to escape from prison, to her high school reunion and whereupon he transforms himself her psychotic husband arrives, into the mysterious and wealthy turning Charlie’s fling into a fight Count of Monte Cristo. With cunning for his life. A wildly inventive and ruthlessness, he cleverly insinuates entertaining comic nightmare from himself into the French nobility and The Silence of the Lambs director systematically destroys the men Jonathan Demme, this screwball who manipulated and enslaved him. odyssey is a ride to remember. Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Starring: Melanie Griffith, Jeff Richard Harris. USA/2002. Daniels, Ray Liotta. USA/1986. TV2 22:55 Yle Teema 21:15

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08:05 The Diamond Queen DOC 07:45 Children’s Programming 08:05 Inside the Perfect Predator 07:45 Children’s Programming 11:10 Une Famille Formidable In Finnish. 11:05 Une Famille Formidable In Finnish. In French. 11:35 World Rally Championship: In French. 11:15 Grand Designs 12:30 Doctors Greece SPORT 12:00 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 13:20 Just for Laughs Gags 14:20 Gilmore Girls 12:40 FHRA Power and Speed 12:30 Doctors 14:35 Sicko DOC 16:00 Rosemary & Thyme SPORT 13:00 Die Mutanten greifen an – 16:55 Parenthood 17:10 Who Do You Think You 17:55 Undercover Boss Gendoping 21:00 Revenge Are?: Vanessa Williams 20:00 Amazing Race In German. 22:40 The Killing (K16) 18:45 Inside the Perfect 21:00 Survivor 13:55 Gilmore Girls 23:40 Southland Dolan’s Cadillac Sense and Sensibility Predator 22:35 American Gangster (K16) 16:00 Rosemary & Thyme Nelonen 00:10 TV5 21:00 19:40 Scott & Bailey FILM Rosemary and Laura are 21:15 Lewis Set in 1970s America, a working on the garden of SUB 22:45 My Lai (K16) DOC detective works to bring down 07:45 Children’s Programming an open-air theatre when 12:10 DogTown the drug empire of a heroin In Finnish. one of the actors shoots 10:00 Friends 13:15 Animal Rescue kingpin from Manhattan. 11:30 DogTown himself during a rehearsal, Three episodes. 13:45 Frasier TV2 Directed by Ridley 12:35 Animal Planet and the police find the gun 11:30 Two and a Half Men Four episodes. Scott. Starring: Denzel 14:25 Good luck Charlie was loaded with live ammo Two episodes. 15:45 Everybody Hates Chris 07:45 Children’s Programming Washington, Russell 14:55 Dance your Ass off instead of blanks. It seems 12:30 Howie Do It 16:15 Life Unexpected In Finnish. Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor. 17:45 Ripley’s Believe It or Not there’s a murderer at work. 16:00 Big Bang Theory 16:45 Life Unexpected 19:20 The Wedding Planner FILM USA/2007. 19:00 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Set amongst the stunning 16:30 2 Broke Girls 17:45 The Voice of USA An ambitious wedding 01:35 Law & Order: Los Angeles Show 2011 gardens of Europe the two 17:00 One Tree Hill 00:25 Blue Bloods planner falls for a groom The annual Victoria Secret professional gardeners 19:00 Jamie’s School Dinners Three released prison in this romantic comedy. Fashion Show is starred by find themselves drawn into 19:55 Mythbusters inmates place the Reagan Directed by Adam SUB Jay-Z, Kanye West, Maroon solving mysterious crimes in 21:00 True Lies (K16) FILM family in danger. Shankman. Starring: 5 and Nicki Minaj. this British mystery drama. A secret agent living a 01:25 Detroit 1-8-7 Jennifer Lopez, Matthew 14:10 Will & Grace 21:00 Surrogates FILM 18:55 Miss Marple: The Body in double life is forced to 02:25 Desperate Housewives McConaughey, Justin Four episodes. Directed by Jonathan the Library FILM reveal his identity to his wife Chambers. USA/2001. 16:40 How I Met Your Mother Mostow. Starring: Bruce Directed by Andy Wilson. when trying to stop nuclear 22:05 The Recruit (K16) FILM 17:10 American Idol Willis, Radha Mitchell, Starring Geraldine McEwan. terrorists. Directed by James JIM A brilliant young man is Two episodes. Rosamund Pike. UK/USA/2004. Cameron. Starring: Arnold tapped to join the elite 20:00 Adventures of Merlin USA/2009. 21:55 Commissario Salvo Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee 08:30 Fifth Gear branch of American Part 1/2. 23:10 Havaiji 5-0 Montalbano Curtis, Tom Arnold. 10:00 Ice Road Truckers intelligence, only to discover 21:00 Wallander: Prästen (K16) 00:10 Dolan’s Cadillac (K16) In Italian. USA/1994. 11:00 JIM D Biography: Bill how complex and dangerous FILM FILM 23:50 Cowboys In Paradise DOC Murray

the job can really be in this In Swedish. A young man attempts to 00:50 Supernatural A droll, iconoclastic comedic suspense-drama. 22:50 Breakout Kings avenge his wife’s death TV2 actor who enjoyed existing Directed by Roger 23:50 Cops With Cameras after she is murdered outside of Hollywood while Donaldson. Starring: 00:50 Miami Vice by a Las Vegas mobster. 07:45 Children’s Programming TV5 thriving in it, Bill Murray Al Pacino, Colin Farrell. 01:50 Daisy of Love Directed by Jeff Beesley. In Finnish. carved a unique career that USA/2003. Starring: Christian Slater, 11:20 Callas e Onassis 07:30 That 70’s show moved successfully from 23:55 Law & Order: UK TV5 Wes Bentley, Emmanuelle In Italian. 09:15 Airport slapstick comedy to subtly Vaugier, Greg Bryk, Aidan 13:00 Globe Trekker 12:50 Hanna & Penguin FILM complex seriocomic roles Devine, Al Sapienza. 15:00 Rhythmic Gymnastics: In German. that earned him several YLE TEEMA 07:50 Airport Canada/UK/2009. European Championships 14:40 Beach Patrol awards and untold critical 08:25 That 70’s show 2012 SPORT 15:10 Extreme Run 2012 praise. 16:35 The World’s Best Diet 08:50 A Different Breed 21:00 Pan Am 17:40 Zoo Days 12:00 Kung Fu Kitchen 17:20 Civilization: Is the West 12:40 Packed to the Rafters JIM 22:05 Funny or Die Presents SERIES BEGINS. 12:30 Danger Beach History 13:30 Beach Patrol (K16) 18:15 Zoom FILM 13:00 Invite Mr Ian Wright Part 6/6. 14:00 The Real Wedding Crashers 09:30 American pickers Former superhero Jack 14:00 Dragon’s Den USA Work. Perhaps the 14:50 Extreme Twins DOC 10:30 Taste of New York is called back to work 15:00 American pickers biggest threat to Western 17:15 I Do But I Don’t FILM 11:00 World’s Toughest Fixes YLE TEEMA to transform an unlikely 16:00 World’s Toughest Fixes civilisation could turn out to Denise Richards plays 12:00 JIM D: Mega Disasters group of ragtag kids into 17:00 JIM D: Columbus: The Lost be the Westernisation of the Lauren, a divorced wedding- Could the island nation of 16:35 Drug Class superheroes at a private Voyage world, if the consequence of planner who falls for the Great Britain have once Part 1/13. academy. 18:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Asian economic growth is to groom-to-be in this rom- been connected to Europe 17:00 Eyewitness Directed by Joel Zwick. Reservations change the global climate com. Directed by Kelly by land? A new theory 18:00 The Kid FILM Starring: Tim Allen, 19:00 Delinquent Gourmet for the worse. Makin. Starring: Denise suggests that the English This American silent Courteney Cox, Chevy Bad boy chef Gord Martin 18:10 Metropolitan: Carmen Richards, Dean Cain, Karen Channel was created by one drama-comedy written by, Chase. visits Jamaica to down a 21:00 Ballroom Dancer DOC Cliché. USA/2004. of the largest floods ever. produced by, directed by USA/2006. little food and raise a little The Danish documentary 19:00 Glitter FILM 13:00 JIM D Biography: Christina and starring Charlie Chaplin, 20:00 Navy NCIS hell. While hunting down lip follows the last and Directed by Vondie Curtis- Onassis and featuring Jackie Coogan 21:00 Sense and Sensibility smackin Jamaican cuisine, final comeback of Slavik Hall. Starring: Mariah Carey, 15:00 Dragon’s Den Canada as his adopted son and FILM he also manages to try a few Kryklyvyy, a former world Eric Benét, Max Beesley. 16:00 Ice Road Truckers sidekick, was Chaplin’s first Starring Emma Thompson life-enhancing experiences champion in Latin American USA/2001. 17:00 Chuck’s Day Off full-length movie and a and Kate Winslet, this along the way. dancing. 21:00 Hollywood Homicide FILM 18:00 Invite Mr Ian Wright huge success. colourful film adaptation 19:30 Chuck’s Day Off 21:58 They Shoot Horses, Don’t Two detectives investigate 21:00 History of the World in two USA/1921. of Jane Austen’s classic 20:00 To Build Or Not To Build They (K16) FILM the murder of an up-and- Hours DOC 18:50 Zero de conduite FILM novel received seven Oscar 21:00 JIM D Biography: Charlie Directed by Sydney coming rap group in this Documentary telling the In French. nominations. Directed by Sheen Pollack. Starring: Jane action comedy film starring story of life on Earth, 21:00 Italy: Love It, or Leave It Ang Lee. USA/1995. Charlie Sheen is known Fonda, Michael Sarrazin. Harrison Ford and Josh from the big bang and the DOC 23:55 Legend of Zorro FILM for his starring role in the USA/1969. Hartnett. Directed by Ron planet’s formation, to the In Italian. Despite trying to keep sitcom Two and a Half Men, Shelton. USA/2003. evolution of the human race his swashbuckling to a which snagged Sheen his 23:20 Badass! (K18) and the development of minimum, a threat to first Emmy nod, but the 23:55 Stafford Brothers modern civilisation. California’s pending Hollywood bad-boy actor SERIES BEGINS. 23:00 Meet the Parents statehood causes the is even more famous for his 00:30 Bikini Summer (K18) FILM 23:30 Jeff Dunham Show adventure-loving Alejandro off-screen antics. Directed by Roberto 00:00 Penn & Teller (K16) de la Vega to take action. 22:00 American Chopper Veze. Starring: Melinda Penn and Teller investigate Directed by Martin 23:00 MotoGP: Catalonia Armstrong, David Millbern, Americans’ attitudes Campbell. SPORT Kelli Konop. USA/1991. towards elderly people. Starring: Antonio Banderas, 00:00 Cowboy Builders 02:10 Navy NCIS 01:05 Unusual Suspects (K16) Catherine Zeta-Jones. 01:00 Crocodile Hunter The Recruit 03:00 The Ultimate Coyote Ugly 02:05 Destination Truth The Kid USA/2005. 01:30 JIM D: Beyond Scared TV2 22:05 Search (K16) 03:05 Naked and Funny (K16) Yle Teema 18:00 02:20 Just for Laughs Straight (K16)

Surrogates Sicko The filmmaking trio behind the hit After exploring the predominance sci-fi sequel Terminator 3 reteam to of violence in American culture in explore a future in which humans live Bowling for Columbine and taking in isolation while only communicat- a critical look at the September 11th ing with their fellow man through attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist robots that serve as social surrogates filmmaker Michael Moore turns his and are better-looking versions of attentions toward the topic of health their human counterparts. Bruce care in the United States in this Willis stars as an FBI agent who documentary that weighs the plight enlists the aid of his own surrogate to of the uninsured against the record- investigate the murder of the genius breaking profits of the pharmaceuti- college student who invented the cal industry. Moore interviews a surrogates. As the case grows more number of people who have been left complicated, however, the withdrawn broke by medical bills even though detective discovers that in order they were fully insured, and explains to actually catch the killer he will how the corporate drive for profits have to venture outside the safety has left numerous people in financial of his own home for the first time in and medical disarray. After hearing many years, and enlists the aid of that detainees in Guantanamo have another agent (Radha Mitchell) in access to free health care, Moore tracking his target down. Directed assembles a group of World Trade by Jonathan Mostow. Starring: Bruce Center rescue workers to travel to Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Cuba in order to get the medical help Pike, James Cromwell,Ving Rhames, they need for ailments they incurred Boris Kodjoe. USA /2009. in 2001. USA/2007. Nelonen 21:00 MTV3 14:35 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 25

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10:00 Hamish Macbeth 14:45 Bleep My Dad Says 10:00 Hamish Macbeth 09:30 The Biggest Loser 11:05 Yle News in English 17:05 The Young and the 11:05 Yle News in English 14:45 Bleep My Dad Says 12:30 Doctors Restless 12:30 Doctors SERIES ENDS. 16:00 Who Do You Think You 18:00 The Biggest Loser 17:10 Hamish Macbeth 17:05 The Young and the Restless Are?: Vanessa Williams SERIES BEGINS 18:30 Keeping Up Appearances 18:00 The Biggest Loser 17:10 Hamish Macbeth 20:05 The Mentalist 19:00 Ballad for a Queen DOC 21:00 Cougar Town 21:30 Diamond Jubilee Concert 21:00 Cold Case Paul McCartney, Ian 21:30 Modern Family SERIES BEGINS McEwan, and Helen Mirren 22:35 C.S.I. 22:35 Closer share their views on how the 23:35 Lie to Me Superman Returns Medium TV2 23:35 White Collar world has changed during SERIES BEGINS. A woman Sub 21:00 Nelonen 22:00 the reign of Elisabeth II. with multiple personalities 06:50 Children’s Programming 21:00 The Pillars of the Earth (K16) comes to Lightman for In Finnish. SUB 07:00 Children’s Programming 21:55 Who Do You Think You help. Is she the killer or 07:00 Children’s Programming 08:50 Flying Doctors In Finnish. Are?: Tim McGraw the witness to a murder? In Finnish. 09:35 Globe Trekker 09:00 Sturm der Liebe 09:20 A Baby Story Country music superstar Tim The American crime drama 09:20 A Baby Story 10:30 330 Skvadronen In German. 09:50 Dresscue Me McGraw sets to explore the returns with second season. 09:50 Dresscue Me In Norweigian. 14:00 Children’s Programming 10:25 Property Virgins family tree of the father he 00:35 30 Rock 10:25 Property Virgins 12:00 Free Radio In Finnish. 13:00 A Baby Story didn’t know he had in hopes of 13:00 A Baby Story 12:50 Don Matteo 14:30 Candid Camera 13:30 Dresscue Me learning more about himself. 14:00 Property Virgins In Italian. 15:00 Howie Do It 14:05 Property Virgins SUB 15:00 Gok’s Fashion Fix 14:00 Bonderøven 16:00 Southern Belles 15:05 Gok’s Fashion Fix 16:05 Oprah In Danish. 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 16:10 Life Unexpected TV2 09:00 Sturm der Liebe SERIES BEGINS. Oprah 16:15 Winzerkönig In German. 17:10 Married... with Children In German. meets John Travolta and In German. 18:00 Top Chef 21:00 Desperate Housewives 06:50 Children’s Programming 14:00 Children’s Programming celebrity mystery guests in 17:00 Children’s Programming 19:00 Pretty Little Liars SERIES ENDS. In Finnish. In Finnish. the farewell season of the In Finnish. 20:00 Gossip Girl 22:00 Sex and the City 08:50 Flying Doctors 14:30 Candid Camera talk show. 19:30 Monkey Thieves 21:00 Superman Returns FILM 22:35 Sex and the City 12:00 Free Radio 15:00 Howie Do It 17:10 Married... with Children 20:00 Doctor Who The Man of Steel returns 23:25 Frasier 12:50 Don Matteo In Italian. 16:00 Supersize vs Superskinny 17:45 Dr. Phil 21:00 Chick Fix to Earth to become the 23:55 Married... with Children 14:00 Bonderøven 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 21:00 Navy NCIS 22:05 Winners and Losers people’s savior once 00:55 Ghost Whisperer In Danish. In German. 22:00 Medium (K16) SERIES ENDS. again. Directed by Bryan Dead Ringer. Melinda 15:30 Sådan er kärligheden 18:00 Top Chef SERIES BEGINS. 22:50 True Blood (K16) Singer. Starring: Brandon finds herself the mark in In Danish. 2/3. 19:00 Will & Grace A suburban mom Alison 23:40 Little Britain USA (K16) Routh, Kate Bosworth, a dangerous revenge plot 17:00 Children’s Programming 19:30 Two and a Half Men Dubois continues to solve Kevin Spacey. Australia/ and fighting adversaries In Finnish. 20:00 Big Bang Theory mysteries using her visions

USA/2006. she has just become aware 20:00 Doctor Who 20:30 The Simpsons of dead victims of crimes YLE TEEMA 23:55 Chuck of, when the ghost she is 22:05 Hang ’em High (K16) FILM 23:00 Numb3rs in the fifth season of the 00:50 The Diet That Time Forgot working with instantly turns An innocent man barely 00:00 Vampire Diaries popular TV series. 17:55 Die Kommissarin 02:20 Smash Cuts up alive. survives a lynching and SERIES BEGINS. A high In the first episodes Devalos’ In German. 01:55 Rome (K16) returns as a lawman school girl is torn between friend’s sister is murdered 18:45 Cuéntame cómo pasó Death Mask. Antony’s determined to bring the two vampire brothers in the but Allison’s dreams don’t In Spanish. TV5 nature reasserts itself, and vigilantes to justice in this popular drama series. seem to make sense, as they 20:00 Flying: Confessions of a challenges his alliance with now-legendary spaghetti 00:55 Chuck keep implicating the friend’s Free Woman 08:20 My Strange Addiction Octavian while Servilia’s Western. Directed by 01:50 Cops With Cameras first husband, who died two Part 2/6: The Biological 13:05 Extreme Twins DOC public displays of grief leave Ted Post. Starring: Clint 02:45 Smash Cuts years ago, as the murderer. Clock. The acclaimed 14:00 Airline Atia unsettled. Timon and Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed 23:15 Frasier filmmaker, Jennifer Fox, 14:30 Beach Patrol Levi set themselves against Begley. USA/1968. 23:45 Married... with Children maps the world of female 15:00 Relic Hunter Herod’s plans. TV5 01:15 Grey’s Anatomy life and sexuality today. 15:55 Airport 21:00 Stones in Exile DOC 16:30 America’s Funniest Home YLE TEEMA 07:20 My Strange Addiction The recording sessions Videos JIM 07:50 Airline JIM that produced The Rolling 17:30 That 70’s show 18:00 Die Kommissarin 08:15 Airport Stones’ Exile on Main Street 18:30 That 70’s show 14:00 Dinner Impossible In German. 08:50 Relic Hunter 14:00 JIM D: Life After People have become mythic in rock 19:00 MacGyver 15:00 To Build Or Not To Build 18:50 Un village Français 09:40 That 70’s show If humans suddenly history. This documentary, 20:00 Navy NCIS 16:00 Anthony Bourdain: No In French. 14:00 Airline vanished off the face of made to coincide with the 21:00 A Few Good Men FILM Reservations 21:00 Empire 14:30 That 70’s show the earth, what would 40th anniversary remaster In this military courtroom Controversial TV chef and Part 1/5. Jeremy Paxman 15:00 Relic Hunter happen to the planet? of that LP, features new drama navy lawyer is traveller visits the largest traces the story of the 15:55 Airport A visually compelling interviews with the band assigned to defend two city in Turkey, Istanbul greatest empire the world 16:30 America’s Funniest Home documentary series about members alongside archival marines, who are accused and takes in the culture has ever known: the Videos the possibilities of a world footage that attempts to of the murder of fellow and unique cuisine of this British Empire. In the first 17:30 That 70’s show without us. demystify the sordid tales leatherneck. Directed by crossroad country between programme, he asks how 18:30 That 70’s show 15:00 Dragon’s Den Canada of sex and drugs that have Rob Reiner. Starring: Tom Europe and the Middle such a small country came 19:00 MacGyver 16:30 Border Security surrounded this beloved Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack East. to rule over a quarter of the 20:00 Navy NCIS Australian reality show album since its initial release. Nicholson. USA/1992. 17:00 Delinquent Gourmet world’s population. 21:00 Into the Sun (K16) FILM goes behind the desk of 22:05 The Fortune Cookie FILM 23:50 Extraordinary Breast 17:30 Chuck’s Day Off 23:05 Nazi Hunters When a government official the country’s Immigration, A crooked lawyer persuades his Feeding DOC 18:00 Dragon’s Den Canada Part 2/8. A high-ranking is killed, an American Customs and Quarantine brother-in-law to feign a serious Featuring three women 19:30 South Park Gestapo officer, Erich operative with experience departments. injury in this comedy classic. at different stages of the 20:00 Crocodile Hunter Priebke, responsible for in the Yakuza culture is 18:00 Dragon’s Den Canada Directed by Billy Wilder. breastfeeding cycle, this 21:00 JIM D: Cold Case Files: The Italy’s worst atrocities, brought in to investigate. 19:30 South Park Starring: Jack Lemmon, documentary questions DNA Link (K16) escaped to Argentina and Directed by mink. Starring: 21:00 JIM D: Ax Men Walter Matthau. USA/1966. the stigma attached to Two dead teens, two evaded capture for 50 years. Matthew Davis, Takao Four logging crews in the the amount of time women different cities; one killer. Osawa, Steven Seagal. Pacific Northwest battle the breastfeed their children. An unidentified murdered USA/2005. elements and poor market UK/2008. woman finally gets her 23:00 Sex Lessons (K16) conditions in an attempt 00:50 Hollywood Homicide FILM identity but no clues as to 23:30 Numb3rs (K16) to make a living in this Directed by Ron Shelton. who murdered her. 00:25 Sense and Sensibility documentary series. Starring: Harrison Ford, 22:00 American pickers (K16) FILM 22:00 Trigger Happy TV Josh Hartnett, Isaiah 23:00 South Park Directed by Ang Lee. 22:30 Meet the Parents Washington. USA/2003. 23:30 Fear Factor Starring: Emma Thompson, 23:00 South Park 03:00 What Did I Do Last Night? 00:30 JIM D Biography: Charlie Kate Winslet, James Fleet. 23:30 Fear Factor SERIES BEGINS. Sheen USA/1995. 00:30 JIM D: Cold Case Files: The Into the Sun A Few Good Men 03:00 Badass! (K18) 03:30 Flashpoint (K16) 01:30 Naked and Funny (K16) TV5 21:00 DNA Link TV5 21:00 04:15 Intervention 04:15 Navy NCIS 01:30 Naked and Funny (K16)

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handed the maximum 12 points by their political allies and friendly neighbours, like always. This explains Finland’s lack of success this Maximum cheese year, as apparently no-one cares about us. You might have noticed it was the Eurovision song contest last week- The show itself made for decent enough watching though, end. Fever failed entirely to grip the country as Finland’s entry failed as long as you were accompanied by several bottles of wine and to progress into the grand final. Since 1961 Finland has entered the a healthy dose of scepticism. The best act of the night was obvi- Eurovision song contest 45 times, and as you probably know finally ously the group of Russian grannies, Buranovskiye Babushki, who won the competition in 2006 thanks to weird rock band Lordi and finished second. The only act in Eurovision history to feature a re- their comedy pantomime entry Hard Rock Hallelujah. Before that volving oven on stage, their failure to win the competition was a victory we were considered to be the perennial underachievers of travesty of natural justice. Perhaps it was their shameless appeal to the competition, having placed last eight times and received the the wild’n’wacky vote (as pioneered by Lordi) that lost it for them. dreaded ‘nul points’ three times. This never stopped the public from Ireland’s identical-twin entry Jedward, looking like failed extras getting excited about the contest itself, it just gave the Swedes an- from the Thor movie, finished their act by jumping in a fountain. A other excuse to snigger at their lowly neighbours. In Sweden the symbolic act of cleansing, or a naff stunt? I suspect the latter. One competition to select the country’s entry is practically bigger than might even suspect that the Irish enthusiasm for this double act – LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO the Eurovision final itself, with huge crowds of screaming blondes they’ve been selected two years in a row now – has something to working themselves into a frenzy over the latest in Nordic Euro-pap. do with the fact that they can’t afford to win it. This ridiculous enthusiasm might be explained by the fact that Bad music aside, the whole event was tinged with rumblings of dis- they keep winning the competition, as they did this year with the content in Baku. The running of Azerbaijan from the capital has come absolutely terrible euro-pop-trance track Euphoria sung by Lo- under fire from human rights organisations, and the US compared it reen. Her victory proves that either the rest of Europe has no taste to “the feudalism found in Europe during the middle ages” in a dip- or the competition has nothing to do with music at all. Possibly lomatic cable. All TV stations and most newspapers are controlled by both, in fact, as the quality of entrants provided our ‘European’ the state or the president’s family. The huge amounts of oil money that brethren such as host nation Azerbaijan was uniformly low and have flowed into the country have not reached the countryside where many live in abject poverty. Still, what better way to put on a smiling yet the most awful compositions you could imagine were happily The Russian grannies – they sing, they bake, they didn’t win. face to the world than by hosting Eurovision? Cheese! A travesty. 26 31 MAY – 6 JUNE 2012 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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10:00 Hamish Macbeth 09:30 The Biggest Loser +11 Thu 5/31 Fri 6/1 Sat 6/2 Sun 6/3 Mon 6/4 Tue 6/5 Wed 6/6 +11 11:05 Yle News in English 14:45 Rita Rocks +17 +15 +13 +13 +14 +17 +22 12:25 Doctors 17:05 The Young and the +12 +12 16:00 Inside the Perfect Predator Restless +25 +26 +27 +28 +30 +30 +29 +12 With ground-breaking 18:00 The Biggest Loser +32 +33 +34 +33 +33 +34 +33 computer graphics and 20:05 The Fathers DOC +13 incredible close-up In Norwegian. Fri 6/1 +30 +28 +29 +28 +25 +27 +27 photography, this documentary 21:00 C.S.I. New York (K16) +28 +24 +27 +26 +26 +31 +27 reveals the inner alchemy of 22:35 The Apprentice +9 four extraordinary hunters. 00:25 Listener Listener +18 +15 +15 +16 +17 +19 +27 17:10 L’ Instit SERIES BEGINS. A young +12 MTV3 00:25 In French. paramedic discovers he has +19 +16 +14 +14 +15 +19 +25 18:30 Keeping Up Appearances telepathic powers in this +11 +25 +22 +20 +22 +12 +22 +22 19:55 Roger & Val Have Just Got Canadian science fiction 07:00 Children’s Programming +13 In Part 6/6. drama. In Finnish. +13 +34 +35 +38 +38 +33 +33 +36 21:35 Accused (K16) 09:20 A Baby Story +14 Part 2/6. Frankie, a young 10:25 Property Virgins +15 +17 +12 +11 +14 +15 +16 +17 soldier on trial, starts the SUB 13:00 A Baby Story +14 long walk back up to his 14:00 Property Virgins +42 +42 +38 +38 +39 +39 +39 courtroom to learn the 09:00 Sturm der Liebe 15:00 Gok’s Fashion Fix Sat 6/2 +37 +39 +35 +35 +33 +32 +35 decision of the jury. A In German. Gok revisits the Queen of frightening series of events 14:00 Children’s Programming the hand-me-down Mandy +11 +22 +19 +16 +16 +18 +20 +29 led him to this place, but In Finnish. Moore, who used to have +14 does the jury know the full 14:30 Candid Camera a wardrobe stuffed full of +21 +23 +24 +17 +20 +24 +28 story? 15:00 The Fashion Show everyone else’s cast-offs +14 +18 +14 +12 +15 +15 +19 +26 SERIES BEGINS. from the last 20 years. 17:00 Sturm der Liebe 16:05 Oprah +14 +29 +28 +31 +29 +30 +30 +30 TV2 In German. 17:10 Married... with Children +14 18:00 Top Chef 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy +15 +21 +23 +24 +26 +27 +28 +21 +13 06:50 Children’s Programming 19:00 Will & Grace Moment of Truth. Bailey +14 +31 +27 +22 +21 +23 +22 +21 In Finnish. 19:30 Two and a Half Men intervenes after Owen and 08:50 Flying Doctors 20:00 2 Broke Girls Teddy get into a heated +20 +16 +17 +13 +14 +14 +16 12:00 Free Radio 20:30 The Simpsons argument about their young Sun 6/3 +29 +28 +23 +22 +23 +22 +23 12:50 Don Matteo 21:00 Project Runway car crash patient, and Mark +12 In Italian. SERIES BEGINS. Aspiring tries to recruit Lexie for one +21 +22 +22 +22 +22 +23 +20

14:00 Bonderøven fashion designers compete of his cases. Meanwhile, +13 In Danish. for a chance to break into Alex feels guilty for being +31 +32 +28 +26 +27 +29 +25 +9 17:00 Children’s Programming the industry in this reality away from the hospital when +25 +24 +25 +25 +26 +25 +25 In Finnish. series hosted by Heidi Klum. Tommy’s health begins to +10 20:00 Doctor Who 23:00 Bones deteriorate. +32 +31 +30 +30 +30 +29 +30 22:15 Louis Theroux: Twilight of 00:00 C.S.I. Miami 23:15 Frasier +11 the Porn Stars DOC 00:55 X Files 23:45 Married... with Children +12 +12 +28 +28 +25 +25 +24 +24 +24 23:15 Pan Am 01:50 Numb3rs 01:15 Victoria’s Secret Fashion +13 +17 +13 +14 +19 +19 +14 +15 On route to Caracas, 02:45 Vampire Diaries Show 2011 the crew must make an 03:40 Smash Cuts Mon 6/4 +15 +17 +19 +16 +16 +18 +16 emergency landing in Haiti when a passenger suffers JIM +12 +19 +18 +18 +17 +18 +21 +27 TV5 a heart attack and there +27 +23 +22 +22 +25 +22 +18 isn’t a doctor on board. 14:00 Madhouse +7 The conditions in Haiti 07:50 Airline Ten ordinary people become +11 +8 +5 +10 +9 +12 +13 +5 are anything but desirable 08:15 Airport roommates with a wiccan, +12 since it’s still recovering 08:50 Relic Hunter a naturist, a vampire, a +19 +21 +18 +17 +17 +20 +23 from a tropical storm. 09:40 That 70’s show modern primitive, and +14 +15 +15 +14 +16 +11 +11 +13 23:55 Serrallonga (K16) 13:10 Packed to the Rafters voodoo priestess in this In Catalan. 14:00 Airline reality show. +13 +15 +25 +24 +24 +31 +31 +25 +24 14:30 That 70’s show 15:00 Dragon’s Den Canada +12 15:00 Relic Hunter 18:00 Dragon’s Den Canada +23 +22 +24 +25 +22 +26 +26 YLE TEEMA Tue 6/5 15:55 Airport 19:30 South Park +24 +26 +26 +25 +26 +27 +28 16:30 America’s Funniest Home 20:00 Grimefighters +8 17:00 Under öppen himmel till Videos Alison and Steve +30 +32 +32 +32 +32 +31 +31 Santiago de Compostela 17:30 That 70’s show investigate an apartment +11 In Norwegian. 18:30 That 70’s show whose tenant has died +14 +10 +11 +11 +12 +13 +14 18:00 Die Kommissarin 19:00 MacGyver in this reality TV series +7 +14 +17 +12 +16 +14 +14 +15 In German. 20:00 Navy NCIS following the daily lives of +12 18:50 Cuéntame cómo pasó 21:00 A Perfect Getaway (K16) specialist clean-up teams +14 +13 +11 +13 +13 +14 +15 In Spanish. FILM around the UK. +9 +30 +32 +31 +29 +27 +28 +29 20:30 Drug Class Directed by David Twohy. 21:00 JIM D: Ropes & Chains +12 +16 Part 2/13. Starring: Steve Zahn, Milla From hauling our heaviest +14 +20 +21 +22 +20 +20 +21 +21 21:45 Ashes of Time Redux (K16) Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant. gear to mastering the FILM USA/2009. tallest mountains, Wed 6/6 +17 +16 +17 +16 +18 +13 +16 In Chinese. 23:00 Not the Nine O’clock News they have been around +22 +22 +21 +21 +14 +21 +25 23:30 A Few Good Men FILM for centuries, but we +8 Directed by Rob Reiner. constantly improve upon Starring: Tom Cruise, Demi them. Get an inside look +14 Moore, Jack Nicholson. at factories where every USA/1992. +11 Thursday 5/31 kind and style of ropes and +14 02:10 Men Behaving Badly chains are made. 03:20 The Fast Show 22:00 Ice Road Truckers +11 4:07 am 10:28 pm 2:57 am 11:35 pm 03:55 Harry Enfield’s Television 23:00 South Park Programme 23:30 Fear Factor +14 +17 4:16 am 10:42 pm 2:13 am 12:19 am 04:25 I Can’t Believe I’m Still 00:30 JIM D: Ax Men +16 3:58 am 10:47 pm A Perfect Getaway Single 01:30 Naked and Funny (K16) TV5 21:00 SERIES BEGINS.

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1) The Ateneum Art Museum is set to run an exhibition of art from which famous Finnish artist? the A) Helene Schjerfbeck B) Helena Arnell C) Eila Hiltunen by numbers 2) Helsinki’s famous Aussie Bar has recently opened a new bar in Turku. But where in Turku is the bar? The greatest length from A) In a park B) On a boat C) In the market square north to south in Finland is 3) Which Swedish-Finnish telecommunications company has recently been involved in a scandal involving spying technology? A) Elisa B) TeliaSonera C) Saunalahti 1,160 kilometres and 4) Stephen Elop is CEO of which company? A) Kone B) Angry Birds C) Nokia from east to west

5) The tradition hymn sung by students as they finish school for the summer is called? 540 A) Suvivirsi (Summer Hymn B) Maamme (Our Land) C) Finlandia-hymni (Finlandia Hymn) kilometres.

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LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI WEDNESDAY On 23 May African immigrants push carts in which they collect recyclable items through the streets of Athens. A normally visible pres- ence in the neighbourhood of the Agios Pan- teleimon church, immigrants are now keeping a low profile, as Greece’s economic hardships fuel anti-immigration sentiments.

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Montenegro’s Rambo Amadeus (left) performs during a rehearsal Detained protesters gaze through the window of a police van, in Ukrainian opposition deputies fight with representatives of the for the Eurovision song contest in Azerbaidjan’s capital, Baku, on which Russia’s State Duma is reflected. In an unsanctioned pro- pro-presidential majority party during a parliamentary session in 21 May. Amadeus failed to secure a place in the final, where Swe- test on 22 May, people gathered to voice their opposition to a pro- Kiev on 24 May. Tempers flared over proposals by the ruling party den’s Loreen was crowned the winner. posed new bill, which would see a sharp increase in fines for ille- to make Russian, predominant in the south and east of the coun- gal protests. try, the second official state language.

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FC Barcelona coach Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola (centre) celebrates his Flanked by Vatican gendarmes, Pope Benedict XVI steps into the An Egyptian woman walks past graffiti that reads “Mubarak is team’s victory in the Spanish King’s Cup final football match on Popemobile on 26 May. The previous day Vatican police arrested coming”, referring to ousted president Hosni Mubarak, on 27 May 25 May. In what was Guardiola’s last game at the helm of a team a man, reportedly the pontiff’s butler, for allegedly having leaked in Cairo. In a bid to appease a polarised nation that will choose he has led to many triumphs, Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao confidential documents to the press. between an Islamist and a Mubarak-era minister in the June run- 3-0. off, the frontrunners in Egypt’s presidential election are vying for deals with rival candidates.