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Majority of young adults place high value on work

ANNUKKA KOSKELA – STT with the latter coming ﬁ rst for the HT majority. Young workers’ commitment TALK OF work-shy and pampered to their own employment shows youth does not reﬂ ect the reality signs of increasing, according to the of the majority. According to statis- study. Amongst the Finnish popula- LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO tics, attitudes towards work among tion overall the willingness to seek

young people have not become any a change of jobs has decreased, LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / WOLFGANG KUMM more negative over the past two but this is especially true of young decades. employees. According to the study Nuori ta- “This fi nding doesn’t support the sa-arvo (Youth Equality), carried out assumption that young workers are and published by Statistics Finland, overly choosy when it comes to their a growing majority of youths and place of employment,” Lehto writes. young adults between the ages of The comparative study is based 15 and 34 consider work to be an ex- on statistics collected by Statistics tremely important part of life. Finland in the years from 1990 to “It’s misleading to claim that 2008 inclusive. The data covers on- work has become less important ly employees who were not studying for young people, and that this is at the same time. a major cause for concern when it comes to possible labour shortages,” Statistics Finland research di- This issue of Helsinki Times The FIN-FSA Director General Anneli Tuominen. Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. rector Anna-Maija Lehto writes in has a special the publication. More important to working life theme. young people than work, however, For more articles, see 18-21. are leisure activities and family life, Rumours lift markets as Party’s own fears for its future and Strained the looming local elections, to be held in autumn 2012. banks come under scrutiny relations in Halla-aho also reacted to talk of a widening rift within The Finns, with DAVID J. CORD “I don’t really understand how an- rious strains upon the European the Opposition the party supposedly being increas- HELSINKI TIMES yone in Brussels and the EC can raise banking system. One part of the ru- ingly split between a “Halla-aho such a silly idea without understand- moured plan includes recapitalising HEIDI EKDAHL – STT wing” and a “Soini wing”. In Halla- THE HELSINKI stock market jumped ing the construction of the EFSF,” said some banks that could take cata- HT aho’s view talk of a rift is “propagan- almost 6 per cent to start the week. German Finance Minister Wolfgang strophic losses on their holdings of da created by the media, who have Investors were cheered by rumours Schäuble in a speech in Berlin. Greek debt. The Finnish Financial THE FINNS PARTY’S Member of Par- started to believe in it themselves.” that European offi cials were fi nally Despite public disavowals of at Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) liament Jussi Halla-aho respond- Halla-aho says that his two- working on a decisive solution to the least part of the rumoured plan, mar- gave their opinion about the situ- ed sharply to recent criticism by week suspension from the parlia- long-running sovereign debt crisis. kets continued to rally. Finnish ten- ation a day after the recapitalisa- the chairperson of the Centre Party mentary group has not affected his The rumour, fi rst reported by the year government bonds, which are tion rumours gained widespread Mari Kiviniemi. work. The suspension ends this Fri- BBC, included a signifi cant Greek viewed as a safe investment, expe- attention. Kiviniemi claimed last week that day, and was imposed by The Finns default of about 50 per cent of its rienced massive drops in price as in- “The Finnish fi nancial sector co-operation between the two oppo- parliamentary group in response to debt. On Tuesday, Yle reported that vestors sold bonds and moved back must prepare for a prolongation of sition parties is diffi cult due to the Halla-aho’s comments on Facebook Tuomas Pöysti of the National Au- into more risky assets, such as stocks. the debt crisis, although the capital Finns’ “Halla-aho wing.” Her criti- that a military junta was needed in dit Offi ce explained to Parliament’s The enthusiasm may be short- adequacy of the sector as a whole is cism came in the wake of Halla-aho’s Greece to deal with the situation. audit committee that Finland was lived. The Pellervo Economic Re- currently fairly good,” says Director controversial comments on Greece, The Finns Party’s leader Timo Soi- unlikely to ever be paid back in full search (PTT) group is forecasting General Anneli Tuominen. with the former prime minister ni’s presidential bid is a good opportu- by Greece. The committee debat- another recession in 2012 for The FIN-FSA explains that Finn- charging that the Halla-aho wing nity to bring EU-critical perspectives ed whether Finland should already Finland. ish banks have 9.4 billion euros in was “playing a dangerous game with to the fore, Halla-aho thinks. “Fin- write off some 890 million euros in “The Finnish economy will con- excess of the minimum capital re- the basic principles of democracy.” land’s relation to the European Union loans to the struggling country. tract 1.5 per cent next year due to quirements. The agency also says it Halla-aho responded that co-op- and to European integration will cer- Also, the plan supposedly in- the Euro area debt crisis,” PTT’s Re- has begun enhanced monitoring of eration between his and Kiviniemi’s tainly be a topic of discussion during volved a massive increase in the search Director Markus Lahtinen fi nancial sector players. If the crisis parties would indeed be diffi cult – the presidential campaign.” bail-out fund, a suggestion which bluntly predicted last week. continues, they believe it will affect not for the reason Kiviniemi gave, More about Timo Soini’s presi- Germany fi ercely rejected on Another recession, coupled with the real economy. he said, but because of the Centre dential gambit on page 5. Tuesday. a sovereign default, could put se- Read more on page 12.

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step involved, avoiding the the faculty discussed mat- possibility of missing an es- ters concerning the school’s sential link. student council. I was able to see that a lot of planning LOOKING at the Finnish text- was involved and that teach- books, I saw that the basics ers have to sacrifi ce their Brendan O’Sullivan is a mathematics teacher at Bruce College, Cork, Ireland. He is involved are drilled at an early age. own time to ensure that all with the Irish Mathematics Teachers’ Association and has had a number of articles relating to Students move through key of the relevant people are mathematics education published over the years. Currently, he serves as the national secretary concepts at a much slower able to attend the required of the organisation and is very involved with professional development for teachers. pace than the Irish student meetings and give their con- does. For example, we cover tributions. My contact, Fre- the rules of powers at a brisk drik Hagelstam, also stayed pace and expect our stu- after school to work on Ad- dents to fairly rapidly be able vanced Placement calculus to distinguish between the with a student who had re- different types of rules and turned from the US just a few Lessons from the Finnish classroom when to apply them, while years ago. It was interesting much coverage of material as ing between these different the Finnish student will ap- to see how they worked co- possible. Finnish students are types of thought they are able proach one rule at a time operatively towards solv- A visiting teacher from Ireland shares his responsible for covering the to fi nd a route towards solv- and look at it from all sorts ing problems and trying reflections on Finnish teaching methods. exercises and asking ques- ing the problem that they had of different angles to ensure different techniques to an- tions when they need to, while not considered before. In the that they have a thorough swer questions. the Irish student is policed, Irish mathematics classroom, grasp of what is involved. It coaxed and urged to attain we are more concerned with is telling that this topic caus- THE PISA assessments demon- THE FINNISH education- no standardised tests in Fin- the required understanding. the correct method and en- es problems for students at strate that the Irish education al system is different from land and teachers have the suring that students practise senior cycle in Ireland, given system does not enable our that of many other countries, freedom to set their own as- A KEY difference is that the it suffi ciently to enable them that they have missed a vital students to compete, and mul- in that compulsory educa- sessments in order to fi nd out Finnish classroom has small to replicate it accurately. link for understanding some- tinational corporations keep tion doesn’t start until sev- how the students are doing. numbers. I did not enter a where along the road. reminding us of this. Howev- en years of age with, at most, The curriculum is broadly de- Finnish classroom that had THE INTRODUCTION to eve- er, this is just one aspect of a one year of pre-school ed- fi ned and teachers have the more than 19 students. It ry topic is rooted in real- STUDENTS do very little much larger issue. We clearly ucation. Lower school runs freedom to tailor the pace of would be extremely rare to life contexts. For example, homework in Finland. They need our students to have the from the age of 7 up to 16. Ed- their teaching to the needs of fi nd a mathematics class that I watched an introductory are given a worksheet or a skills of communication, col- ucation at high school, be- their students. In Ireland, by small in Ireland. It is unfortu- lesson on Pythagoras’s The- set number of exercises to laboration, technology and, tween the ages of 16 to 19, is contrast, we have to move at nate that our class sizes are orem to 14-year-olds. The be completed by a particu- most importantly, creativi- not compulsory but nearly a steady speed in order to cov- rising and will continue to students were given an over- lar date. In Ireland, we set a ty. We have to ask if the Leav- every student completes it. er all the material required for rise in the future. Personally, I view of the history and ap- lot more homework for our ing Certifi cate in its current There are no formal tests or the external assessments. believe it highly unlikely that plication of the item before students and this invaria- format and our dwindling re- national examinations until any efforts to promote prob- they dealt with the actu- bly means that our students sources are suffi cient to ad- matriculation. WHEN I asked about account- lem-solving will be successful al mathematics involved. In have to rush through it. The dress the current imbalance. ability, I was informed that with such a large student co- this sense, the students nev- Irish students simply do not Can teachers somehow mag- I WAS a guest at Helsinki’s Finland does not have an in- hort squashed together. er question the purpose of a have suffi cient time to re- ically impart the necessary English School, where stu- spectorate. It is not easy to lesson because they have a fl ect on what they are doing skills with huge class num- dents are taught from pre- become a teacher in Finland. THERE IS a greater empha- clear understanding of how while they try to balance the bers while endeavouring to school all the way up to All teachers have to earn a sis on the process than the something is used and why demands of all the different meet the needs of the end-of- matriculation, with a partic- master’s degree before they answer in the Finnish class- it was developed. In the case subjects. Does this mean that term exams? While specifi c ular emphasis on the medium are eligible for employment. room. In Ireland, our stu- of Pythagoras, students were the Finnish students have a attention is being paid to the of English. From the moment Teaching is a highly respect- dents are always asking, “is told about the Egyptian rope- longer school year or spend problems surrounding STEM that I arrived at the school, I ed profession and they are that right?” They don’t real- stretchers and how they more hours in school during (science, technology, engi- was made welcome by all of keen to attract the bright- ly think about how they ar- constructed a right angle in the day? No. Finnish students neering and mathematics), the staff and given full ac- est talents into it. There was rive at the answer, preferring order to build the pyramids. spend less time in class than we still have to think about the cess to the classroom. As a a strong focus on the word to concentrate on the bottom They were told that Pythago- students in any OECD country. other skills and how our edu- maths teacher, I was partic- “trust” when I asked how the line. The emphasis in Finland ras’s Theorem was one of the It’s recognised that students cation system is going to pro- ularly interested in how they system operated. Members is on the understanding of a most important mathemat- require time to pursue their mote those. conducted their classes so I of the school community vis- problem, looking at things ical formulae and that they own interests and hobbies. I shadowed the teachers dur- ibly desire to live up to the in different ways and try- would use it over 2,000 times noticed a strong commitment IS FINLAND better at math- ing their daily routine. Dur- trust placed in them. ing out alternative methods. in the rest of their school ca- to music across Helsinki, ematics than Ireland? From ing my time at the school, I If a student doesn’t under- reer! Exercises involved the something that is encouraged my experiences, I can easily was able to watch and partic- IN THE maths classes that I stand something, the teacher stump of a fallen tree and through the high number of answer that it is not. Howev- ipate in classes for students observed, I noticed a number will provide opportunities to having to work out the height state-subsidised, specialised er, the Finnish people are far aged between 13 and 19. of differences from the Irish view it differently by asking of the original tree. No dia- music schools throughout the better at solving problems system. Students are allowed insightful questions or con- grams are provided, with the country. If students miss a les- and thinking outside the box. ONE OF the most striking dif- to progress at a pace that suits necting it to another concept students having to visualise son, then it’s their responsibil- It appears that the Finnish ferences was that there was them. When the teacher has that the student can grasp the problem for themselves. ity to make up the time. I think education system has dis- less emphasis on testing in outlined the objective of the more readily. If they can’t un- When it came to making use there’s a much stronger mes- covered how to prepare its Finland than in Ireland. If lesson, students are given a derstand something algebra- of the square root, students sage in Finland that students children for the world that you enter a secondary level group of exercises that they ically, the teacher asks them were not instructed to use it have to be self-suffi cient. awaits them. They are given class in Ireland, you will hear can complete as they wish. In to verbalise the problem in and were essentially led to the skills and are equipped to some reference to the Jun- the Irish classroom, the stu- their own words. If this does the need for it. Students are LIKE in Ireland, Finnish use the knowledge that is im- ior or Leaving Certifi cate and dents are encouraged to move not shed any light, then they provided with every oppor- teachers are busy. I attend- parted to them in a way that their importance. There are together so as to facilitate as look at it graphically. By shift- tunity to understanding each ed a working lunch where ours are not.

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During question time, Government Mari Kiviniemi (Centre) ex- Isolation a widespread pressed doubt as to whether the government had prepared makes plans for a variety of responses to a problem among the elderly new economic slump. Katai- nen assured the party leader, f o r s t a v i n g o f f whose post he now occupies, A recent survey estimates that there are 24,000 elderly people in that this was indeed the case. “It’s perfectly clear that Finland with no social contact, and life in an increasingly high-tech renewed recession we’ve made preparations society seems to increase their isolation. for a possible coming crisis. If the economic situation takes a downturn, we’ll take JUSSI LANKINEN – STT have the least social connec- Around one-third of respond- further action to cope with HT tions and those who leave ents reported getting external that.” Finland will not be al- the house seldom. Barely a help with everyday routines lowed to get deeper into debt, THE INTERNET is of little help quarter of respondents in the like housework and shopping. Katainen emphasised. to those elderly persons who same age group own a com- Of the two-thirds who do not Kiviniemi remained scep- are most in need of the help it puter, and only one-fi fth of receive such help, 12 per cent tical, however. “It’s impor- could provide them. According over-85s have an internet felt they would need it. tant that the government can to the KÄKÄTE user-friendly connection. A fi fth of those “Approximately 30,000 provide concrete assurance technology project, run by the over 75s use no information elderly persons receive LEHTUKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO through its actions that we will Union for Senior Services, el- technology devices. no outside help at all, and get through the current crisis derly persons who live alone According to the survey, 24,000 have no social con- as well. The only option being and those who are in poor elderly internet users most- tact,” according to Juhani offered at the moment is that health are currently unable to ly use it to fi nd information. Pehkonen of TNS Gallup. The Former prime minister Mari Kiviniemi (Centre) expressed doubts if things get worse, there’ll be take advantage of the benefi ts Of those with an internet things most weighing on the about the government’s ability to deal with a new economic more cuts,” she criticised. offered by the internet. connection one-third re- minds of the survey respond- slump during last week’s question time. Katainen maintains how- According to a TNS Gallup ported using email, and half ents are their own health and ever that the measures now study commissioned by the use online banking servic- its deterioration. A quarter of HANNU KUPARINEN, According to Minister of being taken are largely simi- RISTO JUSSILA – STT Union, those in the 75-89 age es. The survey covered 800 respondents said they had no HT Economic Affairs Jyri Häkä- lar to those taken when Kivi- group who make least use of persons between the ages of major concerns. mies (NCP), the government niemi headed the government the internet are those who 75 and 89 and living in their The survey suggests that will continue to its current fi - until earlier this year. own homes. In the survey it those with the most social THE COALITION government nancing of the trade cycle of “The only exception is is noted that having left out connections and with next has announced measures to en- state-owned fi nance compa- that right now the same sort those elderly who are in poor of kin are happiest with their sure that businesses will not go ny Finnvera, and will contin- of resuscitation measures health or who living in nurs- lives. The most carefree co- bankrupt in the event of a wors- ue also to provide capital to aren’t possible. Of course, ing homes is likely to give a hort among the respond- ening economic situation. The Finnish Industry Investment that makes the future awful- somewhat over-optimistic ents is men over the age of plans were decided upon last Ltd. The practice for provid- ly uncertain.” picture of the broader reali- 85 who have worked in lead- Thursday by the ministerial ing guarantees to the export Katainen admitted that ty concerning computer and ership positions or positions committee on economic policy. sector will be reformed in or- economic balancing meas- internet use among the aged. of trust at some point in their Prime Minister Jyrki der to improve their ability to ures can sound unpalatable:

LEHTIKUVA / KALLE PARKKINEN KALLE / LEHTIKUVA younger years. Katainen (NCP) stated during compete with those of other “But it should also be seen as Social contact vital “It should be kept in parliamentary question time countries. a way of taking responsibili- According to the survey, old- mind however that at that that the measures contained “The aim is to help via- ty and a way of creating con- er persons who have regular age, extensive memory loss in the new contingency plan ble businesses over a rough ﬁ dence that the country will contact with others feel better has often started to set in,” are similar to those used dur- patch, including during the not be allowed to sink into in control of their own lives. Pehkonen remarks. ing the 2008 recession. present trade cycle. spiralling debt.”

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Kyllönen declined to comment on the troubled renew- VR rail monopoly to al of VR’s ticket system that is currently underway, claim- ing that it was a matter for the minister responsible for own- hold firm, says minister ership steering in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce, Minister for International Development Unending problems with the national rail company have many train Heidi Hautala (Greens). commuters wishing for an end to VR’s hold on the sector. The ongoing rail problems will be signifi cantly alleviat- ed by the extra 20 million eu- PEKKA POHJOLAINEN – STT al rail system to private op- opening of the rail network ros that have been allocated HT erators, despite widespread to competition would require for railtrack maintenance in dissatisfaction with the extensive preliminary analy- the coming year’s budget, Ky- MINISTER FOR Transport and state-run provider VR. sis of economic, staffi ng and llönen believes. The additional Communications Merja Kyl- In a press conference in track safety questions. Ky- funds will be put into repair- Eurooppasali lönen (LA) says there are Helsinki last week, Kyllönen llönen has no intentions to ing the worst 30 kilometres or no plans to open the nation- stated that step-by-step set this particular ball rolling so of frost-damaged track, re- during her time in offi ce. placing support wiring on 100 “Competing companies km of track, and replacing 150 is open! would not in practice bring kilometres of rails. a more frequent service, but According to the minis- Address: Malminkatu 16, Helsinki would only fragment the ex- ter, there is plenty of room isting amount of connections. for improvement and expan- Unfortunately we don’t at the sion of railway yard main- moment have the railway yard tenance and changeover Coming up in the programme: capacity for more trains.” zones in order to resolve the Opening the rail network worst bottlenecks. The steer- 26.9.-13.10. LEHTTIKUVA / KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ0 to competition would require ing system for long-distance extensive investment in rail- rail traffi c was renewed this Polish Embassy presents: way yards, says Kyllönen. year, but the 40-year-old $UWH[KLELWLRQRI:LNWRU-HU]\-ĊGU]HMDN “The existing contracts for steering system in the Hel- ³7KURZQ$ZD\2EMHFWV´ long-distance train services sinki railyard is also in need are in effect until 2019, so be- of renewal. The latter system Throughout the year VR has had to contend with various prob- fore that at least there is no has been the key element in Thu 13.10. 11.00-13.00 lems such as delays, staff shortages and, most recently, technical prospect of opening the sys- many of VR’s ongoing prob- 6HPLQDU&URDWLDDQG(80HPEHUVKLS problems with ticket sales. tem to private providers.” lems, says Kyllönen. 2SSRUWXQLWLHVDQG5HVSRQVLELOLWLHV of the railway worker’s union Thu 13.10. 18.00-20.00 VR ticket office staff seek compensation Rautatieläisten Liitto. Croatian Film night: Mauriala is also critical of ANNIINA LUOTONEN – STT Spokesperson Tar- be stretched to breaking point,” VR’s effi ciency programme, µ-XVWEHWZHHQXV¶E\5DMNR*UOLF HT ja Turtiainen of Rautatiev- she warns. Conductors have al- which is aimed at reducing SUHVHQWHGE\WKH(PEDVV\RI&URDWLD irkamiesliitto, the professional so been in the fi ring line, with the company’s overall work- VR TICKET sales personnel organisation for clerical work- customers taking their frustra- force by 1,200 between 2009 hope the company will re- ers in the rail sector, says that tions out on them. and 2012. Fri 18.11. 18.00-20.00 munerate them for the extra it would be reasonable for VR “What passengers think of The pace of the layoffs Spanish literature night work caused by the renewal to compensate the affected VR is what our organisation’s has been too fast, in his view, *XVWDYR&RQVXHJUDSUHVHQWVQHZQRYHO of the ticket system. The tick- employees for the extra diffi - members have to deal with with remaining workers now et staff have had a hard time culties they’ve faced. Turtiain- every day in their work. It’s having to do overtime even +LVWRULDVGH)DODFLD recently, both in coping with en is concerned for the welfare seen in customer feedback on outside of rush times. the technical problems that of the staff if the current ticket board the trains, and in gener- “Things at VR are getting $OOHYHQWVDUHIUHHRIFKDUJHDQGRSHQWR have dogged the upgrades system problems drag on. al throughout VR personnel’s to the stage that the work and with bearing the brunt of “If the coming winter brings working environment,” says is being done on a skeleton HYHU\ERG\:HOFRPH passengers’ frustration. even more problems, then we’ll Vesa Mauriala, spokesperson staff.”

6HHHYHQWFDOHQGDUDW ZZZHXURSDUO¿HXURRSSDVDOL Most online sex offences go unreported )LQGXVDOVRRQ)DFHERRN ANNUKKA KOSKELA – STT for sex crimes take place every Another major diffi culty is strictions on children’s on- Eurooppasali - Europasalen or HT year. But last year, for example, that children or minors who line activity. She emphasises Euroopan parlamentti - Europaparlamentet fewer than 200 complaints of fall victim to sexual abuse do that the internet has already ONLINE SEXUAL harassment internet-based sexual exploi- not always understand the become an important part of of children and teenagers is tation of minors were reported criminal nature of what has the social world of children 'R\RXZDQWWRRUJDQLVH\RXUHYHQWDW brought to the attention of to the police nationwide,” says happened. In Laiho’s view, mi- and teenagers. (XURRSSDVDOL"&RQWDFW the police extremely rarely, Police Sergeant Marko Forss of nors and children are invaria- “Ground rules should cer- FRPPUHSKHOHSV#HFHXURSDHX according to a survey just re- the virtual police unit. bly unable to treat luring and tainly be agreed upon, but leased. According to the on- sexual harassment as crimes nagging and fi nger-pointing tel. 09 6226 5421 line study, one-third of youths Impulsive acts for which the perpetrator is will only drive children fur- under the age of 16 report- One-fi fth of survey respond- solely responsible. ther out of the reach of pared having been sent sexual- ents reported having used in- “To a certain degree chil- ents’ supervision and make ly explicit messages, pictures ternet cameras to engage in dren can be willing partic- kids less likely to be open or video material by someone online sexual displays with ipants, since sex holds a about what they experience,” signifi cantly older than them. persons signifi cantly older natural interest for them. But Laiho advises. A similar proportion reported than themselves. when things go too far, shame, She adds that the best ed- having been propositioned for “The most typical situa- guilt, and above all their own ucation in online security for sex by a stranger online. tion seems to be one where initial willingness to go along minors is normal parenting. Young internet users gen- a minor watches an adult un- with the practice prevents Just as they should be atten- erally keep quiet about the dressing or masturbating, them from telling anyone tive as to how their kids are sexual harassment they expe- although sometimes the old- what’s happened,” says Forss. getting on at school and in rience online, with almost half er person has managed to Eight per cent of survey their free time activities, so European Parliament of all respondents saying they get the minor or child to do respondents reported hav- parents should take an inter- never told anyone about it. something along these lines,” ing met in real life an oldest in their children’s online ,QIRUPDWLRQ2I¿FHLQ)LQODQG The online survey was according to Save the Chil- er person who has sexually experiences and activity. carried out jointly by the dren’s head of internet secu- propositioned them on the Forss suggests that par- Finnish branch of the Save rity Mari Laiho. internet, and three per cent ents should ask their kids to the Children organisation Indeed Laiho says that reported having had sex with show them their list of Fa- and the police via online so- webcams are a particular an adult whom they fi rst en- cebook and MSN Messenger cial media sites that are pop- source of worry when it comes countered online. friends and other social me- ular with young people. Over to online sex offences. A spur- dia contacts. He adds that 2,200 youths below the age of-the-moment decision to Nagging is young people tend to accept European Commission of 16 took part in the survey. bare themselves can result in counter-productive practically anybody as an on- “Based on the results, it’s years of grief for children or Despite the shocking fi nd- line “friend”, which signifi - 5HSUHVHQWDWLRQLQ)LQODQG evident that thousands of in- minors if the person watching ings of the survey, Laiho cantly increases the risk of cidents that fulfi l the criteria has saved the performance. warns against excessive re- sexual harassment. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 5

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU that Finland and the Nether- lands moved the goalposts in the middle of the game, as his CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY country has already shown that it meets the criteria for FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Schengen membership. “We’ve become a victim of PROTECT – RESPECT – REMEDY nationalism,” Tzvetanov said at a press conference. Welcome to the Finnish League for Human President of the Europe- an Parliament Jerzy Buzek Rights’ IV National Forum on Fundamental and says the position of Fin- Human Rights, on October 20th. land and the Netherlands is unfortunate. “On behalf of the European This year the Forum will focus on the corporate responsibility Parliament, I call for fairness to protect human rights and the implementation of the Unit- and European solidarity. We call on those Member States ed Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework. The UN that blocked [Romania and Framework, endorsed by the Human Rights Council in June Bulgaria’s] Schengen entry 2011, evokes the state duty to protect and the corporate re- Romania and Bulgaria meet the criteria set for entry into the Schengen Area, but Finland and the to reconsider their position,” sponsibility to respect all human rights in all business activi- Netherlands still feel the two Eastern European countries aren’t yet ready to be admitted. Buzek says in a press release. ties and operating contexts. “The European spirit that The Forum will include presentations and a high-level pan- keeps us together and makes el discussion by state, corporate, civil society and academic the EU so attractive as a com- experts. The event is organized in cooperation with the Erik Finland takes munity of values must pre- Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights. vail,” he adds.

Election The Forum is held on October 20th controversial EU stand result not a factor University of Helsinki main building Räsänen denies the charge small festive hall (pieni juhlasali) TUOMAS SAVONEN – STT Minister of the Interior borders due to issues with that Finland’s strict line was Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki ALLAN BAIN – HT Päivi Räsänen (CD), who rep- corruption. affected by the growth in 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM resented Finland at the meet- “It’s a question of trust. At popularity of The Finns Party, The Forum is held in English THE DECISION Finland and ing, admitted that the two this moment in time, Finland the ongoing immigration de- the Netherlands took last applicant states fulﬁ lled the doesn’t have a sufﬁ cient level bate, or Roma coming to Fin- Participation fee 25 € (Participation and refreshments only) Thursday to block Romania’s technical requirements for of trust in the ability of Bul- land from Romania. Räsänen Participation fee 50 € (Including a light lunch and refreshments) and Bulgaria’s membership Schengen membership but garia and Romania to cope claims that Finland’s position For a detailed programme of the event and registrations, of the Schengen Area has that the situation in these with this responsibility,” was decided on a long time caused an barrage of criti- countries had to be exam- Räsänen said. ago, before April’s parliamen- (by October 10th) please log on to cism. The widening of the ar- ined in its entirety. Räsänen tary elections. www.ihmisoikeusliitto.fi ea has now been postponed pressed Romania and Bulgaria Domestic politics key “The elections haven’t until some unknown future to speed up the development Romania’s Interior Minister changed Finland’s position; Seating is limited, please register early to ensure your attendance! date as a result of Finland of their legal systems and in- Traian Igas and his Bulgar- it’s only stayed the same,” and the Netherlands reject- tensify the battle against cor- ian colleague Tzvetan Tz- she states. Räsänen adds ing the move during a meet- ruption and organised crime. vetanov suggested while in that she isn’t concerned ing of interior ministers In the Minister’s opinion, Brussels that the Finnish and about the possibility of Ro- in Brussels. The Schengen Romania and Bulgaria are Dutch position has its roots mania and Bulgaria using Agreement eases movement not ready to take responsi- in domestic politics. Accord- economic means of retalia- between EU Member States. bility for the EU’s common ing to Tzvetanov, it’s unfair tion against the decision. MPs’ online posting continues to dog The Finns

ALLAN BAIN Writing on his Uusi Suo- the [derogative] term ‘jut- required the party to make a HELSINKI TIMES mi blog last week, James kut’ [for Jews] and ‘nekrut’ [for public statement. Hirvisaari MP described jour- black people]?” Hirvisaari pro- “I would say that may- ONLY a week after The Finns nalists working at the Parlia- vocatively writes. be what he wrote wasn’t en- Party’s Jussi Halla-aho was ment as “impudent, arrogant, Hirvisaari’s comments tirely serious,” the chair of The ejected from his party’s parlia- lying scumbags.” didn’t elicit anything close Finns Party’s parliamentary mentary group on account of In the same online post, to the same media response group, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lern- his Facebook comment about Hirvisaari commented on the that greeted news of Hal- er, claimed. Similar comments Greece needing to be ruled by use of the nickname “persut” la-aho’s aforementioned Fa- were made by members of the a military junta, another of the for The Finns Party. “If some- cebook post and the angry party two weeks ago in relation party’s MPs was in the news one writes about ‘persut’, then response of party leader to what they considered was for his online writings. it should be permissible to use Timo Soini to it, but they still Halla-aho’s use of black humour.

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least one of the party’s other A homegrown democratic deficit candidates in. But Soini is merely play- ALLAN BAIN riod but only completed two Finns’ eighth-most popular ing by the rules. Fellow pres- Who years before getting itchy candidate in Soini’s Uusimaa idential candidates Pekka Pia Pakarinen feet for the European Par- constituency. Haavisto (Greens) and Paavo SO TIMO SOINI (The Finns) liament. He was duly elected Soini won 43,437 of Väyrynen (Centre) can also From has fi nally done what every- in 2009 for a fi ve-year peri- 507,189 votes cast in Uusi- be accused of snubbing those Juuka one thought he’d do: he’s de- od but then decided the time maa and helped his party who supported them in April, cided to run as the party’s was right for a full-time re- gain seven of Uusimaa’s seats as Haavisto is a sitting MP and Famous for Being candidate in the upcoming turn to Finnish parliamenta- in Parliament with 18.8 per Väyrynen began his presiden- LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA Ex-Miss Finland presidential election. ry politics earlier this year. cent of the vote. However, if tial campaign at a time when Upon hearing Soini’s an- If I had voted for Soini in the votes for Soini are dis- he was actively seeking elec- nouncement on Saturday, any of these elections, I’d counted from both The Finns’ tion to the Parliament. Finnish political commenta- feel pretty cheated by my and the constituency’s to- Soini’s popularity and 20-year-old Pia Pakarinen, crowned Miss Finland in July, ab- tors started to ponder the ef- representative’s decision to tal fi gures, the party ends up how it secured one or more dicated her crown on live television last Friday. She was driv- fect this would have on the pass on his responsibilities with only 11.2 per cent, just seats for candidates few en to do so, she said, by the indifference of the Miss Finland race for the presidency as well to someone else in the par- above the Greens, who, with people actually wanted to organisation. as whether the party’s lead- ty who possessed less of a 9.1 per cent, were allocated see elected can be regard- Pakarinen caused a stir when she announced she wouldn’t er would be able to maintain mandate to sit in the rele- three seats. ed as a quirk of a candidate- be giving free interviews to domestic media, a move which party discipline while out on vant parliament. For exam- It should, of course, be based proportional electoral Miss Finland magnate Eino Makunen condemned as “unprec- the campaign trail. What no ple, if Soini, the country’s noted that many of these system, but when the vote- edented.” one was asking was, “Wasn’t top individual vote-win- 43,437 votes would’ve gone catcher himself can simply Pakarinen made her feelings about the scandal known on he elected to do another job a ner in April’s elections, be- to one of The Finns’ oth- walk off, leaving lesser pol- her Facebook page: “I’m amazed that I’m criticised for ask- mere fi ve months ago?” comes president next year, er candidates if Soini hadn’t iticians to do the job he was ing to be paid for the work I do. I’m not publicity-hungry, it’s Soini was elected in 2007 he will be replaced in Parlia- run, but it’s a fair estimate elected to do, we have a seri- work. And papers are sold for profit.” Pakarinen was succeed- to the Finnish Parliament for ment by Erkki Havansi, who, that Soini’s popularity was ous fl aw in the Finnish politi- ed on the throne by Sara Sieppi. the standard four-year pe- with 2,542 votes, was The responsible for getting at cal system on our hands. 6 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 DOMESTIC NEWS HELSINKI TIMES

Maija waited for several months in the Student Health Opinion divided over anti-depressants queue for analytical psychotherapy, but luckily found help much faster through some medication works, for family contacts. However others not. Some get more this type of therapy was, ac- out of therapy alone, while cording to Maija, “enough on- others benefi t best from a ly to keep me alive”, and that combination of medication the crucial help came much and therapy. It is thought later through solution-based that some people may have psychotherapy that was LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG a genetic disposition to- more interactive from the wards depression, although therapist’s side than the an- the most decisive causes alytical equivalent. However, are likely to be found deep- solution-based psychothera- er in the person’s psyche. The py is even harder to get than revelations by Kirsch and analytical therapy. his group may contribute to Dr Partonen also fi nds more versatile methods of state funding insuffi cient, treatment being favoured in as the queues for psycho- the future, perhaps including therapy are very long and physical exercise and long- patients are often forced term psychotherapy. to rely on antidepressants In fact, Dr Timo Parto- alone. “Unfortunately the nen, a senior physician at the ideal three-tiered treatment National Institute for Health of psychotherapy, medica- and Welfare, says that “the tion and peer group sessions most effective treatment can be hard to attain.” is a combination of thera- Finnish society now is far Depression is the most common reason for taking disability retirement in Finland. py, medication, and psycho- removed from what it was, social sessions with a peer say, 50 years ago. Nowadays, change her opinion on their group.” He also believes that increasingly fewer people The debate over the treatment of depression has been intensified by effectiveness. antidepressants can play an of working age have experi- important role for many suf- ence of severe illness. Many one specialist’s claims that current anti-depressants are little more An ill-defined problem fering from depression, and people now experience death than placebos. The Finnish healthcare sys- would not be ready to exclude close up only around middle tem uses a three-tiered scale their use. age, when their own parents for the diagnosis of depres- die. The lack of negative ex- HANNA OVASKAINEN, dom of Information Act to pressants – that is, it also sion. In addition, there is a Hardened society periences on one hand, and JENNI TORISEVA HELSINKI TIMES get access to unpublished stimulates nerve growth in whole plethora of guidelines The phenomenon of medi- weak and distant family ties studies of the effects of the the brain. Physical exercise within the system as to the calisation has been a top- on the other are believed to medication. According to his also has this affect, accord- type and duration of symp- ic of discussion in the social be important reasons for the IN 2010, the cost of anti-defi ndings, in cases of mild de- ing to other studies, while toms that can be classifi ed as sciences for some time. The present-day prevalence of pressants for 433,700 users pression, the treatments are still others have found that depression. term is used to refer to the depression. was subsidised by the So- no more effective than pla- to some extent vitamin D It has generally been tendency to treat new prob- cial Insurance Institution of cebos. Moreover, the use of also helps in preventing thought that for the suffer- lems affecting people as pri- Finland (Kela). The amount painkillers simultaneously depression. er to get any signifi cant ben- marily challenges for the of people in Finland on an- weakens the effect of anti- Maija, whose name has efi t from medication, he or medical profession. ti-depressants has grown depressants even further. been changed at her request, she has to be diagnosed with Somewhat paradoxically, steadily since the start of It was long believed that was diagnosed with moder- at least mid-level depression. shortage of resources in the the millennium. It is only anti-depressants work by ate depression seven years Feeling glum, in other words, medical sector can be a fac- now that debate has become improving the transmission ago and found antidepres- is no reason to begin anti-de- tor driving medicalisation: heated, however, following of serotonin in the brain. sants especially helpful with pressants. It is important al- when healthcare profession- LEHTIKUVA / MIRJA OJALA allegations by professor of Later, however, neuroscien- the physical problems de- so to the effectiveness of the als have insuffi cient time psychology Irvin Kirsch of tists came to the view that pression caused, such as in- treatment that there is a re- for attending to a depres- the University of Hull in the the medications also promot- somnia. “In just a couple of lationship of trust between sive patient’s problems, pre- UK that the majority of anti- ed the growth of nerve cells, weeks of starting with the the patient and the doctor or scribing medication can be depressants are placebos or which took the development antidepressants I could sleep psychiatrist prescribing and an easy way out. This prob- dummy treatments. of anti-depressants in a dif- again and felt physically bet- monitoring the treatment. lem has come to the fore in Kirsch bases his claims on ferent direction. ter in general.” Maija believes Therapy also has a major role recent discussions of health- a broad analysis of previous It has been shown in sev- that the antidepressants did to play in the treatment of un- care funding in this country. The amount of people in Fin- studies on the effects of anti- eral separate studies that have a real effect on her and ipolar, or clinical, depression. Broad-scale societal trends land on anti-depressants has depressants. Kirsch’s rese- fish oil has similar effects says that publications such There are no sure-fi re may also have their part to grown since the start of the arch group used the UK Free- to many synthetic anti-de- as that of Irvin Kirsch do not treatments, however. For play. millennium.

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helsinki.fi/admissions 8 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY AINO BAIN AAMULEHTI 24 September COLUMNREADER’S LETTERS Applications flood in for A pain in the fundament ‘resident granny’ position THE PARTY Perussuomalaiset has changed their offi cial English-language name recently and it irks me to no end “THE TAMPERE-BASED IT com- through them. The job of the that they have translated their name to be simply The pany Bitwase’s search for a resident granny would in- Finns. Not only is this deceptive to foreign media who ‘resident granny’ for the fi rm volve making coffee for visi- could easily misinterpret The Finns to represent the en- has generated a lot of inter- tors and tidying up. He or she tire Finnish population. My understanding of Finnish law est after it published a the job could also go to the shop and in naming political parties is that they must differentiate AFP / LEHTIKUVA / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI advertisement on Wednes- make sandwiches for meet- their party clearly from others, not to let anyone be mis- day [21 September]. ings. The job ad was described construed. The only reason The Finns get away with this As many as 140 people in Thursday’s Aamulehti. is because this law apparently doesn’t cover English-lan- EU commissioner Olli Rehn during a seminar at the annual Inter- had applied for the job by Fri- Most of the applicants guage names of political parties. national Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings on 24 Sep- day. The CEO of Bitwise said were women. Their ages As the primary source of English news in Finland, Hel- tember in Washington, DC. on Saturday that 40 of the ap- ranged from 25 to 68. The sinki Times should come up with their own name for the plications already seemed in- application period closes on Perussuomalaiset. My suggestion would be “The Funda- HELSINGIN SANOMAT 24 September. teresting after a cursory look Wednesday.” mental Finns”. We, as English speakers in Finland, should TUOMAS NISKAKANGAS take charge of our own language and not leave it in the hands of extreme-right politicians such as Jussi Halla- ILTASANOMAT 24 September. LEENA KOSKELA Aho and Teuvo Hakkarainen. Timo Soini might be able to deceive his own people with his fear-driven, unsubstan- Rehn: World’s economic tacted the dark beauty sev- tiated claims and rhetoric but I refuse to call this party Iltalehti: eral times. The Finns. This is a mockery of the English language, and decision-makers ‘very ‘He told me he was plan- a mockery to the 80 per cent of Finnish people who didn’t S ar a S ie p p i ning a new movie, in which vote for The Finns. concerned’ he had a role for me. Later it Benjamin Pang t e l l s o f s h a d y turned out that he had ap- “THE ATMOSPHERE at the IMF have pressed Europe to deal proached many young girls and World Bank’s meetings with problems more quickly. offers the same way and that he had in Washington, DC has been ‘Sure, us Europeans have other things in mind than READER’S LETTERS one of ‘much concern’, says received a lot of good advice “THE NEW Miss Suomi, Sara just making movies,’ divulg- European Commissioner for – and also support,’ Rehn Sieppi, wants to warn oth- es Sara. Helsinki Times wants your views on Economic and Financial Af- said about the pressure being er young girls by speaking She advises young girls current issues and comments on news fairs Olli Rehn. applied to key eurozone deci- about her own experiences. to ignore strange-sounding Rehn told Helsingin Sa- sion-makers like himself. Sieppi, who recently inherit- proposals straight away.” articles as well as anything of interest nomat in Washington that According to Rehn, to ed the crown of Miss Suomi from a multicultural perspective. the world’s economic deci- avoid a recession will require from Pia Pakarinen, reveals Comments should be no longer than 2,000 characters sion-makers are perturbed eurozone countries to balance in interview with Iltalehti by the eurozone’s debt cri- state fi nances and implement that even before taking over with spaces. Writers should include their name, address sis spreading. However, structural reforms. Countries as Miss Suomi she received and possible daytime telephone number. Helsinki Times Rehn still believes that a such as Italy and Spain have suspect messages. will not give the information to third parties. Pseudo- new recession in Europe can already taken these steps. ‘One photographer got nyms will be accepted only in exceptional cases. be avoided ‘with wise and, Before the interview, in touch with me over Face- Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject above all, quick decisions.’ Rehn attended a breakfast book, wanting me to pose submissions, and to edit and shorten all submissions Rehn took part in meet- for the meeting’s central de- in jeans ads. When I looked chosen for publication. ings held by the IMF and G20 cision-makers. Much was into it more closely, I real- Comments can be sent by e-mail to: in Washington, DC this week discussed about the building ised that I would have been

[email protected] amidst a crisis-fi lled atmos- of an ‘economic fi rewall’. expected to pose for him AFP / LEHTIKUVA / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI phere. The eurozone’s escalat- In practice, what’s being dressed in only tights,’ Sara ing debt crisis put pressure on attempted is the prevention tells the paper. markets and fuelled fears of re- of the disastrous situation in Also, a certain movie di- cession during the past week. Greece spreading to big euro- rector who has recently DO YOU LIVE IN HELSINKI, During the meetings, zone countries like Italy and caused a lot of sensation has, Sara Sieppi, the new Miss ESPOO, VANTAA OR leaders of the US and the IMF Spain.” according to Iltalehti, con- Suomi. KAUNIAINEN? TALOUSSANOMAT 25 September. JAN HURRI even useless: the crisis hasn’t ended – quite the opposite, it has worsened and spread. FIND OUT ABOUT THE Does Finland have even a Plan A? The crisis action taken so far has turned out to be al- SERVICES IN THE “MINISTER for Foreign Affairs ‘back-up plan’. Therefore, eco- eurozone countries, followed most dangerous for Finland. Erkki Tuomioja ‘disclosed’ in nomic experts have had to re- the EU and its biggest mem- The EU and the biggest mem- HELSINKI REGION AT his open internet diary that sort to guessing just like any ber countries’ Plan A. ber countries’ Plan A threat- Finland had a ‘Plan B’ for a ordinary citizen. The Minister’s hinting ens to pull Finland down into sudden worsening of the Eu- It’s great if Finland has about the need for a Plan B a quagmire of debt with the ropean economic crisis. a Plan B. It would be even confi rms suspicions that the crisis countries. Neither Tuomioja nor any greater if Finland also had a EU’s Plan A not working. The Maybe it’s time for Fin- Your guide to Finnish life, culture and customs other ministers have revealed Plan A of its own. Until now actions taken to alleviate the land to draw up its own Plan the contents of Finland’s Finland has, alongside other crisis have been ineffective or A? What would it look like?”

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HSL’s online Public Ticket type price calculator transport now surveys this serves tourists too more popular autumn The number of public transport us- In September HSL conducted a sur- ers in the HSL area continues to vey of the types of ticket most com- An English-language ticket To get the correct price grow. Based on statistics from the monly used by tram passengers in price counter is now availa- users need to know if they’ll ﬁ rst half of the year, HSL estimates Helsinki, and in October a similar sur- that the number of journeys made vey will be carried out on the Metro. ble on HSL’s website, making be using HSL services with- during 2011 as a whole will rise to a The survey was carried out by HSL’s the most aff ordable route to in Helsinki only, or with- new high of 336 million, an almost 3 ticket inspectors in the course of your destination quicker and in another HSL municipali- per cent increase on last year. their regular inspections. Tickets in- easier to plan than ever. ty or in a wider area. Ticket The number of journeys has spectors ask passengers to show grown for all forms of public trans- their tickets and state where they The price calculator allows prices vary according to portation, except for trams, where live and their destination. For your users to select tourist-ori- the area covered. there has been a slight drop on pas- own convenience, please keep tick- ented ticket types. Other To use the service, go to senger numbers this year. Two rea- ets and Travel Cards close to hand so options in the price calcu- www.hsl.ﬁ /EN and click on sons for this decrease are the diffi - as to ensure there are no undue de- cult weather conditions last winter, lays. lator are season ticket pric- Price Calculator. The prices and the extensive maintenance work The information collected will be es (14-366 days), and single are also given in table form carried out on tram lines over the used for a variety of purposes, in- tickets and value tickets in- in the Tickets and prices summer. cluding planning and development tended for one-off journeys. section. of transport services. 10 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 HELSINKI TIMES From Helsinki

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Obama, and I am ready to others, including Europeans, LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN sign on this speech with both will lose patience, and pursue hands,” said Israeli Foreign alternatives to direct negoti- Minister Avigdor Lieber- ations, including at the UN,” JIM LOBE man, the leader of the far- according to Daniel Levy, a IPS right Yisrael Beiteinu party, former Israeli peace nego- while Netanyahu himself tiator now based at the New THE RIGHT-WING government called Obama’s address “a America Foundation. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is pleased with US President Barack Obama’s latest of Israeli Prime Minister Bin- badge of honour”. So why did Obama ca- address on the subject of Palestinian statehood. yamin Netanyahu could not “Listening to him, you pitulate so abjectly to be more pleased. would think it was the Pal- Netanyahu? While his ad- Jewish donors who account their vote, according to exit tee do successfully is to con- Not only did US president estinians who occupy Israel,” ministration’s defenders for as much as 50 per cent of polls. While there has indeed vince both the White House Barack Obama repeat that said Hanan Ashrawi, a vet- claim it has everything to all contributions to national been substantial erosion in and Congress that every dol- “America’s commitment to Is- eran Palestinian stateswom- do with keeping the “peace Democratic campaigns. Jewish approval of Obama’s lar that comes from someone rael’s security is unshakea- an. “He presented a double process” alive, the answer is Since the beginning of performance, it has not been Jewish is about Israel, when, ble,” he also made clear in his standard when he disassoci- politics, or, more precisely, this year, Netanyahu’s Re- disproportionate to the loss in fact, most Jewish donors speech this week to the UN ated the Arabs’ fi ght for their the perceived power of the publican – and some Demo- of confi dence in his leader- are contributing because of General Assembly that Wash- freedom in the region from AIPAC-led Israel lobby in an cratic – allies have promoted ship by the public at large, a host of liberal causes they ington will veto any Pales- the Palestinian freedom election year. the notion that Obama’s al- according to a recent Gallup believe in – from social se- tinian application to the UN fi ghters, who dealt with the leged pressure on Israel to poll. curity and gay marriage to Security Council for statehood. occupation for 63 years.” Re-elections loom freeze settlements and take the environment,” Rosen- Not once did he refer to Given his fading approval other steps to advance the All about the money berg said. Jewish “settlements” on Pal- A painful forfeit ratings and an economy that “peace process” was sour- “It’s really about donors, “But I’m sure that Presi- estinian lands, nor did he By siding with Netanyahu shows no signs of substantial ing Jews, nearly 80 per cent not about votes,” said M.J. dent Obama believes that his even use the word “occupied” and against the Palestini- improvement any time soon, of whom voted for Obama in Rosenberg, a veteran Isra- fi nancial support from the to describe those lands and an bid for statehood, Obama the White House and Demo- 2008, on the president and el analyst. “The surrender Jewish community is heavi- their people. Nor was there a has forfeited Washington’s crats on Capitol Hill appear his party. we’ve been watching lately is ly contingent on his backing word about the plight of the 20-year exclusivity as bro- increasingly panicked over In fact, however, only sev- all about the money.” for Netanyahu,” according to people of Gaza, or about the ker of the “peace process” their re-election prospects in en percent of the mostly Or- “What AIPAC and oth- Rosenberg. “And right now, “1967 borders” as being the between the two parties – a November 2012. They will do thodox Jewish voters in that er key groups like the Anti- everything he does is moti- basis for any eventual two- point made by French Pres- nothing to alienate key con- election said Obama’s poli- Defamation League and the vated by his desire for a sec- state solution. ident Nicolas Sarkozy’s call stituencies, most especially cies toward Israel affected American Jewish Commit- ond term.”

inventories of Tamifl u, an infl uenza drug. The country currently has 20 million doses Southeast Asia fights mutant bird flu in its national stockpile. Vietnam has been the sec- of AI since a deadly strain ond-worst hit country in the was detected in 2003. region after Indonesia, with Veterinary experts in China and Vietnam are scrambling to produce a vaccine capable of In Indonesia, which has 59 deaths out of a reported beating a new strain of the deadly avian influenza virus. recorded 146 of the 331 119 people infected. The blow deaths worldwide from the to the country’s poultry in- H5N1 bird fl u virus, strength- dustry this year comes on that the AI virus strain is to announce plans to resume want to maintain that sta- ening domestic surveillance top of the estimated 63 mil- changing, mixing and re-as- vaccinating poultry in the tus,” Efren Nuestro, direc- and research to combat AI lion chickens that have been sorting.” She added that the coming months. tor of animal husbandry, told is now back on the national culled since 2004. virus was becoming “more China is playing down reporters after authorising agenda. Cambodia, an impover- virulent.” concerns about a mutant a quarantine order and a na- “We still need more funds ished country with limit- strain of H5N1, stating that tionwide watch on imported especially for research ac- ed resources to monitor AI, BANGKOK, THAILAND A break in the wall the current outbreak has poultry and wild birds. tivities,” health minister En- provides a grim reminder of Blame now falls on Vietnam- been detected among wild “All undocumented poul- dang Rahayu Sedyanhingsih H5N1’s lethality. This year ese authorities who suspend- birds, but admits that “some try shipments will be au- said. “We should stay on has seen eight people die MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR ed the mass vaccination of mutations of the virus” have tomatically destroyed,” guard.” from AI, the most recent fa- IPS poultry this spring in the been detected in poultry. Nuestro said. The meas- Thailand, where the virus tality being that of a six-year- country’s north and east, de- But the FAO is pursuing a ures will help the Philippines was eliminated through cull- old girl in August. Since 2005, THE FOOD and Agricultural spite the bird fl u being en- different tack, making an ap- maintain its record of not ing and stringent bio-securi- Cambodia has recorded 15 Organisation (FAO) reports demic in both regions. peal to countries in the re- having a single human case ty measures, is now assessing deaths. that a new mutant strain of “The reason forwarded by gion for better information the potentially deadly avian the government of Vietnam exchange after the emer- infl uenza (AI) virus has aris- is that the vaccines current- gence of the new sub-strain en in Asia. ly available are not able to in late August. KOIVISTO “Every year vaccine pro- adequately protect against ducers in China review what some of the newly emergent Support and solutions type of AI strain should be virus strains detected in the “We want countries to keep addressed,” says Wantanee north and the east,” states sharing virus information Kalpravidh, regional coor- the FAO’s Vietnam offi ce. The with the FAO,” says Wanta- dinator of the UN agency’s consequences of Vietnam’s nee. “Countries like Cambo- centre for trans-boundary breach were felt in poultry dia and Laos need support to animal disease. “The exist- farms, where thousands of monitor their poultry, including vaccines used in domes- chickens died from the mu- ing strengthening the sur- LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / ANTTI AIMO- tic poultry have been able to tant strain of H5N1bird fl u veillance mechanisms.” cover changes in the AI virus virus. It is a concern that has from 2004 till 2010.” Vietnam’s suspension of resonated with the region’s But detection of a mutant poultry vaccination also se ts governments. Calls to pro- strain of the virus in China it apart from the other bird tect the local poultry in- and Vietnam has proved ex- fl u-endemic countries – such dustry from the new AI isting vaccines ineffective. as Bangladesh, China, Egypt, sub-strain have triggered “They (existing vaccines) India and Indonesia – none extra vigilance in the Phil- are unable to protect poultry of which halted ongoing vac- ippines, which stands out as from the new strain,” Wan- cination campaigns. While bird fl u-free. tanee said. The emergence of its researchers work on a “The Philippines remains the mutant variety “confi rms new vaccine, Vietnam is yet free from bird fl u and we Flu drug Tamiflu is the last line of defence for nations threatened by new strains of avian influenza. 12 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

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

The coming recession THE FINNISH economy is looking increasingly shaky. Unsettling signs are becoming apparent, and fi nally an economic research institution has gone on record Police stand guard in Athens on 22 September as students and teachers protest against austerity measures and education reform. as predicting a recession next year. The business cycle always moves in, well, cycles, but what is worrying about this coming downturn is that we haven’t recovered from the last one. Rumours fly on Greek debt write-off THERE are a variety of methods economists use to pre- dict the economy. They are not all completely accurate, ty fund, since the proposal has but they do help the hazy process of seeing the future. Katainen: “We can’t speculate on these matters just now.” raised vehement objections One of the simplest is the stock market. Prices are from several countries, includ- largely determined by future expectations, so when ing Finland and Germany. the market is down signifi cantly that means investors ANNU MARJANEN, Finnish news agency STT in Decision-makers hope to In the July summit the Eu- TUOMAS SAVONEN – STT have lost confi dence. The OMX Helsinki index is down HT the Hague. get their three-step plan ap- rozone leaders agreed pro- 34%, throwing us deep into “bear market” land. The report to which proved within the next six posals for expanding the Katainen referred is due in weeks. operating powers of the cri- ANOTHER predictor is expectations. This is more THE MASSIVE rescue plan for the coming weeks. Based on The second stage of the sis fund, although the pro- mixed. The Confederation of Finnish Industries says the debt-ridden Eurozone it, the EU, IMF and the Euro- plan, after the debt write-off, posal has so far got nowhere that confi dence is collapsing in manufacturing, mod- is starting to take shape, it pean Central Bank (ECB) will is more than fourfold expan- in national parliaments. The estly down in construction and fl at-lining in services emerged on Monday when decide if Greece can be grant- sion of the Eurozone stability Finnish Parliament voted on and retail. The fall in manufacturing, which drives our Britain’s state-owned broad- ed the next loan instalment. fund, from the present 400 the matter on Wednesday 28 exports, which drives our economy, is most worrying. caster the BBC reported on If not, the country’s cashfl ow billion euros to as much as 2 September. plans for writing off up to 50 is set to run out completely. trillion euros. According to the July pro- THE OECD combines a host of “leading” indicators in- per cent of Greek’s national Katainen and his Dutch In an interview with the posals, the emergency fund to one index. This predictor of our economy has been debt. counterpart Mark Rutte German newspaper Die Welt could be enlarged with the falling for twelve months. The OECD has not offi cial- The BBC got its informa- stressed that in place of on Monday, European Com- aid of the ECB. The ECB, in ly said we have reached a turning point, but I suspect tion from an Internation- speculation, the euro coun- missioner for Economic and conjunction with the stabili- they will soon. All of these signs point to a slowdown. al Monetary Fund meeting tries must now concentrate Financial Affairs Olli Rehn ty fund, would lend money to So now what? that was held last week in the on implementing the deci- also stated that expansion of EU member states. Although United States. The leaders of sions made at the EU summit the stability fund was being this contravenes the operat- A SIGNIFICANT problem is that our brief period of ex- the Eurozone countries are in July. considered. Analysts have ing principles of the ECB, the pansion was too short and too anaemic. Our economy remaining tight-lipped on the argued that the present size greater burden of risk from is still some 8% down, details of the rescue package, Crisis fund quadrupled of the fund is entirely inad- lending to already heavily in- All of these signs in real terms, from however. According to the BBC, pri- equate if there comes a need debted countries would be 2008. Our unemploy- “We can’t speculate about vate investors may lose as to stabilise economies far carried by the stability fund. point to a slowdown. ment rate isn’t too bad, these matters just now, we much as half of the funds larger than that of Greece, The third step in the pro- So now what? but it is still about 2% need to wait for the report on they invested in Greece. That such as Spain or Italy. posed plan, according to the higher than what it was Greece’s debt resiliency. That is more than was previous- BBC report, is to strength- prior to the recession. If recession returns it will need will clarify whether Greece’s ly thought, since euro lead- Finnish en the large Eurozone banks, to be dealt with aggressively. loan programme can con- ers agreed in July that Greek and German objections which are estimated to have tinue or not,” Prime Minis- debts to private banks could In practice however it will be insuffi cient capital to cover THANKS to our long period of fi scal responsibility, we ter Jyrki Katainen (NCP) told be cut by 20 per cent. diffi cult to increase the stabili- their possible losses. do have some options. We could engage in some fi scal stimulus, to a point. Government debt is now about 50% of GDP, fairly tame by international standards. Of Economic and Financial Af- course, we need to be careful: it was only about 35% in fairs. Rutte suggested this 2008, so sovereign debt can easily get out of control. Dutch PM backs Finnish in a Financial Times interview at the start of Septem- WE WILL also need to keep some spending power in re- demand for collateral security ber, and suggested also that serve. Because of the EU’s dithering indecision, Europe it should be possible for Eu- is quite likely to undergo a new banking crisis. It is con- THE PRIME Minister of the “We have to stick with the if needed, a stability mech- rozone states that violate the ceivable – not likely, but conceivable – that we may Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has decisions made in the 21 July anism would be established common rules to be expelled need to help recapitalise our banks with public money publicly lent his support to meeting, of which the stabil- that would cover the risks from the common currency. if the worst happens. So we could do a bit of fi scal stim- Finland’s initiative to secure ity fund is part,” Rutte stat- the stability fund brings for Finland and the Nether- ulus, but not much. loan guarantees from Greece. ed at a joint press conference the member states. lands have been cooperating Rutte met with his Finnish held by the two leaders. Rutte stressed that a res- closely on EU affairs recently, MONETARY policy is out of our hands and we have lim- counterpart Jyrki Katainen The eurozone countries olution that satisfi es all 17 af- with the two jointly opposing ited options with our fi scal policy, so we need to think (NCP) in the Hague on Monday. agreed at a July summit that fected EU countries must be the accession of Romania and radically. One thing we could do is sell off our state- found. Bulgaria to the Schengen area owned enterprises. Finland has some €15 billion worth Rutte and Katainen be- at a meeting of EU ministers of listed companies’ shares, not to mention all the un- lieve that Finland and the of the interior last week. listed fi rms like Alko. That extra cash would give us Netherlands are in agreement At the press conference in some more ammunition for traditional expansionary on many economic questions the Dutch capital, Katainen fi scal policy. currently affecting the euro- denied allegations that Fin- zone. According to the Dutch land and the Netherlands had I FIND it unsettling to hear Finnish politicians telling PM, both countries demand agreed in advance to support Greece to hurry up their privatisation process when “healthy” bookkeeping from each other on matters relat- we refuse to do so ourselves. It is like one drunk telling all euro states, shared adher- ing to economic stability and another to cut back on the booze. If we refuse to deal LEHTIKUVA / TUOMAS SAVONEN ence to established rules, and the Schengen zone. with this serious problem seriously, it will be a very bad tough economic discipline “The Netherlands is in recession. within the EU. many respects part of the Katainen gave his sup- Nordic family of states. We david@helsinkitimes.fi port to Rutte’s proposal to share an extremely strong Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (left) meets with his Finnish strengthen the role of the tradition of abiding by rules,” counterpart Jyrki Katainen in The Hague on 26 September. European Commissioner for Katainen said. HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 13

LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO Finland encourages Russia’s WTO membership

Russia is one of Finland’s largest trading partners, but it is still outside the World Trade Organisation.

DAVID J. CORD Currently the WTO is en- out that both nations wanted HELSINKI TIMES meshed in the Doha Round Russia in the WTO. of negotiations. It had a goal Russia’s membership is RUSSIA has been one of Fin- of reducing trade barriers, delayed by a variety of issues, land’s most important trad- something which developed including automobile as- ing partners for generations. nations, including Finland, sembly plants, meat import Even with the advent of the were loath to do in regards to quotas and agricultural sub- European Economic Area and sizable subsidies for agricul- sidies, according to the Bank the rise of China and India, ture. Less developed coun- of Finland. However, in July Russia remains one of Fin- tries, which have strengths some progress was achieved land’s largest international in agriculture, demand- about farm subsidies. markets. Its attempt to join ed more access to protected A signifi cant problem re- the World Trade Organisa- markets. mains Georgia’s opposition (WTO) could have a dras- Critics have taken par- tion to Russia’s membership. tic impact on bilateral trade. ticular aim at the WTO, be- Membership requires unani- Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb (NCP) (right) and his Estonian Trade with Russia is in- cause of a perceived lack of mous approval of the General counterpart Urmas Paet have pointed out that both nations want Russia in the WTO. creasing quickly, even more progress in labour rights, en- Council, in which Georgia is a quickly than international vironmental protection and member, and although Swit- port facilities close to St. Pe- sion timetable laid out at the averages. While Finland’s im- hypocrisy towards develop- zerland has tried to mediate tersburg, export taxes on start of this year, it remains Finnish trade with Russia ports grew 24 per cent during ing nations, where they are Georgia remains implacable timber and commercial lease technically possible that Rus- Exports: €2.4 billion the fi rst six months of 2011, forced to open their mar- about Russia joining. disagreements in Moscow. sia could be approved for WTO Imports: €5.8 billion imports from Russia grew kets but refused the abili- Russia’s membership membership before the end January-June 2011 43 per cent. Although Finn- ty to sell to more advanced Hopes for Finland could also dramatically in- of December,” the bank says. ish exports grew 19 per cent, economies. Finnish offi cials hope that, if crease trade. China is often “As long as outstanding issues Top imports from Russia shipments to Russia grew 27 Russia joins the WTO, it would used as an exemplar for this can be resolved by November, 1) Oil per cent. If Russia were to Russian membership present an opportunity to set- supposed blossoming pro- Russia’s petition for accession 2) Natural gas join the WTO, trade could im- Finland is fi rmly in favour of tle some disputes. Russia has cess, as their international could be brought before the 3) Electricity prove even more. Russia joining the organisa- enacted a ban on foreigners trade has quadrupled since WTO General Council meeting 4) Wood The WTO consists of some tion, which was made clear to owning land close to the bor- their admission in 2001. in December. After the Gen- 153 member nations, covering American Vice-President Joe ders in some areas, which co- The Bank of Finland re- eral Council approves mem- Top exports to Russia almost the entire world except Biden during his visit earlier incidently includes parts of mains doubtful that the negoti- bership, Russia must ratify its 1) Paper for some countries in northern this year. This was reiterated Karelia where many Finns ations for Russia’s membership accession documents, which 2) Medicine Africa, central Asia and Rus- this summer when Alexan- wish to own summer cottages. will proceed quickly, but it could take several months. 3) Iron and steel sia. Its main goal is to oversee der Stubb (NCP), speaking at A variety of other disputes could conceivably join the or- Given these constraints, Rus- 4) General machinery agreements liberalising trade, a joint press conference with could, conceivably, be medi- ganisation early next year. sia could join the WTO in as well as providing a venue to Estonian Minister of Foreign ated by the WTO. These dis- “Although Russia has failed the fi rst half of 2012 at the Source: Board of Customs negotiate and settle disputes. Affairs Urmas Paet, pointed putes include problems with to keep to the ambitious acces- earliest.”

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COLUMNIN BRIEF supplies intended for agricultural and industrial use need Technical fixes for the not be of drinkable quality. According to Arnold, in developing countries over 80 Sailas calls for industry as a whole is cur- per cent of all waste water is rently fairly good,” Anneli global freshwater crisis returned to the environment two-year wage Tuominen, the director- untreated, meaning there is freeze general of the FSA, said in plenty of room for improve- Raimo Sailas, the per- the statement. With access to clean drinking water a severe problem throughout ment on the global scale. manent secretary at the “If the crisis was to con- Ministry of Finance, was tinue, it would affect the many parts of the world, many entrepreneurs are finding a lucrative Lost in transit quoted as saying by re- real economy as well, lead- niche in water technology. Leakages in water distribu- gional daily Aamulehti ing to an increase in banks’ tion networks are a signifi - that wages should be fro- credit risks and deteriora- cant source of water wastage. zen for two years if the tion in the profi tability of ANTTI AUTIO – STT Kemira Managing Director coming increasingly urgent. Mona Arnold estimates that economy took a turn for all market participants.” HT Kaj Jansson says that the esti- According to specialist Mona poor-quality piping systems the worse. The FSA added that ow- mated current global need for Arnold of the Technical Re- can leak over half of the wa- “If the economic situ- ing to the debt crisis it had THE PRODUCTION of clean clean freshwater is 4,600 bil- search Centre of Finland, on- ter they carry. Her view is ation deteriorated signif- ramped up oversight of freshwater has become a lion cubic metres a year, with ly 0.7 per cent of the planet’s that the problem could be ef- icantly, something that is banks’ liquidity positions technological challenge that the present supply falling short total water is readily usable fectively tackled using infor- likely, one should go with and insurers’ investment opens up new vistas of op- of that level by 100 million m3. sweet surface water. mation technology. nought [rises],” Sailas told returns and solvency. STT portunity for companies. The The need by 2030 is projected Jansson identifi es three In addition to preventing the paper. best-known water compa- to be 6,900 million m3. general types of technologi- leakage, monitoring of water “A serious illness calls ny in Finland is Kemira, but Because the world’s nat- cal solutions to the water sup- quality is essential, and this for serious medicine.” Sai- STX to build cruise there are also several oth- urally occurring freshwater ply defi cit: removing the salt is a niche where Finnish tech- las stressed he was speak- ship at Finnish er smaller homegrown fi rms reserves are limited, tech- from sea water, collection nology has plenty to offer. ing as an individual and such as Liqum and PacsData. nological solution are be- of rainwater, or recycling of Liqum has developed an early not as a civil servant. STT yard used water. “Recycling mu- warning device for detecting South Korean shipbuild- nicipal water supplies is less sudden changes in the quali- er STX said in a state- expensive than desalinating ty of water and other liquids. Manufacturing ment Tuesday it had won a and cleaning sea water,” he The device monitors the im- confidence cruise ship order from Ger- says. Desalination in partic- purities contained in the wa- slips man tourism and logistics ular requires a lot of energy, ter. If problems are found, group Touristik Union In- which is the main contributor the system sends a warning Finland’s manufacturing ternational (TUI), adding to its high cost. Municipal wa- email or text message. confi dence indicator fell the vessel would be built in ter recycling is currently the “The device has been in

to -10 points in September Finland. LEHTIKUVA / MATTI BJÖRKMAN most popular solution in the development for 20 years, from -9 points in August, “The project will bring industry, says Jansson. and it’s fi nally starting to the Confederation of Finn- some 5,500 man-years of Existing technologies come together,” says Liqum’s ish Industries (EK) said in labour to STX Finland’s are already very effective in director of technology Saka- a statement Tuesday. The Turku shipyard,” the state- Technical solutions help provide clean water for all. cleaning waste water, and ri Laitinen. long-term average of the ment added. indicator is +3 points. The 295-metre ship, EK’s construction and with a capacity of 2,500 No-charge devices services confi dence in- passengers and 1,000 crew, The airport display card is dicators also fell month- is scheduled to be delivered a small device that does not on-month while the retail in 2014. The value of the or- Less haste, more speed need wire charging and has indicator recovered some- der was not disclosed. STT an operational life of up to what. STT la, Vice President of Helsinki three years. The single-pur- New guidance card technology promises Airport. pose device is easy to use Consumer to make transits through Helsinki Airport With 13 million passen- and provides robust and re- FSA warns of debt confidence dives gers passing through the air- liable communication. Un- crisis threat to real smoother than ever. port annually, and over 300 like smartphone apps, it Consumer confi dence has departures a day, it is cru- offers equal service to all economy dipped to its lowest level cial that passengers are able passengers regardless of the The Finnish Financial Su- seen since late 2008, Sta- HELSINKI TIMES card, which will guide them to get to their connecting personal devices that the pervisory Authority (FSA) tistics Finland said in a quickly and easily to their fl ights in good time. passengers are carrying with warned in a statement statement Tuesday. boarding gate. The light and thin airport them. Tuesday that the eurozone The government agen- A NEW personal airport guid- “Helsinki Airport is the display card shows person- “The Agaidi platform of- sovereign debt crisis had cy’s consumer confi dence ance display card, developed leading long-haul airport in al, real-time fl ight informa- fers a media channel that is developed into a threat to indicator fell to +2.3 points by wireless communica- Northern Europe and a pop- tion to passengers and keeps fully owned and managed by the entire region’s fi nancial in September from +5.1 tions specialist Agaidi Oy, is ular transfer point for fl ights them updated about board- the airport or site operator. services industry as well as points in August and the currently being piloted at between Asia and Europe. ing times and estimated This means they have com- to the real economy. record high of +22.9 points Helsinki Airport. The tech- This is not only because the walking time to the gate. The plete control over data and “The Finnish finan- in the year-ago period. nology is part of Helsinki Air- shortest and most direct goal of the pilot is to manage media content as well. Due to cial sector must prepare About 1,450 people port’s aim to make travelling route between Europe and passenger fl ow and to locate the easy installation of Agai- for a prolongation of the were interviewed for Sta- smooth and convenient. Asia goes via Helsinki, but passengers arriving late at di Access Points and battery- debt crisis, although the tistics Finland’s consumer During the one-month tri- also because the airport has the departure gate. In addi- operated beacons that need capital adequacy of the survey. STT al, transfer passengers with long invested in creating a tion, passengers will get inno electrical wiring, deploy- a tight connecting time will cosy and relaxed atmosphere formation about services, ment is also easy and cost-ef- be picked up and provid- for its passengers,” ex- such as cafés, restaurants fi cient,” says Marko Mattila, ed with the personal display plains Heini Noronen-Juho- and shops. CTO of Agaidi Oy. Catch the Aalto MBA & Executive new wave of MBA Programs 2012 Welcome to the info sessions leadership Aalto MBA Oct 6 / Oct 27 development Aalto EMBA Oct 19 / Nov 16

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LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON SCANDASIA.COM MP TALK 25 September Made in China & Finland “THERE is something down- right wistful about it: the future of the Finnish shipbuilding industry is in the small market Antti Kaikkonen, Member of Parliament (Centre) of high-level know-how, not like it was in years past in the market for massive cruise lin- ers that employ armies of ship- Presidential yard workers. What is extraordinary in election approaching Russian anti-aircraft missiles on parade. the order is that the steel hulls of the ships will be assembled THERE are three months left until the Finnish presiden- THE SWEDISH WIRE 25 September in China, and will be towed to tial election. Tarja Halonen will give up her position as Finland for assembly...” president, having held the post for 12 years. The presidential race is now underway. Russian military FARS NEWS AGENCY HALONEN was Finland’s fi rst woman president. Her 23 September gender may have been an advantage at the selection power worries Nordic region stage. Following her, Finland has seen two woman Finland keen prime ministers. Gender is no longer a very signifi cant “A RISE in Russia’s military new west strategic com- ‘This is causing worries in question for the upcoming elections. operations in the Baltic Sea mand that is – to believe its Finland, Sweden, Baltic State to expand region is cause for concern own military head – much and Poland,’ Laaneots said. ONE can say that Halonen has done her job well. I pre- among Baltic states Finland, more powerful than was the Ex-communist Poland be- ties with Iran dict that she will continue to contribute in different UN Sweden and Poland, Estonia’s Leningrad military district,’ came a Nato member in 1999 tasks, for example. She currently acts as chair of the military chief said. General Ants Laaneots, while the three ex-Soviet “FINLAND’S foreign minister UN’s panel on sustainable development. ‘Russia has signifi cantly head of Estonia’s defence Baltic states joined in 2004. Erkki Sakari Tuomioja voiced increased its military pres- forces, said in an interview Neutral Finland and Sweden his country’s willingness to THE CLEAR favourite in the upcoming elections and ence in the western region on Estonia’s public ETV web- remain outside the Western boost ties and cooperation likely winner is Sauli Niinistö of the National Coali- (Baltic) and has created a site Friday. military alliance...” with Iran in different fi elds. tion. The former Speaker of the Parliament and min- ‘We are living in a com- ister has been the overwhelming frontrunner in the mon world economically and opinion polls for quite some time. Niinistö has profi led DECCAN HERALD 23 September ecologically and therefore, himself as a supporter of strict fi scal policy. Many also we should move towards see Niinistö as showing a slight tendency toward pop- Finland opens innovation centre in Delhi common goals hand in hand ulism, albeit of a quite elegant sort. and through a joint efforts,’ “FINNISH Minister of Eco- delegation of more than 60 operates only in China, Japan, Tuomioja stated....” ANOTHER strong name in the election is yet another nomic Affairs Jyri Häkä- persons, including repre- Russia and the United States, former Speaker of the Parliament, former prime minis- mies, who arrives on sentatives from the busi- promoting innovation col- ter Paavo Lipponen of the Social Democrats. Lipponen Monday, will inaugurate ness community. laboration between Finland

is known for strongly advocating his own policy posi- the centre – FinNode In- FinNode is a global inno- and its international part- LEHTIKUVA tions and rarely looking over his shoulder. Lipponen is dia – on September 27. He vation network of Finnish in- ners. Through FinNode, for- a candidate who explicitly supports the EU. will be accompanied by a novation organisations which eign partners and businesses can reach Finland’s key pub- THEN there’s Timo Soini, leader of The Finns Party, who lic innovation organisations. has recently declared that he will be running. Soini is a At present there were 100 popular politician and probably the most skilful popu- Finnish companies direct- list in northern Europe (I do not know of a more talent- ly working in India and an- Foreign minister Tuomioja ed populist in the rest of Europe either). Even so, not other 100 were working with hopes to see greater coopera- even all of his own supporters want him to be presi- partners...” tion with Iran. dent. People in Finland want their president to be a calmer, more balanced character. For this reason, Soi- ni’s support in the presidential election will be a disap- pointment for him. LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN NATURAL THERAPIES

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Employment: Helsinki Times asks: 1. What is your profession and what did you study? 2. Did you find it hard to find work in Finland? a deterrent to learning Finnish? 3. Does your work require you to speak Finnish? gone through all the tests and sa’ are offering opportunities paperwork, I was told that I no such as evening classes and James, 25 (UK) longer qualiﬁ ed for the class, affordable education.” 1. I’m a Technical Services / Presales as I had set up my own busi- Osallisena Suomessa is Engineer in a leading Finnish soft-

DRITON HABKIU ness two days previously.” one of the largest projects ware firm. 90% of our customers are The reason the govern- targeted at enhancing the English speaking. I studied Business ment offers the courses integration of immigrants, and ICT up to college level. purely to those without work says the Ministry of the Inte- 2. It took around 2 months. I signed up is that unemployment subsi- rior. The project is designed for all recruitment sites and reviewed dies are given to those who to develop a new model of the jobs daily. I applied for around 200 take part, meaning anyone integration. jobs in total, and received replies from 50. Once I attended in- with a job cannot receive Pöyhönen also believes re- terviews in Finland the process was very easy. such benefi ts. On top of this, cently-passed legislation that 3. It does not. Our office language is English. We have around Students are kept busy in a Finnish class provided by adult edu- the courses run throughout gives everyone the possibil- 30% expats, and 70% Finns here. My work has, however, cation centre Axxell. the day for up to fi ve hours, ity to learn both English and sponsored me on language courses at the Helsinki Summer a factor which also discounts Swedish will have a positive University. I believe learning the language is key to surviving here in the long term. CRAIG HOUSTON abling of immigrants to par- those who work or are full- knock-on effect; however, HELSINKI TIMES ticipate in Finnish society, and time parents. the question of funding will according to the ministry the So, are those in jobs real- inevitably lead to problems Ana Teresa, 23 (Portugal) LEARNING Finnish is eve- learning of Finnish or Swedish ly penalised when it come to and the curtailing of even 1. I am currently a temporary sales as- ry foreigner’s nightmare. is an integral element of this learning the language? On the the most passionate projects. sistant in a small Finnish company. I’m Speaking from personal ex- process. The ministry’s ex- one hand, the answer is no. Furthermore, there is an onus also offering Portuguese language perience, there is a real de- plicit goal is for immigrants of The government-run classes on employers to assist work- and culture classes and I’m trying sire to learn the language working age to enter working are offered at such a low cost ers when it comes to their to become a freelance travel writer. upon arrival in the country, life and for their knowledge because the people who take study of the language. However, the most financially impor- mainly due to the excitement and expertise to be put to use part have no job and are there- “Workplaces are now tant work I’ve had was as a cleaner. I of arriving in a new country in Finnish society. fore unlikely to be able to pay helping employees with have a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition- and the eagerness to fi t into a for tuition. Conversely, if you classes,” says Pöyhönen. al Sciences, from the University of Porto. new society and adapt – not Only if have a job, it is presumed that “There is a slow realisation 2. Yes, but I don’t complain because I don’t speak Finnish yet to mention excel. you’re unemployed you can afford your own class- that if your staff feel inte- and I totally understand that’s a vital skill to work in my field However, while cours- Jerome Jouanno is a French es. However, when you look grated and safe in the coun- of studies. es are often aimed at new ar- national who moved to Fin- into taking classes of your try, they will be happier and 3. My current work doesn’t. Our clients are from around the rivals, what about those who land two years ago and found own, the choices are limited more productive in every- world so I work in English. Nevertheless, I hope to become are lucky enough to fi nd gain- work almost immediately, al- and often unsuitable for those thing that they do.” fluent in Finnish as soon as possible. ful employment immediately beit in a fi eld that was not who are in employment. One or who already have a job or- overly familiar to him. His ex- excellent course is offered by Attitudes ganised before they arrive? perience of Finnish resonates the Summer University, who need to change Severino (Spain) Why is it that only the unem- with that of many others. Je- run, as the name suggests, While Finns and their govern- 1. I work as a freelance translator ployed should benefi t from af- rome is currently Coordina- courses throughout the sum- ment can be legitimately ac- and as an English language teacher. fordable tuition, while those in tor of Operations at Earth Aid mer. But, once again there are cused of being stuck in their I have a Bachelor’s in English Studies work are forced to seek expen- Finland, which is a post-disas- problems: the courses run for ways, foreigners are also and Philology and a Master’s in Eng- sive classes that are often at ter reconstruction and project four hours a day, three days a guilty of relying on the superb lish for International Trade. unsuitable times? Indeed, the management company; it is a week, thereby ruling out any- English skills of the Finnish 2. I think it is difficult to find work Finnish government doesn’t job that requires him to speak one who cannot take an entire population. Some Finns be- everywhere. Some companies ask for even fi nancially support Finn- at least conversational Finn- month off during the summer. come annoyed when no effort experience in the same work field or ish classes for non-natives ish. However, when he left his is made to learn at least the skills you don’t have. In my case, I was awarded a six-month in employment, while those initial job and applied for gov- Good basics of the language, but work traineeship grant included in the Leonardo da Vinci without a job are offered a real ernment-run Finnish class- Samaritans do exist they may also lack awareness Work Placement Programme by my home university. Right long-term advantage. es, he was left stunned by the However, there are people of the efforts being made by now I’m working in a Finnish publishing company as a Span- The Ministry of the Inte- outcome. “It was only when I trying to make a difference. immigrants, nor realise that ish-English translator and check reviser. rior understands the goal of left my job that I became eligi- Sari Pöyhönen, a senior re- learning a language as alien 3. No. It is an international publishing company and the main integration policy to be the en- ble for Finnish classes. Having searcher at the University of as Finnish, while also juggling language is English. Jyväskylä, has spent a great a career and family life, can deal of time researching this be very diffi cult. The Osallisena Suomessa project subject and working towards So it would seem that Rebecca, 32 (UK) The project aims at developing a new model of immigrant in- a solution. She believes that your best chance of learning 1. I am a Software Consultant and I tegration that could be used nationwide after a successful there is not enough fl exibili- the language, and thereby studied software engineering. trial period. ty in the system but that it is creating the optimal condi- 2. It’s hard to say – I think that I quite Examples of the projects goals are: getting better. tions for your integration in- possibly did miss out on interview • to experiment with alternative, flexible methods of organis- “This is an issue that has to Finnish society in the long possibilities as a result of being for- ing immigrant integration education been neglected and there is run, is to have at least one eign. That being said, with the more • to gauge different alternatives’ effectiveness and cost-effi- not enough help out there for prolonged period of unem- internationally-focussed technology ciency in relation to the current integration education system people who have work or are ployment. This perverse sit- companies – and there are many in • to develop ways of monitoring integration education and ap- full-time parents. However, uation must be remedied in Finland – speaking English is a huge bonus, and being for- praising effectiveness projects such as the minis- order to meet the needs of eign isn’t a problem. try-run ‘Osallisena Suomes- Finland’s varied immigrants. 3. I don’t need to speak Finnish at work. In fact, none of my customers are based in Finland. COMMENTARY

that of writers like Roman I once applied for a job trumps English in this coun- Schatz or Alexandra Salmela that required fi rst-rate Eng- try, of course producing the ‘Excellent Finnish and English skills’ (both of whom moved here as lish writing skills and only a highest-quality Finnish is al- adults), but it shouldn’t have very good understanding of most always more impor- SINCE coming to Finland fi ve it mean, most likely, that speaks fl uent English as a for- to be for me to write in my CV Finnish. Not wanting to mis- tant than doing the same in years ago, I’ve been a fre- the organisation advertis- eign language”. that I write and speak this lead my potential future em- English or another foreign quent visitor of job vacancy ing wants only those people But I, too, possess ex- language excellently, consid- ployers, I was upfront in my language when most people and recruitment websites. to apply who’ve learnt Finn- cellent Finnish and English ering its diffi culty. application about the oc- reading or listening to the One of the phrases I’ve ish and English as foreign skills, even if my skills are Speaking a language fl u- casional help I’d probably latter aren’t native speakers. come across the most dur- languages. impressive in a different ently is different from being need from a colleague when But a little more honesty and ing these sessions has been Rather, an organisa- way. a native speaker of that lan- confronted by something I accuracy in job advertise- the requirement of “erino- tion that uses this phrase Firstly, I’m a native Eng- guage. Accordingly, the vast wasn’t 100 per cent sure of. ments, and in Finnish socie- mainen suomen ja englan- is nearly always looking to lish speaker. Moreover, I majority of highly educated Yet I also emphasised that ty more generally, would be nin kielen taito” or “excellent employ a Finn (or an immi- speak Finnish pretty fl uent- Finns have no problem say- what I lacked slightly in Finn- appreciated. Finnish and English skills”, grant who has come to Fin- ly, can work my way through ing they have excellent Eng- ish skills, I made up for in In a country where so depending on the language land as a child). “Excellent technical government docu- lish skills on their CVs. Most abundance with my English much emphasis is placed on the advertisement’s been Finnish skills” may as well be ments with a little bit of help foreigners with very good skills, and how I met every language, it would be nice in. I’ve always found this a substituted with “someone from the dictionary, and am Finnish can’t do the same single one of their applica- if employers started using very peculiar phrase. Does it whose mother tongue is Finn- capable of producing gram- though, as expectations are tion criteria and then some. I more words than just “excel- mean that only bilingual peo- ish” while “excellent English matically sound text. Don’t completely different when it didn’t even get an interview. lent” in job advertisements. ple should apply for the job? skills” means, bearing in mind get me wrong – my Finnish comes to speaking or writing However, I’m under no il- Probably not. Neither does that fi rst caveat, “a Finn who is nowhere near as good as this language. lusion. Of course Finnish allan@helsinkitimes.fi HELSINKI TIMES WORKING LIFE 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 19

About nine out of ten of the respondents said that Finnish managers they believe new communication tools help their everyday work life. However, Elisa says that these new tools have work during ‘free time’ been little exploited, so managers do not utilise all the advanced tools of their current Executives show little concern at working irregular hours, though. communication devices. INTEGRATION “There is surprisingly little incentive for teleworking, DAVID J. CORD work week. According to Sta- torialise about the results of or using these new tools,” HELSINKI TIMES tistics Finland, 70 per cent of their survey. Mäenpää continues. “Smart- higher managers only work “If management requires phones are slowly becom- A NEW study by the Finn- between 35 and 40 hours per subordinates to be physi- ing more common in Finnish ish telecommunications week. cally present, we will never companies.” giant Elisa finds that Finn- The vast majority of the get a fl exible way of working The survey found that ish managers tend to respondents to Elisa’s survey and the benefi ts of it,” says more than half of manag- work during their leisure stated that they are not dis- Elisa’s Pasi Mäenpää, Exec- ers work remotely, while less hours, and that Finns are turbed by the amount of time utive Vice President for Cor- than a third of other employ- less than enamoured with they work during non-busi- porate Customers. “Flexible ees do so. Men are more likely telecommuting. ness hours. Almost all said working is undoubtedly more to telecommute than women. The survey found that the that they feel their private productive, more motivat- The study was conduct- majority of managers work and professional life is very ing, more effi cient and less ed via the internet by IRORe- during weekday evenings or fairly well balanced. costly.” search in August, and 881 and at least one weekend Another portion of Elisa’s Although Elisa has an in- people participated. It was a month. Slightly less than survey focused on telecom- terest in promoting tele- released to coincide with Na- Are you looking for a job, study place, half work several weekends muting. The survey found commuting, other studies tional Telework Day. language course or leisure activity? a month, and about a third that a third of respondents have shown that it does, in We offer assistance and advice. work during holidays. performed some remote fact, improve productivity One reason that up- work two days each month, in some cases. Several years National Job hunting per level management may on average. As Elisa would ago Cisco determined that Telework Day 18 October at 12.30-15.30 work outside of regular busi- benefi t fi nancially from more increased productivity due www.etatyopaiva.fi Ticket to the Interview ness hours could be the rela- telecommuting, the company to remote working saved it Do’s and don’ts in a successful CV & Cover letter. tive shortness of the Finnish took the opportunity to edi- $277 million per year. Lecturer: Tony Eichholz. Register by 14 October. tions on so-called wildcat or trial action is under threat illegal strikes, the imposi- from several quarters, Hölt- 1 November at 13.30-16.30 Sides square up in tion of higher fi nes for such tä believes. For example, the Pimp my CV strikes, and that labour un- Court of Justice of the Euro- Tony Eichholz gives useful advice on how to write a CV in right to strike debate ions be held liable for the pean Union has handed down a Finnish style. Bring your CV along and have an expert go economic losses caused by several judgments that re- through it giving useful advice on how to improve it. TIMO SIPILÄ – STT under discussion in recent wildcat strikes. strict the right to industrial Register by 27 October. HT weeks in conjunction with Illegal strikes have oc- action, even though the EU the efforts of labour market curred frequently in recent itself in its declarations has 12 November at 10.00-12.00 THE LONG-RUNNING wran- organisations and the gov- years, often in the form of generally taken the oppos- Hygiene proficiency test gle over possible legal re- ernment to coordinate na- walkouts, even when em- ing line. Come and do the hygiene proficiency test under the lead of strictions to the rights of tional economic policy. ployment contracts have still Employees’ rights concern- a certified proficiency examiner. The exam costs 20 €. Inde- employees to take industri- The Confederation of been in force. ing industrial action have also pendent study for the test required. al action shows no signs of Finnish Industries (EK) has The parliamentary work- been restricted in Norway and Register by 8 November. abating. The issue has been demanded tougher restric- ing group charged with han- Denmark. In Finland, similar dling the question of increased legislation was prepared in re- Excursions and events restrictions on the right to sponse to the threat of mass strike last year met with fail- resignations by members of 20 October at 17.00 ure. Labour unions have no the healthcare professionals’ Dinner at Martha Association intention to weaken their po- and social workers’ union Tehy Welcome to prepare and taste a Finland-Swedish meal! You sition at this time, howev- in late 2007. will also get an insight in the Finland-Swedish food culture er, which is why the question According to Hölttä, and cooking traditions. Venue: Martha Association, of the right to strike has once there have been no political Lönnrotinkatu 3 A 7. more become topical. strikes as such in Finland, Register by 17 October. Limited places available! The matter was dis- only strikes of a “political cussed earlier this month at nature”. In the latter type of 24 October at 12.00 the launch in the Parliament strike, says Hölttä, the aim is An excursion to the Finland-Swedish building of a handbook of not to infl uence party policy newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL) Finnish labour dispute law. – which is the aim of politi- Come a long and get a glimpse of the HBL editorial office. Trade union representatives cal strikes – but to push for We begin with a light lunch at 12 in Luckan, Simonkatu 8 and welcomed the new book, or oppose specifi c legislation, continue from there to HBL for a guided tour. which many unions are like- for instance to oppose plans Register by 20 October. ly to adopt as an important to raise the age of retire- tool. ment. The objective of the fa- All registrations to The author of the book, mous general strike of 1905 [email protected] or researcher Kalevi Hölttä, was universal suffrage. call 040-485 96 36 who wrote his doctoral the- You are welcome to visit our service point on Mondays and Wednes- sis on labour dispute law, said days between 11-16 or call or send an e-mail with any questions con- at the launch that the need Strikes come in all cerning integration in the capital region. for the handbook is ground- shapes and sizes ed in the fact that the right to • The most common form of You can also book a personal appointment with Espoo haluaa tarjota parhaat strike is “the only means of strike is an on-site protest; our Information Officer. työpaikat ja kehittymismahdollisuudet. self-defence that employees these are usually illegal. Tervetuloa joukkoomme. have.” Without it, he adds, • An all-out strike includes employees have no incentive all members of a union. to refrain from weakening Tällä hetkellä haussa mm. • General strike: a large-scale employees’ legal protection luokanopettaja • sosiaalityöntekijä stoppage jointly coordinated still further. by the major trade unions. lastentarhanopettaja • sairaanhoitaja • Targeted strikes are fo- suunnitteluinsinööri • ohjaaja EU a threat to workers? cused on specific com- Hölttä, a former trade union apulaisylilääkäri • hankintalakimies panies, specific locali- employee, stresses that the ties or directed at specific right to mount industrial ac- Hae paikkasi lähes 14 000 osaajan joukkoon. branches of employees. tion is a basic right, which is • Sympathy strikes: carried Katso lisätiedot osoitteesta included as such in several out by employees who do www.espoonrekry.fi. international human rights not have an actual grievance treaties, including the char- of their own, but who want to LUCKAN ter of the International La- show solidarity with indus- Espoon kaupunki on savuton työpaikka. bour Organization, a United Simonkatu 8, 00100 Helsinki trial actions taken by others Contact: [email protected] / 040 485 9636 / www.luckan.fi/bridge Nations organisation. in some specific instance. Regardless of this, the right to undertake indus- 20 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 WORKING LIFE HELSINKI TIMES

is very poor. Furthermore, it is a vicious circle: the belief amongst the academic staff is A smoother road that if they can’t help themselves then why should we help them? Only if they learn Finnish can they then help towards employment themselves, but there is no desire to offer them that chance.” CRAIG HOUSTON Networks thing you are warned about... HELSINKI TIMES Minister of Education However, those foreign stu- Leading light Jukka Gustafsson re- dents who do have problems There is more work being done THE FINNISH education sys- cently declared that the min- establishing a network can be to create a smoother road to- tem has acquired a strong istry is seeking an increase at a serious disadvantage to wards employment for foreign international reputation to 20,000 international stu- Finns who are born with such graduates. VALOA is a nation- for quality. There are cur- dents by 2015, but the ma- an advantage.” al project designed to enhance rently 15,700 international jority of those students will the employability of interna- students enrolled here in Fin- take their skills elsewhere Unhelpful faculties tional students. It assists ed- land, a number that is divid- upon graduation unless steps According to Paul Ilsley, of ucational facilities to ready EnterpriseHelsinki is Helsinki ed almost equally between are taken to stem the fl ow. the University of Helsinki, students for working life here, university and polytechnic Networking is a very impor- the problem is that many in- while also trying to provide region’s joint service centre for institutions. However, this tant tool for obtaining employ- ternational students do not employers with information constitutes just four per cent ment. Although companies graduate in the fi rst place. A about how to employ inter- startups and acting entrepreneurs. of the students nationwide. regularly recruit students even much higher percentage drop national students and raise More worryingly, 70 per cent before they graduate, interna- out of their courses than na- awareness of the international of all non-Finnish graduates tional students still fi nd it dif- tive students, and this is in student body in Finland. “Become an Entrepreneur in Finland” are leaving the country up- fi cult to establish contacts in part due to the poor care they “Employers are unaware – project organizes: on the completion of their de- their industry. get from their faculty. that we have such a huge aca- gree, which begs the question: “A lack of networks can Indeed, some students demic talent here in Finland,” is Finland merely preparing be a barrier to fi nding en- have been known to wait up explains Heidi Layne, a spe- students – for free – in or- try-level work,” offers Chris to two years before seeing an cialist in career guidance and Information sessions about der for them to benefi t other Pape-Mustonen. “The issue of adviser. “I have known col- training at VALOA. “The main how to start your own business countries and economies? networking is certainly some- leagues joke about this situ- challenge for international ation and they do nothing to students to fi nd employment Sessions lasts about 2-3 hours. help the international stu- is the lack of networks... lan- Held in Finnish, English and Russian, dents; it is systematic social guage does play a role, but inequality and accentuates the employers we have talked Estonian and Arabic. the spectre of Finnishness with have started to think for the sake of Finnishness,” about the language require- )UHHRIFKDUJHEXWVLJQXSÀUVW Ilsley says. ments by position.” “There are a lot of people Opportunities who have a lot of resources, Business Counselling for startups

KUVALEHTI / SARI GUSTAFSSON The diffi culty of learning the knowledge and the willing- and acting entrepreneurs local language has previous- ness to work on this,” Layne ly been well documented, says. “[If companies] would &RXQVHOOLQJLVFRQÀGHQWLDODQGIUHHRI and continues to be extreme- see the benefi ts and resourc- ly infl uential in discouraging es of international gradu- charge, but only by appointment. Also many graduates to remain in ates, it would boost their own IRUFRPSDQLHVZLWKDQLQWHUHVWDQG Finland. economies. What is very pos- “The complaint is that in- itive now is that there is a SRWHQWLDOIRUKLJKJURZWK3RVVLEOHLQ ternational students do not true interest. The discussion )LQQLVK(QJOLVK6ZHGLVK5XVVLDQ learn Finnish, but the reality is moving from just talking is that the chances of them do- and writing about it to actu- Estonian, German, French or Arabic. ing so are remote,” explains Il- ally thinking what would be sley. “In my experience, there the model that could be cre- Students at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. is only one class available. This ated here.” Before counselling please DWWHQGLQIRUPDWLRQVHVVLRQÀUVW “One day of sick leave costs a company an average of 300 euros. The voluntary Business Incubator Services Insuring personnel during insurance solution guaran- For innovative starting companies tees a quick path of care and their free time benefits both costs about the same amount LQWKHVHUYLFHVHFWRU2IÀFHVSDFH per year. Voluntary medical expense insurance is tax- DYDLODEOHIRUUHQWDWUHDVRQDEOHSULFHV companies and employees deductable for employers,” Pölönen remarks. HELSINKI TIMES voluntary medical expense in- eration of Finnish Financial The number of accidents Evening courses surance or accident insurance. Services, feels that employers occurring while travelling to for acting entrepreneurs Jouko Pölönen, president of should look after the wellbeing work has been steadily in- IN FINLAND, possessions are Pohjola Insurance and chair- and working capacity of their creasing since the middle of 1HZFRXUVHVVWDUWLQJLQ2FWREHU better protected than health man of the directorate for personnel outside of as well as the 1990s. Last year, stat- or life. Not many people have accident insurance of the Fed- during working hours. utory accident insurance %XVLQHVV(FRQRPLFV covered just over 19,400 ac- RIDVPDOOFRPSDQ\ cidents which occurred while travelling to work. 0DUNHWLQJOHJLVODWLRQ Of all commute-related accidents leading to incapac- 6DOHVWDFWLFVDQGQHJRWLDWLRQ ity for work for at least four VNLOOVZRUNVKRS Apply for work, start a new life days, 66 per cent happened Are you an unemployed, energetic 17-25-year-old immigrant youth to women. &RPSDQ\ҋVFRPSHWLWLYHHGJH Are you an unemployed, energetic 17-25-year-old “This can be explained by whoimmigrant has fi nished youthcomprehensive who has school fi nished and is comprehensive looking for a chance? the fact that most commute- school and is looking for a chance? related accidents are caused Also courses in Finnish and Russian. Well, now you have it. Submit your application to the OK! work place- by slips and falls by pedes- Well, now you have it. Submit your application to &RXUVHVDUHDOVRIUHHEXWVLJQXSÀUVW ment programme. Basic Finnish skills needed. trians. Presumably women the OK! work placementAPPLY NOWprogramme by 4.10. at travel to work mainly using public transport or by foot, at while men travel more of- 6FKHGXOHIRULQIRVHVVLRQVDQGFRXUVHV ten by car,” says Jussi Kau- ZZZHQWHUSULVHKHOVLQNLÀ ma, managing director of the Federation of Accident Insur- ance Institutions. According to Kauma, accidents which occur while travelling to work are, on average, more serious than those that happen at the workplace. HELSINKI TIMES 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 21

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OPTEAM Filipinos recruited to Finland – Opteam has recruited 113 Filipinos to work in Finland. – Four arrived at the end of August. – Another nine Filipinos arrived in Finland on 23 Sep- tember and will start working on 3 October. – Most of the workers are in the restaurant and health care industries.

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Nikki Enriquez came to Finland from the Philippines two years ago in a group of about thirteen cooks. She now works at the Memphis restaurant. Opteam recruits more cooks for understaffed restaurants To get a job in Finland, Filipino cooks have to undergo months of training.

SOMETIME in Octo- So, recruitment abroad is consid- workers abroad and bring them willing to invest both time and Enriquez says that there are ber a customer will sit ered ethically positive. Of course, to Finland. Miinalainen says that money to bring foreign workers 48 Filipinos in her group at pre- down in a Helsinki res- all companies have different pol- it can take many months to fi nd into Finland.” sent. She works at the Memphis taurant and begin en- icies, but when they do the right suitable candidates and train restaurant and enthuses about joying a good meal. Little will thing, yes, it is considered good. them in the Finnish language. First snow how much she enjoys it. he know that the preparation of “Millions of people have left “Chefs receive two months of Nikki Enriquez came to Finland “I love it. It is so much fun,” that meal began months earlier the Philippines,” Miinalainen language training before heading two years ago in a group of about she says. on the other side of the world, continues. “Many work as nurses to Finland,” states Miinalainen. thirteen cooks. She studied Finn- She says that she misses when a Filipino cook answered in the US and Canada. There are “A two-month immersion in the ish for months prior to her arriv- home, but that is usual. The big- an advertisement looking for many in the Middle-east, mainly language is surprisingly useful. al, and after she started working gest problem she had to worry help in understaffed Finnish res- working as nurses in Saudi Ara- We have good teaching methods in Finland she still had another about is the Finnish weather, but taurants. bia. There are many more in the and a good teacher. Based up- year’s worth of classes to attend. even that wasn’t too bad. Marjo Miinalainen heads the construction and hospitality in- on their feedback, it has been “Opteam has helped so much,” “My fi rst winter here in Fin- Opteam operations in Manila. dustries.” easier for the chefs at work and Enriquez says. “They did practical- land was the fi rst time I saw She has a long history of work- She explains that many only in society due to their language ly everything for us. They helped snow. I was so excited that I ing internationally, including work abroad temporarily, stay- skills. Although the majority of with all the paperwork and told us never thought of the cold. The stints in Switzerland and on for- ing for some years and then re- the workers in the Finnish hos- where to go to get things done. It snow brings out the child in me, eign cruise lines. She took up her turning home. However, many pitality industry speak English, is so great that they are helping and every time I see it I think of present position in 2009, man- Filipino workers plan on staying Finnish certainly helps.” people in my country fi nd a job. Christmas.” aging the offi ce and overseeing abroad permanently. This is es- Finland is a very popular des- the local partners. Due to Filipi- pecially likely for those working tination for the Filipinos, so the no law much of the recruitment in North America. At some point Opteams Philippine partner gets work must be outsourced to lo- they bring their families with many applications. It is a long cal fi rms. them to stay in Canada or the process to recruit the workers for MARJO MIINALAINEN MARJO United States. an understaffed industry, but the Wanting to work abroad Local companies that have Filipinos are patient. As many “Overseas recruitment is big been hired to recruit workers Finnish companies are desperate business in the Philippines,” she do the majority of the work, al- for qualifi ed staff, they are will- says. “Filipinos working abroad though they are overseen by Op- ing to go through the extra trou- remit money equal to 18 per cent team. Recruitment is primarily ble to recruit labour. of the country’s gross domes- done by word of mouth, as Mii- “The recruitment process is tic product. Almost every fami- nalainen points out that the long, and then there is the lan- ly has a desire that at least one “grapevine” works surprisingly guage training,” Miinalainen ex- child goes abroad. This guaran- well in the Philippines. Printed plains. “Recruitment is not done tees the family income, because and online advertisements are by just snapping your fi ngers. Al- the Philippines have a quite high also used, to some extent. so, the bureaucratic paperwork level of unemployment and when is demanding. There is a clear in- they look to the future they see Long process dication that the labour shortage that they may never get a job. It is a major endeavour to hire is so great that employers are Marjo Miinalainen heads the Opteam operations in Manila. www.opteam.com This page is sponsored by Opteam 22 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 LIFESTYLE HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN Oskar, Sotta ja Pytty and Mats-Eric Nilsson, plus the Fiskars Finnish and Swiss national chef teams. There’s also a programme for children. Additionally, there are hosts lectures, interviews with au- thors, panel discussions and different shows planned. slow Last year the event at- tracted 7,000 people, and the organisers, Slow Food Väst- food nyland rf, are expecting an festival even bigger turnout this year. Länsi-Uudenmaan HELSINKI TIMES Maistiaiset 1-2 October 10:00-16:00 THIS WEEKEND the pictur- Fiskars esque southern Finnish vil- www.slowfoodvastnyland. lage of Fiskars is throwing org/program Helsinki’s Baltic Herring Fair dates back to 1743. a slow food festival entitled “Länsi-Uudenmaan Maisti- aiset” (“Tastes of West Uusi- maa”). From 10 am to 4 pm on both Saturday and Sunday Baltic Herring Fair comes ashore there will be the chance to enjoy the food and entertain- JAMES O’SULLIVAN capital to sell their various award of the Best Marinated ment on offer. HELSINKI TIMES

products. Fish and Herring Surprise of All sorts of different SOINTUKANGAS KATI Events offi cially kick off at the Year awards. Baltic Herring Fair foods will be available at the 2-8 October COMMENCING Sunday 2 Oc- 11 am on Sunday when Lord A smaller cousin of the event’s local food market, tober, Helsinki’s oldest tra- Mayor Jussi Pajunen opens popular fi sh that is gener- 7:00-19:00 Sunday to Friday with fi shermen, livestock ditional event, the Baltic the market. The programme ally found off the shores of 7:00-16:00 on Saturday and sheep farmers, beekeep- Herring Fair makes itself continues throughout the day, Britain and the East Coast Free ers, and organic farmers comfortable for a week of including the preparation of of North America, the Bal- Helsinki Market Square together with local restau- festivities at Helsinki’s Mar- herring dishes on stage, a chil- tic herring is Finland’s most rateurs and other food pro- ket Square. Having been dren’s programme and a per- prominent catch. Other pop- ducers offering samples and held at the start of October formance from a brass band. ular items on sale during the archipelago and clothing selling their produce. since 1743, fi shermen from Things culminate in the Her- week of fi shy celebrations at knitted from the sheep who As for the entertainment Anna is eagerly awaiting this all along the South Coast of ring product competitions the Market Square include graze on the islands in the ar- side of things, there’s Euro- weekend’s slow food festival Finland arrive at the nation’s award ceremony, with the dark bread from the Turku chipelago region. vision contestant Paradise in Fiskars.

ing a stir, as another wave their sound to an increasing and West, countryside and of sound sweeps across the audience, infl uenced heavily city, or present and past. It Taking flight modern musical landscape. by the more traditional rock may also offer new perspec- JAMES O’SULLIVAN From the avant-garde art found in the likes of U2 and tives on well-trodden top- HELSINKI TIMES Turkish flicks rock leanings of Everything Radiohead’s back catalogues. ics such as love, death, guilt Everything, to the indie dis- Last seen visiting these JENNI TORISEVA and Tourism Ertugrul Gü- and sacrifi ce from vantage WHILE the Madchester scene co of Delphic and the heavy shores in October last year HELSINKI TIMES nay said, “I believe that the point of the border between back in the 1990s may have pop of Wu Lyf, experimental supporting Scottish rockers sector has entered a phase Europe and Asia. The event seen a rush of acid house guitar bands are the fl avour Biffy Clyro, the band hits the EVEN THOUGH Turkey is part of maturity. It is now time has also fl own an array of beats, alt rock, tracksuits, of the moment spewing forth Tavastia stage on Thursday of Europe, it is safe to say to open up to the whole famous Turkish actors and glow sticks and a colossal from the northern English 29 September on the back that the Finnish audience has world. As the minister, I be- directors to the Helsinki to wave of recreational drug use, city. Deftly sidestepping the of their debut full-length re- seen little or none of what lieve that this industry pro- present their fi lms. Those the infl uence of the Manches- hype, four-piece Airship have cord Stuck in This Ocean, pro- Turkish cinema has to offer. vides a great opportunity with a tight budget should ter region is once again caus- been gradually introducing duced by Dan Austin (Doves) The Turkish Movie Days event in promoting the country be very happy to know that and Editors guitarist Chris aims to change this. to the world.” Since 2001 the event is completely free Urbanowicz. Turkey has witnessed a total of 58 TV series has of charge. an explosive growth in been exported. The indus- film and TV production in try earned over 154 million Airship the past 11 years. Between euros from ticket revenue MATT SPALDING MATT 29 September The Turkish Movie Days 2000 and 2005, only 75 do- in 2010, which has subse- 29 September-1 October 21:00 mestic films were screened quently encouraged both SES Auditorio Kino K-13 Tickets €15.50/16 in Turkish cinemas, but in investors and producers. Kanavakatu 12 Tavastia the following five years the A typical theme in Turk- Helsinki Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 number has more than tri- ish cinema is the notion of www.turkishmoviedays.fi Helsinki pled to 287 films. The coun- an encounter or clash of two Airship play Tavastia this Thursday. try’s Minister for Culture different worlds, be it East

Info-Tel. 0600 30006 (1,75 €/min + lnp) From 28th Sept to 30th Oct Tickets 15–30 €. Ticket ofﬁce open 12 noon to 1 pm and HELSINKI 2 hours before the show. Kaisaniemi ﬁeld Tickets in advance: Tue–Thu at 6.30 pm Fri at 3 pm and 6.30 pm Sat–Sun at 1 pm and 5 pm Commission from 2,50 €. Mon closed Heated tent

World’s Greatest Finnish Circus Fireworks display at the end of the show on 28th Sept and 30th Oct HELSINKI TIMES LIFESTYLE 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 23

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Deba (Mayotte) More than bricks and mortar Sat 12.11. Savoy Theatre CONTINUING with our popular series on the urban environment of our beautiful city, in Tickets 25/22 ¤ this issue Helsinki Times presents a more focused look at South Helsinki with its grand (in advance from Orthodox cathedral, Jugend-style buildings and an Aalto classic. We then take a little de- Lippupalvelu) tour over to Kaivopuisto for an encounter with the stars. Sponsored by KENNETH QUEK Helsinki Times

Uspenski Cathedral This gorgeous Eastern Orthodox cathedral overlooks the city from its vantage point on a hill in Katajanokka. Complet- ed in 1868 to the design of Russian ar- chitect Alexey Gornostaev, its golden cupolas and red-brick facade are best viewed from the deck of a ship putting in to the docks just below. It is still the living centre of the Orthodox faith in Helsinki, and contains a magnificent iconostasis. Photo: Albert Photo: Finestre

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Enso-Gutzeit Building In starkly modern contrast to the more florid architecture in its vicinity, Alvar Aalto’s 1962 corporate headquarters demands close inspection before it reveals its subtle wit. From a distance it appears merely a well-proportioned concrete-and-glass pile, but at a closer range the inset wooden window frames soften the carrara marble facings and The program includes e.g. inform a complex geometry with an Sväng, Pole Pole, Kristiina Ilmonen, Äijä, austere intellectual charm. Siba Folk Big Band, Kanteleen kyydissä Tickets 20/12/5 ¤ (Lippupiste) • 8.11. Helsinki Music Centre

LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN Hilja Grönfors & Latšo Džinta Record Release Concert Ursa Observatory Tickets 15/12 ¤ (Lippupalvelu) • 10.11. Savoy Theatre The Ursan Tähtitorni is perched on the highest hill in Helsinki, in Kaivopuis- Kamel El Harrachi (Algeria) to park. A small building that accomo- Tickets 25/22 ¤ (Lippupalvelu) • 11.11. Savoy Theatre dates just four or five visitors at a time, it contains three telescopes and hosts Afenginn (Denmark) star shows on autumn and spring eve- Tickets 10 ¤• 12.11. Dubrovnik nings. It is also possible to join the Ursa Astronomical Association, whose mem- Moussa Diallo Trio (Mali/Gambia/Denmark) bers get to use the observatory at other Tickets 15/12 ¤ (Lippupalvelu) • 13.11. Malmitalo times, and is quite active in publishing. Etnosoi! for Children: Abacaxeiro (Brazil/Norway) Free admission • 13.11. Malmitalo

LEHTIKUVA / KIMMO MÄNTYLÄ Also: clubs, lectures and much more! The Pearl of Kruununhaka More prosaically known by its street address of Rauhankatu 1 and built in 1900 to the design of Lars Sonck and Onni Tarjanne, this romantic apartment block was voted the most beautiful of Helsinki’s Jugend buildings – and no wonder. Its fairytale turrets look out over the waters of the bay, which are re- flected in its subtle sea-green colours and elegant details. Kamel El Harrachi (Photo: Laurence Fragnol) Laurence (Photo: El Harrachi Kamel Moussa Diallo Trio (Photo: Jacob Crawfurd) Jacob (Photo: Trio Moussa Diallo

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Torilinna Another little gem of a building, this 1906 creation of Nyberg and Löppönen sits on the corner of Fabianinkatu and Eteläinen Makasiinikatu. With the typically graceful proportions of the Ju- gend style, its charming orange facade and romantic turret make it a pretty ad- Afenginn (Photo: Rune Backs) (Photo: Afenginn dition to the urban street scene of Hel- Maarit Kytöharju) (Photo: Hilja Grönfors sinki.

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ing and the release of studio albums, live albums and even Norwegian voice a duets album, Brun’s lilting vocals, theatrical arrange- JAMES O’SULLIVAN actly what Norwegian singer ments and delicate indie HELSINKI TIMES Ane Brun has done, after re- folk craft continue to wow a cently teaming up with Peter growing audience. FOLLOWING in the foot- Gabriel to rerecord his clas- Drawing comparisons to steps of Kate Bush would be sic tune ‘Don’t Give Up’. the likes of Joni Mitchell, a daunting prospect for any Building awareness of her Dolly Parton, Nick Drake young singer, yet this is ex- name through constant tour- and even Björk, Brun will be performing a much-antici- pated concert at Tavastia on Saturday 1 October, with the Stockholm resident arriving in Finland in support of her new album All Starts With One. Writing, recording and running her own label when not on tour, Brun also organised the No More Lullabies concert in 2009. Bringing attention to climate issues, she assembled 24 well-known Swedish artists including the likes of Robyn and Benny Andersson of ABBA, to take part in seven hours of live music and visuals marking the International Day of Cli- mate Action.

Ane Brun 1 October, 20:00 Tickets €25/27 Tavastia Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki

Singer-songwriter Ane Brun performs at Tavastia this Saturday. Grande Four international flavours

JAMES O’SULLIVAN with current “it-girl” Em- topher Columbus. Arriving HELSINKI TIMES ma Stone, Woody Harrelson with his crew during the 2000 rounds out the cast. Certain- Cochabamba water crisis, THIS week sees Friends with ly, there is worse company to soon the lines between past Benefi ts, a companion piece of keep for 90 minutes than the and present, fi ction and fi lm, sorts to No Strings Attached, affable bud-smoking tree- become increasingly blurred dealing with the trials and hugger. See what you think. as tension reaches fever pitch. Finale tribulations of a friendly cou- Elsewhere this week sees ple that just wants to get it on local documentary Matka and not have to worry about Edeniin (“Trip to Eden”), from 7.10. Savoy-Theatre at 7 pm all of that pesky relationship renowned artist and director business – or so it seems. Rax Rinnekangas. Here we Join us for a musical journey around the globe! Pop superstar turned bud- follow two men, from Finland Ourvision is an ethno singing competition that brings ding thespian Justin Timber- and Switzerland, who start lake coasts on the goodwill an unlikely journey togeth- together the most talented singers from all continents. accumulated by his strong er in Northern Spain. Work- turn in last year’s The Social ing through the traumas in Network, teaming up with their own lives, the discovery Tambien la lluvia (K11) Buy your Mila Kunis (last seen earli- of the importance of forgive- Release Date: 30 September er this year in Black Swan) to ness paves a path for them Director: Iciar Bollain discover just how many ob- towards a better future. Starring: Luis Tosar, tickets now! stacles will fall in their way Based on the acclaimed Gael Garcia Bernal as their emotional bond be- book by Jo Nesbø, Norwegian 12/8€, www.lippupalvelu.fi gins to strengthen amongst fi lm Hodejegerne (“Head- their physical trysts. hunters”) has been accu- Now, I’m no betting man, mulating accolades with its but there are no prizes for story of an accomplished cor- guessing the outcome here. porate headhunter who risks Early word suggests this everything to get his hands might just be likeable, with on a valuable painting that Easy A (2010) director Will just happens to be owned by Gluck ensuring this breezy a former mercenary. comedy keeps the chuckles Finally, También la lluvia Hodejegerne (K15) coming without resorting to (“Even the Rain”) has fi lm- Release Date: 30 September the easy gross-out moments maker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Director: Morten Tyldum that increasingly dominate Bernal) travelling to Bolivia Starring: Aksel Hennie, the comedy genre. Along to shoot a fi lm about Chris- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Friends with Benefits (K13) Release Date: 30 September Director: Will Gluck Starring: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis

Matka Edeniin (S) Release Date: 30 September Director: Rax Rinnekangas Starring: Nachio Angulo, Hugo Wirz

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Cultural Weeks of Mozambique Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s Lemminkäinen’s Mother, 1897. 23.9.-3.11. The “Kulungwana!” - exhibition consisting of the “Coleccao Cresente”- collection shows Autumn exhibitions works by seven artists from Mocambique. JAMES O’SULLIVAN ists, with a distinctive Nor- trating on the turbulent pe- HELSINKI TIMES dic style that was regularly riod in Russia of 1900 to displayed around Europe. 1930, the works on display HELSINKI Art Museum at Well known in both criti- emerged during the collapse 13.-14.10. Tennispalatsi (Tennis Pal- cal and avant-garde circles, of Russia’s old social system, Movies and workshops. ace) is hosting a fresh duo of he was a complex character and the implementation of “Lokaviikot” Info at www.lokaviikot.fi memorable exhibitions for who moved between periods the Soviet system. the rest of the year. The fi rst of sustained political convic- Then, as the West experi- displays the work of Finnish tion and impulsiveness, with enced inspirational works of artist Akseli Gallen-Kalle- homesickness encroach- avant-garde expression, the Youthfestival la from 1884-1910, a period ing on those moments unin- Russian avant-garde too broke that preceded the emergence spired by wanderlust. from the restraints of realism, of abstract art in Europe and The Power of Colour is the turning to European modern- which also refl ects the peak third in Helsinki Art Muse- ism, Russian folk and icon art Women’s of his output. um’s series of exhibitions on for inspiration. By the 1930s, During this time Gal- Russian masters, with works however, avant-garde had len-Kallela’s work stood out from the collections of the been denounced as being de- InternationalInternation from that of most other art- Tretyakov Gallery. Concen- generate in the Soviet Union. onall

Akseli Gallen-Kallela – Living Room European Master 24.10. at 4 pm. The Power free entrance of Colour Cinderella of Today – Mission Possible. Guest: Alexandra Salmela. Works from the Collections of the Stat STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY TRETYAKOV STATE Tretyakov Gallery

Until 15 January 2012 Helsinki Art Museum JARI KUUSENAHO / TAMPEREEN TAIDEMUSEO TAMPEREEN KUUSENAHO / JARI Tennispalatsi Salomonkatu 15 Self Portrait with Cheetah, Kasimir Malevitš’s Haymaking, Helsinki Jewish 1910 by Gallen-Kallela. 1928-1929. night few gigs that the band will be playing in Europe this au- Progressive influence tumn, with audiences privy to a rare appearance by the JAMES O’SULLIVAN collaboration continued with formidable talents of found- HELSINKI TIMES their startling soundtrack work er and inspiration Claudio for Argento’s Suspiria (1977), Simonetti, accompanied by Tue 11.10. STARTING out with the less a master class in eeriness and original guitarist Massimo than terrifying name of often terrifying, unclassifi a- Morante. at 18.30 Cherry Five in the 1970s, it ble noise. Soon after, their in- Support comes from 7/5€ was only when they were no- fl uence would eventually spill Turku’s Night Satan, whose ticed by soon-to-be-legend- across the Atlantic, with horror synth-driven prog engine Klezmer music ary horror fi lm director Dario maestro George A. Romero us- owes much to their Italian and Jewish songs. Argento that Goblin began to ing their talents for such fi lms headliners. enjoy wider exposure. as Dawn of the Dead (1978). Asked to compose the mu- As the ‘80s commenced, sic for their fellow Italian’s clas- the band’s line-up endured a sic slasher fl ick Profondo Rosso number of personnel chang- Goblin (“Deep Red”) in 1975, the band’s es before eventually drop- 1 October, 21:00 stunning mix of prog rock, chil- ping off the musical radar, Tickets €22.50-27 dren’s lullabies and memora- occasionally reappearing in Korjaamo International Culture Centre ble hooks gave an already tense abridged versions with vari- Töölönkatu 51 A-B Mikonkatu 17 C, www.caisa.fi fi lm an added edge. ous members in attendance. Helsinki A rousing reception and a Saturday 1 October at Kor- name change later, and this jaamo sees one of a cherished 26 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 CULTURE HELSINKI TIMES HELSINKI TIMES EAT & DRINK 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 27

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Too much of a bland thing We came to Tokyo55 with high hopes. Their lunch buffet – 15 euros for all-you- can-eat sushi – has acquired a certain reputation, perhaps unsurprisingly, as the place to go if you want to stuff your face with a predictable selection of maki and nigiri. It’s true that it offers good value in the same way that any all-you-can-eat es- tablishment does. If you eat enough it will always be cheap. Unfortunately you might leave Tokyo55’s lunch buffet with the feeling that cheap doesn’t always mean it’s worth it. I’m prepared to believe that the a la carte quality selection available in the evenings is better but if you’re preparing several hundred (thousand?) pieces of sushi over a period of a few hours it’s unsurprisingly going to mean the standard of the product takes a hit. The par- amount quality of good sushi is that it’s fresh, and standing at room temperature on a buffet table does not an unsullied rice-and-fish combo make. The rice was dry and bland, the fish rather tasteless and the experience left me with the feeling that, in this case at least, less is more and never mind the price tag. Tokyo55 Runeberginkatu 55, Helsinki

Style over substance Located, like Tokyo 55, in Töölö, Umeshu seems to pride itself on its aesthetics. It It’s worth spending a little extra to get something more interesting than the usual salmon and prawns. definitely looks the part and apart from the all-Finnish staff you may think you were luncheoning in Sapporo rather than Helsinki. Umeshu was established three and a half years ago, which doesn’t make it one of the first but obviously they have some experience. The 12-piece Umesu- Sushi is on a roll shi plate that we tasted cost €15.50 and, while varied and attractive, didn’t make The expansive growth of sushi restaurants in Helsinki means that many inroads into the realms of true sushi imagination. Predictable salmon and boiled prawn nigiri were slightly spiced up by the pres- quality varies from place to place. In our latest comparative piece on ence of some tasty grilled eel, mackerel and yellowtail or hamachi. Pleasingly there was al- the capital’s restaurants, we put four of the city’s fish and rice eater- so one nigiri with fresh rather than boiled shrimp – a surprisingly uncommon offering. The four cucumber maki were all right but nothing special. Although sushi is very rarely “cheap” ies to the test. Umeshu doesn’t offer the best value in terms of variety or taste, even if the atmosphere is rather authentic. Restaurant Umeshu NICK BARLOW Finn’s appetite for raw fi sh boringly) topped with salm- Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 15, Helsinki HELSINKI TIMES can possibly support this on or boiled prawn. But don’t many establishments. be fooled, the variety of sushi WHEREAS fi ve years ago, you Sushi, of course, refers to that is available is impressive, Value-tastic could hardly fi nd a sushi res- the presence of cooked, vin- if you know where to look. Hanko Sushi is the closest we’ve got to a taurant in Finland for love egared rice in combination Helsinki Times chose four sushi chain, but using that word is perhaps nor money, these days – at with, well, just about any- of our capital’s well known slightly unfair on the restaurants. There least in larger cities and Hel- thing you can think of – but sushi bars to visit and evalu- are nine Hanko Sushis: from (surprise) sinki in particular – there normally raw or seared fi sh. ate. With increased numbers Hanko in the South-West and Nauvo on seems to be more of them There are two most common of establishments also comes the archipelago fringe, to outlets in the Iso than you can shake a pair of types of sushi here in Fin- a wider range of quality and Omena and Jumbo shopping centres. We chopsticks at. While this is land. The maki is the famous value. There are certainly visited their Ruoholahti outlet at the tail great news for rice and sea- seaweed and rice roll, while other good sushi restaurants end of lunchtime. Apparently very popu- weed lovers, some of us are the nigiri is an oblong rice in Helsinki, but some are bet- lar with office workers in the area, Hanko’s starting to wonder if the “ball” typically (and slightly ter than others. lunch menu – 10 pieces of sushi, miso soup and tea for €9.50 – offered probably the Italian Restaurant Mon-Fri 11-22 | best value if some quick, good food is what you need. The miso was great with plenty of crunchy spring onions. I hardly need to point out that salmon and shrimp were among the su- Sat 14-22 | Sun 14-21 | shi that we were served, but the grilled eel made a welcome reappearance along with some Annankatu 4 | frankly divine scallops, California rolls and a seemingly unique and tasty seaweed wrapped in seaweed item. Hanko sushi is good value and equally good quality, and as an added bonus www.vaelsa.fi | you can find it outside Helsinki. Hanko Sushi (Ruoholahti) + 358 9 698 00 12 | Itämerenkatu 12, Helsinki

Imaginative sushi Critic’s favourite Close to the backside of Kamppi lies Sushibar+Wine, a restaurant that has the distinction of being not only a top-qual- Salomonkatu 19, Helsinki ity sushi bar but is also one of Helsin- Tel. 09 694 0750 ki’s few wine bars. The wine list is, as one Mon-Fri 11-23, Sat 12-23, Sun 12-22 would expect, appropriately extensive www.ravintolatandoor.net and is a sight to gladden this wine-lov- er’s heart, but the sushi here was so good that I barely had time to think about what I was drinking. Not only does the sushi here taste exceedingly fresh – and everything is made to order every single time, so you won’t get a wilting, left-over maki roll – but the enthusiasm for the food is infectious. First off, you get food here that I can pretty much guarantee you won’t get anywhere else in Hel- sinki. Whole green soya beans with sea salt (traditional Japanese bar snack)? Check. Gun- kan shiromasu – whitefish, chilli, spring onion, lime and shiso leaf? Check. The Stravokado with avocado, spring onion, Philadelphia cheese and yakitori sauce? Check. What about sushi with bacon, Bulldog sauce and Japanese mayonnaise – the Machomaki? Sure, why not? The Oldest Nepalese Check. There’s rice paper sushi, nori cones, sashimi for those who have had enough rice... I 16.9. – 6.11. am not joking when I say you will have serious issues deciding on what you want to eat, and Restaurant in Finland PHQXEHOJH¿ when you’ve eaten one thing you’ll want to eat something else. They don’t take bookings, get Open jam-packed on weekend evenings, have another restaurant (with sushi only – no wine) on Mon-Fri 11-23, weekends 12-23, Lunch: Mon-Fri 11-15 Uudenmaankatu and the sushi tastes really good. For sheer variety, quality and imagination Contact Sushi+Wine was the best sushi restaurant that we visited. Ratakatu 1B, 00120 Helsinki. Sushibar+Wine Book your table Fredrikinkatu 42, Helsinki tel. (09) 647 551, mob 040 7347 638 www.himalaya.fi 28 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

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If we think that 80 per cent of the market tion of the change. 8QWLO2FWREHU argues the Finnish Grocery about this from a more long- is in the hands of two players. “This year the prices in Fin- Trade Association, according term perspective, maybe the I would like to see competi- land will rise more than be- to whom consumers here pay prices are simply not as high tion, whether it comes from fore because the global market We offofferfe deliciousel ou a rather low price for their as people usually say, nor have the domestic markets or from prices of food have risen dra- dishess mmamaded of groceries. The information they risen that much.” abroad,” Peltoniemi com- matically,” predicts Orjatsalo. the bestt ingredients.ngredient comes from an investigation “The price of food rouses ments. 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Identity is a Myth Kiasma, Mannerheiminaukio 2 This theatre piece investigates Tue 10:00-17:00 Maqam is built on hypnotizing rhythms and melodies with what defines us and how we define Wed-Thu 10:00-20:30 emotive vocal textures. Traditionally, the maqam singer is called ourselves. Fri 10:00-22:00 the Qaari (“reader”). This is because maqam was originally a Theatre Viirus, 19:00 Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00 form of Sufi mystical singing. Along with following the stand- Meritullinkatu 33 Tickets €0/6/8 ards of maqam, the singer is also expected to integrate his own Tickets €18/24 www.kiasma.fi www.viirus.fi improvisation in the maqams. Farida Mohammad Ali definitely Until Sun 8 January 2012 succeeds in that; her singing, together with the skillful playing Fri 30 September-Sun 2 October The Magic of Lapland of the maqam instrumentalists, is absolutely magical. Sirkus Aikamoinen: Aisti The exhibition focuses on the im- Juggling, somersaults and pressions of Finnish Lapland pro- Sat 1 October Kaupinkalliontie 10 acrobatics! duced by art and includes works by Cirko Centre dozens of artists, from the unknown Espoo Cultural Centre Tickets €30/40 Farida Mohammad Ali enchants with maqam singing. Tapiola Hall, 19:00 www.espoo.fi Kaasutehtaankatu 1 maker of a shaman’s drum to the Tickets €10/15 latest works of contemporary art www.cirko.fi featuring many different working methods and styles. Wed 5 October Ateneum Art Museum MUSIC Fri 30 September Sat 1 October Sat 1 October United Snakes Collective / Arja Kaivokatu 2 U.D.O. (GER) Ane Brun (NOR) Club Mojo: Madame De C*** Tiili and Teemu Mäki: Kaikki vai- Tue & Fri 10:00-18:00 Thu 29 September Heavy metal. Beautiful vocals, guitar and Interesting electro rock. kuttaa (”Everything Matters”) Wed & Thu 10:00-20:00 Kings of Convenience (NOR) Dom lyrics by the brilliant Norwegian Bar Loose Combination of breakdancing, con- Sat & Sun 11:00-17:00 Brilliat group from Bergen combin- Fredrikinkatu 42 singer-songwriter. Annankatu 21 temporary dance and video art. Tickets €0/8/10 ing acoustic folk and indie pop. Tickets €25/30 Tavastia, Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €6 Stoa www.ateneum.fi Nosturi www.domhelsinki.fi Tickets €25/27 www.barloose.com Turunlinnantie 1 Telakkakatu 8 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Tickets €10/15 Until Sun 15 January 2012 Tickets €29 Fri 30 September Mon 3 October www.stoa.fi The Power of Colour – Works www.elmu.fi Raadelma Sat 1 October Aino Venna from the Collections of the State Lyrical Finnish pop/progressive Pendulum DJ Set (AUS/UK) Fresh and lyrical modern folk. Tretjakov Gallery EXHIBITIONS Thu 29 September rock. Energetic Drum & Bass/electro/ Bassment Early 20th century Russian art fea- Airship (UK) Bar Loose rock group. Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 turing the beloved masters Marc Emotional indie rock. Annankatu 21 The Circus, Salomonkatu 1-3 Free entrance Until Sun 2 October Chagall, Kasimir Malevich and Was- Tavastia Tickets €5/7 Tickets €18 www.bassment.fi LARU 11 sily Kandinsky. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 www.barloose.com www.thecircus.fi Environmental art exhibition by an Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Tickets €14/16 Mon 3 October international group of artists. Palace, Salomonkatu 15 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Fri 30 September Sat 1 October Breathe Carolina (USA) + support Särkiniemi beach, Lauttasaari (bus- Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00 Siinai Goblin (ITA), Nightsatan Electro, screamo and post-hard- es 21V, 65A, 66A) Tickets €0/8/10 Thu 29 September Record release party Haunting melodies and synthetic core. Free entry Northern Discipline of one of the most space rock. Nosturi www.laruart.com Hardcore influenced trash metal. interesting contemporary Korjaamo Culture Factory Telakkakatu 8 OTHERS Bar Loose Finnish electro groups. Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €18 Until Sun 2 October Annankatu 21 Korjaamo Culture Factory Tickets €22.50-27 www.elmu.fi Ida Pimenoff: A Shadow at the Sat 1 October Tickets €5/6 Töölönkatu 51 B www.korjaamo.fi Edge of Every Moment of the Day Circle Prinz Finland 2011 www.barloose.com Tickets €6.50/7 Wed 5 October Beautiful photo exhibition of misty Break-/streetdance event. www.korjaamo.fi Sat 1 October John Primer (USA) cityscapes, seashores at dusk, re- Club YK Thu 29 September Ville Leinonen Primer’s unique guitar playing cap- flections, and human charac- Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Pintandwefall Fri 30 September Finnish folk/rock/pop. tures the essence of blues. ters whose faces are hidden in the Tickets €10 Female garage. Singer´s journey to the Korjaamo Culture Factory Malmitalo shadows. A dreamlike atmosphere www.clubyk.fi Kokomo Tikibar & Room voices of the earth Karoliina Töölönkatu 51 B Ala-Malmin tori 1 unifies the images. Uudenmaankatu 16-18 Kantelinen´s fantastic musical Tickets €8/10 Tickets €15 Gallery Hippolyte Sun 2 October Tickets €5/7 journey to the different sounds www.korjaamo.fi www.malmitalo.fi Kalevankatu 18 Helsinki Vintage www.kokomo.fi of the world. Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00 Past decades design, aesthetics Music Centre Sat 1 October Wed 5 October Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 and the different forms of vintage Thu 29 September Black Box Mariska & Pahat Sudet Klima Kalima (FIN/GER) Free entry culture. Club Folks: Mikael H & The Mannerheimintie 13 Modern Finnish “schlagers” with Jazzy grooves. www.hippolyte.fi Cable Factory Siberians Tickets €5/10/15 bold lyrics. Juttutupa Tallberginkatu 1 Acoustic folk. www.musiikkitalo.fi Stoa Säästöpankinranta 6 Until Sun 9 October Tickets €8/10 Korjaamo Culture Factory Turunlinnantie 1 Free entry Michaël Borremans: Eating the www.helsinkivintage.fi Töölönkatu 51 B Fri 30 September Tickets €14-18 www.juttutupa.fi Beard Free entrance Club PopLife www.stoa.fi Strange scenes and mysterious fig- www.korjaamo.fi Surprising pop/indie/dance music Wed 5 October ures by the fascinating Belgian by local DJs. Sat 1 October Freeman + guests & Uusi Fantasia artist. solution sudoku Fri 30 September Tavastia Poisonblack Surprising combination of a leg- Kunsthalle Ghost Brigade Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Heavy metal. endary Finnish pop artist and a wild Nervanderinkatu 3 Melancholic death metal. Tickets €5/6 Virgin Oil CO. electro group. Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Nosturi, Telakkakatu 8 www.tavastiaklubi.fi Kaivopiha, Mannerheimintie 5 Tavastia Wed 11:00-20:00 Tickets €10 Tickets €12 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 www.elmu.fi Fri 30 September www.virginoil.fi Tickets €10/12 Tickets €0/8/10 Beatnuts (USA) www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.taidehalli.fi Fri 30 September Legendary hip-hop duo from Sat 1 October Andy McCoy & Dave Lindholm Queens. Club Balkan Fever: DJ Click (Paris) Until Mon 31 October Finnish rock legends. Virgin Oil CO. Crazy dancing and sweat. THEATRE & DANCE Terike Haapoja & CO: Edge of On The Rocks Kaivopiha Le Bonk Music Machine the World Mikonkatu 15 Mannerheimintie 5 Yrjönkatu 24 Thu 29 September Unique installation by media artist Tickets €12/15 Tickets €12/14 Tickets €8 Blood Wedding & Scheherazade Terike Haapoja, who explores the www.ontherocks.fi www.virginoil.fi www.lebonk.fi Blood Wedding by Cathy Marson relationship between nature and HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 31 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English and other language broadcasting on Finnish television. thursday 29.9. friday 30.9.

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09:30 Une Famille Formidable 10:05 The Young and the Restless 09:30 Une Famille Formidable 10:05 The Young and the Restless 11:05 YLE News in English 11:00 Emmerdale In French. 11:00 Emmerdale 11:10 Mercy Peak 13:05 Design Inc. 11:05 YLE News in English 13:05 ER 11:55 Coronation Street 13:30 How Clean Is Your House? 11:10 Mercy Peak 14:05 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals Steve can’t wait for his 14:05 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 11:55 Coronation Street 14:40 Undercover Boss chance. Tasty Tapas. 16:00 Snow Monkeys DOC 15:40 Maajussille morsian 17:05 Une Famille Formidable 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful Some of the snow monkeys In Finnish. 19:00 As Time Goes By 18:00 Emmerdale in the Jigokudan valley have 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 22:05 Torture Made in USA DOC 20:00 Maajussille morsian found themselves a cosy 18:00 Emmerdale The Ring (K15) Eragon Could the representatives In Finnish. resting place at the local hot 21:00 Lie to Me MTV3 23:05 MTV3 22:45 of the Bush administration 21:00 House springs. BBC 22:35 Rally World Championships: be prosecuted for war SERIES ENDS. 17:08 Une Famille Formidable France Extra SPORT crimes? This investigative 22:35 Modern Family 07:00 Children’s Programming In French. In Finnish. 07:00 Children’s Programming documentary reveals the 23:05 The Ring (K15) FILM In Finnish. 19:00 Lark Rise to Candleford 22:45 Eragon FILM In Finnish. machine that led “the Based on the Japanese 08:00 It’s Me or the Dog 22:00 The Kennedys Starring Edward Speleers, 08:00 It’s Me or the Dog world’s greatest democracy” horror film Ringu. 09:00 Pitchin’ In Part 3/8. Jeremy Irons, John 09:00 Pitchin’ In to use systematic torture USA/Japan/2002 09:30 Birth Stories Malkovich, Robert Carlyle 09:30 Birth Stories on a massive scale in Kim and Wesley are having and Sienna Guillory. 10:30 Kim’s Rude Awakenings Afghanistan, Guantánamo their third child at home. TV2 USA/2006 13:00 Birth Stories and Iraq. SUB 10:30 Kim’s Rude Awakenings 00:50 Rally World 14:00 Kim’s Rude Awakenings 23:10 Lady Chatterley (K13) 13:00 Birth Stories 06:50 Children’s Programming Championships: France 14:30 Pitchin’ In FILM 08:00 Sturm der Liebe 14:00 Kim’s Rude Awakenings In Finnish. SPORT 15:00 Inspector Cartoons France/2006. In French. In German. 14:30 Pitchin’ In 10:35 Snowy River: The In Finnish. 15:10 Gary Unmarried 08:50 Marienhof Lynn travels to California McGregor Saga 01:20 Mentalist (K13) 15:40 Eddie & Jeff In German. where she will spend her 11:25 Globetrekker: Israel 16:10 Judging Amy TV2 14:00 Garfield & Friends time with olives, grapes, and 13:00 Don Matteo 17:15 Animal Rescue 14:30 Animal Park monks. In Italian. SUB 21:00 Maid in Manhattan FILM 06:50 Children’s Programming 15:30 Marienhof 15:00 Inspector Cartoons 15:35 Orgoglio A senatorial candidate falls In Finnish. In German. In Finnish. In Italian. 08:00 Sturm der Liebe for a hotel maid, thinking 10:35 Snowy River: The 16:00 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 15:05 Build a New Life in the 17:00 Children’s programming In German. she is a socialite, when McGregor Saga 17:00 Jamie’s Food Escapes Country In Finnish. 08:50 Marienhof he sees her trying on a 11:50 Les Petits Matins du Stockholm. Part 3/6. David and Hilary have 20:00 Ein Fall für Zwei In German. wealthy woman’s dress. Monde 18:00 Sturm der Liebe decided to live in an old In German. 14:00 Garfield & Friends Starring: Jennifer Lopez, A visit will be made to an In German. Dutch flatboat. Having bad 22:05 Law and Order: Criminal 14:30 Marienhof Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Indian Family. In French. 19:30 Cougar Town experiences with bank loans, Intent (K15) In German. Richardson. USA/2002 12:05 Die Familie Dr. Kleist 20:00 The Simpsons they decide to fund the 23:45 Rush (K15) 16:00 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 23:35 Oz (K15) In German. 21:30 Models Of The Runway renovation in another way. 00:35 Bonekickers 17:00 Jamie’s Food Escapes 00:45 Dirty (K15) FILM 13:25 William & Mary Series continues. 16:05 Judging Amy 18:00 Sturm der Liebe Two gangbangers-turned- SERIES ENDS 23:30 C.S.I. New York (K13) 17:10 Dr. Phil In German. cops try to cover up a 15:35 Orgoglio 00:30 Hotel Babylon 18:10 Married... with Children YLE TEEMA 19:30 Cougar Town scandal within the LAPD. In Italian. 01:35 Vampire Diaries Until death do us part. Season ends. Starring: Frank Alvarez, 17:00 Children’s Programming 02:30 It’s Always Sunny in 21:00 Criminal Minds (K15) 16:00 Baroque! 20:00 The Simpsons Clifton Collins Jr., Brittany In Finnish. Philadelphia (K13) A psychopath forces married Part 3/3. 23:30 Chuck Daniel, Keith David, Aimee 20:00 Ein Fall für Zwei Season ends. couples to copulate before 17:00 L’ami Hollandais, Jef Last 00:30 Miami Vice Garcia. USA, 2005 In German. murdering them. & André Gide 01:30 Terminator: The Sarah 22:35 Single-handed 22:00 Blue Bloods (K13) The friendship between Connor Chronicles Part 2/2. SERIES ENDS. TV VIISI 23:15 Frasier French writer Andrè Giden Second season begins. JIM 23:45 Oz (K15) and Dutch writer Jef Last 12:10 Home and Away 00:55 Brotherhood (K15) portrays both the cultural 12:20 MasterChef Australia YLE TEEMA 12:40 The King of Queens and political atmospheres of TV VIISI Date pudding, butterscotch 13:05 Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show 1930s Europe. sauce, and almond pralines. 17:00 Prokofiev:The Unfinished 14:10 Das 100 Millionen Dollar JIM In French. 12:30 Home and Away 13:15 Chuck’s Day Off Diary DOC Date (K-3) FILM 19:00 Paul Merton in Europe(K13) 13:00 The King of Queens 13:40 Man vs. Food With the discovery of his 11 year old Oliver believes 12:20 MasterChef Australia Part 1/6. Berlin. 13:25 Packed to the Rafters Cleveland. personal diaries, the mystery that Bill Gates knows the 13:15 Chuck’s Day Off 20:00 Nazi Collaborators (K13) 14:20 A Very Merry Daughter of 14:10 JIM D: Life After People that was Prokofiev is about answers for all questions 13:40 Man vs. Food Part 4/13. Belgian Leon the Bride FILM DOC to be revealed. Directed by: and sets out to meet him. Salt Lake City. Degrelle was a staunch A wedding planner looks to How will the White Yosif Feyginberg. France/ Germany/2007. 14:10 Madhouse Catholic and hated persuade her mother not House fall in a Life After Canada/2008. In French. In German. 15:05 Shark Tank Communism from the to marry a man she’s only People? The greatest homes 21:00 Le Jeu de la Mort DOC 16:05 Relic Hunter 16:00 Speeders bottom of his heart. After known for a brief period of and monuments to the A modern update of the 17:00 America’s Funniest Home 16:30 Bondi Rescue Germany occupied Belgium, time. UK/2008 world’s leaders are under controversial Milgram Videos The new arrivals. Degrelle eagerly supported 16:00 A Different Breed attack. The President’s Experiment from the ‘60s. 17:30 My wife and kids 17:00 Deadliest Catch the foundation of the 17:00 Meet the Parents dog must learn the ways of The documentary follows 18:00 That 70’s Show 18:00 Shark Tank Belgian Waffen-SS. 17:30 My wife and kids the wild. 80 people competing on a 18:30 The King of Queens 19:30 South Park 21:45 Irina Palm (K15) FILM 18:00 That 70’s Show 15:05 Shark Tank game show pilot, which is, 19:00 NCIS 21:00 Black Blizzard DOC A tragicomic tale of a widow 18:30 The King of Queens 16:00 Speeders in fact, an experiment. In 21:00 Made in America FILM Part 1/2 who applies for work in a 19:00 Foolproof (K-11) FILM 16:30 Bondi Rescue French. Zora Matthews’ mother 22:30 Rude Tube (K15) sex club in order to pay for Kevin, Sam and Rob 17:00 Deadliest Catch 22:35 Louis Theroux: Gambling conceived her with the aid SERIES BEGINS. The series her grandchild’s expensive are founding members 18:00 Customs in Las Vegas DOC of an anonymous sperm composes of embarrassing, treatment. of a theoretical group 18:30 Ultimate Tourist Scams Theroux meets the donor. Now she’ll finally funny and interesting videos UK/2007 which pulls off heists. 19:30 South Park gamblers, high rollers and meet her father. found online, especially on Canada/2003 21:00 JIM D: Fugitive Chronicles casino men who keep this Starring: Ted Danson, YouTube. 21:00 Scream 3 (K-15) FILM (K15) DOC town in the middle of the Whoopi Goldberg, Nia Long, 23:00 South Park Starring: David Arquette, Murderer and drug dealer desert green with money. Paul Rodriguez, Will Smith. 23:30 Fear Factor Neve Campbell, Courtney Larry Davis. He tries his luck as well. France/USA/1993 00:30 Modern Marvels: Fry It Cox Arquette, Patrick 23:00 Moments of Impact (K15) 23:10 Kalgoorlie Cops DOC Dempsey, Jenny McCarthy. 00:00 World’s Wildest Vacation Programmes on Yle Teema 23:50 Hale and Pace Welcome to the world of USA/2000 Videos (K13) may be viewed in the original 00:20 Expedition Impossible sizzling hot oil. How about 23:10 NCIS 01:00 Jack Osbourne – 01:15 Dark Justice some deep fried treats such as 00:45 That 70’s Show Adrenaline Junkie language(s) by changing the 02:10 That 70’s Show frogs legs, Twinkies and Coke? Maid in Manhattan 01:15 Face Facts: Truth About The Borneo Jungle. digital receiver’s settings. 01:25 American Hot Rod Nelonen 21:00 Botox DOC 01:55 Situation Critical (K15)

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08:05 Nature Wonders: Celestial 07:50 Children’s Programming 08:05 Unlikely Eden: 07:30 Children’s Programming Dance of Bhutan DOC In Finnish. Ngorongoro Crater DOC In Finnish 11:15 Upstairs, Downstairs 10:55 Hannah Montana In the far reaches of Bhutan, 11:05 Grand Designs 12:40 Branding Illness DOC 11:25 FUTIS+ SPORT monks gather in the mountains 14:50 Just for Laughs Gags 14:05 Gilmore Girls In Finnish. to prepare for several days of 14:55 Garfield & Friends 15:20 Lewis 11:55 UEFA Europa League – dancing and meditation. 15:25 October Sky FILM 18:15 Miranda Best Moments SPORT 11:15 Upstairs, Downstairs The true story of Homer, a Part 1/12. In Finnish. 12:05 Last of the Summer Wine coal miner’s son who was 18:45 Unlikely Eden: 15:00 Beethoven’s 3rd FILM Underworld: Evolution 12:35 Science of Animal inspired by the first Sputnik October Sky Ngorongoro Crater DOC USA/2000 Nelonen 00:15 Domestication DOC launch to take up rocketry MTV3 15:25 19:35 Des Hommes et des Bêtes 17:00 Storm Stories 14:05 Gilmore Girls against his father’s wishes. In French. 17:30 Top Gear 14:50 Heritage of Mankind: Starring: Jack Gyllenhaal, 19:45 Monk 21:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 12:00 Make It or Break It Venice In German. Chris Cooper. USA/1999 10:50 Underdog to Wonderdog 22:00 Come Fly With Me 22:30 Rally World 13:00 Jonas L.A. 15:05 Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor 17:35 Private Practice Tic and Tac are found 22:30 John Adams Championships: France 13:30 Kyle XY DOC 18:35 Rally World abandoned on the street. Part 1/7. SERIES BEGINS. Extra SPORT 14:30 90210 A dive beneath the waters Championships – France SERIES ENDS. 23:40 Jerusalem moments DOC In Finnish. 15:25 Ugly Betty of Pearl Harbor to find new Extra SPORT 12:20 Animal Rescue 22:40 The Assassination of Jesse Betty, Hilda and Amanda clues to the historic sinking In Finnish. 13:20 Nokia proudly presents: James by the Coward travel to London for business of the USS Arizona. 22:35 Chase Flow Festival - The TV2 Robert Ford (K15) and pleasure. 16:00 Adventures of Sherlock 23:35 Southland Documentary Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey 16:20 Worst Week Holmes 00:35 Rally World 13:45 Frasier marathon 07:45 Children’s Programming Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Mary 16:50 Taxi 4 FILM 17:10 Freaks of the Sea DOC Championships – France 15:45 Good Wife In Finnish. Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, France/2007. In French. Multi award-winning SPORT 16:45 The Bachelorette 10:25 BBC: Baby Animals Paul Schneider. USA/2007 21:00 When a Stranger Calls underwater cameramen John In French. 21:00 Basic Instinct 2 (K15) FILM 15:10 Virginity DOC 01:30 Satisfaction (K15) (K15) FILM Boyle and John McIntyre have A police detective is in 17:20 V75 Trot SPORT 02:30 Rally World During an otherwise filmed over several years to charge of the investigation In Finnish. Championships: France routine babysitting gig, produce this wide ranging SUB of a brutal murder, in which 17:55 Globetrekker: Madrid SPORT a high-school student is blue-chip television special. a beautiful and seductive 20:50 Der Alte In Finnish. harassed by an increasingly 18:55 Hercule Poirot: The Clocks 09:30 Futurama woman could be involved. In German. threatening prank caller. 22:00 Midnight Man (K13) 10:00 King of the Hill Starring: Sharon Stone, 22:05 Breach USA/2006 22:45 The Thick of It 10:30 Animal Park David Morrissey, Charlotte 23:50 Law and Order: Special SUB 23:10 Finnish Hockey 11:30 Pineapple Dance Studios Rampling, David Thewlis, Victims Unit (K15) Championships – Best 14:30 One Tree Hill Season ends. Hugh Dancy, Indira Varma. 00:35 Yle Live: Sonisphere 2011 14:30 Red Bull Cliptomaniacs Moments SPORT TV2 15:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Directed by Michael Caton- Part 1/2. 15:00 True Beauty In Finnish. 16:30 Project Runway Jones. Germany/UK/USA/ 16:00 Glee 23:15 Legend of the Seeker 07:45 Children’s Programming Series continues. Spain/2006 17:00 Privileged 00:15 Underworld: Evolution In Finnish. 17:25 Models Of The Runway 23:35 Sex and the City (K13) YLE TEEMA 18:00 Howie Do It (K15) FILM 10:25 Fabulous Tales of the Series continues. 00:50 Raising the Bar 19:10 United States of Tara Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Enchanted Deep DOC 18:25 Masterchef USA 01:50 Blue Bloods (K13) 09:30 Go Yoyo Go 19:40 There’s Something About Scott Speedman, Tony In French and English. 19:55 Mythbusters English language teaching Mary FILM Curran, Derek Jacobi, Bill 11:30 Heartland 22:30 Vampire Diaries for children. In English. Directed by Bobby and Peter Nighy. USA/2006 12:45 Gedo Senki FILM 23:30 Face To Face JIM 10:15 Japanese with Erin Farrelly, Starring: Cameron Directed by Goro Miyazaki. 00:30 Music on Wheels In Finnish. Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller. Japan/2006. In Japanese. 01:00 Bones 09:10 Danger Beach 10:40 Des Goûts et des Couleurs USA/1998 JIM 15:40 Mr Bean 01:55 Red Bull Cliptomaniacs 11:10 Monster Jam In French. 23:00 Music on Wheels 18:00 Die Komissarin 11:40 Grimefighters 12:30 Jeanne Moreau – A Bomb 23:30 C.S.I. Miami (K13) 09:50 Monster Jam In German. 12:10 Animal Mega Moves Shell in Disguise DOC 00:30 Chuck 10:20 Airways 00:30 The Guard (K15) TV VIISI Racing horses travel to France/2007. In French. 01:30 Most Haunted 10:50 Sliced Hong Kong. 14:05 Prokofiev: The Unfinished 11:15 JIM D: Works 08:40 A Different Breed SERIES ENDS. Diary DOC Tattooes. YLE TEEMA 10:00 Jon & Kate Plus 8 13:10 Street Customs France/Canada/2008. TV VIISI 12:10 JIM D: History of the Joke 12:30 Beach Patrol 14:05 Bizarre Foods with Andrew 15:00 Sixth Century Tales and – Part 1/2 11:15 The Silk Road 14:00 And She Was FILM Zimmern Short Stories In French. 12:00 Punk’d 13:10 Ancient Discoveries: Lost 12:05 Cuéntame cómo pasó A man meets a woman who Andrew is finally confronted 17:00 The Game of Death DOC 12:55 The King of Queens Science of the Bible DOC In Spanish. is determined to show him with food that he refuses to 19:00 Kurt Masur: Adventures in 13:25 Private Chefs of Beverly Might the stories of the 13:25 Kurt Masur: Andventures happiness. USA/2007 taste. SERIES ENDS. Listening In German. Hills Bible have their basis in in Listening DOC 15:35 Relic Hunter 17:00 JIM D: Black Blizzard - 21:00 Saturday Theme: Cantona! 14:15 DC Cupcakes ancient scientific fact? 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Arquette, Courtney Cox, Calcutta. Raft of the Medusa DOC DOC 18:00 Dinner: Impossible 21:45 Looking for Eric FILM David James Elliot, 82 min.) 17:30 Customs 18:00 20 000 Leagues Under A documentary examining 19:30 Man vs. Food UK/2009 USA/2000 21:00 JIM D: Mysteryquest DOC the Sea FILM the shark attacks in New Long Island. SERIES ENDS. 23:40 Tearing Down the Iron 18:55 Hale and Pace The mystery of Stonehenge. 21:50 Fyodor Dostoevsky Jersey in 1916. 20:00 Cowboy Builders Curtain DOC 19:30 Meet the Parents 23:25 Half Pint Brawlers Part 4/8. In Russian. 21:00 Man of the House FILM 21:00 Biography: Mel Gibson – Part 2/5. 20:00 Live to Dance 23:55 Penn & Teller (K15) 23:15 Operation Hollywood A Texas Ranger must protect Part 1/2 DOC 21:00 Entrapment FILM SERIES BEGINS. (K13) DOC a group of cheerleaders who Mel Gibson’s 30 year career Starring: Maury Chaykin, 00:30 Jeff Dunham Show have witnessed a murder. consists of both ups and Sean Connery, Kevin American ventriloquist and Starring: Anne Archer, downs. The devout catholic McNally, Will Patton, stand-up comedian Jeff Tommy Lee Jones, Monica has had to fight against Ving Rhames, Dunham entertains in his Keena, Christina Milian. demons lurking under the Catherine Zeta-Jones. own show. SERIES BEGINS. USA/2005 surface. USA/1999 01:00 Growing Up Twisted 23:00 Charades (K-18) FILM 01:00 MotoGP: Motegi, Japan 23:10 Sexcetera 01:30 Destination Truth Barry is a down-and-out- SPORT 00:30 Slashdance (K-18) FILM Josh and the team trek guy who takes a job at a In Finnish. 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The Assassination of Killer Subs Jesse James by the in Pearl Harbour Coward Robert Ford Dive beneath the waters of Pearl The film follows the lives of Robert Harbour to trace provocative new Ford (Casey Affleck), initially a clues to the sinking of the USS 19-year-old boy, and his idol, Jesse Arizona. For decades, it has been James (Brad Pitt), a wanted man, thought that a bomb dropped by living under a pseudonym in Mis- a Japanese aircraft sank the Ari- souri. Ford wants to be somebody. zona. But the discovery of a group He tries hard to join the reforming of Japanese midget subs in and gang of the Missouri outlaw, but around Pearl Harbour has raised gradually becomes resentful of the questions about the battleship’s bandit leader. The film was a real final hours In this program, a team success for New Zealand-born, of expert investigators journeys to Australian director Andrew Dominik: the seafloor to explore the wreck- it received 21 nominations (among age of the most mysterious of which two were for Oscars) and won these subs. Did this mini-sub and 13 awards. Both Brad Pitt and Casey its two-person crew make it into Affleck received critical acclaim for Pearl Harbour and fire torpedoes their performances. Get ready for at the Arizona? The documentary the assassination everyone knows is is a gripping investigation of the coming but no one can prepare for. possibility that these tiny but Never has there been a film that tells lethal mini-subs may have played you the entire story in the title and a crucial and previously unsus- can still surprise the viewer. pected part in the tragic events of that “Day of Infamy”. MTV3 22:40 TV1 15:05 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 33

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09:30 Une Famille Formidable 10:05 The Young and the Restless 09:30 Une Famille Formidable 10:05 The Young and the Restless In French 11:00 Emmerdale In French 11:00 Emmerdale 11:05 YLE News in English 13:05 Grand Designs 11:05 YLE News in English 13:05 Hell’s Kitchen USA 11:10 Mercy Peak A family returns to its roots 11:10 Mercy Peak 14:05 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 11:55 Coronation Street in Wales to renovate a small 11:55 Coronation Street Mustard chicken, quick 13:45 The Biofuel Myth DOC castle. 17:08 Une Famille Formidable Dauphinoise, greens and The global demand for 14:20 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals In French Black Forest affogato. biofuel is threatening 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 19:00 Lost Continent, Intangible 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful the lives of the 45 million 18:00 Emmerdale Burn Notice Heritage: Red Skin DOC 18:00 Emmerdale people who depend on the 21:00 The Killing MTV3 23:35 The Waiapi Indians of Brazil 22:35 C.S.I. Miami (K13) rainforest for food. 22:35 Closer have a unique body-painting 23:35 L-Word Lost Continent, Intangible 17:08 Une Famille Formidable 23:35 Burn Notice tradition that is not only for 00:45 30 Rock Heritage: Red Skin In French. Series continues. 07:00 Children’s Programming aesthetic purposes. TV1 19:00 19:00 E Numbers – An Edible 00:35 Spaceballs: The Animated 08:00 It’s Me or the Dog 21:00 Downton Abbey Adventure DOC Series 09:00 Pitchin’ In 22:45 E Numbers – An Edible SUB 07:00 Children’s Programming Part 1/3. Oranges and honey. Adventure DOC In Finnish. 19:50 Global Treasures: Cairo’s 09:30 Birth Stories Part 1/3. 08:00 Sturm der Liebe 08:00 It’s Me or the Dog Alabaster Mosque SUB 23:35 Afghanistan, Behind the In German. 10:30 Kim’s Rude Awakenings Victoria goes through the 21:30 The Truth about Enemy Lines DOC 08:50 Marienhof 13:00 Birth Stories 15 strangest cases she has Shoplifting DOC 08:00 Sturm der Liebe Award-winning Afghan In German. 14:00 Kim’s Rude Awakenings encountered during the Every single day in North In German. journalist Najibullah 14:00 Garfield & Friends 14:30 Pitchin’ In programme. America alone there are 08:50 Marienhof 15:00 Inspector Cartoons Quraishi spent an 14:30 Animal Park 09:00 Pitchin’ In more than 600,000 In German. 15:05 Build a New Life in the extraordinary 10 days 15:30 Marienhof 09:30 Birth Stories shoplifting incidents. 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September attacks, Vice 18:00 Sturm der Liebe 21:00 Good Wife TV2 The Bad Fish paradigm. 15:00 Inspector Cartoons President Dick Cheney In German. 22:00 Sex and the City (K13) NEW SEASON BEGINS. 15:05 Build a New Life in the piloted a secret programme 19:30 United States of Tara Carrie must say goodbye to 06:50 Children’s Programming 23:30 Smallville Country aimed at legalising torture. 20:00 Glee her dear Manolo Blahniks. In Finnish. Chloe and Jimmy’s wedding 16:05 Judging Amy 21:00 Miami Vice (K15) FILM Miranda gets a handsome 10:35 Snowy River: The gets interrupted by an 17:10 Dr. Phil Directed by Michael Mann. new neighbor. McGregor Saga unwanted guest. 18:10 Married... with Children TV2 Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie 22:40 Sex and the City (K13) 11:20 Lonely Planet 00:30 Heroes 21:00 NCIS (K13) Foxx, Naomie Harri ja Li 23:35 Frasier 15:40 Orgoglio 01:30 Music on Wheels 22:00 4D: The Real Sleeping 06:50 Children’s Programming Gong. USA/2006 00:05 Married... with Children In Italian. Rerun. Beauty DOC 10:40 Snowy River: The 00:00 Primetime: What Would 17:00 Children’s Programming 00:35 Ghost Whisperer (K13) 16-year-old Louisa Ball McGregor Saga You Do? A faceless girl brings In Finnish. suffers from the very rare 12:25 Heartland 00:55 Sons of Anarchy (K15) worrying messages to 22:05 Runaway Train (K15) FILM TV VIISI sleep disorder Kleine Levin 15:10 What To Eat Now 01:50 X-Files Melinda. SERIES ENDS. USA/1985 Syndrome, which causes her Part 5/6. 23:55 True Blood (K15) 09:10 Home and Away 01:35 Legend of the Seeker to sleep for up to two weeks 15:40 Orgoglio Richard and Kahlan help a 12:20 Home and Away at a time while life passes by In Italian. TV VIISI boy that is endowed with 12:50 The King of Queens without her. 17:00 Children’s Programming an extraordinary gift, but YLE TEEMA 13:15 Lisa Williams: Live 23:15 Ice Hockey Finnish 18:00 Die Familie Dr. Kleist 09:05 Home and Away who is shamelessly taken 14:15 America’s Funniest Home Championships – Best In German. 12:35 Big Spender advantage of by others. 14:00 Kapusta Master 2 Videos Moments SPORT 22:35 Rush (K15) 13:05 Losing it with Jillian Learn Russian. In Finnish. 14:45 That 70’s Show In Finnish. 14:00 America’s Funniest Home 16:00 Silk Road 15:10 Tough Love 23:20 Frasier Videos JIM 17:00 Tropic of Cancer DOC 16:05 Live to Dance Three different ways to YLE TEEMA 14:55 Tough Love Part 1/6. Simon Reeve 17:00 America’s Funniest Home spend Valentine’s Day. 16:20 Jon & Kate Plus 8 12:50 Floyd’s India embarks on an epic journey Videos 23:50 Married... with Children 10:00 Go Yoyo Go 16:50 America’s Funniest Home Keith Floyd ends his tour around the world following the 17:30 My wife and kids 00:20 MotoGP SPORT 17:00 Tearing Down the Iron Videos of India in the capital of Tropic of Cancer. The voyage 18:00 That 70’s Show In Finnish. Curtain 17:20 My wife and kids Rajasthan, Udaipur. starts from Mexico. BBC. 18:30 The King of Queens 01:50 Detroit 1-8-7 (K13) Part 3/5. In German. 17:45 That 70’s Show 13:20 Chuck’s Day Off 19:00 Fyodor Dostoevsky 19:00 NCIS 19:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó 18:15 The King of Queens 13:45 Man vs. Food Part 5/8. 19:50 My Strange Addiction DOC ¡A la calle, que ya es hora! In 18:50 5D: Gatwick Baby - Phoenix. 20:00 Seven Wonders the Solar Rebecca has spent more JIM Spanish. 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and beneficiaries we have a the sister who’s the DA and the dramatic camerawork to keep family of grizzled boys-in-blue younger brother just graduated you entertained until it does. To presided over by grizzled ma- from the academy, along with be fair it’s not as bad as it could rine veteran Tom Selleck, also various sproglings. be, although a lot of the ‘coinci- known as Magnum P.I. Selleck’s So far so nightmare family dences’ designed to create an in- face is so granite-looking it’s like dynamics, but then they throw a timate web of deception are about a living representation of a fig- curveball: it turns out that there’s as subtle as a slap in the face with American royalty urehead from Mount Rushmore also a dead brother who was in a fresh haddock. Frequently it is with a large hairy slug on its up- law enforcement – working un- blatantly obvious who the criminal NICK BARLOW per lip. He’s the New York police dercover for the FBI in a bid to is as soon as he appears on screen, commissioner, a role previously identify a secret society of dirty leaving the actors to spend the With the arrival of autumn comes held by his own father, Henry, a cops at the highest echelon of the next thirty minutes working out a bunch of new series intended, character who was probably griz- service! Who woulda thunk it? It something that the audience did one hopes, to make us feel more zly once but is now firmly settled sounds suspiciously as though in thirty seconds. optimistic about the lengthening into the role of good-natured CBS realised they had a run-of- But there’s a pleasing if unlike- nights and dropping tempera- chuckly grandpa. the-mill police procedural-slash- ly set of scenarios from a Good tures. Nelonen’s current great TV Following close behind Sell- family drama on their hands and Samaritan who shoots a thief to hope is Blue Blood, the latest in eck in the fifty-yard stare stakes needed to spice it up at the last an Argentinean diplomat’s son a long line of shows about police is older son Donnie Wahlberg, minute, and one frenzied brain- suspected of rape, as well as people. If you’re British you might playing a permanently confused- storming session later the hush- decent acting when they stop have thought it’s about royal folk looking hard-ass cop who’s pre- hush fraternity known as The Blue pretending they’re models in a what with the name and all but pared to bend the rules to get Templars (for it is they) was born. Dressman ad. given the esteem with which the perp. This attitude leads to As of now, three episodes in, it cops are held in American social amusing scenarios like a criminal doesn’t really make any sense, but Blue Blood on Nelonen every mythology it might as well be. shouting, “Police brutality! That each episode is filled with enough Thursday at 22:00. The difference is that instead officer stuck my head down the stern glances, faux-ethical di- of stupidly wealthy posh heirs toilet!” He did, too. There’s also lemmas and wobbly and overly- [email protected] 34 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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Leon: The Professional Leon (Jean Reno) is a tortured soul. He lives in squalor and misery, never truly happy or at peace with WANTED himself. After all, he is a hitman. He lives quietly from kill to kill, harm- ing no-one whom he has not been paid to assassinate. He is a simplis- HAVE YOU GOT EXPAT VIEWS? tic, childlike man who lives by his own set of morals but is troubled by them. The one thing he seems to fear above all else is change. Helsinki Times runs a column series called EXPAT VIEWS, with rotating Mathilda (Natalie Portman) is expat column writers, and we are interested in your experiences. Leon’s neighbour. A young girl, she lives with her father, step-mother, half-sister and half-brother. As Share your funny, memorable, frustrating or great experiences of Finland with our readers. Please unhappy as Leon, she lives in awe send a brief email to [email protected] with a piece of information about yourself and what of the dark stranger, unaware of his true profession. Beaten by her par- kind of experiences you would like to write about, and we will give you more information on how ents and sister, she has abandoned to proceed with your story. school and instead spends the day watching cartoons and trying to escape from the real world. Mathilda ends up in a situation where her only chance for survival Helsinki Times is to hide with her neighbour. www.helsinkitimes.fi TV5 21:00 Bring this advert and get a 10% discount on our website prices HELSINKI TIMES CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICES 29 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2011 35

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Two years ago we began offering Post Offices. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. Hel- sinki’s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. See our services in Helsinki – our second www.posti.fi year of working together for health Emergency Numbers. Dial 112. For emergencies only involving and well-being! the police, dial 10022, for non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 Our broad selection of regenerating, stress-removing 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891. and revitalizing treatments has been very well Market halls. Wanha Kauppahalli (“Old Market Hall”) at the Mar- received in Finland. ket Square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (“Hakaniemi Market Hall”) We welcome You to experience the beneﬁ cial effects are the most popular. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but of our treatments on your health and well-being and are closed on Sundays. to breathe new life into the spring together! HELSINKI TIMES NOTICEBOARD Back and neck massage: 39€/30 min Meridian massage: 69€/50 min

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EXPAT VIEW MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Jeremy Gustafson has been living in Rauma, Finland and working with a local company as a systems engineer since January of 2011.

Mental health services in English Great expectations in the centre of Helsinki BEFORE moving to Finland for thing everyone can under- We were curious regard- ple are moving, a positive www.mentline.fi my expat work assignment, stand. In a way, we came here ing the Finnish healthcare atmosphere is everywhere, my wife and I were wonder- expecting blank expressions, system. From the outside, and markets always seem ing what to expect. We had but have been happy about healthcare is notably excel- busy. One negative of this is Phone 044-7474764 read a great deal of positive the kind greetings, nods, and lent in Finland. From the in- there seems to be hundreds (0900-1600) or news regarding Finland in smiles we typically receive in side, fi guring out how to of scooters or dirt bikes that [email protected] the USA. However, it is one the areas we spend most of make an appointment and make their way out onto the thing to read about a country our time. We can only imag- who to make the appoint- streets and sometimes walk- and another to live in one. We ine the nice conversations we ment with is not very easy. ways. In the winter though, have been here about nine would have if my wife and I We have had the good for- sometimes you think you live LEGAL ADVICE months and experienced spoke a little Finnish. tune of having had some help. in a ghost town. As expats, some good and bad things. When planning our arriv- Even with this, it has been a we think Finland does do a Before arriving, we al, we assumed that the ma- bit of an adjustment. Private good job of making activi- thought that most Finns jority of Finns spoke fl uent care hours are very specifi c ties available indoors dur- would not interact with us. English. We have found the and public care seems only ing the winter months (e.g., While we don’t talk to random opposite to be true. I am sure available in case of an emer- swimming halls). These are people on the street, every- this is infl uenced by where gency for those who do not the places to which we will Legal case? one in my apartment com- you live in Finland. It is nice have a Kela card or a Europe- escape as the weather gets plex usually says “hei hei” or that everywhere we travel or an healthcare card. colder and the days darker. Consult a lawyer another greeting when we shop has at least some people We came expecting that Another plus is there are no pass. Our daughter usually al- who are able to speak English, Finland is a land of extreme dirt bikes or scooters. Also, ways gets a smile. At the local but this is not the same thing weather. What we did not ex- the sauna is defi nitely more church we attend, the same as a majority. Our experience pect was how habits change refreshing with outside tem- is true. The language barri- is that Finns who do speak with the weather. In the sum- peratures around -20°C, than er is clearly a challenge, but English do so more because mer, everything seems to trying to sauna with temper- facial expressions are some- their work life necessitates it. come to life in Finland, peo- atures around +27°C. Contact: Attorney-At-Law Asianajotoimisto Streng Ky Lapinlahdenkatu 27, 00180 Helsinki Tel (09) 7269 6730, mob 040 565 8146 [email protected], www.strenglaki.fi In this series expatriates write about their lives in Finland. 035535-1139

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