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LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO World Bank and Moody’s have faith in Japanese economy

HEIKKI KARKKOLAINEN – STT Monday, however, Moody’s said MATTHEW PARRY – HT the government has the fi scal and credit resources to deal with the ACCORDING to a number of esti- catastrophe. mates, the destruction caused by Japan’s Minister for Economic the earthquake and tsunami that and Fiscal Policy Kaoru Yosano es- struck Japan earlier this month is timated last week that the materi- more than twice as great as the ma- al damage caused by the earthquake terial losses suffered during the Ko- and the tsunami would rise to 250 be earthquake in 1995. billion US dollars or around 177 bil- The World Bank and credit rating lion euros. Many economists’ esti- agency Moody’s believe the effects mates were around the 200 billion will be short-term, however. Moody’s US dollar mark. Japanese media re- is convinced that the Japanese state port that the government plans to is able to absorb the economic blow. lend up to 122 billion US dollars to But the credit rating agency adds companies for daily expenses or The leaders of Finland’s eight biggest political parties participated in a televised debate organised by the Finnish Broad- that the risks have increased. quake-related repairs. casting Company (Yle) in Hämeenlinna’s Verkatehdas on 17 March. The crisis may cause Japan’s GDP to contract. In a statement released Read more on page 10. The election countdown has begun

Stubb would not send Finnish ALLAN BAIN Starting at the beginning of However, there’s more to this HELSINKI TIMES 2010, the True Finns have gone from election than just the True Finns. troops to Libyan no-fly zone strength to strength in opinion polls For instance, will Finland get its PARLIAMENT was dissolved on 15 and currently sit only marginally be- fi rst National Coalition prime min- STT Both countries have a partner- March, meaning that full-time elec- hind the three big, established par- ister since 1991? Can the SDP put ship for peace with Nato and have tion campaigning has already start- ties of Finnish politics, the Centre, the the brakes on its supposed terminal participated in Nato’s aerial war- ed. The election, which will be held Social Democrats (SDP) and the Na- decline? And will the Green League MINISTER of Foreign Affairs Alex- fare training. Neither Stubb nor on 17 April, has garnered much in- tional Coalition. Until recently it was and the Left Alliance benefi t from ander Stubb made a statement on Carl Bildt, Sweden’s foreign min- terest from all corners of Finnish a fringe party but now stands more the resurgence in concerns over nu- Monday saying that Finland is not ister, had received the request by society, as it has the potential to be than an outside chance of becoming clear power? All will be revealed in to participate in monitoring the Lib- Monday evening. Stubb reminded one of great signifi cance. the leading governmental party. the coming weeks. yan no-fl y zone. that the no-fl y zone had not been or- Instead Stubb suggested that ganised by Nato, and that many of The nuclear disaster in Japan, Finland could participate in deliver- its member countries do support it. however, seems to be changing the ing humanitarian aid to the area or Due to the situations in Libya Nuclear crisis clouds situation. Seppo doesn’t believe helping to evacuate refugees. and Japan, Stubb cancelled the in- candidates and parties will do well Swedish papers reported earli- formal meeting for foreign minis- in this election by merely speaking er on the same day that Nato was ters that was meant to be held in election’s value debate about domestic moral questions. planning to request both Finnish Saariselkä in Lapland last weekend. ANNIINA LUOTONEN – STT pale in comparison. It will overshad- “Value conservatives, too, need and Swedish participation in its Lib- The meeting was intended to pro- AINO BAIN – HT ow, amongst other things, the discus- to discuss energy policy and nuclear ya operations, specifi cally in the no- vide a forum to discuss international sion of same-sex marriage. accidents. They are questions that fl y zone. politics freely and unrushed. THE NUCLEAR disaster in Japan is The Christian Democrats have threaten human dignity and exist- strongly affecting the election debate been waiting for a parliamenta- ence,” Seppo, a professor of church in Finland. According to Emeritus ry election grounded in values that history, says. Professor Juha Seppo, the accident would give Finns the chance to questions those things we take for take a stance on everyday moral This issue of Helsinki Times has a granted so much so that many oth- questions, such as gender-neutral special election theme. For more er important subjects of discussion marriage. articles, see pages 5-7.

The time change will affect four Finland Helsinki region commuter trains and ten night trains, however, which will run one hour later according to a spe- switches over cial timetable following the adoption of daylight saving time. The timeta- to daylight bles of some long-distance buses will also be affected. Sunday morning saving time services will run according to day- The clocks will move forward one light saving time. hour at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. HELSINKI TIMES The observance of daylight sav- MATTHEW PARRY – HT ing and winter time is standard and permanent practice in the Europe- THE SWITCH over to daylight sav- an Union. Coordinated offi cial times The end of winter time will cause time- ing time on Sunday 27 March will are especially important for inter- tabling changes in public transport. English Kindergarten opening in Kallio! not prompt changes in public trans- national train and air traffi c ser- More information on the changes can port in the Helsinki region. Early vices. Finland will return to winter be found on the websites of Matka- Now enrolling 3 to 6 years olds morning bus services in the night time on 30 October, when the clocks huolto, VR and Finland’s city councils. for May 2011. between Saturday and Sunday will will be turned back one hour. follow winter time through to the Daylight saving time, or summer Contact: Thomas Stevens 041 725 6371 end of service. Night-time tickets time as it is know in Finnish, was lished practice in 1981. The clocks www.littleenglishkindergarten.com will also be valid according to win- trialled in Finland for the fi rst time are always changed on the last Sun- ter time. in 1942, but only became estab- day of March and October. 2 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES

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Apathy: the sign of a healthy democracy dia attention – and not just sive tax – not a fl at one. His paying attention to? The ed- for what the media has all much ridiculed explanation ucational fi elds that can at- We allow the media to decide for us what “the big issues” are and but dubbed their ‘hilarious- was essentially that rich peo- tract corporate backing will as a result we’ve become increasingly apathetic about politics. But ly low-brow policy on art and ple buy 300 euro jeans and continue to function; engi- culture’ – if the rise of the poor people by 30 euro jeans. neering will doubtless not maybe apathy is just the inevitable outcome of a healthy democracy. populist parties bothers you, Essentially, there seems to be lose its funding, economists take a leaf out of the book of a lot of media coverage of the have always known where Mauno Koivisto, two times “taxation issue” but not a lot to fi nd the dollars and IT re- THE MEDIA has for some time through the party-political AS THE NOW infamous lead- former President of Finland. of solid substance to the ac- search will prosper as usual. been excited about the up- machine and spat out the er of the True Finns, Timo When faced with the seem- tual debate. The media chat- Indeed, a similar phenome- coming Finnish election on 17 other end as fully fl edged Soini, himself stated in an ingly indomitable rise of the ter is somewhat wasted in non has long driven the pol- April. As the day looms clos- politicians. interview with Helsingin Sa- populist Finnish Rural Par- the eyes of a populous who itics of education funding in er, however, it seems that in- nomat, immigration is not in ty in the 1980s, he oversaw a are actually interested in pol- many other western nations. creasingly many Finns are ELECTIONS are boring, states and of itself a major issue for government that gave them icies, not political rivalries. Yet what does this mean for not sharing the media’s en- another Finnish acquaint- Finland. For practical pur- seats in the Finnish cabinet. the minds of the next genera- thusiasm. Helsingin Sano- ance: “People don’t fi ght for poses, he is right. In fact, a Unable to keep their unreal- SO PERHAPS all of this is why tion? Not to mention the fact mat reported in January that anything. There is no real de- little known statistic is that istic promises to the disen- almost half of all Finns aren’t that the people who do learn Finnish voter apathy is on the bate in Finland – just a lot of there are seven times more franchised Finnish public, likely to go to the polls in about them have diffi culties rise, with a little over half of talk about talking – and the Finns emigrating abroad the party’s populist bluff – to April. The “big issues” in this fi nding a job in Finland. eligible voters likely to cast main issues just get lost.” than there are foreigners eliminate unemployment in election are not actually all their ballot this year. coming to Finland. Finland within three months that major. This prompts one WHAT does this phenomenon ONE CANNOT help but won- – was called, and they rapidly to question whether or not say, on a larger scale, about THIS is against a backdrop der if national media cov- FINLAND has among the low- faded into obscurity. there are important things what well educated, liberal- of world political events erage has added to this est rate of immigration in the going on that we haven’t been democratic Finland has re- which even the most po- phenomenon. If one looks whole of Europe. But we al- THE OTHER major issue, tax- paying much attention to. ally begun to value? Has the litically disinterested citi- at coverage in the national ready know all this. Not sur- ation is also no stranger to coverage of the brutal, bloody zens could not have avoided broadsheet as a guide, one prisingly, so do a lot of the those of us who read the THE MUCH touted education and megalomaniacal oppres- hearing about: the protests could safely state that taxa- rest of the Finnish public broadsheets. Really, this ap- system that Finland advertis- sion of democratic protest in Egypt, the forced fl ight of tion, the True Finns and im- – they have had it jammed plies regardless of which es internationally is no longer in other parts of the world an authoritarian ruler in Tu- migration are, or at least down their throats for country we’re reading them providing Bachelor-level en- helped us to value our de- nisia and the brutal and on- have become, “the major is- months. Most of us know im- in. However, Finland still trance exams in English. So mocracy? In some ways this going struggle for political sues” in Finland. In the af- migration to be a cultural is- boasts a world-class educa- much for “internationalisa- seems unlikely. It is too much freedom in Libya. Whatever tion system, good healthcare tion”. Not only does the uni- of a stretch for our minds to these events may or may not and a relatively decent wel- versity, or the city, not have compare our situation to that mean politically to someone On the surface, it seems that the tragedy fare net, and although the enough affordable accommo- of the protesters. Our politics who is not directly affected of democracy is that it makes us apathetic. gap between rich and poor is dation to serve the infl ux of looks nothing like theirs. by them, they doubtless pro- Perhaps only those who do not have it, truly widening, most Finns are ar- foreign students who come vide us with a new perspec- guably still conscious of the here on exchange, but Hel- ON THE SURFACE, it seems tive on democracy in our own value it. ideals of a welfare state and sinki barely has enough af- that the tragedy of democ- backyard. few will actually say that fordable accommodation for racy is that it makes us ap- termath of a hard-hitting sue, more than anything else, they wish to pay less taxes. anyone anymore, with rental athetic. Perhaps only those THE COMMON complaint in economic crisis and dur- and that associated issues of rates and housing prices get- who do not have it, truly val- Finland is that politicians ing a period of rapid cul- integration, employment and PERHAPS this is why the po- ting out of control. Low-in- ue it. However, if we look are no longer representative tural change, this is hardly the welfare state need to be litical parties have been woe- come singles are likely to be beneath this superfi cial in- of everyday people. “The lat- surprising. Yet is the media considered, controlled and fully inadequate in terms of paying half of their income on terpretation, uninspired apa- est generation of politicians chatter artifi cially distort- well regulated by policy. But delineating any real policies rent…and giving up hope of thy is in some way not such a is viewed as tefl on people,” ing their true importance they are certainly not yet is- on taxation, and there has fi nding a job in Finland, par- bad thing. It is different from states a journalist friend – of each issue? Are immigra- sues large enough to start been no real proffering of ticularly in the fi elds of arts, the resigned apathy of the they have a smooth and dis- tion, the True Finns and tax- panicking about. Soini him- concrete policy; just a lot of social sciences or even law. powerless and oppressed. In- passionate exterior and ation actually the big issues self has said it is only 10 per sniping at the Conservatives deed, perhaps the epitome of nothing beneath the sur- that they are cracked up to cent (the “angry young men” for wanting to fl atten further ONE SOURCE recently men- democratic success is public face. Finns have even coined be? Or have the media sim- component) of True Finns a tax system that many al- tioned, unoffi cially, that complacency. the phrase poliittinen broileri ply been fuelling politicians’ supporters who see immigra- ready see as having become Helsinki University’s politi- (political battery hens) to re- tendencies to get bogged tion as a burning issue. too fl at. One Conservative cal-science department had THIS is as long as when some- fer to young politicians who down in issues that they Party member also provided its teaching budget cut by thing truly worth fi ghting for are born and raised in their think are important to the ON THE TOPIC of the True excellent fodder for the me- half this year. Is this a refl ec- does emerge, we actually no- respective parties and who public, when in fact the pub- Finns, who have also received dia when he explained that tion of the fact that we no tice it beneath the sound and have simply been pushed lic couldn’t care less? a massive amount of me- VAT was, in fact, a progres- longer see politics as worth fury of the “major issues”. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 3

LEHTIKUVA / MARJA AIRIO Spring migration picks up pace vation (FANC) predicted that There have already been dozens of sightings the fi erce winter in western Europe would cull the num- of skylarks and lapwings. ber of migratory birds. Bitter frosts struck Germa- ny and the United Kingdom in PIRITTA RAUTAVUORI – STT mans. Week-long strong December. In Scotland, the au- MATTHEW PARRY – HT winds ripped open the blanket thorities banned hunting of of ice in the Gulf of Finland, waterfowl for two weeks as a THE SPRING migration of birds and goldeneyes and eiders precautionary measure. has begun. The mild weather have been spotted in the wa- Species hibernating in is bringing migratory birds to ters off the Hanko coast. Birds western Europe include Finland on a daily basis, but the hibernating in surrounding blackbirds, starlings, fi nches real congestion in the air lanes regions are preparing to make and mallards. will only begin at the end of the their way to Finland from Ellermaa has no informa- month. Most sightings so far northern Germany, Denmark tion that would suggest that have been of skylarks and lap- and southern Sweden. Ac- bird population numbers wings, which have been spot- cording to Ellermaa, whoop- have dramatically suffered. ted on the southwestern and er swans, tufted ducks and “Birds fl ee the cold by southern coasts. mergansers will probably be heading further south to Babies sleeping outside in prams can sleep as much as three times longer than when they are put to “We can’t yet talk about the next birds to be seen in France and Spain,” he says. bed indoors. Parents should pay special attention to how babies are clothed during cold snaps. the main migration of any Finland. Ultimately, population species,” says Margus Eller- One may need to wait un- base sizes will only be estab- maa from BirdLife Finland. til April to see longer-haul lished at the beginning of au- Some waterfowl have al- migrants – that is when the tumn when nesting is over so already come close enough wagtails, for example, are and the results of counting in Snug as a bug in a rug? to the shore to be seen by hu- scheduled to arrive. the summer are released. The last migratory birds According to FANC, pun- will arrive in early June when ishing winters have tradi- Many parents struggle to dress their babies appropriately when birds hibernating in Asia and tionally taken their toll on leaving them outside to sleep. Africa, such as the broad- the number of birds nesting billed sandpiper, fi nally make in surrounding regions. their way to Finland. “In the 1980s, for exam- MARJO SORMUNEN – STT their babies while they are Hospital, encourages par- ple, the number of woodlarks MATTHEW PARRY – HT outside. Parents were best ents to regularly check the Punishing came right down,” recalls na- able to dress their children head and fi ngers of babies winter takes its toll ture protection expert Tapa- IN FINLAND, it is commonly for an outdoor temperature sleeping outside, and to use

LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SARVIAHO In spite of February’s deep ni Veistola. thought that a snugly dressed of fi ve degrees below zero. their common sense when frosts, BirdLife Finland re- The cold has also been un- baby in a covered pram does “It was interesting to ob- clothing them by observing ports that the spring migra- kind to birds that spend the not feel the cold while nap- serve that the winter layer whether they become sweaty tion of birds has begun on winter in Finland. According ping outside. That is what clothing contained in moth- or whether their limbs be- Whooper swans are among the schedule for each species. to Veistola, the goldcrest and researcher Marjo Touru- ers’ maternity packages – come chilled. In very young species of birds expected in In January the Finnish As- the treecreeper have suf- la thought, too, until her re- the snug undergarments and infants, the body’s capacity Finland soon. sociation for Nature Conser- fered the most. search revealed otherwise. overalls as well as the sleep- to regulate temperature is “Some of the babies had ing bag – are enough to keep a not very developed. chilled hands and feet. The baby warm at fi ve degrees be- “Many fi nd it a struggle thological society Tringa ex- gium was famously interrupt- sooner they became cold, the low zero. Any colder than this, to clothe their baby correctly plains that these urban owls ed when a huge owl swooped shorter their outdoor naps and it makes sense to add for outdoor naps. Child wel- Urban have found easy prey among around the Olympic Stadium lasted. They felt the cold and woollen clothes and covers.” fare clinics should offer more the thousands of “city bun- and perched on the goalposts. were woken up,” explains detailed guides on the topic,” eagle owls nies” that today hop around Nicknamed Bubi, the sport- Tourula, who is completing Check babies’ suggests Tourula. Helsinki’s gardens and parks. loving owl was instantly her doctorate at the Univer- head and fingers nesting in “Due to the reduced perse- adopted as the Finnish team’s sity of Oulu. Tourula says that it is im- cution of large birds of prey, mascot. Local ornithologists Tourula also observed possible to specify minimum Outdoor naps eagle owls are not afraid of believe Bubi is still hunting in that the babies’ average skin temperatures for outdoor the whole year round downtown humans any more, and the the parkland around the sta- temperature fell while sleep- sleeping. Parents generally • Leaving children to nap most fearless are starting to dium, and is not one of the ing outside and rose while leave their children to nap at outside became popular in Helsinki nest where food is most easi- birds nesting on the roof of sleeping inside. 10-15 degrees below zero, al- Finland in the 1920s. ly available, regardless of the the Forum mall. She advises parents to pay though some exposed their • Chief physician Arvo Ylp- FRAN WEAVER presence of people,” he says. greater attention to how they babies to as much as 30 de- pö was the first to encour- HELSINKI TIMES Birdwatchers have been clothe their babies, since ba- grees below zero. age parents to let their ba- fl ocking to the rooftop bar of bies’ outdoor naps last three Child welfare clinics rec- bies sleep outside. This winter surprised shoppers nearby Sokos Hotel Vaakuna times as long as their indoor ommend a minimum temper- • Parents say that their chil- have regularly spotted enor- to get a bird’s eye view of the ones. ature of around ten degrees dren are more alert and mous eagle owls perched on nesting owls, but they hope “Some slept for as much below zero. have a stronger appetite if high buildings in the city cen- the fl edgling owlets will re- as fi ve hours in their prams. “Parents often ask for ad- they take their naps outside. tre. The downtown owls have main undisturbed in their The babies did not react as vice on clothing their chil- • Leaving babies outside successfully raised three fl uffy city centre penthouse. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI they gradually became cold- dren. The trickiest periods to sleep is also common owlets on the roof of the Forum Eagle owls, which have an er, so it’s worth keeping an fall between seasons, when in the other Nordic coun- shopping centre, right in the impressive wingspan of up outdoor nap short if there is the weather varies,” says tries. busiest part of the capital. to 1.7 metres, are becoming a a bitter frost.” nurse Kaisu Visuri from the • There has been little sci- Eagle owls typically nest common sight in the capital. Wild eagle owls have been Studies show that parents Kaakkuri health centre. entific study of the prac- in remote forests, but Raimo In June 2007 a football game nesting right in the centre of fi nd it diffi cult to judge how Marjo Renko, a paedia- tice. Seppälä of the local orni- between Finland and Bel- the Finnish capital this winter. warmly they should dress trician at Oulu University

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LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI len season. Alder’s pollen will Grit start to become airborne in southernmost Finland at the end of March. A more north- and pollen erly latitude means later pol- lination, so the pollen season amount in Oulu will begin around three weeks later than in to double Turku, for example. Rantio-Lehtimäki has good news for Finns on the whammy back of recent international STT comparative fi gures. “We’re clearly seeing that Finns can endure birch pol- THE DISTRESSING effects of len, for example, in greater road dust are often aggra- quantities than people from vated by the release of pollen southern Europe. We’ve sort into the air. For those with al- of built up a resistance to it.” lergies and congested noses, But this is cold comfort this can be an agonising dou- for the minority of Finns tor- ble whammy. mented by pollen allergies. When dust density levels rise too much, roadways are moistened with lukewarm brine to bind the dust to the ground. “Road dust is a power- “You can control the ful irritant to the mucous symptoms quite well with will be less dusty. In cit- membranes. So these mem- prescription medication,” ies, the dust will be at its branes are already damaged the researcher notes. worst for 10-20 days,” Elsilä by the time the pollen al- The Pulmonary Associ- Ferocious winter may predicts. lergy season comes along,” ation Hengitysliitto issues Viinanen points out that explains docent Auli Rantio- the reminder that it pays to the solid, icy ridges of snow Lehtimäki from the Univer- change the fi lter in house check spring dust levels that line roads now store a sity of Turku’s Aerobiology ventilation systems now, so hefty share of the winter’s Unit. that they offer effective pro- grit. As a result, unfavourable She says the fi erce winter tection during the pollen and Pedestrians should wake up early and avoid thoroughfares. weather conditions can quite will mean a later spring pol- road dust season. effectively launch even a small amount of grit into the air. PERTTI MATTILA – STT There’s maybe been even less that it hasn’t been necessary when airborne dust is at its rising into the air, Viinanen MATTHEW PARRY – HT need than usual to grit the to lay out as much grit as usu- Brine binds worst. Of course, one does explains. roads since temperatures al this winter in Finland.” Rarely do the spring rains not always have a choice. In the south of Finland, the A LAYMAN might assume that have not seesawed between A fi erce winter can there- make it possible to avert On dusty days pedes- road dust season generally the harsher-than-usual winter thaw and just below freez- fore make for lower levels of spring dust entirely. If dust trians should favour side kicks off during the latter half just passed demanded higher- ing,” explains Environmental road dust in the spring. But density levels rise too much, streets, where air quality of March. Sometimes author- than-usual volumes of grit on Inspector Jari Viinanen from both Viinanen and Elsilä em- roadways may be moistened is often much better than ities are still having to collect the roads. This in turn might the City of Helsinki’s Envi- phasise that much depends with lukewarm brine to bind along thoroughfares. It is al- grit and dust from the asphalt be thought to ratchet up the ronment Centre. on the nature of the weather the dust to the ground. so a good idea to be under- after May Day. Road dust can amount of spring-time road Health engineer Ari El- in which snows melt. Individuals do also have way early in the day, before be a health hazard – espe- dust to an excruciating level. silä, responsible for air qual- “If it occasionally rains some control over their level 9 a.m. At that time there is cially for children, asthmatics “A snowy and frosty win- ity protection in Tampere, and there aren’t lengthy dry of exposure to dust. It makes still enough dew on the and people with cardiovascu- ter doesn’t have that effect. strikes a similar note: “I think and windy spells, the roads sense to remain indoors streets to prevent dust from lar and pulmonary diseases.

Study: Social function of smoking greater than expected

HANNA OVASKAINEN Social environment Two life-long HELSINKI TIMES defines the need smokers’ stories According to Katainen, try- Peter, 53, and Mika, 37, BY FOCUSING on the social con- ing to explain smoking simply are both clerks. Peter has text and environment in which by assuming that smokers are smoked for 35 years and cur- smoking is most prevalent, it is unaware of the health risks or rently goes through 15-20 possible to understand current lack knowledge of such risks cigarettes per day. His expla- trends in smoking, a newly is inadequate. Blue-collar nation for smoking is simply published doctoral thesis as- workers know the risks very that it’s “a habit”. “It’s some- serts. Anu Katainen’s disserta- well, but they are also able to thing my brain tells me to do,” tion, published on 26 February, explain away the risks just as he argues. He has tried to quit gave fresh insight into differ- ably by questioning the ex- smoking, but it turned out to ences in the social function of pert advice, for example. be extremely challenging. smoking in relation to social The study shows that those “I found it very diffi cult class in Finland. consulted during the research to sleep and became very The study concentrated considered the reasons for irritated.” on the importance of tobac- smoking to be self-evident, Smokers’ awareness of co smokers’ social environ- and for them smoking seems the risks of smoking be- ment by examining their risk to function as an expression comes evident when Mika perceptions, justifi cations of self-determination. It is explains his smoking habit. and what smoking means to embedded so deeply in the “It is a scary thing to say them. In light of the results, it practises and routines of the aloud, but I have smoked for can be said that amongst the workplace that it provides con- 20 years. Poisons inhaled from two groups studied – name- crete means with which to con- cigarettes are going to accu- ly offi ce clerks and blue-col- trol one’s own space and time. mulate in my body as it ages lar workers – the symbolic In other words, smok- and gets weaker. This is a cold function of tobacco was a sig- ing binds the social groups of and scary fact to be aware of.” nifi cant divider of classes. workers together, and under He smokes 5-15 ciga- The number of smokers the pretext of smoking workers rettes per day depending on has decreased signifi cant- can have free moments of their his mood. Also, higher levels ly over the last few decades, own whenever their feel like it. of stress lead to more ciga- but it still remains one of the Clerks, on the other hand, em- rettes being smoked. “Those most serious public health phasised that smoking was who say that they don’t know problems in all western their own choice. Smoking was why they smoke are lying! I countries. According to Sta- therefore defi ned in a differ- smoke because I have an ad- tistics Finland, 22 per cent ent way: it refl ected good taste diction – partly physical, of Finnish adult males and and the correct rules of smok- partly mental. Tobacco is also 16 per cent of their female ing were important. The study a stimulant like sugar, alco- counterparts smoke on a dai- establishes that this refl ects hol or coffee but many times ly basis. Occasional smokers greater autonomy, granted by more harmful than most of constitute 6 per cent of the social status, to defi ne what the others. I smoke because I population. good life is. can’t get rid of it.” HELSINKI TIMES ELECTION SPECIAL 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 5

LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA Majority of Finns rank leader of biggest party as best PM candidate STT poll stated that they believe INTEGRATION Jyrki Katainen (Nat. Coa- lition) and Mari Kiviniemi Finns find it difficult to name which parliamentary parties are NATIONAL Coalition party or- (Centre) would be the most in government and which are in opposition. From l-r: opposition gan Nykypäivä quoted a poll competent to look after Fin- party SDP’s Kimmo Kiljunen, Reijo Kallio, Jutta Urpilainen, Tarja on Friday 18 March as say- land’s interests in the EU, Filatov and Pia Viitanen. ing that 52 per cent of Finns with the corresponding fi g- would make the leader of the ure for the True Finns’ Timo party that wins most seats Soini being 12 per cent. On- HS: Only a third of Finns in next month’s election the ly fi ve per cent trust Jutta prime ministerial candidate. Urpilainen’s (SDP) EU-skills. can name governmental The fi gure rose up to as Commissioned by Nyky- high as 81 per cent among päivä, market research com- supporters of the National pany TNS interviewed more parties correctly Coalition. than 1,000 people aged 15-74. STT tion currently consists of the On a related topic, the The margin of error was stat- Social Democrats, the Left clear majority (20 per cent) ed as three percentage points Alliance, the Christian Dem- of those interviewed for the either way. ONLY JUST under a third of ocrats and the True Finns. Finns could name the cur- The young, the working rent governmental parties population and the True Finns’ Our front offi ce is open again! correctly, according to a poll supporters had the poorest published by national daily knowledge of the government Are you looking for a job, study place, Helsingin Sanomat on Mon- composition, while managerial language course or a hobby? day 21 March. level employees were most able A third of respondents to name the right composition. We off er assistance. thought that the Social Demo- Polling company Taylor

LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI crats were in the government. Nelson Sofres (TNS) inter- The current government viewed some 1,000 Finns in Job hunting seminars is composed of the Centre mid-March. The margin of 14 April at 14-16 Party, the National Coalition, error was stated to be some Tony Eichholz lecture: Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi (Centre) and Minister of Finance the Greens and the Swedish three percentage points in ei- The next step - job interview Jyrki Katainen (Nat. Coalition). People’s Party. The opposi- ther direction. How do you prepare for a job interview? Eichholz gives useful advice. Register by 13 April Election info Culture programmes Finland’s 36th parliamentary elections will be held on Sunday 17 April 2011. Early voting will take place on 6-12 Total voter turnout Voter turnout 6 April at 16:30-18 April in Finland and on 6-9 April outside of Finland. in most recent elections: (in Finland only): Culture on your way home 2007 65% 2007 67.9% Interview with the author Monika Fagerholm by Hufvudstadsbladet’s Philip According to the Finnish Constitution, Article 14, every 2003 66.7% 2003 69.7% Teir. Monika Fagerholm is a Finland-Swedish author who has published sever- Finnish citizen over the age of 18 is allowed to vote in par- 1999 65.3% 1999 68.3% al novels. She received the Runeberg Award in 1994 and the Swedish August liamentary elections, presidential elections and referenda. 1995 68.6% 1995 71.9% prize in 2005. Come and learn more about the author and her literary work. Foreigners of 18+ years of age permanently residing here 1991 68.4% 1991 72.1% Languages: English and Swedish. can vote in municipal elections and municipal referenda (and EU Parliament elections, if they are citizens of an EU Register by 4 April. country) but not in national parliamentary elections. The highest voter turnout since 1945 was in 1962 with a Finland has what’s called a unicameral legislature, fi gure of 85.1%. The last election (held in 2007) saw the low- 12 April at 17 which means it only has one parliamentary chamber (i.e. est voter turnout since 1945. City Tour around Tölö bay there doesn’t exist an equivalent to, for example, the House According to a recent survey commissioned by the tab- Stefan Johansson (SFP), member of Helsinki City committee of the City of Representatives-Senate division as seen in the US). loid Ilta-Sanomat, the estimated voter turnout (in Finland Planning, will take you on a tour around the Tölö bay. Helsinki has many Finland’s parliament, the Eduskunta, is made up of 200 only) of this year’s election will be 71%. plans for the area and it will undergo many changes in the future. MPs, chosen every four years. Compiled by Allan Bain Languages: English and Swedish. Register by 10 April.

COMMENTARY 4 May at 14 Exkursion till Ateneums standardutställning Why am I not allowed to ex- relatively unfathomable. Yet, ish and UK governments are Luckan ordnar en guidad tur till Ateneums standardutsällning på lät- press these come Election the fact that an immigrant, decided: the Finn who lives tförstådd svenska. Luckan organises a guided tour in the standard exhi- Spectator Day while many Finns elec- no matter how long they live in the UK can decide my fate bition in Ateneum. The guide will speak an easily understood Swedish. tion in, election out pass up in a country, is automatical- while I can decide theirs. It Register by 27 April. sport the chance to vote? ly barred from taking part in sounds a little out-dated and Admission fee: 8€. Place: Ateneum, Brunnsgatan 2, Helsinki. The short answer, of the electoral process will may- illogical to me. www.ateneum.fi course, is that I’m not a Finn- be be viewed in a similar way Do Finnish citizens have ALLAN BAIN ish citizen. If I had a spare 50-100 years from now. Immi- more of a right to vote than 680 euros kicking around for grants play a vital role in Fin- long-term foreign residents Language courses the costs involved in becom- land’s economy but are not here? I don’t think so. Devising Wednesdays at 14-16 WHAT’S it like being a for- ing a Finnish citizen, I could accorded the political rights a system where a long-term 13, 20 and 27 April and 11, 18 and 25 May eigner living in a country at vote in as many national par- such importance deserves. resident here can give up their the time of a national elec- liamentary and presidential Of course, the one big dif- right to vote in their “home” Swedish language conversation course tion? For some, I’m sure, it elections in Finland as I want- ference between the dis- country for the chance to vote Language teacher Reidar Wasenius off ers six lessons where participants evokes absolutely no emo- ed to. But should I really have enfranchised of yesteryear in Finland wouldn’t, in practi- get to practice Swedish through conversation. tion whatsoever; party pol- to pay for the right the vote? and most immigrants in Fin- cal terms, be particularly dif- The course is free-of-charge. itics often fails to excite If Finns don’t have to pay for land is that we have the right fi cult to set up, only that by Register by 1 April and mention at which leve voting citizens let alone dis- this right, why should I? to vote in a national election doing so it would undermine you have been studying Swedish. enfranchised foreigners. Throughout the history somewhere in the world. It’s one of the founding princi- For me, a long-term resi- of representative democracy true, I could vote in UK elec- ples of the modern state – All registrations to [email protected] or call 040-485 9636 dent in my adopted country that foreigners shouldn’t be of Finland, however, not be- But should I really have to pay for the right allowed to interfere in a coun- ing allowed to have my say at try’s state-level politics. the polls on the composition the vote? If Finns don’t have to pay for this of a parliament whose deci- right, why should I? Allan Bain writes regular- sions will have a direct im- ly for Helsinki Times and is a pact on my life makes me feel there’s been a catalogue of dis- tions, but I choose not to. member of the paper’s editori- a little undervalued. I take an enfranchised members of so- This is mainly because I don’t al team. He holds a Bachelor’s active interest in Finnish pol- ciety, such as women, people feel I have the right to vote degree from the University of itics and have strong opin- of the “wrong” race or ethnici- for a UK government – I de- Aberdeen, Scotland in politics ions about what decisions I’d ty and those without suffi cient serve about as much say on and international relations LUCKAN like to see politicians make. wealth. For a lot of people to- UK politics as I do about the and a Master’s degree from Simonkatu 8, 00100 Helsinki I also pay taxes and want day the reasoning behind de- politics of any other country the University of Helsinki in E-mail; [email protected] / 040 485 9636 / www.luckan fi /bridge them used for specifi c ends. nying these groups the vote is I don’t live in. Yet, the Finn- world politics. 6 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 ELECTION SPECIAL HELSINKI TIMES

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The Big Four ON 17 APRIL Finnish voters will go to the polls to elect their representatives for parliament. In a normal election year, it would be three political parties – the “Big Three” – competing for the honour to form the next government: the centre-left Social Democratic Party, the centre-right National Coalition Party and the centrist Centre Party. However, this year is not an ordinary Finnish election year because the True Finns have thrown a major spanner in- to the works. As of this writing, the True Finns are at an even level with the main parties, so much so that instead of speaking about the Big Three, one is compelled to speak about the “Big Four”. Things have progressed to such a lev- el that Timo Soini, leader of the True Finns, is now being seriously talked about as a potential prime minister. Jyrki Katainen (Nat. Coalition) Mari Kiviniemi (Centre) WHAT HAS caused this development in Finnish poli- tics? Why are so many voters seemingly willing to take a chance with an insurgent populist party that uses vague notions of national pride, law and order and Eu- rophobia to attract votes? Parliamentary elections 2011 THE TRUE FINNS are hardly alone in their outlook. Throughout the continent, various right-wing popu- man Matti Vanhanen list parties have been gaining support to a certain ex- subsequently forming a cab- tent. Many French were stunned by a recent opinion poll Finland is set to go to the polls next month in an election that has inet with the National Coali- in which far right-wing National Front leader, Marine the potential to change the face of Finnish politics. Here, Helsinki tion, the Green League and Le Pen, was the most popular presidential candidate. Times provides our readers with a map to guide them through the the Swedish People’s Party Throughout the EU and the eurozone there is dissatis- of Finland (SFP). faction towards the Union and the euro because of the coming weeks. economic recession. This has been further exacerbated Predictions for by the European debt crisis, with many citizens think- forthcoming election ing that their hard-earned money is being spent to prop ALLAN BAIN Finland’s fourth largest par- having spent little time in Taloustutkimus/Yle Uutiset’s up deadbeat, ne’er-do-well member states. Increased HELSINKI TIMES ty. In the last national par- government since 1945. latest opinion poll data puts immigration into and within the EU has also heightened liamentary election, held in However, this general pat- the National Coalition on 20.1 anxieties. All of this provides fertile ground for populist FOR A YEAR during which no 2007, the party received 4.1 tern was altered in Finland’s per cent, the Centre on 18.1 parties to exploit. And the True Finns are no exception. elections at the European, per cent of the vote. last parliamentary election per cent and the SDP also on national or local level took This political develop- and could easily change fur- 18.1 per cent, with the True THERE are also many Finnish traits in the True Finns place, 2010 was an event- ment has been followed very ther in next month’s election. Finns in fourth place at 17.2 phenomena. Unlike many right-wing populist parties ful one in political terms for carefully by commentators In Finland’s last parliamenta- per cent, the Green League on in Europe, the True Finns do not have fascist or neo-Na- Finland, with the country’s and other political parties ry election the SDP suffered a 9.0 per cent, the Left Alliance zi roots. They are descended from the old Finnish Rural prime minister resigning alike, but it remains unclear loss of seats prompting some on 7.3 per cent, the Christian Party, founded as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian while embroiled in a party what consequences this turn to ask whether this was the Democrats on 4.6 per cent League (precursor funding scandal. However, of events will have for Finn- beginning of the end of so- and the SFP on 3.8 per cent. to the Centre Party) in years to come the signif- ish politics. cial democratic hegemony Professor of Political Sci- Ironically, winning the in 1959 by Veikko icance of Matti Vanhanen in Finland. This observation ence at the University of election and getting Vennamo, a charis- standing down may pale in Background was also supported by the Tampere Tapio Raunio can- into government may be matic and colourful comparison to the incred- Finland’s voting system and fact that the SDP’s tradi- not be certain of the elec- rural populist who ible growth in support for demographic composition tional ideological rival, the tion’s result, especially when both the best and worst was a fi erce critic Finland’s main nationalistic, make the forming of coali- centre-right National Coali- it comes to the make-up of thing to ever happen to of Finnish president eurosceptic, anti-immigra- tion governments almost tion, had greatly increased the next cabinet. Urho Kekkonen tion party, the True Finns. inevitable. For the last 60 its numbers of seats in the “Anything can happen in the True Finns. and the Soviet Un- According to Taloustutki- years, the Centre Party and Eduskunta, Finland’s nation- Finnish politics, as everyone ion. He styled him- mus Oy/Yle Uutiset opinion the Social Democrats (SDP) al parliament. is willing to join the govern- self as a champion of the ordinary people, against what poll data, support for the True have been the main parties These developments not- ment,” he reminds us. How- he called the rötösherrat (robber barons). This is similar Finns went from 6.4 per cent of government. The Nation- withstanding, it was the ever, if the SDP does as poorly to Soini’s rhetoric and it is no coincidence that Soini has in January to 15.3 per cent in al Coalition Party is Finland’s Centre that won the elec- as is currently being predict- specifi cally described Vennamo as his political idol. December, thereby making it third major party, despite it tion, with its then-chair- ed, he believes the govern-

WHILE there is a strong anti-immigrant element to the True Finns, as personifi ed by the likes of Jussi Halla-aho, the party cannot be specifi cally labelled as a far right- Centre (Keskusta) market mechanisms and moved closer and closer to the po- wing party. This is because the True Finns also advocate The Centre won the most seats in the last election, held in litical centre. progressive taxation and the welfare state, and they 2007, and became the leading party of government. It also The party has strong links to unions, which has proven to have generally aligned themselves with the working and won the election prior to that, held in 2003. be a double-edged sword, as, while it guarantees the party middle classes. Ironically, as a result of numerous vot- The party started life as the Agrarian League. As its many votes, it also discourages people with left-wing lean- ers from other parties pouring into the True Finns, the original name suggests, the party was initially concerned ings but no strong union affi liation from casting their vote party has been converted into a kind of “big tent” party, primarily with rural issues. The party made a strategic de- for the party. The party leader Jutta Urpilainen’s use of pro- containing numerous different viewpoints and philoso- cision in 1965 to change its name to the Centre Party in an vocative phraseology last summer while discussing immi- phies – some of them mutually exclusive. attempt to attract voters in urban locales. gration issues was interpreted by many as being part of an In addition to representing those involved in agriculture, attempt to win the “disenfranchised, less-educated vote”. IRONICALLY, winning the election and getting into gov- the party is a strong supporter of decentralising the politi- ernment may be both the best and worst thing to ev- cal decision-making process. Although the party is affi liated er happen to the True Finns. Populist parties always with liberal parties in the European Parliament, it is far from National Coalition (Kokoomus) fl ourish in opposition because it is easy to be critical a conventional liberal party. Its promotion of traditional val- The National Coalition is Finland’s main centre-right party. when you don’t have governmental responsibilities. ues and ambivalent ideological position vis-à-vis free trade What differentiates it from the other main parties most sig- Being in government, however, means compromis- and protectionism are examples of this. The Centre is essen- nifi cantly is its dislike of “big government”. es. Blind dogma has no room in a governing coalition. tially a defender of the status quo that wants to make small Unlike some of Europe’s big centre-right parties, the Na- Compromise carries a great danger, though, because improvements where it’s perceived they’re needed. tional Coalition isn’t a champion of traditional values, so it it has the potential to alienate a great number of the doesn’t object to the broadening of gay rights, for example. people who voted for you in the fi rst place. After their Accordingly, the party is maybe best understood as pursu- great victory in 1983, the Finnish Rural Party went in- Social Democrats (Sosiaalidemokraatit) ing liberal policies, both in social and economic terms. How- to government for the fi rst time. They were gradually The SDP have traditionally vied with the Centre for the li- ever, it also has some nationalistic tendencies, most evident weakened, however, as the inevitable compromises al- on’s share of votes cast in parliamentary elections. Despite in the youth organisation of the party. Its pro-EU, pro-Nato ienated most of their constituency. This loss of popu- participating in government from 1995 to 2007, the 2000s stance hides this somewhat, but such a stance is infl uenced larity, combined with internal feuding and shrinking haven’t been a good time for the party, which is simultane- to a great extent by the perceived security threat Finland’s party subsidies, contributed to the party’s dissolution ously losing its core voters and failing to attract new ones. eastern neighbour presents. in 1995. Timo Soini and the True Finns, take note. The SDP was founded (under a different name) in 1899, thereby making it the oldest of Finland’s largest parties. The SDP were key actors in the creation of the country’s True Finns (Perussuomalaiset) Michael Nagler is a Master of Social Sciences welfare state and favour substantial state intervention in The True Finns try to fi ll the gap left by the Finnish political and a member of the editorial team of Helsinki Times. the economy. However, it has become more accepting of system’s lack of a strongly nationalistic, socially conserva- HELSINKI TIMES ELECTION SPECIAL 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 7

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Paavo Arhinmäki (Left Alliance) Päivi Räsänen (Christian Democrats) Stefan Wallin (SFP) and Anni Sinnemäki (Greens). ment’s composition will ed a new dimension to the people are confused. “There’s similar nature to those facing the election race. Likewise, the Little change remain similar to that of the upcoming election. Despite a broad feeling of disappoint- other European social demo- SDP has also wanted to empha- for smaller parties present one, albeit with two it being the black sheep of ment and lack of faith in the cratic parties. sise economic issues. However, As for the other four parties important amendments. Finnish politics, political re- political elite,” he explains. “The SDP simply hasn’t in contrast to the National Co- – the Green League, the Left Firstly, given this scenar- ality, albeit only in the form The True Finns’ change in adapted to the different class alition, the SDP lays stress on Alliance, the Christian Demo- io, the National Coalition, af- of opinion poll data, has al- fortunes is intimately linked system of today’s Finland what it believes is the responsi- crats and the SFP – Raunio and ter winning the election, will ready led the bigger parties to the problems facing the and the changed political bility of government in diffi cult Sundberg predict a relatively form the government, with to state publicly their inten- SDP. Traditionally, the SDP landscape this has created.” economic times to maintain a similar showing this year as in its chairman Jyrki Katai- tion to hold post-election ne- were the natural party of strong welfare system. 2007. nen becoming only the par- gotiations with the True Finns choice for the less affl uent in Main parties’ The Centre, Raunio “The Greens have been im- ty’s second prime minister about forming a new govern- society who didn’t feel a con- election themes says, will continue to de- proving from one election to since the 1950s. Secondly, ment if the party gains a suffi - nection to any far left party. In addition to the possibil- fend its record as the lead- the next, but I can’t see this the Green League’s presence cient amount of the vote. However, since convention- ity of having to form a gov- ing party of government sort of success continuing,” will be replaced by that of the al class identity has become ernment with the True Finns, at a challenging period in says Sundberg. He thinks the True Finns. True Finns’ popularity less relevant for many in re- the three big parties are time. The party has also fo- election will be a relatively In saying this, Raunio ad- hits SDP worst cent times, the SDP’s strong keenly aware of 2010’s de- cused much of its campaign bad one for the party. mits that the SFP would have A number of factors benefi t- ties to unions and blue-collar velopments because of the around the image of its lead- Raunio is less pessimis- diffi culties working with the ted the True Finns in 2010. workers have merely served potential the party has to er, Prime Minister Mari Kivi- tic but agrees that the Green True Finns, who are the par- The topic of immigration, to alienate marginalised, steal their votes. According- niemi. Sundberg doesn’t think League has failed to build on liamentary party most crit- one of the party’s favourite low-income earners with ly, both Raunio and Sund- that the events surround- its early success in the 1990s: ical of the position of the issues, was much discussed profi les that don’t match that berg have observed all major ing Kiviniemi’s predecessor’s “Five or ten years ago the Swedish language in Finland. throughout the year. The on- of the archetypical member parties taking a toughened resignation last summer will Greens were spoken about as This factor could lead to an- going fi nancial problems fac- of the traditional working stance on Finland’s relation- harm the Centre. the next big thing in Finnish other smaller party entering ing EU member states both class. ship to internationalisation “Matti Vanhanen is more politics, but they have failed the cabinet. collectively and individual- Far from being seen as over the past few weeks. The or less forgotten now that to fulfi ll this prediction.” At the same time, it should ly have also made the party’s an alternative to the current topic of immigration defi - they have a new leader.” This failure, he admits, has be noted that the leader of euroscepticism more attrac- government, the SDP is un- nitely has to be considered One general observation puzzled even political scientists the True Finns, Timo Soini, tive to some. On the domes- derstood by many support- one of the main themes of Raunio adds is that this elec- such as himself, although he has stated during election tic front, the party funding ers of the True Finns to be their election campaigns. tion period’s dynamics are reasons that the incorporating campaigning that his party scandal and a growing dis- just another, equally culpa- At the same time, Raunio similar to those of the Euro- of some form of environmen- would only enter a govern- trust of politicians and polit- ble establishment party. believes that, given the uncer- pean Parliament elections in tal concern into the platforms ment that threw out present ical parties are at least partly “A lot of people still think tainty and disappointment 2009. of all other political parties has plans to reform the constitu- responsible for Finns want- the SDP are in government he sees in Finnish society at “In 2009 the other par- made the party a less distinc- tion. Since all the country’s ing to see some new blood in and that they’ve been party present, the main parties al- ties basically campaigned tive force in Finnish politics. major parties strongly sup- Finland’s political veins. to the decisions the govern- so want to convey a safe mes- (unsuccessfully) against the Whether events in Japan port the outlined constitu- The rise of the True Finns ment has made,” comments sage to their voters in the run True Finns instead of putting and the positions Finland’s tional reform, this may make certainly doesn’t surprise Professor of Political Science up to the election. For that across their own campaign parties decide to take on the it impossible for the True Raunio. When asked what the at the University of Helsinki reason, the National Coali- issues. Now many of the issue of nuclear power will Finns to enter government. general mood is in Finland at Jan Sundberg. tion have tried to put econom- parties, notably the Green have any effect on the elec- The rise in support for the present, he says that there’s Moreover, he sees the par- ic management, perhaps its League, seem to be adopting tion result is impossible to True Finns has certainly add- one of uncertainty and that ty’s problems as being of a core concern, at the heart of this strategy.” say at the moment.

tive party. The party was established in the 1990s, although Environmental protection is the party’s most distinc- in many ways it took up where the defunct Finnish Rural tive pillar, but it also promotes various other “non-environ- The Finnish political map Party left off. mental” issues. For example, the party takes a keen interest The party blends nationalism, populism, anti-immigration in defending the rights of groups affected by discrimina- Socio-cultural authoritarian sentiment, euroscepticism, support for a strong welfare state tion like women, immigrants and homosexuals. Although and “Finnish values”. The type of party politics on display in considered a red-green party by many due to its activist True Finns Swedish Finland’s consensus-based, coalition governance model has sympathies and the support it enjoys from alternative left- People’s National helped create the belief among supporters of the True Finns wingers, the party is less statist than the Left Alliance, for Christian Party Coalition that more unites other political parties than separates them. instance, despite sharing a number of similar goals. Democrats

Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto) Swedish People’s Party of Finland Social Democrats This Left Alliance was founded in the 1990s but its roots lie (Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue) in far left, now-defunct, parties. The party has been losing The Swedish People’s Party of Finland (SFP), despite main- seats in each of the last four parliamentary elections, but taining a liberal position on most political questions, is fi rst Centre market Pro this loss has been marginal, with its percentage of the vote and foremost the representative of Finland Swedes. The par- during this time remaining around 9-11 per cent. ty is a small one that generally records a roughly fi ve per cent Like the SDP, the Left Alliance has strong links to trade share of the vote. Despite this, it often enters the new cabinet Left Alliance

unions, but it’s also the party of grassroots left-wing activ- after a parliamentary election, especially as it isn’t strongly Sceptical of market mechanisms Green League ists best known for holding alter-globalisation positions. ideological either to the left or right. Due to this quirk of the The party is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance and Finnish political system, the party has successfully defended its leader Paavo Arhinmäki has been one of the most vocal the rights of Finland Swedes in spite of public opposition to opponents of Finland increasing its nuclear power capacity. the privileged status this language minority enjoys. Libertarian

Source: Professor David Arter, a leading expert in comparative Nordic politics. Green League (Vihreät) Christian Democrats (Kristillisdemokraatit) The Green League was founded in 1987. The party has its The Christian Democrats (originally the Finnish Christian of the vote. Although the Centre also emphasise “tradition- roots in the environmental movement of the 1980s and the League) are a party similar in size to the Swedish People’s al values” such as the family, the Christian Democrats link latter’s grassroots political activity. It entered government Party but which is less frequently asked to join the cabi- these specifi cally to Christian faith. It should be pointed out within ten years of its establishment, the fi rst European net. In the last three parliamentary elections, the Chris- that the True Finns also refer to Christian values, but its ap- green party to achieve a place in a state-level cabinet. tian Democrats have received between 4 and 5.5 per cent proach is less holist than the Christian Democrats’. 8 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN KAUPPALEHTI 20 March ‘The prices of properties are determined, to a great extent, by the level of inter- Property prices est, so real prices have shot up during a period of low in- could as much as halve terest rates,’ Rothavius says. According to Rothovi- The chairman of the board of the Finnish us, property prices in the worst case could even halve Shareholders Association warns investors to because the cost of build- prepare for increased inflation even though ing properties differs from properties’ selling pric- there isn’t any certainty it will materialise, es and the shares in hous- the financial daily Kauppalehti writes. ing cooperatives. Property prices are also greatly infl u- enced by the location of the “PROPERTIES and shares in This is the estimate of Pro- property. housing cooperatives won’t fessor Timo Rothovius, the ‘In the capital region, be rational investment tar- chairman of the board of prices may continue to gets if infl ation increas- the Finnish Shareholders rise as supply doesn’t meet A large number of teachers make a career change just a few years after graduation. es and interest rates go up. Association. demand.’” SUNNUNTAISUOMALAINEN 20 March. SAIJA KAUHANEN TURUN SANOMAT 20 March Exhausted teachers Soini favours are strangers to themselves governing alongside For a profession famous for its long holidays, teaching is no easy the Centre and SDP option, the combined Sunday publication of a number of regional LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO papers Sunnuntaisuomalainen reports. With under a month to go until Finland’s parliamentary elections, the True Finns are “EVERY fi fth newly graduated nomenon is partly explained pational) should be focused already letting it be known who their pre- teacher will change their line by teachers not knowing on more during teacher ferred coalition partners would be, Turku’s of work within a few years of themselves well enough. training. This would help True Finns’ leader Timo Soini. graduating. The most impor- Subconscious emotions, val- avoid burnouts, which some Turun Sanomat reports. tant reasons for this change ues, stereotypes and fears teachers get within weeks. policy of the True Finns, the of career are bad pay, the affect teaching. This may Also, making clear what Centre and the Social Dem- challenging nature of the lead to the teacher trying to exactly the role of teacher is “LEADER of the True Finns National Coalition and the ocrats and thinks a govern- job and exhaustion. Restless seek the acceptance of the would prevent exhaustion. Timo Soini, who is amazed Green League. ment could be formed based children and demanding par- pupils. ‘A teacher doesn’t need to by the support his party is Soini would also consid- on them. ents make life increasingly Stenberg, who tutors pro- be the clown of the class nor receiving, would ideally like er alternative governmen- Energy taxation is one diffi cult for teachers. bationary teachers, says that a social worker. It’s enough to to form a coalition govern- tal coalitions. He, however, of Soini’s election weap- According to researcher the work done on one’s own be a giver of hope, but only in ment with the Centre Par- emphasises the importance ons. He’s been targeting the Katariina Stenberg, the phe- identity (personal and occu- their capacity as a teacher.’” ty and the Social Democrats of the election result and Green League and the Na- (SDP). According to Soini, the ‘need for a majority tional Coalition in particular. the True Finns have more government’. The True Finns have demand- in common with these ‘red Soini sees a lot of com- ed the doing away of tax earth’ parties than with the monalities in the taxation increases.”

AAMULEHTI 20 March. HENRIPEKKA KALLIO TALOUSSANOMAT 20 MAGMA - FINLAND’S March. TOPI KANNIAINEN SWEDISH THINK TANK Unknown radiation threat floats across Hi-tech Invitation to a seminar on pro duc t Gulf of Finland availability “THE GULF of Finland is one straits. Uranium hexafl uo- Islam – a Threat to Europe? of the most used routes for ride is a toxic compound that affected the transportation of nuclear becomes gasifi ed already at Where: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Musiikkisali, Mannerheimintie 3, Helsinki material. Finnish authorities, about 20 °C. The substance is by events When: 28 March 2011, 13:00 – 16:30 however, do not possess pre- transported in 10-ton contain- cise information about how ers. During a fi re, the pressure much uranium is being trans- in these containers grows and in Japan In the programme: ported in the vicinity of the they can fail. southern territorial waters. When released into the “THE EARTHQUAKE in Japan The rise of Islam in Europe According to the Finnish air, uranium hexafl uoride may affect the selection in Prof. Jørgen Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Radiation and Nuclear Safety reacts with water vapour, Finnish electronics shops, Authority, the worst-case sce- forming a dangerous cloud too, as production in many nario would be a fi re on a ship of gas. Air currents may factories producing electron- Is there a Muslim minority in Europe? transporting uranium hexafl u- carry the cloud for tens of ic equipment and their com- Prof. Samim Akgönül, Université de Strasbourg, France oride in the Gulf of Finland’s kilometres.” ponents has come to a halt due to the earthquake. Islam, Politics, Finland A representative of Swed- ish electronics retailers said Dr. Tuomas Martikainen, University of Helsinki on Friday in an interview with the Swedish news agency TT Who Benefi ts from Freedom of Religion that in about a month’s time the situation in Japan will in a Post-Religious Society? REUTERS / LEHTIKUVA hinder the availability of the Mr. Christopher Caldwell, author and senior editor, newest models of television The Weekly Standard, USA sets, popular cameras and tablet computers. Japan is an important Registration at magma@magma.fi by 25 March at 12 pm. producer of, amongst oth- The seminar is held in English. Free entrance. er things, microchips and Organized in association with The Governance of Transnational Islam: modern display technology, The Case of Finland, Ireland, and Canada Project. which, for example, is used The Gulf of Finland is one of the most used routes for the trans- in television, digital camera portation of nuclear material. and phone screens.” HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 9

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / ECPAD Revolutionary youth give Clinton the cold shoulder

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week paid a highly-publicised visit to Cairo’s Tahrir Square. But young leaders of the revo- lution declined an invitation to meet with her.

gress had been asked to es- tablish a 60-million-dollar Egyptian-US fund to support CAIRO the Egyptian private sector. This comes in addition to the French Mirage 2000 jet fighters of the French army are seen at the aerial military base of Solenzara in Corsica. roughly two billion dollars in US economic and military as- tary of State Hillary Clinton’s sistance Egypt receives eve- repeated insistence in the ry year. Regional support erodes days leading up to the reso- Sharaf, for his part, told lution and in the hours imme- ADAM MORROW – IPS Clinton that Egypt “seeks to diately following its adoption KHALED MOUSSA AL-OMRANI – IPS achieve the transition to re- that “Gaddafi must go”. al democracy, which guar- for air war on Libya “WE REFUSED to meet Hillary antees the participation of Ousting of Gaddafi Clinton due to the US ad- all segments of society in seems to be included ministration’s vacillating political life,” according to When the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) in the plan position and contradicto- the state-run MENA news imposing a no-fly zone in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Asli Bali, a law professor at ry statements as the revolu- agency. the University of California tion unfolded,” Islam Lutfi , passed on Thursday 17 March by a predicted 10-0, no one stopped Los Angeles Law School, told spokesman for Egypt’s Coali- Civil society to ask what ends the means of military force hoped to achieve. IPS, “Ultimately, the tactical tion of Revolutionary Youth, representatives critical decision to resort to an aer- told IPS. “The decision also of US involvement ial bombardment campaign expressed our rejection of 50 in Egyptian affairs submitted letters to Ban Ki- lishment of a ceasefi re and against Libyan forces – in- years of faulty US policies in Later the same day, Clinton moon, stating their intent to a complete end to violence cluding not just air defences the region.” held a 90-minute closed-door attack Gaddafi ’s compound against civilians, it makes but also targeting of ground Shortly after her arrival meeting with Egyptian civil- as his forces advanced on the no mention of Gaddafi ’s oust- forces – and the imposition to Egypt on 15 March, Clin- society representatives and NEW YORK rebel stronghold in Benghazi. ing as an inherent goal of the of a no-fl y zone is diffi cult to ton met with newly-appoint- a handful of political party These states have wast- UN-sanctioned interven- limit logistically to a strategy ed Egyptian Foreign Minister leaders. ed no time in taking full ad- tion. It is the vociferous offi - of ceasefi re unless the inter- Nabil el-Arabi. The two re- “We spoke with her about vantage of the resolution’s cials of the US defence forces national community is will- portedly exchanged views on the consequences of the rev- endorsement of “any means that have expressed the most ing to accept a partition of the precarious political situ- olution and the current polit- necessary” to safeguard the confusion regarding the fi nal Libya.” ation in the Middle East, par- ical situation in Egypt,” Hafez KANYA D’ALMEIDA rights of the Libyan people. goals of the resolution. She added, “If the inter- ticularly in Libya – currently Abu Saeda, head of the Cairo- IPS According to The Guardian Vice Admiral William E. national community does the target of US-Europe-led based Egyptian Organisation UK, the velocity of these air Gortney told reporters at a maintain a no-fl y zone to po- air-strikes – and the occu- for Human Rights, told IPS. AS THE United States and its attacks has pushed the Arab Washington news confer- lice a ceasefi re, as suggested pied Palestinian territories. “But several of us also sharp- allies, notably France and Brit- League, whose grudging sup- ence that the United States by the resolution on its face, Next day, Clinton met ly criticised Washington’s wa- ain, entered their third con- port for the resolution fi nally is not interested in killing then the ceasefi re line risks with Egyptian Prime Minis- vering position throughout secutive day of ferocious air tipped the scales in favour of Gaddafi . “At this particular leaving the opposition forces ter Essam Sharaf and Field the course of the revolution.” strikes against Libyan leader intervention, to beat a hasty point I can guarantee that in charge of the Cyrenaica re- Marshal Hussein Tanta- On 25 January, as mount- Muammar Gaddafi ’s ground retreat. he’s not on a targeting list,” gion and the Gaddafi regime wi, head of Egypt’s Supreme ing street protests in Egypt controls on Monday 21 March, While the League is yet Gortney said, reiterating in control of the rest of the Council of the Armed Forc- morphed into a nationwide re- this vital question remains to announce a formal alter- that the United States mil- country, resulting in de facto es (SCAF), with whom she volt, Clinton had notoriously unanswered, a vacuum that native to the onslaught by itary was more concerned partition.” reportedly discussed bilat- stated that “the Egyptian gov- is swiftly fi lling up with fears allied warplanes, experts be- with weakening the Libyan “Because none of these eral ties and the regional ernment is stable and is look- that the UNSCR may have lieve its irresolution bodes state’s military capacity. strategic goals (withdraw- situation. ing for ways to respond to the left too much wiggle room for badly for US President Barak The chairman of the Joint al from certain areas, par- legitimate needs and interests powerful Western states with Obama, who has professed Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike tition or regime change) are US ready to of the Egyptian people.” a notorious track record of in- “broad regional support” Mullen, stated that the ob- rooted in the language of guarantee financial According to Abu Saeda, vasion and occupation. in fi elding comparisons be- jective of “removing Gaddafi ” the Security Council resolu- support for Egypt Egyptian representatives Addressing a press brief- tween the current engage- was likely outside the scope tion, but each seem connect- At her meeting with Sharaf, that met with Clinton also ing at the UN headquar- ment in Libya and the 2003 of the international offen- ed to the rationale adopted Clinton stressed Washing- slammed the US for its prac- ters on Monday 21 March, invasion of Iraq. sive, adding that leaving him by the sponsors of the reso- ton’s stated support for dem- tice of coupling its strategic spokesperson for the sec- in power after the US military lution, there is reason to be- ocratic transformation in the interests in the region to dic- retary-general Martin Ne- Fuzzy language, completed its mission was lieve that no clear strategic region. She also confi rmed tatorial Arab regimes. sirky confi rmed that the UK, incalculable outcomes “potentially one outcome.” consensus undergirds the re- that US fi nancial assistance Echoing a common opin- US, Italy, France, Canada, Though Resolution 1973 de- Mullen’s words run starkly sort to tactical use of force,” to Egypt, which she de- ion among Egyptian revolu- Denmark and Qatar had all mands the immediate estab- contrary to Obama and Secre- Bali said. scribed as a “strategic part- tionary circles of all political ner,” would be maintained. stripes, Lutfi said: “We real- Clinton announced that ly don’t want anything from Current confusion, future chaos with the Gaddafi regime and attempt to initiate some mechanism Washington had earmarked America – neither interven- for dialog or peaceful resolution of the current conflict,” Asli Ba- 90 million US dollars for im- tion in our sovereign affairs Last week Muammar Gaddafi delivered a “fresh and defiant ti- li, a law professor at the University of California Los Angeles Law mediate economic assistance nor advice on ‘good govern- rade” against the allied military forces, promising retaliation and School told IPS. to Egypt, while the US Con- ance’ and democracy.” a commitment to fighting a “long war to victory”. “Absent such a move, the use of force will crowd out other alter- Still, his foreign minister Musa Kousa appealed to the UN Secu- natives and leave few options but escalation and the pursuit of rity Council on Saturday 19 January to convene a meeting to “halt broader strategic goals, like regime change,” she added. the aggression against Libyan civilians”. Though a plea for an emer- “Additional important questions are whether events in Libya will gency meeting by a UN member state is usually addressed within continue to eclipse international attention to Yemen and Bahrain hours, the council continues to coolly drag its feet on the request. and whether this creates the necessary window of opportunity for Gaddafi’s presence at the UN is further demeaned by the fact those regimes to escalate their own brutal repression with impuni- that the Libyan mission has thus far been controlled by what ty.” Washington Post correspondent Colum Lynch calls a “renegade “Another important consideration is the consequence for the ‘Ar- diplomatic delegation” that has loudly proclaimed support for ab democratic spring’. If Libya becomes a case of international in- both the rebels and the allied military campaign. tervention for regime change it might have negative consequenc- Meanwhile, regional experts are on tenterhooks as news reports es for the rest of the region by creating a demonstration effect change by the hour and the unpredictability of the future casts that disincentives opposition forces. A possible negative outcome a dark cloud over the fleeting celebrations in Egypt and Tunisia.

LEHTIKUVA / AFP / PAUL J. RICHARDS-POOL in Libya may also divert attention and retard transitions in those “The most important question in coming days is whether there countries where change has already been initiated, such as Egypt US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Egyptian Prime will be any effort to create diplomatic channels to communicate and Tunisia.” Minister Essam Sharaf on 16 March at the Prime Minister’s office in Cairo during her official visit. 10 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO COLUMN

David J. Cord is a writer and columnist for Helsinki Times. He is also a private investor with over ten years of interna- tional experience. Nuclear risks I HATE gambling. My dislike doesn’t stem from any mor- al reason; it’s simply that I don’t like chance when mon- ey is involved. I absolutely adore risk, though, as long as it can be measured. Basically, this is investing: iden- tify the risk and identify the payout. Such risk assess- A businessman watches the figures dropping sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on 15 March. Japan’s share price dropped ment is used in many other applications, like nuclear 620.76 points to close at 8999.73 points after the morning session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a day after their lowest close in two power. years following Japan’s devastating natural disasters and nuclear emergency.

THE CALAMITY in Japan seems to have started a mass al Insight. “However, by the hysteria in regards to the risks of nuclear power. Aam- end of this year the recon- ulehti reported that Tampere pharmacies ran out of io- struction effort is likely to dine tablets. There have been candlelit vigils against get underway and provide a nuclear power across Europe. Politicians have called Rebuilding Japan substantial boost to growth.” for stress tests and safety reviews. Lee and Baba see another problem with the decline in A FEW voices of calm have been heard in the storm. Fin- ings have been damaged, in- estimated costs for the dis- corporate and consumer sen- land doesn’t sit on an active tectonic fault, so we aren’t The economic cost cluding 6,300 completely aster. In a survey of fi ve timent. They fear that com- in danger of a massive earthquake. Our Environment destroyed. American, British and French panies will put off capital Minister Paula Lehtomäki, perhaps rather exasper- of the disaster in The economic costs are fi rms, the average estimate expenditures while consum- ated by goofy questions from the press, pointed out Japan is enormous. extremely diffi cult to meas- for rebuilding is 112 billion ers delay purchases and trav- that a large tsunami ure. For one, there will be euros. Goldman Sachs has el. In addition, they say that Nuclear power doesn’t even seem to costs to rebuild damaged or the highest estimate, a stun- protracted problems will put be theoretically possi- DAVID J. CORD destroyed structures such ning 142 billion euros. To put off foreign tourists, which should be viewed ble on the Baltic Sea. HELSINKI TIMES as homes, offi ces, roads and this in perspective, this fi g- would hit the transport and as a temporary machinery. Then there is the ure is higher than the entire travel industries. THE LARGEST risks to THE SCALE of the damage cost of lost production and gross domestic product of solution to a Finland’s nuclear pow- caused by the earthquake other economic activity. This Finland. The energy problem permanent problem. er plants are, most and tsunami to Japan is still can extend around the globe, “This total damage esti- One particular problem in Ja- likely, human error. If unknown, but the costs as many companies may fi nd mate refers to damage to the pan is the disruption to the we were to have a nuclear disaster it would probably are almost certainly to be their supply chain disrupted. physical stock – buildings, production and distribution be down to errors in design, construction or operation. staggering. production facilities, and the of energy. Nomura says that It has happened before. Both the Three Mile Island and Japan’s public broadcaster Costs to rebuild like,” explain Goldman Sachs the damage caused by pow- Chernobyl incidents have been blamed on, ultimately, NHK has estimated the death Based upon what informa- economists Chiwoong Lee er cuts will be about 0.3 per human error. toll will top 15,000. NHK says tion is currently available, and Naohiko Baba. cent of GDP, or 11 billion eu- that half a million people are some investment houses Citigroup has estimated ros. If disruptions continue, THEORETICALLY the threats are enormous, but real- displaced and 76,000 build- have begun releasing their that the cost to rebuild dam- costs will mount. istically they are probably not so enormous. The In- aged housing and infrastruc- “We estimate that if pow- ternational Atomic Energy Agency has estimated the ture alone will top 66 billion er outages continue until the Chernobyl disaster has caused 4,000 deaths since euros. end of April, they would lower 1986. Coincidentally, there has probably been the same Only a portion of these GDP growth by 0.5 per cent, amount of deaths in coal mining accidents since 1986. losses were insured. Japan while outages to the end of A case could be made that coal energy and nuclear en- has strict legislation that June would lower growth by ergy are equally dangerous. (To be fair, estimates of the limits coverage for earth- 0.8 per cent,” Lee and Baba deaths from Chernobyl vary. Greenpeace has put the quake damage. The risk mod- say. number at 200,000.) eling fi rm AIR Worldwide Finally, there is the cat- estimates that Japanese non- astrophic scenario of a nu- FINLAND needs new sources of power. The problem is life insurance companies clear disaster. Practically all that any source of power entails risks. If we go back to will have to pay about 17 bil- economists have taken lost coal we run the risk of accelerating global warning and lion euros for insured losses, energy supplies into consid- killing miners. If we import natural gas from Russia, LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ a large sum but only a frac- eration for their estimates, they may cut off our supply for political reasons. Pres- tion of what is necessary to but the cost of a nuclear ca- ently, solar, wind and biofuel are expensive and have rebuild. The remainder will lamity probably can’t be limited applications. So we are left with nuclear. Japanese citizens queue for petrol at a filling station in Ichinose- have to come from both the measured. ki in Iwate prefecture on 17 March, as basic supplies remain scarce. public and private sectors. “Much still hinges on I AGREE with our President Tarja Halonen: nuclear the radioactive threat to Ja- power should be viewed as a temporary solution to a Lost economic activity pan’s more urbanized are- permanent problem. We need to get to work on other In addition, there are the as,” writes HSBC’s Stephen renewable technologies, but in the meantime we need costs of lost economic pro- King. “If the worst happens, nuclear. duction. These estimates are all bets are off.” normally expressed as a per- THERE are ways to help us move towards renewable en- centage of GDP. A survey of ergy. One thing that would undoubtedly help is if Fin- fi ve American, British and Estimates land changed its terrible subsidy system. Practically Japanese investment banks of the economic impact every developed nation in the world has more encour- puts the average estimate of Goldman Sachs 142 agement for private individuals to use renewable en- lost GDP at over 0.3 per cent, Barclays 133 ergy than Finland. We should look to our neighbours, or the equivalent of about 12 Credit Suisse 129 especially Germany, for proven ideas. billion euros. After a natural Societe Generale 89

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN disaster GDP normally falls Standard Chartered 39 THAT doesn’t change the fact that, at the moment, we below normal, but growth Bank of America 19 need nuclear power. There is a risk. Make no mistake. becomes faster than normal JP Morgan 12 But there are costs and risks in any energy sources. when reconstruction begins. UBS 4 “You pays your money and you takes your choice.” “The near-term impact on An elderly Japanese couple ride bicycles past destroyed homes Japanese growth is likely to Note: estimates are of david@helsinkitimes.fi in the northeastern town of Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture on 18 be negative and potentially rebuilding or lost activity, March one week after the devastating 9.0 magnitude earth- quite large,” explains Nari- converted to billions of euros. quake and tsunami. man Behraveshi of IHS Glob- HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 11 Nokia releases CEO pay details COLUMNIN BRIEF

DAVID J. CORD him for fees he had to repay The value of the sale is HELSINKI TIMES Finland promises his former employer. expected to be some 116 Elop was apparently able EU economic million euros and will re- NOKIA’S new CEO Stephen to negotiate special terms crises at most quire the approval of com- Elop was paid almost 6.7 mil- due to Finland’s high taxes. €12.6 bln petition authorities in lion euros in compensation Nokia announced in the fi l- Finland and Latvia. STT last year. The bulk of the sum ing that some benefi ts “are Finland’s total responsi- was reimbursement for lost being provided on a tax as- bility in the EU’s stabili- income from Microsoft. sisted basis.” He was al- ty mechanism is to be 12.6 High-tech exports The mobile phone compa- so paid 312,203 euros for billion euros at the most, decline to 10% in ny released details of execu- tax assistance and legal according to a statement tive compensation in a fi ling expenses. by Finance Minister Jyr- 2010 to American securities reg- Nokia provides com- ki Katainen on Monday 21 Plummeting mobile phone ulators. Elop’s base salary is pensatory incentives if ex- March. exports caused Finnish slightly over one million eu- ecutives reach certain Katainen remind- high technology exports ros and he is entitled to the short-term and long-term ed that this is just a the- to drop to a record low last customary performance bo- goals, such as net sales, op- oretical sum that would year, according to the Finn- nuses which could increase erating profi t, operating only need to be paid if all ish National Board of Cus- his compensation many cash fl ow and strategic ob- Nokia’s Stephen Elop doesn’t settle for peanuts. the countries that have re- toms on Monday 21 March. times over. jectives. For instance, per- ceived the stability mecha- High technology ex- To woo the new chief formance shares are granted earn shares if Nokia’s Total nism’s loans would become ports amounted to just 10 away from Microsoft, if net sales grow over 2.5 per Shareholder Return is bet- Stephen Elop’s insolvent. per cent of Finnish exports, Nokia’s Board offered Elop cent and EPS is over .50 eu- ter than a peer group aver- 2010 compensation Katainen added that signifi cantly below the re- a number of incentives. He ros over the next three years. age, and he was also given Salary 280,303 the decision by EU fi nance cord high of 25 per cent in was paid almost three mil- Last year sales grew 3.6 per a goal for a share price be- Bonus 440,137 ministers was what Fin- 2000. lion euros to recoup lost cent while EPS was .50. tween 9 and 17 euros by the Stock 1,682,607 land had hoped for. STT Mobile phone exports earnings, and he is to receive Finland’s most visible end of 2012. Nokia’s share Options 800,132 from Finland declined to three million US dollars chief executive was provid- was over 9 as recently as Deferred 340,471 10.5 million phones last more this autumn. In addi- ed the opportunity to earn May. As of writing it is under Other 3,115,276 Real estate sales year, some 4.5 million tion, he was paid over half a Nokia shares based on a 6, haven fallen 25 per cent Total 6,658,926 up 13% in 2010 phones less than a year million euros to compensate number of criteria. He will during 2011. earlier. STT In 2010, real estate pur- chases increased by 13 per cent compared to the pre- Elop says vious year totalling some development of Fears over nuclear 68,900 property purchas- Nokia’s Windows es, according to fi gures published by the National phones has began power will make Land Survey of Finland on Stephen Elop, the manag- Tuesday 22 March. ing director of Finnish mo- Growth was particular- bile phone maker Nokia, electricity dearer ly strong in single-family stated to Reuters on Fri- home purchases which to- day 18 March that the de- talled some 17,160 homes velopment work for new last year, up 17 per cent Nokia smartphones based The head of Finland’s main electricity trans- Co-leaders of the German Green party, Cem Oezdemir (left) and

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / BERND WEISSBROD from the year before. on Windows software is al- mission grid warns that anti-nuclear “over- Claudia Roth take part in a human chain protesting against nu- A total of some 7.8 bil- ready under way. clear power in Stuttgart on 12 March. The chain, made up of lion euros were spent on Elop rejected specula- reaction” could lead to energy price spikes. 40,000 anti-nuclear protesters, stretched from Stuttgart to the property purchases in tions that Microsoft might nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim, southwest Germany. 2010. STT try to buy Nokia. “We’re right now, today, NINA TÖRNUDD – STT have an impact on the Euro- Japan needs more fossil fuels, Wet summer welcome having people work on the MATTHEW PARRY – HT pean electricity market. and Beijing has decided to ex- Ruusunen fears that concern PTT predicts 3.0% fi rst Windows Phone devic- As a result, the situation amine the safety systems in over the nuclear crisis in Ja- economic growth es from Nokia. That work is JUKKA RUUSUNEN, CEO of that obtained in the win- its own nuclear power plants pan is prompting Europeans already under way. If this Fingrid Oyj, Finland’s elec- ter looks set to reverse. At and put new projects on hold, to overreact. All public atten- in 2011 was an acquisition scenar- tricity transmission sys- that time, prices in the Nor- for the time being. tion is now focused on nucle- Pellervo Economic Re- io, that wouldn’t be possi- tem operator, has predicted dic electricity market were “If China delays 30 of its ar safety, and the implications search Institute (PTT) ble,” Elop stated. that the German decision to stabilised by added supply nuclear projects and replac- for prices have been forgotten. published an econom- He also went on to deny shut down seven of its nu- from central Europe and the es them with fossil fuels, “In a crisis, everyone’s ic forecast on Tuesday 22 any plans to make changes clear power plants will put Baltic countries. The frosty it’s obvious that the price of calling for action. There’s a March according to which to Nokia management. pressure on electricity pric- weather and depleted water coal and gas will rise,” said slight taste of overreaction the Finnish economy is ex- The fi nal agreement es in Europe. Berlin decided reserves in the Nordic coun- Ruusunen. in Europe – something must pected to grow at 3.0 per of cooperation between to shutter the plants until the tries would otherwise have Greater consumption of be done and quickly. It does cent this year, and 2.4 per Nokia and Microsoft is yet end of June, and will rely on triggered price spikes, said fossil fuels will in turn put make sense to review eve- cent next year. to be signed but Elop ex- fossil fuels to replace the ap- Ruusunen. pressure on prices for emission rything, but not to paralyse PTT predicts that the pects this to take place proximate 7,000 megawatts Asia will put additional trading rights, making elec- every country and inspect growth of Finnish export within the next few they generated. This will pressure on fossil fuel prices. tricity even more expensive. every plant on the same day.” markets will slow towards months. STT The spring and summer the end of this year. weather will now also af- According to the fore- fect the electricity market. If cast, infl ation is to rise to EasyJet cuts there were ever any appetite almost three per cent this Finnish routes for a traditional wet north- year, but to drop to just over Your Global ern summer, it would be at its 2 per cent next year. STT British no-frills carrier strongest now, for summer EasyJet said in a statement Exhibition Partner rain in Norway and northern on Friday 18 March that it is Finland would replenish wa- Sanoma to sell to close down routes from arvelin.fi ter reserves and thereby re- Finnkino cinemas Finland at the beginning of lieve pressure on prices. July. Ruusunen did not try to an- Finnish media group Sa- According to the airline, ticipate just how steep any price noma made a statement the fl ights have not been rises might be. A whole host on Monday 21 March ac- popular enough. of unpredictable factors make cording to which it is to sell EasyJet currently op- forecasting hazardous, but the the cinema chain Finnkino, erates direct fl ights from ordinary electricity consumer and its subsidiary compa- Finland to Manchester, need not be concerned about nies in Estonia, Latvia and London and Paris. the current situation. That sit- Lithuania. The airline made the uation would be quite different, In total, the companies statement through its Fa- YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD however, if nuclear power were employ some 620 people. cebook pages. Finnish com- Find it with us. abandoned altogether. Close to ten million cus- mercial broadcaster MTV3 “If we can’t replace it with tomers visited Finnkino was the fi rst to report on fossil fuels, then where do we theatres last year. the matter. STT ARVELIN get our basic supply? It won’t INTERNATIONAL OY come from forests or wind power.” 12 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN THE ECONOMIC TIMES COLUMNREADER’S LETTER 17 March

Foreigners’ employment ‘Germany, issues are important Finland I was pleased to see that Helsinki Times launched the new ‘Entrepreneur of the Week’ series (HT 11, 17 March). can’t keep It is also great to notice that Helsinki Times writes about employment and working life issues in the themed pag- es, which are burning and diffi cult issues for many who footing move to Finland. debt bill’ Because the unemployment levels of foreigners are higher and it is diffi cult to get on the career path that “EUROPE’S top-rated econo- matches your education, it is encouraging to read about mies like Germany and Fin- foreigners’ success stories. However, in the future I land need to stop paying for would be happy to see a series not only about entrepre- the fi scal sins of the euro re- neurs – a choice that is obviously not everybody’s cup of gion’s weakest members if tea – but also about foreigners in working life who have the bloc is ever to have a ‘fair found the perfect match with their education, and how system’. ‘The good girls, like they managed to do it. Itella Group’s NetPosti service has proven a success among users. Finland and Germany, are not the payers for the future,’ R. Zhang, Espoo HELL MAIL 20 March. FRANZ GROTER Finnish President Tarja Ha- lonen, said on Tuesday in New York in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Finnish digital mail service ‘European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the Europe- continues to see growth an Union and in the euro, and that’s why we have to have “NETPOSTI, the digital mail ganisations in Finland have number of users exceeded quite hard discipline.’ Finland, service provided by the started handling their busi- 100,000 in 2007. NetPosti one of the single currency ar- Finns, now has over 300,000 ness electronically. provides consumers with an ea’s six AAA-rated members, users. According to the Itella The NetPosti service is in- easy way of receiving and ar- has seen anti-euro sentiment Group, NetPosti has grown tended for consumers and chiving letters and e-invoic- swell as polls indicate taxpay- rapidly in recent years as an small-scale companies and es as well as replacing folder ers in the Nordic country are increasing number of con- organisations. NetPosti was archives and piles of paper at tired of supporting govern- sumers, companies and or- established in 2001, and its home…” ments that have overspent.”

SECURITYPARK.NET 15 March and expansion project of its prison building. Construction Subscribe of the new building has been Idesco access control completed and renovation of the old complex will follow to SixDegrees system deployed in the during the next few months. The access control systems English language monthly Kuopio prison in Finland to be deployed in the Kuopio Prison will ultimately include for only €25/year (10 issues) “OVER the past twenty years every closed prison in Finland. hundreds of readers and tags. Contact: [email protected] the Finnish national Crimi- Idesco was recently chosen by Every inmate will receive a LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN nal Sanctions Agency has pur- the Kuopio Prison in Finland personal tag which will open www.6d.fi chased thousands of Idesco to supply its access control their cell door at specifi c times readers and tags for nearly readers during the renovation during each day…” Former rally champion Juha Kankkunen gives lessons in THE WALL STREET BLOOMBERG 15 March. KATI POHJANPALO Kuusamo on how to drive on Follow JOURNAL 18 March. snow and ice. ARILD MOEN Helsinki Times on Finland’s Halonen says THE INDEPENDENT 19 March. EU-sceptic Japan crisis shows nuclear HEATHER SUNDERLAND party sees power is an interim fix Trail of the “GOVERNMENTS should look ment, Halonen said in a tele- approval at nuclear power as an in- vision interview on 15 March unexpected: http://twitter.com/helsinkitimes terim energy source on- recorded at Bloomberg’s New rate soar ly and continue to target York offi ce. Still, the country ice driving renewables after Japan’s cri- should wean itself off nuclear ahead of sis revealed the risks as- power in the long term in its in Finland sociated with atomic fuel, drive to switch to green tech- sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 18 election Finnish President Tarja Ha- nology, she said. “IT WAS minus 26C, the ends lonen said. Finland was the second of my hair were turning white “ONE MONTH ahead of parlia- Finland, which is building western nation after the and every time I blinked my mentary elections, Finland’s the world’s biggest nuclear re- UK to start building nuclear eyelashes started to freeze EU-sceptic True Finns Party is actor, will continue with pro- power stations following the together. I was standing at the second largest party, a poll jects that have been approved meltdown at Ukraine’s Cher- the edge of a frozen lake in showed on Friday 18 March. by the Helsinki-based parlia- nobyl plant in 1986…” Kuusamo in north-eastern The populist anti-immi- Finland, waiting for my driv- gration party, campaigning ing instructor. Today, I was go- on a nationalist social welfare ing to learn how to drive on ice. platform, received an approv- A car appeared in the dis- al rating of 18.4 per cent in the tance, fl ying over the fro- TNS Gallup poll commissioned zen lake, a cloud of snow by the newspaper Helsingin streaming out behind it. My Sanomat, a huge increase from instructor had arrived. Juha the 4.1 per cent of votes it re- Kankkunen is a four-times ceived in the 2007 election. world rally champion and Analysts say the rising a legend in the rally racing popularity of the True Finns world. He now spends every is due to dissatisfaction February and March teach- among voters who have seen ing people to drive on snow services dwindle in Finland and ice at the Juha Kank- as the government supports kunen Driving Academy in a debt ridden Europe…” President of Finland Tarja Halonen. Kuusamo…”

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Public transport brings people together There is no shortage of romance in the Passengers’ stories prove that last- stop and transported to its destina- ing relationships are born on public tion by bus. ”We next move in May. transport. A boy trails a bus on his It remains to be seen whether we anecdotes collected by HSL, but also bicycle, and when a girl gets off the can manage the whole move using bus, he stops and strikes up a con- HSL alone.” humour and moving scenes. versation. ”We went on a date that evening, and there began a relation- …and a little absurd ship that resulted in marriage and An elderly lady in a mink coat no- two wonderful daughters.” tices the hero of a Finnish TV soap A man proposed to his future wife in her train carriage and excited- at the Siilitie metro station. ”We’ve ly begins to recount the soap’s plot been together six years now and we twists to the little dog in her lap. have a wonderful little boy.” However, in order to avoid the sit- uation turning awkward, she prom- Beautiful, handy… ises her pet to continue the discus- A bus driver wakes up sleepy pas- sion at home in front of the TV. sengers using the microphone: ”Take A metro passenger angrily rejects a look at this gorgeous sunrise and attempts by an inebriated fellow enjoy.” Another driver gives his pas- passenger to make contact. The an- sengers a short lesson in observation ger soon subsides, however, when on a dark evening by stopping the the jolly interlocutor protests that, bus shortly before the stop. ”Do you ”All I wanted to say was that I’ve see the people waiting there? You never seen such beautiful thumbs.” don’t? Nor do I – so use a refl ector!” Public transport anecdotes are A resourceful moving man resorts gathered online at www.hsltarina. to public transport in an emergen- fi . The website is in Finnish, but of cy. When a double bed won’t fi t in course you are welcome to tell your the delivery van, it’s hauled to a bus own story in English.

Air quality reports Transport your Develop bicycle by train a new mobile in trams and the metro or metro phone app!

HSL’s info screens in trams and Air quality in the Helsinki met- You can transport a bicycle free of HSL is running a competition in a bid the metro now inform passen- ropolitan area is either good or charge outside of rush hours on com- to fi nd new mobile phone applica- gers about air quality in the satisfactory most of the time, muter trains within the HSL area, if tions or services for users of public Helsinki metropolitan area on but during the spring, in partic- travelling with an HSL ticket and pro- transport. The aim of the competition an hourly basis. The reports ular, the illustrative map on the viding there is space in the train car- is to develop services that encourage come from measuring stations screen is covered in red. The co- riage. The off er does not extend to people to cycle, walk and use public run by the Helsinki Region En- lour red is used to indicate poor passengers travelling with a VR ticket. transport. vironmental Services Authori- air quality and to illustrate areas During rush hours (Mon–Fri, 7 a.m.–9 Competition entries can be any- ty (HSY) and are visible on info with plenty of road dust or ex- a.m. and 3 p.m.–6 p.m.), transporting thing from a sensible aid for weekday screens between the hours of 12 haust emissions. a bicycle by train is not permitted. passengers to a game inspiring peo- p.m. and 6 p.m. daily. There is a separate air quali- You can transport a bicycle free of ple to embark on an urban safari. En- The information is especial- ty display in the window of the charge in the metro providing there is tries may be services and applications ly useful to people who suff er Yliopiston Apteekki chemist on space in the carriage. Remember that that are already in use, ones that are symptoms when exposed to air Mannerheimintie in downtown you must lead your bicycle on foot ready to be released or ones that are pollutants. By monitoring the Helsinki. Around 50,000 pe- while inside a metro station. You al- still in the demo stage. The only re- situation one can avoid areas destrians pass the window each so should not take your bicycle onto quirement is that timetable and route with poor air quality and mini- day. The air quality data come the escalator, but should use the lift information be based on HSL’s pro- mise one’s exposure to air pol- from a nearby measuring sta- instead. gramming interface data. lutants. tion. Bicycles may not be transported The competition runs until 4 April. on buses or trams. For more information, see www.hsl.fi . 14 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 LIFESTYLE HELSINKI TIMES Rediscovering the Joy

JAMES O’SULLIVAN lic when, on the eve of the subsequently went on to re- HELSINKI TIMES band’s fi rst American tour lease music with such out- in 1980, Curtis committed fi ts as Freebass, an English OFFERING a tangible link with suicide. The band’s posthu- band boasting the novel idea the ongoing wave of post- mously released second al- of having three bassists. punk revival in the current bum, Closer, was released to Replete with his unmistak- era, bass player and co-found- ecstatic reviews with the sin- able liquid bass sound, Hook er of Joy Division Peter Hook gle “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and the Lights promise a cel- is bringing a performance of cementing the legend by be- ebration of Joy Division, offer- Unknown Pleasures, to Nostu- coming the band’s highest ing a rare treat for those who ri on Friday 25 March. charting release. may have missed the opportu- Marking the 30th anni- Hook, meanwhile, went nity the fi rst time around. versary of Joy Division singer/ on to be bassist of New Or- songwriter Ian Curtis’ death, der, the popular new wave/ Hook has been touring the electronica outfi t formed Peter Hook and The Lights globe, revisiting the band’s by the remaining members 25 March, 21:00 fi rst album on stage for audi- of Joy Divison that enjoyed Tickets €25 ences around the world. great success with the sin- Nosturi The band reached im- gles Blue Monday and Bizarre Telakkakatu 8 mediate immortality in the Love Triangle. After depart- Helsinki eyes of the music-going pub- ing the band in 2007, Hook An influential landscape

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CONTINUING with their on-

going series of noteworthy MÄKINENJANNE exhibitions at the Sinebry- choff Art Museum, Nature as a teacher – landscape paint- ing in Düsseldorf is currently on display until 15 May. In the mid-19th century, Düsseldorf was a prominent art centre and expanding in- dustrial city, and was infl uen- tial in attracting artists to the city from different parts of Eu- Hjalmar Munsterhjelm’s (1840-1905) Tempest, Motive from Ger- rope and North America. Land- many, 1868. scape painting was integral in establishing this international Year 1850 saw the ar- reputation, with its style tout- rangement of the Nordic Art Nature ed as both “the new natural- Exhibition at the Royal Acad- as a teacher – landscape Helsinki Ink takes place between 25 and 27 March at the Cable Factory. ism” and “the truth of nature”. emy in Stockholm, bringing painting in Düsseldorf German artists of the this renowned style to the at- Until 15 May time such as Johann Wilhelm tention of Finnish artists for Sinebrychoff Art Museum Schirmer, Carl Friedrich the fi rst time. Werner Holm- Bulevardi 40 Lessing and the brothers An- berg was the fi rst prominent Helsinki A permanent event dreas and Oswald Achen- Finnish artist who headed bach captured a variety of for Düsseldorf to study land- JAMES O’SULLIVAN The three days of tattoo In keeping with tradition, mountain top panoramas in scape painting there. This Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, HELSINKI ITIMES celebration this year will see a sizeable donation to charity their work, as well as close- started a chain of interest Fanny Churberg and Victor a diversity of activities in- will once again be made this ups of castle ruins and a va- from other artists here such Westerholm who soon fol- TAUTING itself as “the most cluding live music and a va- year, following on from the se- riety of natural scenes and as Anders Ekman, Victoria lowed suit and travelled to extensive ink happening be- riety show. Furthermore, a lection of painted skateboard topographic features. Åberg, Berndt Lindholm, Düsseldorf. tween the East and the West”, number of competitions will decks last year, which raised Helsinki Ink 2011 will once be staged across the three 3,220 euros for World Vision. again be taking place in the days, such as “Best Colour Cable Factory. Tattoo”, “Best Japanese Tat- Lingering Held for the 17th occasion, too” and “Best Backpiece Tat- Helsinki Ink International this year boasts an expanded too”, as well as a “Best of the Tattoo Convention line-up including both local art- Day” tattoo selected for each 25-27 March in the ists and those from as far away day. Tickets €12-20 as Singapore and the Americas. Organised by the Finnish Cable Factory, Puristamo & With a grand total of 100 ex- Tattoo Artist Association for Valssaamo and Restaurant shadows hibitors in all at the event, 25 the fi rst time in 1995 at Old Hima & Sali are Finnish and 65 are coming Student House, the exhibi- Tallberginkatu 1 HELSINKI TIMES from foreign countries. Round- tion has progressively grown Helsinki Jaakko Heikkilä: Dog on the beach, Itaparica 2008. ing out the number are 10 to incorporate a wide variety shops specialising in tattoo art. of styles by different artists. LAST WEEK, 16 March, saw mainstream society, Heikkilä the opening of the Finnish eventually returned from his Jaakko Heikkilä: Museum of Photography’s travels to capture his home, Silent talks extensive retrospective of the Torne River Valley. Until 14 August photographer Jaakko Heik- On his long journey Heik- The Finnish Museum kilä’s work. kilä’s interest in minorities, of Photography Combining a gift for ob- people’s cultural identity and Tallberginkatu 1 G servation with a deep empa- shared memories saw him Helsinki thy for his subjects, Heikkilä’s travelling to the shores of work refl ects his ongoing in- the White Sea in Russia, New terest in various small com- York’s Harlem and to the Bra- munities around the world. zilian island of Itaparica. The works on display in Si- The photographs capture lent Talks see him commence people across the world in his journey with the Finn- their everyday lives – their ish-speaking minorities of joy and care for each other, northern Sweden before con- loneliness and sorrow. From tinuing on to traverse the Helsinki the exhibition will globe armed with his camera. go on to be seen in galler- Embracing his interest in peo- ies in Germany, Estonia and Jaakko Heikkilä: Elsa Lainio, ple living in the shadows of Sweden. Sweden, 1995. HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 15

A cinematic theatre experience performance creates a whole Streaming technology continues to expand new, “merged medium” of its own and, once settled into its the potential for new experiences for theatre style, becomes a worthy sub- lovers all around the world. stitute for not being there in person. All aspects of design, BETH MORTON performances from Benedict from make-up to music, were HELSINKI TIMES Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee executed beautifully and Miller, supported by a great Nick Dear’s powerful script THE SUPERB National Thea- cast. There was also a defi - commands respect in its tre (NT) Live project, screen- nite feel that this was live, outstanding delivery, if you ing the best of British theatre and therefore the atmos- don’t allow yourself to be dis- into participating cinemas phere was maintained. tracted by the subtitles. worldwide, is well into its sec- The chosen camera angles Overall, I felt as though ond season and the screening made you very aware that you I’d had a night at the theatre of Danny Boyle’s Franken- were watching a screening; watching one of the best pieces stein has attracted the inter- the close ups and aerial shots of drama that I’ve seen in some est of audiences both in the working mostly to our advan- time. Theatre lovers will not be UK and around the world. Be- tage but never ruining our disappointed in either the ar- The Wombats hit the Nosturi stage on Monday 28 March. ing part of the NT Live cross- ability to suspend our disbe- tistic creation or the medium medium scheme makes it lief, did sometimes make the within which it is displayed. With sophomore release more accessible and ensures special effects more overpow- This Modern Glitch slated for its reach to a wider audience. ering than they were intend- release towards the end of However, how real a theatre ed. Also, allowing the camera Frankenstein Jump into the fog April, the trio has already experience would it be? to be our eyes could, at times, Catch the next screening given fans a taste of what’s The intimacy of being in take away the personal expe- on 24 March. JAMES O’SULLIVAN bats Proudly Present: A Guide to come with the release of a theatre audience was lost rience of the play but there For more info and upcoming HELSINKI TIMES to Love, Loss & Desperation singles “Tokyo (Vampires & a little as some of the action were moments when the cine- screenings, visit in 2007. Received with open Wolves)”, “Jump Into the Fog” took place in the audience ma surroundings were forgot- www.nationaltheatre.org.uk THE AIR at Nosturi will be arms by an adoring public and “Anti-D”. space, but this was prompt- ten. The framing of the action /ntlive thick with the Scouser accent hungry for their mix of punk In celebration of the al- ly redeemed by spectacular and technical take on the live when The Wombats hit the hooks and ‘80s synths with bum’s arrival, this show stage Monday 28 March. attitude to spare, the band forms part of an extensive Originally from Liverpool, has won a loyal following tour of Europe and Australia, The poem also attract- the band formed in 2003, around the world. which will see them playing a ed the ire of the authorities when singer and guitarist Being from the city of the run of 44 shows until July. Animated return here in Finland in 1969, when Matthew Murphy and drum- original “mop tops”, no men- Yleisradio broadcast a read- mer Dan Haggis teamed up tion of The Wombats would be JAMES O’SULLIVAN and after the critical drub- ing of it in a time when homo- with Norweigan Tord Øver- complete, however, without The Wombats HELSINKI TIMES bing of The Messenger: The sexual acts were still illegal land-Knudsen on bass. referring to the band’s very 28 March, 20:00 Story of Joan of Arc in 1999, he in Finland – let alone encour- With their fi rst ever re- own connection to the Bea- Tickets €27 BY THE end of the ‘90s French retreated to the producer’s aging such. So, after much lease confi ned to the Japa- tles legend in that they were Nosturi director Luc Besson was one chair, while keeping himself fanfare Yleisradio received a nese market, subsequent students at the Paul McCart- Telakkakatu 8 of the most infl uential Eu- busy writing the Arthur se- rap on the knuckles. See for efforts culminated in their ney-founded Liverpool Insti- Helsinki ropean fi lm directors in the ries of children’s books. yourself what all the fuss was fi rst full length The Wom- tute for the Performing Arts. business, ushering in a new It is exactly these books about. era for French cinema with that have brought Besson Thirdly, this week James JUAN PEDRO FABRA his revered style Cinéma du back into the cinematic lime- Cameron is back…okay, may- look. Though this recognition light, with this week seeing be he’s not really, but the did not come without con- the third installment of the cameras and technology pi- troversy, with a vocal group series Arthur et la guerre des oneered for Avatar (2009), of detractors deriding the deux mondes (Arthur and the along with Cameron himself Hollywood leanings Besson Invisibles) hitting screens. in the producing chair makes brought to each of his fi lms. Here Freddie Highmore re- Sanctum at least worth a After the stunning Niki- turns in the live action/ani- look. Or, maybe not. Critics ta (1989), Besson would go on mation mix of elfi n goings-on have savaged this one, stat- to prove to all and sundry the that has tantalised the in- ing that the only thing worth depths of his talent with the ternational box offi ce. One checking out is, in fact, the iconic Leon (The Professional) thing about the choice of ac- 3D work. You be the judge. in 1994. Starring a very young tors lending their vocal skills Natalie Portman in her very for this round, though. Would fi rst role, here Besson pre- you let Iggy Pop near your sented a highly original tale children? Or Lou Reed? of a relationship between a Elsewhere sees James hitman and a young girl, set Franco attempt to win back against a unique New York his audience, disappoint- City landscape that few had ed with his sleepy-eyed and seen before. bored-looking hosting gig at Proving that from time to the Oscars this year, when he Arthur et la guerre time bigger can also be bet- appears as iconic poet Alan des deux mondes (K7) ter, Besson then upscaled Ginsberg in Howl. According Release Date: 25 March Singer-songwriter Ninos Dankha aka Prince of Assyria. his imagination and vision, to advance word, all is forgiv- Director: Luc Besson teaming up with Bruce Wil- en, James. Written in 1955, Starring: Freddie Highmore, with a six-piece band and the Dankha’s music: he fuses el- lis and designer Jean-Paul the poem Howl is considered Mia Farrow concert crowds will be warmed ements of his Assyrian her- Gaultier to make the of- to be one of the great works up by his fellow countrymen: itage in western folk styles, ten outlandish sci-fi action of the Beat Generation, and A right indiepop-trio Any Exit and solo thus producing a unique and mash-up of The Fifth Element was highly controversial in artist Jonatan Guzman. charming hybrid. in 1997. His reign at the top its time for its homosexual Prince of Assyria became The lyrics of his songs was short-lived, however, content. royal one of the most talked of charting love and loss are artists of the year 2009 in complimented by Danhka’s the wave of his debut album tender voice that has been affair Missing Notes which was es- compared to the likes of pecially well received here Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake PETRA NYMAN in Finland. Perhaps it’s the and The National’s Matt Der- Sanctum (K15) HELSINKI TIMES Release Date: 25 March beauty of that heart ach- ninger. He may just have Director: Alister Grierson ing melancholy that inhab- what it takes to bring even Starring: Richard Roxburgh, SWEDISH singer-songwrit- its his music that hits home grown men to tears. Rhys Wakefield er Ninos Dankha aka Prince here, but be the reason for of Assyria returns to Finland the Finns’ love for the Prince Prince of Assyria Howl (K11) for three consecutive gigs. The of Assyria what it may, they 26 March Release Date: 25 March weekend-long tour begins with have found a gem no doubt. Tickets €20 Director: Rob Epstein & a concert in Helsinki’s Savoy Born in Baghdad, Dankha Savoy Theatre Jeffrey Friedman theatre on Saturday 26 March, fl ed to Sweden along with Kasarminkatu 46-48 Starring: James Franco, and is followed by appearanc- his family as a one-year-old Helsinki Todd Rotondi es in Turku and Tampere. This child. The cultural diversi- Howl, starring James Franco (right) and Aaron Tveit. time Dankha takes to the stage ty of his life refl ects also in 16 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

PETRA NYMAN PETRA NYMAN

Proud co-owner Katariina Karlsson with some of the delicacies on offer at Café Caremumma. Customers gazing out through the café’s large windows.

unfortunately been closed ble condition having been a bar for some months now, the for quite some time, it just felt owners of Cardemumma are right,” Pajunen recalls. not worried about the day Pajunen and Karlsson un- Café idyll comes to Kallio when it reopens. “We wel- dertook a complete renova- come competition, that’s tion of the space and turned fers catering services for what keeps a business alive it from a downbeat pub into a Handmade treats and a homely atmosphere are the trademarks of private events and a break- really, the need to constant- fresh and inviting café. The in- fast on Saturdays. With the ly be aware of what’s happen- terior has been designed and newly opened Café Cardemumma in Kallio. upcoming summer already ing around you. But in saying executed by the two women in in mind, the café also sells ice that, we believe that more its entirety along with a little cream from the local Hels- than being competition to help from their families. From PETRA NYMAN windows that open a view are proud and passionate ingin Jäätelötehdas (Helsinki each other, we support each painting to sewing cushion HELSINKI TIMES across a busy corner in Kal- of: a café with a warm at- ice-cream factory). other as our concepts are covers, just about everything lio. A cheerful chatter ech- mosphere and where prod- On the drink side of very different and together at Cardemumma is the handi- A WHIFF of freshly baked oes from the kitchen before ucts are home made. “This is things, Cardemumma plans we help create a nicer envi- work of the pair. korvapuusti fi lls the morn- owners Kyllikki Pajunen something that we stick by to expand its selection of ronment for the area.” With the spring and warm ing air as I open the door to and Katariina Karlsson with everything. We make teas to cater for the increas- weather close at hand, Car- Café Cardemumma. A few emerge to welcome me into all of the products ourselves ing number of connoisseur Trust in intuition demumma is also hoping to customers are already en- their kingdom. right here, all the way from tea drinkers. “We realised The owners both have over expand outdoors and open joying a cup of coffee while the pulla dough. It’s a lot of that we don’t actually know 20 years of experience in a terrace for the summer leafi ng through the day’s A gourmand’s oasis work but we believe that it much about tea, so we plan the hospitality industry and months. “This is still in the paper or glancing out at pas- The concept of Cardemum- shows in the quality of our to do a course and expand on have worked together for planning stages, but hopeful- sersby through the large ma is one that the owners products as well,” Karlsson the selection of tea available nearly 10 years. Both have al- ly, by the time the weather is explains. at Cardemumma,” the pair so owned their own business- warm enough for sitting out- “We also use ingredients explains. es before, so the tricks of the side, we’ll have the terrace of the highest quality, and trade are solidly engraved in open!” Proudly sponsored by: would like to expand more A newcomer to Kallio their knowledge. toward organic produce,” Pa- The café opened its doors on- The idea of opening a ca- junen adds. ly a month ago, on 11 Febru- fé together arose a few years Café Cardemumma The offerings at Carde- ary, and stands in the corner back and took some time in the Kaarlenkatu 15 mumma consist of fi lled ba- of Kaarlenkatu and Hels- planning until the pair stum- Helsinki guettes and sandwiches, inginkatu opposite the Kallio bled on the perfect spot. “I’m Mon-Fri 07:00-18:00 quiches and sweet treats landmark of Brahe fi eld – or a strong believer in intuition Sat 10:00-15:00 from cakes to huge me- Braku as Helsinki natives and when we came across this www.cafecardemumma.fi ringues. During lunchtime know it. Although a newcom- place, although it was in terri- a soup and bread can be en- er to the area, a steady cus- joyed for the low price of 6.90 tomer base has already built euros and a salad for 7,50 eu- up around Cardemumma. ros. Cardemumma also of- The owners are pleased

with the way that things PETRA NYMAN have taken off but are aware of the challenges that go with being café owners. “Some- body came and said to us that the fi rst month is the so called honeymoon period, and it’s only after that when we’ll fi nd out how the place is truly taking off. But we have The Oldest Nepalese been going for over a month Restaurant in Finland now and things are looking good! Also, we have faith and Open Mon-Fri 11-23, weekends 12-23, stand proud behind our prod- An assortment of filled baguettes are sold at Café Cardemumma. Lunch: Mon-Fri 11-15 ucts – and will keep develop- Contact ing them, so we don’t think Ratakatu 1B, 00120 Helsinki. there’s anything to worry Book your table tel. (09) 647 551, mob 040 7347 638 about,” Pajunen says.

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the design of future work environments. Museum of Finnish Architecture STÉPHANIE HUGUES Kasarmikatu 24 Tickets €0/2.50/5 HowPixelache to make Helsinki a living 2011 in Finnish Tue, Thu, Fri 10:00-16.00 This month sees the festival of electronic art and subcultures Pixelache Helsinki taking Wed 10:00-20-00 Kristina Junttila and Johanna MacDonald, from Norway and Canada re- Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00 place for the tenth time. The festival programme consists of seminars, workshops and ex- spectively, are both half Finnish. Based in part on their everyday expe- www.mfa.fi hibitions introducing experimental and societal art. Themes such as ecological utopias, the riences as half Finns, the two performance artists have created a live electronic footprints we leave in information networks and the challenging of photograph- show that acts as a user’s manual to being Finnish. ic conventions will be handled during proceedings. FOR CHILDREN How to make a living in Finnish tackles such topics as what it feels Every year, Pixelache organises a programme of art, media and technology projects from like to see your own national culture through the eyes of an outsider Thu 24 March South America, Africa and Asia. This year, “Signals from the South” presents the Congo- while also being an outsider yourself. In the performance Junttila and Nimeni on Sormiradio (My name lese artist Jean Katambayi Mukendi, who has a passion for logic, mechanics, geometry and, is Finger Radio) MacDonald rant, lecture, show videos and take a look at Finnish gram- above all, electricity. In his work Ecoson, Mukendi studies our global ecosystem and intro- A foyer ballet featuring the mar. Finnishness in general and where they’re planning on being buried duces detailed, subtle ways of saving it. Another example of his work is Simulen, a prototype friendship of two very different are also discussed. characters seeking their place for the automatic correction of power distribution; power cuts being a daily reality in Con- In line with the performance’s subject matter, the show uses both in the world. go and the rest of Africa. Mukendi’s work is on display at Gallery Myymälä2 until 20 March English and Finnish, with about 90 per cent of the show being in English, Finnish National Opera, 11:00, and the artist himself will be in attendance on 12 March. 13:00 while the remainder uses Finnish, or rather “Finglish” for the most part. Most of the seminars and workshops take place on Suomenlinna. On Friday in the main Helsinginkatu 58 The performance premieres on Thursday 24 March and will continue seminar “Map me if you will”, the electric footprints we leave in our everyday life are dis- Tickets €7/9 until the middle of April at Teatteri Naamio ja Höyhen (Mask and Feath- www.opera.fi cussed by, among others, media critic Alessandro Ludovico. On Saturday, the groups De- er), an independent theatre located in the Punavuori district of Helsinki. funensemble and Koelse will put on a spectacular concert installation at Paarlastihuone, Thu 24 & Fri 25 March Suomenlinna’sThu 24 March auditorium. to Fri 15 April All theTeatteri events areNaamio organised ja Höyhen in English. Jean Katambayi Mukendi’s work Ecoson looks at the relationships Kalevalainen tanssisaari that exist between nature and technology within our ecosystem. Marja Korhola’s interactive dance UntilTickets 13 €12/20 March (Mask and Feather) theatre performance for children. Kristina Junttila and JohannaThe work MacDonald is on display uncover at Gallery what Myymälä2 it means to as be a parthalf Finnishof the Pix- in How Several(“pay what locations you can” Korkeavuorenkatu 17 Tanssiteatteri Raatikko to make a living in Finnishelache, showing Helsinki at 2011. Teatteri Naamio ja Höyhen (Mask and Feather). www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/festival-2011on Sun 27 March) www.nh.fi Viertolankuja 4 B Tickets €10 Thu-Fri 9:00, 10:30 www.raatikko.fi

MUSIC Fri 25 March Fri 25 & Sat 26 March Thu 24 to Sat 26 March Exhibition approaching Marime- Thu 24, Sat 26, Wed 30 March Peter Hook & The Lights (UK) The Doors Tribute Show from Aurinko kko’s history with an emphasis on Kiljusen herrasväki Thu 24 March Rock. USA Nea Granlund, Jenny Harmsen, company’s process of continuous Riku Immonen’s choreography for Mari Boine Nosturi Rock. Päivi Immonen, Terhi Ketolainen, development and change. children. The Norwegian Mari Boine mixes Telakkakatu 8 Virgin Oil CO. Jenni Kiiskinen, Riina Korhonen, Design Museum Tanssiteatteri Hurjaruuth, 10:00 Sámi music with rock, jazz and Tickets €25 Kaivopiha, Mannerheimintie 5 Marja Rautakorpi, Satu Räty, Korkeavuorenkatu 23 (Sat 15:00) world music and enjoys enormous www.elmu.fi Tickets €32/35 Eveliina Salminen and Sonja Tue 11:00-20:00 Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 A popularity among the gifted www.virginoil.fi Vottonen perform Maija Lepistö’s Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €10 singers of Sámi heritage. Sat 26 March choreographic piece. Tickets €0-8 www.hurjaruuth.fi Savoy Theatre, 20:00 IAMX (UK) Kanneltalo www.designmuseum.fi Kasarmikatu 46-48 Pop. Sun 27 March 19:00 (Sat also 16:00) Sat 26 to Sun 27 March Tickets €42 Nosturi Eric Singer Project (USA) Klaneettitie 5 Until 31 Tue May Art Fairy Circus www.savoyteatteri.fi Telakkakatu 8 Heavy. Tickets €15/19 The Kindergarten – A Place to Play A fun-filled weekend of whacky cir- Tickets €25 Nosturi www.kanneltalo.fi Exhibition introducing the history cus feats and entertaining per- Thu 24 March www.elmu.fi Telakkakatu 8 of Ebeneser kindergarten and the formers. Ne Luumäet, Luonteri Surf, Pojat, Tickets €27 city district of Sörnäinen. Espoo Museum of Modern Art Rehtorit, Himanes, Sat 26 March www.elmu.fi EXHIBITIONS Kindergarten Museum 11:00-15:00 Me Wokkivihannekset Michael Monroe Helsinginkatu 3-5 Ahertajantie 5 Punk music. Rock. Tue 29 March Until Sun 27 March Wed 12:00-18:00 Tickets €0/10 Tavastia Tavastia Liekki plays Korppi Mobile Africa – Mobile phones and Tickets €2/4 www.emma.museum Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tavastia’s album classic concert. development in Kibera, Nairobi www.ebeneser.fi Tickets €21/22 Tickets €21.30/22 Tavastia An exhibition illustrates how the www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 use of the phones integrates into Until Sun 28 August OTHERS www.tavastiaklubi.fi the local culture and how the Hugo Simberg Thu 24 March Sat 26 March phones support local development An exhibition presenting the works Sat 26 March to Sun 3 April La Cenerentola Paul Van Dyk (GER) Tue 29 March efforts in the Kibera slum in of the famous Finnish symbolist Tulppaanien lumo One of Rossini’s most popular operas. Trance. Lissie (USA) Nairobi, Kenya. painter and graphic artist. Tulip and narcissus varieties. Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Fredan Tivoli Rock. Museum of Cultures, Tennis Palace Didrichsen Museum of Art and The University of Helsinki Helsinginkatu 58 Fredrikinkatu 51-53 Virgin Oil CO. Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 8 Culture Botanic Garden Tickets €14-64 www.fredantivoli.fi Kaivopiha, Mannerheimintie 5 Tue 11:00-20:00 Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Kaisaniemenranta 2 Tickets €20 Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €4/8 Thu 24, Tue 29 & Wed 30 March Sat 26 March www.virginoil.fi Free entrance Tickets €8/6/2 www.luomus.fi Puhelin ja Ihmisääni Tribute to Elvis www.nba.fi/fi/kumu www.didrichsenmuseum.fi Opera Artico with soloists Laura Internationally renowned Elvis Wed 30 March Sun 27 March Pyrrö and Jouni Kokora presents tribute artist Doug Church (US) September (SWE) Until 31 March Until Sun 18 September Record Fair Menott’s and Poulenc’s mini performing some of Elvis Presley’s Pop music. Boom Room – New Estonian Enjoy your meal – food from Organized by Järvenpään Jazz & operas. most recognisable and well-loved The Circus Architecture every angle Blues Diggarit ry. Q-teatteri, 19:00 songs. Salomonkatu 1-3 An exhibition dealing with the A fun interactive exhibition for the Järvenpää House, 11:00-16:00 Tunturikatu 16 Grand Casino Helsinki Tickets €29 building boom in the Baltic whole family that focuses on nutri- Hallintokatu 4, Järvenpää Tickets €15 Mikonkatu 19 www.thecircus.fi Republic since the mid 1990’s. tion, eating and culinary cultures. Tickets €3 www.q-teatteri.fi www.grandcasinohelsinki.fi Laituri Heureka the Finnish Science Centre Narinkka 2 Kuninkaalantie 7, Vantaa Fri 25 to Sun 27 March THEATRE & DANCE laituri.hel.fi Mon-Wed, Fri: 10:00-17:00 Helsinki Ink 11 International PIRRE SAARIO Thu: 10:00-20:00 Tattoo Convention Fri 25, Mon 28 & Wed 30 March Until Sun 17 April Sat-Sun: 10:00-18:00 Helsinki Tattoo Art Exhibition. Manon Lea & Pekka Kantonen: Ripples www.heureka.fi The Cable factory International A tale of a young woman, described at Home Tallberginkatu 1 as one of the most sensuous ballets The artists Lea and Pekka Kantonen Until Sat 31 December Tickets €12 afternoons in in the world. bring ripples of home to the Red www.helsinki-ink.fi Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Kunsthalle in their video A display of works from the Lauttasaari Helsinginkatu 58 projections and installations. Saastamoinen Foundation Art Mon 28 March Tickets €36/67/72 Kunsthalle Helsinki Collection. The theme linking Immigrants in Finland Nervanderinkatu 3 together more than 40 pieces of A panel discussion organised in the LAUTTASAARI church in Hel- Fri 25 March Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 art work is the colour red. honour of the United Nations’ Week sinki is providing a meeting Guest performance from Russia: Wed 11:00-20:00 Espoo Museum of Modern Art Against Racism. point for Finns and foreign- Pajamas for six persons Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Ahertajantie 5 Stoa, 17:00 ers by arranging Interna- Russian theatre performance. Tickets €0/5.50/8 Tue 11:00-18:00 Turunlinnantie 1 tional afternoons. The idea Savoy Theatre www.taidehalli.fi Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 Free entrance Kasarmikatu 46-48 Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 behind the get-togethers Tickets €28-36 Until Sun 8 May Tickets €0/8/10 Sat 26 to Sun 27 March is for either someone in at- www.savoyteatteri.fi All or Nothing – The Young www.emma.museum Natural Beauty Fair tendance to talk about their Axel Gallén Natural Cosmetics, fashion shows, homeland or for a Finn who Thu 24, Sat 26, Sun 27 & Tue 29 The exhibition features the Until Mon 31 December 2012 lectures about well-being and March conflicting elements of Akseli Albert Edelfelt, Akseli Gallen- organic food and treatments. has spent a long time abroad In Human Disguise Gallen-Kallela’s early career. Kallela, Helene Schjerfbeck, Finlandia-talo, 10:00-16:00 talk about their experience. A dance performance co-created by The Gallen-Kallela Museum Hugo Simberg Mannerheimintie 13 E, 00100 Helsinki “So far, we have heard about Shajin Sathyanesan ja Serine choreographer Eeva Muilu and Gallen-Kallelan tie 27, Espoo. The current collection display Free entrance Madagascar, Poland and Pap- Prakash will speak about their theatre director Milja Sarkola. Tue-Sat 11:00-16:00 presents classic art in a new light. ua New Guinea,” explains Pir- home country on 27 March. Zodiak, 19:00 Sun 11:00-17:00 Ateneum Art Museum Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 B www.gallen-kallela.fi Kaivokatu 2 re Saario of the Lauttasaari Tickets €12/20 Tue & Fri 10:00-18:00 solution sudoku congregation enthusiastical- www.zodiak.fi Until Sun 29 May Wed & Thu 10:00-20:00 ly. “Participants come from Sun 27 March and Concurrent India Sat & Sun 11:00-17:00 all walks of life and are of Fri 25 to Sun 27 & Tue 29 to Thu Indian contemporary artists Tickets €0/7/8/9 Sun 15 May 31 March approaching the pressure for www.ateneum.fi different ages. Many elder- International Afternoon Arja Raatikainen: Reaktori change in the Indian society. ly Finnish women have also Lauttasaari Church, Reactive field of dance continuing on Helsinki Art Museum, Tennis Palace Until Sat 30 April participated.” rippikoulusali 16:00 the tracks of Raatikainen’s Lataamo Salomonkatu 15 Beauty, Functionality, Durability dance performance and piecing togeth- Tue-sun 11:00-19:00 – Two Centuries of Public During the next Interna- Myllykallionrinne 1 tional afternoon event there er the mental state of the modern man. Tickets €0/6/8 Building 1811-2011 For more information, Stoa Cultural Centre Remarkable public buildings from will be a couple from India contact 19:00 (Except Sun 15:00) Until 29 Sun May the days of Carl Ludvig Engel, the speaking about southern In- [email protected] Turunlinnantie 1 Marimekko – A Whole Life 60 second Intendant, to the present dia. The presentation and dis- Tickets €10/18 Years of Colours, Stripes and day. The exhibition also presents vi- cussions are held in English. www.stoa.fi Shapes sions of the Senate Properties for HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 19 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English and other language broadcasting on Finnish television. thursday 24.3. friday 25.3.

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09:30 Rosemary & Thyme 10:05 The Young and the 09:30 Rosemary & Thyme 10:05 The Young and the Restless 11:05 Yle News in English Restless 11:05 Yle News in English 13:05 Biggest Loser 11:10 Down to Earth 13:10 Biggest Loser 11:10 Down to Earth 14:05 Bill Engvall Show 15:05 Always Greener 14:10 New Adventures of Old The family moves to their Bill is bothered by his good- 16:00 Black Money DOC Christine new home. for-nothing brother Danny’s Huge bribes have been used It is time for Christine to 15:05 Always Greener success. to grease the wheels for face up to her issues. John’s marriage seminar 14:30 Jamie’s Kitchen major business deals. 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful provides surprising results. 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful 17:10 Rosemary & Thyme 18:00 Emmerdale 71 Degrees North 16:00 Life in Cold Blood 18:00 Emmerdale Cape Fear While creating a memorial 21:00 House TV Viisi 20:00 DOC 21:00 Royal Pains YLE Teema 21:55 garden, Laura meets her An agoraphobic man refuses Lizards can fight as well as Hank travels to New York estranged daughter. to be treated at the hospital. camouflage themselves. to see Boris, who has a 19:00 As Time Goes By 23:05 Closer 13:00 Birth Stories Part 3/5. mysterious disease. 13:00 Birth Stories Lionel’s book is published. 00:05 Edmond (K15) FILM 13:30 Kim’s Rude Awakening 17:10 Rosemary & Thyme 22:45 Formula 1 SPORT 13:30 Kim’s Rude Awakening 23:00 Odette Toulemonde FILM Edmond Burke dives into Can Kim and Mike help the Laura and Rosemary Australia. In Finnish. 14:00 For Rent A romantic comedy about New York’s underworld. Morgan-Mackenzies to investigate a murder in the 23:15 Platoon (K15) FILM 14:30 Fresh with Anna Olson a cosmetics saleswoman. Directed by Stuart Gordon. change their ways? French Riviera. Legendary Vietnam War film 15:00 Judging Amy Directed by Eric-Emmanuel Starring: William H. Macy, 14:00 For Rent 19:10 Heartbeat about a young recruit who Amy’s Harvard class reunion Schmitt. Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna. 14:30 Fresh with Anna Olson A series of robberies have confronts the horrors of war. takes a surprising turn. Starring: Catherine Frot. USA 2005 Anna makes foods that smell occurred at the village. Directed by Oliver Stone. 15:55 Everybody Hates Chris France/Belgium 2006. as good as they taste. Starring: Charlie Sheen, SERIES CONTINUES. Third In French. 15:00 Judging Amy Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe. season. Chris is sent to the SUB 16:00 Animal Attractions TV2 USA/UK 1986 guidance counselor. We look into the Jack Russell 01:30 WRC SPORT 16:25 Married… with Children TV2 14:10 E! Entertainment: Giuliana terrier. 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Portugal. In Finnish. Al recognises a female & Bill 16:25 Married… with Children Children’s programming. customer at the shoe store 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen SERIES ENDS. Guest appearance by Milla In Finnish. as Playboy’s Miss October. Children’s programming. 15:30 Make Me A Supermodel Jovovich. 10:00 Little House on the Prairie SUB 17:00 Days of Our Lives In Finnish. 16:30 Marienhof 17:00 Days of our Lives 17:26 Pikku Kakkonen 17:50 Dr. Phil 10:30 Little House on the Prairie In German. Nick has good news for his Children’s programming. 14:30 E! Entertainment: Candy 21:00 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 11:20 Globetrekker 17:00 Capri friends. In Finnish. Girls FILM Ian Wright conquers In Italian. 17:50 Dr. Phil 22:05 Law & Order (K13) SERIES BEGINS. Toula struggles to get her Madagascar. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe Four troubled families move A fireman and his wife are 15:30 Make Me A Supermodel family to accept her non- 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen In German. into the Dr. Phil House. murdered in their new home. 16:30 Marienhof Greek boyfriend. In Finnish. 19:30 Two and a Half Men 21:00 Detroit 1-8-7 (K13) 22:50 The Border (K15) In German. Directed by Joel Zwick. 20:00 Siska Alan babysits Judith’s baby The team investigates the The Premier of Quebec 17:00 Capri Starring: Nia Vardalos, In German. and her tipsy mother. murder of an assistant receives a threatening letter In Italian. John Corbett, Lainie Kazan. 22:35 Unter Verdacht (K13) 20:00 The Simpsons prosecutor. from a terrorist bomber. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe USA/Canada 2002 In German. 21:00 Supersize Vs Superskinny 00:10 Frasier 23:35 True Blood (K15) In German. 00:15 Danny the Dog (K15) FILM Kids Frasier reminisces about his 00:35 How to Make it in America 19:30 Two and a Half Men Martial arts savant Danny Tonight’s patients are move to Seattle. (K13) Charlie tries to get Chelsea meets the kindly Sam and YLE TEEMA 9-year-old David and 00:40 A Season in Purgatory Part 3/8. and Jake to make up. his daughter. Directed by 11-year-old Aiyesha. TV miniseries about the 20:00 The Simpsons Louis Leterrier. Starring: Jet 16:00 Dolls - A Woman from 22:00 Sons of Anarchy (K15) investigation of the murder 21:30 Dudesons in America (K13) Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Damascus DOC 23:00 C.S.I. of Martha Moxley. YLE TEEMA The Dudesons learn about Hoskins, Kerry Condon. Young, educated Syrian The team investigates Part 2/2. America’s history. USA/France/UK 2005 women dream of a career. the death of a man with 16:50 Am I Black Enough For You 22:00 C.S.I. Miami In Arabic and English. excessive body hair. JIM DOC Eric Delko gets caught in the 18:00 Little Mosque on the Prairie 00:00 Dudesons in America (K13) 18:20 500 Nations DOC middle of a bank robbery. JIM 18:30 Am I Black Enough For You 00:30 Heroes Part 4/8. 23:00 Numb3rs DOC 01:20 Skins 12:20 MasterChef Australia 19:10 Amazon with Bruce Parry An investigative journalist 12:45 MasterChef Australia Documentary about soul 13:15 Don’t Sweat It The Amazon rainforest is kidnapped and Don leads 13:15 Don’t Sweat It singer Billy Paul. Rerun of the sixth season. also attracts gold miners the investigation. 13:45 House Hunters 21:55 The Three Burials of TV VIISI 13:45 House Hunters dreaming of riches. 01:00 Cops With Cameras International Melquiades Estrada (K13) International Bruce Parry investigates 02:00 Life on Mars (US) 14:15 Extreme Fishing FILM 18:00 That 70’s Show Adelina and Jose Manuel are an illegal gold mine and its Robson Green goes to An American rancher vows Donna has to talk with her looking for a spacious house problems. Florida. to bring his best friend’s father about sex. in rural Portugal. Part 5/6. TV VIISI 15:10 Cowboy Builders body back to Mexico. 18:30 The King of Queens 14:15 James May’s Toy Stories 21:55 Cape Fear (K15) FILM 16:05 Bondi Rescue Directed by Tommy Lee 18:55 America’s Funniest Home 15:10 Cowboy Builders A small-town lawyer and his 18:00 Relic Hunter 16:35 Fifth Gear Jones. Starring: Tommy Lee Videos 16:05 Bondi Rescue family are stalked by Sydney’s student Prince 17:05 Dirty Jobs Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio 19:25 Men Behaving Badly 16:35 Fifth Gear a vengeful ex-convict. Shareem gets into trouble Rose Parade Float Cedillo. USA/France 2005. Gary’s lying gets him into 17:05 Dirty Jobs Directed by J. Lee when he sets off to find a Dismantler. In English and Spanish. trouble. Meanwhile, Deborah Casino Food Recycler. Thompson. Starring: mythical lamp. 18:00 Bang for Your Buck decides to sell her flat. 18:00 Cowboy Builders Gregory Peck, Robert 19:00 Junior MasterChef 19:00 Dangerous Encounters 20:00 71 Degrees North Sheree and Dom try to Mitchum, Polly Bergen, 20:00 Around the World in 80 Brady Barr looks for electric SERIES BEGINS. help the Collinses in their Lori Martin. Days FILM eels in South America. 21:00 Waiting… (K15) predicament. USA 1962 Phileas Fogg and his servant 20:00 Jack Osbourne: No Limits FILM 19:00 Bondi Rescue Passepartout seek to travel 21:00 Gangland: Menace of Comedy film about the A new group arrives in Kuta around the world in 80 days. Destruction (K15) DOC young employees at from Bondi. Directed by Frank Coraci. The Menace of Destruction Shenaniganz restaurant. 19:30 South Park Starring: Jackie Chan, (MOD) is the most brutal of Directed by Rob McKittrick. Imaginationland Episode III. Steve Coogan. Minneapolis and Saint Paul’s Starring: Ryan Reynolds, 21:00 Ancient Discoveries DOC USA/Germany/Ireland/ Hmong gangs. Ancient Discoveries Anna Faris. USA 2005 Ancient torture methods. UK 2004 22:00 Unusual Suspects (K15) JIM 21:00 23:00 Born to Kill (K15) DOC 22:00 Moments of Impact (K15) 22:20 Navy NCIS (K13) SERIES ENDS. Aileen Wuornos robbed and A criminal leads police on a SERIES BEGINS. 23:00 Police Interceptors wild chase. Programmes on Yle Teema killed seven men in 1989- 00:20 Footballers’ Wives: Extra SERIES ENDS. 23:00 Fear Factor may be viewed in the original 1990. Time 00:00 Jeff Dunham Show 00:00 More Sex Tips for Girls 23:55 Modern Marvels: The Real 00:30 Sexy Ads (K15) language(s) by changing the (K15) DOC National Treasure DOC My Big Fat Greek Wedding 01:00 Shadow Force digital receiver’s settings. 00:30 That 70’s Show 00:50 The Contender Nelonen 21:00 01:55 South Park

The Three Burials of Platoon Melquiades Estrada In 1967 Chris Taylor (Charlie The body of Mexican immigrant Sheen) gives up college and Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo) volunteers for combat in Vietnam. is discovered in the desert and re- His enthusiasm for war quickly buried in a local cemetery by the wanes due to the exhausting work authorities. Rancher Pete Perkins and poor living conditions. Early on (Tommy Lee Jones), Melquia- Chris notices a growing wedge be- des’ best friend, finds out that tween the platoon’s most seasoned the killer was border patrolman sergeants, the compassionate Mike Norton (Barry Pepper). He Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe) and kidnaps Norton and forces him to the harsh Staff Sergeant Barnes dig up Melquiades’ body. He then (Tom Berenger). As Chris’ psyche rides into Mexico with the body slowly erodes throughout the and his captive. Perkins had once course of the war, he realises that promised to Melquiades that he in addition to the NVA and Viet- would bury him in his hometown cong there are also enemies within. in Mexico if the latter died in the Platoon was written and directed US, and nothing will stop him by Oliver Stone. He wrote the story from fulfilling his vow. The Three based on his own experiences in Burials of Melquiades Estrada the Vietnam War. The film won was directed by actor Tommy Lee four Academy Awards, including Jones, who also stars in the film. Best Picture and Best Director. It It won the Best Actor and Best is also noted for using a variety of Screenplay awards in the Cannes licensed songs from the late 1960s Film Festival. and early 1970s in its soundtrack. YLE Teema 21:55 MTV3 23:15 20 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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08:05 The Blue Planet 07:40 Children’s Programming 11:15 Upstairs, Downstairs 07:20 Formula 1 Preliminary Part 5/8. In Finnish. 12:05 Last of the Summer Wine Broadcast SPORT 11:15 Upstairs, Downstairs 10:40 Hannah Montana 12:35 How Earth Made Us DOC Australia. In Finnish. 12:35 Holy Wars DOC 11:10 FIS Freestyle Ski World Part 2/5. 08:15 Children’s Programming 13:55 Los Serrano Cup SPORT 15:15 Gilmore Girls In Finnish. In Spanish. Myrkdalen-Voss, Norway. 16:00 Krupp - Mythos und 09:40 Living with Wild Lions 15:10 Gilmore Girls In Finnish. Wahrheit DOC DOC Lorelai meets Max, her ex- 12:10 FUTIS+ SPORT In Finnish and German. 12:50 Love in Power: Michelle fiancé, and it turns out that A special football broadcast. 17:10 Heartbeat and Barack DOC A History of Violence The League of Extraordinary she still has feelings for him. In Finnish. TV2 22:05 21:10 Dokument Inifrån: Den Michelle and Barack Obama 15:55 Holby City 17:30 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Stora Utmaningen DOC are the most charismatic Gentlemen Joseph’s worst nightmare 18:00 Formula 1: Qualifying In Swedish, English and couple to occupy the White Sub 21:00 seems to come true as Lord SPORT 13:30 Wizards of Waverly Place Norwegian. House since the Kennedys. Byrne and Jac’s relationship Australia. In Finnish. 14:00 Drop Dead Diva 22:10 Touch of Frost 14:00 Cupid 10:00 Animal Planet: The Little still flourishes. 21:00 Survivor 14:55 Dawson’s Creek 23:40 Shrink Rap 15:00 Big Fat Liar FILM Zoo That Could 19:35 New Tricks 22:40 Family Stone FILM 15:50 Wildfire Gene Simmons. Part 4/5. A young boy goes to Los Zookeeper and media When the team investigates Comedy-drama about 16:45 Greek Angeles to claim his credit personality Jungle Jack a 30-year-old safety deposit the Christmas holiday for a hit film. Directed 17:45 Ripley’s Believe it or Not TV2 Hanna visits the zoo. robbery, they are unwittingly misadventures of the Stone 19:00 The Russell Girl FILM by Shawn Levy. Starring: 11:00 Most Extreme drawn into a case involving family. Directed by Thomas Medical student Sarah Frankie Muniz, Paul Which species’ leader has high-level police corruption. Bezucha. Starring: Dermot Russell visits her family to 08:00 Pikku Kakkonen Giamatti, Amanda Bynes. the most followers? 22:30 The Collision Mulroney, Sarah Jessica share some important news. Children’s programming. USA/Germany 2002 12:05 Frasier As the investigation Parker. USA 2005 Directed by Jeff Bleckner. In Finnish. 16:45 Brothers & Sisters 14:55 Grey’s Anatomy (K13) proceeds, more questions 00:35 Formula 1: Qualifying Starring: Amber Tamblyn, 16:55 The 10th Day - Survivors 17:45 Formula 1 SPORT 15:50 The Bachelor arise. Did a police chase SPORT Jennifer Ehle. USA 2008 of the Andean Cordillera Australian Grand Prix. Matt and the girls spend a indirectly cause the accident? Australia. In Finnish. 21:00 Spider-Man FILM DOC In Finnish. dream vacation in Barbados. Part 2/2. 01:05 WRC SPORT High school student Peter The survivors of the 1972 02:00 WRC SPORT 16:45 Wipeout UK Portugal. In Finnish. Parker becomes Spider- Andes flight disaster tell their Portugal. In Finnish. 21:00 Spider-Man 3 (K13) FILM 01:35 Kings Man in this first part of the incredible story of survival. In Just as Peter Parker’s life is TV2 King Silas announces that Spider-Man series. Directed Spanish and French. SUB in balance, his enemies and Port Prosperity will be by Sam Raimi. Starring: 22:05 How to Make it in America an alien symbiote threaten 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen handed over to Gath. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten (K13) to take everything away. Children’s programming. Part 4/12. Dunst. USA 2002 Rachel’s boss is throwing 09:30 The Simpsons Directed by Sam Raimi. In Finnish. 23:40 Harper’s Island (K15) her a birthday party, and 10:00 Futurama Starring: Tobey Maguire, 16:25 V75 Trot SPORT 00:40 Boogeyman (K15) FILM Ben is upset to learn that Dr. Zoidberg is sentenced SUB Kirsten Dunst, James In Finnish. A young man returns to Rachel’s new boyfriend is to death for eating an Earth Franco, Thomas Haden 21:00 Soko Stuttgart his old home in order to going to attend. Part 4/8. flag. Church, Topher Grace, Bryce In German. 16:30 My Antonio confront his fears. Directed 23:30 Law & Order (K13) 13:00 Friday Night Lights Dallas Howard. USA 2007 22:05 A History of Violence SERIES ENDS. by Stephen T. Kay. Starring: 14:50 American Idol 23:55 Castle (K13) (K15) FILM 17:30 Dirty Dancing: The Time of Barry Watson, Emily 17:30 Jamie’s Food Revolution 00:55 Detroit 1-8-7 (K13) A family man is thrust Your Life Deschanel. USA/New YLE TEEMA 18:30 Pushing Daisies into the spotlight after 19:00 America’s Worst Driver Zealand/Germany 2005 SERIES ENDS. killing two robbers in self- 20:00 Adventures of Merlin 11:15 Cuéntame cómo pasó 20:00 America’s Worst Driver JIM defense. Directed by David 21:00 For Your Eyes Only (K15) In Spanish. 21:00 The League of JIM Cronenberg. Starring: Viggo FILM 12:25 Side Effects Extraordinary Gentlemen 09:50 Cool Tools Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed James Bond is sent to Two-part dramatisation FILM SERIES ENDS. Harris, William Hurt. prevent a lost encryption 10:00 Designing on a Dime of the thalidomide drug Directed by Stephen 10:20 Deadliest Catch USA/Germany 2005 device from falling into 10:30 Rude Boy Food scandal in the early 1960s. Norrington. Starring: Sean An accident occurs on board 00:10 Law & Order: Criminal Soviet hands. Rerun of the first season. Part 2/2. In German. Connery, Naseeruddin Shah. one of the vessels. Intent (K15) Directed by John Glen. 11:00 Will Work for Food 13:55 Il était une fois... Jules et UK/USA 2003 11:15 Danger Beach A scientist who was working Starring: Roger Moore, 11:25 Extreme Fishing Jim DOC 23:10 Life’s A Gamble DOC 11:45 Fifth Gear with a genius mathematician Carole Bouquet, 12:20 JIM D: Life After People In French. Documentary about people 12:15 Lonely Planet Six Degrees on a controversial scientific Julian Glover, Topol. DOC 16:15 Un village français addicted to poker. 13:10 Ian Wright: Out of Bounds theory is fatally poisoned with UK 1981 In this episode we look at Part 14/24. In French. 00:10 Gavin & Stacey SERIES ENDS. Siberia. radiation. It is clearly murder, 23:25 Entourage the Svalbard Global Seed 17:05 The History of Safari with 00:45 Numb3rs 14:05 Street Customs but what was the motive? 23:55 Dudesons in America (K13) Vault. Richard E. Grant DOC 15:00 Man v. Food 00:55 EBBA Awards 2011 00:25 Miami Vice 13:15 JIM D: Nostradamus Effect Part 1/2. TV VIISI 16:00 Heliloggers An electronics expert works DOC 18:00 Red River FILM 17:00 Ancient Discoveries DOC for both sides of the law. A Texas rancher and his YLE TEEMA 14:10 Extreme Cuisine with Jeff 18:00 Tobie and Matt 01:25 Most Haunted Corwin adopted son go on the first 18:00 Sherlock: Undercover Dog SERIES ENDS. The boys get The Ghost House, 15:05 Bizarre Foods with Andrew great cattle drive from FILM to relax in the warmth of 14:45 Dolls - A Woman from Nottinghamshire. Zimmern Texas to Kansas. Directed Directed by Richard Harding Hua Hin. Damascus DOC SERIES ENDS. Puerto Rico. by Howard Hawks. Starring: Gardner. Starring: Benjamin 19:00 Chuck’s Day Off In Arabic and English. 16:00 Rude Boy Food John Wayne, Montgomery Eroen, Anthony Simmons, TV VIISI 19:30 Man v. Food 18:20 Finding the Fallen DOC 17:00 Capital Floyd Clift. USA 1948. In English Cooper Cameron. Alan tastes Californian Part 2/13. Edinburgh. and Spanish. USA 1994 barbecue in San Diego. 19:10 Deti Arbata 18:00 Breakthrough With Tony 17:30 Bang for Your Buck 21:30 A Journey with Peter 19:30 Sex... with Mom and Dad 20:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Part 11/16. In Russian. Robbins 18:30 Kill Arman Sellars DOC 20:00 The Boy Who Lived Before Reservations 20:00 Amazon with Bruce Parry 19:00 David Blaine: Drowned SERIES ENDS. London. Documentary about the DOC Anthony goes to Harbin, Part 5/6. Alive In Finnish and English. work of theatre director 5-year-old Cameron China, where all sorts of 23:30 Later with Jools Holland 20:00 Breaking The Magician’s 21:00 JIM D: Life After People Peter Sellars. France 2007 remembers things from his things happen. Code: Magic’s Biggest DOC past life. 21:00 Biography: The Harry Secrets Finally Revealed 22:00 Comedy Central Roast of 21:00 Intervention Potter Kids DOC 21:00 Boat Trip FILM Bob Saget (K15) 22:00 Bibel Code (K15) FILM Harry Potter stars Daniel Two friends mistakenly go 23:45 Jacked: Auto Theft Task Directed by Christoph Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and on a Caribbean gay cruise. Force (K15) Schrewe. Emma Watson rose from Directed by Mort Nathan. 00:15 Half Pint Brawlers Starring: Cosma Shiva obscurity to stardom overnight. Starring: Cuba Cooding Jr., 00:45 Top Trumps Hagen, Olivier Sitruk. 22:55 Moments of Impact (K15) Horatio Sanz. Rerun of the first season. France/Austria/Germany 23:50 Gangland: Menace of USA/Germany 2002 01:15 Untamed & Uncut (K15) 2008. Destruction (K15) DOC Family Stone 23:30 Dr. Steve-O (K13) 02:05 Rude Tube (K15) Spider-Man 3 In German, French and Italian. 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Spider-Man Red River High school senior Peter Parker In 1851 Thomas Dunson (John (Tobey Maguire) lives in Queens Wayne), accompanied by his trail with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. hand Nadine Groot (Walter Bren- He secretly loves the beauti- nan), sets off for Texas in order to ful Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten start up a successful cattle ranch. Dunst), but is too shy to approach After losing his love interest in her. Peter’s life changes during a an Indian attack, Dunson comes field trip to a genetics laboratory, across an orphaned boy named where he is bitten by a genetically Matt, whom he adopts. Together, engineered spider. As a result, he the three cross the Red River and gains spider-like powers which Dunson proudly stakes his claim. make him many times stronger Fourteen years later the ranch is than the average person. After a on hard times due to the Civil War. tragic loss, Peter dedicates him- Because of this, Dunson decides to self to fighting crime as Spider- drive his massive herd to Missouri, Man. Spider-Man is an American where he believes they will fetch a superhero film based on the high price. Assisting him are Groot Marvel Comics character created and an adult Matt (Montgomery by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. After Clift). Red River was directed by being stuck in development hell Howard Hawks, and it was his first for many years, it was released to collaboration with John Wayne. excellent reviews and box office It was also Montgomery Clift’s sales, becoming the most success- breakthrough film. It is a fictional ful superhero film at the time. Its account of the first cattle drive success led to two sequels. along the Chisholm Trail. Nelonen 21:00 YLE Teema 18:00 HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 21

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09:30 Rosemary & Thyme 10:05 The Young and the Restless 09:30 Rosemary & Thyme 10:05 The Young and the Restless 11:05 Yle News in English 13:10 Wild at Heart 11:05 Yle News in English 13:10 She’s Got The Look 11:10 Down to Earth Fourth season begins. 11:10 Down to Earth 14:10 Two and a Half Men Sarah’s Ghanaian friend 14:10 Back to You Marcus’ wedding is Alan and his receptionist arrives in Silverdale. Chuck and Kelly decide to approaching, but tensions Melissa fight to suppress 15:05 Always Greener tell Gracie the truth. run high in the family. their mutual attraction. SERIES ENDS. Tom agrees 14:40 Survivor 15:05 The Royal 14:40 Ax Men DOC to help his brother, and a 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful SERIES CONTINUES. Sixth R&R Conner Aviation barely stunning surprise is revealed 18:00 Emmerdale Law & Order: Los Angeles season begins. breaks even. The Royal by the lab tests. 21:00 Law & Order: Los Angeles MTV3 21:00 17:10 Rosemary & Thyme 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful TV1 15:05 17:10 Rosemary & Thyme (K13) 19:00 The Blue Planet 18:00 Emmerdale 19:00 How Earth Made Us DOC SERIES BEGINS. A gang Coral reefs are the 21:00 Event Humans have used wind of burglars has struck the 13:00 Birth Stories rainforests of the sea, being Sean gets in trouble with 13:00 Birth Stories power for thousands of homes of several film stars 13:30 Kim’s Rude Awakening veritable oases of life. the police. 13:30 Kim’s Rude Awakening years, but how have the and other celebrities. 14:00 For Rent Part 6/8. 22:35 C.S.I. Miami 14:00 For Rent winds moulded continental 22:35 Trauma 14:30 Fresh with Anna Olson 21:00 Krupp - Eine Deutsche Kyle’s mother arrives in Amanda realises that she development and human The trauma unit is kept busy Home cooking should be Familie Miami to regain custody has to compromise on her destiny? Part 3/5. by Halloween. good and filling. TV miniseries about the of him. dreams. 23:35 White Collar 15:00 Judging Amy famous Krupp industrial 00:35 Big Bang Theory 14:30 Fresh with Anna Olson Neal’s help is required in Gray’s house is broken into, dynasty. Part 1/3. In German. Sheldon persuades Leonard, 15:00 Judging Amy TV2 solving a kidnapping. but nothing is stolen. 22:35 How Earth Made Us DOC Howard and Raj to join him Maxine’s ex-boyfriend 15:55 Everybody Hates Chris Part 3/5. on an expedition to the returns from China. 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Caruso abdicating his role as North Pole. 15:55 Everybody Hates Chris Children’s programming. SUB school bully makes life even Chris ends up driving the In Finnish. more difficult for Chris. TV2 family car to school. 10:40 Little House on the Prairie 14:30 E! Entertainment: Candy 16:25 Married… with Children SUB 16:25 Married… with Children 15:45 Flying Doctors Girls Al starts his own shoe help 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Al decides to get a new car. 17:22 Pikku Kakkonen 15:30 Make Me A Supermodel hotline. Children’s programming. 14:30 E! Entertainment: Candy 17:00 Days of our Lives Children’s programming. 16:30 Marienhof 17:00 Days of our Lives In Finnish. Girls 17:50 Dr. Phil In Finnish. In German. 17:50 Dr. Phil 10:25 Little House on the Prairie 15:30 Make Me A Supermodel Addiction is a difficult 22:35 True Blood (K15) 17:00 Capri 19:30 Animal Rescue 11:13 Globetrekker 16:30 Marienhof chronic disease, and its Sookie rescues Bill from In Italian. SERIES CONTINUES. Third Megan McCormick takes us In German. treatment isn’t easy. Lorena’s clutches, but at a 18:05 Sturm der Liebe season. to Hong Kong and Taiwan, 17:00 Capri 19:30 Animal Rescue heavy price. Jason and Hoyt In German. 21:00 As Good As It Gets FILM the “mini dragons” of China. In Italian. 21:00 NCIS (K13) have women trouble, while 19:00 American Idol Melvin, a misanthropic 15:45 Flying Doctors 18:05 Sturm der Liebe The murder of an American Sam intervenes in Joe Lee 21:00 The Simpsons Movie FILM novelist, is forced to rethink 17:21 Pikku Kakkonen In German. petty officer leads the team and Melinda’s questionable After Homer pollutes his life. Directed by James Children’s programming. 19:30 Two and a Half Men to a secret CIA operation. activities. Springfield’s water supply, L. Brooks. Starring: Jack In Finnish. Jake is embarrassed by 22:00 4D: Our Lives - Half Cut 23:25 All Saints (K13) the town is encased in a Nicholson, Helen Hunt, 23:15 55 Days at Peking FILM Charlie and Alan’s constant Woman DOC Mitch learns the hard way massive dome. Greg Kinnear. USA 1997 Historical epic film about bickering. Plastic surgeon Robert that booze is no way to solve Directed by David 23:55 Frasier China’s Boxer Rebellion in 20:00 The Simpsons Ersek offers to treat Ruby problems. Has Rebecca Silverman. Daphne’s ex-fiancé Clive 1900. Directed by Nicholas 23:00 Eureka Tambunga’s obesity with a and Scott’s relationship hit Starring: Dan Castellaneta, comes to Seattle. Ray. Starring: Charlton SERIES CONTINUES. The new surgical method. a dead end? Paula bears a Julie Kavner, Nancy 00:25 Medium (K13) Heston, Ava Gardner, David Department of Defense 23:15 Frasier grudge against Bron. Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. FBI profiler Edward Cooper Niven. USA 1963 sends an observer to Eureka. Bulldog learns the hard way USA 2007 arrives to track down a serial 00:00 Bones that men also have feelings. 23:45 Sons of Anarchy (K15) killer. The mummified remains of 00:45 The 4400 YLE TEEMA 00:45 Life’s A Gamble DOC YLE TEEMA a teenage girl are found in a Halloween-themed maze. 17:00 Finding the Fallen DOC JIM 17:10 500 Nations DOC 01:00 Exterminators JIM Part 3/13. TV VIISI Cauldron of War. The 19:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó 12:20 Viking Special consequences of various 12:15 MasterChef Australia In Spanish. 18:00 That 70’s Show In Japanese. colonial wars and the TV VIISI 13:10 Don’t Sweat It 20:20 The Story of Maths DOC Christmas doesn’t feel the 13:10 Don’t Sweat It American Revolution are 13:40 House Hunters In the 17th century same to Eric. 13:40 House Hunters International devastating for many 18:00 That 70’s Show International mathematics developed in 18:30 The King of Queens 14:10 World’s Toughest Fixes indigenous nations. Jackie gets a job as a cheese 14:10 Bullrun leaps and bounds in Europe, Carrie, Doug and Arthur go SERIES ENDS. A 300-tonne Narrated by Kevin Costner. maiden at the local mall. Rerun of the second season. so much so that solving to the store on the eve of barge has to be cleared from Part 5/8. 18:30 The King of Queens Twelve teams head from Los mathematical problems Thanksgiving Day. the Mississippi River. 19:00 Little Mosque on the Arthur gets a brilliant idea Angeles to Las Vegas. became a spectator 18:55 America’s Funniest Home 15:10 Anthony Bourdain: No Prairie for a Christmas present. 15:05 Cowboy Builders sport. Marcus du Sautoy Videos Reservations 20:00 Deti Arbata 18:55 America’s Funniest Home 16:00 Bondi Rescue illuminates the discoveries 19:25 Men Behaving Badly 16:00 Tobie and Matt Sasha is free to leave Videos 16:30 Fifth Gear of Descartes, Pascal and Gary and Dorothy try 17:00 Chuck’s Day Off Siberia. Part 11/16. 19:25 Men Behaving Badly 17:00 Dirty Jobs Newton. Part 3/4. to mend their 17:30 Dinner: Impossible In Russian. Gary hires a cleaning lady Garbage Pit Technician. 22:55 Later with Jools Holland relationship, while Tony 18:00 Cowboy Builders 21:00 The History of Safari with who turns out to be an 18:00 Cowboy Builders Tonight’s guests are Pink does all he 19:00 Bondi Rescue Richard E. Grant DOC attractive woman. SERIES ENDS. Floyd’s David Gilmour, the can to sabotage Deborah’s. The lifeguards of Bondi and Richard E. Grant examines 20:00 Breakthrough With Tony 19:00 Bondi Rescue lovely Katy Perry, Roots 21:00 Family Business FILM Bali have to adapt to each the controversial history Robbins 19:30 South Park Manuva, Elbow, Irish Young Adam idolises his others’ methods. of the safari, from big 21:00 Brooklyn Rules (K15) FILM 20:00 Customs musician Imelda May and criminal grandfather and 19:30 South Park game hunters to modern Three men’s friendship is in 21:00 10 Ways to Kill Bin Laden Texan Hayes Carll. loathes his father’s middle Stan and Kyle are hooked on ecotourism. Part 2/2. jeopardy when the Mafia DOC class lifestyle. Directed by Guitar Hero. tightens its grip in their Since the 1990s the US has Sidney Lumet. Starring: 21:00 Bloodwork (K15) DOC neighbourhood in Brooklyn. sought to capture or kill al- Sean Connery, Dustin Eight women have Directed by Michael Qaeda leader Osama bin Hoffman, disappeared in Corrente. Laden. Part 1/2. Matthew Broderick. Poughkeepsie during a two- Starring: Alec Baldwin, 22:00 Half Pint Brawlers USA 1989 year period. Freddie Prinze Jr., Mena 22:30 Penn & Teller (K15) 23:15 More Sex Tips for Girls 22:30 Survive This! (K15) Suvari. SERIES CONTINUES. (K15) DOC 23:00 Fear Factor USA 2007 Eighth season begins. 00:20 Navy NCIS (K13) 00:00 Biography: The Harry 00:00 Dark Justice 23:05 Fear Factor The Simpsons Movie 55 Days at Peking 01:10 Farscape Potter Kids DOC 00:55 Sexcetera (K18) 00:05 Bloodwork (K15) DOC Sub 21:00 TV2 23:15 01:00 The Contender 01:00 The Contender .

presumably as renowned for the of Playboy presents Sexcetera Finally we have 4) NCIS, or unwieldiness of its name as the as well as the dreadful Football- Naval Criminal Investigative quality of its products. It’s not ers’ Wives and America’s Funni- Service, which is a show about available to everyone in Finland, est Home Videos (when will they people in the US Navy solving being watchable by 90 per cent of learn that home videos are never crimes in an identical fashion to households, but deserves a watch funny, and are at best idiotic?). those people in JAG. They spend Fifth time lucky every now and again for a few rea- But surely, you might think, all their time walking in slow- sons. Firstly they only broadcast they have something good since motion through dramatic scenar- from 18:00-01:00 which is a good I did say that earlier, right? Well ios like terrorist attacks on boats NICK BARLOW thing – they don’t clog up the they do. 1) That 70s Show has and attempted assassinations of As we know there’s no such thing airwaves with completely unnec- been around for ages but is as important people, making wise- as independent TV channels, only essary nonsense, but merely clog good a US sitcom as there’s been cracks and trying not to shag those in thrall to advertising reve- ‘em up in the evenings. Secondly, in many a moon. It may well be each other behind the bulkhead. nue or those requiring extra public while they do have some absolute more funny if you actually re- It’s not exactly a classic but it has taxes to function. In Finland there dross they also have some pretty member the Seventies but even its moments, many of which are is one channel which essentially good shows, and considering how if you don’t there are chuckles concentrated around the closing falls into the former group but dif- about three-quarters of the afore- aplenty. 2) Men Behaving Badly. credits. ferentiates itself from crappy Finn- mentioned Finnish commercial OK, I know repeats are just lazy Alright, I might not have sold ish broadcasters like MTV3 and channels schedules are equally but this is genre-defining Brit- Viisi to you completely, but you Nelonen by virtue of being owned poor if not worse, MTV3 and Ne- com at its best. Funny and true- may as well give it a go. Like by a German media conglomerate lonen should be mildly concerned. to-life. 3) Movies. Some of them most of the stuff we get on telly and not having an array of even Admittedly TV Viisi don’t have are hopeless. OK, most of them it’s terrible for channel surfing worse sister channels beaming anything as mind-blowingly are pretty bad, but every once in that you’re more likely to find endless repeats of poor American pathetic as Idols or the Finnish in a while we get a goodie such something you don’t want to sitcoms into our living rooms. Masterchef, but they do have hi- as 2005’s Waiting (24 March, watch, but don’t forget – wise TV Viisi is owned by ProSie- lariously feeble ‘high-tech erot- 21:00), an indie comedy hit soon schedule-checking and a record- benSat 1 Media AG – a group ica’ after midnight in the shape to be turned into a series. able digibox are your friends. 22 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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New York −5 +15 +15 +16 +7 +8 +12 +13 a famous singer requires A 911 call leads Mac’s team 13:00 Birth Stories −3 to an old penthouse, where medical attention. 13:30 Kim’s Rude Awakening −3 +17 +21 +22 +23 +23 +24 +25 17:10 Rosemary & Thyme they find a mummified 14:00 For Rent −3 19:55 Last of the Summer Wine corpse. 14:30 Fresh with Anna Olson −2 +9 +5 +5 +3 +6 +8 +10 Blamire plans to work as a 23:05 Southland Anna shows that cheese is −1 salesman, and a suitable Lydia and Russell track down suitable for all meals. +31 +31 +32 +33 +34 +33 +32 product is found in the violent jewel thieves. 15:00 Judging Amy Sat 3/26 +31 +26 +31 +24 +23 +24 +26 paper 00:05 Trust Me Amy is worried about her Conner is in trouble with mother’s health. −4 +15 +14 +9 +6 +9 +7 +9 a passionate client and 15:55 Everybody Hates Chris −3 +15 +16 +13 +8 +9 +9 +11 TV2 Erin fears that Mason is The family gets a dog after unfaithful to her. a burglary. −4 +12 +8 +3 +4 +8 +9 +12 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 01:05 My Name Is Earl 16:25 Married… with Children −3 Children’s programming. 17:00 Days of our Lives +23 +21 +20 +13 +21 +22 +23 In Finnish. Chloe and Nicole fight in −2 +13 +14 +18 +18 +8 +15 +16 10:25 Little House on the Prairie SUB the Kiriakis mansion. −4 0 11:13 Globetrekker 17:50 Dr. Phil −2 +18 +17 +17 +15 +16 +17 +18 Jonathan Atherton tours the 14:30 E! Entertainment: Candy Two mothers and their cities, rivers and mountains Girls children discuss about their +15 +14 +9 +7 +9 +13 +13 of Papua New Guinea. 15:30 Make Me A Supermodel Sun 3/27 problematic relationship. +13 +15 +12 +15 +21 +17 +15 15:43 Flying Doctors 16:30 Marienhof 19:30 Animal Rescue −5 17:25 Pikku Kakkonen In German. 20:00 Grey’s Anatomy (K13) +18 +17 +18 +16 +18 +16 +15 Children’s programming. 17:00 Capri 23:15 Frasier −4 In Finnish. In Italian. +8 +13 +16 +14 +12 +13 +15 Frasier has a recurring −2 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 22:05 Law and Order: Special dream of being in a motel +15 +15 +16 +16 +17 +16 +15 Victims Unit (K15) In German. room with Gil Chesterton. 0 A pregnant teenage girl 19:30 Two and a Half Men 23:45 Rescue Me (K15) 0 +32 +31 +30 +24 +29 +30 +31 runs away from home and Alan suggests breast Tommy’s love triangle is assaulted. As a result she reduction surgery to reaches new heights when +1 −1 +25 +26 +26 +27 +27 +23 +25 loses her baby. Chelsea, which angers Janet and Sheila confront 0 +1 −1 −2 −4 −2 +1 +1 00:35 All Saints (K13) Charlie. each other. 20:00 American Idol 00:45 NCIS (K13) Mon 3/28 0 −4 −3 −2 +2 +1 +2 22:00 Skins YLE TEEMA 23:00 Heroes −5 +15 +16 +12 +5 +8 +8 +10 The Bennets and the +2 +1 +3 +2 +4 +4 +7 17:00 The Story of Maths DOC Petrellis celebrate JIM −2 Part 3/4. Thanksgiving. +7 +3 +3 +2 +6 +6 +7 −4 20:05 Un village Français 00:30 Chuck 12:10 MasterChef Australia −2 Lucienne’s secret affair is Chuck discovers a listening 13:05 Don’t Sweat It +17 +18 +15 +11 +11 +12 +13 revealed to the principal, device at Buy More which 13:35 House Hunters −1 0 +2 +2 +1 +2 +3 −1 endangering her career and neither agent has installed. International her whole future. 01:20 Most Haunted Seppo and Monica want to 0 −2 +29 +29 +29 +30 +31 +32 +24 Part 15/24. In French. The London Dungeons. move from busy Milan to the +2 +17 +16 +15 +17 +17 +14 +14 21:00 Il était une fois... Le mépris peaceful Italian countryside. Tue 3/29 DOC 14:05 Iron Chef UK +7 +9 +10 +10 +11 +12 +12 Documentary about the TV VIISI 15:05 Cowboy Builders −6 1963 film Contempt, 16:00 Bondi Rescue +31 +31 +30 +31 +31 +31 +31 directed by Jean-Luc 18:00 That 70’s Show 17:00 Dirty Jobs −3 +4 +1 +1 +3 +4 +3 +4 Godard and starring Brigitte Eric’s cousin Penny comes Mike finally has a free day. Bardot. 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Two and a Half Men The Harper brothers Charlie and Alan are like night and day. Alan is a compulsively neat chiropractor and control freak, while Charlie is a freelance jingle composer and irresistible ladies’ man who rarely gets up before noon. When Alan is thrown out by his vindictive wife Judith, Charlie “temporarily” allows Alan and his son Jake, who shuttles between his parents, to move into his house. Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, premiered in 2003. The sitcom revolves around the conflicting lifestyles of Charlie and Alan, Alan’s efforts to raise Jake, and their interaction with the brothers’ mother, Evelyn, as well as various other friends and relatives. The show has been highly successful since it first aired, leading the New York Times to call it the biggest hit comedy of the past decade. Sub 19:30 HELSINKI TIMES CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICES 24 – 30 MARCH 2011 23

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CHINA LIANGTSE Wellness EXPAT VIEW Celebrating two years of Chinese holistic massage in Helsinki

Tuomas Brock is a half-Finnish university student from Los Angeles, California. Two years ago we began offering our services in Helsinki Oh, don’t be modest China Liangtse

HAVE I made some horri- place, behind Switzerland, I am often asked if my fu- titude that makes me ques- wellness will have two years ble mistake? When I tell peo- isn’t really so bad. Neither is ture plans are to stick around tion my sanity for moving ple that I am from California, 3rd or even, god forbid, 4th. in Finland or to fl y back to the here. If my presence in Fin- special from 28.03-17.04 the most common response I grew up in a suburb of Golden Coast. The honest an- land was met with accept- is a disdainful “Why on earth Los Angeles. Sure, the sun swer is that I don’t know. I am ance rather than judgment, did you move here?” I get this shines there almost every torn between feeling the L.A. I wouldn’t question my deci- all treatments -30% question so frequently that it day of the year. Sure, Califor- sun on my back while eating sion as much. But it is hard Our broad selection of regenerating, stress-removing makes me cringe. While Fin- nia is home to world famous a carne asada taco and the not to when Finns stop just land consistently ranks high beaches. But it’s a far cry glee I feel as I walk down Hel- short of calling me crazy. and revitalizing treatments has been very well in polls that rate standard of from the Garden of Eden. One sinki’s pedestrian friendly A friend of mine told me received in Finland. living and education, the re- district of L.A. is dubbed “The streets, never far from a cold that there is a saying in Fin- We welcome You to experience the benefi cial effects sults aren’t always so evident Home of the Homeless”. You beer. I can’t help but wonder land: “Vaatimattomuus of our treatments on your health and well-being and in the opinions of the locals. think the Lahdenväylä is con- if the dilemma of picking a kaunistaa,” which can be to breathe new life into the spring together! Last year, Finland was award- gested on the day before Ju- country can be analogous to translated to “Modesty makes ed the number 1 spot in News- hannus? Try the 110 freeway, that of picking a lover. you beautiful.” Perhaps that Week’s top countries list. And everyday. In L.A., we only Any novice will tell you phrase explains it all. yet, when that is mentioned have two seasons: fi re season that confi dence goes a long Here is where my Finn- to Finns, the response isn’t a and the rest of the year. Then way in the art of attraction. ish half gets to chime in. We well earned “Damn straight”. there is, cough cough, the I believe this is true. While don’t have any reason to be Instead I am met with a bar- fact that L.A. is consistently self-deprecation is endear- overly modest. As proud as room analysis of statistical rated as one of the most pol- ing in Woody Allen movies, I am to be an Angeleno, I am errors that are supposedly re- luted cities in America. And it’s more diffi cult to pull off equally proud to be a Finn. So sponsible for the result. But don’t forget the earthquakes. in real life. The same may go the next time you meet me in even if you believe that the But you know what? I love for countries. I have to admit a bar and I say I moved here tallying up of points was done every bit of it. I am an Ange- that one of the things I like from L.A., just smile and ask incorrectly, dropping to 2nd leno, and proud of it. least about Finland is the at- me how I like it. China Liangtse Wellness Oy Iso Roobertinkatu 8, LH 1, Helsinki Tel: 09 2784201 I info@liangtse.fi I www.liangtse.fi In this series expatriates write about their lives in Finland. 035535-1112

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the week in pictures

LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE TUESDAY Anti-nuclear activists hold a protest near the presidential palace in the Philippine capital of Manila on 15 March as they rally against the revival of the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant amidst the danger of a nuclear meltdown in Japan following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. Located 100 ki- lometres north of Manila, the Bataan plant took the government of late dictator Ferdi- nand Marcos eight years to build, at a cost of 2.3 billion US dollars, and was finished in 1984. Construction was hounded by contro- versy and it has never produced a single watt of power.

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Code Pink for Peace demonstrators stand in front of the US State A six-day-old common chimpanzee female clings to her mother, Parade-goer Dennis O’Mann with his puppet during the 250th Department to protest the resignation of State Department spokes- Uschi, at Bratislava Zoo on 16 March. The young chimpanzee is the New York City St Patrick’s Day Parade on 17 March. man P.J. Crowley and the detention of US Army Private Bradley first to be born in the ape house, opened on 23 April, and is also Manning on 14 March in Washington, DC. Two days after saying the first chimpanzee born in Bratislava Zoo since 1990 when Us- the treatment of accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning was “ridic- chi delivered her first offspring, Samko. ulous and counterproductive and stupid,” Crowley resigned. The demonstrators protested against the treatment of Manning, who has been allegedly held naked in a Marine Corps base in Virginia.

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Radiation scanning crews check their colleagues’ radiation levels as A Libyan jet bomber crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on 19 Israeli border policemen stand guard as Israeli settlers celebrate they change their working shift at a screening centre in Koriyama March as Libya’s rebel stronghold came under attack, with at least the annual Purim parade on 20 March in the divided West Bank city in Fukushima prefecture, 60 km west of TEPCO’s striken Fukushima two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city’s south sending thick of Hebron. The Jewish feast of Purim commemorates the salvation nuclear power plant, on 18 March. smoke into the sky. of the Jews from the ancient Persians as described in the book of Esther.