enthusiasm
for holding onto the ship-building industry, saying that economic growth will stem from structural
reforms and the improved productivity these will bring.
Pohjola says that new, interesting innovations may emerge from
the merger of industry and information technology.
?Automation will join the two
sectors when the Internet is incorporated in machinery,. According to forecasts the economies of Finland?s trading partners will grow three per cent
faster than last year, leading to a larger
number of orders from Finnish companies and the creation of new jobs.
?When the economic situation
improves internationally, Finland?s
market shares shouldn?t continue to
shrink,. You shouldn?t overstep the
mark,. 8 JANUARY 2014 . Back then, the police did not have modern technology
. says Aki
Kangasharju, chief economist at
Nordea Bank.
For the ?rst time in some years,
the autumn?s forecast on international trade did not have to be revised
downwards, according to Tuomas
Välimäki, head of monetary policy
and research at the Bank of Finland.
Signs of better thing to come are,
however, few and far between.
?All indicators show that we have
reached the nadir without signs of
improvement in view. ?3 . says Välimäki.
The EU member states account
for 60 per cent of Finland?s export
business, which also makes the predictions of economic recovery for
the eurozone a positive sign for Finland?s economy.
?In summer 2012, many believed
that some countries would exit the
In light of such a gloomy forecast Aki Kangasharju, chief economist at Nordea
Bank anticipates the economy should be able to meet expectations.
euro or that the whole monetary union would fall apart. phone surveillance, telecommunication data retention and bugging . H T
there commits offences. And that includes me.?
We will call the ex-police of?cer,
who forged a long career in the Helsinki drug squad, Pekka.
Pekka contacted Helsingin
Sanomat after following media
reports on the alleged crimes committed by Jari Aarnio, head of the
drug squad, and the methods of information gathering practised by
the police.
Pekka admits to feeling stabs of
guilt when looking back on his long
stint with the drug unit, emotions
which are strong enough to bring
tears to his eyes.
?EVERYONE
?I understand that underhand
methods help get results but you
shouldn?t get too blatant and brazen. he explains.
The growth potential in Internet
applications in the industrial sector
in Finland is exceptionally high, according to Pohjola.
?We are still the forerunners in
many technological ?elds.?
Perhaps 2015 will kick off in
higher spirits.
Ex-policeman to Helsingin Sanomat:
?Everyone there commits crimes?
cases were not discussed among the
teams, no one was aware of what
others were doing and occasionally it turned out that two teams had
been working on the same case.
No one gave a second thought to
the ethical side of the operations.
?There was no ethical side to it
back then,. net income will have
more purchasing power.
The bad news is that the turn of
the year in question is the beginning
of 2015 and not this year.
The unemployment rate is predicted to be at its highest towards
the end of 2014 with the number of
people out of work expected to go
up by some ten thousand people.
With tax rates up and no pay
hikes in sight, consumers. ISSUE 1 (335) . Any expectations of growth are based on the
eurozone and the EU ?nally putting
their ?nancial crises behind them,?
comments Matti Pohjola, professor
of economics.
Forthcoming pay rises are so minimal that increased consumption will
not help kick-start the economy, instead the export sector needs to be
turned to for help. 2 . When
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Aarnio (L) faces off with the press in
November.. He does not deny that the drug squad turns a blind
eye to crimes committed by their
informants, considering this to be
a normal, and even an acceptable,
procedure.
It is not so in the light of the legislation, though.
The framework for the Helsinki
drug squad operations was created
in the 1980s when Torsti Koskinen
headed the unit. The good news is that
unemployment rates are set to improve at the turn of the year and
consumers. These doubts
have proven wrong,. HS
NIINA WOOLLE Y . W W W.HELSINKITIMES.FI
Finnish economy
only gradually
turning the corner
Road toll and housing
2013 road toll similar to the previous year. HT
BUSINESS
of 2014 has brought
with it both good and bad news for
households. says Pekka laughing and
adds, ?I don?t know if anything has
changed in that regard.?
Jari Aarnio soon became Koskinen?s pet, which launched his career
on an upward trajectory, according to Pekka. comments
Välimäki.
It remains to be seen which Finnish products will become export
hits after the European economic
growth starts picking up.
The trade in machinery and
equipment went down by around 13
per cent last year whereas the export of raw materials, with the exception of fuels, increased by as
much.
?The structure of the export
business has shifted back to products with a low level of processing,?
explains Matti Pohjola.
Kangasharju from Nordea is
sceptical over Finns. purchasing power will not increase throughout the year but house-buyers with
mortgages will be relieved to hear
that interest rates will remain low.
Consumers will have to wait for
another year for any improvement
in their situations but Finland?s
economy is expected to turn the
corner earlier with the economic
outlook for 2014 looking up and the
total output set to grow by almost a
per cent during the year.
During the last couple of years,
the economy has failed to ful?l the
promises made by forecasts but
this time the situation might prove
different.
THE ARRIVAL
Ship building industry and
occupational immigration
The shipping industry receives
some Russian assistance and an
argument for work immigration
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LIFESTYLE
Skiing and eating
The costs of skiing in Finnish ski
resorts and enjoying the Northern Lights.
See pages 14-16
Singlee
tickets andd
day tickets
Validity from 2
hours to 7 days.
Buy from ticket
machines, bus and
tram drivers, as
well as conductors
on commuter trains
or by mobile
phone. he says, wiping his eyes dry.
Pekka believes the drug squad
overstepped the mark in its dealings with criminals, making it dif?cult for him to be proud of the unit,
even though he would like to.
?The results are good but the
means that were used to get them
are something else.?
However, Pekka stands behind dishonest methods, to a certain point, arguing that the current
law does not allow the police to investigate drugs offences in a way
that yields results. You can
transfer from one
vehicle to another
with a single ticket
within the validity
of the ticket.
www.hsl.?
?The forecasts are so gloomy
that the economy should be able to
meet the expectations,. available to them, resorting
instead to keeping tabs on suspects
by ?sitting in a Lada with aching
backs.?
According to Pekka, Torsti Koskinen started encouraging competition between drug squad teams
by rewarding successful operations
with a lot of back-slapping and coffee and cake.
The competitive atmosphere led
to teams jealously guarding any information they had collected. Aarnio gained his favoured status by getting results.
Pekka claims that no one in the
higher ranks was interested in the
methods used as long as they produced results.
Continued on page 5.
A former Helsinki drug squad police officer reveals that
the unit?s methods do not always bare close scrutiny.
SUSANNA REINBOTH ?HS
N I I N A W O O L L E Y. Finns Party MP?s controversial housing proposal prompts
criticism.
See pages 3,4
Mixed news for the
forthcoming year.
JUHANI SA ARINEN
On the surface, it represents another
show of support from Russia
for the beleaguered regime of
Bashar Assad. For centuries,
Russian and Soviet leaders
have seen the Eastern Mediterranean as a natural extension of the Black Sea, waters
dominated by the Soviet and
Russian navies.
BUILDING closer energy and
trade ties with key countries in the region, especially Cyprus, Israel and Greece,
gives Russia a way back in to
an area it considers within
its sphere of in?uence. Much of
the country?s on-shore production is in the east, and
is either held by rebels or in
contested areas.
Granted, turning those potential energy resources into actual production will be
an uphill task. Offshore energy development is a lot more expensive and time-consuming
than drilling for gas on land.
Even once the gas is produced, the entire region will
need massive infrastructure investments to ship it
by pipeline to Europe, or liquefy it and ship to Asia. Since the relationship
with Turkey has gone so pear
shaped, they need other partners to work with,. Economically recoverable reserves are
likely only a fraction of the
total gas trapped under the
seabed. Indeed, after Turkish
threats over Cypriot gas exploration, Russia dispatched an
aircraft carrier to the region.
Local reports suggest that
Russia offered security assurances to Israel in a private
meeting last month between
Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu.
?GIVEN the environment the
Israelis are in, they are more
willing to work with the Russians. Mankoff
noted. That?s especially important now that
Egypt cut off its gas exports
to Israel.
CYPRUS has visions of becoming a regional energy
hub, exporting gas to Europe
and Asia, but never-ending
tensions between the Greek
south and the Turkish north
cast a pall of uncertainty
over gas exploration. Hungary, for
one, has already talked up
the prospect of using Israeli
gas to substitute for reliance
on Russia.
THE ANSWER
explains why Russian
?rms such as Gazprom, Rosneft and Novatek have been
angling for a piece of the action in the Mediterranean.
Russia?s offered billions of
dollars in bailouts to Cyprus
in exchange for gas. They just need to
make sure that other people aren?t increasing supply
in a way that competes with
them,. At the same time,
Russian involvement gives
Moscow the ability to dictate
the pace of some development in the region; some observers suspect Russian bids
for Mediterranean resources
are meant to slow down, not
accelerate, the development
of new sources of gas.
?THE RUSSIANS aren?t hurting for gas that they can send
to Europe. If the investments
there work out as planned,
they could help cement Russia?s eroding hold over Europe?s energy supply . Jeff Mankoff,
Deputy Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at
the Center for Strategic and
International Studies, said of
the Russians. Cyprus, which doesn?t
have any money or sailors,
is spending precious cash to
beef up its navy. 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. Now Syria,
undismayed by the ongoing
civil war, is hoping to tap offshore gas resources to limit
its own reliance on imported
gas and boost revenues that
have been hammered by the
war and sanctions. But the deal also ?ts into a larger pattern of
Russian energy adventurism
in one of the world?s newest
frontiers for oil and gas development. Mankoff said.
But more broadly, Russia?s
rush into the Mediterranean seems part of Vladimir
Putin?s plan to give Russia
the kind of global, geopolitical heft that the Soviet Union had. You can submit your articles to viewpoint@helsinkitimes.fi.
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Russia is the world?s secondWHY DOES
largest gas producer. That
is already happening: During
the Syrian civil war, Russian
naval deployments to the region have reached levels last
seen in Soviet times, with
more than a dozen warships
on station.
SOME experts see closer Rus-
sian cooperation with Cyprus over gas as a way to
bolster potential naval capabilities in the region; Russian requests for air basing
in addition to naval basing
on Cyprus have caused a minor furor on the island. It?s own
?elds in Western Siberia hold
?ve times the gas resources
as the Levant Basin.
appears to be
two-fold. ?They think if they
can get Russia involved, that
gives Russia a stake in their
security.?. ?They want to
be in the Eastern Mediterranean, and if they can get the
added bonus of bolstering
ISRAEL , Lebanon, Cyprus and
now Syria are all agog over
the seemingly vast reserves
of natural gas discovered offshore; the US geological survey estimates there could be
as much as 120 trillion cubic
feet of natural gas in the Levant basin, bigger than any
single gas play in the US.
ISRAEL , long plagued by ener-
gy poverty, dreams of turning its offshore ?nds into
energy independence and
export earnings. 8 JANUARY 2014
HELSINKI TIMES
Viewpoints are commentaries written by experts and authorities about specific topics. Israel is buying a pair of German frigates
to protect its own gas ?elds.
For the third year in a row,
the US, Israel and Greece
carried out naval exercises,
including practicing to repel attacks on offshore gas
platforms.
TURKEY
energy-rich Russia need to dive into these
troubled waters. and
help boost Moscow?s standing
as a global power on the rise.
this relationship with Syria, that?s two for the price of
one.?
ON CHRISTMAS
AT A TIME when the whole
post-war architecture of the
Eastern Mediterranean is
crumbling, from the breakdown of Egypt?s relations
with Israel to tensions in the
US-Turkish relationship, Moscow seems to spy an opportunity to reassert itself in a
region where it once loomed
large, get a grip on a potentially big alternative to Russian
energy, and make it easier to
?ex its military muscles.
?THEY can kill two birds with
one stone,. Russia
is keen to increase its share
of the global LNG business,
which is especially key to
meeting Asia?s rising demand
for natural gas.
THAT
GRABBING access to Mediter-
ranean gas would be a way for
Moscow to try to maintain its
energy hold over Europe, akin
to Russian purchases of gasdistribution assets throughout southern and eastern
Europe. Cypriot gas plans also bring Turkey, the champion of north
Cyprus, and Russia, Cyprus?
main backer, into con?ict.
LEBANON, for its part, eyes
a potential economic boost
by tapping hydrocarbons
for the ?rst time. Finding an alternative naval base
would be crucial for Russia?s Mediterranean plans;
its last overseas naval base
is in Syria, right near the offshore blocks earmarked for
exploration.
AND THE bene?ts go two ways.
By building closer energy ties
with Russia, countries such as
Israel, Cyprus and Greece win
a big backer in their disputes
with Turkey and other neighbours. During the Cold War,
Soviet in?uence extended
beyond the Middle East and
well into the Mediterranean.
INDEED,
the high point by
some measures of Soviet naval prowess was the famous
Fifth squadron that shadowed the US Navy in the
Mediterranean during the
early 1970s. 2
VIEWPOINT
2 . First, Russia?s traditional domination of European energy supplies is
slowly coming under threat.
There?s the advent of shale
gas and rising volumes of lique?ed gas; there are alternative sources of supply such
as the Caspian; and there?s
the prospect of the Eastern
Mediterranean turning into a spigot for southern and
eastern Europe. Russian
?rms are lining up to bid on
Lebanese gas concessions.
And Gazprom scored a big
victory earlier this year in securing the exclusive rights
to export lique?ed gas from
Israel?s Tamar ?eld. own and do not represent the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
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How Putin?s deal with Syria
got Russia into offshore energy
K E I T H JO H N S O N
W A S H I N G T O N P O S T- B L O O M B E RG
Day, Russian state-owned gas company Soyuzneftegaz inked
a 90 million dollar, 25-year
deal with Damascus to start
exploring for the ?rst time
some of Syria?s offshore energy resources. Gas
development requires closer cooperation by neighboring countries, something in
short supply.
behind all those
challenges is the region?s
sketchy security environment, which has only deteriorated since the beginning
of the Arab Spring -- most
notably in Syria, but also in
Lebanon.
LOOMING
has threatened Cyprus with warships and aircraft in a bid to dissuade it
from drilling in disputed waters
But it should be
kept in mind that they are rare, and not the norm, by any
means,. In
the United States researchers have discovered that
texting while driving has become a greater safety hazard
than drunken driving.
?Based on the minutes
of research committees the
connection between driving
off the road and cell phones
is rather random. H T
BEGINNING this year assaults on children will be investigated according to the
same model as sex offenses.
The state will also be
responsible for all costs
resulting from criminal investigations, and investigations
that involve assaults that fall
under the jurisdiction of university health care districts.
According to the law, investigations following a crime
against a child aim to not only solve the actual crime, but
also to evaluate the damages caused thereafter. The council highlights
that in the end responsibility for the welfare of children
lies with every adult.
L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I S T O
creased to a quarter of 1,072,
the number of people who
died in road traf?c in 1972.
According to Liikenneturva?s forecast injuries have
dropped by six per cent compared to last year, based on
information from January
to November. Investigations are done for example
by interviewing the child in
question, psychological and
medical examinations and by
composing a statement based
on these processes. This is explained by the moped license
reformation.
The number of people
who died in a head-on collision also decreased by a ?fth.
Deaths caused by the collision of heavy vehicles became less common by up to
a third.
Those seriously injured
amounted to as many people
as in the previous year. Sirén points
out that the most recent results are not completely comparable because of some
changes that were made to
the questionnaire.
Street violence is almost
always linked to alcohol. stresses Laaksonen.
V I L L E H O N KO N E N
The number of
people getting assaulted in public
places has dropped
in the last 30 years.
The latest survey reveals
that last year only about a
percent of the population experienced physical violence
in a public place. Also the
child?s parents or foster parents are interviewed.
According to the National Council for Crime Pre-. Acquiring
evidence is dif?cult because
tele credentials cannot be
elicited due to con?dentiality,. HT
THE ESTIMATE is based on
traf?c statistics gathered by
the end of November, as well
as on newspaper information
from December. 8 JANUARY 2014
3
TONI LEHTINEN . If statistics
do not change on the last day
of the year, the past year will
remain on the same level as
the previous year.
Head of Research Juha
Valtonen considers the development of road safety as
being mainly positive. The use of hands-free
also appears to have become less common?, Valtonen
evaluates.
Compared to the darkest
year of Finland?s road traf?c fatal accidents have de-
The number of assaults in public places diminished by 400 early in the year compared to the same
period last year.
erty. Valtonen states.
If the deceased driver of an
accident has been in the car
alone, it is impossible subsequently to ascertain the possible use of a cell phone.
Drivers experience more
distractions inside the car.
While driving, one may type
addresses into the navigator, change music or browse a
smart phone.
?New smart phones are
very harmful, because their
use always requires eye contact. 30 people died
in road traf?c, when last year
saw 12 deaths.
Finland to take a more solid grasp
on investigating assaults on children
vention family killings of
children have decreased after 2011. Traf?c deaths
of people aged 15-24 de-
About 5,900 people under 18 were assaulted in 2012 according
to Statistics Finland.
Abuse investigation
costs to be transferred to the state.
J Y RI H Ä NNINEN . reproaches a report by The
Council for Crime Prevention. The crime victim surveys have shown that
street violence committed by a
complete stranger or someone
just met has decreased signi?cantly in the past 30 years.
Reino Sirén, a senior researcher of the National Research Institute of Legal
Policy, tells that according
to the surveys the reduction of street violence began
in 1980. In addition to assaults, the index accounts for robberies, drunk
driving and damages to prop-
254 died in road traffic ?
many drove off the road
Liikenneturva
sees safety on the
roads as having
been mainly positive
during the past year.
VILLE HONKONEN . Only
about a tenth is visible in of?cial statistics.
About 5,900 people under
18 were assaulted in 2012 according to Statistics Finland.
Also The Council for Crime
Prevention reminds on the
day of the Massacre of the Innocents that although the recent family murder instigated
countless inquests for building up child welfare, a uni?ed
outline has not been reached.
?There is no focus,. Up
to 80 per cent of unfamiliar
attackers are intoxicated.
The reason behind the decrease in the street violence
is not, however, that Finnish alcohol consumption has
changed.
Sirén does not believe
that people are behaving better these days either.
?Workplace violence has
increased, so it cannot be
said that behaviour has improved,. says Sirén.
In Helsinki, the amount
of street violence has decreased substantially in the
last two years. HS
FEWER Finns than ever are being attacked by strangers in
the streets. HS
A NNIK A R AU TA KOUR A . The number of deaths was 86.
?There is no single factor
that explains this process?,
Valtonen says.
Researchers of Liikenneturvallisuus have long
been concerned about the
possible interference of
smart phones or mobile devices with traf?c safety. The number of
assaults in public places diminished by 400 early in the
HS / M ARKUS JOK EL A
Street violence has significantly decreased
In September a 13-year-old girl died in an accident in Raahe.
creased by a ?fth. The index has fallen
from last year?s 59 to 53.
While aware of the good
situation currently, Laaksonen was wary about the
end of the year revelries.
Aggravated assaults are
the most frequent seri-
ous form of street violence.
Countrywide, the amount of
aggravated assaults has decreased around twenty percent in four years.
This year, the Helsinki Police Department has recorded 40 per cent less aggravated
assaults in public places than
last year. During 2011 and
2012 altogether 22 children
under 15 were killed by their
parents, but by November
2013 only two child deaths
to be investigated as homicides had been reported to
the police.
The amendment also enables better communication between the police and
health care professionals.
The unit of legal psychiatry
must have access to information necessary to the investigation, and it can hand it over
to the police, prosecutor or
the court of law without the
guardian?s consent.
The objective of the law is
to ensure that children who
have experienced assault or
abuse are protected by the law
equally in the whole country.
According to the National Institute for Health and
Welfare it has been internationally evaluated that 4-6
per cent of children are subject to physical abuse. HS
ANNIK A R AUTAKOUR A . Over
900 serious injuries were
reported to the emergency
services.
November was particularly unsafe. HS
K ATJA BOXBERG . Back then, over four
percent of men reported that
they had been physically assaulted in a public place.
year compared to the same
period last year.
Financial
downturn plays a role
Detective Chief Inspector of
the Helsinki Police Department Juha Laaksonen believes that the economic
recession has calmed down
the streets.
?People don?t go out as
they used to, but they drink
home instead. According to
the signals from the patrols,
the streets have calmed
down signi?cantly?, Laaksonen says.
A portion of the assaults
and other similar crimes are
never reported to the police.
Laaksonen does not believe,
however, that there has been
a change in the readiness to
report crimes in the last couple of years.
The improved situation in
Helsinki is also visible in the
street safety index. Only
the increase in the number
of accidents caused by cars
driving off the road is cause
for worry.
In such accidents 20 more
people died in comparison to
the previous year. ?The more severe
and cruel cases that make
the headlines are regrettable, of course. DOMESTIC
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Recession does not
curb travel enthusiasm
Canary Islands still
most popular destination for Finns.
JYRI HÄNNINEN . Penttilä affirms that the prohibition
would reduce the number of street-level boutiques converted
into flats. Approximately 40 per cent of all
deaths are related to a cardiovascular condition.. Holidays that last for
two weeks are not purchased
as often as earlier.
Travel reservations are
also postponed and are often
bought in the nick of time or
as last-minute travel.
According to Statistics
Finland, Finns made 7.8 million freetime travels last
year, which is 11 per cent
more than in 2011.
Estonia was the most popular destination: Finns made
1.5 million trips there.
The second most popular
destination was Sweden and
the third was Spain.
There were a total
of 51,737 deaths in
Finland in 2012.
These were the
causes of death:
. Alcohol-related diseases
and accidental acute
alcohol poisoning
1,960 deaths
. Finnmatkat, for
example, told Helsingin Sanomat that the company has
already sold 75 per cent of its
winter season offers.
Other travel agencies also
say that their trips have sold
well.
The ?gures do not include
independent travel by Finns
in which they manage the
reservations of their accommodation and ?ights independently. says Scheinin.
He regards the proposal particularly outrageous
as Packalén is a member of
the Parliamentary Constitutional Law Committee, which
is responsible for assessing whether bills and other
proposals meet the requirements of the constitution
and international human
rights agreements.
?It is sad and serious that
a member of the committee doesn?t seem to have any
idea of the constitution, duties of the committee and his
own position as a committee
member.?
Forced move violating
principal of equality
Juha Lavapuro, expert on
constitutional law from
Turku University, considers
the model to be problematic
?on judicial, social and moral levels?.
?Constitutional law ensures that all people are giv-
en the opportunity to choose
where to live, something
that is also guaranteed by
the UN Declaration of Human Rights. comments Martin Scheinin, professor of
international law at the European University Institute.
Packalén suggested in
Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday that residential areas
with rental accommodation
are graded and problem tenants are assigned housing
Who:
Hannu Penttilä
From:
Suonenjoki
Famous for:
Deputy Mayor of Helsinki
Penttilä recently put forward a proposal to enforce a building
prohibition in downtown Helsinki in order to support the city?s
brick-and-mortar shops. 76.0%
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TRAVEL agencies are expecting
the ongoing sales of package
tours for the winter season to
proceed relatively well. Dementia,
Alzheimer?s disease
7,056 deaths
. Cardiovascular diseases
20,120 deaths
. The number had increased by two per cent from
the previous year.
The most common cause
of death in Finland remains
cardiovascular disease. This is
14 per cent of all deaths.
The travel agencies de?ne
the winter season as the time
between October and April.
Overwhelmingly the most
popular destination for package tours is the Canary Islands, for which there is more
than 273,000 trips on offer.
In second place is Thailand,
and far behind it is Spain.
The travel agencies have
removed Arab countries
from their resorts. HS
Martin Scheinin, professor of international law at the European University Institute pointed to the rulings by the European Court of
Human Rights, whereby separating people on neutral grounds is forbidden if it leads to prejudicial separation.
Researchers slam Packalén?s
grading system for tenants
Grading residential areas and assigning
housing to problem tenants in zero-point
districts met with disdain.
KIRSTI K ART TUNEN, MISK A RANTANEN,
PETRI SAJARI, JAANA SAVOLAINEN . This is
159 per cent more than last
year.
Trips in oversupply
According to Suntours production manager Janne
Ohralahti there was an oversupply of packages over the
Christmas and New Year
period. HS
NIINA WOOLLEY . In
the past ?ve years, dementia-related deaths have increased by 40 per cent.
The reason for this change
is the increase in lifespan.
Finnish people simply live
longer than before. Out of
the people who died last year,
two out three had reached
the age of 75 and one in three
had reached the age of 85.
Dementia, including Alzheimer?s disease, was the
cause of death in just over
7,000 cases last year. Other causes of death
5,269 deaths.
Last year, there were
a total of 51,737 deaths in
Finland. A summary of this
will be available this year.
Still, the situation looks
promising. Kari highlights that if the
prohibition is introduced, it should allow for case-by-case
evaluations.
in the zero-point districts,
which would also have the
highest concentration of services provided by the police,
social services and the third
sector organisations.
?The end result is what
matters. The recession has
caused an increase in shorter tips. Based on rulings by
the European Court of Human Rights it is evident that
separating people on neutral grounds is forbidden if
it leads to prejudicial separation,. HT
EXPERTS lambasted the model for allocating
points to tenants in council accommodation proposed
by Tom Packalén, Finns Party MP.
?The proposal constitutes
discrimination forbidden by
international human rights
LEGAL
agreements and the Finnish
constitution, regardless of
whether grading has a neutral basis,. Most
major travel agencies say that
their sales of trips have increased from 2012.
The travel agency Tjäreborg, for example, reports
as much as a ten per cent increase in sales.
Suntours, in turn, estimates an increase of two per
cent.
Suomen Matkatoimistoalan Liitto estimates that the
amount of package tours offered by the major traveling
agencies this year grew by
7.2 per cent compared with
last year.
Combined there were
more than 470,000 trips for
sale.
However, the ?gure does
not tell how the trips are being made. H S
ACCORDING to Statistics Fin-
land, dementia has become
an increasingly signi?cant
cause of death in Finland
within the past few years. Major Finnish
travel agencies do not offer
package tours to Egypt, for
instance.
Partly for this reason, the
island of Madeira, which is
part of Portugal, has risen
in popularity among Finnish
travellers, the travel agencies report.
Nearly 19,000 travels are
on offer to Madeira. This is
due to unrest in the region in
recent years. Accidents
2,273 deaths
. How can
you even collect points once
you?re in a zero-point area??
Juha Väätäinen, Finns
Party MP and the chair of the
housing and environment
subcommittee, regards the
proposal as dubious with its
references to tragic events of
the past.
?The proposal is tantamount to concentrating people in one place and just falls
short of putting barbwire
around the area.?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Finland?s first Bitcoin vending machine
opened in Helsinki on 16 December.
Some shops already accept the digital currency. Will Bitcoin
eventually become common currency in Finland?
Yes . 24.0%
No . The aim of this proposal is to protect retail shops,
whose propietors are struggling in the face of online shopping
and soaring rents.
The proposal will be formally considered in early January,
but the leaders of several political parties have already
expressed their doubts. The popularity of
independent travel has increased in recent years.
More
and more
Finns
die of
dementia
M A R JO VA LTAVA A R A . Suicide
873 deaths
. Respiratory diseases
2,026 deaths
. According to Lasse Männistö (NCP),
the building prohibition would be difficult to carry out in a
manner that benefit a specific target group.
Osku Pajamäki (SDP) acknowledges the struggles of brickand-mortar shops and believes that, while young Helsinkians
may want to foster the vivacity of their neighbourhood, older
residents tend to prefer to buy in the shopping centres by the
ring roads.
On the other hand, Emma Kari (Greens), has doubts about
the binding nature of the proposal. Tumours
12,070 deaths
. 4
DOMESTIC
2 . Under the proposal people would be forced
to move, which violates the
principle of equality.?
Mikko Salasuo from the
Finnish Youth Research Network says that the proposal is inane, arguing that once
a tenant ends up in a zeropoint district the only way is
down.
?Grading systems like
this are used in prisons and
psychiatric hospitals, institutions which operate under
different norms to the rest of
society.?
Salasuo stresses that the
ghettoes of major cities prove
that forcing people with
problems to live in a restricted area does not improve anyone?s opportunities.
?The problems only tend
to accumulate
8 JANUARY 2014
HANNU LUKK ARINEN
Ex-policeman to HS:
?Everyone there
commits crimes?
SUS A NN A R E INB O T H . It does not shake
the general con?dence, how-
ever. More than two out of
?ve respondents have strong
faith in the police. CRIME
HELSINKI TIMES
2 . Compared
to previous surveys conducted in 2011 and 2009 the
trust has remained on the
5
out how to keep the informant from getting found out.?
Other suspects constitute a risk. You don?t get to
be part of a criminal gang unless you?re actively involved.?
Aarnio and his cronies
were not the only ones to
bend the rules.
?I was not even close to the
inner circle but used all the
same tricks as everyone else.?
Minimal monitoring
Pekka says that the drugs
squad was allowed to operate with a minimum of
monitoring.
?What kind of monitoring
is it supposed to be when they
send a delegation to have a
cup of coffee and go through
some reports. Nobody?s totally blind, certainly not in that
unit.?
Main problems within the
unit were related to information gathering and dealings
with informants from criminal circles. You
need to have dealings with
the person, to get a chance to
strike up a conversation and
start building a relationship.?
Interviews with suspects
are not usually recorded or
?lmed, giving wide boundaries within which to operate.
A report on an interrogation can contain whatever is
agreed on with the suspect,
leaving out other parts of the
interview.
A relationship with an informant is built with an eye
on long-term rewards. Now Aarnio
was condoning dishonest
means by his own actions.
?If they?d put someone
else in charge that might
have also reined him in. Paatero says.
?It is in the ?eld where
trust is earned in the end.?
Public trust in the police
1%
6%
2%
1%
7%
1%
Cannot say
Not much
1%
39%
47%
50%
Quite a lot
4%
43%
42%
Very high
2%
54%
Not at all
Source: THS Gallup Oy. H S
FINNS trust the police as ?rm-
ly as before, found a survey by
TNS Gallup. he says.
?When you consider how
big and fundamental this
case with Aarnio is, I believe
that people perceive it as an
isolated case, when the question is about trusting the police in general. Pekka explains.
Under the law, the police have a right to carry out
a home search if there are
grounds of suspecting that a
crime has been committed.
Pekka admits that the police also undertook . When I drive
off in my car to meet an informant no one is watching.?
Pekka says that monitoring also failed because no information was given outside
the unit. People are
able to look over an individual case and make their minds
based on what happens in the
?eld,. Aarnio
being under suspicion of drugrelated crimes had not come
out by the time of the survey.
More than nine out of ten
respondents have strong or
quite strong faith in the police. The trust is ?rmest
among those that support
the National Coalition Party.
Slightly less trusting are the
supporters of the Finns Party, the Left Alliance and the
Green League. The ?rm general trust seems to be in con?ict with the fact that slightly
more than every fourth person answered that the suspicions raised concerning
Aarnio have decreased their
trust in the police.
?People consider that the
suspicions regarding Aarnio
are bad. ?Police have always
been trusted. clandestine home
searches when the suspect was
not told even afterwards that
the house had been gone over.
Clandestine searches are
against the law as the target,
or a family member, must
be given an opportunity to
be present during a search.
When this is not possible, the
suspect must be told about
the house search as soon as
possible.
Pekka says there was no
monitoring system in place
for house searches.
?The supervisor was
told that we would carry out a house search and
that was that. He remarks that the
team successfully investigated
some major drugs cases.
?You don?t get good information unless you?ve got
someone close to the crime.
And if you?re close, you have
to be involved. There were no
questions.?
The lawless operations
have later on sent shivers
down Pekka?s back.
?When I look back on it
now, it seems unbelievable.?
Pekka believes that appointing Aarnio as the head
of the unit was a bad move as
someone with interest in the
legality of methods used in
operations would have been
a better choice. Now
he wasn?t really reporting to
anyone.?
The only motive for the
shortcuts taken by the police
was ambition, the keenness to
get results, says Pekka, stressing that the of?cers were not
thinking of their own gain.
And that is one reason why Pekka has been so
shocked over the revelations on Aarnio?s budget for
his house-building project,
which includes 200,000 euros that cannot be explained
by a loan, pay or inheritance.
Pekka does not even dare
to think what else might become unearthed during the
investigation but, nonetheless, he believes no stone
should be left unturned as it
could lead to lingering doubts.
However, he hopes that
the drug squad will be given
space to carry out its work
after a thorough purge.
?There are a lot of great
people doing their work
there.?
same level, says branch manager of TNS Gallup Juhani
Pehkonen.
According to Pehkonen,
the results are so clear that
differences between the various groups of people do not
have any practical signi?cance. It has been my
understanding even in this
turmoil that it has not affected the general public?s opinion in that way,. H S
NIIN A W O O L L E Y . H T
Continued from page 1.
WHEN Jari Aarnio took over
as the head of the drugs
squad in autumn 1999, things
really seemed to get out of
hand, explains Pekka.
Aarnio?s
management
style was based on the old
divide-and-rule strategy but
with a twist: he divided but
failed to rule. albeit rarely. We took
short-cuts,. A suspect taken in
for an interview may reveal
the informant?s involvement
when spilling the beans,
which is why interrogators
try to avoid questions that
would lead to the exposure of
the information source. The survey commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat was carried out between
9-18 December last year,
when the bribery suspicions
of the former head of Helsinki?s drug police Jari Aarnio
and the discussion on the
way police uses informants,
also known as squeals, were
covered in the media. Phone
calls and meetings are arranged and when an informant ?nally gives a tip-off on
a crime he has knowledge of,
the police reciprocate by trying to keep his name out of
the investigation.
?Sometimes you were
bricking it, trying to ?gure
Trust in the police
has not decreased
The case of the head of Helsinki?s drug police
has not affected people?s views.
M AT T I H UUS KO N E N . It is thought that even
if one individual has strayed
on the wrong track, it does
not apply to all of the others,?
Pehkonen interprets.
Chief Director of the Police Force Mikko Paatero
sees the results in the same
light. This
does not always work out.
Other gang members will
start smelling a rat if a serial offender avoids police investigation time after time.
In a situation like this it is
sometimes safer to nick an
informant at least once as
anyone found talking to the
police is at a grave risk.
Pekka has been in a situation in which it seemed inevitable that an informant?s
name would crop up in an
interview. Cases Pekka had
been working on could disappear without a trace, as
if swallowed up by Bermuda Triangle, when they were
merged with the inner circle?s investigations.
There is one case that
has particularly lingered on
his mind. A drug offender?s
rap sheet suddenly stopped
growing longer when his case
was transferred to the inner
circle to investigate, leading
Pekka to believe that the career criminal had turned into
an informant and his offences got overlooked.
Pekka believes that the inner circle was prepared to turn
a blind eye even to serious
crimes. ?It was a little like a
closed institution.?
Gaining new information sources is an art form
with interrogations offering
the best chance of recruiting
new informants.
?You can?t just recruit
people off park benches. On this occasion,
the informant agreed to be
caught and received a oneyear suspended sentence.
Pekka was annoyed about
having to let the informant
be sentenced and if he could
have protected his information source he would have
done so without a moment?s
hesitation.
Unauthorised
home searches
Pekka also feels guilt over
home searches carried out by
the drug squad, which could
be instigated by the vaguest
of tip-offs.
?We weren?t authorised
to carry out home searches
even though we knew there
were drugs in the house as a
snitch had told us. He surrounded himself with an inner
circle, which created an atmosphere of suspicion and
bickering in the unit.
?No information trickled
down from the inner circle.
Once a police of?cer, always
a police of?cer, so you knew
there was something rotten
in the squad
According to her
women are classi?ed into
smart and dumb women based
on the size of their breasts.
Women with large breasts may
?nd it confusing that their
breasts are considered to convey a sexual message.
?Large breasts may easily be lead to the image of a
bimbo,. 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
?THE MOTHERS and fathers
of children under three are
encouraged to take parttime jobs starting early 2014
through the new ?exible care
allowance.
The allowance is worth
240 euro per month, if the
working hours amount to approximately 3 days a week or
4.5 hours a day. The bene?t
is worth 160 euro per month
when the working hours
amount to about 4 days a
week or 6 hours daily.
The ?exible care allowance replaces the currently
used partial care allowance.
It amounts to 96.41 euro per
month to a parent working
part-time. Kone is close behind
them with a price of 33 euro.
Vacon?s exchange rate has
risen by 44 per cent this year,
with a stock price nearing 60
euro. The
number of very happy people
has dropped by two per cent,
but there are fewer unhappy
people than three years ago.
The Finns. In Finland parttime work is relatively un-
ILTASANOMAT 29 DECEMBER
Sunnuntaisuomalainen:
the label of a bimbo
hangs over largebreasted women
?MANY women dream of a
large bosom. NINA BROSTRÖM
Adversities have, however, decreased happiness less
than previously thought. 6
FROM FINNISH PRESS
2 . Sexual advisor
Annika Kaarnalehto points
out that large breasts may
have disadvantageous social
effects.
Kaarnalehto was interviewed by Sunnuntaisuomalainen. For
example 77 per cent of unemployed people consider themselves quite or very happy.
Professor on happiness
Markku Ojanen says that
Finns are surprisingly optimistic even during the
depression.
?They seem to be more optimistic than the professor
on happiness, but at 69, age
may be an important factor,
for optimism seems to decrease with age.?
The partial care allowance is believed to also encourage fathers
to shorten their working hours.
common compared to, for
example, Sweden, where
the incentives for working
part-time are very different.
The partial care allowance
is expected to also encourage fathers to shorten their
working hours.?. company.
By Friday noon Vacon had
seen 21 trades and an exchange of 71,000 euro.
VERKKOUUTISET
29 DECEMBER.
SATU SCHAUMAN
Mums
and dads
encouraged
to work
part-time
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 !
h e l a o. At its highest the price
reached 59.90 euro in midSeptember, an all-time high
for the Vaasa-based company?s stock.
With a price of 58 euro on
Friday, the market value of
Vacon was 885 million euro.
This makes it Helsinki?s 34th
most valuable company, far
Co m e a n d e n j oy
l e a r n i n g th e ea 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
from the 38 billion Nordea or
26 billion euro TeliaSonera.
Vacon, which has been
listed on the stock exchange
since 2000, is not widely known, for the industrial
special subcontractor rarely
makes it into headlines.
The engineering company is not particularly distinguished in investor
communications: the gizmos and inverters known
as frequency converters are
not everyday objects to others than those familiar with
electrical engineering.
The anonymity of the
company is also re?ected
in the fact that the company is a favourite of engineering investors and long-time
stockholders. ?Even though
breasts are personal, they
can be publicly criticised. 8 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 I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
TURUN SANOMAT 29 DECEMBER
Economic instability
has not significantly
affected the
happiness of Finns
?ACCORDING to a survey by
Taloustutkimus,
commissioned by Turun Sanomat and
other provincial newspapers,
the majority of Finns are very
or quite happy.
87 per cent of Finns report being very or quite happy,
when the corresponding ?gure
in 2010 was 85 per cent. Kaarnalehto states.
Her book on the meaning of
breasts will come out in the
spring.
When compiling the material, she was surprised by
how much of a taboo the subject of breasts is: no feminist
would agree to discuss the
topic with Kaarnalehto.
Yet breasts are fair game
in the media, Kaarnalehto claims. It
is a peculiar thing, and I do
not know why it is so,. This has led to
an extremely anaemic stock
exchange, which pushes the
price of the stock ever higher.
At its current level, Vacon is,
according to Balance Consulting, a ?rather pricey?, albeit economically ?excellent. The company, which
provides frequency converters, is completely in its own
price range, as the companies next in line, Nokian Renkaat, Wärtsilä and Sampo
have a price of 35-36 euro per
share. says
Kaarnalahti.?
L E H T I K U VA / M A R T T I K A I N U L A I N E N
KAUPPALEHTI 29 DECEMBER. happiness has
been tested, and two thirds of
Finns have had misfortunes.
Kone?s stock is no longer the most expensive on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
This company is the new
king of the stock exchange
shifts took place on
the Helsinki Stock Exchange
in December, when the elevator and escalator company
Kone split its stocks and lost
the title of the most valuable
stock based on the stock speci?c price.
The most valuable stock
was Vacon?s, which had a
price of 58.10 euro on Friday?s
?POWER
trade
?They are very irresponsible, inexperienced and
incapable to learn. said Douglas
Johnson, author of The Root
Causes of Sudan?s Civil Wars.
?As for Machar, support for
him by various Nuer communities has not been uniform
or consistent.?
By this past spring,
Machar was openly questioning Kiir?s ability to govern the
SPLM and the nation. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HELSINKI TIMES
2 . 20 to Dec. He also
suspended Pagan Amum, the
SPLM secretary general and
a popular nationalistic ?gure,
accusing him of corruption.
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / Y E V G E N Y F E L D M A N
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
the top UN of?cial in South
Sudan.
Ethnic bloodletting between South Sudan?s two largest tribal groups . 24. He joined the Khartoum
regime six years later and then
returned to the SPLM in 2002.
of stability in a region plagued
by growing Islamist militancy
and terrorism. Samutsevich
was released on a suspended
sentence, while the other two
weren?t identi?ed and remain
at large.
Opinion about their release was split evenly, with 41
per cent against an amnesty
and 40 per cent in favour, according to a survey of 1,603
people in 45 Russian regions
carried by the Levada Centre
from Dec. 15. questions during their news conference in Moscow. ?It?s impossible to
control everything.?
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova accused Putin, 61, who has
been in power for 14 years,
of being a closed person who
is ?afraid of many things?
and believes in a conspiracy
by Western powers against
Russia.
The imprisonment of the
Pussy Riot members for hooliganism after they staged a
protest act against Putin in
the country?s main Orthodox
cathedral drew condemnation from around the world,
including pop stars Madonna
and Paul McCartney, while in
Russia, their protest in Moscow?s main cathedral outraged many.
Five Pussy Riot performers wearing colourful bala-
aid agencies tackle a burgeoning humanitarian crisis. The
margin of error was 3.4 per
cent. Several thousand people have been killed,
according to UN of?cials, and
more than 100,000 have been
uprooted from their homes as
clavas sang a ?punk prayer?
in the Christ the Savoir Cathedral in February 2012, calling
on the Virgin Mary to ?expel?
Putin. The con?ict, which pits powerful
tribes against each other, is
also a political struggle that
threatens to shatter one of
the continent?s most storied
groups of freedom ?ghters.
After South Sudan won
independence from Sudan in
2011, US diplomats and analysts expected that lingering
animosities over oil revenue,
disputed boundaries and security would be the biggest
challenges facing the world?s
newest nation. If you are in
power for eight years and you
cannot agree between yourselves, that only brings chaos.?
The SPLM has been a political force since 2005, when it
signed an American-backed
peace accord with the Khartoum government that ended Sudan?s 22-year-long civil
war, paving the way for independence two and a half years
ago. A Moscow court jailed
Tolokonnikova, Alekhina and
Ekaterina Samutsevich for
inciting religious hatred and
hooliganism in August 2012
for two years. The most famous split took place in 1991
when Machar left the movement. 8 JANUARY 2014
7
SUDARSAN R AGHAVAN
THE WA SHINGTON POST
of?cials
seeking to mediate an end
to South Sudan?s bloodshed
are, in effect, trying to repair rifts in the very liberation movement that they
supported for years. Within days, ?ghting had
spread to half of South Sudan?s
ten states, including vital oilproducing areas. Instead, it is
the leaders Washington nurtured who threaten to unravel one of America?s most
signi?cant policy successes
in sub-Saharan Africa in this
century.
Consider this: Many of the
11 senior South Sudanese of?cials arrested for an alleged
coup attempt nearly two
weeks ago belong to President Salva Kiir?s ethic group.
Like him, they are stalwarts
of the Sudan People?s Liberation Movement, now the ruling party.
?There may be elements
who seek to exploit the current crisis to pursue their
own agendas, but this is fundamentally a power struggle,. Three months
later, he ?red Machar from his
position as vice president and
dissolved the cabinet. In a similar sampling by
the same group in April, 56
per cent of the respondents
But the rivalry between
Kiir and Machar only intensi?ed, especially after the
death of SPLM leader John
Garang in a 2005 helicopter
crash that propelled Kiir to
the leadership.
Ambitions for power
Late last year, Machar declared his intention to contest the chairmanship of the
SPLM, held by Kiir, a position
that could have led to Machar
achieving his core ambition:
becoming president.
Analysts say there was intense resistance to Machar?s
decision to run, particularly
from Kiir?s inner circle, made
up of his clan of Dinka tribesmen. But within six months of
independence, ethnic, tribal and political tensions had
triggered violent clashes in
several regions.
Successive American administrations have invested
billions of dollars in hopes of
making South Sudan an oasis
Residents of Juba with their belongings pile onto vehicles heading out of the city on 21 December 2013 where tension remains high
fuelling an exodus of both local and foreign residents from the south Sudanese capital. The punk band said that they
still wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin out of power.
thought the judgment against
Pussy Riot was fair, while 26
per cent said it was too harsh.
Alekhina and Tolokonnikova, 24, said they plan to focus on helping prisoners in
Russia, and proposed cooperation with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, formerly the country?s
most famous inmate.
Putin pardoned Khodorkovsky, once Russia?s rich-
est man and owner of Yukos
Oil Co., on Dec. Alekhina and Tolokonnikova were
due for release in March.. Brutal fighting in South Sudan has reopened
deep-rooted ethnic divisions, forcing tens of thousands of terrified residents to seek shelter at UN bases or flee in fear of attacks.
Freed punk rockers say
Putin should fear losing
control over Russia
MOSCOW
HENRY ME YER
BLOOMBERG NE WS
Riot punk performers jailed for protesting
against Vladimir Putin remained de?ant in their ?rst
public appearance in Moscow
after their release, painting
the Russian president as paranoid and power hungry.
?If a person makes it his
only goal to control everything, sooner or later, and
most likely sooner, control
will slip out of his grasp,?
Maria Alekhina, 26, one of
the activists freed under an
THE PUSSY
amnesty last week, told reporters in the Russian capital Friday. African nations
such as Kenya and Ethiopia,
which are now leading mediation efforts, were also among
the SPLM?s biggest backers.
The current clashes were
triggered by a dispute, followed by ?ghting, between soldiers loyal to Kiir and Machar
on Dec. Yet the
tussle for power in the political realm is more complex.
Some of Kiir?s most vocal opponents are, like him, Dinka.
And there are Nuer politicians
who oppose Riek Machar, the
former vice president and a
Nuer, whose loyalists are waging a rebellion against the US
-backed government.
In many ways, the political tensions re?ect the
SPLM?s struggles as it transitions from band of ?ghters to
ruling party in a new democracy infused with billions of
dollars in oil revenue.
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / T O N Y K A RU M B A
South Sudan?s post-liberation crisis
Two members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina (L) and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova,
answer journalists. is raging in
many parts of this vast oil-producing nation, raising fears of
a potential civil war. It was a cause
that united disparate groups
of Americans: Democrats and
Republicans, people of different faiths, and human rights
activists. said Hilde Johnson,
US AND AFRICAN
Never in peace
?Those who came as liberators are now the ones ?ghting themselves,. 20 after a decade in prison, and dispatched
him to Germany.
Khodorkovsky, who ruled
out any political challenge to
Putin, while vowing to campaign for the rights of political prisoners in Russia,
would be a good candidate
for president, Tolokonnikova said.
Putin granted clemency to
as many as 22,000 people last
week to mark the 20th anniversary of Russia?s constitution
and as he prepares to host the
Winter Olympics in February.
Among them were four of the
dozens of protesters detained
for demonstrations before his
May 2012 inauguration. Dinkas and Nuers are accused of
perpetrating atrocities against
each other.
On Friday, African leaders
meeting in neighbouring Kenya reportedly declared that
South Sudan?s government had
agreed to a truce and called
on Machar to make a similar
pledge. said Jok
Justin Ayoch, an opposition
party leader. In April,
Kiir stripped Machar of many
of his powers. That grew into allegations by Kiir that Machar
was trying to seize power and
led to the arrests of the 11 of?cials. They had not forgotten
the 1991 split, which triggered
violence that included the
massacre of hundreds of Dinka by Nuer soldiers, which human rights activists and SPLM
of?cials have linked to Machar.
?Within the party, Salva Kiir has found growing
discontent with his style
of leadership, and this may
have forced him back on relying increasingly on his home
community both within the
party and within the security forces,. the Dinka
and the Nuer . But ?ghting raged on in
Malakal, the capital of oil-rich
Upper Nile state, with the government and the rebels claiming they controlled the town.
The SPLM and its armed
wing, the Sudan People?s Liberation Army, has for more
than two decades been an unruly conglomeration of ethnic
groups and militias, beset by
fractious divides
Special arrangements should be made with Russia to allow that country to be a conduit for refugees into Finland.
2) REFORM our asylum system and increase funding.
Now it is fragmented by municipality with strange
outcomes, like how refugee children are guaranteed
schooling in South Karelia but not elsewhere. More ?exible labour laws for smaller companies would be a great
help.
7) CUT wasteful spending. It?s simply pushing the problem down the
road so it can be dealt with by future Governments.
This isn?t a dif?cult thing to solve, it just needs the political backbone. About 2.3 million Syrians
have ?ed from their country, not counting the millions
more who are internally displaced. Increasing the retirement age a year or two here or there isn?t solving the
problem. This will encourage and reward hard work.
9) APPOINT special prosecutors for corruption cases.
We are slipping in the ?perceived corruption. rankings,
and we all know that our real corruption is much worse
than what it seems.
10) HAVE a frank and open public discussion about privacy. Finland does not need to own retail stores, airlines, real estate ?rms and insurance companies which
compete against private corporations.
6) CONTINUE to encourage entrepreneurship. The deal will probably be completed in January.
The realisation of the deal
has been anticipated for several months. This increases the price of food, encourages
inef?ciencies in our own industry, and unfairly hits developing nations.
8) TIE the pay of public sector employees to goals. 8
BUSINESS
2 . Sweden has accepted
over 4,500 Syrian asylum seekers this year, while Finland has taken less than 100. 8 JANUARY 2014
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L E H T I K U VA / RO N I L E H T I
David J. One programme which par-
ticularly annoys me is our gargantuan subsidies for agriculture. The Russian stateowned shipbuilding enterprise OSK has, according
to information received by
Helsingin Sanomat, already
arranged the funding for the
transaction.
According to a source that
has monitored the bargaining, OSK will buy half of the
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard
company. Oil
product export reached
an all-time high in monthly value, which was mostly due to the amount rather
than price of export.
The value of metal and paper export decreased.
The Finns, nevertheless,
do not have too much cause
for celebration, even though
the de?cient balance of trade
has been signi?cantly improved in a year.
The de?cit in last October
was 273 million euro, and in
this October it amounted to
34 million euro. The order
would be worth nearly 500
million euros.
In November, STX Finland
informed that it has not been
able to ensure ?nancing for
Finland?s export business at
its highest in a year and a half
Finland?s export is doing better than before in the last year and a
half, reveal statistics from Finnish Customs.
HANNU TIKK AL A . Finland
has been the object of complaints from the UN Committee Against Torture and the European Court of Human Rights.
the retirement age. It is remarkable how far and how fast Finland has come with
entrepreneurship, but we can?t stop now. In
private companies the salary + bonus structure works
beautifully. We need to decide what power Finnish authorities must have, and what can be done to protect people
in Finland from other countries.
of the Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki
is shifting entirely to a Russian company in the weeks
to come. HS
A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A . According to statistics growth was directed most
strongly towards Britain, the
United States and France.
The share of EU countries
in importation grew by seven per cent. HS
3) CHANGE
our capital markets. The de?cit
during the same period last
year was over 2 billion euro.
Growth in the value of import took place mostly in the
importation of cars, ore concentrate, iron and steel. As per my long-standing tradition, here are my suggested New Year?s resolutions
for our MPs for the coming year.
Russian state-owned shipbuilding enterprise OSK had confirmed it would buy up 50 per cent of economically beleaguered shipyard
company STX Finland, back in October.
1) ACCEPT more Syrian refugees. Entrepreneurs complain about the domestic venture capital market, and the Helsinki Stock Exchange seems to
be comatose. The shortfall
that accumulated between
January and October was up
to 1.8 billion euro. Nowadays
the companies own half of
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard,
respectively.
For the shipbuilding industry the deal is only one
of many issues waiting to be
resolved.
The Helsinki shipyard
was supposed to build an icebreaker worth 125 million euros for the Finnish Transport
Agency, but the problems the
shipyard experienced in arranging the bank guarantee
for the construction surprisingly overturned the deal at
the end of November.
The agency has requested
for tenders from the Helsinki
shipyard and the STX Finland
shipyard in Turku for the
construction of the icebreaker. The shipyard is still
constructing a 96-metre long
offshore patrol vessel, Turva,
for the Border Guards.
the value of crude oil and most
chemical imports decreased.
The improved exportation
business is explained by the
EU zone?s recovery from economic turmoil. The bids are to be placed
after the turn of the year.
The Head of Winter Navigation Unit Jarkko Toivola says
that the decision of the construction site will be made in
January.
The icebreaker ought to
be ?nished by the end of 2015
for Finland to receive the entire EU aid of 24 million euros for the building project.
Toivola is hopeful that the
construction of the icebreaker will begin this time.
?This is what we believe
and hope for,. We have to set retirement age according to life expectancy to allow our pension system to
survive.
Helsinki shipyard to
Russians in weeks to come
The deal over the Hietalahti shipyard will likely be sealed in January,
but in the shipbuilding industry many other issues remain unsolved.
JUHANI SA ARINEN . Export into
the area increased by 13 per
cent, whereas exportation
outside the region decreased
by eight per cent.
All important trading partners increased their export
share apart from Russia and
Belgium. Cord david@helsinkitimes.fi. Instead, export prices
were 2.5 per cent lower than
a year ago.
ACCORDING
Export value grew in
October on account of oil
products, the chemistry
industry and motors. So much depends
on capital, and our capital markets are dying. Instead
the construction of the car
ferries.
The major part of the payment is usually made after
the ship has been completed.
In other words, the shipyards have to ?nance the
construction of the ship,
which may take as long as a
few years.
Over one month ago Scandlines threatened to terminate
the negotiations with STX if
the funding would not be arranged ?within a few days?.
However, Scandlines says
that the company is still willing to order the ships from
STX Finland. The writer is a journalist and
columnist for Helsinki Times. Yet I believe this
annual goal-setting could be taken further and be applied to entire countries. H T
to Customs foreign trade statistics the value
of export rose to 5.3 billion euro in October, which is three
per cent more than during the
same time last year.
The growth was mostly due to an increase in the
number of export and services. Scandlines is
still waiting for a report from
STX regarding its ?nancial
situation.
The car ferries were supposed to be prepared by 2015.
Scandlines does not want
to comment on how long it
is prepared to wait for the
report on STX?s ?nancial
situation.
The three major Finnish
shipyards are building altogether ?ve ships for the time
being.
One of the big shipyards,
Rauma, will be closed by next
summer. He is also a private investor with over
ten years of experience.
New Year?s
Resolutions 2014
PEOPLE around the world are making their personal
resolutions for the coming New Year. The best way to do this is to simplify tax
laws and lower tax rates for investors.
4) IMPROVE
5) SELL our stakes in unnecessary state-owned companies. In October, OSK
con?rmed that it will, somewhere along the line, buy up
50 per cent of the shipyard
THE OWNERSHIP
from an economically beleaguered shipyard company STX Finland. Import from outside the EU area decreased by
11 per cent.
The countries which grew
importation the most were
Sweden, France, the United
States and Denmark.. Finland should be a global leader in taking this to the public sector, even to members of parliament. Toivola says.
It is also still unclear
whether STX will be assigned
to build two car ferries for
the German-Danish ferry operator Scandlines
The average growth in
export in Finland is almost as
rapid as in Sweden, but Sweden?s gross domestic product will grow by over ?ve per
cent in the next two years.
?Finland?s growth will be
about half of this,. Vartiainen states.
Vartiainen believes that
staring at export demand
will mislead both voters and
decision-makers.
He uses Sweden as a point
of comparison, where the export forecast for the next
two years is similar to Finland?s. +358-9-616 621
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export demand. It was
founded near the Russian frontier station on the road Nuijamaantie in 2007. ?It is my dream to build
myself a new house?, he says.
JUHA ME T SO
On the move
Darwich was 20 when he
moved to Leningrad, Soviet
Union, to study to be a construction engineer.
He came to Finland in
1991, married a Finnish woman and started as an entrepreneur. rule
and its rigid compliance. ?Having
an associate is like a car with
two drivers.?
The company is steered to
the desired direction with the
help of trusted employees.
Last year, Darwich earned
well over half a million euros,
of which he paid 44 percent
as income tax.
Darwich is known as a
modest and friendly man. ?Failure is
part of life?, he says, but he
had learnt his lesson.
In the 1990s already,
Kansantori ?ea market was
swarming with a growing
number of Russian shopping
tourists.
Darwich scented a business opportunity.
After he returned from
Helsinki to Lappeenranta,
Darwich founded a company called Atma Trade in 2003.
It had a warehouse selling
household items downtown
Lappeenranta. Besides,
exportation is largely determined by our own supply factors, i.e. 8 JANUARY 2014
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From the flea
market to a luxury
department store
O U T I S A L O VA A R A . H T
to Juhana Vartiainen, the Director-general of the Government
Institute for Economic Research, increasing employment through immigration
of working-age people would
ACCORDING
improve the durability of
Finland?s public economics.
Vartiainen believes that this
would also contribute to economic growth.
According to Vartiainen?s blog it is unfortunate
that our economic problems
are believed to be solved only through an increase in
L E H T I K U VA / M I K KO S T I G
Syrian entrepreneur
has made a fortune
selling low-priced
Chinese goods to
Russians in SouthEast Finland.
9
Vartiainen believes increasing employment through immigration
of working-age people would improve the durability of Finland?s
public economics.
Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki
Mohamad Darwich?s Grande Orchidée department store in Lappeenranta is luxuriously decorated. Vartiainen
writes in his blog.. The shop was
packed with Russians.
The ?nal breakthrough was
Laplandia department store
with its ?sh counter. According to him
Sweden?s larger immigrant
population is undoubtedly
one of the factors contributing to the country?s economic growth.
Vartiainen believes that
the same factors may also explain Sweden?s higher investment rate. Darwich himself travelled to China, took part in trade fairs
and found the local contacts.
The
products
came
straight from the Chinese factories to Lappeenranta without any costly intermediaries.
?The method is to sell at a
price that the customer simply cannot turn down?, Darwich says.
Instead focusing only on export, Juhana Vartiainen argues that immigration of working-age people could improve Finland?s economy.
Juhana Vartiainen:
Finland needs more
occupational immigration
KIRS TI K AR T TUNEN . Although
growth in exportation demand improves Finland?s situation, Vartiainen does not
believe the country is dependent on it alone.
?Export is not the only source of welfare. Sweden?s sustainability gap is
signi?cantly smaller than
Finland?s, and households are
con?dent about the future,
without fear of new cutbacks
or increases in taxation.?
According to Vartiainen the neighbouring country
has also more comprehensively seen to the employment rate and growth of the
working-age population.
?The working-age population, labour force and employment will continue to
grow in Sweden during 20142015. how many competent
people we have producing exports,. He is the single
owner of the business that has
a turnover of tens of millions.
Impressive turnover
In 2006, the turnover of Atma Trade was 6 million euros,
last year it was 43 million.
Second Laplandia market
was opened in Imatra at the beginning of November this year
and the 12 million euro luxury
department store Grande in
Lappeenranta at the end of the
same month.
The elegantly decorated department store sells
clothes, shoes and bags that
are particular to the Russian
taste.
Darwich owns his business all by himself. Global economic companies do not advertise their ?lack of work force?
on the front page of Helsingin Sanomat or wait for
the authorities or trade unions to ?nally admit the need
for immigration. H S
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL career of Syrian born Mohamad Darwich has proceeded
from the owner of a modest
?ea market to a retailer of
luxury items.
Kansantori ?ea market in
Lappeenranta in the mid-?90s
was Darwich?s ?rst business.
This November he opened
Grande Orchidée, a department store sparkling with luxury, in Myllymäki Lappeenranta.
Darwich now has three
department stores and 200
employees. HS
A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A . It still draws
Russian border crossers from
dusk till dawn like a magnet.
Darwich?s secret was the
classic ?buy it for next to
nothing and sell cheap. When the marriage
ended, Darwich concentrated on his businesses.
In the mid-90s Darwich
tried his wings in Helsinki,
but his ?ower and gift shop
went to the wall. The range of clothing has
been designed to appeal to visiting Russians shoppers.
Annankatu 1, 00120 Helsinki
tel. Although the unemployment rate is slightly
below 8 per cent, the same as
in Finland, Sweden?s working
hours and employment rate
are growing - unlike here.?
Vartiainen suspects that
Finnish critics of immigration may be surprised by the
fact that 45 per cent of the
growth in the Swedish labour
force is due to immigrant
employment.
The employment rate of
immigrants still lags behind
the employment of majority
of the population, Vartiainen states. Vartiainen adds.
Vartiainen explains the
difference with, for example,
a decrease in investments.
The most important factor
that sets the countries apart
is private consumption.
?These factors re?ect the
long-term nature of Sweden?s
economic policy and attention to supply factors. ?I
am proud and happy that I
can give work to people and
help build the society?, Darwich says.
On his busiest years Darwich worked 16-hour days.
Now he is ready to slacken his
pace a bit and give more time
to his family that includes 3and 4-year-old kids.
?I have kept myself too
busy and now it is time to
take a little breath.?
Darwich does allow himself some luxuries as well,
for example, he drives a Lamborghini, an Italian sports
car. They calmly move production to the
Baltic countries, China or
somewhere else,. BUSINESS
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2 . Because Finland?s
labour force is diminishing, it
is not surprising to Vartiainen that investments are also
decreasing.
?I have met executives
of small and medium-sized
companies, who report to
discontinuing
production
in Finland due to a shortage
of agents.
But there
are plenty out there measuring 50 meters (almost 165
feet) in diameter and more,
IN THE DAWN of the New Year,
L E H T I K U VA / L E O N N E A L
I would like to look back on a
pair of stories that received
less coverage than they
should have during 2013. 10
2013
2 . C ARTER
W A S H I N G T O N P O S T- B L O O M B E R G
Thatcher, Mandela, Chavez
among notable deaths in 2013
S TE VEN GIT TEL SON
BLOOMBERG NE W S
year saw a number of
signi?cant ?gures passing
away. I don?t claim that
these are the most important
stories, or that nobody noticed them at all . We tend
to work at high levels of abstraction, dealing with people
as statistical masses rather
than as individuals with their
own interests and desires and
. or larger. Had it approached
at a slightly different angle,
the carnage would have been
titanic. Without love, truth becomes cold, impersonal and oppressive for people?s day-to-day lives.?
Two of the most underplayed stories of 2013
In a year that brought a wide variety of
events being covered worldwide, these two
have been overlooked.
body dies is ?dog bites man,?
not ?man bites dog.?
But we should be paying
closer attention. I would suggest an
examination of the only encyclical he has issued so far,
Lumen Fidei (?Light of Faith?).
There Francis has this to say:
?Love and truth are inseparable. It exploded with the
energy of a 500-kiloton nuclear blast (by way of comparison, the bombs in Hiroshima
and Nagasaki had yields of 15
and 20 kilotons, respectively).
So a ground burst would have
been a disaster.
Historically, the atmosphere has protected the
surface of the Earth from
collisions with relatively
small asteroids. The University
of Hawaii?s Asteroid Terrestrial- Impact Last Alert System, funded by a grant from
NASA, is designed to give one
week?s warning of the impact
of asteroids of city-killer size
. advice and tempered
truth with love, there would
still be many dissatis?ed
with government policy. Francis, of course, is
speaking of the light of Christ,
but one needn?t be Christian,
or even religious, to see the
broader point. It is expected to
be in place by the end of 2015.
If, as researchers believe,
a city killer arrives about
once a century, then we are
due: The last one struck Siberia in June 1908. It weighed
at least 12,000 metric tons,
far heavier than initially
thought. The explosion should
have served as a warning.
Instead, the story ?ashed
brie?y across the world?s
consciousness, then vanished. The ?rst female prime
minister of Britain, the ?rst
black president of South Af-
LAST
Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher.
Even Time magazine, which
named Francis its person of
the year, had to correct its erroneous assertion that he had
rejected church dogma. The dissipating of interest is easy to understand:
A meteor strike in which no-
The holy truth
Pope Francis has captured
the imagination of the world,
even if his messages have
been widely misunderstood.
L E H T I K U VA / A R I O J A L A
S TEPHEN L . only that
we should be paying more attention, and should ponder
their implications, both in
the year to come and in the
decades beyond.
In February, a meteor
struck the Earth?s atmosphere and exploded above
Chelyabinsk, Russia, causing
more than 1,000 injuries but
no deaths. Without love, truth becomes cold, impersonal and
oppressive for people?s dayto-day lives.?
In the midst of the holiday
season, these words ought to
resonate. But
I would like to believe that
such a change would help
make American politics less
alienating, and its government more respectful.
That belief, I suppose, is
itself an act of faith. There are a
number of truly imaginative plans out there, including one that involves white
paint. in the words of Stanford University lecturer Balaji Srinivasan.
Even if we followed Francis. If so, this
is the right season for it.
The writer is a Bloomberg
View columnist and a professor of law at Yale University.
He is the author of The Violence of Peace: America?s Wars
in the Age of Obama and the
novel The Impeachment of
Abraham Lincoln. made him
the ?rm?s longest-serving
employee, in November.. we turn against them
in confusion and even horror.
This isn?t the place to catalog the woeful character of our
political debate. We?re not
close to ready. Follow him
on Twitter at @StepCarter.
L E H T I K U VA / M A A R I T RO I H A
the size known to astronomers as ?city killers.. their own
dignity.
Our seeming inability to
look with love upon those
who differ leads to a profound alienation from both
politics and policy. ?to peacefully opt
out,. Although different, each raises profound questions about
our future. But the mentality against which Francis
warns does not manifest itself only in the meanness that
we ascribe to our opponents.
Too often it characterises the
very design of policy. I suspect
that it lies behind the movement in Silicon Valley toward
searching for a place to found
an alternative country, one
less regulated, in which there
is a greater freedom to experiment, not just technologically but in other ways
as well . ?Any
fool can tell a crisis when it
arrives,. An extraterrestrial object of that
size would likely survive contact with the atmosphere
and produce a devastating
ground burst. All of us have
a terrible tendency toward
unwarranted certainty ?
certain we are right, certain
others are wrong, certain that
if our ideas were only adopted all would be sweetness and
light to the end of time.
When we ?nd the truth,
we often decide that what
really matters is that everybody else honor the truth
that we have discovered. If we
hope to understand Francis,
we might begin not by celebrating his carefully nuanced
statements on issues around
which our politics revolve, but
by studying his considered
words about the Christian
faith itself. And
when we discover that others don?t honour our truths ?
rica and the ?rst woman to
buy a seat on the New York
Stock Exchange were among
the notable deaths of 2013.
Margaret Thatcher, 87,
died in April; Nelson Mandela,
95, died in December; and Muriel Siebert, 84, died in August.
that they have truths of their
own . wrote Isaac Asimov.
?The real service to the state
is to detect it in embryo.?
Souvenirs of the Chelyabinsk meteor.
The year also included
the deaths of politicians Edward Koch, 88, in February, and Hugo Chavez, 58, in
March; entertainers James
Gandol?ni, 51, in June, Marian McPartland, 95, in August
and Lou Reed, 71, in October;
and athletes Stan Musial, 92,
in January, and Ken Norton,
70, in September.
The world of business, ?nance and investing lost Fred
Turner, 80, the former McDonald?s Corp. chief executive of?cer who introduced
Chicken McNuggets, Egg McMuf?ns and Happy Meals,
in January; Martin Zweig,
70, who predicted the 1987
stock- market crash, in February; and Alfred Feld, 98,
whose 80 years at Goldman
Sachs Group Inc. 8 JANUARY 2014
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Pope Francis: ?Love and truth are inseparable. The Chelyabinsk meteorite, as it turns out, had a
diameter of only about 20 meters (but caused damage 90
kilometers away. Yet NASA lacks the
money for a serious response
system, even though it is under congressional mandate
to have one by 2020.
No doubt there will be
endless appropriations (and
recriminations) once a city
killer actually strikes. In November,
the journal Nature published
two papers that concluded
that impacts of similar meteorites are more frequent
than previously thought, and
they could do enormous damage should the kinetic energy
not be absorbed in the atmosphere. most important
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like giving without always
Finnish politician and member of the European parliament Tarja Cronberg (L) speaks next to Iranian
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?A NEW study
by researchers
in Finland suggests a popular
knee surgery may be unnecessary in many cases.
The study focused on two
groups of patients between
the ages of 35 and 65, comparing the results of knee
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in which the patients. 12
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2 . She said
the Europeans hope for more
?open exchange. In the mid-term review of the Government Action Plan for Gender Equality, one unfortunate Finnish special feature emerged that requires
further attention.
INQUIRER. said Heli Simola at the Institute for Economies in Transition in Helsinki.
?But these attitudes aren?t
an obstacle for commercial
exchanges.?
Fresh data released by the
Finnish government last week
showed that the economy will
contract 1.2 per cent this year,
worse than the 0.5 per cent
drop previously forecast.
This underlines a need
for foreign cash, and for Finland, which has Europe?s longest border with Russia, where
else to look than east. This cannot be the case in a modern society, and
for this to change, everyone?s input is required.
Sweden already boasted
a talented group of forwards
that will be bolstered by the
arrivals of Elias Lindholm
from the Carolina Hurricanes
and Fillip Forsberg from the
Nashville Predators.
The Buffalo Sabres are allowing centre Mikhail Grigorenko to play for Russia, and
the lanky, talented forward
likely will centre the top line...?
European lawmaker: There?s
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?rst level, however, is each person?s own responsibility not to involve themselves in violence and
to also tell about these situations without guilt or
shame. The
military struggles of the 20th
century have been replaced
by the entirely different challenge to attract Russian investment. However, we algather the courage to so need low-threshold
services for victims of
take up the matter.
violence and sexual
assault. 24 November
Ho! Ho! Ho! year-round:
Santa Claus to go global
IT IS THE amount
of domestic violence and the related
assistance services. he said.
Santa Claus Licensing and
Finnish tourist authorities
both feel the iconic brand
could spawn a multimillioneuro industry including computer games, international
events, theme parks and
merchandising...?
UPI. In
the case of employees, it is about training to notice
violence, speak up about it and address these situations. As they
creep deeper into recession,
the Finns may turn east for investment, while trying to forget a century under the Tsar
followed by two hot wars and
a cold one against the Soviets.
?There might be some
prejudices,. The work must be vigourously pursued in order to
make equality a reality.
?AS A BRAND, Santa Claus has
one major ?aw: He is only really valuable for a few weeks
at the end of each year. Previously Paatero was a Counsellor of Preventive Substance Abuse Work.
Equality and Security
A LOT of work has been done to promote gender equal-
Santa Claus getting ready to start the long journey to children all over the world, one day before
Christmas Eve at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland.
ity, but much is still to be done at both national and
international level. Sweden, Russia
and Finland all bring loads of
talent, including a number of
players with NHL experience.
expecting something in return,. Due to problems with the services, Finland has not yet rati?ed the Istanbul Convention, which aims to prevent and eradicate domestic
violence, protect victims and prosecute the perpetrators. 8 JANUARY 2014
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SARAH
WHIOTES-KODITSCHEK
Finnish
study
questions
need for
common
knee
surgery
Sirpa Paatero is an MP of the Social Democratic Parliamentary
Group. The Istanbul Convention
is the ?rst legally binding European convention and
globally, it is the most wide-ranging agreement that
addresses the problem, the implementation of which
has to be taken seriously in Finland too. The government?s
structural policy prooutlines that
Addressing violence is gramme
in 2015 the responoften a similar situasibility for the operation of the shelters
tion to addressing an
be shifted from
alcohol problem: many will
municipalities to the
suspect it, but too few state. ?. Paatero is from Kotka and she is a mother of two grown-up
daughters. 24 NOVEMBER
Finland
looks to old
foe Russia
for new
investment
?FOR GENERATIONS, Finland
has lived fearfully in the shadow of its giant Russian neighbour, but today Russia could
be the answer to the Finnish economy?s woes. But it?s a struggle
Finland may be losing... Second is an increasing public awareness about
the mental and physical dangers of such violence, identi?cation of one?s own feelings and how to ?nd alternative solutions to distressing situations. And for this
reason, a national 24-hour helpline was granted with
additional funding in next year?s budget proposal.
NHL. Pekka
Mooar, an orthopaedic surgeon at Temple University.
Patients with meniscus pain
have high hopes for surgery,
said Mooar, but the study
con?rms sometimes it?s better to ?nd other solutions...?
GLOBALPOST. she said.
Cronberg said she also discussed the possibility
with Iran?s foreign minister
and the president?s chief of
staff and found them ?open
to the idea???
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ADDRESSING
against women is a human rights violation
and a serious global problem. 27 DECEMBER
ON THE
violence is often a similar situation to
addressing an alcohol problem: many suspect it, but
too few gather the courage to take up the matter. Recommendations and guidelines have been
introduced for this purpose, with local authorities carrying the responsibility.
diplomats say
an EU embassy in Iran would
lead to better relations with
the country, the head of the
European Parliament?s Iran
delegation says.
Tarja Cronberg of Finland,
who represents the Green Party, said she discussed the pos-
?EUROPEAN
sibility with ambassadors
from member states of the European Union during a recent
visit to Tehran, the EU observer reported Friday. In
Finland, they?re trying to do
something about this.
Petri Paarnio, director of
Santa Claus Licensing, the
?rm that holds the rights to
market the Santa Claus name
IN CONCRETE terms, this means increasing shelter capacity, with more than 300 places nationally, and improving their regional coverage. with Tehran.
?They said the best tool for
this would be an EU embas-
sy or maybe the creation of an
EU special representative as a
?rst step,. The most important reason is that every year dozens of people,
mostly women, die, and hundreds, even thousands,
are physically and mentally disabled as a result of violence. knees
were probed but damaged areas were not removed.
MRIs tend to pick up all
sorts of small issues in the
meniscus, the cartilage that
stabilises and cushions the
knee, according to Dr. In addition, lowthreshold contact opportunities are required for the
perpetrators.
in Finland, wants to see him
bring joy to children?s hearts
but also to generate business . The perpetrators of violence need programmes
to cut their behaviour, and currently these are organised in cities across the country. This issue also
forms a part of the military training in the Finnish Defence Forces.
VIOLENCE
onship is a dif?cult one to
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Sweden, Russia, Finland
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OF COURSE, it is necessary to offer care for victims of
family and intimate partner violence, moreover there
is a need to change the attitudes towards this problem in Finland so that no family has to live in fear of
violence. all year round and all
around the world, starting
with China.
?Santa Claus is an icon
The
Wall of Honourees leads visitors to the space in which
the colourful history of Finnish and international hockey is illustrated through an
impressive collection of pictures and ?lms. LIFESTYLE
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2 . Koivuniemi adds. People also
have the chance to test their
skills as hockey commentators, to listen to hockey-related music from a jukebox
and even take a shot in the
venue?s goal simulator.
?We also have a special
exhibition about the legendary Jari Kurri, which will be
open till 2 March 2014,. Even all
the prestigious Olympic and
World Championship medals
won by the Finnish national
ice hockey teams throughout
the years are featured at the
venue.
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It will open next Spring, on
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the Sports Museum of Finland, Lahti Ski Museum and
the Finnish Hockey Hall of
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Memories of past
wins live through
exhibitions, pictures
and trophies.
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Jerseys, photographs
and trophies
The collections of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame,
which were established in
1979, form a unique resource.
Much previously unseen material is now displayed by the
permanent exhibition. says Kristiina
Koivuniemi, Director of the
Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.
The permanent exhibition
presents the golden legacy of
Finnish ice hockey from the
point of view of superstars
and ordinary players, as well
as juniors, people with dis-
lic view. ?It?s a good place for
all interested in sports and
ice hockey, as well as for all
those who are eager to get
more information on the history of hockey in Finland
and abroad,. The Finnish Hockey
Hall of Fame (Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo), located at Tampere?s Vapriikki Museum
Centre, introduces visitors
to the golden legacy of Finnish ice hockey and the international development of the
game through a series of jerseys, trophies, pictures, videos and a goal simulator.
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back memories of wins and
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to time. The Championship
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Nepalese tea
(chai) recipe
Makes one cup.
Ingredients:
. Keep stirring carefully
to not let the milk boil over.
For more flavour it is best to
keep the liquid boiling and
stirring past the rising point
for about two minutes. I soon realise, however, that a four-legged-occidental table is waiting for
me, and so are others just like
it to house up to 140 customers. Having arrived in Finland 25 years ago, his cousin
decided to open his own restaurant in 1998. In Nepal, a small stick of cinnamon is chewed
with cardamom and cloves after a heavily spiced meal to freshen
the breath and palate. a nonspicy dish that I enjoy to the
last spoonful.
Just when I think I cannot
?t another thing in, a dessert
of deep fried cheese balls
makes its entrance. It is also used to treat fever, loss of appetite, diarrhoea and vomiting, among other ailments.
Ginger
This root is considered to be the most important spice in Nepali
cooking. It should, therefore, be
used carefully so that it does not dominate the overall flavour
of the dish. The strong ginger
and cardamom aroma is intoxicating. ½ tsp cardamom
. Filter the mixture into a cup
and drink while still hot.
Cinnamon
One of the oldest known and most aromatic spices, cinnamon is a
spice taken out of the bark of several trees from the cinnamomum
family. It also has a myriad health benefits
such as relieving pain, fighting prostate cancer, stopping ulcers, lowering blood pressure and soothing intestinal diseases.
If you?re ready to take on the hottest peppers out there, try habanero or Scotch bonnet; for less of a jolt, try jalapeños, Spanish pimentos or cherry peppers.
S RQ P I X. Aryal?s cousin and fellow worker Bhandari explains. ¾ cup of milk
. Contrary to my expectations, I was
surprised to learn it is a modern and electric tandoor oven ordered from London, in
which temperature could be
regulated up to 500°C.
?It is not easy to use because you have to keep an
eye on it at all times,. ?There are several
Asian markets in Helsinki,?
Bhandari explains. ¼ cup water
. And Clovacaine solution, which is an oral anaesthetic used for oral ulceration and
as anti-inflammation. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to
treat stomach issues, constipations and other digestion problems.
Prominent Nepalese decor envelops the dining area and welcomes up to 300 customers every day.
Nepalese tradition,
spiciness and hospitality
The taste of the
Himalayas can be
found in Kamppi.
VA L É R I E B RU N
HEL SINKI TIMES
thoroughly washed
my hands beforehand in case
I would be invited to taste
their cuisine in the traditional hands-on Nepalese
manner, I enter Satkar Restaurant not knowing what to
expect. It is also brewed with the Nepali milky tea.
Studies have shown that including cinnamon and cinnamon extract in the diet may help to regulate our blood sugar as well as
blood pressure. What?s more, a dash of cinnamon may help satisfy
our sweet tooth cravings and when added to our tea or fruit, it helps
decrease or even eliminate the need for additional sweeteners.
Cloves
One of the most important spices used in Nepali food, cloves
have both culinary and medicinal purposes. It is also used to break up both kidney and gallstones; it is also considered an antidote against scorpion and snake venom. ?We ?nd
everything we need there.?
The spiciness level at
Satkar, however, has been
adapted for the Finnish palate, with the Nepalese tolerance for strong seasoning
very different to that of a
Finn. 8 JANUARY 2014
15
THOM A S POOLE
Adding spice for both taste and health
Amongst the spices prominently used in Nepalese cuisine, we
can find some in common usage that not only give some jolt to
our taste buds but also have a myriad of health benefits.
Cardamom
Native to the Sub-Himalayan region and part of the ginger
family, cardamom considered as a valuable spice in Nepal and
is mostly used in India and other Asian countries. ?That
is why we always have a chef
who concentrates solely on
the use of the tandoor.?
Their Nepalese oven may
have had to be mail-ordered,
but surprisingly enough, the
necessary herbs and spices integral to the cuisine can
all be found at a small Nepalese market at Hakaniemi
Square. 1/8 tsp cloves
. I feel both foolish and relieved to discover the usual
utensils of a knife and fork
within arms reach.
Looking around me, I am
enveloped by the Nepalese
decor and while admiring a
large and prominent painting
of the Himalaya Mountains,
Ram Prasad Aryal, owner of
Satkar for the last 16 years,
welcomes me warmly and
invites me to sit down. ?I always give
our customers the choice between Finnish spicy or Nepali
spicy,. While a few studies have shown that ginger can possibly keep tumours from developing in animals, it is still too early to concur the same effect on humans. It is known to reduce morning sickness such as dizziness and nausea during pregnancy.
Chilli
India is the world?s largest producer, consumer and exporter of chilli peppers. Ground cumin has
a distinct, strong and powerful aroma. EAT & DRINK
HELSINKI TIMES
2 . Although it is considerably spicy, I am surprised to simultaneously enjoy its fresh
ginger and chilli ?avour that
is decidedly moreish.
The second course of
Kukhurako Korma (?14.90)
offers small pieces of chicken cooked in cream and tomato sauce. Together with cumin, they are one of the most common seasonings in the Nepali cuisine.
Coriander, like many spices, contains antioxidants, which can
delay or prevent the spoilage of food seasoned with the spice. Offering a crispy papadam, the
subtle cumin ?avour peeking
through is accompanied by a
refreshing mango juice, its
taste evoking a warmer climate, far removed from the
rainy, cold and dark Finnish
day outside.
with spinach sauce . Coriander
seeds are generally yellowish or beige in colour and smaller
than peppercorns. They have a pleasant and sweet aroma. Bhandari says, smiling. Capsaicin is the ingredient that provides
the plants with their spice. Since
there is always room for
dessert, I do not hesitate to
try this unusual sweet treat
bathed in what appears to be
almond sauce. It is no small surprise
that the amount of green
chilli in their dishes is drastically reduced. Add it to the
milk. This aromatic
spice is a dried fruit that enhances and intensifies the taste of
food without overpowering the flavour of the dish.
In South Asia, cardamom is used to treat infections in teeth and
gums, to prevent and treat sore throats, congestion of lungs and
even pulmonary tuberculosis. In
India, coriander seeds are used as a diuretic by boiling both coriander and cumin seeds, cooling and drinking the resulting liquid.
The essential oil produced from this spice, has been shown to
prove antimicrobial effects.
Cumin
Known as jiraka in the Indo-Aryan language of Sanskrit, cumin
translates into ?that which helps digestion?. I cannot be sure
if my mouth is already numb
because of the ?rst dish, or
the chicken does not contain
any hot spices in it, but there
is no noticeable increase of
heat. However, ginger has
a long tradition of being very effective in alleviating symptoms
of gastrointestinal distress. Used whole or ground, cinnamon is used to flavour sauces, desserts syrups. My favourite, however,
comes in the shape of Saag
Paneer (?13.90), composed
of homemade cottage cheese
THOM A S POOLE
HAVING
Despite my low tolerance for spiciness, I am fully prepared and willing to
experience and savour the
overwhelming seasoning of
Nepalese cuisine. A cup of delicious Nepalese tea (?3.50)
is served. Rum ?amed
banana (?3.90) and vanilla ice cream with honey and
whipped cream closes the
feast.
A traditional banquet
A generous portion of unseasoned basmati rice sits before
me, accompanied by lentil
soup (daal), yoghurt sauce
(raita) and chilli-ginger-pickle chutney served together
on traditional metal plates,
called thals. Small piece of fresh ginger (peeled)
Instructions:
In a saucepan on low-medium heat, bring water and
black tea to the boil until
it develops a good colour.
Add the milk and spices.
Cut the ginger into small
pieces and crush it in a
spice grinder. They are used either whole or ground to flavour many savoury Nepali dishes such
as poultry, meat, and vegetable stews. Cumin flavour loses its potency once it ages; thus it
is best to buy it in small quantities.
Dried cumin seeds are powdered and used to improve digestion, vision and strength. Clove buds have anti-oxidant properties.
Coriander
A very valued spice used nearly on all of Nepali dishes, coriander is a dried, ripe fruit from the parsley family. These are the
standard accompaniments
to every meal served here.
Lamb Masala (?15.90), with
lamb pieces and hot spicy
sauce is the ?rst main dish I
try. Like cinnamon and cardamom, cloves are also used to freshen one?s breath. Realising
that Finns are already used
to Nepalese cuisine, Aryal
wanted to offer his own taste
of his national dishes. Nepalese
people chew on this mixture throughout the day. When gently
sautéed, the spice releases a pleasant aroma.
Aside from culinary principles, cloves oil is used in preparation for some toothpaste, laxative pills. Today,
an average of 300 happy customers frequent his establishment every day, with the
a la carte menu changing every six months.
Given the importance of
the tandoor oven to the Nepalese kitchen, it comes as no
small surprise that Bhandari
points out that one can also
be found in Satkar. After all,
juice, water and tandooribaked naan are all on hand
to soften the ?ery blow if the
need arises.
Lamb Masala cooked in a hot, spicy tomato sauce with chilli and
ginger.
Time to chai
I sit with Aryal?s cousin, and
Satkar employee, Keshab
Bhandari for a moment after my meal. ?Because Finnish extra
spicy represents Nepali?s medium level.?
I have some way to go before I order Nepali spicy, it
seems.
Satkar
Fredrikinkatu 46
00100 Helsinki
tel. Awaking both my
curiosity and my motivation
to try it at home, I politely
ask Bhandari for the recipe.
Chatting for a while, he
explains that the word satkar translates as honour, respect and hospitable service.
These are words that could
describe this Nepalese haven. 1 tbsp black tea
They?re also easy
to keep on hand throughout
their winter peak season, as
they can be stored in a cool,
dry place for up to ?ve weeks.
The carrot is a year-round
root vegetable that is low in
calories and a good source of
vitamins A and C.
This stew features a medley of spices without being
?spicy?. Freshly ground black pepper
. A hot bowl
of hearty stew is comforting, ?lling and a great way to
pack in a lot of nutrition into
one bowl.
This dish offers a complete
meal with muscle-building
protein from lentils and quinoa, nutrients from root vegetables and plenty of ?avor
from a medley of spices.
The ingredients not only complement each other beautifully in ?avour and
texture, but they also assist
in nutrient absorption. Serve warm, topped with the avocado, if desired.
. 16
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2 . Serve with roasted
asparagus or Brussels sprouts for an easy midweek supper.
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Ingredients
Salt
225 grams dried spaghetti, lengths broken into thirds
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
225 grams stemmed, thinly sliced mushrooms, such as button,
white or cremini
?
?
Steps
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat.
Add a generous pinch or two of salt, then the pasta. Reduce the heat to
low; cover and cook for 35 minutes.
. Broken
spaghetti with mushrooms and ham
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S T E P H A N I E W I T T S E D G W I C K / W A S H I N G T O N P O S T- B L O O M B E R G
This is a slimmed-down, convenient riff on straw and hay pasta,
a traditional Italian dish that?s a mix of spinach- and egg-noodle tagliatelle with ham in a cream sauce. It contains garlic,
curry, cumin, turmeric, ginger and allspice. 1/2 cup homemade or no-salt-added chicken broth
. Find her on
Twitter at @EatingbyElaine.
Besides suppressing the
urge to overeat, a diet rich in
?ax seed ?bre has also other
bene?ts. It boasts superb
nutritional content, including important minerals such
as calcium, phosphorus,
magnesium, potassium, copper, zinc and iron.
Sweet potato, carrots and
spices round out the dish.
Sweet potatoes offer more
nutrients than typical white
potatoes. Flesh of 2 avocados, cut into small dice, for garnish (optional)
Spiced lentil and quinoa stew is a comfort food made healthy and can be served on its own or over brown rice.
Lentils and quinoa are
stew?s one-two punch
A burst of nutrients in the midst of winter.
E L A I N E GO R D O N
W A S H I N G T O N P O S T- B L O O M B E R G
CHILLY winter days call for
comfort food. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Flax seeds can often
help alleviate bloating, which
is a typical symptom of irritable bowel syndrome. 8 JANUARY 2014
HELSINKI TIMES
DEB LINDSE Y
Spiced lentil and quinoa stew
8 to 10 servings
This one-pot dish is comfort food made healthy.
It can be served on its own or over brown rice.
Ingredients
. The effect seemed to last
for at least a couple of hours.
FLAX
?
?
Broken spaghetti with
mushrooms and ham,
a great midweek option.
Midweek recipe . They are high in vitamins A and C, rich in hearthealthy Vitamin E and a good
source of potassium and dietary ?ber. 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
. Toss to combine; taste, and adjust
the seasoning as needed. 2 cups uncooked red lentils, rinsed
. HT
seeds can help battle binge eating and excessive portion sizes, reveals a
new study carried out at the
University of Copenhagen,
where researchers observed
that ?ax seed ?bre dissolved
in a couple of decilitres of liquid curbs appetite and reduces the amount of food eaten.
Participants in the study
who consumed ?ax seeds ate
some ten per cent less solid
foods than those given a placebo. In fact, because lentils
absorb water, they continue
to expand in your stomach,
keeping you feeling full. Stir in the broth; increase the heat to medium-high. 1/2 teaspoon mild curry powder
. But you don?t
have to make a creamy, fatty dish to get that stick-toyour-ribs feeling. 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
. The
recommended daily amount
for adults is one to three
spoons of ?ax seeds a day.
Source:
University of Copenhagen
Nutrition per serving
340 calories, 15 g protein, 48 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 300 mg sodium, 3 g dietary fiber, 3 g sugar.
Flax seeds seem to curb appetite, but should not be overconsumed.. Drain in a colander.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet or saute pan
over medium heat. 2 cloves garlic, minced or put through a garlic press
. Cook for
about 10 minutes or until the onions are translucent. Boosting
iron absorption is key for
those who do not get enough
on a daily basis; when iron
levels are low, you can feel
fatigued or weak.
Lentils are the star here,
offering a hearty, chewy texture while thickening the
stew. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
. Lentils and quinoa are plantbased sources of iron, which
is more easily absorbed when
paired with foods rich in Vitamin C, such as sweet potatoes and carrots. 1 cup baby-cut carrots, cut crosswise into thick rounds (1 cm)
. 1/2 to 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
. 1/3 cup dry white wine
. Garnish with the remaining tablespoon of parsley.
Serve immediately, passing grated Parmesan alongside, if desired.
Not only does it keep well
in the refrigerator for three
to four days, but the ?avour
intensi?es over time. Season with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and all the pepper.
. Increase the heat to medium-high and add the
mushrooms. 2 medium onions, cut into small dice (2 cups)
. They?re also a good source of potassium and folate.
Quinoa adds more protein
and ?ber. H S
NIINA WOOLE Y . Heat the oil in a large, wide pot over medium heat. Nutrition per serving (based on 10): 280 calories, 13 g protein, 49 g carbohydrates, 4 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg
cholesterol, 160 mg sodium, 14 g dietary fiber, 7 g sugar.
suit your taste buds. Cook, stirring
occasionally, for 5 or 6 minutes, until the mushrooms are soft
and just about to brown.
Carefully pour in the wine and increase the heat to high, cooking
until the wine has almost entirely evaporated, leaving the mushrooms moist but not swimming in liquid. Once
the broth comes to a boil, take the skillet or pan off the heat.
Add the drained pasta and 2 tablespoons of the parsley to the
mushroom-ham mixture. 1 large (2 ounces) shallot, minced
. They also
balance the functioning of the
bowel and prevent diarrhoea.
However, the overconsumption of ?ax seeds is not
good for health either as it
can lead to the build-up of
cadmium in the system. 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more
as needed
. Once
the liquid comes to a boil, cover and cook for 10 minutes,
stirring once or twice.
. 6 cups no-salt-added vegetable broth, or more as needed
. Experiment
with other spice blends that
. 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
. 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
. Add the garlic and reduce the heat to medium-low; cook for about 6 minutes, until the garlic is soft
and aromatic. Once
the oil shimmers, add the sweet potato, onions, lentils, carrots, quinoa, shallot and garlic, stirring to coat. Uncover and stir in the curry powder, cumin, turmeric, ginger and allspice until well incorporated. In fact, if you
serve it over rice or quinoa,
you can stretch it even further.
Flax seeds curb
the urge to binge eat
E S S I K Ä H KÖ N E N . Freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for serving (optional)
Steps
. What
is key is using spices rather
than a ton of extra salt to enhance the ?avour of the stew.
When seasoning, I like to add
spices gradually, tasting and
adjusting as needed.
With a yield of eight to
10 servings, this is a recipe
you can make once and enjoy
again and again. 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
. 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into small cubes
(2 cups)
. 115 grams ham, cut into strips that are 0,5 cm wide and 30 cm
long
. Taste, and add some or all of the remaining salt, as needed.
. Cook according to the package directions. Reduce the heat to medium-high; add the ham and the broth, stirring to incorporate. There?s
never been a better case for
leftovers.
The writer, a master of
public health professional and
a master certi?ed health education specialist, is creator
of the healthy recipe site EatingbyElaine.com. This
recipe calls for red lentils,
which are a bit sweeter and
nuttier than other varieties.
Lentils are an inexpensive
and healthy protein source;
one serving (a quarter-cup
raw) provides 13 grams of
protein and is free of saturated fat and cholesterol.
Plus, unlike meat, lentils are
high in dietary ?ber, which
aids in digestion. 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
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LUX Helsinki
The annual urban festival dedicated for light and light
art, LUX Helsinki brightens up the city with light installations created by both Finnish and international
artists between 4 and 8 January. Wed 8 January
LUX Helsinki
Urban festival dedicated for light
and light art.
www.luxhelsinki.fi. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
CONTRARY to
the gloom currently outside, snow is actually located under the roof
of Finnish National Opera.
Here one can ?nd Kenneth
Greve?s The Snow Queen. There are
No Ordinary Moments
Solo exhibition of the renowned
Danish artist Jeppe Hein,
winner of this year Ars
Fennica Prize. The best way to experience these brilliant works of light art is to walk the
LUX route.
The LUX route consists of 12 installation sites and
leads the visitors along the shore of Töölönlahti bay,
past the National Opera?s amphitheatre, Hesperia Park, the National Museum, the Hakasalmi Villa, Helsinki Music Centre, the old railway warehouses and Kansalaistori Park to the New Student House.
The Senate Square is the event´s central venue with
Corazón, a massive beating heart created by the Spanish fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada in collaboration with the production and design company DFacto from Lyons.
In addition to the light installations, there will be LUX
Ratikka tram, exhibition of light art at Merikaapelihalli
in the Cable Factory and other light-related events.
Sat 4 . Petersburg.
Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral,
Kanavakatu 1
Tickets ?16.50-30
Fri 3 January
Dubmood (FRA/SWE),
Zabutom (SWE) with
Byproduct & Kozilek
Electro, indiepop, chiptune and disco.
Gloria
Pieni Roobertinkatu 12
LUX is set to light up Helsinki between 4-8 January.
Fri 3 January
Toinen Kadunpoika, Kevin Tandu,
Mäk Gälis
Rap.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Helsinki
www.virginoil.fi
Sat 4 January
Aurinkokettu,
Keltainen Lehdistö
Folk/rock/pop.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?7.50
www.semifinal.fi
Sat 4 January
Punk Rock X-mas
Pää Kii, Hopeajärvi,
Katujen äänet.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?13.50/14
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sun 5 January
Crazy World, Mind Of Doll
Rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?11.50
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Mon 6 January
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra
Twelfth Night Concert.
Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Sat 4 January
Kalle Salonen
Funk and blues.
Juttutupa
Säästöpankinranta 6
Helsinki
Free entry
www.juttutupa.com
Snow
found in
Helsinki!
Tap into
untouched
human potential
J A M E S O . On
stage until 11 January, the
performance is based on H.C.
Andersen?s 1845 tale.
Following principal characters, good freinds Kerttu and Kai, the story kicks in
when Kerttu ?nds the miss-
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Mon 6 January
The Mariinsky Chorus
World-famous chorus conducted by
Andrei Petrenko.
Vanha Kirkko
Lönnrotinkatu 6
Helsinki
Tickets ?20/25
www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi
Wed 8 January
Kantonen Camping
Adventurous keyboardist Seppo
Kantonen with his band.
Juttutupa
Säästöpankinranta 6
Helsinki
Free entry
www.juttutupa.com
EXHIBITIONS
Until Sun 5 January
Young Artists 2013
A group of young artists under
ing piece of the Snow Queen?s
mirror, with the Queen proceeding to kidnap Kai to get
it back. Andersen from 1845.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Helsinki
Tickets ?19-98
www.opera.fi
OTHERS
Sat 4 . Wed 8 January
Throughout the city center
www.luxhelsinki.fi
MUSIC
Fri 3 January
Alamaailman Vasarat, Hidria
Spacefolk
Psychedelic folk/rock/?astrobeat?.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?13.50/14
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Fri 3 January
Russian Christmas Concert
The male choir ?Optina Pustyn?
from St. 18
WHERE TO GO
2 . Espoo Museum of
Modern Art
Ahertajantie 5
Helsinki
Open:
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
www.emma.museum
Until Sun 9 February
On the Shores of the Lake
Exhibition dedicated to the
fascinating artist community
that lived on the shores
of Lake Tuusula at the turn
of 20th century.
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Helsinki
Open:
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/10/12
www.ateneum.fi
Until Sun 12 January
Trees Are Poems
Kristoffer Albrecht, Taneli
Eskola, Ritva Kovalainen & Pentti
Sammallahti.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Bulevardi 40
Helsinki
Open:
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0-10
www.sinebrychoffintaidemuseo.fi
Until Mon 13 January
Jeppe Hein . Amos Anderson
Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27
Helsinki
Open:
Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/2/8/10
www.amosanderson.fi
Until Sun 19 January
Kiasma Hits
Classics of Finnish
contemporary art and
famous international
artworks.
Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2
Tue 10:00-17:00
Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30
Sat 10:00-18:00
Sun 10:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
www.kiasma.fi
Until Sun 2 February
Transformation: Towards
a Sustainable Future
How to you build or renovate
your home to balance human
needs with the demands of
Until Sun 2 March
Rafael Wardi
Retrospective exhibition of painter
Rafael Wardi.
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Helsinki
Open:
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/10/12
www.ateneum.fi
THEATRE & DANCE
Fri 3-Mon 6 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
Helsinki
Tickets ?11-78
www.hurjaruuth.fi
Fri 3 & Sat 4 January
The Snow Queen
Kenneth Greve?s ballet
for the whole family is
based on the tale by
H.C. Events wind up at the
Snow Queen?s frozen castle.
Tipping its hat to love and
childhood innocence, the
magical world of The Snow
Queen was created by costume designer Erika Turunen
and lighting designer Mikki
Kunttu together with Greve.
Performances are accompanied by a recording
performed by the Finnish National Opera orchestra, under
the direction of the composer
Tuomas Kantelinen.
The Snow Queen
Until 11 January
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Helsinki
35 shows what is hot in Finnish
art just now.
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Open
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/6/9
www.taidehalli.fi
ecological sustainability?
Museum of Finnish
Architecture
Kasarmikatu 24
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/3/6
www.mfa.fi
Until Sun 12 January
Aesthete Extarordinaire
Birger Kaipiainen´s
ceramic fantasies.
EMMA
Chu once again, after
their success with 2011?s documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, here fans have
the opportunity to follow
the Canadian superstar as he
traverses the globe, accompanied by the piercing shrill
of pubescent girls. CULTURE
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2 . In this case it is the
true tale of wealthy stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Some
grapples with the US ratings
board MPAA aside (which
resulted in the trimming of
some lurid scenes in order
to obtain a more audiencefriendly rating Stateside), as
THE FADING
The Wolf of Wall Street (K16)
Release Date: 3 January
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,
Jonah Hill
Grudge Match (K12)
Release Date: 3 January
Director: Peter Segal
Starring: Sylvester Stallone,
Robert De Niro
Justin Bieber?s Believe (S)
Release Date: 3 January
Director: Jon M. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
INCORPORATING a selection of
car photographs taken by writer Juhani Aho?s sons Heikki
Aho and Björn Soldan in Helsinki from the 1920s to the
1950s, AHO & SOLDAN . His recent, controversy-?lled tour
of South America (which saw
him questioned by police for
graf?iting a wall, mishandling an Argentine ?ag onstage and cancelling a gig
mid-performance) will no
doubt have been conveniently omitted, one thinks.
And ?nally, another documentary of a completely
different kind, Sademetsän
tarina offers more from Oscar-winning March of the
Penguins (2005) director Luc
Jacquet. alongside excessive wealth, orgies and
dwarf-tossing.
Having published his
memoirs in 2006 and eventually going on to become
(of course) a motivational
speaker, Belfort?s dramatic
rise and fall ?lls three hours
of cinema. As
a result of this, perspectives
on nature saw it gaining new
meanings, both metaphoric
and mystical.
The sensuality and vitality of nature is evident in the
wiry curved lines typical of
Art Nouveau, as plants, animals and the nature?s elements intertwine in a variety
of imaginative, dream-like
pieces.
Helsinki is a member of
the EU-funded Réseau Art
Nouveau Network, linking together the 20 most important
Art Nouveau cities in Europe.
The Helsinki City Museum
represents Helsinki in the
operations of the network.
Natures of Art Nouveau will
eventually tour the network?s
member cities, starting from
Helsinki and Brussels.
Natures of Art Nouveau
Until 16 February
Helsinki City Museum
Sofiankatu 4
Helsinki
and Road Museum Mobilia.
With Ford?s assembly line
manufacturing over 15 million Model T Fords between
1914 and 1927, approximately
7,000 of them were brought
to Finland, with the company
standing out as a dominant
force in the car trade market
of the 1920s.
AHO & SOLDAN ?
Automobiles & Helsinki
Until 16 March
The National Museum
of Finland
Mannerheimintie 34
Helsinki
G. Chu
Sademetsän tarina (S)
Release Date: 3 January
Director: Luc Jacquet
Back in the ring
Elsewhere this week, offering
another look at a spectacular fall from grace, Robert De
Niro keeps us guessing if this
will be the one to restore our
faith in his acting abilities,
playing one of two retired
boxers (Sylvester Stallone
being the other), who decide
to settle a long-standing beef
by heading back into the ring
in Grudge Match.
Rivals from back in the
day in the Pittsburgh boxing
scene, the aging pugilists are
coaxed back into the ring after 30 years, in order to pummel each other about the head
and, hopefully, tickle our funny bones in the process.
So, fancy seeing Jake La
Motta and Rocky in the ring
together. that?s sure
to spread around the country. Concurrently, Japanese
art became increasingly pop-
all the way through to 1945,
their cameras captured forever the movements of street
life within the motorised
capital city.
Alongside the photographs by AHO & SOLDAN
and ?lms catalogued in a
number of compilations of
various categories, the exhibition also features various
car-themed items, including
an authentic 1926 Ford Model
T 4 door from the Automobile
veloping Finland from the
1920s to the 1950s, Aho and
Soldan established their own
photography and ?lm company in 1924, having moved
to the capital city in 1911.
Their extensive photography
and ?lm production would
frequently depict a car set
against a backdrop of a city
scene, capturing everyday
goings-on.
Charting the ?rst decade
of Finland?s independence,
ular during this time, inspiring people to depict nature in
a more delicate manner. NOGA /IMPUIQV
Bringing
the Wolf to
our door
well as animal rights group
PETA ?agging the perceived
misuse of a chimpanzee, given the ?lm?s controversial
content, audiences, it seems
will not stay away.
Recently nominated for
a Golden Globe award for
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy and DiCaprio
nominated for Best Actor in
a Motion Picture, Musical or
Comedy for his role as Belfort, Oscar may be beckoning
once again for Scorsese come
late February.
Wall painitng Vedenneitojen salissa (Ramon Casas, 1903) in Hotel
España, Barcelona.. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
THE ROLE of nature in art and
architecture across Europe
at the turn of the 19th and
20th centuries can be found
at Natures of Art Nouveau.
On display at Helsinki City
Museum until 16 February,
the exhibition?s name invites a
range of interpretations. Indicted for fraud and money
laundering in 1998, Belfort?s
journey is full of crime, corruption and the federal
government . One
could see it referring to botanical and zoological themes
prominent in objects and
buildings in both the ?ourishing styles of Western Europe
and the more austere Jugend
style, popular here in Finland.
Another
perspective
highlights the ideological phenomena and numerous scienti?c breakthroughs
that fuelled the creative output of artists and architects.
As photography developed towards the end of the
19th century, and the invention of the microscope revealed things about nature
unseen by the naked eye, new
styles of expression were
born. Things look
even further up with the addition of Kim Basinger and
Alan Arkin to the cast list.
See what you think.
It?s also time to Believe
this week, as cinemagoers
grapple with the latest strain
of ?Bieber fever. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
light of the ?70s
highpoint of cinema ?ickers
once again this week, when
Martin Scorsese?s The Wolf
of Wall Street arrives to cinemas around the country.
Following on from their previous collaborations, Gangs
of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed
(2006) and Shutter Island
(2010), Scorsese once again
employs Leonardo DiCaprio front and centre to tell
his story. All doesn?t seem
to be located so close to bottom of barrel when one takes
a glance at director Peter Segal?s CV, one that includes
such amiable fare as Get
Smart (2008) and 50 First
Dates (2004). Unfortunately, no sign of Morgan Freeman doing the voice over this
time around, after the acting
great?s unmistakeable tone
accompanied Jacquet?s 2005
effort.
Wading through history: Flood after a thunderstorm, 15th July 1937.
Helsinki on the road
J A M E S O . Following up the
impressive children?s fantasy
fare of 2011?s 3D success Hugo, here Scorsese is back on
his wildly exhilarating turf.
As per all of Scorsese?s ?lms,
editor Thelma Schoonmaker cuts the ?lm to the beat of
a winning soundtrack, with
the sounds supervised by
Randall Poster and the director?s longtime collaborator Robbie Roberston acting
as executive music producer.
With the likes of Matthew McConaughey and Jonah Hill on the cast list, the
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A H O & S O L DA N
Film
J A M E S O . Saddling up with director
Jon M. Automobiles & Helsinki is currently
on display at The National Museum of Finland until 16 March.
Two of the most important portrayers of the de-
The nature of art
J A M E S O . Critics
have praised the 78 minutes
of beautifully photographed
documentary. For those less adept
in Finnish, it?s English title,
Once Upon a Forest, should
offer more insight into the
subject of his focus
He is transferred to
a nursing home, in the care of
Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), a high school prom queen
who married her boyfriend
Wayne, the star of her school?s
football team, and whose
glamour days are well behind
her. Starring:
Jesse Eisenberg, Emma
Stone, Woody Harrelson.
USA/2009.
23.30 Where the Money Is (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Marek
Kanievska. Directed
by: Harold Becker. Starring:
Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin,
Miko Hughes. USA/1988.
22.15 Lottery and Joker
00.35 Southland (K16)
SUB
11.00
11.30
12.00
12.30
13.00
14.00
14.30
15.00
16.00
Ben and Kate
I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Whitney
Up All Night
Are You There, Chelsea?
Middle
Partners
World Palooza
Flipping Out
Jeff Lewis buys houses and
sells them for a profit after
fixing them up.
17.00 United Bates of America
18.00 Masterchef USA
19.00 The Incredible Mr. Starring:
Catherine Rivet, Claire
Richard, Florence L. With Children
17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Deadliest Catch
20.00 NCIS
21.00 Zombieland (K16) FILM
Directed by: Ruben
Fleischer. 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
Oliver is shot and turns to
Felicity for help. Starring: Susan
Barnes, Linda Fiorentino,
Dermot Mulroney.
USA/2000.
01.05 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
02.00 MacGyver
03.55 Britain?s Happy Hookers
saturday
3.1.
TV1
American Pie: The Wedding
T V5 21.00
08.05 Billy Connolly?s Route 66
10.05 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
15.15 The Secret Mediterranean
with Trevor McDonald
In this episodes Trevor
McDonald visits the
infamous Mount Vesuvius,
which experts say is overdue
for another major eruption.
16.00 Cradle of the Goods
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 Call the Midwife
Festivities are thrown into
chaos when an unexploded
bomb is discovered close to
Nonnatus House, causing
mayhem among the nuns,
midwives and residents
of Poplar just days before
Christmas.
23.30 Rev.
00.00 JFK: A Homecoming
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 The Young and the Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Doctors
14.05 Top Gear
15.20 Partners
15.45 Jamie?s 15 Minute Meals
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
The drama set in the
glamorous world of the Los
Angeles fashion scene and
focusing on the wealthy and
powerful Forrest family.
18.00 Emmerdale
22.35 Dallas
23.35 Chicago Code (K16)
SUB
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 Charlie Bartlett FILM
A rich kid becomes the selfappointed psychiatrist to
the student body of his new
high school.
Directed by: Jon Poll.
Starring: Anton Yelchin,
Hope Davis, Kat Dennings.
USA/Canada/2007.
22.55 C.S.I.
00.55 30 Rock
01.25 Entourage (K16)
02.00 48 Hour Mystery
YLE TEEMA
17.00 The Bonnie and Clyde of Art
18.00 Louis XVI
21.00 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a
Day FILM
A middle-aged London
governess, finds herself
unfairly dismissed from her
job. USA/1956.
TV5 23.30
Thursday 2.1.2014
Teema 21.00
Saturday 4.1.2014. Starring:
Christopher Lloyd, Elisabeth
Shue, James Tolkan.
USA/1990.
21.00 American Pie: The
Wedding FILM
Directed by: Jesse Dylan.
Starring: Alyson Hannigan,
Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene
Levy. Starring: Steven
Seagal, Angus MacInnes,
Clara Payton.
USA/2007.
TV5
06.15 Married. While he
hovers between life and
death, Oliver recalls a daring
escape attempt with Slade
Wilson on the island.
23.00 C.S.I.
01.00 Bones (K16)
18.00 Einstein and Eddington
In the spring of 1914, with
Europe on the brink of war, no
one had heard of an obscure
German physicist called
Albert Einstein. Starring:
Rachaele Brooke Smith,
Sarah Jayne Jensen,
Kenny Wormald.
USA/Canada/2008.
15.15 America?s Next Topmodel
16.15 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
17.45 Heavy Texas
22.00 Fanboys FILM
Directed by: Kyle Newman.
Starring: Dan Fogler, Jay
Baruchel.
USA/2009.
TV5
06.15 Married. However, a
British astronomer, Arthur
Eddington, realised that
Einstein?s theories could
unlock whole new ways of
thinking about time and
space.
19.30 Acquainted with the Night
00.00 Cirkopolis
Canadian Cirque Eloize
presents a show that
combines the worlds of
circus, dance and theatre.
NELONEN
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
12.50 Animal ABC
13.20 Mean Girls 2 FILM
Directed by: Melanie
Mayron. Starring: Jack
Nicholson, Owen Wilson,
Paul Rudd.
USA/2010.
23.15 Sexcetera (K18)
00.25 Emmanuelle 2 (K18) FILM
Directed by: Bob Elia,
Francis Giacobetti. Goodwin
20.00 Top Gear
21.00 Mercury Rising (K16) FILM
Shadowy elements in the
NSA target a nine-year old
autistic savant for death
when he is able to decipher
a top secret code. Hence she tries to
peruade Murdock not to push
her into show-business career.
When Murdock refuses to grant
her wishes, Jerri falls in love
with Tom instead. USA/1957.
NELONEN
10.00 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
12.30 Animal Rescue
13.00 Dog Rescue
14.05 Zoo
14.35 Sea Rescue
15.05 Wild Life at the Zoo
15.35 Wizards of Waverly Place
19.00 Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations
21.00 007: Dr. UK/2008.
23.55 The Furious Force of
Rhymes
The Furious Force of Rhymes is
a fascinating look at Hip-Hop
as trans-national protest music.
NELONEN
08.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.25 Shake It Up
08.55 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.25 Animal ABC
12.50 Animal ABC
13.20 Center Stage: Turn It Up
FILM
Directed by: Steven
Jacobson. 8 JANUARY 2014
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Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television.
thursday
friday
2.1.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Einstein and Eddington
Teema 18.00
08.05 Billy Connolly?s Route 66
Billy begins this second leg
of his journey in St Louis,
Missouri, by climbing the
Gateway Arch which signifies
the start of the American West
10.05 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
15.15 The Secret Mediterranean
with Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald explores an
unusual hotel built into the
side of a volcano on the Greek
island of Santorini, before
journeying to north Africa?s
Mediterranean coast.
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 Nigellisima
In this episode Nigella
Lawson prepares Italian roast
chicken, served with a saffron
orzotto, and coffee ice cream.
19.30 Auction
21.05 Jane Eyre FILM
Directed by: Cary Fukunaga.
Starring: Mia Wasikowska,
Michael Fassbender, Judi
Dench. With Children
17.20 Everybody Loves Raymond
17.50 That ?70s Show
18.50 Back to the Future III FILM
Marty McFly travels back
in time to save his friend.
Directed by: Robert
Zemeckis. FILM
Directed by: Frank Tashlin.
Starring: Jayne Mansfield,
Tony Randall. USA/1998.
23.10 C.S.I.
01.10 Smallville (K16)
Metropolitan: Thais
Metropolitan: Carmen
Rick Stein Tastes the Blues
Call the Midwife
New Year?s Concert from
Vienna
21.00 The Girl Can?t Help It FILM
Directed by: Frank Tashlin.
Starring: Jayne Mansfield,
Tom Ewell, Edmond O?Brien.
USA/1956.
22.35 Will Success Spoil Rock
Hunter. With Children
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Must Love Cats
08.05 Matlock
12.00 Prime FILM
Directed by: Ben Younger.
Starring: Uma Thurman,
Bryan Greenberg,
Meryl Streep.
USA/2005.
14.00 Coupling
14.30 Cake Boss
15.00 Say Yes to Dress
15.30 Here Comes Honey Boo
Boo
16.00 Must Love Cats
17.00 MacGyver
18.00 Breaking The Magician?s
Code: Magic?s Biggest
Secrets Finally Revealed
19.00 Monk
20.00 Go On
21.00 How Do You Know FILM
Directed by: James L.
Brooks. Starring: Tom
Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins,
Robert Loggia. With Children
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Michaela?s Animal Road Trip
08.05 Matlock
12.05 Kitchen Boss
12.35 Cake Boss
13.00 Michaela?s Animal Road
Trip
14.00 Little Britain
15.10 Matlock
16.05 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. Directed by: Bharat
Nalluri. A domestic type at heart,
all Jerri really wants out of life
is to marry Murdock and to be a
homemaker. After a few of her personal
effects mysteriously disappear,
Carol Ann starts to suspect
that Henry is not as sick as he
seems, and she and Wayne are
soon working with Henry to
plan his last and greatest score.
Directed by: Marek Kanievska.
Starring: Susan Barnes, Linda
Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney.
USA/2000.
The Girl Can?t Help is a 1956
musical comedy revolving around
a mob boss Murdock (Edmond
O?Brien) and his lady friend
Jerri Jordan (Jayne Mansfield).
Murdock wants to turn his blond
girlfriend into a star, despite her
lack of any discernible talent.
In order to promote Jordan,
Murdock hires impoverished
and alcoholic press agent Tom
Miller. Afuma.
France/1975.
02.05 Freedomland (K16) FILM
Where the Money Is
The Girl Can?t Help It
A lifelong bank robber Henry
Manning (Paul Newman) pushes
his luck too far and ends up in
prison, where he suffers a massive stroke. Phil
20.00 Heavy Texas
21.00 Hannibal (K16)
22.00 Flight of Fury (K16) FILM
Directed by: Michael
Keusch. Starring: Frances
McDormand, Amy Adams,
Ciaran Hinds. No (K16) FILM
Directed by: Terence Young.
Starring: Sean Connery,
Ursula Andress, Joseph
Wiseman. Starring: Jayne
Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond
O?Brien. UK/1962.
23.05 Under the Dome (K16)
00.50 Cursed (K16) FILM
Directed by: Wes Craven.
Starring: Christina Ricci,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Joshua Jackson.
USA/Germany/2005.
02.40 Dexter (K16)
TV5
06.15 Married. USA/2003.
22.50 Freedomland (K16) FILM
Directed by: Joe Roth.
Starring: Edie Falco,
Julianne Moore, Ron Eldard.
USA/2006.
00.55 NCIS
02.15 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
03.05 MacGyver
4.1.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
10.00
12.20
16.05
17.05
18.25
Inspector Morse
TV1 21.45
08.05 Billy Connolly?s Route 66
10.05 Cradle of Gods
15.05 Yle News in English
15.10 Last of the Summer Wine
Three old men from
Yorkshire who have never
grown up face the trials of
their fellow town citizens
and everyday life.
19.40 Midsomer Murders
21.45 Inspector Morse
A grouchy but cultured
police detective and his easy
going partner investigate
crimes around the British
community of Oxford.
23.30 The Hour
Freddie and Bel?s bond
deepens as they make
startling discoveries about
the extent of Soho clubowner Cilenti?s influence.
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
15.35 Top Gear
16.45 Big FILM
When a boy wishes to be big
at a magic wish machine, he
wakes up the next morning
and finds himself in an adult
body literally overnight.
Directed by: Penny
Marshall. With Children
06.40 Little Britain
07.15 Dogs 101
08.05 Matlock
12.00 Kitchen Boss
12.25 Say Yes to Dress
12.55 Dogs 101
13.50 Absolutely Fabulous
14.25 Hale and Pace
14.55 Matlock
15.55 3rd Rock from the Sun
16.50 Married. 20
TV GUIDE
2 . UK/2011.
23.05 Silent Witness (K16)
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 The Young and the Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Doctors
14.05 The Great British Bake Off
15.20 Middle
15.45 Oliver?s Twist
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.45 Golden Boy
When bullets from a recent
shooting match the gun that
killed her brother, McKenzie
sets out to find justice for
her family.
SUB
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 The Incredible Mr. Starring: Meaghan
Martin, Jennifer Stone,
Linden Ashby.
USA/2011.
15.15 America?s Next Topmodel
16.15 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
17.45 Dr. Directed by:
Frank Tashlin
Phil
20.00 America?s Next Topmodel
21.00 Cheri FILM
Directed by: Stephen Frears.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer,
Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates.
UK/France/Germany/2009.
22.55 Hannibal (K16)
23.50 Mad Men
00.45 The World?s Shortest Man
TV5
07.15 Bad Dog
08.05 Matlock
12.20 Kitchen Boss
12.50 DC Cupcakes
13.15 Bad Dog
14.10 Absolutely Fabulous
14.45 Hale and Pace
15.20 Matlock
16.15 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.15 Married. Starring: Johnny
Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron
Eckhart. The film
centers on three men, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), Charles
S. When Samuel, the youngest
of the three, returns from college
he brings with him his beautiful
fiancée, Susanna. Starring: Tom Cruise,
Tom Wilkinson. USA/2007.
02.15 Sex Lessons
03.35 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
04.25 MacGyver
Seabiscuit
Legends of the Fall
This biographical sports drama
film is a true story about the
legendary Depression-era
racehorse, Seabiscuit, whose
victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also
those of their nation. Starring:
Russell Crowe, Marion
Cotillard, Albert Finney.
USA/2006.
16.20 Undercover Boss UK
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Hostages (K16)
22.30 Rizzoli & Isles
23.30 Psych
SUB
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 United Bates of America
15.55 Up all Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Two and a Half Men
18.30 United Bates of America
19.30 Suburgatory
20.01 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Gran Torino (K16) FILM
Directed by: Ckint
Eastwood. Miami (K16)
23.45 Persons Unknown (K16)
SUB
11.00
14.00
15.00
15.55
16.55
17.55
18.55
monday
5.1.
The Simpsons
Flipping Out
Masterchef USA
Undercover Boss USA
Lying Game
Pretty Little Liars
Kitchen Nightmares USA
Ramsay visits struggling
restaurants across America
and spends one week
trying to help them become
successful.
19.55 Mythbusters
21.00 Valkyrie FILM
A dramatization of the
20 July assassination
and political coup plot
by desperate renegade
German Army officers
against Hitler during World
War II. USA/1994.
MTV3 10.45
Sunday 5.1.2014
TV5 21.00
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sunday
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Knight Rider
TV5 17.35
15.05 Yle News in English
15.10 Last of the Summer Wine
18.45 Hercule Poirot: The
Labours of Hercules
Poirot?s pursuit of an
infamous art thief leads him
to a snowbound hotel in the
Swiss Alps, where he is met
with a plethora of mysteries
and the reappearance of a
familiar face from the past.
23.45 Saving Syria?s Children
DOC
This documentary reveals
the devastating impact of
the Syrian war on children
caught in the conflict.
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 At the End of My Leash
10.45 Seabiscuit FILM
Directed by: Gary Ross.
Starring: Tobey Maguire,
Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper.
USA/2003.
13.25 Parenthood
15.30 Dr. USA/2011.
23.50 Big Love
TV5
06.15 Coupling
06.50 That ?70s Show
12.10 Everybody Loves Raymond
13.40 World?s Ugliest Dog
14.35 Matlock
15.35 Go On
16.30 Score
17.35 Knight Rider
SERIES BEGINS. Directed by: Bryan
Singer. With Children
06.40 Absolutely Fabulous
07.15 Must Love Cats
08.05 Matlock
12.05 Kitchen Boss
12.35 Cupcake Girls
13.05 Must Love Cats
14.00 Absolutely Fabulous
14.35 Hale and Pace
15.05 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. TV GUIDE
HELSINKI TIMES
2 . The
legendary Michael Knight
battles the forces of evil with
the help of an indestructible
and artificially intelligent
supercar.
18.30 The Flintstones in Viva
Rock Vegas FILM
Directed by: Brian Levant.
Starring: Jane Krakowski,
Joan Collins, Kristen
Johnston. Directed by:
Edward Zwick. Starring: Clint
Eastwood, Bee Vang.
USA/2008.
23.15 Suburgatory
01.40 48 Hour Mystery
TV1
10.00 Memphis Musical
12.10 World of Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne is widely
hailed a the UK?s most
popular choreographer.
18.00 Piano Guys At Red Butte
Garde
21.20 Yle Live: Flow Festival
2013
22.20 Yle Live: Madonna MDNA
NELONEN
07.00 Good Luck Charlie
08.00 Inspector Cartoons
08.20 Shake It Up
08.50 Animal ABC
10.20 Zoo
11.05 Sister Act FILM
Directed by: Emile Ardolino.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,
Harvey Keitel. Starring: Luke Mably,
Kam Heskin, Maryam d?Abo.
USA/2006.
21.00 The Rum Diary FILM
Directed by: Bruce
Robinson. Directed
by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Joan
Fontaine, Orson Welles.
USA/1943.
13.15 Love Is a Many-Splendored
Thing FILM
Directed by: Henry King.
Starring: William Holden,
Jennifer Jones. Starring: Burt
Kwouk, Debrah Farentino.
USA/1993.
21.00 Good Luck Chuck (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Mark Helfrich.
Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica
Alba. USA/1992.
13.10 Bedtime Stories FILM
Directed by: Adam
Shankman. Starring:
Marlon Brando, Frank
Sinatra, Jean Simmons.
USA/1955.
21.20 Yle Live: Flow Festival
2013
22.10 Yle Live: Lady Gaga
23.00 Yle Live: Katy Perry
23.50 Scott Walker 30 Century
Man
NELONEN
10.30 Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition
11.30 Zoo
12.00 Sea Rescue
12.30 Dog Rescue
13.55 Rules of Engagement
19.00 The Prince & Me II: The
Royal Wedding FILM
Directed by: Catherine
Cyran. Directed by: Gary Ross. Dolittle FILM
A Doctor finds out that
he can understand what
animals are saying and the
animals find out that he
understands. USA/1955.
18.00 Guys and Dolls FILM
Directed by: Joseph L.
Mankiewicz. With Children
17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Deadliest Catch
20.00 NCIS
21.00 Legends of the Fall (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Edward Zwick.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins,
Julia Ormond, Brad Pitt.
USA/1994.
00.25 Good Luck Chuck (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Mark Helfrich.
Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica
Alba. Starring: Adam
Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy
Pearce. With Children
17.45 Everybody Loves Raymond
18.15 That ?70s Show
19.15 Son of the Pink Panther
FILM
Directed by: Blake
Edwards. Phil
21.00 Elementary
Holmes and Watson head
to London for an unsolved
mystery investigation and to
look up his former mentor,
Gareth Lestrade.
22.00 NCIS
23.00 Californication (K16)
00.05 Elementary
TV5
06.10 Married. The
story follows the redemption
of the three men as they rise
from troubled times to achieve
fame and success through their
association with the horse. Howard (Jeff Bridges), and
Tom Smith (Chris Cooper) who
come together as, respectively,
the principle jockey, owner,
and trainer of Seabiscuit. In
15.10 Fabulous Cakes
Fabulous Cakes take a
look behind the scenes of
professional bakeries as they
build special ordered cakes.
16.10 Supernanny
Supernanny moves into
the homes of parents
throughout the country who
are seeking guidance and
assistance on how to best
raise their children.
17.45 Dr. USA/
Germany/2008.
23.20 Grimm (K16)
10.00 Wuthering Heights FILM
Directed by: William Wyler.
Starring: Laurence Olivier,
Merle Oberon, David Niven.
USA/1939.
11.40 Jane Eyre FILM
Directed by: Robert
Stevenson. Directed by:
Betty Thomas. USA/2007.
22.50 The Sex Clinic (K16)
23.50 Waiting (K16) FILM
Young employees at
Shenaniganz restaurant
collectively stave off
boredom and adulthood
with their antics.
Directed by: Rob McKittrick.
Starring: Kaitlin Doubleday,
Anna Faris, Justin Long.
USA/2005.
01.30 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
02.25 MacGyver
03.20 Flashpoint
7.1.
YLE TEEMA
Sleepy Hollow
Sub 22.00
10.00
14.05
15.05
17.08
19.00
Heartbeat
Cradle of the Gods
Yle News in English
Heartbeat
The Mystery of Agatha
Christie
21.00 Downton Abbey
This British drama series,
set in the Yorkshire
country estate of Downton
Abbey, depicts the lives
of the Crawley family and
their servants in the post
Edwardian era.
23.05 Miss Marple: Nemesis
00.40 A Matter of Life and Death
MTV3
07.55 Oliver?s Twist
09.50 The Young and the
Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Doctors
14.05 Grand Designs
15.15 1600 Penn
16.15 Undercover Boss USA
In this hidden-camera
show an executive goes
undercover in his or her own
company to get a raw look at
how people really work.
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Person of Interest
22.35 Touch
23.35 Royal Pains
SUB
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
Two Hollywood special
effects experts attempt to
debunk urban legends by
directly testing them.
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Two and a Half Men
18.30 Supersize Vs Superskinny
Kids
19.30 Mom
20.01 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Kitchen Nightmares USA
22.00 Sleepy Hollow (K16)
SERIES BEGINS.
This series is a modern-day
supernatural thriller based on
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow.
It follows Ichabod Crane
as he partners with Sleepy
Hollow?s local female sheriff
to solve the mysteries of a
town ravaged by the battle
between good and evil.
23.00 Mom
23.30 Nikita (K16)
18.00 Saint
19.00 To Nisi
19.45 Spacefiles
20.00 Sex and Sensibility: The
Allure of Art DOC
The delicious objects of
Parisian Art Nouveau
are explored by cultural
correspondent Stephen
Smith.
21.00 Too Young to Die
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.15 Shake It Up
08.45 Wild Life at the Zoo
09.20 Animal ABC
13.20 Plastic Makes Perfect
More people than ever
are turning to the knife or
the needle in the hope of
physical perfection.
13.55 Property Virgins
14.25 Pitchin. Starring:
Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges,
Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks.
USA/2003.
This sweeping epic is about love,
war, betrayal and brotherhood.
Sick of the betrayals the United
States government has perpetrated on the Native Americans,
Colonel Ludlow retires and decides
to raise his three sons in the wilds
of Montana, where they can grow
up away from the government and
society he has learned to despise.
The three brothers mature and
seem to have an unbreakable
bond, until Susanna enters their
lives. USA/2000.
20.10 The Cable Guy FILM
Directed by: Ben Stiller.
Starring: Andy Dick,
Ben Stiller, Jack Black.
USA/1996.
22.00 Motive
22.55 Monk
23.50 Twin Peaks
00.45 The Flintstones in Viva
Rock Vegas FILM
tuesday
6.1.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Dying For a Bargain
T V1 20.00
11.05 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
15.10 The Secret Mediterranean
with Trevor McDonald
On the divided island of
Cyprus, Trevor gains rare
access to the buffer zone set
up in 1974 and discovers a
world frozen in time.
15.55 Arctic with Bruce Parry
DOC
Bruce travels to Alaska,
America?s last great
wilderness, where modern-day
pioneers are harvesting the
vast natural wealth of the seas.
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 A Matter of Life and Death
20.00 Dying For a Bargain DOC
This documentary
investigates how our clothes
are really made, finding
evidence of an industry that
still puts profit before safety.
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.50 The Young and the Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Doctors
12.30 Crimson Wing: Mystery of
the Flamingos
14.00 A Good Year FILM
A British investment broker
inherits his uncle?s chateau
and vineyard in Provence
and discovers a new laidback lifestyle. The eldest son,
Alfred, soon finds himself in love
with his brother?s fiancée and
things get worse when he discovers growing passion between
Susanna and Tristan... Starring:
Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis.
USA/1998.
17.10 African Cats
21.00 Undercover Boss USA
22.45 C.S.I. USA/2008.
15.15 Fabulous Cakes
16.15 Rules of Engagement
17.15 Zoo
17.45 Dr
With Children
06.40 Absolutely Fabulous
07.15 The Jeff Corwin
Experience
08.05 Matlock
12.05 Kitchen Boss
12.35 Mall Cops: Mall of America
13.05 The Jeff Corwin
Experience
14.00 Absolutely Fabulous
14.35 Hale and Pace
15.05 Matlock
16.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.00 Married. 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
Over the
January to November
period last year, Finland?s
population increased by
23,000
persons
Statistics Finland
SOLUTION ON PAGE 23. Starring:
Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart,
Forest Whitaker. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
tel. It turns out
that Sarah?s medication is still
on the outside, the phone is
not yet connected, and the loot
the gang?s seeking is inside the
panic room with them... Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. 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). Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. With Children
17.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
18.00 That ?70s Show
19.00 Deadliest Catch
20.00 NCIS
21.00 Panic Room (K16) FILM
Directed by: David Fincher.
Starring: Jodie Foster,
Kristen Stewart, Forest
Whitaker. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and metro. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge.
Sat 1/4
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9:23 am 3:25 pm
10:21 am 2:23 pm
9:36 am 3:34 pm
10:54 am 1:49 pm
9:41 am 3:18 pm
Telephone. Public phones
are scarce. Operator number 118. But all her troubles
do not stop there. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
10-16:30 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is
open 6-22 daily. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but
are closed on Sundays. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights.
Pharmacies. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 8-20 and SatSun 10-14. 09 3101 3300. In
15.10 Fabulous Cakes
16.10 Supernanny
17.45 Dr. See www.forex.fi for more
information.
Fri 1/3
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Grocery stores. Single ticket
Panic Room
Jodie Foster stars as Meg
Altman, a single mother of a
diabetic preteen daughter,
Sarah (Kristen Stewart). 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. (K16)
22.40 Major Crimes (K16)
Captain Raydor is appointed
head Major Crimes and may
regret deciding to watch
over Rusty, the foster kid
and witness, as her regular
duties increase.
SUB
09.20 Eastenders
13.50 Mythbusters
14.55 Farm Kings
15.55 Up All Night
16.25 Eastenders
Eastenders follows the
domestic and professional
lives of the people who live
and work in the fictional
London Borough of Walford
in the East of London.
18.00 Two and a Half Men
18.30 Kitchen Nightmares USA
Gordon Ramsay is invited by
the owners to spend a week
with a failing restaurant
in an attempt to revive the
business.
19.30 Raising Hope
20.00 The Simpsons
21.00 Project Runaway
Heidi Klum hosts a reality
series where contestants
compete with each other
to create the best clothes
and are restricted in time,
materials and theme.
22.00 Vikings
23.00 Raising Hope
23.30 Vampire Diaries
HELSINKI TIMES
18.00 The Saint
The Saint played by Roger
Moore is a modern-day
Robin Hood.
21.45 Synecdoche, New York
FILM
A theatre director struggles
with his work, and the women
in his life, as he creates a lifesize replica of New York City
inside a warehouse as part of
his new play.
Directed: Charlie Kaufman.
Starring: Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Catherine
Keener, Samantha Morton.
USA/2008.
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.45 Pitchin. Finland?s international country
code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. Yliopiston apteekki (tel. For non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.
Market halls. 09 4711.
Tue 1/7
+11
+19
Wed 1/8
Medical services. Dial 112. Health centres around the country are open MonFri 8-16. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station
is open Mon-Fri 8-20 and Sat-Sun 9-19. In a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are
quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. Night buses operate extensively at weekends.
Night buses have an extra fee. Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. 09
471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. 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).
Mon 1/6
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+9
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Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of what
to do) . 22
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2 . Hietaniemen kauppahalli (?Hietalahti Market Hall?) holds until summer 2014 the majority shops from Wanha Kauppahalli.
Restaurants. 0300 20200, calls are
charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
Public Transport. See www.posti.fi
Emergency Numbers. 09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. 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. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
Sat 1/4
?3
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Post Offices. 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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Children in need of urgent medical treatment should be taken to
Lastenklinikka children?s hospital. When three burglars break
in, Meg makes a move to the
panic room. A room
so secure, that no one can get
in. USA/2002.
23.05 Motive
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FILM
Directed by: Blake Edwards.
Starring: Burt Kwouk,
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USA/1993.
01.45 Twin Peaks
02.40 Star Trek: The Next
Generation
03.30 MacGyver
WEATHER
Banks and Bureaux de Change. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding regions
from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight. 8 JANUARY 2014
wednesday
tuesday 31.12.8.1.
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Major Crimes
MTV3 22.40
10.00 Heartbeat
15.05 Yle News in English
17.08 Heartbeat
A British police drama series
that is set in the 1960s, in
the fictional Yorkshire town
of Aidensfield.
22.00 The Hour
Bel is shaken by news of a
source?s murder and tries to put
a stop to the team?s pursuit of
organised criminal Cilenti.
MTV3
07.55 Oliver?s Twist
09.50 The Young and the Restless
10.40 Emmerdale
11.40 Doctors
14.05 Undercover Boss UK
In this hidden-camera
show an executive goes
undercover in his or her own
company to get a raw look at
how people really work.
15.15 The New Normal
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 C.S.I. Directed by: David Fincher. Phil
20.00 Hoarders
Hoarders goes into the
lives of two people with a
mental disorder that causes
them to obsessively collect
things, even if the items are
unnecessary and unneeded.
21.00 Under the Dome
23.00 Dexter (K16)
00.00 The World?s Shortest Man
TV5
06.10 Married. Most
hotels as well as the Helsinki Tourist Office and Helsinki?s General
Post Office have a computer terminal. On their tour
around the mansion, they come
across the panic room. Meg?s
going through an unhappy
divorce that forces her and
Sarah to move into a new home
in New York. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783
(between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and
6:00).
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Internet. USA/2002.
TV5 21.00
Wednesday 8.1.2014
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. In
09.20 Supernanny
09.50 Plastic Makes Perfect
10.20 Property Virgins
12.50 Supernanny
13.20 Plastic Makes Perfect
13.55 Property Virgins
14.25 Pitchin
Almost everything
I knew about this country
was the information I read
on Wikipedia and some student forums I found online.
?Do they really leave their
babies sleeping outside when
it?s ?20??
?Are they actually able to
live as adults in such freezing weather?. After two weeks my opinion about Finland had completely changed. My
experience will be completely different now because I
won?t be a student, but I?m
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The good memories I keep
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My ?rst experience in
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I?M SPENDING the ?rst days of
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will only get worse, over the
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the ease of getting a gun
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Share your funny, memorable, frustrating or great experiences of Finland with our readers. Silence wasn?t
so hostile and I ?nally stopped
worrying about keeping the
physical distance that Finns
need to feel comfortable because I needed it too.
My love for Finland started
that ?rst month when I realised that Finnish people were
more friendly and talkative
than I thought they would be
and it became more real when
my exchange ended and I had
to go back home. I couldn?t
think about anything else
than coming back. I missed the
physical distance and Finnish nature, but above everything, I missed Finnish silence
and my new friends. I will be living in Helsinki for the next nine months.
Whenever I told a neighbour or a friend that I was coming to Finland, their reaction
was always the same: ?Why?
It?s too cold there!. I felt that I had just
arrived to some kind of frozen
hell. I come from a
small city in the south-east
of Spain called Cartagena
where it never snows or gets
colder than ?ve degrees Celcius