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Finnish population. THL special re- Finns surpass Danes as searcher Pia Mäkelä points out that
half of the country’s annual alcohol LEHTIKUVA intake is consumed by a mere ten heaviest-drinking Nordics per cent of Finnish drinkers. “In addition, the harder-drink- STT Finns drink an average of more ing half of Finland’s drinking pop- MATTHEW PARRY – HT than ten litres of alcohol per person ulation accounts for around 90 annually, while other Nordic citi- per cent of all alcohol consumed in FINNS drink more alcohol than the zens fail to pass the ten litre mark. this country. That said, it’s not on- citizens of any other Nordic coun- Norwegians and Icelanders are ly these heavier drinkers whose try, new data reveals. According to the most moderate Nordic drink- health is at risk from excessive alco- a study by the National Institute for ers, consuming just over six litres hol consumption. Finns who tend to Health and Welfare (THL), Finland annually. drink rarely, but in large doses, are has surpassed Denmark in the alco- In European terms, Finns’ con- also potentially jeopardising their hol consumption stakes for the fi rst sumption levels rank slightly above health,” Mäkelä says. time. Up until now, the Danes have average. Finns tend to consume Alcohol-related health prob- held the title for highest alcohol the same amount of alcohol as the lems tend to be most serious among consumption in the Nordic region. French do, while the Czechs, the those between the ages of 50 and Irish and the Hungarians all man- 70, because many of these problems age to out-drink the Finns. only emerge after years of consist- Daily, moderate consumption of ent abuse. Mäkelä notes that there alcohol nevertheless remains a rare is a substantial gap between age phenomenon in Finland, with most groups in this regard, one that has of the country’s annual intake taking been growing since 2004. place in large measures on weekends. “Among younger age brack- Increases in alcohol consumption ets, mortality rates have remained The popular social networking site, IRC-Galleria, has over 500,000 registered users. have been particularly noted among quite low, but there have been steep
LEHTIKUVA / HANNU KIVIMÄKI Finnish women and pensioners, while increases among older age brackets. consumption among Finnish youths There are also substantial differ- has declined in recent years. ences in the level of alcohol-related Three policemen now Although Finns tend to drink a illness among different socio-eco- lot in European terms, a minority nomic groups.” of especially hard drinkers can also The THL’s study was published 18 online at IRC-Galleria be distinguished from the general May. DAVID J. CORD tions each week. The three offi cers HELSINKI TIMES are also part of a programme start- fulfi lled her promise to temporarily ing in August to combat online bul- suspend maternity leave in order to IRC-GALLERIA, Finland’s most pop- lying. “Online bullying has become Controversial adoption vote in favour of the law. ular social networking site, now has more common,” explains Forss. “I The principal intention behind three police offi cers as members. try to write in my online diary at the new law is to improve the legal Marko Forss was the fi rst offi cer least once a week, and I have writ- bill passed into force and practical position of children with an online profi le at the site and ten a lot about bullying.” of parents living in registered part- he has now been joined by Mikko Forss explains how youth are in- RISTO JUSSILA – STT tian Democrat members voted nerships. According to the law on Manninen and Jutta Antikainen. teracting more and more online and MATTHEW PARRY – HT against the bill. Their rejection was internal adoption, the children of “I was in a group working on how it is important for police to be supported by 15 Centre Party mem- parents in a registered partnership domestic violence and underage able to interact with them in their SAME-SEX couples in Finland now bers, four National Coalition mem- are now to be considered the child of crimes,” explains Forss by telephone own environment. “A 16 year old girl have the right to internal adop- bers, three Social Democrats and both the parent and his or her part- from Rome where he is speaking at a who has been raped may not have tion under the terms of a new law one of the two True Finns members ner. Because internal adoption was conference on online safety. “Many of the courage to come to a police sta- passed by parliament on 15 May. present during the session. not legal under the old regime, the the crimes with youngsters were in- tion,” says Forss. “But it is easier The act specifi es that the same-sex Although 61 absent members child of one parent in a registered ternet-related and I thought it was a to talk on the internet. I get a lot of partner of a parent is able to regis- were registered in the vote, some of partnership was not legally consid- good idea to have a visible police pro- very personal questions.” ter as the legal guardian of his or her these members were in fact present ered a relative of that parent’s part- fi le.” Last September police authori- Forss believes that it is impor- partner’s child. With one abstention at the time. The National Coalition’s ner. Consequently, the old law did ties gave their blessing to Forss’ idea. tant to take advantage of the new and 61 absent members, the govern- Eero Akaan-Penttilä, Petri Salo not consider such children the legal “Of course we are very happy social media. He says that a police ment-sponsored bill was passed in- and Minister of Defence Jyri Häkä- inheritors of the parent’s partner’s with them there,” says Juhani Las- offi cer may only interact with 10 to law on the strength of a vote of mies, the Centre Party’s Minister estate. sila of Sulake, which owns IRC-Gal- or 15 young people on each trip out 108–29. of Agriculture and Forestry Sirk- The number of families in which leria. “We feel that police should be of the station but online the offi cer With members required to vote ka-Liisa Anttila, the Left Alliance’s the parent is in a registered part- visible where people are, and today could reach thousands. “When I talk on conscience rather than along par- Matti Kangas, as well as the True nership has consistently grown in young people are online.” about this I always like to mention ty lines, Finland’s Christian Dem- Finns’ Pertti Virtanen, all chose recent years. In 2002, there were The three answer questions from a Chinese proverb,” sums up For- ocrats were the only party whose not to vote. As a rule, however, the 32 of them, but by 2007 the number young people and explain the law. ss. “When the winds of change are members provided party-wide op- True Finns were against the law. The had risen to 146. The current fi gure Forss says that he gets thousands blowing it is better to be a windmill position to the change. All six Chris- Green League’s Johanna Sumuvuori is estimated to be at least 200. of visitors and hundreds of ques- than a stone wall.” 2 22 – 27 MAY 2009 EDITORIAL HELSINKI TIMES
ALEXIS KOUROS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
We said it one hundred times!
THIS is the 100th issue of Hel- one reason for people coming tion that we have received so the internet becomes more ent reporters faced a high good. The positive aspects of sinki Times. You may be read- to Finland has been for love. far, fi rst with SixDegrees and mundane, printed books probability of being killed. this revolutionary tool out- ing it on a Finnair fl ight high The number of intercultural now with the Helsinki Times, and newspapers will co-ex- The term embedded could weigh its faults and dangers in the sky or in the comfort marriages has been growing have come from immigrants ist with it and continue to well be widened to cover a signifi cantly. Like any tool, of your home somewhere in constantly. According to Sta- themselves – not, as you thrive. The pleasure of read- lot of other situations where it can be used properly or Finland. You may be read- tistics Finland, in 2007 eve- would have assumed, from ing a paper on your sofa or unbiased journalism is com- abused in the wrong hands. ing it because of the English ry forth marriage in Helsinki the xenophobic or racial- on a train while not having to promised by commercial or Like a forest or a metrop- language or to get the infor- included at least one foreign ly prejudiced. It seems that worry about radiation from political “protection”. olis, it can hide dangerous mation you can’t get in other citizen and this share grew the frustration caused by the the monitor or battery life is creatures and offer healing media – these are the main last year. Once again, contra- slow integration process and so simple and obvious that it THERE has been an absurd plants at the same time. Bad reasons mentioned in our ry to common belief, there the lack of opportunities of- will not be abandoned eas- competition to give content and good can fi nd multiplying reader survey for subscrib- were and are more Finnish ten makes immigrants turn ily. Although the internet is away “free” on the internet forces in each other through ing to Helsinki Times. men marrying foreign wom- on each other. an excellent tool for search- through out the last decade. connected networks. en than vice versa. ing a database, chatting and Revenue from online adver- THIS MAY, Helsinki Times is SOMETIMES the English lan- watching a video – it is not tisements has been far from WE AT Helsinki Times see our celebrating its 2nd birthday. HOWEVER, as the numbers guage has not been perfect the tool of choice to read suffi cient in covering the online presence as essential We started the newspaper in rise, there is the danger of im- enough. Sometimes our con- longer text. costs, while the revenues and an important addition May 2007 based on years of migrants clustering around tent or opinions have been from print advertisement to our print version, but not a experience with another Eng- ethnic, religious or language “wrong”. Sometimes those ACCORDING to a study we have been declining. Exis- possible substitute for it. We lish language publication, Six- boundaries and segregat- producing it have been the published in Helsinki Times, tential question for access to develop our site constantly Degrees. As a monthly English ing themselves from Finns wrong people or of the wrong reading a longer online arti- reliable and responsible in- and offer simultaneous on- language magazine, SixDe- and other immigrant groups. nationalities. Some would cle is less eco-friendly than formation remains to be: who line access to all of our print have want- reading the same article funds it? Both content and subscribers. Interesting- ed to publish printed on paper. This is true service providers are becom- ly, our online and print read- As the numbers rise, there is the danger of immigrants something even without considering all ing increasingly convinced ers seem to stay as distinct clustering around ethnic, religious or language boundaries themselves of the aspects of online read- that the end user should pay. I groups and cross-over is not and are un- ing, including the production, believe that is the best option signifi cant. and segregating themselves from Finns and other immi- happy that maintenance and recycling of for readers as well, as long as grant groups. Our hope and aim has been to bring them someone else the computers and monitors they want reliable and high THIS is your paper, not ours! together and helping them integrate into the Finnish has done it. and, of course, the use of en- quality content. Every article and the infor- Whatever the ergy. In fact, this whole cycle mation in it is meant for you society through information and participation. The worst reason, the and process is still not fully AS THE younger generation is and we need your feedback thing that immigrant groups can do is compete against main obstacle understood. The use of paper increasingly turning to elec- to develop it for you. Publish- in the way of on the other hand, is almost tronic and online media as a ing a weekly newspaper in each other for attention or resources. achieving and ancient. Today the whole source of information, and English, in a non-English lan- appreciating process of paper production is used to getting it without guage country is hard work. grees has been unique even Our hope and aim has been this common goal has been, and printing is well account- paying, there are also several We need your input and on a European scale and still to bring them together and oddly enough, intolerance. ed for and its environmental other unanswered questions encouragement. enjoys a diverse array of read- helping them integrate into aspects are known. Interest- involved. ers from all around Finland. It the Finnish society through FORTUNATELY, the amount ingly, despite the archaic na- EARLIER in this text, I called was the positive feedback that information and participa- of positive feedback that we ture of printing and the delay THE FIRST victim of free use Helsinki Times a common we got for SixDegrees and the tion. The worst thing that have received has been sig- of information reaching the of the internet has been the achievement for us. By us I need for a more frequently immigrant groups can do is nifi cantly greater than any end user, studies compar- privacy of users. Watchful mean the wonderful team published news-based paper compete against each oth- criticism. We receive plenty ing print to online reading eyes of search engines and of staff and freelancers who that encouraged us to estab- er for attention or resources. of e-mails from people who fi nd that most of what peo- social networking sites are produce the content, as well lish the Helsinki Times. This goes also for the attitude have just discovered Helsin- ple read online is older than browsing you as you browse as all of our readers, who towards the indigenous mi- ki Times and are delighted by what they read in their morn- them and they are selling aren’t all immigrants but also DURING my 20 years of living norities of Finland such as it. The most common phrase ing paper. your personal information to internationally minded Finns in Finland as an immigrant Finland’s Swedes, the Sami used is something to the ef- third parties and advertisers. – and I really mean it. “If a – a so-called “new Finn” – I and others. Any individual fect of: “Finally! I have been QUALITY journalism is expen- Those privacy policies and tree falls in the forest and no- have seen this county change minority’s weakness or dis- waiting for this for years…” sive. “There are no free lunch- terms of use that we accept body hears it, does it make a a lot. The number of immi- crimination means that all This feedback is what has giv- es,” says a common proverb. without reading carefully, sound?” asks an old question. grants has been increasing minorities lose rights. The at- en us the strength and moti- The term “embedded jour- often give permission to pro- Does a message with no read- almost exponentially, al- titudes of immigrants should vation to serve you. Please nalist” became known dur- gramme providers to collect er have content? though still at lowest pro- be to reinforce each other keep them coming. ing the Iraq war and meant and sell information about portional rate in Western and join forces to achieve a journalists who would move our interests and habits. EVERY issue of Helsinki Times Europe. Despite the common more balanced, diverse, rich ONE OF THE other big ques- together with the occupying has been a joint statement misconception among some and yet more tolerant and co- tions of our time has been troops. Many voiced concern DESPITE these points, the in- that we want to know more, Finns, only around 20 per hesive society. the online-versus-print com- that journalists’ impartiality ternet is probably the great- to care more and to belong to cent of foreigners in Finland parison, which I fi nd unnec- would be compromised in ex- est invention of our time and this society and make it bet- have arrived as refugees or SURPRISINGLY for us, most essary. I am positive that as change for access and safety. has changed our lives and so- ter. Today, we have said it one asylum seekers. The number of the criticism and opposi- time passes and the use of Those who went as independ- ciety forever – and for the hundred times. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 22 – 27 MAY 2009 33 Society at a glance reveals Driving drowsy can be as international leisure trends dangerous as driving drunk
HT MATTHEW PARRY – HT Finns spend the least time on personal, medical and household services of all countries researched. IN A SURVEY carried out by University of Helsinki re- searcher Igor Radun and the NICK BARLOW ny both come a close second tistics are subject to varia- Finnish transport safety au- HELSINKI TIMES with a share of exactly 25 per tions according to whether thority Liikenneturva, al-
cent. On the other hand, the time is characterised as ‘lei- most 20 per cent of drivers LEHTIKUVA / MATTI BJÖRKMAN ACCORDING to a recently Mexicans only spend 16 per sure’ or ‘personal care’, the confessed to nodding off at published study the French cent of their time on leisure. OECD points out, and in all the wheel. Earlier research spend more time eating and Otherwise, the percentage countries except Italy, Ko- has already revealed that as sleeping than anyone else in of leisure time in a single day rea and Poland, where most much as 15 per cent of all fa- countries within the Organ- for Finns is fairly high, at 26.1 men spend less time on per- tal collisions are connected isation for Economic Co-op- against a mean of 24.1. The sonal care. Nonetheless, in to driver fatigue. eration and Development amount of time we spend most countries men tend to Drivers falling asleep at (OECD). The Japanese, on the eating and drinking is, how- have more leisure time than the wheel are most often other hand, sleep an hour less ever, relatively low, at slight- women. men, especially young male on average than the French ly above 80 minutes – more There are also differences drivers, including service- and spend more time work- than a third less than the between age groups. Unsur- men in the army. Profession- According to a recent study the summer months are a common ing and commuting than they French and New Zealanders. prisingly, leisure time availa- al drivers, such as cargo truck period for incidents of driving while dangerously tired. do engaging in leisure activ- Finns also spend the least ble to 15-24 year olds is always staff, who fail to observe the ities. The OECD report, So- time on personal, medical higher than for 25-44 year rules regarding working and is less commonly understood a personal breathalyser im- ciety at a Glance 2009, gives and household services of all olds. Young people in Finland, resting periods are another is the potentially fatal combi- mediately after drinking to an overview of certain social countries researched. Italy and New Zealand have it group who often fall asleep nation of fatigue with even a determine whether they are trends and developments in Perhaps the most star- particularly good, where 30 at the wheel, as are older men small amount of alcohol, along below the legal level. The de- OECD countries and also spe- tling information revealed per cent or more of an aver- during the afternoon. with its sedative effects. In velopment is a concerning cifi cally investigates leisure concerns gender differences age day is spent on leisure ac- The summer months are an such cases, even though a one, according to Radun, be- time in 18 sample countries, in leisure time. At the lowest tivities. In Finland, Belgium, especially common period for driver’s blood alcohol lev- cause it suggests that Finnish including Finland. end of the scale, a Norwegian Germany and Norway, those incidents of driving while dan- el may be below the legal 0.5 drivers are more concerned The report reveals large man can expect to have less aged 25-44 have more leisure gerously tired. Radun believes grams per litre, the fatigue with maintaining a techni- variations in the amount than fi ve minutes more than time than in other countries, that this has to do with the that sometimes strikes while cally correct blood-to-alcohol of leisure time among dif- his female counterpart. The perhaps because of high mar- lifestyle change brought on driving late at night, coupled level than with seriously ask- ferent nationalities as well difference in Finland is such ginal tax rates, or specifi c by long summer days. People with the effects of the alco- ing themselves whether they as between men and wom- that a male Finn has just less policy arrangements that en- tend to stay up later, and drive hol, can be enough to make feel up to driving. Neverthe- en. The most leisurely na- than 30 minutes more leisure courage a more balanced ap- longer journeys, often while the driver a risk to herself and less, even the latter would be tion surveyed turned out to time than a Finnish woman. proach to one’s professional hung over or even inebriated. to others. no guarantee of safety, since be Norway, where just over In Italy, however, the men life, the report suggests. The Radun points out that many Radun’s study also re- the dangerous effects of a quarter of the inhabitants’ have, on average, a huge 80 OECD was founded in 1961 people are aware of the dan- vealed that a large propor- combining fatigue and small time is spent on leisure activ- minutes a day more leisure and has a membership of 30 gers of driving while under tion (as much as 14.5 per amounts of alcohol may be ities – Finland and Germa- time than women. These sta- countries. the infl uence of alcohol. What cent) of Finnish drivers use too subtle to appreciate.
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LEHTIKUVA HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / Ranssi-Matikainen has wards, despite a noticeable recently published a guide to Thirty-year high constancy over the course of sustaining a loving, enduring Statistics Finland reports this decade. marriage: Paremman avio- that over 31,000 new mar- Counter-balancing this de- liiton rakkauspankki (pub- riages were recorded last velopment was a similar rise lisher: Päivä). She points out year, an increase of more in the number of marriag- that Finns are among the than 1,500 on the previous es registered – more than most divorce-prone nation- year. The last time such an 31,000 in 2008, or just over ality in Europe, following the annual fi gure was recorded 1,500 more than in 2007. Such Belgians. was in the 1970s. a fi gure has not been recorded “The feeling of growing The average age for wom- in Finland since the 1970s. apart can be a very genuine en marrying for the fi rst time The average age of wom- Over 31,000 new marriages were recorded in 2008. one if time isn’t set aside for was 30.2, while for men it was en marrying for the fi rst time sharing your successes and 32.5 years. These numbers was 30.2, and for men the STT The number of terminated registered last year, which is failures with your partner, have seen a steady rise over age was 32.5. These numbers MATTHEW PARRY – HT marriages was comparative- almost 250 more than in the and – why not? – with your the course of this decade. have been creeping upwards ly high last year. At the same previous year. This suggests a children, too,” Ranssi-Mat- In addition, almost 250 during the last ten years. FOLLOWING years of a grad- time, this was balanced by a signifi cant reverse in the pat- ikainen notes. registered partnerships were Almost 250 registered ual decline in the number of similar jump in the number tern of previous years, even if Päivi Sillanaukee, in recorded last year, with same- partnerships were entered Finns choosing to divorce, of couples tying the knot. numbers during this decade charge of health services sex male couples making up into in Finland last year – the fi gures for 2008 suggest According to fi gures provid- have remained fairly constant. within the Ministry of So- just over 90 of these, and just over 90 same-sex male the trend may now be in the ed by Statistics Finland, more Family researcher Han- cial Affairs and Health, em- same-sex female couples ac- couples, and almost 160 opposite direction. than 13,000 divorces were na Ranssi-Matikainen feels phasises that successfully counting for just under 160. same-sex female couples.
the genes identifi ed affect blood pressure. Genes, not only lifestyle assist “silent killer” The study is ongoing, and researchers anticipate ed. High blood pressure is not nection between these genes the identifi cation of further An international team of researchers has identified the genes in itself associated with any and the physiological condi- genes which dispose individ- particular symptoms, so the tions which induce strokes uals to high blood pressure. which predispose us to developing high blood pressure. only way to recognise it is and heart attacks. They hope that their discov- to have one’s blood pressure The next thing the re- ery will aid the future pre- measured. searchers intend to focus on vention and treatment of this HT lifestyle, manifested in such timated that, of all health For this study, 2.5 million is the mechanisms by which prevalent condition. MATTHEW PARRY indicators as being over- risk factors, high blood pres- individual genes were ex- weight, excessive intake of sure is behind the greatest amined, and the human re- ONE HUNDRED and sixty-four salt, fat and alcohol, too lit- number of premature deaths, search sample consisted of researchers from 93 different tle exercise, irregular sleep- and the greatest amount of 34,433 individuals of Europe- research institutes in Europe ing habits and an abundance illness, in the world. an extraction. and the United States have of stress. But despite the fact The researchers discov- discovered eight genes which that it has been known for A Finnish problem ered eight genes which were each have a signifi cant effect some time that genetic fac- High blood pressure is a par- associated with either high on blood pressure levels. On tors also play a role in regu- ticularly pressing problem in or low blood pressure. Taken the Finnish side, researchers lating an individual’s blood Finland, where over half of the in isolation, each of the genes LEHTIKUVA / TOR WENNSTRÖM from the universities of Hel- pressure level, numerous at- population registers above identifi ed had only a margin- sinki, Kuopio and Oulu, as well tempts at isolating particular the designated high point of al effect on blood pressure, as researchers from the Na- genes have ended in failure. 140/90. More than 500,000 but when they were taken to- tional Institute for Health and High blood pressure is one Finns receive medication for gether, their collective impact Welfare (THL), took part. of the more common national the problem, but many more on blood pressure was much High blood pressure is of- health problems. The World cases of high blood pressure more signifi cant. This meant More than 500,000 Finns receive medication for high blood ten refl ective of an unhealthy Health Organisation has es- in Finland simply go untreat- that there was a further con- pressure, but many more cases simply go untreated.
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Finnish The public broadcast- er added the threshold government would be three per cent, trumpets €61 mln half a point lower than the jobless funding one proposed by a work- ing group tasked with sug- boost gesting changes in the 1998 Finland’s centre-right gov- Election Act. ernment on 19 May pledged Government sources told a 61-million-euro increase the Finnish News Agency in funding to stem unem- (STT) that the Centre party ployment as the opposi- had shot down the Swedish tion fi led an interpellation People’s party’s proposal to accusing the centre-right- introduce an electoral dis- led government of sitting trict threshold as well as a on its hands in the face of a national one. STT rising jobless rate. Tarja Cronberg (green), the labour minister, said Finland’s VTT the aim was to spend the warns capital funds to help young peo- region’s ple and recent graduates congestion to soar fi nd jobs. She added that the mon- Finland’s Technical Research ey would come from the Centre (VTT), a govern- EU’s social fund. ment-funded agency, said 18 Tarja Filatov, a former May that congestion in and labour minister and chair around Helsinki would rise of the opposition Social markedly over the next few Democrats’ parliamenta- years unless traffi c volumes ry group, welcomed the in- were kept in check. crease but added that it VTT warned that motor- amounted to mere “emer- ists could expect to spend Police guarded the court when the head suspect, Hannu Kailajärvi, appeared before Oulu District Court in December 2008. gency relief”. 40 minutes covering the Filatov urged the gov- distance between the re- ernment to draft a supple- gion’s outermost circular mentary budget on jobless motorway and central Hel- Victims in funding before the sum- sinki by 2017. WinCapita pyramid scheme their thousands mer recess. VTT said the most ef- – 1,800 criminal complaints She also accused the gov- fi cient way to ease con- regarding WinCapita ernment of playing down the gestion was congestion went out with a bang have been made so far. unemployment problem. charging. STT Claims for compensation “One may indeed say for damages suffered now that that the fi nancial cri- Pressure for reimbursement from early members precipitated a exceed 25 million euros. sis that has transformed One in five Finns last-minute fundraising drive. into an employment crisis – Some 16.5 million euros’ appears to be changing into reins in spending worth of assets have been value crisis,” Filatov said. One in fi ve Finns has re- MINNA AKIMO – STT jority of those reimbursed to the scheme. The WinCap- either sequestered, “Does the government duced their spending over MATTHEW PARRY – HT had been involved with the ita investment club ceased frozen or seized. want to take seriously news the past two months, four scheme from its inception. its operations little over a of youth employment rising provincial papers quoted a IN THE FINAL months of its “The money was paid to year ago when the people – Four individuals have by more than 50% nation- Taloustutkimus poll as in- existence, the WinCapi- the club’s older members running it took down the been imprisoned for wide and by more than 80% dicating on 18 May. ta investment club scheme who had begun to demand club website for fear that their involvement in in the populous Uusimaa re- About 70% of the re- managed to rake in mas- the return of their invest- they had come under police running the WinCapita gion, for example?” STT spondents said their spend- sive profi ts from unsuspect- ment. We’re nevertheless suspicion. swindle. One other ing was unchanged, with one ing Finns. In the space of less still investigating just who individual is currently the in ten reporting an increase. than three months around received what,” Vuorivirta- Cold and hard subject of an international Finnish ruling In a similar poll car- the beginning of last year, Heikkinen says. Preliminary investigations search warrant. parties reach ried out in January, half of more than 35 million euros These reimbursements by the NBI also revealed that deal on election the respondents said they were deposited into the Win- were funded by way of fur- much of the money caught had spent more than two Capita account. ther funds coming from new up in the scheme was held in gate the trail of this cash fur- threshold months earlier. At the outset of 2008, the investors. Police interroga- cash. ther,” Vuorivirta-Heikkinen Finland’s ruling parties Commissioned by Etelä- pyramid scheme had a turn- tions revealed early on in the Cash was distributed to comments. have reached an agree- Suomen Sanomat, Kar- over of less than two million case that despite claims that the scheme’s so-called “spon- Any investors in posses- ment on a general elec- jalainen, Keskisuomalainen euros. Around this time, the it was involved in currency sors,” who were then meant sion of cash secured through tion threshold, the Finnish and Savon Sanomat, Talous- club began to aggressive- trading, WinCapita conduct- to transfer a corresponding the WinCapita scheme should Broadcasting Company tutkimus interviewed 1,000 ly court new investors in a ed no such activities. amount online to the scheme contact the police now in or- (YLE) reported on 18 May. people in early May. STT bid to secure the funds to re- The substantial trans- via the WinCapita website. der facilitate the settlement imburse its original mem- fer of funds which occurred The NBI’s investigations now of claims for damages. bers. During this period, the early last year was necessi- seem to show that a substan- scheme’s architects man- tated by the early success of tial amount of this cash re- aged to transfer funds back the pyramid scheme the year mains in the hands of various to some of its membership to earlier. In 2007, WinCapita of these “sponsors.” the tune of around 32 million attracted some 50 million eu- “Our preliminary inves- euros. ros worth of investment. tigations have shown that According to investigator During the entire period a great deal of the money Maria Vuorivirta-Heikki- it was running, from 2005 fl owing through this scheme nen of the National Bureau of to 2008, around 100 million was in the form of cash. We Investigation (NBI), the ma- euros were channeled in- therefore resolved to investi- Police issue deadline for complaints
THE FINNISH police have is- mid scheme be lodged within the damages claimed, and sued a deadline for formal the next month, by mid-June. demonstrate that any com- complaints regarding per- The purpose of the dead- pensation is directed at the sonal damages related to in- line is to collect as many appropriate recipient. volvement in the WinCapita incidents as possible for in- Any claims for compen- scheme. vestigation at the same time, sation are to be fi led at the The National Bureau of In- and to discourage individuals same time as statements re- vestigation (NBI) has asked from pursuing the matter in- questing investigation, both that any requests for inves- dependently. If someone wish- of which will involve ques- tigation of criminal activity es to do so, they are required tioning of the individual in in conjunction with the pyra- to both provide evidence of question by the police. 6 22 – 27 MAY 2009 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MICHAEL NAGLER LEHTIKUVA / JARNO MELA KAUPPALEHTI 16 May. HENRIIKKA PULLI
During the beginning of the Superb year funds investing in Rus- sia have given a return on in- vestment of over 55 per cent returns on at best. It is not too late for the prospective investor to investment join in, but portfolio man- agers are urging people to hurry. So far this year, in- ‘The portfolio managers of funds investing in devel- vesting in Russia has oping markets such as Russia paid off handsomely, are reminding people of sig- reports the financial nifi cant trends which char- acterise these nations. In the paper Kauppalehti. long run these trends are ex- pected to reap large bene- fi ts for investors. Until then, “INVESTORS who dared to investors must withstand invest in Russian funds at the volatility,’ says JP Mor- the beginning of the year gan portfolio manager Luke can hold their heads high. Richdale.”
ILTALEHTI 17 May A nurse wearing protective clothing in the infectious diseases’ ward at Aurora Hospital in Helsinki in April, 2009.
AAMULEHTI 16 May. PEKKA KYMÄLÄINEN Centre Party Deputy Chairman: “True Finland in trouble if swine flu mutates Finns lie to voters” lion would be infected in the If the swine flu virus mutates into a more aggressive form the conse- worst-case scenario. If the quences for Finland and the world could be grave, warns the Tampere- WHO’s and Professor Fer- The Deputy Chairman of the Centre Party guson’s worst-case esti- accuses the True Finns party of deceiving based daily Aamulehti. mate of the death toll is true, then around 40,000 people the voters, the tabloid Iltalehti reports. would perish from swine fl u “HEALTH CARE offi cials are have not acted on WHO rec- ous form of the virus could in Finland. According to the pleased due to the serious ommendations. Even the arrive in its entirety in Fin- estimate in the prepared- “THE TRUE FINNS are grossly ropean Union. He has fl ip- preparations taken in Finland instructions of their own pre- land in the autumn. ness plan, the disease would misleading the voters in the fl opped so often that even the in 2006-2007 for the arrival of paredness plans have been In an analysis broadcast sweep through Finland in a run-up to the European Par- True Finns’ own candidates bird fl u. This laid the basis for neglected. If the swine infl u- by the BBC on 12 May Profes- few months.” liament elections, claims the cannot keep up. Based on to- the national pandemic prepar- enza A(H1N1) virus mutates sor Neil Ferguson estimat- “If the disease advances Centre Party’s Deputy Chair- day’s information the True edness plan, which in the near into a more aggressive form, ed that one in three people rapidly and becomes more man Antti Rantakangas. Finns’ party line is the shut- future may be of more use than Finland will be in a crisis. And in the world will be infect- lethal, Finnish society will According to Rantakan- down of the EU’s agricultural was initially thought. it is a very real possibility. ed with H1N1 within six to be brought to its knees. The gas, citizens cannot keep up policy and the transfer of all The plan lays out in detail Originally the North Amer- nine months. Ferguson, who same will happen in many with the True Finns’ thoughts authority to Brussels. A vote the actions to be taken in case ican infl uenza A(H1N1), now is also a member of the WHO other countries.” on the EU since the party’s for the True Finns is a vote of a pandemic. Even by inter- generally called swine fl u, Emergency Committee, The article is based on the opinions change so often. for the abandonment of the national standards Finland’s was predicted to hit Finland thinks that the H1N1 virus national pandemic prepared- ‘Timo Soini must tell Finns countryside. Soini has broken plan is good, at least on pa- in July. The two cases in Fin- has a real potential to turn ness plan, instructions from what he really thinks about the world record in fl ip-fl op- per. In practice, the situation land which were confi rmed on into a pandemic.” the National Institute for Finland’s stance in the Eu- ping,’ Rantakangas says.” is completely different. Large 12 May will not yet cause wid- “According to calculations Health and Welfare, instruc- hospitals and hospital dis- er action. The fi rst, mild phase by Professor Ferguson and tions directed to hospital dis- tricts have been the only ones of the epidemic is at hand. the WHO, four out of every tricts from the Ministry of that have done their part in Now the Ministry of So- 1,000 patients infected by Social Affairs and Health, preparing for a pandemic. cial Affairs and Health and the virus may die. and the World Health Or- In Finland, most munic- infl uenza specialists esti- Finland has over fi ve mil- ganization’s (WHO) H1N1 ipalities and workplaces mate that the more danger- lion people, so about 1.5 mil- database.
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 17 May. KRISTIINA MARKKANEN domestic violence or as sex LEHTIKUVA / TOMI KOSONEN workers. They have been left outside of the support net- work of Finnish society. Thai women in Finland frequently This is revealed in a new report on integration proce- victims of domestic violence dures for Thai women by the Interior Ministry’s Migration Department. Thai women have few options when faced with domestic abuse in Domestic violence is com- mon in Finnish-Thai families. Finland, reports the national daily Helsingin Sanomat. Women do not dare divorce due to fears over losing their residence permit, and espe- “BY THE END of May the In- been subjected to domestic needed, says Minna Gråsten, cially if they have children. terior Ministry’s Police violence. the acting head of the offi ce of Therefore they either suffer Department will set up At the same time more ef- police permit administration. in silence or fl ee underground, guidelines for local police to fi cient integration procedures Hundreds of Thai women often ending up as sex work- help Thai women who have elsewhere in society are also live in Finland as victims of ers in massage parlours.” Timo Soini
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accident,” said Kisilova, who believes this medical pro- Chernobyl kids gramme “is the most human- itarian in the world.” But Medina and paediatri- cian Arístides Cintra agree keep arriving in Cuba that they can’t always be sci- entifi cally sure that the prob- lems they are treating were caused by the nuclear disas- Thousands of kilometres from Ukraine, where the worst nuclear ter, because they present in the same way as they would accident in history occurred 23 years ago, the sun and fresh air of a for people who were never Cuban beach provide therapy for Ukrainian children who continue to exposed to radiation. LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / ADALBERTO ROQUE be born with problems stemming from the disaster. “In any case, the recov- ery rate is more than 90 per- cent,” said Medina. The most frequent prob- the beginning of a vast aid ipation of the Internation- lems are thyroid cancer, leu- project that has now benefi t- al Fund for Chernobyl, a kaemia, muscular dystrophy, ed more than 24,000 people. Ukraine-based non-govern- psychological and neurologi- According to Cuban authori- mental organisation that es- cal ailments, as well as skin ties, this help will continue as timates Cuba’s expenditures diseases that are not cured in
TARARA long as Ukraine needs it. to be 350 million dollars in Ukraine, such as vitiligo, pso- Cuba’s Chernobyl chil- medications alone. riasis and hair loss. dren’s programme – which Ukraine covers transpor- The reactor explosion re- until 1992 also received pa- tation, while room and board leased, among other radioac- tients from Russia and Be- and medical services provid- tive substances, cesium-137, PATRICIA GROGG larus – is centred in Tarará, ed in Cuba are covered by the which remains active much IPS some 20 kilometres east of host country. longer than other types. the capital, and includes a The patients themselves “People exposed to cesium- THE DAY WAS just beginning small hospital, a school with are aware of the costs. “In my 137 are at risk of contracting on 26 April, 1986, when Re- Ukrainian teachers and sev- country, the treatment that illnesses, which is why we as- actor 4 exploded at the Cher- eral dozen comfortable hous- my son receives would cost sess even apparently healthy nobyl nuclear power plant, ing units. 80,000 euros (105,362 dol- children who live in con- then part of the Ukrainian “From here they move lars),” said Natalia Kisilova, taminated areas,” explained Soviet Socialist Republic. through our entire health mother of Mikhail Kisilov, Cintra. According to witnesses, the system, depending on their a 15-year-old boy who was According to Ukraine explosion sent the temper- needs,” said director Julio born with one outer ear and business attaché Oleksandr ature up to a searing 2,500 Medina. That was his expla- auditory canal missing. Khrypunov, between 1987 degrees, melting everything nation for not making dollar Doctors involved with and 2004, just over a half- nearby. A cloud of radioac- estimates of the assistance the programme that work million people died from tive dust spread over much that Cuba provides free of in Ukraine assessed his case the effects of radiation. In of Europe. cost. and sent him here two years Ukraine alone, an addition- The radiation released “The important thing is to ago. Cuban professionals im- al 2.3 million people suffered Ukrainian child victims of the April 1986 nuclear accident in during the disaster caused a provide all the medical atten- mediately began treatment damages to their health, in- Chernobyl, some of them affected by alopecia and vitiligo, chat wide range of ills among the tion that these children and to correct the deformity. cluding about a half-million among themselves 25 April, 2006 at Tarara Hospital, east of Ha- population, like cancer and young people need,” he said. “We lived in the accident children. “Most of those who vana, where they are receiving medical treatment. birth defects. The project operates zone and in the last few years go to Tarará are victims of Four years later, children through an agreement be- at least four babies have been that disaster,” he said. population have been con- “Chernobyl has passed to and teenagers from the dis- tween the two countries’ born with similar problems The economic losses from siderably reduced, and young second or third place on the aster area began arriving health ministries. Medina to my son’s... I have no doubt the accident continue to ac- people rarely talk about it scale of people’s worries,” he in Cuba. The fi rst 139 were also mentioned the partic- that it is a consequence of the crue, but the risks to the anymore, said Khrypunov. said.
has deteriorated immensely makeshift camp next to Pat- during the last few months,” ras port following the an- Greeks increasingly xenophobic Georgia Dusia, human rights nouncement of plans to activist with the leftist or- transfer them to a new ’closed’ fectively shut the majority of ganisation Network for the camp which will be policed on migrants out of asylum pro- rights of Refugees told IPS. a 24-hour basis. Several violent attacks against economic migrants have been re- cedures; this country is lit- ”We sometimes fail to accept It was also decided at ported around Athens city centre during the last month, most nota- erally a workshop of social the reality on the ground out an emergency meeting this exclusion for foreigners.” of sympathy and pro- migrant week of offi cials from the bly targeting the Pakistani community. Following widespread so- views, but it is better to be ministries of interior, foreign cial unrest in Athens, be- aware and to acknowledge re- affairs, defence, the mer- ginning with the riots last ality. There are places in this chant marine and island poli- sang radical marching tunes. the NGO Aitima based in Pat- December, authorities have city cut out of society. People cy, and of the police and coast ’Blood, Honour, Golden Dawn’ ra city 250 km southwest of become more insensitive to are scared, politicians capi- guard, to set up a new coordi- went one slogan, Golden Athens. Thousands of refu- human rights issues, Riza- talise on the situation, and we nation body for the protec- Dawn being the name of the gees from Afghanistan and kos says. need to respond to that.” tion of national borders. most notorious fascist group Somalia live there in inhu- During the last few months The Ministry of Interi- One of the fi rst measures in the country. The demon- mane conditions. a connection made by main- or has announced plans to will be to involve the military ATHENS strators attack foreigners, ”Nobody discusses what stream media between the move thousands of irregular in detaining migrants, and journalists or just anyone drives thousands of people constant arrival of thousands migrants to detention facili- strengthening surveillance who dared show disapproval to such abject conditions, of migrants and an increase ties. Many squatting in run- of borders against arrivals. of the demonstration. and what the responsibility in criminality in some dis- down buildings in the Athens This will be done with a budg- APOSTOLIS FOTIADIS Police stood passive- of the Greek state is for that,” tricts of the capital they con- city centre will be moved to et of 200 million euros up to IPS ly between the extremists Rizakos told IPS. ”We illegal- centrate in has prepared the a disused military facility in 2013, 148 million of which and leftist counter- demon- ly do not implement Europe- ground for tougher measures. Aspropirgos, west of Athens. will come from the Europe- “I CAN SEE migrants are the strators, restricting them- an directives for reception ”The truth is that the sit- And a large number of Af- an Union, for policing equip- source of many problems,” selves to calming down the and integration, and have ef- uation around the city centre ghans have abandoned a ment and new technologies. says Maria Nafpliotou, an angry mob now and then. employee at a music store Their casual way of deal- in the city centre. “Nobody ing with the neo-Nazis was is happy to see them living unmistakable. around here, but I doubt slay- Such demonstrations are All kinds of Motor Boats. Best quality and service. ing them is a solution.” not common in Athens, and Also TAX FREE She says this as she looks could be dismissed as iso- out into Omonia square at lated events were it not for a demonstration called last growing signs over the past week by a group of far-right few months of an immi- organisations going under nent wave of xenophobia in the name ’Residents commit- Greece. tees against the invasion of ”The debate about dete- aliens in our country’. rioration of migration into The hundreds of dem- a crisis is increasingly tak- onstrators fl ew the Greek ing place in a very negative fl ag, played music by Wagn- climate,” says Spyros Riza- www.sakaco.fi er as did the Nazis once, and kos, legal representative of 8 22 – 27 MAY 2009 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES
LEHTIKUVA /HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA in post-recessionary phases. “Unemployment will inevita- bly increase in 2009 as well as next year,” says Heiskanen. “In the absence of positive sur- prises we may therefore not see a turn for the better until well into 2011.” The bank sees an unemployment rate of 8.8 per cent for this year and 9.4 per cent in 2010. Exports will also plum- met but begin to recover as growth in global trade begins to resume. “We expect the sit- uation to stabilise gradually David J. Cord is a writer and columnist for the Helsinki and a recovery to take place al- Times. He is also a private investor with over ten years of ready towards the end of the international experience. year,” explains Heiskanen. “We anticipate export growth next year, but an increase of a few A solution to the percentage points will be very slow after the collapse of his- torical proportions.” Nordea retirement dilemma Nordea economist Reijo Heiskanen is more optimistic than most on the near-term prospects of the predicts exports will fall 16.5 FINLAND is facing a serious challenge. The nation has Finnish economy. per cent this year and grow by a retirement system that is unsustainable and politi- 4.5 per cent next year. cians have not been able to summon the will necessary Residential construc- to fi x the problem. The solution is simple, but if elect- tion will remain in the dol- ed offi cials refuse to implement it then major storm Nordea predicts drums. Heiskanen believes clouds are on the horizon. that starts of new owner-oc- cupied buildings “will be very PRIME Minister Matti Vanhanen almost lost his job few and far between” this when he tried to save the pension system by increasing slow growth next year year. On the bright side, the the retirement age. Probably one of the main reasons strong rental market is like- the plan failed is simply the way it was proposed. The ly to cause construction of powerful unions were evidently not consulted and so In contrast to some other forecasts, Nordea is relatively more optimistic. rental fl ats to pick up dur- proceeded to fl ex their muscles and nix the deal. ing 2009. Renovations will also start to increase as the SOMETHING has to be done, of course. Today the taxes DAVID J. CORD economist Reijo Heiskanen “We expect slight economic result of some fi scal stimu- of about four workers support every pensioner. In on- HELSINKI TIMES in the statement. “We expect growth as early as next year,” lus measures. Renovation ly six years it will be three workers for every pensioner. the downtrend to level out to- continues Heiskanen. “Howev- construction makes up ap- The math simply doesn’t add up. In such a situation on- SCANDINAVIA’S largest bank wards autumn and reverse er, the improvement will start proximately half of all con- ly three options are available: increase taxes, decrease Nordea has released its eco- into a gradual rise.” Nordea from such a low level and be so struction in Finland. benefi ts or have people work longer. nomic forecast for the coming expects Gross Domestic Prod- slow that the outlook for unem- The bank also believes pri- years. It believes that growth uct (GDP) to contract 4.5 per ployment and public fi nances vate consumption will dras- WORKING longer is the politically easiest solution. will return to Finland in 2010. cent this year and to increase will remain weak for years.” tically slow. After an average Money isn’t being taken out of a person’s pocket; the “With the arrival of spring, 1.5 per cent next year. Nordea believes that unem- increase of over 3 per cent receipt of the money is simply being delayed. This also more defi nite signs have Although the bank sees ployment will continue to rise from 2006-2008, Nordea sees makes sense when one thinks of the great increase in emerged of the economy grad- growth returning, it believes even after economic growth private consumption declin- longevity. The original framers of our retirement plan ually stabilising,” says Nordea that it will be slow and hesitant. returns, as is normally the case ing 0.5 per cent this year. Next did not envisage peo- year consumption will only in- ple spending decades Individuals should be NORDEA crease 1 per cent. in retirement. Economic forecasts Nordea has been marked- carefully considering ly more optimistic than some if they want to leave THE UNIONS have ad- 2009 2010 other forecasters. The bank mitted that the re- GDP inflation unemployment GDP inflation unemployment expects a less dramatic slow- their future well-be- tirement system must down, lower infl ation and ing in the hands of be fi xed. Now Jukka Bank of Finland -5% 0.5% 9.2% -1.1% 1.1% 9.5% better unemployment num- politicians reluctant Rantala of the Finnish Ministry of Finance -5% 0.9% 9% -1.4% 1.1% 9.5% bers than either the Bank of Centre for Pensions is Nordea -4.5% 0.3% 8.8% 1.5% 0.8% 9.4% Finland or the government’s to act. trying to fi nd ways of Ministry of Finance. convincing people to voluntarily work longer. In effect, his job is to suggest how to get workers to choose to increase their retire- ment age. Baltic states’ dismal economy impacts Finland INCREASING the retirement age, voluntarily or invol- untarily, is the easiest solution for the nation as a whole. in the next few years to im- Finland has relied heavily However, it is not the only solution. Individuals should be prove the profi tability of the upon Estonian labour, especial- carefully considering if they want to leave their future Heavy Finnish investment in the Baltics dur- business.” ly in the construction mar- well-being in the hands of politicians reluctant to act. ing the boom years goes into reverse. Banks have also lent heav- ket. The collapse of the Finnish ily to the Baltic nations. Nor- construction industry could FINLAND does have a voluntary pension scheme similar dea has lent about 7.5 billion lead to 15,000 Estonian work- to the individual retirement plans of many other coun- DAVID J. CORD ly in the centre of their expan- euros in the area, but this is ers losing their jobs, accord- tries. These voluntary savings schemes are not as pop- HELSINKI TIMES sion plans. They enjoyed the dwarfed by other Swedish ing to Indrek Peterson, head ular in the Nordic nations as in Anglo-Saxon countries, massive boom of recent years banks. SEB has lent approxi- of the Estonian association of but perhaps they should be. THE ECONOMIES of the Baltic but are now feeling the pain of mately 18 billion euros while construction companies. states contracted to an alarm- the recession. Stockmann an- Swedbank holds loans top- Domestic retailers and WHEN debating the retirement system dilemma volun- ing degree in the fi rst quarter nounced last week that it was ping 20 billion euros. Last travel companies have also tary savings seldom comes up. Perhaps one reason it of this year. Their dire situa- pulling the Hobby Hall divi- month the Moody’s rating been hurt as tourism between is rarely mentioned is the Nordic welfare state mod- tion has impacted many Finn- sion out of the Baltics. Hobby agency cut SEB’s credit rat- Finland and Estonia has de- el. But if the plan is to convince people to voluntarily ish companies which invested Hall had been in Estonia since ing as a result of its heavy clined. Statistics Finland an- work longer, why not convince them to voluntarily save heavily in the region and has 1992, in Latvia since 2000 and exposure in the troubled nounced that in March 10 per more? One could wish that promoting voluntary re- also led to fears of a deepen- Lithuania since 2002. countries. cent fewer Estonian tourists tirement plans to the public would be higher up on the ing regional crisis. “Hobby Hall’s operations Fears of economic conta- spent a night in Finland. The agenda. Simple public education about the use of these Latvia was the worst per- in the Baltic countries have gion led the Swedish central number of Finns going to Es- plans could go a long way. If the government was really former, with its Gross Do- failed to achieve a suffi cient bank Riksbank to enter into a tonia has also dropped. The serious it would also increase their tax benefi ts. mestic Product declining 18 level of profi tability through- precautionary arrangement Estonian statistics offi ce said per cent during the fi rst three out the present decade,” Hob- to support the Estonian cen- that the number of Finnish INVESTING is simply delaying current consumption. months of the year. This was by Hall’s Managing Director tral bank. “The precautionary tourists has declined 8 per With a less-generous public pension system in store even worse than the consen- Raija-Leena Söderholm said arrangement with Riksbank cent during the fi rst three for the future it is a good idea to consider delaying con- sus estimates which predict- in the statement. “Quick es- is an additional step to com- months of the year. sumption now in order to have a more comfortable re- ed a fall of slightly more than calation of the fi nancial cri- plement high liquidity and Nordea Bank expects tirement. A voluntary pension plan is simply one way 16 per cent. Estonia’s econo- sis in the Baltic countries has capital buffers the Swedish that Estonia’s economy will to provide for your own future. my probably shrank by 12.8 brought a substantial dete- banks’ branches and subsidi- contract by 9.5 per cent this per cent while Lithuania had rioration in purchasing pow- aries operating in Estonia al- year. It believes Latvia’s GDP [email protected] a 12.6 per cent decline. er, leading to loss-making ready have,” said Governor will fall by 12 per cent while Many Finnish companies operations, and there are no of Eesti Pank Andres Lipstok Lithuania’s will drop by 10 placed the Baltic states square- foreseeable opportunities back in February. per cent. HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS BUSINESS BUSINESS 22 – 27 MAY 2009 99 HELSINKI Business Hub BUSINESS BUSINESS
In addition to the energy conference, Henrik Erämestä of the AmCham Energy Com- mittee took representatives from ten Finnish companies on a road trip around Amer- Finns in Washington ica to familiarise them with the US energy market. Rinta-Jouppi of the Helsinki The Finnish embassy in the United States is playing host for a month REACH Centre. Mobile technology long showcase of Finnish industrial expertise. Juhani Sormunen of the Of course, it is inconceivable ECHA and Malachy Harga- that Finnish industrial ex- don of the European Com- pertise could be discussed mission’s U.S. delegation without mobile technology were present at the 6 May coming into the conversa- event at the Finnish Embas- tion. Since the mobile indus- sy in Washington in order to try is such an important part help American companies of Finnish know-how two understand the new Euro- events are being held this pean framework. Sormunen month. updated the American guests A roundtable event fo- regarding ECHA activities cused on what Helsinki has while Hargadon explained to offer in the fi eld of mo- how EU chemicals legislation bile business and the overall could impact transatlantic advantages of the Helsinki cooperation and business. business market. The second event, Mobile Monday Wash- Expertise ington, D.C. was a networking in clean energy event. Participants focussed On 13 May the focus switched on Finnish mobile applica- to clean energy technology tions which were on display with the US – Finnish Ener- to impress the crowd. gy Conference. David Pum- “It was a blast!” exclaims
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FINLAND. phrey and Petteri Kuuva Ismo Rantala of the Finn- explained the various ener- ish Mobile Association. “We gy policies of America and had so many people show the EU respectively and then up for Mobile Monday that afterwards the focus shifted we couldn’t let everyone in to doing business in the new because of the fi re code. It global environment. was a top-class event, and “At the moment there is a the others were too. For in- great interest and a huge po- stance, I had some free time tential for modern energy and went to the energy con- measurement and monitoring ference. We were discussing technology in the US market,” Enfucell’s printable batteries BaseN’s Pasi Hurri explained and we began to talk about The Finnish Mobile Association was among the participants at the Mobile Monday Washington D.C. networking event. to AmCham Finland. “During how it could be used on a mo- the Energy Conference we look bile printer. All the themes fi t forward to gain new US con- together nicely to showcase DAVID J. CORD role Helsinki plays in these base. ECHA manages the ers to have a representative tacts in this growing fi eld.” Finnish expertise.” HELSINKI TIMES global sectors. registration, evaluation, au- in Europe to comply with the Hurri was joined by a The seminars and events thorisation and restriction registration obligations. number of other Finns from are being held with the sup- DURING the month of May Helsinki – the of chemicals to ensure a con- “Unlike their competitors the worlds of business and port of Greater Helsinki Finnish expertise is on dis- new chemicals sistent approach across the in the EU, the non-EU man- government to explain what Promotion, the American play in Washington, D.C. capital European Union. ufacturers, especially small Finnish companies have to Chamber of Commerce (Am- Three events focuing on the Helsinki has become one of For the American fi rms and medium-sized compa- offer in regards to renewable Cham), the City of Helsin- Finnish specialties of chem- the most important locales present it is extremely im- nies, are often lacking suf- energy technology. Benet, ki and the Finnish Embassy icals, energy and mobile for the global chemical in- portant to have good contacts fi cient support systems or Enfucell and Neste Oil were in Washington. The Finnish technology are taking place dustry due to the European in Helsinki as the new regula- even awareness of this new only a few of the companies delegation includes leaders around America’s capital, Chemicals Agency (ECHA) tions require importers and and comprehensive legal which had representatives from private companies and highlighting the important using the city as its home non-European manufactur- framework,” explains Riku present. public organisations.
Finnish mobile association begins operations Did you know … has strong roots. The associ- do? Now all this information Th e new World Finland’s thriving mobility companies are joining ation will organise events for will all be in one place.” match making, market Finn- There is a lot of work neces- Trade Centre at together into a new association. ish mobile expertise at indus- sary to get a new association Helsinki-Vantaa try events and research the up and running, but Rantala is airport will DAVID J. CORD organised. Finland’s thriv- organising the industry in Fin- industry. “We want people already busy with new activ- HELSINKI TIMES ing mobility companies are land. We have done so well for to fi nd the most up-to-date ities. He just came back from include two joining together into a new so long no one really took the research about the Finn- the events in Washington, twelve-story IT’S AN old joke. When some- association. time to make a formal organi- ish mobile industry,” contin- D.C. and is on his way to Israel buildings with one new in the mobile tech- “Sweden and Israel have sation.” That has now changed ues Rantala. “Now there are for the Israel Venture Associa- 12,000 square nology industry asks about had a mobile association for as last week the association several different studies. tion conference on 19 May. colleagues speaking a some time, but Finland has had its founding meeting. We want one source that all metres of space strange language, he is told not,” explains Ismo Rantala of Growing out of the mo- members can use. What were each they are the “Finnish mob.” the Finnish Mobile Association. bility otaniemi microcluster, our exports last year? How www.finnmob.com Now the “mob” is getting “There was a defi nite need for the new organisation already much business did this sector
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LEHTIKUVA / VILLE MYLLYNEN VILLE / LEHTIKUVA Cleantech dominance
Karel Smrcka, an TOMMY TABERMANN is a Social Democratic Party MP. information resourc- es consultant and An open letter to the future translator for Engi- neering News writes AS I WRITE this, the world is experiencing the fi rst period of the Obama dynasty, and the lessons from the bad times Industries associated with forestry have experienced the steepest decline in turnover. about the advances have had time to fade during the years of plenty. Now our in Finland’s environ- country, and indeed the whole world, is once again in the RTT NEWS 5 May grip of chaos and danger. A plague of locusts unleashed mental technology on Wall Street is taking food from children’s mouths. market. Everywhere people are awaiting a messiah who will lead Finnish industrial turnover declines the people back to green fi elds and kitchen hearths. It is frightening to see that whenever nations have been put “ON 15 MAY, the Statistics 23.3 per cent fall in export chemical industry turnover “FINLAND is set to conquer under a trance, the land is covered in gore. Finland said in a report that turnover. and a 22.9 per cent drop in the world’s environmen- the manufacturing turno- During the December- the electronic and electrical tal technology markets. The THE LEAN years don’t change into years of plenty ver dropped 20.6 per cent February period, turno- industry turnover. However, Cleantech Finland brand, through commands or prayer, but by dividing the work year-on-year in the De- ver declined the most in the turnover grew 11.9 per cent which supports the growth of and manna evenly so there is enough to go round for cember to February period, forest industry, by 26.8 per in the utilities industry as Finland’s environmental op- everyone. reflecting a 17.5 per cent de- cent. This was followed by also 3.6 per cent in the food erations, is building Finland’s cline in domestic sales and a a 25.5 per cent fall in the industry. “ reputation as the leading I AM writing this letter to you because it is probably im- supplier of clean technology. possible for you to understand our blindness and incom- The brand’s role is to im- prehension. You are probably exclaiming with your head prove awareness of companies in your hands: how could they ever have been so stupid? among national and interna- How could they have let the prophets of Greed and Selfi sh- tional interest groups and to ness lead them to the brink of the abyss? How could they create an image of Finland as ever have believed that everyone could achieve happiness a responsible country with by shoving others aside, casting the weak overboard, and high-tech and environmental plundering public funds even beyond their own needs? expertise, where it is worth investing and locating. The
YOU WILL certainly ask: didn’t we get enough learning LEHTIKUVA / TIMO JAAKONAHO project is being run by Finpro. and education? Didn’t we have schools and universities ‘Cleantech Finland is a stra- where we were taught to respect life and our fellow hu- tegic and marketing competi- man beings? Were words like ‘sympathy’, ‘empathy’ and tive edge for Finnish companies. ‘solidarity’ unknown to us? And what about fairness? The brand brings together top Didn’t anyone ever talk about that? That there is right Finnish expertise,’ states Fin- and wrong, and doing wrong is not a matter of pride but pro CEO Jorma Turunen. of shame. You dimly recall that in our time there were al- Cleantech Finland’s long- so writings which said that all men are born equal. You term target is to profi le Fin- wonder why people did not even attempt to put this into land as the best-known clean practice. In your eyes, we must certainly be not only stu- technology country in poten- pid and hypocritical, but liars as well. Self-deception is tial markets by 2012.” the worst kind, you point out. Northern Finland offers vast tracts of unspoilt nature.
AND WHAT about love? Haven’t we loved our own lives so NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC June TAIWAN NEWS 16 May much that we wanted to turn that love into love and real respect for others? Why don’t we do it? Did the prophets say it was some occult doctrine that upset their plans, At Oulanka National Park in Finland Boy’s and so its messengers were made into objects of ridicule and subjected to public scorn. Next to the wonderful in- a forest floor outshines the sky fate sparks timate love between people, men and women, the love that is a fellow-feeling love – that, you recall, is the true normal height. Young Scotch Russia- measure of the quality of life. When there is enough of National Geographic’s Verlyn Klinkenborg pines grow on the slopes like that fellow-feeling love, hunger and war will disappear. closely spaced lances, and the Finland is charmed by the beauty of Oulanka old ones tower overhead, out- I AM writing to you at a time when mankind is more pros- National Park. growing the red of their bark dispute perous than ever, yet the hungering masses are larger as they age. The long winters than ever. It must certainly be diffi cult for you to under- and deep snows have trimmed “A CUSTODY battle over a 5- stand this equation and the fact that we have got accus- “THE NEXT time I visit Oulanka and crowberries and lichens. the candle spruces into the year-old boy has sparked a tomed and inured to it. Greed and selfi shness have caused National Park in the far north At that height, too, the wood- slenderest of columns. In sum- diplomatic dispute between us to think that the poor and the rich, the hungry and the of Finland, I want to be two ant nests will tower over me. I mer and fall the quiet north- Russia and Finland. full-bellied, have always existed and will always continue feet tall. That way the autumn will have to keep a sharp look- ern light fl ickers on the leaves Russia’s foreign minis- to exist. That it has been ordained and decreed thus, and mushrooms will come up to out for moose and reindeer, and the bark of silver and ter protested to his Finnish we must accept it and submit to it – while saving our own my knees, and I’ll fi nd myself it’s true. downy birches. This is the bo- counterpart after the boy’s skins. It is a wretched lesson from these times that the walking in a waist-high forest Not that there’s anything real forest, the forest that cov- Finnish father brought him most important parts of a person’s body are his elbows. of heather and lingonberries wrong with Oulanka at my ers nearly all of Finland.” from Russia to Finland this The gods of bread do not like this teaching. month without permission from his Russian mother. I AM writing this letter to you because I know deep Russian Foreign Minis- down to the very marrow of my bones that you and Get ready fgfor the boating season try spokesman Andrei Nes- your generation will choose a different path. That is terenko said 15 May that the that path of harmony, of which we are able to sam- at the Yamaha Center! boy’s removal was a “rude vi- ple only a few specks. But the knowledge that you will olation of Russian law.” be able to walk down that path gives me strength and Buster XXL + Yamaha F115 He said Russia was incensed courage amidst this chaos and darkness. Price 35.500 € that the Finnish consulate in St. Petersburg had helped the boy All registered boats sold by us get the Finnish PLEASE excuse me for being so weak and imperfect. But Lifeboat Institution’s Trossi service for one and his father and that a consu- do not excuse me if you hear that I surrendered myself year free! lar employee had taken them to
to become one of the wolves in the pack, one of the in- At the Yamaha Center you will fi nd Yamarin, Buster, Grandezza and Finland in his car. different people in the indifferent herd. Finnmaster boats as well as Yamaha outboard motors and WaveRunners. Finnish Consul Gener- al Olli Perheentupa said the Boat Sales +358 9 2766 5525 Tuupakantie 1, Vantaa Ari Lahtinen GSM +358 50 310 4998 boy is a Finnish citizen whose Kehä III (Ring Road III) Kimmo Wessman GSM +358 50 434 4291 Translation provided by Delingua Language Service www.yamaha-center.fi Toni Martikainen GSM +358 50 433 9575 mother brought him to Rus- sia illegally last year.” HELSINKI TIMES SPORT 22 – 27 MAY 2009 1111
LEHTIKUVA / MARKUS HENTTONEN The Veikkausliiga’s ongoing crisis
Despite the problems, Jyväskylä’s JJK may of- fer some clues on how to overcome the chronic disinterest that plagues Finnish football.
EGAN RICHARDSON has revolved around market- HELSINKI TIMES ing their season tickets ag- gressively, selling over 1,000; THE FINNISH newspapers targeted free tickets, with have been full of talk about 5,000 going to schoolchil- Veikkausliiga's crisis. Do- dren in Central Finland; and mestic football in Finland has creating the kind of 'buzz' long suffered from poor facil- that makes sponsors want to ities, low attendances, play- fund a sporting entity. ers leaving for richer foreign Around 80 per cent of JJK's leagues, but these problems income comes from sponsor- have become more promi- ship, with the remaining 20 nent recently, and the foot- per cent coming from match- ball media has not been slow day revenues (mainly ticket Often overlooked, trotting races remain popular. Here Norwegian horse Moe Brage (number 11) and rider Dagfinn Aarum take victory in to point out the diffi culties. sales). That proportion is com- Lahti last month. It's not hard to poke fun parable to most Finnish clubs, when the average league at- but JJK have some innovative tendance is almost 1,000 ways of increasing revenue. below the target fi gure an- They have used their new Ko- nounced before the season, rean signings to extract more Finland trots at the front but to do so is to ignore the cash from a local sauna com- underlying reasons for foot- pany with expansion plans ball's apparent crisis. in Asia. After striker Ik Ky- A deceptively popular sport with a long history struggles with mainstream recognition. Firstly, the schedule has ung Nam scored the equalis- been unforgiving. Finnish er against HJK last week, few clubs playing two matches will question the footballing ALEKSI TEIVAINEN winning book, Raviurheilun events per year, both the Now, everything is ready a week during the ice hock- worth of the signings either. HELSINKI TIMES maailma ( or ‘The world of horses and drivers are put for the fi rst major event of ey world championships – However, there are prob- trotting’, in English). under physical stress. the year, the Finlandia-Ajo, about which Finns go wilder lems, even for well run clubs NOT ALWAYS in the spotlight, Pekka Soini, from Suomen “Days tend to be on the which is right around the than a virtanen offer at the like JJK. Compared to a hockey trotting resiliently holds its Hippos (the Finnish Trotting lengthy side: start early to feed corner. The event attracts local bar - are going to fi nd it club with 30-35 home games a position as one of the most and Breeding Association), and take care of the horses and the cream of the crop from diffi cult to attract punters, season, a Veikkausliiga side popular, and traditional, confi rms Pesu's statement, then travel to races in the af- all over Europe to race for a and the quality of their pitch- has just 13 with which to raise sports in Finland. “Unfortunately, the reality ternoon,” Korpi confi rms. purse of 190 000 euro. es and stadia make that task funds, and Vesalainen would Betting is obviously the of the sport and people's con- The major events are held “It is a remarkable inter- even harder in many cases. like to increase the number of attraction for many. Others, ception of it do not meet.” during the summer, so driv- national competition. I have Many football clubs are not matches. Such a move is diffi - however, are drawn to it for “However, as a result of ers usually take a week or not had the pleasure of win- well run, and so it would pay cult with 14 clubs demanding different reasons. co-operation on all fronts, two off during the winter ning it yet, but we have a for them to search out best equal treatment but moving For Pekka Korpi, a two- the reputation of the sport months. “That is when I try to few horses that we will try practice and try to emulate it. slowly to implement facilities time European Champion and has improved over the past make sure I am physically fi t with again this year,” Korpi Unfortunately, that is not the that would lengthen the Finn- currently one of Finland's top decade or two”, Soini sug- for the job,” Korpi clarifi es. promises. Finnish football tradition, and ish season. trainers, the choice of career gests. “We at Suomen Hip- so clubs like JJK – who have a That will remain a pipe was easy. pos have aimed at improving respectable average of 3,225 dream for the foreseeable “I grew up surrounded by communications and in- The first trotting race was despite being tipped for rele- future, as Finnish clubs fi nd horses and have always en- creasing transparency.” organised in 1817 on the ice of the river Aura, in Turku. gation at the start of the sea- it hard enough to get their joyed working with them. It “We believe that the best son – are not studied enough pitches into playable condi- is especially rewarding to see results can be achieved by – Currently, 560 race events are organised annually, the by their contemporaries. tion for the April opening we young horses develop.” encouraging people to expe- only holidays being Christmas Eve and Day. The events, Under CEO Joni Vesalai- had this year, never mind an “Now, horses have been a rience trotting fi rst-hand.” along with their 8,000 horses and 3,000 drivers, attract nen the Jyväskylä outfi t have earlier start. But JJK's for- part of my life for so long that Olympiaravit provides a an annual crowd of over 800,000. An additional 900,000 brought thousands through ward-looking, international- it is impossible to see them great example. Despite their spectators visit the off-track betting shops. the turnstiles despite a fair- ist stance should be a model only as tools of the trade. main aim of raising money – The annual revenue from betting exceeds 200 million euro. ly ramshackle ground and a for Finnish clubs as they look They are more like friends: for prospective Olympians – Like its neighbouring countries, Sweden and Norway, Fin- team that is unlikely to fi nish for ways to fi ll the holes in I believe I have come to un- and their training, the vis- land offers races for the cold-blooded Finnhorses. in the top half of Veikkauslii- their sponsorship budgets as derstand their thinking and ibility guaranteed by well- – The single biggest trotting event in Finland is The ga this season. Their strategy the recession deepens. behaviour.” known Olympic athletes is Finnhorse Trotting Championship (Kuninkuusravit, in Finn- “Also, the competitiveness expected to give a boost to ish) that has been organised since 1924. More recently, and challenges of the sport trotting as well. the two day event has become one of the summer's main fascinated me. Tactics play However, the task is not attractions with its 50,000 visitors. such a big part in determin- made easier by the recent ing the winner of the race,” he economic decline. explains. “Obviously, it will have its toll on trotting also”, Soi- Facelift ni agrees. “The high-profi le sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 18 However, despite its popu- events are our priority. Else- LEHTIKUVA / MIKA PASANEN larity, the reputation of the where, we simply have to sport is somewhat dubious tighten our belts.” JJK fans celebrate a 2-1 win over PS Kemi and promotion to the – mainly due to lack of in- Veikkausliiga last October. Despite their lowly status in the formation – according to Vili Trot around the clock Veikkausliiga the club boasts enviable attendance statistics. Pesu, the author the award- In a country of over 560 race
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Festivalsthose who love it hard and loud. JUNE Kaisaniemi, Helsinki Fri 12-Sun 14 June www.tuskafestival.fi Provinssirock This festival in beautiful surround- Fri 26 June-Fri 3 July ings by a rollicking riverside has Imatra Big Band Festival traditionally kicked off the summer A full eight days and nights of eve- festival season, and this year is no ry kind of rhythm music imagina- exception. Expect a full-rounded ble, almost 50 acts and a variety of line-up of metal, rock, and pop. The sideshows, picnics, evening clubs headline act is Australian singer/ and other programme make this one songwriter Nick Cave, who makes of the broadest festivals in Finland. a rare visit with his band The Bad Don’t let the name fool you, as the Seeds. programme offers something for eve- Other interesting acts include Brit- ryone: from Chicago Blues veterans pop from past and present – Pla- Billy Boy Arnold and John Primer to cebo, Supergrass, Editors and The Eurovision sensation Waldo’s People Ting Tings – as well as Icelan- and Pop Idol favourite Anna Abreu. dic indie princess Emiliana Torrini. Imatra And of course a slew of great Finn- www.ibbf.fi ish bands! Törnävänsaari, Seinäjoki Sat 27 June-Sun 28 June www.provinssirock.fi Pitkä kuuma kesä The “Long hot summer” (a name Thu 18-20 Sat June soaked in irony in the Finnish con- RMJ Party Camp text) has existed as a series of This alcohol-soaked Midsummer loosely connected club perform- classic has toned it down a notch ances for some years now, but this and given up some of the more out- time the old Suvilahti power plant dated eurodance acts. While the offers suitably urban surroundings Grace Jones programme now includes a pletho- for a two-day outdoor event as well. ra of mainly Finnish favourites, from And what an even it is shaping up ances and stunning sets, all staged Porutgal, modern Mandika from tion! For neo-hippies, world music Paula Koivuniemi to Disco Ensem- to be! The impressive line-up in- in the beautiful historical surround- Mali, traditional Chinese music, and lovers and world-healers alike, the ble, the Party Camp still maintains cludes American punk rockers So- ings. Instead of just hard core op- of course some good old-fashioned festival offers a veritable horn of a difference to your average festi- cial Distortion, quirky indie legends era fans, the festival draws in a di- Finnish fiddlin’. More than 170 con- plenty of organised programme and val affair. Instead of just listening The Flaming Lips, mas-up maes- verse audience, all eager to enjoy certs and events are organised, and the all-important random encoun- to bands, the three-day event of- tro Girl Talk, Swedish favourites the music and magic. This year’s the programme stretches across an ters with likeminded souls. The mu- fers diverse programme from giant Soundtrack of Our Lives and The selection includes Puccini’s Mad- entire week, so picking and choos- sical programme ranges from rock SUMMER outdoor discos to karaoke bars and Sounds, and many, many more. ama Butterfly and Turandot, Arri- ing from the sea of colourful folk mu- (Pintandwefall, Underwater Sleep- various theme-party areas. Suvilahti, Helsinki go Boito’s Mefistole and Donizetti’s sic and dance on offer can be tricky. ing Society) to reggae (Puppa J., Kirjurinluoto, Pori www.pitkakuumakesa.fi Lucia di Lammermoor. Visiting per- Among the main attractions this year Paprika Korps), afro-beat (Faso www.rmj.fi formers come from the famed Tea- are Portuguese Fado star Mafalda Kan) and something completely un- JULY tro Massimo house in Palermo. Arnauth and a 35-strong orchestra of classifiable (Frank Zappa Memorial Fri 26-Sat 28 June Olav’s Castle, Savonlinna traditional Chinese instruments. Pancake Breakfast). Tuska Open Air Metal Festival Fri 3-Sun 7 July www.operafestival.fi Kaustinen Billnäs, Karjaa If you prefer black over, well, any Ruisrock www.kaustinen.net www.faces.fi other colour, and have no problem Finland’s oldest rock festival is Wed 8-Sun 12 July spending one of the hottest week- staged in a beautiful location in the Seinäjoki Tango Festival Sat 11-Sun 19 July AUGUST ends of the year dressed in spike- middle of a field by a picturesque For the 25th time the Tango Fes- Pori Jazz studded leather, you’re probably sandy beach. The organisers have tival brings crowds of Finns to the Brian Setzer, Duffy, De La Soul, Sat 1-Sun 2 August going to Tuska. This annual sinfest again compiled a line-up worthy of city centre of the small Ostroboth- Raphael Saadiq… The Pori Jazz Ankkarock turns Helsinki’s Kaisanemi Park into salivating. Friday is metal day, with nian town of Seinäjoki, to tango to festival has again drawn up an im- The closest thing to a rural festi- a netherworld of Goths and met- Slipknot, Disturbed, and Children of the night away. Instead of spicy Ar- pressive line-up of established val in the capital region, Ankka- alheads, and the output is heard Bodom sharing headlining duties. gentine tango, on offer is the Finn- world class stars and hot young up- rock takes place in a park in Van- for miles. This year’s offerings in- Saturday will sate appetites of in- ish brand, one part Slavic melan- and-comers of jazz, soul, funk, RnB taa, within walking distance from clude My Dying Bride, Suicidal Ten- die and electro fans, with Mew, The choly one part Finnish rural nostal- and just plain old pop. The main the Korso train station. It used to Seinäjoki • Helsinki • Pori • Imatra • Turku • Savonlinna • Joensuu • Turku • Kaustinen • Karjaa • Kaustinen • Turku • Joensuu • Savonlinna • Turku • Imatra • Pori • Helsinki Seinäjoki dencies, Amorphis and Volbeat. For Sounds, Glasvegas and Ladytron gia. Suspense is heightened when location in Kirjurinluoto offers a be a free event, but over time it has taking the stage. Finally, Sunday the national finalists face off for beautiful natural amphitheatre, grown into just another rock festival. has a more eclectic mix to offer, the title of King and Queen of Tan- perfect for a jazz picnic – If only it Though previous years have made a PORI JAZZ 2009
2009 with the ethnically tinted Calexico go 2009. Elsewhere scores of per- were not stuffed to the edges with note of ending the festival year with and Gogol Bordello playing along- formers croon Finnish evergreens in music fans. a line-up celebrating Finnish favour- side legendary rap-metal pioneers the romantic summer night, while Kirjurinluoto and other locations, ites, this year’s Sunday line-up takes Faith No More. audiences dance the night away. Pori an unusually indie oriented shape: Ruissalo, Turku Seinäjoki www.porijazz.fi TV on the Radio and The National www.ruisrock.fi www.tangomarkkinat.fi wrap up the festival season. Other Fri 17-Sun 19 July main acts include Testament, PMMP Thu 2 July-Sun 5 July Fri 10-Sat 11 July Ilosaarirock and Eppu Normaali. Konemetsä Summer Up With a reputation as the friendli- Korso, Vantaa Electronic music in the middle of This small-scale festival for Hip est, most easy-going and fun-lov- www.ankkarock.fi the woods, laser beams slashing Hop and RnB lovers is organised ing festival in Finland, Ilosaarirock the night as a monotone beat whips for the seventh time on the Mukku- has sold out year after year. Per- Fri 15-Sun 17 August dancers into a shamanic frenzy? la beach in Lahti, now for the first haps it’s the laid-back North-Care- Flow Sounds like a sure-fire Finnish pe- time as a two-day event. Summer lian atmosphere or the picturesque Teetering on the fine line between culiarity! This year’s DJs and live Up is the largest festival in Fin- surroundings that turns festival- cooler-than-thou and friendly-and- performances include international land specializing exclusively in ur- goers into such mellow and cheer- fascinating, Flow offers a meticu- guests Oli (Far Too Loud), Legowelt, ban rhythms, and it offers a great ful crowd here. The line-up is al- lously picked selection of some of Eat Static and Arne Weiberg, and opportunity to check out what’s hot ways fascinating, at least. This year the most interesting artists in con- practically everyone you can think in the field of Finnish Hip Hop. The offers alternative rock by Isis, reg- temporary popular music. From jazz of from the Finnish electronic/club line-up includes Asa, Ceebrolistics, gae and sunshine by Beenie Man, and soul to indie, electro and club music circles. It’s bound to be a uni- Cheek, Redrama and Signmark, just new wave gloom and doom by the music, the festival is a thorough- que experience, but the question to name a few. reunited Killing Joke and afro-beat ly urban affair, aimed at those who remains, how to get there... Mukkula beach, Lahti jamboree by Femi Kuti & The Pos- know their music. The slight snob- Ollila, Marttila www.summerup.fi itive Force. bish airs are not dispelled by the www.konemetsa.net Laulurinne, Joensuu gourmet food stalls and crowds of Sat 11-Sun 19 July www.ilosaarirock.fi hipsters who flock about, but in Fri 3 July-Sat 1 August Kaustinen Folk Music Festival terms of musical content it’s one Savonlinna Opera Festival The largest folk music festival in Fin- Wed 29 July-Sun 2 August of the most interesting weekends The medieval Olav’s Castle dating land offers a broad spectrum of eth- Faces Etnofestival of the year: Lily Allen, Ladyhawke, back to 1475 has functioned as the nic sounds, from world music super- The locally global celebration of Yann Tiersen, Vivian Girls, Fever venue for this fantastic opera festi- stars to local talents. This year’s pro- music, dance, poetry and art goes Ray, and many more. val since the year 1912. The festival gramme again includes music from on for a full five days this year in Suvilahti, Helsinki Raphael Saadiq offers some breathtaking perform- all corners of the world: Fado from the traditional Billnäs estate loca- www.flowfestival.com HELSINKI TIMES 22 – 27 MAY 2009 1313 q f^eje0BkZel_YP[bb[h LWbeaklW q f^eje0J^_W]e LdgaYK^aaV\Z;Zhi^kVa'("')BVn'%%. ;Zhi^kVa8ajWh '(#*#;jc`n:aZe]VciLVgbJe @V^hVc^Zb^EVg`VcYGV^alVnHfjVgZ!=Zah^c`^ J^[Iekb`WppEhY^[ijhW 97D HVi&&"'%Hjc&&"&-!dkZg&%%eZg[dgbVcXZh!;gZZ:cigVcXZ Kf"8kijb[WdZEkj =8H J^[Ik^_dWjehi\[Wj$FWb[\WY[" D[ijeh_"H[d[]WZ[ FWfWPW_ BW#)) 9EB qDelWb_cW F;H q :`CW]_YIWc =^ehmWd[ CEP qJ[hWaW\j CB? q BW9WiW8WdYWb[ C7?DEH=7D?P;H0 SERVICE CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION - KEPA WORKING SINCE 1985 FOR A MORE JUST WORLD J^[9ecfb[j[<[ij_lWbFhe]hWcc[0mmm$mehbZl_bbW][$Ó WWW.KEPA.FI 14 22 – 27 MAY 2009 LIFESTYLE HELSINKI TIMES MARKUS SCHULTE Helsinki’s green rooms plants are well suited to bal- cony cultivation. Woody herbs Gardening on the such as rosemary and thyme, balcony or small as well as fl owering species like geraniums, camomile outdoor spaces. and verbena varieties tend to do well too. If your balcony is open to the elements, con- LOUISA GAIRN sider alpine or coastal plants HELSINKI TIMES such as saxifrages and other succulent species. Evergreens IF YOU’RE wondering where like ivy or conifers work well all the private gardens in in window boxes alongside Helsinki are, you simply need seasonal fl owers, which can to look up. Balconies are one last through the winter with a of the most noticeable char- bit of care. acteristics of modern Finnish housing and in summer these Making the are transformed into fl oating most of a small space green oases. With space at a premium, For many Helsinki apart- for many balcony garden- ment dwellers, a balcony is ers the only way is up. Invest considered to be an extra in a trellis and install climb- room – a good place to relax ing plants such as clematis, after a hard day’s work or to sweet peas or climbing na- entertain friends. On larger sturtiums for a summer-long balconies it is possible to cre- display of colour. Hanging ate a lush container garden baskets are another effec- with space for entertaining, tive solution, which frees up but even the smallest terrace fl oor space while provid- or window box can provide ing a cascade of fl owers or a focal point bursting with even fruit. Some varieties of fl owers and foliage for most strawberries and tomatoes of the year. can be grown in this way but be sure to water daily to pre- Choosing vent blight. the right plants Selecting the right con- Snow Angels was released in Finland on 20 May and is set for release in the US in January 2010. Along with a series of political thrill- Glazed balconies are a lit- tainer is important not on- ers, Jim Thompson is currently working on Dead of Winter, a sequel to Snow Angels, which takes place in Kallio. Thompson got help tle like greenhouses and as ly for looks but also to ensure from Helsinki homicide when researching Dead of Winter. The co-operative police demonstrated the tools and techniques used to in- a result it is possible to culti- that plants remain healthy. vestigate a crime scene – without the budget of a Hollywood production. vate more exotic plants than Sleek, metallic containers might otherwise be expect- look stylish but risk heating ed for northern climes. Pro- up and drying out during the tected from frost and wind, day, so choose with caution Novelist Jim Thompson: cross-breeding passion fl owers and oth- or consider a shadier location. er warm-climate plants can The traditional glazed-terra- thrive – although they need cotta pots are good choices the American pulp and Nordic crime to be brought indoors during for water retention; although the colder months. it is worth bearing in mind For lower-maintenance that there may be weight re- A full time novelist, Jim Thompson discusses his second novel, Snow Angels, and finding suc- gardening, hardy annuals like strictions for your balcony, so pansies, petunias and fuchsias plastic containers may offer a cess as a foreigner in Finland. are easy to grow from seed or good alternative. Look out for from starter plants available containers that are equipped at many supermarkets and with a self-watering system, ARI SAWYER publisher felt that a politi- years of living in Finland, how a foreigner might per- garden centres. These are a which normally comprise a HELSINKI TIMES cal thriller set in the Middle much of that time spent tend- ceive their culture – and to relatively cheap way to inject reservoir under the soil with East touched too many hot ing bar at Hilpeä Hauki in the relay those things to an in- a splash of colour into window a gauge for determining when SNOW ANGELS opens quick- buttons in America after Kallio district of Helsinki, ternational audience.” boxes and containers. more water is needed. These ly in a small town in Finnish 9/11. So the agent suggested I where he also lived. In a timely fashion, Nordic One common problem are available in most home- Lapland. Kaamos, the end- write a crime novel set in Fin- As for choosing to tell the fi ction has become an inter- for container gardening is ware shops, larger supermar- less night of Arctic winter, land, thinking that Northern story in the fi rst person, Jim national trend lately, perhaps drought, so Mediterranean kets and garden centres. closes in on Northern Fin- Finland would be an exotic wanted to put the reader in- giving the book wider inter- land through Christmas. The setting of interest to an in- side the mind of the protag- est. So far, Snow Angels’ sequel darkness, the cold and the ternational audience.” onist, a Finnish detective, Dead of Winter is scheduled for silence pile on the pressure “I began with the goal of and feel the effects of Finn- release in Finland, France, Ger- in the ski-resort setting of cross-breeding the Ameri- ish arctic winter. The fi rst- many, Spain and the US. Levi. A gorgeous Somali mov- can pulp and Nordic crime person dialogue certainly Describing how it feels to ie star is found slaughtered genres. My editor at John- moves the crime story quick- gain international attention SAUKKOMAA HEIKKI on a snowy reindeer farm. As ny Kniga, Jaakko Pietiläi- ly and evokes a sense of the as a Finnish writer and fi nd the trail of evidence unveils nen, and also my US agent, Nat northern mindset. Jim em- success, "I don't know if I'm a tense community riddled Sobel, [who represents such phasised, “Also, I made the creating a new genre or an- with violence, alcoholism, bestselling authors such as protagonist's wife an Ameri- ything. It just feels good to suicide and mental illness, as James Ellroy and Edward can to demonstrate to Finns write full time." Detective Kari Vaara fi nds Bunker] both encouraged me that the investigation draws to weight the book more to- too close to his past. wards Nordic crime. So over a Jim Thompson, an American aged 44, has lived in Helsinki for I had a chance to ask Jim couple of drafts, the novel be- 11 years. Thompson has a Master's degree in English Philology why he chose to write Snow came less brutal and more en- from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Swedish Angels, he replied: “I tried vironmental and cultural.” and Finnish, in which he is fluent. He is married to Finnish soci- to sell my fi rst novel [Across Jim started to write down ologist and theatre instructor Annukka Öljymäki. the Green Line] through an his observations and knowl- Even the smallest balcony can provide a focal point bursting with American agent, yet every edge of the culture after ten flowers and foliage for most of the year. Piece of Finland Eco-Friendly & Unique Online shop www.finlandiashop.com HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 22 – 27 MAY 2009 1515 opment adviser, the solemn ILKKA SUPPANEN / MARIMEKKO The past beauty of his shots revealing each person’s dignity. Wilhelm Heise (1892- made 1965) was a renowned Ger- man art professor and artist. Born with crippled hands, he tangible initially had to fi ght for artis- tic recognition. Specialising SILKE BRANDT in landscapes and architec- HELSINKI TIMES ture almost exclusively, he shot his Eastern Prussia se- LANDSCAPES lost in time, the ries on commission in the everyday life of generations 1940s as basis for his litho- past are brought back in all graphic stone prints. their melancholic, serene Initiated by Marjukka beauty at the Goethe-Insti- Mäkelä, Kervinen’s daugh- tute’s current exhibition. ter, and realised by Wilhelm’s Just recently rediscovered, son Andreas Heise, the ex- two series of black-and-white hibition – consisting of 200 photography document- photos and fi ve lithographs ing rural life in the regions – brings together two previ- of Savo and Eastern Prussia ously unrelated artists, both are on public display for the driven by the same passion- fi rst time since their crea- ate enthusiasm. tion more than half a centu- ry ago. Olli Kervinen (1924-1997), From Finland a Northern Karelian farmer’s and Eastern Prussia son, took up photography at at the Goethe-Institute the age of 16. With a unique Mannerheimintie 20 A. talent for gaining the trust Until 30 June of strangers he documented Mon-Thu 12:00-18:00 the life of farmers and their Fri 12:00-16:00. Kivikko seating, colour and creative funtionality for everyday life. families. His Savo series Free admission. was taken in the 1950s dur- ing journeys as rural devel- Playful Finnish Design in New York in New York and the Finnish Finnish creativity travelled to the Big Apple to open eight recycled Cultural Institute in NY. At the same time, the Finn- OLLI KERVINEN OLLI shipping containers full of innovations at the Meatpacking District ish Embassy in Washington Design 09. D.C. opened the exhibition My Helsinki; based on the stories, impressions and experienc- SUSAN FOURTANÉ PLAYFUL New Finnish De- From 15 to 18 May, the exhi- es of the Invitation to Helsin- HELSINKI TIMES sign exhibits new creative bition presented design items ki programme participants. solutions to everyday chal- and concepts from furniture The project is a co-operation IN 1884 New York City es- lenges. Emphasising quali- to fashion and video as well as of the City of Helsinki and the tablished a bustling out- ty of life, green solutions and new concepts of architecture Finnish Embassy in Washing- door food market called the life-long learning, the aim of and urban planning in build- ton D.C., accomplished by the Gansevoort Market. In 1949, the forward-thinking design- ing innovative learning envi- students of the University of the Gansevoort Meat Cent- ers is to offer insightful so- ronments for children and a Art and Design in Helsinki. My er opened. Today, the Meat- lutions under the themes of Residential Neighbourhood Helsinki exhibition in Wash- packing District on the West environment & innovation project which points at the ington runs until 31 May. Side of Manhattan is a des- and creativity & education, role of art in creating socially tination for fashion and themes highlighted by a se- vibrant urban environments. graphic designers, writ- ries of events, a seminar and The event was organised by www.designforum.fi ers, architects, artists and workshops for both adults Design Forum Finland, the www.myhelsinki.fi Documenting the life of a Northern Karelian farmer. photographers. and children. Consulate General of Finland tainment, making Cannes a tionist and the attention to ranged on Helsinki Day, 12 Finnish popular venue for the Palme detail found throughout his June. A guidebook with infor- d’Or award. A modern world buildings, right down to the mation about the buildings In the line of Finnish cel- interior furnishings, is evi- (in English) as well as maps is films in luloid creativity, Thomas by dence of his concern for total also available. Miika Soini, Iris Olsson’s Alvar Aalto’s Helsinki Legacy exhibition harmony. “Architecture,” he short documentary Between opens at Laituri. once said, “may not save the Cannes Dreams and Aki Kauris- world, but it can set a good Alvar Aalto’s Helsinki Legacy mäki’s classic documentary example.” Until 29 August Balalaika Show featuring a ROBIN DEWAN of his humbler gems such as As part of this exhibition, Laituri Narinkka 2 HELSINKI TIMES New films, film concert with the Leningrad his own private home and a special guided bus tour (in Free entrance Cowboys and the Alexandrov studio. In addition to private Finnish) to some of his prom- laituri.hel.fi producers, directors ensemble are representing FINLAND can claim more residences, the exhibition inent buildings will be ar- and distributors will Finland; secretly wishing to than its fair share of world also includes examples from bring the coveted Palme d’Or renowned architects but the many types of build- have a serious red award back home. the most famous name of all ings he was commissioned carpet gathering at Founded in 1959, The must surely be Alvar Aalto. to design throughout the the 62nd Cannes Marché du Film (Film Mar- It was Aalto’s groundbreak- capital area including cor- DEWANROBIN ket) brings creativity and fi - ing designs during the 1930s porate offi ces and commer- International Film nancial dynamics together that led to his international cial spaces. Festival from 13 to facilitating negotiations and fame as the “Father of Mod- Although Aalto is best deals in the fi lm industry. ernism” in the Scandinavi- known for his functional de- 24 May. Finnish fi lms having market an countries. An exhibition signs, he moved away from screenings are Dome Karu- highlighting his buildings in a purely orthodox mod- koski’s Forbidden Fruit, One Helsinki is currently on dis- ernist approach. His use of SUSAN FOURTANÉ Foot Under by Johanna Vuok- play at Laituri. sweeping curves and asym- HELSINKI TIMES senmaa, Sauna by AJ An- Aalto designed about 20 metrical lines, best exem- nila and Tears of April by Aku buildings or sites in Helsin- plifi ed by his design for the THE FRENCH RIVIERA in the Louhimies. ki during his vast and sto- Finnish Pavilion at the 1939 Mediterranean coastline of A new issue of the Truth ried career. His designs are New York World’s Fair, dis- the south eastern corner of Today mock newspaper, fea- an important part of the played his passionate con- France has been spotted for turing news on the latest city’s image with Finlandia cern for the human element its 300 days of sunshine by sci-fi fi lm Iron Sky by Timo Hall standing out as one of in architecture. Helsinki’s aristocrats, artists and writ- Vuorensola, will be distrib- Helsinki’s most monumen- House of Culture, complet- ers since the end of the 18th uted in Screen Daily and in tal landmarks. In addition to ed in 1958, is characteristic century. The fi lm industry the city of Cannes. his well known works, this of this approach. Aalto was Stora Enso headquarters designed by Alvar Aalto and complet- added glamour and enter- www.festival-cannes.com exhibition highlights some said to have been a perfec- ed in 1962. 16 22 – 27 MAY 2009 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES NICOLAS POTEL RESTAURANTS Nicolas Potel racking wine is his cellar. of the wines, for example, is carried out one week after a UNIQUE CELLAR RESTAURANT SINCE 1965 full moon. The attention paid Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 6, Wine as a living product throughout the process lends itself naturally to relatively 00130 Helsinki, tel. 09 6128 5100 small production. These are Opening hours: Nicolas Potel’s quality wines are produced traditionally and naturally. not mass-produced wines. Mon-Fri 11-24, Sat 16-24, Sun Closed “There are two ways of think- ing about wine,” Caschera www.royalravintolat.com NICK BARLOW ciant’s export manager, Mar- their character,” Caschera suggests, “First, the industri- HELSINKI TIMES co Caschera. “The success of continues. “For example, if al beverage way, and second, our wines comes from the tra- you use chemicals like weed- as a living product. We prefer FOR FANS of wines from Bur- ditional methods we use,” he killer you also destroy all the the second.” gundy, Nicolas Potel has be- explains, “We don’t use any animals in the soil that nour- Potel’s wines have only come synonymous with wines oenological products except ish it. Then, if you put fertilis- been available in Finland for of good quality produced with sulphur dioxide and natu- er on top of the soil, the roots a short time, and although an emphasis on traditional ral yeast in our wine-making of the vines will be drawn up- Caschera has noted some na- wine-making techniques. Mai- process. Also, we use old grape wards, meaning they will not tional differences in wine son Nicolas Potel was founded clones planted up to 50 years be so strong, nor continue to tastes, for lovers of Burgun- in 1997, after his father’s well- ago which display unique represent the soil. More and dies the taste is the same the respected business was sold. characteristics of the soil in more producers are using world over. Caschera explains, Potel’s wines are available in- which they are grown.” One of grapes grown without such “When there was a wine boom ternationally, and currently the things that make Burgun- artifi cial methods.” some years ago, many people Alko has three currently listed: dy wines interesting is that started to drink heavy wines two whites, an Auxey-Deuress- the soil varies so much not on- Reaching with a lot of fl avour – caber- es Vielles Vignes (22.70 euros) ly from village to village, but the fine things net sauvignon, syrah and so and a Pernand-Vergelesses also in the same village from The practice of maintain- on. Over time, people start Vielles Vignes (22.10 euros), one vineyard to another. “Our ing the depth of the roots of to like different things, and both from 2007; and one red, work is to express the nature the vine, combined with se- start to drink wine with a bit a Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru of the land in our wines,” says lecting old vines, is then fol- more elegance and acidity, Aux Echanges Monopole from Caschera, “to reveal the rich- lowed up by selecting and more suitable for food, and 2002 (45.20 euros). A third ness of each terroir.” blending a mixture of grapes they come to Burgundy. Your white, a 2007 Puligny-Montra- This philosophy is not from various growers. The palate becomes more educat- chet Vielles Vignes (32 euros) unique. Many recent produc- trick is to extract the best ed over time, and you try to will be available from June. ers also produce their goods possible combination of fl a- reach the fi ne things. That is Your advert could be here with similar goals in mind. vours. Potel follows the bio- the same the world over.” Un-oenological “One thing that is important dynamic calendar in their So how did the wines practices for many of us is preserving vinifi cation process, where- themselves taste? Four dif- FIRST ORIGINAL NEPALESE RESTAURANT Open: Mon-Fri 11-23, weekends 12-23, Lunch: Mon-Fri 11-15 Helsinki Times was recent- the quality and richness of by certain stages of the moon ferent wines were on offer, Contact: Ratakatu 1 b, 00120 Helsinki. www.himalaya.fi Book your table: tel. (09) 647 551, fax. (09) 647 552 ly invited to a presentation the soil, because it is this that determine certain events two red and two white. Of and tasting given by the négo- ultimately gives our wines in the process. The racking those, only one is currently available in Alko – the 2007 Pernand-Vergelesses. This wine was recently award- e d fi v e o u t o f fi v e b y V i i n i l e - hti magazine, and it’s easy to NICOLAS POTEL see why. It is a dry, balanced NICOLAS POTEL white with a slight oakiness due to its ten month aging in French oak barrels. A defi nite citrus taste does not over- come a well-balanced acidi- ty. This wine would make an excellent accompaniment to grilled fi sh, for example. One of the reds that was on offer, a 2004 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes, is sim- ilar to the 2002 Chambolle- Musigny stocked by Alko. The wine we tasted was an elegant, balanced product. Flavours of dark berries and cherry underlie a medium- full bodied wine very appro- priate as an accompaniment to duck or cheese, although drinking it on its own can Vintage grapes growing in the chalky soil of burgundy. easily be recommended. Potel ensures the yield is premium quality. 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Tue 10:00-17:00 Ateneum Art Museum Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 The Finnish Painters' Union celebrates its anniversary at the Amos An- Kaivokatu 2 Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 derson Art Museum. For eighty years a nationwide organization for pro- Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Tickets €7/5/0 fessional artists has promoted visual art and visual artists in Finland. The Wed-Thu 10:00-20:00 www.kiasma.fi union was founded in 1929 by renowned Finnish artists such as William Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Lönnberg, Alvar Cawén and Tyko Sallinen, who also ran the union in its Tickets €7/5/0 Until Sun 10 January 2010 early days. Over the years it has developed into an active and versatile www.ateneum.fi Barbie – Still Going Strong player in the field of fine arts boasting a membership of around 1300. 50th anniversary exhibition The 80th anniversary exhibition Worth Painting features the works Until Sun 23 August exhibition boasts a comprehensive of 28 Finnish contemporary artists of different generations: from artists What a Feast! collection of Barbie’s early outfits born in the 1930s to artists born in the 1980s. The name of the exhibition Exhibition introduces the and other Barbie items from 1959 refers to how subject matter is prioritized. What do artists think is worth colourful and most varied to 1965. painting? What could be so important that it has to be painted? festive traditions of Helsinki. Finnish Toy Museum Sederholm House Ahertajantie 5 Aleksanterinkatu 16-18 Tue 11:00-18:00 Until 27 July Wed-Sun 11:00-17:00 Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 Amos Anderson Art Museum Free entrance Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 Yrjönkatu 27 www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi Tickets €10/8/0 Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00, wed 10:00-20:00 www.leikkilinna.fi Fri 15 May to Sun 9 August Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00, Tickets €8/6/4 Bo Haglund’s painting A.B. Is Going to Berlin. Horror Vacui Until Sun 28 March 2010 www.amosanderson.fi Three major Finnish artists, Move and Play! Markus Copper, Jari Haanperä Heureka’s new exhibition is and Kimmo Schroderus, intended to inspire visitors to concentrate on spatial move, play and have fun together MUSIC guitars with almost ambient-like Tue 26 May Mohamed Bourouissa’s, Sini Pelk- issues in the Kiasma through shared activities. soundscapes, Rubik’s live act Boccherini ki’s, Carrie Schneider’s and Sauli summer exhibition. Science Centre Heureka Thu 21 May is truly worth noting. Luigi Boccherini’s string quintets. Sirviö’s solo exhibitions. Mannerheiminaukio 2 Tiedepuisto 1 On Volcano Tavastia Club, 21:00 Malmitalo, 19:00 The Finnish Museum of Photog- Tue 10:00-17:00 Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 A four-piece indie pop band from Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Ala-Malmin tori 1 raphy Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tampere. Tickets €12 Tickets €6 Tallberginkatu 1 G Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 Tickets €8-20 Henry’s Pub, 23:00 www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.malmitalo.fi Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €7/5/0 www.heureka.fi Simonkatu 3 Tickets €6/4/0 www.kiasma.fi Free entrance Sat 23 to Sun 24 May Wed 27 May www.fmp.fi www.henryspub.fi World Village Festival Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Until Sun 30 August OTHERS The event offers new perspectives The repertoire of the orchestra is Until Sun 24 May Defiance & Melancholy Fri 22 May on tolerant multiculturalism, related to Henrik Ibsen’s classic Jukka Rusanen The exhibition in Meilahti Sat 23 May Die Frau ohne Schatten development cooperation, global drama Peer Gynt. Pursuit presents German masterpieces Finnish Championships A mythical masterpiece of Rich- issues and expanding one's Finlandia Hall, 19:00 Rusanen deals with ideals, covering a period about in Billiards ard Strauss. possibilities for affecting Mannerheimintie 13 E norms, right and wrong. 200 years, from Romanticism Helsinki Hall of Culture, 9:30 Finnish National Opera, 18:00 everyday life. Tickets €20/13/6 Gallery Kalhama & Piippo to the present. Sturenkatu 4 Helsinginkatu 58 Kaisaniemi Park www.hel.fi/filharmonia Contemporary Meilahti Art Museum Tickets €5/0 Tickets €14-62 Sat 11:00–20:00 Mannerheimintie 3 B Tamminiementie 6 www.kulttuuritalo.fi www.operafin.fi Sun 11:00–18:00 Tue-Fri 11:00-18:00 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:30 Free entrance THEATRE AND DANCE Sat-Mon 11:00-16:00 Tickets €7/5/0 Fri 22 May www.maailmakylassa.fi Free entrance www.hpf.fi solution sudoku Loney Dear (SWE) 21/24/26/27 May www.kalhamapiippo.com Delicate, folkish indie pop. Sun 24 May Last Laugh Until Sun 30 August Tavastia Club, 21:00 Cecilia Bartoli (ITA) Last Laugh is a new dance work of Until Sun 31 May Watch Out, Gypsies! Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 A world-famous Italian mezzo-so- choreographer Jenni Kivelä and ar- Jenni Rope The History of a Tickets €17 prano opera singer and recitalist tistic group Kind People. Joyful Factory and Climbing Tree Misunderstanding www.tavastiaklubi.fi gives a concert. Zodiak Paintings and an animation. A guest exhibition about the Finlandia Hall, 20:00 Tallberginkatu 1 Gallery Jangva history and culture of the Sat 23 May Mannerheimintie 13 E Tickets €17/10 Uudenmaankatu 4-6 European Roma. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Tickets €169/149/119 www.zodiak.fi Tue-Fri 11:00-19:00 Hakasalmi Villa Easy listening evergreens from www.finlandiatalo.fi Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Mannerheimintie 13 D home and away. Fri 22 & Sun 24 May Free entrance Wed-Sun 11:00-17:00 Stoa Cultural Centre of Eastern Mon 25 May Ervi Siren www.jangva.fi Thu 11:00-19:00 Helsinki, 17:00 Eeppi Ursin The Rose Window Free entrance Turunlinnantie 1 Ursin mixes elements from jazz, The most important aspect of Si- Until Sun 31 May www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi Free entrance pop and rock in her recently re- ren’s dance work is the essence and Sense of Architecture www.hel.fi/filharmonia leased second solo album. quality of movement. Some sixty filmic narratives Kom Theatre, 20:00 Mannerheiminaukio 2 can be experienced in an exhibition Sat 23 May Kapteeninkatu 26 Tickets €12/8 of contemporary architecture origi- Rubik Tickets €12 www.kiasma.fi nated in the Austria state Styria. Combining hysterically screeching www.kom-teatteri.fi 09 17336501 Museum of Finnish Architecture Fri 22 & Sun 24 May Kasarmikatu 24 Come and meet us at The Ballet School Presents Tue, Thu-Fri 10:00-16:00 The young talent of the Bal- Wed 10:00-20:00 let School of the Finnish Nation- Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00 the World Village Festival! al Opera. Tickets €3.50/1.70 Finnish National Ballet www.mfa.fi Helsinginkatu 58 Tickets €12/6 Until Sun 31 May When: 23-24 May www.operafin.fi Walt Disney and European Art Where: Helsinki Central Railway Square, Rautatientori, F611 Renewed Tourist Information now open The exhibition draws parallels Who: Representatives of Helsinki Times and SixDegrees Sat 23 May between the works of the artists The Taming of the Shrew at Walt Disney’s Studios and the - information about sights, events and activities A popular work by John Cranko art of the most famous European A warm welcome to all! - customer service on a new level with is based on one of Shakespeare’s masters. state-of-the-art information solutions most popular comedies. Tennis Palace Art Museum Finnish National Ballet Salomonkatu 15 Helsinginkatu 58 Tue-Sun 11:00-20:30 Tickets €14-62 Tickets €8/6/0 www.operafin.fi www.taidemuseo.hel.fi Tue 26 & Wed 27 May High School Musical 2 EXHIBITIONS Helsinki City Theater’s last summer’s mega hit High School Until Sun 7 June Musical will get a sequel. Joseph James Savoy Theatre, 18:30 In-between Kasarmikatu 46-48 Young American artist Joseph Tickets €41 James’ art is about being open www.savoyteatteri.fi minded and aware of the possibili- 09 31012000 ties that unfold from the act of cre- ating a work of art. Korjaamo Gallery Open Until Sun 24 May Töölönkatu 51 2 May–30 September: Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat-Sun 9–18 Nelli Palomäki Mon-Fri 11:00-8:00 1 October–1 May: Mon–Fri 9–18, Sat–Sun 10–16 I, Daughter Sat-Sun 11:00-7:00 The exhibition consists of Free entrance Pohjoisesplanadi 19 portraits of young women www.korjaamo.fi Tel. 09 3101 3300, fax 09 3101 3301 and children. Photographic Gallery Until Sun 7 June Hippolyte Kuvan kevät M O R E T I P S F R O M Kalevankatu 18 B The Degree Show of the Finnish Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00 Academy of Fine Arts offers art at Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 its freshest Free entrance Academy of Fine Arts www.visithelsinki.fi www.hippolyte.fi Kaikukatu 4 Mon-Sun 11:00-18:00 Until Sun 24 May Free entrance Tense Territories www.kuvankevat.fi HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 22 – 27 MAY 2009 1919 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English and other language broadcasting on Finnish television. friday 22.5.SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION TV1 MTV3 NELONEN 09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:40 The Young and the Restless Felix doesn’t get the hunting 10:35 Emmerdale rifle he wished for. Between men. 11:05 News in English 11:00 Emmerdale 11:10 Peak Practice 13:15 The Bold and the Beautiful Misunderstandings. Eggless mother’s agony. 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 14:15 Suddenly Susan Gifts. Best and only friend. 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 14:40 Doctors A healthy mind. Children and genetic 17:08 Peak Practice inheritance Piano A step in a different 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful TV1 22:05 direction. 17:30 Emmerdale 18:30 Dave’s London 18:00 Emmerdale 07:00 Cartoons for Children Part 5/6. Where did What comes from singing. 08:00 Nanny Routemasters come from? 21:00 Without a Trace 08:30 Unsellables 19:00 Family Man Group members. 09:00 My Greek Kitchen Part 2/3. Patrick Stowe’s 22:40 I, Robot FILM Pelion. marriage is on the rocks. In 2035 a techno-pho- 09:30 Birth Days 21:45 Strada bic cop has to investigate a Lucy’s day approaches, but 22:00 Piano FILM crime that may have been blood loss is a major risk. A story of love, passion and commited by a robot. Di- 10:00 Diva on a Dime music. Directed by Jane rected by Alex Proyas. Star- 10:30 Changing Rooms Campion. Starring: Holly ring: Will Smith, Bridget 13:00 Birth Days Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Moynahan. USA, 2004. 13:30 Wedding SOS Neill, Anna Paquin. Austral- 01:25 Real Prison Breaks 14:00 Selling Houses ia 1992. SERIES BEGINS. Terrorists 14:30 My Greek Kitchen 00:45 Distant Shores on their own way. 15:00 Dr Phil Part 8/12. Bill’s female rela- Marry me or leave! tions are pulling him in eve- 15:55 Days of Our Lives ry direction. SUB 16.45 Oprah Therapist Gary Neuman 07:00 Cartoons for Children talks about the effects of di- TV2 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 vorce on children. Batman: The Animated 17:45 Lovespring International 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Series. In Finnish. 18:15 In Case of Emergency Cartoons for children in 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 19:00 Everybody Loves Raymond Finnish. 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 21:00 Shanghai Knights FILM 11:30 Little House on the Prairie 16:00 Reba Chon and Roy travel to Eng- The wedding. Alarm mode. land to catch the man who 12:45 Derrick 16:30 E! Entertainment: E! News murdered Chon’s estranged Dancer. Weekend father. Directed by Dav- 14:40 Vets in Practice 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben id Dobkin. Starring: Jack- Family member. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe ie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann 22:05 Law & Order Farewells. Wong, Thomas Fisher, Aidan A house of cards. 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in Gillen. USA 2003. 22:50 Sopranos (CERT15) Philadelphia (CERT13) 23:35 Rome 19:30 Two and a Half Men SERIES BEGINS. Caesar 20:00 Friends has died and all of Rome wait YLE TEEMA 20:30 Simpsons for the one to take his place. Half-brothers. 00:50 Wild Things 2 (CERT15) 18:15 Himalaya with Michael 22:00 Bones FILM Palin DOC A passenger in the oven. Maya and Brittney go on a sex SERIES ENDS. Part 6/6. In 23:00 C.S.I. and killing spree to win mil- Bhutan. Service line. lions. Directed by Jack Perez. 20:00 The Aristocrats 00:00 Madventures III (CERT15) Starring: Susan Ward, Leila Ar- Part 5/6. Sarah returns to Part 7/10. The city centre. cieri, Joe Michael Burke, Isaiah her family. 00:40 Skins Washington. USA 2004. 22:00 Alphaville FILM 01:35 Katie & Peter – The Next American PI arrives in Al- Chapter phaville, a futuristic city on JIM another planet. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Star- TV VIISI 15:10 Border Security ring: Eddie Constantine, An- 15:45 Excellent Adventure Every new environment is full na Karina, Akim Tamiroff. 18:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! 16:10 DIY Tools & Techniques France 1965. In French. 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 16:35 Man Caves 23:35 La jetée Vivian invites a student for 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! of opportunities and challenges In French. dinner. 18:00 Canadian Sportsfishing 00:05 Six Feet Under (CERT15) 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 Curb Appeal Crossroads. Videos Sydney Hannan and Kath- 19:30 America’s Funniest Home erine Ralph are sisters that Videos live together. 20:00 Heartbreakers FILM 19:30 Carter Can A mother and daughter team 20:00 Police Interceptors Knowledge of seduce and scam rich men. 21:00 Gangland: Murder by Directed by David Mirkin. 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Battle Brawlers. In Finnish. Powerpuff Girls, 09:05 Teen- FILM 9:25 Complete Guide to Parenting 12:00 Design Inc. age Mutant Ninja Turtles, A man falls in love with a 11:05 Peak Practice 13:30 Wild at Heart 09:30 Huntik. In Finnish. woman on the internet, who A new beginning. Secret loves. 10:25 Hannah Montana then breaks out of pris- 12:00 Dave’s London 14:30 Twenty Good Years 11:30 Golf: PGA Tour SPORT on and wreaks havoc on the Part 5/6. Memorable red Rock n’ roll! Commentary in Finnish. man’s middle class life. Star- double decker buses. 14:50 Seabiscuit FILM 12:00 Motor Forum SPORT ring: Steve Martin, Queen 12:30 Last of the Summer Wine True story from the Depres- Commentary in Finnish. Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan A refreshing experience. sion of a racehorse whose Volcano 14:35 Candid Camera Plowright. USA 2003. 13:15 Inside the Living Body victories raised the spirits of Crocodile Hunter MTV3 at 22:35 16:20 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 19:00 I Survived a Japanese DOC the nation. Directed by Gary Nelonen at 15:45 16:55 Top Gear Game Show 17:08 Peak Practice Ross. Starring: Jeff Bridg- 18:00 Formula 1: Qualifying 20:00 American Gladiators When Andrew thinks of the es, Tobey Maguire, Paul Vin- 08:05 Deng Xiaoping: Making of SPORT SERIES BEGINS. Updated future he visualises that cent O’Connor, Chris Coop- 08:35 What Not to Wear a Leader DOC Commentary in Finnish. American Gladiators from Joanna and Sam will keep er. USA 2003. SERIES BEGINS. The third 12:30 Last of the Summer Wine 21:00 When Women Rule the the 90s. the practice running. 18:45 WRC SPORT season. Where are you Mavis? World 00:55 Deadwood (CERT15) 18:20 Living Cultures DOC Commentary in Finnish. 10:40 Jeff Corwin Experience 14:00 Grow Your Own Veg 22:35 Volcano FILM Complete trust. In French. 00:35 Formula 1: Grand Prix 11:40 The Most Extreme 15:25 Keeping up Appearances LA is threatened by an 02:00 Mean Streets FILM 22:10 Lewis SPORT 12:45 Dr. Phil 15:55 Holby City erupting volcano. Directed (CERT18) 23:50 Braedrabylta 13:15 Frasier Donna learns that Bradley is by Mick Jackson. Starring: A small town kid tries to In Icelandic. Four episodes of Frasier. leaving Holby. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne make it on the mean streets SUB 14:45 MotoGP: Le Mans SPORT 17:08 Peak Practice Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don of Little Italy. Directed by Commentary in Finnish. A new beginning. Cheadle. USA 1997. Martin Scorsese. Starring: TV2 10:00 Cow & Chicken 15:45 Crocodile Hunter 19:45 Midsomer Murders 01:05 WRC SPORT Robert De Niro, Harvey Kei- Copied chicken. 16:45 Wildfire (CERT13) Commentary in Finnish. tel, David Proval, Amy Rob- 08:00 Pikku Kakkonen 10:30 Futurama Job development. You have a funeral and I 02:35 Wire inson, Richard Romanus. Cartoons for children in A tempting offer. 17:45 American Chopper have a wedding. A Dicken’s perspective. USA 1973. Finnish. 11:00 Family Guy Jeff Clegg’s fan bike. 21:15 Sense and Sensibility 10:00 The Moomins 11:30 King of the Hill 19:00 Brainiac: Science Abuse FILM Cartoon in Finnish. Beer belly. 20:30 Takeshi’s Castle Movie based on the book by SUB JIM 12:10 Little House on the Prairie 12:30 Young, Sexy &... 21:00 Pirates of the Caribbean: Jane Austen where two girls Snow. Rich, spoiled children. Dead Man’s Chest FILM struggle with romance. Di- 13:30 Australian Princess 10:35 Hooked on Fishing 13:00 Eternally Yours FILM 13:30 Xena: Warrior Princess Captain Jack races to get rected by Ang Lee. Starring: 14:30 E! Entertainment: Whose 11:10 House Hunters Interna- Anita Halstead falls in love 14:30 E! Entertainment: E! News the heart of Davy Jones to Emma Thompson, Alan Rick- wedding is it anyway? tional with a magician called Arturo, Weekend avoid having his soul en- man, Kate Winslet, Hugh 15:30 Wa$ted 11:30 Excellent Adventure but the end results are less 15:30 Top Dog slaved. Directed by Gore Grant. USA 1996. 16:00 E! Entertainment: 11:55 Excellent Adventure than magical. Directed by Tay 16:30 E! Entertainment: Victoria Verbinski. Starring: Johnny 23:25 Platinum Dress My Nest 12:20 Parking Wars Garnett. Starring: David Niv- Silvstedt: My Perfect Life Depp, Keira Knightley, Or- 16:30 World’s Greenest Homes 12:45 Wheel Dealer en, Loretta Young, Hugh Her- 17:00 Katie & Peter – The Next lando Bloom, Jack Daven- Green homes in Nevada and 13:05 Modern Marvels: bert, Billie Burke. USA 1939. Chapter port. USA 2006. TV2 England. Extreme Aircraft 1 DOC 19:20 Robin Hood Cowboy school in Florida. 00:05 Criminal Minds 18:00 American Idol Documenting a variety of Bartering. 18:00 American Idol SERIES BEGINS. Doubt. 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen 19:00 Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious airplanes and aeronautics. 20:50 La figlia di Elisa 19:00 Make Me a Supermodel Cartoons for children in 20:00 Date My Ex 14:10 Million Dollar Disasters 00:05 Comedy Inc (CERT13) Fight. Finnish. Just friends. Mount St Helen erupts. 00:30 Sopranos (CERT15) 20:00 The Office JIM 10:00 The Moomins 21:00 C.S.I. Miami 15.10 Asphalt Warriors Worker for a month. After three years. Cartoon in Finnish. 22:00 Most Haunted 1988 Mustang GT 5.0. 21:00 Heroes 09:05 House Hunters Interna- 17:00 V75 SPORT Helen’s manor. 16:05 Canadian Sportfishing After four months. tional Commentary in Finnish. 23:00 Madventures III (CERT15) 17:30 Carter Can 22:00 Madventures III (CERT15) 10:00 Hooked on Fishing 20:50 Der Alte Part 7/10. Ruling the centre. 18:00 Hidden Potential Papua New Guinea. 11:00 24 Hour Design 22:05 A Man Called Horse FILM 23:40 Stargate SG1 18:30 Ace of Cakes 22:40 Sex Life Of Twins DOC 11:25 Excellent Adventure An English aristocrat is cap- Underwater gate. 19:00 Rip + Renew 00:40 Nighty Night Reggae Sumfest. tured by Indians and be- 00:35 X Files 19:30 Desperate Landscapes 00:40 Supernatural 11:50 Excellent Adventure comes an Indian warrior in 01:55 Fullmetal Alchemist 20:00 Deadliest Catch Wacken Open Air. one of the most amazing rit- Metal hand. 21:00 Ladykillers DOC Seabiscuit 12:20 Sopranos uals ever seen. Starring: Ri- 02.25 Fullmetal Alchemist Amelia Dyer. MTV3 at 15:00 TV VIISI 12:45 Knievel’s Wild Rides chard Harris, Judith Ander- Alchemy research. 22:00 Under Fire (CERT15) SERIES BEGINS. The son. USA 1970. Dangerous police chases. 19:00 Down and out in Beverly Jersey curse. 22:30 Amsterdam at Night YLE TEEMA Hills FILM 13:45 Chop Shop TV VIISI SERIES BEGINS. Getting Barbara and Dave Whiteman 14:40 Ultimate Gadgets YLE TEEMA familiar with Amsterdam’s 11:35 YLE Live: R.E.M. are rich but not very hap- Japanese inventions. 18:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! night life. 14:55 The Antibiotic Adventure py in Beverley hills. Directed 15:10 American Hot Rod 10:25 La Famiglia Montalcino 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 23:00 American Gladiators DOC by Paul Mazursky. Starring: 54 Corvette and 55 Chevy 11:40 Don Giovanni The billiard hall. 00:00 Most Shocking (CERT15) In French. Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Ri- part 3. 15:55 Brain Surgeons DOC 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 01:00 Fifth Gear 15:50 SOAP chard Dreyfuss. USA 1986. 16:05 Deadliest Catch 19:10 The Idiot Videos 01:30 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 16:15 The Aristocrats 21:00 Uri Geller & Chris Angel 17:00 Lost Worlds: SERIES ENDS. Part 10/10. 19:30 America’s Funniest Home Interviewing Adrien Brody Part 5/6. Sarah returns. show Sin City of the West DOC Russian drama series. Videos (Brothers Bloom). 18:00 The African Queen FILM Geller and Chris judge 18:00 Anthony Bourdain 20:05 Rome DOC 21:00 Four Feathers FILM 02:15 Jimmy Kimmel Live! During WWI an African riv- various acts. 19:00 Boy’s Weekend In French. A British officer resigns and erboat captain is persuaded 22:00 The Catherine Tate Show Birthday. 21:55 Les Parapluies de Cher- receives four white feath- by a prim missionary to use 22:30 Farscape 19:30 Kill Arman bourg (The Umbrellas of ers from his friends, causing his boat against an enemy I don’t go cheap. 20:00 Trouble in Paradise Cherbourg) FILM him to prove to them that warship. Directed by John 21:00 Biography: Genevieve is 17 and lives with he isn’t a coward. Directed Huston. Starring: Humphrey Dalai Lama DOC her mother, who owns an by Shekhar Kapur. Starring: Bogart, Katharine Hepburn. Programmes on Yle Teema 22:00 Crime Investigation umbrella shop. Directed by Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson, England 1951. may be viewed in the original Australia Jacques Demy. Starring: Cath- Wes Bentley, Djimon Houn- 21:40 The Nature of Dreams language(s) by changing the 23:00 Ultimate Fighter (CERT15) erine Denevue. France 1964. sou. USA 2002. Sense and Sensibility 22:55 Soul Deep DOC digital receiver’s settings. 23:55 Gangland: Murder by TV1 at 23:05 In French. 22:00 X-Weighted Part 5. Ain’t it funky. Numbers DOC LIVE SPORT Sponsored by Elmo Sports & Grill Friday 22.5. 22:00 Chicago – Detroit, NHL (C+S1) Saturday 23.5. 22:00 Carolina-Pittsburgh, NHL (C+S1) Sunday 24.5. 21:55 Chicago-Detroit, NHL (C+S1) 22:00 Orlando-Cleveland, NBA (U+TV) Monday 25.5. 18:55 HJK-FC Lahti, Liigacup(UTV) 20:55 IFK Göteborg-Malmö FF, Allsvenskan (C+S1) HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 22 – 27 MAY 2009 2121 monday 25.5. tuesday 26.5.SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION TV1 MTV3 NELONEN TV1 MTV3 NELONEN 09:40 The Young and the Restless 05:55 Dave’s London 09:40 The Young and the Restless 10:35 Emmerdale Routemasters. 10:35 Emmerdale Young love. 09:30 Road to Avonlea Andy supports Katie. 11:00 Emmerdale Sara falls in love. 11:00 Emmerdale 13:20 The Bold and the Beautiful 11:05 YLE News A new life. 14:15 Two and a Half Men 11:10 Peak Practice 13:15 The Bold and the Beautiful Double date. Close to home. 14:15 Alf 14:45 Doctors 14:05 Finland EU Politics The family is in trouble. Children and cholesterol. Live. In Finnish. 14:45 Doctors 15:35 Identity 17:08 Peak Practice Getting rid of a stutter. 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful The value of family. 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 17:30 Emmerdale 19:30 Wild Secrets 17:30 Emmerdale Brothers & Sisters MTV3 at 20:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó Cause of death. The Young and the Restless 21:00 The Refuge A new couple comes to town. Yle Teema at 18:50 18:00 Emmerdale MTV3 at 09:40 This tragic movie tells the 18:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Life story of three youths runa- Steph gets through to 07:00 Cartoons for Children 22:30 Fringe way to London where they Adam. 07:25 Timon and Pumba. In 09:30 Road to Avonlea Nightmares. 07:00 Cartoons for Children try to find sanctuary. Eng- 20:00 Brothers & Sisters Finnish. Young widow. 23:30 Psych 07:25 Timon and Pumba. land 1997. Just one big happy family. 08:00 Nanny 10:20 Dave’s London Poison mystery. In Finnish. 22:10 John from Cincinnati 21:00 Cold Case 08:30 Unsellables 11:05 YLE News 00:25 When Women Rule the 08:00 Nanny Part 6/10. A gesture of rec- The news wagon. Ruled by the baby. 11:10 Peak Practice World Surf magic. onciliation. 22:30 C.S.I. New York. 09:00 Come Dine with Me There were two of them. 08:30 Unsellables 23:30 Inside the Living Body 23:30 C.S.I. New York Essex. 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 09:00 My Greek Kitchen DOC 00:25 Big Shots 09:30 Birth Stories The missus and the new SUB 09:30 Birth Days Part 2. How our body works French kisses. 10:00 10 Years Younger USA husband. 10:00 Wedding SOS and how illnesses affect it. 10:30 Property Virgins 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 07:00 Cartoons for Children 10:30 Selling Houses 13:00 Birth Stories Dangers on the dance floor. 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 13:00 Birth Days SUB Angie has to use morphine. 17:08 Peak Practice Batman the Animated Se- 13:30 10 Years Younger USA TV2 13:30 10 Years Younger USA Close to home. ries. In Finnish. 14:00 Property Virgins 07:00 Cartoons for Children 14:30 Come Dine with Me 23:10 Line Out DOC 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 14:30 Come Dine With Me 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 15:00 Dr. Phil 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 15:00 Dr. Phil Cartoons for children in Batman the Animated The ex’s revenge. 15:35 Futurama Love lies. Finnish. Series. In Finnish. 15:55 Days of Our Lives TV2 16:00 Reba 15:55 Days of Our Lives 10:35 Happy Days 11:25 Sturm der Liebe In life threatening danger. Two weddings and a funeral. Trapped. Ali’s curse. Letting go of grief. 16:45 Oprah 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 16:30 E! Entertainment: Whose 16:45 Oprah 11:00 Kylie Kwong: My China 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model Cartoons for children in Wedding Is It Anyway? Transsexual in the family. 11:25 Animal Hospital Big expectations. 19:30 Sex and the City (CERT13) Finnish. 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model A hamster is found in a gar- 12:45 World’s Greenest Homes 21:00 Las Vegas 10:20 Plus belle la vie Big expectations. 19:30 Sex and the City (CERT13) bage dump and needs quick 15:35 Family Guy 22:00 Half Ton Boy DOC The happy poisoner. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 21:00 Dirty Sexy Money treatment. The curse of fame. The world’s heaviest seven 11:35 Secret Millionaire Grief. Surprising results. 11:55 Monster Garage 16:00 Reba year old boy. Multi-millionaire Chek 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in 22:00 Tracey Ullman (CERT15) Jesse wants to update the 16:30 E! Entertainment: Celebri- 23:15 Frasier Whyte. Philadelphia (CERT13) American man. look with racey paint. ty Crises 00:15 NCIS 12:55 Der Alte The night man is coming. 22:35 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters 10 most shocking mental. Kill Ari part 2. Family issues. 19:30 Two and a Half Men Menage a trois. The show must go on. 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 14:25 La figlia di Elisa 20:00 My Name is Earl 23:20 Frasier Buried in coal. 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters 20:30 Simpsons 23:50 Lost (CERT15) 18:05 Sturm der Liebe JIM Vanished into thin air. 21:00 Snakes on a Plane Elimination. 18:05 Die Schwarzwaldklinik (CERT15) FILM 19:00 Two and a Half Men 15:05 Border Security The man and the suitcase. An FBI agents has to save JIM Car shopping. 15:35 Excellent Adventure 22:15 Matrioshki (CERT15) the passengers on a snake 19:30 Two and a Half Men 16:05 Cool Tools The police close the Pat- infested plane. Directed by 15:40 Border Security Memories. 16:35 Hidden Potential taya club. David R. Ellis and Lex Hala- 16:10 Anthony Bourdain 20:00 Friends 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! by. Starring: Samuel L. Jack- 17:00 Boy’s Weekend Baby on board. 18:00 Banzuke son, Julianna Margulies. Gary’s birthday. 20:30 Simpsons 18:30 Excellent Adventure Half Ton Boy YLE TEEMA USA 2006. 17:30 DIY to the Rescue Grandfather’s inheritance. 19:00 Don’t Sweat It Nelonen at 22:00 23:10 Sex Life Of Twins DOC 18:00 Banzuke 21:00 O.C. 19:30 Desperate Landscapes 18:50 Cuéntame cómo pasó 00:05 E! Entertainment: 20 Most 18:30 Excellent Adventure The plans for Christmas 20:00 Future Weapons A new arrangement. Shocking Unsolved Crimes Rockness festival. 18:00 Emily of the New Moon don’t seem to be working. U212-series submarine. 21:00 Soul Deep 19:00 Cool Tools Maida is expecting a child 22:00 Gossip Girls 21:00 Jurassic Fight Club: Raptor Ghetto. 19:30 Hidden Potential and the girls have to get 23:00 I Love New York vs. T-Rex DOC 21:55 Ten FILM TV VIISI 20:00 Most Daring Rescues used to it. 23:50 I Love New York 22:00 Kill Arman Examining the emotional 21:00 7/7: The Angels of 22:05 Ring of the Nibelungs Touching hindsight. 22:30 Manhunters: Fugitive Task lives of women at important 18:00 Home and Away Edgware Road DOC Two part German fanta- 00:40 Génesis (CERT15) Force (CERT15) times in their lives. Directed Scott doesn’t know the London metro’s hero. sy mini-series. Continues at 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! by Abbas Kiarostami. Spo- truth about the baby yet and 22:00 Crisis Point 23:35. Directed by Uli Edel. 23:55 7/7: The Angels of Edg- ken in Farsi. Iran 2002. makes a big mistake. 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! In German. Germany 1990. TV VIISI ware Road DOC 23:10 The Economies of 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 23:55 Biography: Dalai Lama 01:15 Comedy Inc. (CERT13) The London metro hero. Being Environmentally Weekend trip. DOC 18:00 Home and Away 00:55 Naked and Funny Conscious DOC 19:00 America’s Funniest Home Unpleasant surprises. SERIES ENDS. Russian Videos YLE TEEMA 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air candid camera series. 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 America’s Funniest Home Videos 16:25 La Famiglia Montalcino Videos 20:00 Airline Part 20/30. David and 19:30 America’s Funniest Home Dream job. Maria have joyous news Videos 20:30 De unge mødre and wants to tell everyone 20:00 X-Weighted In Danish. about it. 21:00 Packed to the Rafters 21:00 Intervention DOC 18:00 Yiddish - Mother Tongue, 22:00 The Catherine Tate Show Alyson is a 27 year old drug Children’s Tongue DOC Internet dating. addict. 19:30 Sartre, l’âge des passions 22:30 Friday Night Project 22:00 Secret Lives of Women Part 2/2. In French. David Gest. Tracey Ullman Snakes on a Plane Gossip Girl Voyeurs and exhibitionists. 22:45 When T.Rex ruled the 23:00 Moonlighting Nelonen at 22:00 Sub at 21:00 Sub at 22:00 23:00 X-Weighted World DOC Straight talk. olin and some poor backing danc- though, as his lyrics attest: “I’m anywhere within 1,000 kilometres ers wearing braces and get them to on a critical mission, got my des- of the city gates. Virulently homo- perform bad stage-school versions tiny in my hands/Like Peter Piper phobic, Luzhkov once described of Fiddler on the Roof. Sadly for I take control put a spell on the homosexuality as “satanic”. Quite Norwegians, this insufferable little mass/I cause hysteria, worry your- what he was thinking during the The Annual git is currently their country’s num- self, that’s how I roll/It’s not a drill, Ukraine’s performance – involv- Music Massacre, ber one export. His target audience I’m for real, I’m a man who’s out of ing a Shakira lookalike dressed in is surely those under 10 years of control.” I mean, it’s just rubbish. some semi-S&M gear accompa- Part 2 age, although because the show I’m sure that in every country there nied by a couple of butch, bare- was broadcast at the ridiculously are some people who despair that chested young men singing Be My NICK BARLOW late time of 22:00 and finished in people from other countries might Valentine – is anyone’s guess. My the early morning, there must have actually think that their Eurovision personal favourite was Romania’s Well, that’s that over with for an- been quite a lot of silly adults vot- song entry is somehow representa- version of Geri Halliwell singing other year. The Eurovision song ing for him as well. tive of their motherland’s musical some über-cheesy pop about some contest final was held last week Luckily, Finland’s entry, Lose heritage. Happily, Finland is full of Balkan girls who like to party, ap- in Moscow and it was as truly ter- Control by the God-awful Waldo’s great musicians; sadly, Waldo isn’t parently. Jolly good stuff. The UK’s rifying as always. Norway was the People, got short shrift from the one of them. song was a musical massacre, as winner, in case you hadn’t heard or European public, who recognised There was some irony in the you may expect, given that it was previously cared, they won with a the song for the horrible piece final being held in Moscow. As penned by Andrew Lloyd Web- song sung by someone called Alex- of Euro-dance-pap that it is and everyone knows, Eurovision is a ber. Like always, the stupid thing ander Rybak who is originally from awarded it only 22 points – last massive gay event. Practically is that several countries involved Belarus. His song was called I’m place. Waldo himself is a middle- everyone involved in it is gay, as aren’t even in Europe. Israel, for in Love with a Fairytale and it was aged man, I’m guessing fifty-ish, are most of the target audience. starters. The location of Turkey is a rubbish. In the old days they used who wears a baseball cap back If the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Lu- contested point. And Azerbaijan? I to boo people like him off the stage, to front and thinks that he’s eigh- zhkov, had his way, on the other mean for goodness sake, it’s closer but these days they give them a vi- teen. He’s a really serious bloke, hand, there’d be no gay people to Pakistan than it is to Finland. 22 22 – 27 MAY 2009 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES Thu 5/21 wednesday 27.5. +12 +15 TV1 MTV3 NELONEN +14 Thu 5/21 Fri 5/22 Sat 5/23 Sun 5/24 Mon 5/25 Tue 5/26 Wed 5/27 +16 09:40 The Young and the Restless +22 +16 +20 +20 +20 +22 +18 10:35 Emmerdale +14 11:00 Emmerdale +14 +27 +29 +31 +32 +34 +32 +29 13:15 The Bold and the Beautiful +13 14:15 How I Met Your Mother +13 +32 +31 +31 +32 +31 +29 +31 14:45 Doctors +28 +28 +27 +24 +24 +18 +23 Help in the oxygen chamber. Fri 5/22 +17 +29 +35 +34 +33 +31 +28 15:35 Candid Camera +9 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful +23 +18 +18 +21 +24 +23 +20 17:30 Emmerdale +15 No vacancy. +21 +17 +20 +23 +21 +21 +20 18:00 Emmerdale How I Met Your Mother +15 MTV3 at 14:15 +28 +28 +24 +26 +27 +28 +29 20:00 My Big Fat Mexican +15 Wedding DOC +16 +31 +34 +33 +31 +31 +34 +34 Manuel Uribe is one of the 07:00 Cartoons for Children +15 world’s heaviest men. 07:00 Avatar. In Finnish. +18 +18 +15 +16 +18 +19 +18 +15 21:00 C.S.I. New York 08:00 Nanny Isabel Allende 22:30 Ax Men 08:30 Unsellable +15 +41 +38 +39 +36 +36 +39 +40 Yle Teema at 21:00 23:30 Mythbusters 09:00 Come Dine with Me Sat 5/23 +40 +39 +39 +38 +39 +39 +39 00:35 3rd Rock From the Sun 09:30 Birth Stories 09:30 Road to Avonlea The seven deadly sins. 10:00 10 Years Younger USA +12 +22 +18 +19 +24 +24 +23 +22 Boys will be boys. 13:00 Birth Stories 11:05 YLE News Angie’s baby has been born +15 +25 +22 +29 +26 +25 +23 +26 SUB 11:10 Peak Practice and now is the time to find +19 +16 +17 +16 +21 +21 +17 The value of family. out if the baby has been +15 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 07:00 Cartoons for Children addicted to morphine. +15 +30 +30 +29 +29 +30 +30 +30 A bad little finger. 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 13:30 10 Years Younger USA +18 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder Batman the Animated Se- 14:00 James Martin Digs Deep +13 +23 +26 +27 +27 +24 +28 +27 +18 Amanda goes to a ballet sa- ries. In Finnish. 14:30 Come Dine with Me +23 +21 +17 +18 +24 +28 +29 lon where a young girl girl 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 15:00 Dr. Phil +17 taught. 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben Custody disputes. +17 +16 +20 +17 +20 +21 +19 17:08 Peak Practice 15:55 Cow & Chicken 15:55 Days of Our Lives Sun 5/24 Letting go. 16:25 E! Entertainment: Victoria 16:45 Oprah +23 +22 +24 +23 +23 +23 +28 +7 19:00 Keeping Up Appearances Silvstedt: My Perfect Life Bill Cosby. +18 +21 +20 +21 +20 +20 +23 Hyacinth and Richard are SERIES ENDS. Memories of 17:45 Next Top Model +12 invited to an art gallery. Los Angeles. The girl that is graduating. +28 +29 +17 +20 +19 +21 +23 22:00 Line Out DOC 16:55 E! Entertainment: Keeping 19:30 Sex and the City (CERT13) +14 Documenting the Iranian Up with the Kardashians Miranda doesn’t seem to be +15 +27 +28 +27 +27 +27 +28 +26 president Ahmadinejad. 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben improving. +32 +32 +32 +33 +33 +34 +36 A fiery trap. 20:00 How to Look Good Naked +16 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy +22 +19 +22 +23 +25 +16 +20 TV2 +19 +15 White lies. The whole hospital is get- +18 19:00 Two and a Half Men ting ready for Derek and +24 +17 +18 +17 +20 +22 +13 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 19:30 Two and a Half Men Meredith’s wedding. Mon 5/25 +18 +18 +15 +18 +17 +18 +22 Cartoons for children in Patient. 00:10 Frasier Finnish. 20:00 Friends New friends. +11 +25 +15 +20 +26 +21 +22 +18 10:35 Happy Days 20:30 Simpsons 11:05 Mat med Niklas 21:00 Ali G Indahouse (CERT15) +15 +23 +25 +25 +24 +22 +16 +23 JIM SERIES ENDS. Part 12/12. FILM +17 +12 +19 +22 +23 +18 +16 Nikla goes for a world Ali G unknowingly becomes +16 record in pizza cooking. a pawn in the plot to take 15:05 Border Security +17 +22 +18 +22 +21 +19 +21 +22 12:00 Globetrekker over Great Britain from 15:35 Excellent Adventure +19 Ian Wright gets familiar with the Prime Minister. Direct- 16:05 Don’t Sweat It +12 +12 +10 +9 +9 +9 +11 the Amazon rain forests. ed by Mark Mylod. Starring: Laminate for the floor. +22 +21 +25 +25 +26 +27 +27 +26 +23 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael 16:35 Desperate Landscapes +21 Visby goes to see what the Gamon. England 2002. 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! +29 +29 +28 +32 +31 +31 +30 new garden looks like. 23:00 C.S.I. 18:00 Banzuke Tue 5/26 18:00 Emily of New Moon A violent murder at the casino. 18:30 Excellent Adventure +16 +21 +22 +26 +25 +27 +29 A new Duncan boy starts at- 00:00 Angela’s Eyes Ganesh Chaturthi festival. +5 +31 +30 +30 +31 +31 +30 +31 tending at Emily’s school. Answers. 19:00 Million Dollar Listing +12 20:00 IT-Crowd 00:50 Arrested Development 19:30 Trigged Out +16 +14 +12 +18 +24 +20 +18 It’s going to be a bad day. Four tricks. 20:30 Fifth Gear +10 +15 +18 +13 +8 +18 +21 +17 21:35 Football Masters SPORT 01:20 Arrested Development Maserati Quattroporte +15 Finals for Barcelona – Man- Bad relations. Sport GT. +16 +17 +14 +19 +21 +21 +16 chester United. Commen- 21:00 Modern Marvels: +18 tary in Finnish. Gadgets 3 DOC +25 +27 +29 +26 +26 +26 +28 +22 TV VIISI Clever machines. +18 +22 22:00 American Hot Rod +25 +21 +23 +22 +19 +21 +21 YLE TEEMA 18:00 Home and Away 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! +18 +18 +19 +21 +25 +27 +26 Wedding surprises. 23:55 Jurassic Fight Club: Raptor Wed 5/27 16:30 Lab Rats 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air vs. T-Rex DOC +25 +21 +22 +23 +20 +25 +21 SERIES ENDS. Part 4/4. Ce- Hilary’s new job. 00:55 Naked and Funny +9 sarean sections. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home +16 21:00 Isabel Allende - Ein Leben Videos für die Freiheit DOC 19:30 America’s Funniest Home +14 Thursday 5/21 Documenting Isabel Videos +13 Allende’s life. Directed by 21:00 Go Girls Paula Ridriguez. Big expectations. +17 4:27 am 10:06 pm 3:33 am 10:56 pm 22:20 Six Feet Under (CERT15) 22:00 Scrubs +13 +19 4:36 am 10:19 pm 3:06 am 11:22 pm Life is far too short. Continues at 22:30. +15 23:40 Yle Live: Smashing 23:00 Dark Justice Arrested Development 4:21 am 10:22 pm Pumpkins Happy mother’s day. Sub at 01:20 Ali G Indahouse The Ali G character is performed by Sacha Baron Cohen, famous for his role Have you as Borat. In Ali G Indahouse Cohen plays the role of an unwitting Ali G who becomes a pawn in an evil Chancellor got expat views Carlton’s plot to overthrow Great Britain’s Prime Min- ister. 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He moved to Finland from Beijing, China, when he was three. maintenance Greater Helsinki Area Ask for references. by Ozzie Services Contact: David 050 431 8621 she said that they wanted me thing for our movie, which got up at seven, went home at [email protected] in a movie. She explained that made the director very an- three. And believe me: shoot- a director from YLE had been noyed because it was her job ing a movie is pretty hard work. Hollywood “spying” on the club. Even to suggest ideas, not mine. It’s not all glamorous with the though I’m a foreigner, I still After she turned me down “pose pose” and “snap snap” in Finland got the part. I was thrilled. that time, I think I fi nally got and “oh my hair isn’t done Ask about Finland These kinds of things happen the hint and didn’t bother do- properly”. You really get tired PEOPLE say that it’s hard to very rarely. I asked my par- ing anything extra anymore. after seven or eight hours. And be a foreigner in Finland. Less ents, and after a short talk, we After that, I guess things ac- when you are falling asleep in Question: What is a Kela card? chance of getting a job because agreed. So a few months later tually got better and the the car, you don’t care if your you are a foreigner, have to I was in an YLE car driving to shooting went much faster. hair is bad or not. You just wish Answer: work four times harder than the location of the shoot. I fell Learning your lines was you were at home sleeping on a Kela is Finland’s primary social insurance institution. Its mis- Finns, blah blah blah… Well, I asleep in the car, not realising the hardest, because we of- comfortable bed. sion is to secure the income and promote the health of the na- think half of the time, this isn’t where we were actually going. ten got our scripts only ten When the shooting was tion. For example, Kela covers family benefits, unemployment the case. I’m a foreign kid and It turned out that it was an ed- minutes before they started over and I got my paycheck, I payments, financial aid for students and health insurance. have been living in Finland for ucational movie and that they shooting – and we often had was really excited about see- All permanent residents of Finland are issued a Kela card, ten years. In that short amount will shoot it at my chemistry to learn a lot. This was my fi rst ing my movie. Even though which is essentially a personal health insurance card. Everyone of time I have been able to get and physics club, where my time playing in a movie, and I the movie was only shown on covered under the Finnish social security system is entitled to a “job” in Finland. I got it even partner and I would do cra- suffered from a bit of a stage an educational channel, I still one. If you take up permanent residence in Finland, you should though they could have cho- zy scientist expressions and fright. So when the camera felt like a superstar. But to apply for coverage under the Finnish social security system, af- sen a Finn, and I didn’t have to whacky experiments. started rolling it was even my surprise and disappoint- ter which you will get your personal Kela card. For more infor- work four times harder. Here’s Shooting movies isn’t a harder to remember the lines. ment, they had cut off more mation see www.kela.fi. how it went: common thing for a boy to This resulted in “cuts” and than half of the scenes that I Ville Ukkola – HT I was at a chemistry and do on his summer holidays. I “take fi ves”. But sometimes was in, making my part pretty physics club a few years ago. think I got a bit over excited it was intresting to read the small. But it was a fun experi- Is life in Finland puzzling you? Are you confused It was the last lesson and I was because I was always “trying scripts, because our director ence and, despite some bad by Finnish society? Helsinki Times runs a new ready to go, when my teacher a bit too hard” and the di- had a sense of humour – and times, I would gladly shoot series of questions and answers. stopped me. I thought I was rector had to say “cut” a lot. she added a lot of jokes in. another movie again, if I were in some kind of trouble until Once I tried to suggest some- We worked hard for a week: given the chance. If you have questions about life in Finland please send them to [email protected] In this series expatriates tell about their lives in Finland. We will do our best to answer your questions. 035535-0921 ISSUE 21 (100) 22-27 MAY 2009 • ISSN 1796-8321. Price €3 (sis ALV). 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No reproduction or reprinting is allowed without permission from ©Helsinki Times Inc. the week in pictures LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / JOE RAEDLE MONDAY The Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 blasts off from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center on 11 May in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Atlantis is scheduled for an 11-day mission to service the Hubble telescope. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / ANDREW BIRAJ Pigs lay in their pen while being transported on a truck along a A sculpture to advertise Art HK 09 is displayed outside an exhi- A boy swims in the polluted waters of the Buriganga river in Dha- highway on the outskirts of central Beijing on 12 May. China has bition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 13 ka 14 May. The water of the Buriganga river has turned pitch ordered stepped up flu monitoring nationwide after confirming May. The Art HK 09 event, taking place 14-17 May, will bring to- black due to the dumping of millions of tonnes of human and in- its first mainland swine flu case and said it had found and iso- gether over 110 international galleries from 24 countries to buy dustrial waste according to local media. lated nearly all the patient's fellow air passengers. The nation- and sell art. al alert came a day after the government said a 30-year-old Chi- nese man had tested positive for the A (H1N1) virus after arriving in China from the United States. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / MIAN KHURSHEED LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / RAUL FORZA LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / RADU SIGHETI An internally displaced boy, fleeing a military offensive in the Swat View of the Perito Moreno glacier in the Parque Nacional Los Women in wedding gowns pose in front of the Parliament Palace, valley, plays outside his classroom tent at a school in a UNHCR camp Glaciares, 80km west of the city El Calafate, in the Patagonian the largest administrative building in the world, during the "Bride (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in Pakistan's Swabi province of Santa Cruz, 16 May. The Perito Moreno glacier, part Parade" in Bucharest 17 May. The event gathered future and district, located about 120 km (75 miles) north west of Pakistan's cap- of the Los Glaciares National Park, a World Heritage site, covers former brides under the slogan of, "Be a bride for one more day". ital Islamabad 15 May. an area of 230 square km, with a front of 5 km and a height be- tween 70 and 60 meters above the level of the lake.