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end of perhaps the only Christian tradition where eating is discour- Nobel laureate Matti Ahtisaari argues that militant organisation Hamas must be given a role in Middle East peace talks. Holy aged – lent. Secondly, while one would struggle to fi nd much reli- gious symbolism in your Christmas lambs and turkey, traditional Easter foods are often ripe with allegory. Many peo- Boycott of Hamas chocolate ple eat lamb at this time of year, which not only tastes good, but, for believers, represents Christ him- bunnies self. In Judaism and Christianity the must end, says Ahtisaari belief is that sins can be forgiven NICK BARLOW through the Lamb of God and origi- HELSINKI TIMES “I don’t think you can make peace funded by the US congress, was es- HELSINKI TIMES nates from the Jews’ fi rst Passover. if you try to eliminate those who tablished in Washington in 1984. As for the now-ubiquitous eggs, have the support of the population.” Ahtisaari believes the EU should EASTER is one of the most important strictly speaking their usage de- FORMER Finnish President Mart- Ahtisaari believes that Hamas and mediate more actively in interna- events in the Christian calendar. No rives from ancient fertility lore. In ti Ahtisaari was quoted as saying Fatah must end their rivalry and tional crisis situations. “The EU matter if an individual follows Ca- Christian times they had a more by Reuters on Monday, 6 April that join forces in a united front. would be a suitable mediator, as it tholicism, Protestantism, Luther- religious interpretation bestowed it was dangerous and pointless to Under pressure from an Israe- is highly regarded internationally anism, or any other of the many on them, becoming a symbol of the rule out Hamas, from talks to end li lobby, the United States has tried and has the resources for this kind Christian creeds, Easter is a big oc- sepulchre in which Jesus was sup- the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. to isolate Hamas after it won a land- of activity.” casion. Many other signifi cant dates posedly buried and resurrected. The Palestinian organisation is slide parliamentary election in 2006. Ahtisaari will speak for the mem- are marked in relation to it. As with The eggs, however, have, bizarrely, listed as a terrorist group by both When previously asked about medi- bers and the staff of the Finnish par- other religious observations, East- also become associated over time the European Union and the Unit- ating a peace between Israel and Pal- liament after Easter here in Helsinki. er is defi ned as much by the food with the strictly non-holy bunny ed States. estine, Ahtisaari had said he would be The event will take place in the main eaten as by what it represents as a rabbit, which supposedly delivers The Nobel Peace laureate told the available if both parties asked him to. hall of the Finnish Parliament, which doctrine. them to children. Although the rab- news agency that talks must begin In a speech to the European Par- is usually reserved for parliamentary Although the consumption of bit is not sacred, many hold that the with Hamas. “You can’t eliminate liaments Committee on Foreign Af- work only. A non-member last spoke specifi c foodstuffs is often a major produce it delivers, if containing those who have power. You have to fairs, Ahtisaari suggested that the EU from the podium of the parliament in aspect of spiritual celebration, the e n o u g h c h o c o l a t e , i s i n d e e d d i v i n e . talk to those who are representative, should stablise a peace institute mod- 1990, when the parliament was ad- Easter menu is special for a couple Read about Easter culinary tradi- whether you like their views or not,” eled after the United States Institute dressed by Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of reasons. First of all, it marks the tions on page 16. Ahtisaari said. of peace (USIP). The USIP, which is of newly unifi ed Germany. 2 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 VIEWPOINT HELSINKI TIMES

Dr Terry Lacey is a development economist who writes from Jakarta on modernisation in the Muslim world, investment and trade relations with the EU and Islamic banking.

bailout, compared to $1.6 tril- tionary risks, and other un- G20 Summit: lion now held by Saudi Arabia certainties as the full cost of and the Gulf States from high the bailout hits home? oil prices in the fi rst half of 2008. US PRESIDENT Barack time to holler for the dollar? Obama’s top economic advi- CHINA is agreeing to help sor, Lawrence Summers, has bail out the US and support urged G20 leaders to focus The G20 Summit leaves open three great questions. Does the world yet trust the United the IMF but holding back to on boosting world demand States’ financial system and the US dollar? Will Asia, especially China, agree to prop up the US some extent, with 20 mil- and take coordinated steps financially and can Asia lead the way to recovery in world demand and trade? Where does that lion Chinese unemployed to pump more money into the in the crisis they must bail global economy. Summers leave the European Union and the euro? out themselves fi rst. China has remarked: “This notion needs the Euro and the SDR that the economy is self-sta- THE G20 agreed to pump fi ve of the world were trying to into expanding environmen- and the SDR could do the job. as a hedge against the dollar bilising is usually right, but trillion US dollars into stimu- catch up with hedging, de- tal markets in Asia. The Governor of the Central in future. it is wrong a few times a cen- lus packages and trade boost- rivatives, and securitisation Bank of China agrees. tury. And this is one of those ing measures and act against as instruments and markets THE WEST cannot recover WHAT ABOUT all the lo- times”. tax havens, control corpo- becoming more complex. Un- without India, China, Indone- CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao cal people and expatriates rate rewards, push a global derlying asset markets col- sia, Brazil, South Africa, Rus- sees China already holding in Asia and the Middle East IN OTHER words, this ship is trade deal and set up a Finan- lapsed. Financial markets sia and Saudi Arabia and the $740 billion of US debts and holding dollars? Should they still sinking unless we refl oat cial Stability Board (FSB). cannot necessarily self-cor- Gulf States. EU private sec- President Barack Obama in- keep them, or not? The dol- it together. But how can we rect unless they have been tors and governments must creasing US debts by anoth- lar is doing a bit better right refl oat it with dollars, if the MANY EU and Southern coun- designed to do so; since that seize the opportunities pre- er $2.5 trillion, to fi nance the now, but what about infl a- dollar itself might go down? tries preferred more empha- has not been the case, they sented to expand investment sis on rigorous regulations to are unlikely to self-correct to and trade relations with limit unbridled greed, rath- sustainable values. these key economies. There er than throwing apparent- is plenty of liquidity in Asia ly unlimited borrowed bucks THE FULL impact of the US re- and the Middle East to co-fi - down bottomless buckets. cession, bailout and stimu- nance such projects. The US and UK hope they can lus package is yet to be felt. print enough money to buy The huge scale of Western ASIAN leaders are no long- their way out of trouble; time toxic assets and fi nancial er sure of the US dollar, nor will tell. scams is still coming to light. of its fi nancial system and The liquidity problem is not banks, nor of the true val- BRITISH Prime Minister Gor- solved. The fi nancial markets ue of its underlying assets. don Brown says the G20 sig- are still not working proper- They are making bilateral lo- nals the emergence of a new ly, and global demand is still cal currency swap deals with world order. The truth is that collapsing. We can drop in- each other to support trade the G20 has simply stitched terest rates indefi nitely, but rather than trusting the US together a new kind of para- that may not mean that the dollar or international in- chute for a fi nancial system banks and fi nancial system stitutions. Asian countries in free fall, and now we are will loosen up. want to trade in local curren- going to fi nd out if it works. cies, Euros and SDRs as well Swansea Business School (SBS) will start the 12th University of Wales MBA THE RECOURSE to state so- as dollars. programme cohort in September 2009 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. IN THE Jakarta Post on 4 cialist measures by the arch April, Roman Frydman and proponents of fi nancial lib- THIS IS the time for some in- Michael Goldberg argued eralism is astounding, along teresting deals and the global Swansea Business School (SBS) has delivered its University of Wales MBA for that the near collapse of the with dependence on commu- role of the Euro can be ex- over a decade in Finland. The MBA degree is an internationally respected gen- fi nancial system has exposed nist China to bail out the US. panded to help hedge against eral management qualification, which enhances the skills and competences structural weaknesses but Politically and economical- dollar risks, if the EU has the of experienced managers, but also provides a launch into a management that the US Financial Stabili- ly the EU is not a stand-alone wit and the will to do this. career for more recent graduates. ty Forum (FSF) is missing the super power. If the US goes There remains a crisis of con- point in focusing on trans- down again, then the EU goes fi dence in the Western fi nan- Course delivery is by qualified tutors who have both business experience and parency, over-leveraging, tax down with it. If the rest of the cial system, and particularly a subject based specialism. All research conducted at SBS is designed to havens, crazy incentives and world economy does not buck in the US dollar and its future underpin learning and professional development. confl icts of interest. up fast enough, then neither as a reserve currency. can the EU. The Programme will be coordinated by HAMK University of Applied Sciences, THE POINT is that massive CHINA, Indonesia and Asian Hämeenlinna. downswings in housing and BUT THE EU could stand more countries have suggested For more information please consult equity, refl ecting previous on its own feet globally by building a new trading and » upswings way above sensi- promoting trade, invest- reserve currency around Spe- our web-pages at www.hamk.fi/mba, or ble benchmarks, mean there ment and trade fi nancing, es- cial Drawing Rights (SDRs), a » by phone (03) 646 2566, Teija Wiberg. is still a risk of further exces- pecially into the new energy currency unit based on a bas- sive downswings. We are not and environmental markets ket of currencies, which has yet dealing with risks to un- of Asia. The proposed Finn- been around for a long time, derlying asset values and do ish-Indonesian Energy and under the IMF umbrella. Ac- Swansea Metropolitan University not have fi nancial buffers in Environmental Partnership corgding to the IMF website, Master of Business Administration place to deal with this. (EEP) based on a successful the US has blocked expan- pilot project in Central Amer- sion of the role of SDRs for THIS REFLECTS market fail- ica and already extending to over a decade. But IMF Man- ure, in a system that’s sup- the Greater Mekong States aging Director Dominique This degree is validated and awarded by the federal University of Wales, UK. For further details regarding the University and its validation services, please log on to www.wales.ac.uk/validation or posed to be market-led and is an interesting example of Strauss-Kahn says talks to email [email protected] self-correcting. It’s not just a more aggressive bilateral replace the reserve role of that the fi nancial regulators approach to trade promotion the US dollar are “legitimate” HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 33

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THE FINNISH MUSEUM OF by JUHA MERIMAA photo VEIKKO SOMERPUROMERPURO translationtranslation MATTHEW PARRY, HT NATURAL HISTORY IS A PLACE OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING The completely renovated museum has already attracted 240,000 visitors in less than a New law to set up year, making it the third most popular museum in Finland. “It has been possible to create genetic bank exhibitions so that when visitors look at them, they learn to Finland’s public health system hass a littlelittle ap-ap- University of Helsinki, the Nation- understand nature and its laws preciated byproduct: In addition too carincaringgf foror alal Institute forfor Health and WelfareWelfare in an almost unnoticed way”, the nation, organised public healthth care propro-- andandt thehe TechnicalTechnical ResearchResearch CentreCentre ofof says Juhani Lokki, the Museum vides researchers with a wealth ooff informainforma-- Finland,Finland, groundsgrounds its approach in a Director. tion to process. combination ofof basic research ”The Finnish system providess everyoneeveryone andand clinical application.application. GENOTYPE HAS AN IMPACT with the same level of care independentpendent ofof In certain endeavoursendeavours thethe ON TASTE PREFERENCES wealth or income level, and thissp permitsermits a instituteinstitute conducts conducts itsits researchresearch Food preferences regulated rather accurate survey of, say, whichhich groupsgroups in cooperation with commer-commer- by genes are studied to an in- are most susceptible to certain diseases,”eases,” says cialcial interests.interests. creasing extent. “According to Professor Olli Kallioniemi from thee Finnish InIn-- FIMM is also a forerun-forerun- a study carried out on twins, stitute for Molecular Medicine (FIMM).MM). nerner in the applicationapplication of the the preference for sweet foods That process of collecting informationrmation will TranslationalTranslational research model and their use is inherited. It has be made easier this year providingg an act curcur-- toto Finland’s research fi eld. also been found that emotional rently under preparation is passeded into law. ”O”Ourur inintentiontention iisstoco to com-m- eating is hereditary,” says Hely The new legislation, which is likelyy to garner bbineine each state ooff research Tuorila, Professor at the Depart- a parliamentary majority, would decreedecree thethe uundernder one roof, from clinical ment of Food Technology. establishment of a genetic bank wwhichhich would allow patients to volunteer their geneticgenetic ddataata ALMOST €6M DONATED for research purposes. As the laww currentlycurrently TO THE UNIVERSITY LAST YEAR stands, this consent must be soughtght for each “The number of donations in- individual study separately. creased and the Helsinki Colle- While the new law would stillll allowallow pa-pa- gium for Advanced Studies re- tients the right to withhold their consent,consent, KaKa-- ceived an enormous individual llioniemi hopes that a sizeable proportionoportion ooff donation,” says Pia Dolivo, Plan- those asked will volunteer their data.ata. stud- ning Offi cer at the University ”A large enough number off specimens iieses to of Helsinki Funds. “Donors often would be immensely helpful to researcherssearchers in pproductroduct dde-e- want to build a better society establishing causal relationships. My own re-re- vvelopment.elopment. and to fi nd solutions for matters search group is focused on identifyingying predispredis-- ThThatat way important to themselves.” position to breast cancer and prostatetate cancer. tthehe results of We’re trying to fi gure out which demograph-demograph- oourur worworkk can ics are particularly at risk so thatt we could fi nd ppracticalractical then concentrate on having them screened as aapplicationpplication early as possible.” aass quicquicklykly as FIMM, a joint research institutetute ofof the ppossible.”ossible.” Ombudsman blasts “exploitation” of berry-pickers LEHTIKUVA / ILKKA KOSKINEN In a special report prepared for two government ministries, the country’s top advocate for minority rights claims that foreign sea- sonal workers are in serious need of protection.

HELSINKI TIMES Ombudsman would like to in order to prevent similar MATTHEW PARRY see inspection of those con- episodes in the future. ditions improved. The Ombudsman also EVERY summer millions of “Berry-picking should not draws attention to the hu- litres of blueberries, lin- be allowed to serve as a mech- man traffi cking element of gonberries, cloudberries and anism for exploiting vulner- recruiting foreign seasonal other varieties are picked by able individual workers,” labour: hand. Berry-picking is not a Suurpää declared in a state- “Reports I’ve read on the popular summer job, so eve- ment delivered to the Minis- situation of Thai berry-pick- ry year hundreds of pickers try for Foreign Affairs and the ers refer to incidents of exploi- are recruited from abroad to Ministry of the Interior. tation of what is essentially a carry out the work on behalf position of dependency or in- of Finns. Many of them come Overworked security. Many of these work- from Thailand. and indebted ers come from backgrounds Often, the foreign work- Thai recruiters will often of limited means and little ers come from impover- demand a quite substan- education, and they are often ished conditions to work long tial commission for the work ignorant of the conditions in hours in a bid to make good they offer berry-pickers. which they will be working,” the charges incurred by the Many workers fi nd them- Suurpää says. journey. Fees levied by Thai selves taking on high-inter- She adds that although recruiting organisations and est loans once in the country foreign berry-pickers may not Finnish employers ensure in order to cover such costs necessarily work for the par- that many seasonal work- as travel, accommodation, ticular company issuing or- ers must pay off an initial petrol, rental of instruments ders for foreign recruitment, debt before they can gain any and other costs incurred in those companies ought to wages to show for their back- the recruitment process. bear responsibility for ensur- breaking labour. Due to a poor season in ing that the individual rights The Ombudsman for Mi- 2008, many berry-pickers and conditions of recruited norities, Johanna Suur- were left with little to show labour are respected. If noth- pää, has suggested that the for their long days besides ing else, Suurpää insists, they system of granting visas to debt. Workers from the most would do well to cover the foreign berry-pickers be re- vulnerable backgrounds can shortfall produced by a poor viewed in order to ensure end up in especially diffi cult season and ensure that no for- that all guest workers en- situations. Suurpää feels that eign worker leaves the coun- joy reasonable working con- both clear guidelines and ed- try fi nancially worse off than 12,000 foreign berry-pickers are expected to work on Finnish berry farms this summer. The majority ditions. In addition, the ucation should be developed when he or she arrived. of the seasonal workers come from Thailand, Ukraine, Estonia and Poland. 4 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 DOMESTIC NEWS HELSINKI TIMES

EDUCATION SERIES: PART FOUR International honours emphasise tertiary-education success more than 20,000 First de- An academic alternative Recent changes in Euro- The latter stages of the education system are highly popular in a grees and 200 Master’s de- The alternative to polytech- pean legislation mean that grees each year. nics is universities. There are university students are lim- country that prides itself on training and research. Anita Lehikoinen is the Di- 20 universities in Finland: ited in how long they can rector of the Education Min- ten multidisciplinary univer- study for – seven years in istry’s Division for Higher sities, three technical uni- total for the Master’s. Mäki- Education and Science, un- versities, three schools of Hokkonen thinks this is a der whose auspices Finnish economics and business ad- good move. “In the past some polytechnics and universities ministration and four art people spent ten years study- operate. “Most polytechnic academies. Helsinki Univer- ing for a degree, just milking students come from upper- sity is the largest, with about the system. Now students secondary schools,” she says. 35,000 students. Military-re- have to study, plus with the “Only 15 per cent of students lated degrees are taken at the expense of being a student LEHTIKUVA / MARJA AIRIO come directly from vocation- National Defence College, ad- there’s defi nitely motivation al schools, but we are trying to ministered by the Ministry of to complete your studies.” improve that to 25 per cent.” Defence. While in many coun- What was the idea behind in- tries it has been possible to From childhood troducing polytechnics in the take a separate Bachelor’s and to working life early 1990s? “At the time, pol- Master’s degree, the custom in Annual reports by the Organ- ytechnics were also start- Finland has been for everyone isation for Economic Co-op- ing up in other countries like to take the latter. It is only re- eration and Development the Netherlands and Austria, cently that it has even become (OECD) continually rate the and Germany, of course, has a possible to take the Bachelor’s Finnish education system as strong polytechnic tradition. degree separately. one of the most effi cient in the The point was, and still is, to A Bachelor’s degree takes world. Only Australia, Iceland keep a clear division of labour three years and the Master’s and Poland have higher entry between educational institu- degree an extra two years on rates (over 70 per cent) into Of the roughly 20,000 applicants to the University of Helsinki in 2007, 24 per cent were accepted. tions. Universities do research, top of that. Naturally, it is al- tertiary education, according polytechnics train the work- so possible to study for a post- to their 2008 report. Inciden- NICK BARLOW ural resources and the envi- ports instruction and pro- force,” Lehikoinen explains. graduate doctorate. Lasse tally, the number of interna- HELSINKI TIMES ronment, aimed at providing motes regional development All polytechnics receive Mäki-Hokkonen is in his fi rst tional students in Finland has a national workforce in pos- in particular.” Polytech- fi nancial assistance from year of a Bachelor’s programme increased by 61 per cent since WHEN it comes to matters of session of strong profession- nics in Finland are a rela- the government. “Although in political science at Åbo 2000, indicating that this is national prestige, Finns tend al skills. The latter will mostly tively recent phenomenon, 13 out of the 26 polytechnics Akademi. “I chose to go to uni- one of the fastest growing as- to be full of praise for their conduct academic research compared with the UK for in Finland are privately ad- versity because I wasn’t sure pects of education here. Oth- higher education system. The and provide education based example. In the UK the ear- ministrated, they are only what I wanted to do. There is er international reports have initial phase of post-compul- on it. This division between liest polytechnic dates from private in the ‘Nordic’ sense more freedom to change disci- also emphasised the nation’s sory education is from the polytechnics and universi- 1838, although in 1992 they of the word. In other words, pline here,” he says. “For exam- good international standing: age of 16 to 18 or 19. For those ties is a defi ning feature of all became universities in they all receive state fund- ple, I’m planning to complete Finnish schoolchildren had the who have attended vocation- Finnish tertiary education. name. In the same period, ing,” says Lehikoinen. “We’re my BA in political science and highest mean score for science al or upper-secondary school from 1991-92, the fi rst Finn- also trying to increase the then continue with an MA in performance in the last PISA have the possibility to move The polytechnic path ish polytechnics began oper- number of overseas students economics. It would be harder analysis. The whole system is, on to tertiary education in In the words of the Ministry ating on a trial basis and all studying at Finnish poly- to do that at a polytechnic.” In of course, a vast enterprise, a polytechnic or a universi- of Education, the aim of pol- of the institutions were per- technics. There are about fact, you have to have worked educating the individual from ty. The former offers educa- ytechnics is to “train pro- manent by 2000. There are 5,000 degree and exchange for a few years after complet- childhood through their adult tion in a range of fi elds, from fessionals in response to currently about 130,000 stu- students from abroad at ing a Bachelor-level degree at a life. It is one of the most im- vocational teacher training labour-market needs and dents of all ages attending the moment. We would like polytechnic to be accepted on a pressive aspects of the Finnish and tourism services to nat- conduct R&D, which sup- polytechnics, which award many more.” Master’s course. penchant for social provision.

courses still has room to ex- Numerous smaller com- pand, albeit at a moderate Being panies and organisations, in- Hopeful students seek pace. In addition to preparing cluding university student students for entrance exams, prepared associations, also arrange professional help for entrance exams the two companies also pro- preparatory courses. vide vocational training for The most popular cours- businesses, and this area has comes at a es are on law, medicine or With space in highly coveted university courses such as law, medi- also seen growing demand. economics. cine and economics severely limited, many students are willing to “We have a few more stu- price The prices of courses vary dents than last year, which greatly depending on the sub- fork out thousands of euros to gain that crucial edge. was an especially busy one VALMENNUSKESKUS is the ject, course content and com- for us. The growth rate was largest supplier of preparato- prehensiveness. Starting at somewhere in the region of ry courses in Finland, training between 200 and 300 euros, JAANA VAAHTIO – STT Finnish university system’s nomic climate has not caused fi ve per cent, and I expect some 4,000-5,000 students an- the most expensive cours- MATTHEW PARRY – HT entrance exams, and aug- a slump in the number of par- that we will enjoy much re- nually. The company turnover es can cost as much as many ment their chances of being ticipants, despite the fact duced growth in the coming is around two million euros. thousands of euros. The most DEMAND for so-called pre- accepted into what are often that taking part in these years,” Nousiainen predicts. Other comparable compa- popular economics course of- paratory courses (valmen- competitive programmes. courses involves a hefty fee Laajasalo is equally opti- nies operating on the national fered by Valmennuskeskus, nuskurssit) has risen this According to companies in- of some hundreds, or even mistic about the prospects level are Valmennustiimi Exi- for example, comes with a year. The courses aim to pre- volved in arranging the thousands, of euros. for future growth, though not mia and Huippuvalmennus. price tag of some 1,300 euros. pare students for one of the courses, the worsening eco- “When the employment so much in the demand for situation weakens, one com- entrance-exam preparation. mon instinct is to try and se- “With preparatory cours- Women more likely than men to combine work and studies cure one’s situation through es, competition for custom- The majority of Finnish secondary school graduates take at least education,” says Janne Nou- ers is a zero-sum game. The one gap year between graduation and continuing on to higher siainen, managing director market-share cake isn’t real- education. of the preparatory-course ly growing any more, it’s just Regardless of their active application to universities and the centre Valmennuskeskus. divvied up anew every year,” number of study places on offer, less than 40 per cent of sec- The competing fi rm Huip- Laajasalo suggests. ondary school graduates immediately gain access to a pro- LEHTIKUVA / MARJA AIRIO puvalmennus notes that fall- Markku Korhonen, man- gramme of tertiary study. ing employment has attract- aging director of Valmen- In recent years, it has become increasingly common for stu- ed older customers to their nustiimi Eximia, reports that dents to work during their studies. In the final quarter of 2003, services, which are tradi- sales have seen double-fi gure 20 per cent of students aged 15-24 were working, while in 2008 tionally marketed at a much growth. the corresponding figure had risen to 26 per cent. younger demographic. “If the depression starts Female students often work part-time jobs the entire year “This year we’ve seen a to look like it’s going to be a round, while male students are more likely to take on full-time clear rise in the number of long one, you’ll no doubt see seasonal work. adult students,” reports com- people keeping their wallets Women are more likely than men to work during their stud- pany owner Teemu Laajasalo. fi rmly shut, but at the mo- ies. Last year, 36 per cent of female students aged 15-24 worked ment we’ve only seen an in- during the academic year. This compares with 28 per cent of Cutting up the cake crease in demand for our male students in the same age bracket who similarly combined Both companies are confi - educational services,” Kor- work and study. Preparatory course costs vary between 200 and 1,300 euros. dent that the market for their honen explains. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 55

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derscoring that the study Fortum to pay would be carried out only if Lilius pension of Vantaa approved. STT €1,300 a day Peter Fagernäs, having re- Finnish working signed as chairman of For- group would scrap tum over a management licence fee -HS remuneration backlash, said at his last annual gen- Finnish national daily Hels- eral meeting on 7 April that ingin Sanomat on 7 April Mikael Lilius, the outgo- quoted a parliamentary ing managing director of working group as propos- the government-control- ing replacing the licence fee led utility, would receive with a tax levied from eve- a pension in the region of rybody, regardless of tele- €40,000 a month. vision or radio ownership. Fortum had said hours The paper added that before the meeting that Lil- the working group, tasked ius would be replaced in May. with mulling the funding of At the AGM, Fagernäs contin- the Finnish Broadcasting The newly published report from the Finnish League for Human Rights provides an unsettling overview of discrimination in Finland. ued to defend the company’s Company (YLE), had ruled remuneration scheme and to out both budget funding norities should be given wid- fault the majority owner. and advertising. er jurisdiction in cases of “A single owner cannot Helsingin Sanomat fur- Multiple discrimination employment discrimination. dictate in a listed company, ther quoted the working “Unlike the ombudsman even if it was the biggest group as saying that the for equality, the ombudsman one,” Fagernäs added. YLE tax would be less than a challenge for legislation for minorities has no formal But he admitted that the €200 compared with the authority to intervene in dis- bonus row had left a chink current licence fee of €225 crimination in working life. I on Fortum’s armour. STT as fee evasion would be Employment discrimination on ethnic grounds is said to be com- think it would be important eliminated. for the ombudsman for mi- The working group, led mon, but rarely leads to legal action. norities to also have that ju- Vantaa council by Mika Lintilä (centre) is risdiction,” says Thors. shows green light expected to unveil its rec- In terms of court cases, to Helsinki merger ommendations in early MATTI KOSKINEN Under current legislation being discriminated against, most incidents leading to lit- study May. STT HELSINKI TIMES the basis on which discrim- and to know which authority igation covered in the report ination occurs is an impor- to contact. were concerned with dis- Councillors of the Finnish city A FRESH report published by tant factor in deciding the crimination based on ethnic of Vantaa on 6 April approved TietoEnator to cut the Finnish League for Human relevant means of legal pro- Alarming figures origin in customer service in- the city management’s pro- about 620 jobs Rights (FLHR), entitled Syr- tection. Finland's discrimi- The FLHR presented the re- dustry. In cases of employ- posal to carry out a study on jintä Suomessa 2008, compiles nation laws are composed of port to Minister of Migra- ment discrimination, health the impact of a merger with TietoEnator is to cut about data from a wide range of aca- several distinct laws, which tion and European affairs or gender biases were more Helsinki provided certain 620 jobs worldwide, includ- demic, government and NGO give different offi cials juris- Astrid Thors on 2 April. She common. conditions were met. ing some 300 in Finland, sources to provide an over- diction in certain fi elds and sees cause for alarm in fi g- “Employment discrimina- The proposal was passed the Finnish-Swedish infor- all picture of discrimination limiting it in others. A com- ures that indicate that a high tion cases most often involve by 37 to 30 in a late-night mation technology services in Finland. The report touch- mittee set up in 2007 is in- percentage of Finns believe gender discrimination, which vote. Juhani Paajanen (soc group said in a statement 7 es on the question of “mul- vestigating how to unify that employment discrimi- may be partially due to the dem), the mayor of Vantaa, April. tiple discrimination”, which equality legislation. nation against immigrants is powers of the ombudsman had proposed ruling out a The company added it was existing legislation seems ill “Multiple discrimination widespread. for equality,” says Aaltonen. merger from the scope of also considering an un- equipped to tackle. has been discussed for some “It should not be taken as Overall, the number of the study altogether. specifi ed number of tempo- Multiple discrimination time now and I believe the a sign that this is considered charges raised for discrim- Antti Lindtman (soc rary layoffs in Finland. refers to situations where committee will pay atten- acceptable practice in our so- ination crimes is low com- dem), the chairman of the TietoEnator had announced there are more than one tion to it,” says Milla Aalto- ciety,” Thors notes. Although pared to the number of council, said a regional ad- 350 jobs cuts in February. grounds on which an individ- nen, one of the authors of the regarded as commonplace, complaints made to the om- ministration model would “The decline in customer ual is discriminated against. report. legal action against employ- budsmen for minorities and be given priority in the fea- demand for IT services has For example, for an ageing The patchwork of legisla- ment discrimination on eth- equality. The threshold for sibility study. been stronger and faster immigrant woman who ex- tion may make it diffi cult for nic grounds rarely leads to litigation is high, especially Helsinki city council than we anticipated at the periences discrimination it victims of discrimination to litigation. in comparison to the poten- had suggested a joint study start of the year,” said in may be diffi cult to determine fi nd help, the report notes. It As a possible course of ac- tial compensation; penalties on a merger a fortnight ago, the statement Hannu Syr- whether it is because of her, is up to the victim to consid- tion Thors asserts that the and fi nes for discrimination with Jussi Pajunen (cons), jälä, the managing director age, gender or her ethnicity. er on what basis he or she is offi ce of ombudsman for mi- crimes are relatively mild. the mayor of Helsinki, un- of TietoEnator. STT

message. The total cost will neither interfere with the depend on the passenger’s craft’s equipment and nav- Airlines prepare to offer inflight calls mobile phone operator. igation system nor cause The regime adopted by disturbances in communica- the EU has also been taken tion between the plane and New European Commission rules mean that an increasing number of European air travellers up elsewhere in the world. ground-based traffi c support A number of airlines outside and control. This requires that can now send text messages, surf the net and make calls while flying. Europe (Qantas, Emirates, calls and messages transmit- Malaysian Airlines, Roy- ted from passengers’ mobile al Jordanian, Wataniya and phones travel directly to an HELSINKI TIMES pected to double by the end Adding to the 27 planes er fi rms are also in the proc- Virgin Australia) have either on-board base station which MATTHEW PARRY of 2009. A year ago, the Euro- already equipped, three Eu- ess of carrying out technical tested the service or already then beams the signal down to pean Commission approved a ropean airlines – Ryanair testing. provide it, while other carri- earth via satellite. Firms must AS MANY as 27 European air- framework of rules for conti- (Ireland), TAP (Portugal) and Mid-fl ight calls will not ers have expressed similar also adopt a set of common craft have now been equipped nental airlines permitting mid- bmi (United Kingdom) – are be cheap, however. The ba- intentions. rules and standards to ensure to allow safe use of mobile fl ight calls, as well as a system currently moving to equip sic transmission cost stands In order to offer the serv- that they can legally use on- phones while fl ying over the of granting permits to inter- furnish their planes with the at 1.60 euros per minute for ice to passengers, airlines board base stations in the air- continent. This fi gure is ex- ested carriers. necessary technology. Oth- calls and 0.43 euros per text must ensure that calls will space of all EU countries.

Delingua Language Service NEW: FINNISH FOR FOREIGNERS Translations in over 70 languages Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting For further information, please contact: Tailor-made language courses 020¬743 1389 / [email protected] / www.delingua.fi 6 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MICHAEL NAGLER LEHTIKUVA / TOR WENNSTRÖM SATAKUNNAN KANSA 4 April Battle over alternative medicine night hot dog stand is better A fierce struggle is raging between health supervised in Finland than care organisations and practitioners of tradi- practitioners of alternative medicine. He speaks of false tional medicine, reports the Pori-based daily doctors, some of whom are Satakunnan Kansa. even dangerous. He was a member of a team of special- ists who discussed the so- “BOTH sides of the argument to Paula Risikko, the Minis- called quack doctor law. have dug in. On one side are ter of Health and Social Serv- Merja Lindström of Pori, healthcare organisations, ices. A team of specialists that the chairperson of Suomen who demand that alternative studied the legislative needs Luontaisterveyden Liitto (The medicine be forbidden for the in the matter will submit their Finnish association of natural under-aged and the seriously report to the Minister after medicine), wants alternative ill. On the other side are prac- Easter. treatments to be reimbursable titioners of traditional med- Both sides are expected by Kela, The Social Insurance icine, who are appealing to to fi ght fi ercely over the mat- Institution of Finland. She citizens’ basic rights. ter. Chief Physician Hannu thinks that doctors ignore pa- A team that investigated Lauerma, Docent of Psychi- tients, even though they them- Heroin was found in most medicine cabinets in Finnish households until the beginning of 1950s. alternative medicine has al- atry, is not mincing words. selves should have the right to ready submitted their report In his opinion, even a late choose their treatment.” HELSINGIN SANOMAT 5 April. TOMMI NIEMINEN Heroin a popular superdrug HUFVUDSTADSBLADET 3 April. JEANETTE BJÖRKQVIST. Translation by JAMES O’CONNOR in Depression-era Finland “Nothing wrong with marrying children” would grant an exemption if Several underage girls living in Finland have the girl was only 14’. A new historical study reveals surprising information about drug been wed to older men in recent years, reveal- ... Lawyer and muslim Husein Muhamed, a Kurd habits from the 1920s to the 1950s, reports the national daily ing the clash between secular law and conser- with roots in Iraq who de- Helsingin Sanomat. vative Islam, the Hufvudstadsbladet reports. scribes himself as a moder- ate muslim, dislikes the idea of parents taking with them “IN 1936 Finland, the little this. Heroin was just good was published on 8 April. It is “AAMULEHTI reported on 2 tive advisor Markku Helin practices that clash with the republic led by President P. medicine. ‘Finland’s cocaine the fi rst general examina- April that in the 1990s imam stresses that the marriage in laws and morals of their new E. Svinhufvud, rose over- wave of the 1920s, and the tion of the use of hard drugs Chehab Khodr, with a per- question would not be legally home country. ‘Here it must whelmingly to the top spot amount of heroin consump- in Finland from the 19th cen- mit from the Ministry of Jus- valid in Finland. be secular law, not Sharia law, in a signifi cant internation- tion in the 1930s, was pretty tury to the 1950s. tice, wed a girl of 14 to a man ‘Under Finnish law one that applies ... On this issue al statistic, surpassing Japan. new and surprising informa- Heroin was widely avail- of 20. must be 18 or over to marry. [of underage marriages] we During the following two dec- tion for me as well,’ says his- able, but as a prescription ... The offi cial who would An exemption is needed if one must oppose the conserva- ades, more heroin per citi- torian Mikko Ylikangas in drug. It was a popular super- have granted the permit was is younger and if there are tives. Tolerance doesn’t mean zen was consumed in Finland his offi ce at the Academy of drug in Finland during the on holiday and unavailable justifi ed grounds. But I don’t one must defer to everything than anywhere else. Finland in Sörnäinen. Depression. Children and the from comment, but legisla- think the Ministry of Justice a minority demands’”. Up until the beginning of the Doctor Ylikangas, 46, is elderly used medicine con- 1950s heroin was found in med- the Programme Manager at taining it. Cheap heroin pills icine cabinets of ordinary, work- the Academy’s Substance Use existed. Pulmo, the cough ing Finns, such as in the popular and Addictions research pro- medicine containing hero- Pulmo cough medicine. gramme. His book Unileipää, in, was heavily used due to No wonder granny and kuolonvettä, spiidiä (Sleeping tuberculosis being a health granddad never talked about bread, death water and speed) problem until the 1950s.”

LAPIN KANSA 5 April EDITORIAL os. The spring dip in tourism that was feared in the winter Ski resorts fending off has not occurred. Instead, re- sorts have been awash with the recession – so far customers. Although visits by foreign travellers decreased from The Rovaniemi-based daily Lapin Kansa last year, they have been re- reports that tourism in Lapland has so far placed by Finns who are heading more and more to avoided the worst of the recession. the northern scenery. Of course, Mother Nature also deserves her share of the “THERE is no sign whatso- oc around the world. The credit, since a good, snowy ever in Lapland’s tourist most important livelihood winter in the south has al- industry of the economic re- in the province is doing well ways ensured a good spring cession that is wrecking hav- despite all the bleak scenari- in the north. Though the ski resorts are pleased with the current situ- ation, there are some indica- tions of setbacks. The number of business travellers has de- clined, and foreigners are not spending as much money on other services as they have in previous years. However, the

LEHTIKUVA / SARI GUSTAFSSON general situation is positive, and that is good. It has been estimated that Lapland’s annual tour- ism revenues equal the pur- chasing power of as many as 60,000 permanent res- idents. The relative signif- icance of the lodging and dining business to the re- gional economy in Lapland is over double compared to the Snowy winter ensures a busy season for Lapland’s tourist industry. whole country.” HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 77

LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / NAYEF HASHLAMOUN Pyongyang’s "show of strength" provokes big powers

The timing of North Korea’s rocket launch on 5 April, designed as a show of strength, was as provocative as the launch itself. It occurred on the day US President Barack Obama made a speech calling for an end to nuclear arms and committed himself to reducing the US nuclear arsenal.

LEHTIKUVA / REUTERS / TORU HANAI ly undercut by appeals for restraint and caution from China and Russia. Both coun- tries fear that internation- al sanctions could lead to the collapse of the stagnant PYONGYANG North Korean economy and Palestinian farmers protest against Israel's separation barrier outside the further destabilise the vola- West Bank village of Bit Omaar in 2006. New settlements in the West Bank tile North. have been regularly used by Israel for agriculture. The health of North Ko- rea’s reclusive leader Kim ANTOANETA BEZLOVA Jong-Il, 67, and his grip on IPS power has been of lingering Made in Israeli settle- international concern ev- BESET with rumours of a suc- er since he was reported to ments, but never mind cession struggle and waning have suffered a stroke in Au- control, the North Korean re- gust 2008. gime launched what it says is Chinese Foreign Minis- European Union officials are seeking a communications satellite ter Yang Jiechi telephoned evidence to support claims that fruit and but what the United States his counterparts in the Unit- and its allies describe as a ed States, Russia, Japan and vegetables from Israeli settlements in the long-range ballistic missile South Korea to discuss the Palestinian territories are being exported capable of reaching Alaska. launch, according to a state- The launch fl outed UN ment issued by the foreign under false pretence. resolutions banning North ministry here. “All sides Korea from engaging in any ought to look at the big pic- ballistic missile activity. It ture… (and) avoid taking ac- DAVID CRONIN tal and African Studies in the cast the Stalinist state in tions which may exacerbate IPS University of London identi- even starker isolation just the situation further,” Yang fi ed 27 Israeli fi rms operating days after the conclusion of was quoted as saying. China IN A NOTE circulated to its in settlements and exporting the London summit of the “upholds using talks to re- fellow EU governments in to Britain. Most of the super- Group of 20, where the inter- solve this issue,” he added. late 2008, Britain expressed markets in Britain stocked national community made a During an emergency concern that goods from Is- food sold by these fi rms. strong pledge to fi ght the glo- meeting of the UN Security raeli settlements in the West Labels on groceries that bal crisis together. Council held in the late hours Bank may be entering the list the West Bank as their Describing the launch 5 April, which failed to re- Union without paying the le- place of origin do not allow a as a “provocation”, Barack sult in agreement on a com- gally required duties. customer to ascertain wheth- Obama said North Korea mon response to the launch, Under an ‘association er they have been harvested “has ignored its internation- China’s envoy echoed these agreement’ which came in- by Palestinian farmers or by al obligations, rejected une- statements by urging caution. to force in 2000, goods from Israeli settlers, the study com- quivocal calls for restraint, “I think we are now in a very A member of the Japanese crisis management task force at work Israel itself may be export- plained. It also estimated that and further isolated itself sensitive moment,” Ambassa- in the control room in Takizawa village, northern Japan, after ed to the EU without being the value of goods produced from the community of na- dor Zhang Yesui told report- North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket 5 April, 2009. The charged any customs fees wholly or partly in the occu- tions”. He was speaking from ers after the council meeting. pariah state launched a long-range rocket over Japan on Sun- or tariffs. Yet this privilege pied territories and exported Prague in the Czech Repub- “Regarding the reaction of the day, drawing swift international condemnation and triggering an does not apply to produce to the EU is at least two billion lic, where he outlined his Security Council, our position emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. from settlements in terri- euros per year. This amounts long-term goal for nuclear is that it has to be cautious tories which Israel seized in to 20 per cent of total Israeli disarmament. and proportionate.” creation of a stronger unifi ed tion. China initiated six-na- 1967, as the Union does not exports to the Union. “This provocation under- As a permanent mem- Korea on its borders. tion negotiations on North recognise these as part of Is- During the recent Israe- scores the need for action – ber of the UN Security Coun- Although Beijing public- Korea’s nuclear programme, rael. The settlements are ille- li attack on Gaza strip, there not just this afternoon at the cil with a power to veto ly maintains the principle of one that included the United gal, too, under international were reports of Israeli prod- … Security Council, but in our proposed resolutions, Chi- non-intervention in the do- States, North and South Ko- law; the 1949 Geneva Con- ucts being sold in Europe determination to prevent the na’s stance is signifi cant. But mestic affairs of other states, rea, Japan and Russia. vention forbids an occupy- and Finland with the coun- spread of these weapons,” he China’s views matter great- it has not squashed expecta- Under a landmark deal ing power from moving part try of origin labeled as 'oth- said. ly also because Beijing is tions that North Korean so- reached in 2007, the North of its own civilian population er', for example Greece or “Rules must be bind- Pyongyang’s closest ally and ciety would develop along agreed to dismantle its nu- into the territory it has taken Cyprus. Aldi, a leading Ger- ing, violations must be pun- economic partner. China sup- Chinese lines as its leader- clear programmes in ex- hold of. man supermarket admitted ished, words must mean plies approximately 90 per ship gradually implements change for energy aid and Britain stated that its to effectively misleading Eu- something... now is the time cent of the North’s oil and ac- market reforms and allows diplomatic concessions. But customs authorities are in- ropean consumers by selling for a strong internation- counts for more than half of incremental exposure to the the talks broke down in De- vestigating allegations that re-labeled Israeli Grapefruit al response,” Obama add- its foreign trade. outside world. cember amid frictions over the EU-Israel accord was be- as a product of Cyprus be- ed. “North Korea must know Analysts believe that Chi- But Pyongyang’s abrupt the verifi cation of the dis- ing violated and that it would fore passing it on to the pub- that the path to security na has helped keep the re- 2002 admission to a US en- armament process. Chinese transmit the results of its lic, probably because of a and respect will never come gime of Kim Jong-Il afl oat for voy that it had been secretly analysts have blamed pres- probe to the European Com- widespread boycott of Israeli through threats and illegal years because it fears that a pursuing a uranium-weapons sure from the United States, mission in Brussels. goods in the aftermath of the weapons.” collapse could destabilise the programme in violation of its South Korea and Japan for A study published in Feb- Israel’s invasion into Gaza in But Obama’s call to ac- country, unleashing a fl ood existing agreements, spurred driving the North over the ruary by the School of Orien- December. tion was almost immediate- of refugees and lead to the Beijing into taking more ac- line with the launch.

8 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 BUSINESS HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN COLUMN

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

FORMER Finance Minister Iiro Viinanen has joined the chorus of public fi gures denouncing the payment of dividends during the economic crisis. While this may be in direct opposition to conservative theory of cor- porate ownership, in this case Viinanen may be right.

IN THE Visio newspaper Viinanen was quoted as saying that the money being used to pay dividends could be better spent on worker training and development. “If the owners do not think so, they are casino players and not real owners,” he said.

WHEN public fi gures pronounce judgement on the use The once thriving Finnish forestry industry has taken hits from all directions over the last decade. of private companies’ use of capital, it pays to be wary. After all, politicians have other goals in mind than effi - cient use of owner money. But after Viinanen left public With people leaving the service he had a stint sitting on the boards of such com- country and fl ocking to the panies as Finnair, Kone, Nokia, Orion, UPM-Kymmene Silence in the forest city, this brings new chal- and YIT. This does not mean he is necessarily an expert lenges as cities need to build in the use of capital, as many boards are notorious for production from Finland to the infrastructure to deal bizarre decisions on how to spend owners’ money. Al- The dire situation faced by the forestry lower-cost Sweden. with new residents. How- though one could argue against Viinanen’s suggested The fall of the forestry sec- ever, Reunala believes that use of funds, at least he has the correct goal in mind. industries affects the whole of Finland. tor is hitting some areas of the fears of an ever-increas- the country extremely hard. ing migration wave are un- COMPANIES are in a position of trust when they use Some small rural towns may warranted. “I don’t see an owners’ capital and have a professional and moral obli- DAVID J. CORD ers,” says Anna-Kaisa Rämö, be almost entirely dependent immediate increase in rural gation to use it in the best possible way. Unfortunately HELSINKI TIMES Forest Economist at the Pel- upon a single mill. If the mill is migration,” he says. “The ru- many corporations have a stated dividend policy that lervo Economic Institute. She forced to close it can be devas- ral population has already is in direct opposition to this. For instance, many com- FOR GENERATIONS the na- cites a strong slowdown in tating to the local community. decreased a lot and is gener- panies have a written goal of distributing a set per- tional economy of Finland wood consumption and fall- In recent months, many com- ally very old, so there are not centage of annual earnings as dividends, completely has depended upon the for- ing prices which will affect munities have found them- many opportunities for in- ignoring any possible better uses for this money. estry industry. It has declined the profi tability of forestry. selves in that position, and creased migration.” in prominence in recent dec- Besides the economic re- there are no signs of a turna- ONLY when a fi rm can fi nd no better way to allocate ades, yet it still contributes cession, the forest industry is round anytime soon. Long-term recovery capital should it be returned to the owners. So is Vii- over 3 per cent of national also being hit by politics. “As Although the immediate fu- nanen right? Sort of. There certainly are better plac- employment and GDP. The far as I understand, the cur- Exodus ture looks bleak, there are es to put capital at the moment for many companies, industry has practically col- rent economic crisis might be Kemijärvi, a small village on still hopes for a long-term re- but investors should be very sceptical of plans to add lapsed over the past year, even more serious for Finn- the Arctic Circle, has been covery. “Wood will be a valu- yet more fat to al- threatening to erase a nation- ish forest industries than for one of those devastated com- able raw material also in the Companies are in ready-bloated pay- al icon and change the face of many other sectors because munities. When Stora Enso future,” Rämö points out. rolls. There are other the Finnish countryside. one source of their raw ma- closed down the mill a major “Its environmental friendli- a position of trust options. As recently as the year terial – Russia – is closing source of jobs disappeared. ness even increases its value when they use own- 2000 Metsäliitto, Stora En- because of Russian export The government labelled it as and may provide totally new THE DECLINE in stock so and UPM-Kymmene had duties,” says Aarne Reuna- an area of “sudden structural prospects for its use.” ers’ capital and have a prices has priced combined profi ts of over 3 la, Director General at the change” and contributed over Reunala agrees. “Further professional and moral some companies less billion euros and employed Ministry of Agriculture and 17 million euros in an attempt ahead the prospects look obligation to use it in than their intrinsic 46,000 people in Finland. Forestry. to create new jobs and en- good,” he says. “Forests and value. Prudent add- Since then their combined in- M-real, Stora Enso and courage entrepreneurship. trees are renewable rand the best possible way. on acquisitions could come has slid to a 1.4 billion UPM-Kymmene have all had The decline in forestry in- versatile resources, and they make more sense in euros loss while Finnish em- their debt downgraded by dustry jobs has exacerbated can replace other natural re- this environment than dividend payouts. Caution is re- ployment has fallen by a third ratings agencies to junk sta- an exodus of people from ru- sources in an environmental- quired, however. Many industries have a massive over- to 30,000. Many of these have tus. Stora Enso CEO Jouko ral areas to larger cities. Last ly friendly way. However, it capacity, so “prudence” should be the watchword in since been laid off. Karvinen told investors last year Uusimaa, where Helsinki takes 10 – 20 years time to acquisitions. This goes for capital expenditures as well. week that the problem is “so is located, grew by 1.2 per cent develop new mass products. “Very serious” big that we do not think any- South Savo, which had almost Therefore it is important to ANOTHER idea that has merit in many cases is to pay “We consider the current eco- one will be able to resolve it 9 per cent of its workforce in maintain a good rural infra- off debt and strengthen balance sheets. Finnish com- nomic situation very serious alone.” He also predicted yet the forest sector, had its pop- structure for all future uses panies have been greatly increasing their debt levels for the Finnish forest own- more layoffs and a move of ulation fall by 0.8 per cent. of forests.” in recent months, despite the fact that their return on capital is falling and the price of borrowing is increas- ing. Borrowing more money in today’s economic cli- mate is like staying in the sauna even after the wall All kinds of Motor Boats. Best quality and service. catches fi re. Also TAX FREE EACH company is unique, and each specifi c use of capi- tal will have different risk and return characteristics. Therefore it is impossible to give a blanket statement that one use of investor money is better than another. But it is clear that dividends are not always the best op- tion, especially in today’s economic environment.

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LEHTIKUVA/JUHA METSO Combining cultures

MATTI KOSKINEN In my opinion as a foreign HELSINKI TIMES investor, it is very impor- tant to fi nd the right su- ENTREPRENEUR NAN HAO pervisor (organisations) at fi rst came to Finland from the beginning of the proc- China in the year 2000 to ess. They give out useful study at Jyväskylä Polytech- information related to your nic, and by 2002 he was business area. In my case it working for a tourism com- took only a few hours to set pany in Muonio. In 2005 he up the company here. In- set up his fi rst company in vest In Finland and Greater Helsinki, catering to Chinese Helsinki Promotion of- business travellers and intro- fered us all of the informa- ducing them to Finnish com- tion. With our lawyer's help panies and Finnish culture. we prepared all the docu- Now he is introducing ments we needed, and that traditional Chinese massage was it. and health care techniques to Finns as general manag- What were the biggest chal- er of the Finnish branch of lenges for launching China China’s largest massage and Liangtse in Finland? wellness services chain, Chi- Methods such as acupunc- na Liangtse Wellness, which ture and various pressure recently opened its fi rst therapies have been prac- shop in Helsinki. After build- tised in China for thousands ing successful operations of years. We are not only the in Germany, the company leading company in China, Stora Enso’s old paper mill in Hamina will now serve as Google’s new data centre. is now looking to take the but also the pioneers in Fin- uniquely Chinese wellness land. The biggest challenge concept to other European we are facing is how to bal- countries and Hao is build- ance the culture confl ict be- ing the brand in Finland. tween China and Finland. As a services company, commu- Why did you decide to bring nication is also very impor- Welcome to Finland the China Liangtse Well- tant between our masseuses but also a dynamic business ness brand to Finland? and the Finnish customers. environment for internation- I love physical practice, So for now the language is Assisting foreign investors in coming to Finland can yield al companies. Finland’s stra- swimming, body building also a problem for us. tegic location between east and running, and I believe huge benefi ts for the entire country. and west offers easy access in the health benefi ts of ex- You have Chinese and to Nordic, Baltic and Russian ercise. I realise that it is the Finnish people working markets. We have a high-cal- way most Finns look after at the store. How do you DAVID J. CORD that was done quietly in the operations in Finland in the ibre and educated but afford- their health. Still, there are manage an international HELSINKI TIMES background to ensure that past several months. able, workforce.” some groups of people who and multicultural staff? the company’s entry to Fin- Foreign investors are Invest in Finland does not can not do physical exercise We have very good compa- EVERYONE was excited about land went smoothly. “Invest very important to the na- simply offer foreign com- or whose ailments can not be ny culture. Our company Google coming to Finland. in Finland supported us from tional economy. In recent panies help in fi nding facili- medically treated. Acupunc- name means “good friends”. The news that the internet the start, and during the proc- years foreign direct invest- ties such as offi ces. It strives ture foot massage will help Manager, masseuse and re- giant had bought an old Sto- ess offered us alternative so- ment has topped 50 billion to identify and develop true these groups in particular. ceptionist, whether you're ra Enso mill in Hamina for a lutions for the investment,” euros and the number of jobs business opportunities in It is already very popular in Chinese, German or Finn- data centre was great news says Google’s Rhett Weiss in in foreign owned enterprises Finland. It doesn’t simply Asia and North America, but ish, we are all good friends for a community stunned a press release. “Summa Mill grew at over two times the sit and wait for the phone to there are no such services in to each other and to our cus- by job losses and a slowing was the best one for us.” employment growth rate as ring, either. In the coming Finland. As the biggest Chi- tomers. We have four (Finn- economy. Invest in Finland is the gov- a whole. months the staff will be trav- nese wellness company, Chi- ish) receptionists working “We plan to employ approxi- ernment’s main tool for at- “Foreign direct invest- elling to the US, UK and Chi- na Liangtse is an immensely for us now. It is important mately 50 people, ranging from tracting foreign investment. ment stimulates economic na to promote Finland as an famous brand in China. Peo- to choose people who are Linux system administrators They provide information for growth and creates jobs and investment. ple talk about foot massage enthusiastic about Chinese and experienced data centre potential investors, help them export earnings,” explains “One of our strengths is and immediately think of our culture. managers to security contrac- fi nd locations for their facto- Airaksinen. “It can improve our network in Finland and 300 branch shops, 3 insti- tors and technology assist- ries and take them on tours of the functioning of markets abroad,” Airaksinen sums tutes and 20000 employees. How do you see the future ants,” said Google in a press likely areas to meet local de- and increase competition. It up. “All of the important local The name communicates of China Liangtse in Hel- release. “We’re confi dent this velopers. “We have a variety also provides capital for busi- players in different cities and reliability. sinki and in Finland? 200 million euros investment of services for foreign compa- ness development, increases regions throughout Finland As our CEO Mr Shi Yingjian will be good for Hamina, Goog- nies, such as data collection, international business know- work closely with us. Great- What kind of environment said, we come to Finland le and our Internet users.” opportunity analysis, entry how and strengthens busi- er Helsinki Promotion is one is Finland for launch- not only to launch a busi- Google went on to an- alternatives, networking, lo- ness networks.” example. With the interna- ing an enterprise? Is it ness, but also to help par- nounce that it was seeking cation management and set- tional network we are able to easy to fi nd support? ticular Finnish groups who local companies to provide ting up a business,” says CEO “Finland fi nd new customers and offer Finland is a very active en- really need our services. security, landscaping, care- Tuomo Airaksinen. is a good choice” assistance to foreign compa- vironment for setting up a With good services and taking work and even food Although each investor and nies in their own countries.” company. There's an effec- good word of mouth, we be- services. It is of course look- Importance to each situation is unique, Fin- tive information system lieve we will have success ing to hire new employees national economy land as a whole has many that's helpful in preparing in Finland just like we've as well, and published a list In effect, Invest in Finland qualities that can appeal to a Hamina Data Centre the necessary documents. had in China and Germany. of jobs that it wants to fi ll at does anything it can to bring foreign company. “Finland is www.google.com Hamina and how to apply. foreign investors to Finland. a good choice for knowledge- /intl/en/datacenter/hamina/ It has a good track record as based investments,” contin- index.html Attracting investment well. Besides Google, the or- ues Airaksinen. “We have a Did you know … Although the end result of ganisation has helped such top level business environ- Invest in Finland Finnish higher-education level performance in maths Google’s purchase is well companies as Christie + Co. ment and infrastructure. www.investinfinland.fi and science is ranked third best in the world by the known publicly, what many and the American mobile Finland’s stable economy cre- do not know is all the work messaging fi rm SEVEN set up ates both a safe and reliable World Economic Forum

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MAKE-UP STORE Helsinki judged best European city for entrepreneurs

DAVID J. CORD were incubated by Technopo- HELSINKI TIMES lis Ventures and we are lucky to have their CEO Will Card- A SURVEY of entrepreneurs well as our mentor.” around Europe has found Michael Quarshie is an- that Helsinki is the most at- other entrepreneur who is tractive city for starting a satisfi ed with Helsinki’s sup- business. The ECER-Banque port for businesspeople. He Populaire survey checked the is CEO of Wellness Foundry satisfaction of business peo- which develops mobile and ple regarding public support web-based nutrition servic- for various stages of setting es. Wellness Foundry is also a up a company, promotion of customer of Technopolis Ven- entrepreneurship, availa- tures and has received fund- bility of funding and overall ing from Tekes. Quarshie business environment. praises the entrepreneurial Helsinki received a total spirit in Helsinki. “I think the score of almost 80 out of a environment is tremendous,” possible 100, putting it on top he says. “Helsinki offers a lot of 37 European cities. The or- of positive things.” ganisers of the survey cited Quarshie explains that the institutions dedicated to although his company is fo- The brainchild of Mika Liias, the Make Up Store franchise now has over 100 branches in twenty countries. entrepreneurship and many cused on international mar- research programmes as kets, Finland’s unique size main reasons Helsinki scored makes starting his busi- so highly. Stockholm, Munich, ness easier here. He cites Malmö and Hamburg rounded the Finnish expertise in both Chain stores filled with beauty out the top fi ve. British cities wellness and mobile technol- rated very poorly due to the ogy. “It is a unique cluster,” on the shelf. Make Up Store’s impact of the economic reces- he points out. point-of-sale system helps sion in the UK. Although Helsinki has A child of Finnish parents who grew up in Sweden, Mika Liias has them manage their inven- Gavin Weigh is one en- been ranked the best city for brought his business back to his ancestral homeland. tory and supply chain so ef- trepreneur who has received entrepreneurs, there is al- fectively that other retailers support from institutions for ways room for improvement. have taken notice. his company RapidBlue So- “We need more visibility for DAVID J. CORD fessional life. It is also clear his students. His students In early March Svensk lutions. His fi rm specialises the services,” Weigh contin- HELSINKI TIMES that he knows how to sell to recommended the products Handel, the leading organi- in mobile marketing and de- ues. “We also need more in- Finns. “I would like to add to their friends and fami- sation of retailers in Sweden, livering location-based ad- volvement in education and MIKA LIIAS knows Finland. that Make Up Store has great lies and he soon realised that selected Make Up Store as vertisements via Bluetooth to speed up the process.” He doesn’t live here, but he spa products, perfect for the there was a high demand for the Chain Store of the Year. technology. “We didn’t receive However, overall the knows it well. His parents are sauna and sauna lovers,” he his product. In 1996 a base- The jury for the award ex- much help in the pre-crea- entrepreneurs in Helsin- Finns who moved to Sweden points out, happily putting in ment became the home of the plains why Make Up Store tion phase, but we didn’t look ki are more satisfi ed than some decades ago. Liias got a selling point. fi rst Make Up Store. was chosen: “A unique con- for it,” he explains. “Once we anywhere else in Europe. his life-changing business Liias has reason to be Although the company cept with high-quality prod- started looking we found all Quarshie seems to sum up idea from something he no- happy. His company, Make sells make-up Liias is ada- ucts at affordable prices, well kinds of great services. There the general feeling in the ticed in Finland. Up Store, has grown rapidly mant that he is not another educated sales personnel, at- is endless support if you look community. “I love what I do “My parents are from and now consists of some 150 retailer. His experience in tractive stores and a smart in the right places.” because of our team and our Kalajoki but they moved to stores in 20 countries. The teaching people how to use packaging design have made Helsinki received the product,” he says. “It is chal- Sweden back in the 1960s,” stores dot North America, Eu- make-up properly still gov- Make Up Store a fast grow- highest marks for post-cre- lenging and rewarding, and explains Liias. “All my rela- rope and Southeast Asia. Fin- erns his thinking. “We don’t er, also outside the Swedish ation services of compa- moving ahead takes a lot of tives still live in Finland. We land has two concept stores just sell make-up,” he says. border.” nies, such as consultancy effort. I love the responsibil- have a cabin where I go to while 27 other stores such as “We sell make-up with the It seems that the econom- services. Weigh agrees and ity and the freedom.” whenever I have time off. I try Sokos and KICKS carry his knowledge of how to use it. ic slowdown hasn’t hampered explains how crucial expe- The survey questioned to keep my Finnish roots viv- products. He prefers to use We are a learning cosmet- Liias’ company. “People treat rienced advice can be for an about 2,400 entrepreneurs id. Thereby it was also natu- franchise owners, but some ic brand. The learning part themselves with a new lip- entrepreneur. “This is very across Europe who had start- ral for me to open up the fi rst stores are company-owned. shows in all the material we stick instead of an exclusive important,” he says. “We ed companies in 2004-2005. store abroad in Finland.” produce and how we treat handbag because of the fi - It is clear that Liias is quite Not another retailer our customers. For instance nancial situation,” he says. happy with Finland’s infl u- Liias started a modelling we are the only cosmet- “This behaviour has a long ence in his personal and pro- agency at the age of 18. He fre- ic brand with a professional history and the New York quently travelled to Finland make-up artist who answers Times talks about the ‘lip- to arrange fashion shows and questions about make-up on- stick index.’” noticed that there were some line, an exclusive service for While many entrepre- make-up schools in Finland, our club members.” neurs are struggling to keep but none in his home country their companies afl oat in this

of Sweden. In 1990 he opened Chain store of the year economic environment, Liias LEHTIKUVA / TOR WENNSTRÖM the fi rst school educating While the company is both looks to the future. “Make Up make-up artists but soon dis- an educator and a retailer, it Store is developing global- covered another problem: his is also an innovator in supply ly and we will enter the US students were unable to fi nd chain management. Inven- market in a bigger way,” he

THANNANON THANNAKORNKARN THANNANON good products at affordable tory can be a huge burden on says. “Also, as an entrepre- prices. retailers as they seek to fi nd neur I am excited to develop Liias approached manu- a balance of having enough my line of men’s underwear facturers that could manu- products to satisfy demand and jeans. You see, I have a facture the type of products but not so many that they few projects besides Make Entrepreneur Mika Liias. he desired and sold them to sit for long periods of time Up Store that I work with.” When it comes to business, Helsinki earns its reputation for friendliness.

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NEW YORK TIMES 4 April. CARTER DOUGHERTY TRAVEL WORLD EXPRESS 31 March MP TALK Porsche finds fortune Finland open to selling from unlikely outsourcing destination jointly with What is Porsche doing in Finland at a time when most Western Eu- neighbours ropean and American companies are outsourcing to less expensive places like India, China, Taiwan, asks The New York Times. The Finnish Tourist Board has expressed Porsche to fi nd another way interest in working PAAVO ARHINMÄKI is an MP in the Left Alliance Party. to make the Boxster. Rumors He is a vegetarian. abound in the industry that closely with its Rus- Valmet’s quality sometimes sian and Estonian outstripped what Porsche neighbours to break has managed back in Stutt- Pigs boiled alive gart, a charge Korhonen does through on the Indian (Not recommended for LEHTIKUVA/PEKKA SAKKI LEHTIKUVA/PEKKA not deny.” market, reports the “’Offi cially, we are allowed reading at the dinner table) to be only as good as Porsche,’ Travel World Express. he said with a smile. ‘What DO YOU remember the fairy tale where the big bad wolf matters is the customer.’” that torments the three little pigs ends up being boiled “Korhonen, a cerebral en- “ARTO ASIKAINEN, area man- in a stew? Although in the tale evil gets its just deserts, gineer with an M.B.A., is con- ager, Finnish Tourist Board, to many children the story seems brutal and cruel. Un- stantly calibrating his work said, ‘our purpose of coming fortunately, we now know that fact is crueller than fi c- force to match Porsche’s needs to India is the same - to give tion: in abattoirs, pigs are boiled alive. with the deft touch of an artist our hotels, ferry line compa- applying the fi nal brushstrokes nies and other Finnish op- LAST YEAR, four Swedish abattoirs were found to be to a masterpiece. In each of erators the opportunity to doing just this. For speed and effi ciency, pigs were the last three months, he idled interact with the Indian trade. sent straight from stunning into boiling scalding wa- The first Porsche rolls off the assembly line in Uusikaupunki in 1997 about a third of Valmet’s 600 We were contacted by a few ter. (The point of scalding is to allow the hairy coat, the employees before ramping up neighbouring regions for joint surface layer of skin and the impurities on it to be re- “SINCE 1997, Porsche, the in Germany. Now, the assem- again in January and February, promotions and were appre- moved easily). Stunning was not fully effective in all German sports car manu- bly lines here are slowing, and then shifting down with hensive about it. But we have cases, and some animals woke up while being boiled. facturer, has headed north to which means that Valmet, 190 layoffs in March.” recognised that this strat- this tongue-twister of a Finn- rather than Porsche, is bear- “’We are adjusting capac- egy will give our product a ON THE conveyor belt in question, in the name of max- ish town instead of east, a ing much of the burden of ity almost daily,’ Korhonen better push since people pre- imum profi tability and effi ciency, the Animal Welfare move that helps explain why the global auto industry’s said.” fer to visit multiple destina- Act was trodden underfoot in at least two of the cases it is still making money even distress.” “But Valmet’s greatest tions when on a holiday. Also, in question. Firstly, too many animals were loaded for as so many automakers are “‘We are a lean organiza- challenge is, in the end, ex- Finland is still not being per- stunning at once, with the result that the stunning did tapping government aid to tion, but at the end of the day, istential. Its contract with ceived as a mono destination not work on all of them. weather the worst industry there is a threshold here,” Porsche expires in 2012. The in long haul markets.’” downturn in a generation. said Ilpo Korhonen, Valmet’s German company will move “Last year, Finland received SECONDLY, according to the Animal Welfare Acts in During the fat years, Val- president. ‘We can’t run like its outsourced assembly to 63,000 registered overnights both Finland and Sweden, pigs should go to blood-let- met Automotive cranked this forever.’” Magna Steyr, a company in from India. Says Asikainen, ting within one minute of stunning, and the animals out thousands of cars in “The Valmet-Porsche rela- Austria, which has the re- ‘There has been a 28 per cent must not undergo any other slaughter-related proce- Uusikaupunki to supple- tionship began in 1997 as de- sources to assist Porsche in growth form India compared dures until they're dead. ment Porsche’s production mand for the 911 rose, forcing some development work.” to our other markets.’” ABATTOIRS say the breaches of regulations occurred because of the rapid pace of work and as part of effi - WIRED MAGAZINE 2 April INDIANA STATESMAN 3 April School is more lax and ciency measures, as if it were just a minor issue. But students are not restrict- it is hardly a question of an individual accident, as just ed on what courses they can one week after a warning from a veterinary surgeon Pulsating touchscreen Finland a sign up for,’ Whitehead said.” one of the abattoirs was again caught for the same an- “‘For the fi rst week you imal cruelty. ‘hidden gem’ are part of a group, and a stu- technology for the blind dent tutor takes you around WE FINNS have always wanted to believe in the purity of for students to show you the ropes of Fin- our own domestic food, in the fact that Finnish food is planning land,’ Whitehead said.” comprehensively good and sustainably produced. Of- The renowned Wired magazine reports on an “He even ran into anoth- ten when reading about food scandals elsewhere in the innovation from researchers at the University overseas er student from Wabash Col- world, we think that at least it could not happen here in lege, who noticed Whitehead Finland. Or could it? of Tampere in Finland. studies was an American. Whitehead studied Nordic WHEN I asked Minister of Agriculture and Forestry politics and cultural, Finnish Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (Centre Party) in a Parliamenta- “A NEW kind of touch-screen When the reader puts his Cole Britton of the literature and the history of ry plenary session about the matter of the pigs being technology could bring Braille fi nger on the screen, raised Britain and Ireland. He also boiled alive, she assured me that this couldn’t happen to cellphone displays, allowing dots are ‘displayed’ by a fast, Indiana Statesman took a Soviet history class.” in Finland. But she was wrong. the blind to read mobile con- intense vibration. Gaps are interviewed Kevin “‘Most teachers have ac- tent — if they do a little extra represented by a lower level, tual experience in other THE SWEDISH abattoirs in question belong to a meat learning fi rst. Best of all, it can longer lasting buzz. Whitehead about countries,’ Whitehead said. company called HKScan, owned by the Finnish com- be done with existing screens. According to the New Sci- his experience as an Ulla Murisoja, a junior pany HK Ruokatalo. The Finnish Food Safety Authori- Researchers at the Univer- entist, when a sequence of exchange student in English major, is a one-se- ty, Evira, says pigs are boiled alive in Finnish abattoirs sity of Tampere in Finland took six dots is pulsed at 360 mil- mester exchange student too. At the moment, one request for a prejudicial en- a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet and liseconds apart, each charac- Finland. from Finland. She attends the quiry concerning a similar case in Southwest Finland wrote custom software that ter could be read in little over University of Jyväskylä in her is pending. would vibrate the piezoelec- a second. country.” tric layer in the touch-screen The project is still experi- “I LIKE Finland a lot because “‘Finland is very interna- PIGS BOILED alive are just one example of the major glo- to mimic the bumps felt in the mental, but with so few bar- it’s a hidden gem, the highlight tional,’ said Murisoja. ‘It is bal problems related to the mass production of food. All 3x2 matrix of dots that make riers it could become real of my life so far,” said Whitehe- interesting to hear all the dif- over the world, different food scandals are constantly up a Braille character. very quickly.” ad a junior marketing major. ferent languages. ’” emerging: mad cow disease, bird fl u, salmonella, hor- mone meat, and others, all related to the rearing and transportation of factory animals.

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L E H T I K U V A / R E U T E R S / B R I A N S N Y D E R Veikkausliiga preview part two: The title’s Muurinen’s to lose 5th TPS Turku After a big outlay on star signings in the close season, nothing less In: Mikko Manninen, Baba- tunde Wusu, Alban Ferati, Ja- than the title will do for the capital's only club in the top flight. ni Tuomala, Jaakko Nyberg, Samu-Petteri Mäkelä (on loan from PoPa until 18 July), David Monsalve, Ari Nyman, Al- Wayne Brown (on loan from berto Ramirez, Claudio Verino Fulham until 31 July) Out: Mika Mäkitalo, Jos Hoo- Out: Jani Sarajärvi, Janne Vel- iveld, Dominic Chatto, Domagoj lamo, Aristides Pertot, Hen- Abramovic, Oskari Forsman, rik Moisander, Antti Hakala, Diego Corpache, Soga Sambo Lucas Hradecky, Kheireddine Last year's champions had Zarabi, Christian Gyan, Ar- Kalle Kiiskinen, pictured here at the 2006 World Men's Curling a tough winter, playing most mand Oné, Urmas Rooba Championship, heads the Finnish team in Moncton. L E H T Iof K U V A the / J U S S I League N U K A R I cup with a very Pasi Rautiainen's return young team. They fi nally com- to Finland has not worked pleted their squad three weeks any miracles yet. The former before the season with the Flora Tallinn coach has to Roar of the rings signings of Claudio Verino, an contend with a squad of play- Argentinian centre back rat- ers he did not sign, and will MANU PAAVOLA whole three-hour match and ed as 'better than Jos Hooiveld' be forced to adjust his tac- HELSINKI TIMES thus become quickly familiar by manager Job Dragtsma, Al- tics and strategy according- to the viewer. In addition, the berto Ramirez, a former Mex- ly. If he manages to nurture THE FINNISH curling team, athletes wear microphones so ican under-21 international Riku Riski's talent in central captained by Kalle Kiiskinen, the viewers can hear what the midfi elder, and Ari Nyman, midfi eld then TPS will play an attempts to book Finland’s skip is planning for the next returning to his former club expansive, passing game, if place in next year’s Winter stone and learn what com- after a spell with FC Thun in he sticks with the tried and Olympics as the World Cham- mands the team uses. When Switzerland. Those three sign- tested options then their play pionships are contested this all this accompanied by the de- ings make Inter a good bet for will be a little more predicta- week in Moncton, Canada. lightful insight of expert com- a European place, but probably ble. Rautiainen is at TPS for The tournament celebrates mentators (in Finland Jussi won't have come early enough the long haul, and a European its 50th year, though in the Uusipaavalniemi, Perttu Pii- for Dragtsma to mould anoth- place would be a success for beginning it was known as lo and Wille Mäkelä) the end er title-winning team. Don't the club this season. Unfor- the Scotch Cup. result is an intriguing combi- bet against them, though. tunately for him, it may have A place in the top eight nation of strategic planning, HJK’s recently signed Juho Mäkelä (right) battles with FC Lahti’s to be attained via the cup. among the twelve countries athletic execution and human Heikki Haara at a pre-season match last month. HJK are firm fa- 4th Tampere United would guarantee Finland drama. Masterful performanc- vourites to dominate this season. In: Aleksei Kangaskolkka, Ju- 6th FC Lahti enough qualifi cation points es are obviously a joy to watch ha Pirinen, Johanes Mononen, In: Mohamed Fofana, Toni for the Olympics. After the but even poor throws often re- nd EGAN RICHARDSON 2 FC Honka Aapo Lappalainen, Ilari Ru- Huuhka, Jussi Heikkinen, Ni- fi rst weekend, Finns have a sult to unexpected twists and HELSINKI TIMES In: Jarkko Värttö, Markus uth, Juska Savolainen (on loan ki Helenius 1-2 record. In their opening turns, as the stones shift posi- Paatelainen, Ville Koskimaa, from Rosenborg until 31 July) Out: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Pekka game they beat the Czech Re- tions in the house. 1st HJK Helsinki Janne Henriksson, Konsta Out: Heikki Aho, Jussi Mä- Kainu, Eetu Sassila public 8-6 in an 11-end thrill- This level of intimacy and In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Rasimus kelä, Tomi Petrescu, Henri Their season could be er. The game against Norway involvement has had some in- Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Se- Out: Tero Koskela, Ivan Vargic, Myntti, Tyler Hemming, Jussi transformed by the perform- began poorly, as the Norwe- teresting consequences, es- bastian Sorsa, Juho Mäkelä. Jani Bäckman, Ville Jalasto Kuoppala, Daniel Nwoke ances of Jari Litmanen, but it gians scored in the fi rst four pecially during the Olympics Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Mika Lehkosuo is widely An extraordinary few is more likely that the creak- ends even though the Finns when curling receives its high- Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, regarded as the best young months for TamU saw Jari Vi- ing star will save his best for had the hammer in each of est ratings. In Turin 2006, Erfan Zeneli. Finnish coach and his Hon- ita depart and Tim Rowe re- Finland’s important qualifi - them. The game ended after the American skip Cassan- Another spring, anoth- ka side look very strong this turn to the board of directors, ers against Liechtenstein and 6 ends with Finns losing 1-9. dra Johnson received count- er deluge of signings by HJK. year again. In addition to and a new sponsor offer some Russia in June while playing The game against Denmark less marriage proposals from Their squad is so much cost- their winter signings, Gambi- stability. Henri Myntti signed a bit part for his home town lasted a full ten ends, but the Europe and America after her lier than anyone else’s, their an midfi elder Demba Savage for 2. Bundesliga side Hansa club. Fofana will add some three points the Danes scored tactics and looks had enchant- signings so much more im- and Honka academy product Rostock, Tomi Petrescu joined steel to the midfi eld if he from the 7th end proved deci- ed audience members. Simi- pressive, and their pre-sea- Rasmus Schuller are expect- Ascoli on loan, and TamU re- stays fi t, but Lahti will fi nd it sive and Denmark won 7-5. larly, Japan’s Mari Motohashi son results so dominant ed to play a greater fi rst team placed them with a gaggle diffi cult to match last year’s Two teams are still without has become somewhat of a that it is very hard to pre- role and add some youthful of teenagers. Incredibly, Ari third place. defeats, the hosts and fa- phenomenon among curling dict them to fi nish any- vitality to a squad that fi n- Hjelm has fashioned the raw vourites Canada. In Finland, fans on the Internet, with peo- where other than fi rst place. ished second in league and but talented youngsters and 7th FC Haka the Worlds are broadcast by ple posting videos of her sim- The only question mark is cup last year. Honka will be experienced internationals In: Markus Joenmäki, Niko Eurosport. ply greeting the crowd. And in the man-management skills strong contenders, but ulti- Mikko Kavén, Jari Niemi and Ikävalko, Janne Korhonen, As a television sport, curl- Finland the team’s success in of their coach, Antti Muuri- mately runners-up. Antti Pohja into an effective Mika Mäkitalo, Antti Hy- ing is more intimate com- last Olympics gave the sport nen. With such an array of big unit. Pre-season results have nynen, Sami Ristilä, Nicolas pared to other winter sports. a much needed boost and cat- names and talented young 3rd Inter Turku been good, and Hjelm is a for- Kivistö, Juha Jokinen, Jussi Unlike in ice-hockey, skiing, apulted the fame of its skip stars, he may fi nd it diffi cult In: Aristides Pertot, Eemeli Re- midable coach, but the team Jokela, Erkka Heinä, Saku Pe- snowboarding or speed skat- Markku Uusipaavalniemi. He to keep everyone happy. As- ponen, Guillano Grot, Touko Tu- are too reliant on a few older sonen, Diego Corpache, Jani ing, the faces of the athletes was elected to the Finnish Par- suming he does, HJK should manto, Pablo Gomez-Marttila, players to be serious contend- Bäckman are in plain sight during the liament the following year. win the title at a canter. Kennedy Ugoala Nwanganga, ers for the title. Out: Juuso Kangaskorpi, Cheyne Fowler, Juha Pirinen, Alexander Dovbnya, Jarkko Okkonen, Janne Mahlakaar- sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 15 to, Toni Lehtinen, Mikko Manninen, Valeri Popovitch, Cherno Samba After losing so many qual- ity players Haka will strug- gle to better last season’s 6th place fi nish. The Valkeakoski club seem to have a secure fi nancial future after dis- co magnate Sedu Koskinen bought the town's pubs and clubs and began funnelling their revenue into the club, but the playing side of things has not noticeably improved. The new signings are not ade- quate replacements for those that have left, but the trauma and uncertainty that affl ict- ed last year's budget and re- sults will not be a factor, and that should give a marginal improvement. HELSINKI TIMES CULTURE 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 1313

MARKUS HIRNIGEL A glimpse at Helsinki’s future

OSCAR ORTIZ-NIEMINEN quainted with ongoing plans with a hip and fresh interior HELSINKI TIMES for the development of new that has successfully turned neighbourhoods, such as it into a showcase of contem- DO YOU want to get a hint of the maritime Jätkäsaari or porary Finnish design. Archi- what Helsinki will look like in the high-rise Keski-Pasila. tecture and urban planning the next 20 years? Would you New areas demand well-de- are displayed through ex- like to share some thoughts signed infrastructure and planatory maps, computer on how your own home town insightful architecture, and presentations, and miniature should be planned and devel- the City Planning Depart- models. Laituri offers a wide oped? If so you should def- ment is interested in your re- range of brochures and gen- initely drop by Laituri, the marks about these projects. eral information in English Helsinki City Planning De- Laituri provides a chance and the attentive staff are partment's information and for people to share their ide- happy to answer any ques- exhibition space. It is situ- as via public debates and idea tions you may have. ated in the very heart of the competitions. city, just on one side of the Don't be deceived by Lai- Philip Glass, whose rarely performed Madrigal Opera will be performed in Helsinki later this month. Narinkka Square, opposite turi’s old-fashioned, 19th cen- Laituri Kamppi shopping centre. tury outer shell. Laituri itself Narinkka Square been performed in Finland, The fi rst and foremost ob- illustrates how a city, and the Open: the company has truly man- jective of Laituri is to pro- buildings in it, change and Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00, A modern madrigal aged to bring new experienc- vide people with information adjust to meet new require- Sat 12:00-16:00. es to local opera audiences. about urban development ments. The meeting point is Sun-Mon, closed. MANU PAAVOLA Since Madrigal Opera will The production conven- projects in the Helsinki ar- less than a year old and has www.laituri.hel.fi HELSINKI TIMES now receive its Finnish pre- iently coincides with a DVD ea. City dwellers can get ac- been stylishly fi nished off miere, it is fi tting that a Finn- release of the documenta- BETWEEN 21-27 April Oop- ish text, Lauri Otonkoski’s ry Glass: A Portrait of Philip pera Skaala will perform Cameo – A Symphonic Poem, in 12 Parts, which has been escapes from prison, kidnaps Philip Glass’s A Madrigal has been chosen. Neverthe- screened at fi lm festivals Cena’s girl and challenges him Opera. It is a non-narrative less, the non-narrative qual- around the world. It is di- 12 Rounds: a preview to 12 rounds (as in boxing) in chamber opera for six voices, ity of the opera ensures that rected by Steven Hicks (The which he can win her back. violin and viola. It is a rare- non-Finnish speakers will not Shine) who followed the com- DAVID BROWN of Messrs. Kaurismäki and If it all sounds a bit far- ly staged work that has nev- miss any plot development. poser with a camera for a full HELSINKI TIMES Aku Louhimies. fetched, you're not wrong. er been recorded on CD. For Founded in 1996, Ooppera year. It includes interviews That said, the storyline in Amid all the runaway trams, this reason Orange Mountain Skaala focuses on contem- with some of Glass' collabora- RENNY HARLIN is the Finn- 12 Rounds is not the best Har- exploding helicopters and Music, Glass' record compa- porary operas. Its aim is to tors, most notably fi lm direc- ish director who Finns love lin has worked with. If many breakneck car chases, it is also ny, has asked Ooppera Skaa- develop and diversify Finn- tors Martin Scorsese, Errol to hate – largely on the Hollywood fi lms are great hugely entertaining. The scene la to record it. This provides ish opera culture, and sever- Morris and Godfrey Reggio, grounds that although his ideas poorly made, this one is in which our hero must rescue the Finnish company with al premieres of small-scale and renowned musicians Ravi fi lms attract strong audi- almost the total opposite. a man stuck with a bomb in an the valuable chance of reach- Finnish operas have already Shankar and Yo-Yo Ma. ences around the world, Professional wrestler John elevator is as exciting as any ing a worldwide audience. been staged. In the past Skaa- they are not art. But for Cena plays Danny Baxter, an you’ll see this year. If nothing A curious feature of the la has performed two Glass 21-24 and 27 April at 19:30 those who enjoy fast-paced honest cop who arrests a no- else, you can always entertain work is that it has a libretto operas, Les Enfants Terribles in Duration: 1hour 10 min action and plenty of pyro- torious gangster but kills the yourself spotting Harlin's ob- but the composer has not de- 2005 and In the Penal Colony Astoria-sali, technics, Harlin certainly man's girlfriend in the proc- ligator y Finland references. fi ned it. Therefore it varies in 2006. As these are the only Iso Roobertinkatu 14 has the edge over the likes ess. A year later the bad guy Premiere 17 April depending on the production. times Glass' operatic work has Moodysson’s Mammoth

JUHA RISLAKKI the fi lm is, in fact, entirely uncomfortably similar to the HELSINKI TIMES successful. 2006 fi lm Babel, which also Leo (Bernal) is the found- revolved around the themes AFTER THE GROTESQUE re- er of a fl ourishing New York- of globalisation, universal alism of A Hole in My Heart based IT company. His wife interconnectedness and the (2006) and the unasham- Ellen (Williams) is a respon- disintegration of the family edly avant-garde Container sible surgeon who works long unit. However, whereas Ba- (2008), Swedish director Lu- shifts in the emergency room. bel's melancholy depiction kas Moodysson has returned When Leo leaves for an extend- of the state of the world re- from an artistic psycho- ed business trip to Thailand, mained fully intact, Moodys- sis to make his most main- the family’s 8-year-old daugh- son’s fi lm never quite man- stream fi lm to date. With its ter (Sophie Nyweide) becomes ages to weave its various sto- two international stars (Gael increasingly attached to the ries together in a convincing García Bernal and Michelle only adult around, her Filipino manner. As a result, the fre- Williams) and several fi lm nanny Gloria (Marife Neces- quent jumps from one con- locations around the world, ito). Meanwhile, Gloria’s own tinent to the other are often Mammoth is both bigger and children are on the other side disorienting and, above all, bolder than anything Mood- of the globe, unable to under- diffi cult to relate to. ysson has worked on before. stand why their mother has to Nonetheless, there is no However, while this is cer- work so far away. denying Moodysson’s heart tainly a healthy change in The fi lm's multiple narra- and talent as a fi lmmaker. the director's odd career it tives and polyphony of lan- His ability to create profound is debatable whether or not guages make Mammoth feel beauty by manipulating the seemingly simple elements of music and image ensures the director’s place as one of the most intriguing European fi lm artists alive. Mammoth is full of moments of brilliance – es- pecially in its quiet scenes and Leo’s life-changing experi-

ences in Thailand. Arguably, Zürich Bischofberger, Fini Mondo, 2004. Galerie Bruno E.Cucchi, MEMFIS FILM/P-A JÖRGENSEN FILM/P-A MEMFIS the fi lm might have worked better without the numerous subplots and the attempt to 28.2.-17.5.2009 connect everything together. As it is now, Mammoth serves ENZO CUCCHI as an impressive calling card to making big-budget pro- ductions, but does not fully SANTERI TUORI: FOREST bring out the best of its gifted director. Tue, Fri-Sun 11-18, Wed-Thurs 11-20 Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola, Espoo, Tel: 09-8165 7512 Mammoth is released on 17 April Busses from Kamppi, Helsinki: 106, 110 www.emma.museum Michelle Williams and Gael García Bernal in Mammoth, out next week. 14 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 WHERE TO GO HELSINKI TIMES COMPILED BY MIISSA RANTANEN

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The group’s dance is so energetic that the audi- ence will be left holding its breath. Until Sun 17 May Enzo Cucchi The work of Enzo Cucchi, considered one of the major 17/18/20/21/22/23 Apr Italian contemporary artists, is Savoy Theatre rich in symbolic and metaphoric Kasarmikatu 46-48 allusions. Tickets €48/38/34 Espoo Museum of Modern Art Rock the Ballet, the energetic dance show from New York. Ahertajantie 5 www.savoyteatteri.fi Tue 11:00-18:00 Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €10/8/0 MUSIC ple, Aavikko and Zebra and Snake Helsinginkatu 58 THEATRE AND DANCE Until Sun 19 Apr www.emma.museum will be in charge of the programme Tickets €14-62 Markus Tuormaa Thu 9 Apr at springlike Polte Club. www.operafin.fi 3/4/16/21 Apr Hairdresser’s Until Sun 17 May Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Tavastia Club Kylián – Ek The installation Hairdresser’s in- Daughters of Sun Goddess – George Enescufirst’s first sympho- Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Sun 19 Apr A long-awaited revival of cludes conversations, memo- Japanese Feminity ny is bursting with humour, drama Tickets €10/8 From Baroque to Romanticism Mats Ek’s and Jirí Kylián’s ries, and stories that Tuormaa has The exhibition presents and lyricism. www.myspace.com/polte Anna Maria McElwain plays the memorable works. dressed into hair. the life and image of Japanese Finlandia Hall, 19:00 clavichord. Finnish National Ballet Gallery Huuto women Mannerheimintie 13 E Thu 16 Apr Sibelius Academy’s Organ Hall, Helsinginkatu 58 Uudenmaankatu 35 Sinebrychoff Art Museum Tickets €20/13/6 Lisa Nilsson (SWE) 14:00 Tickets €18-42 Tue-Fri 12:00-18:00 Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 www.hel.fi/filharmonia Nilsson's repertoire ranges from pop Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9 www.operafin.fi Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 Wed-Thu 10:00-20:00 music to soul-inflected ballads and Free entrance Free entrance Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Sat 11 Apr dance tracks to a more mature jazz feel. www.siba.fi Thu 9 Apr www.galleriahuuto.net Tickets €7.5/6/0 The Rollstons Korjaamo Culture Factory, 17:00 Susanna Leinonen Company www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi Playful and catchy indie pop music. Töölönkatu 51 Sun 19 Apr Grain & No One, Just Your Friend Until Sun 19 Apr Restaurant Belly, 22:00 Tickets €48 Patricia Kaas (FRA) By popular demand, the Company Kasper Muttonen Until Sun 24 May Uudenmaankatu 16 www.korjaamo.fi A popular French singer Patri- brings Leinonen’s solo work Grain Constructions and Realities Tensions of Space Tickets € cia Kaas mixes pop music, jazz and and another work of hers No One, In his exhibition, Muttonen deals Mohamed Bourouissa’s, Sini www.belly.fi Fri 17 Apr chanson in her music. Just Your Friend on stage again. with a thought about space as Pelkki’s, Carrie Schneider’s and Finnish Radio Symphony Finlandia Hall, 20:00 Stoa Cultural Centre of Eastern structure that shapes our lives. Sauli Sirviö’s solo exhibitions. Mon 13 to Sat 18 Apr Orchestra Mannerheimintie 13 E Helsinki, 19:00 Gallery Jangva The Finnish Museum of Photog- Rot Fest The orchestra plays works of Nor- Tickets €69/64 Turunlinnantie 1 Uudenmaankatu 4-6 raphy Folk music in Espoo. dgren, Klami and Haydn. www.hel.fi/filharmonia Tickets €15/10 Tue-Fri 11:00-19:00 Tallberginkatu 1 G Sello Hall Temppeliaukio Curch, 19:00 www.stoa.fi Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 Soittoniekanaukio 1 A Lutherinkatu 3 Mon 20 Apr Free entrance Tickets €6/4/0 Tickets €10-15 Tickets €16/10/6.50 Matti Johannes Koivu Fri 10 to Sun 12 Apr www.jangva.fi www.fmp.fi www.juurijuhla.fi www.yle.fi/rso Warm and acoustic pop folk music. Baila Baila Salsa Festival Kom Theatre, 20:00 The 5th International Salsa Festival Until Sun 19 Apr Tue 14 & Fri 17 Apr Sat 18 Apr Kapteeninkatu 26 is a fantastic 3-day event with the Marita Liulia OTHERS The Ostrobothnians The Curse of Kullervo Tickets €12 world´s most exciting salseros. Choosing My Religion Leevi Madetoja’s exceptionally This audiovisual show has been in- www.kom-teatteri.fi Sokos Hotel Vantaa Marita Liulia’s most recent multi- Sun 12 Apr happy merger of folk music spired by Kalevala’s most tragic Hertaksentie 2 media project views the major re- Jeff Dunham (USA) and operatic singing, characters. Tue 21 Apr Tickets €8-175 ligions of the world from multiple Jeff Dunham is an American ventril- underpinned by a powerfully Ateneum Hall, 15:00 Symphony Concert with Kath- www.salsafestival.fi perspectives, particularly the fe- oquist and stand-up comedian who sonorous orchestra. Kaivokatu 2 leen Battle male one. has also appeared on numerous tel- Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Tickets €8 Finland’s largest symphony or- 16/17/18/19 Apr Museum of Contemporary evision shows. Helsinginkatu 58 www.ateneum.fi chestra, with soprano soloist Kath- Alpo Aaltokoski Company Art Kiasma The Helsinki Ice Hall Tickets €14-80 leen Battle and conductor Mikko Being Is Everything Mannerheiminaukio 2 Nordenskiöldinkatu 11-13 www.operafin.fi Sat 18 & Mon 20 Apr Franck, will be giving a concert that Alpo Aaltokoski's new choreog- Tue 10:00-17:00 Tickets €59/49 Cosi fan tutte includes favourite opera arias by raphy deals with human exist- Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 www.helsinginjaahalli.fi Wed 15 Apr Mozart’s merry-go-round of love Rossini, Mozart and Puccini. ence and what is important to us Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 Aavikko, Cheese People, ranges from exuberant joy to dark Finlandia Hall, 19:00 about it. Tickets €7/5/0 Fri 17 Apr Zebra and Snake despair. Mannerheimintie 13 E Stoa Cultural Centre of Eastern www.kiasma.fi Klaus K Wine Club A Russian indie band Cheese Peo- Finnish National Opera, 19:00 Tickets €30/25/20 Helsinki The night will be dedicated toItal- www.operafin.fi Turunlinnantie 1 Until Sun 26 Apr ian wines from the winery of Le Pu- Tickets €15/10/5 Egs pille and the tasting will be guided. Tue 21 Apr www.stoa.fi The exhibition presents Ilmatar Restaurant, 19:00 Club MauMau simplified graffiti art. Bulevardi 2-4 Björkenheim, Tapio, Hytti and Sat 18 to Fri 24 Apr Napa Gallery Tickets €60/50 Heikinheimo playing live jazz. Ruutia! Dance Festival Eerikinkatu 18 www.klauskhotel.com Your ABC to NORDIC ODDITY in Helsinki ClubLiberté, 21:00 Ruutia! is a dance festival for chil- Thu-Fri 12:00-18:00 Kolmas linja 34 dren and young audiences. Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00 Fri 17 Apr Tickets €7 Cable Factory Free entrance An Evening of Syrian Music www.clubliberte.fi Tallberginkatu 1 www.napagalleria.com and Culture Tickets €10 Syrian lute (oud) master Husain Tue 21 & Wed 22 Apr www.hurjaruuth.fi Until Sun 26 Apr Sabsaby and guitarist Tarek Sal- Skaala Opera Ola Kolehmainen heya arrive in Finland to perform at A Madrigal A Building Is Not a Building this concert along with other great Skaala Opera Helsinki's latest EXHIBITIONS Architecture is the subject matter musicians. production brings together of Berlin-based photographer Ola International Cultural Center Philip Glass' rarely performed Until Sat 11 Apr Kolehmainen’s art. Caisa, 18:00 chamber work A Madrigal Juho Juutilainen Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Mikonkatu 17 C Opera and poet Lauri Holy Trail of Santiago Mannerheiminaukio 2 Free entrance Otonkoski's symphonic poem- De Compostela Tue 10:00-17:00 www.caisa.fi Cameo. The exhibition was born out Astoria Ball Room, 19:30 of the thousands of photographs Iso Roobertinkatu 14 taken during a long pilgrimage Tickets €16/11 from the French Pyrenees www.oopperaskaala.fi through northern Spain near the Atlantic coast, to Santiago Nordic Oddity is not like your ordinary city guide. It’s like Wed 22 Apr de Compostela. your best friend from Helsinki guiding you through the Deerhoof (USA) Korjaamo Gallery city. It embraces information on where to explore, enjoy Deerhoof is one of the Töölönkatu 51 and ease off - be it shopping, the extraordinary, luxuries, most renowned and Mon-Sun 11:00-17:00 influential groups in indie rock Free entrance locals or the vibrant nightlife one is after. scene. www.korjaamo.fi Tavastia Club, 20:00 Get your own copy from Tourist Information or at Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Until Sun 12 Apr www.visithelsinki.fi > Nordic Oddity. Tickets €22/20.50 Juhana Moisander Due to renovations Tourist Information operates at www.tavastiaklubi.fi Kiiras Aleksanterinkatu 20 until 4 April. Feelings of horror and strangeness Wed 22 to Sun 26 Apr are present in Moisander’s photo- April Jazz graphs and video installations. M O R E T I P S F R O M The biggest jazz-festival of Fin- Kluuvi Gallery land’s capital-city Area. Unioninkatu 28 B Espoo Cultural Centre Thu-Sat 11:00-17:00 Kaupinkalliontie 10 Sun 12:00-16:00 www.visithelsinki.fi Tickets €5-45 Free entrance www.apriljazz.fi www.taidemuseo.hel.fi HELSINKI TIMES EASTER SPECIALS 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 1515

Fri 10 to Sun 13 Apr American Car Show This time of year has traditionally OPENING played host to this vast and excit- TIMES AT EASTER: ing exhibition of vintage American vehicles. Ideal for the car enthusi- ast and the curious observer. Grocery shops: Helsinki Fair Centre, – Thursday 9 April: Fri 12:00-18:00/Sat & Sun 10:00- Open until 21:00 18:00, Mon 10:00-16:00 – Friday 10 April: Messuaukio 1 Tickets €20 on Fri/Sat/Sun, €18 Closed on Mon. Free entry for children un- – Saturday 11 April: der 12 years old when accompanied Open until 18:00 by adults. – Sunday 12 April: Closed – Monday 13 April: Closed Sat 11 Apr Seurasaari Easter Bonfires (small grocery shops are Join the trolls and witches at the allowed to be open for Festival Grounds in Seurasaari for four hours between an evening of play and bonfires. 08:00-18:00). An ideal evening out for a family with young children. Seurasaari Easter bonfire. Cantores Minores Seurasaari, 18:00 Helsinki City Free entry Transport Easter Thu 9 to Mon 13 Apr www.seurasaari.fi timetables: Easter in Suomenlinna – Friday 10 April: Easter pick: A great day out for the children Suomenlinna will be observing Finnish Easter traditions, Sunday timetables and several of the museums – Saturday 11 April: Fri 10-Mon 13 April Easter Island event at Helsinki Zoo Programme: will be opening their doors Saturday timetables after the winter. The period – Sunday 12 April: of Swedish rule is displayed The event draws attention to Guided tours daily at 13:00, Sunday timetables Good in the Ehrensvärd Museum. the plight of rainforests and trop- 14:00 and 15:00, setting out The Suomenlinna – Monday 13 April: news from ical deforestation. However, there from the entrance of the Museum offers things Sunday timetables the rainforests! are still numerous good conserva- Amazonia house. to do and stories for Late-night buses will tion projects going on in the rain- the whole family. run on all nights between The Toy Museum displays The Easter Island event at Helsinki forests, reported Ilari E. Sääksjärvi Exhibitions: Good news from the old toys from the beginning Thursday 9 April and Zoo focuses on rainforests, their bi- from Turku University as he visit- rainforests and activities for kids of the 19th century Monday 13 April. odiversity and various products re- ed the Easter Island school confer- at Karhulinna, every day from to the 1960s. ceived from them. The guided tours ence at Helsinki Zoo. 11:00-17:00. The restaurants and cafés present the conservation of golden More good news will be distrib- serve traditional Easter lion tamarin, the family life of Hya- uted at the Easter Island event Fair trade product treats, and there is an solution sudoku cinth Macaw and the tea drinking concerning the natural livelihood presentation and tasting exhibition of Easter habits of Toucans. Along the route in Madagascar, protection of Af- on Sat 11 and Sun 12 Apr, from eggs in the church 6-15 April you will see Moai, the stone head, rican violet, the production of 12:00-15:00. 11:30-16:00. www.suomenlinna.fi Sat 11 to Sun 12 Apr and Muru the young black-headed Ikat textiles in Indonesia, the cer- The Great Easter Egg Hunt gull, wishing that rainforest would tification system of tropical trees, Helsinki Zoo Fri 10 Apr The traditional annual Easter egg never face the legendary destiny of and fair trade. Kids are offered open every day 10:00-18:00. Johannes Passion hunt is a family event suitable for the Easter Island, whose ecosystem activities in their own workshop Tickets €10 for adults and Cantores Minores boys’ choir all ages. One can join the search and Lohjan kaupunginorkesteri anytime until 15:30. was destroyed by greed. at Karhulinna. €7 for kids. Bus number 11 runs orchestra. Theatre Museum, 14:00-16:00 every day from the Railway sta- Helsinki Cathedral, 18:00 Cable Factory Contacts: Zoo Educator Marjo Priha, tel.: 09 310 73 038. tion (platform 8) straight to the Unioninkatu 29 Tallberginkatu 1 G www.korkeasaari.fi zoo entrance. Tickets €35/17/10 Tickets €6/3 www.kirkkohelsinki.fi www.teatterimuseo.fi

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baked cheese, bread, and horseradish and beetroot rel- Easter holiday treats ish. Otherwise, in Britain and Ireland, Simnel cake, a light fruit cake with marzipan, is In Finland the Easter holidays are not attended by many special also eaten. On top of the cake national dishes. In fact, almost the only food that is strictly Finnish are eleven marzipan balls, representing the eleven apos- that is eaten at Easter is mämmi. tles who did not betray Jesus. Hot cross buns are another food with religious ties, the NICK BARLOW have been signifi cant – in- resenting a traditional Easter cross of course symbolising fi rmly rooted that the eggs In Finland, eggs are one HELSINKI TIMES cluding the eating of lamb. The greeting. the crucifi xion. were called “Dingeier” (eggs tradition that has been en- other big Russian import into that are “owed”). The chil- thusiastically embraced. ALTHOUGH MUCH time at Finland at this time of year is Orthodox specialities Embracing the egg dren were not slow in de- Every Easter, and for weeks Easter is spent in eating, it is Pascha or Paskha (or Pasha, In Orthodox countries, oth- Eggs are of course one of the manding what was ‘owed’ to beforehand, the shops are worth noting that not all tra- even). This is a dessert cheese er foods are commonly eaten. most obvious Easter sym- them, and thus developed the fi lled with an amazing ar- ditional victuals are the same traditionally shaped in a fl at- For example, a tradition in- bols, and the giving of them in many rhymes in France, Ger- ray of sugar-based egg-like but vary from country to topped pyramid mould, a bit volving placing certain foods Easter is a tradition through- many, Austria, and England, treats. Most of them prob- country. It is perhaps surpris- like a cheesecake, and is often into a basket, covering it with out Central and Northern Eu- wherein youngsters even to- ably don’t have much actual ing to note that in Finland not eaten with kulich, an Ortho- a cloth, and taking them to rope. The Southern European day request Easter eggs for chocolate in them, but for se- many special national dish- dox Christian Easter bread. church to be blessed is com- countries have never real- presents. In Ireland adults rious chocoholics we recom- es are eaten at Easter. In fact With Pascha, the curd from mon in Russia, Ukraine and ly embraced the whole egg get given eggs as well, ac- mend Fazer’s Mignon egg, an almost the only food that is which it is made symbolises other Eastern European lands. thing, which also explains cording to an old saying: “One egg-shell with the egg taken strictly Finnish that is eaten the purity of Christ and the These foodstuffs are known why you don’t fi nd any East- egg for the true gentleman; out and fi lled with solid choc- at Easter is mämmi (see be- Lamb through its whiteness. as breakfast foods, literally er eggs in South America. In two eggs for the gentleman; olate instead. Eating these is low). Instead, traditions from Pascha are often decorated the foods that will break the Germany the practice of giv- three eggs for the churl; four practically a religion in itself the Russian Orthodox Church with the letters X and B, rep- fast of lent, and include eggs, ing eggs to children was so eggs for the lowest churl.” around these parts.

it’s mass produced packed For the authentic Easter ex- orange peel. Boil for ten min- into cardboard cartons that perience, here’s a mämmi utes, stirring constantly. Cool You expect me to eat that? some companies have had recipe: by whisking well and pour printed to look like birch bark. mixture into moulds (alumin- Mämmi is usually served with Ingredients ium moulds work well). On- In many countries chocolate bunnies and eggs are a sure sign of sugar and cream though re- Phase 1 ly fi ll the moulds half way or Easter. In Finland chocolate sweets aren’t the only tradition: an- cently vanilla sauce is making 1.5 litres water two-thirds full, because mäm- its way to the dessert table. 250 g rye malt mi will rise in the oven. Place other crucial element is mämmi. Having a consistency of 8 dl rye fl our moulds in the lower section of thick porridge and being a Phase 2 the oven and bake at 170 de- MATTI OUVINEN dark brown colour, mämmi 2 litres water grees for about two and a half MARI KAISLANIEMI can be quite unappealing. 250 g rye malt hours. Mämmi is at its best HELSINKI TIMES Just like Finns, foreigners 8 dl rye fl our if left to chill for a few days. who have tried the special Phase 3 Serve with sugar and cream. MÄMMI is a traditional Finn- delicacy either love it or hate 1.5 dl molasses ish Easter dessert that’s ei- it. Some countries have sim- 2 tbs orange peel If you think you can’t con- ther loved or hated. While ilar dishes, like the Persian 1 ts salt sume mämmi without having some Finns wait all year un- samanu which is eaten dur- alcohol nearby, here’s a reci- til they can get a serving of ing the Persian New Year Phase 1 pe for you: mämmi, others are glad if festivities. Heat water until it boils. Mix they can make it through the It is said that mämmi was the malts and fl our into the Mämmishooter spring holiday without hav- fi rst a delicacy in the south water. Sprinkle rye fl our on – mämmi ing to touch it. western region of Finland. top and cover the pot with a – orange juice (freshly Made from rye fl our, pow- The spreading of mämmi lid. Leave in a warm place for squeezed is best) dered rye malt and water, throughout the country was one and half to two hours. – vodka or whiskey seasoned with dark molas- eased by home economics Phase 2 – cream or vanilla sauce ses, salt and dried powdered classes in schools and other Add boiling water to pot. Mix orange peel, mämmi truly cooking classes. in the rest of the malts and Put the mämmi into a sauce- has a taste of its own. Making Although the appearance fl our. Again sprinkle rye fl our pan. Add orange juice to make mämmi at home takes days, of mämmi can make even on top and cover with a lid it runny. Heat it slowly at a low fi rst you have to make the a strong stomach turn, it's and leave in a warm place for temperature, do NOT boil it. mixture and bake it in an oven worth a try if you have the a few hours. Add vodka or whisky to taste. for hours, then chill the mäm- chance. Put a dollop into a Phase 3 Whisk cream or vanilla sauce mi for three to fi ve days. bowl, cover it with a generous Now your mämmi should be to make loose foam. Place the Traditionally mämmi was helping of sugar and cream the consistency of runny por- mixture into shot glasses and served from baskets made and add it to the list of crazy ridge. Add fl our if necessary. top with a layer of cream or from birch bark, nowadays things Finns do. Add the molasses, salt and foamed vanilla sauce. Enjoy! HELSINKI TIMES EAT & DRINK 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 1717

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MARI KASURINEN and individualism, and was and hours about Star Wars. To Finnish artist Mari Kasurinen’s Hollywood- very interested in the whole make a long story short, I love inspired transformations of My Little Pony customisation phenomenon; the original trilogy,” she says. how you can get anything This is good news, but hopeful- figures have drawn international attention. done just for you. I had a great ly she'll steer clear of the more urge to modify, to transform recent heretical characters? something.” “Ha ha! I think I'm too scared This desire to change the ba- to make a My Little Jar Jar. nal into the special is easily un- It would cause huge riots all derstandable in today’s world around the world because eve- of identikit everything. As indi- ryone would desperately want viduals, we are unique, but we to have it! For what reasons, I easily align ourselves with cer- dare not think.” tain groups, fashions or styles; and pop culture is perhaps the International attention primary way in which we do Kasurinen says that she pre- this. As a child, we all wanted fers to take icons from her the same toys as our friends. childhood as subjects. “Mov- But why do My Little Ponys fi t ies, cartoons and comics nat- the bill so well? “First I tried urally dominate my work,” Barbie, Action Man, He-Man, she says. The average price for tin soldiers, plastic animals, one of Kasurinen’s ponies is but they didn't work. Then I re- around 300 euros, depending membered the My Little Pony, on complexity, and each piece which my Batman fi gure used takes from six to fi fteen hours to ride around on in my child- to complete. She currently has hood. It was pink and perfect! over twenty commissions and My Little Ponys are so plain; a few art exhibitions on the some plastic and fake hair. way. They didn't have a gender and With a good idea comes the fact that I could transform fame however, and Kasurin- a human character into pony en is busy spending hours form was really exciting.” each day answering emails My Little Slave Princess Leia My Little Elvis Presley Clearly, when it comes to from websites, magazines and art, androgyny can be benefi - newspapers since her work cial. Kasurinen continues, “It was featured on digg.com a few NICK BARLOW unique or unexpected. Even when I fi rst saw Mari Kasuri- idea, as you'll see from the pic- didn't set any boundaries. I months ago. “To be well known HELSINKI TIMES better is when you see an ob- nen’s iconoclastic My Little Po- tures above. was free to explore pop icons is quite necessary when you try ject that was once something ny makeovers. Taking the well the way I wanted to: how they to support yourself as an artist. THE BEST ART is often sub- you considered grotesque, al- known toy for young girls and Transforming are born? What kind of feel- I don't mind at all if people re- versive, the kind of work that tered to represent something turning the fi gurines into pas- popular culture ings do they cause in us? What member me as ‘the pony art- takes the ordinary or banal and worthy of acclamation, or even tiches of famous Hollywood Kasurinen was born in Mikke- kinds of features are needed ist’. My other works, which are transforms it into something desire. Such was the feeling characters was an inspired li, lives and works in Lahti, to be recognised? What makes mostly paintings and art graph- and explains her infl uences as Batman, Batman? When does ics, get attention too.” Both The coming from her childhood. “I the border between human Guardian and The Sun news- loved drawing ponies and He- and animal start to fade?” papers in the UK have ran sto- PERSONALISED Man characters as a kid,” she Clearly, in the case of My Little ries on her, and even Lucasfi lm told me, “and I wanted to be Chewbacca it’s not certain that have been in touch, requesting HAND-CRAFTED GEMSTONE an artist from an early age. it fades at all. Mind you, Chew- an interview for the offi cial Star Me ending up doing this kind ie is not alone – Kasurinen has Wars website. It is hard work, of art was the sum of many faithfully represented many of says Kasurinen, but she enjoys JEWELLERY things. I have always been in- the major Star Wars characters it. “As long as there is enough terested in Pop Art and popu- as equine subjects. The My Lit- time to rest, I won't complain. lar culture. I was looking for tle Han Solo in Carbonite fi gure After all, this is a wonderful op- a way to express myself con- is a particularly poignant im- portunity,” she says. cerning today's materialism itation. “I could talk for hours www.marikasurinen.com

COMMENTARY Unknown rich bachelor seeks single female for good times

NICK BARLOW lorn, tears dripping into his a three-dimensional compu- HELSINKI TIMES cocktail. The tipple of choice, ter-generated representation by the way, was almost cer- of the bar, plus a timeline and THE FINNISH media is abuzz tainly not Kir Royal but rather arrows indicating the move- with rumour. The internet the nightclub’s house special- ments of all the relevant par- is awash with gossip. The ity known as Pimp My Cham- ties. From how many drinks whole nation waits with bait- pagne, as helpfully pointed were consumed to whether ed breath for evidence that out by the general manager. they washed their hands in will quash the speculation. Helsingin Sanomat seems the loo, no detail was left un- The mystery romantic who rather pleased with itself for scrutinised. The evidence for splashed out 20,000 euros its unintended part in the this wizardry was culled from on a full page ad in Sunday’s drama. According to the pa- eyewitness reports obtained Helsingin Sanomat a week per, ‘netizens’ are ‘fascinat- by the fi nest methods of in- ago has acquired the air of a ed’. Conjectures have been vestigative journalism. debonair mysterious Casa- splashed about with gay aban- Over the last couple of nova; judging by the cover- don on its message boards, days, offi cial opinion has in- age of this “event”, it must where some of the more con- dicated that the advertiser is have been a slow news week spiracy-minded commenta- probably a Russian business- for the tabloids. In case you’re tors believe that it’s all just a man with lots of cash. By the unsure of the situation, let me big marketing stunt by some time you read this, the truth recap. The advert in HS was telecom company, or even the may have come out, and this basically a letter to a wom- restaurant itself. Whatever likely and rather mundane ex- an of unknown providence, you want to believe, there’s planation will probably have who this unknown chap had certainly plenty of circum- turned out to be correct. Will met in a nightclub and, af- stantial evidence for you to we ever know the identity of ter an evening of unfulfi lled base your ill-informed opinion the woman? I seriously hope KAPTEENINKATU 24, 00140 HELSINKI romance and tragic wooing, on. One of our more gossip- not, for her sake. With any TEL. 09-629 252 • WWW.KULTASEPPAKULMALA.FI she left to get a kebab, and orientated rags a short time luck, in a couple of weeks we’ll the chap was abandoned, for- ago devoted several pages to have forgotten all about it. HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 1919

Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English-language broadcasting on Finnish television. thursday 9.4. friday 10.4.SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

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09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:40 The Young and the Rest- 09:05 Road to Avonlea 23:05 Six Feet Under (CERT15) 23:00 Secret Lives of Women A mysterious chest is found less The Avonlea witch. 10:05 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Cartoons for Children in the attic. 10:35 Emmerdale 11:05 News in English 10:50 Emmerdale 07:25 Mission Odyssey. In 11:05 News in English 11:00 Emmerdale 11:10 Peak Practice 11:15 Emmerdale Finnish. 11:10 Peak Practice Tom wants to break off all Claire’s medication has 11:40 Genesis DOC 08:05 Nanny 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine contact with Sadie. some side-effects. French documentary about 08:30 Staying Put In the way again. 13:25 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine the beginning of life. 09:05 Tinker Bell FILM 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 14:25 New Adventures of Old 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder 13:10 Suddenly Susan Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell tells The Seven Deadly Sins. Christine A hospital’s gardener was Beauty and the beast. her story. USA 2008. Finnish. 15:55 Cowboy Ballad Dream house. falsely accused of murder- 13:45 The Bold and the Beautiful 10:35 Sacred Planet FILM 17:08 Peak Practice 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful ing his wife and sent to jail, 17:05 The Bold and the Beautiful A film showing hidden beau- 21:50 Luther FILM 17:30 Emmerdale where he later escaped. 17:30 Emmerdale ty from around the world. Nar- Story of the German monk Jack hears bad news after Luther 17:08 Peak Practice 18:00 Emmerdale rated by Robert Redford. Can- Martin Luther who is dis- the fact. TV1 at 21:50 David and Claire anxiously 21:00 Without a Trace ada/Malaysia/USA 2008. gusted by the materialism 18:05 Emmerdale await their baby’s test results. Child of violence. 11:35 Last Orders FILM of the Church. Directed by Emergency room. 19:00 The Royal 22:35 Tango & Cash FILM A story of friends as they trav- Eric Till. Starring: Joseph Fi- 21:00 ER 07:00 Cartoons for Children Dr Goodwin treats a sick Two rival cops are framed el to scatter the ashes of one ennes, Alfred Molina, Peter Morris is having difficulty 07:00 Extreme baby. and must work together to who died. Directed by Fred Ustinov. Germany 2003. treating an accident victim. Ghostbusters, 07:25 Mission 21:00 Devil’s Mistress (CERT15) clear their names. Direct- Schepisi. Starring: Michael 22:30 Closer Odyssey, 07:55 Bob the Part 1/2. On the eve of Eng- ed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Caine, Tom Courtenay. Brit- The royal treatment. Builder. In Finnish. land’s civil war a girl is born. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, ain/Germany 2001. TV2 23:30 Golf SPORT 08:05 Nanny Starring: Andrea Risebor- Kurt Russell. USA 1997. 13:50 Hollywood Homicide FILM Commentary in Finnish. 08:30 Staying Put ough, John Simm. 00:30 Golf SPORT Two detectives that moon- 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 09:00 Come Dine with Me 23:20 Distant Shores light at other jobs investi- Cartoons for children in 09:30 Birth Days Part 2/12. The fresh sea air gate an up and coming rap Finnish. SUB 10:00 10 Years Younger USA energizes the family and af- SUB group. Directed by Ron Shel- 11:30 Plus belle la vie 10:30 Property Virgins fect their dreams strangely. ton. Starring: Harrison Ford. Lucas is told some 07:00 Cartoons for Children 13:00 Birth Days 07:00 Cartoons for Children USA 2003. overwhelming news. 07:00 Dora the Explorer, 13:30 Diva on a Dime 07:00 Dora the Explorer, 17:00 The Bachelor 11:55 Junk Brothers 07:25 Zorro the Animated 14:00 Changing Rooms TV2 07:35 Zorro the Animated 18:30 Finnish National Hockey Jim makes something Series. In Finnish. 14:30 Come Dine With Me Series. In Finnish. League SPORT excessively huge again. 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 15:00 Dr. Phil 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 11:15 Sturm der Liebe Finals. Commentary in Finn- 12:50 Derrick 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben Gene and Myra’s family is Cartoons for children in 12:05 112 - Sie retten dein Leben ish. Continued at 20:15. Dr Prestel is shot. The time for miracles is not still working on solving their Finnish. 13:00 Super Snoopers FILM 21:00 Around the World in 80 16:10 Schwarzwaldklinik yet over. differences. 10:30 Finding Nemo FILM Red powder from a Days FILM 17:00 Olivia 15:30 Cow and Chicken 16:05 Days of Our Lives Nemo is sheltered by an over- nuclear explosion A British inventor, a Chinese Olivia trains a cat. 15:55 Munsters 17:00 The Bachelor protective father until one gives a cop superpowers thief and a French artist have 18:00 Lonely Planet 16:25 E! Entertainment: Behind Andy has to make his choice day he is caught by fisher- as long as he doesn’t see to travel around the world in Looking at Colorado and Utah. the Scenes between two lovely women. men. Nemo’s father goes on anything red. 80 days to win a bet. Direct- 20:10 Die Kommissarin 16:55 E! Entertainment: Kimora 21:00 Lost a mission to rescue his son. Directed by Sergio ed by Frank Coraci. Starring: A student’s death. 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 23:20 Frasier USA 2003. Spoken in Finnish. Corbucci. Starring: Jackie Chan. USA/Germany/ 22:35 Eye Witness 18:05 Sturm der Liebe A pair of critics. 13:25 Vets in Practice Terence Hill, Ernest Borg- Ireland 2008. 00:00 Commissario Montalbano 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in Phila- 23:50 The Office 16:25 Floorball SPORT nine. USA 1980. 23:35 Tudors Montalbano’s rice cakes. delphia Boys and girls. Commentary in Finnish. 15:00 The Dudesons 00:45 Bad Apple (CERT15) FILM 19:30 Will & Grace 22:05 Law & Order 16:00 Munsters Undercover FBI agent at- Can Will and Grace solve A time of innocence. 16:30 E! Entertainment: E! News tempts to infiltrate a gang and YLE TEEMA their differences? JIM 22:50 Sopranos (CERT15) Weekend falls in love with his informants 20:00 Friends The FBI get serious. 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben sister while he’s at it. Directed 17:00 Undersea World of Jacques 20:30 Simpsons 15:05 Patent Bending 18:00 Sturm der Liebe by Adam Bernstein. Starring: Cousteau – Amazon DOC Marge has always dreamed Shopping carts. 19:30 Two and a Half Men Chris Noth. USA 2004. 18:30 La Famiglia Montalcino of being a ballerina. 15:35 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook 20:00 Friends Laura’s foreign boss comes 21:00 Top Chef 16:05 Xtreme Building 20:30 Simpsons to visit. 22:00 L-Word 16:35 Trigged Out The Simpsons let country- JIM 19:00 SOAP 23:05 Supernatural 17:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live! music singer Lurleen Lump- Billy makes a new friend. Sam joins other “chosen” 18:00 Banzuke kin move in with them. 10:35 Modern Marvels: Alaskan 19:30 Vertical City DOC people to confront the yel- 18:30 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook 22:00 Bones Fishing DOC Examining the Beetham low-eyed beast . Si and Dave try out food in 23:00 C.S.I. 11:30 Modern Marvels: James Tower. 00:00 Peep Show Belgium. 00:00 Madventures III (CERT15) Bond Gadgets DOC 20:30 Don’t Die Young DOC 00:35 Génesis (CERT15) 19:00 DIY Tools & Techniques Devil’s Mistress Part 1/10. In the Amazon. 12:25 Biography: Heath Ledger 21:00 Human Camera DOC 19:30 Save My Bath TV1 at 21:00 00:40 Skins DOC Stephen Wiltshire is one of SERIES ENDS. Renovating a 01:35 Katie & Peter - The Next 13:20 Lost Worlds: Jesus’ Britain’s most gifted artists. TV VIISI 1950s style bathroom. Chapter Jerusalem DOC 22:35 Brodeuses FILM 20:00 Mystery Diagnosis 14:15 Lost Worlds: The First Claire, an unmarried preg- 18:00 Home and Away Jennifer Pollitt is supposed YLE TEEMA Christians DOC nant teenager strikes up a Friendship on the rocks. to be having her very last TV VIISI 15:10 Patent Bending surprising friendship with an 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air surgery when something 10:00 Vanity Fair 15:40 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook older woman who has just 19:00 America’s Funniest Home goes wrong. 18:15 Sahara DOC 18:00 Home and Away 16:10 DIY Tools & Techniques lost her son. Directed by Videos 21:00 Lost Worlds: Pirates of the SERIES ENDS. Part 4/4. 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 16:40 Save My Bath Eléonore Faucher. Starring: 19:30 America’s Funniest Home Caribbean DOC Going home. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 17:10 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Lola Naymark, Ariane As- Videos Documentary concerning 20:00 Forsyte Saga Videos 18:00 Canadian Sportsfishing caride. France 2004. 20:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! Caribbean pirates. SERIES ENDS. Part 13/13. 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 Wasted Spaces Rachel prepares a yogurt 22:00 Ultimate Fighter Asking forgiveness. Videos 19:30 Carter Can cake. 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 21:45 Tirez sur la pianiste (Shoot 20:00 Dennis the Menace FILM 20:00 Police Interceptors 20:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating 23:55 Monster Truck Tech DOC the Pianist) FILM Dennis goes to stay with the 21:00 Gangland: Biker Wars DOC my Teenage Daughter A bar-playing pianist gets Wilson’s while his parents Examining Outlaws and the 21:00 Flashpoint tangled up with two crooks go out of town, making trou- Hell’s Angels. No one dies today. after helping his broth- ble even as he is just try- 22:00 London Ink 22:00 Alias Programmes on Yle Teema er escape them. Directed ing to help. Directed by Nick 23:00 Banzuke Will agrees to meet and new may be viewed in the original by Francois Truffaut. Star- Castle. Starring: Christo- 23:30 Banzuke information is uncovered. language(s) by changing the ring: Charles Aznavour, pher Lloyd, Joan Plowright. 00:00 Against All Odds Golf 23:00 K11 –Kommissare im Einsatz digital receiver’s settings. Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger. USA 1993. 00:55 Jimmy Kimmel Live! MTV3 at 23:30 23:30 K11–Kommissare im Einsatz France 1960. 22:00 Packed to the Rafters 01:40 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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Enchanted April FILM Stupeurs et tremblements Directed by Joel Schumacher. Wild Wild West FILM her life has no meaning and ing for competing agencies. The civilizing influence of (Fear and Trembling) FILM Starring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer The two best hired guns are she is going to die. Directed Directed by Doug Liman. Star- Italy on both male and female Story about the difficulties of Sutherland. USA 2002. hired to save President Grant by Stephen Herek. Starring: ring: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt. Londoners. Directed by Mike communicating cross-cultur- MTV3 at 22:40 Fri 17.04. from a 19th century inven- Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns. USA 2005. Newell. Starring: Miranda ally in the office. Directed by tor-villain. Directed by Barry USA 2002. Nelonen at 21:00 Sun 19.04. Richardson, Josie Lawrence. Alain Corneau. France 2003. The Bone Collector FILM Sonnenfeld. Starring: Will Nelonen at 17:25 Sat 18.04. UK 1991. YLE Teema at 21:50 Thu 16.04. Two cops are on the trail of Smith, Kevin Kline. USA 1999. Paycheck (CERT15) FILM TV1 at 23:25 Thu 16.04. a killer. Directed by Phil- MTV3 at 22:40 Sat 18.04. Beyond Borders FILM A man is on the run after his Passion Fish FILM lip Noyce. Starring: Denzel Story of two star-crossed mind is erased of the last Encrypt FILM Successful soap opera star is Washington, Angelina Jolie, Alex & Emma FILM lovers in the world’s most three years where he reverse In 2068 the Earth’s ozone caught in a car accident that Queen Latifah. USA 1999. A writer has to produce a dangerous hot spots. Directed engineered a new technol- is gone, resulting in violent leaves her bound to a wheel- Nelonen at 21:00 Fri 17.04. novel in thirty days or he’ll by Martin Campbell. Starring: ogy. Directed by John Woo. storms. To survive a group of chair. Directed by John Sayles. have to face an angry loan Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen. Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron mercenaries agree to fight Starring: Mary McDonnell, Bury My Heart at Wounded shark. Directed by Rob Reiner. USA/Germany 2003. Eckhart. USA 2003. a computer that can save or Alfre Woodard. USA 1992. Knee FILM Starring: Kate Hudson, Luke Nelonen at 21:00 Sat 18.04. SUB at 21:00 Mon 20.04. destroy the Earth’s. Directed TV1 at 22:00 Fri 17.04. Chronicling how American Wilson. USA 2003. by Oscar L. Costo. Starring: Indians were displaced as the Nelonen at 14:30 Sat 18.04. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (CERT15) The Syrian Bride FILM Grant Show, Vivian Wu, Steve Phone Booth (CERT15) FILM US expanded west. Starring: FILM A woman is about to marry a Bacic, Matthew G. Taylor, Art Stuart Shepard finds himself Adam Beach, Anna Paquin, Life or Something Like It FILM A bored husband and wife are television comedian. Directed Hindle. USA 2003. trapped in a phone booth by Colm Feore. USA 2007. A reporter interviews a home- shocked to learn that they are by Eran Riklis. Israel 2004. MTV3 at 23:30 Thu 16.04. an extortionist’s sniper rifle. TV2 at 22:05 Sat 18.04. less man who tells her that both assassins and work- Yle Teema at 21:55 Mon 20.04. 20 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

saturday 11.4. sunday 12.4.SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

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08:00 Cartoons for Children 11:30 Volvo Ocean Race 08:05 Neighbours in the Wild 07:25 Cartoons for Children 08:00 Thomas and Friends, 13:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 12:30 Last of the Summer Wine 07:25 Roofters, 07:35 Mon- 08:10 Thomas and Friends, 13:30 Everybody Loves Raymond An old trick or a bag full of ster Allergy, 08:05 Bakugan 08:25 Viva Pinata, 08:40 14:00 Everybody Loves Raymond new ones? Battle Brawlers. Powerpuff Girls, 09:05 14:40 The Black Hole FILM 13:15 A Comet’s Tale In Finnish. Pokemon, 09:30 Huntik. In A research vessel encounters 16:05 History: Charles Lindbergh 13:25 According to Jim Finnish. a missing ship commanded 17:08 Gilmore Girls 14:55 Surviving Picasso FILM 10:15 Hannah Montana by a mysterious scientist. Di- After the concert. The story of Francoise 14:40 Sinbad: Legend of the Sev- rected by Gary Nelson. Star- 18:20 Britain’s Missing Top Model Gilot, the only lover of Pa- en Seas FILM ring: Anthony Perkins, Maxi- 22:00 Lewis blo Picasso who was strong Sinbad is framed by the god- milian Schell. USA 1979. SERIES BEGINS. Part 1/12. enough to survive his cru- dess Eris for the theft of the 17:40 The Third Wheel FILM New beginnings. elty and move on with her Book of Peace and must travel A man accidentally hits a 23:35 Absolutely Fabulous life. Directed by James Ivory. to her realm to retrieve it. USA homeless man and then Starring: Anthony Hopkins, 2003. Dubbed in Finnish. can’t seem to get rid of him Natascha McElhone, Ju- 16:25 Star Wars: The Clone Wars for the rest of the night. Di- TV2 lianne Moore, Joss Ackland. Howie Do It 16:55 Top Gear rected by Jordan Brady. USA 1996. MTV3 at 18:05 18:05 Howie Do It Starring: Luke Wilson, Den- 08:00 Pikku Kakkonen 17:20 Simpsons Robin Hood and the Men in Tights SERIES BEGINS. Show sim- ise Richards. USA 2002 Cartoons for children in Inner beauty. Nelonen at 20:05 08:05 The Tribe DOC ilar to Candid Camera ex- 21:00 The Count of Monte Cristo Finnish. 21:05 Amazing Race 14:25 Los Serrano cept here the cameras are FILM 10:50 Young at Heart 22:45 Apparitions All for one. out in the open, hosted by A young man is false- 12:45 Dreamer FILM Friends. 08:30 Jamie at Home 19:00 Neighbours in the Wild Howie Mandel. ly imprisoned by his jeal- Cale Crane rescues and re- 23:40 Golf SPORT 10:30 Jeff Corwin Experience Apollo butterflies. 21:00 Survivor ous friends and when he es- habilitates an injured race Commentary in Finnish. 11:30 The Most Extreme 19:45 Midsomer Murders 22:25 Survivor capes he exacts revenge on horse. Directed by John Gat- 12:35 Dr. Phil Another body is found. 23:20 Golf SPORT them using a secret treas- ins. Starring: Dakota Fan- 13:30 Frasier 21:00 Devil’s Mistress Commentary in Finnish. ure. Based on an Alexan- ning, Kurt Russell, Elisabeth SUB Three episodes of Frasier. 22:30 The Line of Beauty dre Dumas novel. Directed Shue. USA 2005. 15:00 Crashed Ice: Praha 2009 A time for truth. by Kevin Reynolds. Starring: 16:50 Recipe for Disaster DOC 10:30 Futurama 16:30 Finnish National Hockey SUB Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce. 19:10 Elvis FILM The group celebrates Valen- League SPORT USA/Ireland/UK 2002. Chronicling the life of Elvis tine’s day. Finals. Commentary in TV2 13:00 Australian Princess 23:45 Las Vegas Presley. Directed by James 11:00 Family Guy Finnish. 14:00 E! Entertainment: How Do 00:45 Nightbreed FILM (CERT15) Sadwith. Starring: Jonathan 11:30 King of the Hill 17:30 Brainiac: Science Abuse 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen I Look A community of mutants with Rhys-Meyers, Randy Quaid, 12:25 Dog the Bounty Hunter What is the speed of smell? Cartoons for children in 15:00 Wa$ted special powers attempt to es- Rose McGowan. USA 2005. 12:50 Dog the Bounty Hunter 18:30 Greatest American Dog Finnish. 15:30 E! Entertainment: Dress cape a serial killer and red- 20:55 La figlia di Elisa 13:20 Xena: Warrior Princess SERIES ENDS. The winning 10:00 The Moomins My Nest necks with the help of a young 00:35 Comedy Inc. (CERT15) Najara has escaped from dog is decided. Cartoon in Finnish. 16:00 World’s Greenest Homes man they just met. Direct- 01:00 Sopranos (CERT15) prison. 20:05 Robin Hood: Men In Tights 16:30 V75 SPORT Ecological homes in Califor- ed by Clive Barker. Starring: 14:10 Pepper Dennis FILM Commentary in Finnish. nia and Sydney. Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby. 15:00 The Dudesons A comedic twist on the clas- 20:50 Der Alte 18:00 American Idol USA 1990. YLE TEEMA Ends at 16:30. sic story of Robin Hood. Di- 23:45 The Border 19:00 Pussycat Dolls: Girlicious 16:30 E! Entertainment: Victoria rected by Mel Brooks. Star- Acceptable risks. 20:00 Date My Ex 09:40 The Idiot Silvstedt: My Perfect Life ring: Cary Elwes, Richard First dates. JIM 10:30 Cuéntame cómo pasó 17:00 Katie & Peter – The Next Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yas- 21:00 C.S.I. Miami 11:45 The Strauss Dynasty Chapter beck. USA 1993. YLE TEEMA 22:00 Most Haunted 10:10 Hooked on Fishing 15:00 The Human Camera DOC Superstar Jordan. 00:00 Shield (CERT15) 23:00 Madventures III (CERT15) 10:40 House Hunters International 15:45 SOAP 18:00 American Idol 10:28 La Famiglia Montalcino 23:40 Stargate SG1 11:10 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook 16:10 Forsyte Saga 19:00 Make Me a Supermodel 14:10 Once Upon a Time… Rome 00:35 X Files Si and Dave try out south- SERIES ENDS. Part 13/13. 20:00 Peep Show JIM 15:50 Don’t Die Young 01:25 Spoons Indian food. Annette returns from Paris. Mark gets a job at work to Alice Roberts uses a small 11:40 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook 18:00 Mr. Smith Goes to Wash- create a presentation. 08:30 House Hunters International camera to examine her own 12:10 Parking Wars ington FILM 20:30 The Office 09:00 24 Hour Design stomach and small intes- TV VIISI 12:40 Wheel Dealer A naïve man is appointed to Dave believes that he needs 10:00 Hooked on Fishing tines. 13:10 Modern Marvels: Alumi- fill a space in the US Sen- a secretary. 11:00 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook 16:20 Memorial Sites DOC 18:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! num DOC ate and is quickly confronted 21:05 Heroes 11:30 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook Observatories on moun- 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air Taking a look at how alumi- by corruption but he doesn’t 22:00 Madventures III (CERT15) Si and Dave visit Belgium. tain tops. 19:00 America’s Funniest Home num is made and used. give up. Directed by Frank Traveling past the Iron Cur- 12:00 Wild Gourmets 17:20 Outbreak DOC Videos 14:05 World’s Deadliest Animals Capra. Starring: James Stew- tain into a radioactive zone. SERIES ENDS. Tommi and Bacteria serial killers. In 19:30 America’s Funniest Home Looking at dangerous ani- art, Jean Arthur. USA 1939 22:40 Our Lives: Other People’s Guy end up in Scotland. 1996 a hundred people died Videos mals from the Amazon. 22:40 Respect yourself DOC Breast Milk 12:30 Against All Odds in a tiny Scottish town. 21:00 One night at McCool’s 15:05 Bull Run 23:35 Il grande silenzio (The 23:20 I Sleep With Strangers SERIES BEGINS.Taking a 18:15 The History of High Fashion FILM 16:00 Canadian Sportfishing Great Silence) FILM DOC look at amazing rescues. DOC Every man has a differ- 17:00 Wasted Spaces (CERT15) 00:40 Nighty Night 13:30 Flip This House Examining last centuries ent memory of the beauti- 17:30 Carter Can A mute gunslinger faces off a 01:15 Supernatural 14:25 Ultimate Gadgets clothing. ful woman who wreaked hav- 18:00 Hidden Potential band of bounty hunters during 14:55 American Hot Rod 19:10 The Idiot oc on their lives. Directed by 18:30 Ace of Cakes a blizzard in 1899. Directed 15:55 Deadliest Catch Part 5/10. A boy tries to get Harald Zwart. Starring: Liv 19:00 Rip + Renew by Sergio Corbucci. Starring: TV VIISI 17:00 Lost Worlds: Pirates of the his share of the potatoes. Tyler, Matt Dillon. USA 2001. 19:30 Make a Move Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Caribbean DOC 20:05 Himalaya with Michael Palin 23:00 Flashpoint 20:00 Deadliest Catch Kinski. Italy/France 1967. 18:00 Biography: Clive Owen 18:00 Extreme Fishing DOC 21:00 Nature Tech: Tsunami. DOC 19:00 MXP: Most Xtreme pri- 19:00 Boy’s Weekend SERIES BEGINS. Part 1/6. Taking a look at the tsuna- mate FILM 20:00 Trouble in Paradise Palin begins his trip in Af- mi of 2004 that killed over Jack the monkey discov- 21:00 Biography: Jerry Burdos: ghanistan. 200,000 people. ers snowboarding. Direct- Lust Killer DOC 21:00 Paris 1919 DOC 22:00 Bait Car ed by Robert Vince. Star- Serial killer and necrophili- The First World War has just 23:00 Banzuke ring: Robby Benson , Devin ac that killed four women in ended. 23:30 Banzuke Douglas Drewitz, Trevor the 1960s. 22:35 La Grande Illusion (The 00:00 Most Shocking (CERT15) Wright, Ian Bagg. USA 22:00 Crime Investigation Grand Illusion) FILM 00:55 Speeders 2003. Australia Two French officers from dif- 01:25 Fifth Gear 21:00 Outrageous Fortune Greenough’s blood bath. ferent backgrounds are cap- 02:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 22:00 The Catherine Tate Show 23:05 Ultimate Fighter (CERT15) tured during World War One. The Count of Monte Cristo 02:45 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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09:05 Road to Avonlea 10:10 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Cartoons for Children 09:30 The Young and the 07:00 Cartoons for Children Foundling. 10:55 Emmerdale 07:25 Mission Odyssey. Restless 07:25 Mission Odyssey. 11:05 YLE News 11:20 Emmerdale In Finnish. 10:35 Emmerdale In Finnish. 11:10 Peak Practice 11:45 Jesus Christ Superstar 08:05 Nanny Matthew and Jimmy try 08:05 Nanny A worthy boy. FILM 08:30 Staying Put to plan a surprise at a 08:30 Staying Put 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine A film version of the musical 09:00 Teacher’s Pet FILM castle-like building. 09:00 Come Dine with Me 17:08 Peak Practice telling of the last few weeks Spot a talking dog poses as 11:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Birth Stories Yet another day in the life… of Christ’s life. Directed by a human so that he can go Chas gets secret 16 year old runaway is now 19:00 Crash: A Tale of Two Species Norman Jewison. Starring: to school with his master. instructions. in the last stages of her 23:30 I.O.U.S.A. (CERT13) Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson. Directed by Timothy Björk- 13:30 The Bold and the Beautiful pregnancy. England 1973. lund. Starring: Nathan Lane, 14:25 Alf 10:00 10 Years Younger USA 13:40 The Bold and the Beautiful Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Willie finally asks for help 10:30 Property Virgins TV2 14:05 Two and a Half Men Fleming. USA 2004. from a psychiatrist. 13:00 Birth Stories 14:30 Survivor 10:30 The Sea is Watching 14:55 Men in Trees 13:30 10 Years Younger USA 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 17:10 The Bold and the Beautiful (Umi wa miteita) FILM Let’s buy a life. Danella is 50 years old and The Bachelor Cartoons for children in 17:35 Emmerdale A prostitute in a brothel falls in 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful hasn’t been to the dentist Nelonen at 17:00 Finnish. 18:00 Emmerdale love with a disgraced samurai. 17:30 Emmerdale since she was 14. 10:00 Toy Story FILM 21:00 Life Directed by Kei Kumai. Star- 18:05 Emmerdale 14:30 Come Dine with Me A toy cowboy becomes jeal- A university psychology ex- ring: Nagiko Tohno, Hidetaka 09:30 Road to Avonlea 20:00 Private Practice 15:00 Dr. Phil ous when a new spaceman periment goes horribly wrong. Yoshioka, Misa Shimizu, Masa- Sara returns home. Cooper’s 14 year old patient 16:00 Days of Our Lives toy is brought home. Direct- 22:30 Fringe toshi Nagase. Japan 2002. 11:05 YLE News wants to decide on his own ed by John Lasseter. Dubbed 23:35 Psych 12:30 Ali FILM 11:10 Peak Practice treatment. in Finnish. USA 1995. 00:20 Survivor Biography of boxing legend, 14:05 Travels to the Edge with 21:00 Cold Case 12:00 Stars in der Manege 2008 Muhammad Ali, from his ear- Art Wolfe DOC Small steps. ly days to his days in the ring. Part 10/13. Exploring 22:35 C.S.I. New York SUB Directed by Michael Mann. Allahabad and Varanasi. 23:25 C.S.I. New York Starring: Will Smith, Jamie 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 00:30 Big Shots 07:00 Cartoons for Children Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder The good, the bad and the 07:00 Dora the Explorer, Peebles. USA 2001. Man overboard. truly ugly? 07:25 Zorro the Animated 15:50 Online Nation 17:08 Peak Practice Series. In Finnish. 16:20 Days of Our Lives 19:00 Chez Maupassant 11:15 Sturm der Liebe 17:10 La marche de l’empereur 19:30 Travels to the Edge with SUB 12:05 112 - Sie retten dein Leben (March of the Penguins) Art Wolfe DOC 12:35 Futurama FILM Part 11/13. Art Wolf goes to 07:00 Cartoons for Children 13:00 Go For It FILM Documenting the long migra- South-Georgia. 07:00 Dora the Explorer, Big Shots The Trinity Boys have to save tion by the emperor penguins. 21:00 Generation Kill (CERT15) 07:35 Zorro the Animated MTV3 at 00:30 mankind. Directed by E.B. Directed by Luc Jacquet. 22:00 In Treatment Series. In Finnish. Clucher. Starring: Terence Dubbed in Finnish by: Heikki Paul is hungry for romance 11:25 Sturm der Liebe 17:00 The Bachelor Jesus Christ Superstar Hill, Bud Spencer. USA 1983. Kinnunen. France 2005. when he goes to meet Laura. 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben SERIES CONTINUES. Brad MTV3 at 11:45 15:00 The Dudesons 21:00 Scary Movie 4 FILM Straw hat. Womack needs to find a bride. 16:30 E! Entertainment: Whose (CERT15) 12:45 World’s Greenest Homes 18:30 Finnish National Hockey 14:45 La figlia di Elisa Wedding Is It Anyway? Cindy discovers her house is TV2 15:35 Family Guy League SPORT 18:15 Schwarzwaldklinik 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben haunted by a little boy and 16:00 Munsters Finals. Commentary in Finn- 22:05 The Border 18:00 Sturm der Liebe goes on a quest to find out who 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 16:30 E! Entertainment: Sexiest ish. Continued at 20:15. On dangerous waters. 19:00 It’s Always Sunny killed him. Directed by Dav- Cartoons for children in 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben 21:00 Navy NCIS 22:50 Volleyball in Philadelphia (CERT13) id Zucker. Starring: Anna Faris, Finnish. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 22:00 Naked Parents DOC Commentary in Finnish. DOC Regina Hall. USA 2006. 10:35 Happy Days 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in Documenting a naturist family. 23:50 Third Watch 19:30 Two and a Half Men 23:00 Frasier Mrs Fonzarelli. Philadelphia (CERT13) 00:20 South Park (CERT15) 20:00 My Name is Earl Frasier meets a woman that 11:00 Kylie Kwong: My China 19:30 Two and a Half Men 00:50 South Park (CERT15) Randy and Earl chase reminds everyone of his 11:30 Animal Hospital Meri is cruel. YLE TEEMA after Frank. mother. The clinic treats a 20:00 Friends 20:30 Simpsons 23:30 Lost (CERT15) drowned fox. 20:30 Simpsons JIM 8:20 Tea Bart falls into love with a 12:00 Monster Garage Lisa decides to do a docu- 13:25 Versailles, Le reve d’un roi cow named Lou. 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters mentary on her family. 15:05 Patent Bending DOC 21:00 Munich FILM JIM Christmas night. 21:00 O.C. SERIES ENDS. The good, 15:00 Paris je t’aime The world watched in 1972 21:35 FIFA World Cup SPORT 22:00 Gossip Girls the bad and the useless. (Paris, I love you) FILM as 11 Israeli athletes were 09:40 Modern Marvels: James Commentary in Finnish. Ex’s secret files. 15:35 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook Through the neighbourhoods murdered at the Olympic Bond Gadgets DOC 00:20 Comedy Inc. (CERT13) 23:00 I Love New York 16:05 Cool Tools of Paris love is explored. Di- games. Directed by Steven 10:35 Digging for the Truth: Building a dog house. 16:35 Hidden Potential rected by Olivier Assayas. Spielberg. Starring: Eric Ba- God’s Gold DOC 00:00 Génesis (CERT15) 17:05 Dangerous Jobs Starring: Gus Van Sant, Wal- na, Daniel Craig. USA 2005. Part 2 at 11:30 YLE TEEMA 18:00 Banzuke ter Salles, Wes Craven, Tom 00:00 Our Lives: Other People’s 12:25 Loose Change 18:30 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook Tykwer. France 2006. Breast Milk DOC Part 2 at 13:40. 16:30 La Famiglia Montalcino TV VIISI Si and Dave go to Morocco. 17:00 B for Babylon 01:00 Spoons 15:05 Patent Bending Part 14/20. The families 19:00 Don’t Sweat It 19:00 Cuéntame cómo pasó 01:30 Nighty Night 15:35 Extreme Fishing nerves are on edge. 18:00 Home and Away 19:30 Make a Move 22:05 Kilometre Zero Fishing in South Africa. 19:00 Chez Maupassant Colleen is in danger of be- Any Wynn Pastor helps a 23:30 Vertical City 2 DOC 16:30 Pressure Cook Mrs Hussan values tradition. coming homeless. build a compost. Beetham Tower. TV VIISI 17:00 Boy’s Weekend 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 20:00 Re-Inventors 17:30 DIY to the Rescue 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 20:30 How It’s Made 18:00 Home and Away 18:00 Banzuke Videos 21:00 Jurassic Fight Club: Hunt- 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 18:30 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook 19:30 America’s Funniest Home er Becomes Hunt DOC 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:00 Cool Tools Videos Paleontologists discover a Videos 19:30 Hidden Potential 20:00 X-Weighted wide selection of bones in 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 20:00 Most Daring Rescues Amy is 30 years old and her Colorado of dinosaurs that Videos 21:00 Killer on the Run (CERT15) weight is putting her life died at the same time, indi- 20:00 Airline DOC at risk. cating a great battle. A drunk man tries to book In Leeds, Great Britain, the po- 21:00 Packed to the Rafters 22:30 Manhunters: Fugitive Task a flight. lice are chasing after a killer. Chris and Carbo’s relation- Force (CERT15) 20:30 De unge mødre 22:30 Speeders ship is beginning to unveil. 23:00 Dangerous Jobs 21:00 Intervention DOC 23:00 Dangerous Jobs 22:00 The Catherine Tate Show 00:00 Investigative Report: Kilometre Zero 22:00 Secret Lives of Women 00:00Biography: Jerry Burdos: 22:30 Friday Night Project Murderor Free DOC YLETeema at 22:05 The O.C. 23:00 X-Weighted Lust Killer DOC SUB at 21:00 23:00 Moonlighting 01:00 Naked and Funny

Naturally, the YLE channels have Occasionally TV schedules are these days just to have a race to be a bit careful with their sports completely dominated by sports involving one car finishing first. programming. They’re a public programming. Last weekend OK, that does happen, but after Going company, after all, and can’t MTV3 and MTV MAX showed that you get weeks or months of provide endless re-runs of famous a lot of Formula 1. On Saturday legal wrangling about safety cars, round in circles 1970s ice-hockey matches all you could watch some kind of illegal overtaking and the size of NICK BARLOW day, otherwise all the non-blokes four wheel action non-stop from Lewis Hamilton’s codpiece, result- in Finland would switch off 8.55 am to 11.20 pm (except ing in a completely disorientating There’s one sector of the populace pronto. So, apart from occasional when a torrential downpour viewing experience, especially who have received the best deal international sporting events, the stopped the race and lightning for the layperson. Not only is since digital TV was introduced. most excitement is to be found struck the commentator’s booth). the viewer confused, but the TV I’m talking about blokes, of course. elsewhere. Essentially, if you fork It was the same on Friday and commentators, who I guess know Not men, I might add, since a man out your 30-odd euros a month Sunday, except they had a couple as much about anyone about the is just anyone with meat and two for Canal+, then you’re quids in, of hours break in the middle on activity, seem totally flummoxed veg hanging between their legs; especially if you’re a football fan. those days (even God had to rest as well. The worst thing is when but that very specific sub-group Showing games from the Premier at some point). This was just an you go to a pub showing F1 – it’s which have a genetic disposition League, Bundesliga, Allsvens- insane amount, even for blokes. like having a pint on the hard towards pints of lager, kebabs and kan, Dutch Eredivisie and the FA I seriously doubt anyone could shoulder of the Helsinki-Turku birds (as opposed to fine wines, Cup, and hockey from the NHL, have watched all of that without motorway. At least in rally driving philosophy and Germaine Greer). Elitserien and Finnish league, last sinking into some whine-induced the cars actually look like cars. In The bloke’s fourth most favourite week there were about 130 hours coma and dribbling on the sofa for fact, F1 isn’t really a sport, more thing in the world is sport, which, worth of sport on the channel. It eight hours. high-tech go-karting, and about since there’s more sport on telly is for this reason that wives often as interesting to watch. Cars than you could shake a golf club at, insist men have their own TV in a F1 is the most pointless ‘sport’ going round in a circle does not is where he’s struck gold. separate annex. on TV anyway. It’s not enough great TV make. 22 9 – 22 APRIL 2009 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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+1 Thu 4/9 Fri 4/10 Sat 4/11 Sun 4/12 Mon 4/13 Tue 4/14 Wed 4/15 09:40 The Young and the Restless 07:00 Cartoons for Children +4 +16 +21 +20 +20 +11 +12 +12 Kevin and Lily meet in the 07:25 Mission Odyssey. +3 park. In Finnish. +1 +22 +20 +16 +17 +19 +21 +20 10:35 Emmerdale 08:05 Nanny +5 11:00 Emmerdale Maxwell demands better +4 +31 +31 +32 +31 +32 +33 +33 13:25 The Bold and the Beautiful grades from Brighton. +19 +15 +15 +14 +18 +20 +21 14:25 How I Met Your Mother 08:30 Staying Put Fri 4/10 14:50 Men in Trees 09:00 Come Dine with Me +26 +23 +26 +27 +27 +22 +11 17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful 09:30 Birth Stories +1 +16 +17 +19 +18 +20 +19 +15 17:30 Emmerdale 10:00 10 Years Younger USA +1 18:00 Emmerdale 13:00 Birth Stories +15 +20 +18 +20 +13 +11 +15 20:00 Cityboy DOC 13:30 10 Years Younger USA 0 The life of investment 14:00 James Martin Digs Deep +23 +23 +22 +20 +17 +14 +19 +2 banker Geraint Anderson. 14:30 Come Dine with Me 21:00 C.S.I. New York 15:00 Dr. Phil +4 +23 +25 +29 +34 +34 +39 +26 +3 Danny wonders why Cheryl A grandparent’s rights. +11 +14 +15 +12 +12 +13 +13 +12 Duncan looks so alive. 16:00 Days of Our Lives 22:35 Ax Men A miraculous recovery. +7 +29 +30 +32 +34 +37 +34 +36 Crisis. Sat 4/11 +29 +30 +32 +32 +32 +33 +32 Riddle of the Lost Romanovs 23:30 Mythbusters TV1 at 19:30 00:35 3rd Rock From the Sun +4 +16 +20 +21 +22 +19 +15 +17 +4 +18 +20 +21 +19 +16 +17 +19 09:30 Road to Avonlea SUB +14 +18 +18 +17 +17 +11 +13 There is love in the air. +5 11:05 YLE News 07:00 Cartoons for Children +6 +22 +23 +23 +24 +25 +26 +24 11:10 Peak Practice 07:00 Code Lyoko, 07:25 +6 Erica is frustrated with Zorro the Animated Series. +5 +17 +14 +12 +13 +15 +19 +12 In Finnish. +12 traveling. +17 +14 +16 +16 +17 +13 +15 14:30 Last of the Summer Wine 11:25 Sturm der Liebe +8 The town women go on their 12:15 112 - Sie retten dein Leben +15 +16 +15 +14 +13 +12 +13 annual pleasure trip. 15:30 Cow & Chicken Sun 4/12 15:05 Diagnosis: Murder A cow’s instincts. +15 +8 +12 +20 +20 +20 +15 +6 Steve becomes a stuntman. 15:55 Munsters +19 +18 +20 +19 +19 +18 +19 16:15 Neighbours in the Wild 16:25 E! Entertainment: Victoria +6 17:08 Peak Practice Silvstedt: My Perfect Life +19 +9 +12 +12 +16 +18 +15 The power of body and soul. 16:55 E! Entertainment: Keeping +6 19:00 Keeping Up Appearances Up with the Kardashians +6 +17 +16 +18 +17 +17 +16 +18 Hyacinth brings a suprise to 17:30 112 - Sie retten dein Leben +8 +34 +33 +33 +33 +34 +35 +36 her father’s picnic. 18:05 Sturm der Liebe 90s Tech 19:30 Riddle of the Lost 19:00 It’s Always Sunny in JIM at 21:00 +14 +6 +25 +25 +26 +26 +25 +25 +26 Romanovs DOC Philadelphia (CERT13) +12 22:00 I.O.U.S.A. Dennis and Dave get a new +5 +6 +7 +5 +7 +8 +5 father. 17:00 The Bachelor Mon 4/13 +2 +2 +4 +7 +8 +11 +13 19:30 Two and a Half Men 18:30 Finnish National Hockey TV2 A fight over Chester. League SPORT +2 +16 +19 +19 +19 +17 +14 +17 20:00 Friends Finals. Commentary in Finn- 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 20:30 Simpsons ish. Continues at 20:15 +5 +11 +7 +5 +6 +8 +5 +11 Cartoons for children in 21:00 Roger Dodger FILM 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy +9 +9 +13 +7 +9 +10 +11 Finnish. After breaking up with Derek’s confidence is chal- +5 +7 10:35 Happy Days his lover and boss a man lenged. +16 +19 +18 +16 +14 +15 +20 Joan wants to meet Chachi’s takes his teenaged neph- 22:00 Mad Men +11 +4 +4 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 family, but he keeps avoid- ew to town in search of sex. Family is the worst. ing it. Directed by Dylan Kidd. 23:20 Frasier +12 +7 +27 +30 +27 +27 +29 +31 +25 11:05 Mat med Niklas Starring: Campbell Scott, 23:50 Lincoln Heights +13 Part 6/12. An autumn Isabella Rosselini, Jesse Ei- +19 +17 +17 +14 +13 +16 +19 Tue 4/14 dinner. senberg, Elizabeth Berkley. +24 +23 +23 +23 +23 +15 +13 12:00 Globetrekker USA 1978. JIM 16:10 McLeod’s Daughters 23:00 C.S.I. +6 +28 +30 +30 +30 +30 +29 +32 Wild ride. A package in the mail. 15:05 Border Security +6 20:00 Mr. Bean 00:00 Angela’s Eyes 15:35 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook +5 +15 +12 +11 +10 +14 +9 20:25 Vets in Practice Daddy’s girls. 16:05 Don’t Sweat It +6 +2 +6 +9 +12 +11 +12 +15 Trude Mostue has finally 00:50 Arrested Development 16:35 Make a Move +8 decided to stay in England. 17:05 Dangerous Jobs +8 +11 +9 +13 +14 +15 +9 00:25 Football SPORT Taking a look at fire +9 TV VIISI +14 +14 +13 +13 +15 +15 +15 Commentary in Finnish. fighting. +8 +5 18:00 Banzuke +12 +17 +19 +20 +19 +20 +22 +20 18:00 Home and Away 18:30 Hairy Biker’s Cookbook YLE TEEMA +10 +10 +7 +8 +7 +6 +3 The vacation house’s con- Part 2 of Si and Dave's visit Wed 4/15 struction has begun. in Marocco. +21 +23 +22 +20 +17 +17 +19 16:30 Industrial Revelations: 18:30 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 19:00 Million Dollar Listing +3 The European Story DOC 19:00 America’s Funniest Home 19:30 Trigged Out Examining the steam engine. Videos 20:30 Fifth Gear +2 17:00 Outbreak DOC 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 21:00 Modern Marvels: 90’s Tech In 1999 an epidemic hits Videos DOC +5 Thursday 4/9 Malaysia. 21:00 Go girls DOC Taking a look at technologi- +5 19:00 The Strauss Dynasty Kevin receives a lesson in cal development in the 90s. +8 6:21 am 8:22 pm 6:05 am 8:34 pm 22:00 Six Feet Under (CERT15) pheromones. 22:00 American Hot Rod The baker’s life shatters. 22:00 Scrubs 23:00 Dangerous Jobs +5 +8 6:32 am 8:34 pm 6:00 am 8:39 pm 23:35 Yle Live: Queens of the 22:30 Scrubs 23:55 Jurassic Fight Club: Hunt- +10 Stone Age 23:00 Dark Justice er Becomes Hunted DOC 6:23 am 8:31 pm 5:40 am 8:48 pm 00:55 Naked and Funny

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Georges Hourani is a Lebanese journalist and human rights activist who lives in Järven- pää. He is currently freelancing for the Alhayat Arabic international newspaper, complet- BARBER SHOP ing a training period with the IRR-TV station and preparing to study politics at the Uni- versity of Helsinki. A traditional Barber Shop by an Englishman Good bus and train connections ally surround yourself with Kylänevantie 2, Etelä-Haaga, This white world of snow 00320 Helsinki snow, you actually get warm- www.barber.fi [email protected] WHEN THE LONG, cold winter ber was really fantastic. For It was only later that I er. What a great theory about tel.: (09) 454 3134 begins and the snow comes, me, it was an extremely ex- came to realise what a great winter, ha! most Finns' thoughts prob- citing experience. impact that night had on my To be honest, I must admit ably turn to very mundane The fi rst thing that I did life. To put it another way, that not every experience re- subjects – snow tyres for the was to make a phone call to this wonderful winter world lated to snow has been pleas- New Q&A series begins car, a white Christmas, ice my sister Jolie in Canada. The of snow will never lose its ant. I won’t forget in a hurry hockey, skiing, winter cloth- time was 9:00 in the morning grip on me. the fi rst – but not the last – ing, etc. But for a newcomer there in Montreal. Here in Fin- Just the whiteness all time I slipped and fell. It was from a warm country such as land, it was night time – well, around is enough to make you on Christmas Day, and the road Is life in Finland puzzling you? Are you confused Lebanon, the arrival of snow the nights are rather long here feel elated. But beyond that, I next to our parents’ home in by the Finnish society? Helsinki Times starts a is far from mundane. On the in winter. I told her that the fi nd that I'm experiencing so Lahti was icy and covered with new series of questions and answers. contrary, it is an experience phone call was urgent: “It is much more, I'm increasingly snow. Well, the result was that to be savoured. snowing over here, sis! Share discovering new little delights I had a rather painful back for Here are a few question examples: Welcome to the wonder- this exciting moment with and revelations. For exam- two days. My mother-in-law 1. Question: What is a Kela card? ful world of snow and fro- me!” ple, it feels as if the fresh fall gave me some helpful advice, 2. Question: Where can I go ice swimming? zen lakes called Finland! For You probably think me of snow brings soft touches of and since then, I have started me it was an amazing expe- strange, but bear in mind that love as it gently drizzles from to be more careful about how rience but I also assume that I hadn't seen snow since leav- heaven onto your head and I walk. You might call this the I 'm not the only foreigner to ing my village in the moun- face. This is truly a glorious sadder part of my snow tale. have fallen in love with this tains of Lebanon at the turn of moment, it feels so wonder- But on the bright side, the “gift from heaven”. Watching the nineties, way back in the ful! And there is something dream I have had of living in a this winter’s snowfall in Jär- last century. It feels like quite else that I've noticed about country fi lled with snow has venpää at the end of Novem- a long time ago. this curious stuff: if you re- defi nitely been fulfi lled. 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.

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