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BUSINESS
Legislation and Rubicon
Martti Koskenniemi and politicians on EU-US free trade pact.
The Rubicon forum draws Russian
businesspeople to Finland.
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Christmas baking and
soft drink health hazards
Perceived negative effects of sugary beverages, and some recipes for
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Upon its launch some three years
ago, the excavation project was projected to be completed by late 2012.
In Helsinki, the automation of
trains and the installation of new
platform screen doors have both
proven complicated. ?This threatens
the opening of the west metro, because the majority of the west metro trains are our old trains.?
Altogether, Siemens has pledged
to install the automated control
system on 41 older and 10 newer
metro trains. Lehtonen stresses.
The persistent issues with the platform doors, in turn, are to be resolved
in January, after trials on two new
safety solutions that should ensure
that the gap between the train door
and the platform edge is not excessive.
On the other hand, Lehtonen
concedes that over the past 30 days
the risk of delays has increased.
?At the moment, delays are looking
more likely than before.?
Olavi Louko, the board chairman
of Länsimetro Oy and Espoo?s director of technical services, holds fast
to the original schedule. Five of the eight
stations of the western extension are
currently under construction.
Stepping it up, however, would
come at a cost. S U L L I VA N . ?People at the
HKL end have dramatised the situation somewhat. 19 DECEMBER 2013 . H S
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N , J A M E S O . ISSUE 51-52 (333-334) . Jaatinen has also been appointed as the administrator for the
overhaul of its listed parent company.
The objective of Jaatinen is therefore to assess whether it is possible
to rehabilitate Talvivaara?s business,
to seek measures to address its problems and to draw up a restructuring
programme. 1 JANUARY 2014 . I wouldn?t be
too worried about the new trains.
It?s perfectly normal to change the
work order, if some part is not progressing,. The installation
schedule for the old trains will be
speci?ed in January. H T
STRUGGLING nickel miner Talvivaara
and its subsidiary Talvivaara Sotkamo will undergo debt restructuring,
after the District Court of Espoo ascertained on Tuesday that the procedure has the requisite support of
creditors. According to the court,
Jaatinen must present its proposal
for the restructuring of Talvivaara
Sotkamo by 25 April 2014.
During the process, Talvivaara
will be prohibited from conducting
any signi?cant business transactions, such as take on new debt for
irregular activities without the administrator?s approval.
The objective of the restructuring process is to rehabilitate the
business of a temporarily distressed
company. HS
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . ?We?ve had
to build a 70-metre long sarcophagus inside the tunnel. ?Helsinki
and Siemens surely wouldn?t mind if
Court backs Talvivaara overhaul
The District Court of Espoo approved the restructuring of Talvivaara Sotkamo on
Tuesday, a day after a major creditor reinstated its support for the procedure.
M AT T I T Y Y N Y S N I E M I . Funds managed by the
hedge fund have been invested in
Talvivaara for over eight months.
They ask that Talvivaara further
clarify the impact of the process.. Ordinarily, the rehabilitation measures entail adjustments
in the company?s operations and, on
the other hand, debt reductions.
Meanwhile, in an open letter to
Talvivaara on 17 December, Noster
we announced delays in the project,
but we?ll stick to the schedule if only
just to spite,. Louko states.
The ?rst party to announce delays will be deemed liable for the
subsequent costs.
The construction of the stations,
Kokkinen says, can be expedited by
working in two shifts. In addition, the delivery of 20 new metro trains ordered
from a Spanish manufacturer by
HKL looks likely to be delayed.
Juha Lehtonen, the director of
Siemens. You can
transfer from one
vehicle to another
with a single ticket
within the validity
of the ticket.
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MAR JA SALOMA A . Pekka Perä, the CEO of
Talvivaara, comments in a bulletin.
?With the reorganisation process now beginning, we can also
continue our metals production,
which re-commenced last week after a one-month stoppage of our
metals recovery plant.?
The metals production, Perä
adds, was resumed successfully.
?The leaching of new ore is also proceeding as anticipated.?
Lawyer Pekka Jaatinen of the law
?rm Castrén & Snellman was appointed as the administrator for Talvivaara
Sotkamo. mobility division, dispels the concerns. On Monday, Belgian zinc
producer Nyrstar reinstated its support for the overhaul, thus ensuring
that the prerequisites pursuant to
the Restructuring of Enterprises Act
are ful?lled.
?The decision by the District
Court of Espoo to commence the reorganisation process of Talvivaara
Sotkamo was expected, and it clari?es the situation and improves our
operational preconditions going
forward,. The
extension of the network to Matinkylä, Espoo, is scheduled for completion in late 2015, but in addition
to glitches in the ongoing Helsinki Metro automation project, the
construction of the west metro has
been delayed.
The excavation projects in Espoo
are now nearing completion, some
six months behind schedule.
Matti Kokkinen, the CEO of Länsimetro Oy, reveals that especially
the excavation of the metro tunnel
between Lauttasaari and Keilaniemi has proven dif?cult. W W W.HELSINKITIMES.FI
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Their delivery has been delayed due
to new safety regulations, which require that third-party inspections
be performed on the trains before
their delivery.
Similarly, doubts over the automation of the older M100 trains have
THE TASK
The construction of the Tapiola station began before the overground plan entered into legal force.
emerged, with the board of HKL recently proposing that Siemens continue the project next summer.
According to Matti Lahdenranta, the managing director of HKL,
this would represent the most serious setback to date. The total cost of the
construction project recently exceeded 900 million euros and is expected to breach the one billion euro
mark sooner rather than later, business newspaper Kauppalehti reported last week.
Last year, the councils of Espoo
and Helsinki revised the cost estimate to 960 million euros.
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April 2014.
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Ukraine?s political crisis
NO MATTER how Ukraine?s
current political crisis is resolved, little can be done to
improve the country?s dif?cult economic situation.
Ukraine needs to pay its 2-billion dollars debt to Gazprom,
a giant natural-gas company
based in Russia, before the
end of 2013, and it faces 7.3
billion dollars in debt repayments next year. The goals are
very similar, and there are
more and more tools that
Finland and other countries
can make use of. Information can and
should be shared, even before it is requested.
Ukrainians to push them toward structural economic reforms aimed at reducing the
huge inef?ciencies of their
economy.
HAVING
stepped
onto
Ukraine?s political turf, the
Europeans will also need a
long-term strategy to manage
relations with the country. Yet, some
funding will be necessary in
the short term if Europe is to
appear credible. Even though
Ukraine?s swing toward the
EU is, on balance, a good
thing for Russia, many in
Moscow are reeling at the
prospect of Ukraine taking a
?ight in the direction of Europe. The
Centre, known as ?EC3?, is
located at the Europol headquarters in the Netherlands.
EC3 ASSISTS European Union
member states in matters involving cybercrimes committed by organised crime
groups, which cause serious
harm to their victims or affect
critical infrastructure and information systems in the EU.
focus is on combating hacking, malware
and fraud, the online sexual
abuse of children and credit card skimming and scams.
Investigations regularly involve hundreds of victims at
a time as well as suspects in
many different parts of the
world. Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject submissions, as well as to edit or shorten the text.
The opinions expressed in this section are the writers. This will be really
hard. It is also relatively easy to act invisibly on the
Internet and plan crimes in
encrypted messages. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service is
on the front lines of the war
against cyber terrorism.
IN ADDITION
LAST year the Finnish police
seized over ten thousand information technology devices and
almost thousand terabytes of
?les to be analysed.
exchange
of information and the coordination of operations will
be continued and intensi?ed with counterpart law
enforcement of?cials in the
EU and other countries. The resolution of the political crisis
will also do little to change
the fact that Ukraine is ruled
and largely owned by sever-
al clans of oligarchs that are
?ghting for redistribution of
power and property.
RUSSIA is visibly losing the
struggle for Ukraine, which
is actually a blessing in disguise. whether motivated by pro?t or ideology
. 1 JANUARY 2014
HELSINKI TIMES
Viewpoints are commentaries written by experts and authorities about specific topics. In the
early 1990s, the Finnish police were already setting up
a European working group
to ?ght computer-assisted
crimes.
of this magnitude require suf?cient
resources, both at the international and national level. Had Moscow won, it
would have had to subsidise
its 45-million strong neighbour, give it a powerful voice
within the councils of Eurasian integration, and live under the constant threat of
betrayal. Ukraine within Putin?s Eurasian Economic Union would have been like the
Kingdom of Poland within
the Russian Empire: privileged, but unfree, and rebel-
lious. It is a stark necessity. steal online data including
individuals. The online
world, however, poses different challenges than those we
face in the real world.
JUST LIKE
FIRSTLY,
Mikko Paatero
National Police Commissioner,
National Police Board
Rob Wainwright
Director Europol
TRADITIONAL forms of organised crime are ?ooding into
the digital world. This
makes it possible to prevent
threats before they cause extensive harm. Ukraine?s track record
with the International Monetary Fund is abominable. Hate crime also
bene?ts from the perceived
anonymity of the Internet.
. This will be particularly hard given the quality
of the Ukrainian political-economic elite, who probably realise that, in the long run, they
will have no place in a truly European Ukraine. It is likely that sometime in 2014, the
agreement and the accord on
a free-trade area between
the European Union and
Ukraine will be signed. Interpol?s planned Global
Complex for Innovation in
OPERATIONS
Ukraine associated with Europe is not going to become
?Russophobic.. It is right for Germany to begin playing a role it
has long grown to assume.
WORKING in tandem with
Brussels, the government
in Berlin needs to turn
Ukraine?s association into a vehicle for the country?s
modernisation, while making sure that stability in Europe is not in danger. 2
VIEWPOINT
19 DECEMBER 2013 . The Finnish Police
also has its own Cybercrime
Centre in the National Bureau of Investigation, which
works closely with Europol?s
EC3 on cross-border cases.
FINLAND
to this, almost all Finnish Police Departments have their own
experts working against cybercrime. In the medium and longer term, the EU
will have to work closely with
Cybercrime exceeds drugs in value
combating organised criminal networks in the
real world, we also need to
work together in the online
world, sharing information
and best practices. European in?uence in Ukraine should
promote moderation within the country and uphold its
ties with neighbors, including Russia.
THE EUROPEAN Union would
have been spared this mammoth list of tasks had it
simply accepted Viktor Yanukovych?s rejection of the
EU Association Agreement
in Vilnius. We need new thinking and new ways to operate
between government agencies. The worst case
scenario is to hide incidents
from law enforcement agencies in favour of protecting a
company?s reputation or personnel, who might not have
handled the situation with
suf?cient professionalism.
COMPANIES
the European Union
and Finland have launched
their own cyber security strategies. A
common foreign policy of the
EU is not just a desirable thing
to have. The EU needs to make
clear to the Russians that a
TODAY, Finnish police experts are among those working to develop the European
Cybercrime Centre, which
opened in January 2013. Our common
goal is a free, open and secure cyberspace.
INTERNATIONAL. Perpetrators often operate from or
via remote locations.
that private industry believes
that law enforcement can add
value through protection.
should feel free
to inform the authorities
about suspected cybercrimes
in order for them to be analysed and stopped as quickly as possible. This
will no doubt be celebrated across Europe and North
America as a de?nite break
with the legacy of Ukraine?s
existence within the Russian
Empire, and as one of the ?nal steps in the creation of a
Europe whole and free. personal and ?nancial data as well as trade
secrets from companies.
And organised criminals
have found that it is both
easier and more pro?table
to penetrate a bank online
than to organise an armed
robbery.
it can be dif?cult
to ?nd a geographical link
to a crime. Thus, engaging with Ukraine?s civil society
and empowering it is the key
to success.
THE EU will have to think
through the implications of
its Ukraine policy with regards to Russia. Europe may be very
angry with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who
bolted just before Vilnius, but
supporting the unconstitutional ouster of a democratically elected government is
fraught with serious danger.
With US support, European
politicians are acting as middlemen to engineer a compromise between the Ukrainian
authorities and the Euromaidan opposition. In one recent case,
a Finnish expert spent ten
days in The Hague as part of
a major joint operation, coordinated by EC3, against
an online network exchanging digital content depicting
child sexual exploitation.
THE MAIN
THE COOPERATION has been
THE INCIDENCE
online world, criminals do not need to meet and
they can run a sophisticated VAT carousel fraud, earning millions of euros without
leaving their bedrooms.
IN THE
coordination will
also be needed to share information between law enforcement agencies and with
private and public partners.
In this context, it is important
IMPROVED
successful for years. The likelihood of Ukraine defaulting
on its debt in the next ?ve
years is currently estimated at 50 per cent. The
RUSSIA?S
stung by the ?asco at the Eastern Partnership
Summit in Vilnius, the European Union has become more
active . Beyond Kiev,
their most important task is to
help keep the big and diverse
country in one piece.
IN THE near future, the Europeans will also need to face
up to their economic responsibility. The
EU itself, heavily burdened
with the need to help its own
southern members, has little cash available. The possibilities for criminals are vast.
A recent report suggests that
victims lose around ?290 billion each year worldwide as
a result of cybercrime, making it more pro?table than the
global trade in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined.
HACKERS
of crimes
such as fraud, identity theft,
VAT scams and the sexual exploitation of children is increasing. Helping ?EU-ropeanise?
Ukraine in a way that does not
lead to internal con?ict and divisions along regional, ethnic,
or linguistic lines will be very
demanding. Even if
the EU and Germany are not
ready to foot the bill, there is
no turning back to pre-Vilnius, pre-Maidan days. After Kiev?s Euromaidan protests, walking away from Ukraine is no
longer an option for Europe.
To live up to the challenge
that they may not have clearly seen even a month ago, the
Europeans need steady leadership. Europol and
the Finnish Police are ?ghting cybercrime together every day.
BOTH
SECONDLY,
unwanted phenomena can spread at the
speed of light, and legal procedures are not adapting fast
enough to respond to the
threat. Europe
has made Ukraine an offer,
and now it must live with its
implications.
Singapore will be part of this
cooperation network.
is committed to its
own cyber security strategy
to ensure that the Police will
have suf?cient capabilities to
prevent, expose and solve cybercrimes. own and do not represent the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
celebration, however, will
usher in new responsibilities.
ALREADY,
Dmitri Trenin served in the Soviet and Russian armed forces
from 1972 to 1993, including experience working as a liaison
officer in the external relations branch of the Group of Soviet
Forces. in the political realm,
above all. While counterintuitive
to the Kremlin, Russia without Ukraine will be stronger
than with it.
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?rst from zero to nine per
cent in early 2012 and then
to ten per cent in early 2013.
Digital subscriptions, in contrast, are subjected to a VAT
of 24 per cent. Members of the press
should, for example, look for
ways to co-operate in deliveries . Aro estimates.
Moreover, the loss of population in municipalities ravaged by unemployment may
increase, with the Government set to require job seek-
Helsinki Roihuvuori resident Konsta Erola has lived in nine locations. ?In practice, intensifying migration ?ows mean
that regional disparity will
grow further,. With EU regulations stipulating that VAT
rates cannot be less than 5
per cent, Finland cannot revert to the tax rates in effect
before 2012.
Pia Viitanen (SDP), the
Minister of Housing and
Communications, has requested an assessment of the
impact of the proposal by 4
March 2014.
?Finland is rather a unique
country even among the Nor-
T E E M U L UUK K A . Viitanen says.
Similarly to the committee, which submitted its proposal at midday Tuesday,
Viitanen insists that it remains too early to speculate
on the amount of the subsidy.
Roughly 20 per cent of the
jobs in the media sector have
disappeared since 2008 due
to economic uncertainty and
the growing tendency of people to follow the news for free
online.
The responsibility for the
future of the press, the committee concludes, lies ?rst
and foremost with the publishers. There
simply are no jobs,. 1 JANUARY 2014
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R I O G A N DA R A / H S
Migration flows
mould Finland
People nearing
retirement age
migrate more
readily than ever.
P IP S A PA LT TA L A . H S
A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . As people live longer and longer,
various forms migration become possible,. ?Of course,
cities are growing also today,
but in a controlled manner,?
he argues.
In addition, Söderling
points out that while masses of Finns emigrated to Sweden in the 1970s, the ?ow of
immigrants into Finland is
now gathering pace.
Similarly, the reasons for
internal migration are dif-
Disagreement
in movement
Söderling, who has studied
the migration ?ows of the
1970s, disagrees with Aro.
According to Söderling, the
new migration wave cannot
be compared to the previous
Committee proposes
temporary press subsidy
The tax on newspaper subscriptions has been
raised from 0 to 10 per cent in recent years.
Government of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (NCP)
. In recent years, internal migration ?ows have intensi?ed, with moves both
between and within municipalities on the increase.
In 2011 and 2012, for example, migration ?ows
reached the levels of 1974,
the peak year of Finland?s
great migration, data gathered by population researcher Timo Aro indicate.
?It?s amazing that in the
2000s people have moved
more than in any decade ever
before,. H S
A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . ?Moving is easier when it has been done several times before.?
ers to accept jobs within 80
kilometres of their home,
provided that the commute
is no longer than 90 minutes.
For several municipalities
in eastern and northern regions of Finland, the future
looks as bleak as it did for rural localities amid the rapid inward migration of the
1970s.
?There are areas with no
work available. particularly in light of
the hikes in delivery charges introduced by the stateowned postal company Itella.
S I R PA R Ä I H Ä / H S
A PRESS
S e e o u r va s t a nd a bs olutel y fabul ous
co u r s e p ro g ra m m e !
ferent, Söderling reminds.
In the 1960s and 1970s, people were forced to leave their
homes. explains Ismo Söderling, a researcher
in migration patterns and
the director of the Institute
of Migration.
Also under 20-year-old
and 20-34-year-old people
are predisposed to migrate.
The people who stay put,
on the other hand, are older
than ever. f i
Institute of Adult Education in Helsink i
Helsingin aikuisopisto
Tö ö l ö nt u l l i n k at u 8 , 0 0 2 5 0 H e l s i n k i
dic countries with few forms
of media assistance,. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
19 DECEMBER 2013 . The countryside
was deserted; makeshift suburbs had to be constructed to
accommodate the in?ux of
people into cities. he says.
The winners of the population ?ows are the Uusimaa
region and other university
cities alongside their commuter belts. Of Finland?s 320
municipalities, roughly 100
have reported net migration
gains.
The people who move
house typically relocate to
regional centres or to their
immediate vicinity.
A similar phenomenon
has been observed also elsewhere in Europe.
A novel trend in migration, however, are the masses
of people nearing the retirement age who move house: in
the 2000s, the readiness of
people in their 60s to migrate
has increased notably.
?Some move abroad, to
Spain or Thailand, for example; some to summer cottages; and some to be near
their grandchildren. A decision on the subsidy is expected already next
spring.
In addition, the committee proposes that ?the lowest possible rate of VAT. ?It?s a terrible scenario
that the number of pensioners
is growing in proportion to the
working-age population.?
one, which was both sudden
and intense. ?Today, [?] people
move for studies, housing
and retirement. The motives
have not been canvassed in a
long time.?
Meanwhile, there are no
signs of a re-migration to the
countryside. underlines
Erja Lindberg, the general
Co m e a n d e n j oy
l e a r n i n g th e e a s i e s t
language in the wo rld!
Fi nn i s h fo r Fo re i g n e r s
secretary of the municipal employment policy trial, a project
of the Association of Finnish
Local and Regional Authorities. It?s not an issue of insuf?cient or incompatible education. H T
committee appointed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications
has proposed the adoption
of tax cuts and a temporary
subsidy, alongside 16 other
measures, to alleviate the anguish of the press.
?The goal is not to turn the
press into a permanent leech
of the state,. Already 70 per
cent of Finns live in cities,
and if the development continues along the path of Sweden, another 700,000 are
projected to move from localities to cities.
A decision on the subsidy is expected next spring.. H T
FINNS today are moving
house more than ever since
the rapid depopulation of the
Finnish countryside in the
1970s. underlines Harri Pursiainen, a permanent
secretary at the ministry.
The temporary subsidy,
the committee views, would
facilitate the digitisation of
content and encourage members of the media to adapt to
changes in the media landscape. be
imposed on newspaper subscriptions and that the tax
on digital subscriptions be
reduced to the level of print
subscriptions.
The tax on newspaper
and magazine subscriptions
has been raised twice by the
h e l a o
By inserting euro notes to
the machine, it will transfer
an equivalent amount of bitcoins to the depositor?s digiSTARTING last Monday, it is
tal wallet.
possible to buy the digital
Henry Brade, the chief
currency known as bitcoins
executive of Prasos, the company behind the website Bittiraha.?, estimates that the
vending machine is also the
?rst of its kind in Europe. The
world?s ?rst Bitcoin vending machine was unveiled
in Canada?s Vancouver in
October.
The digital currency,
launched in 2008, is distributed through a peer-to-peer
payment network and, in
Michael Gindonis swapped euros for bitcoins in Helsinki on Monday. Today, Finnish banks are
healthy, but a worse day may
yet dawn also for Finland,?
the minister reminded.
Overall, Monday?s debate was characterised by
fatigue from the taxing autumn term and ripples of
last week?s discussion on the
Government?s structural reform policy programme. initiatives presented
to it. he
said, estimating that the in-
Urpilainen was one of many to bring Rehn into Monday?s discussions.
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Koskelo believes that cost-cuts imposed on the Finnish
judicial system by the Government may deteriorate judicial
protection in the country.
Minor infractions such as drink-driving cases should not
be brought to court because ?this is misuse of shrinking
resources, nothing more,. Urpilainen
exclaimed.
Later, Peter Östman of
the Christian Democrats
suggested that even the
problems faced by businesses in securing funding are
due to Rehn, because the European Union has imposed
stricter capital adequacy requirements on banks.
?I?d turn to Commissioner Olli Rehn. The ruling
parties, in turn, castigated
the opposition for the content of their budget drafts
and utopian cost estimates.
Several members of
the opposition referred to
a guest contribution published in Monday?s edition of
Helsingin Sanomat, in which
professor Matti Wiberg suggested that the Government
has had justi?cation drawn
up for its decisions only after
taking them.
rencies, is maintained and
in?uenced by a volunteer
open-source community.
Bitcoin is attracting increasing media attention especially due to the dramatic
?uctuations in its exchange
rate. HT
OLLI REHN, the European Com-
missioner for Economic and
Monetary Affairs, was made
the scapegoat for squalor as
the Finnish Parliament began
its budgetary debate on Monday. Heinäluoma
replied when asked whether
he would vote for or against
the initiative.
?I truly believe this to be
the ?rst citizens. By 19 September, at the end of the collection period, 167,000 Finns
had expressed their support
for the initiative, mounting
pressure on the Parliament.
The goal of gender-neutral marriage laws was not
inscribed in the government programme due to opposition from the Christian
Democrats.
K AI SINERVO / HS
Nearly 170,000 Finns have voiced their support for the initiative.
Urpilainen, in response to
the Centre?s demands for the
annulment of Finland?s bank
tax, underlined that the effects of the ?nancial crisis
might not have been as overwhelming had banks been
subjected to more stringent
regulations earlier.
?I do encourage the sector to prepare itself for crises. H S
A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . Moreover, Koskelo explains that
you can only improve quality if courts of justice are relieved
from a large amount of straightforward cases.
Finland?s first Bitcoin vending
machine unveiled in Helsinki
ki. initiative
that can obtain the approval of the Parliament. initiative
is an instrument of direct
democracy, essentially allowing the presentation of
initiatives with a minimum
of 50,000 statements of support to the Parliament for
consideration.
Under a provision adopted
to the Finnish Constitution in
March 2012, the Parliament
is obliged to consider all citizens. initiative for
equal marriage laws was presented to Eero Heinäluoma (SDP), the Speaker of the
Parliament, on Friday morning by representatives of
the Tahdon2013 campaign.
As envisioned by the sponsors, an equal Marriage Act
would grant marriage rights
to same-sex couples, who are
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Parliament is contemplating restricting
mobile phone use at schools.
Should mobile devices be disabled during lessons?
Yes . 1 JANUARY 2014
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HS / ADRIANA DOBRIN
Commissioner
Rehn made
scapegoat for squalor
The ruling and
opposition parties
exchanged blows
during Monday?s
budgetary debate.
TEIJA SUTINEN . What?s
relevant here is how the campaign has demonstrated how
signi?cant an issue this is
for Finns,. Koskelo states.
The judicial system requires extensive reforms and a
rationalisation of its operations, she explains. Koskelo also
assures that ?it?s a misconception to think that the judicial
system can, with internal measures alone, respond to the
massive cuts.?
Finland has been admonished by the European Court of
Human Rights (ECHR) relatively often, compared to other
Nordic countries, and it has typically been for excessively
long trial proceedings. H T
in Helsinki, following the unveiling of Finland?s ?rst Bitcoin vending machine in the
record shop Levykauppa Äx
in Asematunneli, a shopping
centre in downtown Helsin-
H S / H E I D I P I I RO I N E N
T E E M U L UUK K A . H S
A L E K S I T E I VA IN E N . 89.8%
No . Yet, you propose further borrowing and spending increases,. H T
itiative could be debated in
late February.
?As is customary, the
Speaker refrains from commenting on the matter under
consideration,. contrast to traditional curJUH A NI S A A R INE N . According to shop
supervisor Oskari Kivimäki,
the digital currency ?ts the
pro?le of the chain, which is
already known for its quirky
stunts, like a glove.
?It?s for the sake of experimentation and messing
about,. Östman asked members of the opposition party.
With 167,000 signatories, the consensus is that the initiative warrants a serious parliamentary debate.
Initiative for equal Marriage
Act presented to Parliament
THE CITIZENS. campaign activist
Milla Halme stated.
The initiative for equal
marriage rights gained the
minimum requirement of
50,000 signatures within hours of its launch, on 19
March 2013. The initiatives are then
referred to a parliamentary committee designated by
the Speakers, which can approve, amend or reject the initiative at its discretion.
When receiving the initiative for equal marriage
rights, Heinäluoma promised
that it will be considered in a
careful and serious manner.
?It?s clear that this will be
taken into consideration,. The way Koskelo views it, there
should be a system through which evidentiary issues were
considered once very deeply. he explains.. Currently, the value of
a single bitcoin is approximately 630 euros, but in January the currency was valued
at roughly 70 euros. 10.2%
M AR T TI K AINUL AINEN
View details and this week?s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi
Who:
Pauliine Koskelo
currently allowed to register
their partnership but not entitled to the same rights as
married couples.
The citizens. 4
DOMESTIC
19 DECEMBER 2013 . HS
ALEK SI TEIVAINEN . The
Government and the opposition engaged in lengthy shadow-boxing matches on, for
example, how to raise the retirement age if there are no
jobs to retire from.
The Government, the opposition declared, is ?oating
on air and has founded the
impact analysis of its budget
estimate on belief. Minister of Finance Jutta Urpilainen (SDP) revealed
that she had felt con?icted
when studying the alternative
budgets drafted by the Centre
and the Finns Party.
?Whenever I go to Brussels, I hear Centre?s EU Commissioner Olli Rehn call for
more cuts to next year?s
budget. For the
time being, however, only a
handful of shops in Finland
accept bitcoins as payment.
Levykauppa Äx shop in
Asematunneli began accepting Bitcoin payments on
Monday. Have you had
lines of communication with
him?
Jukka Riikonen,
the chief of the Helsinki Police Department, asserted in
a press release.
Bribery
allegations in brief
. 1 JANUARY 2014
5
C O M P I L E D B Y A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N
The act was
unpremeditated
but brutal, the
court ruled.
Old evidence
in new light
The District Court of Satakunta found Auer guilty of
the murder of her husband in
Ulvila in December 2006 on
a 2-1 split decision delivered
on 12 December. Roughly 500,000 euros in
Aarnio?s assets have been
frozen or seized.
. ?This time around, the
expectations were rather
different. Jari Aarnio was detained
on 15 November on suspicion of aggravated acceptance of bribes, aggravated misuse of public
office and aiding and
abetting fraud.
. Anything could?ve happened,?
Koski reminded.
In light of crime statistics, which show no spike in
disturbances or crime, the
shooting was an isolated incident, of?cials have also
underlined.
?You must bear in mind,
however, that there is a train
station and lots of rented
?ats in Malminkartano. Manner
exclaimed.
The defence has until today to announce its dissatisfaction with the verdict,
while a formal letter of complaint must be lodged within 30 days of the delivery of
been released from police custody but remain suspects in
the escalating case.
The new suspicions, prosecutor Jukka Haavisto revealed, have surfaced in the
course of the ongoing investigation into bribery and misconduct allegations against
Aarnio. ?The uppermost
feeling is that suspicions of
such gravity are tragic,. Aarnio was ?rst interrogated in relation to the suspected drug offences on Friday
morning, Haavisto also said.
Meanwhile, defence counsel Riitta Leppiniemi revealed that the drug offence
suspicions are linked to an
operation conducted jointly
by the Helsinki drug squad
and the National Bureau of
Investigation, and, more
speci?cally, to the use of
informants.
?The issue emerging here
is that in order to defend
himself, Aarnio and his subordinates would have to disclose information about their
informants. The bribery suspicions are
linked to the surveillance
equipment manufacturer
Trevoc.
. In particular, the court
called attention to the ambivalent nature of the accounts, insisting for example
that, contrary to the daughter?s account, the perpetrator could not have hidden in
the bathroom without leavparticularly precarious by
the revelation that four of
Aarnio?s subordinates are
also suspected of wrongdoings. were
the accounts of Auer and her
oldest daughter, nine years
old at the time of the incident. conceded Karalahti.
No attempts to harm outsiders were made during the
shooting, which was over in
a matter of seconds. Yet
again a split decision, which
went the other way,. Now, the district court estimated that
the offence took place over
a 20-minute period, with
the victim laying on the bed
at some stage,. Three men associated
with Trevoc, including its
current and former CEOs,
are suspected of aggravated bribery.
. her defence counsel, Juha Manner, stated after the
ruling.
Auer, Manner said, is very
disappointed with the ruling. Leppiniemi
elaborated.
Aarnio
detained
on
suspicion
of drug
offences
Accusations against
the chief of Helsinki
Police Department?s
drug squad mount.
HEL SINGIN SANOMAT
L E H T I K U VA / K I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
JARI AARNIO, the chief of the
Helsinki Police Department?s
drug squad, was on Friday detained on suspicion of four
counts of aggravated drug offences. ?Of course we?ll
appeal to the court of appeal.
There?s no question about
it,. ?Most
of these people have such a
long history of crime that
they are no longer able to obtain registered ?rearms,. he
stated, urging investigators
to leave no stone unturned.
?We must look into every
aspect of the case,. reminded Juha Laaksonen, a senior inspector at the Helsinki Police
Department.
L E H T I K U VA / M A R K K U U L A N D E R
the verdict. The court?s
decision, district prosecutor Kalle Kulmala estimates,
was established on the reevaluation of evidence presented to the court already in
2010, when it ?rst considered
the case.
?In its order of acquittal,
the Vaasa Court of Appeal
estimated that the offence
took place over a period of a
few minutes. Officials are also trying
to determine the origin of
over 200,000 euros spent
by Aarnio on a home construction project in recent
years.
. said
Jari Koski, an inspector at the
Helsinki Police Department.
The shooting took place at
the Malminkartano square
roughly an hour after midnight Saturday, leaving ?ve
people injured. Such
factors do stand out. Thereby, police
of?cers, criminals and their
family members would all be
in great danger. ?Naturally, that doesn?t mean that
an incident like this couldn?t
have very well endangered
the lives of by-standers. ?We?ll naturally
establish our letter of complaint on the district court?s
arguments,. Paatero
underscored.
The situation, Paatero
suggested, has been made
contradict Auer?s own description of the events.
?The district court identi?ed features of her account
that together do not agree
with the sequence of events,?
noted Kulmala.
?Reasonable
doubt persists?
Regardless, the dissenting
judge deemed it possible that
the homicide was committed
by a third party, viewing that
despite the evidence corroborating the murder charge,
reasonable doubt about the
presence of a third party
persists.
Citing several items of evidence, the other judges contrastively viewed that no
third party could have been
in the family?s home at the
time of the homicide.
The only items of evidence supporting the claim
of an outside perpetrator
. Similarly on 13 December, four of his subordinates
were reeled in for questioning
on suspicion of misconduct.
The four of?cers have since
Jari Aarnio at the District
Court of Helsinki on 15
November.
Paatero surprised
For Mikko Paatero, the National Police Commissioner,
the new suspicions came as
a surprise. The
act was therefore particularly cruel and brutal, the court
ruled.
The motive, however, remains elusive, with
the court concluding that
the couple?s alleged marital troubles could not have
been the direct cause of the
homicide.
Anneli Auer was convicted to life in prison for the murder of her
husband for the second time.
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Factors deemed to
refute defence?s claim of an outside perpetrator
The amount of time required for the sequence of events
No signs of the alleged perpetrator, such as any sounds of him
leaving the house, are audible on the emergency call recording
No shattered glass on Auer?s clothes
No brown fibres embedded in the victim?s clothes
Auer could not have checked up on the victim as she has
claimed
Traces of the victim?s blood were found on Auer?s clothes
Auer?s hands were clean, but blood was found on the receiver
No signs of the alleged perpetrator in the immediate vicinity
of the crime scene
Police puzzled over motive
behind Malminkartano shooting
Most of the
suspects have
long rap sheets.
JOHANNA SJÖHOLM, K AISU MOIL ANEN
HEL SINGIN SANOMAT
THE MOTIVE behind last weekend?s shooting in Malminkartano, Helsinki, continues to
puzzle investigative of?cers.
Following the arrests of six
men, Arto Karalahti, the of?cer in charge of the investigation, said on Monday that
all the people suspected of
involvement in the incident
have now been located.
The men are being held
on suspicion of, for example, attempted manslaughter and ?rearms offences,
and are to appear before the
District Court of Helsinki on
Wednesday for their detention hearings.
Investigative of?cers have
also revealed that the ?rearms used during the incident
were all unregistered. Roughly one million euros in Trevoc?s assets have
been frozen or seized in relation to fraud allegations.
ing traces when leaving the
room.
New, incriminating
statements ignored
The District Court of Satakunta underlines in its
ruling that the verdict was
established solely on the
events leading up to the
homicide, thus suggesting
that the incriminating statements given by Auer?s three
younger children several years after the homicide
were ignored.
?The court concentrated
speci?cally on the incident
and disregarded everything
related to the events that followed,. a man in a hoody . Aarnio?s understanding of the situation
is that if the details are disclosed, massive witness protection programmes would
be required,. The shooting commenced immediately after
the groups went outside.
?What sparked the argument is still unclear,. Measured in crime, Malminkartano is in the top 10 or 15
in Helsinki,. said Manner.
L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N
Auer to appeal against guilty verdict
Five people sustained gunshot wounds in a shooting at the Malminkartano square in Helsinki on
14 December.. ?The Helsinki Police Department must surely
evaluate the capacity of the
[drug] squad and the need for
any measures.?
?The case linked to Aarnio
is very serious, and the command of the police department offers its full support
to investigators to ensure the
matter is investigated thoroughly,. CRIME
HELSINKI TIMES
19 DECEMBER 2013 . The incident
was apparently preceded by
an argument between two
groups of Roma people in a
pub sited at the edge of the
square. She didn?t have a
hysterical outburst, because
it?s not in her nature. Kulmala
explained.
The district court similarly re-evaluated the account
of the events by Auer?s oldest
daughter, who has said that
she saw an outside perpetrator leave the family?s home
on the night of the homicide.
Various segments of the account, the court now judged,
TONI LEHTINEN, JUKK A HAR JU
HEL SINGIN SANOMAT
ANNELI AUER has declared
her intent to appeal against
the penalty of life imprisonment handed to her last week
by the District Court of Satakunta over the murder of
her husband. the court states.
?Brutal act?
Despite deeming the act unpremeditated, the court convicted Auer of murder due to
the number of injuries in?icted on the victim, the amount
of suffering he had to endure
and his defencelessness
1 JANUARY 2014
HELSINKI TIMES
C O M P I L E D B Y A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A
L E H T I K U VA / K A I S A S I R E N
Suomi sinun kielelläsi
Finland på ditt språk
Finland in your language
????????. OLLI HERRALA
?Disciplined
Nokia will
rise again?
?ACCORDING to a report by Citi, Nokia?s decision to give up
its cell phone division was the
right decision. closing time,
many assaults have taken
place.?
Pennanen could not say
if the prisons had been ?lled
with intoxicated or tired celebrators, but more people
were taken in on criminal
AAMULEHTI 15 DECEMBER. Globally, over ?ve million
postal elves contribute to delivering letters and packages.?
JULKAISIJA HELSINGIN KAUPUNKI PUBLICERAD AV HELSINGFORS STAD PUBLISHED BY THE CITY OF HELSINKI
ILTASANOMAT 15 DECEMBER. Knowledge of them
improves every year, but
there are still major gaps in
people?s awareness.
According to an online
poll by TNS Gallup commissioned by Liikennetur-
va, at least one horrendous
gap was revealed among the
1,500 respondents: only 70
per cent of pedestrians and
cyclists know such a common
traf?c sign as the yield sign.
This is despite the fact that
bicyclists in particular face
KAUPPALEHTI 15 DECEMBER. Costs have been
cut and NSN?s previously random pro?t history is headed
in a permanently better direction,. It has succeeded
in both savings and business
operations. HARRI AALTO
Even the yield
sign went unrecognised
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?FINLAND has over 250 traf?c signs. It is
withdrawing from low-margin service agreements,. praises Citi?s analyst
Ehud Gelblum in the report.
Citi gives Nokia?s shares
a purchasing recommendation (?buy?) and a goal price of
7 euro. or
?un?t for delivery?.
In Canada delivery has
been facilitated by giving
Santa his own postal code
?H0H 0H0?. 6
FROM FINNISH PRESS
19 DECEMBER 2013 . ????. The last quarters
speak of success.
?We believe that Nokia?s
network operations have
found a way to success. ?Typically these kinds of arrests
have something to do with
assaults, for example,. the
?ACCORDING
lieutenant says. ?????
Soome sinu keeles
La Finlande dans votre langue
Finska na tvom jeziku
Finland oo ku qoran luqadaada
Finlandia en su idioma
Sizin dilinizde Finlandiya
Finlanda në gjuhën tuaj Helsinki, Espoo,
???????
Vantaa, Kauniainen,
Turku, Tampere,
Mikkeli, Savonlinna,
Pieksämäki, Kuopio,
Kainuu, Oulu,
Rovaniemi
The number of letters sent to Santa in Finland pales in comparison to that received in other countries.
VERKKOUUTISET 15 DECEMBER. The questions
and answers may be found at:
digiumenterprise.com?
According to Citi, Nokia
will continue to be a similar company to MSI and Ericsson; its operations are
marked by slow growth,
steady margins and a strong
cash ?ow.
Gelblum praises the actions of NSN?s management
during the last 2-3 years in
his review. Gelblum evaluates.?. It is worth asking
why all drivers do not know this
sign. TEA MANNINEN
APPLY
7.?24.1.
2014
Last pre-Christmas weekend saw brawls
to Director of
the Helsinki Police Department Esa Pennanen, during
the last weekend of the preChristmas season the Police
were kept busy by disturbances in particular.
?There were exceptionally many disturbances,. PERTTU KOISTINEN
Brazil handles more post
for Santa than Finland
saw Santa Claus
receive about 550,000 letters last year. A disciplined
Nokia will rise again, the report can be summarised.
?The management has
turned Nokia?s network traf?c (NSN) into a disciplined
operation. ?. On Friday afternoon
Nokia?s share was worth 5,59
euro, but the year?s highest
rate was at 6,03 euro.
?As long as the company?s
margins and fundamentals
are balanced, the previously
classical technology of Nokia
will become an industrial
name,. Pennanen states.
With regards to drunken drivers, the weekend
was normal, according to
Pennanen.?
this sign that requires yielding in a crossing.
95 per cent of drivers recognise the yield sign and its
signi?cance. In Spain the children write to the three wise
men.
Brazil?s large number is
explained by the local post?s
24-year-long campaign. The ?gure is
small compared to, for example, Brazil (964,315), Canada (1,350,000) and France
(1,700,000).
Good children can be found
in the United States, where
over a million letters are sent.
Sweden, on the other hand,
does not send more than
300,000 letters, which can be
?FINLAND
www.infopankki.fi
perceived as a slight surprise.
According to the Universal
Postal Union, letters sent by
children often have simple addresses, such as ?Santa Claus?
or ?the North Pole?, but many
countries still direct them to
the correct address. ?Especially
at restaurants. Readers can test how well
they would have been able to
answer Liikenneturva?s questions. Gelblum describes.
grounds than usual. Volunteers and sponsors participate in executing the gift
wishes expressed in the letters. Normally
these letters would be marked
with ?address unknown. The questionnaire includes claims, multiple choice
tasks and a few direct traf?c
sign questions
Italy?s clean economy is now
getting dirtier,. Orta di Atella is one
of the villages where the local mafia created hundreds of illegal dumps. i.e. coastline pull thousands of visitors to southern
Italy. Sodano told journalists. Impunity is the
rule and they understand that
nothing will happen to them if
they don?t investigate.?
close watch on transportation of recycling material to
the factory, which bales plastics, cardboard and cans separately and sends them on to
actual recycling ?rms.
Naples. Investigators
understand that if they are
digging around, they will
have problems. Freedom
of the Press Index. he says.
Tyres, plastic and toxic waste are left strewn on the sides of an agriculture field near Orta di Atella, southern Italy. to be run
by one of the most pro-government ?gures in the media.
The Kremlin said the decision was taken for ?nancial
reasons.
But critics say the development means that the new
station will almost certainly become just a tool for government propaganda.
Although state-owned,
RIA Novosti was seen as
one of Russia?s most objec-
tive news services in a media
landscape which is heavily
regulated and largely under
government control.
Almost all the country?s
TV channels are controlled by
the state, while most regional newspapers are, mainly because of ?nancial ties, in the
hands of local authorities.
Among national newspapers there is some degree of
independent and critical reporting on various issues.
Censorship
and intimidation
Johann Bihr, head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Bureau at Reporters Without
Borders, told IPS: ?The national press is slightly different in
that it is probably the most
critical of the government
. But the region is also
home to an ugly truth.
The area between Caserta and Naples in the Campania region has come to be
known as Italy?s ?garbage
bin?, thanks to the ma?a.
The country produces
nearly 100 million tonnes of
garbage per year, with over
a third of it reportedly cornered by the ma?a.
The ma?a initially began by charging industries
from the north for disposing
of their toxic wastes in land?lls in Campania, especially
the Resit land?ll site in Giugliano. 1 JANUARY 2014
7
NAPLES
KE YA ACHARYA
IPS
THE BEAUTY of the Bay of Naples under a setting sun, the
romance of Sorrento and
the scenic splendour of the
Amal. Pergolizzi
told an international gathering of journalists at Castell
dell?Ovo.
The country?s garbage crisis is now almost institutionalised as industries ?nd it
cheaper to pay the ma?a to
dispose of their waste and
send illegal waste to other
countries too, says anti-ma?a attorney Franco Roberti.
According to him, the ma?a is now making alliances
with non-waste agencies too.
?They are looking at businesses for ?nancing, giving
funds, laundering money. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HELSINKI TIMES
19 DECEMBER 2013 . The law was subsequently
amended in 2006 to encompass 152 new types of environmental crimes, including
illegal disposal and organised smuggling of waste.
But in 2010, Italy?s measures to clean up Naples were
found to be in breach of the
European Union (EU) legislation and an inspection team
was sent in. When they have
to do so, because of a murder,
they do it slowly because no
one is pushing. They did
not want to listen,. says Pergolizzi.
At the SRI recycling factory in Caserta, a company
of?cer explains how the authorities are now keeping a
?Behind murders, a highlevel politician stands in almost all cases. ?In both jobs, there have
been, and are, obstacles in
dollars a year, writes US journalist Christine Macdonald
in the E Magazine.
The business of dumping toxic waste has encompassed recycling material,
such as plastics, with serious
environmental consequences, says Legambiente.
?We now have a whole
group of recycling factories
available, but there is no raw
material for them; the recyclables are all getting diverted elsewhere,. new mayor, Tommaso Sodano, a former judge
and new political entrant,
says he is now taking personal interest in recycling and
in ways to deal with the garbage crisis.
?My job as a judge is the
most important reason for
me to have come into politics,. When people
try to criticise the regime ?
not just journalists, but human rights defenders too
. This puts it
below countries such as Libya,
Angola and Afghanistan.
The appointment of one
of its most fervent supporters to the top position in the
Rossia Segodnya agency suggests state control is not being relaxed in any way.
Dmitri Kiselyov is a TV
host who is well-known for
his pro-government and ultra-conservative views. Kiselyov, 24 hours after
his appointment, outlined the
aims for Rossia Segodnya as
my way, which I will deal
with as part of my work.?
Widespread dumping of
toxics by the ma?a in the
Campania region has been
found to be linked to cancers
and congenital malformation.
In two decades, the number of
tumours in men in the region
has risen by 47 percent and in
women by 40 percent, according to a BBC report.
Earlier this month, tens of
thousands of people protested on the streets of Naples,
some with placards showing
pictures of children who had
died of cancer, and demanding an immediate clean-up.
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / R I A - N O V O S T I / M I K H A I L M E T Z E L
Legambiente coined the
term ?ecoma?e. some criticism can be
found there at least and certainly among some of the online news outlets.?
But individual journalists
also face problems doing their
work. says Antonio Pergolizzi of the environmental NGO Legambiente
which has been researching
the issue since 1994.
Environmental
legislation
Italian legislation for solid
waste disposal came in 2001,
but without adequate provisions to check proper disposal. A neglected and under-regulated sector, waste
disposal was an easy front
for the ma?a to generate and
launder money.
?We have been shouting about this for 20 years,
but with no response from
the government. although Reporters Without Borders says that this
practice has been waning in
recent years . He
has previously praised Stalinist policies and recently called
for the hearts of homosexuals to be burned when they
die. iron grip
on the media is highlighted
by the fact that Russia currently ranks 148th in Reporters Without Borders. Anger is boiling over near Naples after revelations about toxic
mafia dumps blamed for rising cancer rates, that have prompted accusations the state is ignoring a vast public health crisis.
Wind farms and other alternative energy businesses
are known to have been built
with ma?a money.
Pergolizzi says the ma?a
are cornering road-building
and other contracts, using
building yards as the site
for mixing gravel and toxic wastes ?all over north and
south Italy.?
Real estate on these dumping yards has become a pro?table venture for the ma?a.
Legambiente estimates
that the business of illegally
dumping toxic waste on Italian farmland and real estate
land is worth over 26 billion
Kremlin tightens grip on media
MOSCOW
PAVOL STR AC ANSK Y
IPS
RUSSIA is set to lose one of
its few relatively objective
news outlets as the Kremlin
moves to tighten its grip on
the country?s media.
In an unexpected move
earlier this week President
Vladimir Putin ordered the
closure of the RIA Novosti
news agency and the creation
of a new global news agency ?
Rossia Segodnya . independent
journalists reporting critically on the state, especially in
areas such as human rights,
can often ?nd themselves facing intimidation, or worse.
According to the Viennabased International Press Institute (IPI), 62 journalists
have been killed in Russia since
1997, making it the sixth deadliest country in the world for
reporters in the last 16 years.
But the group also warns that
the real ?gure could be higher as impunity for attacks on
journalists in Russia remains
the general rule and the vast
majority of cases go unsolved.
In an interview with the
IPI earlier this year, Novaya
Gazeta investigative reporter Elena Milashina explained
the problems faced by some
journalists in Russia.
She said: ?I think there was
a kind of political order or demand in the country when Putin came to power the ?rst
time; he kind of announced a
war on free media?.When such
attacks on journalists happen, journalists go to the police and the police don?t want
to investigate. While self-censorship is
a problem among journalists
. By 2012, the
EU threatened court action
against Italy.
?The eco ma?a are now
dumping toxics into quarries, on lands, into waters,
with no care for aquifers or
the environment, and with
serious consequences for
the community,. at a high level they try to
show that it?s not safe to do
so, and that they [politicians]
can get away with anything.?
The authorities. or ecoma?a
for this new face of the ma?a.
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / M A R I O L A P O R TA
Italian mafia up to dirty business
Russia?s President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting in Moscow.
Putin unleashed a wave of controversy by dissolving the
renowned state news agency RIA Novosti and naming a news
anchorman notorious for his anti-gay views to head a revamped
media group.
?restoring a fair attitude towards Russia, an important
country in the world that has
good intentions, is the mission of the new organisation.?
And it is his appointment,
directly by Putin, as head
of the news agency that is a
more worrying signal of the
government?s intent towards
the country?s media than
the liquidation of a relatively objective news outlet, say
experts.
Bihr added: ?It sounds
ominous for the future that
Kiselyov has been made head
of the new organisation, and
the fact that its head has
been appointed by the president directly says a lot about
its possible future policy.?
Because the body has
no permanent composition,
its rulings lack cohesion, Koskenniemi argues.
The problem, he views, is
the assumption attached to
the body that all investors
act in good faith . When the market collapsed the government lost revenue, but the main problem was the
banks, which had lent too much and now had much of
their real estate collateral falling in value.
DURING
THE IRISH government was hardly in ?nancial dif?culty, but a banking system guarantee placed a huge burden on them. So what is it?
the ?nancial crisis Ireland?s main problem
was not ?scal irresponsibility; it was the banking sector. Ireland still needs to repay this capital, but the
bailout program has concluded. Hassi states.
Similarly, Tarja Cronberg
(Greens), Eija-Riitta Korho-
bacco company Philip Morris, in turn, initiated legal
action against Australia after it decreed that cancerous
lungs be imprinted on cigarette packs.
The complaints may be
groundless, but they may
nevertheless mount pressure
on a nation to seek a settlement outside the courts . It?s infuriating that
this has not been taken into
consideration in the talks.?
Energy utility Vattenfall is demanding billions
of euros in damages from
Germany for its decision to
abandon nuclear power and
to shut down a coal-?red
power plant in Hamburg. ?Its impact on
Finnish democracy may be
equivalent to the EU membership. and thus changing the company?s operational environment.
?If [the agreement] treads
on democratic sovereignty,
it?s a signi?cant in-principle
problem,. A foreign mining company could,
for example, initiate legal action against Finland for restricting its operations.
The adoption of a procedure similar to that of the
World Trade Organisation ?
a permanent body controlled
by the member states the decisions of which are non-appealable . by
for example vitiating or abrogating the law.
Such disputes, Koskenniemi says, arise ordinarily
in domains strictly regulated by the state. It depends upon who you ask.
IRELAND
countries, including Ireland, are constantly
held up as examples of austerity programs. bona ?de.
?Investors acting in mala
?de are not accounted for. would be a better
alternative,
Koskenniemi
suggests.
?Otherwise, the power of
public authorities would be
transferred outside the EU.
The arbitration body would
supervise the legality of
Finnish laws as if the Parliament?s Constitutional Law
Committee.?
Both the EU and the United States have pursued the
free trade pact enthusiastically, considering NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden
a spoilsport who nearly jeopardised the negotiations.
sequently increase by 545
euros.
Discordant views voiced
by legal scholars and civic
organisations have extracted a response from the European Commission. Cord david@helsinkitimes.fi. It seems they do.
MEPs see
risks in free
trade pact
The mooted EU-US
free trade pact
could preclude
Finland from
developing its laws.
A R I V I R TA N E N . American ?rms investing in Finland will comply with Finnish
laws. Per capita GDP is 22% below
2008 levels. The member nations of the European
Union, however, have democratically elected regulators
and progressive legal systems.
Do corporations indeed need
protection against EU decisions. Pietikäinen, in turn,
suggests that the agreement
should also be discussed at
the Finnish Parliament.
?The Parliament should
impose boundary conditions on the key issues of
the agreement, such as environmental matters. The real estate market was booming, and in 2006
various housing taxes made up an astonishing 18% of
all tax revenue. H S
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . Some economists are calling Ireland
a great success story, while others are saying it is a dismal failure. He is also a private investor with over
ten years of experience.
Is Ireland a success or not?
IRELAND has of?cially ended its bailout program, being
the ?rst European country to exit the EU and IMF support mechanism. 1 JANUARY 2014
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S I R PA R Ä I H Ä / H S
Professor: Finland?s legislative
power may be in jeopardy
David J. The parties are
determined to complete
the talks in 2015.
la (NCP), Riikka Pakarinen
(Centre), Sirpa Pietikäinen
(NCP) and Sampo Terho (PS)
voiced their concerns over the
risks associated with the investment protection regime.
In contrast, only two MEPs, Sari Essayah (Christian
Democrats) and Petri Sarvamaa (NCP), viewed that the
regime poses no risks.
In theory, Pietikäinen illustrates, the investment protection regime would allow foreign
mining companies to launch legal action against Finland for
revising its legislation . It has returned to the
bond market, so no
longer needs outside
Last week Ireland
help with its ?nances.
officially exited the
bailout program.
has kept on
top of its interest payments, raised taxes and cut spending to keep its budget de?cit under requirements, is able to borrow from
private lenders, and now has enough cash on hand that
it is fully funded for at least another year. believes professor Martti Koskenniemi,
expert in international law.
J U S S I KO N T T I N E N . H T
MOST Finnish Members of the
European Parliament consider the investment protection regime a risk to Finland.
The TTIP provides that
a body shall be established
to allow corporations to ?le
complaints against discriminatory treatment and claim
damages from the country
in question. The unemployment rate is coming down from its 2012 high. The same people can
also represent parties in disputes. H S
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . Yes, the Irish unemployment rate is coming down, but it is still almost 13%.
At the beginning of 2008 it was barely 5%. In general, disputes arising from bilateral agreements are settled by
the International Centre for
Settlement of Investment
Disputes (ICSID), a World
Bank body.
Over a half of the disputes brought to the ICSID
have been resolved by 15 jurists with no legal responsibility. The
commission?s communication strategy, leaked to the
media in November, reveals
that the commission has
tried to determine boundaries for the debate through
?positive communication?.
The commission?s webpage is indeed positive: ?The
EU is very good at negotiating free trade agreements.?
?Do I have to worry about
existing EU standards of
consumer, environment or
health protection. H T
THE DISTINGUISHED legal
scholar jolts from his chair
and strides intensely across
the room. This, Keynesians say, is proof that the austerity program was a failure.
is that the Austerians and Keynesians
are worried about different things. Yet,
he is very concerned about
the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment
Partnership
(TTIP), which is currently being negotiated between
the European Union and the
United States.
More expressly, he is concerned about the investment
protection regime incorporated in the pact.
Typically, corporations investing in unstable economies
demand that their investments be protected. ToWhen quizzed by Helsingin
Sanomat, many also bemoaned the lack of transparency of the negotiations.
In particular, the MEPs are
concerned over the investment
protection regime because it
safeguards the interests of corporations and could, at worst,
preclude Finland from developing its legislation.
MEP Satu Hassi (Greens)
estimates that the regime could stagnate the development of the Finnish
legislation.
?The worst-case scenario is
that hereby the development
of environmental and employment legislation stagnates,
and that is naturally a threat
. Instead, their goal was to allow the banking
system and government to be able to access the capital markets. When this is acknowledged, one quickly
realises they are both right. the EU, the United States,
free trade and globalisation.
Stubb also foresees no
problems in the arbitration
procedure.
?It?s easy to paint a bleak
picture of the investment
protection regime. 8
BUSINESS
19 DECEMBER 2013 . Additionally,
several hundred thousand Irish workers left the country to ?nd jobs elsewhere. Essentially, it?s a
transfer of power from public authorities to an arbitration body, where a handful of
people would be able to rule
whether a country can enact
a law or not and how the law
must be interpreted.?
Professor Martti Koskenniemi, an expert in international law, does not oppose
tariff-free trade or American
investments in Finland. The
agreement must be subjected to a similar democratic
debate than any other piece
of legislation,. The bailouts never
had the goal of lowering unemployment or increasing
growth. According
to the CEPR, the pact would
boost EU exports to the United States by up to 28 per cent
and, by 2027, enhance the
bloc?s output by 0.5 per cent.
The disposable income of a
household of four would con-
EU and US are in
talks over a free
trade and investment
partnership pact
. The Irish economy has been growing since
2011, even when other countries like Finland slipped
back into a recession. The ECB had to prop up Irish banks with
emergency lending, and threatened to withdraw their
support if the Irish government did not agree to a bailout. A ?85 billion package was negotiated, made up of
money from the IMF, Eurozone, Ireland?s own pension
system, and bilateral loans from the UK, Denmark and
Sweden.
LAST WEEK Ireland of?cially exited the bailout program,
having received the ?nal ?650 million from the IMF.
They have collected all the money as part of the agreement and have met all the conditions imposed upon
them. So is this a
success or not. Ireland?s austerity program is both a success and a failure, depending upon
your point of view.
THE PROBLEM
?If the EU and the United States agree to set up a body similar to
the ICSID, law firms will wrangle on every possible clause of international legislation,. The Keynesians have different macroeconomic goals. The idea of an American company coming here
and changing the Finnish environmental legislation is
?ction.?
Exports boosted
The European Commission
has advertised the free trade
pact with a study on its dynamic impact commissioned
from the London-based Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). In Finland,
clauses of social, employment or environmental laws
would be particularly susceptible to disputes. Those in
favour of austerity cite Ireland as an example of why
they work. Terho believes both citizens and
decision-makers would welcome further information
about the proposed agreement. for example, by prohibiting strip mining or adopting mining fees
. This, Austerians say, is
proof that a program of cutting spending and raising
taxes works.
SEVERAL
BUT WAIT, say other economists. not only to Finland but to the
entire Europe,. No.?
The poster-boy for the
negotiations in Finland, Alexander Stubb (NCP), the
Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade,
remains con?dent in the bene?ts of the free trade pact.
Resistance to the talks, he
suggests, stems from the
fact that the partnership
would bring together what
many believe are four evils
. If
the EU and the United States
agree to set up a body similar to the ICSID, law ?rms will
wrangle on every possible
clause of international legislation. The objective is to
tear down tariffs,
slash red tape, open
public procurements
to competition and
facilitate investments.
. The writer is a journalist and
columnist for Helsinki Times. underlines
Pietikäinen.
The third round of the free
trade negotiations begins
this week in Washington.. she stresses.
In addition, the vast majority of the MEPs criticised
the free trade negotiations
for lack of transparency
Apart from
this, and also encompassing
the list of advantages, we ?nd
other factors such as an optimal innovation climate and
very strong public support
for R&D projects,. Karavirta adds, before explaining that Cursor
has been working with Russian companies for more
than 10 years already. 1 JANUARY 2014
9
E VA B L A N C O
A growing
economic romance
between neighbours
T E X T: E VA B L A N C O
TalentMatch
Rubicon Forum 2013: building
the rails for Russian business
people on their way to Finland.
HELD on 28 and 29 November
at the central Finlandia Hall
congress building in Helsinki, Rubicon Forum 2013 gathered 240 attendees, the great
majority Russian business
men and women potentially interested in expanding
their commercial activities
to Finland.
Building bridges
There are around 240,000
Russian-speaking citizens in
Finland.
?What Finland can offer
to Russian companies is access to markets [referring to
the Nordic countries and the
EU], access to skilled people
and a very stable operational environment. said Tuomo
Airaksinen, Executive Vice
President at the government
agency Invest in Finland.
?One of the major things
to be considered is that now
there are a signi?cant number of Russian companies al-
E VA B L A N C O
A few obstacles
down the road
The ?rst morning session
was dedicated to discussing the ups and downs of establishing a Russian-funded
company in Finland. ?Also, we have
a border and all kind of custom-related
dif?culties.
Thus, we need to establish
some kind of railways in order to roll smoothly: problems can only arise when
there is not enough information and the person doesn?t
know what to do.?
?In certain parts of Russia we have the same cuisine,
the same climate and sauna!. According to the experiences shared
by Russian entrepreneurs
who have already succeeded in ?nding their way into
their neighbour country, the
landing process can present
certain complications due
to a long market entry and
project pay-off period; an
increasingly competitive atmosphere; and high production and contribution costs.
According to Olga Torri, a Russian entrepreneur
who has been running her
own company in Finland for
more than a decade, one of
the reasons why it is so dif?cult for Russian business
people to ?nd how to proceed
in Finland is the absolutely
different legal framework.
?Sometimes it?s very scary,?
observes Torri, who was one
of the attendees at the Rubicon Forum. It is a
website and mobile app, specifically channelling information
between kids-friendly business and families with kids.
Currently, KidsReview.ru is focused on helping Russianspeaking parents to discover the worth-visiting kids-friendly
places in Finland (and all of Europe). What is absolutely all right for us could be
insulting for them.?
?What Finland can offer to Russian companies is access to markets [referring to the Nordic countries and the EU], access to skilled people and a very stable operational environment,. It can give access to an international crowd of experts, thoughts and ideas.
More info: www.kidsreview.ru. How the ?rst
Russian companies entered
the Finnish market, that?s
the best lesson to be learnt,?
Airaksinen states.
?Four years ago we started to think about how we
could make the Russian business community more visible
in Finland and, also, how the
Kotka-Hamina region could
gain more bene?ts out of
Russian investments,. Such a vibrant
atmosphere of international collaboration and innovation!
We feel that starting a business in Finland can give Russian
start-ups a global reach. But, once
Russians have made up their
minds, they want to see
things moving fast!?
Celebrating its second
edition, this two-day-event
was organised by Cursor, a
development company operating in the Kotka-Hamina
region (Southeastern Finland), with the support of
Helsinki Business Hub, the investment promotion agency
for the Greater Helsinki area
and leverage from the European Union (EU).
www.helsinkibusinesshub.?
This page is provided by Greater Helsinki Promotion.
Russian entrepreneur Sergey Kapanen, CEO at Caviar Empirik Oy
and one of the participants at the Rubicon Forum 2013.
Helsinki Times contacted one of the speakers at the Rubicon Forum 2013, Victoria Krasilshikova, Chief Operations Officer at KidsReview.ru, to hear how her company
successfully entered the Finnish market.
Briefly explain your business
concept and company background.
KidsReview.ru (Kids Friendly Media Oy) is a guide to kidsfriendly events, places and services for busy parents. The kids-friendly philosophy
of the country is something that we want to breathe in and
spread. It
would be very dif?cult to do
business with Japanese people: you have to train yourself
on how to express your feelings, and understand their
body language. says
Hannu Karavirta, Chief Executive at Cursor, organiser
of Rubicon Forum.
?We have to keep in mind
that new actors will bring
new activities and jobs opportunities along with
them,. As you go along solving issues, you also learn a
lot. In the future, we plan to
make the service available in English.
Why did you decide to expand
your business to Finland in first place?
Finland is the closest and easiest to reach (by car or train) European country from Russia. Torri adds, raising her
voice over the bell tone that
announces it?s time to take a
seat at the conference room.
?There is not such a huge cultural barrier to overcome.
That?s why I believe Finland is
the best country for Russians
to start a business abroad. Finland has an attitude for stability and transparency, a history of success with IT start-ups,
the circulation of the Euro, and, what is most important to us:
Finland is the home of Moomin. The Rubicon Forum organised a trip to the Technopolis in
Espoo and it was like a breath of fresh air for us. ?Our ?rst mission is to clarify the main
needs of the company who
reaches out to us.?
?Russians are impatient,?
Karavirta explains with a
smile, when asked about the
main differences in the way
of doing business on each
side of the border. ?Finns, on
the other hand, like to plan
more carefully and wait until everything is perfectly
ready to operate. We feel that the respect with which kids and their
families are treated in Finland is key to growing confident
and able citizens for the world.
What were the main obstacles
you had to overcome to get established in Finland?
We expected to find a trodden path for IT start-ups in Finland,
but actually found it very hard to launch our Finnish company.
Our business is virtual, we have no tangible assets and opening
a bank account was painful, we needed to show a lot of supporting evidence that we were not some sort of Russian mafia.
Handling IP rights also seems an unexpected issue: it is
hard to locate lawyers who have experience of working with
IP rights, especially when it comes to cross-border deals.
Would you also have a positive message
(and valuable tips) to inspire new Russian
business people on their way to Finland?
There is a Russian saying ?the eyes fear, but the hands do?,
meaning that many tasks end up being not as difficult as they
first seemed. HELSINKI TIMES
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19 DECEMBER 2013 . states
Tuomo Airaksinen, Executive Vice President at Invest in Finland (second from right).
ready operating in Finland,
so they can have peer to peer
discussions. With
such a long history in the
?eld, connecting the Rubicon
approach to their extended
network was achieved in a
natural way
Americans
should bear in mind that rank may not be pulled, seniority may not replace logic, and bulldozing is out of the question when opinions collide. The Supreme Administrative Court
decided today to allow Onnibus to start operating a route
to Turku, despite the legal action taken by our competitors in an attempt to prevent
that. On
the other hand, Americans soon see that Finnish reticence and gloomy expressions conceal hearts of gold.
Owner of Onnibus Pekka Möttö believes that public transport has been a closed sector in Finland, full of legally sanctioned cartels
and obstacles for outsiders trying to disrupt the status quo.
Onnibus plans to become
Finland?s largest public
transport operator
Pekka Möttö founded the public transport
company Onnibus two years ago and plans
to make it the largest in Finland by 2020.
M I K KO A A LT O N E N . Who
will lead the group. Do Finnish and American world views differ. When the ?rst Onnibus
coach approached its platform in Tampere, there was a
line of people waiting. Soon each side perceives that a
large amount of trust and goodwill will emanate from
the dealings. In Tampere,
the operator won one route
but lost most of the tenders,
similarly to Oulu and Lahti.
Local routes, Möttö says,
are safe, but the fate of the
company hinges on the longer inter-city routes. The only setback was the decision this
autumn to extend VR?s railway monopoly by ?ve years.
You can only imagine how
they wined and dined politicians in log villas last
summer.?
The autumn also brought
good news: Onnibus was
awarded the contract to operate most inner-Jyväskylä
public transport routes and
is to begin operations there
next summer. Möttö says, smiling.
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Driving ambitions
For the time being, Onnibus
remains a small operator, but
Möttö?s goal is to grow it into the largest public transport operator in Finland by
the end of the decade.
From his perspective,
public transport has been a
closed sector, full of legally
sanctioned cartels and obstacles for outsiders trying
to disrupt the status quo.
In 2009, the legislation
was revised to gradually
de-regulate public road and
railway transport services.
The railways are set to open
for competition in 2025 and
some Helsinki region routes
already at the beginning of
2018, which is when Onnibus will also venture into the
tracks, Möttö has decided.
?Everything has gone according to plan. We will not accept only
money. Americans are impatient with their problems; Finns are patient with theirs. They are more often perfectionist
than the Americans, who are realistic enough but see
life as short and are anxious to achieve a quota of attainments in a given time frame. In its ?rst year
in operation, the company
broke even, enabling it to remain in operation without
loan money.
?The banker was really surprised and wished us
good luck.?. 1 JANUARY 2014
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CULTURAL
VIEWPOINT
Richard D. H S
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . 10
BUSINESS
19 DECEMBER 2013 . On the other
hand, they are most cooperative when their creative abilities are quickly recognised. He speaks 10 languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Japanese) besides of his mother tongue. Finns, on
the other hand, will be eager to enter into con?ict with
people who try to best them with brute force, devious
methods, or, worst of all, an overdose of charisma.
in communication style between Finns
and Americans do not, however, erect permanent
barriers, though they can be disconcerting in the initial stages of contact. Finnish perfectionism can be likened to that of the Germans in their goal
of a perfectly ordered world or the Japanese in their
quest for a zero-defect production. Helke behind the wheel and
Möttö as the ?trip host?.
The two had estimated that were the venture
to ?ounder, they would not
lose more than 300,000 euros. Americans
solve problems more quickly than Finns do. H T
THE COACH is on its way from
Tampere to Helsinki, enveloped in the autumn greyness.
Before arriving in Hämeenlinna, the driver picks up the
intercom.
?Ladies and gentlemen,
I have great news. We knew three
things: we would not get income from parcels, we would
not be incorporated into Matkahuolto?s information system, and we would not be
able to use state-subsidised
tickets, such as regional tickets. in
Finland?s public transport
sector.
A few months later, he sits
in a restaurant operated by
one of Onnibus. They pace up and down, think aloud and
welcome brainstorming when they can make it happen. The business was taken over by Lauri Möttö, who passed away
three years ago, leaving the
company to his son.
Möttö still drives a couple
of routes per week alongside
his executive duties.
?If things turned out so
bad that the Onnibus business went under, I?d get back
behind the wheel. One of the most frequently
heard questions emanating from foreign managers is,
?How do you get Finns to change their mind when they
have taken a stand?. They must see themselves in it. They
are a risky business. His company, Richard
Lewis Communications, provides cross-cultural communication training, as well as language training for international executives.
Finns and Americans
in the Workplace
Is there a culture gap between Finland and the United
States. American managers, having asked for Finnish advice, should then wait
the time it takes to get an answer. I?m lucky
to have a couple of friends at
small coach operators who
have agreed to take me in on
a two-hour notice, if necessary,. A Finn, like a German, guards constantly against leaving him- or herself
open to criticism for earlier neglect or carelessness.
CONFLICT resolution is another area where Americans
must tread carefully when on Finnish soil. This difference sometimes causes a
con?ict, as the Finns react against being pushed toward a solution. That would only mess
up the operations.?
An unexpected call
When Lauri Helke rang Möttö after resigning as the head
of planning at VR in November 2011, his plan was to invite
Möttö for a casual lunch. The
two did not know each other
in advance, but after the lunch
they had devised a strategy
for the new company.
?The pro?tability of coach
operators has relied on parcel services. Con?ict will
not occur if Finns are asked in the planning stage what
they think about things and what they can contribute.
They are not Japanese waiting for orders; they are fertile thinkers within Finnish conditions. For
him, the Supreme Administrative Court?s ruling is a personal triumph in his crusade
against the ?legal cartels. Finns, by contrast, indulge in unilateral brainstorming, at a slower pace, but in considerable depth.
Finns are not averse to teamwork in principle, but it is
achieved in meeting periodically to show and compare
the results of work that has already been carried out
individually . Onnibus
coaches operate between cities with no stops in between.
The price policy is akin to
low-cost airlines: the earlier
you buy the ticket, the lower the fare. We had to create our own
competitive assets.?
Those assets are competitive speed and fares, and
online visibility. It will be unhurried but
well thought out and, frequently, appropriate. Once attitudes have hardened, Finns
are among the most intransigent of people. The price of a trip
from Helsinki to Tampere,
for example, ranges from 3 to
20 euros.
On New Year?s Day 2012,
six weeks after the lunch
meeting, the ?rst Onnibus
coach departed from Tampere
toward Pori with all of the
company?s employees aboard
. competitors,
VR, at the Helsinki Central
Station and tells his story.
Möttö inherited his affection for buses. These are questions which will need to
be answered quickly in a fast-moving globalised scenario.
AMERICANS working on interesting projects tend to
maintain a constant dialogue with each other during
the process. Lewis
Richard Donald Lewis is a British linguist, cross-cultural communication consultant and author. Möttö
and Helke knew then for the
?rst time that they may well
succeed.
Today, Onnibus operates
15 coaches. and in their own corner.
FINNS, like Americans, are great problem solvers ?
they enjoy both the challenge posed by dif?culties and
the satisfaction of surmounting hurdles. This means that the tale
of Onnibus will not come to
an end at Finnish courts.?
The passengers applaud.
The man behind the wheel
is Pekka Möttö, the managing director of Onnibus. His grandfather Pekka Möttö founded
the bus company Möttö in
Sortavala in 1930. When
this is the case, they do not wish to dominate. Con?ict with Finns is best avoided
at any early stage. The answer to this question is that
it is invariably dif?cult, is often impossible and should
rarely be attempted. It is not praise they seek but
the early integration of their original ideas in the planning of a project. Finns come to realise that the Americans,
used to formulating get-to-know-you-quick strategies
for greeting strangers, are not especially keen on deceiving the Finns with their instant friendliness. Onnibus has managed the risks
by franchising, with half of
its drivers self-employed
as entrepreneurs who are
responsible for their own
equipment.
?We?ll get foreign investors in the future, ones that
have experience in the sector
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Since then, teaching technology has moved light
years ahead. This
money will take away from all the other projects.
all this bustle, it is not likely to help the
youth it was designed to help: the ones who drop out of
school immediately after compulsory education is over.
These children need individual counselling and opportunities for their personal needs - one size does not ?t all.
AND AFTER
and enthusiastic teachers are our main resource. Why do we still need
to train our teachers to only one level of education. if only we
keep on the right track.
One PISA study
alone is not enough
to tell you about the
strengths and weaknesses of the entire
educational system.
PISA
study
alone is not enough
to tell you about the
strengths and weaknesses of the entire
educational system.
Finnish primary education deserves a
proper analysis. We
need more resources to renew our basic education.
THE GOVERNMENT has also made a decision to prolong
compulsory education by one year - in practise forcing
everyone to enrol in an upper secondary school. She had quali?ed in
?rst place but was pipped
in the ?nal by China?s Li Shuang. The jurors and the
L E H T I K U VA
SINCE the ?rst results in 2000, PISA (Programme for
International Student Assessment) has become one
of the incremental parts of the Finnish national sentiment. Studying the changes in the students,
the skills of our teaching staff, the teaching methods
and material resources in schools should help us understand the current situation of our basic education.
ONE
THE FINNISH government has made serious cuts in the
educational sector. Today he wears a
GPS tether as he awaits trial
on nine felony charges related
to allegations of sexual assault
involving two teenage girls??
ond halfpipe event on the
FIS snowboard World Cup
season. Education is, and will be, a source
of national pride in Finland for years to come . the
6-foot-4-inch Melar-tin, who
?LAST
GROWTH and learning are both very individual. I
dare also to demand conversation on teachers. The televised
shows of the 2014 national selection of Finland start already this year: from the 28th
of December until the 25th of
January, every Saturday there
will be a TV programme leading up to the ?nal.
The ?nalists will be decided in a mixture of tele-voting and expert jury votes.
The jury will once again consist of the prestigious and
prominent foursome from
last season: Aija Puurtinen, Redrama, Tomi Saarinen
and Toni Wirtanen. salaries, working conditions, need for updating training
and more dialogue between teachers and parents.
SKILFUL
WHEN I studied at university to become a teacher not so
long ago, the only technology we used was an overhead
projector. The meeting was inconclusive, both
sides presented their views.
Both sides also reviewed India-Finland DTAA,. and some of
the orchestra?s alumni from
the previous 31 seasons ?rejoined the orchestra for the
concert?s ?nale, Jean Sibelius?
?Finlandia.?
It?s not as if Creighton is departing the Youth
Symphony Association entirely: He plans to remain
active behind the scenes and
will continue as the music
director??
AUTOMOTIVENEWS. 12
19 DECEMBER 2013 . New and fancy machines lose their meaning
if teachers don?t know how to use them for learning.
China?s Li Shuang won the snowboard FIS World Cup in women?s halfpipe in Ruka, Kuusamo Finland.
New Zealand?s Rebecca Sinclair (l) came second and French Clemence Grimal (r) was third.
THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD. a senior
?nance ministry of?cial said.
Nokia and the Indian Income Tax department are
?ghting out a tax dispute
case in Delhi High Court.
While Nokia has offered
to pay a minimum deposit of
Rs 2,250 crore, out of the total tax liability of nearly Rs
21,153 crore, the I-T department has told the Court that
the offer is not acceptable??
India, Finland
officials
discuss Nokia
tax case
?INDIAN and Finnish ?nance
ministry of?cials today discussed Nokia?s Rs 21,153
crore tax dispute cases and
reviewed the double taxation
avoidance agreement.
?Finnish ?nance ministry of?cials met Indian ?nance ministry of?cials on
EUROVISIONTV.
10 DECEMBER
Finland: Meet
the UMK
participants
?THE FINNISH national selection for the Eurovision Song
Contest is back for the 2014
season with the ?nal scheduled for the 1st of February
in Espoo. 11 December MIKE MCINALLY
Youth
Symphony
founder
to pass
the baton
Sunday
?MORE than 30 years after founding the Corvallis
Youth Symphony, Charles
Creighton is ready to hand
over the conductor?s baton.
Last Sunday afternoon?s con-
not outsource upbringing only to society nor teachers.
Children?s and parent?s own attitudes towards school
are also very de?ning. and then handed
the baton to the orchestra?s
new conductor, Frank Diaz,
an assistant professor of music education at the University of Oregon.
Creighton . 10 DECEMBER
Nokia case today. Our students. Teacher training needs to be renewed quickly! The boundaries between early education, primary
education and secondary education have fallen down
in many schools and nurseries. We can-
ble gold performance at the
Nor-Am Cup event in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and
freeskier Beau-James Wells
took ?fth in a top quality
event yesterday to round off
a strong week for New Zealand?s winter sports athletes.
Sinclair won silver in the sec-
has said he?s from a family of
reindeer herders in Finland,
deadpanned in one spot as he
emerged from John Keating
Chevrolet wielding a .50-caliber Desert Eagle handgun.
But before long Melartin?s
superhero persona began to
crumble. All UMK
shows will be hosted by Anne
Lainto and Ile Uusivuori,
both renowned radio personalities and both also returning from the 2013 UMK??. Are the parents a resource or a
drain for the primary education?
WE SHOULD begin constructive dialogue about our ed-
ucational system - PISA results aside.
cert with the Youth Symphony, Creighton conducted the
opening piece, ?Night on Bald
Mountain,. 16 DECEMBER NICK BUNKLEY
How tale of heroism
turned into trouble for
Houston dealership
year Rik Melartin became known throughout
Houston as ?The Finnisher,?
an Olympic athlete turned
car dealer who, in his underwear, captured an armed
robber on his tony suburban
street and then played on his
sudden fame with a series of
quirky commercials.
?I?m here to defend your
right to a good deal,. 16 December DAVID LEGGAT
Snowboarding: Silver
in Finland gives Sinclair a
boost for Olympic hopes
?WANAKA snowboarder Rebecca Sinclair has given her
quali?cation prospects for
the Sochi Winter Olympics a
signi?cant boost at a World
Cup event in Ruka, Finland.
Paralympic
champion
adaptive skier Adam Hall
has produced a strong dou-
CORVALLIS GAZETTE TIMES. skills and knowledge in writing,
reading comprehension, science and maths have all
fallen. Among
the treatment it offers is operations for knee joint keyhole surgery, gall bladders
and varicose veins.
Medimatkat general surgery specialist Konstantin
Fleidervis, who previously
worked in Finland, said patients across the gulf suffer
from long queues and an inef?cient healthcare system...?
Mirja Vehkaperä is a second term MP for the Centre Party from Oulu.
She is a member of the Environment Committee and Transport and Communications Committee. Are the differences between pupils and between
schools growing apart. Before becoming an MP she worked as a primary school teacher. And
we were always on top.
The winner of UMK will represent Finland next May in the
Eurovision Song Contest in
Denmark.
presenters are also returning and the competing artists have now been revealed.
On the 1st of February
2014, the act that will represent Finland in Malmö will be
chosen in Espoo. Why do Finnish children not like
school. In particular, certain Far-Asian countries have
left us in their shadow.
AFTER the ?rst reaction of disappointment, we should take a
step back and look ahead. She is running for the European Parliament elections in 2014.
?EXPENSIVE
The new Finnish
educational system
BUT the newly arrived results of 2012 have shocked the
nation. This will
require a lot more money to ?nance the ?rst year of high
school or vocational school studies for everyone. Despite
the fact that if something
goes wrong it may be dif?cult to receive compensation,
the affordable rates in Estonia are proving a big enough
draw and a risk worth taking
for Finns.
Dental clinics in Estonia have attracted Finns for
many a year, but now Estonian private hospitals are also
seeing an increasing number
of Finns queuing up for outpatient surgery.
New businesses such as
Medimatkat in Estonia?s
healthcare sector are offering a greater challenge to Finland?s private sector. 15 DECEMBER
Finns
head to
Estonia
for private
healthcare
private healthcare and long queues for surgery are causing Finns to
travel to private hospitals
in nearby Estonia. 1 JANUARY 2014
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HELSINKI TIMES
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
ICENEWS. Shuang recorded 85.75
points to Sinclair?s 83.75,
with French racer Clemence
Grimal third with 67.5??
THE ECONOMIC TIMES. This cannot be the right policy. The research aims to evaluate education systems by testing the skills of 15-year-old students
In practice, the change
means that in the HSL area, passengers can only purchase HSL tickets
for journeys within the area. In Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Kerava,
Kirkkonummi and Sipoo, the 30-day
season ticket will cost EUR 46.50 next
year, instead of the current EUR 45.90
The price of day tickets, valid for
1-7 days and suitable for tourists and
other visitors, will not go up.
HSL is raising single ticket fares
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and paid online using the Trip Wal-
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over Christmas
On Christmas Eve, HSL?s transport services will operate on a
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19 DECEMBER 2013 . HSL is aiming
to lure also motorists as users for
the new service. For example, the price of
the internal single ticket for adults
will increase from EUR 2.80 to EUR 3,
when purchased from the driver. HSL
tickets allow you to transfer to other modes of public transport in the
HSL area.
VR zone tickets will continue to
be valid on commuter train journeys beyond the HSL area. Currently, Kutsuplus buses mainly run south of the
Kehä I ring road, with the service
covering around a thousand stops
in this region.
At the moment, there are 15
Kutsuplus buses in operation, but
the goal is to increase the number
gradually. The
trip will be much cheaper if a travel
card is used to purchase a value ticket, costing EUR 1.95. Trips can be
booked from 5.45am.
Kutsuplus buses complement
HSL?s other services by providing
an alternative for cross-town trips
requiring changes. Even passengers
only using public transport irregularly
bene?t from having a travel card.
let, into which money can be transferred via Internet banking. In Helsinki, bus and tram
routes, as well as the Metro, will
operate on a Sunday timetable.
Elsewhere in the region only
some bus routes will be operating, with a few exceptions, U
line buses will not operate.
Commuter trains will operate on a reduced Sunday
timetable on Christmas Day
until about 11am, after which
they will operate on a normal Sunday timetable. The convenient
minibuses now operate until 11pm on weekdays.
The operating hours of Kutsuplus
service were extended at the beginning of December, and the
buses now run Monday to Friday
from 6am until 11pm. Also, passengers who live
outside the HSL area and get on a
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It
would be wonderful if Christmas was for everyone a time
to think about their own lives,
share their feeling with those
they consider important in
their lives, and welcome, with
joy, to their celebration and
lives the greatest reason of
Christmas: Jesus.
Alexander Gerbov (Russia).
Student at Aalto University. However, religious people do celebrate it.
Orthodox Christmas is on 7
January, and is a national holiday. We cook a
large meal, drink champagne
and give presents to each
other. From
Finland we will have rice
pudding (luumu riisipuuro),
smoked salmon, joulukinkku
and the traditional laattikos.
It is a lot of food and cooking, so we democratically decided to have one Christmas
dinner with Venezuelan food
and Finnish Christmas food
for New Year?s, or vice versa.
But for us as a multicultural
marriage it is important to
both preserve and integrate
both of our traditions into
our festivities.
What kinds of Christmas traditions from your country do
you still practise here?
Cooking traditions, listening
to music, and setting ?early
enough. 14
19 DECEMBER 2013 . Regularly at
home we would have baked
ham, chocolate pies and Goiabada which is a dessert prepared with guavas, but it also
depends on the family and
the region you come from in
Brazil.
What kinds of Christmas traditions from your country do
you still practice here?
Being with people who I like
and building atmospheres
where I can be closer to God.
How much money are you
going to spend on Christmas
presents?
As money is a bit tight being
a student in Finland, I?ll present people with hugs! They
don?t cost money and they
can create the same smile as
if you had given a gift.
Are you ordering gifts online?
No.
Sandra Melo (Brazil).
Student at Sibelius Academy.
How long have you been
living in Finland?
One year and three months.
Do you celebrate Christmas?
Yes!
What is the most memorable
present you remember from
your childhood?
A bike.
What have you traditionally
done for Christmas?
Being with family, praying
and making nice food.
Will you be making any
traditional meals from
your home country this
Christmas?
In my home city, Minas Gerais, we traditionally prepare
pão de queijo which is a kind
of cheese bread or a snack
very yummy! Despite this
not being a Christmas traditional bread, I?m delighted to
What do you like about
Christmas time?
One of the things I like during Christmas is that there is
a chance for people to travel
and visit those who they love,
and being happy and thankful for the simplest things of
life. Unfortunately, Christmas has become a party where
people spend lots of money
with presents and get together to eat and drink too much. For example, sharing a
sincere smile and telling funny and interesting stories
that happened while they
were far from each other.
What don?t you like about
Christmas time?
What I don?t like is to see people celebrating the most special birthday and forget to
invite the honoured, the main
person who was born on that
day. Not
traditionally, unless it is a book
that I cannot ?nd in stores.
???
???
Abba Juma Mzee (Tanzania)
Student at Turku University.
How long have you been living in Finland?
Since September 2012.
Do you celebrate Christmas?
No, but yes!
How do you approach
?Christmas time. Some people just prefer
to have a good dinner with
family on that day.?
What do you like or dislike
about this time of the year?
I like the way Finns approach
Christmas. Then I go to Russia
and celebrate the New Year
with my family. Usually, Nativities are
very elaborate and big, back
at home. Since both of my parents have a hobby, it is never dif?cult to come up with a
good gift. I like to
bake goodies (cakes, biscuits,
or cook jams) to give as a present to the family. Having the Nativity placed in a
special place at home is very
signi?cant part of our culture. in Finland?
I spend Christmas here with my
Finnish friends and colleagues
(they feel like family).
What do you like or dislike
about this time of the year?
I like that Finnish people celebrate Christmas by staying at
home with their family. In terms of
traditions, such as gift-giving and a Christmas tree, the
New Year replaces Christmas for most Russians. My friends and
I like to keep everything in
secret, but it is not uncommon to ask what gift a person
needs. Thanks
to the technology we can at
least feel closer to our loved
ones one way or the other.
Will you be making any traditional meals from your home
country this Christmas?
Of course! From Venezuela
we are preparing the famous
hallacas, ham bread, hen salad and smoked ham. 1 JANUARY 2014
CHRISTMAS
HELSINKI TIMES
L E H T I K U VA / J U S S I N U K A R I
For those who celebrate it, Christmas sees foreigners living here enjoying various traditions from their own countries, along with some Finnish ones also.
A foreign perspective on Christmas
Students from
different countries
share their festive
traditions.
year winds up, and
people?s attention turns to
Christmas festivities, just
how are people celebrating
here in Finland, if they have
arrived here from another
country?
Helsinki Times contacted four students from different parts of the world to hear
what they are up this year.
???
AS THE
prepare those for my friends
during this time. They
also cook lot of traditional
Christmas food, which I enjoy!
Have you started any traditions of your own this time
of year; while many others
are celebrating Christmas,
what do you do?
Actually no, I have not started any traditions of my own. I also meet friends
and give presents to them.
It does not have to be something expensive, but it has to
be given with love and care.
?
Are you ordering gifts online?
In my opinion, ordering gifts
online is probably not a good
idea, since you cannot be completely sure about the quality.
I can spend much time shopping for presents, and I never stop searching until I ?nd
a perfect one. I enjoy
the Finnish Christmas food and
their traditions.
Compiled by Lia Lezama.. ?
How long have you
been living in Finland?
Two years.
Do you celebrate Christmas?
In my case answering some
of the questions is dif?cult,
since I don?t celebrate Christmas but at the same time I do
celebrate.
How do you approach
?Christmas time. There is special atmosphere: people buy
gifts and cook special Christmas food; houses are decorated, and you get a distinct
feeling of magic when you
walk across the icy streets.
I usually spend Western
Christmas here in Finland,
although I do not really celebrate it. in
Finland?
I am from Russia, and New
Year is a much more popular holiday there. People generally put
a lot of effort in creating a
whole scenario wordy of baby Jesus.
How much money are you going to spend for Christmas
presents?
I haven?t thought about it, but
we generally try to be reasonable and not to overspend.
Christmas after all is about
traditions and family more
than material gifts. Back
in the Soviet Union, religion
was not a part of mainstream
ideology, and even nowadays
Christmas has not regained
its popularity. If you made
it yourself have more sentiment than if you buy it.
Are you ordering gifts online?
I haven?t thought about it. I
have Finnish friends and colleagues who are like family and
I celebrate with them. the Christmas tree
and decorations! Christmas
is not Christmas without the
tree and our nativity. The most memorable gifts that I received were
in childhood, and all of them
were surprises for me.
???
Dhanay Cadilo Chandler
(Venezuela).
Ph.D student and entrepreneur.
How long have you
been living in Finland?
Almost seven years.
Do you celebrate Christmas?
Of course, I love Christmas!
What is the most memorable
present you remember from
your childhood?
My bicycle and the Barbie
Christmas Special Edition.
What do you traditionally
do for Christmas?
It depends, I have travelled
back to Venezuela to spend
the festivities with my family but since we are staying
this year for Christmas in Finland, my husband and I gener-
ally bring a piece of Venezuela
to our home in Finland.
While spending Christmas
here we cook and try to mix
both of our traditions and also we try to create new ones.
We have family over for a
seated dinner, exchange presents, sit by the ?replace, and
listen to Gaitas (Venezuelan
Christmas traditional music).
Basically the tradition is to
cook, eat, relax and enjoy the
Christmas spirit with whoever wants to join us.
A new tradition is having
the computer nearby with
Skype to talk with the family back in Venezuela while we
are celebrating here
Here,
visitors not only have the
chance to walk around the
premises and see equipment
up close and personal, but
they also have the opportunity to actually try things.
The Dubbing Karaoke, for
instance, lets museumgoers
lend their voices to movie actors. 1 JANUARY 2014
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Theatre Adventure invites younger visitors for a unique journey into the imaginary through
costumes, lights and special effects.
The fascinating world of theatre
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HELSINKI TIMES
passionate about
the theatre and would like to
know more about what actually happens behind the
scenes of a play. What is performing after all. Those who prefer
not to will still have plenty of
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Arkadia Theatre. They have
the chance to do drama exercises and even perform short
scenes on stage.
Then there is Historical Walk, a more informative introduction to the
Theatre Museum?s collection and exhibitions. By re?ecting the interests of the
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Tickets . All those interested in performing, singing
and recitation will be amazed
by this exhibition, which is
also a space for workshops.
Tragedy In Time . In the Transformation
game, it is possible to change
one?s appearance by putting
on a shape-altering costume
or to put one?s face into a promo shot, while at the Blue
Studio, people can see what
journalism looks like by
shooting their own newscast.
Furthermore, Backstage
allows the public to test different lighting schemes and
set changes, and, ?nally, to
step onto two different stages: a traditional proscenium
stage and a contemporary
platform, with lighting and
wardrobes.
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Temporary exhibitions
and tailored-tours
The Theatre Museum also
hosts a series of temporary
exhibitions that focus on
several genres, periods and
aspects of the art of acting on
stage. around different aspects of the actor?s
profession. A visit to
the stage and Dressing Room
at Arkadia Theatre turns the
history of theatre into a more
tangible experience.
For all those who want to
know more about the fascinating world of theatre, it
does not get better than the
Helsinki Theatre Museum.
ST. The
exhibition, which is on display until 31 January, walks
visitors through various interpretations of ancient
Greek tragedies performed
on Finnish contemporary
stages from the 1980s until
today.
Museumgoers can also
decide to take part in one of
the numerous guided tours,
which present the world of
theatre from different perspectives. Located
by the Baltic Sea, it presents
the fascinating world of theatre through a series of exhibitions, tours and fun
activities.
What is a performance
made of. LIFESTYLE
HELSINKI TIMES
19 DECEMBER 2013 . Here,
children will have the chance
to dress up in any costume
they want and step into the
limelight. You might
want to stop by the Helsinki Theatre Museum (Teatterimuseo in Finnish). 4-6
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answered in the permanent
exhibition Backstage. as the
title suggests . PAUL
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Costumes, lights,
special effects and
plenty of fun.
to the public until the end of
next year, revolves . Theatre Adventure,
for example, invites younger
visitors for a unique journey
into the imaginary, with stories about forgotten puppets
and abandoned props in the
Attic, and the Dressing Room
of the Arkadia Theatre. The
Timeless Tragedy, on the other hand, represents an indepth look at the world of
ancient Greek tragedies
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& Kaihon Karavaani
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I?m really happy to have
both work and children,. Hedda-Maria is still
on partial child homecare
leave, staying at home with
Eino on Mondays until the
end of the month, after which
both parents will be back in
the saddle full time. mother. Suvi
has gymnastics on Wednesday, starting at quarter past
?ve, before which she must
have a bite to eat to keep her
going.
Kenrick is the designated cook of the household, often preparing meals for the
whole week during the weekend. He also takes care of the
food shopping on Saturdays,
aiming to get the week?s
shopping in then.
?It works out surprisingly well. On a
normal day, she starts work at
seven, clocking off after three.
?Previously, I could easily work around the clock but
now I stick to regular working hours.?
Hedda-Maria can also take
care of some work tasks by
phone or computer after Eino?s bedtime at seven o?clock.
If both parents have a work
trip pencilled in for the same
day, grandparents from Hamina are roped in to help. Otto left work
early to take the boy to the
doctor?s. 60 credits post-degree programme for
adult students
. This whirlwind is enough
of a pastime,. He worked the
early part of the week and
Hedda-Maria the end of the
week, alternating the weeks
when they worked three days
and when it would be two.
?Both of our employers had
a very matter-of-fact attitude
towards us sharing the parental leave. 1?2 years of ?exible studying in international group in English
. It is do-
able even though it will take
some organising.
?We agree on the arrangements in advance and take
turns doing things,. ?One of us
takes Eino in the morning
while the other collects him
in the afternoon.?
New tasks
around the clock
Hedda-Maria?s workplace is
located in Hakkila, in Vantaa,
a 35 minutes. Both, at
least if you take a leaf out of
the Binghams. Most mornings, either parent is able to
walk Ilona to school at nine
o?clock, or eight on Wednesdays, dropping Suvi off at
the nursery at the same time.
Collecting the girls requires
more negotiating.
?We always seem to be in
middle of something at half
three at work, just when I
should be leaving for home,?
Ella remarks.
Otto and Hedda-Maria Tynys share responsibility for the soon-to-be one-year-old Eino?s management, and household chores.
Working mums and dads ?
whose career matters more?
A N N A K A I S A M Ä N T TÄ R I . This
failing, one of the parents has
to reschedule the trip.
?If this happens, we don?t
start discussing whose work is
more important, but consider
which one of us can postpone
their trip more easily,. Hedda-Maria Tynys
(34), system specialist for
the building product retail
chain Rautakesko, is often on
the road because of her job.
On the days when she leaves
for a work trip, Hedda-Maria
climbs behind the car wheel
after 5:00 outside her house
in Kaarenkylä, in Porvoo.
Those mornings, Eino,
soon 12 months, is taken to his
nanny, six kilometres away, at
7 o?clock by his father, Otto
Tynys (39), who then drives
an hour?s journey to NDC Networks in Espoo, where he
works as a sales manager.
Otto and Hedda-Maria
share the responsibility of
looking after Eino, including
taking him to daycare and
picking him up.
?Already before Eino was
born we discussed wanting
to share parenthood. 1 JANUARY 2014
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complicated. H S
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Eino
doesn?t make do with me at
night. and Tynyses?
book: send 80 emails a day
and don?t switch the television
on every evening.
Nummela tomorrow and
Loimaa the day after that,
Kotka and Tampere next
Teaching as
a future career?
Vocational Teacher Education
at JAMK
. Who is able to work
long hours and strive for new
challenges at work. Not all workplaces might be as understanding
about such an arrangement,?
Otto says.
When the parental leave
came to an end in October,
Otto went back to working
full time. Mind you, we eat
the same thing a few days
running.?
The kitchen is Kenrick?s
domain.
?I?m not a foodie but even
before children, we tried to
share the household chores,?
says Kenrick.
Ella has the responsibility for the laundry, hoovering and care of the children?s
clothes.
?Equality is a cornerstone. On
a bad night, Eino can wake
up eight times, only calming
down with his mother.
?We?ve tried to share the
night-time wakeups but
it hasn?t worked out. says
the girls. Every day was
different,. Kenrick remarks.
The couple?s employers
showed willing when Ilona
was small and both parents
wanted to stay at home on
partial homecare leave, with
Ella working three days a
week and Kenrick two.
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. HeddaMaria explains. It means that neither
of us gets bored, having a
share in both work and family life.?
Ella and Kenrick have
managed to ?nd a worklife balance that suits them
even though it does not leave
much time for other things in
their current life situation.
?I became a better employee after having children.
I?ve become more ?exible and
gained the ability to multitask. I try to make up for this
by letting Hedda-Maria sleep
in at weekends,. Eino took two days to
get over the infection with Otto staying at home for one of
them and Hedda-Maria looking
after him the other day.
?This is equality, put into practice,. HT
WHO STAYS at home with a
sick child: the mother or the
father. Hedda-Maria
comments.
Nights are the only time
when the share and share
alike principle is shattered
at the Tynys household. Ella, IT specialist, works
as a research coordinator at
HIIT, Institute for Information Technology of Helsinki
University and Aalto University and heads the Helsinki
University of Technology Research Foundation .
On Sundays, Ella and Kenrick sit down and go through
their schedules for the following week. Whoever collects the
girls, also takes them to their
hobbies, while the other parent usually stays at work until sevenish. Ilona, in her ?rst
year at school, goes to girl
scouts on Mondays, dance
class on Tuesdays and piano
lessons on Thursdays. We are
both Eino?s parents and that
means that we?re both responsible for looking after
him,. says Otto, patting Eino, who has just woken
up from his daytime nap.
A spanner in the works
A couple of weeks back, Eino
had his ?rst cold, getting an ear
infection to make things more
Duties divided
To give both parents time to
get their work done, Ella and
Kenrick divide the picking
H S / L I I S A TA K A L A
With both parents working, coordination and flexibility is the key.
up duties equally between
them. Kenrick exclaims.
Kenrick Bingham is responsible for kitchen tasks while Ella Bingham
looks after Suvi and Ilona?s clothing.. says
Hedda-Maria. explains Otto.
Balancing act
At the Binghams?, getting up at
night because of children may
be a thing of the past, with the
couple?s daughters Suvi and
Ilona being ?ve and seven already, but this does not mean
that they can be left home
alone if under the weather.
Then the parents may even
swap child-minding shifts in
the middle of the day, something that is possible because
the family lives in Munkkiniemi in Helsinki, close to both of
their workplaces.
?A short commute makes
life that little bit easier,. Hedda-Maria states.
Hedda-Maria went back
to work part time when Eino
was six months old. drive away. Their earnings are
similar and they need both
incomes to make ends meet.
?If money wasn?t an issue,
we wouldn?t work, and would
stay at home and do all the
other things we enjoy.?
At the moment, it is impossible to squeeze hobbies
into their busy schedules.
?Fitting hobbies into this
jigsaw puzzle is too challenging. ?Work is important to both of us and that?s
why we need to have an equal
right to do get our work done.?
There is no ideological
background behind the family?s choice, only practical
reasons. Otto had
just started a new job but despite being on probation he
took the plunge and stayed
at home with Eino a couple of
days a week. 18
19 DECEMBER 2013 . Kenrick, who gained
his doctorate in mathematics, works at Aalto University in Otaniemi as a
laboratory and facility manager. Ella
explains.
It is not a rare occurrence
for one of the adults to carry
on working at the computer
after the children have gone
to bed at nine o?clock, allowing them to ?nish the tasks
they have not had time for
during the day if they had to
knock off early.
?The arrangement is
based on trust between the
employer and employee.
Sometimes give-and-take at
the workplace is used to refer
to something unpleasant, but
in my case it?s all been positive,. ?We cycle to work and don?t need to
make time for exercise.?
Ella and Kenrick are both
40-year-old doctors of technology
195 g all-purpose flour
. Sun 2pm-10pm
Korkeavuorenkatu 47 . Cover the dough and let it rest in the fridge
for about an hour.
. Makes about 3-dozen cookies.
Recipe adapted from yummly.com
VA L É R I E B RU N
German Christmas cookies
Ingredients
. Once the cookies are lined on the baking sheet, stir the meringue you left aside. ½ tsp ground cinnamon
. 400 g ground almonds
Instructions
. Beat in the vanilla extract and egg yolks. Slowly sift in the sugar and lemon juice and
beat some more for about 8 minutes
. Overbaking these cookies will cause
them to be dry.) Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to
cool. 230 g semisweet or bittersweet
chocolate, coarsely chopped
. Separate the egg yolks from whites and beat whites until
stiff peaks form. 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
. Make sure each ball is completely
coated, with no chocolate showing through. Place the sugar-covered balls on the prepared baking sheet, spacing about
2 inches (5 cm) apart.
. 110 g confectioner?s sugar, sifted.
Preparation
. 226 g unsalted butter at room temperature
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Almond cookies
Ingredients
. Preheat oven to 160°C and sprinkle a surface with confectioner?s sugar and roll the dough to approximately 5 mm.
The typical shapes for these cookies are stars but you can
choose whatever other Christmas shapes you want.
. Cool on the baking sheet.
. 100 g granulated white sugar
. In a heatproof bowl, placed over a saucepan of simmering
water, melt the chocolate and butter. Remove from heat
and let cool to room temperature.
. Preheat oven to 180°C with the oven rack in the centre. Place the almonds on a baking sheet and bake about
8-10 minutes, or until lightly browned and fragrant. Remove from oven and once the nuts have cooled, place in a
food processor, along with 1/4 cup (50 grams) of white sugar, and process until finely ground.
. 150 g granulated white sugar, divided
. Quite often the most
priceless and meaningful
treasures to give and receive
come from inspiration and
creativity. If you wish, you may add some more
lemon juice to give it more taste.
. Zest of 1 small lemon
. Once again, preheat oven to 180°C. Line two baking
sheets with parchment paper.
. If you wish, you may add a splash of
rum or amaretto. Add the ground almonds and cinnamon to the remaining
meringue and mix well. These cookies are best eaten the day they are baked.
. Place the sifted confectioners sugar into a shallow bowl. First,
form the chilled dough into 1 inch (2.5 cm) balls, and then
roll each ball in the sugar. Remove one ball of dough from the refrigerator. They
are ideal for a Christmas gift
and their ?avour and aroma will be preserved when
packaged.
Topping
. ½ tsp baking powder
A variety of different homemade cookies can make the perfect Christmas gift.
This Christmas, homemade
gifts can make the best presents
Original ideas for a
gift with a personal
touch.
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CONTRARY to what you may
think, you don?t have to max
out your credit card in search
of the perfect Christmas gifts
this year. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and place rack
in centre of oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
. With this in mind,
this year spend some time in
the kitchen and bake a myriad
of different cookies and pack
them in original ways, such as
in new or antique cookie jars,
hatboxes, ?owerpots, baskets, bakery boxes, plastic
containers, jam jars or bowls.
The choices are endless, but
always remember to choose
a container that matches the
personality and/or hobbies of
whoever receives the gift. Tel +358 (0)9 495 098
hu@dongbeihu.fi . 2 large eggs
. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
. In a separate bowl, whisk or sift together the flour, cinnamon, salt, and lemon zest.
. 56 g unsalted butter
. Helsinki . These cookies should keep for about two weeks if kept in an
airtight container.
. ½ tsp salt
. Do not overbake.
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19 DECEMBER 2013 . Finally, beat in
the grounded almonds and then the flour mixture. Divide the
dough in half, cover each half with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm (30-60 minutes, or up to two days).
. You
can adorn them with festive
ribbons and attach a pretty
gift tag or label.
There are, however, a few
things to think about when
mixing different kind of cookies in order to keep their ?avour and aroma. 2 large egg yolks
Preparation
. Put aside 4-heaped tablespoons of the meringue: this will be
used to top the cookies later on.
. For example,
be careful not to pack hard
and soft cookies together
and certain types of biscuits.
Furthermore, avoid mixing
vanilla cookies with mint-?avoured treats because the
mint will overpower all other
?avours in its vicinity.
Here, you will see a selection of recipes of soft cookies that you can make. Makes about 50 cookies.
*China Tiger
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Mon-Fri 11am-11pm, Sat Noon-11pm . Add dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture,
stirring just until incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap
and refrigerate until firm enough to shape into balls (several hours or even overnight).
. Makes about 50-60 almond cookies.. ¼ tsp salt (to ignore if using salted butter)
. 3 large eggs
. In the bowl of your electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment (or with a hand mixer), beat the eggs and sugar
until thick, pale and fluffy (about 3 to 5 minutes). (When
you slowly raise the beaters the batter will fall back into
the bowl in slow ribbons.) Then beat in the vanilla extract.
Add the cooled chocolate mixture and beat until mixed in.
. This will prevent the cookies from spreading and losing their shape when baked.) Bake the cookies for
about 12 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
. Generously brush the cookies with the topping and bake
them for about 8 minutes. On a lightly
floured surface, roll out the dough until it is about 0.5 cm thick.
Using a 7.5 cm cookie cutter (round, square, heart, etc.) cut out
the cookies. Place the cookies about 2.5 cm apart on the prepared baking sheet. Re-roll any scraps and cut out the remaining cookies. Repeat with the second ball of dough. (Note: If
you find the cookies are soft, place the baking sheets with
the unbaked cookies in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes
to chill the dough. In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat the butter and remaining 100 grams of sugar until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). 1 JANUARY 2014
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Chocolate crinkle cookies
Ingredients
. 350 g confectioner?s sugar
. 1 tbsp lemon juice
. Bake cookies for about 8 to 10 minutes or just until the edges
are slightly firm but the centres are still soft. (For moist chewy
cookies do not overbake. 260 g all purpose flour
. 150 g whole almonds (natural or blanched)
. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
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that time, the rats that had
drunk the sugary drink were
signi?cantly more hyperactive . It is probably a re?ection of changes being made
to return the system back
Further
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While more work is needed
to determine the exact effect
of these changes, just under
half of the altered proteins
are known to be involved in
the cellular function of the
brain, including determining
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This ?nding comes from
the ?rst analysis of how sugary drinks affect proteins in
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constructing complex and meandering prog rock, the
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Von Hertzen
Brothers at Virgin Oil Co.
Sun 22 December
Rajaton
A cappella Christmas concert.
Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?40.50
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Bringing their hugely successful year to a close, Von
Hertzen Brothers are headlining a gig at Virgin Oil Co
on New Year?s Eve. Andersen from 1845. 2
Turmion Kätilöt, Fear of
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www.elmu.fi
Tue 31 December
Insomniacs & Candyland NYE
with Hollen (ITA)
Techno & house.
Venue
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21
Tickets ?12.70-22.70
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Sat 21 December
Tuomas Kauhanen, Jontte Valosaari
Rap.
Virgin Oil CO.
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www.virginoil.fi
Tue 31 December
Amorphis
Metal.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
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Sat 21 December
Rotten Sound,
Bad Jesus Experience
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Bar Loose
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Tue 31 December
Bonne Année avec Aino Venna
Folk, jazz and chansons.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
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Sat 21 December
Nok Nok, Ovipuhelin, Älyvarkaat
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Tue 31 December
We Love Helsinki New Year´s Eve
Dance
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
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Tue 31 December
Daniel Wang (USA)
Techno/disco/house.
Club Kaiku
Kaikukatu 4
Tickets ?5/13
www.clubkaiku.fi
Tue 31 December
New Year´s Eve Concert
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra.
Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?22-42
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The Snow Queen
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Senate Square. Von Hertzen Brothers are rounding off a successful
year with a gig at Virgin Oil Co.
Thu 19 December
Jarboe (USA)
Unique American
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Kuudes Linja
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Thu 19, Fri 20 &
Sat 21 December
FORK: ElectroVocal Circus
Unique a cappella spectacle.
Alexander Theatre
Albertinkatu 32
Helsinki
Tickets ?35/42
www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi
Thu 19 December
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra
Beethoven´s Symphony No. Finnish
National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
www.opera.fi
Thu 19, Fri 20 & Sat 21 December
Cabaret Jamon
Cabaret/circus show visualized by
artist Jani Leinonen and fashion designer Minna Parikka.
Cirko
Kaasutehtaankatu 1
www.cirko.fi
Thu 19 December-Wed 1 January
Winter Circus Cosmos
Magical winter circus with international top per formers, live music
and fantastic costumes.
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth
The Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1 A
www.hurjaruuth.fi
Sat 28 & Mon 30 December
Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
The classic Cinderella tale told by
Rossini.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
www.opera.fi
EXHIBITIONS
Until Tue 31 December
Mad about Helsinki
A unique overview of the city´s
history and beloved places.
Helsinki City Museum
Sofiankatu 4
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00
Thu 9:00-19:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Free entry
Until Sun 5 January 2014
Young Artists 2013
A group of young artists under 35
shows what is hot in Finnish art
just now.
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
www.taidehalli.fi
Until Sun 12 January 2014
Aesthete Extarordinaire
Birger Kaipiainen´s ceramic fantasies.
EMMA . 9.
Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 20 December
Asa & DJ Polarsoul, Laineen
Kasperi & Palava Kaupunki
Finnish rap.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Helsinki
Tickets ?13.50/14
www.virginoil.fi
Fri 20 December
Voces8
One of the most exciting and
versatile vocal groups in the world.
Music Centre
Sonore
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?30
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 20 December
Poets of the Fall
Rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?19.50/20
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Fri 20 December
22-Pistepirkko, Whoop!
Pop/rock.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Tickets ?13.50/14
www.barloose.com
Fri 20 December
Hold On Fest
Need For Treatment, Tirehtöörit,
Tonikettinen.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?8.50
www.semifinal.fi
i t Concert
C
t
Chhristmas
Fri 20, Fri 27 & Tue 31 December
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Luminously melodic masterwork of
Puccini.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?15-91
www.opera.fi
Sat 21 December
Don Johnson Big Band, The Winyls
Hip hop/jazz/funk/reggae.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?17.50/18
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
New Year?s Eve Concert
Thu 26 December
Helsinki-Berlin Megamix
Ville Haimala, Niko Likainen,
Kaukolampi etc.
Club Kaiku
Kaikukatu 4
Tickets ?0/7
www.clubkaiku.fi
Fri 27 December
Club Top Billin
Bounce Camp, dj Venum,
Keiska + Top Billin Soundsystem.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?8
www.kuudeslinja.com
Sat 28 December
Teppo Vapaus & Intohimon
Orjat, Tiisu
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?8.50
www.semifinal.fi
Sat 28 December
Roope Salminen & Koirat feat.
Lieminen
Hip hop.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Mon 30 December
The 69 Eyes
Gothic rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Tue 31 December
Helldone 2013
HIM, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät,
Beastmilk, Odalisque.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Tue 31 December
Von Hertzen Brothers
Rock.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
www.virginoil.fi
Tue 31 December
New Year?s Eve With
Antero Lindgren
Promising singer-songwriter.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Tickets ?8.50/9
www.barloose.com
Sat 21 December
MetalOrgy goes Xmas vol. Award in London for their song Flowers And
Rust, the band was also nominated for the Best Rock Album of the Year in the internationally renowned Classic
Rock Magazine Awards.
Tue 31 December
Von Hertzen Brothers
Virgin Oil Co.
Mannerheimintie 5
Tickets ?23.50/25
www.virginoil.fi
MUSIC
Thu 19 December
Kasperi Sarikoski Nuance
Jazz.
Koko Jazz Club
Hämeentie 3
Tickets ?11.50/16.50
www.kokojazz.fi
Thu 19 December
Sanni
Pop.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?11.50/12
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 21 December
Kultabassokerho Goes Spoken
Hertell & Hertell,
Dxxxa D & Joulupukk.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?9.50
www.kuudeslinja.com
Thu 26 December
KC/MD Mafian kauheimmat
joululaulut
?The most awful Christmas songs?.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?11.50/12
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Brothers in prog. Espoo Museum
of Modern Art
Ahertajantie 5
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
www.emma.museum
Until Sun 12 January 2014
Trees Are Poems
Kristoffer Albrecht, Taneli
Eskola, Ritva Kovalainen & Pentti
Sammallahti.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Bulevardi 40
Helsinki
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi
OTHERS
Until Sun 22 December
Old Student House Christmas
Market
Vanha ylioppilastalo
Mannerheimintie 3
Helsinki
Until Sun 22 December
St
Frozen (K7)
Released 27 December
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an untraditional
look at motherhood and how
we look at maternal ?gures
and strong women in queer
culture, American stand-up
Margaret Cho is bringing the
laughs to Savoy Theatre on
Thursday 19 December. Note, given the adult
nature of nature of her ?ow,
the show is recommended for
those over 18. One
would have to look back to
2008?s Tropic Thunder to ?nd
a ?lm in which he shines. who just
happens to be the Prime Minister of Finland.
Elsewhere, a couple of releases aimed at the kids, with
a Finnish dubbed version of
Vaahteramäen Eemeli ja Iida
and Ella ja kaverit 2 . Following
in the footsteps of Guillermo del Toro?s brilliant horror
outing The Devil?s Backbone
(2001), the ?lm also uses The
Spanish Civil War as a backdrop, following an asylum?s
attempts to rehabilitate children who feel no pain, by introducing them to the art of
physical suffering.
The following week, following Mitty, is local ?ick
Ainoat oikeat. Painless (K16)
. The Night at
the Museum series may have
earned a tonne of cash at the
box of?ce, yet it?s reviews
were lacklustre at best. A Late Quartet (K7)
. Vaahteramäen Eemeli ja Iida
. Offering some respite from the
darkness outside, Cho?s latest
show features hilrious musings on the likes of race, drugs
and sexuality . Lasse Autolomalla (S)
. Meanwhile, British comedic actor Steve Coogan brings
his Alan Partridge to the big
screen, to the joy of fans.
Finally, based on the internationally
best-selling
novel by Jonas Jonasson, Satavuotias, joka karkasi ikkunasta ja katosi, tells the
unlikely story of a 100-yearold man who decides that it?s
never too late to start over ?
starting now!
Margaret Cho: Set to take Savoy Theatre on an amusing ride.
The mother of all comediennes
J A M E S O . albeit on a chunky budget.
Here, our eponymous hero stars as a photo negative
attendant at Life magazine,
whose world gets turned upside down when it?s time for
the revered magazine to turn
digital, with a solid ?eecing
of its staff on the cards.
However, for Mitty, this
turbulence is matched by a
wild imagination, that sees
him taking pause in a variety
of life?s. happenstances in order to disappear into his imagination, a place ?lled with
heroic feats, vivid colours
and embarrassing comedowns upon his return to
reality.
And so, in search of the
missing ?nal shot of a role
of ?lm from photographer
Sean Penn, Mitty sets off to
Greenland, Iceland and Afghanistan, in order to ?nd
the image that will make the
magazine?s ?nal cover.
Throw in a few parts Forest Gump, a dash of Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
along with a handful of indie
faves and some stunning Icelandic scenery and you have
Released on 20 December
. The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty(K7)
. Elsewhere for the little ones, the
Lasse children?s series continues, with Lasse Autolomalla.
Meanwhile, Walt Disney Animation Studios offers up the
hugely successful Frozen.
Spanish horror is the
next on offer with Painless,
as a successful neurosurgeon survives a deadly car
crash, and learns of his family?s dark secrets. Being as he was also at the helm
for the inspired lampooning
of Vietnam ?icks, it comes
as no surprise that his latest successful outing has him
in the director?s chair once
again.
And so, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, sees him attempt to
scale back on the awkward
moments that have, to some
degree, made his name, and
focus on a quirky indie charm
. Soon
after starting her stand up career, Cho won a comedy contest where ?rst prize was a
coveted opening slot for Jerry
Seinfeld. His portrait of
President Tarja Halonen in
2002 shone the spotlight on
him brightly, introducing his
work to a new audience of art
lovers.
Similarly to his switch
from oils to watercolours,
his oeuvre is not limited to
visual expression, having
With her Mother show
kicking off in September last
year, the show has no doubt
been ?nely tuned in the interim. Satavuotias, joka karkasi
ikkunasta ja katosi
yourself a pretty good time
amidst the goings-on.
An inventive opening
credits sequence sees a visual style ?owing into the
rest of the movies, where
slogans and words pad the
slim narrative with purpose
and meaning. For those who
like their ?lms packed with
serious thespians, A Late
Quartet offers acting talent
of the likes of Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Christopher
Walken wielding a bow, as
one half of world-renowned
string quartet that ?nds
themselves struggling to remain together. Still, much better than
Night at the Musueum 3, and
the presence of Shirley MacLaine is always welcome.
Elsewhere onscreen
With two weeks to summarise, there is a lot going on at
your multiplex over this festive season. Warming up is
fellow American Jim Short.
Margaret Cho:
Mother World Tour
19 December, 20.00
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
exhibition at Helsinki?s Ateneum. along with
celebrity, culture and politics.
OFFERING
as a fashion designer, author, and singer-songwriter.
A frequent supporter of LGBT rights, she has also won
various awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf
of women and Asian community as a whole in the USA.
Such is the extent of her humanitarian concern, in 2007,
Cho also hit the road with
Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry
and Erasure, along with indie
faves The Dresden Dolls and
The Cliks, to host the True
Colors Tour, bene?ting the
Human Rights Campaign.
For Cho, nothing is sacred ?
least of all ?mother?.
Raised in San Francisco by
her Korean migrant parents,
Cho started doing stand up
comedy at the age of 16. S U L L I VA N
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Rafael Wardi: Untitled (White House) (2006/2007).
Rafael Wardi: Harutori Square, 1982.. Ella ja kaverit 2 . S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
a career that has
spanned over 60 years, Rafael Wardi has made a name
for himself for his wide range
of colourful paintings. melancholy struggles to
lift. A romantic
comedy about a woman who
?nally ?nds her one and only, things are looking up until
he mysteriously disappears.
Not to be outdone, soon she
has stumbled across her one
and only, mark II . Unfortunately, while we inevitable root
for Mitty in his quest, his romance with coworker Kristen Wiig never quite rings
true, and the ?lm?s mist of
lo-. Now his works
have been collected for an
Still active today, Wardi has also gone on to produce watercolours, drawings
and graphics. A number of TV series
and specials would join various
?lm roles, but it was through
a number of avenues that Cho
would also make an impact.
Aside from her acting and
stand up, Cho is also known
Expressing his interests
J A M E S O . Having
stood as the poster boy for
angsty situational comedy
in the likes of Meet the Parents (2000), a shtick that was
ampli?ed by Ricky Gervais in
The Of?ce, recent years have
seen him struggling to maintain credibility. The BBC television series Walking With
Dinosaurs thunders onto big
screen with a live-action/CGanimated feature that follows
a young dinosaur on an incredible adventure through
the prehistoric world. 1 JANUARY 2014
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A U S T I N YO U N G
Film
A considerable imagination
WATCHING Ben Stiller?s career evolve has not been for
the faint hearted. Alan Partridge
. Paterock
. CULTURE
HELSINKI TIMES
19 DECEMBER 2013 . Depicting a still lifes, portraits,
city views and landscapes,
up until the end of the 1990s,
the majority of his artworks
were oil paintings.
DURING
designed opera sets and costumes and participated in
dance productions.
Alongside this he has
worked as a teacher in the
School of the Fine Arts Academy (now the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, part of the
University of the Arts Helsinki) and also in the Nikkilä mental hospital as an
art therapist. Pateroçck. Walking with Dinosaurs the
3D movie (K7)
. On display until 2
March next year, the exhibition seeks to give an overview of the different phases
of Wardi?s career.
Comprising some 90
works, the artist?s versatility
and ability to transform are
highlighted amongst the variety on offer.
Rafael Wardi
Until 2 March
Ataneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Helsinki
P O R I A R T M U S E U M , E R K K I VA L L I -J A A KO L A
J A M E S O . Ainoat oikeat
Starring: Tim
Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell,
David Krumholtz.
USA/2002.
21.00 Four Christmases FILM
Directed by: Seth
Gordon. USA/2002.
02.15 Twin Peaks
YLE TEEMA
21.12.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
10.00 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
16.00 James Nesbitt?s Ireland
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 The Paradise
23.25 Hemingway & Gellhorn
FILM
01.55 Rev.
17.00 Simon Schama:
Shakespeare and Us
18.00 Treme
19.00 125 Years of the
Concertgebouwn & the
Royal Concertgebouwn
First Knight
Maid in Manhattan
TV5 21.00
NELONEN
TV5 21.00
MTV3
07.10 Inside the Actors Studio
08.10 Jamie?s Christmas With
Bells On
09.45 The Young and the
Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Minute to Win It
14.10 Partners
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
20.00 My Life in Ruins FILM
Directed by: Donald Petrie.
Starring: Nia Vardalos,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Rachel Dratch.
USA/2009.
22.40 Dallas
23.40 Chicago Code
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Supersize Vs Superskinny
Kids
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 One Tree Hill
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Hot Shots! FILM
Directed by: Jim Abrahams,
USA 1991.Starring: Charlie
Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria
Golino. With Children
17.35 The King of Queens
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Deadliest Catch
20.00 Navy NCIS
21.00 Year One FILM
Directed by: Harold Ramis.
Starring: Jack Black, Michael
Cera. USA/2008.
TV1
07.35 Children?s Programming
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
11.30 Zoo
12.00 Sea Rescue
12.30 Dog Rescue
13.35 Wild Life at the Zoo
14.05 Rules of Engagement
15.05 The Santa Clause 2 FILM
Directed by: Michael
Lembeck. USA/
Poland/Slovenia/Czech
Republic/2008.
23.55 Strange Frequency 2 (K16)
FILM
01.40 Grey?s Anatomy
02.40 All in the Family
TV5
07.00 Children?s Programming
11.00 Ben and Kate
11.30 Bleep My Dad Says
12.00 Whitney
12.30 Up All Night
13.00 Are You There Chelsea?
15.30 Flipping Out
16.30 Jamie?s Christmas With
Bells On
17.30 The Simpsons
18.10 Masterchef USA
21.00 The Happening (K16) FILM
Directed by: M. Starring:
Andy Dick, George Carlin,
Jill Talley. USA/1991.
22.40 C.S.I.
23.40 30 Rock
00.15 Entourage (K16)
00.45 The Simpsons
monday
22.12.
saturday
20.12.
16.25 Shakespeare in Italy
23.15 Wild Thing (K16)
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.25 Good Luck Charlie
09.20 Luxury Mamas
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.55 Sarah 101
15.15 America?s Next Topmodel
16.15 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
17.45 Only Way to Go
19.00 Heavy Texas
21.00 Father of the Bride Part II
FILM
Directed by: Charles Shyer.
Starring: Steve Martin,
Diane Keaton, Martin Short.
USA/1995.
23.10 MacGyver: Trail to
Doomsday FILM USA/1994.
TV5
07.15 Dogs 101
08.05 Matlock
12.30 Kitchen Boss
13.00 Say Yes to Dress
13.25 Dogs 101
14.20 Absolutely Fabulous
14.55 Hale and Pace
15.25 Matlock
16.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.15 Married. USA/1994.
01.55 First Knight (K16) FILM
24.12.
TV1
From All of Us to All of You
MT V3 19.10
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.55 The Young and the
Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 UK Find My Family UK
14.20 Whitney
15.25 Oliver?s Twist
16.10 Undercover Boss UK
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Hostages
22.35 Homeland (K16)
23.40 White Collar
07.10 Children?s Programming
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
13.30 Dog Rescue
14.35 Zoo
15.05 Sea Rescue
15.35 Wild Life at the Zoo
16.05 Wizard of Waverly Place
21.00 The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian FILM
Directed by: Andrew
Adamson. With Children
06.50 The King of Queens
07.15 Michaela?s Animal Road Trip
08.05 Matlock
12.10 Kitchen Boss
12.35 Cake Boss
13.05 Michaela?s Animal Road Trip
14.00 Absolutely Fabulous
14.35 Hale and Pace
15.10 Matlock
16.05 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.05 Married. USA/2003.
02.25 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
TV1
YLE TEEMA
16.10 America Revealed
18.00 The Naked City
22.45 Yle Live: Dalindèo
NELONEN
Revolutionary Road
Sub 21.00
12.35
15.05
15.10
19.00
Africa: The Future
Yle News in English
Keeping Up Appearances
Hercule Poirot: Elephants
Can Remember
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
10.35 At the End of My Leash
11.35 Oliver?s Twist
12.40 Crimson Wing: Mystery of
the Flamingos
14.10 Parenthood
15.10 12 Men of Christmas FILM
USA/2009.
21.00 Undercover Boss USA
22.45 C.S.I. USA/2009.
22.50 Our Live: Disappeared
23.50 Virtual Adultery &
Cyberspace Love
00.40 Once Upon a Time in
Mexico (K16) FILM
Directed by: Robert
Rodriguez. 1 JANUARY 2014
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Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television.
thursday
friday
19.12.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
18.00 Without Gorky
19.00 Rick Stein?s Spain: Christmas
NELONEN
Nigellissima: Christmas 2012
T V1 19.00
10.00
15.05
17.08
19.00
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Heartbeat
Nigellissima: Christmas
2012
23.00 Silent Witness (K16)
MTV3
08.10 Jamie?s Christmas With
Bells On
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Minute to Win It
14.05 Middle
15.05 Jamie?s Great Italian
Escape
15.40 Oliver?s Twist
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.45 Golden Boy
23.45 Matrix (K16) FILM
USA/1999.
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Nigh
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 The Incredible Mr.
Goodwin
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Arrow
22.30 Cops
00.00 Chuck
sunday
07.00 Children?s Programming
09.20 Luxury Mamas
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.55 Sarah 101
15.15 America?s Next Topmodel
16.15 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
20.00 Heavy Texas
21.00 Hannibal (K16)
22.00 Rogue (K16) FILM
Directed by: Philip G.
Atwell. Starring: Jason
Statham, John Lone, Devon
Aoki. Starring: Mark
Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel,
John Leguizamo.
USA/India/France/2008.
22.50 C.S.I.
23.50 Smallville (K16)
00.50 48 Hour Mystery
tuesday
23.12.
TV1
08.05 James Nesbitt?s Ireland
13.20 Kangaroo Mob
15.05 Yle News in English
15.10 Keeping Up Appearances
17.05 The Paradise
19.40 Midsomer Murders
22.00 Endeavour
NELONEN
09.05 World Cafe: Middle East
10.05 Heartbeat
11.55 Declaration of Christmas
Peace in Turku In Finnish.
15.05 Yle News in English
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.30 Emmerdale
11.55 Ice Age: A Mammoth
Christmas
15.00 1600 Penn
16.15 Hidden Beauty: A Love
Story That Feeds the Earth
17.40 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.05 Emmerdale
19.10 From All of Us to All of You
21.35 Far and Away (K16) FILM
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
10.50 Jamie?s Best Ever
Christmas
11.45 Surviving Christmas
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA
22.30 Cops
23.00 Nikita (K16)
YLE TEEMA
10.00 Sounds of the Seventies
16.25 Rick Stein?s Spain:
Christmas
19.35 Private Life of a
Masterpiece: Mystic
Nativity
21.00 Valmont (K16) FILM
Directed by: Milos Forman.
Starring: Colin Firth,
Annette Bening, Meg Tilly.
France/UK/1989.
23.15 Santa Claus Conquers the
Martians
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.50 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.20 Animal ABC
10.10 Sea Rescue
10.35 Sarah 101
11.30 The Christmas Bunny FILM
13.15 The Brady Bunch in the
White House FILM
14.55 Damaged Care FILM
21.00 Inkheart FILM
Germany/UK/USA/2008.
23.50 Criminal Minds (K16)
TV5
06.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Must Love Cats
08.05 Matlock
12.20 Kitchen Boss
12.50 Cupcake Girls
13.20 Must Love Cats
14.15 Absolutely Fabulous
14.55 Little Britain
15.30 Matlock
16.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.30 Coraline FILM
19.15 Bean FILM
21.00 Salt (K16) FILM
22.50 Go On
23.45 Repo Men (K18) FILM
01.45 Peter Pan FILM
03.40 Star Trek: The Next
Generation. USA/2006.
16.50 Trail of the Pink Panther
FILM
USA/1982.
18.45 This Christmas FILM
21.00 As Good As It Gets FILM
USA/1997.
23.35 Monk
00.25 Maid in Manhattan FILM
Directed by: Wayne Wang.
Starring: Bob Hoskins,
Jennifer Lopez, Natasha
Richardson. USA/2007.
00.05 Criminal Minds (K16)
TV5
06.20 Married. Starring: William
Moseley, Anna Popplewell,
Skandar Keynes. Night
Shyamalan. 24
TV GUIDE
19 DECEMBER 2013 . Miami (K16)
23.45 Persons Unknown (K16)
SUB
07.00 Children?s Programming
11.00 The Simpsons
14.00 Flipping Out
15.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
16.00 Undercover Boss USA
17.00 Suburgatory
17.30 Pretty Little Liars
18.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Revolutionary Road FILM
A young couple living in a
Connecticut suburb during the
mid-1950s struggle to come
to terms with their personal
problems while trying to raise
their two children.
Directed by: Sam Mendes.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,
Kate Winslet. Starring: Reese
Witherspoon,Vince Vaughn,
Robert Duvall.
USA/Germany/2008.
23.20 Big Love
00.35 Defenders
01.30 All in the Family
TV5
06.50 That ?70s Show
12.35 Matlock
14.25 Happily N?Ever After FILM
Directed by: Paul Bolger,
Yvette Kaplan. With Children
17.45 The King of Queens
18.15 That ?70s Show
19.15 Deck the Halls FILM
21.00 First Knight (K16) FILM
09.05 World Cafe: Middle East
10.05 Kangaroo Mob
15.05 Yle News in English
15.50 Arctic with Bruce Parry:
Siberia DOC
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 Attenborough?n Ark
20.00 Malala: Shot for Going to
School DOC
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
10.25 Jamie?s Christmas With
Bells On
16.30 Ice Age: Dawn of the
Dinosaurs FILM
18.20 Ice Age: A Mammoth
Christmas
SUB
YLE TEEMA
Malala: Shot for Going to School
TV1 20.00
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 World Palooza
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Jamie?s Best Ever
Christmas
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Suburgatory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Mexican (K16) FILM
Directed by: Gore Verbinski.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Julia
Roberts, James Gandolfini.
USA/2001.
23.25 Awake (K16)
00.25 It?s Always Sunny In
Philadelphia
00.55 How I Met Your Mother
01.25 The Simpsons
10.00
18.00
19.00
21.30
22.25
Monty Don?s Italian Gardens
Fake or Fortune
Rick Stein?s Spain: Christmas
The Slap (K16)
America in Primetime (K16)
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
10.25 Sarah 101
12.50 Finding John Christmas
FILM
14.40 Animal ABC
15.05 America?s Next Topmodel
16.55 Rules of Engagement
20.00 Only Way to Go
21.00 Jackie Brown (K16) FILM
USA/1997.
23.45 Hannibal (K16)
TV5
08.05 Gold Rush: Alaska
12.05 Kitchen Boss
13.05 Bad Dog
14.00 Absolutely Fabulous
14.35 Little Britain
15.10 Matlock
16.05 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.05 The Invention of Lying
19.00 Peter Pan FILM
USA/2003.
21.00 Gladiator (K16) FILM
USA/2000.
23.55 The Transvestite Wives
00.50 As Good As It Gets FILM
06.15 Coupling
06.50 The King of Queens
07.15 Must Love Cats
08.05 Matlock
13.00 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
14.20 Say Yes to Dress
14.50 Super Tiny Animals
16.00 Cake Boss
16.30 The Age of Innocence
FILM
USA/1993.
19.00 Monk
20.00 Go On
21.00 Maid in Manhattan FILM
USA/2002.
23.00 Sexcetera (K18)
00.10 I Like to Play Games (K18)
FILM
Directed by: Moctezuma
Lobato
Goodwin
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Arrow
22.30 Cops
23.00 C.S.I.
00.00 Chuck
sunday
28.12.
YLE TEEMA
09.05 World Cafe: Middle East
15.05 Yle News in English
15.10 Keeping Up Appearances
This British sitcom follows
the life of eccentric, social
climbing Hyacinth Bucket
who portray herself as more
affluent than she truly is.
17.05 The Paradise
19.40 Midsomer Murders
21.45 Endeavour
23.20 The Hour
TV 1
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
12.00 Minute to Win It
17.35 Top Gear
22.15 Lottery and Joker
00.35 Southland (K16)
SUB
07.00 Children?s Programming
11.00 Ben and Kate
11.30 Bleep My Dad Says
12.00 Whitney
12.30 Up All Night
13.00 Are You There, Chelsea?
14.00 Middle
14.30 Partners
15.00 World Palooza
15.30 Flipping Out
16.30 Jamie?s Great Italian Escape
20.00 Masterchef USA
21.00 Death Race (K16) FILM
Directed by: Paul
W.S.Anderson.
USA/2008.
23.05 C.S.I.
Miranda
Bloody Daughter
Spice Trails
Treme
Batman FILM
Directed by: Leslie H.
Martinson. The Extra-Terrestrial
FILM
USA/1982.
21.00 Undercover Boss USA
22.35 C.S.I. Starring: Dana
Andrews, Gene Tierney,
Vincent Price.
USA/1944.
00.15 Phantom Lady FILM
01.35 The Hitch-Hiker FILM
TV5
monday
29.12.
10.00
14.20
16.00
17.55
21.00
The Treatment
Nelonen 19.15
27.12.
10.00
10.55
11.15
11.30
12.00
13.10
14.10
NELONEN
Notting Hill
TV5 21.00
friday
26.12.
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
Arctic with Bruce Parry
Heartbeat
Saving Syria?s Children
DOC
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 The Young and the
Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Undercover Boss USA
14.15 Whitney
15.30 Oliver?s Twist
16.05 Undercover Boss UK
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Hostages
22.45 Homeland (K16)
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 World Palooza
15.55 Up all Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Jamie?s Fish Suppers
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Suburgatory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Eagle Eye FILM
USA/2008.
23.20 Awake (K16)
00.20 It?s Always Sunny In
Philadelphia
10.00 Moebius Redux - A Life in
Pictures
11.10 Exit Through The Gift
Shop
12.35 Double Take FILM
15.05 The First Movie
16.25 Babies
17.45 Tabloid
19.10 Marina Abramovic: The
Artist is Present
21.00 Poster Girl (K16)
21.40 The Slap (K16)
NELONEN
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
12.50 Prefontaine FILM
USA/1997.
15.15 America?s Next Topmodel
16.15 Rules of Engagement
17.15 Zoo
17.45 Dr. (K16)
saturday
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.30 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
10.45 Wizards of Waverly Place:
The Movie FILM
12.30 The Astronaut Farmer
FILM
Directed by: Michael Polish.
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,
Virginia Madsen, Max
Thieriot. USA/1996.
01.15 Twin Peaks
02.10 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
TV 1
The King?s Speech
TV1 20.55
09.05 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
17.08 Heartbeat
20.55 The King?s Speech FILM
UK/2011.
22.50 Silent Witness (K16)
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.30 Emmerdale
14.30 Middle
15.25 Jamie?s Great Italian
Escape
15.55 Oliver?s Twist
17.30 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.25 Amistad (K16) FILM
USA/1997.
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
10.50 Jamie?s Christmas FILM
Bells On
11.45 The Flintstones FILM
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 The Incredible Mr. Miami (K16)
23.30 Persons Unknown (K16)
SUB
07.00 Children?s Programming
11.00 The Simpsons
14.00 Flipping Out
15.00 Supersize Vs Superskinny
Kids
16.00 Undercover Boss USA
17.00 Suburgatory
17.30 Pretty Little Liars
18.30 The Simpsons
20.00 Mythbusters
21.00 Munich (K16) FILM
Directed by: Steven
Spielberg. Phil
20.00 My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
21.00 Ghost Town FILM
Directed by: David Koepp.
Starring: Greg Kinnear,
Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni.
USA/2008.
23.05 Hannibal (K16)
00.00 The Deadliest Roads
TV 5
08.05 Matlock
12.00 Kitchen Boss
12.30 DC Cupcakes
13.00 Bad Dog
13.55 Absolutely Fabulous
14.30 Little Britain
15.00 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Little Man FILM
18.45 The Imaginarium of Doctor
Parnassus FILM
21.00 Marie Antoinette FILM
23.10 Britain?s Happy Hookers
00.05 The Mask of Zorro FILM
02.40 Star Trek: The Next
Generation. Starring: Eric
Bana, Daniel Craig,
Ciarán Hinds.
USA/2005.
00.10 In Plain Sight
Laura
Teema 22.50
09.05 World Cafe: Middle East
10.05 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
15.15 Kangaroo Mob
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 The Paradise
23.40 Rev.
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 The Young and the Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Minute to Win It
14.10 Partners
15.15 Hotel for Dogs FILM
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
20.00 Nine Months FILM
USA/1995.
22.45 Dallas
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Supersize Vs Superskinny
Kids
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 One Tree Hill
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Hot Shots! Part Deux
USA/1993.
22.45 C.S.I.
23.45 30 Rock
00.20 Entourage (K16)
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
11.25 Zoo
11.55 Sea Rescue
12.25 Dog Rescue
13.30 Rules of Engagement
14.30 Only Way to Go
19.00 My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
21.00 In the Line of Fire (K16)
FILM
Secret Service agent
Frank Horrigan could not
save Kennedy, but he is
determined not to let a
clever assassin take out
this president. FILM
19.00 The Water Horse FILM
21.00 Notting Hill FILM
UK/1999.
23.25 From Dusk Till Dawn (K18)
FILM
Directed by: Robert
Rodriguez. TV GUIDE
HELSINKI TIMES
19 DECEMBER 2013 . USA/2006.
14.25 America?s Next Topmodel
16.20 The Parent Trap FILM
20.00 My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
22.55 Criminal Minds (K16)
23.45 Defenders
00.35 All in the Family
TV5
06.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 The Jeff Corwin
Experience
08.05 Matlock
12.10 Kitchen Boss
12.40 Mall Cops: Mall of America
13.10 The Jeff Corwin
Experience
14.05 Absolutely Fabulous
14.40 Little Britain
15.20 Oliver! FILM
17.10 Are we there yet. 1 JANUARY 2014
25
Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television.
wedneday
thursday
25.12.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
TV1
YLE TEEMA
10.00 The Sundowners FILM
12.10 An American in Paris FILM
14.00 It?s a Wonderful Life FILM
16.10 Smoke FILM
20.00 Gosford Park FILM
00.10 The Naked City FILM
09.05 Heartbeat
13.00 Pope?s Christmas
Greetings
15.05 Yle News in English
17.08 Heartbeat
22.00 The Hour
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.30 Emmerdale
12.25 Wallace & Gromit: The
Curse of the Were-Rabbit
14.00 The New Normal
14.50 Shrek
17.40 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.05 Emmerdale
19.10 Curious Case of Benjamin
Button FILM USA/2008.
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
10.50 Jamie?s Christmas With
Bells On
11.45 Dennis the Menace FILM
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Bam Margera: Where the
#$&% is Santa. (K16)
23.00 C.S.I. Starring:
Adam West, Burt Ward.
USA/1966.
22.45Modesty Blaise (K16) FILM
UK/1966.
NELONEN
10.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
12.55 Dog Rescue
14.00 Zoo
14.30 Sea Rescue
15.00 Wizards of Waverly Place
19.15 The Treatment FILM
Directed by: Oren Rudavsky.
Starring: Famke Janssen,
Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm.
USA/2006.
21.00 The Rocketeer FILM
23.05 Strange Frequency (K16)
FILM
TV5
06.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Must Love Cats
08.05 Matlock
12.30 Coupling
13.05 Mall Cops: Mall of America
13.35 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
15.00 Say Yes to Dress
15.30 Smack the Pony Christmas
Specials
16.30 Cake Boss
17.00 Awekenings FILM
19.00 Monk
20.00 Go On
21.00 The Sweetest Thing (K16)
FILM
USA/2002.
22.35 3rd Rock from the Sun
23.05Sexcetera (K18)
00.10 Love and Passion (K18)
FILM
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Mighty Uke
Big Business FILM
Liberty FILM
The Music Box
Pur Relations FILM
Sons of the Desert FILM
Anarchy in the Ukulele:
Concert
15.20 Yle Live: Florence and the
Machine
16.05 Spice Trails: Sri Lanka &
India
NELONEN
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.50 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.20 Animal ABC
10.55 The Winning Season FILM
12.40 High School Musical 3
FILM
14.45 Scenes of Triumph
15.40 America?s Next Topmodel
17.00 Flirting with Forty FILM
20.00 Heavy Texas
21.00 Hannibal (K16)
22.00 Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial
by Fire FILM
23.50 Criminal Minds (K16)
TV5
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Michaela?s Animal Road
Trip
08.05 Matlock
12.00 Kitchen Boss
12.30 Cake Boss
13.00 Michaela?s Animal Road
Trip
13.55 Absolutely Fabulous
14.30 Little Britain
15.00 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 The Hudsucker Proxy FILM
19.00 Roxanne FILM
21.00 Pulp Fiction (K16) FILM
23.55 Ghost Rider FILM
01.50 The Transvestite Wives
02.45 Stop My Stutter DOC
03.55 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
YLE TEEMA
Munich
Sub 21.00
12.35
15.05
15.10
19.00
Attenborough?s Ark
Yle News in English
Keeping Up Appearances
Hercule Poirot: The Big
Four
23.30 Malala: Shot for Going to
School
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
10.20 At the End of My Leash
15.30 Parenthood
16.45 E.T. . Directed
by: Wolfgang Petersen.
Starring: Clint Eastwood,
John Malkovich, Rene Russo.
USA/1993.
23.55 Big Love
TV5
12.30 Matlock
17.05 Curse of the Pink Panther
FILM
19.10 Blonde Ambition FILM
Directed by: Scott Marshall.
Starring: Jessica Simpson,
Luke Wilson,
Penelope Ann Miller.
USA/2007.
21.00 The Mask of Zorro FILM
USA/Germany/1998.
23.30 Monk
00.30 Twin Peaks
01.25 Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines (K16) FILM
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.30 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
10.25 Sarah 101
12.50 Candles on Bay Street
FILM
Directed by: John Erman.
Starring: Eion Bailey, Alicia
Silverstone, Annabeth Gish.
Canada/USA/2006.
14.50 Sarah 101
15.30 America?s Next Topmodel
17.00 College Road Trip FILM
USA/2008.
19.00 Heavy Texas
21.00 Starsky & Hutch FILM
23.00 Our America (K16) FILM
00.55 All in the Family
06.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Dogs 101
08.05 Matlock
12.25 Kitchen Boss
12.55 Say Yes to Dress
13.25 Dogs 101
14.20 Absolutely Fabulous
14.55 Little Britain
15.30 Matlock
16.25 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.25 Blind Date FILM
19.10 Kicking & Screaming FILM
21.00 Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines (K16) FILM
23.00 Desperado (K18) FILM
01.25 Pulp Fiction (K16) FILM
YLE TEEMA
Eagle Eye
Sub 21.00
10.05
15.05
15.50
17.08
19.55
NELONEN
30.12.
TV 1
10.00 Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers FILM
11.35 Calamity Jane FILM
13.15 Bells Are Ringing FILM
18.00 The Sound of Music FILM
Directed by: Robert Wise.
Starring: Julie Andrews,
Christopher Plummer.
USA/1965.
22.40 Yle Live: Amorphis
NELONEN
10.00 Pride and Prejudice
16.00 Spice Trails: Sri Lanka &
India
22.50 Laura FILM
Directed by: Otto
Preminger
Hietaniemen kauppahalli (?Hietalahti Market Hall?) holds until summer 2014 the majority shops from Wanha Kauppahalli.
Restaurants. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 8-20 and SatSun 10-14. 0300 20200, calls are
charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
Public Transport. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
Fri 12/20
?3
?1
?1
Post Offices. Night buses operate extensively at weekends.
Night buses have an extra fee. See www.forex.fi for more
information.
Thu 12/19
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Grocery stores. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights.
Pharmacies. 09 4711.
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Medical services. Doubtfire FILM
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up all Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.30 Shake It Up
09.00 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.30 Animal ABC
11.00 The Parent Trap FILM
13.25 Gifted Hands: The Ben
Carson Story FILM
Directed by: Thomas Carter.
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Aunjanue Ellis, Kimberly
Elise. Both telephone cards and Finnish SIM cards for mobile
phones can be bought at R-kioski shops.
fares: Helsinki (one zone) ?2.80/?2.20 from ticket machine, Helsinki-Espoo or Helsinki-Vantaa (two zones) ?4.50 and whole area
(three zones) ?7.00. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783
(between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and
6:00).
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Telephone. Public phones
are scarce. For more information, see www.hsl.fi.
Tourist Information.Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau
(Pohjoisesplanadi 19, Aleksanterinkatu 20) is open Mon-Fri 9-20
and Sat-Sun 9-18 between 15 May and 14 September; at other times
of the year, Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat-Sun 10-16, tel. Miami (K16)
SUB
08.25 Children?s Programming
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Supersize Vs Superskinny
Kids
19.00 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA
22.30 Cops
23.00 Nikita (K16)
00.00 The Simpsons
HELSINKI TIMES
18.05 To Nisi
18.50 In Search of Mozart
21.00 Gaudin Sagrada Familia
21.55 Treme
22.55 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
FILM
Directed by: Henry King.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava
Gardner, Susan Hayward.
USA/1952.
00.45 Pandora and the Flying
Dutchman FILM
NELONEN
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
14.45 America?s Next Topmodel
15.45 Sea Rescue
16.15 Scenes of Triumph
17.45 Dr. Operator number 118. Health centres around the country are open MonFri 8-16. 26
TV GUIDE
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17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Groundhog Day FILM
USA/1993.
21.00 Cirque du Freak: The
Vampire?s Assistant FILM
23.00 NCIS: Los Angeles
23.55 Little Man FILM
01.40 Twin Peaks
02.35 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
03.25 MacGyver
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Emergency clinics in Helsinki and Uusimaa area hospitals that are
on call 24 hours a day: Helsinki: Meilahti hospital, 2nd floor, Haartmaninkatu 4, tel. Restaurants in the Helsinki area can be found from
the internet service www.eat.fi, which provides information on restaurants, their menus, opening hours and some user rating etc.
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TV1
YLE TEEMA
18.30 Cirkopolis
23.25 Looking for Lenny
00.30 Kicking the Notes the
Toradze Way
NELONEN
Groundhog Day
T V5 19.00
08.05 Billy Connolly?s Route 66
10.05 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
15.10 Secret Mediterranean with
Trevor McDonald
17.08 Heartbeat
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.45 The Young and the
Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Minute to Win It
12.30 Beethoven?s 5th FILM
USA/2003.
14.15 Undercover Boss USA
15.10 The New Normal
17.30 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 C.S.I. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge.
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142,000
Helsinki
Times
Number
of accidents
at work in Finland
in 2011.
Statistics Finland
SOLUTION ON PAGE 23. Starring: Kate
Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt
Dillon. For non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.
Market halls. The currency exchange counter at the harbour in
Katajanokka, Helsinki is open everyday (Mon-Fri 15-17:30 Sat-Sun
10-11, 15-17:30). Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but
are closed on Sundays. USA/2009.
15.15 America?s Next Topmodel
16.15 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
17.45 Dr. USA/
UK/2008.
00.10 Marple: Towards Zero
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 The Young and the Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Grand Designs
14.20 1600 Penn
15.20 Head of State FILM
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Touch
22.45 C.S.I. Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. Yliopiston apteekki (tel. 09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. 1 JANUARY 2014
tuesday
FINLAND INFO
31.12.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Teema 22.55
10.05
14.40
15.05
17.08
21.00
Heartbeat
Dinner for One
Yle News in Englsih
Heartbeat
Last Chance Harvey FILM
Directed by: Joel Hopkins.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman,
Emma Thompson. Phil
20.00 Anthony Bourdain: No
reservations
Children in need of urgent medical treatment should be taken to
Lastenklinikka children?s hospital. Phil
21.00 Factory Girl (K16) FILM
22.45 Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations
23.40 The Deadliest Roads
TV5
06.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Must Love Cats
08.05 Matlock
12.00 Kitchen Boss
12.25 Cupcake Girls
12.50 Must Love Cats
13.40 Absolutely Fabulous
14.15 Little Britain
14.50 Matlock
15.45 3rd Rock from the Sun
16.45 Look Who?s Talking Now
FILM
18.30 The Hulk FILM
21.00 You, Me and Dupree FILM
Directed by: Anthony Russo,
Joe Russo. Most
hotels as well as the Helsinki Tourist Office and Helsinki?s General
Post Office have a computer terminal. 09
471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding regions
from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight. 09 100 23.
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Internet. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and metro. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
tel. In a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are
quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. Dial 112. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station
is open Mon-Fri 8-20 and Sat-Sun 9-19. See www.posti.fi
Emergency Numbers. 09 3101 3300. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
10-16:30 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is
open 6-22 daily. (K16)
22.35 Major Crimes (K16)
SUB
09.20 Eastenders
10.50 World Palooza
11.20 Mrs. Finland?s international country
code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. USA/2006.
23.00 Go On
00.00 Zombie Strippers! (K18)
FILM
01.45 69 Things to Do Before
You Die (K18)
WEATHER
Banks and Bureaux de Change. Single ticket
Airport busses.Finnair?s airport bus operates daily between Helsinki Airport and Helsinki city centre (platform 30 at Helsinki Central
Railway Station, just beside the restaurant Vltava), 35 min., ?5.90
or ?3.80 with Helsinki Card. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. On its way to the centre it stops several times but on the way to the airport only at Scandic Hotel Continental, close to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
sudoku
TV5
06.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 The Jeff Corwin
Experience
08.05 Matlock
12.00 Kitchen Boss
12.30 Mall Cops: Mall of America
13.00 The Jeff Corwin Experience
13.55 Little Britain
15.00 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. In the evenings and at weekends adults in need of urgent
medical treatment in Helsinki should go to emergency health centres at Haartman hospital (Haartmaninkatu 4) or Maria hospital
(Lapinlahdenkatu 16).
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Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of what
to do)