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of words might be more than just Urpilainen’s immigration a mere slip. "It may also be about wanting to get one’s own share of the rising anti-immigration senti- views firmly challenged ment,” Arhinmäki said at a Left Al- liance press conference in Kouvola.

PEKKA POHJOLAINEN, invaara’s immigration-related blog He reminded people that the “maas- HANNU KUPARINEN – STT text from a couple of years ago. The sa maan tavalla” slogan was already MICHAEL NAGLER – HT text, which dealt obeying Finland’s used by anti-immigrant groups in laws, had the headline “maassa the 1980s. At that time the slogan SDP chairwoman Jutta Urpilainen’s maan tavalla.” was continued with the words “tai ”maassa maan tavalla” (”When in Paavo Arhinmäki, the chair- maasta pois” (“Or get out”). In her Rome, do as the Romans do”) state- man of the Left Alliance, was mys- original statement Urpilainen had ment continues to make waves in tifi ed by Urpilainen’s statement. He not said the fi nal part. the immigration debate. On 20 suspects that Urpilainen's choice Read the full story on page 4. March Urpilainen said at a meet- Helsinki Times ing of SDP party branch chairmen that Finnish immigration policy had wishes all readers a Happy Easter! failed because there were people in Finland who had arrived in the coun- The next issue try 20 years ago who couldn’t even of Helsinki Times will be published on 15 April. speak passable Finnish. The SDP is preparing an immigration policy For daily news please visit our website at www.helsinkitimes.fi programme, the main point of which LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG is “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” north of the country, night frosts The statement has been seen are still expected. as cheap populism. On Saturday Moderate The agency warns that the melt- the Greens and the Left Alliance ing water from roadside snowbanks as well as Urpilainen herself re- may freeze on the roads during the turned to discuss it. As if to stir Easter night. The use of studded tires is still the matter even further, the SDP’s permitted in the week following East- deputy chairwoman Maria Guzeni- er, and longer if the weather requires. na-Richardson had dug up former traffic The outward traffi c will be bus- Green Party chairman Osmo Soin- SDP leader Jutta Urpilainen. iest on Thursday 1 April between 14:00-19:00. On Good Friday morn- expected ing there will still be plenty of traf- a head-on collision course with the STT fi c, but the roads should be clearer brusque and leery Finnish nation. than the day before. In the capital Graded second class? Although not an analytical pam- region, the outward traffi c is ex- phlet about Finns’ attitudes to- THE TRAFFIC during the Easter hol- pected to be heaviest on nation- HELSINKI TIMES in Finland – Visitor from the wrong wards Russian or other immigrant idays is expected to be relative- al roads 3 and 4. The roads around country). groups, Latisheva’s personal ac- ly light. This is due to Easter being Tampere and Jyväskylä may also be Latisheva went from an enter- count is a poignant addition to the early this year, and few people head jammed for short periods. TO BE BORN Finnish may be like win- prising, successful interpreter and ongoing discussion about immigra- for their cottages because of high The return traffi c will be busiest ning the lottery, as the saying goes, travel guide in Leningrad (now St tion in Finland. The book, along with snowdrifts, the Finnish Transport on Monday 5 April between 13:00- but moving to the country later in Petersburg) to a second-grade citi- Latisheva’s outspoken statements Agency estimates. 20:00, but there will also be a lot of life is not always such a stroke of zen just by crossing the border from accusing Finns of advanced Russo- Towards the end of the week the traffi c on Sunday evening. luck, claims Russian-Finnish author the former Soviet Union to Finland, phobia, has stirred much debate. weather will warm up, and in the Inna Latisheva in her acerbic auto- she writes. Soon after moving to south the temperature will stay See also Easter holiday opening biography Ryssänä Suomessa – Vi- Finland with her fi ancé, Latishe- Read an interview with Latisheva above zero at night. However, in the times on page 23. eras väärästä maasta (As a Russian va found her Russian mentality on on page 14.

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ulation falling on Finland’s households to stay in Fin- shoulders was 0.08 per cent, land has also been blown one of the lowest in the Eu- out of proportion. “Even if Alexis Kouros rope, and the world. For com- their families would pay their Editor-in-chief parison, the same fi gures for healthcare bills, that would Finland’s neighbours are: not be the real cost to the so- Russia 6.5 per cent, Swe- ciety, as health care is sub- den 0.6 per cent, Estonia 0.11 sidised by the government per cent. Even more distant, in Finland” wrote an opin- Immigrants need to and politically closed, Bela- ion piece in the Helsingin Sa- rus had 0.6 per cent of the nomat. Sadly enough, it was world’s immigrants. not written by a farmer from Kouvola, but a member of the organise for better treatment FORTUNATELY for Finns, Fin- Finnish Parliament. land has got the “nicer” type Immigrants in Finland are seen but not heard. We have become bystanders in a discussion of immigrants. By the end of REMITTANCE fl ow, or the 2008, there have been less money immigrants send concerning us. Finland talks about immigrants as if we were not in the room. than 32,000 international home, is one of the most im- immigrants who had moved portant factors in preventing WE ARE a nation of more think of Helsinki. I am sure better place to live. Immi- The narrow-mindedness and to Finland as refugees or asy- escalation of immigration it- than 200 million people. We this is the case with many gration, the textbooks say, negativity has also spread to lum seekers. This number is self. Billions of dollars sent are young and old, children who have been immigrants needs both a “push” and a the mainstream media. about 20 per cent of the total home reduce the misery in and adults. We recognise no for years. “pull” factor. The decision to of 143,000 international im- the poor countries and in fact borders and go to the fur- leave one’s homeland and to IN AN EXTREMELY biased ep- migrants residing in Finland. is the most important and re- thest places on earth, tak- THE DANGERS of a world grow new roots is not an easy isode broadcasted by YLE, The main reason for people to liable form of development ing risks and leaving loved without borders have been one. For the rich countries MOT, an investigative jour- move to Finland has been ro- aid today. Offi cially record- ones behind, to reach for our greatly exaggerated. In fact worried about masses of peo- nalism programme, at- mantic. Contrary to common ed remittance fl ows to de- dreams. We are strong, but on today’s globe there are ple coming to share their re- tempted to calculate the belief, there are more foreign veloping countries reached amongst the weakest. We are no borders for most of the sources, the key element is to “costs of multicultural Hel- women moving here to live a staggering 283 billion dol- discriminated against and things that can travel. Cap- ease the push on the source sinki” which the journalists with their Finnish husbands lars in 2008. From this 0.70 some of us have no rights. ital, merchandise, ideas, vi- nations of humanitarian mi- saw as the social benefi ts than the other way around. billion was sent home by im- Most of us feel unwelcomed, ruses, terror, crime, fear and gration. But unfortunate- given to unemployed immi- migrants in Finland, which maltreated, abused. Many of hope can all spread to the ly and on the contrary, the grant families. After sever- SO WHY is all the nagging in is about 0.33 per cent of Fin- us have no access to health- furthest places on Earth al- countries from which most al far fetched and extreme the media and especially in- land’s GDP. For comparison, care. When things go wrong, most instantly. Everything of the world’s refugees leave, cases of how unemployed ternet discussion groups Finland’s offi cial develop- we are among the fi rst to be can travel freely, except hu- namely Afghanistan, Iraq immigrant families in Fin- about the Somali moth- ment aid contribution for blamed for it. man beings. Crossing the and Somalia, have been ran- land receive the highest so- er with 15 children which, 2010 is 0.42 per cent of its borders of Europe, deserted sacked by the world’s richest cial welfare benefi ts in the strangely enough, is becom- GDP. IF WE WOULD live in one coun- border control cabins are a countries, with the United world, the programme end- ing the prototype of all the try, it would be the fi fths good reminder of the absurd- States in the lead. ed with a quote from a Swed- immigrants in Finland? SO DO WE immigrants ac- most populous country on ity of man-made frontiers. I ish book which claimed that cept and tolerate abuses of earth and one of the larg- remember when right after “IMMIGRATION is about those immigration costs “eat up” THE NEGATIVE atmosphere the welfare system, dishon- est economies in the world, the break down of the Sovi- who leave and those who stay 22 per cent of Sweden’s tax today could become costly est asylum applications or with a gross domestic prod- et Union, there was an appar- behind” say sociologists. It is revenue every year. In all tomorrow. Finland has one fake marriages? Of course also about those who have al- these cost calculation cases, of the oldest populations in not. But what do these things ready arrived, and those who of course the direct costs of Europe. 22 per cent of Finns have to do with me, you may Inevitably, the potential nurse, engineer, cook would or would not allow im- social welfare and benefi ts were over 60 years old in ask. I have worked, paid my or taxi driver in the future Finland will be of migration. Never before has to the weakest, and probably 2009, and this fi gure is esti- taxes and contributed to this there been such a reaction- the most unwanted group of mated to rise to 32 per cent society as a useful member. a different colour and religion. The young of ary debate on immigration in immigrants was calculated, by 2050. Increasing the re- Why should my kids be dis- the world are growing up in faraway places. Finland as there is today. but how about the taxes paid tirement age to 65 is not a criminated against at school? by immigrants and the mon- cure but a short-term relief Is there any reason I should MOST of the negative dis- ey spent by them? How can measure applicable only to be considered a second-class uct of 300 billion US dollars. ently serious discussion in cussion about immigration you calculate the value of a certain professions. The Eu- citizen in this society just be- This nation would have the the Finnish media about in Finland follows well-worn ready-to-work doctor, IT en- ropean average of over 60s cause I look different, don’t world’s most diverse culture, what to do if masses of Rus- trends. Although the main gineer or bus driver? What was 22 per cent in 2009, and speak the language or were greatest number of languag- sians would march towards motive behind opposition to would it cost to raise a person the corresponding estimate born somewhere else? es and broadest diversity the border to get to Finland. newcomers is most proba- to adult age, educate her as a for 2050 is 34 per cent. The of human characteristics. A similar horror story was bly racism and xenophobia, nurse and put her to work in situation in Russia and other NO YOU shouldn’t, and you Without a doubt, this would told when it became clear arguments are based on ex- a hospital? eastern European countries should not settle for less be the most interesting that Estonia would join the treme cases of abuse of social is no different, so useless than equal treatment. In a country in the world. Alas, EU: thousand of Estonians services, dishonest asylum WOULD Nokia be able make to look around for younger country where every big and we are dispersed all around would colonise Finland and or family unifi cation applica- massive profi ts and pay workforce in those places. In- small profession has a union, the world in strange lands. gangs of international crim- tions, crimes committed by millions of euros in tax- evitably, the potential nurse, which fi ghts for their rights, We are the great nation of inals would exploit the open immigrants, or in general im- es without the contribu- engineer, cook or taxi driver the only way for immigrants immigrants. borders to get here. None of migrants being unsuitable to tions of hundreds of foreign in the future Finland will be to get their voice heard is to these paranoid delusions be- the Finnish society because engineers? of a different colour and reli- unite. We are from extremely EVERY time someone asks me came reality. of their culture or religion. gion. The young of the world diverse backgrounds, places where I am from, hesitant- Finland being a consensus FINLAND has never been a are growing up in faraway and cultures, but that should ly I tell them. But after living OBVIOUSLY, if you would re- society, the negativity of the magnet for immigrants. In- places. not matter. We may have only most of my life outside my move all the borders in the discussion has spread to seri- ternational migrants are one thing in common: being native country, I am as for- world, only a small fraction ous politicians with a vested about 4.2 per cent of the total RESISTANCE and public dis- an immigrant in Finland, but eign there as I am anywhere of people would leave their interest in pandering to the population. By 2005, share of cussion around letting two that could well be enough. It’s else. When I think of home, I homes for good to get to a noisiest sectors of the public. the world’s immigrant pop- grandmothers of immigrant time to have a voice! HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 33

LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON Finland criticised for lenient approach to crime bilitation for victims of sex- In cases of both sex and economic crime, ual violence,” it states. “This remains the major difference Finland has been under harsh criticism. between the situation in Fin- land and that in the other Nordic countries.” DAVID J. CORD er degree rape,” or sexual co- HELSINKI TIMES ercion offense. In such a case White collar crime the victim must demand that In addition to sex crimes, FINLAND is generally known the perpetrator be punished. Finland has been roiled by for being a safe country. The This leaves the possibility charges of lack enforcement numbers of reported crime that the victim could be pres- of economic crimes. Last are among the lowest in the sured into withdrawing her year the Finnish Superviso- world, but this has not saved charges. ry Authority (FIN-FSA) ex- Finland from recent criti- Amnesty International al- amined 74 cases of possible cism. In particular, questions so criticised both Finland and crime but did not report a have been raised about a per- Denmark for a narrow defi ni- single incident to the police. ceived light policing and sen- tion of rape. If a woman can- Inspector Matti Rinne of the grown by almost 400. Of spe- tencing policy. not defend herself because National Police Board and cial interest is the increase in of self-imposed intoxication, Janne Marttinen of the pub- crimes involving bankrupt- Crimes recorded by police during 2009 Sexual assault for instance, the crime would lic authority co-operation cy. Inspector Kari Lintilä es- The recent case of a police- be charged as sexual abuse, project VIRKE both raised timated to YLE that up to ten Theft 151,549 man who raped a 16-year-old not rape. concerns over the issue. per cent of bankruptcies may Property damage 50,697 runaway girl who had trust- Moreover, light pun- FIN-FSA Director General involve a hidden crime. In Assault 32,734 ed him has generated consid- ishments are often Anneli Tuominen defended many cases assets are moved Drunken driving 23,248 erable public ire. The police imposed. Half of those con- the organisation, telling the out of the insolvent compa- offi cer was given only a sus- victed of rape are sentenced Helsingin Sanomat “In my ny, sometimes by criminal Narcotics 17,344 pended sentence which has to imprisonment. With sex- opinion we conduct our work gangs. Rape 370 caused District Prosecutor ual coercion, two-thirds of in a very professional man- Besides the charge of lax Homicide 115 Jarmo Hirvonen to announce the sentences were condi- ner. We review all cases ob- enforcement there have been plans of an appeal. tional or suspended. Twenty jectively and clinically.” She calls to increase punish- Source: Statistics Finland Hard on the heels of the per cent of those convicted points out that the regulator ments. Marttinen says that policeman case was a damn- of sexual coercion received has the ability to investigate the maximum sentence for Average prison sentences by offence ing report by Amnesty In- fi nes while ten per cent were and hand down administra- aggravated fi nancial crime ternational. The publication, handed jail time. tive sanctions on its own, should be increased to six Drunken driving 3.9 months Case Closed: Rape and Human Amnesty International without having to go to the years from the current four Sexual coercion* 7 months Rights in the Nordic Coun- notes that Finland does not police. years. Sweden currently us- Narcotics 47.2 months tries, sharply criticised all of fund any support system for Even though FIN-FSA may es six years as their maxi- Assault 55.7 months the Nordic nations and Fin- rape victims. “The Finnish not have reported any crimes mum punishment. Minister land in particular. government is obviously not to the police, the number of of Justice Tuija Brax, howev- Homicide 115.3 months Amnesty International adhering to its international economic cases the police er, does not support toughen- Source: Statistics Finland / *Channel Four Finland shamed Finland for its “less- obligations to provide reha- are currently working on has ing sentencing.

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LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG bureaucracy for us to work effi ciently. In practice this is COMMENTARY almost impossible.” Finland’s expenditure on To start your own busi- active labour-market pro- How to ness is equally impossible. grammes has been close The day you take the initia- to the EU average in re- tive to create your own job, cent years, while expendi- solve a you once again penalised and ture on passive programmes your funds cut immediately has been well above aver- recession – even before you have a sin- age. Recent initiatives, spe- gle client. cifi cally rehabilitative work JESSE KARJALAINEN Consider Ingvar Kam- experience and workshops, HELSINKI TIMES prad, founder of IKEA, who have resulted in previous- as a country boy worked out ly untapped potential labour COMMENTATORS have de- that he could buy matches markets such as less-educat- scribed recessions as “colonic cheaply in bulk in Stockholm ed youths, older workers and irrigation for the economy” and and sell them to people in his the long-term unemployed great “social levellers” between town at a profi t, delivering increasingly entering the la- the haves and the have nots. by bicycle. He then sold fi sh, bour market. Innovative But for those without work, Christmas decorations and According to the latest OECD Economic Outlook, the unemployment rate is expected to rise to 9.7 programmes have been im- recessions are soul destroy- ball-point pens, and grew per cent in 2010. plemented in Finland, such ing. Being unemployed is bad this into a business making as systems whereby the un- enough and being long-term and selling custom furniture. employed temporarily re- unemployed during a reces- He is now the 11th-richest place incumbent workers – a sion is many times worse. Even person in the world. scheme known as "Job Alter- those in a job live in the nagging It is this kind of entre- OECD rates Finland nation Leave". Of course, eve- fear that they might be next. preneurship that rebuilds ry country has a number of Everyone, it seems, is hold- lives and builds economies. people receiving unemploy- ing their breath waiting for But instead of being encour- ment benefi t who are not ac- that mythical fi gure called aged to think like this, the on unemployment tively seeking work, but the “recovery” to appear on the unemployed know they will authors note that this phe- horizon, bringing with it new be punished if they do, so in- nomenon appears to be par- orders, money and jobs. This stead they wait. Finland's approach to unemployment needs more central oversight ticularly marked in Finland, thinking evokes images of As it stands, circumstanc- suggesting a low level of fi sh in tank waiting for the es dictate that even small and the unemployed must seek retraining and broaden their skillset, ‘activation’. invisible hand to feed them, morsels of work must be according to an OECD report. “Activation measures are everything at its mercy. turned away because pay- varied,” explains Nikkinen- Although Finland’s unem- ments are cut with instant Cadogan. “There is job train- ployed may have relatively effect – despite the fact that NICK BARLOW fi ned, featuring a mixture of Ministry of Employment and ing for youths and for those good safety nets in the form one small job may well lead HELSINKI TIMES associated bodies at nation- the Economy, is needed. over 25 years of age, voca- of a unemployment insurance to more small jobs, and ul- al, regional and local levels. The authors do argue that tional guidance, support for funds and good (not perfect) timately in either a self-em- A REPORT from the Employ- The report argues that these so-called ‘activation meas- people who start their own social security, the great fl aw ployed business or a full-time ment, Labour and Social bodies are insuffi ciently co- ures’ aimed at increasing companies, language cours- of these systems is that the job. Affairs Committee of the Or- ordinated. Local employment the number of people en- es and so on. The problem is unemployed in an all-or-noth- The problems that come ganisation for Economic Co- offi ces have a high degree of tering the job market have that most areas in Finland ing trap of: get a full-time job with poverty are not neces- operation and Development autonomy and their work is been improving over the lack jobs. Furthermore there or nothing. This, too, fi ts with sarily lack of money, but lack (OECD) has argued the main not adequately synchronised past decade. An activation is sometimes a lack of knowl- the fi sh tank model. of options and a lack of so- challenges facing Finland’s centrally. Various employ- plan introduced in 2001 – edge of Finnish or Swedish, Thoughts of freelance, lutions. Parliamentarians public employment servic- ment initiatives are spread and strengthened in 2008 an ageing work force, cul- contract or short-term jobs must invoke recessionary es are, in the short term, to across actors at all levels of – has increased the number tural thinking or the lack of – vital for getting your face measures to give the long- combat high and potential- the system. For example, un- of unemployed people be- drive in some unemployed. and skills noticed – are im- term unemployed a chance to ly persistent unemployment employment assistance for ing referred to related pro- Also, the demands of employ- mediately shut off because help themselves, not penal- acerbated by the present eco- the long-term unemployed grammes. However, Finland ers do not match the skills of to do one of these, even for a ise those who have it in them nomic downturn, and, in the was previously managed at still provides an earnings- job seekers, just to mention a day, means instant penalisa- to create their own jobs. In a longer term, to promote par- the national level, while mu- related benefi t for near- few things that cause people tion by withdrawal of money lama, a little leeway must be ticipation of under-repre- nicipalities now fi nance half ly two years, for which the to remain ‘unactivated.” and security. made. sented groups in the labour of these costs. The state, prerequisites are much less market. The latter consider- meanwhile, fi nances half the stringent than in Denmark ations are especially note- costs of basic social assist- or Sweden. In addition, job worthy given this country’s ance payments. seekers are only required to Social security for foreign employees ageing population and the draw up an ‘individual job- future likelihood of skills More need for search plan’ after several USUALLY, social security permanently. Certain social or employment subsidy. Your shortages, believe the re- central oversight months of unemployment. provided by the Social In- security benefi ts may, how- jobsearch will be valid as of port’s authors Nicolas Duell Employment offi ces, bene- Although participation of surance Institute, Kela, is ever, be available for those the date you register with an and David Grubb. fi ts decision makers and la- certain sectors such as the available for applicants who working in Finland for a min- employment offi ce. According to the latest bour-market programmes long-term unemployed is have moved to Finland per- imum of four months. As a jobseeker registered OECD Economic Outlook, the are managed largely at the recommended, it may be that manently. They have, for ex- If you become unem- with an employment offi ce, unemployment rate in Fin- local level, which lack strong this is easier said than done, ample, come to Finland for a ployed, you should person- you will be taken into con- land is expected to rise from incentives to activate the believes Tuulikki Nikki- permanent job or based on an ally visit an employment sideration when candidates 8.8 per cent in August 2009 unemployed as long as ben- nen-Cadogan, a job-seekers employment contract of at offi ce no later than on your are searched for job vacan- to 9.7 per cent in 2010 and re- efi ts are fi nanced by the na- adviser for the municipality least two years in duration. fi rst day of unemployment. cies, you can utilise the em- main at the same level in 2011. tional government. The of Raseborg: “There are too Those coming to the coun- You should also do this after ployment services and start Finland’s public employ- OECD argues that more cen- few people to do the job at try for a short fi xed term are you have completed a peri- applying for unemployment ment services are broadly de- tral oversight, notably by the the local level, and too much not regarded as living here od of labour market training security. www.mol.fi

sidelined with the placing of According to the Left Alli- vestigation and prosecution blame on asylum seekers or ance, the rules of working life of human traffi cking must SDP immigration line under fire foreign workers who have should be the same for every- also be made more effi cient, been brought into the coun- one. The exploitation of im- the Left Alliance demands. PEKKA POHJOLAINEN, about obeying Finnish labour The Social Democrat lead- try to work in poor condi- migrants with low salaries HANNU KUPARINEN – STT MICHAEL NAGLER – HT conditions, then in her opin- er said that she had been tions. “’When in Rome, do as and bad working conditions ion it is a question of demo- amazed that there were still the Romans do’ means that must be curtailed. A statuto- cratic legislation instead of it political parties in Finland companies working in Fin- ry ten euro minimum hourly From page 1 being “our way.” that stated that people do land obey Finnish norms wage would increase equali- If there are problems, not have to live according to and collective agreements,” ty in working life and remove then they should be ad- the nation’s ways. “It is hard Arhinmäki said on Saturday workers from poverty. MINISTER of Labour Anni dressed as concrete ones, ac- for me to understand this be- 27 March at a party council “When you hold fast to Sinnemäki, the chairwoman cording to Sinnemäki. These cause under no circumstance meeting in Kouvola. equality and stop the race to- of the Greens, commented on include school life, the use do I want there to be two la- On Sunday 28 March wards the bottom, it is ele- LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN Jutta Urpilainen’s language of the apartment building’s bour markets in Finland, one the Left Alliance approved mentary what language the during a meeting of the laundry or obeying Finn- for Finns and the other for its immigration policy pro- employee speaks or what Green League leadership. “I ish labour conditions in con- immigrants.” gramme. The programme kind of clothes he is wear- don’t consider it to be a good struction sites. seeks to make it a duty for ing,” Arhinmäki said. expression in these kinds of Urpilainen clarifi ed her Left response employers to support their The indefensibility of fe- matters,” she said. statement on TV1’s Ykkösaa- According to Paavo Arhin- immigrant employees’ lan- male genital mutilation or According to Sinnemäki, mu programme. She said that mäki, the chairman of the guage studies, even if satis- so-called circumcision must immigration policy should she had meant obeying the law Left Alliance, the immigra- factory Finnish skills were be made clear to everyone. Left Alliance leader Paavo be discussed clearly: if it is and the rules of working life. tion discussion has been suffi cient for the job. The system of detection, in- Arhinmäki. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 55

rates and levied by the banks themselves. COLUMNCOLUMNIN BRIEF Helsinki residents During the period of the euro, reference rates have fl uctuated between just over Sofi Oksanen wins ed to climb to 10.2 per cent settle for smaller homes fi ve per cent and the current Nordic literature this year despite the rising average one per cent. With- output trend. fi xed, even installments. in the space of ten years prize “The highest monthly Banks fear that too few Finnish mortgage The interest rate cap there have been two interest The Nordic Council said on unemployment rates will which has been heavily ad- rate spikes, and mortgagees Tuesday 30 March it would probably be recorded late holders understand that current low rates vertised by banks recently would do well to prepare for award this year’s Nor- in the spring,” the ministry are exceptional. has met with surprisingly lit- more. dic literature prize to Sofi said in a statement. tle interest, reports Kenneth There are many opinions Oksanen, a Finnish author, “The situation will im- Kaarnimo, regional director on interest rate protection, for her novel Puhdistus. prove in 2011 when the em- RAISA KARSIKKO – STT the age of 30 who have sta- at Sampo Bank, even though but in Kaarnimo’s view it can The award ceremony is ployment rate is expected MATTHEW PARRY – HT ble jobs but not yet children. all signs point towards an now be had cheaply. At Sam- to take place in Reykjavik to edge up to 67 per cent and Buyers are usually making approaching rise in inter- po Bank, the fi ve-year fi xed in Iceland in November. the unemployment rate to THE LITTLE two-room fl at on the transition from renting, est rates. First-home buyers, rate is now 3.15 per cent. The value of the prize is fall back to 9.6 per cent.” STT Helsinki’s Pengerkatu is in and they plan to stay in their in particular, should under- The impact of rate rises 350,000 Danish crowns, or need of some renovation, but fi rst home for several years. stand that the current low in- can also be reduced by min- about 47,000 euros. Puh- Petri Ingman, from real es- Most commonly, a fi rst terest rate is the exception imising the amount of loans distus (Purge), Oksanen’s Government to tate agency Kiinteistömaail- home is found in an old rather than the rule. taken, as well as the length third novel, tackles the So- propose lorry taxi ma, is confi dent a buyer will apartment building. But the ”From the end of the year, of the payment period. In ad- viet occupation of Estonia, be found quickly. The fi rst traditional Finnish dream is the total interest rate on dition, you can calculate how the native country of the ban showing already attracted still alive and well, since half mortgages, along with mar- much a rate rise would in- author’s mother. The Finnish government some 20 interested parties, of all people buying their gins, may well be almost three crease the cost of your mort- “Puhdistus vibrates said on Tuesday 30 March it and at least 10–15 more were fi rst home say that they per cent,” Kaarnimo said. gage and put aside suffi cient with tension: unspoken se- would submit a bill to Par- expected that Wednesday would like to be living in a Sampo Bank's margins savings for it. crets and deeply shameful liament to ban so-called evening. detached house within ten are now at 0.75-1 percent- ”If you can’t afford rate deeds stretch out across maxi-taxis, which are ”I’d be very surprised if years’ time. age points. The marginal re- protection, you’ve proba- the book like a web and heavy vans registered as we don’t have a sale by next fers to the percentage placed bly taking too large a loan,” compel the reader to keep lorries and used as taxis. week at the latest,” Ingman Banks warn of on top of reference interest Kaarnimo sums up. reading,” the prize adjudi- Two companies fi eld- told STT. future rate spikes cation committee said. ing maxi-taxis started to In Helsinki, a two-room Kiinteistömaailma ana- “With a rare precise compete with convention- fl at for less than 200,000 eu- lysed more than 9,000 pur- and apposite language al taxis last year, sparking ros is in high demand among chases of fi rst homes during Oksanen describes what outrage among licensed buyers, and even a one-room the years 2008-10, and in- history does to individuals taxi operators, with driv- fl at may suffi ce. Elsewhere in terviewed some 2,000 buy- and history’s pervasion in ers coming to blows. the country, buyers prefer a ers about the background the present.” The government said it place with as much as three to their purchasing decision The Nordic Council’s lit- wanted to plug a loophole rooms. and fi nances. erature has been awarded in the law. STT According to a recent sur- More than half of them LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN since 1962. STT vey by Kiinteistömaailma, had used a mortgage to cov- the average price of a Finn’s er the entire cost of the fi rst Christian fi rst home is now 147,000 eu- home. Despite looking at a Helsinki Region Democrats say ros, while the average size is major fi nancial commitment, Transport orders 68 square metres. In Helsin- almost a third had only asked society punishes ki, the price jumps to almost one bank for a mortgage of- expansion study student families 180,000 euros, and the size fer. The reference interest Helsinki Region Transport Finland’s opposition Chris- shrinks to 59 square metres. rate was most commonly the (HSL) said on Tuesday 30 tian Democrats said in a A fi rst home is typical- 12-month euribor, while re- March it had commissioned statement on Saturday 27 ly bought by a couple under payment took the form of a Estate agent Petri Ingman with a potential buyer. transport consultants Stra- March that the govern- fi ca to carry out a feasibili- ment must take action to fi gures for their interim re- ty study on expanding the raise housing benefi ts paid ports. The builders also re- Finnish capital region’s pub- to student families. main cautious, and decisions lic transport system to eight “Society punishes stu- Kiinteistömaailma: Talk of on new construction will on- towns surrounding the cur- dents for setting up a ly be made on the basis of rent six HSL members. family and for having chil- price bubble has come too late provisional market results. The study is to focus dren,” said Päivi Räsänen, According to a market sur- on the impact of expan- the leader of the Chris- KIINTEISTÖMAAILMA’S CEO the supply of homes on sale as 28,000 new dwellings vey published at the begin- sion on services, passen- tian Democrats. She added Tommi Rytkönen played remains exceptionally low. may begin this year, while ning of March by industry ger numbers, costs and the that having children dur- down suggestions of a hous- This is a legacy of the tempo- last year new projects to- magazine Rakennuslehti, new environment. ing studies had a number of ing price bubble. He argues rary freeze in construction talled only 23,000. Demand construction on higher cost The current members things going for it. that the price spike occurred of new housing during the for more expensive homes bracket homes may return of the HSL are Espoo, Hel- “A student often enjoys last autumn, when demand recession. Now it is picking is strengthening, and orders to boom year heights in 2010, sinki, Kauniainen, Kerava, a wider range of possibili- for investment housing up again, but the sites under for smaller dwellings are also at more than 10,000 dwell- Kirkkonummi and Vantaa. ties to combine studies and peaked. construction now will only be growing, he told STT. ings. Last year this fi gure only The tentative plan to childcare than somebody ”The current discussion ready and on the market 12– Of Finland’s major con- reached 3,300. The conclusion expand the HSL spans who works does.” STT about a price bubble has 18 months from now. struction companies, YIT, of government stimulus Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Mänt- come a bit late, since the fi g- According to Bo Salmén, Skanska and SRV report that measures at the turn of the sälä, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen, ures for recent months don’t head economist at the Con- they will clearly be build- year may nevertheless reduce Sipoo, Tuusula and Vihti. STT Nearly half of back it up,” Rytkönen said. federation of Finnish Con- ing more this year than last. production of rental housing, Finns believe One of the reasons behind struction Industries, As listed companies, howev- thus moderating growth in warnings of a bubble is that construction on as much er, they will reserve fi rmer total new construction. Finance ministry climate threat is raises 2010 GDP exaggerated The Finnish Broadcasting ple diagnosed with autism and other mental health con- growth forecast Company (YLE) on Saturday has increased dramati- cerns providing a more suc- Finland’s fi nance minis- 27 March quoted a Talous- A global awakening cally since the 1980s, with cessful and fulfi lling lifestyle. try on Tuesday 30 March tutkimus poll as indicat- research revealing that chil- In Finland, WAAD shall be raised its Finnish gross ing that some 48 per cent of JAMES O’SULLIVAN coupled with repetitive ac- dren with autism who are celebrated on 12 April with domestic product (GDP) the Finnish public believed HELSINKI TIMES tivities and the keeping of diagnosed before the age of The Finnish Association for growth forecast for this that the impact of climate rigid routines. three and receive suitable Autism and Asperger´s Syn- year to 1.1 per cent from 0.3 change had been exagger- FROM Nigeria to Japan, and People with autism of- behavioural analysis thera- drome holding an open house per cent featured in an eco- ated to some extent. Canada to Australia, this April ten have obsessive interests py show major developmen- in Helsinki. A range of activ- nomic survey made public YLE added that about sees international recogni- in specifi c subjects and an un- tal improvements. ities are planned including an in September last year. 15 per cent of those polled tion of autism with events even path of development Adults with autism are art exhibition and a fl ea mar- The ministry added it believed that the threat staged around the globe. On which can combine remarka- in need of treatment pro- ket benefi ting a joint project saw the country’s econo- of climate change had 2 April, the annual World Au- ble achievements in some are- grammes that focus on with Bangladesh. With in- my growing by 2.1 per cent been downplayed to some tism Awareness Day (WAAD) as with severe lapses in others. improving family life, self- formation available on local next year. Last week, the extent. seeks to bring attention to By raising awareness about perception, self-esteem, and projects in the autism com- Bank of Finland raised its According to a Gallup poll this pervasive disorder that autism throughout society, the opportunity to obtain em- munity and tips for child ac- 2010 and 2011 GDP growth carried out in the US earlier affects tens of millions of peo- WAAD seeks to encourage ear- ployment. Such programmes tivation by means of games forecasts to 1.6 and 1.8 per this month 48 per cent of the ple worldwide. ly diagnosis and early inter- provide the ability to de- and toys, doors will be open cent, respectively. American public believe that A neurological develop- vention for people who remain crease depression, anxiety, to the public 12:00 -19:00. The fi nance ministry’s the global warming threat ment disorder, autism is undiagnosed, misunderstood latest economic survey has been exaggerated, up characterised by distinctive and in need of assistance. www.worldautismawarenessday.org warned that the country’s from 41 per cent in a year- diffi culties with social inter- Due to increased aware- www.autismiliitto.fi jobless rate was expect- ago survey. STT action and communication, ness, the number of peo- 6 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MICHAEL NAGLER LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI TALOUSSANOMAT 27 March Possible double dip in housing market cles sway prices everywhere. Although housing prices have recovered from However, the effects of the last year, the possibility of another price fall recession on Finland were relatively small. There was exists, the online financial newspaper Talous- no collapse. sanomat reports. Postila thinks that the peak prices at the end of au- tumn will not last in Fin- “HOUSING prices go in cy- Postila believes that many land either. At the beginning cles. According to an expert nations have a double dip of the year there has been a many countries have already ahead of them. In Sweden small climb-down in prices experienced one dip, after and England, for example, even though the level is still which prices have risen rap- housing prices have quickly higher than last year. The de- idly. However, the price cy- returned to a high level. velopment of unemployment cles predict that a new fall The housing market of and interest rates, the old fa- will soon be upon us. every country is different, miliar variables in the hous- Having followed the and the situation also varies ing market, will decide the Finland's schools are not making social media skills a priority in the classroom. housing prices of several a lot between cities. Despite future of housing prices in countries for years, Mikael this, the housing price cy- Finland also.” HELSINGIN SANOMAT 27 March. KATRI KALLIONPÄÄ Finnish schools behind KAUPPALEHTI 12 March in adopting new technology Windfall them aren’t even interested for to know what social media is. According to a ministry official, things like A large number of principals Nightwish LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA social media are unknown to many teachers, think that information and the national daily Helsingin Sanomat reports. communications technology have nothing to do with learn- The short, seven ing results. This is an utterly mistaken belief,’ she says. month fiscal period “ALTHOUGH Finnish pupils’ Finland’s schools and edu- Misukka heads a task of the Nightwish learning results take the top cation has fallen behind the force assembled by Min- band’s Scene Na- spots in the international PI- cutting edge of international ister of Education Henna SA evaluations, their com- development. Virkkunen (National Coa- tion company ended ETELÄ-SUOMEN SANOMAT 27 March munication skills leave much According to State Sec- lition). Its mission is to pro- in July of last year. to be desired. retary Heljä Misukka at the pose a way of getting schools’ This is very much due to Ministry of Education this is information technology and Once again the Cows move with the times the fact that the use of com- largely due to the attitudes education methods back up result was excellent, munications technology in of the teachers. ‘Many of to speed.” the financial paper The switch to summertime is also trouble- Kauppalehti reports. some for animals that are dependant on human schedules, the Lahti-based daily Etelä- “THE COMPANY’S turnover Suomen Sanomat reports. was 1,232,000 euros, and the net profi t was 456,000 euros. Scene Nation are skil- “IN A Radio Voima interview, we move 15 minutes, then 30 ful in managing their taxes. Ilkka Tuominen, who runs a minutes and so on. Of course 314,000 euros have been paid milk farm in Orimattila, says it’s a bit easier for us humans in dividends during the fi s- that you can’t move cows in- as well, but I don’t kn ow if cal year. These are tax-free to daylight saving time (DST) moving the clock is really nec- to their recipients because in one fell swoop. In the morn- essary,’ Tuominen ponders. the dividend sum per person ing after the transfer to DST Tomorrow morning Ilk- is less than 90,000 euros and the people in the farm have ka Tuominen does not have to the sum that has been dis- the clock ring about 45 min- wrestle with the clock, however, tributed is exactly nine per utes later according to the because he has recently hand- cent of the company’s net new time. This way the cow is ed over the management of his worth. milked only about 15 minutes farm to his daughter. 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“THE HELSINKI Police De- At the beginning of 2008 the partment interrogated company contributed 17,000 Member of Parliament Ilk- euros to Kanerva’s birthday LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO 6ZDQVHD0HWURSROLWDQ8QLYHUVLW\0DVWHURI%XVLQHVV$GPLQLVWUDWLRQ ka Kanerva (National Coali- dinner in Helsinki. Accord- tion) at the end of the week ing to Kanerva, in exchange in connection with an inves- for this Nova Group received tigation regarding the bank- tickets to a seminar held in 7KLVGHJUHHLVYDOLGDWHGDQGDZDUGHGE\WKHIHGHUDO8QLYHUVLW\RI:DOHV8.)RUIXUWKHUGHWDLOV rupt estate of Nova Group. Turku. He says the police UHJDUGLQJWKH8QLYHUVLW\DQGLWVYDOLGDWLRQVHUYLFHVSOHDVHORJRQWRZZZZDOHVDFXNYDOLGDWLRQ The persons in charge of No- have interrogated him as a RUHPDLOYDOLGDWLRQ#ZDOHVDFXN va Group are suspected of suspect in the preliminary Ilkka Kanerva debtor and accounting fraud. investigation.” (National Coalition). HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 77

CHINA NEWSPHOTO Up from poverty

Women in the villages of the southern Indian state, Andhra Pradesh, plan to raise almost 2 billion dollars this year in commercial loans.

IPS on the phone from And- hra Pradesh, capital Hydera- bad. “It worked, and I have by now taken loans worth 700,000 rupees (15,000 dol- ANDHRA PRADESH lars). I educated my eldest son, he now has an MBA. We were ten members in the group that started, we all came out of poverty.” SANJAY SURI Shameem, 35, says her IPS husband earned 150 rupees (3.50 a month), and her fa- MOST of the women from ther-in-law 40 rupees a day Andhra Pradesh, never knew (less than 1 dollar). “As Mus- what it was like to have a dol- lims we had restrictions going lar a day. Last year, they were out, but I did join my village lent 1.5 billion dollars. group.” The groups name is True, this money was lent Chand (moon) – all groups to a total of more than 10 mil- create their own name. Disagreement between the US and China sparked after the yuan was assessed. lion women; but that is its suc- She raised enough money cess. It means an average of 150 to pull her family out of pov- dollars for each woman. It’s a erty. “Now I am president of a substantial average for the mil- group of village committees. lions of women who have nev- Now nobody says to me we Beijing resists US er known a solid roof or more are backward Muslim wom- than a diet of rice and chillies. en confi ned to home.” And for a few million and Women like Pakiram- their families, it was a dra- ma and Shameem who suc- pressure in currency row matic leap out of poverty. ceed with their group become This worked the convic- community resource persons. tion, “the poor can come out They travel to other districts of poverty by coming togeth- and other states in India to China may be under international pressure, especially from the United States, over the valu- er,” says Vijay Kumar, CEO of help set up similar groups. ation of its currency, but is unlikely to back down in the short term given its worries about its the Society for Elimination The Andhra team is sup- of Rural Poverty, the offi cial porting similar projects now export sector and the jobs that depend on it. name for this movement. launched in Pakistan, Bang- Typically, a group of ten to ladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and 15 women in a village would Afghanistan. The model is the global legal framework. the value of the country’s six percent here), I think the come together as a thrift being adopted by projects Both countries’ leaders imports exceeded that of its impact should be relative- and credit organisation, and fi nanced and supported have weighed in on the issue. exports. ly small,” Wang Tao, head of agree to lend to one another, by the World Bank in Afri- Yet China is unlikely to al- China Economic Research for depending on needs and abil- ca. The state government BEIJING low a rapid appreciation of Contenders Union Bank of Switzerland ity. That brought a radical de- and the central government the yuan, which some sug- Cheaper competition from (UBS) Investment Bank here, parture from moneylenders in India, also support this gest is undervalued by as developing nations such as told IPS. who would often charge 10 movement. much as 40 per cent. Vietnam and Bangladesh, Wang suggested that per cent a month interest. “China believes a mod- along with a 2008 labour law yuan appreciation, along Building est revaluation of its curren- that increases wages across with more fl exibility, can The benefits sustainability KIT GILLET cy would have a scant effect China, has already hurt the help promote domestic con- This movement will provide The women have formed co- IPS on US trade defi cits, and Chinese export industry. sumption in China, and a seed capital. Increased in- operatives. Here they collect once it made an adjustment, Talk of a revaluation is seen divert investment from ex- come and repayments will and sell milk, introduce inno- THUS FAR, the lines have it would be pressed again to by some as a hurdle too far. port-oriented industries. build trust for the women vations in agriculture, substi- been drawn in the disagree- do more,” wrote Jeff Garten, “In the words of some Chinese exporters are es- and their groups to approach tute chemicals and pesticides ment between China and the Juan Trippe professor of in- of our members, the Unit- timated to make a return commercial banks for more in many areas in natural United States over the yuan ternational trade and fi nance ed States is ‘sharpening its of three to fi ve per cent on loans and further invest- ways, and help women plan – and neither side seems at the Yale School of Manage- knives and has a murder- sales. Any substantial appre- ments in a spiral up and out crops. Millions who were in willing to back down. ment, in a recent note. ous air about it,’” said Zhang ciation of the yuan could see of destitution. In time wom- poverty are now in business. China pegged its curren- Yujing, president of the Chi- the closure of many factories en can share skills, not just The root idea is simple. In cy at approximately 6.8 to What’s at risk na Chamber of Commerce and would add to China’s un- credit arrangements. Andhra Pradesh it’s an idea the dollar in July 2008, main- As the world’s largest ex- for Import and Export of employment rate, which a re- Masipovu Pakiramma, that has been made to work ly to aid the country’s export porter, China’s growth de- Machinery and Electronic cent China Academy of Social 45, raised 500 rupees (12 dol- on scale. Seventy per cent of industry that was badly hit pends substantially on its goods, at a press conference Sciences report put at 9.4 per lars) from the group in Kur- the poor in the state are al- by decreasing global demand export sector. Any strong re- last week. “I expect many cent. nool district when she joined ready covered. The ambition and the fi nancial crisis. valuation could hurt this in- companies won’t be able to It would also force the in 1995. It was one of the fi rst now is not success to show, On 15 March 2010, 130 dustry, which accounted for bear an appreciation now.” raising of export prices, stirrings of an experiment. but saturation, so there are members of the US Con- roughly 27 per cent of Gross Zhou Dewen, vice presi- which would in turn affect “I used that money to no poor women in the state. gress signed a letter urging Domestic Product in 2009. dent of the China Middle and US consumers, by far the start selling vegetables; it And when women are not the White House to label Chi- “There is no need for us to Small Enterprises Associa- largest buyer of China-made was my fi rst loan,” she tells poor, then no one is poor. na a currency manipulator in discuss if it (the yuan) should tion, told the ‘Oriental Morn- products. its 10 April 2010 treasury re- be appreciated. What we ing Post’ that the Chinese Decades of free spend- port. It would be the fi rst step should be concerned about is government should with- ing by US consumers has in imposing trade tariffs on when and how it is,” Wu Xi- stand pressure from abroad left the US-China trade def- Chinese export goods. aoqiu, assistant president of for at least two or three icit standing at roughly 227 The letter stated, “The Renmin University and di- years. billion dollars, down from a impact of China’s curren- rector of China’s Finance and “If the government fails, high of 268 billion dollars in cy manipulation on the US Securities Institute, said in a large amount of middle and 2008. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE economy cannot be over- an interview with IPS. “The small Chinese enterprises, Chinese state media and stated.” It went on to sug- government needs to con- which have suffered from the many of its politicians have gest the current exchange sider the competitiveness of ongoing fi nancial crisis, will suggested that the US gov- rate gave an unfair subsidy companies in labour-inten- be closed and the workers ernment is merely looking to Chinese companies at the sive sectors,” he said. will lose their jobs,” he said in for someone else to blame direct expense of their US China’s export industry an interview published in the for its current woes. “They counterparts. suffered in the wake of the ‘Post’ this week. should not blame the prob- China’s Commerce Min- economic crisis, and while Not all share Zhou’s pessi- lems they have by fi nding a ister Chen Deming said the numbers picked up near the mistic view. scapegoat in China,” China’s country would “not turn a end of last year, Chinese of- “An appreciation will new ambassador to the Unit- blind eye” if labelled a ma- fi cials are now suggesting hurt exports. But if appreci- ed Nations, He Yafei, told a A new movement that brought Andhra Pradesh women out of nipulator, and might in even- that March 2010 could be the ation is gradual and modest briefi ng in Geneva earlier poverty is expanding to other countries. tuality, seek to litigate under fi rst month since 2004 that (we are talking about fi ve to this month. 8 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ COLUMN

David J. Cord is a writer and columnist for the Helsinki Times. He is also a private investor with over ten years of international experience.

Forecasts and suggestions from the Bank of Finland THE ECONOMISTS at the Bank of Finland are in an inter- esting position. As central bankers go they have very little power at the European Central Bank, being over- shadowed by their colleagues from France and Ger- many. However, they do wield an inordinate amount The Greater Helsinki area received the majority of new foreign-owned companies. of infl uence at home, arguably more than anyone over at the Ministry of Finance or in private institutions. So development investments their opinions are taken seriously, but it remains to be should be increased,” he says. seen if their calls for reform are enacted. “According to assessments 2009 slump in foreign Finland’s innovation system THE CENTRAL bank just released their forecast for the can still be greatly developed coming years. It was, perhaps surprisingly, rather pes- and the lack of internation- simistic. The bankers see two main problems for Fin- investments in Finland al actors is one of the biggest land: slower than average growth and worse than challenges.” average public fi nances. Of course, the two issues are Airaksinen goes on to tied together. Foreigners were less interested in investing in Finland last year, but call for more research on how best to improve this ar- LABOUR market problems consumed a large portion of experts believe a surge is on the way. ea. “The alternatives for dif- the report. Once again the Finnish central bank called ferent innovation incentives for lengthening the careers of workers. It is a now-fa- and their effects on activat- miliar refrain: young people should start work earlier DAVID J. CORD rect investment infl ows in- national investment plans ing research and develop- and older workers should delay their retirement. HELSINKI TIMES creased compared to 2008, for 2010 onward, which in ment activity of both Finnish when foreign investors re- turn should give rise to grow- and international companies MOREOVER, the bank takes the unpopular position that ACCORDING to Invest in Fin- located direct capital from ing FDI fl ows in 2010,” the should be studied as quickly more fl exibility should be introduced into wage negoti- land 128 new foreign-owned Finland by 1.3 billion more group reports. as possible,” he concludes. ations. The economists point out that this has become companies located in Fin- than they invested in Fin- While it is hoped that for- Invest in Finland also even more important as the competitiveness of Finn- land during 2009, about 30 land,” the central bank eign investors scale up their cites growth opportunities ish exporters has been badly hurt. The global export per cent less than in 2008. writes. Net investments in- activity in Finland, the CEO in many Finnish industries. market has started to revive, but Finnish exports are Compared to the banner year to Finland were 1.9 billion of Invest in Finland, Tuo- The group mentions a pos- still lagging behind. 2007, the annual number of while net withdrawals were mo Airaksinen, sees some sibility to create jobs in the new foreign fi rms coming to only 0.1 billion. ways to encourage the proc- service sector, industrial in- I BELIEVE there is broad agreement from economists Finland has been cut more Sweden and the Unit- ess. “Finland can benefi t vestments into mining, and on introducing more fl exibility into wage negotiations, than half. ed Kingdom were the most from foreign investments in research and development but forgive my doubt that we will see much progress. The United Nations Con- eager investors, with each many sectors but especially investments in the innova- The central bank warns that a failure to reform will ference on Trade and Develop- country contributing 26 new the amount of research and tion system. lead to slower growth and a stagnating economy. In ment (UNCTAD) reports that foreign-owned companies in fact, this is probably a more politically acceptable out- global foreign direct invest- Finland. America came next come than to threaten collective bargaining agree- ment fell by 39 per cent during with 12, while Estonia and ments. Because of the same time period, so Fin- Denmark each had 8. The The bankers see two this we are likely land’s experience was close list of the largest foreign in- to see a further in- to worldwide averages. De- vestors is rounded out by main problems for crease in the under- veloped nations fared worse Norway, Germany, the Neth- Finland: slower than employed, part-time than developing countries. erlands and France. average growth and and temporary work The Greater Helsinki ar- force. Inflows almost ea received the majority of worse than average reach two billion euros new foreign-owned compa- public finances. THEN THERE is the The Bank of Finland reports nies. Some 60 per cent of the problem of public fi - that foreign direct invest- investments were around the nances. The bank is remarkably short on suggestions ment (FDI) infl ows totalled Helsinki metropolitan area here, but perhaps they don’t want to seem too political. about 1.8 billion euros last while about 40 per cent were They suggest tax strategies to spur growth and to in- year, which is about half of in the rest of Finland. The crease the working life of Finns. Both suggestions are the average for the past fi ve health industry bucked this rather old, and neither is groundbreaking. A more in- years. “Nevertheless, di- trend, with 17 of the 22 new teresting feature of the report is their call to signifi - foreign fi rms located outside cantly improve productivity in the public sector. the Helsinki area. Change in FDI during 2009 Foreign-controlled com- A NOTABLE omission in the Bank of Finland’s report is China -3% panies are extremely impor- infl ation. They see infl ation basically fl at for the next EU -29% tant to the national economy. three years. If infl ation is always and everywhere a Russia -41% Statistics Finland reports that monetary phenomenon, as Milton Friedman so fa- US -57% they employ around 243,000 mously said, where is it after the massive monetary Sweden -64% Finns, or 16 per cent of the to- expansion? That is a good question. UK -93% tal Finnish workforce. In 2008 Source: UNCTAD foreign corporations made up CENTRAL bankers simply don’t see infl ation in the near over 22 per cent of the turno- future. Various economists have tried to guess why we New foreign-owned ver of all companies operating aren’t suffering from it yet. Nobel Prize winner Paul companies by industry in Finland. Krugman suggests it is because banks have absorbed Health 22 the expansion and still aren’t lending. It is as good an an- IT 19 Improving conditions swer as any, but what happens when lending picks up? Business services 18 The UNCTAD Global Invest- Retail 17 ment Trend Monitor sees Cleantech 13 2010 as a better year. “Im- [email protected] Others 39 proving conditions will ulti- Source: Invest in Finland mately encourage companies to revise upward their inter- HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 99

bile technology. Kuhanen also points out that hip con- COLUMNCOLUMNIN BRIEF Outdoor advertising sumer brands like to use outdoor advertising which captures the attention of ur- Financial year from the month be- ban consumers. regulatory body fore. The NCRC added that prices had rebounded by 1.7 still taking shape shuts Sofia Bank Personal advertising per cent by January. STT Outdoor advertising in Fin- Finland's Financial Super- land has evolved from stat- visory Authority said in Digital advertising screens have appeared in Finnish public transport, ic signs to rotating columns a statement Monday 29 Outokumpu to but the old tried-and-true billboards still have their place. and then to digital screens. March it had cancelled So- double Tornio What’s next? If the Japanese fi a Bank's deposit bank li- ferrochrome electronics company NEC has cence on Sunday, with the production DAVID J. CORD and useful information such quite well for media. Out- its way, Finnish consumers bank's operations sus- HELSINKI TIMES as sms-chat, local Helsinki door is growing in the dou- may soon be looking at bill- pended as a result. Finnish steelmaker Outo- news, weather and transport ble digits in the fi rst quarter, boards that use built-in cam- "Sofi a Bank commenced kumpu said in a statement OUTDOOR advertising is a information next to innova- refl ecting somewhat the in- eras and facial recognition operations in January 2009 it was planning doubling ubiquitous part of city life. tive advertising. The media vestments the industry has software to identify the age and was unable to become the ferrochrome produc- A pedestrian on a Helsinki sales have started above our made over the past few years. and gender of viewers. profi table enough to con- tion capacity of its Tornio street is likely to encounter expectations.” Also, it is probably due to the The product, dubbed tinue banking operations," works in northern Finland, ads displayed on everything fact that in a more and more the Next Generation Dig- the watchdog added. adding it would take a de- from buses to light poles. To ‘Last mass medium’ fragmented media world the ital Signage Solution, dis- "The withdrawal of au- cision based on a feasibil- keep the attention of pas- It is good news for JCDecaux ‘last mass medium’ will ex- plays products best suited thorisation is due to the ity study by the end of the sers-by outdoor advertis- that sales have been strong. pand its market share.” to a potential shopper’s de- bank's own funds falling year. ing is constantly evolving. The recession has taken a toll Kuhanen believes that out- mographic. The media have below the minimum lev- "If realised the invest- The next generation of dig- on global advertising as com- door advertising as the ‘last been quick to note the sim- el a credit institution is re- ment would add about 100 ital advertising has now ap- panies fi nd it easy to cut their mass medium’ is more impor- ilarities with the movie Mi- quired to hold. The decision permanent jobs in ferro- peared on Helsinki’s trams advertising budgets to pre- tant than ever. “The funda- nority Report, where Tom is necessary to safeguard chrome works in Tornio and metro. serve cash. Last year the en- mentals of mass media are a Cruise’s character is recog- the interests and equita- and in Kemi mine," the tire company had an 11.5 per broad reach and high frequen- nised and bombarded with ble treatment of depositors statement added. Digiscreens cent fall in sales. Kuhanen cy,” he says. “Building on that, personal advertising. NEC’s and other creditors." Outokumpu shelved JCDecaux is the largest play- says that the outdoor seg- investments in new inventory product does not, however, The FSA said it had a 420-million-euro fer- er in the outdoor advertising ment was down 18 per cent and new technologies with im- recognise individuals. placed the bank into liqui- rochrome investment market in Finland and are the during 2009 but he is cau- proved audience measurement The billboards are al- dation and named an ad- project in Tornio in Decem- source of the new digiscreens. tiously optimistic. are boosting the medium.” ready being tested in Japan ministrator to oversee the ber 2008, citing the fi nan- The screens feature an array “The market is slowly He ticks off a variety of and are due to roll out in process. cial crisis and an insecure of advertisements, news and turning to growth but with trends which he says sup- America this year. Knowing According to the FSA, market. announcements. As moving a very short selling cycle it is ports outdoor advertising: how technologically-minded Sofi a Bank has about 150 "The market price of images they are designed to very diffi cult to predict any- continued advertising, more Finns can be, it is likely they million euros worth of de- ferrochrome has start- capture the attention of a per- thing,” he reports. “The fi rst time spent outside the home will be here in Finland soon posits shared between ed to recover since the haps jaded public. quarter seems to have gone and the development of mo- enough. some 5,000 account hold- autumn 2009 and is gen- “The system is wireless,” ers, with some 30 million erally expected to contin- explains JCDecaux Finland euros in investments by ue increasing mainly due to CEO Klaus Kuhanen. “The other banks and compa- production constraints of system is connected to the nies that are not covered electricity in the main fer- GPS system used to track and by the government's de- rochrome producing coun- manage the trams and met- posit guarantee. STT try, South Africa." ros, obviously offering vast Juha Rantanen, the possibilities for advanced managing director of Ou- advertising opportunities in NCRC: retailers tokumpu, linked the com- the future.” declined food VAT pany's investment decision The company has even of- to Finland's nuclear power fered an interesting feature: cut policy. if someone doesn’t use public Finland's National Con- "The Finnish govern- transportation but is curious sumer Research Centre ment is expected to make what is on the digiscreen, he said in a statement Mon- a decision on nuclear pow- can go to the company web- day 29 March that retailers er projects this spring, and site and watch a live feed. had passed on last Octo- the decision will be taken “The initial reactions to ber's fi ve-percentage-point into account as one of the the digiscreen media are pos- food VAT cut to prices. Ac- factors having an impact itive,” Kuhanen says. “Peo- cording to the government on the ferrochrome invest- ple appreciate our strategy of agency, food prices fell by ment," he said in the state- providing fun, entertaining 5.7 per cent in October last ment. STT

what an entrepreneur should much time to get a job. Qual- fying the language training of- want to encourage foreign- do. Moreover, this is what im- ifi ed immigrants are willing fered by Consult Paprika. As ers to start their own com- Getting heard migrants need to do with po- to settle for less.” the company’s reputation as panies,” she explains. “In tential employers. Through a good trainer is established, many cases, opening your Consult Paprika, Kononen Encouraging she plans on more emphasis own business is the only way helps immigrants get their entrepreneurship on ancillary activities such as to do what you love to do. It is Erica Kononen has strong ideas on entrepre- message heard. She doesn’t believe foreign- consultancy and integration an emotional process to start neurship and integration into Finnish society. To get their message ers with good qualifi cations projects. a business, but luckily people across, immigrants need to should settle for less. Konon- Kononen also has a bit are very receptive to foreign speak the language, so lan- en has a strong belief in the of advice for immigrants. “I entrepreneurs.” DAVID J. CORD own business, Consult Pa- guage training is the core of positive impact immigrants HELSINKI TIMES prika. With Consult Paprika Consult Paprika’s activities. can have on Finnish society. In Kononen helps immigrants Kononen’s husband Heikki fact, while she speaks it often ERICA KONONEN is busy. The integrate into Finnish society is the company’s main Finn- sounds like her business plan fi rst few attempts to set up with language training, job- ish teacher. “We have small is a social mission. “Of course an interview need to be re- hunt consultations and other groups in the classes,” she we want to make a profi t, but scheduled. When she is fi nal- integration projects. And lest says. “There are normal- a lot of heart is involved in TEEMU HENRIKSSON ly reached, she has another we forget, she also co-runs a ly up to six students in each this,” Kononen says. problem. “I’m really sorry,” restaurant in Kamppi. course, but we also have Kononen laments how dif- she says, “but one of the peo- “Coconut Kitchen is Asian some private clients with on- fi cult it is for some immigrants ple at our restaurant couldn’t take-away food,” Kononen ly one or two in the class. A to integrate into Finland. make it to work and I’m try- says, by way of explanation new course starts every two “There is not enough struc- ing to get that shift cov- on why she couldn’t talk ear- months. We are also work- ture for integration,” she says. ered. I’ll call you back in ten lier. “It is fast food, but an ing on some big corporate “There may be many projects, minutes.” alternative to burgers. The clients.” but one may not know about She sounds like a typi- prices are cheap, too. For four Although language train- them. I discovered later so cal entrepreneur, but she euros you can get two spring ing is the company’s main many things I could have is hardly typical. Konon- rolls and rice.” business, Kononen sees oth- asked.” With this experience en came to Finland from the er problems for foreigners still fresh in her mind, Konon- Philippines as a trainee at Speaking the language attempting to integrate in- en believes that she can be a the Helsinki Business Col- This is what a conversation to Finnish society. “It’s not driving force for foreigners in- lege and never left. After with Kononen is like: she is just the language,” she says. tegrating into life in Finland. working in a variety of posi- constantly saying what she “Confi dence drops after a For the immediate future tions she decided to open her can offer. Of course, this is while because it takes so Kononen is focused on solidi- Consult Paprika's founder Erica Kononen. 10 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES

LOS ANGELES TIMES 28 MARCH. ROBYN NORWOOD READERS' LETTERS

Quest for efficiency has its impact on railways Unbroken bond between hockey legends In February, transport minister Anu Vehviläinen com- “TEEMU SELÄNNE was a ri, the first great Finnish Kurri, who handed the keys Ducks play Dallas on Monday mented that “Finland has forgotten how to deal with teenager who already had NHL star. to his Saab to the 17-year- night at the Honda Center. winter” (HT 25 February). In the recent edition of HT a need for speed when he ‘I remember he was real- old phenomenon who was After the tribute, Selanne, (25 March), James O’Connor discussed the obsession first got to know Jari Kur- ly interested in my car,’ said helping out with his hock- 39, will try to put the pedal with economic growth which often overrides common ey school in Finland. ‘I was down and pass Kurri’s career sense. There is a link between these two issues. Over kind of worried. I said take total of 601 goals, 17th in NHL the last 40 years, the railways have invested heavily it easy with that car. Don’t history, with his role model in technology. This has brought huge improvements in spoil my tyres.’ Selänne, a in the stands. effi ciency, which in turn has increased the number of BLAKEMIKE racing enthusiast, laughs at As a youngster, Selänne people travelling. However, by replacing men with ma- the memory. had a picture of Kurri and chines, they have reduced their ability to cope with ab- ‘I said, Jari, can I borrow Wayne Gretzky on his bed- normal weather conditions. the car? I’ll be right back,’ room wall. He wore a replica of Constant changes in the amount of moisture or ice Selänne said. ‘I didn’t have a Kurri’s number 17 Edmonton in the soil gradually move railway tracks out of align- driver’s license yet. You have Oilers jersey so often that, one ment. Left untreated, such movement leads to deteri- to be 18. But I was already year, he posed for a school pic- oration which can cause a derailment. From the fi rst driving and racing cars on ture in it. years of the railways, large gangs of men using picks private roads.’” ‘I’ve learned a lot from him,’ and shovels were employed to restore the track line “Kurri, 49, now Selänne’s Selänne said. ‘Things like how and level. Since 1950s machines have been developed close friend and his team- smart he was out there, the de- to do the routine track maintenance. The effi ciency mate for one season with the cisions he made about where and quality of work is higher, reducing wear and tear Ducks in 1996-97, is in Anahe- he found the open spots and on rolling stock, giving much smoother rides to pas- Jari Kurri congratulates Teemu Selänne as he is honoured by his im after fl ying from Finland also where he shoots,’ Selanne sengers and allowing higher train speeds. team the Anaheim Ducks for becoming the 18th player in Nation- to honor Selänne’s 600th NHL said. ‘His release and his shot, However the outdoor staff was also a versatile labour al Hockey League history to score 600 goals. goal in a ceremony before the they were deadly.’” force in winter. In snow storms they were deployed to clear snow from railway points and other equipment. As a consequence of the improved productivity, the number KOREA HERALD 28 MARCH. YOAV CERRALBO of outdoor staff has been drastically reduced. This was evident in this winter’s severe weather as VR - along with other railways in Europe - had problems because of Former Finnish PM candid about future the lack of suffi cient “track trained” labourers to do the snow clearance work. Because of the dangerous nature “‘OUR DEMOCRACY was built this means that their govern- ponen believes that to survive population, rising unemploy- of the work, it is not possible to bring in the army, con- from the bottom up so it gave ment, business, research in- in an increasingly competitive ment that hit 10 percent and tractors or even groups of unemployed people in the way strong adherence to democrat- stitutions, universities and all world, the country has to keep a desperate need to tackle that you can to clear roads. One solution might be for ic values. Finland rejected the participants open their books these assets and their connec- the defi cit problem." the railways to sponsor the army to maintain a compa- extreme right in the 30s,' said to co-operate on all levels. tion with the rule of law. ny of regular soldiers who are given railway safety train- Former Finnish Prime Minis- While talking about Fin- ‘Of course we think equal- ing and can then be brought in to assist the railway staff ter Paavo Lipponen in an inter- land and the other Nordic ity and social cohesion is im- when needed. There would be costs to the railway, but view with The Korea Herald. countries, the former prime portant for competitiveness any costs would pale into insignifi cance compared to the ‘We have a high degree minister explained that they in the long run,’ he noted.

cost of compensating passengers for delays. It might be of engagement in public af- invested heavily in their so- Many economists, includ- JAAKONAHO TIMI possible to use aircraft de-icing spray on points, but that fairs, not only elections, but cial capital. ing Lipponen, believe that the could lead environmental contamination and signalling parliamentary, local, munic- ‘So for a small country, it is euro is in the danger zone. problems. ipal, so our democracy is re- important to involve the whole ‘So far it’s gone fairly well Of course not all the problems were due to the re- ally well functioning because population, for there to be a re- but we are not off the hook.’ duction in the size of the outdoor staff numbers. There of the responsibility at the lo- al functioning democracy and While it might seem that were problems with frozen doors, brakes and other cal level,’ he added.” a high level of participation Finland stands as a model equipment and these need detailed studies. Whatever “The second factor Lippo- and trust in the system.’ country within the European has to be done, it will not be cheap! nen pointed out is their open- Yet Finland does not believe Union, they also have their Finland’s former prime minis- ness in the innovation system; in resting on their laurels. Lip- challenges such as an aging ter Paavo Lipponen. Chris O'Hanlon Retired engineering manager with London Underground DAILY GREEN 26 MARCH. JIM MOTAVALLI Switzerland. All those coun- tries make concessions to get EVs on the road, and so will France, Switzerland and Fast times on Finnish highways: Belgium (where the City is headed). Readers' letters the little electric car that could The Finnish factory tour, which we took in the kind of Helsinki Times has launched a new section and wants your “THE EVS headed for the US pany is based in California now, over here to drive an- little open electric train you views on current issues, comments on news articles, an- market by the end of the year (and Delaware), and the car other car built in the same see at amusement parks, ything of interest from a multicultural perspective. A se- are a diverse lot. The Fisker will be built in Finland. plant, Valmet Automotive, was great fun. We cruised lection of readers’ comments are published in the Read- ers' letters section. Karma plug-in hybrid? Well, And Finland is exactly that will house the Karma.” past a line of embryonic Commentaries should be no longer than 2,000 charac- the owner is Danish, the com- where I happen to be right “The Think City is a two- Porsches that were literally ters with spaces. Helsinki Times reserves the right to seat city car with a 100-mile being hand built. The Think edit and shorten all submissions. Comments can be sent range and a body made of production was similarly by e-mail to: [email protected] recyclable plastic that re- low-tech, including 14 sta- sembles old-time thermos tions where careful assem- You may also bottles (down to the built-in bly with small power tools mail your letter to: colors; no paint shop here). was the norm. Testing is Helsinki Times / It looks earth-friendly, and rigorous: The City has even Readers' letters, it is, with two-cent-per-mile been immersed in a salt

Vilhonvuorenkatu 11B, 00500 LEHTIKUVA / JOHN HUGUES operating costs and no cli- bath, so Think could know it Helsinki mate emissions. Right now doesn’t short out under such it’s Europe only: Made in circumstances. Finland, with sales in Nor- And driving the car on way (where Think is based), snowy streets was also a The next generation electric car Think City is built in Finland. Holland, Spain, Austria and treat.” Congratulations, Jack! VOVNEWS 22 MARCH has seen a signifi cant in- Jack Barry took part in crease in recent years with Helsinki Times’s “Pass it an annual commercial on!” contest and as a con- Finland to aid Vietnamese growth rate of 20-40 per- sequence is now a happy cent, according to the MOIT. owner of an Innosol Rondo businesses in improving exports Vietnam exports a vari- bright light therapy lamp. ety of goods to Finland in- Jack, who has been a resi- “FINLAND will help Vietnam- The announcement was the Vietnam Chamber of cluding rubber, footwear, dent in Finland for 28 years ese businesses access other made on 17 March by Finnish Commerce and Industry (VC- textiles and garments, wood now, has been a subscriber European markets, promote Ambassador to Vietnam Pe- CI), and the Finnish Embassy products, bicycles and bi- of Helsinki Times from the environmentally and social- kka Hyvönen at the Vietnam- In Vietnam. cycle spare parts while it newspaper’s start. ly-sustainable development Finland ‘Aid for Trade’ forum The commercial and in- imports mechanical equip- in forestry, and build a system co-organised by the Ministry vestment cooperation be- ment, leather material, plas- for the Information Society. of Industry and Trade (MOIT), tween Vietnam and Finland tic materials and steels.” HELSINKI TIMES SPORT 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 1111

ing week at his medical lu Sports Hall with my practice. Bachelors in medicine, and Star athletes’ favourite draws “If I just sit at home like many athletes came to a grumpy old man, the wife present me their woes. It was would be sure to fi nd some- an introductory course in thing to keep me busy.” sports medicine.” on decades of experience Orava’s big break came Not a step in 25 years when the town in which he In the 1970s Orava was al- as Merlene Ottey and Mar- “I’m good at drawing so I studied offered him a posi- It all began when the City of Oulu employed ready operating on Olympic ta Dominguez – the latter of thought that I would become a tion as a sports doctor. This athletes. In 1983, he lectured whom apparently referred to painter or graphic artist. Then launched his career. Sakari Orava as a sports doctor. in Italy on Achilles tendon in- Orava as ‘como dios’, or ‘like a in the army I was fascinated Orava has continued to ex- juries, and the doors opened. God’. A low profi le works well when a young doctor present- ercise his whole life long, al- At the beginning of the for Orava’s customers. ed his profession, and I knew though he hasn’t ran a step MIKKO NIILES – STT Beckham spent most of 1990s, he numbered world- “I may receive an NHL ice that this was it,” Orava says, since 1985, the year before he NICK BARLOW – HT his day of arrival and sur- class athletes from around hockey player who has twist- snapping his fi ngers. began his long and fruitful co- gery in bed. The bodyguards the world among his clients, ed his ankle. The club doesn’t At the time Orava was operation with AC Milan. That THE VIDEO clip shows how sought English-language and the list kept growing. necessarily want to commu- an eager sportsman. He had was when he suffered a swol- footballer David Beckham newspapers. From time to nicate the matter to com- won the Finnish youth box- len in vertebral disk and a par- was injured. It looks harm- time Orava would come and A pensioner who petitors in the middle of a ing championships at the age alysed ankle nerve. Jogging less: Beckham receives the inspect the foot's condition. operates on superstars season.” of 17, having already picked and skiing fell by the wayside. ball and prepares to cross it “With his leg suspended Over the last week, Orava Orava, 64, is a pension- up silver in the boys’ series. “But I’m in good shape. forward. he had to lie in bed, though he has been swamped by er, but still manages to put “Once I’d begun my stud- I lift weights, cycle and go “A typical situation. The was able to move about a lit- journalists. in an almost 40-hour work- ies, I worked at the Ou- swimming.” Achilles tendon is stretched tle on crutches. They ate hos- “I haven’t lost my nerve and if it is strained or in- pital food for the most part.” over this. It’s true that the fl amed, it ruptures or tears. Beckham fever has lasted This happens most often in Years of experience longer than usual. Celebri- badminton,” explains ortho- Orava is a world-leading ty is a normal phenomenon paedic surgeon Sakari Orava. sports surgeon. He has gath- in these matters,” Orava In his offi ce, Orava dem- ered experience both during chuckles. onstrates how the Achilles his own sports career in the It doesn’t get much more tendon snaps. The weight is 1960s and then with sports celebrity than the Beckham LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI on the back foot with the heel organisations beginning in couple. Of big-name football- on the ground, and at the the 1970s. He has been the ers, Josep Guardiola, Pier- same time the body jerks for- chief doctor for the Finnish luigi Casiraghi and David ward slightly. team in four summer Olym- Trezeguet have fallen under Many Finns watched the pics, and he has stood by the Orava’s knife. same video clip when the fi eld in numerous Finnish, “I would say that over game in question, a win European and World Champi- half of the Spanish, Italian for Milan over Chievo, was onships matches through to and English Premier League broadcasted. No one is like- the 2000s. teams include players I have ly to have guessed that in 24 “When you get around operated on.” hours’ time, Orava would al- enough matches, you meet Yet even with these big- ready have operated on the a huge number of coach- name stars under his belt, football superstar along- es and doctors and forge Orava surely couldn’t have side Turku’s market square. relationships.” anticipated the media cir- “Beckham was much But relationships alone do cus surrounding Beckham’s perkier in the hospital than not form a career. arrival. in the pictures showing “I’ve operated and stud- Of the high-level sports him arriving in and leaving ied a great deal, and written patients, the majority have Sports medicine surgeon, Sakari Orava operated on football superstar David Beckham, on 15 March Turku.” hundreds of articles.” been general athletes, such 2010 in Turku after Beckhams injury to his Achilles tendon.

members is Lapitan's daugh- Marciniak-Ashtiani 's posi- come a bridge for the integration ter-in-law Justyna Mar- tion as an intermediary with of minorities into Finnish socie- Kuokkalan Tähti offer a way ciniak-Ashtiani, who now the council is part of a project ty,” continues Marciniak-Ash- represents migrants in dis- run by multicultural sport as- tiani, who was born in Poland cussions with the city coun- sociation Liikkukaa ry on and came to Finland as a child. into Jyväskylä for migrants cil's sport department. behalf of the Ministry for Edu- “It's very important that “The team was founded cation. The idea of the project migrants have equal possibil- by three Iranians in 1993,” is to ensure that migrant rep- ities to participate in sports,” In the second of our series on migrant sports opportunities, we look explains Marciniak-Ash- resentatives are available in says Marciniak-Ashtiani. tiani. “The main sport at that municipalities to improve com- “It's important to have an or- at a wrestling and volleyball club from Jyväskylä. time was wrestling. In 2001 munication between sports ganisation that can arrange we started a girls volleyball and recreation departments sports for foreigners where team, in co-operation with and migrant communities. you feel welcomed, accept- EGAN RICHARDSON centre shares a name with Gloria cafe and one club that the Sports Centre of Jyväsky- “Another main reason was ed and where you can expand HELSINKI TIMES one of its workers, Iranian- is close to her heart. lä. The goal of the club is to the hope that the team could be- your social network.” born Gloria Lapitan, who has One of the main clubs ease the mental and physical JYVÄSKYLÄ'S multicultural been helping migrants in the for migrants in Jyväsky- pressures of new young immi- life centres on the Gloria Ca- sport-dominated city of Jy- lä is Kuokkalan Tähti. The grants to Finland, people who If you live in Jyväskylä and are interested in Liikkukaa, fe, an international meeting väskylä fi nd their own oppor- club offers Afghan girls the wanted to join in with sport Kuokkalan Tähti or sport in general, you can contact Justyna place on Kauppakatu. The tunities to play sport via the opportunity to play volley- activities, but felt uncomfort- via [email protected] ball, an important part of able with other local teams In the next issue of Helsinki Times, published on 15 April, the transition between two because of their weakness in we look into the sports association Valtti ry. sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 18 cultures. One of their active the Finnish language.” ILKKA PIETARINEN

Jyväskylä-based Kuokkalan Tähti is one of the first immigrant sport clubs in Finland. 12 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 TRAVEL HELSINKI TIMES

ROBIN DEWAN

Stockholm's Gamla Stan, The Old Town, is often referred to as the historical heart of the city.

pun on Soho, the trendy dis- cavated in recent decades. tricts in London and Man- Also making the list is the The splendour of Stockholm hattan, and is an invention Woodland Cemetery, creat- by local entrepreneurs at- ed over a period of a quar- on the island of Djurgården, tempting to brand the area ter century (1915-1940) and displays one of the few ful- according to its bohemian considered one of the most Stockholm is a great get-away for those visiting or living in Finland. ly intact 17th century ships credentials. Some great one- important works of the mod- The Swedish capital offers a high level of cultural attractions and a that have ever been salvaged off shops are located here ernist architects. Last but – the 64-gun warship Vasa such as Grandpa, which sells not least on the world her- trendy, urban pulse normally reserved for cities much larger. that sank on her maiden voy- designer clothes, 60s and itage register is Drottning- age in 1628. 70s furniture and just about holm Palace, the offi cial anything else they happen residence of the royal Berna- ROBIN DEWAN (vying for that claim along Riddarholm Church, is locat- Green spaces to fancy. Södermalm is also dotte family. Built in the late HELSINKI TIMES with St Petersburg) and ed along with the Stockholm and great views renowned for its many laid- 16th century and surrounded there certainly are some sim- Palace, long the residence of The island of Djurgården is back cafés and restaurants. by vast manicured gardens, THE APPROACH to Stock- ilarities. The city is built on 14 the royal family. The wind- one of the city’s unique treas- Two stalwart choices are it is the Nordic equivalent holm from Finland by way of islands which naturally leads ing, narrow lanes of Gamla ures. This expansive recre- Blå Lotus, with its popular of the Palace of Versailles. the archipelago that stretch- to an abundance of bridges, Stan are full of small shops, ation park area is home to a sidewalk terrace, and Cafe Speaking of royalty, Swe- es 60 kilometres east of the waterfront walkways and eateries and historic struc- large number of stately build- String, which also sells bric- den will be pulling out all the city centre is defi nitely the expansive views. Splendid tures. Today’s city centre is ings, monuments, museums, a-brac from bygone eras. A stops this year in honour of way to go. Consisting of more architecture, much of it in located in the adjacent ar- amusement parks, cafés and favorite haunt for residents the royal wedding between than 30,000 islands, islets the neo-classical style, can ea around Sergels Torg, promenades. This is a great in the evening is Kvarnen, a Crown Princess Victoria and and skerries, this maritime be seen at every turn from fl anked by the bulky Kul- place to “get away from it all” classic old beer hall, where Mr. Daniel Westling, which landscape is one of the city’s the many hills and vantage turhuset (House of Culture), right in the middle of it all. local celebrities occasionally is scheduled to take place most spectacular attractions. points across the city. built in the early 1970s, and Highlights include Skansen, pop in for an appearance. on 19 June in the Stockholm Grand villas, small towns, old Drottninggatan, the city’s the oldest open-air museum It should be obvious by cathedral. fortifi cations and picturesque The venerableold main pedestrian mall. Near- in the world, Cirkus, a superb now that taking in Stockholm After being surrounded nature are all part of the scen- and the striking new by is Stockholm’s landmark live music venue, and Rosen- from elevated vantage points by so much pomp and splen- ery to be taken in from the The city dates from medieval structure, City Hall, where dal’s trädgård, a huge biody- is highly recommended. The dor, why not round out your deck of one of the massive fer- times and a few structures each year the prestigious No- namic garden with a unique city has recently added to its trip with some regal pamper- ries that glide through the is- from that era have survived. bel Prizes are awarded. Guid- café and shop on the premis- options in this category with ing yourself? A visit to Stur- land chain on route. Gamla Stan (Old Town) is the ed tours of the magnifi cent es. Nearby Kaknästornet, the newly launched Sky View, ebadet, with its stunning art Stockholm has been original heart of Stockholm halls are available daily. Stockholm’s TV tower, of- which carries visitors to the nouveau swimming hall dat- called the Venice of the North where its oldest building, the Stockholm is home to a fers grand, panoramic views top of the world’s biggest ing from 1885, is a royal treat great number of excellent from its observation deck. spherical structure, Ericsson that will relax and revive you museums. A trip to Moder- Yet another fi ne view- Globe arena. Although the in no time. na Museet on Skeppsholmen point, this one right in the view from this side of town is 2010 is an exceptional- island is a must. Their per- centre of town, is locat- not as spectacular as some of ly good year to pay a visit to

ROBIN DEWAN manent collection of mod- ed on the island of Söder- the others mentioned herein, Stockholm. A city natural- ern art is perhaps the fi nest malm. Just over the bridge the ride itself within one of ly eager to display its proud in the Nordic region. Milles- from the Old Town, the Ka- the spherical glass gondolas past, this year the Swedish gården, a breath-taking tarina Lift ascends 38 me- is good fun. capital has more to boast of sculpture garden showcas- tres above the waterfront to than ever before. With the ing the work of Carl Milles, an elevated walkway. Söder- World Heritage upcoming royal wedding and sits majestically on a cliff malm is Stockholm’s tradi- sites and royalty a host of new attractions and above the bay on the island tional working class district, Around the Stockholm region revamped old ones, Stock- of Lidingö. This palatial com- nowadays full of funky bou- are located three UNESCO holm is putting on its best plex was the residence and tiques and cafés. The neigh- World Heritage Sites, each and is ready to receive the at- workshop of Milles for most borhood known as “SoFo,” well worth a visit. Estab- tention of the world. of his life and is worth a vis- the term coined for the ar- lished in the eighth century, it not only for the art but ea south of Folkungagatan, Birka is Sweden’s fi rst real for the view itself. The pop- is full of character and sur- town, where a wealth of an- www.stockholmtown.com Café Blå Lotus. ular Vasa Museum, located prises. SoFo is meant to be a cient artefacts have been ex- HELSINKI TIMES TRAVEL 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 1313

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Cruising across the gulf self with a treatment in the cial menus. And as Sweden If wanting to add an wellness area. It may not be warms up for the upcoming all luxury onboard, but it is Royal summer wedding of experience to your defi nitely served in a conven- Princess Victoria, Silja of- westbound trip, why ient package. And most of all, fers Stockholm-bound pas- you can always sit back and sengers the chance to get in not cross the gulf gaze at the mesmerising sea the right mood with the Roy- onboard a cruise ship. – a sight I never seem to get al Romance -package, adding enough of. some luxury to your mari- time trip with that special VELI-MATTI PELTOLA Spring offerings someone. HELSINKI TIMES If considering going a cruise, On Viking Line’s ships, the spring with the Baltic Sea spring will be all about South SETTING sail from the Hel- ice slowly melting is a nice Africa. Exotic local delicacies sinki harbour and slowly time for it. The increasing and wines will be available fl oating through the beauti- sunshine is celebrated on in the restaurants, and tra- ful Baltic Sea archipelago is the ships to Stockholm with ditional marimba orchestras always a memorable expe- some special highlights. Sil- will create an authentic South rience. Although doing it in ja Line is the offi cial sea car- African atmosphere. For chil- winter time admittedly re- rier of the Moomin Family, dren, all sorts of Africa-relat- duces the pleasure of admir- and as this year marks the ed activities and adventures ing the beautiful scenery 65th birthday of the Moom- are available to make the trip from the sun deck. Nonethe- ins, there are many fun par- even more memorable. less, stepping onboard the ties and competitions for the So if looking for a low- grand Silja Serenade, fi nding children to enjoy. For food budget holiday or a means of my effi cient but cosy room lovers, spring brings along transport that offers an ex- for the night and starting the the Asparagus Carnival, cel- perience in itself, be sure to journey towards Stockholm ebrated in May with spe- hop aboard. with the engines deeply roar- ing defi nitely got me in the holiday mood once again. Different options available The Serenade reminds You can go from Helsinki to Stockholm on Tallink Silja’s and Vi- you of a small city. The heart king Line’s ships. Both companies offer roundtrip cruises and of the ship is the lively prom- route trips to the Swedish capital, with daily departures. On the enade going from one end to cruises you can spend a day in Stockholm and return to Helsin- the other. As you amble along ki on the same ship, while on route trips you can choose your re- it you can enjoy the surround- turn date freely. Prices vary according to trip and cabin type, ing cafés and restaurants or and weekdays are notably cheaper than weekends. Keep an eye enter the tax free shops of- on special offers. fering some excellent bar- Hotel packages are sold by both companies, with the easiest gains. The restaurants serve accommodation options available right next to the harbour in diverse dishes and are of good Stockholm. quality, if not competing with For more information check out the fi ne-dining destinations www.tallinksilja.com and www.vikingline.fi. ashore. As the evening sets, you can try your luck at the casino, grab a glass of wine in the bar or enjoy the colourful entertainment shows rang- ing from household schlager names to dance performanc- es. There are also two night clubs for those in the mood for some serious partying, which, from my experience, is always a fairly large group of people. If desiring a more quiet holiday with the family, Ser- enade is big enough for eve- ryone to enjoy. As the kids zealously run around the ship, you can head to the small but charming spa for a relaxing dip or pamper your- 14 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 LIFESTYLE HELSINKI TIMES

COLUMN language, paying taxes and getting citizenship? Russian reservations Hiding one's roots “There are different themes that I touch on in the book. Russian-born Inna Latiševa’s book Ryssänä Suomessa offers a valu- Culture shock due to being in able glimpse at what it is like to be on the receiving end of Finnish a new country, the relation- ship within the family, work hostility towards its large Eastern neighbour pressures and loneliness. I speak about my experienc- es as a woman, employee and RICHARD COHEN “Of course, it is all a bit tremely important role. Prej- a wife,” Latiševa explains HELSINKI TIMES overwhelming,” she says. udice, in whatever country, when asked about the title of “It is a very personal story is not born in a day. The fact the book. INNA LATIŠEVA’S autobio- so, yes, I am a bit surprised that the book has attracted “However, it is my experi- graphical Ryssänä Suomessa about the extent of the pub- so much attention from the ence as a mother that has in- – Vieras väärästä maasta (A lic’s interest in my book. press is a good sign and proof fl uenced me most. When your Heidi Wellinger was born in Helsinki. After graduating Russian in Finland: A Visitor However, I’m very apprecia- that Finnish society is chang- child is ashamed of speaking from the University of Helsinki in 2003 she went abroad from the Wrong Country)* has tive of the media exposure ing and is open to a construc- his native language, when and currently lives and works in Berlin and Frankfurt. generated lively discussion that my book has received. tive discussion of the issue of he tries constantly to hide in Finland. She told Helsinki “If Finland wants to prejudice.” his Russian roots for fear of Times about her time in Fin- change its attitudes to- being teased – this hurts. land and her feelings on the wards foreigners, then the Opinions appreciated When I saw my children suf- Get your eggs together attention her book is getting. mass media can play an ex- Latiševa speaks of some fering, when I understood touching letters from both that I couldn’t protect them “HOW DOES the Pope celebrate Easter?” Passers-by native Finns and immigrants, from prejudice, it pained me were asked this and other questions concerning the thanking her for writing and deeply. That is why I chose religious holiday by a local radio station in Germany. speaking out about this im- the name because it focuses One of the answers to the question above was “with his portant topic. These letters on this problem.” family and children”. Another question was: “Why do really made her feel good but Does she think her book we celebrate Easter?” “...because Jesus was born then”. she also received negative will change anything? The street survey shows that Easter is a complicated letters. “I don’t know. One book is matter. “Nobody likes hate mail unlikely to change the world and I try to ignore the real- but maybe it can make some

EASTER can probably be viewed as the most signifi cant LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA ly hateful stuff. Some of the people start asking ques- Christian feast. According to the Bible Jesus was res- negative feedback I expect- tions. If there is one less child urrected from the death after his crucifi xion. Offi cially ed, and when it is thought- teased or one less mother the Easter season lasts 50 days, starting with the Oc- ful I welcome it. Everyone who will cry, I will know that tave of Easter and lasting until Pentecost. At the same is entitled to their opinions. I have done something valu- time Easter marks the end of the Great Lent, a season In my view, it is much bet- able at least in a small way.” of fasting, prayer and penance. ter for our society to have a frank discussion about this * A Russian in Finland is not THE CIVIL calendar has no fi xed relation to Easter. The diffi cult and painful subject an accurate translation: feast is based on the fi rst Sunday after the full moon than to suppress discussion Ryssä is a highly derogato- following the vernal equinox. The calendar used may about it as if it were taboo. ry term, for which there is cause some confusion, but in Finland the Gregorian I believe that it is only pub- no exact English equiva- calendar, the international standard, applies. lic discussion and debate lent. Russian in Finnish is and education that will help venäläinen. ETYMOLOGICALLY the name for Easter in Finnish us tackle this important is- pääsiäinen traces back to the verb päästä which can sue. ” be translated to be released. It refers to the end of the According to Latiševa, fasting period. In modern English the term Easter has some journalists have mainly presumably developed from Old English word Ðastre. focused on some of the nega- According to some sources Ðastre was a Germanic tive comments about Finland goddess for fertility and the Eostur-monath was the in her book. “I admit that my equivalent to the month of April. negative and diffi cult experi- ences have affected me,” she AS THE etymology suggests Easter is also an ode to affi rms. “I write about this spring and fertility. The symbolism with the eggs and honestly and frankly in the rabbits emphasises this aspect. Since rabbits are pro- book. If I offended anybody, I lifi c breeders and known to be capable of superfetation am sorry. That was not my in- (a phenomenon where females can conceive a second tent. I know that it is diffi cult litter of offspring while still pregnant with the fi rst), for anyone to hear criticism they are destined to stand for fertility. There is a sound – particularly from an out- scientifi c background for sayings like “multiply like sider. However, that is one rabbits”. of the themes of the book, “Some, when they read my book about prejudice against Rus- what makes someone an out- THE EASTER celebration traditions differ and resemble sians, refer to history, the war and fear of Russia. Some have ac- sider? Why should I, in this Ryssänä Suomessa – each other very much the same way the words for it in cused me of demanding that Finns somehow forget about this modern, liberal EU country, Vieras väärästä maasta different languages do. In the English-speaking world history. That is not the case. But even if history and fear provide be made to feel like an out- was published in March there is the egg hunt on Sunday. This tradition is also some of the explanation, it does not justify prejudice and un- sider after living here near- 2010 by Otava. shared by the Germans. The Easter Bunny mysterious- lawful discrimination against Russians in Finland,” Inna Latiševa ly 20 years, giving birth to a ly hides his baskets fi lled with eggs for the children in says. She now lives in Barcelona. Finnish child, learning the the house and garden.

IN FINLAND kids don’t have to go far to fi nd chocolate. Instead they dress as witches on Palm Sunday and go Netcycler adds value to cast-off goods door-to-door collecting eggs and other sweets. Some- times they will give decorated willow twigs in ex- NICK BARLOW chance to exchange unwant- gear have also been very pop- for Finland's English-speak- change. The Easter cuisine often includes lamb also in HELSINKI TIMES ed items with others, and to ular. Pretty much the only ing residents to acquire and Finland but the most distinctive Finnish Easter dish is encourage recycling and en- things we don’t have on the trade second-hand goods and mämmi. A NEW internet service aims vironmental awareness.” site are fur products and mo- save money and the environ- to make it possible for Finn- Netcycler.fi has been tor vehicles.” ment while doing it.” AN INTERDISCIPLINARY approach to Easter will enhance ish residents to exchange available on an invitation- The ultimate goal of the On entering the web- ones general education, no doubt. You will score better unwanted goods with each only basis for just over six website is to make acquiring site, users can list both items than the people interviewed for the radio show men- other. The Netcycler internet months, and Kajosaari says second-hand goods as easy that they want to let go and tioned above. Regardless of language, religion and tra- ables users to add their own the response has been very as buying new ones. One of those that they desire. Netcy- dition all Easter celebrating people have something in items onto the site in a man- positive. “In the invitation- their main selling points, so cler then matches offers and common. They all seem to believe that the country will ner similar to eBay and other only beta we already have to say, is the fact that the wishes and suggests trades run out of food. This explains the mass invasions into internet auction sites. The dif- more than 1,000 users, who website can be browsed in to users. The site can also be the supermarkets just prior to the holidays. The East- ference here is that the items have been suggesting im- both Finnish and English, and browsed by 12 categories of er bunny has to be equipped, so get your eggs together. are only to swap or to give provements and pointing out in the future more language products as well as offers and away, at least for now. “We bugs,” she says. options are likely. Kajosaari wishes. Netcycler has been all have so much stuff fi lling “Almost anything can be explains: “When you put an set up in co-operation with heidi.wellinger@helsinkitimes.fi our closets and homes,” says put up for exchange on the item on the website you on- the Finnish Association for Netcycler’s marketing man- website, including household ly have to do it in one of the Nature Conservation. ager Johanna Kajosaari, “and appliances, music, games, languages and the site auto- yet we still keep buying stuff. fi lms, furniture, bicycles and matically translates it. We www.netcycler.fi We are offering people the so on. Baby goods and sports think that it’s a great chance HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 1515

WAGNER MORALES The troupe observes peo- ple as if they were some kind Shrimp of exotic species with their own special features and character. The members of the featured species are into tell sports, making art, working as researchers, quarrelling and fi ghting, being sick and tales healthy, letting loose in bars, falling in love, loving, mak- PETRA NYMAN HELSINKI TIMES ing love and losing their tempers... Shrimp Tales is a live per- HOTEL MODERN is a Dutch formance that is record- theatre group that was ed and projected onto a founded in 1997. Scale models video screen. It simultane- are an essential part of their ously refl ects both large and work. They study the world small moments in the life of and humanity from a macro these humble crustacaeans. perspective – quite literal- Human roles are played by ly. Their method is unique in shrimps, almost fi ve hundred the world of theatre and the of which will arrive in Espoo results can be seen in sever- City Theatre in April 2010. al irresistible performances. Shrimp Tales is one of Ho- Exhibition White Screen merges Wagner Morales' professions as filmmaker and artist into a cinema-sized landscape. tel Modern’s funniest crea- Shrimp Tales tions. The theatre group uses Performances took fi lmmakers out of the the performance to demon- between 7 and 10 April studio. They also depict the strate how funny this com- Louhi Hall human desire to dominate an munity of ours, which calls Espoo City Theatre A Nordic Wild West inhospitable landscape. To itself mankind, really is. me an artist is like a cowboy. PETRA NYMAN all the time. This idea of a fl at, era. The photographic imag- As an artist I have the desire HELSINKI TIMES white landscape inspired me es have then been developed to create something into a to use it as a kind of canvas to their true size, one compa- new landscape, and to do this BRAZILIAN fi lmmaker and for my work,” Morales ex- rable to the size of a cinema I have to conquer it in a way.” artist Wagner Morales fi rst plains. He embarked on the screen. The size of the works Kaapelin Galleria hosts visited Finland in Novem- project through an invitation is no coincidence. As both a the exhibition. The space is ber fi ve years ago and found for an artistic residence by fi lmmaker and an artist, Mo- ideal for the works with high himself mesmerised by the Helsinki International Art- rales is interested in merg- white walls and the large immense darkness and snow. ist-in-residence Programme. ing the two disciplines. “To window offering an ever- He developed a desire to Every year the HIAP invites me, fi lm and visual arts are changing scenery of white- work with the exotic land- 15 to 20 artists from across the same. I can’t separate the ness of its own. scape and in January Morales the globe to work on a project two. This project is like mak- arrived to Helsinki in order for a period of up to three ing cinema without making a to put his plan into action. months. fi lm,” he affi rms. White Screen The result can be viewed in Morales’ project con- Morales’ interest in using Until 18 April his exhibition White Screen. sists of images from Ameri- images from “cowboy fi lms” Cable Factory “Although I know it is can Westerns projected onto arose from the use of the Tallberginkatu 1 C false, in my mind Finland is a snow, which are captured landscape in them. “West- www.wagnermorales.com Shrimp Tales depicts life as a shrimp in a man's world. place that is covered in snow with an old panoramic cam- erns were the fi rst fi lms that

er follows the true story of supermodel Waris Dirie, as Blending in with the scenery Four on the floor she comes to terms with life outside of her homeland and SUSAN FOURTANÉ ories right to our present. additional programmes both JAMES O’SULLIVAN Hot on its heels this week the recurring trauma of a rit- HELSINKI TIMES Smells can make us trav- inside and outside the tradi- HELSINKI TIMES is the latest Robert Pattin- ual performed on her in her el without moving. Can we tional museum environment. son starrer, Remember Me. childhood. MORE than viewing art, It’s tell what the city of Helsin- Story Café by Johanna Lecklin EVER since the traumat- Capitalising on his fame as a Finally, The Last Station a Set Up is an invitation to a ki smells like? Artist Hilda invites people to have a free ic childhood realisation that Twilight heartthrob, this fi lm sees the revered Christo- sensorial, active experience Kozári uses the sense of smell cup of coffee with the artist scores of animal stunt dou- has battled a wave of nega- pher Plummer as Russian po- that gets viewers involved as a mediator in her work AIR, and tell stories that she will bles perished during the tive reviews which all point et and philosopher Leo Tolsoy with the artworks. Jacob Smell of Helsinki, Budapest later add into her artwork. making of children’s classic towards a controversial end- and Helen Mirren as his wife Dahlgren’s work The Won- and Paris. In collaboration It’s a Set Up is one of the Milo and Otis, cutesy animal ing that fortuitously incor- Sofya. With award-winning derful World of Abstraction with Bertrand Duchaufour, a most wonderful experiences fl icks have never appealed to porates the September 11 performances by both of the plays with the idea of mak- French perfume designer, the that someone who loves art me. But never say never. Hop- attacks in New York. leads, audiences worldwide ing the visitor wonder if it is scenes of the three cities were can have. It brings to reality ing to slip the leash and sway Offering a sober account have been unanimous in their possible to become lost in an created and trapped in the the ultimate desire of feeling my bias this week is the Ri- of one woman’s emotion- applause for this love story. artwork. acrylic bubbles representing part of the artwork itself. chard Gere drama Hachiko: A al quest from Somalia to the Me, I’m a sucker for the dog “The viewer is able to feel experiences and sensations Dog's Story. United Nations, Desert Flow- movie. the work’s gentle touch and from the cities. Now, excuse my cyni- dive into the embrace of the The exhibition shows It’s a Set Up cism – but a Richard Gere work, becoming part of it,” works and techniques from Until 20 February 2011 dog movie?! Where’s Cujo says chief curator Pirkko 41 artists exploring themes as Kiasma Museum of when you need him? Strange- Hachiko: A Dog’s Story Siitari. time and duration, perform- Contemporary Art in Helsinki ly though, when looking a Release Date: 26 March The powerful sense of ance and human relation- www.kiasma.fi little closer, one’s interest be- Director: Lasse Hallström smell is able to bring mem- ships. It’s a Set Up includes gins to gather momentum. Starring: Richard Gere, Respected Swedish direc- Joan Allen tor Lasse Hallström is at the helm; the lovely Joan Allen is Remember Me providing support. Somehow Release Date: 2 April I’m intrigued. Director: Allen Coulter

PIRJE MYKKÄNENPIRJE Based on the popular Starring: Robert Pattinson, 1987 Japanese fi lm Hachiko Emilie de Ravin Monogatari, here Gere’s college professor forms a Desert Flower strong bond with a stray dog Release Date: 2 April that comes to meet him eve- Director: Sherry Horman ryday on his way to work. Starring: Liya Kebede, Sal- Things begin to look a bit ly Hawkins grim when Gere doesn’t ap- pear one morning, leaving The Last Station the dog waiting patiently Release Date: 2 April for his return. Ok, there may Director: Michael Hoffman be a dearth of Michael Bay- Starring: Christopher esq explosions on offer – Plummer, Helen Mirren Artist Hilda Kozári and French perfume designer Bertrand Duchaufour collaborated to create AIR, but leave that for the sequel: Film critic’s pick of the week: Smell of Helsinki, Budapest and Paris. Hachiko 2: A Dog’s Revenge. Richard Gere and Hachiko. 16 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

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maturity. In Finland, almost all sheep graze during their entire period of growth. Lambs are able to grow in Lamb increasingly their mother’s care. Dehu- midifi ed sheep barns – the Fresh flavours and most common type – provide popular on dinner tables pleasant conditions,” Parik- inspirations from Italy. ka says in explaining the eth- also refl ected in the taste of ical value of lamb, and adds In the heart of Helsinki. the meat,” he says. that an increasing number The domestic industry aims to produce half Indeed, Maulavirta would sheep farms have conformed of all lamb consumed in Finland by 2015. sooner speak of lamb than to organic standards in recent mutton. years. For the Easter lamb roast, “In addition, in order to Mikonkatu 23, www.paakonttori.fi HELSINKI TIMES months to reach maturity. Maulavirta recommends slow guarantee the well-being Restaurant Opening Hours: Mon–Fri 11:30–23, Low by international com- cooking at a low oven tem- of sheep, we use the Sheep Sat 16–23, Sun 18–22. Kitchen closes half an hour earlier. parison, this age of slaugh- perature of 125-150 degrees, Farm Well-being Audit con- Bar Opening Hours: Mon–Sat 17–24, Sun 18–24. CONSUMERS who want to ter has meant that Finnish until the meat’s internal tem- ceived by producers them- place lamb on the dining consumers are treated to perature is 70-75 degrees. The selves, with which we aim to room table during Easter and fresh and tender meat. In cooking time is around 1.5 ensure a high level of animal Two more other times of the year must the future, the aim will be hours per kilo of meat. In his well-being across all farms.” be active, even if the supply to grow larger lambs, which view, the ideal lamb roast re- The use of lamb grew pints of lamb by grocery chains has will mean meatier roasts and tains a slight red tinge to the throughout the 2000s. Con- increased. fi lets. meat on the inside. sumption grew to three mil- please! “The majority of lamb Chef Markus Maulavirta lion kilos last year, 20 per makes its way directly from has carried out long-term co- Meeting cent of which was Finnish. the supplier to the consumer, operation with sheep farmers ethical concerns However, lamb imports are which is typical of local food for years now, and uses plenty A sheep’s carbon footprint in decline over the long term. products. All of the lamb pro- of lamb in his cooking. Visits is divided between all of the The average Finn eats 600 duced is sold. Demand would to sheep barns and slaughter products and services de- grams of mutton each year. be greater than what we’re houses have enabled dialogue rived from it. A sheep pro- The industry’s goal is that half able to meet so far,” says Pia with sheep farmers, slaugh- duces meat, wool and hides, of the lamb consumed in Fin- Parikka, head of development terers and merchants. and cares for the landscape land would be domestically Keskuskatu 6, Citykäytävä, Helsinki at the ProAgria Association of “There has been a huge on a growing scale. produced by 2015. oluthuone.com Rural Advisory Centres. amount of work put into de- “Sheep enjoy plenty of op- In Finland, lambs require veloping the quality of lamb portunity to realise their nat- Source: Finfood. an average of around seven meat in recent years, and it’s ural behaviour upon reaching Translated by Matthew Parry

Pääsiäistorttu (Easter Cake) Roast lamb

Base: To be arranged on top: the edges with margarine. with a fork. Spread the fruit 1.5-3 kg lamb roast, temperature for around half an 100 g margarine cape gooseberries, mango, Press the dough onto the onto the base. You can cut cut with or without bones hour. Push the meat thermom- 1 dl sugar peaches or similar fruit. base of the tin up around the up the peach halves into four 8-10 cloves of garlic eter into the meatiest part of 1 egg sides to a height of around 5 parts. Pour the quark mix over 2-3 tablespoons of dried, the roast. Cook the roast at 150 3 dl wheat flour To serve on the side: cm. Place the tin in the fridge the fruit and place the tin on- crushed rosemary, thyme degrees until the internal tem- 1 ts baking powder apple, apricot, peach or man- to allow the dough to settle. to the lower shelf of an ov- and sage perature is around 70 degrees. go purée Prepare the filling. Place en heated to 175 degrees and This will take 2-2.5 hours. A Filling: the preserved fruit in a colan- leave it to bake for around an Ruby the herbs into the surface flat roast will cook more quick- 850 g of preserved apricots First prepare the dough. Beat der to drain. Wash the grapes hour. Remove the tin from the of the roast and push the split ly than a round one. or peaches c. the margarine and sugar. Add and split them. Remove any oven and let it cool complete- garlic cloves into the incisions Wrap the roast in baking 100 g grapes the egg and keep whisking for possible seeds. Whisk the egg ly. in the meat. Place the roast in paper and tin foil and let it 4 eggs a moment. Add the wheat flour and sugar into a light froth. Scatter various sliced fruits a plastic bag or tightly in cling sit for around half an hour. 1.5 dl sugar and baking powder and quick- Mix the quark, crème fraiche over the Easter Cake and wrap and let it absorb the fla- Prepare the sauce with the 500 g quark ly mix into an even dough. and yoghurt into the froth. serve fresh fruit purée to ac- vours in the fridge for 1-2 days. strained dripping from the 1 dl crème fraiche or smetana Line the base of a cake tin Take the cake tin from the company the cake. Jars of ba- Place the roast in an ov- roast, adding ready-made 1 dl vanilla yoghurt with baking paper and grease fridge and pierce the base by food are convenient source en dish and let it rise to room sauce base and red wine as of low-sugar purée. required. The sauce should

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Source: Finfood. Translated by Matthew Parry HELSINKI TIMES EAT & DRINK 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 1717

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Sinebrychoff Art Museum Bulevardi 40 Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Wed-Thu 10:00-20:00 NIKO NURMI Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €7.5/6/0 The Father, the son www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi Until Sun 30 May and the Pyhäjärvi Lake Wooden Churches in the Russian North Sculptural art is the emphasis at Taidehalli this spring. On Sat- English photographer Richard urday 10 April there opens an exhibition entitled The Father, the Davies travelled to northern son and the Pyhäjärvi Lake that presents the works of front-line Russia in 2002 to find out what was left of the wooden contemporary sculptors Matti Kalkamo, Heli Ryhänen, Hanna churches. Jaanisoo and Villu Jaanisoo. In their sculptures, the artists con- Museum of Finnish Architecture sider the word ‘father’ and the strong emotions and associa- Kasarmikatu 24 tions it carries. Tue & Thu-Fri 10:00-16:00 At the same time in Taidehalli’s Studio there is also on view Wed 10:00-20:00 Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00 Timo Wright’s exhibition Self-Portrait. It’s a collage of 3,500 Tickets €3.50/1.70 photos that constitute an object-by-object record of the artist's www.mfa.fi entire personal effects. Until Mon 31 May M.C. Escher Sat 10 April to Sun 9 May Wed 11:00-20:00 Impossible Worlds Taidehalli Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 A comprehensive overview of the Nervanderinkatu 3 Tickets €8/5.50/0 world-renowned artist's work. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 www.taidehalli.fi Amos Anderson Art Museum Sculptural work by Heli Ryhänen. Yrjönkatu 27 Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Wed 10:00-20:00 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €8/6/4/0 www.amosanderson.fi MUSIC Sat 3 April die music. 7/8/10/11 April elements by Iraqi artist Adel Abidin. 3/4 Concert Korjaamo, 21:30 Circus Helium Kiasma Until Sun 6 June Thu 1 April Four artists born on 3 April Töölönkatu 51 Circus Helium is one-manperform- Mannerheiminaukio 2 The Power of Africa – Three Finnish Baroque Orchestra perform. Tickets €17/15 ance that is as light as helium. Tue 10:00-17:00 Perspectives St Matthew Passion. Vuosaari House, 18:00 www.korjaamo.fi Cable Factory, 15:00 Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 African sculpture, early 20th St. John's Church, 20:00 Mosaiikkitori 2 Tallberginkatu 1 Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 century European Modernism and Korkeavuorenkatu 12 Tickets €11/9 7/9/13 April Tickets €10 Tickets €8/6/0 Finnish contemporary art. Tickets €22-45 www.vuotalo.fi Un ballo in maschera www.hurjaruuth.fi www.kiasma.fi Espoo Museum of Modern Art www.kirkkohelsinki.net Verdi’s opera about the world of Ahertajantie 5 Sat 3 April high politics. 7/9/10/14 April Until Sun 25 April Tue 11:00-18:00 Thu 1 April Kemmuru Finnish National Opera, 19:00 XPSD Riiko Sakkinen Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 Nekromantix (DEN/USA) An easy-going rap duo. Helsinginkatu 58 The new dance production by My Favorite Lists Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 A Danish-American psychobilly Kuudes linja, 21:00 Tickets €21-80 Helsinki Dance Company. The third solo exhibition at the Tickets €10/8/0 band. Kaikukatu 4 www.operafin.fi Helsinki City Theatre, 19:30 Korjaamo Gallery by an www.emma.museum Nosturi, 20:00 www.kuudeslinja.com Ensi linja 2 international artist from Helsinki. Telakkakatu 8 Thu 8 April Tickets €24/22/19 Korjaamo Gallery Until Sun 29 August Tickets €35 Sat 3 April Loyko www.hkt.fi/hdc Töölönkatu 51 Night www.elmu.fi Ali Kiba (TAN), Papa Zai & A band continuing the gypsy Mon-Fri 11:00-18:00 The exhibition takes a look at night Cecilia tradition succesfully. 7/9/10/11/13/14 April Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 from a variety of perspectives. Thu 1 & Fri 2 April A rap-oriented artist from Tanzania Savoy Theatre, 19:00 Stage Animals #2 Free entrance Sederholm House Jewels and Finnish supports. Kasarmikatu 46-48 A surreal and humoristic www.korjaamo.fi Aleksanterinkatu 16-18 The Mariinsky Theatre of St Peters- Gloria, 22:00 Tickets €23/21 exploration of our urge to perform. Wed, Fri-Sun 11:00-17:00 burg gives a guest performance in Pieni Roobertinkatu 12 www.savoyteatteri.fi Cable Factory Until Thu 6 May Thu 11:00-19:00 the main auditorium of the Finnish Tickets €20 Tallberginkatu 1 Modern(ism) Free entrance National Opera. http://nk.hel.fi/gloria Thu 8 April Tickets €20/12 A major review of the www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi Finnish National Opera Leaders of the Republic, The New www.zodiak.fi manifestations of Modernism Helsinginkatu 58 Sun 4 April Tigers, Neat Neat Design Museum Until Sun 21 November Tickets €21-80 Janne Westerlund Solo Three up-and-coming indie rock bands. 7/9/11/14/16/18 April Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Wanted – Armfelt www.operafin.fi Groovy folk. Kuudes linja, 21:00 Onni Bonheur Happiness Tue 11:00-20:00 Over a hundred items personally Bar Loose Kaikukatu 4 Sanna Kekäläinen explores Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 owned by G. M. Armfelt. Fri 2 April Annankatu 21 www.kuudeslinja.com different aspects of happiness. Tickets €8/7/3/0 National Museum of Finland Tuomas Skopa, Pohjolan Free entrance Kiasma Theatre www.designmuseum.fi Mannerheimintie 34 Ilmari, Vauva www.barloose.com Fri 9 April Mannerheiminaukio 2 Tue 11:00-20:00 Hearty rock. Radio Symphony Orchestra Tickets €17/10 Until Sun 16 May Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Korjaamo, 22:00 Wed 7 April Music of Matvejeff, Dvorák and www.kekalainencompany.net Photographer Caj Bremer Tickets €7/5/0 Töölönkatu 51 Efterklang (DK), Heather Martinù. A retrospective exhibition of a www.nba.fi Tickets €9/7 Broderick (USA) St. John's Church, 19:00 8/10/14 April Finnish photographer. www.korjaamo.fi Flamboyantly orchestrated in- Korkeavuorenkatu 12 Sleeping Beauty Ateneum Art Museum Tickets €16/12 A fairy tale ballet for the whole Kaivokatu 2 OTHERS www.yle.fi/rso family. Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Finnish National Ballet, 19:00 Wed-Thu 10:00-20:00 Wed 14 April Sat 10 April Helsinginkatu 58 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Jean-Luc Nancy Helsinki Travel Tip TUMfest Tickets €22-62 Tickets €0-8 French philosopher Jean-Luc A one day jazz festival organised by www.operafin.fi www.ateneum.fi Nancy’s lecture and a book TUM Records. release event. Savoy Theatre, 15:00 Until Sun 16 May Kiasma Theatre, 14:00 Kasarmikatu 46-48 EXHIBITIONS Viljo Revell (1910-1964) Mannerheiminaukio 2 Tickets €18-45 An exhibition celebrating the Free entrance www.savoyteatteri.fi Until Thu 8 April centenary of architect Viljo Rev- www.kiasma.fi Invisible City ell's birth. Sun 11 April Artworks exploring the invisible The Didrichsen Art Museum Wed 14 to Fri 16 April Tohtori Orff city made up of the multiple points Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Turkish cultural days Children’s concert. of view of urban dwellers. Tue 11:00-18:00 The cultural days showcase Tavastia Club, 14:00 Myymälä2 Gallery Wed 11:00-20:00 Turkish culture with performances Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Uudenmaankatu 23 Thu-Sun 11:00-18:00 from dance groups and www.tavastiaklubi.fi Wed-Sat 12:00-18:00 Tickets €8/6/2 musicians who play traditional Sun 12:00-17:00 www.didrichsenmuseum.fi Turkish music. Also featured are Mon 12 April Free entrance film presentations and possibilities The Merry Widow www.myymala2.com Until Sun 23 May to learn Turkish dances in Lehár’s opera about money, love Susanna Majuri workshops. and waltzes. Until Thu 11 April The Water Researcher's Daughter Stoa the Cultural Centre of Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Marianna Uutinen A mystic and surreal solo Eastern Helsinki Helsinginkatu 58 Strong and original paintings. exhibition of a successful Finnish Turunlinnantie 1, Itäkeskus Tickets €14-62 Gallery Kalhama & Piippo photographer. Free entrance to all events www.operafin.fi Contemporary Finnish Museum of Photography www.stoa.fi Mannerheimintie 3 B Tallberginkatu 1 Tue-Fri 11:00-18:00 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 THEATRE AND DANCE Sat-Mon 11:00-16:00 Tickets €6/4/0 Free entrance www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Wed 7 April www.kalhamapiippo.com Easter in Helsinki Häpeämättömät Until Sun 23 May solution sudoku Many museums and attractions do not quiet Improv comedy show in English by Until Sun 18 April Helsinki School – Photography theatre group Häpeämättömät. Mitro Kontturi and Video NOW down for Easter! Check opening hours for Easter Dubrovnik, 19:30 Sketch Photographs, videos an on Helsinki City Tourist offi ce’s website Eerikinkatu 11 Colour photographs. installations by the young Tickets €10/5 Gallery Jangva generation of the Helsinki School. www.visithelsinki.fi www.andorra.fi Uudenmaankatu 4-6 Meilahti Art Museum Tue-Fri 11:00-19:00 Tamminiementie 6 7/8/9/10 April Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:30 Shrimp Tales Free entrance Tickets €8/6/0 M O R E T I P S F R O M Theatre play dealing with the www.jangva.fi www.hel.fi/taidemuseo theme of humankind. Louhi Hall Until Sun 25 April Until Sun 23 May Kaupinkalliontie 10 Adel Abidin Venice – The Feast of Mask www.visithelsinki.fi Tickets €28/25/15 Installations that merge sound, An exhibition introducing the www.espoonteatteri.fi moving image and sculptural Venetian carnival tradition. HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 1919

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TV1 MTV3 NELONEN TV1 MTV3 NELONEN 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming 11:10 Road to Avonlea 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Hell’s Kitchen USA In Finnish. 15:05 Louis la Brocante 11:30 Toy Story FILM In Finnish. 15:05 Louis la Brocante 14:15 Notes from the Underbelly 08:05 Rude Awakening In French. USA 1995. In Finnish. 08:00 Rude Awakening In French. 14:45 Design Inc. 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 13:15 Ex List 10:00 Alice in Wonderland FILM 17:08 Hercule Poirot 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful Truth Holmes 14:10 Sons & Daughters The Disney adaptation of 21:50 La vie en rose FILM 18:00 Emmerdale 13:30 10 Years Younger USA 19:10 Lark Rise to Candleford 15:35 Arctic Tale DOC Lewis Carroll’s tale. Marion Cotillard was 21:00 House 14:00 Marriage under 22:00 The Passion (K15) A family documentary about USA 1951. In Finnish. awarded an Oscar for her 22:40 Closer Construction A miniseries about Jesus’s the realm of polar bears. 11:55 The Young Black Stallion performance as Edith Piaf 23:40 The ‘70s FILM 14:30 Nigella Bites last days. USA 2007. In Finnish. FILM in this biopic. Directed by This period piece follows 15:30 Ugly Betty Part 1/2. 17:10 The Bold and the Beautiful A warm-hearted family film. Olivier Dahan. France 2006. the lives of four graduates 16:25 Days of Our Lives 18:00 Emmerdale USA 2003 In French. in the 70s USA. Directed by 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond 21:00 Eleventh Hour 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The Peter Werner. Starring: Brad 17:50 Dr. Phil TV2 23:00 Chronicles of Riddick Truth Rowe. USA 2000 21:00 FlashForward (K15) FILM 13:30 10 Years Younger USA TV2 22:00 Lost (K15) 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen An epic science fiction film 14:00 Unsellables Ben is caught for lying. Children’s programming. featuring impressive visuals. 14:30 Nigella Bites 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen SUB Jack and Richard wonder In Finnish. Starring: Vin Diesel. 15:30 Ugly Betty In Finnish. what Jacob’s death means 10:45 McLeod’s Daughter’s USA 2004 16:25 Days of Our Lives 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 07:00 Children’s Programming for their future. 11:30 Treasure Planet FILM 01:45 Fringe 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:45 Animal Hospital In Finnish. 23:10 Frasier Disney’s version of the R.L. 17:50 Dr. Phil 17:00 Children’s Programming 14:15 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 23:40 The Office Stevenson’s pirate tale takes 21:00 The Quick and the Dead In Finnish. 15:30 E! Entertainment: Behind the events to space. SUB (K15) FILM 17:28 Pikku Kakkonen the Scenes USA 2002. In Finnish. A western from the director In Finnish. 16:00 E! Entertainment: Streets JIM 13:05 Schwarzwaldklinik 07:00 Children’s Programming of Spiderman films. Starring: 19:20 World Café Asia of Hollywood In German. In Finnish. Sharon Stone, Gene 23:05 The Intelligence (K15) 16:30 The Hills 13:05 Over Your Head 16:30 A Bug’s Life FILM 10:00 Big Bang Theory Hackman. USA 1995 23:50 Man to Man FILM 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 14:05 Mystery Diagnosis An ant tries to save his hill 13:45 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 23:15 Battlestar Galactica Anthropologists bring two In German. 17:00 Takeshi’s Castle from looting grasshoppers. 14:10 E! Entertainment: E! News 00:15 Total Eclipse FILM Wasabi. NELONEN at 00:40 pygmies to England in 1870s 19:00 According to Jim 18:00 Border Security USA 1998. In Finnish. Weekend A drama about the and stimulate discussion 19:30 Will & Grace 18:30 Bondi Rescue 22:05 Serrallonga (K15) 15:05 The Hills friendship between Arthur about humanity. Directed 20:00 Friends 19:00 Fifth Gear The legend of Serrallonga 18:00 Will & Grace Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. by Regis Warginer. Starring: 20:30 The Simpsons 19:30 Speeders was born in 1600s 18:30 Friends Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Fiennes, Kristin 21:00 The Rachel Zoe Project 21:00 Nostradamus Effect Catalonia. 19:00 American Idol David Thewlis. UK/France/ Scott Thomas. UK 2005 23:00 C.S.I. DOC Part 1/2. 22:00 Numbers Belgium 1995 00:55 The Ultimate Fighter Many people believe In Catalan. 23:00 C.S.I. Miami in the prophecy about a 23:35 Sopranos (K15) 00:55 It’s Always Sunny in YLE TEEMA final confrontation Philadelphia JIM TV VIISI between the forces of 01:25 Mad TV 17:00 Dan Cruickshank’s good and evil. YLE TEEMA 10:15 Star Wars: Empire of Adventures in Architecture 18:00 That 70s Show 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) Dreams DOC 18:00 Undersea World of Jacques 18:30 Grounded for Life 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny 14:25 Le grand bleu (K11) FILM TV VIISI 12:10 Biography: Heath Ledger Cousteau 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 01:00 World of Stupid Criminals The three-hour “director’s DOC Narrated in Finnish. Videos cut” of the cult film. 18:00 That 70s Show 13:05 Over Your Head 19:30 Little Mosque on the Prairie 19:30 My Wife and Kids Directed by Luc Besson. 18:30 Grounded for Life 14:05 Chopper Challenge 20:05 Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of 20:00 X-Weighted Starring Jean Reno, Rosanna 19:00 The World Magic Awards 18:00 James Martin’s Brittany Living 21:00 La vita è bella FILM Arquette. USA/France 2009 18:30 Tyler’s Ultimate Part 4/8. A touching film about a 1988. In French, English and 21:00 Very Bad Things (K15) 19:00 Anthony Bourdain 21:00 The Story of Maths DOC father trying to provide a Italian. FILM 20:00 World’s Toughest Fixes Part 4/4. happy childhood to his son 21:50 Rembrandt’s J’accuse DOC A very black comedy about 21:00 Killer on the Run (K15) 22:00 Nightwatching FILM despite the misery of WW2 This visionary documentary the aftermath of an ill-fated DOC A visually stunning Italy. Directed by Roberto is simultaneously an art bachelor’s party. Starring: 22:00 Los Angeles Ink film about 1600s art Benigni. Starring: Roberto history lecture and a Jon Favreau, Christian 23:00 Street Law world. Directed by Peter Benigni. Italy 1997. detective story. Directed Slater, Cameron Diaz. SERIES BEGINS. Greenaway. Starring: Martin In Italian. La vie en rose by Peter Greenaway. The USA 1998 00:00 Ladykillers (K15) TV1 21:50 Freeman. UK 2007 23:00 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Netherlands 2008 23:05 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 01:00 Most Shocking (K15) saturday 3.4. sunday 4.4.

TV1 MTV3 NELONEN TV1 MTV3 NELONEN

13:55 Gardener's Year Part 1/6 07:55 Children’s Programming 12:00 King of Queens 12:15 Jeeves and Wooster 14:55 Dr. Dolittle FILM 10:30 Animal Planet: Underdog 14:25 Vicar of Dibley In Finnish. 13:30 Kyle XY 14:10 Inspector Morse A doctor realises to his the Wonderdog 15:55 Holby City 11:30 Football SPORT 17:05 La marche de l’empereur 18:55 Why Didn’t They Ask surprise that he can talk 11:30 Most Extreme 19:40 Midsomer Murders (K13) Highlights from UEFA DOC Evans? FILM to animals. Starring: Eddie 16:15 Samantha Who? 22:00 The Passion (K15) Part 2/2. League. In Finnish. This documentary about Miss Marple helps out her Murphy. USA 1998 16:45 Animal Rescue 23:25 Benidorm 14:55 E! Entertainment: True Emperor Penguins became a friend’s son. Directed by 18:00 Formula 1: Grand Prix 20:00 Funny Home Videos Hollywood Story: Charlize worldwide sensation. Nicholas Renton. Starring: SPORT In Finnish. Theron France 2005. In Finnish. Julia McKenzie. UK 2008 Malesia. In Finnish. 21:00 The Aviator FILM TV2 15:50 Hunchback of Notre Dame 19:00 Gladiators 22:15 Silent Witness (K15) 23:05 C.S.I Miami Oscar winning drama about FILM 20:00 Ripley’s Believe It or Not 00:00 The Riches the eventful life of Howard 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen USA 1996. In Finnish. 21:00 Marvin’s Room FILM Hughes, whose glamorous Children’s programming. 17:30 Star Wars: The Clone Wars A touching drama loaded TV2 life was often a facade for In Finnish. 18:00 Formula 1: Qualifying with top quality actors. SUB startling problems. Directed 11:45 Little House on the Prairie SPORT Directed by Jerry Zaks. 08:00 Pikku Kakkonen by Martin Scorsese. 16:35 V75 Trot Malesia. In Finnish. Starring: Meryl Streep, Children’s programming. 10:00 Batman: The Animated Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, In Finnish. 21:00 Survivor Leonardo DiCaprio, In Finnish. Series Cate Blanchett. USA 2004 17:10 Globetrekker 22:40 Survivor Robert De Niro. 12:30 Roxanne FILM 10:30 Futurama Germany. 23:40 Stepford Wives FILM USA 1996 A warm romcom about a fire 11:00 Wildlife Nannies 20:50 Ein Fall für Zwei What is going on in the 23:05 American Chopper chief who doesn’t dare to 11:30 Animal Park JIM In German. weirdly idyllic Stepford? 00:05 Mean Streets (K15) FILM confess his love to beautiful 13:00 Hey Paul 22:05 Serrallonga (K15) Starring: Nicole Kidman. This rough crime drama was Roxanne. Directed by Fred 13:30 Candid Camera 09:55 The Amazing Adventures Part 2/2. In Catalan. USA 2004 the breakthrough for the Schepisi. Starring Steve 14:00 King of the Hill of a Nobody 23:40 Da Vinci’s Inquest (K15) director Martin Scorsese. Martin, Daryl Hannah. 14:30 Baywatch 10:25 Boy’s Weekend 00:25 Live: Grammy Awards 2010 Starring: Robert De Niro, USA 1987 16:00 Project Runway 10:55 My Country, My Kitchen SUB Harvey Keitel. 14:15 Heartland 17:00 Top Chef 11:25 Tricked Out USA 1973 15:00 Coco Chanel 18:00 Janice Dickinson 11:50 Fifth Gear YLE TEEMA 14:40 E! Entertainment: How Do A miniseries about the Modelling Agency 12:20 Sandhogs I Look? queen of the fashion world. SERIES ENDS. 13:15 Anthony Bourdain: No 19:05 Deti Arbata 15:40 E! Entertainment: Dress JIM Starring: Shirley MacLaine. 19:00 American Idol Reservations 21:00 The Passion: Films, Faith My Nest Part 1/2. 21:00 Harry Potter and the 16:00 UFO Files DOC and Fury DOC 16:10 Mad TV 09:55 Ultimate Gadgets 20:00 Orgoglio Prisoner of Azkaban FILM 18:00 Ian Wright: Out of Bounds A documentary about film 19:00 American Idol 10:25 Extreme Fishing In Italian. Dangerous Sirius Black has SERIES BEGINS. Ian visits industry’s uncomfortable 20:00 Spain... On the Road Again 11:20 Chopper Challenge 22:35 Scarlett escaped from prison and places around the world that relationship with religion. 21:00 Cold Feet 12:15 Expedition: Africa Part 4/4. attempts to get his hands on others deem dangerous or UK 2006 22:00 Heroes 13:10 La terre vue du ciel Harry. USA 2004 too exotic. 21:48 Life of Brian (K15) FILM 23:00 Miami Vice In French. 23:45 Obsessed 19:00 Man v. Food Monty Python group’s story 00:00 The Ultimate Fighter (K15) 14:10 Heliloggers YLE TEEMA 00:45 Crossing Jordan 19:30 Dinner: Impossible of Brian, whose life seems 01:25 X-Files 15:05 Bizarre Foods with Andrew 01:40 Stargate SG1 20:00 Flip This House curiously connected to that Zimmern 11:35 The Forsyte Saga 21:00 Biography: Guy Georges of Jesus. Directed by Terry 16:00 Hooked on Fishing 15:35 Un village Français (K15) DOC Jones. UK 1979 TV VIISI 18:00 House Hunters In French. TV VIISI 00:55 Crime Investigation 23:20 Live: Santana – Fillmore 2008 International 18:00 In a Lonely Place FILM Australia (K15) 18:00 Jon & Kate Plus 8 18:30 Kitchen Impossible A cynic screenwriter is 18:30 Relic Hunter 18:30 The Little Couple 21:00 Car Bomb (K13) DOC suspected of a murder. 19:20 102 Dalmatians FILM 19:00 Scrubs Part 2/2. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Cruella de Vil swears she’s 20:00 Breaking the Magician’s 01:00 Banged Up Abroad Starring: Humphrey Bogart, recovered from her fur Code 01:55 Gumball-rally Gloria Grahame. USA 1950 obsession. Starring: Glenn 21:00 Bringing Down the House 20:30 Opera: The Cunning Little Close. USA 2000 FILM Vixen 21:20 How’d You Get So Rich? Divorcé Peter gets a wild Programmes on Yle Teema Leo’s Janácek’s opera. 22:50 Leverage Charlene in his life in this may be viewed in the original Directed by André Engel for 23:45 Stakeout (K18) FILM Life of Brian (K15) comedy. Starring: Steve language(s) by changing the the Paris Opera. An action comedy. The Aviator YleTeema 21:48 Martin. USA 2003 digital receiver’s settings. 22:10 Deti Arbata Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Nelonen 21:00 23:10 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon In Russian. Emilo Estevez. USA 1987 20 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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TV1 MTV3 NELONEN TV1 MTV3 NELONEN 11:10 Road to Avonlea 09:50 The Young and the 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming 15:05 Louis la Brocante Restless 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Private Practice In Finnish. In French. 11:25 Toy Story 2 FILM 15:05 Louis la Brocante 14:15 Alf 08.05 Relocation, Relocation 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock USA 1999. In Finnish. In French. 14:45 She’s Got the Look 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The Holmes 13:15 Lipstick Jungle 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful Truth 14:05 Grand Designs Holmes 18:00 Emmerdale Twins, double the trouble? 16:25 E! Entertainment: True 19:00 Around the World in 80 20:00 Brothers & Sisters 13:30 10 Years Younger USA TV2 Hollywood Story Rituals 21:00 Prison Break (K15) 14:00 Property Virgins Poseidon 17:10 The Bold and the Beautiful Part 8/8. 22:30 C.S.I. 14:30 Nigella Bites MTV3 20:00 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 18:00 Emmerdale 21:00 The Collision 23:25 The L Word Slow food weekend. Children’s programming. 20:00 Poseidon FILM Did a chase indirectly cause Fourth season starts. 15:30 Ugly Betty In Finnish. Survivors fight for their lives 08.05 Relocation, Relocation the crash? Part 2/2. 00:30 3rd Rock From the Sun 16:25 Days of Our Lives 10:40 McLeod’s Daughters on a luxury cruiser. SERIES BEGINS. 17:20 Everybody Loves 15:00 Coco Chanel USA 2006 10:30 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Raymond Part 2/2. 22:30 Burn Notice Genius FILM TV2 SUB 17:50 Dr. Phil 16:35 Tonari no Totoro FILM 23:25 Corleone – Il capo dei capi A drama based on the 19:30 Animal Rescue An animated film about In Italian. life of the golf legend. 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 07:00 Children’s Programming Inspectors help mistreated two sisters who meet furry USA 2004 Children’s programming. In Finnish. rabbits. Totoro, visible only to 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The In Finnish. 14:20 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 21:00 NCIS children. Directed: Hayao SUB Truth 10:50 McLeod’s Daughters 15:35 E! Entertainment: Whose 23:20 Frasier Miyazaki. Japan 1988. 13:30 10 Years Younger USA 12:00 The Deadliest Season in Wedding Is It Anyway? Frasier wants to change his In Japanese. 09:20 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 14:00 Property Virgins the World 16:30 The Hills agent. 18:05 Schwarzwaldklinik 10:00 Big Bang Theory 14:30 Nigella Bites Crab catching on Alaska’s 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 00:20 Las Vegas In German. Eight episodes. 15:30 Ugly Betty waters. Part 1/3. In German. 19:20 High Altitude 15:30 The Hills 16:25 Days of Our Lives 16:10 Snowy River: The 19:00 According to Jim 21:20 Survival in the Southern 18:30 Will & Grace 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond McGregor Saga 19:30 Will & Grace JIM Ocean 19:00 American Idol 17:50 Dr. Phil 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen 20:00 Friends 22:35 True Blood (K15) 20:00 My Name Is Earl 20:30 The Simpsons 19:30Wasabi. Animal NELONEN Rescue at 00:40 Children’s programming. 13:05 Over Your Head 23:30 Third Watch (K13) 20:30 The Simpsons 20:00 Canada’s Next Top Model In Finnish. 21:00 Cops With Cameras 17:00 Takeshi’s Castle 21:00 Harry Potter and the 21:00 Desperate Housewives 21:35 Football SPORT 22:00 Sons of Anarchy (K15) 18:00 Border Security Goblet of Fire FILM 22:30 Weeds (K15) Champions League. Second 23:00 Stargate SG1 18:30 Bondi Rescue YLE TEEMA Hogwarts hosts a wizard 23:15 Frasier match of the quarterfinals. 00:00 Eureka SERIES ENDS. tournament. USA 2005 23:45 Army Wives In Finnish. 00:50 Génesis (K15) 19:00 Fifth Gear 19:00 Cuéntame Cómo Pasó 00:30 Numb3rs 23:50 Comedy Inc. (K13) In Spanish. Test driving Mazda MX5. In Spanish. 02:25 Girls of the Playboy 21:00 Life after People DOC 21:00 Jools Holland Show Mansion JIM What would happen to the 22:30 L’héritage FILM YLE TEEMA TV VIISI biggest gold reserves in Three French students 10:35 Locomotives DOC New York Central Bank? go to Georgia to look for TV VIISI 11:30 Biography: Rowan 17:00 The Undersea World of 18:00 That 70’s Show 22:00 Gene Simmons: Family the house one of them Atkinson DOC Jacques Cousteau 18:30 Grounded for Life Jewels has inherited. Directed by 18:00 That 70s Show 12:25 Modern Marvels: Narrated in Finnish. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 22:30 Sexy Ads Géla Babluani and Temur 18:30 Grounded for Life Commercial Jets DOC 20:00 Au siècle de Maupassant: Videos 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) Babluani. France 2006. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 13:20 Over Your Head Contes et nouvelles du 19:30 My Wife and Kids 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny In French and Georgian. Videos 14:20 American Gladiators 1989 XIXème siècle. In French. 20:00 The Real Wedding 00:55 The World of Stupid Criminals 19:30 My Wife and Kids 15:15 Feasting on Waves Crashers 20:00 Leverage 18:00 Border Security 21:00 Things You Can Tell Just 21:00 Secret Lives of Women 18:30 Bondi Rescue by Looking at Her FILM 22:00 Held Hostage (K15) FILM 19:00 Fifth Gear Five stories depict women’s Single mother’s home is 21:00 American Gangster: Jeff struggle through various attacked and her daughter Fort & The Blackstones problems. taken as hostage in this DOC Starring: Kathy Baker, thriller. USA 2009 22:00 Border Security USA Glenn Close. 23:55 More Sex Tips for Girls 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) USA 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her The L Word 00:25 Confessions of a 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny 23:05 Late Night with Jimmy Sub 21:00 TV Viisi 21:00 MTV3 23:25 Matchmaker 01:00 World of Stupid Criminals Fallon wednesday 7.6. thursday 8.4.

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11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Starter Wife In Finnish. 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Hell’s Kitchen USA In Finnish. 15:05 Louis la Brocante 14:15 Loop 08:00 Relocation, Relocation 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 14:15 Notes from the Underbelly 08:00 Relocation, Relocation In French. 14:45 At the End of My Leash 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The Holmes 14:45 Design Inc. 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 15:10 New Scandinavian Truth 21:50 Pax Americana: The 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful Truth Holmes Cooking with Tina 13:30 10 Years Younger USA Weaponization of Space 18:00 Emmerdale 13:30 Fashion ABC 19:55 The Old Guys Nordström 14:00 Property Virgins DOC 21:00 House 14:00 Marriage under SERIES BEGINS. Part 1/6. 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:30 Nigella Bites Arms race is now on in space. 22:30 Closer Construction 21:55 Marilyn Hotchkiss’ 18:00 Emmerdale Nigella prepares for a 22:45 True North (K15) FILM 23:30 Bound (K15) FILM 14:30 Nigella Bites Ballroom Dancing & 21:00 C.S.I. New York relaxed dinner party. Scottish fishermen turn A strong bond develops 15:30 Ugly Betty Charm School FILM Mac disappears from a crime 15:30 Ugly Betty to smuggling illegal between two women who Betty applies to a school of A charming comedy about a scene unexpectedly. 16:25 Days of Our Lives immigrants to provide for plan a brilliant swindle journalism. baker who gets carried away 22:30 Ax Men 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond themselves. Starring: Peter in this erotic thriller. 16:25 Days of Our Lives by dance school rhythms. 23:30 Mythbusters 17:50 Dr. Phil Mullan. UK 2006 Directed by Andy and 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond Starring: Robert Carlyle, 00:35 3rd Rock from the Sun Talking with an estranged Larry Wachowski. Starring: 17:50 Dr. Phil Marisa Tomei. USA 2005 mother and daughter. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon. 17-year-old Brad has a drug 19:30 Animal Rescue TV2 USA 1996 problem. SUB Inspectors help animals that 19:30 Animal Rescue TV2 survived a fierce forest fire. 06: 50 Pikku Kakkonen 21:00 FlashForward 07:00 Children’s Programming 20:00 The Bachelor Children’s programming. SUB 22:00 Lost (K15) 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen In Finnish. 23:20 Frasier In Finnish. 23:20 Frasier Children’s programming. 14:00 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 23:50 Mad Men 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 07:00 Children’s Programming 23:50 The Office In Finnish. 16:00 E! Entertainment: Wildest 11:45 Animal Hospital In Finnish. 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters TV Show Moments 14:15 Super Vets 15:30 E! Entertainment: Behind 16:10 Snowy River: The 16:30 The Hills JIM 17:00 Children’s Programming the Scenes JIM McGregor Saga 18:05 Sturm der Liebe In Finnish. 16:00 E! Entertainment: Streets 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen In German. 13:05 Over Your Head 17:28 Pikku Kakkonen of Hollywood 13:05 Over Your Head Children’s programming. 19:00 According to Jim 14:05 Miami Ink Children’s programming. 16:30 The Hills 14:05 Mystery Diagnosis In Finnish. 19:30 Will & Grace 17:00 Takeshi’s Castle In Finnish. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 17:00 Takeshi’s Castle 20:00 Secret Millionaire 20:00 Friends 18:00 Border Security 19:20 World Café Asia In German. 18:00 Border Security 22:05 Law & Order: Special 20:30 The Simpsons 18:30 Surf Patrol 19:50 Die Kommissarin 19:00 According to Jim 18:30 Surf Patrol Victims Unit (K15) 22:00 Dollhouse 19:00 Fitfh Gear In German. 19:30 Will & Grace An 18-year-old man 22:50 Man on Wire DOC 23:00 C.S.I 21:00 Modern Marvels: 20:00 Friends disappears in the waves. Oscar-winning documentary 00:50 Temptation Island Helicopters DOC 20:30 The Simpsons 19:00 Fifth Gear about a man who walked on 22:00 Street Customs YLE TEEMA 21:00 The Rachel Zoe Project 21:00 The Nostradamus Effect DOC a tightrope from one WTC Carroll Shelby, a legend in the 23:00 C.S.I. Some believe that Leonardo tower to the other. USA 2008 TV VIISI automobile world, suggests a 17:00 Dan Cruickshank’s da Vinci foresaw the end of joint project to Ryan. Adventures in Architecture the world by a deluge. 18:00 That 70s Show 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) 18:00 Undersea World of Jacques TV VIISI 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) YLE TEEMA 18:30 Grounded for Life 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny Cousteau 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 01:00 World of Stupid Criminals Narrated in Finnish. 18:00 That 70s Show 01:00 Crime Museum 17:00 The Time Machine DOC Videos 19:30 Little Mosque on the 18:30 Grounded for Life CERN’s particle accelerator 19:30 My Wife and Kids Prairie 19:00 America’s Funniest Home is the most powerful in the 20:00 Chubby Chasers DOC 21:00 Pharma Sutra DOC Videos world. 21:00 Unforgiven (K15) FILM In Finnish and English 19:30 My Wife and Kids 19:00 Henry V FILM An Oscar-winning western 21:55 Petals - Journey Into Self 20:00 X-Weighted One of the best Shakespeare about a gunslinger who Discovery DOC 21:00 Kinsey (K15) FILM film adaptations. Directed returns from retirement 22:45 L'Odyssée de l'Amour FILM A drama about Alfred Kinsey, and starring: Laurence to pull one last job. What happens in the body the controversial researcher Olivier. UK 1944 Directed and starring: Clint of a person in love? This film of human sexuality. Directed 22:00 Six Feet Under (K15) Eastwood. USA 1992 combines different genres by Bill Condon. Starring: 23:20 Little Mosque on the 23:30 Late Night with Jimmy Man on Wire in answering that question. Liam Neeson. USA 2004 Kinsey (K15) TV2 22:50 TV Viisi 21:00 Prairie Fallon France 2009. In French. 23:20 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 2121

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TV1 MTV3 NELONEN TV1 MTV3 NELONEN 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 14:00 Gardener’s Year 07:45 Children’s Programming 11:30 Animal Rescue 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Hell’s Kitchen USA Part 2/6. In Finnish. 13:05 Kyle XY 15:05 Coronation Street 14:15 Sons & Daughters 14:30 Vicar of Dibley 15:35 Beverly Hillbillies FILM 16:45 Racing Stripes FILM SERIES BEGINS. 14:45 Doctors 15:55 Holby City A family comedy about a A family film. USA 2005. 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful 18:15 Outnumbered countryside family that In Finnish. Holmes 18:00 Emmerdale A British comedy series. moves to the high society 19:00 Gladiators 19:10 Lark Rise to Candleford 21:00 Eleventh Hour Part 1/6. area of Beverly Hills. 20:00 Ripley's Believe It or Not 22:00 The Street 22:35 Clearing FILM 19:40 Midsomer Murders (K13) USA 1993 21:00 Les rivières pourpres (K15) Clearing Single mother Dee tries to 17:25 Star Wars: The Clone Wars FILM Wayne and Aileen’s idyllic MTV3 22:35 22:30 Benidorm guarantee a better future for life is broken when a former 22:55 Cracker 17:55 Top Gear Detectives investigate crimes her children by questionable employee kidnaps him. 21:00 Survivor that seem connected in means. Starring: Robert Redfod, 08:00 Relocation, Relocation 21:50 Just for Laughs Gags this action thriller set in the Helen Mirren. USA 2004 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The TV2 22:30 Elizabeth (K15) FILM picturesque Alps. France 2001. 00:30 Fringe Truth Young Elizabeth inherited In French. TV2 13:30 Fashion ABC 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen a poor land torn byreligious 23:15 American Chopper 14:00 Unsellables Children’s programming. debates. 00:15 Les rivières pourpres II - 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen SUB 14:30 Nigella Bites In Finnish. Directed by Shekhar Kapur. Les anges de l'apocalypse Children’s programming. 15:30 Ugly Betty 11:45 Little House on the Prairie Starring: Cate Blanchett, (K15) FILM In Finnish. 14:20 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 16:25 Days of Our Lives 18:00 Globetrekker – Greece Joseph Fiennes. This thriller was written and 10:35 McLeod’s Daughter’s 15:35 E! Entertainment: E! News 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond 20:50 Der Alte UK 1998 produced by Luc Besson. 11:50 Globetrekker Weekend 17:50 Dr. Phil In German. 01:00 Unit France/Italy/UK 2004. In Germany. 16:30 The Hills 20:00 Funny Home Videos 22:05 Jeremiah Johnson (K15) French, German and Italian. 14:15 Schwarzwaldklinik 19:00 According to Jim 21:00 Balls of Fury FILM FILM In German. 19:30 Will & Grace A former ping-pong A western about a man who SUB 15:10 Secret Millionaire 20:00 Friends phenomenon is recruited by escapes war but ends up JIM 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen 20:30 Family Guy the FBI for a secret mission fighting against an Indian 14:15 E! Entertainment: How Do Children’s programming. 22:00 Numb3rs in this eventful comedy. tribe. Directed by Sydney I Look? 10:00 Ultimate Gadgets In Finnish. 23:00 C.S.I. Miami Starring: Dan Fogel. Pollack. Starring: Robert SERIES ENDS. Wasabi. NELONEN at 00:40 15:10 E! Entertainment: Dress 22:05 Law & Order 00:55 It's Always Sunny in USA 2007 Redford. USA 1972 My Nest 10:30 Extreme Fishing 22:50 Sopranos (K15) Philadelphia 23:05 Battlestar Galactica 23:55 Da Vinci’s Inquest (K15) 15:40 Supersize vs. Superskinny 11:25 Chopper Challenge 23:45 True Blood (K15) 01:25 Mad TV 00:05 Cyborg (K18) FILM 00:40 Live: Sonisphere 2009 16:40 Mad TV 12:15 Expedition: Africa Jean-Claude Van Damme is Part 1/2. 19:00 American Idol 13:10 Biography: Salma Hayek ordered to protect a female 21:00 Cold Feet 14:10 Heliloggers YLE TEEMA TV VIISI cyborg who has the cure to a 22:00 Heroes 15:05 Bizarre Foods with Andrew perilous disease. USA 1989 YLE TEEMA 23:00 Miami Vice Zimmern 15:30 Fragments sur la grâce 18:00 That 70s Show 00:00 The Ultimate Fighter (K15) 16:00 Hooked on Fishing FILM Filmmaker Vincent 18:30 Grounded for Life 13:30 Devil’s Miner DOC 18:00 House Hunters JIM Dieutre’s exploration 19:00 America’s Funniest Home A rewarded documentary TV VIISI International of Jansenim, a religious Videos film about boys who work 18:30 Kitchen Impossible movement that started in 19:30 Duplex FILM 13:05 Over Your Head in a silver mine in Bolivia. 21:00 Mystery Quest DOC 1600s Port-Royal. A comedy in which a couple 14:05 Chopper Challenge USA/Germany 2005. 18:00 The Little Couple 01:00 Banged Up Abroad In French. realises they got more than 17:00 Takeshi’s Castle 19:05 Deti Arbata 18:30 X-Weighted 02:00 Gumball-rally they bargained for with 18:00 James Martin’s Brittany In Russian. 19:30 How’d You Get So Rich? their new flat. Starring: Ben SERIES ENDS. 21:00 Love in India DOC 20:00 Breaking the Magician’s Stiller, Drew Barrymore. 18:30 Tyler’s Ultimate This documentary explores Code USA 2003 19:00 Anthony Bourdain love and sexuality in modern 21:00 Signs (K15) FILM 21:00 Irish Jam (K15) FILM 20:00 World’s Toughest Fixes India. A former parson discovers Good-for-nothing Jimmy 21:00 Gangland: Blood in the 22:30 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love mysterious patterns in from LA arrives in a small Streets (K15) DOC (K15) FILM his cornfield that indicate Irish town and turns its life 22:00 Los Angeles Ink A princess and a servant something sinister. Directed upside down in this comedy. 23:00 Street Law (K15) grow up together but by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring: Eddie Griffin. USA 00:00 Ladykillers (K15) become rivals in love in Starring: Mel Gibson, 2006 SERIES ENDS. 1500s India. Directed by Joaquin Phoenix. USA 2002 Balls of Fury Elizabeth (K15) Nelonen 21:00 22:50 Late Night with Jimmy 01:00 Most Shocking (K15) Mira Nair. India 1996. In 23:05 Late Night with Jimmy MTV3 22:30 Fallon SERIES ENDS. English and Italian. Fallon sunday 11.4. monday 12.4.

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12:15 Jeeves and Wooster 08:00 Children’s Programming 10:30 Animal Planet: Underdog 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming 14:20 Inspector Morse In Finnish. the Wonderdog 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:15 Lipstick Jungle In Finnish. 18:55 Marple: They Do It with 14:45 Whale Rider FILM 11:30 Most Extreme 15:05 Coronation Street 14:10 Grand Designs 08.00 Relocation, Relocation Mirrors FILM Starring: Keisha Caste- 14:25 Victoria’s Secret Fashion 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful 13:00 Baby Squad When visiting her friend’s Hughes. New Zealand 2002 Show 2009 Holmes 18:00 Emmerdale 13:30 Fashion ABC rehabilitation home for 17:55 National Geographic 16:15 Samantha Who? 22:25 Found Objects FILM 21:00 Lie to Me 14:00 Property Virgins juvenile delinquents, Miss Programming DOC 16:45 Animal Rescue A short film about an old 22:30 Burn Notice 14:30 Nigella Bites Marple observes that not While looking for Titanic, 20:00 Funny Home Videos man who takes care of the 23:25 Corleone – Il capo dei capi 15:30 Ugly Betty everything’s as it seems. Robert Ballard also had In Finnish. energy production for a In Italian. 16:25 Days of Our Lives Starring: Julia McKenzie. another task. 21:00 Collateral (K15) FILM peculiar building. Directed 17:20 Everybody Loves Raymond UK/USA 2009 23:05 C.S.I Miami An assassin takes a taxi by David Birnbaum. 17:50 Dr. Phil 21:10 Upgrade Me DOC 00:00 Strip driver as a hostage and Canada 2008. SUB 19:30 Animal Rescue Technology is developing SERIES BEGINS. forces him to cooperate in 21:00 Desperate Housewives at a rapid speed. To stay up this action thriller. Directed 13:35 Criss Angel: Mindfreak Lynette lets out a to date, consumers buy new by Michael Mann. Starring: TV2 15:30 E! Entertainment: Dallas disquieting secret about equipment, despite the old SUB Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx. Divas & Daughters Julie to Susan. still working. USA 2004 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 16:00 E! Entertainment: Giuliana 22:30 Weeds (K15) 22:10 Silent Witness (K15) 10:00 Batman: The Animated Children’s programming. & Bill 23:25 Frasier Series In Finnish. 16:30 The Hills 23:55 Army Wives 10:30 Futurama JIM 10:40 McLeod’s Daughters 19:00 According to Jim TV2 11:00 Wildlife Nannies 11:25 Secret Millionaire 19:30 Will & Grace 11:30 Animal Park 09:30 The Amazing Adventures 14:30 Northern Lights 20:00 My Name Is Earl JIM 08:00 Pikku Kakkonen 13:00 Hey Paula of a Nobody 16:10 Snowy River: The 20:30 The Simpsons Children’s programming. 14:00 The Mask 10:00 Boy’s Weekend McGregor Saga 21:00 Superman Returns FILM 13:20 Over Your Head In Finnish. 14:30 King of the Hill 10:30 My Country, My Kitchen 17:22 Pikku Kakkonen While Clark Kent has been 14:20 American Gladiators 1989 12:00 Emily of New Moon 15:00 Baywatch 11:00 Tricked Out Children’s programming. away, Louise’s life has 15:15 Feasting on Waves 14:50 Heartland 16:00 Project Runway 11:30 Fifth Gear In Finnish. changed. Directed by Bryan SERIES ENDS. 20:00 Lost in Austen 17:00 I Want to Work for Diddy 12:00 Sandhogs 18:05 Schwarzwaldklinik Singer. USA 2005 18:00 Border Security A Londoner bank teller 19:00 American Idol SERIES ENDS. In German. 00:30 Numb3rs 18:30 Surf Patrol escapes her boring life into 20:00 Daisy of Love 13:00 Anthony Bourdain: No 19:20 High Altitude 02:25 Girls of the Playboy 19:00 Fifth Gear Jane Austen’s works. SERIES BEGINS. Reservations 21:20 Survival in the Southern Mansion 21:00 American Gangster: Part 1/4. 21:00 Me, Myself and Irene (K15) 16:00 UFO Files DOC Ocean Kenneth “Supreme” 22:35 The Lady and the FILM 18:00 Ian Wright: Out of Bounds 22:35 True Blood (K15) McGriff DOC Highwayman FILM Charlie’s other self takes over in 19:00 Man vs. Food 23:30 Third Watch (K13) TV VIISI Supreme was at the top of A romantic story set in this comedy. Directed by Bobby 19:30 Dinner: Impossible New York’s drug trafficking 1600s England. Starring: and Peter Farrelly. Starring: Jim 20:00 Flip This House 18:00 That 70s Show but wanted to move to film Hugh Grant. UK 1989 Carrey. USA 2000 SERIES ENDS. YLE TEEMA 18:30 Grounded for Life industry. 23:20 Obsessed 21:00 Biography: Jeffrey Dahmer 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 22:00 Border Security USA 00:20 Crossing Jordan (K15) DOC 18:55 Cuéntame Cómo Pasó Videos 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) YLE TEEMA 01:15 Stargate SG1 01:00 Crime Investigation In Spanish. 19:30 My Wife and Kids 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny Australia (K15) 21:00 Jools Holland Show 20:00 Leverage 01:00 World of Stupid Criminals 11:45 The Forsyte Saga Guests: Robert Plant & Alison 21:00 Extreme Twins DOC 18:00 Beat the Devil FILM TV VIISI Krauss, Emmylou Harris, The 22:00 Diverted FILM An adventure comedy about Fratellis and Spiritualized. After the 9/11 attacks all air a troupe of scoundrels. 18:30 Relic Hunter 22:30 4:30 FILM traffic was diverted to other Directed by John Huston. 19:30 Gentle Ben: Terror on the While the parents of a airports. Gander’s little town Starring: Humphrey Bogart. Mountain FILM Chinese boy are on a in Canada goes upside down USA 1953 An adventure story about the business trip, his only adult when 6000 surprise visitors 19:30 RSO in Japan friendship between 12-year old contact is a hard-drinking have to be accommodated. Radio Symphony Orchestra’s Mark, and a bear. USA 2002 Korean man. Directed by USA 2008 performance in Tokyo. 21:20 Scrubs Royston Tan. Singapore 23:55 More Sex Tips for Girls Collateral (K15) 22:00 Deti Arbata 22:50 Leverage 2005. In Korean, Mandarin 00:30 Confessions of a Superman Returns Nelonen 21:00 Sub 21:00 In Russian. 23:50 Chubby Chasers and English. Matchmaker 22 1 – 14 APRIL 2010 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

Thu 4/1 tuesday 13.4. 0 +3 TV1 MTV3 NELONEN +7 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming Thu 4/1 Fri 4/2 Sat 4/3 Sun 4/4 Mon 4/5 Tue 4/6 Wed 4/7 +7 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Private Practice In Finnish. +7 +11 +10 +9 +8 +13 +16 15:05 Coronation Street 14:15 Alf 08.00 Relocation, Relocation +6 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock 14:45 She’s Got the Look 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The +23 +21 +22 +23 +22 +20 +22 +7 +7 Holmes 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful Truth +34 +36 +36 +36 +37 +37 +39 19:00 Himalaya – Terre des 18:00 Emmerdale 13:30 Fashion ABC +5 femmes DOC 20:00 Brothers & Sisters 14:00 Property Virgins Fri 4/2 +14 +14 +18 +14 +16 +19 +15 Marianne Chaud, who 21:00 Prison Break (K15) 14:30 Nigella Bites +13 +14 +17 +19 +19 +17 +18 has lived in North India’s 22:30 C.S.I. 15:30 Ugly Betty +5 Zanskar for years, talks to 23:30 The L Word 16:25 Days of Our Lives +11 +12 +14 +14 +10 +7 +14 the local women. In French 00:30 3rd Rock from the Sun 17:20 Everybody Loves +4 and other languages. Raymond +8 +11 +11 +10 +6 +14 +17 21:00 Résolution 819 (K15) FILM 17:50 Dr. Phil +7 +14 +12 +15 +19 +14 +15 +14 A French inspector SUB 19:30 Animal Rescue +4 21:00 NCIS investigates in Bosnia +4 +30 +34 +36 +33 +28 +29 +25 whether 8,000 Muslims 07:00 Children’s Programming 22:00 OctoMom: Me and My 14 +5 were massacred in In Finnish. Kids DOC +8 +9 +11 +12 +9 +11 +11 +11 Srebrenica. 14:20 Criss Angel: Mindfreak Nadya Suleman became +2 In French. 15:35 E! Entertainment: Whose the focus of the world’s +34 +35 +35 +36 +35 +35 +37 Wedding Is It Anyway? media when she gave birth Sat 4/3 +31 +28 +29 +29 +28 +29 +31 16:30 The Hills to eight children in January TV2 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 2009 – despite being a +3 +9 +12 +10 +12 +11 +14 +17 In German. single mother already for six +3 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 19:00 According to Jim children. +7 +11 +6 +10 +9 +16 +15 Children’s programming. 19:30 Will & Grace 23:20 Frasier +4 +5 +11 +10 +11 +10 +9 +12 In Finnish. 20:00 Friends 00:20 Las Vegas 10:35 McLeod’s Daughters 20:30 The Simpsons +6 +24 +23 +20 +22 +25 +23 +20 11:45 The Deadliest Season in 22:00 Sons of Anarchy (K15) Wasabi. NELONEN at 00:40 +6 the World 23:00 Stargate SG1 JIM +2 +16 +19 +16 +15 +16 +17 +13 +8 Part 2/3. 00:00 Eureka +6 +15 +15 +15 +15 +19 +18 +16 16:10 Snowy River: The 00:50 Génesis (K15) 13:05 Over Your Head McGregor Saga In Spanish. 17:00 Takeshi’s Castle +9 +10 +9 +9 +12 +14 +15 17:24 Pikku Kakkonen 18:00 Border Security Sun 4/4 +14 +16 +16 +15 +17 +23 +29 Children’s programming. 18:30 Surf Patrol +6 In Finnish. TV VIISI 19:00 Fifth Gear +17 +16 +18 +16 +17 +18 +18 23:15 Stargate FILM 21:00 Life after People DOC +4 A mysterious device 18:00 That 70’s Show How would invasive species +11 +12 +10 +12 +15 +15 +13 +8 transports a research team 18:30 Grounded for Life start to spread? +18 +18 +18 +18 +18 +17 +17 to a planet that resembles 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 22:00 Gene Simmons: Family +6 Egypt. Directed by Roland Videos Jewels +6 +33 +34 +35 +34 +35 +36 +36 Emmerich. Starring: Kurt 19:30 My Wife and Kids 22:30 Sexy Ads Russell. USA 1994. 20:00 The Real Wedding 23:00 Naked & Funny (K15) +8 +7 +23 +24 +24 +24 +24 +24 +23 01:15 The IT Crowd Crashers 23:30 Kenny vs. Spenny +7 +11 +19 +23 +19 +19 +19 +7 21:00 Dead Poet’s Society FILM 00:55 The World of Stupid In this drama set in 1950s, Criminals Mon 4/5 +11 +14 +14 +14 +13 +15 +14 YLE TEEMA an inspirational teacher arrives to a boys’ boarding +6 +5 +11 +16 +7 +10 +11 +16 17:00 The Undersea World of school. Some other teachers, +19 +16 +18 +22 +20 +25 +20 Jacques Cousteau however, think of his +7 Narrated in Finnish. methods as unconventional. +4 +3 +6 +6 +1 +4 +3 +10 20:00 Au siècle de de Directed by Peter Weir. +7 Maupassant: contes et Starring: Robin Williams, +9 +11 +12 +11 +8 +16 +14 nouvelles du XIXeme Ethan Hawke. USA 1995 OctoMom: Me and My 14 Kids +7 −1 −1 0 +1 +1 +1 +1 siècle 23:30 Late Night with Jimmy Nelonen 22:00 In French. Fallon +8 +3 +29 +29 +31 +30 +28 +26 +23 +5 +17 +17 +17 +15 +17 +18 +18 Tue 4/6 wednesday 14.4. +8 +10 +12 +17 +12 +13 +14 +3 +30 +30 +29 +31 +31 +32 +31 TV1 MTV3 NELONEN +5 +8 +8 +11 +7 +7 +3 +6 11:05 YLE News in English 09:50 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Children’s Programming +10 +9 +8 +7 +7 +7 +11 +13 11:10 Road to Avonlea 13:20 Starter Wife In Finnish. +6 Escorted by Aunt Hetty, 14:15 Loop 08:00 Relocation, Relocation +9 +5 +5 +6 +6 +9 +8 +4 Sara returns to Montreal. 14:45 At the End of My Leash 13:00 Pregnancy and Birth: The +13 +14 +15 +18 +18 +15 +17 15:05 Coronation Street 15:10 New Scandinavian Truth +8 +4 17:07 Adventures of Sherlock Cooking with Tina 13:30 Fashion ABC +6 +12 +15 +10 +8 +9 +13 +10 Holmes Nordström 14:00 Property Virgins 19:55 The Old Guys 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:30 Nigella Bites Wed 4/7 +9 +6 +6 +4 +10 +7 +8 Amber recommends her 18:00 Emmerdale 15:30 Ugly Betty +15 +13 +16 +20 +14 +12 +14 therapist to Roy. 21:00 C.S.I. 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Banks. Banks close at 13:00 on Thursday 1 April and open again on On a recent weekend trip Tuesday 6 April. with friends to Paris, I think Confessions of a cross-country skier they were truly worried I would Transport. VR runs some additional passenger rail services while only pack my ski outfi t as it has some trains have been cancelled. On Thursday 1 April trains run OK HELSINKI, I have a confes- ests where the only sound is lenged boots again and feel been my basic dress for win- mainly according to Friday timetable. On Good Friday 2 April and sion to make. I want the snow you breathing in the fresh air the glide. ter. (C’mon people, is parachute Easter Monday trains run mainly according to Sunday timetable. to stay around. as you quietly glide between I had forgone social out- material not in this season?) There – I said it! the trees. Or you can take it out ings. (“Sorry, I need to send Oh, and what was I doing be- Public transport in the Helsinki region will run according to Sun- Yes, I might be the only on the open expanse of frozen some emails back to Aus- fore we went to the airport that day timetable on Good Friday 2 April, Sunday 4 April and Monday person in the greater Helsinki lakes and sea. Amazing! tralia” ... actually I am going day? You guessed it, skiing. 5 April. On Saturday 3 April traffic will run according to the nor- area – well, Ok, Finland then My fi rst couple of outings skiing.) It was only when I decided mal Saturday timetable. Night buses will run on all nights between – who wants this. But you see, were horrendous. A slight I had not emailed or called to do some ironing the other Thursday and Monday. this winter, I have discovered downhill gradient would family and friends in Aus- night that I thought maybe my cross-country skiing and now make my heart race and my tralia. (“Sorry, I’ve had quite willingness for cross-country RELIGIOUS SERVICE I am an addict. backside ache. It’s a hum- a few social outings recent- skiing had turned into an ob- I grew up in sunny South bling experience to be over- ly”... actually I have been session. I usually only ever iron Australia, so in my defence, taken by an 80-year-old who skiing.) on an “as-needed” basis, just The Anglican Church in Finland the only opportunity I have is just out for a leisurely ski. I withheld my skiing ad- before it needs to be worn. So it had to do any type of skiing Even more so when that per- diction from my husband was even shocking to me that Holds services in English every Sunday was to be pulled along behind son extends a helping hand while he was away on a busi- at ten o’clock at night, I got the morning at 10:00 at Mikael Agricola church a speed boat on the mighty as I lay on the ground with my ness trip. (“Yes, I’ve been re- ironing board out to take the Tehtaankatu 23, 00140 Helsinki Murray River. Cross-country skis twisted like a ‘Twizzler’. ally busy with the kids”... wax off my skis. www.anglican.fi skiing was as foreign to me But after a few more out- actually I booked a babysitter So now it is with a heavy All are Welcome! as salmiakki and saunas. ings I got better. The hills so I could go out skiing with a heart that I watch the tem- But it has become a per- didn’t seem so steep any- friend.) peratures rise and the snow sonal revelation. Cross-coun- more. I wasn’t falling over so And I have been late pick- slowly melting. I know that HOME MAINTENANCE try skiing requires balance much and I began to revel in ing up my daughter from pre- my skiing odyssey must and stamina (two things I se- my own personal victories. school. (Ok, it is a bit hard to come to an end. I know deep verely lacked before I started) As time went on I found come up with an excuse here down, that this is probably a and the use of muscles I never myself neglecting all other when I am dressed head-to- good thing (for me and every- BY OZZIE SERVICES knew I had. The arena for the duties and telling a few white toe in my ski outfi t and boots. one around me). But for now • Painting • Wallpaper • Plastering • Small repairs sport is simply spectacular – lies just so that I can slip on I may as well have skied right I say keep snowing so I can • Home and office cleaning snow-laden tracks through for- those aesthetically chal- up to the school.) keep skiing. Contact: David 050 431 8621 ozzie.services@elisanet.fi In this series expatriates tell about their lives in Finland. HONEST AND RELIABLE SERVICE IN THE GREATER HELSINKI AREA 035535-1013

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LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / FRANKO LEE FRIDAY Models present the creations by Chinese fashion house BIFT & Taiwan USC Gradu- ates Show during the China Fashion Week in Beijing on 26 March. The bi-annual fashion event highlights the latest designs by do- mestic and international designers.

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Protestors wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon "Hands up", an art work by Brazilian artist Miguel Sanchez, is on A female Osprey returns to its nest in Loch of Lowes, Dunkeld, Perth- Brown queue in front of a giant toilet outside the Houses of Parlia- display at the exhibition "The Bra: The Battle Continues - Campaign shire, Scotland on 24 March, following a 4,828 km migration from West ment in London, on 22 March. Protestors urged the Prime Minister to Against Breast Cancer" at the Casarao Brasil Association, on 23 Africa. The bird, thought to be the oldest breeding female of its kind tackle the global sanitation crises as they observe World Water Day. March in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The exposition is part of the Breast Can- ever recorded in the UK, has returned for the 20th consecutive year to cer Prevention campaign. the Loch of Lowes Wildlife reserve, astonishing wildlife experts. This Osprey is estimated to be 25 years old, over three times the average lifespan of an Osprey.

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Twin six-month-old polar bear cubs play in the city zoo in St Pe- Bikers ride their motorcycles during the official opening of Moto Finland's Laura Lepistö performs during the exhibition gala of the tersburg on 25 March. The cubs, given birth by their mother Usla- season 2010 in Sofia on 27 March. More than 10,000 bikers from all World Figure Skating Championships on 28 March at the Palavela da, were allowed to walk in an open-air cage for the first time since around the country gathered for the annual event. ice-rink in Turin. their birth, local media reported.