VKL?s decision will also concern small local newspapers and
magazines.?
The parties will meet the national conciliator on Wednesday to resume the talks.. 15 MAY 2013 . HT
number of Finnish newspapers are facing a strike threat.
Last Friday, the Union of Journalists
in Finland (UJF) warned that 2,300
print journalists may go on a strike
on 17 May, with the strike possibly
expanding to concern altogether
5,000 journalists later on.
The council of UJF decided to issue a strike warning and a ban on all
over-time work, starting from last
Friday, after negotiations with the
Federation of the Finnish Media Industry (VKL) came to a stalemate.
The previous collective agreement
expired at the beginning of May.
The length of annual leave and
pay rises proved the stumbling
blocks to achieving an agreement.
A LARGE
?The proposed pay rise was lousy
money-wise and its duration was
impossible to accept,. During that
day, everyone can experience the
thrill (and hard work) of owning a
restaurant. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Johanna Varis, VKL Director of Labour Market Matters, said in
a press release. Arto Nieminen, President of UJF commented
the employers. Arto Nieminen, President of UJF, criticised the decision.
?VKL?s lockout targets also those
members outside the strike warning. proposal of a 0.5 per
cent pay rise for the 10-month duration of the agreement.
?After the 10 months we would
have again faced demands of longer
working hours. We can?t rest on our laurels.?
On May Day morning, the Centre Party MP Seppo Kääriäinen
warned his party not to be lulled into a false sense of security on the
basis of the poll ratings because the
next parliamentary elections would
be a whole new ball game.
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
New opinion polls lend extra
colour to May Day speeches
DOMESTIC
THE RESULTS
SDP bruised and battered
The atmosphere was also cautious
among the SDP members, with
the backbench MP Suna Kymäläinen stating that in light of the poll,
SDP was bruised and battered. Nieminen stressed.
For VKL, wage increases were
the central issue. This is lower than our
neighbors in Estonia (8.8.) or in
Germany (4.3).
See page 4
BUSINESS
The Finnish banking sector
strengthened its position as a
safe haven
According to the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FINFSA) investors still view Finland
safe to invest. During the financial crisis investors have used
Finland and other countries with
high credit ratings as safe havens for their investments.
See page 9
LIFESTYLE
Restaurateur for a day
Launched in May 2011, Ravintolapäivä will be back on Saturday
18 May in several cities in Finland
and across the world. UJF has been on strike
three times during its history, with
the strike in 1972 lasting 10 days
and three weeks in 1980. Now it is important to focus on increasing jobs
in Finland and stopping the growth
of the black market economy,?
Urpilainen told STT.
In the wake of the government
budget framework talks, corporate
responsibility was one of the main
topics of the May Day speeches.
Speaking in Jyväskylä, Urpilainen urged businesses to hire people
and invest in Finland. ?The ?eld can?t afford general salary increases at the
moment but despite this, to maintain industrial peace, VKL has proposed a moderate rise,. situation
K A A R I N A VA I N I O . Nobody has
set up a big company, everyone starts
small,. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . explained
Johanna Varis, Director of Labour
Market Matters at VKL.
?Newspaper publishing is facing
a couple of very dif?cult years.?
The talks will carry on next
Wednesday, led by the National Conciliator, but Varis does not hold high
hopes on a solution being found.
?Our publishers are not prepared
to budge on this.?
Journalists. 9 . Soini spoke at a May Day
event of the party?s youth wing, where
older party activists were collecting
signatures for a petition against the
strong position of the Swedish language. this is
unacceptable,. Small local papers and papers published by political parties
and organisations would not be affected by the strike.
The strike warning also covers journalists producing television news, mainly for Channel Four,
which, like print journalists, does
not have a collective agreement
in effect. HT
of opinion polls published just before the day were the
topic of political speeches and casual conversations among the May
Day crowd, with the Finns Party and
the Centre Party feeling particularly pleased with their ratings.
Handing out ?yers in front of Parliament House, Hannu Tiusanen,
manager of the Centre Party youth
wing in Helsinki, explained that the
poll gains made by the party have
given a new boost to the party members, adding, ?We must keep up the
good work, after all polls are just
polls. The
party chair, Finance Minister Jutta
Urpilainen, did not want to speculate on the reasons for SDP slipping
According to Arhinmäki business leaders' speeches have been in conflict with their everyday deeds.
down in the ratings but admitted
that the party and she herself had to
take a long hard look in the mirror.
?During the ?rst two years of its
term, the government has had to
devote a lot of time to staving off
recession in Europe. Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen (SDP) suggested that the security of employees
during redundancies and the situation of short-term workers should
be improved already during this government term, themes which were
also brought up by the trade union
leaders in their speeches.
Campaigning
against Swedish
The Finns Party chair Timo Soini
called for more support for entrepreneurs, starting with reforms to
bankruptcy legislation. In the
list of deaths caused by alcohol Finland ranks twenty-sixth
in the world, with 3.5 deaths per
100,000. The message from
the ?eld was loud and clear . According
to Soini, the fear of failure arising
from the last recession was dampening enthusiasm for enterprise.
?Small and medium-sized businesses play a key role. ?3 . Soini commented after the
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The Union of Journalists issues a strike warning after
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ANT TI TIRI . Union has been on
strike three times.
The strike threat concerns 63 editorial of?ces, including practically
all daily newspapers and those published six times a week as well as
the STT-Lehtikuva news and photo
agency. ISSUE 19 (301) . The event takes place
four times per year.
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May Day speeches call
for corporate responsibility and improvements to
entrepreneurs. The third
strike disrupted YLE?s television
broadcasts for three weeks in 1988.
Employer party responds to
strike warning with lockout
The Federation of the Finnish Media Industry (VKL) responds to the
strike warning issued by the Union
of Journalists in Finland (UJF) with
a lockout, set to begin on 20 May,
three days after the strike.
VKL bases its decision on the announcement by UJF to restrict the
strike to concern initially daily and
6-day newspapers.
?The way UJF decides which media
companies and their employees will
bear the brunt is unfair, considering
they call for a pay increase for all their
members,. It was smiles all around at the
event because of the sunny May Day
weather and the party?s poll ratings.
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AND ASIANS
a feeling that we Europeans are in the front rank
when it comes to Europebashing. It
is hard to believe that Europe
will rise to the challenge of
creating a credible independent defense policy, but Nato
will remain a more important
military asset for Europe
than it is for the US. Maybe
Europe is capable of integrating lessons from the Balkan
and Libyan operations . I leave out the Africans, haunted by con?icts
and new-born religious terrorism; and, likewise, Latin
America with its drug wars
and surging populist politics.
is self-evident and
well known, but one may still
wish to ask rhetorically: does
that there is also a lot of evidence that China?s march toward world dominance will
not be an easy one. An important
question remains: has the
role of Europe on the world
scene been affected by the
debt crisis and is it therefore
destined to become a weak
power?
LET ME
I AM A strong believer in Europe as the leading soft power and I fully subscribe to the
arguments Robert Cooper
has presented in his excellent
catechism for the European
idea in his book The Breaking of Nations. Let?s hope we
have the right prescription:
to become competitive again
through specialising, innovating, designing, cooperating and investing in research;
with the aim of preserving
and strengthening the European brand of quality.
AT THE same time, one should
be aware of what Niall Ferguson claims: ?If Western civilisation one day perishes, it will
probably happen through one,
or several, economic doomsdays.. Asians are
either too polite to call Europe an outdoor museum
(though they may prefer it
like that), or they have little concern for, or knowledge
about us. Even if
we were to accept that the EU
is not a superpower on a par
with the US, or the emerging one of China, it would be
a good idea not to wallow too
deeply in self-pity. as
well as the frustrating Syrian
experience . While in
Beijing recently, I was astonished to learn how openly the
post-communist period is being debated in some academic circles. Several of these factors
may not be stable in the medium and long term. The fear may
be that the Union is doomed
to be the prisoner of everchanging national politics,
anti-EU feeling being shamelessly utilised for shortsighted domestic gains. For
Europe, the challenge remains to build a strong and
enduring soft-power pro?le in a world dominated by
an intrinsic belief in economic achievement and military prowess. They have
begun to realise that their
political system is almost
deadlocked, that they have
to retreat with honor from a
hopeless war and that they
are permanently facing prolonged election periods, cast-
are focusing
more and more on a seemingly aggressive and hungry China, a country with
surprisingly
problematic relations with its many
neighbors. Europe has few, if any, obligations to invest and engage in
the containment of the growing Chinese in?uence in Asia.
CHINESE
A former Japanese minister has predicted that both
Washington and Beijing will
turn to the EU for support
and mediation in global affairs (and he envisages the
same role for Japan in Asian
Paci?c affairs).
NEVERTHELESS, China will be
a very useful benchmark for
Europe. Without believing
in a Europe based on liberal, social and progressive values, we cannot be a credible
and viable alternative to the
other power blocs. 15 MAY 2013
HELSINKI TIMES
Viewpoints are commentaries written by experts and authorities about specific topics. Its success to date has been based
on territory, population, centralised government and a
uni?ed ideology: all resulting
in a booming export industry. Whether China will continue to be
the engine and workshop of
the world will be decided by
its ability to upgrade and renew its production system.
EVEN if China is rapidly expanding its global presence
as an investor and as a buyer
of modern technology, it can
also be interpreted as a natural process of integration
with the international economic order; a learning process during which China will
adapt to the Western style of
business, as much as we have
to adapt to China?s new global presence.
military expansion
is a problem primarily for
the US, not for Europe. We can do it,
but only if we keep the Union together, ?ght excessive
nationalism, maintain the
balance between the three
main state actors inside the
EU, overcome euro-skepticism and accept the inevitability of taking steps toward
federalism, even cautious
ones, and to surmount our inferiority complex when acting on the global scene.
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social compliance issues in
Chinese industry, I learned
We need to see our problems in perspective to
understand Europe?s position and profile in the
21st century.
the rest of the world have quality time to consider Europe, or
to claim that it has lost clout,
sustainability and leadership?
Is the world holding its breath
while waiting for the outcome
of the next EU summit. But one should
remember that the United States is deeply involved
in sorting out the mess after a housing bubble, among
other problems. Yes,
of course, we certainly need
to get the Eurozone and EU
house in order. We can
and should sell our cultural and linguistic diversity as
a model for co-existence, one
which is needed in most parts
of the world. This article is based on speech at the Ax:son Johnson Foundation Engelsberg conference.
A vote for Europe
PÄ R S T E N B Ä C K
ing doubt on the ef?ciency of
the administration.
THESE days, it has become a
popular sport to go from conference to conference and
listen to speakers lamenting
the decline of Europe and the
rise of new world powers. On a recent visit to
India, I was told that the EU is
an almost unknown entity on
the subcontinent.
ALL THIS
I HAVE
TRUE,
Europe has its problems, but so has the rest of
the world. Of course, those closely involved in global exchange
are and should be concerned,
because one part of the ?nancial world may in?uence every other part. It is
especially gratifying to mention China: the nemesis of the
West. Hardly. 2
VIEWPOINT
9 . Many Asian countries are preoccupied with
China, or look towards their
Paci?c friend or foe, the United States. After ten years
building the European Cultural Parliament, I claim that it
is a European strength to resist the melting together of
national cultures and to accept that the continent will
remain a colorful fabric, with
common values but different
modes of expression.
weaknesses are
well known. We can export things
other than material goods,
such as our governance models and the uniqueness of the
idea of European integration
(though perhaps not its ever-more complicated forms
of implementation). In 1985, he left parliament to become Secretary General of the Finnish Red Cross, then of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. own and do not represent the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
Pär Stenbäck became Minister of Education for the Finnish government in 1979 and Foreign Minister in
1982. I can already hear the objection: ?It?s
the economy, stupid!. and will be able
to de?ne a more constructive
and ef?cient regional role for
itself. He is a Founding Board Member of
the International Crisis Group (ICG) and Chairman of the European Cultural Parliament, as well as Elected
Member of the Standing Commission, the coordinating body of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. One can
approach the issue either by
enumerating the strengths
and assets of Europe, or by
reminding oneself of the
weaknesses and shortcomings of the other actors on
the international scene.
TO BEGIN with the latter category and deal with the super-power in waiting: China
has been anointed inheritor of the US mantle by some
analysts and historians,
but other observers tell us
that the long march out of
China has begun: salaries are
rising, working conditions
are improving and trade unions are being formed, causing factories to relocate
to Vietnam, Indonesia and
even, perhaps, India. Americans are too
embroiled in their own problems, if they haven?t already
discounted Europe on the
Mars-Venus axis. Not even the most Eurocentric of Europeans is.
WE NEED to see our problems
in perspective to understand
Europe?s position and pro?le
in the 21st century. Europe should not see
itself as a competitor with
the US outside its own region, but it may wish to act
less as a world-wide sub-contractor to the only military
superpower.
?nally come back to
Europe itself. It has been claimed
that Europe has become lazy and out of touch, because
it is not being challenged any
more, having no visible enemy who would help to keep
its disparate nations united.
It may sound preposterous to
ask for an enemy, but an ambitious competitor is probably inevitable; one which may
serve to keep old Europe alert.
As Niall Fergusson writes in
his book Civilisation: ?Maybe
the real threat is posed not by
the rise of China, Islam or CO2
emissions, but by our own loss
of faith in the civilisation we
inherited.
AMERICAN foreign policy and
US strategic considerations
will not change in any fundamental way in the wake of
the recent presidential elections; Europeans should have
learned that lesson after the
?rst Obama administration.
The same geopolitical realities and strategic priorities
remain and Europe will continue to be a client of the US
when it comes to defense. Accepting that
role does not stem from the
necessity of the weak; the
world badly needs a different powerhouse, a source of
humanitarian values, cultural traditions and the notso-fashionable concept of
welfare for every citizen.
Without Europe, the world
would be a colder, harder and
less organised place.
THIS MAY sound romantic and
idealistic, but after 27 years
with the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent, I may
have reason to claim that Europe and the West are still
the main sources of practical
compassion, although our values are shared by several other cultures
He says that the application was rejected because,
for example, Wicca does not
have any sacred writings.
?Sacred writings are a
characteristic of the ChrisBut business leaders. Kuivalahti says
that the subsidy has been of
no signi?cance for the group
because the sums are very
small.
Dozens of religious groups
have applied to become of?cial religions. commented Timo Laaninen, the Party
Secretary, in Helsinki.
Transport Minister Merja Kyllönen (Left Alliance)
stood behind the health care
reform in her speech in Ha-
Committee decides,
Räsänen appoints
An expert committee consisting of three members
decides whether religious
groups that have applied
for registration may become of?cial religions. HT
Continued from page 1
THE REFORM of social and
health services and the reform of municipalities were
high on the agenda in the
May Day speeches, with particularly the Centre Party
slamming the reforms and
the way they have stalled,
and promoting their own
proposal, under which municipalities are in charge of
the basic services and provinces shoulder the responsibility for more demanding
tasks, such as healthcare.
?This is the last attempt
to create a package that one
can call a reform,. According to
researcher Jussi Sohlberg
of the Finnish Lutheran
Church Research Centre, the
most major change has occurred in the number of Muslim groups. The largest of them
are Jehovah?s Witnesses,
the Evangelical Free Church
of Finland and the Catholic
Church.
Five new religious groups
or local chapters of religious
groups were registered last
year.. Hindus do not
have a sacred book either,?
Taira says.
Raimo Savolainen says
that the committee requires
that the application clearly
states the credo and the religious group?s rituals. We have to intervene against all kinds of
violence targeted at people
who think or dress differently. The status of a religion allows the group to apply for state subsidy and the
right to marry people, but the
most important thing is that
it made the group of?cial.
Secretary General Tatu
Kuivalahti of Soka Gakkai
says that the originally Japanese religion is based on the
Buddhist philosophy and the
group supports its members
in the application of the Buddhist theory in their everyday lives. Minister of the Interior Päivi
Räsänen (Christian Democrats) decides who sits in the
committee.
One of the members is a
representative of religions,
one a sociology expert and
the third a legal expert.
Pirkko Ignatius, the legal expert of the Finnish Lutheran Church Assembly, is
currently the committee?s
chairperson; Hanna Salomäki, head of the Finnish
Lutheran Church Research
Centre, is the religion expert;
and docent in political history and chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the Luther Foundation in Finland
Raimo Savolainen is the sociological expert.
Researcher of religious
studies Teemu Taira of the
University of Turku considers this a peculiar combination, because people with
close relations to the state
church have been selected as
the experts over the years.
?This does not provide
a positive image to representatives of other religious
groups.. When the missus is in danger of losing her fur coats,
the middle-classes are up in
arms! (Annika Lapintie, Left
Alliance parliamentary group
chair).
. (Eero Heinäluoma (SDP),
Speaker of the Parliament).
tian religion. Pregnancy is not a workrelated illness, nor is it any
other cost caused by work.
(Sari Sarkomaa, National
Coalition MP).
. (Vesa-Matti Saarakkala, Finns
Party MP).
. Hate speech on the Internet and violence against
peaceful demonstrators is a
real concern. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . The
group?s ultimate purpose may
not be to get more money.
New religions come
to Finland each year
The number of religious
groups has increased by doz-
ens over the past few years.
According to the National
Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, there are
currently more than 80 active religious groups in Finland. The group became
an of?cial religion in 2009.
Now, they are pondering
tion and Culture Development Unit, is of the opinion
that the number of religious
groups in Finland has increased because Finland has
become more multicultural
and of?cial religions can apply for state subsidy.
?One cannot help but ask
oneself whether the state
subsidy system that has been
in use for a couple of years
has been the incentive for
them to apply for the of?cial
status.?
L E H T I K U VA / M I K KO S T I G
BUDDHIST
whether they should apply
for the right to of?cially marry people. speeches have been in glaring con?ict with their everyday
deeds. Based on the recent history
of the eurozone and the outlook for the region, I am for
Finland leaving the economic and monetary union. Savolainen says.
The Luther Foundation?s
views separate it from the
state church: for instance,
the Foundation does not approve of female priests.
Only a few applications
are rejected
According to chairperson Ignatius, only a few applications are rejected.
?The freedom of religion
in Finland works excellently and registering religious
groups is easy.?
In the past 12 months or
so, the committee has rejected the applications of Finnish
folk religion Karhun kansa
and the application of a religious group called Heaven?s
Gate that came to Finland
from the United States.
Taira is of the opinion that
the requirements rely too
heavily on Christian criteria.
He uses Wicca as an example:
Wiccans applied for the status
of a religion in the early 21st
century. (Minister of Culture
and Sports Paavo Arhinmäki, Left Alliance).
. It is fashionable to accuse
politicians of a con?ict between words and actions.
Buddhist group Soka Gakkai regularly convenes to discuss, chant mantras and meditate. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
9 . The group
has around 170 members, 1/3 of whom are members of the religion.
were asked to sit in the
committee.
?I stressed the fact that
I have a tie with the Luther
Foundation, but it was not
considered a problem,. 15 MAY 2013
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L E H T I K U VA / M I K KO S T I G
A motley crew is
applying for the
status of a religion
JAANA VAAHTIO, KAARINA VAINIO . HT
religious group
Soka Gakkai wanted to become an of?cial religion because the members of the
group felt that it would make
the operations of the group
easier. STT
NIINA WOOLLE Y . It is not a question
of not following the law: it is
about the image.
The members of the committee point out that they
kaniemi to an audience that
was distracted by the presence of President Tarja Halonen, who had been sighted
in the crowd.
May Day
speech highlights
. There are around
thirty Muslim groups in Finland with around 10,000
members in total.
?Most of the Muslims are
not members of an of?cial
religion even though they are
active practitioners of their
faith.?
Tuula Lybeck, the Head
of the Ministry of Educa-
The number of religious groups has increased by dozens over the
past few years.
Reform of services
high on the agenda
ANT TI TIRI
The number of
deaths attributed to alcohol
THE NUMBER
L E H T I K U VA / P I P S A M AT I K K A
No . The first runnerup of the competition was Maija Kerisalmi (20) from Nokia
whereas Helianna Ylimaula (23) from Siuntio became the second runner-up. 4
DOMESTIC
9 . This
is lower than our neighbours
in Estonia (8.8) or in Germany (4.3).
Alcohol still causes considerable harm to Finnish
society. 15 MAY 2013
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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
er, remain unknown as
members of the working group refused to
elaborate on the content
of the talks. ?The chair
will speak for all of us,?
Outi Alanko-Kahiluoto (Greens) insisted, referring to Petteri Orpo
(NCP), who could not be
reached for a comment.
The working group
was expected to discuss
the co-ordination of the
reform with the looming municipal reform as
well as to specify the responsibilities of the new
health care districts and
the roles of the ?ve special care districts.HT-STT
Output of
national
economy
continues decline
After slipping considerably . In 2011,
the number was 1,889.
Over the past twenty
years, the alcohol mortality of men aged over 65 years
has doubled. ?Consumption of wines has increased especially in the
2000s. Drink driving offences increased 2 per cent,
and road fatalities where alcohol was involved increased
8 per cent.
According to the Yearbook of Alcohol and Drug
Statistics produced by The
National Institute for Health
and Welfare (THL), the direct
costs of alcohol abuse in Finland amounted to 1 billion euros, or 0.7 per cent of gross
domestic product. In 2009, 414
women?s deaths were attributed to alcohol. In addition, the statistical of?ce adjusted its
?gures for January, when
the output of the national economy decreased by
1.2 per cent rather than
the 2.3 per cent estimated earlier.
HT-STT
Weather forecast
spells promise of
summer
Temperatures in southern and central Finland
may touch the 20 degree
Celsius mark on Tuesday and Wednesday, the
Finnish
Meteorological Institute forecasts.
In northern parts of the
country, however, the
mercury is to remain
closer to seasonal averages, hovering around
the ten-degree mark in
Lapland. The consumption of ciders and long
drinks has been on the increase since the 1990s, but
together they still accounted
for just 10 per cent of the total consumption in 2011.?
The institute says some
86 per cent of consumption
comes from retail stores in
Finland. of the reform,
Erkki Virtanen (Left Alliance) revealed after
yesterday?s marathon
meeting.
The details of the
conclusions,
howev-
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Do you watch the ice hockey championship games?
Yes . 59,5%
Male deaths attributed to alcohol have fallen over the past two years.
Deaths caused
by alcohol plummet
Alcohol remains the fifth leading cause of
death among Finnish men.
has climbed steadily since
records have been kept, and
drastically increased in the
middle years of the 2000s.
In 2011, 1,447 men died
from alcohol-related causes.
At 5.7 per cent of all deaths,
it was the ?fth leading cause
of death for Finnish men. Thursday onward, day temperatures
across the country are
expected to tumble, with
showers forecast to hit,
for example, the Helsinki region.
HT-STT
Working group
on health care
reform taciturn
over conclusions
The government?s working group on the reform
of social and health care
services has hammered
out ?joint preliminary
outlines. writes
Tuomo Varis of THL. 49,5%
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
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Who:
Lotta Hintsa
From:
Jyväskylä
Famous for:
A new Miss Suomi
(Miss Finland) 2013
Alcohol causes still considerable harm to Finnish society.
Deaths by alcohol related diseases and accidental
poisoning by alcohol 1969-2011
Persons
1,800
1,800
1,600
1,600
1,400
24-year-old Lotta Hintsa was crowned Miss Suomi 2013 at the
Långvik Congress Wellness Hotel in Kirkkonummi on 5 May.
She was also granted the Miss Press award. Hintsa will
represent Finland in Miss Universe 2013 pageant.
The number of women dying from alcohol is still growing, but the rate of increase
has slowed. The
WHO suggests Finns consume the equivalent of 12.5
litres of pure alcohol annually, while Finland?s own estimate is 10.1.
Finland is also lower on
the list of deaths caused by
alcohol than might be expected. But
the situation is improving:
in 2009, 6.7 per cent of male
deaths, 1,651, were attributed to alcohol. is presumably personally imported, especially from Estonia.
Selected per capita
alcohol consumption
1) Moldova:
18.22
2) Czech Rep.:
16.45
4) Russia:
15.76
6) Estonia:
15.57
18) UK:
13.37
23) Germany:
12.81
24) Finland:
12.52
37) Italy:
10.68
41) Sweden:
10.3
188) Pakistan:
0.06
Source: World Health Organisation, litres of pure alcohol
Deaths caused
by alcohol
1) El Salvador:
2) Guatemala:
6) Estonia:
15) Germany:
26) Finland:
27) Russia:
38) Sweden:
64) UK:
166) Italy:
186) Tonga:
22.8
14.7
8.8
4.3
3.5
3.5
2.8
1.4
0.2
0
Source: World Health Organisation, deaths per 100,000. Overall, male
deaths attributed to alcohol
have fallen 12 per cent over
the past two years.
DAV I D J . In
fact, Finns don?t even drink
as much as the British. In per capita terms, this equates to
about 188 euros per person in
Finland.
0
1962
0
1972
Males
1975
1978
Females
1981
1984
1987
1990
1993
1996
1999 2002
2005 2008
2011
Statistics Finland / Causes death
Consumption down
Finnish alcohol consumption
increased after taxes were
reduced and import restrictions lifted in the early part
of the millennium. The public voted for their favourite 24-year old
Laura Ahola from Espoo.
The new Miss Suomi is 168cm tall and weighs 52 kilograms.
She studies economics and practices cheerleading. C O R D
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of Finns dying
from alcohol-related causes
has fallen over the past several years. In 2010 it was
426, and in 2011 it was 442.
1,400
1,200
1,200
1,000
1,000
800
800
600
600
400
400
200
200
1 billion euro in costs
While Finns have a stereotype of being proli?c abusers of alcohol, they are not at
the top of the global league
tables compiled by the World
Health Organisation. The other 14 per
cent, which they consider
?undocumented,. The Government reversed course
and increased excise taxes on alcohol in 2008, twice
in 2009, and again in 2012.
Consumption has decreased
slightly since 2007, and THL
credits the tax increases for
the decline.
?Consumption of beers,
chie?y medium beer, accounts for nearly half (47 per
cent) of all documented alcohol consumption,. in February, the output of the national economy has now declined
for nine consecutive
months, Statistics Finland reveals.
Year-on-year,
secondary production contracted by ten per cent
in February, while primary production and services increased by one per
cent. Finland ranks twenty-sixth in the world, with
3.5 deaths per 100,000. In 2009, 2,065
people died from diseases related to alcohol and accidental alcohol poisoning. During 2011, health
care visits and hospital admittances due to intoxication
increased. by 2.9 per cent
. In recent years, the
share of wines (18 per cent
in 2011) has approached the
consumption of strong alcoholic beverages
to ten years?
imprisonment.
Prosecution demands
imprisonment for two
for human trafficking
Meanwhile, the police
have managed to get hold of
a few of the woman?s approximately 50 customers but
have no reason to think they
were aware of the woman?s
position as a victim of human
traf?cking.
Police suspect organised crime syndicates are
involved in the human trafficking scheme.
Organised crime
syndicates involved
According to the police, the
two men communicated with
the customers over the Internet and phone while being aided by a third suspect,
whose identity and whereabouts remain unknown. HT-STT
5. He underlines
that a report regarding the
abuse suspicions was ?led
with the police in July 2010.
On 30 April, inspector Juha
Tompuri, however, said that a
their involvement in the operations of Suomen Verkkoviestintäkeskus: A woman
who worked closely with
Mansikka was sentenced to
one year and six months. However, a probation order was deemed
adequate punishment
due to Zarianov's lack of
prior convictions. In addition to Lundström, the court handed
probation orders to ?ve
people, two of whom also face considerable compensatory payments, for
their roles in the illegal
activities.
HT-STT
Woman jailed for
embezzlement
A 36-year-old woman has
been sentenced to one
year and ten months' imprisonment for embezzling over 200,000 euro
from the Espoo-based
?oorball club, Espoon Oilers, between 2008 and
2011. The
woman then received her instructions . S T T
9 . In addition, the minister is suspected of sexually
abusing children in a nearby
children?s home.
Representatives of the
church and the children?s
home say the criminal suspicions emerged in 2010. took place
in the apartment of one
of the defendants, where
the inebriated roughly
40-year-old victim was
?rst hit and kicked to
the head and upper body
until he lost consciousness, and then stabbed
repeatedly by the assailants. The
victim was consequently taken to a hospital for a
check-up.
HT-STT
The District Court of Helsinki has handed a twoyear probation order to a
man for practising medicine for a short period in
the Tampere region with
forged quali?cations. 15 MAY 2013
Bogus doctor
handed
probation
Bishop Christian Alsted at a
press conference in Vantaa on
30 April.
proper pre-trial investigation
was never launched due to the
ambiguity of the report.
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Investigation into the assault of a 12-year-old girl
in Helsinki in late April
has progressed, as the police have learned the identity of one of the three
assailants. via
Skype. inspector Mika
Myöhänen said on the
evening of 30 April, a day
before the suspect's scheduled interrogation. regarded as brutal and
inexplicable by the district court . Christian Alsted, the church?s
bishop for the Nordic and Baltic area, has expressed his regrets that the suspicions were
not brought to the public?s attention earlier. regarding, for
example, fees and the type
of service requested . imprisonment, two men were
handed six-month probation
orders for aiding and abetting aggravated fraud, while
a third man was ?ned for registration offences.
The convicted were ordered to compensate a combined 680,000 euro for
the losses suffered by the
plaintiffs.
Verkkoviestintäkeskus, in
2008-2010.
On 30 April, the District Court of Pirkanmaa
found the defendant guilty
of aggravated fraud and
aggravated dishonesty by
a debtor, also imposing a
three-year business prohibition on him. The
convict worked under the
supervision of a senior
doctor for a few months
in 2011 until the authenticity of his doctor's diploma, which was later
shown to be forged, was
brought under question.
Accordingly, the court
found Juhani Zarianov,
32, guilty of unlicensed
practice of a health care
profession,
aggravated fraud and aggravated
forgery, viewing that his
actions jeopardised the
well-being of several patients. The police were
alerted to the homicide
site, a terraced house in
Isojärvi, Kokkola, on 27
April and believe the victim was stabbed to death
after a verbal dispute between him and the suspect.
HT-STT
Investigation
into assault of
12-year-old girl
advances
A district prosecutor is demanding imprisonment for two men
from the Czech Republic for aggravated human trafficking.
any existing contracts with
telemarketing
agencies.
Nearly 1,500 dissatis?ed
customers tabled demands
for compensation against
the defendant, Jukka Tapani Mansikka. A post-mortem examination revealed over
ten cut and stab wounds
on the victim. The assault
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HELSINKI TIMES
sisted on the aggravated
nature of the case, citing
the treacherousness of the
scheme and the distress experienced by the victim. The events began last
November, when the men
locked the victim in an apartment in her native Czech Republic before putting her on
a plane to Finland. The prosecutor also called for the
detention of another man
for instigation, but the
district court deemed the
grounds for detention inadequate. According to eye-witnesses,
the victim was assaulted
by three young girls, who
jostled and kicked her to
the head and upper body,
among other actions, in
broad daylight in central
Helsinki on 29 April. The defendant, Juha
Karl-Stefan Lundström,
was also ordered to pay
roughly four million euro in compensation to
tax authorities and plaintiffs. ?We received a
tip-off yesterday and put
together what we know
today,. The police believe international crime syndicates
may be linked with the human sex traf?cking scheme.
from Tampere faces two years and six
months in prison for peddling an ineffective service
to small-business owners
with the promise of blocking unsolicited telemarketing calls and terminating
A BUSINESSMAN
Methodist
minister
suspected
of child
sexual abuse
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AT LEAST seven boys are believed to have been subjected to sexual abuse during
One detained
on suspicion of
manslaughter in
Kokkola
A man born in 1970 has
been detained on probable
cause for a manslaughter
in Kokkola in late April by
the District Court of Keski-Pohjanmaa. For his wheeling
and dealing with worthless
shares in 2000-2002, Mansikka was ordered to pay
nearly two million euro in
damages.
In addition, four other
people were penalised for
Businessman jailed
for dubious dealings
ST T
Deceitful scheme
In court, the prosecutor in-
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prosecutor is demanding imprisonment for
two men from the Czech Republic for aggravated human
traf?cking for pandering a
roughly 30-year-old woman for prostitution in Helsinki. During the police's
pre-trial investigation,
the defendant confessed to siphoning nearly 190,000 euro from the
club's bank account, citing long-term gambling
problems as the reason
for her actions.
In addition, she was
ordered to perform 80
hours of community service and to pay 175,000
euro plus interest in
compensation to the
?oorball club. After her
arrival, she was accommodated in a hotel room in central Helsinki, where she was
pandered for prostitution for
roughly a week?s time.
As alternative charges,
the prosecutor is calling for
A DISTRICT
punishments for aggravated pandering and aggravated
bodily injury for the physical and psychological injuries
in?icted.
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M I K KO N I E M E L Ä . HT-STT
Man jailed for
economic crimes
A man has been sentenced to over four years
in prison for tax fraud and
aggravated dishonesty by
a debtor by the District
Court of Etelä-Pohjanmaa. On the other hand, several customers
testi?ed they were satis?ed with the service provided by his company, Suomen
events of the United Methodist Church in Finland, the
Swedish-language church
communicates. In court, Lundström
pleaded guilty to some of
the wrongdoings, which
are linked to the operations of his construction
company in western and
southern Finland in 20042008. The punishments for
aggravated human traf?cking in Finland range from
two years. HT-STT
Fatal assault
draws life
for two
Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for a fatal assault
in Alajärvi, South Ostrobothnia, last summer,
after the defendants,
Niko Niklas Mikael Mannfolk and Teemu Tapani Kulju, were ruled fully
answerable for their actions in a psychological
evaluation. The minister
suspected of the child sexual
abuse worked with hundreds
of children and youngsters
from the 1960s to the 1990s,
and died last year.
The offences occurred
principally during camp and
parish activities organised
by the church, with the victims coming from various
Swedish-speaking regions in
Finland. In
addition to the prison terms,
the prosecutor is demanding
the forfeiture of 5,000 euro
in criminal pro?ts, of which
over 3,200 euro was seized
by the police upon the capture of the offenders.
Human traf?cking is considered aggravated whenever bodily injuries, serious
illness, life-threatening condition or other considerable suffering are caused by
negligence or premeditation
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C O M P I L E D B Y A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N
L E H T I K U VA / M AT T I B J Ö R K M A N
KAUPPALEHTI 5 MAY
IT companies
against botnets
Vipers may come out as early as March or April.
AAMULEHTI 4 May
Do we have a good or bad
viper summer ahead of us?
?WARMING spring days bring
nature to life, and snakes dig
out of their holes amongst
people.
During early springs
the ?rst vipers can be seen
as early as March or April,
when snow has revealed bald
patches in the ground.
Have snakes already woken up for this spring?
PhD student Janne Valkonen from the University
of Jyväskylä?s Faculty of Bi-
ological and Environmental Sciences says, ?Yes they
have. This is why the
initiative proposes to ?x the
exaggerations of the current
copyright law. initiatives, says
that both leftist and rightwing youth organisations are
backing the initiative. They are currently the internet?s fastest
growing information security threat. Botnets
are networks formed by automated malware. Since February, the marketing of the substance has not been allowed,
nor its use in disinfecting
mould in houses, for example.
Head of Research Mirja
Salkinoja-Salonen from the
University of Helsinki is as-
are doing something wrong
when watching television series illegally. Tukes is currently investigating if the use of
the mentioned substance is
forbidden. The venture will last
for a little over than two
years. Loosening copyright does not divide the people into left and
right, but between different
generations.
If the initiative gathers
55 000 notices of support
by 22 May, Parliament must
take a stand on the matter.?
tounded by the situation. This is why we need
extensive
co-operation,?
Chief Research Of?cer at FSecure Mikko Hyppönen
says. Due to the growing number of smartphones,
botnets have become a larger
threat for also mobile internet
users and service providers.
TIVIT (The Strategic Centre for Science, Technology
and Innovation in the Field of
ITC) has started a program
that aims to commercialise
new kinds of information security solutions against botnets. The ?rst began to move
around about a month ago.?
The winter was cold and
snowy. initiative,
Järkeä tekijänoikeuslakiin,
?IN THE BAT TLE
Chief Research Officer Mikko Hyppönen from F-Secure says that
the constantly changing online attacks are challenging.
has gathered over 27 800 notices of support, around half
of the number of supporters
that would take it to Finnish
Parliament.
HS investigated the
93,000-name data concerning the processing of Parliament?s working committees
to see whose voice has been
loudest when copyright issues have been dealt with in
the past years.
Tremendous pressure is
directed at copyright legislation. The ban does not
mention use in refreshers.?. Does the winter take
its toll on the viper population?
?It has not really been
studied. The substance PHMG can be found in
a product advertised as a fabric refresher.
The EU has forbidden the
use of PHMG for biocidal purposes, i.e. Perhaps the
most important part is the
proposal to change downloading from a crime to a
misdemeanor.
Joonas Pekkanen, Executive Director of Avoin
Ministeriö, which organises citizens. The Data to Security
includes for example Elisa,
Exfo, F-Secure, Nokia Siemens
Networks and Stonesoft.
Safety and Chemical Agency (Tukes) has warned consumers of these substances
since December. electronics,
clothing, or sports equipment . as specialist in international B2C delivery solutions for mail and goods we can help you
penetrate new markets. Salkinoja-Salonen points out that
PHMG has been proven to kill
people in South Korea where
the substance was used in
humidi?ers.
Senior Inspector Tapio
Korkolainen from Tukes
commented that products
sold as refreshers are borderline cases. The pro?ts of large
communication and entertainment business companies and the livelihood of
their employees are dependent on it.
On the other hand illegal
copying has become such an
everyday matter that Finns
often do not even realise they
TURUN SANOMAT 3 MAY
Kalle Siik
General Manager Asendia Finland
Whatever your distribution . Vipers make it well
through the winter if there is
snow, as snow isolates cold.
Offpsring deaths are relatively the highest during winters,
though.
So we cannot tell whether
we have a good or bad viper
summer ahead of us?
?I cannot give an estimate.
Vole populations do affect
the number of snakes as during good vole years they have
plenty to eat and less so during bad years.. disinfection or killing organisms. In addition to the partner companies the venture is
funded by Tekes (The Finnish
Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation).?
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?FINNISH companies join
forces in the battle against
automated malware. So let?s give your
company a global boost, together!
kalle.siik@asendia.com
The world
is your
address
A forbidden
toxin marketed
as a refresher
?FINLAND still sells a number
of refreshers that have substances that are not allowed
in disinfection. 6
FROM FINNISH PRESS
9 . ?
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 5 MAY
Expanding your
e-business internationally?
Lobbyists
advocate
copyright
between Internet users and the entertainment business, the
latter carries a louder voice.
The citizens. The Finnish
The goal of the venture is to
create new business by working with the development of
data analysis methods and
algorithms. She
herself bought the fabric refresher containing PHMG
from two different stores in
Helsinki around May Day.
Salkinoja-Salonen warns that
PHMG and its sister substance
PHMB are particularly harmful when inhaled. Advanced data
mining technologies enable
new and better information
security solutions in the battle against botnets.
?It is very challenging to
say up-to-date in the constantly changing online attacks. initiative on a
more reasonable copyright
law may be end up being
processed by Parliament,
but working committees
are lobbied nearly exclusively by adherents of strict
copyright.
The citizens
when ?moderate?
groups may have been more
of a force within the insurgency . However, as a major ?re
broke out, that ?gure quadrupled, setting off a public relations storm as human rights
companies scrambled to
identify the companies that
sourced from the factory.
US-based companies The
Children?s Place and Cato Fashion have both been tracked as
sourcing from the factory, but
?Deadly psychology?
As critics strengthened calls
for substantive changes in
business practices to prevent another Dhaka tragedy, multinational companies
responded with a ?urry of
press releases and attempts
at de?ecting blame.
Activist groups also point
to companies. One of the
most notable instances of a
prominent company bowing
out of the negotiations was
GAP, Inc., which owns GAP,
Old Navy, and Banana Republic. ?The other 90 per
cent are through direct ?re or
artillery,. Scott
Nova, Executive Director of
the Workers Rights Consortium, said.. by ?rst warning Assad
that his use of chemical weapons would be a ?game-changer. said Gen. Dempsey pointed
out that Assad?s air force was
responsible for only about 10
per cent of rebel and civilian
casualties. over the country, as urged by Republican Sens. 15 MAY 2013
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L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / M U N I R U Z Z A M A N
Obama seen unlikely
to sharply escalate
intervention in Syria
As the Syrian conflict continues, the White
House is target of criticism.
WASHINGTON
JIM LOBE
IPS
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / M I GU E L M E D I N A
DESPITE renewed pressure
by members of the Congress
and the media, US President
Barack Obama appears determined to avoid escalating
US involvement in the ongoing civil war in Syria.
While administration of?cials insist that all options
for responding to the recent
alleged use by the Syrian
military of chemical weapons against anti-government strongholds remain on
the table, insiders suggest
that the likeliest choice will
be to begin supplying selected groups of rebels with ?lethal. these demands with increasingly creative ways to
circumvent their core recommendations, by forming their
own safety initiatives that
rights groups say are essentially meaningless, or pulling out
altogether to avoid the risk.
?Any meaningful programme needs to be legally binding,. of ?re safety regulations in January 2012
in its factories. response to Syria?s alleged use of chemical weapons that they have
added it to a growing list of
charges of creeping ?isolationism. It has taken a similar
route to that of GAP.
In an e-mail from the company?s international corporate
affairs of?ce, IPS was referred
to a description of the store?s
1.6-million-dollar donation after the Tazreen ?re in 2012 to
establish the Environment,
Health and Safety Academy in
Bangladesh, which would give
?comprehensive training. Liana Foxvog,
Communications Director at
the advocacy group International Labor Rights Forum
(ILRF), told IPS. assistance,
including communications
gear and food rations. in the party.
Of course, most of their ?re
has been directed at Obama.
The criticism includes failing to intervene in the con?ict
earlier . that
would provoke ?enormous
consequences. now
dominate the overwhelmingly
Sunni insurgency.
So far, Washington has
provided rebels with only ?non-lethal. at least one of which, the
Al-Nusra Front, has declared
?delity to Al-Qaeda . reluctance to
sign onto a binding agreement known as the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety
Agreement as a lack of commitment to worker safety.
?The clothing brands. equipment
from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and
Turkey, even as it became increasingly concerned that the
recipients of that aid are almost
uniformly Sunni Islamists.
The public might rally behind stronger action . defensive weapons.
?They?re worried about
more-sophisticated weaponry
falling into the wrong hands,?
said one well-connected Congressional staffer, noting that
reports that Islamist groups
. John McCain and
Lindsay Graham, but the administration would have to
mount a major ?information?
campaign to get that support, recent polls suggest.
According to a Pew Research Center survey, 45 per
cent of the respondents would
support the US and its allies
in using force against Syrian forces if use of chemical
weapons is con?rmed, while
31 per cent said they would
oppose military action.
The 62 per cent of a New
York Times/CBS poll?s respondents, however, did not
feel the US ?has a responsibility to do something about
the ?ghting in Syria?, while
24 per cent disagreed.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon
also appears highly reluctant
to take military action.
?It?s not clear whether the military effect would
produce an end to the violence, political reconciliation
among the parties and a stable Syria,. the Workers Rights
Consortium (WRC), an independent monitoring group,
said in a statement.
According to the WRC,
the agreement, which negotiations began in December
2010, would obligate participating companies to ?open
the doors of their Bangladesh factories to independent inspection and pay for a
country-wide programme of
renovations and repairs to
make buildings safe.?
To become biding, the
agreement needs four companies, but so far it has only attracted two. The company chose
instead to create their own
programme in October 2012.
Yet critics say that GAP?s
alternative plan is inadequate, as it carries no provisions about paying more to
factories so they can abide
by safety standards and
does not involve workers
or unions in oversight and
implementation.
Most importantly, the
plan is voluntary and has no
teeth for enforcing the measures. he added.
Pentagon sources discussed how formidable Syria?s
air defences were, noting that
Dempsey himself had told
Obama it would be very dif?cult for US aircraft to take out
mobile and other systems installed after the Israeli attack
on a suspected secret nuclear
reactor in 2007.
Many of McCain?s and
Graham?s colleagues have
Syrian rebels have received the support of the United States.
failed to rally behind their
calls for direct military action, opting instead for arming ?moderate. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HELSINKI TIMES
9 . Martin
Dempsey, the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
While he assured that the
Pentagon is constantly updating its contingency plans and
could prevail over Damascus?s
Russian-built air-defence system to set up a no-?y zone, he
also raised serious questions
about the wisdom of such a
strategy. Body
armours and night-vision
goggles were added, just before the chemical-weapons
charges surfaced.
Throughout the con?ict, it
has turned a blind eye to supplies of ?lethal. Those regulations include ?conducting
regular ?re drills, ensuring adequate number of exit routes
and mandating ?re safety
training to all levels of factory management?, which critics
say underscore a weak and inadequate commitment.
However, missing from
both GAP?s and Walmart?s
plans is any mention of higher
pay to suppliers to pay for safer buildings, which some critics say would be the ?rst line
of response if the companies
were genuinely committed to
the safety of their workers.
?This is a game, these
companies recognise they
have to claim they?re doing
something in order to avoid
damage to the image of the
brand, but they don?t want to
have to do anything,. like a
?no-?y zone. ?It needs to
pay prices suf?cient for ensuring compliance and needs
to include worker representation so that worker voices
on what they truly need are
at the table.?
The collapse of an eightstorey factory building
known as Rana Plaza was initially reported to have killed
more than a hundred workers. IPS contacted GAP for
comment but did not receive
a response.
Walmart, one of the largest retailers in the United
States, denied a connection
to Rana Plaza, but had been
listed on the factory website,
raising questions from activists. and cross a ?red line. on
workplace safety to apparel
workers.
In addition, Walmart also pointed to a press release about the company?s
?strengthening. insatiable hunger for lower
prices and faster delivery
by factories cultivates this
deadly psychology in Bangladesh,. from Washington, and then by arguing that
he needs more evidence and a
broader international consensus that the government did
indeed deploy such weapons
before taking any action.
Even some more-dovish voices who have long
been skeptical about any escalation in US involvement
in Syria have argued that
Obama has put US credibility on the line and must follow
through on his threat.
?If you draw a line in the
sand and dare someone not
to cross it, you had better
back up the threat when he
does,. rebel groups,
which, according to the New
York Times, scarcely exist in
what has become a sectarian con?ict similar in many
respects to that which nearly tore Iraq apart in 2006-07.
Neo-conservatives and
other Republicans have been
so disappointed by the tepidness or indifference of their
colleagues. wrote former Under
Secretary of State for Policy Nicholas Burns last week,
although he also defended
Obama?s desire to gain con?rmation of the chemicalweapons reports.
Other interventionists
who had supported moreaggressive action by the US
early in the con?ict now said
they were now much more
ambivalent, particularly in
light of the reported dominance of more-radical Islamists among the rebel ranks.
More than 420 workers were killed in the collapse of a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Few meaningful
changes in wake of
Dhaka factory collapse
Safety regulations for factory workers discussed after more than
420 workers died in Bangladesh.
companies such as JCPenney,
which sells European brands
manufactured at the factory,
are also under pressure from
activist groups.
WASHINGTON
K ATELYN FOSSE T T
IPS
WORKER advocacy groups
are calling on some of the
most high-pro?le US-based
clothing companies to make
drastic reforms to their international labour practices
in the wake of the factory collapse that killed more than
420 workers in Dhaka few
days ago.
However, critics say US
companies appear to be ?meeting. and damaging US ?credibility
In other words, there
I haven?t seen
are fewer banks unable to
much evidence that lend because they are trylower interest rates ing to bolster their own ?nancial position.
will change deA NEGLECTED
mand at this point.
the lending survey doesn?t show, though,
is the continued fragmentation throughout Europe.
Some national banking systems are doing much better
than others. Instead, building a good
reputation yields soft bene?ts, such as to help de?ne a
corporate identity, improve
public relations, stimulate innovation and recruit talent.
Yet in some industrial sectors, like renewable energy,
the entire purpose is to make
money while doing something good for society. Although this seems silly . But it is possible, in some cases, to earn
more income by doing good.
The most time-honoured
method is through advertising. Mario
Draghi, the Head of the ECB, single-handedly stopped
panic in the sovereign debt markets by famously saying they would do ?whatever it takes. Yet
this correlation does not
equal causation. Companies advertise
their goodness through various methods, such as cause
marketing or via publicising
their philanthropy.
Rovio Entertainment engaged in cause marketing
by rewarding players of Angry Birds if they participated in an MTV youth initiative
to stop digital abuse. In their
prospectus for Google?s initial public offering, founders
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
state ?We believe strongly
that in the long term, we will
be better served by a company that does good things for
the world even if we forego
some short term gains.?
Green technology
Even Google implies that doing good things might cause
it to lose pro?t. If you want
to succeed in business and
make a lot of money, you
need to be ruthless. sponsoring
a charitable event might
get twice as much exposure
as a traditional advertisement, for instance . The
interest rate cut does nothing here.
WHAT
TO THEIR credit, the ECB has recognised this problem,
DAV I D J . Now
we must wait and see if Draghi?s statements are able
to improve the real economy as they did the ?nancial
markets.
Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki
Annankatu 1, 00120 Helsinki
tel. I haven?t seen much evidence that lower interest rates will change demand at
this point.
BUT THERE
story is the improvement of Europe?s
banks. ?I believe
that a business can be a force
for good, and that by doing
the right thing it will prosper.
In other words, doing good is
good for business.?
And there is some evidence this might be the case.
FTSE, a UK company probably best known for its stock
market indices, found that
corporations which consistently manage their business
activities responsibly outperformed their peers in to-
tal shareholder return. What is more important is only 5% say their
own capital position are impacting their lending, as opposed to about 12% a year
ago. Another is to boost the securitisation of loans
which would allow banks to use capital markets for
funding instead of other banks. Here
Rovio tried to make an impact on a serious problem
for today?s young . C O R D
HEL SINKI TIMES
NICE GUYS ?nish last, as
the saying goes. As governments
are unable or unwilling to begin any sizable stimulus
measures, it was left to the central bankers to enact
expansionary monetary policy.
Making money by doing good
BASICALLY, the premise is that lower interest rates will
Is it possible to build a great fortune without committing a great crime?
induce companies and individuals to borrow money
to spend and invest, thus spurring economic activity.
With in?ation below the 2% target, there are few worries that lower interest rates or expanding the monetary base will cause prices to rise.
is a problem. And they
helped reduce carbon emissions while making a pro?t.
and are considering some unorthodox measures. . One
idea is to provide extra liquidity only to periphery nations. +358-9-616 621
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He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience.
The ECB
acts, but will it help?
THE ECONOMIES throughout the Eurozone are continuing to sputter, so the European Central Bank has ?nally
acted with an interest rate cut. and, of
course, get a bit of publicity
while doing so.
Sometimes the value of
good deeds can be directly quanti?ed . The ?principles. give
only broad concepts, such as:
?We will incorporate [environmental, social and corporate governance] issues into
investment analysis and decision-making processes.. what else would they
do. The attempt to stimulate the area is welcome, but it remains to be seen how
much good it will do.
THE unemployment rate in the Eurozone has surpassed
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12%, and the turnaround originally expected later this
year is beginning to seem less likely. it illustrates the power of the ECB?s words. It
doesn?t say what is responsible and what isn?t.
Other organisations are
much more detailed on what
they expect a good business
to do. The
Danish Vestas, which manufactures wind turbines, managed to make a 4 million euro
operating pro?t in 2012, despite an extremely tough economic environment. 8
BUSINESS
9 . They suggest detailed
tracking and reporting on
how employees are treated,
such as turnover rate, sick
leaves and the number of female managers.
The ?rst three words of
Google?s Corporate Code of
Conduct have become famous: ?Don?t be evil.. Finland, for instance, has passed all the
bank stress tests with ?ying colours. to save the Euro. It is a different
story in Spain. It is possible
pro?table businesses have
more resources to be good
corporate citizens.
?Don?t be evil.?
However: what, exactly, is
?responsible business activities?. But in
recent years this widely-accepted maxim has begun to
be challenged. In the latest bank lending survey ?nancial institutions say their pro?t margins on loans are improving. Richard
Branson, the Head of the Virgin Group wrote in the Telegraph newspaper. If rates are already close to zero, and
in?ation expectations remain low, investors are not
likely to chase higher yields. Last summer the IMF estimated Spanish banks still needed to raise ?45 billion to reach the
8% Tier 1 hurdle rate. A third proposal is to
push interest rates negative, to induce more lending instead of saving.
A SIGNIFICANT weapon of the ECB is its authority. So it is extremely likely that some
Spanish banks would like to lend more but can?t. Luckily, overall in?ation is not only low; it is declining. Generally speaking, organisations such as
the European Union and the
World Business Council for
Sustainable Development
de?ne a good corporate citizen as one which behaves
ethically and improves the
quality of life for their workers and society.
Nordea proudly states it
has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, but a close
reading of the declaration
reveals it is a vague document. For one, the Eurozone seems
to be in a liquidity trap, meaning monetary policy will
have little impact. 15 MAY 2013
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David J. The Global Reporting
Initiative has very speci?c
recommendations on items
such as the materials, energy and water companies consume. but often it is more dif?cult to put
a monetary amount on the
act. and can
change the world,. It is possible,
some believe, to make money
by doing good.
?When entrepreneurs ask
me if I have a single message
which will help them, I say:
doing good can help improve
your prospects, your pro?ts
and your business
Last Friday, in the secondary market, the government ten-year bonds were
exchanged at 1.42 per cent
interest.
Fitch affirms
Finland?s AAA
rating
On Friday, credit rating
agency Fitch Ratings af?rmed the highest possible credit rating of AAA
for long-term Finnish
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9 . estimates Hannu
Kyyhkynen, an Advisor in
Trade Policy at the Federation of Finnish Commerce.
Both Statistics Finland
and the Russian Ministry of Finance underline
that the growth rate of
four per cent recorded in
the Russian retail trade
market in the ?rst quarter represents a notable
drop from the previous
year. IZa/ %. The net interest income
now only accounts for under
half of the net yield with the
proceeds from investments
and trading as well as the insurance business having
grown in signi?cance.
During the ?nance and
credit crisis, investors have
used Finland and other countries with high credit ratings as safe havens for their
investments. In
addition, the agency retained the long-haul outlook on the country?s
credit rating at stable. net interest
income from 4 billion euros in
2008 to 3.1 billion euros last
year. They may not be
reached in all trade sectors,. In an
interview with the news
agency AFP on Friday,
the company?s spokesperson revealed that a
few buyer candidates
have already emerged.
Jyrki Katainen (NCP), the
Prime Minister of Finland, believes the sales
of the shipyards in Rauma and Turku represent
a great opportunity and
should dispel the uncertainty brought about by
the parent company?s
debt woes.
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First Steps in Finland?
Paths to Higher Education?
Upper secondary studies
First Steps in Finland program
The Matriculation Examination (ylioppilastutkinto) is taken in Finnish
whereas the University of Cambridge
AICE Diploma is taken in English. The whole ?-
During the crisis, investors have used Finland and countries with high credit ratings as safe havens
for investments.
nance sector grew last year
but the strong overall picture
helps mask the lower pro?ts
of the basic banking services, according to FIN-FSA. 15 MAY 2013
The Financial Supervisory
Authority: Finnish banks strengthen
their position as a safe haven
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Banks are solvent
but basic banking
services are creating smaller profits
H E I K K I K A R K KO L A I N E N . The AICE
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Universities in Finland, Universities of
Applied Science and Universities around
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immigrants. This has bene?ted the banks as well as
governments and municipalities, with the low interest
rates and increased demand
helping keep costs of debt
low.
The effective interest
costs of the national debt
went down to 1.2 per cent last
year. :^gV =^\] HX]dda [dg 6Yjaih . HT
THE FINNISH banking sector
strengthened its position as
a safe haven for investments
during last year, according to
the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA),
which published a report last
month revealing that investors still view Finland as a
safe investment.
According to FIN-FSA,
short-term
investments
from outside the eurozone
held by Finnish banks are
signi?cant in value, with the
deposits amounting to 155
billion euros at the end of last
year, which accounted for 40
per cent of all the deposits.
The short-term funding
has not been used to ?nance
giving credit, states Anneli
Tuominen, Director General
of FIN-FSA. )*)' ',% . The
pro?ts were mainly affected
by the low interest rates and
a downturn in the net interest income.
Slump in the
net interest income
At the beginning of the year,
the risk premium on banks?
covered bonds went down
to 0.1 per cent, because of
strong key ?nancial indicators and trust in the econo-
my. At SOK, a Finnish retail cooperative, the trend
is manifested by a decline
in the demand for consumer goods. AV^kjg^c`Vij (! =Zah^c`^
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central banks. The indicator describing
the banking sector?s solvency was up from 14.3 per cent
to 17.0 per cent last year, according to FIN-FSA.
The low interest rate has
decreased banks. Studies begin
on 26.8.2013.
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9. ?Some companies have posted double-digit growth ?gures
in Russia. Senior vice
president Antti Sippola,
however, reveals that SOK
expects the growth rate
to recover.
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STX confirms
plans to offload
European assets
South Korea?s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has
con?rmed it is considering the sales of its assets
in Europe, including the
shipyards in France and
Finland, in a bid to boost
its depleted coffers. Finland currently also holds
the highest credit ratings
from the two other major
rating agencies, Moody?s
(Aaa) and Standard &
Poor?s (AAA).
HT-STT
Waning Russian
growth stirs
anxiety among
Finnish firms
The waning economic
growth in Russia is projected to have an impact
on a number of Finnish
companies
its
results will not be evident today and perhaps not even
tomorrow, but still no one refutes its signi?cance in
the long run. Finland?s ailing economy has driven the
government to search for quick ?xes, with the big picture of achieving welfare going unnoticed. 3 May
Bahamas and
Finland to
collaborate
on forest
conservation
General Arthur Foulkes has suggested that the renewed
impetus for Bahamas-Finland relations include re-
?GOVERNOR
In Finland, mining claims
made in national parks
prices for precious
metals are boosting interest
in Finland?s potential mineral
wealth. That?s
why it?s very good to be Finnish mobile games developer Supercell, a two-year-old
startup familiar to few outside Helsinki. In a situation like this, the whole family is in need of
extra support from the state. Moreover, a
model that includes child home care allowance does not
in any way hinder the development of a well-functioning, high-quality day care system, quite the contrary.
PM KATAINEN seems to hold a differing view on the
matter. Last autumn, he named young women?s low
employment rate as one of the blights of the Finnish
work life, pointing a ?nger at child home care allowance. as embassies from other countries
based in Helsinki and Copenhagen. Katainen, however, based
his statement on issues such as a woman?s position
in society and the needs of the work life and the employment rate, which in themselves are all important.
THIS one comment made Katainen among the most active debaters of family policy in the government. The average income for a reindeer
?FINL AND and Denmark became the latest European countries to upgrade the
status of the Palestinian Authority?s diplomatic missions in their countries on
Friday. When
families are doing well, Finland does well.
Finland?s reindeer
business on the decline
THERE is no denying that we need the right kind of tax decisions, promotion of enterprise, well-functioning social
infrastructure in basic services and a new boost to our
economy, but in essence, the basis for what we mean by
welfare is built at homes and among those closest to us.
?DECLINING sales, losses to
predators and growing production costs are making the
business of raising reindeer
increasingly unpro?table in
Finland. 10
FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS
9 . He added that both
countries believe that the
PA?s self-rule has ?come very
far in recent years???
WE SHOULD aim at making it easier for small children?s
parents to work part-time. freedom of choice when making
decisions regarding children?s day care arrangements is
one demonstration of the long road taken by our family
policy. The production year
for reindeer herders is calculated from 1 June.
SUPPORT for families. The only signi?cant reform by the government has been the act on early childhood education, which is currently under preparation.
According to a forecast by
MTT Agrifood Research Finland, ?nal ?gures for reindeer husbandry the current
year will show average income in the sector slashed
by more than half. The number and extent
of prospecting claims has risen
steadily, with hundreds of ap-
?RISING
search and development of
forest conservation.
He made the statement
on the occasion of the Presentation of Letters of Credence by Kaarlo Murto,
Finnish Ambassador designated to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
?We have noted that Finland shares at least one of
the social challenges besetting The Bahamas, namely
that of immigration and how
to balance its positive and
negative aspects,. This
includes most of Finland?s Arctic Lapland region??
L E H T I K U VA / V E S A M O I L A N E N
THE GOVERNMENT introduced
and Zynga are having a tough
time pivoting resources and
talent to mobile platforms,
where the pro?t margin can
border on obscene. 2 May
Finland?s
Supercell:
mobile
games with
megaprofits
BECAUSE of this statistic and many real-life stories I am
aware of, I, as a young woman, stand up for the diversity of our system when someone wonders how I can give
my support to a form of child care that poses a threat
to women?s standing in the labour market. Under Finnish
law, applications to search for
ore deposits can be made by
just about anybody and near-
ly anywhere. on a European scale, the employment rate among
young families in Finland is exceptionally high and
women with children are in employment even more often than women without children.
a division between services for families when it transferred some of the tasks
from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health to the
Ministry of Education and Culture, making the public
day care part of the early education system, with children?s home care remaining under the social services. 30 April
CHILD AND FAMILY policy is not short-term politics . Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja and
Danish counterpart Villy Soevndal made the announcement after a meeting
of the Nordic foreign ministers in Stockholm.
Soevndal said the move
means that ?Palestine gets
the same status. In the 2010s, our goal is supported by many, with
around 90 per cent of families making use of child home
care allowance when their children are small.
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK. Altogether more
than 40,000 square kilometers are included in various potential mining ventures. I believe
that the blueprint for Finland?s success is simple. 2 May
IN MANY cases, the reason behind a long stay at home on
child care leave is that the mother has no job to return
to. From the viewpoint of parents or children, it is not
important which ministry is in charge of these issues:
what matters instead is that family services are being
developed as a whole, helping to create a ?exible and
enabling model that is best for families.
BAHAMAS ISLANDS INFO. He entered the public conversation having the
economic viewpoint as his priority.
?AS THE GAMING masses
shift from consoles and big
screens to smartphones and
tablets, game design studios such as Electronic Arts
THE COMMENT was not based on a sound argument
. Foulkes
said???
ALL AFRICA.
3 May HILMA HASHANGE
plications ?led for ore prospecting in some of Finland?s
national parks. 15 MAY 2013
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L E H T I K U VA / J A R N O M E L A
www.israelnationalnews.com.
4 May ELAD BENARI
Finland,
Denmark
upgrade
PA?s
diplomatic
missions
Annika Saarikko is a Centre Party MP from Southwest Finland, who is
also a member of Parliament?s Social Affairs and Health Committee and
Employment and Equality Committee and the vice chair of the Centre
Party for a second term.
Family policy
like a rudderless ship
According to a MT T forecast, reindeer business is on decline.
ALASKA DISPATCH. Apart
from this, silence has reigned. With only
95 employees, Supercell is
taking in $2.5 million a day
from virtual goods sold in its
top-grossing games, the medieval tower-defense game
Clash of Clans and crop-tending simulator Hay Day...?
herding enterprise in the
2012-2013 production year is
expected to be a mere 2,870
euros, down from the 6,500
euros seen in 2011-2012,
which in turn had declined by
20 per cent from the previous
year...?
ALASKA DISPTACH. The ministry has ?nanced a further
625,000 euros to the project
that is expected to run from
April 2013 to November 2015.
MEDUNAM is a co-operation project between the University of Namibia School of
Medicine and Oulu University Finland School of Medicine which started in 2011.
The project, which has now
included the participation
of Lúrio University in Mozambique, was established
in order for universities in
Southern Africa to build their
own medical schools??. Many of them feel the need
for the social interaction and challenges offered by
work even when the children are small.
Some mining applications are also targeting national parks in Finland.
Namibia:
Finland
Finances
Second Phase
of MEDUNAM
project
?THE MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs of Finland has expanded the second phase of the
MEDUNAM project
Lehtiö says.
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
Happy to live alone
Lehtiö still feels moved
merely by talking about her
ordination ?For me, studying
and working were as important as family and children
are to some other people,?
says Lehtiö, who lives alone
in East Pasila, Helsinki. Make sure to reserve enough time for
preparing your food and have sufficient cold or hot storage
space when needed.
. In fact,
the prices are set by the restaurateurs, many of who donate part of their earnings to
charity.
No matter what your motivation is, experiencing
the thrill and fun of having
a restaurant or simply eating and meeting new people,
L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N
Dr. ?Religion and
patriotism were very much
present in our lives in the
1940s. Be prepared: ask friends to help out, because running a restaurant is hard work. she adds.
Born in Juva and raised
in Pieksämäki, Lehtiö got
interested in religion as a
schoolchild. They
amounted to around 40 per
cent of the entire clergy.
?Women had to do a lot of
work to become credible but
we knew that more women
would have become priests
over time. According to its of?cial website, more than 600
restaurants in 136 cities celebrated the event, in over 30
countries. Three
months later, for the second
edition, the numbers went up
to 200 and Restaurant Day
expanded beyond Finland,
taking place in three other
countries.
By its ?fth edition, in May
2012, Restaurant Day had become a successful international celebration, with more
than 700 restaurateurs participating in the local version
in 15 countries, from Brazil to
Australia.
Restaurant day has now
established itself as an event
of worldwide importance. Cofounder Sirén received the
Helsinki Resident of the Year
award, while Ravintolapäivä
as a project was awarded the
Helsinki Cultural Achievement 2011 and Finland Prize
2011 by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
In addition, the team developed an app for mobile devices, which was named Best
Mobile Service in Finland
2012. H T
DOCTOR of Theology Pirkko
Lehtiö, aged 80, was one of
the ?rst female priests in Finland, ordained at the age of 55
in Helsinki in March 1988. ?I?m happy and I have led
a rich life,. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . of the day.
Last February, Restaurant Day had quite successful numbers, despite the cold
weather. I?m still thinking about it,. She retired
in 1996.
Lehtiö stresses the fact
that her parishioners have
always been ?ne with female
priests. In
the 1980s there was a heavy
dispute on women becoming priests and on occasions
the discussion turned nasty.
Lehtiö was even threatened
before her ordination.
?But the unpleasant things
just melted away when the
ordination began. Lehtiö says.
She was the Secretary
General of the Helsinki Diocese for a long time, until she
left to work in Hong Kong as a
professor in 1990. Religion slowly crept
on me,. Start with the planning: make sure to think about what you
will sell and where
. Reach customers: once you have picked a place and planned
the menu, sign up to www.restaurantday.org to name your
restaurant and decide on opening hours and other details
. But
No stand on
the Marriage
Act as of yet
As a female priest, Lehtiö
was a pioneer of her time. The application enables aspiring restaurateurs
to register their own places
online, to gain more visibility
and to share experience with
their ?colleagues. Next week, on Saturday 18 May, it will be time
for the spring edition of 2013.
Hundreds of people will set
up their own restaurants and
stands in many cities in Finland and across the world.
Everyone can become a
restaurateur for a day with
Restaurant Day! At the same
time, families, couples and
groups of friends can simply
walk around their neighbourhoods to enjoy an impressive variety of pastries and
local or ethnic treats, all in
an atmosphere of joy, friendship and solidarity. I didn?t remember anything bad. I only
felt joy and gratitude.?
In 2011, there were a little over 900 female priests
in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Lehtiö says, smiling. 15 MAY 2013
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L E H T I K U VA / M I K KO S T I G
Pioneer of
female priests
TUOM A S ARKIMIES . At
this point, however, she does
not want to comment on the
discussion of the equal Marriage Act. she says after a
brief pause.
?In principle, I always
take issues relating to women very seriously. This is the
idea behind Ravintolapäivä
(Restaurant Day), an initiative launched by Olli Sirén,
Antti Tuomola and Timo
Santala in May 2011.
Restaurant Day is a day
when everyone can experience the fun (and hard work)
of setting up his or her own
restaurant, preparing the
food and deciding on opening
hours, price and location, just
like for a real restaurant.
During the ?rst edition,
on 21 May 2011, around 40
?restaurateurs. LIFESTYLE & SOCIETY
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9 . ?I want to take a
timeout to think about what
the legislative reform would
actually mean. participated in the event in 13 different
cities across Finland. There are
still many countries where
women are subjected to violence and poverty.?
Pirkko Lehtiö is happy to live alone in her flat in Helsinki?s East
Pasila.
On Restaurant Day everyone can experience the thrill of being a restaurateur for a day.
Restaurateur for a day
On 18 May Ravintolapäivä will be back in
Finland and other cities around the world.
YA N N I C K I L U N G A
HEL SINKI TIMES
IT ALL started as a sort of
protest, when three friends,
frustrated by the bureaucracy involved in the process of
setting up a restaurant, decided to open their own restaurant for a day. As a woman, she had to stand up for
herself, and Lehtiö says that
some of her co-workers were
even afraid of her.
?I guess they found me
scary because I was so serious about my work. Their
fears were alleviated once
we got to know each other
better.?
The next edition of Restaurant
Day will be on 18 May.
make sure not to miss the
culinary carnival known as
ravintolapäivä!
How to set up your own restaurant on Restaurant Day
. Pirkko Lehtiö had
to battle prejudices
to fulfil her dream.
isn?t marriage a process of its
own, too?. Share you experiences online, but, most importantly, have fun!. She admits, however, that being a female theologian has not always been a
walk in the park. Living alone has been for her ?a
kind of a vocation to which I
got used to over time.?
?I have often posed questions to myself, naturally. I don?t support female domination, but women and men should be able to
work together,
?That would be
amazing. He participated
in the Russo-Japanese War of
1904-05, an extended reconnaissance journey across Asia
on horseback in 1906-08, and
the First World War, the War of
Liberation of 1918, the Winter
War of 1939-40 and the Continuation War of 1941-44.
Mannerheim was Chairman of the National Defence
Committee from 1931 until
the outbreak of the war and
was Regent of Finland in 1919
and President in 1944-46. As a
member of the WFTDA, Helsinki Roller Derby joins the
ranks of more than 100 allfemale, skater-owned-andoperated leagues worldwide.
says, ?Helsinki All Star Ninja
Turtles currently has 10 permanent skaters. Mannerheim received his military training at
the Nikolaevski Cavalry School
in St. In addition
we have home teams Hurtta
Lottas, Saturday Fight Fever
and Angry Nerds in which everybody can play.?
Roller Derby is under
consideration for the 2020
Olympics. In the
following decades, however, the theatrical elements
overshadowed the athleticism. 12
LIFESTYLE & SOCIETY
9 . There is also a national team in which
the skaters are selected from
all leagues.
Finland is the ?rst country in Europe that plays a cup
within a country. It is a popular sport around Finland.
?We did a poll and there are
500 active skaters in Finland,. Jonna
continues.
Moreover, there is no space
that is especially for Roller Derby. ?Many teams
have regular shifts in the
halls and the halls cannot offer more shifts to us,. Helsinki Roller Derby has been
accepted as a full member of
the Women?s Flat Track Derby
Association, the governing
body for women?s amateur
?at track roller derby. It
requires teamwork and is lots
of fun. Saara Mackay, who
came to Finland from Canada, and started roller derby
two years ago, says that ?We
are like a family. 15 MAY 2013
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Museums and galleries
Home of a legend
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MANNERHEIM museum, depicting the life and
times of Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland during 1867 and 1951,
has been functioning since
1951 in the same villa in the
Kaivopuisto district of Helsinki where he lived during
the period 1924-51.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was born on 4 June 1867
near Turku. Following Mannerheim?s death, the idea
arose of opening his house
to the public for a time, but
when the doors were opened
the number of visitors was
so great that it was felt necessary to prolong the period.
The museum depicts Marshal Mannerheim?s home
as it was in the early 1940s,
with the rooms furnished in
the original way with the exception of three exhibition
rooms on the ?rst ?oor.
The portraits of his ancestors on the walls tell of
his family history, and the
TOMISTI
The Mannerheim museum depicts the
personal, social and political life of Marshal
Mannerheim.
THE
Contact sport on wheels
BANAFSHEH R ANJI
HEL SINKI TIMES
ROLLER DERBY is a contact
sport played entirely by
women, with two teams of
?ve members each rollerskating in the same direction
around a track.
The origins of professional roller derby date back
to 1920s when it was followed by millions of spectators around the US. He
also became Chairman of the
Finnish Red Cross in 1921, a
position which he held for
the next 30 years. As
both Jonna and Saara state,
they need space to have extra practice. That?s the best thing.?
There are two roller derby teams in Helsinki as well
as Turku, Lahti, Oulu, Tampere and Porvoo. It is the
Jammer?s job to pass through
the pack of other skaters,
known as Blockers, earning
one point for each opposing
Blocker that she passes.
Aiming for Olympics
Roller Derby is a feminine
sport, not a dangerous one. Never had I imagine that it would be that
soon, but I think that especially from women?s point of
view, it?s great to have women?s sport at the Olympics,?
Saara says.
Helsinki Roller Derby has
team practices three times a
week, 8.5 hours in total. Saara says. If you need
something one of your roller
derby friends would help you
out. There are
six teams in total. According to Saara,
?Most of the halls are dominated by ?oorball, so it might be
dangerous for us to practice.?
The Roller Derby teams
are now competing for the
Suomi Cup, which includes
competitions among Lahti,
Kallio, Turku, Tampere and
Kouvolu teams.
Marshal Mannerheim is a national hero and an interesting
cultural figure.
gifts and honours bestowed
on him by the government
and people of Finland re?ect
his life?s work for the good of
his country: his military exploits, political in?uence and
humanitarian work.
The unique collection of
medals and decorations on
display in the museum bears
witness to the esteem in
which he was held not only
in Finland but in other countries as well, while the numerous hunting trophies and
souvenirs speak of an enthusiastic hunter and explorer,
and the enormous library of a
person with a broad interest
in all aspects of life.
TOMISTI
Helsinki Roller Derby has team practices three times a week.
Mannerheim participated in
an extended reconnaissance
journey across Asia on horseback in 1906-08.
Mannerheim museum
Kalliolinnantie 14
FI-00140
Helsinki
www.mannerheim-museo.fi
Fri, Sat and Sun 11-16
Head of Helsinki roller derby PR-department and a team
skater Jonna Ojala during the
practice.
www.helsinkirollerderby.com
There are teams
in other cities:
Kouvola, Tampere,
Lahti, and Turku.
The house in the Kaivopuisto district depicts Marshal Mannerheim?s home as it was in the early 1940s.. The contemporary roller derby has lost some of the
gratuitous showmanship associated with those times
but retained some sports entertainment qualities such as
player pseudonyms and colourful uniforms.
Roller derby was brought
to Finland in March 2009 by
US native Estrogeena Davis, who gathered a group
of women interested in
Rules and gears
Roller derby leagues and associations have rules mandating what gear an athlete
must wear while competing.
All players have to wear wrist
guards, elbow pads, knee pads,
mouth guards and helmets
at the bare minimum. Costumes are also often inspired
by rockabilly or burlesque
fashions: tattoos and tutus are
commonly in evidence, as are
?shnet stockings.
Gameplay consists of two
30-minute periods, divided
into a series of jams, in which
both teams designate one
point-scorer on the track at a
time, the Jammer, who scores
points by lapping members of
the opposing team. The head
of Helsinki Roller Derby?s
PR department Jonna Ojala
®
BANAFSHEH R ANJI
Roller Derby is
gaining popularity
in Finland.
the sport and started the
activity.
Helsinki Roller Derby, like
most ?at-track roller derby leagues worldwide, is a
skater-owned and operated
non-pro?t organization. He died in
Switzerland in 1951, at the age
of 83, and was buried at Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki.
The house in the Kaivopuisto district of Helsinki that
now contains the Mannerheim Museum was built in
1874 and became known as
the Boman Villa, after its
?rst owner. Petersburg, and spent
a total of 30 years in the service of Russia
S U L L I VA N
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IN LIGHT of the dearth of orig-
inal ideas in Hollywood, this
week sees the studio heads
reaching once again into the past in order to serve
up some familiar ?avours to
audiences.
First up, fanboys around
the word have recently taken
a collective sharp intake of
breath as Sam Raimi?s hugely in?uential horror classic
Evil Dead received a not so
welcome reboot. Duke Bardwell
plucks the bass strings, having played 181 concerts with
Elvis, along with appearances on a number of studio recordings. Teaming up with an
older colleague in order to
?ght against ?nancial companies that exploit the poor,
the duo?s union brings about
an urgent need to live life to
the full. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
OFFERING something for the
whole family, the exhibition
Forest Outing is currently on
display at Amos Anderson
Museum, presenting works
from the collections of members of the Association of
Finnish Fine Arts Foundations (STSY).
A multisensory, activity-based exhibition, Forest Outing allows viewers
to immerse themselves in
the world of art through the
utilisation of sound, light
and touch. Fanboys
can breathe a sign of relief,
however. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
Evil Dead (K16)
Release Date: 10 May
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Jane Levy,
Shiloh Fernandez
Jurassic Park 3D (K12)
Release Date: 10 May
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern
Toutes Nos Envies (K12)
Release Date: 10 May
Director: Philippe Lioret
Starring: Marie Gillain,
Vincent Lindon
Jurassic Park 3D offers an upgraded, filled with state-of-theart special effects, version of Steven Spielberg?s 1993 Hollywood classic.
RETURNING to these shores
once again after a successful
tour that stopped by Helsinki
in the spring of last year, The
Original Elvis Tribute will be
performing a pair of gigs on
Wednesday 15 and Thursday
16 May at Helsinki?s Savoy
Theatre.
Art
and the
forest
J A M E S O . CULTURE
HELSINKI TIMES
9 . Updating
the original story, here heroin addict Mia (Jane Levy) is
recovering from most recent
overdose that nearly closed
her eyes for a ?nal time. 90 artworks are
on display at Amos Anderson, including various sculptures, paintings and prints,
along with numerous historical objects of cultural interest that are on loan from the
Featuring many members
of Elvis. Recognising that this was indeed
the ?nal straw, she is joined
by her long time friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric
(Lou Taylor Pucci), who take
her out to their family?s cabin
in the woods in order for her
to go cold turkey. original band, the music they create live on stage
accompanies a video projection of the King as he belts out
a winning stream of hits from
his illustrious career in his
trademark powerful tone.
Background singers Mary
and Ginger Hollady featured
on numerous hit songs such
as Suspicious Minds, In The
Ghetto, The Wonder Of You
and You Don?t Have To Say
You Love Me. As you may
have already guessed, this
trip into the woods turns into a terrifying battle against
the forces of evil. Hugely successful, and boasting a great
cast that includes the always
watchable Jeff Goldblum, the
?lm boasts some outstanding set pieces. This time around,
however, this particular Forest Outing and its design have
been planned speci?cally with
children in mind.
Featured artists at the
exhibition include Berndt
Lindholm, Akseli GallenKallela, Pekka Halonen, Reidar Särestöniemi, Lennart
Segerstråle, Jussi Mäntynen
and Yrjö Liipola. award in
Memphis.
The Original Elvis Tribute
2013
15&15 May, 19:00
Tickets ?30-32
Savoy Theatre
Kasamikatu 46-48
Helsinki
Forest Outing
Until 24 February 2014
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27
Helsinki
R AUNO TR Ä SK ELIN
Cinematic
double
dipping
an island off the coast of Costa Rica.
Things naturally go pear
shaped, and before long the
human inhabitants of the island are being terrorised
by all manner of prehistoric beasts. Such was the
impact of its special effects
work upon its release, that
Jurassic Park sounded the
death knell for traditional
in-camera special effects, as
we had once known. Advance word
is relatively positive.
Forest Outing allows viewers to immerse themselves in the world
of art through the utilisation of sound, light and touch.. Two hohum sequels followed, but
this remains brilliant, visceral, popcorn cinema.
Finally, French ?lm Toutes
Nos Envies offers the tale of a
young judge facing an incurable disease, who is moved
by the plight of the mother of her daughter?s school
friend. 15 MAY 2013
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J A M E S O . Meanwhile,
drummer Jerome ?Stump?
Monroe kept the beat during Presley?s shows between
1969 and 1977.
Serlachius museums. Furthermore, there is also a section
on display that highlights the
traces of humans in the forest, presenting the forest as
a cultural environment from
the perspectives of forest
management, wood process-
ing and wild forest produce.
The artists featured in this
particular area of the exhibition include, among others,
the likes of Ferdinand von
Wright, Alvar Cawén, and
Hannes Autere.
Stepping into the King?s
formidable shoes once again
(or should that be sequined
jump suit?), singer Robert
Washington has also been
bestowed with the ?World?s
Greatest Elvis. Interestingly, the
?lm has remained on the
shelf here in Finland, having already appeared back in
2011 in France. Topping the box of?ce in the States upon its arrival and arriving with some
great word of mouth, this
promises to be one of the better horror reboots of late.
Furthermore, with Raimi
making noises about producing a fourth instalment of his
original Evil Dead series, the
success of this recent update
can only assist with the highly-anticipated ?lm going into
production.
Meanwhile, the great
conversion to 3D continues, even as pro?ts from the
format continue to slide, as
Steven Spielberg?s 1993 Hollywood classic Jurassic Park
gets an upgrade. Graced by
some eye-boggling state-ofthe-art special effects of its
time from the likes of pioneers Stan Winston and Phil
Tippett, here two dinosaur
experts (Sam Neill and Laura Dern) are invited by eccentric millionaire Richard
Attenborough to take an advance look at his new, innovative amusement park on
The Original Elvis Tribute will be performing a pair of gigs on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 May at Helsinki?s Savoy Theatre.
Experience Elvis
J A M E S O . Furthermore, visitors to the museum are privy to a collection
of stuffed animals borrowed
from the Finnish Museum of
Natural History.
Occupying three ?oors of
the museum building, viewers make their way along a
forest path where art merges
with nature.
The works on show are
classics of Finnish art that
have been previously collected
and exhibited through art periods or art historical themes
during the association?s earlier
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15
What?s the
right way to
store olive oil?
Olive oil is the main ingredient of many food
cultures across the world,
used to fry and add taste
to a variety of ingredients and meals. And de?nitely the worst
that could happen is what his
parents would sometimes do
when he was not behaving.
?When we were being naughty the punishment was to be
without cheese for a week.
That was just awful!. In the
end, it seems that Finns do
like stronger tastes!. It?s true
that olive oil solidi?es and
thickens in cold rather
easily, but these changes
don?t have any detrimental effect on the product.. ?When you
are new in town it takes time
before the customer trusts
you. Alongside
nasal sprays and other
drugs that can be found
in pharmacies, there are
more natural remedies to
tackle these issues: berries, fruits and green tea.
Makuja.. In 1995, persuaded by a Finnish friend, Döring
made his ?rst visit to Finland, where he eventually fell
in love with his future Finnish wife. EAT & DRINK
HELSINKI TIMES
9 . In fact, olive
oil shouldn?t be kept in a
bright place, as the excess
of light can affect and even
eliminate vitamins and
fatty acids contained in it.
Cooking oils should be
stored in a cool and dark
place, even in the fridge
if its temperature is not
excessively low. First
on the list of new things
she has in mind is the expansion of the café part.
An exact date for the
opening hasn?t been announced yet, but the
shop should reopen
sometime this month. He had to struggle with the language and culture barrier, and also with
the trust factor. Among
Herkkujuustola?s top selling
cheeses is Vilho, a semi-hard,
strong tasting Appenzellertype cheese.
But it was not always easy
for Döring. berries and apple peels in particular
. discussed
the role of antioxidants
against the excessive
amount of free radicals in the body, which is
what causes strong allergy signs. Döring had
to invest many hours daily
during those ?rst months in
the cellar, looking for tastes
that Finnish palates might
approve of. However,
depending on the way it is
stored, olive oil can quite
rapidly lose its vitamins
and fatty acids.
According to Maisa
Härmälä, Head of Development at Marttaliitto,
the way in which many
Finns keep olive oil in the
kitchen is not always the
correct one, as discussed
in an article published on
mtv3.?.
Many people store their
olive oil bottles next to the
oven, as it is shown in several food programmes
on television. ?At the beginning, people told me not to
make strong tasting cheeses because Finns prefer milder tastes. Döring is currently
master cheese maker of the
Herkkujuustola cheese factory, which sells high quality cheeses throughout the
country. In 2002, when
Döring opened his cheese factory, Finland?s organic and local food trend had not quite
started yet, making it even
HERKKUJUUS TOL A
Different kinds of cheese are available in Finnish shops and markets.
HERKKUJUUS TOL A
starting his own
cheese factory in Mouhijärvi, located in the southwestern part of Finland,
Swiss-born Peter Döring
was driving trucks between
Switzerland, Norway, Russia
and Asia. But I love to take
risks so I started making the
strong tasting cheese. It
will be open from Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Fighting
allergies with
food
Spring is the season of
sun, but also of allergies. 15 MAY 2013
Here comes
the monster
(burger)
Last in a long list of eclectic and out-of-the-ordinary food stories is the
super-size hamburger
mentioned on makuja.?.
In a recent episode,
the prominent Canadian food programme Epic Meal Time, streamed
on YouTube, presented a
type of hamburger that
would make chefs and
hamburger fans sweat:
a monster burger of
55,460 kilocalories and
2,610 grams of fat.
Hamburgers and crazily unhealthy meals are
no news, especially in
North America, but this
monster burger represents something completely new.
With a list of ingredients that includes Nutella, peanut butter,
marshmallows, cheese
and, of course, bacon,
the challenge for the
most adventurous tasteseekers is not only to ?nish this monstrous-size
burger, but also not to
feel bad after the meal.
Cheese is an ingredient in many culinary traditions across the world.
Finnish cheese
with a Swiss twist
Even though ?the popular belief is that all Swiss are good
at making chocolate, watches and cheese,. However, a recent article published on
Aamulehti announced
that Lähiruokapuoti will
open once again, sometime in May, under new
ownership.
New owner Sanna IsoMarkku said that she will
keep on following the
path set by her predecessor and will continue to
sell products from small
Pirkanmaa suppliers.
While the venue?s
philosophy will remain
pretty much the same,
Iso-Markku will bring her
own touch in Lähiruokapuoti Lempi as well. and vegetables, but also coffee, cocoa and tea
(particularly green tea)
contribute to the intake
of the right amount of antioxidants and, therefore,
fewer latent and bothersome allergy symptoms.
Tampere?s
Lähiruokapuoti
Lempi reopens
L E H T I K U VA / M A A R I T RO I H A
C ARINA CHEL A
HEL SINKI TIMES
more of a challenge to sell his
locally produced cheese.
Nowadays Herkkujuustola produces 7 different
types of cheeses, including a
smoked cheese recommended after a smoke sauna and
a unique melt-in-the-mouth
blue cheese wrapped in pine
bark, guaranteed to please
all taste buds.
For Döring the best part
of his job is the feedback he
gets from his happy customers. Although
Döring loves ?all kinds of
cheeses. Antioxidants
such as vitamins C, A and
E, and enzymes, are natural substances that inhibit free radicals.
A diet that includes
fruits . Once you?ve gained the
customer?s trust it?s easier to continue,. However,
this storage method can
easily ruin good oil, because it gets heat coming
from the stove as well as
a lot of light. ?My father made his own cheese
and we lived just above our
BEFORE
cheese factory. he admits his favorite cheese comes from
his hometown in the Appenzeller region. Thousands of peoPeter Döring knew almost everything about the cheese-making process before starting school.
ple in Finland and other
countries are struggling
to cope with sneezes
and other allergy-related symptoms. explains Döring, who knew almost everything about the
cheese-making process before starting school. Döring says.
When Tampere?s Lähiruokapuoti
Lempi
announced its closure last
March, numerous customers expressed their
disappointment for what
had been, up to that moment, a regular place for
many Pirkanmaa food a?cionados. 7 days a week
we talked about cheese and
ate cheese! At home it always
smelled of cheese.. Herkkujuustola?s
PunaHeidi cheese won Finland?s Best Blue Cheese of the
Year 2012.
?It?s in our blood!
However, one?s curiosity might be sparked by the
fact that a particular variety
of berry is especially in vogue
at the moment. Having a
bad breath. In addition, it can help with the
burn of spicy food. According to Leena
Turunen, Director of the
restaurant area at Restel, the fast-food market is one of the fastest
growing segments in
the market and they are
bringing to Finland a
new option for customers, both domestic and
from abroad.
The ?rst location is
yet to be decided, as location negotiations are
currently underway. HT
Milk helps to keep hunger away and with the burn of spicy food.. The promotion will be seen especially in youth events
during and music festival like Weekend Festival, Ruis Rock and Pori
Jazz Festival. Using your hands, break
granola into chunks;
transfer to an airtight
container, add goji berries
and mix.
taste. In a medium bowl, mix together oats, almonds, coconut flakes, cinnamon
and salt.
3. 16
EAT & DRINK
9 . Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Sold at a high price, goji berries are not exactly the
cheapest ones on the mar-
ket. Having problems with
gas in your stomach. 1/3 cup slivered almonds
. 1/3 cup goji berries
According to studies, goji berries are endowed with 22 different minerals.
The war of the berries:
do we have a winner
in the goji berry?
tamin C and essential fatty
acids, have antioxidant properties and are thought to
stimulate sexual desire, as
well as to reverse the aging
process. But do
not worry if your name is
not Finnish, as there is a
number of international
names in the list, such as
Maria, Daniel, Anna, Laura and many more.
Share a Coke with
Matti, Ville or Jenni is
designed to encourage
customers to connect
with each other inviting them to share a bottle of Coke with someone
they know. Set aside.
2. Indeed, this is
the case of the goji berry, also known under the names of
Lycium Barbarum and wolfberry. H T
TIME
THE HEALTH and family section of the Times recently published an article discussing the
most appropriate drink for
every need: to build muscles
and lose weight, to recover, for
a cough and sore throat, to digest and even to fall asleep.
Milk, an important aliment of the Finnish culinary tradition, is the right
beverage, due to proteins
and casein, for those who
want to build muscle and
to keep hunger away. Coca-Cola and
Coca-Cola Zero bottles
will change their logos to
150 of the most common
Finnish names. During
these live promotions
customers whose name
were not included in the
campaign will have the
opportunity to get their
name in a Coca-Cola. Have a cup of
warm milk. Having problems falling asleep. A sip of water can
wash away the stink left after drinking coffee or orange
juice. Break it into chunks and mix in goji
berries.
4. Chocolate milk can come in handy
after workout, as it helps the
body to recover after exer-
cise. They also contain Vi-
Preparation instructions:
1. a
de?nite must for a delicious
start of the day!
The right drink for every occasion
YA N N I C K I L U N G A . Drinking
water during and after meals
helps digest food, while coconut water is very helpful when
feeling dehydrated. 3 cups old-fashioned oats
. Let
granola cool completely
on a wire rack. 1/3 cup sweetened
coconut flakes
. 1 vanilla bean, scraped
. Bake for
20 minutes, or until golden brown, mixing it once
at the 10 minute mark. Enjoyed as part of
a healthy breakfast or as
a treat in the form of raw
chocolate, goji berries can
easily be introduced into
one?s daily diet. Mix water with a small amount of
baking soda in a glass to decrease ?atulence.
Different kinds of tea help
in different situations: to
lose weight (green tea), for
a head cold (lemon and honey tea), for sore throats (turmeric tea), digestion (herbal
tea) and even to cheer you up
(lemon balm tea).
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
Burger King
coming to
Finland
Coca-Cola will do their
famous campaign Share
A Coke in Finland, where
the company?s logo in
bottles is replace by Finnish names. Lowering of cholesterol, improved vision and
better heart function have
also been associated with
the consumption of these
miracle berries. This recipe
appeals to both muesli and
goji berry enthusiasts . So why should one opt
for these expensive, dried
berries, when Finnish forests
amply offer fresh, plump,
berries just waiting to be
picked?
A goji fanatic would in
this case recommend quickly skimming the text on the
back of a goji berry package:
a convincing account of how
they justify their high price
in terms of better health. According to the package . Line a baking sheet
with parchment. According to Restel the
ideal location is one in
which there is a high
movement of people,
Compiled by:
Alvaro Sotomayor
Pinch of salt
. 1/2 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
Your name
in a Coke
Consumers will soon
be able to enjoy the
world famous Whopper burgers in Finland.
The restaurant and hotel company Restel Oy
will open the ?rst Burger
King restaurant in Helsinki by the end of year.
The aim is to create a
nation-wide network of
fast-food restaurants,
starting from the metropolitan area of Helsinki. Makuja.?
Recipe for Vanilla
Almond Goji Berry
Granola
(yields about 4 cups)
Ingredients:
. As for the
Finns' take on goji berries:
they refer to them as Asia?s
sea-buckthorns, a direct
comparison with the wonder
berry tyrni.
Dried goji berries travel
all the way to store shelves
from their country of origin,
Tibet or Mongolia, where
they have been used as a
medicine for centuries. In a small saucepan, combine grapeseed oil, agave,
vanilla bean inards, vanilla
bean and light brown sugar. 15 MAY 2013
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Superfoods
T I I M O J A A KO N A H O
such as shopping malls,
service stations or concert venues but there
will also be own-restaurant locations. 1/4 cup light brown sugar
. Mouth soreness?
Drinking coconut milk helps
to treat fungal infections
such as canker sores.
It?s no surprise that water contributes on several occasions: when going for a run
(for longer runs of 90 minutes
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Wed 15 May
Santa Cruz
Rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?8/10
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Wed 15 May
?Mental Alaska?:
Asa Irons (USA)
Folk.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?9/10
www.semifinal.fi
Wed 15 May
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
HPO with pianist Ingrid Fliter from
Argentina.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Wed 15 & Thu 16 May
The Original Elvis Tribute
2013 (USA)
Real treat for Elvis fans.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
Tickets ?30/32
www.savoyteatteri.fi
THEATRE & DANCE
Until Sun 12 May
Cirko Festival
Festival dedicated for
contemporary circus.
Cirko, Kaasutehtaankatu 1 & Stoa,
Turunlinnantie 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?10-25
www.cirko.fi
Sat 11 May
Nijinsky?Elo?Inger
Le sacre du printemps by
Vaslaj Nijinsky, Double Evil by
Jorma elo and Walking Mad by
Johan Inger.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Helsinki
Tickets ?12-60
www.opera.fi
Sun 12 & Wed 15 May
C´ensemble: The Office
Tragicomic performance set in the
office environment.
Cirko - Center for New Circus
Maneesi
Kaasutehtaankatu 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?8/12
www.cirko.fi
EXHIBITIONS
Until Sun 19 May
Michelangelo and the Sistine
Chapel
Drawings and artworks from Casa
Buonarroti, Florence.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Bulevardi 40
Tue 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Fri 10:00-18:00
Sat 11:00-17:00
Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0-10
www.sinerbrychoffintaidemuseo.fi
Until Sun 26 May
Marjatta Tapiola
Expressionist and passionate art of
Marjatta Tapiola.
Helsinki Art Museum
Tennis Palace
Salomonkatu 15
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
Until Sun 9 July
Per Maning
One of Norway´s most appreciated
modern artists.
EMMA . 5.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?27.50/37.50
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Sat 11 May
Veronica Falls (UK)
Indie pop.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?15
www.kuudeslinja.com
Tue 14 May
Bring Me The Horizon (UK)
Metal core.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?35
www.thecircus.fi
Sat 11 May
Club Casino Live!
Miss Saana & The Scudda
Hoos and The Firebugs.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Helsinki
Tickets ?7/9
www.barloose.com
Tue 14 May
Itämeri-konsertti
WWF´s charity concert
for Baltic Sea.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?15/18
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 11 May
Myon & Shane54 (HUN)
Dj duo from Hungary.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?12-25
www.thecircus.fi
Sat 11 May
Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi
Group of brilliant pop
musicians, Kerkko Koskinen,
Vuokko Hovatta, Manna
and Paula Vesala.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?20/23
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 11 May
Finnish Chamber Orchestra &
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Beethoven?s Leonore Overture, Piano Concerto No. With the second
record full of confident pop songs such as Teenage and Buried
Alive, Veronica Falls takes a step forward and establishes itself
as a noteworthy indie pop group of the era.
Sat 11 May
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?15
www.kuudeslinja.com
MUSIC
Fri 10 May
Anneke Van Giersbergen (NLD)
Vocalist of The Gathering.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
Tickets ?16
www.elmu.fi
Fri 10 May
Absoluuttinen Nollapiste
Rock.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Helsinki
Tickets ?9/11
www.barloose.com
Fri 10 May
Antti Tuisku
Pop.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?12/14
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Fri 10 May
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra
HPO plays Stravinsky´s Firebird.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 10 May
Kultabassokerho 6 Years
Anniversary
Memmy Posse, Asa, Ruger
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Veronica Falls (UK)
After the fascinating performance at Kuudes Aisti festival last
summer, the London-based indie pop quartet Veronica Falls returns to Helsinki to play their first club gig in Finland. Solonen, Kosola,
Jodarok & Särre.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?15
www.thecircus.fi
Until Sun 26 May
Kunsthalle Helsinki?s Artist of
the Year: Tarmo Paunu
Humoristic and expressive
paintings by Tarmo Paunu.
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
London-based indie pop band Veronica Falls, on 11 May, will play its first club gig in Finland.
Fri 10 May
Heli Kajo
Pop.
Le bonk
Yrjönkatu 24
Helsinki
Tickets ?10/12
www.lebonk.fi
Fri 10 May
Nomad Aid
Charity concert in support
for the school kids in the
Himalayan Mountains.
Gloria
Pieni Roobertinkatu 12
Helsinki
Tickets ?10
Fri 10 May
Club Slam It!
No Good Men live and dj´s Tes La
Rok, Dead-O & Mikael.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?6
www.kuudeslinja.com
Fri 10 May
Duke Bluebeard?s Castle
/ I pagliacci
Operas by Béla Bartók and
Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Helsinki
Tickets ?24-97
www.opera.fi
Fri 10 May
Anni Elif
Jazz in Swedish.
Lavaklubi
Läntinen Teatterikuja 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?8/12
www.lavaklubi.fi
Fri 10 May
Ledokol Lenin (RUS/FIN)
Mixture of psychedelic rock and
Until Sun 26 May
Hannes Heikura:
We Walk Alone
Helsinki streets and loneliness
captured by one of the most important Finnish photojournalists.
Korjaamo Gallery
Töölönkatu 51 B
Open:
Mon-Fri 9:00-21:00
Sat 11:00-19:00
Sun 11:00-17:00
www.korjaamo.fi
Russian folk.
Club Liberté
Kolmas Linja 34
Helsinki
Free entry
www.clubliberte.fi
ny No. 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 Sat 27 July
ART DECO and the Arts
France-Finlande 1905?1935
Exhibition celebrates the art deco
period in art.
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27
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 28 July
MAYA III- Life ?Death-Time
Exhibition presents the
dualistic world view of the
Maya Indians in which life,
death and time are intimately
intertwined.
Didrichen Art Museum
Kuusilahdenkuja 1
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/3/7/10
www.didrichenmuseum.fi
Until Sun 28 July
Vesa Oja: Finglish
The first major photographic
documentary about Finnish
Americans and Finnish
Canadians.
The Finnish Museum of Photography
The Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/4/6
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Until Sun 28 July
Summer School
Comprehensive exhibition
f works by Finnish students
of photography.
The Finnish Museum
of Photography
The Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/4/6
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Until Sun 18 August
Jouko Lehtola . 18
WHERE TO GO
9 . End
of Innocence
Finnish contemporary
photographer.
Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2
Helsinki
Open:
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. The music
of Veronica Falls is a strangely captivating mixture of bright and
sweet pop melodies, stripped-down guitars and a gloomy twist.
The band was formed in 2009 when the band mates from
Sexy Kids, Roxanne Clifford (vocals, guitar) and Patrick Doyle
(drums), teamed up with James Hoare (vocals, guitar) and Marion Herbain (bass guitar). The second album, Waiting for
Something to Happen, was released in early spring this year, and
by now has garnered plenty of positive reviews
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02.45 The Ultimate Coyote Ugly
Search (K16)
03.10 Rookie Blue
04.00 Airport
11.5.
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YLE TEEMA
Mind If I Smoke?
Yle Teema 21.00
08.05 Joanna Lumley: Greek
Odyssey
14.30 Love Your Garden
Horticulturist Alan
Titchmarsh and a team of
experts search for Britain?s
most attractive outdoor
spaces in people?s homes,
and show how to re-create
their looks.
15.25 Return to Cranford
17.05 Call the Midwife
19.40 Midsomer Murders
20.45 Lottery
21.15 Endeavour
22.45 Who Do You Think You
Are?
MTV3
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11.10 Harry and the Hendersons
FILM
Directed by: William Dear.
Starring: John Lithgow,
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Langrick. With Children
07.40 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.35 Matlock
12.30 Mobbed
13.25 Packed to the Rafters
14.20 Hale and Pace
14.55 Airport
15.30 Matlock
16.30 Married. Starring: Harrison
Ford, Kate Capshaw,
Ke Huy Quan.
USA/1984.
23.40 Frasier
00.10 Breaking Bad (K16)
01.15 Lost (K16)
02.40 All in the Family
TV5
06.30 Married. Can Indy rescue
the sacred stone and bring back
the children of Indian village who
have been enslaved. Hogan.
Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh
Dancy, Joan Cusack.
USA/2009.
23.25 Falling Skies (K16)
02.25 Legend of Seeker
03.25 All in the Family
TV5
06.15 Married. Starring: Jim
Carrey, Renée Zellweger,
Chris Cooper. DOC
This is the story of one of the
greatest military challenges:
moving thousands of men
across rivers, continents,
and oceans.
18.40 Sleeping Beauty/Bolshoi
21.00 Mind If I Smoke. USA/2000.
Thursday 9.5.2013
Nelonen 21.00
MTV3 23.25
Friday 10.5.2013. With Children
06.45 A Different Breed
07.40 Dad Camp
08.30 Matlock
12.30 Bodygurds FILM
14.00 Tough Love
15.00 Long Island Medium
17.30 We Have Your Husband
FILM
Directed by: Eric Bross.
Starring: Teri Polo, Esai
Morales, Nicholas Gonzalez.
USA/2011
19.20 Stealing Harvard FILM
Directed by: Bruce
McCulloch. New York (K16)
00.40 Grimm
01.40 Sons of Anarchy (K16)
15.35 Yle Live: Timo Lassy Band
16.50 The Neanderthal Inside Us
DOC
17.45 How to Go to War. Russia-Finland.
23.25 The Beach (K16) FILM
Directed by: Danny Boyle.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,
Tilda Swinton,
Guillaume Canet.
USA/2000.
01.45 Miami Medical
SUB
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Bob?s Burgers
14.55 Tabatha?s Salon Takeover
15.55 Oliver?s Twist
16.25 Eastenders
19.00 Two and a Half Men
19.30 Middle
20.00 The Simpsons
21.00 Me, Myself and Irene FILM
A nice-guy cop with
dissociative identity
disorder must protect a
woman on the run from a
corrupt ex-boyfriend and
his associates. Finland-Austria
21.00 Amazing Race
22.40 Lottery and Joker
23.45 RocknRolla (K16) FILM
In London, a real-estate
scam puts millions of pounds
up for grabs, attracting
some of the city?s scrappiest
tough guys and its more
established underworld
types, all of whom are
looking to get rich quick.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom
Wilkinson, Thandie Newton.
UK/2008.
02.00 Southland (K16)
SUB
11.00
14.00
14.30
15.00
16.00
17.00
18.00
21.00
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World Palooza
Better Off Ted
Perfect Couples
Jamie?s Chef
Top Chef
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Speed Racer FILM
A young driver aspires to
be champion of the racing
world with the help of
his family and his hightech Mach 5 automobile.
Directed by: Andy and Lana
Wachawski, Starring: Emile
Hirsch, Christina Ricci,
Nicholas Elia. USA/1995.
NELONEN
12.00
13.00
13.30
14.35
15.05
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Animal Rescue
Animal ABC
Dog Rescue
Animal Rescue
Shake It Up
90210
Confessions of a
Shopaholic FILM
Directed by: P.J. Starring: Martin
Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren
Oates. USA/1973.
23.20 The Zen of Bennett
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.10 Wizards of Waverly Place
09.15 Luxury Mamas
09.45 Princess
10.15 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
14.55 School Mum Makeover
16.00 Bridezillas
17.00 Animal ABC
19.30 Guinness World Records
21.00 Four Weddings and a
Funeral FILM
Over the course of
five social occasions, a
committed bachelor must
consider the notion that he
may have discovered love.
Directed by: Mike Newell.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie
MacDowell.
UK/1994.
23.40 Falling Skies (K16)
03.40 All in the Family
TV5
06.45 Married. Starring: Dennis
Farina, Tom Green, Jason
Lee. Together
they search for a mystical stone
stolen from an Indian community
and stumble upon a dangerous
Thuggee cult. With Children
17.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.55 The King of Queens
18.25 That ?70s Show
21.00 Back to the Future II FILM
Directed by: Robert
Zemeckis. Pakula.
Starring: Donald Sutherland,
Jane Fonda, Roy Scheider.
USA/1971.
YLE TEEMA
Me, Myself and Irene
Sub 21.00
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07.00 Children?s Programming
08.00 Wizards of Waverly Place
09.00 Luxury Mamas
09.30 Princess
10.30 Three Wishes
Directed by: Martha
Coolidge. Co-starring gorgeous
Virginie Ledoyen, this journey
to the unexpected, full of
surprises, twists and turns, love
and romance, lust and desire,
explores the hidden perils and
dark places that lurk just beyond the shores of paradise...
Directed by: Danny Boyle.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,
Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume
Canet. Exotic locales, wild
chases, death-defying cliffhangers, last-minute rescues, screaming damsels, and tribal sacrifices
are the order of the day as the
threesome attempt to acquire
the stolen stone. USA/1987.
16.00 Ice Hockey World
Championship SPORT
In Finnish. USA/2010.
23.20 69 Things to Do Before
You Die (K18)
00.00 A Housewife Named
Candy (K18) FILM
Directed by: Francis Locke.
Starring: Nicole Oring,
Joelean, Dante Brice.
USA/2008.
01.50 We Have Your Husband
FILM
Directed by: Eric Bross.
Starring: Teri Polo, Esai
Morales, Nicholas Gonzalez.
USA/2011.
03.30 Airport
The Beach
In the second Indiana Jones film,
dashing, whip-wielding archaeologist-adventurer Indy is joined
by beautiful nightclub chanteuse
Willie (Kate Capshaw) and a
12-year-old sidekick named Short
Round (Quan Ke Huy). USA/2008.
23.40 C.S.I. Starring: Billy
Zane, Christopher Lloyd,
Elijah Wood. USA/1989.
23.05 Repo Men (K18) FILM
Set in the near future when
artificial organs can be
bought on credit, the film
revolves around a man
who struggles to make the
payments on a heart he has
purchased. Not
everyone is in the mood for
a party, however, as Jenny
finds when she meets Nora
Harding, a mother-of-eight
distraught that she will soon
have another mouth to feed.
22.55 Newsroom
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Jamie?s Kitchen
14.15 Minute to Win It
15.15 Traffic Light
15.45 Grand Designs
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
20.00 Ice Hockey World
Championship SPORT
In Finnish. With Children
17.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.30 The King of Queens
18.30 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
20.00 Mark Zuckerberg: Inside
Facebook DOC
In just seven years, Mark
Zuckerberg has gone from
his Harvard college dorm to
running a business with 800
million users, and a possible
value of $100 billion.
21.00 Ali G Indahouse (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Mark Mylod.
Starring: Charles Dance,
Kellie Bright, Martin
Freeman.
USA/2002.
22.50 Women Who Sweat DOC
23.45 The Only Way is Essex
(K16)
00.15 Jersey Shore
01.05 My Small Breasts & I
02.15 Airport
saturday
10.5.
11.05 Yle News in English
12.45 As Time Goes By
16.00 Joanna Lumley: Greek
Odyssey
Joanna Lumley explores the
north of Greece, travelling
from the western Ionian
island of Corfu to where the
country borders Bulgaria
and Turkey in the east.
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 Call the Midwife
The locals excitedly prepare
for the summer fete,
featuring a baby show for
which Trixie volunteers to
secure a celebrity judge. Starring: Patrick
Swayze, Joseph Mazzello.
USA/1995.
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.50 Sarah 101
14.50 Jane Austen Book Club
FILM
Directed by: Robin Swicord.
Starring: Maria Bello,
Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker.
USA/2007.
17.00 Frasier
21.00 Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Steven
Spielberg. DOC
The dangers of tobacco
were well known before,
but health concerns and
prevention of illness were
far from dominating the
public debate as is the case
today.
21.45 Smoke FILM
Directed by: Wayne Wang.
Starring: William Hurt,
Harvey Keitel. USA/1984.
Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio) a
young American backpacker,
is willing to risk his life for just
one thing: that mind-blowing
rush you can only get from
braving the ultimate adventure.
But on a secret, deceptively
perfect beach, he will soon
discover that, as the level of
intensity rises and the stakes
climb higher, desire grows
stronger... Directed
by: Bobby Farrelly, Peter
Farrelly. USA/2002.
21.00 The Social Network FILM
Directed by: David Fincher.
Starring: Andrew Garfield,
Brenda Song, Jesse
Eisenberg. Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy
Quan. Directed by:
Miguel Sapochnik. and danger grows
deeper. Miami (K16)
00.25 Shameless (K16)
Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom
17.10 Harbours: Gateways to the
World
Shanghai.
19.00 Recipe for Murder
21.50 Badlands (K16) FILM
This film is about a teenage
girl and her twenty-fiveyear-old boyfriend who
slaughtered her entire
family and several others
in the Dakota badlands.
Directed by: Terrence
Malick. USA/2000.
23.25 C.S.I. Themba, the baby
elephant, lost his mother
after she fell down a cliff.
The team at the Shamwari
Rehabilitation Centre rescued
him and for two years they
dedicated their lives to
getting this very special
orphan back to the wild.
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Mentalist
23.05 Hannibal (K18) FILM
Directed by: Ridley Scott.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins,
Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta.
UK/USA/2001.
SUB
09.25 Eastenders
14.25 Sons of Tucson
14.55 Undercover Boss
15.55 Oliver?s Twist
16.25 Eastenders
19.00 Two and a Half Men
19.30 Raising Hope
20.00 The Simpsons
22.00 The Following (K16)
23.00 House
00.00 Heroes
YLE TEEMA
TV1
19.00 Lark Rise to Candleford
20.30 Food Unwrapped
21.00 The Neanderthal Inside Us
DOC
23.25 Klute (K16) FILM
Directed by: Alan J. Directed by:
Steven Spielberg. 15 MAY 2013
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friday
9.5.
TV1
Panorama:
The Spies Who Fooled the World
T V1 22.00
08.05 Swamp Lions DOC
09.05 Heartbeat
12.35 As Time Goes By
17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 Benidorm
20.00 Love Your Garden
SERIES BEGINS.
22.00 Panorama: The Spies Who
Fooled the World DOC
This documentary reveals
how key aspects of the
secret intelligence used by
Downing Street and the
White House to justify the
invasion were based on
fabrication, wishful thinking
and lies.
23.00 Monk
MTV3
08.00 Children?s Programming
09.45 The Young and the
Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Amazing Race
12.30 Quest for Atlantis:
Startling New Secrets
DOC
14.20 Jamie at Home
14.55 Oliver?s Twist
15.25 Middle
15.55 Wild & Woolly - An
Elephant and His Sheep
This is an extraordinary tale
of an amazing friendship
between a baby elephant and
a sheep. 20
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07.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.00 Matlock
12.00 Jean-Claude Van Damme:
Behind the Closed Doors
12.55 Dad Camp
13.50 Hale and Pace
14.25 Airport
15.00 Matlock
16.00 Married
The world?s
scientists have studied the
phenomenon and come to
alarming results.
14.30 JFK . In return, Aileen
asks for a simple favor which
Saul struggles to fulfill.
23.40 Human Target (K16)
00.40 Louie
SUB
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Top Chef
14.55 ER
15.55 Oliver?s Twist
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Mythbusters
19.00 Two and a Half Men
19.30 Don?t Trust the B**** in
Apartment 23
20.00 The Simpsons
20.30 Big Bang Theory
21.00 The Incredible Hulk FILM
Directed by: Louis Leterrier.
Starring: Edward Norton,
Liv Tyler, Tim Roth.
USA/2008.
23.15 C.S.I.
00.15 Breakout Kings
01.15 The Simpsons
01.45 Fringe
17.00 Filthy Cities: Medieval
London DOC
Historian Dan Snow gets
down and dirty in Medieval
grime to discover the hard
way how the London we
know was forged in the filth
of the 14th century.
20.30 Harbours: Gateways to the
World
22.00 Prisoners of War (K16)
23.35 Cool Hand Luke (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Stuart
Rosenberg. Starring: Paul
Newman, George Kennedy,
Strother Martin.
USA/1967.
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.10 Wizards of Waverly Place
09.15 Luxury Mamas
09.45 Princess
10.15 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.20 Princess
13.55 Sarah 101
14.55 School Mum Makeover
16.00 90210
17.00 Frasier
17.30 Dr. TV GUIDE
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time in the mountains with
shepherds and learns how
they played a key role in the
fight against Nazi occupation.
21.00 Newsroom
23.00 Smarty Plants DOC
Is it possible that plants
are smarter than we think?
They are among the world?s
oldest and most successful
organisms and represent some
of the strangest and longest
living life forms on the planet.
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Jamie?s Food Escapes
14.15 America?s Supernanny
A Supernanny moves into
the homes of parents
throughout the country who
are seeking guidance and
assistance on how to best
raise their children.
15.20 Better with You
15.50 Undercover Boss
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.
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
20.00 Ice Hockey World
Championship SPORT
In Finnish. and avoid
deportation to Canada.
Directed by: Anne Fletcher.
Starring: Sandra Bullock,
Ryan Reynolds, Mary
Steenburgen.
USA/2009.
23.30 Falling Skies
02.25 Lost
03.25 All in the Family
TV5
06.10 Bodygurads DOC
07.10 Matlock
08.05 3rd Rock from the Sun
12.00 Matlock
14.00 That ?70s Show
16.30 David Blaine: Magic Man
17.25 Spy Kids 2 . Directed by:
Drew Drowdle, John Erick
Drowdle. led siege of Fallujah
in April of 2004, Fallujah
became a symbol of heroism
and resistance in Iraq.
MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Jamie?s Ministry of Food
14.15 The Changing Ape DOC
15.20 Raising Hope
15.45 Kevin?s Grand Design
17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 House
22.35 Homeland (K16)
Brody attends a political
fund-raiser at a Virginia
horse farm with his family.
Saul meets Aileen, who is
in solitary confinement at a
prison and ask her help on
latest attack. Directed
by: Vincente Minnelli.
Starring: Judy Holliday,
Dean Martin. Phil
20.00 America?s Next Topmodel
21.00 007: Licence to Kill (K16)
FILM
This time Bond gets mad
after a close friend from
the intelligence sector is
tortured on his wedding day
and 007 goes undercover
to link the murder to an
international drug cartel.
Directed by: John Glen.
Starring: Timothy Dalton,
Carey Lowell, Robert Davi.
UK/USA/1989.
23.55 Frasier
00.25 Once Upon a Time
01.25 Legend of Seeker
02.55 All in the Family
TV5
06.15 Tough Love
07.10 Expedition Impossible
08.00 Jean-Claude Van Damme:
Behind the Closed Doors
12.00 Breakthrough With Tony
Robbins
12.55 Junior MasterChef Australia
13.50 Hale and Pace
14.25 Airport
15.00 Matlock
16.00 Married. Starring: Bruce
Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rita
Wilson. DOC
This is the story of the
development of the
professional soldier, clothed
and kitted with the latest
technology. UK/2000.
After suffering the humiliation
of being given the third degree
by his girlfriend?s father, one
man now faces the even more
embarrassing task of introducing
his own mother and father. With Children
07.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.00 Matlock
12.00 Expedition Impossible
12.55 A Different Breed
13.50 Hale and Pace
14.25 Airport
15.00 Matlock
16.00 Married. With Children
17.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.30 The King of Queens
18.30 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
21.00 Vantage Point FILM
The attempted assassination
of the American President is
told and re-told from several
different perspectives.
Directed by: Pete Travis.
Starring: Dennis Quaid,
Edgar Ramirez,
Sigourney Weaver.
USA/2008.
22.50 Devil (K16) FILM
A group of people are
trapped in an elevator and
the Devil is mysteriously
amongst them. Starring:
Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock,
Maura Tierney. USA/2004.
TV5 21.00
Monday 13.5.2013
Sub 21.00
Tuesday 14.5.2013. The Island of
Lost Dreams FILM
Directed by: Robert
Rodriguez.
Starring: AlexaVega,
Antonio Banderas.
USA/2002.
tuesday
13.5.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Homeland
MTV3 22.35
10.00 Heartbeat
11.35 Planet for Sale DOC
The financial and food crises
that have been rocking the
world since 2008 have had
a little known side effect:
they sparked a mad race
for control of farmlands all
around the planet.
12.30 As Time Goes By
15.05 Yle News in English
16.00 Who Do You Think You Are?
Vanessa Williams.
17.08 Heartbeat
23.25 Falluja, a Lost Generation?
After the resistance
movement in Fallujah
successfully repelled the
first U.S. USA/1960.
20.55 Rush: Beyond the Lighted
Stage
22.45 Yle Live: Edu Kettunen
NELONEN
11.45 Animal ABC
12.15 Dog Rescue
13.20 Animal Rescue
14.30 Frasier
19.00 Guinness World Records
20.00 Once Upon a Time
21.00 The Proposal FILM
A pushy boss forces her
young assistant to marry
her in order to keep her Visa
status in the U.S. New York (K16)
23.55 Royal Pains
00.55 30 Rock
SUB
09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Top Chef
14.55 ER
15.55 Oliver?s Twist
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Jamie?s Chef
19.00 Two and a Half Men
19.30 How I Met Your Mother
20.00 The Simpsons
21.00 Meet the Fockers FILM
Directed by: Jay Roach.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Teri
Polo, Robert De Niro.
USA/2004.
23.15 Grimm (K16)
00.15 Alcatraz (K16)
17.25 The Full Monteverdi
21.00 How to Go to War. Phil
21.00 10 Things I Hate About
You FILM
A new kid must find a guy
to date the meanest girl in
school, the older sister of
the girl he has a crush on,
who cannot date until her
older sister does.
Directed by: Gil Junger.
Starring: Heath Ledger,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Julia Stiles.
USA/1999.
23.20 Frasier
00.20 The Deadliest Roads
01.50 All in the Family
TV5
06.00 Married. Directed: Lasse
Hallström. Directed by:
Bronwen Hughes. Latvia-Finland
22.55 C.S.I. Starring:
AlexaVega, Antonio
Banderas, Carla Gugino.
USA/2002.
20.00 NCIS: Los Angeles (K16)
21.00 The Wolfman (K16) FILM
Upon his return to his
ancestral homeland, an
American man is bitten, and
subsequently cursed by, a
werewolf.
Directed by: Joe Johnston.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins,
Benicio Del Toro,
Emily Blunt.
USA/2010.
23.00 Las Vegas
02.40 Spy Kids 2 . Starring: Bojana
Novakovic,
Bokeem Woodbine,
Chris Messina.
USA/2010.
02.10 Airport
Chocolat
Meet the Fockers
In 1959, a mysterious single
mother Vianne (Juliette Binoche) and her pre-teen daughter move into a small French
village and open a chocolate
shop just as lent is beginning.
The village?s small-minded
mayor cannot accept this and
does his best to shut her down,
but her warm personality and
incredible chocolates manage
to win over many townsfolk.
Things get shaken up even
more when a group of river
drifters, led by the handsome
Irish Gypsy named Roux
(Johnny Depp), stop into town.
Vianne teaches the townspeople something about acceptance, and finds love for herself
along the way. A Homecoming
15.25 Cranford
In the 1840s, Cranford is
ruled by the ladies. They
adore good gossip; and
romance and change is in the
air, as the unwelcome grasp
of the Industrial Revolution
rapidly approaches their
beloved rural market-town.
18.15 Foyle?s War
As World War II rages
around the world, a police
inspector fights his own
war on the home-front
in investigating murder,
robbery, and espionage on
the south coast of England.
MTV3
07.50 Children?s Programming
15.00 The Story of Us FILM
Ben and Katie Jordan are
a married couple who go
through hard times in
fifteen years of marriage.
Directed by: Rob Reiner,
USA 1999. UK/2000.
23.20 Man Hunters - Meet the
Gigolos (K16)
00.30 Stealing Harvard FILM
Directed by: Bruce
McCulloch. USA/1999.
23.15 The Following (K16)
14.00 Sleeping Beauty/Bolshoi
16.20 The Beauty of Diagrams:
Newton & Nightingale
18.00 Bells Are Ringing FILM
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn
telephone answering
service operator who tries
to improve the lives of her
clients by passing along bits
of information she hears
from other clients. After
getting off on the wrong foot
with his prospective in-laws, Greg
Focker (Ben Stiller) has finally
won the grudging approval of
Jack and Dina Byrnes (Robert De
Niro and Blythe Danner) to marry
their daughter Pam (Teri Polo).
But after clearing the first hurdle,
now Greg has to face an even
bigger challenge - introducing the
straight-laced Byrnes family to his
folks, free-spirited sex therapist
Roz and eccentrically open-minded Bernie, who blend with Pam?s
parents not quite as well as oil and
water. The Island of
Lost Dreams FILM
The Cortez siblings set out
for a mysterious island,
where they encounter a
genetic scientist and a
set of rival spy kids.
Directed by: Robert
Rodriguez. Saul sees
how battlefield medicine
works and experiences
the brutality of a speed
amputation.
23.05 Prisoners of War (K16)
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.10 Wizards of Waverly Place
09.15 Luxury Mamas
09.45 Princess
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.55 Sarah 101
14.55 School Mum Makeover
16.00 Dr. Starring:
Dennis Farina, Tom Green.
USA/2002.
14.5.
TV1
YLE TEEMA
Vantage Point
TV5 21.00
10.00
12.30
15.05
17.08
19.00
Heartbeat
As Time Goes By
Yle News in English
Heartbeat
Joanna Lumley: Greek
Odyssey
The actress explores the
country?s islands, beginning
in Crete . Starring: Alfred Molina, Juliette Binoche, Johnny
Depp. With Children
17.00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17.30 The King of Queens
18.30 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
21.00 Chocolat FILM
Directed: Lasse Hallström.
Starring: Alfred Molina,
Carrie-Anne Moss, Johnny
Depp. USA/1999.
17.00 Mike & Molly
21.00 Revenge
23.45 Without a Trace
SUB
10.30 The Simpsons
13.30 Don?t Trust the B**** in
Apartment 23
14.00 Big Bang Theory
14.30 2 Broke Girls
15.00 Raising Hope
15.30 Middle
16.00 Adventures of Merlin
17.00 Gossip Girl
18.00 American Idol
20.00 Mythbusters
21.00 Forces of Nature FILM
A soon-to-be-married man
encounters an exciting
stranger after his plane
suffers an accident on
takeoff. 15 MAY 2013
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Bells Are Ringing
Yle Teema 18.00
11.15 Who Do You Think You Are?
Vanessa Williams.
13.00 Plastic: The Real Sea
Monster DOC
Millions of tons enter the
ocean every year, pouring out
from rivers and shores, ships
and platforms. Directed by: Jay Roach.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Teri Polo,
Robert De Niro
Single ticket fares: Helsinki (one zone) ?2.50/?2 from ticket machine, Helsinki-Espoo or Helsinki-Vantaa (two zones) ?4 and whole area (three
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18.50 Puccini Ep 2
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08.10 Wizards of Waverly Place
09.15 Luxury Mamas
10.20 Sarah 101
12.50 Luxury Mamas
13.55 Sarah 101
14.55 School Mum Makeover
Led by model mum Melanie
Sykes, School Mum
Makeover gives deserving
parents the opportunity to
reconnect with their former
glamourous selves as they
receive a total head to toe
transformation.
16.00 Bridezillas
17.00 Frasier
21.00 Grey?s Anatomy
The doctors of Seattle Grace
Hospital deal with life-ordeath consequences on a
daily basis.
23.15 Frasier
23.45 Fear Factor 2.0
00.45 Body of Proof
02.15 All in the Family
TV5
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she flashes back to the day of her
deadly wedding, and we learn
of how she was recruited to join
the DiVAS, her training under
unforgiving martial arts master
Pai Mei, and her relationship
with Squad leader Bill, which
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Market halls. one very
overweight and the other
severly underweight ?
swap diets in an attempt to
change the way they view
food and eating.
19.00 Two and a Half Men
19.30 2 Broke Girls
20.00 The Simpsons
22.00 Shameless (K16)
An alcoholic man lives in a
perpetual stupor while his
six children with whom he
lives cope as best they can.
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17.00 The Beauty of Diagrams
DOC
Today we look at Leonardo
da Vinci?s world-famous
diagram of the perfect
human body, which has
many layers from anatomy
to architecture, and defines
our species like no other
drawing before or since.
18.20 Food Unwrapped
Katie Quilton heads to Spain
to find out how pure squeezed,
not-from-concentrate orange
juice is really made and how
?fresh. Operator number 118. With Children
07.30 3rd Rock from the Sun
08.00 Matlock
12.55 Psychic Challenge
International
13.50 Hale and Pace
14.25 Airport
15.00 Matlock
16.00 Married. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
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00.40 Vantage Point FILM
Directed by: Pete Travis.
Starring: Dennis Quaid,
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USA/2008.
02.15 Tough Love Miami
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17.30 The King of Queens
18.30 That ?70s Show
19.00 Las Vegas
21.00 Kill Bill: Volume 2 (K16)
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9 . More than 30
years later it was revealed
that the plane was on a
highly classified mission
and the Russian government
acknowledged that its Soviet
predecessor shot down the
DC-3.
22.00 Treme
23.05 Panorama: The Spies Who
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MTV3
09.45 The Young and the Restless
10.35 Emmerdale
11.35 Jamie?s Dream School
14.10 Smash
15.15 Last Man Standing
15.45 Kevin?s Grand Design
Kevin McCloud sets out to
do what Britain?s housing
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17.00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 Person of Interest
23.05 Mythbusters
00.10 Listener
01.10 30 Rock
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09.25 Eastenders
14.00 Wild Animal ER
14.55 Dirty Dancing: The Time of
Your Life
15.55 Oliver?s Twist
16.25 Eastenders
18.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
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10.00 Heartbeat
11.05 Mystery of the Lost
Leonardo
12.30 As Time Goes By
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17.08 Heartbeat
19.00 Mystery of the Missing
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This is the story of a Swedish
Air Force DC-3 which
disappeared over the Baltic
Sea in 1952. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. Public phones
are scarce. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. 2 on
her deadly pursuit of her former
partners in the Deadly Viper
Assassination Squad, who, in a
furious assault, attempted to
murder her and her unborn child
on her wedding day. Night buses operate extensively at weekends. In the evenings and at weekends adults in need of urgent medical treatment in Helsinki should go to emergency health
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female voluntary. The currency exchange counter at the harbour
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code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market Square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. Dial 112
Something was
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So now it is altogether my
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charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
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really tried. Yellow Line Airport Taxi service offers services across
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9 . The less I knew
the more exciting and adventurous it felt.
I landed the job and later in October that year, I also
landed in Helsinki. still
wasn?t a common way of
learning what you needed.
Actually, at that time I knew
only three things about Finland: that Santa Claus lived
here some place in the north;
and two Finnish names, Matti Nykänen and Juha Mieto, which I remembered
from sports competitions I
watched when I was a kid. I
did know that Helsinki was
Finland?s capital but I do not
count this one. The
booking centre is open Mon-Fri 8-21, Sat-Sun 12-21, tel. I liked it a lot.
I knew very little about
the country I wanted to move
to. It
was a sunny summer day and
I still remember sitting on a
bench waiting for a taxi to
take me back to the airport.
What I saw was a modern
Nokia of?ce building behind
me and forest starting almost right on the other side
of the street in front of me.
I could smell the soothing
scent of the forest, carried by
a warm wind. Ecobike, Savilankatu 1B, tel. I did
not know it was possible at
all. I had
applied for a job in Nokia. Was it the
proximity of the nature, the
thrills of short Finnish summers, tasty ruisleipä and other type of delicious breads or
maybe Juhannus celebrations in a mökki. Another, slightly slower bus
option (45 min.) to the airport is a city bus number 615, which departs
from platform 5 next to Helsinki Central Railway Station. Actually, I do not
think I need to do it to make
sure they really exist.
When looking back at all
these years, what I sometimes re?ect upon is that
during this time I also left
Finland twice and each time
came back. Taxi Helsinki ordering centre tel. Ticket ?4.
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Airport taxis. 0600
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