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Finland’s clean image tarnished by political funding scandal LEHTIKUVA HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA /

The latest Transparency International report shows corruption to be a worldwide phenomenon – even in Finland.

NICK BARLOW than half of those polled worldwide HELSINKI TIMES believed that the private sector us- es bribes to infl uence public policy, DESPITE Finland’s angelic reputa- laws and regulations. tion, Finns do consider their socie- Transparency International ar- ty to be affected by corruption. The gues that businesses have much to 2009 International Corruption Ba- gain from emphasising their uncor- rometer report, published by Trans- ruptability. “A reputation for uncor- parency International, claims that rupt business practice could be used traditionally non-corrupt countries advantageously by Finnish busi- are not untouched by dishonesty. nesses in the global marketplace,” The report assesses public per- said Santeri Eriksson, spokesper- ception of corruption. Although son for Transparency Finland. The popularity of summer cottage holidays is increasing. In 2008 there were 481,700 cottages in Finland. living in a country with low lev- “But a reputation can be lost in els of corruption compared with, an instant if a company's staff are for example, African and South unaware of the risks of corruption, American states, as well as many such as ambiguous contracts with Summer holiday season begins European nations, Finns consid- consultants and behaviour that bor- er domestic political parties to be ders on bribery,” he added. DAVID J. CORD travel abroad this year,” continues trepreneurs can relate to Ameri- the organisations most affected by The barometer clearly shows HELSINKI TIMES Svartström. “Europe is the chosen can workers, as they also only take dirty politics. A full 39 per cent of that corruption is not restricted to destination of 22 per cent of Finns. about two weeks off during the respondents considered this to be specifi c countries. Internationally, FOR MUCH of the Finnish popula- The other Nordic countries and the summer. the case, while parliament and the it is the poorest families who con- tion it is time to head to the cabin Baltics account for 12 and 10 per Besides travelling, the average legislature, the media and the judi- tinue to be punished by petty-bribe and dance around the maypole as cent respectively.” Finn drastically changes his con- ciary were considered the sectors demands. The worst-affected coun- Midsummer is the traditional start The main summer holiday month sumption habits during this time of least affected. tries are in Africa: in Cameroon, Li- to the summer holidays. The annual in the Nordic countries is July, while year. According to Statistics Finland On a scale of 1 being not at all cor- beria, Sierra Leone and Uganda, rite of summer is so deeply ingrained for much of Europe vacations start the purchases of berries, entertain- rupt and 5 being the most corrupt, where more than 50 per cent of re- in the Finnish consciousness that a in August. This has occasionally led ment events, T-shirts, ice cream Finnish political parties received an spondents reported paying a bribe massive recession and surging un- to government wrangling, as Finn- and cider more than double during average score of 2.9. The judiciary, in the last year. The police were iden- employment are having little effect ish bureaucrats want to take their the summer. The popularity of bar- by contrast, received a score of 1.9. tifi ed as the most common source of on summer holiday plans. holidays now while EU offi cials are beques also changes how Finns eat. Furthermore, two per cent of Finn- bribe demands. Nordea’s annual summer holiday trying to schedule meetings and Sales of pork chops and sausage ish respondents admitted to pay- The Barometer, now in its sixth survey has found that Finns are ac- conferences. skyrocket while ham and herring go ing a bribe of some kind in the past edition, draws from Gallup Inter- tually prepared to spend more than July is the overwhelming favour- virtually unsold. year. Compared with other Euro- national’s Voice of the People Sur- last summer. “The average holiday ite month for taking a holiday in For those who stay in Finland pean countries, however, the Finn- vey and other survey work. This budget has increased to 1,600 eu- Finland. According to Statistics Fin- during their holidays, they are like- ish scores were relatively low – the year’s results refl ect the responses ros compared to 1,410 last year,” land almost 37 per cent of the en- ly to fi nd the best weather during Belgians rated their judiciary 4.5 of 73,132 people in 69 countries and says Nordea Private Economist Tar- tire work force takes their holidays July. According to the Finnish Me- for corruption and in Iceland the lo- territories, gathered between Oc- ja Svartström. “Regardless of des- during July. August and June are the teorological Institute July has the cal business sector scored 4.3. Finns tober 2008 and February 2009. Re- tination Finns plan to spend more next most popular months, with 17 calmest winds, most sunshine, and are divided 50-50 on whether gov- spondents were asked about their this summer than last year.” and 13 per cent of the workforce on warmest temperatures of the year. ernment action in the fi ght against experiences of petty bribery, their Nordea’s survey determined that vacation respectively. Perhaps the only black mark against corruption is effective. perception of the pervasiveness of Finns are more likely to prefer trav- The typical summer holiday for July weather is that it there is slight- corruption in domestic institutions el inside the country this year, at a Finnish employee is four weeks. ly more rain than average. That is Mistrust of the private sector as well as their views on the integ- least for part of their holiday. About While the norm for Europeans is likely to be true for Midsummer if The fi ndings of this year’s Barome- rity of the private sector and of gov- 64 per cent will stay in Finland this about three or four weeks of sum- the meteorologists are correct: they ter showed the depth of public mis- ernment effectiveness in fi ghting year, up from 56 per cent in 2008. mer holiday, Americans make due are predicting rain over the entire trust of the private sector. More corruption. “Also, more people say that they will with only twelve days. Finnish en- country for Midsummer’s weekend. In The Spirit Of Finnish Countryside Restaurant Zetor In The Heart Of Helsinki

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Is the global crisis really about a 140-dollar barrel of oil? Chris Arsenault (IPS) talks to economist Jeff Rubin about the end of oil-fuelled globalisation.

LEHTIKUVA / SCOTT OLSON JR: The model as we know it million barrels a day of new peaked in 2007. If we meas- production, just so that we ure globalisation by the per- can [continue to] consume centage of world GDP that is what we consume today. an export or an import, 2007 will mark the peak of a past Q: Even if you are correct age. that supplies of cheap oil You are going to see less are dwindling, couldn’t and less container ships. All increased effi ciency of those containers are about make up for shortfalls in one thing: a wage arc. Mov- production? ing your factory from some- place where you pay folks 30 JR: We think that effi cien- bucks an hour to somewhere cy leads to conservation but where you pay folks 30 bucks history has shown that is not a week is great, if it’s just what happens. about wages. The average engine today But what moves those is 30 per cent more effi cient container ships is oil. At 150- than the engines produced 200 dollars per barrel, the before the OPEC oil shocks wage arc becomes pennywise [of the 1970s]. Yet, the aver- and a pound foolish because age [North American] vehicle what you save on a wage bill consumes just as much gaso- you more than spend on bun- line in the course of a year. ker fuel. Back in the 1970s, we [North Americans] used to Q: Some analysts esti- drive about 9,000 miles a mate that 25 per cent of the year, now we drive 12,000. world’s hydrocarbons are Back in the 1970s, we weren’t Motorists fill their vehicles with gas on 3 June in Chicago, Illinois. Gas prices have climbed nearly 20 cents since mid-May to an located in the Arctic and will living in the far-fl ung sub- average of 2.49 dollars a gallon. soon be open to exploitation urbs. All those gains in ef- due to global warming. fi ciency have led us to, ever IN HIS new book, Why Your paranoia." and a half million barrels per offshore deposits - that be- more effi ciently, consume World is About to Get a Whole But in 2000, Rubin cor- day over the next four or fi ve come viable to exploit? JR: The stuff in the Arctic is more and more oil. Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin argues rectly predicted that oil years. a drop in the bucket. You are that globalisation, fuelled by would top 50 dollars per bar- It’s not just about de- JR: What happened to the losing sight of what the Cam- Q: What do you think is a cheap oil, is fi nished. In the rel by 2005. And, in 2005 he pletion [of OPEC oil fi elds], world economy when oil hit bridge Energy Research As- bigger threat, peak oil or book, Rubin contends the got it right again, forecasting though depletion is playing 140 dollars? Is this deepest sociates and Exxon don’t peak water? current global recession is a prices would top 100 dollars a key role. It is also about the recession in the post-war pe- tell you about. They hold big result of expensive oil, rath- per barrel in 2007. explosive growth of oil con- riod really about the US sub- press conferences to talk JR: Peak water is a whole er than subprime mortgages sumption in OPEC countries prime mortgage market? Or about ‘oh we just discovered other ballgame. But let me in the US. Q: If Iraq’s security situa- themselves. This is the rea- is it about 140-dollar a barrel the Jack Field - 10,000 feet tell you a place where peak Frequently ranked as Can- tion improves, and its cheap son why exports have not oil? I’d argue it is about a 140- under the hurricane ravaged oil and peak water intersect: ada’s top economist, Rubin oil comes back online for ex- grown from OPEC in the last dollar barrel of oil. waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Canadian oil sands. To predicts that one barrel of port, could that stop your fi ve years; they are in ef- What blew up Jeff Rubin’s isn’t that fantastic’. produce one barrel of syn- oil will cost 225 US dollars by prediction of 225 dollars per fect cannibalising their own bonus last year? That was They don’t hold press con- thetic oil, you have to burn 2012. Other analysts consid- barrel by 2012? exports. about [subprime mortgages ferences [to announce] ‘see 1,400 cubic feet of natural er that number outlandish. in] Cleveland. But blowing up this fi eld here? It has been gas, schlep two tonnes of The conservative Nation- Jeff Rubin: Not even close. Q: If the world economy can Jeff Rubin’s bonus and blow- producing for 50 years. It’s sand [and] pollute 250 gal- al Post newspaper, where Nor would it stop the predic- function with oil at 140 dol- ing up global GDP are two about to run dry.’ lons of water. he was frequently quoted as tion that exports from OPEC lars a barrel, are there not very different gigs. Every year we lose four Just like carbon emis- an economic expert before (the Organisation of Petro- huge reserves of unconven- million barrels a day [of pro- sions, water is free. If you are leaving his job at CIBC World leum Exporting Countries), tional petroleum - oil shale Q: At what point does the duction due to depletion]. an oil sands operator and you Markets, accuses him of "an- instead of growing, are like- in Utah, heavy oil in Vene- price of oil make export-driv- Over the next fi ve years, we pollute 250 gallons of water, ti-materialism" and "Big Oil ly to fall by about one to one zuela’s Orinoco belt and deep en globalisation untenable? are going to have to fi nd 20 it is costless.

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Go sightseeing by tram!

architectural ensemble, the tradition- Service point summer timetable al cultural buildings around Rautatien- The HKL service point, located on the upper tori (Central Railway Station Square), level of the Rautatientori metro station, is open the National Opera House Ooppera from Monday to Thursday, 7.30 am to 6 pm, dur- and the Olympic Stadium, Linnanmäki ing the summer period. On Fridays, the service amusement park, Hakaniemen tori point is open 7.30 am until 5 pm, and on Satur- days, from 10 am until 3 pm. (Hakaniemi Square) and the specialist The Itäkeskus service point’s opening hours boutiques of Punavuori. are the same as in winter: Monday to Friday, At the Eläintarha stop, the tram from 10 am to 5.15 pm. changes its line letters from 3T to 3B, but you can continue your tour without Departure stop shifted for bus 08N changing trams. Once the tram com- The departure platform for the late night bus pletes its fi gure-of-eight loop it will 08N, running from Rautatientori to Lauttasaari, change back into the 3T, and you will has been changed. The bus now departs in the have returned to your point of depar- direction of Lauttasaari from platform 2, in front ture, Kauppatori (Market Square). of the Central Railway Station, and no longer from its previous Mikonkatu stop.

Tourist Tickets Helsinki Pride will force The tour route is also an ordinary pub- diversions in the city centre lic transport connection, so the cost of The Helsinki Pride Parade will wind its way the tour is no more than the price of an through the city centre on 27 June between 1 ordinary tram ticket. During the sum- pm and 2 pm. Demonstrating on behalf equal- mer, the number 3 trams run at inter- ity for sexual minorities, around 2,000 peo- ple are expected to take part. The parade will vals of 8 – 10 minutes, and the whole run from Senaatintori (Senate Square) down loop from Kauppatori and back again Aleksanterinkatu and Mannerheimintie before takes roughly an hour. ending up in Hakasalmi Park. Some trams nor- For tourists spending time in Helsin- mally running through the city centre will run on The number 3 tram lines are a the brochure to take into account the ki, it’s worthwhile purchasing either a diversion routes between 12.45 am and 1.30 pm. fantastic and economical way of changes to the 3B/T route which were one-day, three-day or fi ve-day Tourist Tram lines 3T and 4 will run in both directions independently getting to know made in the spring. Ticket, which will allow you to hop on between Senaatintori and Mannerheimintie Helsinki’s main sights. Pick up or off the number 3 tram whenever you along the following diversion route: Manner- a handy guide in the form of the Depart from Kauppatori feel like exploring a particular part of heimintie/Simonkatu - Kaivokatu - Kaisanie- The information provided in the bro- the route on foot, before catching an- menkatu - Liisankatu - Snellmaninkatu - Alek- HKL ”Helsinki sightseeing by santerinkatu. Tram lines 7A and 7B will run along chure is easiest to follow when you be- other tram and continuing your jour- tram” brochure. Kaisaniemenkatu and Kaivokatu, avoiding the gin your city tour from the Kauppatori ney later. Information about the various Kruununhaka leg of their normal route. (Market Square) stop, and take the tram ticket types and prices can be founded A number of tram lines, in addition to bus The trams 3B and 3T traverse the 3T, headed in the direction of Kamppi on the HKL website: www.hkl.fi /tick- lines 15A, 18, 21V, 55A, 65A and 66A will see se- city centre in a fi gure-of-eight loop and Töölö. In the guide, tram stops are ets. vere delays due to the Parade. Bus lines 24 and which happens to feature quite a large numbered starting from Kauppatori, and The ”Sightseeing by tram” brochure 42 will run in the direction of Erottaja along Man- number of Helsinki’s most noteworthy each stop number is accompanied by a is available at the HKL service points in nerheimintie, following the route of tram tracks sights. The ”Sightseeing by tram” bro- succinct description of all of the sights, Rautatientori or Itäkeskus, or from the between Pohjoisesplanadi and Arkadiankatu. chure has been a favourite with tourists buildings, parks and squares nearby. city tourist offi ce near Kauppatori (Mar- Restricted timetables in Helsinki for years now, but now Hel- Featured on the route is the Se- ket Square), situated at the address from late June to early August sinki City Transport (HKL) has updated naatintori (Senate Square) neoclassical Pohjoisesplanadi 19. Many Helsinki bus lines will run restricted time- tables during the quieter mid-summer period from 29 June until 2 August. Over the same pe- Midsummer transport riod, the metro will run at rush hour intervals of fi ve minutes, instead of the current four min- On Midsummer Eve, Friday 19 June, public transport in Helsinki will run accord- utes. ing to Saturday timetables. The traditional Midsummer bonfi re will be held on For the metro, and for those buses which are the open-air museum island of Seurasaari, reachable with the bus 24. Additional affected by the change, there are two timetables buses will be transferred to this route from 4 pm through to late in the evening. The in the HKL summer timetable booklet. One ap- fi nal departure from Erottaja will be at 1.10 am, and from Seurasaari at 1.35 am. plies to this brief mid-summer period, and the other to early and late summer. Bus lines 67X, From 3 pm until late Midsummer Eve, the bus 24 to Seurasaari will run the follow- 68X, 71V and 81B will not run at all during the ing diversion route: Paciuksenkatu − Meilahdentie − Tamminiementie − Seurasaari mid-summer period from 29 June through to 2 terminal stop. August.

On Midsummer Day, Saturday 20 June, Helsinki’s public transport will begin running Find out more online at 11 am, with the exception of the Suomenlinna ferry, which will begin at its usual Helsinki will play host to numerous public events time earlier in the morning. The fi rst Midsummer Day departures of buses, trams during the summer, and this will force some di- and the metro can be found by route number on the HKL website www.hkl.fi . version routes for public transport in the city centre. Track and street repair work will also On Midsummer Day, public transport will run according to Sunday timetables. continue to affect many tram routes. Informa- Night buses will run in the late night and early morning following both Midsummer tion about these exceptions, diversions and de- Eve and Midsummer Day. lays can be found at www.hkl.fi /english. ”Traffi c exceptions”, on the front page, will give you the The HKL service points are closed on both Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day. most up-to-date information on sudden chang- By calling Travel Information on 0100 111, you will receive personal travel advice es, while by clicking on the ”News” tab you will on all days during the Midsummer period, from 9 am through to 5 pm. fi nd information on planned diversion routes. Additional information is available at www.hkl.fi 4 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 DOMESTIC NEWS HELSINKI TIMES

citizenship applications has to afford it. Some asylum The income levels depend on grown in tandem with higher seekers are poor and desper- the size of the family and de- Boom time for immigration. Last year 6,700 ate and the costs of legal aid pend also on housing expens- people received Finnish cit- may be beyond their reach. es. I always do the necessary izenship, almost an all-time Streng explains that in some paperwork on behalf of a cli- immigration lawyers high. cases people can receive help ent for the Public Legal Aid Streng suggests newcom- from the state to pay for their Offi ce, which is the authority ers should get legal assist- legal costs. with the power to grant free ance early in the immigration “It depends on two things, trials.” High numbers of immigrants and long waiting times are causing a surge process before a problem de- on income and on the nature Legislation for immi- in demand for immigration lawyers. velops. “The best situation of the case,” Streng says. “For gration is a complex issue is when a client calls me be- example, if there is a nega- and regulations frequently fore a problem occurs, so tive decision that can be ap- change. Streng believes that LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN that I can give a consultation pealed to an administrative the proper way to approach how to proceed,” he explains. court and the person has low these challenges is to act be- “For example, by preparing a income, then a completely fore a snag develops. “The good residence permit appli- free or partly free trial can be best way is to contact a law- cation an immigrant might applied. Also, in certain crim- yer before problems occur,” avoid an unnecessary appeal inal and child custody cas- Streng sums up. “But even if process.” es, a free or partly free trial something has gone wrong, it Unfortunately many peo- can be applied, as can also be is always worth giving a call ple neglect to get a lawyer’s done in other civil law cases. and asking a legal opinion.” advice until after they have a diffi culty, he points out. “Most of the time I get a case when an immigrant has re-

ceived a negative decision, RIITTA SKYTT whether concerning a resi- dence permit, asylum or de- portation. Then I write an appeal letter to an adminis- trative court and try to win the case there.”

Financial aid available Prices for legal services typ- ically vary depending upon the diffi culty of the case, but The people most likely to need legal assistance are least likely to be able to afford it. as with all expert assistance Joonia Streng specialises in immigration-related legal affairs. are unlikely to be cheap. Juri- DAVID J. CORD The Finnish Bar Associ- clients from all continents, dix mentions that a trial case HELSINKI TIMES ation lists 41 members who from our neighbouring coun- may cost 122 euros an hour, Useful links practice law in immigration tries like Russia and Estonia including VAT. The costs for IMMIGRATION to Finland issues. At least one fi rm, Juri- to the most distant places,” a simple consultation in their Finnish Bar Association www.asianajajaliitto.fi has increased steadily since dix, cites legal assistance for he says. “Even once in a while offi ce could start at 24 euros. 2003. Last year over 29,000 migrants and asylum seekers EU citizens need legal assist- On Streng’s website, he esti- Finnish Immigration Service www.migri.fi people moved to Finland, as its main specialty. ance in immigration issues.” mates the cost for residence the highest amount since in- Streng deals with a vari- permits or asylum appeals at Juridix Law Office www.juridix.fi dependence. With the ev- Increasing demand ety of immigration matters, between 550 euros and 1000 er-increasing number of Lawyer Joonia Streng is see- such as problems with resi- euros. Ministry of Justice information on legal aid www.oikeus.fi immigrants there is a grow- ing an increasing demand for dence permits, deportations, The people most likely to ing need for lawyers special- his services as an immigra- applications for asylum and need immigration assistance Streng Law Office www.strenglaki.fi ising in immigration affairs. tion lawyer. “Literally, I have citizenship. The number of are the least likely to be able

of imprisonment is typical- tually be able to go back kidnapping victims are often Kidnapper received multimillion ly easier to bear if there is a home, this goes a long way able to resume their every- group of abductees, and they to keeping her grounded and day lives fairly soon after the ransom for elevator mogul’s daughter are kept together during the calm. ordeal. Recovery times vary ordeal. According to Palonen, from person to person. “In those situations, the A corporate lawyer and former municipal Social Democratic Party victims almost start to work in shifts. When one member candidate carefully planned and carried out the abduction of the of the group begins to de- daughter of a wealthy Finnish businessman. spair, someone else is work- ing to maintain morale and a sense of optimism.” STT in an apartment in Turku, discovered less than 24 hours Palonen explains that the MATTHEW PARRY – HT which contained a sound- later, in the early hours of greater the physical danger SAKKI PEKKA / LEHTIKUVA proof area specifi cally built Saturday morning, in a forest to hostages, and the stronger THE 26-YEAR-OLD daughter of for the kidnapping. in nearby Vahto. Nurminen their sense of helplessness, Hanna Nurminen, a member Interior Minister Anne Holm- was in good physical condi- the more diffi cult the hos- of the Herlin industrial dy- lund (Nat. Coalition) has tion when she was found. She tage situation tends to be for nasty which owns the eleva- stated that a ransom of 8-10 had not been violently mis- the victims. tor manufacturer Kone, was million euros was paid to the treated, though she did fi nd If the victim is able to im- abducted from her home in kidnapper, but police report the experience traumatic. agine that she has options, the central-Helsinki district that a large part of this sum and that she can affect the of Töölö on 27 May. It is un- has been recovered. Police Group abduction situation or kidnapper in derstood that the kidnapper, investigation reveals that Tu- “easier” some way, the ordeal is made 44-year-old Juha Turunen, runen received the ransom Abduction can be an espe- much more bearable. tricked his way into Minna money himself, transport- cially distressing experi- “This is a lot better than Nurminen’s apartment by ed it by bike to a Turku park- ence if the victim is forced to a feeling of not being able to posing as a courier or Finnish ing garage, and was fi lmed by spend time alone at the kid- do anything at all to affect 44-year-old Turku corporate lawyer Juha Turunen has confessed Post employee. a surveillance camera in the napper’s mercy. matters.” to taking Minna Nurminen hostage. He appeared at a remand Turunen held Nurminen process. According to psychologist If the victim is able to sus- hearing in Helsinki District Court on 16 June, and did not chal- hostage for over two weeks The young woman was Kirsti Palonen, the feeling tain hope that she will even- lenge his continued incarceration. HELSINKI TIMES DOMESTIC NEWS 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 55

study Finnish usually start to use and read materials in COLUMNCOLUMN common Finnish as soon as Plain and simple their Finnish skills are strong Finland’s Wallin land announced 16 June enough.” that Father Teemu Sippo People who belong to names Marcus has been chosen as the new Plain Finnish helps Finns and foreigners understand the language. more than one of the above Rantala new bishop of Helsinki. groups have a distinct need political state Once he has been conse- for plain language. These can crated Sippo, 62, will be the be people such as the disa- secretary fi rst Finnish born Catholic bled elderly or immigrants Stefan Wallin, chair of the bishop in 500 years. with dysphasia. Given the di- Swedish People’s Party and The previous Catholic versity of Selkokeskus’ tar- Finland’s culture and sports bishop of Helsinki, Josef get audience, Kara admits minister, proposed 16 June Wrobel, was appointed to that reaching them can be that the government should another position last sum- tricky. appoint Marcus Rantala, 31, mer. STT “Selkokeskus has sev- as the political state secre- eral target audiences and tary at his ministry start- reaching all of them can be ing in July. SAK’s Tukianen challenging sometimes, es- The previous political accuses Finnish pecially because some of our state secretary at the educa- Centre party reader groups [do] not read tion ministry, Carl Haglund, newspapers actively or fol- was recently elected into secretary of lying low media. On the other the European Parliament as Matti Tukiainen, head of hand, during all these years the Swedish People’s Party member services at the Selkokeskus has found bet- representative. Central Organisation ter ways to build networks Rantala hails from of Finnish Trade Unions and reach target audiences. Vaasa and has previous- (SAK), on 16 June accused We also co-operate with pro- ly served as special advis- the Centre’s party secre- Selkouutiset (Plain-Language News) has been in operation for almost two decades now. fessionals in the fi eld, serv- er to the Swedish People’s tary, Jarmo Korhonen, of ice providers, organisations, Party’s ministers in the lying. MARI KAISLANIEMI bers ranging from 200,000 such as immigrants. Kara es- businesses and public au- defence, environment and When disclosing his ALI HAIDER HELSINKI TIMES to 350,000 people. The need timates that around a third thorities” affi rms Kara. education ministries in party’s campaign funding for plain Finnish varies be- of selkokieli readers are im- 2002-2007. He is current- on 15 June Korhonen said tween age groups. Of all chil- migrants, however this de- ly chief executive and prin- the entrepreneurs who had PLAIN FINNISH, or selkokie- dren and youths, four to eight pends on the material in cipal of the Solvalla Sports generously supported the li, is similar to plain English. per cent need plain language. question. An example of standard Institute in Espoo. STT Centre Party ahead of the It’s a style of language that Among people of working age But can plain Finn- Finnish restructured and last parliamentary elec- omits fancy words and con- the need is between four and ish encourage dependen- simplified into selkokieli: tions were motivated to do centrates on clarity. The vo- six per cent, and amongst cy amongst immigrants for Finland’s Porvoo so by SAK’s infamous tele- cabulary is common and people aged 65 or older, ten whom such services would Standard: district court to vision advert featuring Oi- ”Jos henkilö kokee tulleen- well-known and avoids long to twenty per cent need plain best be used as a mere step- travel to Rwanda va Lohtander in the role of words while sentences are language. ping stone towards reading sa uhatuksi tai häirityk- a greedy capitalist. kept short with simple gram- Groups of people who standard Finnish? Kara is si, uhkaajalle voidaan hakea in September According to Tukiain- matical structure. Plain lan- need and use plain Finn- confi dent that this need not lähestymiskieltoa.” The Porvoo district court en this claim cannot be guage is logical and concrete. ish include people with var- be the case. “In Selkokeskus (Source: Jos joudut rikoksen in southern Finland an- accurate, as the advertise- In comparison to regu- ious disabilities, the elderly, we don’t believe that this is uhriksi booklet published by nounced on 16 June it would ment was fi rst released on lar Finnish, plain Finnish people with dyslexia as well a problem. According to our the Ministry of Justice, reg- start the main hearings in 26 February 2007 and the has a more understandable as people learning Finnish, experience immigrants who ular version) its Rwandan genocide case entrepreneurs in question and readable content, vo- in early September. met with Matti Vanhanen, cabulary and grammar. Hen- In selkokieli: During a preliminary the Centre Party chair and na Kara, planning offi cer at Plain news regularly ”Jos joku häiritsee hearing on Tuesday the Finnish prime minister, al- The Plain Language Centre, elämääsi toistuvasti prosecution called for a ready one month before in Selkokeskus, asserts that The term “plain Finnish” came into use during the early 1980s tai uhkailee sinua, life sentence for a 58-year- January. STT “the purpose of selkokieli is and the first books written in plain Finnish were also pub- voit hakea hänelle old Rwandan man charged to help everyone who has dif- lished around that time. Nowadays the Ministry of Educa- lähestymiskieltoa.” with genocide. The second- fi culties in reading and/or tion assists in publishing eight to twelve books in plain Finn- (Source: Jos joudut rikoksen ary charge is for 15 counts Parliament votes understanding the common ish each year. uhriksi booklet published by of murder. to move Finnish the Ministry of Justice, sel- language.” The former Baptist pas- medicines agency Operating since 2000, Plain Language News, or Selkouutiset, was first released in kokieli version) tor came to Finland as a Selkokeskus was established 1990. This bi-weekly newspaper is written completely in plain refugee in 2003. He denies to Kuopio to promote plain language Finnish and can be read in print or online. The paper is pub- Useful links: all the charges. The Finnish Parliament culture and produce infor- lished by the Plain Language Centre and the Finnish Associa- Plain Language Cen- The court is to travel to voted 16 June to move the mation about various topics tion on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD). tre: http://papunet.net/ Rwanda in mid Septem- Helsinki-based Nation- in plain Finnish. The Centre The newspaper also receives funding from Finland’s Slot Ma- selkokeskus ber if the country grants al Agency for Medicines to has various tasks such as chine Association, which is more commonly known as RAY. Plain Finnish website: ht- Finland’s request for ju- Kuopio, eastern Finland. publishing newspapers, ed- tp://papunet.net/selko dicial assistance. Most of The controversial de- iting internet pages and car- YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, also started offering Plain Language News: the prosecution’s witness- cision was reached with rying out projects of tuition, news in plain Finnish from the early 1990s. Their target audi- www.digipaper.fi/selko- es are in jail in Rwanda and a solid 125 vote majority education and information. ence is immigrants in Finland as well as descendants of Finns uutiset cannot travel to Finland to for the move and 51 votes living abroad, who are keen on keeping up their knowledge of YLE’s news in plain Finnish: give testimony. STT against it. The transfer of Making life easier Finnish. YLE broadcasts selkokieli news several times a day on www.yle.fi/selko the agency, scheduled to The number of people in Fin- different radio channels which can also be listened to online List of websites that are in be completed in 2014, has land that use plain Finnish or ordered as a podcast. plain Finnish: www.selko.fi Finnish Catholic triggered the resignation is hard to tell, with the num- church names of its director-general, a Teemu Sippo next staff walkout and a row between the ruling Centre dividuals committed at least meals. A lack of glycogen bishop of Helsinki and National Coalition par- Low blood sugar linked one new violent crime during leads to a drop in blood sug- The Catholic church in Fin- ties. STT the follow-up period. ar, which can result in symp- to drunken violence “Usually, the new violent toms such as irritability, crimes happened within two agitation or fatigue. years of offenders being re- Virkkunen suggests that Finnish study sheds new light on the links leased from prison and who appropriate medical treat- between alcoholism and violence. have developed problems ment could reduce the re-oc- with alcohol,” says Professor currence of impulsive violent LOUISA GAIRN who are under the infl uence. Matti Virkkunen. behaviour. “Substances that HELSINKI TIMES Despite this, the direct link The results of their study increase glycogen formation between intoxication and vi- found that these repeat of- and decrease the risk of hy- FINNISH researchers may olence cannot be established fenders had signifi cantly re- poglycemia might be poten- have discovered a medical because only a minority of al- duced levels of glycogen in tial treatments,” he states. means of preventing alcohol- coholics become aggressive their livers, which research- Virkkunen emphasises related violence. or violent when drunk. ers say suggests that peo- that regular eating habits It is widely believed that Researchers at the Uni- ple with reduce glycogen are are important in regulating alcoholism and drunken- versity of Helsinki and Hel- more likely to commit violent glycogen levels, and that al- ness increase the levels of sinki University Hospital crimes when drunk. cohol- and behavioural-re- violence and violent crime. studied a cohort of 49 impul- Glycogen is produced by habilitation programmes Statistics show that 80 per sively violent male offenders the liver as a way of storing remain key factors in the cent of violent crime in Fin- during a forensic psychiatric excess glucose, providing en- prevention of alcohol-related land is committed by people examination. Of these, 17 in- ergy for the body between violence. 6 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 FROM THE FINNISH PRESS HELSINKI TIMES TRANSLATIONS BY MICHAEL NAGLER LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA TALOUSSANOMAT 13 June. ANTTI KARJALAINEN seeing anything similar dur- ing the 20 years that I’ve been A night on the town needn’t in the business,’ Vartiainen says to Taloussanomat. break the bank In places, the delay in de- mand, meaning the delaying of hotel reservations to the Tourists are benefitting from cheaper hotel last minute, has driven ho- prices during this recession, reports the on- tels to compete against each other. According to Vartiain- line financial newspaper Taloussanomat. en the situation in Spain is particularly tough. “HOLIDAY travellers are hav- to the drop in demand. E-24 magazine reports that ing a fi eld day. Worldwide, He estimates that this HostelBookers, an online hos- the economic slump and the summer an overnight stay at tel and budget accommoda- resulting drop in tourism a hotel will cost 20 to 30 per tion booking website, has sold have pushed hotel fares to cent less than last year. ‘Pric- suites in the Spanish Mediter- the bottom. At best an inde- es are now at the same lev- ranean coast for only a few pendent traveller can get in- el that they were about two cents. The sales campaign end- to a hotel for just a few cents. months ago. I don’t remember ed at the beginning of June.” Now the best bargains are to be found especially in Spain and the US. Double room prices per night, one-week trip, euros The uncertain economic Many cows are kept indoors, where they never see any sunlight. situation has caused many 2-3 star hotel 4 star hotel to delay their summer trips HELSINGIN SANOMAT 14 June. JUSSI KONTTINEN to the last minute. According Barcelona 38 to Mikko Vartiainen, chief Dubrovnik 86 161 executive offi cer of online London 48 98 Finnish cows live mostly indoors travel agency E-Ticket, ho- New York 49 117 tel prices are exceptionally Tallinn 32 49 cheap at this time of year due Tenerife 25 53 More and more of Finland’s 900,000 cows spend their whole lives indoors, reports the national daily Helsingin Sanomat. KESKIPOHJANMAA 14 June. SUOMENMAA 12 June. JUHANI OJALEHTO

“BASED on statistics by Pro- and beef cattle of the larger this is the continuing growth Agria, an agricultural expert farms are kept in cowsheds. in farm size. On average, a Youth problems Two’s a organisation in Finland, 82 Only 43 per cent of dairy Finnish cattle farm has only per cent of dairy farms still cows graze on grass as 26 cows, but most of the milk increasingly common crowd put their cattle out to pasture their primary fodder in the comes from bigger farms. in the summer. However, the summer. Once the number of cows Finland is a nation quantity and quality of graz- Since 1992 the consump- reaches over 60, grazing be- Nearly 20 per cent of youths have problems ing has declined drastically. tion of grassland has fallen by comes more diffi cult. One cow of solitary hobbyists, More often than not, the 50 per cent. Now the share of and its calf would need about during their adolescence, reports the animals seen grazing are dairy grassland in cows’ diet is two half a hectare of grassland. Kokkola-based daily Keskipohjanmaa. reports Suomenmaa, cows from smaller farms and thirds smaller than before. Few farms have enough land the official newspaper young cattle. The dairy cows The biggest reason for near the barn.” “ADOLESCENCE is a time of larly pay attention to young of the Centre Party. great changes, and puber- people’s moods,’ advises ty does not always go by Tatjana Pajamäki-Alasara, “NEARLY all Finnish youths without problems. During the Mannerheim League for practice a hobby in their free their adolescence about one Child Welfare’s phone hel- time. Nine out of ten youths in fi ve youths experience pline and web service de- have some kind of hobby, but symptoms which either im- signer. ‘Something is not many practice their hobbies pede their ability to function right if an adolescent is alone. More than six out of or prevent their develop- not doing as well in every- ten practice something which ment, such as severe depres- day life, at school and with is usually done alone, as is re- sion, anxiety or heavy use of his friends as he used to. A vealed in a recent study on intoxicants. healthy adolescent also has leisure and free time by the ‘Parents should particu- plans for the future.’” Ministry of Education.”

KAUPPALEHTI 12 June. Lidl compromises on checkouts

The company will also accept credit card payments, reports the financial paper Kauppalehti.

“GERMAN retail giant Lidl Lidl Suomi Ky and Luot- cards which have already will lengthen its checkout tokunta have agreed to co- been used at Lidl’s stores. counters in order to meet operate. Lidl will accept Visa Offi cially, credit cards will Finnish standards. In addi- and Mastercard credit cards be in use starting on Monday tion, the company will also at all of its stores as a means 15 June. However, technically allow customers to pay by of payment, in addition to you can already pay by credit credit card. bank cards and Visa Electron card at Lidl.” LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO

Lidl's checkout counters are due for a change in the near future. HELSINKI TIMES INTERNATIONAL NEWS 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 77 Over half of Russians favour EU membership Ukraine’s slight tilt towards the EU. It is no secret that re- of the political isolation of Attitudes towards the EU and Europeans are largely positive amongst Europe is well documented. lations between the EU and the former and the latter’s Yet only two percentage Russia have been strained, at geographical and cultural de- citizens of the largest former Soviet Republics. points below the Ukraine is least at the offi cial level, over tachment from Europe. Russia, with 56 per cent of re- a range of practical and val- One of thorniest issues spondents saying they want- ue-based issues. affl icting the states of the ed their country to join the Less unexpected is that former Soviet Union, and an EU. In addition to Russia not the majority of Georgians ongoing concern for the Eu- being a candidate for mem- favour EU membership, ropean Union, is the question bership, it is also realistical- though it would be interest- of political legitimacy and ly precluded from accession ing to know whether the re- democratic process. Across for a variety of intractable sults would have been any all fi ve states, well over 30 historic, social, political and different had the poll been per cent of respondents geographic reasons. In light conducted prior to last Au- agreed to varying degrees of this and the resurgence of gust’s Russian invasion. If with the commonly-held Eu- popular nationalism on the anything, it is somewhat ropean perception that de- back of a new-found econom- surprising that EU member- mocracy does not exist in ic prosperity – that has only ship is less popular amongst their country, with Russians recently fi zzled in the global Georgians than amongst and Ukrainians most like- downturn – it is worth ex- Russians. Belarusian and Ka- ly to doubt the democratic LEHTIKUVA / AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV ploring the reasons behind zakh indifference towards credentials of their political the desire of Russians to join EU membership is refl ective system.

Do you want your country to join the European Union? The Russian public’s attitude towards the EU is generally positive with 56 per cent hoping for Rus- 70 % sian membership.

60% 58% Online Research, reveal some is the picture that emerged. 56% interesting, if not wholly un- Overall, respondents had gen- 53% PROFI ONLINE RESEARCH ONLINE PROFI expected, fi ndings regarding erally positive perceptions 50% the perceptions people of the of Europeans, with relatively 42% former Soviet Union have of few opting to negatively char- 40% 38% the EU and Europeans. acterise Europeans. 36% 32% The poll, which took in Perhaps more interesting 30% 30% 15,000 respondents from were attitudes towards pos- 27% 27% 24% Russia, the Ukraine, Kaza- sible membership of the EU. 22% 20% 20% khstan, Belarus and Geor- Given the Ukraine’s almost 20% 15% ALI HAIDER gia, asked participants to list 50-50 split between being HELSINKI TIMES yes the characteristics they felt pro-Russia and pro-Europe, 10% typifi ed Europeans. ‘Friendly it comes as little surprise no

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

Unhappy The construction industry has its back against the wall, according to newly released figures. anniversary industries in the fi rst four months of this year, up 40 Corporate per cent from a year ago. THIS WEEK brings an important anniversary. Nine years ago we were given a lesson in investing that is not easi- Oulu thrives, ly forgotten. Since those who fail to learn from the past Tampere hurts are doomed to repeat it, as the saying goes, it could be bankruptcies soar The statistics show some helpful to revisit what happened that summer. fairly signifi cant region- al differences. The Helsin- ON 20 JUNE 2000, Nokia’s share price reached €65. By The number of company bankruptcies is up dramatically, ki metropolitan area had a any measure the appreciation over the previous cou- but this is still much lower than the early-1990s peak. smaller-than-average in- ple of years had been remarkable. The average price crease of 22 per cent. Turku in 1996, adjusted for later splits and a new currency, also did relatively better than was only €2 per share. Many long-time investors and average, with approximately executives in the company became millionaires. Times DAVID J. CORD 17 per cent. The Bank of Fin- ably below its long-term av- 20 per cent more bankrupt- were rosy. HELSINKI TIMES land, Finland’s central bank, erage. According to the Bank cies than a year ago. Tech- is expecting GDP to fall 5 per of Finland, the amount of new heavy Oulu actually enjoyed THE MAIN reason for the massive jump in the stock THE ONGOING recession is cent for the entire year, while buildings being constructed a quarter fewer bankruptcies price was the enormous growth Nokia was experienc- taking its toll on Finnish unemployment will increase is down around 30 per cent. than last year, while in unfor- ing. In 1996, the company only earned €0.11 per share businesses. According to new to 10 per cent this year and to Construction companies are tunate Tampere the number and by 2000, it was earning €0.84. Nokia was like an information released by Sta- over 11 per cent in 2010. reporting a drop in sales of of insolvent companies more ice cream vendor in the Sahara: everyone wanted tistics Finland, the number of Every industry saw an about 17 per cent. than doubled. some. The technology boom was on. corporate bankruptcies rose increase in insolvent com- The situation may go from The majority of the affect- 31 per cent during the fi rst panies with the exception of bad to worse. Senior Econ- ed companies were small but WHILE the increase in price was amazing, the valua- four months of this year com- agriculture. There were 13 omist Penna Urrila of the appear to be larger than in tion was disturbing. Nokia’s earnings had increased pared to 2008. bankrupt companies in the Confederation of Finnish 2008. Last year, the average some 600 per cent in four years, but its share price had From January to April farming, forestry and fi sh- Industries explained that bankrupt fi rm employed four increased about 3,000 per cent. This was “irration- last year, 892 companies de- eries category, the same as order books were thin in the people, while this year the av- al exuberance,” as Alan Greenspan termed it. Nokia’s clared bankruptcy. This year, last year. 40 employees were construction sector and a erage number of staff is 4.3. price-earnings ratio peaked at over 100, which theo- the number of bankruptcies affected. major workforce decrease Over the past six years the retically meant an investor would have to wait a centu- during the same time period The biggest loser during is expected in the coming average number of bankrupt- ry before he even recouped his investment at current was 1,164. The amount of af- the period covered was the months. cies has been 2,400 annually. earnings, much less made any profi t. fected employees rose from construction industry, which The manufacturing, min- If the current trend contin- 3,585 to 5,017. had 284 fi rms go bankrupt. ing and energy category ues, about 3,500 companies ON 20 JUNE 2000, more than 4,000 people and institu- The construction industry saw the largest percentage could be liquidated in 2009. tions bought Nokia at around €65 per share. What were Construction had enjoyed a long boom in increase in bankruptcies. Ex- This is still far fewer bank- they thinking - what companies battered recent years and the cur- ports have plummeted and ruptcies than during the cri- could possibly justify The entire economy is suf- rent downturn is hitting the many commodity prices have sis of the early 1990s. The Anyone who says such a price? We had fering. Gross domestic prod- building industry quite hard. fallen, putting extreme pres- worst year was 1992. In that markets are always moved from the realm uct (GDP) was down 7.6 per The construction confi - sure on corporations in this year, 5 per cent of all com- rational is himself of investment into cent during the fi rst quarter dence indicator has remained sector. 145 companies de- panies, totalling over 7,300 speculation. Everyone and industrial output is off under -50 this year, consider- clared insolvency in these fi rms, became insolvent. irrational. realised Nokia was not worth that price, but there was a hope that someone would come along later verses itself. Companies will a single temporary vacan- and pay even more. Unfortunately for those 4,000 peo- Recession hits temporary often fi rst take on temporary cy, and applicants looking ple, that didn’t happen. Nine years later, Nokia is priced labour, and only later move to for summer work have been at about €12 per share. work agencies make working relationships especially eager. However, permanent. workpower has no intention TODAY Nokia’s earnings are a quarter more than they But now the economy is of signing up large amounts of were nine years ago. Dividends are 40 per cent higher, As demand for temporary labour falls, agen- in recession, and temporary reserve labour in anticipation while equity is up 60 per cent. Yet Nokia’s share price cies are moving to self-regulate in the face of agencies face a tough market. of greater future demand. is just a fraction of what it once was. Anyone who says criticism over workers’ rights. “At the same time as oth- “In this industry, we real- markets are always rational is himself irrational. ers are striving to get rid of ly need to just operate with employees, we are trying to the market, and respond to HINDSIGHT is only perfect if one bothers to look back. JOHAN JAAKKOLA – STT study, which was carried out hire them out to companies,” its immediate and short-term It is easy to point out speculative bubbles of the past MATTHEW PARRY – HT by Promenade Research at notes Merru Tuliara, HPL’s needs. We do hear of oth- but it is more diffi cult to identify them in the present. the behest of the Private Em- managing director. er agencies just accumulat- Nokia is just an easy example because everyone in Fin- THE AMOUNT of work availa- ployment Agencies Associa- ing names for their register, land is so familiar with the story. A similar column ble for temporary employees tion (HPL). Recession boosts though,” Pajala commented. could have been written on the real estate boom of the is down a quarter this year on Temporary agency em- labour supply Temping agencies have early 2000s or even the tulip mania of the 1600s. last, fi gures from a new study ployees are particularly vul- For temporary worker agen- faced criticism in the past reveal. Temporary workers nerable to fl uctuations in the cies, the economic down- for failing to guarantee the THERE is nothing wrong with speculation, but it is nec- are putting in an average of business cycle. In lean eco- turn is refl ected in a clear rights of their workers. The essary to defi ne it as it is. When one pays an outrageous 18 hours a week, which is six nomic times, the fi rst instinct increase in the number of industry is attempting to price for an asset, one is gambling. Mistaking gambling hours less than the weekly of companies is to cut unnec- people applying for tempo- meet these objections in the for investing is like confusing water and vodka. Both average for 2008. essary costs, including sur- rary work. According to Anja future by instituting a certi- may be clear, but one will refresh you while the other The future looks just as plus labour. Agency workers, Pajala, head of industry and fi cation regime for agencies will give you a horrible hangover. The hangover from grim. Today, little over a third typically hired to help meet construction at Workpower, hiring out labour. the year 2000 is still being felt by some shareholders. of temporary workers be- increased demand during an there has been a fi ve- to ten- To get the seal of approv- lieve that they will be able to economic upswing, are the fold increase in the number al, agencies would be re- secure a permanent position fi rst to be let go when the cy- of applicants seeking work quired to sign up to binding [email protected] in the fi eld in which they are cle heads downwards again. through her agency. regulations, including those temping. Over 4,600 tempo- When the economy is Pajala will often receive regarding payment of taxes rary workers took part in the growing, the situation re- dozens of applications for and pension contributions. HELSINKI TIMES BUSINESS BUSINESS BUSINESS 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 99 HELSINKI Business Hub

those other companies in which they were interested.

Green dialogue A special portion of Invest Tech involved environmen- tally sustainable coopera- tion between Helsinki and Beijing. “The main goals were to enhance the co-operation between Helsinki and Bei- jing companies, to share the experience and exchanging views on business,” explains Ann Zhang of Greater Hel- sinki Promotion. “It also pro- vides a good opportunity for Clean Tech and New Energy to learn from each other.” The Beijing delegation par- ticipated in the main Spin- verse-organised Invest Tech event and then went to the environment seminar. “This seminar aims to promote bi- lateral business co-operation between Finnish and Chinese Invest Tech companies in the Clean Tech www.invest-tech.net sector,” says Zhang. “In gen- eral, our seminar went very Invest Tech welcomes Focus areas of well. Companies from both Invest Tech 2009 Finland and Beijing, China are • Information and communi- satisfi ed with it, especially cation technologies the matchmaking part.” • Energy and environment Five green Chinese com- Chinese delegation • Pulp, paper and packaging panies explained their busi- • Metals and machinery nesses during the seminar. • Healthcare and well-being These included companies The annual Invest Tech event included a special focus on co-operation • New materials and nano- specialising in clean energy, technology recycling and environmen- with China in green technology this year. tal clean-up. In addition to the private sector, fi ve peo- DAVID J. CORD technology venture capital Nottingham University Busi- ergy, environment, materials and Israel were invited. ple from the Beijing Invest- HELSINKI TIMES market as well as the state’s ness School. and nanotechnology. The best Matchmaking between ment Promotion Bureau were role in venture funding and time for investors to join the investors and companies was present. A number of these LAST WEEK dozens of peo- incubation are discussed and Steady innovation growth of these companies one of the main highlights offi cials demonstrated their ple from around the globe analysed. “The diffi cult economic sit- is now. Never before have we of the conference. A special work in investment and sus- descended on Espoo for In- The 9 – 10 June event fea- uation hasn’t stopped in- had such a wide spectrum of matchmaking website was tainable development. vest Tech Finland 2009. The tured luminary speakers novation and the need for actors around the same table established to allow compa- The Invest Tech Finland unique event brings together such as Monty Widenius of investments is now strong- to build the success to come nies and investors to view 2009 event, organised by the best young Finnish tech- MySQL and Risto Siilasmaa er than ever,” says Spinverse after recession.” each other’s profi le before Spinverse, was made possi- nology companies, venture of F-Secure. Panelists and CEO Pekka Koponen in a re- Many domestic and in- the event. The profi les in- ble through the cooperation capitalists, public funding or- speakers also included fi g- lease. “In Finland there is ternational investors were clude the business idea, mar- of a wide consortium of pub- ganisations and academics. ures from public institutions a large base for promising present to see about fi fty pres- ket potential, competition lic sector partners including Invest Tech covers the lat- and academia such as Mikko technology companies, in ad- entations of some of the best and customer base. After the Ministry of Employment est topics in the high tech in- Alkio of the Ministry of Em- dition to already well-known Finnish technology compa- viewing the profi les, partici- and the Economy, Greater dustry with a special focus ployment and the Economy ICT and well-being sectors, nies. Investors from the Nordic pants were able to schedule Helsinki Promotion and Aal- on funding. Trends in the and Mike Wright from the especially in the areas of en- countries, the UK, Switzerland face-to-face meetings with to University.

“As knowledge socie- so many companies from Ko- Greater Helsinki Promotion Tekes plays host to ties, Finland and South Ko- rea and Finland at the event,” we want to provide opportu- rea have a lot in common and says Eero Silvennoinen of nities for strengthening re- a lot to gain through mutual Tekes. “I understood from search and development and Finnish Funding Korean companies partnering,” Laurila contin- Mr. Moon that there were business co-operation be- Agency for Technology ued. Also, the fact that there even more companies willing tween Korea and Finland.” and Innovation Tekes www.tekes.fi DAVID J. CORD velopment in Finland, but it is a long-term and large- to come to Finland from Ko- He also points out that HELSINKI TIMES also plays other roles. One of scale support from the gov- rea, but they had to restrict Korean participants can get its most important is acting ernment agencies Tekes and the number of companies. I access to European projects Korea Institute for the IT IS DIFFICULT, if not impos- as a business matchmaker. KIAT enables new joint R&D am not aware of the results through Finnish companies Advancement of sible, for a company to go it Last week Tekes partnered projects and co-operation of the one-to-one meetings, and institutions, so the event Technology alone in a domestic market. with their Korean counter- between Finnish and Kore- but it was good that so many acted as a gateway to the en- www.kiat.kr In today’s global economy, part KIAT to host a meeting an companies and research were arranged.” tire European market for the a fi rm may have custom- between Korean and Finnish institutes.” Silvennoinen opened the Korean fi rms. ers, suppliers and partners companies. Several dozen Finnish and innovation session with a talk spread across several con- “Despite the economic Korean companies took part. on Tekes’s role in global co- tinents. A pressing task for downturn this matchmak- They varied in size from the operation. “International co- businesspeople is to fi nd ing event was a great suc- smallest start-ups to giant operation is very important these partners. Luckily, help cess in terms of the number multinationals. The event for Tekes programmes and Did you know … is at hand. and quality of participants was broken into three ses- research and development The Finnish Funding from Korea and from Finland sions, one for innovation, and innovation projects,” he Finnair off ers direct fl ights to Bei- Agency for Technology and as well,” says Tatu Laurila one for business and then a explains. “In co-operation jing seven days-a-week and to Seoul Innovation (Tekes) is the of Greater Helsinki Promo- third for meetings between with other organisations like main public funding organ- tion who gave the welcoming companies. Finpro, the Finnish Science four days-a-week. isation for research and de- address. “It was very good to see Park Association TEKEL and

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DOUG MURRAY the occasional bright-yellow HELSINKI TIMES dump truck emblazoned with Life goes on in Chernobyl radioactive symbols. Dennis IT LOOKS like a baby monitor warns us not to breathe when but the beeping device that they pass by. The dust could tour guide Dennis Zaburin A visit to the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is as fascinating as it is disturbing, be hazardous to our health. clutches in his hand detects reports Doug Murray for Helsinki Times. It’s at the main square radiation. The digits on the where I really feel Pripy- dosimeter’s display change at’s emptiness. Dennis tells rapidly, indicating rising and us we’re free to explore the falling danger. Other than city’s skeletons: a grocery the beeps, our footsteps are store fi lled with overturned the only sounds we hear – carts and moldy signs; a hotel multiplied as they echo off MURRAY DOUG waiting for guests that will the abandoned buildings that never come; disconnected surround us. phone booths; empty swim- Dennis knows where it’s ming pools; and overgrown “safe” as well as the spots to paths that snake past fad- avoid. But I have my doubts. I ed signs that celebrate the am, after all, at the site of the achievements of a country world’s worst nuclear acci- that has ceased to exist. dent: Chernobyl, Ukraine. Books, chairs and even More than 20 years radiators are scattered about after the atomic genie was – the fl otsam and jetsam of So- released from the bottle, the viet life in the 1980s. A child’s invisible danger in this mod- ballet shoe here, a trumpet ern ghost town remains. case there. A strip of old fi lm, Dennis tells me not to worry perhaps touting the bright fu- but I can see the readout on ture of this atomic city? his dosimeter. It reads 1800. Only a few hours earlier he THE CHILDREN of Pripyat told me that 50 is normal. must have been bursting with What am I doing here? Just 100 metres from Reactor 4, the Monument to the Liquidators commemorates the many thousands who died as a result of the cleanup. excitement in the days before the disaster. A new amuse- ON 26 APRIL 1986, Reactor ment park was scheduled to Number Four at Chernobyl, tre exclusion area that sur- smile. Perhaps he doesn’t like ture before us reminds us of age of Reactor Number Four. open on 1 May 1986 in honour in what was then the Sovi- rounds the power plant. his job? the human toll. Built as a temporary meas- of May Day. It never did. et Union, blew up. For some Just after nine on a sunny Inside a large room lined ure, it is the only thing stand- Instead of children’s reason I’ve always been fas- Wednesday morning I board with maps and photographs A FEW MILES along a desert- ing between tons of loose laughter, this amusement cinated by the tragic event. a tour bus in central Kiev, of the disaster, Dennis gives ed road, partially completed radioactive material and the park is silent, a sad remind- I’ve read the books, seen the along with fi ve Swedes and a us a short lecture about what cooling towers and idle con- outside world. As I stand be- er of shattered dreams and movies and played the game Norwegian. happened and what to expect struction cranes welcome us fore the giant tomb, Dennis the lives ripped apart. The on the tour. to the reactor complex. We explains that it is in dire need large, decaying Ferris wheel drive past stagnant cooling of replacement. If it were to has become a tragic symbol It may seem a macabre place to visit, but THE TOUR begins at what ponds and a decaying net- collapse, clouds of radioac- of the disaster. A few steps Dennis calls the “vehicle mu- work of electrical-transmis- tive dust would be released away I spot a rotting stuffed is Chernobyl any different from the sites seum”. It’s nothing more than sion infrastructure before into the air, creating another toy hanging in the smashed of past tragedies, like Auschwitz or New a few military vehicles scat- reaching the heart of the dis- nuclear disaster. window of a ticket booth, as York’s Ground Zero? tered about a fi eld of grass aster: Reactor number 4, an if caught in mid-escape. that is in desperate need of enormous and enormously THE FINAL portion of our It feels like the set of a zom- mowing. Dennis waves his frightening building. tour is of Pripyat, the power bie movie, but Pripyat is not (yes, there is actually a vid- We pass through a series dosimeter a few inches from Nearby is another poign- plant’s support city that once dead. It is renewing itself. Just eo game set in Chernobyl). I of military checkpoints be- a tank – the numbers leap. ant tribute, the Monument to had a population of about as nature is slowly returning, think this fascination comes fore arriving at the town of Even though I know how the Liquidators. In the weeks, 50,000. Today the fi gure is evident in the grass that now from how man’s quest to con- Chernobyl. While the power dangerous radiation is, it’s months and years that fol- zero. grows between the cracks in trol nature backfi red and station is referred to as Cher- easy to forget about the risk lowed the explosion, 100,000 Back in 1986, offi cials told the plaza or the shrubs and how nature is slowly reclaim- nobyl, it is actually located in because it’s invisible. But the troops and 400,000 experts residents that the evacuation trees that have found root in ing a city where thousands Pripyat, a model Soviet town signs and the beeping of the and civilians worked to sta- was temporary and that they the contaminated soil, so too once worked, raised families founded in 1970 to support dosimeter keep reminding bilise the complex and clean need only bring a few days’ are people slowly returning to and called it home. the nuclear complex. me. up the radioactive mess. worth of clothes. As a result, the area, albeit in the form of At the time of the acci- We stop at a bland gov- Most of the time our group They became known as “the most people left everything visitors like me. dent four reactors were in ernment building and head is quite boisterous – making liquidators”, and their work behind, unaware that they It may be thousands of operation and two more were inside. This is where I fi rst comments, asking questions, may have saved countless would never return. years before this area is safe under construction. It was meet Dennis Zabarin, our taking pictures. But at the millions. But they paid a high Pripyat was a modern city enough for human habita- during a systems test in the young but serious govern- Monument to the Firemen we price: many became ill and before the disaster. Today, it tion. Until then, the site of early hours of that spring ment tour guide. The 27-year- become subdued. Until this many died. is a crumbling shell, a surreal mankind’s worst nuclear dis- day that things went terribly old is dressed in blue jeans, point we’ve only seen objects The Sarcophagus, a hast- place where empty roads are aster may become one of the wrong. camo jacket and a Formu- that were affected by the dis- ily constructed containment lined with streetlamps that world’s most chilling tourist Technicians tried to stop la 1 baseball cap. He doesn’t aster. The large blue sculp- structure, covers the wreck- never light. The only traffi c is attractions. the test and rein in the re- actor but it was already out of control. It overheated, re- sulting in a massive blast. While it wasn’t a nuclear ex- plosion, the reactor blew MURRAY DOUG MURRAY DOUG apart, shooting radioactive debris more than a mile into the sky. In the days after the ex- plosion, winds carried radio- active fallout across most of Europe and eventually more than 300,000 people were forced to relocate. Tour guide Dennis Zaburin constantly monitors radiation levels It may seem a macabre near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Here he shows place to visit, but is Chernob- a reading of 481 microroentgens per hour, nearly ten times the yl any different from the sites “normal” reading. of past tragedies, like Ausch- witz or New York’s Ground Zero? It, too, has become hal- Officially, fewer than 100 people died in the initial disaster. lowed ground where people But poor record-keeping, combined with the long-term nature come to witness history and of radiation poisoning, make it impossible to determine exact- to remember. ly how many have died or predict how many more will.

CHERNOBYL lies about 130 Finland suffered heavy contamination after winds carried ra- km north-west of Ukraine’s dioactivity northwest from Chernobyl. Radiation levels of 100 capital Kiev. It is an atom- times normal were recorded. In 2007, the Finnish Food Safe- ic bull’s-eye in the middle of ty Authority warned that some fish and mushrooms from the the menacingly named Zone These bumper cars were part of a new amusement park scheduled to open on 1 May 1986 in Vammala area still contained significant contamination. of Alienation, a 30-kilome- Pripyat. It never did. HELSINKI TIMES FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 1111

THE NEW YORK TIMES 12 June. other symbols of his priest- hood. ‘They are accusing me of a crime,’ he said of the church officials during the In Finland, a man of campaign. ‘I think it is an honour to do what I do.’ Father Repo’s populari- politics, without his cloth ty soon had Finland’s politi- LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI cal parties beating a path to his door. First was the Centre Party of the Prime Minister, Matti Vanhanen, soon fol- lowed by fi ve other parties. In the end, he chose the left- leaning Social Democrats. ‘I recognised myself in the Sinikka Hurskainen (Social Democratic Party) is now in her themes of their programme,’ sixth term as a Member of Parliament. She is also part of the he said. Finnish delegation to the Council of Europe. This spring she For Father Repo, the hard- travelled the country as a candidate in the European parlia- est part of all this has been mentary elections. the demand that he stop working as a priest. ‘I heard from my parents that already at fi ve I wanted to be a priest,’ What can 32 euros he said with a laugh. ‘I imitat- ed my father.’ Father Repo buy you? was the ninth of 13 children. ‘At seven I’d decided I’d be- FINLAND entered into holy matrimony with the Euro- Mitro Repo, celebrating his election victory with his family at his summer cottage in Kirkkonummi. come an archbishop,’ he said pean Union in 1995. We could even go so far as to call it with a deep chuckle. a love match, since Finland is part and parcel of Europe. “BY CONVENTIONAL lights, As a Social Democrat, he was ic ticket as one of Finland’s Recalling Orthodoxy’s It is a union that could also be compared to a marriage, the Rev. Mitro Repo’s can- bucking the political tides 13 deputies in the 376-seat Slavic roots, he added: ‘The albeit one in which money talks. On calculating how didacy for the European sweeping Europe after the Parliament. It was a bit- Eastern Orthodox world has much Finland is paying out and how much she is get- Parliament never should fi nancial crisis. tersweet victory in one re- much to give Western Europe ting in return, we certainly seem to be winning, even have succeeded. As a Finn- But last Sunday, Father spect: along the way, the — its sincerity, its emotion- though it isn’t really possible to put a price on every- ish Orthodox priest, he was Repo, 50, the son and grand- bishops of the church for- al way.’ thing that brings us some benefi t. bucking his superiors, who son of priests, was elected bade him to conduct reli- He added: ‘The soul of Fy- have strict rules about the as an independent candi- gious services or wear the odor Dostoyevsky is some- THE OPENING of EU borders, the single currency, a mixing of politics and piety. date on the Social Democrat- robe, pectoral cross or any thing we need in Europe.’” common monetary policy and a common European se- curity strategy have laid a fi rm foundation for a strong alliance that satisfi es all parties. The nature of the Eu- ropean Union as a project for peace and stability has SCANASIA 8 June. with extendable ladders, ish Government’s soft credit also caused a tremendous enlargement in geographi- each 32 metres long, 20 fi re scheme. cal terms. The idea of enlarging the EU by incorporat- engines, three vehicles for ‘The contract will help to ing Turkey was introduced several years ago, and the Finland grants firefighting search and rescue purposes, ease the lack of fi re fi ghting issue is still under ongoing debate. Turkey’s prospec- 40 sets of fi re fi ghting suits, equipment facing the Viet- tive membership is not a highly topical matter just equipment to Vietnam 40 BA sets and 12,000 me- namese Fire Fighting Serv- now, though. tres of fi re hoses. In addition ice as well as enhancing the “VIETNAMESE fi re-fi ghters The Sammutin Oy Compa- to that, the Finnish company force’s capacity to deal with WHERE the world’s economy leads, the EU’s follows, will be provided with Finn- ny, part of the Finnish Group will hold training courses for fi res that have recently oc- and this includes the global crisis. However, the Eu- ish fi refi ghting equipment to Kitokori, will provide the Fire Vietnamese fi re-fi ghters as curred in large numbers,’ ropean Parliament has already demanded new reg- improve their capabilities af- Fighting Department, under part of the 247 billion-dong said Colonel Do Van Son, ulations and more transparency in order to increase ter signing a contract in Ha- the Ministry of Public Secu- (10 million-euro) contract, Chief of the Fire Fighting control over the economy. Of the Union’s budget, 44.8 noi on 4 June. rity, with fi ve vehicles fi xed which is covered by the Finn- Department.” per cent is allocated to agriculture and natural re- sources and 36.9 per cent to the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. The rest is shared by research, en- ergy, transport, external fi nancial assistance, educa- FOREXV.COM 15 June. News of Finnish kidnapping grabs tion and administration. EUROPEAN Union funds are carefully supervised and Finland the world’s attention their use is subjected to microscopic scrutiny. Based on its own inspections, the European Court of Audi- current tors has estimated that 11 per cent of the expenditure This week the kidnapping of Minna Nurminen has put Finland in the on Structural Funds should not have been reimbursed. account spotlight. Minna is the daughter of Hanna Nurminen, the heiress to An error rate of this signifi cance is the result of the the Kone dynasty and reputedly the richest woman in Finland. complex nature of the regulations and the diffi culties encountered in their implementation. Misunderstand- deficit ings are not uncommon, and bureaucracy gives rise ALLAN BAIN napping was published in The ish police’s involvement in the to obstacles. Therefore, the regulations need simpli- narrowed HELSINKI TIMES Sydney Morning Herald and by case, while the Russian lan- fying and the bureaucracy of the application process the Xinhua News Agency. guage version of Estonia’s should be reduced. In addition, supervision should be in April MINNA NURMINEN’S kidnap- Different aspects of the Postimees highlights the con- increased in order to jettison unnecessary recoveries ping has been written about story have been emphasised fusion at the beginning of – with interest. throughout Europe by media by different news sources. For the police operation which, it “ON MONDAY 15 June, the such as Reuters, the Dutch example, some concentrate states, was the result of a lack WE VALUE the EU more than it values us. Finland needs Bank of Finland said in a public broadcaster NOS and its on the estimated ransom of police protocol for kidnap- to take an active approach toward steering the devel- report that the current Austrian counterpart ORF, the payment of ten million euros ping scenarios and the public opment of the Union, and to adapting decisions so that account defi cit stood at 209 German newspaper B.Z. and made by Nurminen’s family, being given more information Finns will be happy with them. What guarantees the fu- million euros in April, low- Dagens Industri of Sweden. with others making no men- than was necessary. ture of the European Union is open dialogue, transpar- er than a defi cit of 307 mil- The story even made the pages tion of this. Also, the Swed- ency and clarity in dealing with problems, and shared lion euros in March. This was of the Australian and Chinese ish daily Dagens Nyheter, for Read more on this story on objectives that have been mutually agreed upon by all mainly due to an improve- press, when news of the kid- instance, mentions the Swed- page four the parties they affect. ment in the goods surplus. During the month, the WHILE campaigning for the recent European elections, I surplus in the goods account Premium Boats at the Yamaha Center! was often asked just how much Finland is actually pay- increased to 869 million ing into the European Union’s funds, and how much we euros from 158 million eu- Presentation and trade fair are getting in return. Each member state pays its share ros in the preceding month. boats at reduced prices of the budget, which stands at a total of 133.8 billion At the same time, the defi cit euros this year. Finland’s net payments to the Europe- in the services account wors- All registered boats sold by us get the Finnish Life- an Union total approximately 32 euros per person. ened to 47 million euros from boat Institution’s Trossi service for one year free! three million euros in March. FOR 32 EUROS one can buy a generous 20 litres of pet- The income account defi cit rol, about a kilo of the best steak, or one third of a tick- At the Yamaha Center you will fi nd Yamarin, Buster, Grandezza widened to 831 million euros Grandezza 31OC and Finnmaster boats as well as Yamaha outboard motors and et to Madonna’s upcoming concert. Or, we could just from 287 million euros, and WaveRunners. continue to invest it in all the security, prosperity and the current transfer account Boat Sales +358 9 2766 5525 stability that the European Union has to offer us. defi cit increased to 200 mil- Tuupakantie 1, Vantaa Ari Lahtinen GSM +358 50 310 4998 Kehä III (Ring Road III) Kimmo Wessman GSM +358 50 434 4291 lion euros from 175 million www.yamaha-center.fi Toni Martikainen GSM +358 50 433 9575 Translation provided by Delingua Language Service. euros.” 12 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 SPORT HELSINKI TIMES

LEHTIKUVA/JUSSI NUKARI ryone with Finnish sym- shout. They were extreme- deciding whether we qualify pathies, though, was the ly defl ated after the England or not." support the team enjoyed. match but will now have to The game is even more Sparv was effusive after the lift themselves to take on important for Finland; to- game. a Spanish side that could getherness and team spirit "Playing for Finland is the only draw 0-0 with Germany – 'strength of the group' as biggest thing for me and scor- in their opening match. Perparim Hetemaj likes to ing for Finland in a competi- "It was very diffi cult to call it – will be needed. tion like this ... it doesn't get fi nd Germany's weak points any better," he told uefa.com. but it was a very open game "I just wanted to jump over and either team could have Finland v Spain all the fences and celebrate scored,” Getafe midfi elder with the fans after it – we Granero told the media after 19:15 (Finnish time) had great support today, over the game. “The fact we drew Thursday 18 June 1,000 fans. When we sang the in the end means Thursday live on TV Viisi national anthem it was one of will be like a fi nal for us and the best feelings I have had – will go a long way towards it was like being in Finland, playing in front of our own crowd. I'm just disappointed we couldn't give them some- thing to cheer about at the end of the game."

Baxter impressed Perparim Hetemaj shoots for goal during Finland’s European Championship match against England. After the game, Stuart Bax- LEHTIKUVA/JUSSI NUKARI ter was pretty much the only coach beaming with content- ment in the press centre. The Finland manager can see Finland’s Under-21 Euro the potential of this squad, and with the expected re- tirements and renovations within the senior side, he is hopes on the line defi nitely scouting for his own team. He praised Sparv and Hetemaj in particular Finland failed to beat England in their opening Euro 2009 match in when asked about them, but Halmstad, despite an English red card in the first half. thought it unfair to single out individuals. The next Finland game will EGAN RICHARDSON ing performance in their fi rst was exciting and danger- be against Spain on Thursday HELSINKI TIMES game of the European Un- ous for long spells, and Tuo- 18 June. The Spanish team is der-21 Championships. Their mo Turunen showed why another star-laden collec- THEY WERE expected to be captain Tim Sparv put in a he might well earn a move tion of millionaires, and Fin- the group whipping boys, good shift on his club's home abroad soon. land will once again have to but Finland put up a fi ght- ground, Perparim Hetemaj The biggest thing for eve- give their all to be in with a Tim Sparv celebrates after scoring Finland’s equaliser.

Is the Finnish Boxing Federation to blame?

Barely over a week after Ruslan Chagaev was declared unfit to fight in his rematch with Nikolay Valuev, he has been given medical clearance in Germany for a bout of far greater magnitude.

ALI HAIDER by most pundits as the number in Finland were of little con- HELSINKI TIMES one in the division – sched- cern. “It's only an antigen he uled for 20 June in Gelsen- is testing positive for,” Boente THE QUESTION is why? Late kirchen, Germany, in front of said. “He has had it [hepatitis on 29 May, on the eve of one 60,000 spectators. With Haye B] for fi ve years and the doc- of the biggest sporting at- out, Klitschko’s management tors told us the chances that tractions of the year, the scrambled to fi nd a credible Wladimir will be infected by Finnish Boxing Federation de- replacement. Five days lat- this guy are about as much as cided not to sanction the hotly- er they had found one in none the sky falling on our heads.” anticipated showdown be- other than – yes, you guessed Apparently the chance of tween Ruslan Chagaev and it – Ruslan Chagaev. the sky falling on our heads is Nikolay Valuev due to the In an internview with a chance too big for the Finn- former testing positive for ESPN.com, Klitschko’s man- ish Boxing Federation which hepatitis B. This decision left ager Bernd Boente said the re- felt it had no other option but the entire event in tatters sults of the blood tests taken to scrap the contest. with losses running into hun- dreds of thousands of euros for the organisers, as well as sudoku SOLUTION ON PAGE 22 depriving ticket holders of a unique chance to see the fi rst Indoor and Outdoor Sports Facilities ever – and perhaps the last – heavyweight boxing world ti- Recreation Areas and Routes tle bout contested in Finland. Camping No matter that Chagaev’s Boating and Waterborne Traffic condition had been public knowledge for fi ve years or Fishing that he had been given medi- Supervised Sports cal clearance in Germany, ac- cording to doctors in Finland Sports Clubs his condition posed a genu- ine threat to the health of his opponent. However, what has happened in the short time since the controversy in Hel- sinki makes the Finnish Box- ing Federation’s decision even more dubious. On 1 June, David Haye pulled out of his world ti- tle bout with Wladimir Kl- itschko – the man regarded HELSINKI TIMES 24 TASTE18 OFJUNE –SUMMER 1 JULY 2009 1313 IN THE TORNI YARD

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Helsinki Times is Playa del Hietsu will provide everything needed for the perfect game of beach volleyball. available at over 100 ALI HAIDER beachgoers, eager to get a designated area for beach HELSINKI TIMES taste of SoCal culture in their volleyball, with plenty of own backyard. courts and nets, Playa del Hi- Lehtipiste newsagents ON A WARM summer’s day, Although beach volleyball etsu provides all the neces- Helsinki’s premier beach in dates back to the 1920s, when sary equipment for the game and in numerous high Hietaniemi – or Hietsu as the fi rst tournaments were (along with other beach it known in local parlance staged in Santa Monica, Cal- games), as well as parasols, – teems with a heady mix ifornia, it remained a niche internet access and newspa- quality hotels. of bathers, picnickers and sport confi ned to American pers for those who just want sports enthusiasts, all des- sands until the 1980s when to chill. perately seeking to redress it eventually gained global BMW Beach their time-spent-in-the-sun popularity. It acquired Ol- Volley Pro Tour defi cit accumulated over the ympic status in 1996 and the Sponsored by the City of Hietsu Open fi rst four months of the year. sport now owes its populari- Helsinki Sports Depart- 3-5 July 2009 One of the most popu- ty to its accessibility and cas- ment and Helsingin Sanomat lar ways to soak up the sun ual nature. newspaper, Playa del Hiet- Although still regarded by at Hietsu is by playing beach Visitors to Hietaniemi su is open on weekdays be- most as a casual activi- volleyball. A relatively re- wanting to play the game tween 12:00 and 18:00 from ty for time spent between cent sporting import, beach will benefi t from the range 1 June to 26 June, and again swimming and napping, volleyball has become a fa- of services currently on of- from 27 July to 14 August. beach volleyball is serio- vourite among Helsinki’s fer. In addition to having a us business at the profes- sional level. There will be a chance to see the game played competitively under official rules on 3-5 July at Hietaniemi beach, whe- Here are a few places where guests can re part of the annual BMW pick up their copy: Beach Volley Pro Tour is being held. The tourna- ment is officially the na- Hotel Best Western Katajanokka, Sokos Hotel tional championships of Torni, Hotel Sello, Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Hotel LEHTIKUVA JAAKKO / AVIKAINEN beach volleyball for men Klaus K, Hotel Helka, Hotel Palace, Hotel and women. The final will Arthur, Hotel & Apartments Rivoli Jardin, Hotel be played in Helsinki’s Anna, Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Radisson SAS Railway Square (Helsin- gin rautatientori) on 14-16 Plaza Hotel, Hotel Hilton Helsinki Strand, Hotel August. Kämp, Hotel Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa, Park Hotel Käpylä, Hotel GLO, Rastila For more information on Camping, Hotel Cumulus Koskikatu Tampere, the tournament, visit Hotel Holiday Inn Helsinki City West, Hotel www.lentopalloliitto. fi/beach_volley/bmw_ Crowne Plaza Helsinki, Sokos Hotel Albert, beach_volley_pro_tour_ Hotel Seurahuone Helsinki, Hotel Holiday Inn 2009. Helsinki City Centre. HELSINKI TIMES LIFESTYLE 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 1717

with it. Guys here drive 300 kilometres to go surfi ng, so Top surfers brave they’re pretty dedicated,” says Mikkonen.

Would you like choppy Baltic waters ice with that? The avid surfers don’t fi nd the water temperature, which is When it comes to surfing, most people think of places such as Ha- often between 1-4 degrees, a big problem. waii, Australia or Indonesia. However, for a few dedicated people, “The cold doesn’t matter the surf’s up in Finland. much,” says MacGregor, “You wear a wetsuit, booties, hood and gloves, so you’re pretty much covered. The technol- ogy is now there that it’s not too bulky. You’re either pad- Heidi Wellinger was born in Helsinki. After graduating dling or surfi ng so you don’t from the University of Helsinki in 2003 she went abroad and currently lives and works in Berlin and Frankfurt. WWW.RIPCURL.FI get too cold.” Despite a brave face, they usually only surf when the weather warms up, though Finnish midsummer is there are some more dedicat- ed people who go out even in not just about drinking the depths of winter. “Some people surf eve- THE CORRELATION between sunny weather and the ry single month if the water number of people who drown is one of the tragic truths isn’t frozen. Some crew have of the Finnish summer. Especially at Midsummer (ju- icicles stuck to their eye- hannus), one can listen to the hourly updates of the brows when they come out of death toll on the radio. the water,” says Mikkonen. THE LONGEST day of the year is being celebrated around Paddle power the country. This cultural tradition has its roots in One of the main problems some pagan rituals but nowadays it is basically eve- with only surfi ng occasional- ryone’s party. Midsummer is also a premium event to ly is that you lose your “pad- refl ect Finnish drinking. Most non-Finns who have ex- dling condition”, which has perienced it like to refer to it when they talk about the led MacGregor to start up Finns and their drinking. a weekly paddling session near his home in Lauttasari. ONE ANNOYING thing about living abroad as a Finn is Rip Curl surfing shop owner and hardcore surfer Markus Hietamäki. Those who are keen get to- continually being asked to comment on Finnish drink- gether, jump on their surf- ing habits. This country's drinking culture is seen as a JAMES MEEK land, and believe there exists the wind, which means they boards and paddle out to an mystery by many around the world. As soon as it be- HELSINKI TIMES a good surf culture – despite are usually fairly small and island, or around the bay, be- comes known that you are a Finn, you involuntari- being a country without any choppy. fore fi nishing things off with ly get involved in a discussion about Finns’ alcohol IN A COUNTRY that gets no real waves to speak of. “There is potential, but on- a Sauna. consumption. natural swell, surfi ng isn’t The fi rst ever surf con- ly once a year or so is it really The group is usually made an obvious pastime. But that test in Finland was held last good. You can get a few half- up of friends, fellow surfers AFTER HAVING visited Helsinki once, the self-pro- hasn’t stopped Simon Mac- year and for the last seven decent days though,” says and those wanting to prepare claimed Finland experts have great knowledge about Gregor and Juho Mikko- years a contest has been held MacGregor. “The waves don’t for an overseas surfi ng trip. the Finnish habits: how much alcohol the Finns drink, nen from regularly heading overseas in countries such have a lot of power, but you MacGregor says that he how drunk they get and how unique it all is. Accord- for Hanko and Pori to catch as Portugal and Morocco to don’t expect them to be mas- has had some strange looks. ing to them, midsummer is just another example of the waves. determine the best Finnish sive. It’s a novelty. But when “People look at you pretty Finns’ distorted relationship with alcohol. The same Simon grew up in Torquay, surfer. you go for so long without weird for wearing wetsuits song is sang about every public holiday that the Finns Australia, one of the best The best places to surf in surfi ng, anything will do.” and hoodies and paddling celebrate. Hardly ever is there any refl ection about the surfi ng locations in the world, Finland are on the south-west Juho Mikkonen says most in the middle of the bay on a drinking behaviour in the accuser’s own country. Flat- and Juho picked up the sport corner of the archipelago but Finns who surf get into it board. A few boats must have rate boozing in nightclubs and teenagers’ comatose when he lived in California the Finnish-Swedish border when they travel abroad and wondered what the hell was drinking is removed from their conscience. Very few when he was younger. can also get good waves. come home hooked. going on,” he says. see alcohol abuse as a worldwide problem, which takes They estimate that there The waves in Finland are “You go surfi ng a few The pair joke that the pad- different forms in different cultures. are about 500 surfers in Fin- only created by the force of times and you fall in love dling group is after some fi - nancial backing. “We are THE PATTERN of this boring contribution is always the looking for a sponsor. A beer same. After a listing of the personal observations, sponsor would be great. Surf- there is pondering about an explanation for the Finns’ ing is a sport that is impor- alcohol abuse and weighing up of possible causes. Is it tant to keep well hydrated,” the darkness, the winter, the coldness? There is no sat- WWW.RIPCURL.FI WWW.RIPCURL.FI says Mikkonen. isfying answer because the inquirer always knows bet- ter. It is no help stating that the issue is complex and that there probably is no direct link between drinking Probably the most and whatever the suggestion is. northerly surf shop in the world AFTER HAVING experienced years of this penetrat- ing questioning I have come up with a way to change The first Rip Curl shop in the subject. The polite request to pick a new topic nev- Finland was opened in Hel- er worked. A statistical comparison of per-capita, per- sinki this year. The grand year consumption of alcohol gives some perspective. opening was held on 9 April. Even if you do not know the fi gures, it does not mat- ter. You just claim that people in country X drink more. Now Finnish surf enthu- Your inquirer can not prove you wrong. At least not siasts can satisfy all their right away. History of surfing surfing needs without hav- Surfing originated in Polynesia, with Europeans observing the phenomenon for the first time in ing to shop online or order BACK TO midsummer. It is hard to describe it accurate- 1767. The sport is estimated to be over 3,000 years old and is known as “The Sport of Kings” due from abroad. ly. Of course one could write about the midsummer to it traditionally being practiced by Hawaiian kings of which the chief was the most skilled wave bonfi res, the escape to nature and the deserted Hel- rider of the community. Boards were heavy, long and made from timber, unlike the sleek, shorter Classic wetsuits, starting sinki city centre. My associations with this celebra- board we see today. from €170. tion range between unpleasantness and fun. It can get Surfboards can be ordered, ugly observing the örmyyjät, a Finnish word for over- Where can you go surfing in Finland? starting from €500. drunk people. But if you get the weekend off and have The south west archipelago of Finland gets occasional good waves, along with the coast around the the possibility to visit the country side, do it! You can Finnish-Swedish border. Closest to Helsinki is around Pori and Hanko. Address: celebrate the white night with some friends and in- Iso Roobertinkatu 1 deed have fun. Delivering the whole picture is diffi cult, Where can you get your surf gear? 00120 Helsinki so one should make one’s own encounter with this tra- Finland has its own online surf shop now, www.surffikauppa.com dition. Either way, midsummer is more than a public or Open: private piss-up. It is a party. Partying – Finnish or not What are the set up costs? Mon-Fri 11-18 – usually includes drinking. What else should one do? For the full kit, prices vary depending on the quality, brand, type of boards, thickness and flexibility Sat 12-16 Observe birds? Feel free. That way there is more booze of wetsuits etc. The minimum you’re going to pay before hitting the water is around a €1000. Buy- for the rest of us. Yeah! ing second hand gear is also an option but have someone with more experience look it over first. www.ripcurl.fi 18 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 HELSINKI TIMES Tell us what you think.

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TOMI PALSA Anime and Fandom fanatics heed their calling

This year’s Finncon convention at Kaapelitehdas just might have some surprises in store.

MANU PAAVOLA HELSINKI TIMES

SCI-FI, fantasy and Anime fans await their yearly Finn- con gathering, this year held in Helsinki on 10-12 July. The guests of honour will be George R.R. Martin and Alastair Rey- nolds, with Kaapelitehdas serving as the venue. Jukka Halme, co-organ- iser of the event, is excited about the two star authors at- tending the convention: “They are both top professionals and complement each other rather beautifully. Both of these gen- tlemen are top-notch writers who not only enjoy meeting fans, but look forward to it. The Finnish band, Medeia, will be performing on Sunday 28 June. Martin is The Reigning King of Fantasy at the moment and fi rst album was released in amongst many others will be his forthcoming book is un- 1983, best album came out in performing. Really, the fes- doubtedly the most awaited 1989, and whose frontman, tival runs the whole gamut novel in the making”. Tuska metal festival Mike Muir, is now 45. Kind of metal genres, from thrash New Jersey-born Martin of like the Rolling Stones of and speedcore to death met- has become known for his skate-thrash metal, if you al. There’s even some me- book series Song of Ice and like. More recently you have lodic-operatic-power metal, Fire, which currently con- brings the noise artists like Parkway Drive, if that’s your thing. Even if sists of four volumes, with Australia’s best (and practi- you don’t attend the festival, three more in preparation. NICK BARLOW now-defunct VR-Makasiinit, festival, which takes place cally only) metal export who you’ll notice it’s in progress The books by Welshman Rey- HELSINKI TIMES and in 2001 Kaisaniemi park this year from 26-28 June. released their fi rst album in by the groups of black- nolds are classifi ed as hard became the venue, when over The area opens at 14:00 with 2005, look like surfer dudes clothed, white-faced Goths science fi ction and space op- DUST OFF your leather jack- 10,000 people attended for the fi rst band performing and have a sound that is tech- and moshers scaring tourists era. “Al has been in Finland ets, break out the studded the fi rst time. Since then, the at quarter to three. Evening nically awesome with vocals in the centre all weekend. a couple of times already, so bracelets, and rediscover festival has become a verita- events take place in Tavas- from the dark side of the dev- he knows the score and can your old Anthrax t-shirt – ble calendar fi xture for met- tia, Nosturi and Virgin Oil af- il’s backside – but in a good help Martin to fi nd his foot- the Tuska metal festival al heads, and the gate has ter the 22:00 curfew (gates way. ing among the local crowd,” is back in town. Now in its been increasing yearly – last close at 23). Three stages are This being a festival whose Tuska Festival ensures Halme. twelfth year, Tuska (‘Pain’) is year it was sold out weeks crammed into the park – Ra- existence is partly thanks Finncon was fi rst held the largest festival devoted in advance and 36,000 peo- dio Rock, Sue and Inferno, to the old Finnish magazine 28-28 June in 1986. Tampere, Jyväsky- to metal music and its deriva- ple spent the weekend cel- and the line-up is pretty ec- Suomi Finland Perkele Met- Kaisaniemi park lä, Turku and Helsinki take tives in the Nordic countries. ebrating to the sounds of an lectic by metal standards. On al, there’s a strong emphasis One-day ticket €43 turns by alternating as host The festival was fi rst held in extensive list of local and in- the one hand you have your on domestic acts: Korpiklaa- Three-day ticket €86 cities. Halme guarantees 1998 at Tavastia club in Hel- ternational acts. old staples – headlining the ni, Amorphis, Dauntless and www.tuska-festival.fi that the audience will wit- sinki. The second and third This year Kaisaniemi is main stage on Saturday are Tukkanuotta ("This is met- ness events “ranging from festivals took place at the again the location for the Suicidal Tendencies, whose al and we f***ing love it") literature to media-sf, from j-rock to fan workshops, lec- tures to serious discussions and all the way down to the most bizarre and silly.” The Party of the people, with fewer people last couple of years have seen a remarkable growth of Ani- PROVINSSIROCK me fans, who have outnum- bered the customary sci-fi The thirty-first Provinssirock kickstarted this festival summer in fans at recent conventions. “The stone-cold fact is auspicious weather, despite relatively poor attendance. that most newcomers and casual visitors alike will be in awe of the visual element of MATTI KOSKINEN Other Sunday highlights A curious choice to headline the cosplayers, ie. fans wear- HELSINKI TIMES included a sentimental fare- the Saturday line-up, US bat- ing Anime/Manga costumes. well by The Crash, where tle metal veterans Manowar That is the most striking, vis- “MY WIFE shaved it off while throngs of fans said good- delivered what they prom- ceral part of the convention,” I was sleeping,” Austral- bye to one of the most over- ised: an over-the-top show adds Halme. ian singer-songwriter Nick looked bands in Finland. UK of lowbrow masculine heavy Cave amused the audience duo The Ting Ting’s, on the metal. with the story behind his other hand, made it clear Despite truly beautiful Finncon 2009 lost moustache. Facial hair they had arrived. They man- weather, attendance was 10-12 July or no, raging on the main aged to whip up a bombas- far from great. Compared to stage at Provinssirock with tic dance-a-thon few dared last year’s 80,000 plus vis- Interactive workshops, hu- all the manic intensity of an to expect. itors over three days, this mour, the Robert Jordan overzealous preacher, Cave Saturday was heavy on year’s total of 52,000 cannot Memorial Tournament, pan- proved that at age 51 he is metal, as the main stage be but a disappointment and els, performances, masquer- as full of piss and vinegar was overtaken by one rep- a fi nancial setback. Lucki- ade, retro action, Anime, as ever. He closed Sunday, resentative of the genre af- ly, few bands suffered from fantasy, Manga, horror and the festival's most diverse ter another. Alternatives lack of enthusiastic audi- comics. and interesting day, with a were mostly found on the ence, and the crowd seemed http://2009.finncon.org/ rounded set of brutal rock smaller stages, but an ambi- to enjoy the shorter queues en throwdowns and beloved ent rumble emanating from and more spacious festival ballads. the main stage set the tone. area. Nick Cave was the highlight of the final day of the festival. 20 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 EAT & DRINK HELSINKI TIMES

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On the website of the Sauna and Sausage society you can find all possible information about sausages than you could ever have dreamt about. It also has the current Top 25 sausages and numerous recipes, as well as comprehensive listings of Finnish and foreign sausages. The site has a small English section explaining what the society does, including instructions on how to make your own sausages at home.

For more details, visit www.makkara.info and click on the English section.

Grilled sausages can be a real summertime treat, if you're a meateater that is.

siskonmakkarasoppa. This is ly to fi nd long rows of simi- quite a regular part of many lar looking sausages, the only Finnish families monthly difference to most people is Finnish sausages have class menu, it is something that the packet they are wrapped the children especially en- in. You can go out and explore joy to help with and prepare the delicatessen side of sau- because they get to squeeze sages. Just some of the many A summer’s evening spent in a sauna by the lake would not be complete without having a sau- the little balls of meat out of types that you can fi nd are the sausage skin – a tradi- made of bear and reindeer sage cooked over an open fire, preferably skewered on a stick that you have carved yourself. tion that many Finnish peo- meat. These, naturally, are Whereas the Finns might not have discovered the pleasures of Cumberland sausages, there are ple remember even when a little more pricey than the plenty of varieties for you to choose from in the world of Finnish sausages. they are older. This dish is al- supermarket varieties but so one that you might served their rich taste is something when you come to visit your that you might wish to try Finnish friends for the fi rst out during your visit to Fin- VILLE VUORINEN sausages, for example, which then divided into either A glass of cold milk. Tampere time. An alternative use for land. Some of the best places HELSINKI TIMES need to be well cooked before or B class. Prior to the new is the “mustamakkara capi- the meat is to use it as a sub- to fi nd them are the Market consuming. The tradition- rules the food agency often tal”. To be more precise, the stitute for the mince, such as Halls in Helsinki. But no mat- IT IS widely accepted that the al Finnish lenkkimakkara is found frankfurters or lenk- Tammela Market. There, the when making minced meat ter how long your stay in Fin- Finnish sausage culture has prepared by fi rst smoothly kimakkarat with meat con- factories that prepared the and macaroni casserole. land, you should try at least drawn many of its infl uenc- grinding the meat in a cut- tent below 50 per cent, which sausages could once and sell Where as in your local once to have a nice Finnish es from the traditions and ter before blended it with was not desired. Now, B-class them to the public straight supermarket you are like- sausage. methods of German sausage the other ingredients, after sausage must have at least 50 from the oven on little stalls. -making. The Finns have long which it is squeezed into the per cent meat and the A-class These days you can visit the enjoyed making their own skin. Next, the sausages are no less than 63 per cent meat. Mustamakkara Bar at one sausages at the farms but it cooked, and in certain cas- Dried meat sausages, such as of the factories that makes was not until the 1960s that es smoked, so that their in- salami, are their own group them. A short-lived experi- the sausage boom began, as ternal temperature reaches and these must have a mini- ment in the mid-1950s was people moved into the cities at least 70 degrees Celcius. mum of 95 per cent meat. the “Black Sausage pie”, from the countryside. With Then they are snap chilled, Mustamakkara used to be which was prepared into a their busy new lives in the packed and sent to shops. called the warm pig's blood doughnut dough, with the

city, people no longer had as sausage, but in the 1980s the sausage as a fi lling. But be- LEHTIKUVA / TOR WENNSTRÖM much time as they once did An A to Z of choice milder and more consumer- cause of the lack of interest, to prepare dinner, so sausag- The regulations for normal friendly name Black Sausage it was soon withdrawn. es offered a quick and fi lling sausages, frankfurters or was adopted. Oddly enough, Siskonmakkara is anoth- option for the dinner table. sliced meats have seen two it was around this time that er type of Finnish sausage, Most Finnish sausages changes passed in the last the popularity of the sausage which is related to the French are pre-cooked and ready to 12 years that regulate their soared to new heights. In Fin- saucisse. One way to describe be eaten. Some prefer them preparation and meat con- land the proper way to enjoy it is a type of sausage meat cold, straight from the fridge. tent. Depending on the per- this delicacy is to have it with that is sold raw and is mostly They are quite unlike British centage of meat, they are lingonberry jam and drink a used to make a sausage soup,

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EXHIBITIONSEXHIBITIONS Good Grief! 50 Years of Peanuts in Finland Until Sun 14 June An exhibition in which Snoopy's Vilhelm Geitel doghouse reveals its secret and the Silent Surface Great Pumpkin appears. In his photographs Vilhelm Geital Päivälehti Museum Was it a dream? documents the juxtaposition of Ludviginkatu 2-4 humankind’s built- and natural Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00 The lied recital at Villa Aino Ackté at the end of June con- environments. Free entrance centrates on dreams. The songs that will be performed tell Myymälä2 Gallery www.paivalehdenmuseo.fi stories about beautiful wishes coming true, forever dashed Uudenmaankatu 23 Until Sun 10 January 2010 hopes, dreamlike visions, beauty possible only in our im- Wed-Sat 12:00-18:00 Sun 12:00-17:00 Barbie – Still Going Strong agination, the wonderful world of sleep and what happens Free entrance This exhibition, marking the 50th when sleep escapes us. www.myymala2.com anniversary of Barbie, boasts a comprehensive collection of early The artists performing are the lyric soprano, Pirjo Lep- Until Sun 14 June outfits and other Barbie items from 1959 to 1965. pänen, and one of the most popular lied pianists of the Minna Heikinaho Sanonko Heikinaho’s solo exhibition. Finnish Toy Museum younger generation, Tuula Hällström. The lyrics, which Kluuvi Gallery Ahertajantie 5 are very relevant for our day, are provided by, among oth- Unioninkatu 28 B Tue 11:00-18:00 ers, Runeberg, Carême, Hugo, Hellaakoski, Koskennie- Thu-Sat 11:00-17:00 Wed-Thu 11:00-20:00 Sun 12:00-16:00 Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00 mi, Fröding and Erkko. These lyrics will be combined with Tickets €10/8/0 the musical works of Jean Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Aarre Free entrance www.taidemuseo.hel.fi www.leikkilinna.fi Merikanto, Francis Poulenc and Sergei Rahmaninov. Until Mon 27 July Until Sun 28 March 2010 Tue 30 June Worth Painting Move and Play! Heureka’s new exhibition is intend- Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 The Finnish Painters’ Union’s 80th anniversary exhibition. ed to inspire visitors to move, play Tullisaaren ulkoilupuisto Amos Anderson Art Museum and have fun together through Tickets €10 Pirjo Leppänen sings songs about dreams. Yrjönkatu 27 shared activities. www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Science Centre Heureka Wed 10:00-20:00 Tiedepuisto 1 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 Tickets €8/6/4 Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 Tickets €8-20 Aussie Bar, 19:00. DJ from 23:00 Thu 25 June www.amosanderson.fi MUSIC Fri 19 June www.heureka.fi Guitar Slingers (UK), The Surf Free entrance On misty meadows, dusk steals Until Sun 23 August Thu 18 June Rats (UK/FRA) http://aussiebar.net/ across the land What a Feast! Petri Krzywacki Trio feat. Two psychobilly bands. This lied concert conveys feelings An exhibition introduces the Thea Crudi Bar Loose, 22:00 Wed 24 June from sweet summer to colourful and most varied festive Jazz terazz presents the superb gui- Annankatu 21 Sonore Ensemble fierce longing. traditions of Helsinki. tarist Petri Krzywacki and his band. Tickets €18/15.50 Chamber music. Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 Sederholm House Bio Rex, 17:00–20:00 www.barloose.com Karuna Church, 18:00 Tullisaaren ulkoilupuisto Aleksanterinkatu 16-18 Film Mannerheimintie 22-24 Seurasaarentie Tickets €10 Wed-Sun 11:00-17:00 Free entrance Tue 23 June Free entrance www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi Free entrance premieres www.lasipalatsi.fi Wind from Danube www.nba.fi Melancholy and fiery Hungarian Thu 25 June www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi in Finland Thu 18 June melodies. Wed 24 & Thu 25 June Raoul Björkenheim Until Sun 9 August Duo Pentti Hietanen Villa Aino Ackté, 19:00 Four Play Electric blues. Horror Vacui Pentti Hietanen is a versatile Tullisaaren ulkoilupuisto Rock & Roll covers band from Café Carusel, 19:00 Three major Finnish artists, Markus tenor who has sung in operas and Tickets €10/5 Scotland and Ireland. Merisatamanranta 10 Copper, Jari Haanperä and Kimmo Sunday 21 June: musicals but has also done classical www.ainoacktenhuvila.fi Aussie Bar, 22:00 Free entrance Schroderus, concentrate on spatial crossover and hard rock. Salomonkatu 5 www.carusel.fi Knowing (USA/UK) issues in the Kiasma summer ex- Storyville, 19:00 Tue 23 June Free entrance Director: Alex Proyas hibition. Museokatu 8 Aussie Bar’s 3rd Birthday http://aussiebar.net/ Fri 26 June Mannerheiminaukio 2 Starring: Nicolas Cage, Free entrance With the fantastic two-man rock Nieminen & Litmanen Tue 10:00-17:00 Rose Byrne, Chandler www.storyville.fi covers band, Brand New Classics. Action jazz by a duo with Hammond organs and drums. Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30 Canterbury, Lara Robinson Bar Loose, 22:00 Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00 Genre: Action / Drama / Annankatu 21 Tickets €7/5/0 Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller Tickets €6 www.kiasma.fi www.barloose.com Until Sun 16 August Wednesday 24 June: Sat 27 June Urban Story Transformers: Revenge of Risto Salmi & Olle Ekman Quartet The exhibition examines through the Fallen (USA) Elegant, entertaining and enjoya- the work of eight artists different Director: Michael Bay ble jazz music. viewpoints of how we today imag- Starring: Shia LaBeouf, ine and tell stories. Sture Jazz Club, 19:30 Megan Fox, Isabel Lucas, Sturenkatu 29 Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary Free entrance Mannerheimintie 3 B Tyrese Gibson www.sturejazzbar.fi Tue-Fri 11:00-18:00 Genre: Action/Adventure/ Sat-Mon 11:00-16:00 Sci-Fi Sat 27 June Free entrance Morrissey (UK) www.kalhamapiippo.com The Hangover (USA) Morrissey, the former front man Director: Todd Phillips 17.6.-6.9. of The Smiths and successful solo Until Sun 30 August artist. Defiance & Melancholy Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cable Factory, 20:00 The exhibition in Meilahti presents Ed Helms, Zach Galifiana- A look at EMMA´s collections Tallberginkatu 1 German masterpieces, covering a kis, Justin Bartha, Heath- Tickets €45 period of around 200 years, from er Graham www.livenation.fi Romanticism to the present. Meilahti Art Museum Genre: Comedy Sun 29 June Tamminiementie 6 Treasure islands and daydreams Tue-Sun 11:00-18:30 Friday 26 June: Black Motor Relaxed cool jazz turning to mad Tickets €7/5/0 The Haunting in free jazz. www.hpf.fi Connecticut (USA) Mbar Terrace, 16:00 Director: Peter Cornwell Until Sun 30 August Mannerheimintie 22-24 Starring: Virginia Madsen, Free entrance Watch Out, Gypsies! The History www.mbar.fi of a Misunderstanding Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew, A guest exhibition about the history Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan Wed 1 July and culture of the European Roma. Genre: Horror/Thriller André Sumelius Trio Hakasalmi Villa Jazz terazz presents the globetrot- Mannerheimintie 13 D Wednesday 1 July: ting drummer André Sumelius and Wed-Sun 11:00-17:00 Ice Age: Dawn of the Thu 11:00-19:00 his band. Dinosaurs (USA) Bio Rex, 17:00–20:00 Free entrance Mannerheimintie 22-24 www.helsinginkaupunginmuseo.fi Director: Carlos Saldanha Free entrance (co-director Mike Thurmeier) www.lasipalatsi.fi Until Sun 30 August Genre: Animation/Action/ Public Stash Comedy/Romance Wed 1 July Contemporary art from the B. B. King (USA) Satakunta region. Probably the most famous blues Virka Gallery guitarist of all time. Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13 Helsinki Ice Hall, 20:00 Mon-Fri 9:00-19:00 solution sudoku Nordenskiöldinkatu 11-13 Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 Tickets €63/58 Free entrance Marko Vuokola, The Seventh Wave The #5,2002. Wave Seventh Vuokola, Marko www.helsinginjaahalli.fi www.virka.fi

THEATRETHEATRE AND AND DANCE DANCE Fri 26 June to Tue 22 September Open Tue - Sun 11-18 Surrealism and Beyond 18/24/25/26/27 June & 1 July The exhibition portrays Surrealism Exhibition Center WeeGee High School Musical 2 as a visual movement. The sequel to the Helsinki City The- Tennis Palace Art Museum Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola, Espoo, atre’s mega-hit of last summer. Salomonkatu 15 Savoy Theatre Tue-Sun 11:00-20:30 Tel: 09-8165 7512, www.emma.museum Kasarmikatu 46-48 Tickets €8/6/0 Busses from Kamppi, Helsinki: 106, 110. Tickets €41 www.taidemuseo.hel.fi www.savoyteatteri.fi Until Sun 18 October HELSINKI TIMES TV GUIDE 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 2323 Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English and other language broadcasting on Finnish television. thursday 18.6. friday 19.6.SELECTION OF ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ON FINNISH TELEVISION

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09:30 Los Serrano 09:40 The Young and the 09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:40 The Young and the 08:30 Pinocchio FILM Celia has been an underwear Restless 11:05 Peak Practice Restless Live-action family film model and Diego is seeing red. 16:45 Doctors The entire medical staff 14:50 Just for Laughs Gags based on the original work 11:05 YLE News in English This episode presents are needed to help in a bad 16:45 Doctors by Carlo Lorenzini. Directed 11:10 Peak Practice some of the latest medical accident. Nightmare decisions during by Roberto Benigni. 13:00 Waterloo Road discoveries. 13:00 Waterloo Road pregnancy. Starring: Roberto Benigni, 14:00 Travels to the Edge with 17:40 EastEnders Kim sets up a self-defence 17:40 EastEnders Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Art Wolfe 18:15 EastEnders group. 20:00 Biggest Loser Giuffre. Italy/USA 2002. Australia. 19:30 At the End of My Leash 14:00 Inside the British Musem 22:30 Formula 1: Extra 10:35 Pop Rocks! FILM 15:05 Father Dowling Mysteries Dogs don’t always bring The British Museum houses Report on the upcoming A bank loan officer is forced The true murderer wants to couples together, in some more than 8,000 bodies, British Grand Prix. to live a double life. Directed Hell’s Kitchen USA silence Mark. cases, quite the opposite. many of which other 22:40 Empire (K15) FILM by Ron Lagomarsino. MTV3 at 20:00 16:00 Holby City 20:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA countries want returned. A Puerto Rican drug dealer Starring: Gary Cole, Sherilyn 18:30 Last of the Summer Wine 21:00 ER Part 2/10. in South Bronx wants to Fenn. USA 2004. 19:00 Open Gardens A review of the series, 07:00 Cartoons for Children 15:05 Father Dowling Mysteries give up dealing when he 12:20 Hidalgo FILM Part 2/11. including the creators and In Finnish. The police are ready to learns that his girlfriend Chronicles the course of 21:35 Elizabeth I most beloved actors. 08:05 Nanny protect Father Dowling. is pregnant. Directed by Frank T. Hopkins and his Part 2/2. 22:30 Close to Home 08:30 Open House 16:00 Holby City Franc Reyes. Starring: John horse Hidalgo in the often 23:30 One Life: Untold Secret A shooting takes place 09:00 My Greek Kitchen 17:08 Peak Practice Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, fatal Ocean of Fire race Jimmy Edmonds was a child outside the courtrooms. Rhodes. Kate is afraid of what Will Denise Richards. USA 2002. in the middle of a desert. abuse victim who kept his 23:30 The Exorcist (K18) FILM 09:30 Birth Stories will think of her new plans. 00:25 Real Prison Breaks Directed by Joe Johnston. secret for decades. Perhaps the most well- 10:00 10 Years Younger USA 18:55 Hercule Poirot: After the Ted Maher speaks about his Starring: Viggo Mortensen, 00:15 Smack the Pony known horror movie of Wendy is through being Funeral own escape from prison. Omar Sharif. USA 2004. all time. Chris MacNeil’s massively overweight. 22:40 What’s New, Pussycat? 17:35 Green Day – Crazy daughter is apparently 10:30 James Martin Digs Deep FILM Rockers TV2 possessed by the devil, 13:30 Diva on a Dime Fashion editor Michael SUB 19:00 Men in Black FILM so she seeks out the help A look for a sporty girl. James decides that it is Agent Jay is the newest 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen of a religious exorcist. 14:00 Property Virgins finally time to settle down. 09:00 Cartoons for Children member of a super Cartoons and children’s Directed by William 14:30 My Greek Kitchen However, his high profile In Finnish. secret government programming. In Finnish. Friedkin. Starring: Ellen Naxos. job and good looks don’t 15:40 Xena: Warrior Princess organisation meant to 08:50 Happy Days Burstyn, Max von Sydow, 15:00 Dr. Phil seem to make this possible. 17:00 Tonight Show with Conan protect the country from Richie heads the fencing Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack A lie detector test to sort out Directed by Clive Donner O'Brien aliens. Directed by Barry club. MacGowran. USA 1973. family issues. and Richard Talmadge. 20:00 Friends Sonnenfeld. Starring: 11:35 Little House on the Prairie 01:40 Unit 15:55 Days of Our Lives Starring: Peter O'Toole, 20:30 The Simpsons Tommy Lee Jones, Will 12:50 Creature Comforts Bob’s mind endangers 16:45 Oprah Peter Sellers, Romy 22:00 Numb3rs Smith. USA 1997. 14:30 Supernanny everything. People that never throw Schneider, Woody Allen. Criminals kidnap a jewelry 21:00 Sky Captain and the World 15:50 Creature Comforts anything away. USA 1965. shop owner’s family and ask of Tomorrow FILM How do animals 19:30 Sex and the City (K13) 00:25 Smack the Pony for the ransom in diamonds. Joe "Sky Captain" Sullivan communicate, and about SUB 20:00 90210 23:00 C.S.I. and journalist Polly Perkins what? 21:00 Lost (K15) 00:00 Tonight Show with Conan team up to discover the 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen 09:00 Cartoons for Children 22:00 Starsky & Hutch FILM TV2 O'Brien reason a group of scientists Cartoons and children’s In Finnish. Comedians Ben Stiller and 00:55 Entourage went missing. Directed by programming. In Finnish. 15:40 Xena: Warrior Princess Owen Wilson star as the 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 01:30 Da Ali G Show Kerry Conran. Starring: 18:00 Football Confederation Xena goes searching for the titular pair in this remake of Cartoons and children’s Ali G visits the United Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cup SPORT legendary lost treasure. the classic 1970s cop series, programming. In Finnish. Nations headquarters in Angelina Jolie. USA/UK/ USA – Brazil. In Finnish. 17:00 Tonight Show with Conan involving plenty of fast 08:50 Happy Days New York. Italy 2004. 19:20 Risk Frontiers: The Eye of O'Brien driving, shouting at suspects 12:50 Creature Comforts 02:05 Stargate SG1 the Storm DOC 20:00 Friends and funky fashion. Directed Animals reveal their secrets. German documentary on 20:30 The Simpsons by Todd Phillips. Starring: 14:10 64 Zoo Lane JIM severe weather in Europe. 21:00 Project Runway Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson. Coral. TV VIISI Part 2/2. The goal of the week is USA 2004. 15:15 Heartland. 10:50 Biography: Sean Connery 21:00 Inside Your Mind - Derren to create a look involving 00:20 Frasier Lou decides to have an open 18:00 Moonlighting This patriotic Scot’s 50 Brown hybrid car parts. door day. 19:00 Fresh Prince of Bel Air years of film and theatre are 21:25 Football Confederation 22:00 Numb3rs 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen Geoffrey falls in love. filled with far more than just Cup SPORT A federal judge’s wife is JIM Cartoons and children’s 19:30 America’s Funniest Home James Bond. Egypt - Italy. In Finnish. murdered. programming. In Finnish. Videos 11:45 Earth's Black Hole 01:15 Police, Camera, Action! 23:00 Supernatural 15:15 Re-Inventors 19:15 Lonely Planet Six Degrees: 20:00 Airline Discusses the possibility of 00:00 Tonight Show with Conan A helmet weapon. An Hong Kong 20:30 Scrubs black holes on earth. O'Brien invention that could have Hong Kong beyond the 21:00 Outback Jack 12:40 Agnelli Family Dynasty YLE TEEMA 00:55 Crossing Jordan changed the First World War. money, gambling and feng Jack takes the girls to meet 13:35 Modern Marvels: Fast Food Slokum’s measures make the 15:45 A Cook’s Tour shui. some of the aborigines. Tech 17:00 Palin: Around the World in atmosphere in the morgue 16:15 Million Dollar Listing 22:05 Law & Order 22:00 Felicity FILM 14:30 Lost Empire of Ghenghis 80 Days especially tense. 16:45 Tricked Out Religious fanaticism raises A recently graduated young Khan 18:15 Soap 01:45 Stargate SG1 17:10 Jimmy Kimmel Live! its head. girl is sent on a surprise A look at how Ghenghis 19:35 e2: The Economies of 19:00 DIY Tools & Techniques trip to the Orient, where Khan was able to build the Being Environmentally 19:30 Man Caves she receives a real sexual largest unified empire in Conscious TV VIISI An old fashioned YLE TEEMA education. Directed by John history. What to do with the old port barbershop. D. Lamond. Starring: Glory 15:25 Re-Inventors area in Amsterdam. 18:00 Airline 20:00 Mystery Diagnosis 15:55 Forever Young Annen, Christopher Milne, An attempt at building 20:35 Brain Surgeons. A long awaited stag party. Especially painful cramps. India’s biggest Bob Dylan Joni Flynn. Australia 1979. bicycle helicopter. Frenchay hospital in the 18:45 Football: Under 21 21:00 Lost Worlds: Al Capone's fan, depite his age, still 16:50 Man Caves south of England. Championship Tournament Secret City DOC manages to put on a An old fashioned 21:00 Science Documentary: A SPORT Al Capone’s world of birthday celebration in barbershop. History of Surgery Finland – Germany. In 1920s Chicago was a time honour of this legendary 17:15 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Transplants. Parts 3/5. Finnish. of massive change. With rock and roll star. 20:00 Inside 21:30 8 Simple Rules for Dating alcohol forbidden, organised 19:30 History of the Special Police Forces are Programmes on Yle Teema My Teenage Daughter crime flourished. Mediterranean featured. Cate teaches sex ed classes 22:00 Contender Bosnia and Dubrovnik. Part 21:00 Gangland: One Blood may be viewed in the original at school. 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 3/12. 22:00 Miami Ink language(s) by changing the 22:40 Beach Patrol 23:50 Modern Marvels: Corpse 23:15 Six Feet Under (K15) 23:55 World’s Most Daring digital receiver’s settings. 23:05 Alias Tech 00:10 Louis Theroux's Weird Hidalgo Rescues 00:50 Ultimate Fighter (K15) Weekends Nelonen at 12:20

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The Medallion FILM Hulk FILM Brokeback Mountain FILM Biography: Raùl Castro DOC Ocean’s Eleven FILM Maverick FILM A Hong Kong cop gains Bruce Banner makes a heroic Academy Award winning story of A look at the life and political As soon as Danny Ocean is released The famous Bret Maverick is back superhuman powers when in decision and as a result his body two young cowboys that forge an ascension of Cuba’s current from prison, he assembles a team and wants to enter a new poker the possession of a mysterious is exposed to lethal amounts of intimate lifelong relationship that president. to rob three Las Vegas casinos. tournament, but he needs to find the medallion. Directed by Gordon gamma rays. Now he has to learn must be kept secret from their JIM at 21:00 Directed by Steven Soderbergh. money to enter. He’ll fight Indians, Chan. Starring: Jackie Chan, Lee to deal with a “split” personality. families and friends. Directed by Starring: George Clooney, Brad catch hooligans and do whatever Evans, Claire Forlani. USA 2003. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring: Ang Lee. Starring: Heath Ledger, Pitt, Julia Roberts. USA 2001. it takes to get the cash. Directed Nelonen at 22:00 Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly. USA Jake Gyllenhaal. USA 2005. Sub at 21:00 by Richard Donner. Starring: Mel 2003. Yle Teema 22:00 Gibson, Jodie Foster. USA 1994. MTV3 at 22:40 Sub at 21:00 Troy FILM Bookies FILM Re-creation of the classic A group of college kids open up tragedy in which Achilles and the a small bookies to make a bit of Greeks lay siege to Troy in order money, but before long they have to reclaim the most beautiful drawn the attention of the world of woman in the world. Directed by organised crime. Directed by Mark Wolfgang Petersen. Starring: Brad Illsley. Starring: Nick Stahl, Johnny Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. The Medallion Galecki, Lukas Haas. USA 2004. USA 2004. Biography: Raùl Castro Ocean’s Eleven Maverick Nelonen at 22:00 JIM at 21:00 Sub at 21:00 Sub at 21:00 Nelonen at 01:10 MTV3 at 22:30 24 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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09:05 Road to Avonlea 09:05 Cartoons for Children 10:30 Jack Osbourne – The 08.05 Neighbours in the Wild 09:10 Cartoons and Children’s The shock of Cecily’s In Finnish. Recruits 09:05 Road to Avonlea Programming hospitalisation. 13:45 Golf Today The challenge involves 11:05 Peak Practice Partly in Finnish. 10:45 Treasures of the World Best of the week. In Finnish. climbing in New Zealand. 12:30 Last of the Summer Wine 12:25 Design Inc. A Madagascar nature 14:15 Motor Forum: Super 11:30 Volvo Ocean Race SPORT 13:00 Pedigree Dogs Exposed 12:55 Motor Forum: European reserve. Rallycross SPORT The world’s most demanding How breeding harms dogs. Rallycross SPORT 11:05 Peak Practice 15:05 Mucha Lucha: The Return sailing race. 15:25 Great Inca Rebellion DOC Austria. 14:00 Open Gardens of El Malefico FILM 13:10 Everybody Loves Raymond The story of how Francisco 13:50 Just for Laughs Gags 15:20 The Making of Me Animated adventure in Debra’s patience wears out. Pizarro and a few hundred 14:05 Wild at Heart Actor John Barrowman which a group of students 16:30 S1m0ne FILM conquistadors conquered 15:00 The Avengers FILM searches with scientists for from a wrestling school must Down-and-out director the Inca civilisation. Based on the cult 1960s the genes and upbringing defeat the evil El Malefico Viktor Taransky has new 16:15 Monk show, John Steed and Emma The Avengers that lead to homosexuality. in order to save the world. hope when presented 18:15 Travels to the Edge with Peel are back and are out MTV3 at 15:00 16:15 Monk Directed by Ron Hughart. with the perfect actress: a Art Wolfe to save the world from 17:08 Peak Practice Starring: Carlos Alazraqui, computer generated woman. Mali and Niger. the evil Sir August, who 10:40 Jeff Corwin Experience Bridget goes too far in her Kimberly Brooks. USA 2005. Directed by Andrew Niccol. 19:35 Bleak House is attempting to control 11:40 The Most Extreme relationship with a patient. 16:20 Columbo Likes the Starring: Al Pacino, Rachel Mini-series production of the weather. Directed by Ferocious offspring. 18:55 Neighbours in the Wild Nightlife Roberts. USA 2002. Charles Dickens’s novel. Jeremiah Chechick. Starring: 12:40 Dr. Phil 19:45 Midsomer Murders (K13) Lieutenant Columbo 19:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Part 2/8. Ralph Fiennes, Uma A scam in which Dr. Phil’s Barnaby has to intervene. investigates the murder of a Edition 22:00 Lewis Thurman, Sean Connery. name is used to get money journalist. A New York family was Lewis questions the USA 1998. from people. 18:00 Formula 1: Time Trials scammed by a contractor border between truth and 16:35 Twenty Good Years 13:35 Pink Panther TV2 SPORT and is left with an imagination. 17:05 Candid Camera 13:45 Frasier The qualification session. In uninhabitable house. 23:35 Shrink Rap 17:30 The Simpsons Frasier and Niles attempt to 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen Finnish. 20:00 American Gladiators 18:00 Formula 1: Grand Prix raise money. Cartoons and children’s 21:00 When Women Rule the 21:00 Eulogy (K15) FILM SPORT 15:40 Green Day – Crazy programming. In Finnish. World In the days leading up TV2 The British Grand Prix. In Rockers 19:05 Track and Field European 22:25 Formula 1: Extra to the funeral of the Finnish. 15:50 Wildfire Team Championships: First 22:35 Golf: U.S. Open SPORT family patriarch, secrets 07:45 Pikku Kakkonen Wildfire hasn’t received an League SPORT In Finnish. come out and dramas Cartoons and children’s invitation to an important 20:30 Track and Field European ensue among the three programming. In Finnish. SUB race. Team Championships: generations gathered. 12:20 Clockwise FILM 16:45 American Chopper Super League SPORT SUB Directed by Michael Clancy. Comedy in which an 12:30 Next 19:00 Fear Factor 21:25 Football Confederation Starring: Hank Azaria, excessively punctual 15:30 Top Dog 20:00 Ripley’s Believe It or Not Cup SPORT 14:10 Next Jesse Bradford. USA/UK/ headmaster has been elected 18:00 Shipwrecked - Battle of 21:00 Notting Hill FILM Quarter-final matches. In 14:50 Kommissar Rex Germany 2004. to give the keynote speech the Islands A British bookshop owner Finnish. A dead woman is found 22:50 Deadwood (K15) at a conference. However, 21:00 Little Nicky (K15) FILM and a Hollywood star near Schönbrunn castle. In 23:55 Krull FILM fate seems intent on ruining Satan’s geekiest son, Nicky, attempt to forge a normal German. Futuristic version of the his reputation. Directed must go to New York City in relationship after falling YLE TEEMA 15:40 Kommissar Rex classic tale of a prince by Christopher Morahan. order to save his father and for each other. Directed by 16:30 World’s Greenest Homes seeking out his princess who Starring: John Cleese, Alison humanity from the schemes Roger Curtis. Starring: Julia 12:50 Inspired by Bach No. 6: Six 19:00 Top Chef is held captive by a monster. Steadman. UK 1986. of his power-hungry Roberts, Hugh Grant. UK/ Gestures DOC Competitors have 30 Directed by Peter Yates. 18:20 Track and Field European brothers. Directed by USA 1999. The final suite for minutes to come up with a Starring: Ken Marshall, Team Championships: First Steven Brill. Starring: Adam 23:40 Criminal Minds unaccompanied cello (No. dazzling fruit plate. Lysette Anthony, Liam League SPORT Sandler, Patricia Arquette. A little girl disappears in the 6) by Johann Sebastian 20:00 Baywatch Neeson. UK 1983. 20:25 Track and Field European USA 2000. middle of a shopping centre. Bach is interpreted by cellist 21:00 C.S.I. Miami Team Championships: 22:50 The Dudesons: World Tour Yo-Yo Ma in collaboration Immigration authorities Super League SPORT 3 (K15) with ice skating champions hamper an investigation. JIM 21:25 Football Confederation 23:20 The Reluctant Porn King JIM Christopher Dean and Jayne 22:00 Most Haunted Cup SPORT (K15) DOC Torvill. A Civil War Barracks in 10:35 Cooked Quarter-final matches. In Despite hating his father’s 10:55 House Hunters 17:40 Science Documentary: the US seems to be quite 11:05 Have Fork, Will Travel Finnish. business as a child, Berth International Nature and Technology haunted. Jamaican culture and 00:45 Torchwood (K13) Milton Jnr. ended up taking 11:20 A Cook’s Tour Part 3/3. 00:00 No Angels cuisine. over his pornographic 12:20 Cooking in the Danger 18:35 History: The Great Wall of Kate goes on an anger 11:30 A Cook’s Tour empire. Reveals much of Zone SERIES BEGINS. China management course. 12:30 Parking Wars YLE TEEMA the personal life of this Afghanistan. Part 2/2. In German. 00:50 X Files 12:55 Wheeler Dealer publicity-shy mogul. 12:55 Knievel’s Wild Ride 19:30 The Jewel in the Crown 02:10 Fullmetal Alchemist 13:25 Biography: Sean Connery 11:30 The Road to Memphis 01:50 Supernatural A look at the people behind (K13) Ed hasn’t gotten any 14:20 Cheating Death The life of blues legend B.B. the star. Hari Kumar languishes in farther in his work with the A photographer risks his King. 13:50 Chop Shop jail. philosopher’s stone. life to document massive 14:45 Christopher Isherwood & TV VIISI 16:05 Deadliest Catch 20:25 History of the 02:40 Fullmetal Alchemist storms. Don Bachardy DOC The storm worsens. Mediterranean 17:35 Carter Can 16:15 Science Documentary: A 18:00 Biography: Matt Damon 17:00 Lost Worlds: Al Capone's 22:35 Metallica DOC 18:00 Hidden Potential History of Surgery Despite being labelled a Secret City Joe Berlinger and Bruce TV VIISI The children have moved out 17:10 Pictures of a Lost Age pretty boy, through his many 18:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Sinofsky captured more and the home seems too big. DOC years in the industry, Matt Reservations than a thousand hours of 19:00 Packed to the Rafters 19:30 Desperate Landscapes 18:00 Ball of Fire FILM Damon has established 19:00 Boy’s Weekend footage during the making 20:00 X-Weighted A romantic front garden is A nightclub performer goes himself as a serious actor Queensland. of Metallica’s album St. Heather wants to be a attempted. to stay with some professors with true talent. 19:30 Grill It! Anger. better mother by controlling 20:00 Deadliest Catch and in the process teaches 19:00 Rachel Allen: Bake! 20:00 Is It Real? her eating. 21:00 Ladykillers them more than they 19:30 Beach Patrol Bermuda Triangle. 21:00 Tombstone FILM The 15th century’s Elizabeth expected. At least until her 20:00 Beach Patrol 21:00 Biography: Metallica Legendary marshall Wyatt Bathory may be history’s fiancée turns up. Directed 20:30 Beach Patrol The most famous heavy Earp has moved to a small most prolific female killer. by Howard Hawks. Starring: 21:50 Harold & Kumar Go to metal band of all time. town hoping to start a 22:00 Under Fire (K15) Gary Cooper, Barbara White Castle FILM 22:00 Crime Investigation business. Instead, the unruly A shooting incident in the Stanwyck. USA 1941. Follows the antics of two Australia citizenry force him into parking lot. 19:50 From the Master’s Brush weed-smoking graduates The murder of Janine action. Directed by George 22:30 Amsterdam Nights Josef Albers. looking for a fun night and a Balding and the shock Pan Cosmatos. Starring: Kurt 23:00 American Gladiator-89 22:20 Tipping the Velvet bag of hamburgers. Directed of finding out one of the Russell, Val Kilmer. USA 1993. 23:55 Most Shocking (K15) 23:15 The Jewel in the Crown by Danny Leiner. Starring: murderers was 14. S1m0ne 23:15 Footballers’ Wives: Extra 00:50 Fifth Gear (K13) John Cho, Kal Penn. USA/ 23:55 Gangland: One Blood Nelonen at 16:30 Time 01:20 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Canada 2004. (K15)

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09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:00 The Young and the 09:30 Road to Avonlea 09:00 The Young and the 14:55 Dr. Phil 11:05 YLE News in English Restless 11:05 YLE News in English Restless Two sisters who haven’t 11:10 Peak Practice 16:50 Doctors 11:10 Peak Practice 14:00 Tierärztin Dr. Mertens spoken to each other in two 13:00 Waterloo Road Stem cells and hair removal. 13:00 Waterloo Road In German. years are brought on the Tom’s reputation is at stake. 17:40 EastEnders 15:05 Father Dowling Mysteries 16:50 Doctors show. 15:05 Father Dowling Mysteries 18:15 EastEnders 16:00 Holby City Debate on the importance of 15:55 Days of Our Lives 16:00 Holby City 20:00 House 21:00 Blue Car (K15) FILM vaccinating infants. 16:45 Oprah 19:00 The Making of Me House’s ex comes to him for Meg’s English teacher 17:40 EastEnders Hairstyle makeovers. Hurdler Colin Jackson help with a man. provides her with a potential 18:15 EastEnders 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model agrees to be tested so that 21:00 Life escape from her home life, 20:00 Brothers & Sisters More catwalk instruction. the source of his ability can A singer of a rock band is but as their relationship Kitty’s pregnancy throws 19:00 Grey’s Anatomy be discovered. Part 2/3. found dead after a concert. deepens, the possibility of her all plans into disorder, so 20:00 Extreme Makeover: Home 22:15 Shrink Rap 22:30 Crash happiness seems to vanish. she asks for help from her Edition Guest Gene Simmons. SERIES BEGINS. Stories Directed by Karen Moncrieff. parents. A new house for a troubled 23:10 Iran and the West about the interactions of Starring: Agnes Bruckner, 21:00 Cold Case family. A look at the controversial strangers in Los Angeles. David Strathairn. USA 2002. A fellow detective is shot. 21:00 Las Vegas relationships between 23:35 Psych 22:25 John from Cincinnati 22:30 C.S.I. Miami Adventures in the sex trade. Western nations and Iran. The grumpy old man next Shaun has returned, but he An investigation into the 22:00 World’s Strongest Girl Part 1/2. door is found dead. doesn't remember where he robbery of a spa. DOC 00:30 When Women Rule the has been 23:30 C.S.I. Miami 14-year-old Varya Akulova World 23:15 The Making of Me The search for the intended is said to be the world’s TV2 House Part 2/3. assassins of a couple strongest girl. MTV3 at 20:00 released from jail. 23:15 Frasier 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen SUB 00:25 L Word 23:45 Navy NCIS Cartoons and children’s TV2 A woman is murdered on programming. In Finnish. 09:00 Cartoons for Children 14:55 Dr. Phil webcam, but the body 08:50 Happy Days In Finnish. Dr. Phil continues to uncover 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen SUB cannot be found. 10:30 64 Zoo Lane 15:40 Xena: Warrior Princess the scammers using his Cartoons and children’s 12:05 Secret Millionaire 16:30 Hogan Knows Best name to cheat people out of programming. In Finnish. 09:00 Cartoons for Children Pakistani Mo Chaudry The kids are not excited their money. 08:50 Happy Days 10:10 Sturm der Liebe JIM moved to England as a about the family holiday. 15:55 Days of Our Lives Richie and Fonzie find In German. child and is now one of 17:00 Tonight Show with Conan 16:45 Oprah themsleves in trouble with a 11:35 World’s Greenest Homes 15:15 Re-Inventors its wealthiest residents. O'Brien Individuals who have lost girl's father. Being environmentally A toilet that burns its waste. Are there other Asians in 20:00 My Name is Earl massive amounts of weight 11:35 Little House on the Prairie friendly without sacrificing 15:45 A Cook’s Tour Leeds whose lives can be 20:30 The Simpsons without drugs or surgery. 12:25 Animal Hospital: style. A tour of Russia. improved? 21:00 Liar, Liar FILM 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model Supervets 15:40 Xena: Warrior Princess 16:15 Cool Tools 15:10 Little House on the Prairie Fletcher Reede is a divorce 19:00 Grey’s Anatomy 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen 16:30 Hogan Knows Best 16:40 Hidden Potential 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen attorney who seems Hard day’s night. Cartoons and children’s Nick starts training to follow 17:10 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Cartoons and children’s incapable of keeping his 20:00 Ugly Betty programming. In Finnish. in his father’s footsteps. 18:00 Banzuke programming. word. After missing his son's The sex issue. Matt seems 19:20 Supernanny 17:00 Tonight Show with Conan 18:30 A Cook’s Tour 18:00 First Steps birthday party, his son’s shy about taking his 22:55 To Live and Die in L.A. O'Brien The Russian visit continues. Newborns taking their first wish comes true: Fletcher relationship with Betty to (K18) FILM 18:00 Kommissar Rex Lots of vodka, but not much steps on land, sea and air. can’t lie for an entire day. the next level. In order to catch a brilliant In German. time. 19:50 Barbara Cartland: A Ghost Directed by Tom Shadyac. 21:00 MVP: The Secret Lives of counterfeiter accused of 20:00 Friends 19:00 Don’t Sweat It in Monte Carlo Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Hockey Wives murder, agent Richard 20:30 The Simpsons 19:30 Desperate Landscapes Adaptation of Cartland’s Tierney, Justin Cooper, Anna 22:00 Tracey Ullman Chance will have to break 21:00 Skins Wild animals have taken novel in which a Parisian Haney. USA 1997. The mortgage crisis. as many rules as the Thomas, an African over a yard. seeks a new life in Monte 22:45 The Reluctant Porn King 22:30 Frasier criminal. Directed by William immigrant, has just arrived 20:00 Future Weapons Carlo. (K15) DOC 23:45 Lost (K15) Friedkin. Starring: William in Britain. 21:00 Earth from Above 22:05 Matrioshki (K15) 23:45 Tonight Show with Conan Jack plans to organise things L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe. 22:00 Gossip Girl Agricultural production. Bob finds out that a girl O'Brien but faces a lot of resistance. USA 1985. Chuck has been missing Part 2. in Belgium is going to be 00:40 Real Housewives of since his father’s funeral, 22:00 Gene Simmons Family kidnapped. Part 6/10. Orange County but his uncle finds him in Jewels 22:50 Third Watch 01:35 Stargate SG1 JIM YLE TEEMA Bangkok and brings him 22:30 Manhunters: Fugitive Task 23:35 Feel the Force home. Force (K15) A dangerous criminal has 15:45 Re-Inventors 18:00 Going Cold Turkey 00:00 Tonight Show with Conan A special police force have escaped. TV VIISI The duo attempt to make a SERIES BEGINS. Experts O'Brien to study international flying car. teach various addicts to take 00:55 Real Housewives of law when they are given 18:00 Moonlighting 16:15 Anthony Bourdain: No control of their lives. Part 1/5. Orange County a mission involving a YLE TEEMA 18:50 Fresh Prince of Bel Air Reservations 18:25 e2: The Economies of 02:15 Stargate SG1 Columbian drug cartel. 19:20 America’s Funniest Home 17:05 Boy’s Weekend Being Environmentally 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 17:05 The Stormy Decade DOC Videos 17:35 DIY to the Rescue Conscious 23:50 Crime 360 (K15) China’s cultural revolution in 19:50 Airline Making a crafts room for 18:52 Dance for the Camera TV VIISI 00:45 Ultimate Fighter (K15) the 1960s. 20:20 X-Weighted the kids. 19:00 Affinity 18:00 Palin: Around the World in Poor eating habits and 18:00 Banzuke Adaptation of Sarah 18:00 Moonlighting 80 Days a lack of excercise are 18:30 A Cook’s Tour Waters’s novel in which David is trying his best to India and Singapore. Part overcome. 19:00 Cool Tools Margaret Prior attempts to prepare for childbirth. 4/7. 21:15 Football: Under 21 Home renovation tools. improve the conditions of 19:00 Fresh Prince of Bel Air 20:10 Seven Ages of Rock European Championship 19:30 Hidden Potential women’s prisons in Victorian Geoffrey threatens to write SERIES BEGINS. The birth Tournament SPORT A move from New York to England. a novel about the whole of rock and roll is featured in Finland – Spain. In Finnish Chicago. 21:05 Pictures of a Lost Age DOC family. this first episode. . 20:00 World’s Most Daring Photos from the French 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 21:00 Sounds of the Sixties Rescues homefront in World War I. Videos A feature including rock, 21:00 Crime 360 (K15) 23:10 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 20:00 Airline pop and soul performances 22:00 Crisis Point (K15) FILM A hotel in France. from the BBC archives. 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Hailed as the definitive 20:30 Scrubs 21:30 Louis Theroux's Weird 23:50 Biography: Metallica adaptation of Robert Louis 21:00 Flashpoint Weekends The most famous heavy Stevenson’s classic tale of 21:50 Footballers’ Wives: Extra Louis travels through the metal band of all time has split personalities. Directed Time southern states of America had its share of successes as by Rouben Mamoulian. 22:40 Beach Patrol in order to look for any signs Seven Ages of Rock well as failures. Starring: Fredric March. A crazy woman threatens Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of UFOs. Yle Teema at 20:10 00:45 Ultimate Fighter (K15) USA 1931. people with a wrench. Yle Teema at 23:10

next five years. The show is called Lothar will stand there with his top filled with very clever and imagina- Tuntemmatomat (The Unknowns), off so you can see his pecs; some- tive people, can’t come up with an- the original, American, name being times they try to throw the player a ything more original. It’s like a rag- Identity. little bit by having the emeritus pro- and-bone man scrabbling in the Bring out yer The game mechanics are ex- fessor dressed in a bikini, for exam- detritus of other countries’ T V dust- tremely simple; in fact the whole ple. Typical game-show rules apply bins shouting ‘bring out yer rubbish, rubbish thing revolves around one activi- – overly-dramatic music, pointless- any old scrap!’ They still have to pay ty – guessing what people do. In ly portentous camera work, and for the format, and it can’t be cheap, NICK BARLOW the show, originally produced by generally stretching out to half an so why not just get a new one and Since March there’s a new kid on the American company Reveille, the hour content that could be shown in do something, oh, I dunno, original the game show block, and like 99 contestant is faced with twelve ‘un- five minutes. This drawn-out meth- - especially if the original show was per cent of game shows these days, knowns’ and given a list of twelve od of making the programme is one cancelled on its home network after your level of intellect has naff-all to occupations or skills such as ‘pro- of its biggest flaws – before the twelve episodes. do with whether or not you’ll win; fessional pistol shooter’ or ‘Mr. contestant reaches 500 euros prize Still, I’m sure there are fans of unlike in the old days when to win Finland finalist’ which they must money, the astute viewer will either these shows, and good luck to ‘em I something like Mastermind you match. Sometimes they have ‘well- have worked out all the identities suppose. Supporters of similar bas- had to have at least three PhDs. In- known’ people like male stripper themselves, or fallen asleep. tardised televisual offspring will no stead, to be in with a chance of win- Mr. Lothar, which I can only assume But isn’t it depressing that so doubt be delighted to learn that ning the 30,000 euro grand prize, is due to some deal with the pro- much of our TV schedules are filled while they prepare the next season you have to be quite good at guess- duction company and the ‘celebri- with Finnish versions of foreign of The Unknowns MTV3 will be re- ing. Well, I say it’s a new show but ty’ publicist. Since no-one knows shows? It’s not only that the origi- placing it in the schedules with the in fact it’s just finished its first sea- who they are this rarely helps the nal shows often weren’t very good, next instalments of the weight-loss son of twelve episodes on MTV3, contestants. it’s also that the Finnish versions reality sensation The Biggest Los- and knowing them they’ll probably The show is based almost en- are even worse. I can’t believe that er - the Finnish version. Plus ça make it their signature show for the tirely on visual observation, so Mr. Finland, which by all accounts is change… 26 18 JUNE – 1 JULY 2009 TV GUIDE HELSINKI TIMES

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09:30 Los Serrano 09:00 The Young and the 14:55 Dr. Phil In Spanish. Restless The guests are all hoarders, 11:05 YLE News in English 16:50 Doctors for instance, Kristy has 200 11:10 Peak Practice The five most common cats. 13:00 Waterloo Road lies that patients tell their 15:55 Days of Our Lives Some of the students are doctors. 16:45 Oprah about to embark on work 17:40 EastEnders Country music stars. experience programmes. 18:15 EastEnders 17:45 Australia’s Next Top Model 14:10 Neighbours in the Wild: 20:00 Our lives: My Car Is My The girls are allowed to show Caribbean Lover off their dancing skills. What secrets remain off Details the lives of two 19:00 Grey’s Anatomy the coast of the Caribbean? men who have sexual 20:00 How to Look Good Naked Part 3/3. relationships with their cars. How weight should not 15:05 Father Dowling Mysteries 21:00 C.S.I. New York influence the way people 16:00 Holby City An assassin is found brutally feel about themselves. Jess and Sean reach a murdered. 21:00 Medium logical conclusion. 22:30 The Apprentice In a dream Allison sees a 17:08 Peak Practice 23:30 Mythbusters man who leaves his entire The anniversary of Emily’s Deleted scenes from past property to a stranger. death approaches. episodes. 00:10 Frasier 21:40 Iran and the West 00:35 Hustle Frasier worries when Martin A look at the roots of the Bollywood scam. sits at home all day long. conflict between the two. Part 2/2. SUB JIM

TV2 09:00 Cartoons for Children 15:20 Re-Inventors In Finnish. An attempt to build Da 06:50 Pikku Kakkonen 15:40 Xena: Warrior Princess Vinci’s machine gun. Cartoons and children’s 16:30 Hogan Knows Best 15:50 A Cook’s Tour programming. In Finnish. The Hogan family conquers 16:20 Don’t Sweat It 08:50 Happy Days Hollywood. A patio is built in the Chachi is dying to go to a 17:00 Tonight Show with Conan backyard. forbidden party. O'Brien 16:45 Desperate Landscapes 11:35 Little House on the Prairie 20:00 Friends 17:10 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 12:25 Plus belle la vie 20:30 The Simpsons 18:00 Banzuke A psychiatrist thinks of a 21:00 Twelve Monkeys (K15) 18:30 A Cook’s Tour radical way of waking Céline FILM Traditional Oaxacan cuisine. from her coma. In French. A penal colony prisoner must 19:00 Million Dollar Listing 15:10 Little House on the Praire travel back in time from A fairytale castle. 17:23 Pikku Kakkonen 2035 to 1997 in order to 19:30 Tricked Out Cartoons and children’s discover the source of a virus The Acura Integra’s intake programming. In Finnish. that kills five billion people. manifold. 18:00 Emily of New Moon Directed by Terry Gilliam. 20:00 Fifth Gear Visitors from Scotland are Starring: Bruce Willis, The Citroën C6 and the coming. Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Honda Legend. 21:25 Football Confederation Christopher Plummer, Frank 20:30 Fifth Gear Cup SPORT Gorshin. USA 1995. The Audi TT. A match between the 23:30 C.S.I. 21:00 Modern Marvels: Heavy winners of group A and the 00:30 Tonight Show with Conan Metals runners-up of group B. In O'Brien The history of metal and the Finnish. 01:25 Rock of Love integral role it has played 23:25 In the Pit DOC 02:15 Angela’s Eyes in the development of Award-winning A train conductor’s death. civilisation. documentary about the men 03:05 Stargate SG1 22:00 American Hot Rod who built the Mexico City 23:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live! highway. 23:50 Earth from Above TV VIISI Increased sustainability and genetically modified foods. YLE TEEMA 18:00 Moonlighting 00:50 Ultimate Fighter (K15) Maddie reutrns to Los 18:00 Perfect Family Angeles, and the trip from It’s not easy to buy a house Chicago is full of surprises. in Israel if you're Russian, 19:00 Fresh Prince of Bel Air Arab or lesbian.. Will takes part in a TV quiz. 18:53 Dance for the Camera 19:30 America’s Funniest Home 20:30 Carnegie Art Award: Videos Image of the Artist 20:00 Airline Introducing Ferdinand Ahm Troubles abound on Friday Kragh from Denmark. 13th. 20:40 Resident Alien 20:30 Scrubs Sting wrote the song "An Dr. Cox is going after a new Englishman in New York" record: a whole day without about author Quentin Crispi. a dead patient. While in that city, Jonathan 21:50 Outrageous Fortune Rossiter walks the streets A gang of youths annoy Wolf with this master of wit. to no end. 22:00 Six Feet Under (K15) 22:40 Beach Patrol David is forced to take a San Diego’s beach patrols side between the issues of were sent to help with Mythbusters homosexuality and religious Hurrican Katrina. MTV3 at 23:30 faith. 23:05 Paranormal State

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tionalists have a real passion HOME MAINTENANCE A conspiracy of clichés for the myth of the incompa- rably honest Finn, so naive but is hardly more likely to be IT OFTEN seems like Finns searching for something less or approval-seeking foreign- a bitter sociopath either. Our services include, painting, and foreigners unwitting- pointless to talk about. ers are doing themselves and “Finns as a nation are ob- wallpaper, plastering and small repairs. ly conspire to make life to- “Finnish is a very diffi cult others no favours at all by sessed with what others Your home Also home & offi ce cleaning. gether needlessly repetitive. language.” Many Finns seem helping them sustain their think of them.” Finns never Honest and reliable service in the maintenance Greater Helsinki Area Here are just some of the to dig this one because it prejudices. To the extent that tire of fl ogging themselves Ask for references. main themes that continual- makes them feel unique. A lot this cliché appears to be true, with this one. It’s true. ly resurface as both parties of foreigners probably latch that’s probably just because “Finland is boring.” Those by Ozzie Services Contact: David 050 431 8621 [email protected] seemingly fail to get over the on to it in search of consola- Finns are generally more dis- who stay for more than, say, fact that sharing a chunk of tion, or a handy excuse, for creet about their occasional a weekend are bound to hear land with people of different not learning the language, bullshitting and dishonesty this, or even think it. Dull- GOLF origins is not rocket science. which is less impenetrable than many others, who of- ness can be very education- “Finland is a cold coun- and indeed far nicer than it's ten tend to be more aware of al though, at least indirectly. try.” Any sane foreigner is cracked up to be. and perhaps resigned to the Before moving here in 1998, GOLF LESSONS bound to get tired of repeat- “Finns are law-abid- less fl attering but inevitable I read in the Lonely Plan- Experienced golfer off ers private golf lessons throughout summer in Greater Helsinki area. Equipment provided. Both ing this or of having it help- ing and honest.” Foreigners sides of human nature. et guide that while in Fin- fully pointed out to them. The come out with this when they “Finns are very reserved.” land “it’s probably best just beginners and advanced. Flexible schedule. World Wildlife Fund reported can't know any better, or else This is partly true, but hear- to catch up on your reading, Language: English or Finnish. a couple of years ago that Fin- just to ingratiate themselves ing it trotted out year af- and leave more sociable pur- Ask more: [email protected] land is the world’s third-most with the natives, who over- ter year infl ates it beyond suits for the other countries intensive user per capita all are hardly any more (nor all proportion to reality. Be- on your itinerary”. Aided by BUSINESS FOR SALE of non-renewable resourc- less) honest than the rest of sides, making a meal of it the superb public library sys- es. At that rate of contribut- humanity. The Finnish police hardly helps newcomers in- tem, I’ve kept the rest of my ing to global warming, the and judicial system don’t ex- tegrate here. Yes, the average itinerary on hold for the time TELECOM BUSINESS FOR SALE place is not going to stay cold ist just to keep the foreign- Finn might be less likely than being and followed the main Specialists in prepaid phone cards for long distance calls. for much longer. But while it ers in line, after all. The more the average Southern Euro- part of that advice ever since. We have our own prepaid phonecard maker, you can make still is, try keeping cosy by boneheaded of Finnish na- pean to be a suave extrovert, I'm not bored yet. prepaid phonecards for any country in Europe. For more information contact: In this series expatriates tell about their lives in Finland. Mr. Lamin Jammeh 044 555 9712 / 09 7279 2501 035535-0924

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This picture provided by the White House shows US President A man holds up face masks at a medical supplies market in Cairo A female Snow Leopard shows off her teeth in the newly opened Alli- Barack Obama talking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 9 June . Egypt extended a quarantine of 234 people inside a dor- son Maher Stern Snow Leopard Exhibit at Central Park Zoo on 11 June Netanyahu during a phone call from the Oval Office on 8 June. mitory at the American University in Cairo on Tuesday, ordering in New York City. The new habitat offers zoo visitors an up-close view Obama and Netanyahu had “constructive” talks by phone ahead them isolated for a week after five more residents tested positive of the Snow Leopard, one of the world’s most endangered big cats. of the premier’s speech on the Middle East peace process next for the H1N1 flu, the university said. Scientists estimate there are only a few thousand left in the wild, The week, the White House said. new exhibit houses three Snow Leopards.

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Iranian women line up to vote inside the Masoumeh shrine in the The hydrogen gas vent line (C, at bottom, silver tube attached to Britain’s Andy Murray holds his trophy as he celebrates beating Shiite holy city of Qom, 120km south of Tehran, on 12 June. Ira- orange fuel tank) on the space shuttle Endeavour after NASA de- James Blake of the US in their singles final match at the Queen’s nians poured into polling stations to vote in a close-fought pres- layed the launch due to a leak in the vent line during fueling on Club grass court tennis championships in London 14 June. idential race which has seen moderate ex-premier Mir Hossein 13 June at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The leak is similar to Mousavi emerge as the main challenger to incumbent hardliner one that occured in March before the launch of the shuttle Dis- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. covery. NASA expects the delay to be a minimum of four days