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Medvedev OECD: “Finland in a possible recovery phase” calls for new
EU energy After months of bad eco- Leading economic indicators nomic news, one of the agreement most popular economic STT MATTHEW PARRY – HT indicators may show an end to the recession. 105 RUSSIAN President Dmitri Medvedev has managed to defl ect Finnish calls for access to his coun- DAVID J. CORD try’s real estate market. HELSINKI TIMES On a recent two-day visit to Fin- 100 land – the fi rst since he assumed of- THERE may be light at the end of the fi ce in May of last year – Medvedev tunnel. For months jobs have been was unwilling to promise Finns the lost, companies have been battered right to buy plots of land and real es- and the public has become numbed tate in Russia, despite the fact that to a seemingly never-ending fl ow of Russian citizens face no such restric- bad news about the economy. For 95 tions on purchases in Finland. Finland, at least, there may be some Finnish Foreign Minister Alex- room for optimism. One of the most ander Stubb (Nat. Coalition Party) widely followed indicators of fu- told MTV3 reporters that President ture economic activity has turned Tarja Halonen had raised the mat- positive. ter in discussions with her Russian Finland’s composite of leading 90 counterpart. The two leaders have economic indicators (CLI) was sliding agreed to further investigate ex- downwards from June 2007 till De- tended rights for Finnish buyers. cember 2008. Since then, however, At a press conference during his the indicator has turned upward. Ac- state visit, Medvedev expressed his cording to the Organisation for Eco- satisfaction with Finland’s position nomic Co-operation and Development on the controversial planned natu- (OECD), Finland’s index has increased Jul-2007 Jul-2008 Jun-2007 Jan-2008 Apr-2007 Jun-2008 Jan-2009 Apr-2008 Oct-2007 Sep-2007 Feb-2008 Dec-2007 Oct-2008 Feb-2009 Aug-2007 Sep-2008 Mar-2008 Nov-2007 Dec-2008 Aug-2008 Nov-2008 May-2007 ral gas pipeline which, if construct- by 44 the fi rst two months of the year May-2008 ed, would run beneath the Baltic and stood at 95.97 in February. Sea. “Looking at the CLI for Finland, Finland Sweden United Kingdom United States Euro area Russian Federation President Halonen reiterated that it seems that some tentative im- from Finland’s perspective, the is- provement in the rate of deterio- Finland’s leading economic indicators have turned positive while some other countries continue to suffer. sue was above all an ecological one. ration in the outlook is appearing, Should steps be taken to eliminate but bear in mind that the empha- The OECD remains careful on to forecast the turning points in a cent drop in GDP for 2009 is proba- the project’s ecological impact, she sis on tentative cannot be overstat- how to interpret the jump in the in- business cycle,” says Petri Mäki- bly too rosy. Specifi cally, he blamed said, Finland will drop its opposition. ed,” says Emmanuelle Guidetti of crease in the CLI. “We would like to Fränti, economist at the Pellervo the massive drop in trade the fi rst Medvedev made it clear that his the OECD Statistics Directorate. “It remind you that this should be tak- Economic Research Institute PTT. few months of this year. “I believe government was less satisfi ed with seems that Finland has entered into en with caution,” continues Guidet- One major reason Mäki-Frän- the whole year will be quite diffi cult the current European energy treaty. a possible recovery phase, since CLI ti. “It may change when new data ti remains cautious is because of for our export companies,” he told He said that Russia would like to hold is increasing and below 100.” points are available.” the structure of the Finnish econ- the newspaper. discussions with the European Un- The OECD uses seven different omy. “Finland is now mainly hit This could be troubling, as ac- ion as soon as possible over a possi- Dangerous business indicators in their composition of by a collapse in exports,” he ex- cording to the OECD only a very few ble renegotiation of the agreement. Predicting the economy is danger- Finland’s leading indicators. These plains. “The Finnish economy is countries have shown any increase The Russian President also indi- ous business. After years of intense include price indices, interest rate not likely to start a recovery be- in their leading indicators. These in- cated that Moscow stood by the ini- study and experimentation, econ- spreads, manufacturing indices and fore our main export markets clude France and Italy as well as Fin- tiative it launched at the Conference omists have still not discovered a share prices. All of these tend to in- first start to recover.” land. The indicators for other major on Security and Cooperation in Eu- method to accurately predict fu- dicate the future economic trend. economies continue their precipi- rope (CSCE) held in Helsinki last De- ture economic activity. One method Prime minister pessimistic tous drop. cember. Medvedev pointed out that that has become popular is compil- Some economists cautious Finland’s heavy dependence upon While the upward trend in the next year will be the thirty-fi fth anni- ing statistics that tend to move pri- Although the uptick in leading in- the collapsing export market has leading indicators is heartening, versary of the historic 1975 Helsinki or to the economy. These are termed dicators is good news, some econo- led Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen the index is still historically low. CSCE, which produced the so-called “leading” indicators because they mists are still cautious. “According to become even more pessimistic. The OECD deems an economic ex- “Helsinki Accords” on European bor- often move in the same direction the to our own experience of forecast- In an interview last week with the pansion is in order when the index ders and human rights. He suggest- economy moves, but only about six ing work in PTT it is really diffi cult Wall Street Journal Vanhanen ad- is over 100. Finland’s index is still ed that any new European agreement months sooner. Historically these to fi nd any single variable or small mitted that the current govern- some fi ve points below its level last could be named “Helsinki Plus”. indicators have had some success. set of variables that could be used ment economic forecast of a 5 per year. 2 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES
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In the 2009 version of the maternity package distributed to expect- ing parents by Kela –The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, more products have been designed with ecological considerations in mind.
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FOR THE third year run- ning, the maternity packag- es include a set of reusable cloth nappies. The number of these has been increased, and some of the babywear is
made from natural materi- LEHTIKUVA / TIMO JAAKONAHO als such as bamboo or from recyclables. According to Elise Kivimäki of Kela, this change is intended to encourage par- ents to try out reusable nap- pies. “Free disposable nappies have been left out because they are available at materni- ty hospitals and other places, Kela’s maternity packages have been highly popular for decades. and parents may wish to buy them themselves,” she says. snowsuit, caps, booties, mit- ours is much the same as last When it comes to great- tens, a duvet cover, a sleep- year,” she notes. According to er eco-friendliness, the winter ing bag, sets of cloth nappies, Kivimäki, the reusable nap- overalls are a good example. a mattress, a hairbrush, a toy, pies have also generated a lot The exterior is 63 per cent re- a picture book and condoms. of positive feedback from their cycled material and 37 per cent New to the maternity package proponents. ordinary polyester. The pack- is a knitted overall made from The maternity package age also includes socks and a wool blend, which replaces means a lot to Finns and has mittens made from bamboo. the padded overall. remained consistently pop- “Because of general- ular for decades. Last year Practical and popular ly positive feedback, no ma- Kela distributed 42,400 The basic selection of prod- jor changes have been made,” packages. About 95 per cent ucts in the maternity pack- Kivimäki says. “Our custom- of fi rst-time mothers chose age is much the same as in ers have been happy with the the package over the alter- last year’s version. The pack- neutral colours used in the native, a cash grant of 140 age contains items such as a products, so the range of col- euros.
One-stop info service simplifies bureaucracy for foreign workers
A new, multilingual service provides employees new to Finland with a no-nonsense introduction to the joys of the Nordic welfare state: paying taxes and collecting benefits.
HT porary residence here ar- liminary forms with Kela and MATTHEW PARRY range their tax and social the FTA. insurance matters before “The working concept AN INFORMATION service arriving in the country. The has been quite well received. aimed at future or recent ar- majority are aware that Many clients have been grate- rivals in Finland has got off they will be required to pay ful for the chance to settle a to a promising start. The In tax to the Finnish state, but whole series of offi cial mat- To service point, a facility for some, social insurance ters in only one visit, and in jointly developed and oper- may be something of a for- their mother tongue. I think ated by the Social Insurance eign concept,” explains cli- we've managed to relieve Institute of Finland (Kela) ent consultant Jenni Herkiä some of the intimidation that and the Finnish Tax Admin- from Kela. comes from dealing with bu- istration (FTA), assists immi- reaucracy in a new country,” grants arriving in Finland to More than says Anna Öhman, assistant take up work by providing in- 700 customers tax secretary at the FTA. formation on the tricky but In To, which was launched When In To opened its unavoidable necessities of in November, has already doors, Finland was experienc- life in their new country. helped prepare more than ing the fi rst shudders of the Many Finnish companies 700 foreign workers, stu- worldwide recession, but In will take care of the affairs of dents and entrepreneurs in To consultants fi nd it diffi cult their foreign employees for advance of their arrival in to estimate how the economic them, with accommodation, the Helsinki metropolitan re- situation has affected demand for example, which is some- gion. In terms of nationality, for their advice. “We have em- times arranged beforehand. the greatest demand has so ployees arriving in Finland For those who have to han- far come from employees ar- from abroad all the time. The dle their own tax and social riving from Estonia and Rus- situation in our labour market insurance matters, however, sia, followed by India and the seems to look a bit better than the In To service can provide United Kingdom. it does in the Baltic countries, valuable assistance. The service provides as- at least. I'd imagine that there “A typical client of ours sistance in a number of lan- will be a steady stream of for- is a citizen of the EU who is guages, including English, eigners coming to take up work coming to Finland for work Estonian, Russian and Hin- in Finland in the future, too, purposes. Very few foreign di. Typically, consultants will especially in the caring profes- employees taking up tem- help new arrivals to fi le pre- sions,” predicts Öhman. 4 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 DOMESTIC NEWS HELSINKI TIMES
LEHTIKUVA / MARJA AIRIO tivity does not constitute an Scented allergy, but the extreme reac- tions it causes can seriously interfere with everyday life. scourge Sensivity to smells can make social situations, a day at the offi ce or a trip to the super- An endless variety of market unbearable. The condition is some- odours adds to the times called multiple-chem- sensory experience ical sensitivity (MCS) but of modern living, but there is some controversy over its true nature. It seems for many smells are to be neither a psychologi- a major cause of cal condition nor a physio- logical reaction to chemicals. allergic reactions. Though some antihistamines offer a degree of relief, aside from that there are no known MATTI KOSKINEN treatments other than remov- HELSINKI TIMES ing obtrusive smells from the immediate environment. IT IS estimated that every sec- ”Avoiding exposure to the ond person suffers from nau- smells altogether is defi nite- sea, headaches, exhaustion or ly not a practical solution. We one or more of a great many advise people to slowly de- Nearly 20 per cent of Finns suffer from pollen allergies. other symptoms due to smells sensitise themselves in small common to modern environ- steps, rather than lock them- ments. Stuffy air, cigarette selves away from the world,” smoke, paint, perfume, sweat explains Vuorenmaa. Spring spells trouble for allergics or even newspapers are com- MCS is still often unrec- mon causes of complaint. For ognised by the general pub- According to Pessi there blooming season,” says Anne some especially sensitive peo- lic. People often treat those Nature’s reawakening means hay fever for are great differences in the Vuorenmaa of the Aller- ple, even a slight whiff of per- who suffer from the condi- intensity and duration of the gy and Asthma Federation. fume can provoke symptoms. tion as being overly sensitive many, as airborne pollen counts start to climb. pollen season from one year Some prefer localised treat- ”Although it can’t be test- troublemakers. to the next. The blooming of ments such as eyedrops, ed for, it is a very real problem ”It is an important topic birch trees in particular has nasal sprays etc, while oth- for a lot of people and should that demands discussion. Peo- MATTI KOSKINEN that can be carried several a certain rhythm that can ers take general antihista- be taken seriously,” says Anne ple should be more informed HELSINKI TIMES hundred of kilometres away be forecast with some preci- mines. An increasing number Vuorenmaa of the Allergy and about the problem,” Vuoren- by the wind. Alder and ha- sion. A strong bloom one year are also turning to allergen Asthma Federation. Sensi- maa says. THE ANNUAL airborne spore zel lead the pollen season in often means a weaker one immunotherapy. offensive is once again caus- March and April. Currently al- will follow, although weath- ”Immunotherapy has ing runny noses, swollen eyes der pollen counts are moder- er and cross-border air fl ows proved very effective,” Vuo- available in pill form, other tense than usual,” Pessi says. and uncontrollable sneezing in ate or abundant in southern may affect the actual pollen renmaa says. ”The treatment types of pollen allergies can ”Alder on the other hand al- thousands of people suffering and western parts of Finland. counts. takes three years and gives only be treated with injec- ways blooms with full force, from hay fever, or pollinosis. ”This year we’re a little be- up to seven years’ or even 12 tions. Research is underway and as for grass and hay, there Between 20 to 30 per cent of hind schedule compared to an Preventive relief years’ protection. According to develop a pill for immu- are so many different species Finns suffer from pollen aller- average year in terms of alder. It Updated information about to some studies it may even notherapy against birch, the that we can’t possibly predict gies. Amongst the most com- usually reaches a peak bloom- pollen counts allows allergy prevent asthma from break- most common cause of polli- what kind of bloom we’ll have.” mon culprits are birch, alder, ing period by the end of March, sufferers to anticipate peak ing out.” nosis in Finland. hazel, grass and mugwort. but this year it started in April,” pollination periods and to The new national aller- This year there is some As soon as temperatures says researcher Anna-Mari Pes- take preventive medication. gy programme, launched in good news for birch allergics, Pollen report online: settle fi rmly above zero, si from the University of Turku ”We usually recommend 2008, is set to promote im- though. www.aerobiologia.utu.fi plants spring to life and begin Aerobiology Unit, which moni- that sufferers begin treat- munotherapy. Whereas treat- ”The bloom of birch this /en/index.html to emit microscopic spores tors airborne pollen. ment a week or two before ment for hay allergies, is now summer is likely to be less in-
periment with various forms According to Myllykan- of care and to report posi- Alternative gas, attention should be paid Officials call for restrictions tive results from them. One to amending the defi cien- exception is homeopathy, medicines cies of alternative medicines. which men tend to use more can post- Their effect has not yet been on alternative therapies often then women. proven. He fears that the sick In general however, Finns pone taking will want to try the new, com- STT compass less common treat- group insists that lawmak- still have faith in treatments pletely useless drugs. MATTHEW PARRY – HT ments, such as hypnosis. ers move quickly to intro- grounded in medical science. the correct “Many want to believe These limitations would duce the recommendations, Almost all Finns surveyed for in the placebo effect. When A MINISTRY of Social Affairs also extend to others requir- noting that such restrictions the study believe that sur- medication one uses both real drugs and Health working group ing medical care. Pregnant already exist in Sweden, Nor- gery, prescription medicine, and products with no effect, has suggested that care for women, organ-transplant re- way and Denmark. exercise and a balanced di- REINO PASANEN – STT people tend to rather be- patients technically unable to cipients, cancer patients, di- Additional recommenda- et are all measures that will lieve the latter,” Myllykangas decide for themselves, includ- abetes sufferers and those tions include passing a law help patients to recover from describes. ing the seriously mentally ill with certain forms of milder specifi cally defi ning certain illness. THE USE of alternative med- In some cases, health food and those with developmen- mental illnesses, for example, alternative therapies, pro- The majority of respond- ications can worsen illneses products can even have an tal disabilities, be restricted would only be permitted so- viding for their monitoring ents nevertheless reported if they cause delays in be- unintended benefi t, if treat- to treatment by registered called alternative therapies and establishing an author- that they feel that relief can gining medical treatment. In ment is usually administered healthcare professionals on- in conjunction with treat- ity with which alternative also be gained from acupunc- the worst case, the patient through hard drugs. ly. The group recommends ment by a registered doc- caregivers could register ture and chiropractic treat- will entirely replace drugs “For example, antibiot- that the restriction also en- tor. The ministerial working voluntarily. This would be ment, while half expressed with quack medicines, says ics are prescribed rather backed up by increased fund- belief in the medicinal ben- Markku Myllykangas from mechanically, when the ill- ing for research into alterna- efi ts of natural products and the University of Kuopio. ness could pass on its own. If tive medicines and therapies, refl exology. Greater scepti- “In addition, with herb- overmedication is reduced by ARE YOU IN FINLAND as well as the foundation of a cism was reserved for aro- al treatments, for example, using a few health food prod- dedicated information bank. matherapy and hypnosis. mixed use can cause un- uct drops, it certainly can’t TO WORK OR STUDY? The Minister of Social Affairs Half of those surveyed are predictable side effects for hurt.” and Health, Paula Risikko of the opinion that acupunc- some,” Myllykangas notes. According to Myllykan- (Coalition Party), was pre- ture should be an offi cial- The report on alternative gas, both pharmaceutical INFORMATION sented with the proposals on ly accepted form of health treatments, which was com- and the health food business 16 April. care, while slightly fewer feel pleted on 14 April, does not offer share in common that they ON ACCOMODATION, the same about chiropractic suggestions regarding medical constantly develop symp- FINNISH LESSONS AND JOBS AT: Alternative therapy and refl exology treatments. treatment. Instead, it address- toms or illnesses as justifi - regarded as a These fi ndings are the result es mainly treatment services. cation for new products.“ As www.infopankki.fi supplement, of a study commissioned by A health food shop might have new products are being mar- not a substitute the Association of Finnish 3,000 items, of which a large keted, the number of symp- Women are more likely than Pharmacies, the Pharmaceu- portion are claimed to have ef- toms somehow increases as men to consider alternative tical Information Centre and fects that cure diseases or im- well.” An example is ejacula- Your guide to Finnish life, culture and customs medical treatment, accord- the Finnish Medical Associa- prove or prevent conditions. tion prevention drugs, which in 15 different languages. ing to a year-old study. They tion, which questioned 1,000 Some of them are available even were introduced soon after are also more likely to ex- Finns about their views. in pharmacies. erectile dysfunction drugs. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 55
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Finnish developers as an alternative to short plan stadium over prison sentences. “Having earlier been railway in Tampere rather critical of ankle The Tampere city coun- tags, I have since acquaint- cil said 21 April that a new ed myself with the posi- property development tive experiences in Sweden company called Tamper- and Estonia,” Brax told the een Keskusareena had sub- paper. mitted a proposal to build Brax went on to quote a 70-million-euro stadium Swedish statistics as say- on top of the railway next ing that tagging had re- to the university near the duced reoffending rates. centre of the city in south- The minister told Huf- ern Finland. vudstadsbladet that tag- The managing director ging would be used for of the company is Rikard young and fi rst-time offend- Bjurström, a local sports ers facing up to six months infl uential, with Harry in prison, with drink-driv- Harkimo of Helsinki Are- ers the most common tag- na fame the other moving ging candidates. spirit behind the project. An electronic ankle tag The company intends to is a transmitter used to raise the bulk of its funding alert the authorities should from private investors but an offender leave their plans to apply for subsidies home without authorisa- as well. tion or tamper with the de- Tampereen Keskusaree- vice. STT na plans to fi nish the 10,000-seat venue by 2012, the year Tampere wants to Finland set to host the icehockey world keep EU farm The average non-Finnish construction worker is paid less than Finnish colleagues for the same work. championships. STT aid handicap classification Finnish police The European commis- Foreigners earn less than Finns keen to acquire sion on 21 April adopt- grenade launchers ed a communication on a draft classifi cation system The Finnish police are look- of farmland with natural Immigrants on average make less money than Finns, but in some Selected monthly ing into introducing new handicaps that would en- pay by nationality types of weapons, includ- able all parts of Finland to occupations foreigners earn much more. Austrian: 3,700 ing a 40-millimetre gre- keep their less favoured ar- Japanese: 3,450 nade launcher, into service, ea (LFA) status. British: 3,310 national daily Helsingin The commission has DAVID CORD structural differences in the the highest paid nationalities Finn: 2,737 Sanomat quoted a police narrowed the more than HELSINKI TIMES foreign and domestic seg- were much more likely to be Foreigner average: 2,579 working group as saying on 100 national criteria cur- ments of the labour force, employed in the high-paying Kenyan: 1,940 21 April. rently used to judge wheth- FOREIGNERS have earned less there are some indications IT sector. Those from coun- Somalian: 1,860 The paper added that er an area is eligible for LFA than Finns for some time, but of discrimination. “By dis- tries at the bottom of the Filipino: 1,800 the working group, named aid to eight soil and climate the gap is now widening. Ac- crimination, I mean the wage scale were more often found by the police technical cen- criteria. cording to research by Sta- inequality that cannot be ex- in lower-paying positions Selected foreigner tre, had approached top “The objective is not to tistics Finland a foreigner plained via earnings data,” such as cleaners or ware- pay discrepancy by offi cers with a propos- reduce or to enlarge the earned six per cent less than Katainen explains. “In other house workers. profession al to launch a project on less favoured areas, but to a native Finn during 2007. words, there was still some Bus driver: +16% new weapons.According to set up a delimitation sys- In 2001 the pay discrepan- equality although I standard- Some foreigners Cook: +7% Helsingin Sanomat the po- tem which is clear and cy was only one per cent. ised employee gender, age, thrive in specific Electronic and lice have procured some transparent, while tak- The study bases the reasons occupation and economic ac- professions IT expert: +1% new weapons for trials. ing into account the pecu- for this widening pay gap on tivity in my calculations.” In some professions for- Maintainence man: -13% The type of weapon pic- liarities of an area as large the fact that many more for- eigners had higher earnings Doctor: -17% tured by the paper is ca- and diverse as the EU,” said eign employees work in lower National than Finns. These include pable of fi ring a range of in a statement Mariann paid jobs. differences sales and marketing direc- munitions ranging from Fischer Boel, the agricul- There were very wide differ- tors, bus drivers and cooks. struction workers. The study dye cartridges to high ex- ture commissioner. Discrimination ences in the pay of various The study concluded that for- cited as examples that for- plosives. STT The commission add- Researcher Antti Katainen nationalities. Some nation- eigners were more likely to eign painters and plasterers ed it would ask member of Statistics Finland points alities earned considerably work nights and weekends were paid 10 and 26 per cent states to carry out simu- out that wage differentials more than Finns. These in- as bus or tram drivers and so less than Finnish counter- Finnish Chamber lations on the new criteria have matched the needs of clude foreigners from Aus- were paid more. In the cook- parts respectively. of Finnish justice before presenting a legisla- the Finnish labour market. tria, India, Denmark and the ing profession, Finns were Despite the current eco- minister warms to tive proposal. “I think that the most im- Netherlands, all of whom more often found in lower- nomic slowdown and in- The commission expects portant aspect of the study earned on average 30 per paid schools and health cen- crease in redundancies, ankle tags to have a new classifi cation was that the earnings were cent more than the Finnish tres while foreigners were Katainen is certain that Tuija Brax (green), the Finn- system in place in 2014. mainly very competitive for average. In contrast, people more common in private res- there will still be a demand ish justice minister, was Tapio Kytölä of the Finn- those foreign employees who from Uzbekistan, Somalia, taurants which pay better. for more foreign workers in quoted as saying by Swed- ish farmers’ lobby’s Brus- are mending the lack of skills Thailand, the Philippines and In comparison, a for- the future. “Defi nitely, yes,” ish-language daily Hufvud- sels offi ce praised the draft and know-how, and weaker Nigeria earned over 30 per eign doctor, maintenance he replies emphatically. “The stadsbladet on 21 April that criteria, especially the for those who are mending cent less. man, cleaner or cargo han- Finnish population is ageing she was prepared to pro- length of the season and the lack of the Finnish work The study pointed to dif- dler was more likely to be and there will be a lot of open pose legislation to intro- temperature. STT force,” he says. ferent careers for the dispari- paid less than a Finnish col- jobs in the future in many duce electronic ankle tags Although much of the ty among citizens of different league. There were also large different kinds of activities pay gap can be explained by states. The study states that discrepancies in pay for con- and occupations.”
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Many now consider market forces to have lost influence, but in reality they control things with a stronger hand than ever before, reports the online financial newspaper Taloussanomat.
“THE SEVERE recession has kets grovel in shame. The mar- of taxpayers’ money. Like- caused many to think that the ket forces defi nitely have some wise, the army of unem- powers which created the over- form of hangover after a long ployed has grown faster than heated fi nancial bubble have party, but they are still wield- ever before as business lead- lost their power. Some even be- ing power almost the same ers have feared the reaction lieve that states will take over way as they always have. of the market forces, which as economic managers after These forces are even an- are increasingly impatient. the current crisis is over. grier than before, and have In Finland too there has been On the surface it does ap- caused world leaders to relief as markets put their pear that heads of state are shake in their boots and dis- thumbs up at Nokia’s nega- Sales of canned soft drinks and alcoholic beverages in Finland have grown significantly in recent years. waving the baton as the mar- tribute hundreds of billions tive results.” . AAMULEHTI 19 April. HENNA SOTAMAA-LEINO KAUPPALEHTI 18 April write. We need new ways of interaction, for example icon Removal of environmental levy Mobile phones for the illiterate or sign-based interfaces,’ says Henry Tirri, the head of NRC. promotes throw-away bottle use Nokia is investigating the possibility of man- Currently, more effi cient ufacturing cell phones for illiterate people, use of the radio spectrum is another hot subject in the cell The sale of beverage cans has increased at the expense of bottles, reports the financial paper Kauppalehti. phone business discussion.” reports the Tampere-based daily Aamulehti.
“NOKIA is directing more re- One of Nokia Research “LAST YEAR the sale of cans choices most of all affected the replacement of refi llable, du- search towards new radio Center’s (NRC) main re- grew at the same amount as growth of the can pile. ‘From rable plastic bottles for dis- technology, which is expected search projects can be found glass bottle sales decreased. the consumer’s point of view it posable bottles made from to expand the mobile phone’s amongst new user interfac- At the same time, disposable is more convenient to carry a soft PET plastic. range to all frequencies. An- es. One example of this is plastic bottles displaced re- 12-pack than a crate of 24 bot- This switch mostly ben- other direction of research a mobile application com- fi llable ones. tles,’ ponders Timo Jaatinen, efi ted manufacturers and is body language. The com- bining the real and virtual
This change was spurred the Managing Director of the stores. ‘You can make bottles pany is seeking to use that worlds, which utilises image LEHTIKUVA / MATTI BJÖRKMAN on by the suspension of the Federation of the Brewing and of different shapes and sizes as a basis for more undevel- identifi cation and tracking. beverage can and disposa- Soft Drinks Industry. with PET plastic. Also, new oped markets. Body language It would bring phones within Nokia is seeking ways to make ble bottle environmental tax On the other hand, con- bottles don’t take up as much would make cell phones avail- the reach of millions of new mobile phones available to the last year. However, consumer sumers had no part in the space.’” able to the illiterate. users. ‘The illiterate cannot illiterate.
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 18 April. JOHANNA KIPPO Finnish connection found in terrorist’s computer
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President Barack Obama had promised that his administration would be different than the ones that went before it. As with previ- ous United States leaders, he came to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago bearing gifts, no doubt hoping for support for his new initiatives. REUTERS / HO-MIRAFLORES PALACE
should be used to provide the “new approach that heralds in the western hemisphere, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO the dawn of a newer and bet- ter day.” Obama himself had indi- cated a new form of relation- ship in which there would be “no senior or junior partner,” and that he did not come here to debate the past. “I came here to deal with PETER RICHARDS the future,” he said to loud IPS applause at the ceremonial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presents US President Barack Obama with a copy of Uruguayan journalist and novelist Eduar- opening, adding that while it do Galeano's Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina (The Open Veins of Latin America) at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, ON FRIDAY 17 April that new was important to learn from Trinidad April 18, 2009. policy was tested. Barack history “we can’t be trapped Obama and the 32 other by it. Obama did not fall back into He was also convinced that (ALBA), which also includes “that its crime has been one hemispheric leaders sat for “As neighbours we have what he called the old habit Latin America as well as the Nicaragua, have vowed not of independence and fi ghting almost one hour getting a a responsibility to each oth- of his predecessors – inter- English-speaking Caribbean to sign the “Declaration of for the sovereignty of its peo- history in US-Latin American er and to our citizens and vening in the internal affairs would soon be a force to reck- Port of Spain”, in solidarity ple.” And to show his solidar- relations from none other by working together we can of Latin America, which on with, as a result of the in- with Cuba. ity with Havana, he refused than Nicaraguan President take important steps for- caused, in the case of Nicara- tegration initiatives being In fact, the new US leader to call the forum “the Sum- Daniel Ortega, a former rev- ward to advance prosperity gua, many deaths as a result promoted by Venezuela and heard calls from his Argen- mit of the Americas”. olutionary, even though the and security and liberty and of the 1980s civil war involv- Cuba. tine counterpart, Cristina “I don’t feel comfortable host, Prime Minister Patrick that’s the 21st century agen- ing the US-armed “contra” Cuba is the only hem- Fernández, as well as his Car- attending it. I simply refuse Manning, urged that the fo- da that we come together to fi ghters. ispheric country not rep- ibbean hosts that he should to call it Summit of the Amer- rum not be used to allow “any enact.” Obama sat and listened resented at the three-day not waste the opportunity icas. The summit is still sub- one issue to dominate our But Nicaragua’s Sandinis- as Ortega punctuated his ad- summit, but Havana would for improving relations with jected to colonising policies,” deliberations.” ta leader, while acknowledg- dress with references to the be pleased that Venezuela the hemisphere’s only com- Ortega said, convinced that For Manning, the summit, ing that the US president was changing Americas, in which and its allies within the Bo- munist country. “the day will come when Cuba which the Caribbean is host- promoting a new agenda, “all countries big and small livarian Alternative for the Ortega said Cuba’s exclu- will be incorporated into the ing for the fi rst time ever, was seeking to ensure that would have the same rights.” Peoples of Our Americas sion was due solely to the fact affairs of this hemisphere.” Prominent lawmaker caught in AIPAC spy scandal
More light is shed on the espionage case involving the influential pro-Israel lobbying group and the upper echelons of the US politi- cal establishment. LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS to the Israeli government, and ing new; Time magazine re- her interlocutor responded by ported in 2006 that the FBI promising to help get Harman and Justice Department were appointed to a top congres- investigating whether such a sional intelligence post, ac- deal took place. WASHINGTON cording to an article published What was new in the CQ on 19 April by Congressional piece, written by report- Quarterly (CQ). er Jeff Stein on the basis of Perhaps even more nota- conversations with multiple bly, then-attorney general senior national security of- Alberto Gonzales later halt- fi cials speaking anonymous- ed an FBI investigation of ly, were the claims that the DANIEL LUBAN Harman’s actions because of deal had been recorded by IPS Harman’s political value as the NSA wiretap and that at- a defender of the George W. torney general Gonzales had A US GOVERNMENT investiga- Bush administration’s much- squelched the investigation of tion of Israeli spying caught criticised warrantless wire- Harman for political reasons. a prominent Democratic tapping programme, the CQ In an online discussion congresswoman discussing report states. on 20 April, Stein stated the what is alleged to be a "quid The Harman scandal’s po- wiretap was court-approved US Rep. Jane Harman(D-CA), far right, standing behind President Bush while signing S. 2845, the pro quo" deal involving the litical repercussions appear and did not target Harman; Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, 17 December 2004. American Israel Public Af- to be growing, and it sits at rather, it was directed at the fairs Committee (AIPAC), the intersection of several suspected Israeli agent with (Rosen’s and Weissman’s tri- Justice Department to reduce welcome time for AIPAC. Washington’s powerful hawk- controversial issues – among whom she was speaking. al is scheduled to start this sum- its charges against Rosen and The organisation has faced ish pro-Israel lobby. them, the infl uence of the "Is- Harman and her interloc- mer; Lawrence Franklin, the Weissman. In return, the sus- mounting criticism in re- Representative Jane Har- rael lobby" on Capitol Hill, utor were discussing the im- Pentagon staffer who passed pected Israeli agent promised cent years on charges that it man of California was re- the complicity of top Demo- pending trial of Steven Rosen them the classifi ed informa- to help lobby Nancy Pelosi, at – along with other, similarly corded in 2005 on a National crats in Bush-era abuses, and and Keith Weissman, two tion, pled guilty to conspiracy the time the House minority right-leaning groups within Security Administration (NSA) the politicisation of judicial senior AIPAC staffers who in 2006 and was sentenced to leader and now its speaker, the "Israel lobby" – have for wiretap promising a sus- proceedings under the Bush had been fi red and charged over 12 years in prison.) to convince Pelosi to appoint years skewed Washington’s pected Israeli agent that she administration. with violating the Espionage Harman was recorded say- Harman as chair of the House Middle East policy in a hawk- would intervene on behalf of Allegations of a quid pro Act of 1917 for passing classi- ing that she would be willing Intelligence Committee. ish direction and stifl ed open two AIPAC staffers accused of quo arrangement involving fi ed information to the Israeli to "waddle into" the AIPAC The Harman scandal discussion of Israel-Palestine passing classifi ed information Harman and AIPAC are noth- government. spying case to try to get the comes at an especially un- issues. 8 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES
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David J. Cord is a writer and columnist for the Helsinki Times. He is also a private investor with over ten years of international experience.
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BRIDGING the gap between theory and practice in in- vesting may be diffi cult at times. There probably isn’t Despite gains in March, stocks listed on the OMX are still valued at relatively low levels. a professional investor alive who hasn’t scratched her head after reading an academic paper regarding some- thing she does every day. A new book with a selection euros per share last year, an- of ideas presented at the Journal of Investment Man- alysts are expecting a drop agement Conference Series seeks to close that gap. Finnish stocks in income of approximately a third by the end of 2010. INNOVATIONS in Investment Management contains Nordea, with a ratio of on- a mix of articles from such luminaries as Robert C. remain at bargain levels ly 6, has been hurt by general Merton from Harvard and Terry Marsh from Barclays investor distrust of the fi - Global Investors. The book isn’t for a person mildly in- Nokia for instance had a P/E nancial industry. Sampo and terested in investing; it is for a serious practitioner or over 90 before the end of the Pohjola Bank, with multiples student. Finnish companies are valued much lower dotcom boom. of 10 and 13 respectively, are than their international counterparts. Currently Nokia has a P/ also valued less than the Nor- IT LEADS off with heavy-hitter Merton who discusses E ratio of 8, less than the av- dic average. the next generation of pension plans. Merton has a long erage of the international in- history of great successes and massive failures. Not DAVID J. CORD national peers. The OMX Hel- dices. Nokia is even valued Small owners only did he revolutionise derivative pricing for which HELSINKI TIMES sinki 25 index has an average lower than the industry aver- snap up shares he received the Nobel Prize, he was also a cofounder of ratio of 8, less than Ameri- age of 12. Competitor Motoro- One major factor in the rela- Long Term Capital Management which almost brought COMPANIES listed on the OMX ca’s 13 or the UK’s 15. Finn- la has no ratio as it reported tive cheapness of Finnish eq- down the world fi nancial system when it collapsed. Helsinki stock exchange re- ish stocks are even twice as a loss last year, while Erics- uities is the fewer number of main valued at low levels de- cheap as their Nordic cous- son is much more expensive, large foreign investors. The MERTON’S discussion of defi ned-contribution, de- spite a recent surge in prices. ins, which have an average P/ with a P/E ratio of 21. global fi nancial crisis has fi ned-benefi t, and “next generation” benefi t plans Compared to companies list- E ratio of 16. Nine of the ten largest led many large institutions is extremely important and relevant. When Finland ed in America, the United Since Finnish companies Finnish companies that had to invest in their home mar- planned to increase the retirement age, the public out- Kingdom or even other Nor- are valued lower, they are positive net income last year kets and neglect internation- cry was swift and painfully loud. If all the labour lead- dic countries Finnish stocks also offering higher yields are valued less than interna- al stocks. Finland has been ers and political opposition had read his article fi rst, remain at bargain prices. on their dividends. When tional averages. The sole ex- especially vulnerable to the one would think that their response would have been The price-to-earnings (P/ an investor in the UK, US or ception is Neste Oil, which retreat of the large Icelandic different. Merton spells out the problem and possible E) ratio is one of the most Sweden may get a yield of be- is valued at about 26 times investors. solutions to this pressing problem, not only for indi- popular means of valuing tween 3 per cent and 5 per earnings. In fact, 58 per cent In response, individual viduals and corpora- a company’s stock. Divid- cent the average owner of a of Finnish listed companies Finns have become much more tions, but also for ing the price by the earnings Finnish company receives a have a P/E ratio below the likely to purchase local stocks. The book isn’t for governments. yields a theoretical number yield approaching 6 per cent. Nordic average. A number of fi rms have seen a a person mildly to determine how many sharp increase in the number interested in investing; THE age-old problem years it takes an investor Nokia valued lower Financials of Finnish households invest- of determining the to recoup her investment at The average P/E ratio for a hurt by distrust ing in their stock. KONE, for it is for a serious prac- relationship between current earnings. A company listed company over the past Rautaruukki has an earnings example, has seen the number titioner or student. equities and interest with a low ratio is considered century is about 14. However, multiple of 5 and even boasts of small owners increase by 14 rates is tackled by cheaper than a fi rm with a for long periods of time the a share price that equals the per cent since the end of 2007. Terry Marsh. First and foremost, he points out a frus- higher ratio. average can vary considera- book value of the company. trating truth: the correlation between equity and bond Using the P/E ratios as a bly. During the 1930s the av- The book value is the value of returns is changing. Although he addresses a press- guide, the companies on the erage earnings multiple was all its assets minus all its lia- Selected ing topic, the truth is that the article can be diffi cult at OMX Helsinki 25 index are up around 5, while in the 1990s a bilities. Although the value of company P/E ratios times. (Anyone familiar with Generalised Autoregres- to half as cheap as their inter- P/E of 30 was not uncommon. assets adjusted by account- Rautaruukki 5 sive Conditional Heteroskedasticity? Me neither.) ing rules may be much differ- Wärtsilä 5 ent than a true market value, Nordea 6 ZVI BODIE addresses fi nancial literacy among the retail Selected index P/E ratios and dividend yields it is rare for a company to be Fortum 8 investor. Although most of the article is excellent, un- valued so cheaply. TeliaSonera 8 Index P/E Div. yield fortunately the author fails to even mention the most Wärtsilä is similar. The Nokia 8 important issue of fi nancial literacy: the concept of in- OMX Helsinki 25 (Finland) 8 6% industrial giant has a P/E of Kesko 9 trinsic value. S&P 500 (USA) 13 3% 5 and a price-to-book of 1.6. Sampo 10 FTSE 100 (UK) 15 5% Wärtsilä has been battered KONE 11 PERHAPS the best article is the last, where the authors OMX Nordic 40 (Nordic area) 16% 5% down by reduced expecta- Neste Oil 26 study hedge funds and systemic risk. This article is so- tions. After earning 3.87 bering, especially viewed in light of the fi nancial cri- sis and fears on what could happen in the future. For instance, they state that banking panics are “virtual- ly nonexistent.” This was obviously written before the All kinds of Motor Boats. Best quality and service. Northern Rock debacle. There have been loud calls for Also TAX FREE increased regulation of hedge funds, such as by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Hopefully both regulators and hedge fund managers pay attention to the points raised by the authors.
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The gaming industry in Finland Companies: 45 Employees: 1,147 Finnish gaming industry Turnover: €87 million Exports: €75 million R&D spending proceeds to next level (2007): €22 million a few companies seem to The small gaming industry in Finland is succeeding in a demanding international market. have a chance to make break- throughs,” Kuittinen con- tinues. “Housemarque had DAVID J. CORD for the industry was up by over KooPee Hiltunen, Director ment of the Finnish gaming of Finnish games as a reason its best year last year and it HELSINKI TIMES 11 per cent on the previous year. of industry group Neogames. industry. “Technological and for the industry’s success. seems that we are going to Employment increased by 6 “It has been growing quite a content know-how of the com- “Publishers and investors have even a better year in THE FINNISH gaming industry per cent. Even more companies lot during the past fi ve years. panies,” he says. “There is an should really take a closer 2009. We are currently devel- is apparently bucking the re- joined the market: the number Nowadays it is international- excellent price-quality ratio of look at the games being de- oping two new games based cession. While many industries of gaming fi rms grew by over 4 ly recognised.” gaming production, reliability veloped in Finland and con- on our original game con- have been hobbled by falling per cent. Clearly they are doing of delivery, and companies are sider what can be achieved cepts for international game sales and massive redundan- “The games industry is something right. Hiltunen willing and able to innovate.” with a small extremely-tal- publishers and a third one, cies, the gaming industry con- the fastest growing creative lists some of the main factors Jani Kahrama of Secret ented team versus a larger which is going to be our fi rst tinues to grow. 2008 turnover industry in Finland,” says behind the strong develop- Exit points to the high quality cheaper one,” he explains.” self-published game.”
“We’re able Public support to take a chance” Finally, public support for Finnish gaming compa- the gaming industry has al- nies focus on the big over- so played a role. A survey by seas markets. 77 per cent of the Centre of Game Business, the products’ end users live Research and Development in either the United States Neogames found that over
LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI or Western Europe. Only 9 half of all companies have re- per cent live in Finland. Also, ceived funding from Tekes there is an enormous focus either for research and de- on research and development velopment, exports, or both. (R&D). Spending on R&D Besides Tekes, the national equalled 25 per cent of turno- fi nancing company Finnvera, ver in 2007. Then there is the the Promotion Centre for focus on fast-growing plat- Audiovisual Culture AVEK forms. Almost 30 per cent of and even the regional group companies focus on the ex- Northern Film and Media ploding mobile game market. Foundation offers support. 36 per cent focus on the larg- “It’s not a bad time to be an est category, personal com- indie game developer,” Kahra- puter and console games. ma sums up. “AppStore, PSN, “We are able to take a WiiWare and the other avail- chance on new opportunities able sales channels provide a in the gaming business as realistic chance for an aspiring we don’t have any old indus- team to develop something of try infrastructure to slow us their own and have it reach a down,” points out House- large audience. There are chal- marque CEO Ilari Kuittinen. lenges of course, as develop- “We have the typical bene- ing the game is only half the fi ts of being a well-developed battle. Building the awareness country in Northern Europe, and managing the marketing such as good education and during the launch of the game standard of living.” are major issues to tackle and “Many great things seem easily underestimated. But The Finnish gaming industry is proving itself to be surprisingly recession-proof. to be bubbling over and quite the opportunity exists.”
Finns win big at game developers conference in San Francisco Did DAVID J. CORD gaming company with an in- highlight was to meet a lot of ment and the coveted Best pleasant to touch! Winning HELSINKI TIMES ternational presence attends colleagues and friends in the iPhone Game awards. The con- the awards at the Independ- you know … the conference. industry.” ference promoters describe ent Games Festival mobile Th e new World FINNISH companies were well Housemarque was one “We had nine exhibitors Zen Bound as “a calm and med- competition was undoubted- represented at this year’s company present. It de- and in total around 20 Finn- itative game of wrapping rope ly the highlight of our trip.” Trade Centre at Game Developers Conference velops downloadable con- ish companies,” says KooPee around wooden sculptures – Helsinki-Vantaa (GDC) in San Francisco in late sole games for Playstation 3, Hiltunen of industry group a simple task that can become airport will March. Not only were there Xbox 360 and PSP. “We had Neogames. “GDC is very im- surprisingly complex.” Game Developers a number of Finns present, quite a few promising discus- portant for the game devel- “Zen Bound is an exper- Conference include two some of them took home one sions with several potential oper companies since it is imental concept that’s bor- www.gdconf.com twelve-story of the main prizes. clients, so GDC was a success the biggest annual business der-lining between a game Neogames buildings with www.hermia.fi/neogames GDC is the largest annu- for us in professional terms,” event. All of the companies and a toy,” Secret Exit’s Ja- 12,000 square al gathering of profession- says Housemarque CEO Ilari seemed to be pretty happy to ni Kahrama explains. “It’s a Housemarque al video game developers. Kuittinen. “We also met our be there.” tactile, beautiful diversion www.housemarque.com metres of space The event has an expo, net- new client for whom we are Secret Exit had to be one of with very subtle game-like Secret Exit each working events and awards developing our fi rst multi- the happiest. Their game Zen goals. I guess to put it short- www.secretexit.com ceremonies. Almost every platform game. My personal Bound won the Audio Achieve- ly it is beautiful to look at and
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Finnish postal TeliaSonera’s second-biggest owner after the Swedish one. union to stage At TeliaSonera’s annual six-hour stoppage general meeting earlier this The Finnish Post and Logistics month, the Swedish govern- Workers’ Union (Pau) said at ment overruled the board’s a news conference 20 April it proposal and removed the would stage a six-hour stop- management’s bonuses. page at sorting centres on According to Dagens Ny- Wednesday in protest against heter, Jyrki Katainen (cons), Itella’s job cut plans. The un- the Finnish fi nance min- ion added that deliveries ister, and Jyri Häkämies would be delayed throughout (cons), the minister tasked the country. Itella, formerly with ownership policy, have known as Finland Post, had complained to their Swed- said last week it planned to ish counterparts and want cut about 390 jobs. STT the decision annulled. Kari Järvinen, the head of Finnish government- Finnish Railways owned asset management orders 20 sleepers outfi t Solidium, was quot- ed as saying by the DN that from Transtech the Swedish government The Finnish Railways (VR) should have made its in- decided after negotiations tentions clear considerably with Transtech on 17 April earlier than it had. STT to order 20 double-deck- er sleeper carriages from the struggling Finnish roll- Finnet unveil ing stock maker. The value €1 bn virtual of the order is about €60 million. computer project Last October, Henri Kui- Finnish telecommunications The virtual world of Second Life has been left trailing in the dust by social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. tunen and Antti Lagerroos group Finnet said in a state- resigned as managing di- ment on 17 April it would rector and chairman, re- invest more than a billion eu- ond Life?” asks normally spectively, of the wholly ros over the next decade into tech-savvy 18-year old Ida state-owned VR over a clash virtual computer infrastruc- Second Life Kokko. “I don’t even know with the government involv- ture in cooperation with a what that is.” ing the timing of the carriage number of other companies, She’s not the only one. procurement, with the gov- including Nokia Siemens Google Trends shows that ernment eager to hand or- Networks and Ericsson, and shows signs of demise Finns have virtually stopped ders to Transtech. STT the Finnish government’s using the search engine to look Funding Agency for Technol- for Second Life. Brief surges in ogy and Innovation. The virtual world Second Life is struggling to meet expectations. interest only occur when bad Handelsbanken Finnet plans to launch the press pops up, such as how sees Finnish service, dubbed Supermatrix, an affair in the virtual world house prices in three years’ time. Thanks DAVID J. CORD Virtual embassies Apparently Second Life’s caused a real-life divorce. to data transfer rates of 100 HELSINKI TIMES Launched in the summer of owner Linden Labs is hav- falling 10-15% megabits a second and be- 2003, Second Life offers al- ing some real-world business Mobile virtual world Finland’s Handelsbanken yond, customers could tap the THE VIRTUAL world Second lows users to create avatars, problems. The number of Part of the virtual world’s said in its housing market power of the operator’s super- Life was supposed to be a rev- socialise and travel through premium paid accounts was problem may be the next- outlook on 20 April it ex- computers, doing away with olution. Proponents claimed the virtual world. It even in decline for most of 2008. big-thing syndrome. After pected to see a peak-to- the processing unit at home. it would not only change boasts an economy where us- Both CEO Philip Rosedale its time in the limelight, Sec- trough price fall of some 10 % Finnet said Supermatrix how we interact socially, but ers can create and trade vir- and long-time Chief Tech- ond Life was eclipsed by the nationwide and 15 % in the subscribers would pay the even how we do business. tual property and services. nology Offi cer Cory Ondrej- social networking site Face- capital region. equivalent of a high-speed The press was glowing in its Universities, churches and ka stepped down. This month book, which in turn may be According to Statistics broadband connection and praise. Large multinational even governments opened Vice President of Corporate surpassed by micro-blogging Finland fi gures, house and computer. STT corporations were eager to institutions in Second Life. Development Ginsu Yoon be- service Twitter. Such is the fl at prices began to fall in the get a presence in the virtual Sweden was particularly ex- came the latest executive to nature of hype. second quarter of last year world. Companies were en- cited about this new virtu- depart. Then there is the problem after a seven-year climb. Nurminen thralled about a new way to al world. Foreign Minister of mobility. As early as Octo- Handelsbanken added sell products and advertis- Carl Bildt virtually opened “I don’t even ber 2007 an analyst fi rm was that the fall “closer to equi- to cut 26 jobs ers were excited about a new the Swedish embassy in Sec- know what it is” damning Second Life for be- librium” was expected to Finnish logistics company way to reach consumers. ond Life, much to the delight There are several reasons why ing too “PC-centric” in an take several years. STT Nurminen said in a state- Then the initial euphoria of the world press. Bands had Second Life has hit a road- “increasingly mobile world.” ment Monday it would cut and optimism turned to bit- concerts in the virtual world block. One was persistent One homegrown competi- 26 jobs and lay off the re- ter criticism. The infl uential and authors promoted book technical problems. Lag times tor has just stepped into that Finland blasts mainder of its workforce in Wired Magazine ran a damn- signings. Prospects seemed and system crashes persist- market and has begun test- Sweden over stages for a month. ing article in 2007 in which unlimited. ently annoyed users. Then ing a mobile virtual world. TeliaSonera The company had launched it charged advertisers with Now Second Life’s future there is the increased com- Sulake, which owns the pop- a round of statutory coop- wasting millions on a desert- doesn’t seem so bright. With petition. Industry behemoth ular Habbo virtual world for bonuses –DN eration procedure talks in ed virtual world. Bloggers the economic slowdown com- Google briefl y tested a virtual teens, recently released the The Finnish government March. were quick to complain about panies have begun to ques- world titled “Lively” and star- mobile virtual world Bobba. resents Stockholm’s deci- “As a part of the adjust- Second Life’s diffi cult inter- tion the value of keeping tups have proliferated. When asked how Bobba sion to suspend TeliaSonera ment measures the top ex- face and recurring technical an expensive presence out- Second Life was nev- could be better than Second management’s bonuses, ecutives of the company problems. Finally the main- side the real world. The glo- er very popular in Finland. Life, Sulake’s Communication Swedish daily Dagens Ny- have decided to forgo one stream press turned to other, bal news agency Reuters, Habbo is the mainstay for Director Juani Lassila gets heter quoted a Finnish offi - month’s pay from their sal- newer things. Stories about for instance, quietly closed young Finns, and Facebook straight to the point. “Bobba cial as saying on 16 April. aries in 2009,” the state- Second Life were relegated to down its Second Life bureau has recently had its share of is easier to use than Second The Finnish government is ment added. STT the back pages, if they even last month after two years of interest from the adults tar- Life,” he says. “It also works got that far. operation. geted by Linden Labs. “Sec- on mobile phones.”
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Royal Caribbean Finland leads the way gets loan commitments in sustainable innovation for record-size cruise ship Karel Smrcka reports of Finland’s innovation incubator, The Living Lab. MARTHA BRANNIGAN of the Miami Herald reports of Finn- “FINLAND IS COMMITTED to Hightech Finland: "It is prob- new services, as most Finns ish governments help in fund- being at the forefront of de- ably not surprising then that have a positive attitude to- ing the building of the worlds velopment and to creat- the importance of internation- wards new things and are largest ever cruise ship, Oasis ing a dynamic environment al networks has been particu- keen to try them out. This has of the Seas. TARJA TALLQVIST is a Finnish Christian Democrats MP. for business and people… No larly highlighted in Finland’s seen the emergence of a ´Liv- Despite tight credit and a She is also a director and producer of documentaries. She country, Finland included, new national innovation strat- ing Lab´ environment, where bleak industry outlook, Royal is a qualified carer specialised in the elderly as well as the however, can hope to remain egy – as has the importance of users, companies, research Caribbean Cruises has lined director of the carer department of Tehy. at the front of the fi eld with- focusing on users in research institutes, universities and up fi nancing with the help of out constant development and development (R&D)."” public institutions are com- Finland for its top new ship, work and strong networks na- “Finland has proved an ex- ing together to an increasing Oasis of the Seas. tionally, regionally and world- cellent location for testing extent to form dynamic, prob- The Miami-based cruise An unforgettable gift wide. Says Peter Herring in new ideas, new products and lem-solving communities.” giant said it lined up com- mitments for $1.05 billion in “GRANNY, I’ve got a present for you,” announced my unsecured fi nancing, or 80 per- four-year-old granddaughter over the phone one Sun- CLACKAMAS COUNTY NEWS 08 April cent of the contract price of day evening, her voice fi lled with excitement. “What the Oasis, which will debut in sort of present?” I wondered, but Siiri remained fi rm. November. Finnvera will guar- “I’m not telling.” These phone calls promising a gift con- Finland's successful language immersion antee 95 percent of the loans, tinued every evening for a week. “Is it something hard rather than its more typical or soft?” I asked, by now genuinely curious. Up un- could teach a valuable lesson in education 80-percent backing. Also Finn- til that point I had always been the one who gave gifts ish Export Credit, a unit of to Siiri. Where could a four-year-old have got the idea Finnvera, will provide funding to give her granny such a mysterious gift? How could Inkeri Chisholm, who grew up in Oregan in a Finnish-English speaking for 40 percent of the project. she manage to keep it a secret? Not even my daughter family, spent a year teaching in an English immersion school in Espoo, The company is paying the knew what it was all about. balance through cash instal- and shares her experience in an article for the Oregonian. ments it is making as con- SIIRI lives in the small town of Rääkkylä in rural North- struction progresses on the ern Karelia, in a farmhouse with horses, goats, dogs $1.2 billion vessel at STX Eu- and cats. I live 500 kilometres away in Espoo, part of “FINNISH SCHOOLS emphasize subjects. Additional languag- scores among member coun- rope's shipyard in Turku, the Helsinki metropolitan area, in an unlovely city early language learning; about es – such as Swedish, Rus- tries of the OECD in mathe- Finland. neighbourhood. We lead very different lives, but our a third of the students at this sian, German, Spanish and matics, science and reading. From its home port at Port love for each other knows no bounds. I want to have a school, beginning with fi rst French – may be added as Finland's educators appear Everglades, the 220,000-ton close relationship with my granddaughter, and the on- grade, are in the immersion students move up in grade to be doing something right. Oasis of the Seas will carry ly way to create a strong bond is for me to go and vis- program. Initially, all classes level.” Perhaps the success of the 5,400 passengers and 2,165 it her every month. The weekend of my next trip was are taught in English, except “The Finnish elementary Finnish educational system crew. It will succeed Roy- approaching. for a class in Finnish literacy. school system has a remark- is related to the high priori- al Caribbean's 160,000-ton In subsequent years, Finn- able record of success. Finn- ty placed on language educa- Freedom-class cruise ships as AS I DROVE up to the red farmhouse at the end of a tir- ish is introduced into more ish students achieved top tion in their curriculum.” the world's largest. ing journey, the door opened before I even had a chance to shut off the engine. Siiri dashed out, her hair fl owing behind her. “Granny, now you can have your present,” SEEKING ALPHA 16 April THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER 13 April she exclaimed and brandished a pair of large boots in her little hands. “Let Granny have a bit of a rest,” my daughter urged as she came out to help me with my Moody’s gives Finnish Snoring causes mood bags and gave me a warm hug. But Siiri’s excitement was so overwhelming and infectious, there was noth- banking system a disorders in preschoolers, ing for it but to put on Siiri’s father’s big boots. Filled with a sense of anticipation and with her hand in mine, negative rating Finnish study claims I began walking with Siiri in the direction of the near- by woods. “Is this where you’ve hidden my gift?” I asked, as we trudged into the damp forest of pine and Seeking Alpha, the premier financial web- The Philadelphia Inquirer reports of a fi r trees. Siiri just shook her head of curly hair and led site for actionable stock market opinion and Finnish study linking snoring in preschool the way forward. I was already starting to tire. I had just fi nished a long drive and wondered what was go- analysis, reports about Moody’s downgrad- children to mood disorders. The study was ing on. But I had to push on when Siiri asked politely if ing of the Finland banks. originally published in the April issue of I thought I could make it as far as the top of the ridge and kindly pushed the fi r branches out of my way. I was the Journal of Development & Behavioural touched and more than a little confused by a four-year- MOODY’S SAYS the outlook from a very low level (0.5% in Paediatrics old’s considerateness. It was quite a challenging trek for the Finnish banking sys- January 2009). In addition to for this city granny. tem is negative, refl ect- increased credit risk costs, ing its opinion that a severe high funding costs will con- “EVEN PRESCHOOLERS snore, who snored at least once or THEN we reached the crest of the ridge. I was out of contraction of the economy tinue to weigh on banks’ prof- but they do it so much less, twice a week, and those who breath, and my granddaughter was brimming with ex- will contribute to a cyclical itability. Fee and commission and less loudly, than adults snored no more than once or citement. Siiri scanned the scene carefully and then weakening in banks’ credit income is also expected to that their parents often twice a month. guided me to sit on a fallen tree trunk. “Move over this fundamentals. remain under pressure due think nothing of it. A small The more frequent snor- way a bit. You can see it better from here,” she instruct- “The deteriorating eco- to weakened asset manage- study from Finland suggests ers had twice as many mood ed. Then she smiled, gestured towards the scene below nomic environment in Fin- ment and corporate fi nance that they should. problems – especially symp- and said, “Granny, this is my present to you – look.” land is expected to continue activities.” The researchers asked par- toms of anxiety and de- Before me was a broad fi eld of golden grain, with a red to have an adverse effect on In Moody’s view, the re- ents of 88 children ages 3 to pression – as their quieter and white farmhouse in the distance. A Finnish fl ag the asset quality and prof- cession is expected to result 6 to fi ll out questionnaires to counterparts. They also per- fl uttered among the trees. Somewhere a cuckoo called, itability of Finnish banks. in an increase in problem measure behaviour and mood, formed lower on cognitive and an angel fl ew overhead. The banking system’s prob- loans, with loan losses main- cognitive abilities, and sleep tests and were more likely to lem loans are expected to in- ly likely to stem from the cor- patterns. Then they divided have nightmares and diffi - Translated by Delingua. crease signifi cantly, although porate sector. the children into groups: those culty going to bed.”
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It’s that time of year again when the Other likely quarter-finalists: country dreams of a repeat of 1995 a roundup of the usual suspects
Modano and Keith Tkachuk, It’s been a long 14 years since Finland celebrated its first and only gold at the Ice Hockey World Russia replaced by a raft of energet- ic young guns like Phil Kes- Championships. Emulating that feat this year is unlikely, but a thrilling tournament is guaranteed. After beating Canada last year sel and Pat Kane. Success in in what was one of the best fi- the playoff round will hinge nals ever played, the Russian on whether this young team ter Olympics, Finland has ers. However, the squad will national team has recaptured gels. Nonetheless, they have won silver once, in 2007, and include veteran stalwarts a self-belief and sense of pur- the skill to make life very un- bronze twice, in 2006 and last Petteri Nummelin, Sami Ka- pose that has been lacking for comfortable for any of the top year. So anything less than a panen and Janne Niinimaa years. While they will not re- teams. medal this year will be a dis- – all of who were part of the turn to the monolithic domi- appointment. Failure to make team that won gold in 1995 – nance of their Soviet prede- the last four would be consid- as well as experienced NHL- cessors, a new generation of Czech LEHTIKUVA /MIKKO STIG ered a disaster. ers Niklas Hagman and Jark- young and hungry superstars Republic Yet competition is stiff ko Ruutu. Finland will also like Alexander Ovechkin and and Finland is likely to face benefi t from solid goaltend- Evgeni Malkin makes Rus- A hockey superpower that a stern test in the quarter- ing in Pekka Rinne, who has sia hot favourites to become hasn’t managed to live up fi nals – assuming of course been impressive in his NHL champions for a second year to expectations in the past that they make it that far. rookie season, and Karri running. two years. With the resig- There they will most proba- Rämö. nation of Alois Hadamc- bly meet arch-rivals Sweden, Finland plays its open- zik and the return of legen- or the US for a rematch of ing game against Norway on dary former player Vladimir their nail-biting affair at the Saturday 25 April at 17:15 in Sweden Ruzicka as head coach, this same stage last year. Zurich-Kloten. From there could well be the year the As always, media pundits Finland will play two more Even when missing its big- Czechs rediscover their win- and fans will ruthlessly scru- games at the round robin gest stars the reigning Ol- ning ways. The addition of tinise the tactics of the head stage before an almost guar- ympic champions have what mercurial forward Jaromir coach and his player selection. anteed place in the second it takes to go the distance. Jagr also promises to signifi- To that end, Jukka Jalonen’s group stage when the tour- They proved this at the cantly strenghten this year's honeymoon period has end- nament really takes off. 2006 World Championships Czech squad. ed. Having served as deputy All of Finland’s games, and by winning gold after most to Doug Shedden at the 2008 more, will be broadcast on YLE’s pundits had written them off championships, Jalonen takes TV2. The tournament runs for for having a squad made up over the reins as head coach two weeks with the fi nal being almost exclusively of Swed- Slovakia for this year’s tournament played on Sunday 10 April. ish league players and few and will receive most of the NHLers. A quarter-final game Since winning the 2002 Finnish coach Jukka Jalonen will feel the heat if his team underperforms. fl ak if things go badly. Having against Finland would be a World Championships the achieved success at club lev- A comprehensive treat. Slovaks have been disap- ALI HAIDER in the pecking order of the top el by leading HPK to their fi rst tournament guide featuring pointing. This was certainly HELSINKI TIMES teams. The top six teams of ever Finnish championships all the latest news and the case last year when Slo- 1990 are still the elite teams in 2006, Jalonen is now under standings can be found vakia suffered the embar- WITH THE Finnish ice hock- of today – with Russia hav- pressure to prove his mettle at on the official IIHF website Canada rassment of being knocked ey season having just been ing replaced the Soviet Union, the international stratum. www.iihf.com out in the round robin stage concluded with JYP emerg- and Czechoslovakia now split This will not be easy as For a full TV schedule of the Ranked No.1 by the IIHF and and left fighting to avoid ing triumphant as this year’s into the Czech Republic and Finland's roster for this year's tournament visit the sports firm favourites to avenge relegation. The recent re- Finnish champions, public at- Slovakia – and still the only tournament has suffered section of their bitter loss in last year’s tirement of virtuosos Pavel tention will now quickly shift teams with a realistic chance substantially from a spate of www.yle.fi thrilling gold-medal game. Bondra and Zigmund Palf- with even greater intensi- of making it to the fi nal. injuries affl icting key play- As hosts of the 2008 cham- fy has depleted the team of ty to the Ice Hockey World However, two things have pionships they failed to firepower and leadership. Championships beginning certainly changed since then. break the home ice jinx, Friday 24 April in Switzer- First, the margins of compe- however they’ll get a sec- land. Berne and Kloten-Zu- tition between the top teams ond crack next year with the rich play host this year to the have narrowed dramatical- Winter Olympics being held Switzerland 73rd IIHF World Champion- ly. Embarrassing routs and in Vancouver. Expect to see ships and it will be the third whitewash score lines in the the Canadians in the final as Always capable of an up- time in the last two decades playoff stages have become they seek the best possible set, this year’s hosts are an that Switzerland stages the increasingly rare, especial- preparation for Vancouver. emerging hockey power and tournament. ly in the last decade. This has already boast some of the The last time Berne was made the tournament not on- best club teams in the world LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN / LEHTIKUVA the main venue for the tourna- ly more unpredictable, but, outside of North America. ment was in 1990. Back then, crucially, more exciting. USA However, they still haven’t the Soviet Union trounced Second, Finland has per- made the transition from Czechoslovakia in the gold- manently graduated into a The US is undergoing a gen- ‘best-of-second-tier’ nation- medal game to win their last sure-fi re medal contender. In erational transition that sees al teams to the elite group. A ever championship in inter- the three years since coming Saku Koivu screens US goalie Robert Esche as Sami Lepistö scores the old guard, represented by place in the last four would national ice hockey. Since heartbreakingly close to cap- the game-winning goal in last year’s nerve wracking quarter-final. yesteryear’s superstars Mike be a stellar achievement. then not much has changed turing gold at the 2006 Win- The two teams could meet again this year at the same stage.
sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 18 weigh up his options for next JYP win Canada Bowl, Ässät survive season, before deciding wheth- er or not to try and help Sport lent goaltending. Jyväsky- will go to Espoo Blues, who get promotion in 2010. Jyväskylä's long wait lä native, local politician and fi nished second behind JYP vocal team captain Sinuhe during the regular season. for a championship Wallinheimo had the league's At the other end of the SM is finally over. best Goals against average of Liiga, Porin Ässät ensured 1.68, but he only played six they will remain in the top games in the playoffs. Pekka fl ight with a dramatic 4-3 se- EGAN RICHARDSON Tuokkala played ten, while ries win over Vaasan Sport HELSINKI TIMES the fi nal series was shared in the qualifi cation round. equally between the two. The Ostrobothnians had won THE 2009 SM Liiga title was The unorthodox strate- Mestis, but faced a tough bat- LEHTIKUVA TIMO HEIKKALA / settled in decisive fashion, as gy paid off for JYP coach Ris- tle against a litany of injus- JYP Jyväskylä won the fi nal to Dufva – himself a former tices, if their coach Juhani series without losing a game. goaltender – and the two Tamminen is to be believed. The 4-0 series win brought goalies shared the playoff Tamminen was fi ned for the title to Jyväskylä for the MVP award. It was the fi rst complaining about supposedly Victorious JYP captain Juha- fi rst time, to wild celebra- time the Jari Kurri trophy has biased refereeing, and after the Pekka Hytönen lifts the Can- tions in Central Finland. gone to two players. fi nal defeat in Pori Tammin- ada Bowl to mark his team’s The stunning victory over JYP's victory means that en once again lambasted the shutout four-game victory Oulun Kärpät was achieved the second Champions Hock- odds he thought were stacked over Kärpät in the best of sev- with the help of some excel- ey League qualifi cation place against his club. He will now en final. HELSINKI TIMES 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 1313
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TIINA LAUTALA checked by a vet, vaccinat- ed and microchipped. Food and kitty litter aren't free, ei- ther," Forstén says.
Looks aren't everything What about the cat shows? Many people seem to think that dog shows are more ac- ceptable because the situa- tion is too stressful for cats. "Cats are individuals. Some cats even seem to enjoy being put on show, but then again some can became ag- gressive or timid, and thus are not suitable for shows," she says. Forstén takes her own cats to shows a couple of times a year. "For me it's a hobby and a chance to meet new people." Some cat breeders take special pride in the success of their pets. Breeding stand- ards are important to For- stén as well, but above all she aims to breed healthy, socia- ble and well-mannered cats. In addition to the cats' own qualities, fi nding good homes for them is equally important Kittens of Norwegian Forest Cat Cara playing. Cara's kittens have already moved to their own homes from Forstén's cattery. to her. "If I look at breeding from a totally self-interested "First I had typical house some exotic breeds are even point of view, nothing is more cats that wandered freely more expensive. The typi- therapeutic than watching Pedigree purrs outside as well but the real- cal house cat costs around the little kittens grow," she ity is that due to traffi c and 50 euros, so why should one confesses. predators, a cat that is let choose a pedigree? outside only has a life ex- "In my opinion a pedigree Hardly anything is as adorable as a kitten and nothing is as self-as- pectancy of four years," For- cat breeding increases the – The Fédération Interna- sertive as a full grown cat. Breeding these independent and noble stén says. The reason why overall appreciation of cats tionale Féline lists 42 dif- she bought her fi rst pedigree and that can help to decrease ferent breeds of cat animals can be a rewarding hobby. cat was that after decades of the problem of abandoned – Finnish Cat Associa- careful breeding, pedigrees cats," Forstén says, stress- tion, Cat Fanciers of Fin- will more likely adjust to the ing that house cats are just land, FINTICAt and oth- ELISA LAUTALA Norwegian called Cara and a typical for its breed. The Eu- life as an indoor-cat. as good pets, however with er breeding associations HELSINKI TIMES European called Enja, and it ropean breed resembles more "However, I'd recom- a pedigree you'll often get a and clubs offer informa- won't be long now when Nup- the typical house cat. Forsten mend that all cats have the better idea of the cat's char- tion on breeds, catteries NUPPU, a 12-week-old Nor- pu is not the only kitten in has chosen these breeds be- chance to be outside either acter in advance. and shows. wegian Forest Cat, has just the house, as Enja is expect- cause they are old and origi- harnessed or in a pen in the In any case, breeding is – If you would like to offer a found a new home at Aila ed to give birth to its fi rst lit- nal, not created by humans. yard," she says. not a gold mine for the cat- home for a homeless cat, Forstén's cattery called Fol- ter in April. Forstén has kept cats for tery. "You have to pay a contact your local animal lowMe. The kitten now has to Nuppu's fl uffy fur, slight- more than 20 years, but it Cat in the money bag breeding fee for the owner shelter or animal-welfare learn how to get along with ly rounded forehead and oval was not until a year ago that A pedigree cat costs approx- of the male, insure and regis- association. Forstén's other cats; another eyes make its appearance she started to breed them. imately 600-800 euros and ter the kittens and get them
When foreigners cial concern for men," Kaski vider of the family. Here they become friends points out. "We have focused are too often unemployed and Men kicking out boundaries Miessakit has recently started our programme on men with marginalised. Many men have a support programme for im- a refugee background, espe- a hard time coping with their migrant men and, naturally, cially Somalis," Kaski adds. new status. This has a heavy Men with an immigrant background can sometimes have a hard football plays a key role in it. emotional impact on many." The main idea of the project is Adapting men The continuation of Vie- time finding their place in Finnish society. Football has proved to be not only to help men adjust to There are two ongoing bi- raasta veljeksi project is a bit an effective tool in bringing both Finns and foreigners together. Finnish culture and society but lingual workshops tailored uncertain because of its peri- to bring Finns and foreigners for Somali men. The idea is odic funding. Kaski still dares together. The goal is to form a to learn Finnish by reading to envision the future: "We novel forum for multicultur- about and discussing differ- could try to work together OSCAR ORTIZ-NIEMINEN also called futsal. The play- I manage to have a few al encounters where distinct ent aspects of Finnish society with local football clubs; both HELSINKI TIMES ers arrive one after the oth- words with Abir, a native of ways of being a man can be with natives. One of the study native and immigrant fathers er just in time for the fi rst Ethiopia, on his short break. explored. The programme has groups has been targeted for and sons could be involved in IT'S A FRIDAY evening at a match. Some of them look "I come here almost every been titled Vieraasta veljeksi, men over 55 years of age. "Ac- playing, organising and train- sweaty underground sports Finnish; others are evident- Friday. Football is a great (From Strangers to Brothers). climatisation to a new country ing together. Football just centre in Hakaniemi. The ly of African or Middle-East- way to relax and prepare “Playing football is fun can be quite demanding when brings everyone together!" furthest court from the re- ern origin. All footballers oneself for the weekend. We and the threshold to attend you arrive already aged and il- ception has been reserved here are men, mostly in their have a nice group here. I en- the weekly training session is literate," Kaski notes. "In their For more information see tonight for indoor football, twenties and thirties. joy the company," he says somewhat low. Our team has culture the father is the pro- www.miessakit.fi
MIESSAKIT RY before racing off in pursuit players from Morocco, Tur- of the ball. key, Iran, Sudan, Kurdistan This rather informal fut- and Zambia. There are a few sal event is actually part of Finns too,” says project co-or- a project run by the Miessa- dinator Antti Kaski. "The ideal kit association. This male or- scenario would be that multi- ganisation aims to support cultural futsal would continue men’s mental, psychological even though formal support and social growth. Their web- from the project would end," site states that they promote he adds. gender equality and wish to Not everything in the Vie- develop solidarity and mu- raasta veljeksi project is fun tual help between men. The and games. The associa- association runs support tion also runs more serious groups that help men deal groups and workshops that with divorce and the chal- aim to make a deeper impact lenges of fatherhood. They in the everyday lives of immi- also offer therapy for men grant men. "I could argue that who struggle with an abusive there aren't many integration Antti (right) and Aziz from ViVe-Futsal show how it's done. behaviour. projects out there with a spe- HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 1515
HEINZ EMIGHOLZ bill featuring three shows, each from separate tradi- April is tions. First at 18:30 there’s Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura in the main hall of the Espoo Cultural Centre; then at 19 in the Jazz tent comes local Mr Stevie Wonder, pianist and jazz singer Tuomo Prättälä, fol- lowed by the UK’s beat-based Us3. Starting at 21:30 in the month Centre’s cosier Louhi Hall the well-travelled American guitar slinger Garland Jef- The last week of freys (sometimes guest of Lou Reed, U2, Bruce Spring- April is always the steen to name a few) will be time to set one’s singing and playing a "Blues Night". musical sights on The “big one” though is Espoo, or on Tapiola surely Saturday 25 April, to be more specific, starting in the afternoon in Sello Hall in Leppävaara, where the main ven- and even if this is a children’s ues for April Jazz are concert it features four lead- ing female Finnish a capella to be found. singers working as JimJam- MurMur. Back in the tent in Tapiola it’s an evening of old Heinz Emigholz’S Sense of Architecture from 2009. ANTHONY SHAW and new nu-jazz, fi rst with HELSINKI TIMES Helsinki’s own 5 Corners where we don’t normally see Lapland after World War II, Quintet followed by the tru- them.” bringing romanticism to the AS EVER, the April Jazz ros- ly legendary jazz and main- Asphalt gardens New ways of looking at the apartment blocks and public ter reads like a run-up to Pori stream US singer Al Jarreau city are also explored at the buildings of Rovaniemi. or one of those major Nordic and his band. The evening Finnish Museum of Architec- festivals. This year the em- peaks with an equally ac- An alternative look at urban spaces in ture in Sense of Architecture, phasis is on song bringing claimed unit, this time from a series of fi lms where the Asphalt Gardens artists from the USA, Cuba, Paris, the Megaoctet of Helsinki this spring. mundane intersects with the Until 24 May 2009 West Africa as well as a range Andy Emler with accompa- breathtakingly modern. Tue-Sun, 11-18. of European countries, inclu- nying seven French musos. First shown at last year’s Admission €6/4. ing Finland of course. By the This big band is described by LOUISA GAIRN Asphalt Gardens is an ex- Berlin Film Festival, the fi lms The Finnish Museum of time this reaches the streets Le Monde as continuing the HELSINKI TIMES hibition of works by artist are the latest project by ex- Photography, Cable Factory, some acts will have moved glittering Gallic aptitude for Taneli Eskola at the Finnish perimental fi lm-maker Heinz Tallberginkatu 1 G, Helsinki. on, but maybe you can still “mind-boggling tempos, mel- HELSINKI is known for its Museum of Photography. In Emigholz, featuring an array www.fmp.fi catch a star-studded evening odies and harmonies, mixed striking architecture and leg- a series of photographs tak- of structures, from building or two. There’s also a Sunday with witty tricks and decep- endary urban designers. But en in Helsinki in 2007-2008, sites to bell towers. In trans- Sense of programme that will get you tions, suddenly transforming as Alvar Aalto himself recog- Eskola focuses on overlooked lating architecture into fi lm, Architecture & Ferdinand to the edge of your seat in the into graceful ballads”. All in nised, architecture isn’t just city spaces where elements of Emigholz hopes to reveal Salokangas in Rovaniemi company of adopted Nordic all Emler’s compositions and about dreaming spires and the natural world spill over in- “a space of thought” where Until 31 May 2009. drummer Marilyn Mazur, as eclectic performers would opera houses. It’s also about to the urban fabric, revealing each building is experienced Tue, Thu, Fri, 10-16; well as local pianist Iiro Ran- seem to capture the very es- the everyday places we take what he calls “secret gardens”. holistically, together with its Wed, 10-20; tala, guitarist Marzi Nyman, sence of this little big festival for granted – our homes and “There is always some- environment. Sat-Sun, 11-16. and a certain “PECCa Kuu- of jazz. offi ces, schools, streets, and thing new in the city,” Eskola For a complementary per- Admission €5/2.50. sisto” who will probably ex- parks. These hidden or ig- explains. “These rapid chang- spective on everyday archi- Museum of cel on violin. For more information nored urban spaces are cel- es keep your senses alert. I tecture, it’s also worth taking Finnish Architecture Friday 24 April is proba- in English go to ebrated alongside grander aim to show that a wide-open a look at the museum’s paral- Kasarmikatu 24, Helsinki. bly the most multicultural www.apriljazz.fi/en examples of architecture in city is still available to us, lel exhibition on the archi- evening of the festival, the three exhibitions showing in and prompts us to look and to tect Ferdinand Salokangas, www.mfa.fi Helsinki until the end of May. experience gardens in places who led the reconstruction in
ANNIKA VON HAUSSWOLFF Portraits of the soul Theatre technical Turku Art Museum presents a comprehen- sive collection by Swedish artist Annika von workshop
Hausswolff. All the works on display are SUSAN FOURTANE from the collection of Magasin 3 Stockholm HELSINKI TIMES
Kunsthalle. THE FINN–BRIT PLAYERS are organising a technical work- shop where they will cover as SUSAN FOURTANE logical states into uncanny much about sound and lighting HELSINKI TIMES photographs and sculptures. design and operation as can In von Hausswolff’s works possibly be fi tted into one day. ANNIKA VON HAUSSWOLFF the viewer fi nds herself in The aim is to help produce a Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura. has been on the forefront in a dreamlike setting where The Legacy of Beige. sound track and lighting plan making photography one of common situations and for a simple play. The workshop the most infl uential forms events transform into some- has been designed for direc- of media in contemporary thing irrational and unreal. Opening Hours: tors who want to learn more art. She attracted attention Her works touch on ques- Tue-Fri 11:00-19:00 about the possibilities and new in the 1990s with her staged tions of corporeality, gender Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 trends in sound and lighting, as works that bordered on doc- and domination. Hiding and Tickets: Adults: €7, stu- well as for anybody interest- umentary photography. Al- revealing are also frequently dents, senior citizens, unem- ed in becoming a techie or who ready in the series Back to recurring themes, which are ployed €4. Groups of 10 or wants to know about what the Nature (1993) she employed manifested in the often used more €4/person. people in black do. The work- the stylistic and contextu- harsh fl ashlight and richly Free admission for visitors shop is also open for those who al elements that would later draped curtains. under 16. already are techies but want to defi ne her signature style of Another dominant fea- Free entrance on learn more. production. ture in her oeuvre is the hu- Fridays 16:00-19:00 Organised by Fionna The motifs of loneliness, man body. The characters O’Sullivan, Nick Meinke frustration and melancholy we encounter do not seek and Antti Hermunen, it will link her art to the tradition of contact; quite the opposite. Showing through 17 May be held at the FINN–BRIT surrealism. von Hausswolff Their backs are turned as at the Turku Art Museum, Au- premises on Fredrikinkatu has long delved into the un- if in deep thought and their rakatu 26, Turku, Finland. The 20A on Sunday 26 April from conscious and her works are a eyes closed like a veil – phys- exhibition is supported by 12:00 to 18:00. continued exploration trans- ically present but constantly the Swedish Finnish Cultural For more information, visit forming fl eeting psycho- unattainable. Foundation. www.fi nnbritplayers.com 16 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES
SIMONA DREVENSEK
Korean barbecued delicacies (clockwise from upper left): dongchimi (typical winter kimchi), ojingeo jeotgal (salted jelly fish), mush- rooms, bean paste, kimchi, pumpkin in starch syrup, boiled scombroid with kimchi, raddish kimchi, ballonflower in starch, bean paste soup with bulgogi.
the whale meat also tasted odd. “That’s defi nitely not the Delicious yet sometimes meat worth killing for,” Alice, Chinese friend and a fellow travel companion, expressed peculiar Korean cuisine our thoughts out loud. Anyone for dog soup? Some Korean eating habits Some do eat dogmeat in Korea, but luckily for visitors, and dogs, far are regarded as barbaric, es- more appetizing dishes are also on offer. pecially when talking about dog meat, which so outraged French actress Brigitte Bar- SIMONA DREVENSEK neath. The most common like a tiny parcel that fi ts into dot. It is true that Koreans HELSINKI TIMES thing served to foreigners is the mouth. The other version eat dogs, but not the domes- “bulgogi” (barbecued beef) of barbecue is “shabu shabu”, tic pet variety. “What even- MANY WHO have travelled and “kalbi” (barbecued short which is stew-like soup with tually boils in the water with around South Korea will ribs), though pork is common either meat, seafood or vege- “kimch’i” is big-breed dog agree that it is a country of as well. tables. Yes, barbecue is a spe- raised on a dog farm solely natural beauty, stunning ar- Vital to every Korean bar- cial kind of event and a must for this purpose, which is in chitecture and friendliness. becue are side dishes: spin- when in Korea. no way different from farm- Just as many will have al- ach, lettuce and soybeans, raised chickens and cows,” so been amazed by the food, seasoned with sesame seeds Everything can cure explained a Korean business- which is spicy for some and and oil, soy sauce and occa- Koreans believe that every man who overheard the dis- Transforming Finnish Korkeavuorenkatu 27 gifts of nature in an fi ery for others. Most will, sionally garlic. Mushrooms food, be it animal or plant, cussion Alice and I had while Helsinki however, agree that it’s sim- and garlic or sliced onions, has a herbal or medical qual- chewing eel and making Tel. +358 9 635 732 innovative manner to ply delicious. as well as soup in unlimited ity. Ginseng, a root famous plans about our next “must www.juuri.fi suit modern tastes. quantities, can be found on for preventing illnesses, in- do”. Finding a place that “Bulgogi” and “kalbi” the table as well. When the creasing level of stamina and serves dog soup was hard- You’d be surprised, but bar- meat is almost done it is cut improving mental health, is er than at fi rst thought. And becue – slightly different into small pieces using scis- a source of heat in cold win- without Kayoung’s inquire from the one we’re used of – sors, it is then dipped in sesa- ters as well. “Kimch’i” – chil- among strangers about such is very common in Korea. A me oil and soy-bean paste and li pepper mixed with garlic, a place in Seoul, we wouldn’t leaning iron “desk” is placed placed on a lettuce or sesa- cabbage and white radish – a have been successful. in the middle of the table, me leaf. Small proportions of dish that made Korea famous It is believed that civilised which makes grease and fl u- side dishes are added on top is the most important ingre- people don’t eat dogs, though id fl ow into the bowl under- of the meat and then packed dient of every meal. Made nobody can explain why it’s only once a year it is stored in wrong to do so. Many will roll large, thick earthenware and their eyes, but we are cultural then buried in the ground to relativists. “I don’t like when prevent it from fermenting people connect Korea with during winter. As Kayoung dog meat only,” Kayoung re- Seo, a friend and ex-fl atmate marks, before pointing out
SIMONA DREVENSEKSIMONA of mine who was an exchange that not many Koreans actu- student in Finland explained, ally eat dog. “I’ve never had in the old days women’s culi- it in my life. After Bardot ac- nary skills were determined cused us of being barbar- by how good her “kimch’i” ic, people started rethinking is. “But nowadays we don’t their actions. Koreans are make it at home anymore,” like that, we show a lot of con- she says. cern for what others think of Yet there are some awk- us,” says Kayoung. ward things on the menu as “I wouldn’t have it one well. Silk worm larvae (which more time, but in the end, taste like beans) and fried it tastes just like any other grasshoppers are just some meat,” concluded our host in French pastry & bakery of the many oddities. Eel, ap- Seoul. The tradition of eat- in the heart of Helsinki parently good for stamina, ing dogmeat is as long as the is a sea creature that Kore- history of the country itself. an men eat often, though the However, with more small WTC Plaza Munkkiniemi chewy and still moving piec- dogs being kept as pets, Kore- Keskuskatu 7 Laajalahdentie 17 es of eel, before barbecued, ans are learning the Western did not convince us. The concept of “pet friendship.” Tel. 050 550 6516 Tel. 09 499 901 amount of “soju”, the cheap- Korean culture forbids mak- est distilled liquor that runs ing a meal of animals that are in enormous quantities down considered to companions, www.frambois.fi Korean’s throats, is also a but pigs, cows, lamb and oth- Kayoung Seo teaching us how to eat barbacue. barbecue must. Like the eel, er livestock are fair game. HELSINKI TIMES EAT & DRINK 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 1717
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Lyytinen doesn't limit herself to the blues and is a songwriter who tran- scends the genre's clichés. In her hands the blues sounds honest, fresh and hip. Despite her impressive playing skills, Lyytinen tries to indulge in the joy she experiences whenever she plays and maintain her passion and child- like interest in music. Discover your greenish roots. Meet a mouse the size Wed 23 April Malmitalo, 19:00 of a football fi eld. Pop in Ala-Malmin tori 1 Tickets €12 a research camp at 80° North. Erja Lyytinen plays the blues, but in her own distinctive way. www.malmitalo.fi Visit the classroom where learning is a laughing matter. MUSIC Sat 25 April Chausson and Ravel. Until Sun 26 April Dramatic evening of Malmitalo, 19:00 Ola Kolehmainen Thu 23 April singing to Purcell's songs Ala-Malmin tori 1 A Building Is Not a Building Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Sibelius Academy’s students Tickets €6 Architecture is the subject matter Stories about science. The famous Raschèr Quartet from the Department of www.malmitalo.fi of Berlin-based photographer Mahler Aho Shostakovitsh Vocal Music as soloists. Ola Kolehmainen’s art. Insights and proven facts. Finlandia Hall, 19:00 Sibelius Academy’s Concert Hall, Wed 29 April Museum of Contemporary Art Mannerheimintie 13 E 15:00 The Ostrobothnians Kiasma Tickets €20/13/6 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9 Leevi Madetoja’s exceptionally Mannerheiminaukio 2 Helsinki University Bulletin. www.hel.fi/filharmonia Free entrance happy merger of folk music and Tue 10:00-17:00 www.siba.fi operatic singing, underpinned by Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Subscribe web. Thu 23 & Fri 24 April a powerfully sonorous orchestra. Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 @ Tina Turner (USA) Sat 25 April Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Tickets €7/5/0 The career of the American Ourvision Helsinginkatu 58 www.kiasma.fi singer and actress Tina Turner The grand finale of the Tickets €14-80 has spanned over 50 years. multicultural singing contest. www.operafin.fi Until Mon 4 May Hartwall Arena, 20:00 Finlandia Hall, 20:00 Jani and Riiko’s Free World Areenankuja 1 Mannerheimintie 13 E Wed 29 April Jani Leinonen and Riiko Sak- Tickets €139/109 Tickets €20/17/15/10 Gabriel, Come Back! kinen want to shake the audience www.hartwall-areena.com www.ourvision.fi Originally a witty play by Mika with the glory of the Free World. Waltari, this opera setting Amos Anderson Art Museum Fri 24 April Sun 26 April sparkles with the rich music of Yrjönkatu 27 A Tribute to Glenn Miller UMO & Satu Sopanen Ilkka Kuusisto. Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Jan Slottenäs Orchestra with the Groovy children’s concert of Finnish National Opera, 19:30 Wed 10:00-20:00 vocal group Infourmation and good quality. Helsinginkatu 58 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 vocalists Samuéla Burenstrand Tavastia Club, 13:00 & 16:00 Tickets €30/25/15 Tickets €8/6/4 and Jens Berggren. Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 www.operafin.fi www.amosanderson.fi Finlandia Hall, 19:30 Tickets €10.50 Mannerheimintie 13 E www.tavastiaklubi.fi Until Sun 17 May Tickets €44/39 THEATRE AND DANCE Enzo Cucchi www.finlandiatalo.fi Mon 27 April The work of Enzo Cucchi, Pat Martino Trio (USA) Thu 23 April considered one of the major Fri 24 & Mon 27 April Pat Martino is a fascinating Theatre Vanha Juko Italian contemporary artists. Skaala Opera and virtuosic jazz guitarist. The Girl Gone with the Wind Espoo Museum of Modern Art A Madrigal Korjaamo Culture Factory, 19:00 and The Egg Ahertajantie 5 Philip Glass' rarely performed Töölönkatu 51 The fairy tale opera written and Tue 11:00-18:00 chamber work A Madrigal Opera is Tickets €25/18 composed by Kaj Chydenius is of Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 combined with poet Lauri www.korjaamo.fi undeniable Chydenius quality. Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 Otonkoski's symphonic poem Cameo. Stoa Cultural Centre of Eastern Tickets €10/8/0 Astoria Ball Room, 19:30 Tue 28 April Helsinki, 10:30 & 13:00 www.emma.museum Iso Roobertinkatu 14 Chausson and Ravel Turunlinnantie 1 Tickets €16/11 Musicians from Radio Symphony Free entrance www.oopperaskaala.fi Orchestra play chamber music by www.stoa.fi OTHERS
Until Fri 24 April Thu 23 & Fri 24 April Ruutia! Dance Festival Loikka Dance Film Festival Ruutia! is a dance festival for The festival’s programme consists children and young audiences. of Southern pulse, British raging /hub/subscribe Cable Factory and Scandinavian stylishness. Tallberginkatu 1 Andorra Cultural Complex Tickets €10 Eerikinkatu 11 www.hurjaruuth.fi Tickets €8-35 Renewed Tourist Information now open www.loikka.fi Fri 24 & Sat 25 April - information about sights, events and activities Kylián – Ek Sun 26 April A long-awaited revival Beats! - customer service on a new level with of Mats Ek’s and Jirí Kylián’s A barnstorming contemporary circus state-of-the-art information solutions memorable works. performance for the whole family. Finnish National Ballet Circus Helsinki Helsinginkatu 58 Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A Tickets €18-42 Tickets €10/6 www.operafin.fi www.circushelsinki.fi FOR FREE 24/25/28/29 April Wed 29 April Karttunen Kollektiv Tero Huh My Imaginary Friend Is with Me Listen to Tero Huh present and dis- The disarming performance is cuss his new collection of poems laid out like a gala, hosted, with Emmi and comprised of ten chapters Talvela. that examines human nature Arkadia Bookshop, 18:00 and reflects on the meaning Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 9 of making art. Free entrance Studio Krunikka, 19:00 www.arkadiabookshop.fi Meritullinkatu 33 A Tickets €17/10 Open www.studiokrunikka.fi solution sudoku 2 May–30 September: Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat-Sun 9–18 1 October–1 May: Mon–Fri 9–18, Sat–Sun 10–16 EXHIBITIONS
Pohjoisesplanadi 19 Until Sun 26 April Tel. 09 3101 3300, fax 09 3101 3301 Egs The exhibition presents
simplified graffiti art. www.helsinki.fi M O R E T I P S F R O M Napa Gallery Eerikinkatu 18 Thu-Fri 12:00-18:00 The University of Helsinki is the leading www.visithelsinki.fi Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 multidisiplinary university in Finland. Free entrance www.napagalleria.com HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 1919
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09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:40 The Young and the Restless 09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:40 The Young and the Young Gus Pike gets work. 10:35 Emmerdale Sara finds an old gold coin Restless 11:05 News in English 11:00 Emmerdale and Ezekial tells her of a pi- 10:35 Emmerdale 11:10 Peak Practice In your own home. rate’s treasure. 11:00 Emmerdale Alice gets the whole village 13:25 The Bold and the Beautiful 11:05 News in English 13:25 The Bold and the Beautiful backing her to stop a su- 14:25 New Adventures of Old 11:10 Peak Practice 14:25 Suddenly Susan permarket from being built Christine 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine Did I say something? in town. Christine gets a disappoint- 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine ing birthday present. A man walks into a restau- 17:30 Emmerdale Barry is in trouble. 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful rant and commits suicide. A wedding and a funer- 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 17:30 Emmerdale 17:08 Peak Practice al part 1. Doctor Sloan investigates Alice and Sam hold a house- The town prepares for Eri- 18:00 Emmerdale the death of a policeman. warming party. Lost ca’s and Andrew’s wedding. Part 2 of a wedding and a Ice Hockey 17:08 Peak Practice 18:05 Emmerdale Nelonen at 21:00 18:30 Dave’s London funeral. TV2 at 18:00 Claire starts birthing in the The police investigate the 19:00 The Royal 21:00 Without a Trace middle of Erica’s bachelo- payments Jim has been giv- Dr Goodwin treats a sick The FBI seek a young wom- rette party. ing his foreign workers. 07:00 Cartoons for Children baby. an who fled from her pastor. 07:00 Cartoons for Children 23:25 Looking for Kitty FILM 21:00 ER Cartoons in Finnish. 22:00 The Inner Circle (CERT15) 22:55 Conan the Barbarian 07:25 Mission Odyssey. High school basketball coach Family man. 08:05 Nanny FILM (CERT15) FILM In Finnish. and a private investigator 22:30 Close to Home 08:30 Staying Put The true story of Ivan Conan seeks revenge on 08:05 Nanny bond as they track down the 23:30 Ring aka Ringu (CERT15) 09:00 Come Dine with Me Sanchin, the KGB offic- the warlord who massa- 08:30 Staying Put coach’s missing wife. Direct- FILM 09:30 Birth Days er who was Stalin’s private cred his tribe. Directed by 09:00 Come Dine with Me ed by Edward Burns. Star- A killer video tape is circu- 10:00 10 Years Younger USA film projectionist. Direct- John Milius. Starring: Ar- 09:30 Birth Days ring: Edward Burns, David lating through unknowing 10:30 James Martin Digs Deep ed by Andrei Konchalovsky. nold Schwarzenegger, James 10:00 Diva on a Dime Krumholtz. USA 2004. hands. Directed by Hideo 13:00 Birth Days Starring: Tom Hulce, Bob Earl Jones, Max von Sydow. 10:30 Changing Rooms Nakata. Starring: Nanako 13:30 Diva on a Dime Hoskins. USA 1991. USA 1981. 13:00 Birth Days Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sana- 14:00 Changing Rooms 00:45 Distant Shores 01:15 WRC SPORT 13:30 Wedding SOS TV2 da, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi 14:30 Come Dine With Me Part 4/12. Commentary in Finnish. A pregnant bride can’t fit in Sato. Japan 1998. 15:00 Dr. Phil Lisa is on hot coals. 01:45 Cape Wrath (CERT15) her wedding dress. 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 01:20 Unit Feminine men. 14:00 Selling Houses Cartoons for children in 15:55 Days of Our Lives 14:30 Come Dine with Me Finnish. 16:45 The Bachelor TV2 SUB 15:00 Dr. Phil 11:30 Plus belle la vie SUB Brad has strong feelings Who am I? 11:55 Junk Brothers for three of the women. 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 07:00 Cartoons for Children 15:55 Days of Our Lives The brothers explore some 07:00 Cartoons for Children 19:30 Sex and the City Cartoons for children in 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:35 16:45 The Bachelor very strange objects. 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 21:00 Lost Finnish. Batman: The Animated- The women tell all. 12:50 Derrick Batman: The Animated 23:15 Frasier 11:30 Little House on the Prairie Series. In Finnish. 17:45 Lovespring International Rasko is stabbed. Series. In Finnish. The Crane brothers travel 12:45 Derrick 11:25 Sturm der Liebe SERIES BEGINS. A compa- 16:10 Schwarzwaldklinik 11:25 Sturm der Liebe to Sun Valley. Dead goldfish. 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben ny arranges a party for their 17:00 Olivia 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 23:45 The Office 14:40 Vets in Practice 16:00 Munsters customers. Olivia starts a garden. 15:30 Cow and Chicken Dwight’s speech. 18:00 Ice Hockey SPORT SERIES ENDS: Mummys in 21:00 13 Going on 30 FILM 20:10 Die Kommissarin 15:55 Munsters Continues at 19:00, 21:00, the museum. A thirteen year old plays a Someone is stabbed in the 16:25 E! Entertainment: Behind and 22:00. Commentary in 16:30 E! Entertainment: game on her birthday and dorm. the Scenes JIM Finnish. E! News Weekend the next day she wakes up 22:40 Eye Witness 16:55 E! Entertainment: Kimora 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben as a thirty year old. Direct- 00:10 Commissario Montalbano 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 15:05 Border Security 18:05 Sturm der Liebe ed by Gary Winick. Starring: The cat and the goldfinch. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe Shopping carts. 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffa- 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in 15:35 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook Philadelphia (CERT13) lo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis. Philadelphia 16:05 Xtreme Building 19:30 Two and a Half Men USA 2004. YLE TEEMA 19:30 Two and a Half Men 16:35 Trigged Out Eggnog for everyone! 23:15 Tudors 20:00 Friends 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 20:00 Friends 00:20 A Dirty Shame (CERT15) 17:00 Undersea World of Jacques 20:30 Simpsons 18:00 Banzuke 20:30 Simpsons FILM Cousteau – Amazon DOC 21:00 Top Chef 18:30 Any Given Latitude 22:00 Bones An uptight middle-aged 18:30 La Famiglia Montalcino 22:15 L-Word SERIES BEGINS. Travel 23:00 C.S.I. woman turns into a sex addict David gets advice from his Movie party. series that takes you around 00:00 Madventures III (CERT15) after getting hit on the head. dad on how to handle women. 23:20 Supernatural the world. This episode Part 3/10. West Africa. In Starring: Tracey Ullman, 19:00 SOAP 00:10 Peep Show takes you to Iceland. English. Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, Mary needs to meet with 00:45 Génesis (CERT15) 19:00 DIY Tools & Techniques 00:40 Skins Chris Isaak. USA 2004. Burt, but which Burt does 19:30 Man Caves 01:35 Katie & Peter – The Next she really need to meet? SERIES BEGINS. Taking Chapter 19:30 Vertical City DOC TV VIISI a look at Larry’s basement JIM Examining 118 Peachtree man cave. Conan the Barbarian Plaza in Atlanta. 18:00 Home and Away 20:00 Mystery Diagnosis MTV3 at 22:55 TV VIISI 15:05 Borders 20:30 Don’t Die Young DOC Jesse is in the hospital with Bill Cairns gets a severe 15:35 Any Given Latitude 21:00 My Brilliant Brain DOC alcohol poisoning. case of food poisoning. 18:00 Home and Away 16:05 DIY Tools & Techniques Discovering whether aver- 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 21:00 Lost Worlds: Sin City of YLE TEEMA Jesse is recovering. 16:35 Man Caves age children can be made Oops! the West DOC 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! into geniuses. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 22:00 Ultimate Fighter 10:30 Martin Chuzzlewit 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 18:00 Canadian Sportsfishing 22:35 Les mots bleus (Some Kind Videos 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 18:15 Himalaya with Michael Videos 19:00 Wasted Spaces of Blue) FILM 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 23:55 Modern Marvels: Palin DOC 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 19:30 Carter Can The story of a mother and Videos Locomotives DOC Part 2/6. Palin’s travels take Videos 20:00 Police Interceptors a daughter who refuses to 20:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! him south. 20:00 Primary Colors FILM 21:00 Gangland: Deadly Triangle speak. Starring: Sylvie Tes- Rachel prepares an choco- 20:10 The Aristocrats A man joins the political (CERT15) DOC tud, Sergi López. France late-vanilla marble cake. 22:00 Paris nous appartient campaign of a smooth Taking a look at 2005. In French. 20:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating (Paris Is Ours) FILM talking president. San Francisco’s gangs. my Teenage Daughter A group of people at a par- Directed by Mike Nichols. 22:00 London Ink 21:00 Flashpoint ty discuss a friend’s suicide. Starring: Adrian Lester, Thirteen. Programmes on Yle Teema One night's mistake. Directed by Jacques Rivette. Emma Thompson, John 23:00 Banzuke may be viewed in the original 23:25 K11 – Kommissare im Starring: Betty Schneider, Travolta. USA 1998. 23:30 Banzuke language(s) by changing the Einsatz Close to Home Giani Esposito. France 1960. 22:00 Packed to the Rafters 00:00 Against All Odds digital receiver’s settings. 23:45 K11– Kommissare im MTV3 at 22:30 In French. 23:00 Secret Lives of Women 01:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Einsatz 00:15 Six Feet Under (CERT15) 01:45 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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08:00 Cartoons for Children 11:30 Volvo Ocean Race 12:00 Dave’s London 07:25 Cartoons for Children 08:00 Thomas and Friends, 13:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 12:30 Last of the Summer Wine 07:25 Roofters, 07:35 Mon- 08:10 Thomas and Friends, Three episodes. Truly’s mobile is always in ster Allergy, 08:05 Bakugan 08:25 Viva Pinata, 08:40 16:45 The Lizzie McGuire Movie the wrong place. Battle Brawlers. In Finnish. Powerpuff Girls, 09:05 Teen- FILM 13:15 Danger of the Deep DOC 13:30 Wild at Heart age Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lizzie travels to Rome, It- 16:10 Breaking the Maya Code 14:25 According to Jim 09:30 Huntik. In Finnish. aly after graduating from DOC 15:00 Practical Magic FILM 10:20 Hannah Montana middle school. Directed by 17:08 Gilmore Girls Sally and Gillian Owen are 12:15 Motor Forum SPORT Jim Fall. Starring: Hilary Rory’s father comes back witches and are cursed Commentary in Finnish. Duff, Adam Lamberg, Hal- to town. so that any man they fall 14:35 Popeye FILM lie Todd, Robert Carradine. 18:20 Britain’s Missing Top Model in love with dies an ear- The Impressionists A sailor meets and falls in love USA 2003. 22:10 Lewis ly death. Directed by Grif- TV1 at 22:00 with Olive Oyl and makes an 19:00 I Survived a Japanese Old friends. fin Dunne. Starring: Sandra enemy out of Bluto. Directed Game Show 23:45 Absolutely Fabulous Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Di- by Robert Altman. Starring: SERIES BEGINS. Ten anne Wiest, Stockard Chan- 08:05 The Tribe DOC Robin Williams,Shelley Du- Americans travel to Japan ning. USA 1998. 14:05 Keeping up Appearances vall, Ray Walston, Paul Doo- to participate in a local TV2 17:00 Simpsons 14:35 Los Serrano ley. USA 1980. game show. Radioactive man. American Chopper Are you or aren’t you? 16:20 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 21:00 The Hunt for the Red 08:00 Pikku Kakkonen 17:35 Formula 1 SPORT Nelonen at 17:45 16:00 Holby City 16:55 Top Gear October FILM Cartoons for children in Grand Prix. Commentary in A new day. 18:00 Formula 1 SPORT In 1984 a USSR nuclear sub Finnish. Finnish. 19:40 Midsomer Murders Commentary in Finnish. violates orders and heads for 11:20 Little House on the Prairie 21:05 Amazing Race 07:15 Jamie at Home A gathering of relations. 19:20 WRC SPORT the US. Is he trying to de- 12:45 Dangerous Moonlight 22:45 Apparitions (CERT15) 10:30 Jeff Corwin Experience 22:00 The Impressionists Commentary in Finnish. fect or start a war? Directed FILM The Antichrist. 11:30 The Most Extreme 23:00 Wire in the Blood 21:00 When Women Rule the by John McTiernan. Starring: A female American journal- 23:50 To Catch a Predator 12:35 Dr. Phil Death’s touch. World Sean Connery, Alec Bald- ist falls in love with a Polish 00:45 Formula 1 SPORT Drug addiction. 22:40 Men of Honor FILM win, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill. refugee piano virtuoso. Di- Grand Prix. Commentary in 13:45 Frasier The story of Carl Brashear, USA 1990. rected by Brian Desmond Finnish. Four episodes of Frasier. TV2 the first African American US 00:00 Las Vegas Hurst. Starring: Anton Wal- 02:15 WRC SPORT 17:45 American Chopper Navy diver and also the first 01:00 The Devil’s Rejects FILM brook, Sally Gray. UK 1941. Commentary in Finnish. SERIES BEGINS. Teu- 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen amputee. Directed by George (CERT15) tul starts building a NASA Cartoons for children in Tillman. Starring: Robert De- The police in a small town chopper. Finnish. Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Char- attack a house full of sa- SUB 21:00 What Women Want FILM 10:00 The Moomins lize Theron. USA 2000. distic serial killers. Direct- A man suddenly gets the Cartoon in Finnish. 01:00 Formula 1 SPORT ed by Rob Zombie. Starring: 10:00 Cow & Chicken ability to hear what wom- 16:20 V75 SPORT Commentary in Finnish. Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri 10:30 Futurama en are thinking. Directed by Commentary in Finnish. 01:30 WRC SPORT Moon Zombie, William For- Handsome cyclops. Nancy Meyers. Starring: Mel 17:00 Ice Hockey SPORT Commentary in Finnish. sythe. USA/Germany 2005. 11:00 Family Guy Gibson, Helen Hunt, Continues at 19:00, 21:00 02:00 Wire Peter’s feminine side. Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda. and 22:00. Commentary in 11:30 King of the Hill USA 2000. Finnish. JIM 12:30 Dog the Bounty Hunter 23:45 Shield (CERT15) 00:15 The Border SUB 13:00 Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:10 Hooked on Fishing 13:30 Xena: Warrior Princess 13:30 Australian Princess 10:40 House Hunters Interna- 14:30 Top Dog JIM YLE TEEMA 14:30 E! Entertainment: tional 15:30 Abbey & Janice: Beauty & How Do I Look 11:10 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook The Best 08:30 House Hunters 10:30 La Famiglia Montalcino 15:30 Wa$ted Tea and baked goods. 16:30 E! Entertainment: Victoria International 11:00 The Sorceress 16:00 E! Entertainment: 11:40 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook Silvstedt: My Perfect Life 09:00 24 Hour Design Händel’s musical tv-op- Dress My Nest 12:10 Parking Wars 17:00 Katie & Peter – The Next 10:00 Hooked on Fishing era about a battle between 16:30 World’s Greenest Homes 12:40 Wheel Dealer What Women Want Chapter 11:00 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook good and evil. Ecological homes in Atlanta 13:10 Modern Marvels: Nelonen at 21:00 18:00 American Idol 11:30 Any Given Latitude 15:50 Don’t Die Young and Oxford. Batteries DOC 19:00 Make Me a Supermodel 12:00 Sopranos Alice Roberts tests her own 18:00 American Idol Taking a look at how 13:50 Lonely Planet 20:00 Peep Show Lasagna. immune response. 19:00 Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious batteries work. 17:00 Ice Hockey SPORT 20:30 The Office 12:25 Against All Odds 17:20 Outbreak DOC 20:00 Date My Ex 14:05 World’s Deadliest Animals Continues at 19:00, 21:00 David’s self-esteem takes The line between life and A killer in the room. First dates. SERIES ENDS. Showing and 22:00. Commentary in a blow. death thins. 19:10 The Idiot 21:00 C.S.I. Miami Central America’s most Finnish. 21:05 Heroes 13:30 Flip This House 20:05 Himalayas with A child is kidnapped. unique animals. 01:20 Comedy Inc (CERT13) 22:00 Madventures III (CERT15) 14:25 Ultimate Gadgets Michael Palin DOC 22:00 Most Haunted 15:05 Bull Run 22:40 Our Lives: The Slaves In The question that grips us Part 3/6. Everest. 23:00 Madventures III (CERT15) 16:00 Canadian Sportfishing The Cellar all: Mac or PC? 21:00 Standing in the Shadows 23:40 Stargate SG1 17:00 Wasted Spaces YLE TEEMA 00:40 Nighty Night 14:55 American Hot Rod of Motown DOC 00:35 X Files 17:30 Carter Can 01:15 Supernatural 15:55 Deadliest Catch Ends 23:35. 21:00 Soul 01:25 Spoons 18:00 Hidden Potential 09:30 The Idiot 17:00 Lost Worlds: Sin City of Deep Part 3. 21:50 Standing 18:30 Ace of Cakes 10:25 Cuéntame cómo pasó the West DOC in the Shadows of Motown. 19:00 Rip + Renew 11:35 The Strauss Dynasty TV VIISI 18:00 Anthony Bourdain TV VIISI 19:30 Make a Move 15:00 My Brilliant Brain DOC SERIES BEGINS. Chef and 20:00 Deadliest Catch Make me a genius. 19:00 Spymate FILM gourmet travels around the 18:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! 21:00 Nature Tech: Hurricanes 15:50 SOAP Minkey the chimp is a world. 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air DOC 16:15 The Aristocrats super-spy primate and his 19:00 Boy’s Weekend 19:00 America’s Funniest Home Hurricanes are incredibly 18:00 Arsenic and Old Lace FILM partner Mike and him were 19:30 Kill Arman Videos destructive forces of nature. Drama critic learns on his the two best spies in the 20:00 Trouble in Paradise 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 22:00 Under Fire wedding day that his maiden business. 21:00 Biography: Videos SERIES BEGINS. Series aunts are homicidal maniacs, Directed by Robert Vince. Green River Killer DOC 21:00 Knockout FILM following the risks police- and that it runs in the fami- Starring: Robyn Malcolm, Gary Ridgway is one of the Vince and Cesar are long men take every day. ly. Directed by Frank Capra. Antony Starr, Antonia US’s worst serial killers. past their glory days. 23:00 Banzuke Starring: Cary Grant, Pris- Prebble, Frank Whitten. 22:00 Crime Investigation Directed by Mike Nichols. 23:30 Banzuke cilla Lane, Raymond Massey, USA 2006. Australia Starring: Antonio Banderas, 00:00 Most Shocking (CERT15) Peter Lorre. USA 1944. 21:00 Outrageous Fortune Body in the sports bag. Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, 00:55 Speeders 22:40 Between Insanity and 22:00 The Catherine Tate Show 23:05 Ultimate Fighter (CERT15) Tom Sizemore. 01:25 Fifth Gear Beauty DOC 22:30 Farscape 00:00 Gangland: When Women Rule the World USA 1999. 02:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 23:35 Soul Deep DOC 23:30 The Friday Night Project Deadly Triangle (CERT15) MTV3 at 21:00 23:00 Flashpoint 02:45 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Part 1. The birth of soul. DOC
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09:40 The Young and the 23:00 X-Weighted 09:40 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Cartoons for Children Restless 10:35 Emmerdale 07:25 Mission Odyssey. In 10:35 Emmerdale 11:00 Emmerdale Finnish. Matthew has to make some 13:30 The Bold and the Beautiful 08:05 Nanny decisions. Business of historic 08:30 Staying Put 11:00 Emmerdale proportions happens 09:00 Come Dine With Me Katie nears a solution. between Nick and Eric. 09:30 Birth Days 13:25 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:25 Two and a Half Men 10:00 Wedding SOS 14:25 Alf Judith’s new boyfriend asks 10:30 Selling Houses Sea of happiness. her to marry him. 13:00 Birth Days Kill Arman 14:55 Men in Trees 14:50 L.A. Law 13:30 10 Years Younger USA JIM at 22:00 Surprise, surprise. 15:40 Identity 14:00 Property Virgins 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:30 Come Dine With Me 05:55 Dave’s London 17:30 Emmerdale 17:30 Emmerdale 15:00 Dr. Phil 09:30 Road to Avonlea Andy’s choice. Leadership changes. A bad stepmother. A world famous actress ar- 18:00 Emmerdale 18:00 Emmerdale 15:55 Days of Our Lives rives in Avonlea. 20:00 Private Practice Secret Diary of a Call Girl Interesting offers. A hard fist. 11:05 YLE News 21:00 Cold Case John from Cincinnati Nelonen at 22:35 21:00 Life 16:45 Bachelor 11:10 Peak Practice In 1953 a woman is shot and TV1 at 22:10 Earthquake. Broken hearts. 14:05 Travels to the Edge with the team works years later 22:30 C.S.I. 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model Art Wolfe DOC to try to solve the cold case. 07:00 Cartoons for Children 09:30 Road to Avonlea It’s a dog’s life. 19:30 Sex and the City SERIES ENDS. Part 13/13. 22:35 C.S.I. New York 07:25 Mission Odyssey. Foundling. 23:25 Psych 21:00 Dirty Sexy Money Exploring Ethiopia. 23:30 C.S.I. New York In Finnish. 10:20 Dave’s London Chasing dinosaurs. Plans. 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 00:30 Big Shots 08:05 Nanny 11:05 YLE News 00:15 When Women Rule the 22:00 Tracey Ullman (CERT15) 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder Big winners and competitors. 08:30 Staying Put 11:10 Peak Practice World Strategy games. Swan song. Cosmo the cat’s house. 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 22:35 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 17:08 Peak Practice 09:00 Come Dine with Me Jackpot! SERIES BEGINS. A 27 year Nikki arrives in America to SUB 09:30 Birth Stories 17:08 Peak Practice SUB old prostitute who is a clev- get treatment for her leuke- Sydney is about to give birth A race against time. er and independent woman mia. 07:00 Cartoons for Children to her first child. 23:50 I.O.U.S.A. (CERT13) 07:00 Cartoons for Children tells all in this drama series. 19:00 Last of the Summer Wine 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:35 10:00 10 Years Younger USA 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 23:20 Frasier Ditch or abyss. Batman the Animated Se- Pink dreams. Batman the Animated Se- Our song. 19:30 Travels to the Edge with ries. In Finnish. 10:30 Property Virgins TV2 ries. In Finnish. 23:50 Lost (CERT15) Art Wolfe DOC 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 13:00 Birth Stories 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 21:00 Generation Kill (CERT15) 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 13:30 10 Years Younger USA 06:05 Pikku Kakkonen 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 22:10 John from Cincinnati String of life. Allison is a single mother. Cartoons for children in 15:35 Futurama JIM 12:45 World’s Greenest Homes 14:30 Come Dine with Me Finnish. 16:00 Reba 15:35 Family Guy 15:00 Dr. Phil 10:30 Toy Plus belle la vie 16:30 E! Entertainment: Whose 15:05 Border Security 16:00 Reba Ask the author. 10:55 Secret Millionaire Wedding Is It Anyway? 15:35 Anthony Bourdain Dream man. 15:55 Days of Our Lives 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben Idyllic Vancouver. 16:30 E! Entertainment: Sexiest 16:45 The Bachelor 18:00 Ice Hockey SPORT 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 16:30 Pressure Cook 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model Continues at 19:00, 21:00 19:00 It’s Always Sunny Ireland. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 19:30 Sex and the City (CERT13) and 22:00. Commentary in in Philadelphia (CERT13) 17:00 Boy’s Weekend 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in 21:00 Navy NCIS Finnish. Frank sets Dee on fire. Adrian’s celebration. Philadelphia (CERT13) 22:00 World’s Smallest Mother 19:30 Two and a Half Men 17:30 DIY to the Rescue Dee shows off her new boy- DOC 20:00 My Name is Earl 18:00 Banzuke friend Kevin to the guys. Documenting Cristianne YLE TEEMA A new deal. 18:30 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook Navy NCIS 19:30 Two and a Half Men Ray, who risked death to be 20:30 Simpsons Travelling to Belize. Nelonen at 21:00 Banana pie. a mother. 19:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó Rusted garbage pile. 19:00 Cool Tools 20:00 Friends 23:15 Frasier 21:00 Soul Deep 21:00 King Kong FILM Sawing. Memories. 00:15 South Park (CERT15) 21:55 Niwemang FILM In 1933 a film crew travel to 19:30 Hidden Potential TV2 20:30 Simpsons 00:45 South Park (CERT15) Tragic comedy directed by a mysterious island where 20:00 Most Daring Rescues Bart falls in with a bad Bahman Ghobadi. Spoken in they encounter Kong, who 21:00 Single Subject:What 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen crowd. Iranian. Iran 2006. falls in love with lead la- Happened to Natalee Cartoons for children in 21:00 O.C. JIM 23:30 Vertical City DOC dy Ann Darrow. Directed (CERT15) DOC Finnish. Seth has trouble handling Peachtree Plaza. by Peter Jackson. Starring: 22:30 Speeders 10:10 Mr Bean Summer’s cold treatment. 15:05 Border Security Naomi Watts, Jack Black, 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Continues at 10:23. 22:00 Gossip Girls 15:35 Any Given Latitude Adrien Brody, Thomas Kret- Interviewing Billy Bob 10:35 Happy Days New Haven can wait. 16:05 Cool Tools schmann. USA 2005. Thornton. Joyful love. 23:00 I Love New York 16:35 Hidden Potential 00:30 Our Lives: The Slaves 23:55 Biography: Green River 11:00 Kylie Kwong: My China Bachelors get a chance to 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! In The Cellar DOC Killer DOC 11:30 Animal Hospital show their stuff before New 18:00 Banzuke 01:20 Spoons 12:00 Monster Garage York and the judges. 18:30 Any Given Latitude 01:50 Nighty Night 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters 00:00 Génesis (CERT15) 19:00 Don’t Sweat It The three siblings travel on 19:30 Make a Move a bus together. 20:00 Re-Inventors TV VIISI 18:00 Ice Hockey SPORT TV VIISI Jeremy and Matt try to build Continues at 19:00. a protective personnel car- 18:00 Home and Away Commentary in Finnish. 18:00 Home and Away rying tank. Old friends. 21:35 Football SPORT Dangerous flirting. 20:30 How It’s Made 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air Commentary in Finnish. 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 21:00 Jurassic Fight Club: Carlton’s idol Will Shatner 00:20 Comedy Inc. (CERT13) Changes. Biggest Killers DOC comes for a visit. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home Paleontologists take a look 19:00 America’s Funniest Home Videos at the biggest carnivores. Videos YLE TEEMA 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 22:00 Kill Arman 19:30 America’s Funniest Home Videos 22:30 Manhunters: Fugitive Task Videos 16:30 La Famiglia Montalcino 20:00 X-Weighted Force (CERT15) 20:00 Airline Part 16/20. Great-grand- 21:00 Packed to the Rafters 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! The airline has to deal with father’s cookbook has gone Clogged pipes. 23:55 Single Subject:What over booking their flight. missing. 22:00 The Catherine Tate Show Happened to Natalee DOC Sex and the City King Kong 21:00 Intervention DOC 19:00 Chez Maupassant 22:30 Friday Night Project 00:55 Naked and Funny Nelonen at 19:30 SUB at 21:00 22:00 Secret Lives of Women Text in Finnish and French. 23:00 Moonlighting
to grow the potato, and seems des- producing an intimate travelogue when Riku underwent leech ther- tined to conclude at the same time with a crew of fifty, Madventures apy; the same leeches were then as the implosion of the galaxy in 3 has a crew of…er…two. The show boiled and served to the vegetarian Madventures trillion years’ time. More recently, is presented by Riku Rantala and Tunna, still filled with blood. It was programme makers have resisted the Tunna Milonoff, old school-mates one of the more revolting telly seg- for president? temptation to come up with any new who have spent the last decade or ments I’ve seen recently, but it was NICK BARLOW ideas and have begged, borrowed so travelling to the weirdest loca- also hilarious – “Once you taste and stole practically every show tions on earth, and performing the blood you get addicted!” drawled I had a phone call from an ex-col- format they could lay their hands on. weirdest acts of self-degradation Tunna, leech carapace and blood league a few weeks ago. “Nick,” he when they’re there. smeared over his lower face. Later, asked, “why do you keep slagging off But the road to banality has reached Riku jumped off a twenty-story Finnish TV? You never have anything one of its regular hiccups, the last The third season began with a building. It’s not perfect, and some good to say about it, and all my Eng- two of which occurred with the trip to the Amazon and a close segments aren’t so effective, but lish colleagues keep taking the piss previous two series of travel show encounter with automatic rifle-tot- the best thing is that these guys and talking about the bloody BBC.” extraordinaire Madventures. The ing revolutionaries in the jungle, have more personality in their “Joonas,” I said, “I keep slagging it third season is, at the time of writ- after which they got given some little fingers than 99% of Finnish off because there’s never anything ing, in its third week, and, happily extreme hallucinogenic compound TV presenters. If a TV show could good on, just dozens of imported for people who don’t speak Finnish, by a local witch doctor and spent stand in the Presidential election, series and a serious dearth of quality it’s now in English. At least most of the night in a state of complete de- I’d vote for Madventures, although domestic programming.” For years, it is, except when something really lirium – they do it so we don’t have I don’t know if I’d go on holiday the pinnacle of achievement for frightening/gross happens in which to. The second episode was better, with them. Finnish TV producers was Salatut case Finnish curses fly around the which gives me hope that the Elämät, the awful soap opera that air with gay abandon. If you haven’t future parts will reach stratospheric Madventures, began the same year Fredrick II of seen the show, the genius lies in its levels of televisual achievement. SUB on Fridays, Saturdays Prussia forced his country’s peasants simplicity. Eschewing the habit of The pièce de résistance began and Sundays at 22:00. 22 23 – 29 APRIL 2009 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES
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Sat 4/25 23:30 Mythbusters 08:05 Nanny +31 +34 +37 +38 +37 +36 +36 Lincoln Heights 00:35 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:30 Staying Put +6 +12 +19 +20 +21 +21 +17 +15 Nelonen at 23:45 09:00 Come Dine with Me 09:30 Birth Stories +6 +17 +18 +21 +20 +18 +11 +15 SUB Heather is forced to give +17 +19 +21 +23 +25 +19 +15 09:30 Road to Avonlea birth in a hospital. +6 A mother’s love. 07:00 Cartoons for Children 10:00 10 Years Younger USA +11 +24 +27 +25 +21 +22 +25 +24 11:05 YLE News 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 13:00 Birth Stories +13 11:10 Peak Practice Batman the Animated 13:30 10 Years Younger USA +11 +14 +14 +15 +15 +16 +20 +21 Series. In Finnish. +13 Alicia’s daughter and 14:00 James Martin Digs Deep +25 +20 +15 +14 +17 +17 +22 daughter’s daughter. 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 14:30 Come Dine with Me +17 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 15:00 Dr. Phil +16 +17 +14 +15 +14 +13 +14 Howard’s bike is making 15:30 Cow & Chicken I require an apology! Sun 4/26 strange noises. Pirate school. 15:55 Days of Our Lives +20 +18 +19 +16 +8 +16 +25 +5 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 15:55 Reba Travel plans. +21 +20 +17 +20 +19 +20 +20 Alex Martin’s old friend ends 16:25 E! Entertainment: Victoria 16:45 Oprah +5 up in trouble. Silvstedt: My Perfect Life SERIES BEGINS. Sarah +21 +23 +18 +14 +16 +17 +20 17:08 Peak Practice 16:55 E! Entertainment: Keeping Jessica Parker is a guest +4 Joanna starts work at Up with the Kardashians on Oprah. +6 +17 +18 +18 +17 +20 +18 +18 the clinic. 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model +28 +30 +30 +30 +31 +31 +31 19:00 Keeping Up Appearances 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 19:30 Sex and the City (CERT13) +7 Hyacinth has a lot of 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in 20:00 How to Look Good Naked +9 +6 +26 +29 +28 +27 +28 +26 +27 big plans. Philadelphia (CERT13) 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy +11 19:30 Gladiator Graveyard DOC Mac is a serial killer. Derek returns to work. +10 +18 +25 +26 +17 +15 +13 Researchers have found an 19:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Mad Men Mon 4/27 +5 +9 +11 +17 +19 +12 +14 ancient gladiator graveyard. Welcome to the neighbour- A new beginning. 22:00 I.O.U.S.A. hood. 23:15 Frasier −1 +8 +17 +20 +21 +21 +15 +14 20:00 Friends 23:45 Lincoln Heights Treats. +4 +12 +19 +27 +29 +28 +16 +17 TV2 20:30 Simpsons +15 +16 +16 +12 +16 +17 +10 21:00 Ghost Ship (CERT15) FILM JIM +4 +4 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen Strange things start to hap- +16 +18 +18 +15 +15 +15 +14 Cartoons for children in pen when a salvage crew 15:05 Border Security +8 +6 +3 +3 +5 +8 +9 +5 Finnish. starts towing a long-lost 15:35 Any Given Latitude 10:10 Mr Bean 1962 passenger ship they 16:05 Don’t Sweat It +12 +6 +28 +27 +27 +26 +24 +27 +23 Continues at 10:23. found. Directed by Ste- 16:35 Make a Move +13 10:35 Happy Days ve Beck. Starring: Gabri- 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! +17 +15 +19 +20 +21 +17 +21 Tue 4/28 Mario hurts his back. el Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Jimmy interviews Justin +18 +16 +9 +12 +16 +16 +18 11:05 Mat med Niklas Ron Eldard, Desmond Har- Timberlake. Part 8/12. Peanuts, raisins rington. USA 2002. 18:00 Banzuke −1 +33 +33 +33 +32 +30 +31 +29 and popped rice. 23:00 C.S.I. 18:30 Any Given Latitude +3 12:00 Globetrekker 00:00 Angela’s Eyes 19:00 Million Dollar Listing +15 +17 +19 +19 +14 +15 +18 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters 00:50 Arrested Development 19:30 Trigged Out +5 +9 +11 +13 +16 +10 +13 +19 Officials are planning to 20:30 Fifth Gear +6 build a dam. 21:00 Modern Marvels: Strange +6 +10 +15 +16 +12 +17 +23 18:00 Ice Hockey SPORT TV VIISI Weapons DOC +10 +18 +18 +15 +14 +16 +17 +19 Continues at 19:00, 21:00 22:00 American Hot Rod +15 +9 and 22:00. Commentary in 18:00 Home and Away 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! +13 +16 +13 +14 +16 +17 +16 +14 Finnish. Matilda’s trip. 23:55 Jurassic Fight Park: +10 +12 +11 +16 +21 +23 +19 00:30 Football SPORT 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air Biggest Killers DOC Wed 4/29 Commentary in Finnish. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 00:55 Naked and Funny +16 +18 +19 +20 +22 +22 +20 Videos +2 19:30 America’s Funniest Home YLE TEEMA Videos +8 21:00 Go-Girls 16:54 Weird Science SERIES BEGINS. Mothers +8 Thursday 4/23 19:00 The Strauss Dynasty and daughters. +10 21:00 Under the Hammer of 22:00 Scrubs +17 5:40 am 8:57 pm 5:14 am 9:19 pm Nobleman DOC Monster. In German. 22:30 Scrubs +21 +9 5:50 am 9:09 pm 5:03 am 9:28 pm 22:00 Six Feet Under (CERT15) My friend’s problem. +21 Open book. 23:00 Dark Justice American Hot Rod 5:39 am 9:08 pm 4:32 am 9:50 pm 23:40 Yle Live: Kaiser Chiefs Hot videotapes. JIM at 22:00
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Will Sillitoe is from Norwich in the UK and has lived and taught in Helsinki since 2007. They say honesty is the best policy …and if you’re Finnish, it’s the only policy We now off er of all treatments. ACCORDING to statistics, Fin- and white spandex suit in- say that I was a little embar- left of the towering doorman’s land is the most honest and stead of a red and blue one. rassed is an understatement. boot. What’s more, no one This opening off er is valid until 15 May. transparent country in the This odd fellow would hang The biggest problem I have even blinked – just another world – but I for one never out chatting to kids about with Finnish rules is sorting Saturday night in Helsinki. Come to relax and renew yourself! doubted it. In the city cen- how and when to cross the the household waste. There In the context of all this tre it isn’t uncommon to see road safely. It was a simpler are strict regulations about proper behaviour, it is some- Back and neck massage €27 (€39) 30 min a glove left prominently dis- time back then, of course. But what waste goes where, and times surprising to recall that Relaxing foot massage €41 (€59) 50 min played for its owner to fi nd not even the Green-Cross Man I constantly have to fi ght the Finland is top of another statis- Meridian massage €48 (€69) 50 min when they pass by again. could teach the Finns about tendency to lump all the gar- tic list – the greatest number Actually, what fi rst alert- pedestrian etiquette, while bage together. In the UK we of guns owned per capita of and many other treatments ed me to Finns’ law-abiding they could defi nitely teach mostly have organic and non- population in the world. And nature was the lack of jay- him how to dress better. organic waste, and for some yet, no one I know in Helsinki Open daily 9:00-22:00, Tel.: 09 278 4211, walking. In the UK jaywalk- Go to London and you will of us even that is one catego- owns a gun or knows anyone Iso Roobertinkatu 8 Lh 1, 00120 Helsinki ing is practically a national fi nd millions of white smudg- ry too many. who owns a gun. This suggests www.liangtse.fi pastime. But here people will es on the pavements where Another interesting fac- to me that guns are main- wait patiently for the green people have dropped their et of life here is that bot- ly used by people in the coun- man even if the street is de- gum while walking. But here tles and cans are redeemable tryside. Now, if the city is any void of cars in both lanes. The people use the bins provid- against a deposit. One conse- measure of life in the coun- New Q&A series begins fi rst time that I experienced ed – for everything. This quence of this is the late night try, I’d like to imagine people this, I was amazed. The UK was demonstrated to me bottle-and-can hunter – the there who not only leave lost has not seen behaviour like when eating an apple in the little old lady with her crum- gloves on gateposts but that if Is life in Finland puzzling you? Are you confused that since the 1970s. park one day. After fi nishing pled carrier bag scouring the you lose your rifl e on a hunt- by Finnish society? Helsinki Times starts a new Back then, there was a a rather tasty apple I tossed pavements for drinkers’ 15- ing trip you will probably fi nd series of questions and answers. character on TV called the the core into a nearby bush. cent cast offs. One night while it propped against a tree with Green-Cross Man. For those My Finnish friend looked at waiting in line to enter a club, the safety catch on and a note Here are a few question examples: of you who don’t know him, me sternly and went fi shing one such collector walked to attached telling you to be more 1. Question: What is a Kela card? think of Superman minus any for the prodigal debris before the head of the queue to pick careful in future. In Finland it 2. Question: Where can I go ice swimming? powers and wearing a green binning it on my behalf. To up an empty can 20 cm to the wouldn’t surprise me. 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. 035535-0917
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LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS TUESDAY Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), daubed with red paint, protest against the upcoming Canadian seal hunt, in the city centre of the northern Ger- man town of Hamburg, 14 April. PETA is using symbols from the 2010 Olympic Winter Games for the campaign to try and stop the annual seal hunt held off Canada’s east coast. Placard reads: ‘seal butchering’.
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Buddhist devotees wait to offer gold to the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda, The ‘Pillar of Shame’ a statue erected to memorialize the vic- A Palestinian boy holds balloons during a rally in the West Bank also known as the Golden Rock Pagoda, in Mon State 13 April. tims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on the campus at city of Jenin 16 April, marking Jerusalem’s tenure as the Arab Built on a granite boulder precariously balanced on the edge of the Hong Kong University on 15 April. The University of Hong League’s “capital of Arab culture” for 2009. a rock mountain over 3000 feet (0.9 km) above the sea level, the Kong’s students union is deciding on a motion calling for Beijing pagoda is a complete mystery to visitors from home and abroad. to “rectify” its position that the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro- The pagoda is estimated to weigh 19.5 tons (17,645 kg), and the tests were counter-revolutionary. granite boulder weighs 611.5 tons (554, 704 kg).
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This image released by the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago on 17 April, Iranian snipers in full camouflage take part in the Army Day pa- Members of the French performance group “La Machine” oper- shows a baby Bolivian gray titi monkey born on 9 April and its parent. rade in Tehran on 18 April. Ahmadinejad hailed his country’s ate one of two large spider robots, 12 metres tall and weighing Native to South American tropical forests, there are less than 50 in- armed forces as the “guarantor” of regional security, during a 37 tonnes, as they parade down a street in Yokohama in Kana- dividuals in accredited zoos. Bolivian gray titi monkeys are generally low-profile parade marking the Islamic republic’s Army Day. gawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on 19 April. Spectators enjoyed monogamous and produce their offspring following a 132-day gesta- watching the gigantic spiders “performance”, held during cel- tion. They’re unique in that a few days after birth the infants are pri- ebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the marily carried by their father and later by their siblings. port of Yokohama, Japan’s largest.