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k a r I h U h ta , a n n a - l I I n a k a U h a n E n . Last time, support
increased by five and opposition by
three per cent,. The national broadcasting
company reported on Thursday that
26.7 per cent of voters who have already made up their mind would
vote for the Centre and 17.3 per cent
the National Coalition.
Tuomioja estimates that the trend is an indication of the polarisation of attitudes toward Nato.
finns concerned about
developments in Russia
respondents stated their continuing
support for military non-alignment.
On the other hand, the attitudes
of respondents toward Nordic defence co-operation were largely
positive, with three out of four estimating that the co-operation enhances security in Finland.
Public support for Nato membership, in turn, increased by 9 percentage points year-on-year to 30
per cent, its highest ever reading
in the annual survey by MTS. You can
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out of four Finns are concerned about developments in Russia
as well as their effects on the security situation in Finland, finds a survey
commissioned by the Advisory Board
for Defence Information (MTS).
Last year, no more than 42 per cent
of the people surveyed expressed
their Russia-related concerns.
Currently, 63 per cent of Finns
are of the opinion that the actions
of Russia have already had a negative effect on the security situation
in Finland. Meanwhile, the Social Democratic Party and the Finns
Party are practically neck and neck
in the race for third place, with their
respective support ratings of 15.8
and 15.7 per cent.
The upward trend for the Centre and the downward trend for the
National Coalition have both continued throughout this autumn.
The Social Democratic Party, in
turn, has seen its approval rating improve moderately in recent
months.
The results of the poll are in line
with a report published by YLE last
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supporters of the Green League and
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to 30 per cent and by 16 percentage
points to 24 per cent respectively.
Support for the membership also increased among supporters of
the Social Democratic Party . from
17 to 29 per cent . Similarly to last year,
11 per cent of the supporters revealed that they would vote for Nato membership.
The survey also indicates that 56
per cent of Finns expect the global security situation to deteriorate
further over the next five years.
Carried out by Taloustutkimus,
the survey canvassed the attitudes
of a total of 1,023 Finns on 22 foreign, security and defence policy
issues. The
share of Finns who oppose membership in the defence alliance has similarly decreased, from 70 to 60 per
cent, according to the survey.
Erkki Tuomioja (SDP), the Minister for Foreign Affairs, estimates
that the growing support for Nato membership is clearly attributable to the actions of Russia in
Ukraine and the consequent political tensions.
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs
also estimates that the trend is an
indication of the polarisation of attitudes toward Nato: although both
support and opposition have intensified, the situation is likely to remain unchanged in the long term.
Support for Nato membership has increased
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over the past 12 months,
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In reality, howev-
IN ANTICIPATINg
devoid of any strategic assessment of the region.
tional values, resulting in less
respect for the United States.
regional experts also
believe that popular frustration with regime intransigence and repression would
lead to radicalisation and increased terrorism.
yET WHILE Mubarak?s acquittal might soon fade from
the front pages of the Egyptian media, the Arab peoples?
struggle for human rights,
bread, dignity and democracy will continue.
MANy
THE RISE of Islamic State
(ISIS or IS) is the latest example of how popular frustration, especially among Sunni
Muslims, could drive a terrorist organisation.
THIS phenomenon sadly has
become all too apparent in
Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Iraq,
Yemen, Libya, Algeria and
elsewhere. own and do not represent
the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
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Egyptian protesters shout slogans on Abdel Moneim Riad Square in the capital Cairo on 5 December,
during a demonstration against a court's decision to drop a murder charge against ousted president
Hosni Mubarak.
Mubarak acquitted as Egypt?s
counterrevolution thrives
E M IL E N A K H L E H . who cried out for
good governance.
REgARDLESS of how weak or
solid the prosecution?s case
against Mubarak was, the
court?s ruling was not about
law or legal arguements ?
from day one it was about politics and counter-revolution.
The unsurprising decision
does, however, offer several
critical lessons for the region
and for the United States.
authoritarian regimes,
whether dynasties or presidential republics, have perfected the art of survival,
ARAB
power and influence as directly linked to the dictator.
THE SURVIVAL of both the dictator and the regime is predicated on the deeply held
assumption that power-sharing with the public is detrimental to the regime and
anathema to the country?s
stability. regime, Arab
dictators in Egypt and elsewhere have created a pro-regime judiciary, dependable
and well-financed military
and security services, a compliant parliament, a responsive council of ministers and
supple and controlled media.
IN ORDER
AUTOCRATS have also ensured crucial loyalty through
patronage and threats of retribution; influential elements
within the regime see their
er, the decision had everything
to do with a pre-ordained decision on the part of the Sisi regime to turn the page on the
January 25 revolution.
regimes
across the Arab world are expected to welcome Mubarak?s
acquittal and the Sisi regime?s decision to move away
from the pro-democracy demands that rocked Egypt in
January 2011.
AUTHORITARIAN
King Hamad, for
example, called Mubarak
the day the decision was announced to congratulate him,
according to the official news
agency of the Gulf Arab island nation.
BAHRAIN?S
THE NEW yORK Times has
also reported that the Si-
No serious observer of Egypt would have been surprised by the decision to acquit Mubarak and his cronies of the charges of killing dozens
of peaceful demonstrators at Tahrir Square in January 2011.
CHIEf
judiciary, the
Sisi military junta, and the
pliant Egyptian media provided the backdrop to the
court?s ruling, which indicates how a popular revolution can topple a dictator but
not the regime?s entrenched
levers of power.
THE EgyPTIAN
INDEED,
no serious observer of Egypt would have been
surprised by the decision to
acquit Mubarak and his cronies of the charges of killing
dozens of peaceful demonstrators at Tahrir Square in
January 2011.
ishing him with billions of
dollars. Time
after time, autocrats in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and
Syria have also seen Washington?s tactical policies in the
region trump American na-
ARAB
SISI believes the US still views
his country as a critical ally in
the region, especially because
of its peace treaty with Israel, and therefore would not
cut its military aid to Egypt
despite its egregious human
rights record. They have used Islam
for their cynical ends, urged
the security service to silence
the opposition and encouraged the pliant media to articulate the regime?s narrative.
to control the
?deep state. In response to
popular resistance, however,
the regimes in these countries
have simply applied more repression and destruction.
INDEED,
Sisi and other Arab
autocrats have yet to learn
the crucial lesson of the Arab Spring: people cannot be
forced to kneel forever.
si regime is confident that
because of the growing disinterest in demonstrations
and instability, absolving
Mubarak would not rile up
the Egyptian public.
fOCUSED on Sisi?s policies toward his people, Arab autocrats seem less attentive to
Washington?s policies in the
region than they have been at
any time in recent decades.
If THE SISI regime?s reading
of the public mood proves accurate, Arab autocrats would
indeed welcome the Egyptian
ruling with open arms, believing that popular protests
on behalf of democracy and
human rights would be, in
the words of the Arabic proverb, like a ?summer cloud
that will soon dissipate.?
THEy judge American regional policies as rudderless and
preoccupied with tactical
developments.
HOWEVER , most students of
the region believe Arab dictators. Based on this
belief, Egypt continues to ignore the consequences of its
own destructive policies.
NOW MIgHT be the right
time, however, for Washington to reexamine its own
position toward Egypt and
reassert its support for human rights and democratic
transitions in the Arab world.
United States is interested in containing the
growth of terrorism in the region, it must ultimately focus
on the economic, political,
and social root causes that
push young Muslim Arabs towards violent extremism.
If THE
Emile Nakhleh is a Research
Professor at the University of
New Mexico, a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations,
and author of ?A Necessary
Engagement:
Reinventing
America?s Relations with the
Muslim World.?
The views expressed in this article are those of the author
and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should
not be attributed to, IPS-Inter
Press Service.
Edited by Kitty Stapp. Articles should be at least 5,000 characters-with-spaces long
(maximum length 10,000). They have
used bloody sectarianism and
the threat of terrorism to delegitimise popular protests
and discredit demands for
genuine political reform.
put a legal
imprimatur on the dictator of
Egypt?s campaign to re-write
history.
THE ACQUITTAL
the 2013 coupe
that toppled President Mohamed Morsi, who is still in
jail facing various trumped
up charges, Arab dictators
cheered on former Field Marshall and current President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, lav-
fOLLOWINg
cronyism, systemic corruption
and control of potential opponents. They parodied his
narrative against the voices . secularists and Islamists alike . The opinions expressed in this section are the writers. IP S
of former
Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak is not
a legal or political surprise.
Yet it carries serious ramifications for Arab autocrats
who are leading the counterrevolutionary charge, as
well as the United States.
THE ACQUITTAL
decision, announced November 29 in Cairo, was the last nail in the
coffin of the so-called Arab
Spring and the Arab upheavals
for justice, dignity and freedom that rocked Egypt and
other Arab countries in 2011.
THE COURT?S
United States is interested in containing the
growth of terrorism in the region, it must ultimately focus
on the economic, political,
and social root causes that
push young Muslim Arabs towards violent extremism.
If THE
Judge Mahmud Kamel
al-Rashidi, who read the acquittal decision, and his fellow judges on the panel are
holdovers from the Mubarak
era.
ARAB autocrats in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United
Arab Emirates and elsewhere
have worked feverishly to
stamp out all vestiges of the
2011 revolutions. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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regimes and publics
have heard lofty American
speeches in support of democratic values and human
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driven politics in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and several
other countries since the beginning of the Arab Spring.
popular anger about the acquittal decision, Judge Rashidi had the
temerity to publicly claim that
the decision ?had nothing to do
with politics.. 2
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?Doctors are critical.?
One in five doctors felt the
true score was a 4 or 5.
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7. A health care
law which came in to force in
2011 made it possible to incorporate such a feature.
The way the feature functioned didn?t wake exclamations of excitement, but
dissatisfaction decreased.
Electronic prescription,
or e-prescription, didn?t escape criticism either. - 27.1.
2015
What?s wrong with the
system?
?Patient databases are
complicated,. Improvements were made following
the previous study, but finding information still takes so
long that it hampers work,
according to doctors. The
most critical respondents
were hospital doctors, who
give the system an average
grade of 6.5 out of 10. says Jarmo Reponen,
a professor at Oulu University involved in conducting the
study. It is difficult to
make changes quickly.?
visible features
There are many systems, and
the study focused on the 12
most commonly used. 65.6%
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Doctors criticise patient
information database for being
slow and crashing easily
Doctors say hospitals and healthcare centres use programmes that are slow, crash
easily and even put patients at risk.
Pä I v I R E P O . Doctors working at health centres gave a similar score.
?The average score was 6.6
in 2010, the same as it is this
year,. They also
reflect the way doctors approach work, so that if you
change the system, the approach also needs to be
changed. explains Reponen, a professor of medical
information technology.
?They are larger than office programmes. During a 20 minute long appointment with a patient, almost
half get frustrated with information technology.
?If I use a programme
rarely, I always have to find
the instructions,. 17 DECEMBER 2014
THE PuBLIC sector in Finland
is one of the least corrupted in the world, according to
Transparency International.
The
anti-corruption
watchdog in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index
ranks the public sector in
Denmark as the least corrupted and the public sector
in New Zealand as the second
least corrupted in the world.
After topping the index in
2012, Finland has now been
ranked as the third least corrupted country in the world
for two years in succession,
both times with a score of 89.
Elsewhere, Sweden fell
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while all Nordic countries
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The most critical respondents were hospital doctors.
content with it. After graduating as a
youth counsellor, he started to work with r3, a Vantaa-based
immigrant youth support organisation whose goal is to improve the status and condition of young immigrants and prevent their marginalisation via social inclusion.
Ibrahim fled from Somalia and arrived in Finland in 1996
at the age of ten to join his older sister, whereas their parents
remained due to lack of money. 34.4%
No . The majority of respondents were accustomed users who have been
using the systems for years.
Since the previous study
was conducted, the program
has adopted a feature which
makes patient information
visible within the same hospital district, without the patient?s permission.
The new feature is one
which doctors had wished
for when the last study was
carried out. With the
help of his given title, awarded now to immigrants for the third
occasion, he hopes to raise the awareness of these issues and
improve the situation.
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The number of households mulling over buying a car has
decreased considerably over the past decade.
Do you currently own a car?
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PATIENT INfORMATION databases used in hospitals and
healthcare centres are difficult: slow, crashing easily
and complicated to use.
So claims a study by the
Finnish Medical Association,
Aalto University, and the National Institute for Health
and Welfare, published in the
most recent edition of the
Finnish Medical Journal.
About 3,500 doctors were
involved in the study. Half of her
time is spent working as an
anaesthesiologist.
?An update always requires additional training.?
finland one of the
least corrupted
countries in the world
One, an American advocacy group combating extreme
poverty, has estimated that
developing countries are deprived of at least one trillion
dollars, or 760 billion euros,
a year due to corruption. H S
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Ibrahim sees that immigrant youth are facing different
problems in Finland, including unemployment, homelessness
and a limited availability of Finnish-language courses. describes
Tuula Rajaniemi, chairperson of the Finnish Medical Association. H S
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The efforts taken in recent decades to combat poverty are in danger of going
to waste due to corruption
in developing countries, One
cautions.
T uuL I vAT T uL A IN E N ,
H A NNE S N I S S IN E N . The United
States came in 17th and Russia 136th out of the total of
175 countries included in the
2014 Corruption Perceptions
Index.
The countries at the bottom of the index were North
Korea, Somalia, Sudan and
Afghanistan.
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Where we excel is having exceptionally
small differences in learning results between schools,
with all schools performing consistently well.
schools in Britain and France, 5-year-old pupils are able to recite passages by Shakespeare from
memory. She is a member of the Defence Committee, Finance Committee, Subcommittee for Security and Administration and Subcommittee
for Municipal and Health Affairs. Children in these countries often have long
school days, particularly in families where parents
have set their hearts on raising academically successful children. The equal distribution of income
coupled with opportunities to fulfil their potential that
are granted to Finnish children from birth, creates an
encouraging society in which to grow up. With Christmas approaching,
now is the right time to turn our focus on the foundation of our previous success. The
metropolitan city would be responsible for the main policies
concerning the economy, governance, advancing competitiveness, planning land usage
and ordering and producing
social and health services.
The governments of the
municipalities will gather
the opinions of the citizens
and take the proposition to
the disposal of the council in
February-March."
?Despite the sanctions
against Russia, Finland?s officials have shown strength
in character and made an
important and nationally
essential decision about cooperation with Russia,. TUOMAS MANNINEN
Foreign Minister John Kerry greets
Finns: you are an inspiration to others
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H o T o / L E o n n E A L
Finnish school system is
built on time and equality
IN RECENT years, general attitudes in Finland have be-
come more goal-oriented, while the gap in income and
wellbeing has widened. MIRJA SIPINEN
Russia?s media: Finland
invests despite sanctions
positive decision
regarding Fennovoima?s nuclear power station has been
received with delight in Russia. How does our school
system then produce such good results and over such
a short period of time?
of weeks ago we celebrated Universal Children?s Day, 25 years after the Convention on the Rights
of the Child was adopted by the UN General Assembly.
The day served as a good reminder of what children
need first and foremost: warmth, safety and food. estimates Paul Kanev from the
Moscow State University, interviewed by RIA Novosti.
city, which has resources to
take care of the well-being of
its citizens, is culturally open
and invigorating and takes
responsibility of the international success of Finland,. By training,
Väätäinen is a nurse, which gives its own perspective to her parliamentary work. They are
not yet learning their ABCs and they are not expected to, but in ten years. As areas of cooperation he mentions energy safety, global climate,
health and teaching, as well
as the TTIP contract currently under negotiations.
Kerry?s greeting ends
with a promise:
?As you celebrate this day,
please know that the United
States of America will always
stand with you as a faithful friend and partner. We all know that sometimes a good night?s sleep
or a long walk helps us get our heads around something
complicated.
a COupLE
aNOTHER major factor that helps to explain the excel-
lent performance of Finnish school children is the social environment. HEIKKI JANTUNEN
Metropolitan area proposed to
become subordinate to one government
"a NEW STuDy proposes combining the five municipalities
of the Metropolitan area.
The ministry of finance
launched a specific inquest of
the division of municipalities
in the Helsinki metropolitan
area in December 2013. Continuous work is
required to improve equality between families, which
is why we have introduced new laws concerning social
services during this government term in order to offer
new services for families who need them.
A study proposes combining the municipalities of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Sipoo, Vantaa and part of Tuusula to create a new
metropolitan city.
VERKKOUUTISET 5 December. In her free time, Väätäinen likes to do handicrafts and go for
walks with her Shetland Sheepdog Epeli.
international arena, Finland is known for its
positive achievements, including top-notch results in
Pisa rankings, equality between sexes and fair services founded on the Nordic welfare state model.
ON THE
COMpaRED with pupils in many other countries, Finnish children are doing extremely well in comprehensive school. Work carried out to improve the school system will fail if it is
not accompanied with measures to make society more
equal on the whole. Giving children time also refers to caring for
them, so parents should also commit to spending some
time with their children without any pre-determined
goals. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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Tuula Väätäinen is a third-term Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party from the region of Savo-Karjala in Eastern Finland. and the spirit of vigorous entrepreneur-
ship are an essential part of
the success of Finland, and
contribute to it being an inspiration to others. In China, Japan and Korea it is par for the
course for children to receive hours of extra tuition after school even if they are already getting good grades.
IN ELITE
WHILE French children are learning the basics of their
first foreign language, Finnish children are whizzing
down a hill on a sledge, in blissful ignorance. They also suggested including the
Southern part of Tuusula,
which borders the HelsinkiVantaa airport.
?The aim is to create a future-oriented,
sustainable
MTV 5 December. I wish
all Finnish people continued
peace and prosperity in the
coming year.?. RIA Novosti writes.
?Finland?s politics are
quite rational. The general
way of thinking is that despite the sanctions, Russia
remains our neighbour,. We
are planning on operating with
Fennovoima on this construction project of nuclear power according to the planned
schedule, perfectly in accordance with the Finnish law,
statutes and requirements,?
stated the representative of
Rosatom Roman Dukajev to
press agency Tass.
Vsglad newspaper reminisces how in October, Prime
Minister Alexander Stubb
accused those objecting to
the nuclear power station of
russophobia.
?According to Stubb, Fennovoima?s co-operation with
Rosatom in the nuclear power station scheme is too important to be muddled with
sanction politics,. Rossiiskaja Gazeta writes, and
adds that the scheme will create hundreds of jobs for Finns.
Rosatom is also happy
about the decision.
?Rosatom Overseas is delighted over the solution made
by the Finnish parliament. She also acts as the deputy chair of
the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters. time they will outperform their
peers in most other countries. Kerry?s greeting was
published on the website of
the US Department of State.
He highlights the strong bond
between the USA and Finland
based on joint democratic values and the lasting contributions of American Finns.
According to Kerry, the
Finnish ?sisu. He wishes that the commercial,
cultural and political relations between Finland and
the USA will continue to be
strengthened. So let?s give time to ourselves and our children and treat one another fairly
and equally.
US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke a greeting to Finland on
6 December, Finnish independence day.
"THE FOREIgN Minister of
the United States John Kerry greets Finland on its independence day on behalf of
President Barack Obama and
the US nation with significant
warmth. In many mediums the
decision has been interpreted as Finland?s willingness
to co-operate with Russia in
spite of sanctions.
?This is the first instance
where the parliament of a
member of the EU support-
"FINLaND?S
ed a vast investment project
with Russia since the West
set the sanctions,. Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Sipoo and Vantaa
would be included. Pukkinen writes in the bulletin.
The metropolitan city
would consist of 15-20 service
districts, which would have
elected district councils or
boards elected by the council
of the metropolitan city. the newspaper writes."
ILTA-SANOMAT 6 December. In these measures, a special role is
played by other services, such as services for families
who are facing a difficult situation. But
right on the heels of these basic needs children must
be given time. The
inquest report was published
on Friday.
Those investigating the
division of municipalities in
the metropolitan area Mik-
ko Pukkinen, Cay Sevón and
Matti Vatilo propose combining the five municipalities
to create a new metropolitan
city. Having time allows children to learn by
figuring things out for themselves and by being creative. 4
FROM FINNISH pRESS
11
It?s not surprising, considering the second
largest market on the planet is education (food is first),
that the maker of the addictive mobile game is looking
to enter classrooms across
the world. By
the publication of the third
story, she was famous. Think of
Finland and think of the glories of the music of Jean Sibelius, an ardent nationalist
whose most famous work,
Finlandia, Op 26, his dramatic symphonic poem, written in
1899 and revised the following
year, was partly an expression
of protest against increasing
Russian censorship.
It is a piece of music that
forms a fitting soundtrack
for the many heroic achievements of Finland?s majestic middle and long distance
runners who continue to take
their inspiration from the
legendary Paavo Nurmi, one
of track and field?s most enduring champions and winner of nine gold and three
silver medals in an Olympic career spanning three
Games: Antwerp in 1920,
Paris in 1924 and Amsterdam in 1928. Hand c rafts . Ph o to graph y.
S pan ish. We
want to make learning fun,
an addiction in fact,. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE 5 December. Open Innovations is one of Russia?s
largest technology events,
hosting participants from
across continents.
A Rovio team went around
the world studying school education. In Finland, schooldays are short and kids hardly
get homework. FI
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Finland looks to
education, tourism
cooperation
with Indonesia
of 60 years of
good relations with Indonesia, Finland is aiming to boost
cooperation in the fields of
education and tourism, the
latter having grown significantly in interest from both
sides.
Finnish Ambassador to
Indonesia Päivi HiltunenToivio told The Jakarta Post
that cooperation in the field
of education was currently
?ON THE BACK
underway, with Finnish and
Indonesian education delegations having visited each other?s countries in order to see
in which areas cooperation
can be forged.
Finland?s education system is one of the most revered in the world.
Aside from education, Hiltunen-Toivio noted that Indonesian tourism to Finland was
on the increase, with a no-
Finland is an enigma; an
archipelago of water and
trees. ?where they add value?
. Soon, it plans to add
India, Russia and China to
the list.?
COM E
AND
EN J OY
L E A RNI NG !
Moomintroll is the creation of Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson.
THE IRISH TIMES 6 December. In two
years, it expects this vertical to be its largest revenue
generator.
?It all started when we
hired some people from the
publishing industry who
had worked on educational books. Vesterbacka says. but don?t form the core of
the narrative.
?Rovio?s educational products are currently made for
the early learning category ?
preschoolers and kids aged
three to six; it will build on
these products for kids of all
ages. Yet, it?s one of
the most successful systems
in the world. All in
all there would be ten books
and an industry with various
spin-offs . FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS
HELSINKI TIMES
11 . So the base of
the Rovio model is the Finnish system. 2D Game Graph ics.
Su om e n k i e l i j a o h j a u s - N u o risotak uuk oulutus.
HELSI NGIN
A IKU ISOPIS TO
H ELA O . a kind of Nordic
Disney??
table 30 per cent increase in
visa applications to the country this year. Bordered by
Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to
the east and Estonia to the
south, it retains an individuality most brilliantly personified by an artist and writer
of singular originality, Tove
Jansson, who was born to
Finnish sculptor Viktor Jansson and the illustrator Signe
Hammarsten, in Helsinki
100 years ago this year.
Jansson is remembered
as the creator of the Moomin stories which began in
late 1945 with The Moomins and the Great Flood. EILEEN BATTERSBY
great
Finnish
writers?
Where do
I start?
?CELEBRATIONS are taking
place today across Finland,
the beautiful Nordic country of lakes and islands as
the 97th anniversary of the
day Finns declared independence from Russia is marked.
It took a further month for
the Russians to acknowledge
this formally in January 1918,
but for the Finns, with a long
history of being part of either
Sweden or Russia, enough
was enough and December
6th, 1917, is the day Finland
left the Russian Empire and
became independent.
That independence of spirit is an essential element of
the Finnish psyche. Economically,
many Finnish companies are
expressing more interest in
coming to Indonesia [for business] after the good economic
results,. ?Our
approach was to not go the
Tiger Mom way. Eng l i s h. Santa Claus is believed
to reside there. The ambassador
elaborated that many Finnish
tourists visit Indonesia?s islands, particularly Bali.
?Many Indonesians seem to
be interested in visiting Finland, especially the [northern]
Lapland region. In the Asian
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?THE ANgRy
The creator of Angry Birds Peter Vesterbacka explains that the
company is expanding its educational products to Chinese and
Brazilian markets.
model, kids deliver results
but it comes at a high cost. she said on Thursday
[4 December].
The ambassador added that companies in the IT
and machinery fields had expressed interest in entering
Indonesia for their business.
Finland and Indonesia
formally established relations in 1954, four years after the country recognised
Indonesia?s independence in
1950.?. In it
Moominmamma and Moomintroll are searching for a
safe place to build a house, in
the hope that Moominpapa,
who had already set off the
same quest, will return. M us i c. Calligraph y.
Dan ce. Countries like
Korea, Japan and China too
have impressive education
standards but kids spend 1012 hours on schoolwork. Following four
years of R&D [research and
development], Finland-based
Rovio has started rolling
out its educational products
in China and Brazil. The
popular Angry Birds characters will appear in some lessons . VEENA VENUGOPAL
Angry Birds go to school
Birds are coming to school. Using characters
from games, Vesterbacka
says, they introduced 30 million kids to coding in a week.
This year, they extended the
programme to the European
Union. Think of Finland
and think of the many great
athletes, runners and javelin
throwers, not forgetting rally drivers, who have emerged
from a population of little
over 5 million.
THE JAKARTA POST 5 December. The company is partnering with some world-class organisations, including NASA,
for its space modules, CERN
for interesting ways of teaching physics, especially particle physics, and National
Geographic.
?This is not Rovio?s first
brush with children. Last
year, they ran Code Week
in the US. F in ni s h for Forei g n e rs. We realised that
some of our characters really
engage people, and engage-
ment is the key to education,?
Peter Vesterbacka, who
holds the puzzling designation of Rovio?s Mighty Eagle, said on the sidelines of
the Open Innovations Conference in Moscow. To that, they added what they learned through
collaborations with leading
institutions to come up with
their Rovio pedagogy. DYLAN AMIRIO
Su omi
Another is monetary easing, like what America has done in recent years. Chocolate refers to
her own East African skin tone.
In the modelling world
physical characteristics are
described bluntly. There
is already a high demand for
young adult and child models,
but there are only a few ethnic
female adult models in Finland.
One of them is 25-year-old
Mona Musse, educated as a
translator. It allows the individual to use Estonian eservices anywhere in the
world similarly to Estonian
residents: they can give digital signatures to documents,
establish a company, make
quick bank transfers, submit
tax returns in Estonia online
or participate in the management of a company registered in Estonia.
For these actions, e-residents receive an ID-card
without a photo, but with a
microchip containing secu-
rity certificates for authentication and digital signatures.
This however, doesn?t mean
that the e-residents would
have any residential or citizen rights, or rights of entry
to Estonia or the EU. Black is
black; milk coffee is milk coffee. This was
particularly important because Japan is faced with a
declining working-age population, something that is
affecting some European countries like Finland.
IT WOULD be impossible for some European countries
to embark upon fiscal stimulus because their finances
are too weak. One
idea is a fiscal stimulus, like how Finland cut corporate
tax rates. ?You have to do
something for yourself, and not just complain.?
land when she was at kindergarten age. Schutting also tells
that many Finns, who are
just curious to know how Estonian e-services work, have
shown interest.
Now, the official application period has commenced,
but according to Schutting it
is yet too early to publish the
numbers of registered people.
Christian Rajalin, owner of
Tallinn-based company CAWI
Finance says that also both
models. ?It?s also rewarding to be a pioneer.?
Although there has been
plenty of work, Musse wishes that large Finnish companies would offer more work
for Finnish models, instead of
commissioning photo shoots
abroad, or hiring Estonian
well, it is just easier and faster with e-residency.
?They can do all of this no
matter where they are . approach. Labour markets are
in desperate need of fixing. Can it be the case,
that it is easier for the industry to accept a child model as
a Finn than an adult model, if
the model doesn?t look like a
typical Finn?
?That might be a reason,?
says media researcher Annamari Vänskä. this could spur domestic consumption and exports from their weaker neighbours. Over the previous four
years, GDP, investment, exports and prices had fallen.
He embarked upon Abenomics, a comprehensive program to rejuvenate Japan. Apparently he is still facing internal opposition to act, which seems remarkably negligent.
The first e-residency was granted on 1 December to British journalist Edward Lucas who works for The Economist and has covered Estonian themes for years.
The many advantages of establishing and maintaining a company
already has drawn many Finnish businesses to Estonia, however the
brand-new system of e-residency is set to accelerate this process.
MERLE MUS T
HEL SINK I TIMES
FROM 1 DECEMBER ,
foreigners can apply for Estonian
e-residency, which is a stateissued digital identity for
non-residents that is unique
in the world. The ECB is far from its 2% inflation goal
and Mario Draghi has hinted that quantitative easing
may begin soon next year. says Fashion Models agency?s owner Merja
Kupiainen-Groundstroem.
Yet regardless of that, says
Kupiainen-Groundstroem, the
interest in using ethnic models is increasing slowly. Among them
is a girl with dark curly locks,
with an African background.
Finland?s multiculturalism is beginning to show in
marketing and advertising.
?Advertisers want to sell
their products to all fam-
ilies,. countries like Germany . Any
one arrow could snap and fail, but three together
were much stronger. She has orgainsed fashion parties already for 17 years. As Han Sobeing chased by lo said as he was being chased
stormtroopers, by stormtroopers, this is not
the time to discuss everythis is not the
thing in a committee.
THIS
time to discuss
everything in a
committee.
ABENOMICS has some signs of
success already. in
Estonia, Finland, Shanghai,?
adds Schutting. Although two years is too
short a period for a final judgement, so far it appears to
be working. became reflation. Vänskä explains.
Laila Snellman, director
of a Finnish modelling agency, says that in the 1980s, ?Finland had everything, including
black models in advertising.?
After the 1990s recession, the modelling market
has had a ?long lasting white
season.?
Snellmann says she misses seeing the ?patchwork of
colours. While establishing
a company was previously
possible for non-residents as
Mona Mussee established Finland?s
first multicultural model agency
KRIS TIINA M ARKK ANEN . Fiscal transfers
are impossible, but I believe the EU should spend the
vast majority of our collective funds in those countries
which need stimulus.
MONETARY stimulus is certainly needed, and we might
have it soon. The Bank of Japan set a goal of inflation at 2%
and began monetary stimulus. Cord (david@helsinkitimes.fi) is a writer, journalist and
columnist for Helsinki Times. We need to act now.
Mona Musse?s modelling office is on her cellphone. HT
A DEpARTMENT store advertisement shows happy, colourful children jumping around in
winter clothes. Shrinking exports
turned to growing exports, helped by a falling yen. Abe embarked upon a large increase in government spending to stimulate the economy. A
deflationary situation . But in
many ways this is most important. She arrived in FinH S / R I O G A N DA R A
IN DECEMBER 2012 Shinzo Abe won an election to become prime minister of Japan. He is also a private investor with over
ten years of experience.
Europe can
learn from Japan
WHEN an economy needs a bit of a push to get moving,
there are a variety of tools authorities can use. We also need a new deal on
tax havens in Europe. A third plan is structural
reforms, such as what was forced upon Greece during
its bailout. Finns, on the other hand,
are elovena.
Even at Musse?s agency,
there is more elovena on offer
than there are other models.
Rewarding a pioneer
Musse established the modelling agency because she
wants to offer dark skinned
models the possibility to find
work in Finland. Europe simply doesn?t have any more time to
waste. Although
it?s possible to see change,
she says the advertising
world is still ?white?.
?You can find black models in more artistic editorials.
Yet in commercial advertising, dark skinned models are
lighter and have more Western features than in fashion
stories,. In the autumn
Musse created her own multicultural model agency, Choco
Promotion. Furthermore, the document can?t be
used as a physical ID-card or
a travelling document.
From 6 October until 1
December it was possible to
register onto the e-residency information list, which
means showing an interest,
but not yet becoming an eresident. During this time,
around 13,500 people took
up the possibility, amongst
them about 1,000 Finns,
says Siret Schutting, the director of initiative E-Estonia Showroom at Enterprise
Estonia.
Schutting explains that
the main reason that people apply for e-residency is
business, either establishing
a new company or bringing
their already existing firm
to Estonia. 6
BUSINESS
11 . ?This saves
time and costs; it just makes
life easier.?
Requiring
a visit to Estonia
The other significant group
interested in e-residency is
made up of people who have
some connection with Estonia, but aren?t residents,
such as entrepreneurs that
visit the country every few
months. Perhaps most remarkably, GDP per
worker went from a 0.5% growth to over 3%. HS
ALICIA JENSEN . Kupiainen-Grounstroem believes that a slow
change is taking place.. in Finland.
But will multiculturalism
also change the Finnish beauty ideal. But if others did so . 17 DECEMBER 2014
HELSINKI TIMES
Estonian e-residency attr
M ARI PUKK
David J. where prices continually fall
. Consumption
growth jumped from 0.5% to
over 1%. Abe?s innovation was using all three tools
simultaneously in coordinated action.
was called the ?three arrows. Most importantly, we need Abe?s
urgency. This is good news, because Europe needs
a plan, too.
STRUCTURAL reforms are more difficult, because Europe seems to be deathly allergic to reform. Japan?s structural reforms have moved more slowly, but they have begun
to open up stagnant, protected industries such as farmAs Han Solo
Through all of it, Abe has
said as he was ing.
preached urgency. He took control of a
country in a terrible situation. This is also confirmed by Kerli Veski, Head
of Consular Section at the
Estonian Embassy in Helsinki, who says that the inquiries made to the embassy have
been mainly related to business interests.
Schutting says that the eresidency is useful for businessmen, as they can use
this for completing their entrepreneurial actions, such
as tax declarations, online
themselves without any middlemen
says
Rajalin.
Advantages of establishing a business also include easy, and if needed,
English-language interaction with officials, as well as
a positive attitude towards
entrepreneurship.
?People who succeed, regardless of whether they are
entrepreneurs or employees,
are regarded as national heroes,. Siim Sikkut, ICT Policy
Adviser at the Government
Office of Estonia assures that
the risks of improper use
have been already taken into
account in the development
process and will be improved
further: applicants need to
pass a background check
and the state has the right
to invalidate the e-residency
when it becomes necessary.
He argues that e-residency
will rather increase the security of the services. The year 2013 was another record breaker for Chinese companies going global.
The figure reached $85 billion, a great increase from
$10 billion in 2005, and the growth is set to continue
with a double-digit rate in 2014.
CHINa
companies are looking for talent, number one
technologies and flexible partners. The general value added tax (VAT) is 20 per
cent and income tax for companies and employees that is
paid when the profit is distributed is currently 21 per
cent, and is set to drop to 20
per cent next year. A digital signature, for example,
is even more trustable than
what is Estonian e-residency?
? Digital identity that comes in the form of an ID-card containing a microchip with security certificates.
? It?s a digital identity that allows non-residents to use Estonian online services in a similar way to citizens.
? E-residents can give digital signatures, make bank transfers,
establish a company and do tax declarations etc.
? E-residency grants no rights in the physical world: it can?t
be used as a physical ID-card or for entering Estonia or the
EU borders.
Rovio shows the door to over 100
M a R Ko H ä M ä L ä I N E N . A local investor opens up faster
and more securely, an entry lane with access to investors. They would
also like to recommend it to
their clients, other businessmen that they consult about
entrepreneurship in Estonia,
but want to have more experience and see the proof of reallife benefits in terms of saved
money and time.
?I hope that Estonia will
be a frontrunner with e-residence and provide high quality services,. He will
be succeeded as chief executive
by Pekka Rantala, a former
executive at Nokia, Fazer and
Hartwall. social medias most of us Facebookers and Whatsappers
know nothing about. Market
expansion is one of the key drivers for growing business
outside China, but the Chinese also want to increase their
competitiveness in their domestic market by collaborating with foreign companies in R&D and co-branding.
CHINESE
CHINESE investors . compares
Schutting.
Currently, Estonia is looking forward to significant
interest in applying for the eresidency, but it is expected
to increase in the spring when
people can undertake the process via the embassies. Air purification
technologies, point-of-care products, health tech applications, gaming, elderly care technologies, energy efficiency, water treatment expertise, cloud computing
and big data solutions. It is optimal in length: Finland has Europe?s shortest flight connections to China.
This article is provided by Helsinki Business Hub
www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi
7. Urban Chinese shop online and travel around the globe.
China?s e-com giant Alibaba is the biggest US IPO in history. Chinese communicate in WeChat and Weibo . Its megacities are huge and by 2020 there will be
20 cities with over 20 million inhabitants.
THE PURCHaSINg power of this nation is immense. The
guesses of how many e-residents Estonia, a country of
1.3 million people, could have
in the future have been prosperous. First, visit China, if you yet
haven?t. China is ramping up in the value
chain from sourcing and resourcing towards a global
innovator and technology trendsetter harnessed with
decades-long manufacturing expertise.
TRUE aLIKE, China?s growing economy does face big
challenges in the areas of environmental sustainability, social-welfare of the lower income classes and the
increasingly aging population. China?s
millionaire population is now the world?s second largest. Its operating profits halved but stood
at a healthy 36.5 million euros.
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STAR
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the physical one, as it?s possible to see to whom, when and
where it was given.
?For us, e-Estonia is like a
forest where everyone leaves
their footprint,. contact networks, distribution channels and legislative and human resource expertise.
FINLaND has a lot on its plate to offer. But even these trigger
demand for new technologies.
So wHaT?S in it for us Finns. Schutting added that they see the
system as reliable, as Estonia
has used it for 15 years. ?Estonia has
a good entrepreneurial environment and tax system,?
she adds.
Rajalin explains that
Finnish businessmen are attracted to Estonia, as taxation is transparent and
simple. In the coming
years you will witness an increasing number of Chinese companies setting up businesses in Finland and
looking for local partners.
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Tel. venture capital and private equity funds . are increasingly screening investment targets globally. he said.
Earlier this year, the game
studio announced that Hed
will step down as the chief executive to take over the reins of
Rovio Animation Studios at the
beginning of next year. Acquisitions have
played a key role in expansion routes especially in sectors
like tourism, agriculture, real estate, energy, and automobiles. Measured
with purchasing power, China will occupy the driver's
seat of the world economy already this year. H T
RovIo has wrapped up negotiations with its staff and announced that it will show the
door to roughly 110 employees, instead of the initially estimated 130.
The game studio provides
employment to a total of 814
people worldwide and oper-
ates two offices in Finland, one
in Espoo and one in Tampere.
Rovio in a statement published
on Thursday, also says that it
will close its office in Tampere
in order to centralise operations in Finland to Espoo.
Mikael Hed, the chief executive of Rovio, said in October that the game studio is
taking steps toward a simpler
organisation that will concen-
trate on its three main business segments: games, media
and consumer products.
?We have been building
our team on assumptions of
faster growth than have materialised,. 044 990 0009
Marika Mäkelä builds bridges between businesses in China and
Finland as a director of customer operations at Golden Bridge.
Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki
Annankatu 1, 00120 Helsinki
tel. It is eye-opening and you will be surprised by
what you didn?t know and what you thought you knew.
Second, if you are running a growth company in Finland, keep reading further.
puts high importance to inward but also outward foreign investments. he adds.
The people interested in
becoming e-residents need
to visit a Police and Border
Guard office in Estonia for
submitting an application
and providing data, including
face image and fingerprints.
After the officials have completed the background check
and determined within a
maximum of two weeks that
the interest in e-residency is
substantiated, the applicant
is required to pick up the
card with the levy of 50 euros
in person.
Therefore, this process
currently requires a visit of
Estonia, but the developers
are working on giving the
people a chance to apply and
receive e-residency through
Estonian embassies by the
spring of 2015.
Finnish
entrepreneurs
have predicted that e-residency can be very useful for
Finns who have or want to
establish their businesses in
Estonia.
?E-residency will speed
up interaction with other
business partners and officials and at the same time cut
costs,. adds Rajalin.
Discussing security
The security of e-residency, like the risks of handing
the digital ID over to others
or tax fraud, have been discussed in the Estonian media. says Rajalin.
Pekka Saikkonen, an entrepreneur and the member of the board of the
Finnish Small Business Entrepreneurs
Association,
stated in Aamulehti on 15 October that with e-residency
the number of Finnish companies in Estonia could even
double next year. 17 DECEMBER 2014
acts Finnish businessmen
he and people from his business circle are interested in
the opportunity. In high-tech sectors Chinese corporate investors are
seeking cross-border targets to fit their offering. As of 2012,
there were around 27,000
companies with a Finnish
background, of which some
4,000 belonged only to Finns
in the Estonian business
register.
The key to
expanding Estonian
economic space
Schutting agrees that the increase of Finnish companies
is expected, but is cautious
with predicting the number.
She sees e-residency, which
carries the goal of expanding Estonian economic space,
rather as a key or an impulse for opening a company,
whereas the reasons are hidden elsewhere. Whereas in Finland, the corporate
income tax of 20 per cent is
paid from the profit and the
standard VAT is 24 per cent.
Rajalin adds that many taxes, like municipal, church,
dividend, land or car tax that
are collected in Finland, don?t
exist in Estonia.
Due to this moderate tax
level in Estonia, the general
price level is about half the
Finnish level, so people have
a relatively higher purchasing power, and therefore, the
salaries that the employer
needs to pay are up to three
times smaller.
?You get three times the
work done in Estonia compared to Finland with the
same amount of money,. If your company?s offering fits China's
market and you are able to take foreign investors in,
consider this option when you contemplate strategies
for Asian market entry. +358-9-616 621, info@hotelanna.fi
www.hotelanna.fi
So, you are welcome to cross the bridge between China and Finland. Rovio is one of the
most recognised Finnish game
studios in the world, its marquee title being Angry Birds.
The net sales of the entertainment company increased
moderately last year, despite a
decline in revenue generated
by its gaming business. H S
a L E K S I T E I va I N E N . all are of interest to China.
CHINESE investments are already rolling to Finland.
R&D operations, growth capital investments and acquisitions from China are only a start. The ICT Deputy Secretary-General at the Ministry
of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia Taavi Kotka has announced that
the ultimate goal is to have 10
million e-residents by 2025.
The government has said that
within the next three years,
Estonia hopes to gain at least
17,000 e-residents and 5,000
companies, as Estonian daily
Postimees reported.
Schutting concludes that
besides attracting new e-residents and businesses to Estonia, the system is aimed at
being a trailblazer for Estonia?s goal of being a society
that is looking to the future
and showing that governmental e-services can be secure and transparent.
?It assures other countries
to do this; we see a positive
impact for the whole society.?
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FROM
Expand your business ?
with and within China
YoU, of course, know that China is growing. BUSINESS
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An air strike by pro-government forces loyal to former general Khalifa Harfar, killed eight people in
Libya on 3 December.
ZWARA, Libya
K ARLOS ZURUTUZ A
iP S
IT COULD be any squat house
anywhere: music is playing
non-stop and there is also a
radio station and an art exhibition. Today he remains as
an executive member of this
umbrella organisation for
this North African people.
?This is not our war, it?s
just a conflict between Arab nationalists and Islamists,
none of which will ever recognise our rights,. around human behaviour
WASHINgTON DC
C A R E Y L . 8
11 . It is also hoping to
convince development policymakers to take human
behaviour . A native of Zwara
and a political dissident for
decades, Ben Khalifa was
the president of the World
Amazigh Congress, an international organisation that
aims to protect the Amazigh
identity, between 2011 and
2013. Members of
the World Bank?s leadership
admit that the focus of this
year?s WDR . should also be
applied to policymakers designing these interventions.
?A lot of the findings that
have been conducted to date
focus on households and consumers and their choices. Fadel Farhad,
an electrician who combines
his work with the local militia, tells IPS.
The centre is called ?Tifinagh. Indeed, he suggests it
should have been the report?s
primary focus.
?I think this report would
have been far more powerful
if it had started with analysis of [the World Bank?s]
own practices,. around
human behaviour is necessary, because the use of these
methods in the development
policy world is currently very
minimal.
stitutes for Research?s Bos
says. Varun Gauri, a co-director of the new
WDR, says to IPS.
Self-reflection
Gauri notes that many of the
factors that need to be taken into consideration regarding communities receiving
development interventions
. he says. after the name given to the Amazigh alphabet.
Also called Berbers, the
Amazigh are native inhabitants of North Africa.
The arrival of the Arabs
in the region in the seventh
century was the beginning
of a slow yet gradual process
of Arabisation which was
sharply boosted during the
four decades in which Muammar Gaddafi (1969-2011) remained in power. to be
released on December 24 ?
does not grant our legitimate
rights, then it will be the time
to take up arms.?
At dusk, and after another day marked by exhausting shifts at checkpoints and
patrols around the city, the
local militiamen cool down after swapping their rifles for a
harmonica and a guitar at the
squat house. That may
be as important or more important as the likelihood of
getting caught,. But
these findings apply to everybody, including to policymakers themselves,. Younis, a militia fighter who prefers not to give his full name,
tells IPS. the senior official tells IPS.
But there are discordant
voices, like that of Fathi Ben
cal behaviour . ?The
process of devising and implementing
development
policy would benefit from
richer diagnoses of behavioural drivers. adds the 30-year-old.
The polarisation of the
conflict in Libya has pushed
several Amazigh militias to
fight sporadically alongside
the coalition led by Misrata, which includes Islamist
groups among its ranks.
However, the atmosphere
in this squat house seems at
odds with religious orthodoxy
of any kind, with an unlikely fusion between Amazigh
traditional music and death
metal blasting from two loudspeakers. The latest attack on
Zwara took place less than a
kilometre from here a little
over a week ago, when an airstrike hit a warehouse killing
two Libyans and six sub-Saharan migrants.
Three years after Gaddafi
was toppled, Libya remains
in a state of political turmoil
that has pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
There are two governments
and two separate parliaments: one based in Tripoli and the other in Tobruk,
1,000 km east of the capital.
Several militias are grouped
into two paramilitary alliances:
Fajr (?Dawn. Although the senior
political activist defends the
right of his people to defend
themselves from outside aggressions, he gives a deadline
to take a clearer position: ?If
Libya?s Constitution . This time they
play the songs of Matloub
Lounes, a singer from Kabylia,
Algeria´s Amazigh stronghold.
?I can?t hardly wait for
the war to end. ?Often it?s much easier for us rational donors to change how
we do our business than it
is to go into a poor country and tell them how to do
things differently. the
report states, noting that the
analysis draws from findings
in behavioural economics,
cognitive science, anthropology and other fields. formally subtitled ?Mind, Society, and Behaviour. ?We never wanted this to happen but the
problem is that all our enemies are fighting on Tobruk?s
side,. That was the year
in which Gaddafi was killed,
yet conflict among Libyans is
still nowhere near.
already difficult agreement
between both sides?
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and France
are backing Tobruk and Misrata relies mainly on Qatar
and Turkey. and early
experimentation.?
The WDR is a thematic
study, and since its introduction in the late 1970s has generally focused on issues of
traditional priority for development policy . This is the work of
30-year-old Bondok Hassem,
a well-known local musician
who is also an Amazigh language teacher as well as one
of the commanders of the
Tamazgha militia.
?Both Misrata and Tobruk
are striving to become the alpha male in this war. So
for them to take a step back
and highlight the additional information out there
that might help remove limitations . Unofficial
estimates put the number
of Amazighs in this country at around 600,000 ?
about 10 per cent of the total
population.
Like most of the youngsters at the centre, Farhad
knows he can be mobilised at
any time. Born in Jadu, in the
Amazigh stronghold of the
Nafusa mountain range ?
100 km south of Tripoli ?
Harim was exiled in France
during Gaddafi?s time but he
became Deputy Minister of
Culture in March 2012.
Although he admits that
Islamists pose a real threat,
he clarifies that in Misrata
there are also people ?from
all walks of life and very diverse affiliations, communists included.?
It is the geographical location itself which, according
to Harim, inexorably pushes
the Libyan Amazigh towards
Misrata.
?Except for a small enclave
in the east, our people live in
the west of the country, and a
majority of them here, in Tripoli,. jobs, gender,
agriculture, etc. into account
when designing with new
projects.
This issue of the collective
social impact on individual
decision-making is a key one,
the WDR?s researchers note.
?If you know lots of people
who pay taxes, you are more
likely to pay taxes. says Anwar Darir, an
Amazigh language teacher
since 2011. was a gamble.
Yet they also say that a
greater focus on human behaviour throughout the process of creating development
policy could have a landmark
impact on efficacy, efficiency and other goals that ultimately make the difference
between a successful versus
middling intervention.
?The use of these methods
in the development policy
world is very minimal, and all
of the motivations for doing
this World Development Report were precisely because
of that deficiency,. i P S
THE WORLD BANK has taken an
unusual but highly visible step
away from traditional economics, encouraging policymakers
and development implementers to place far more emphasis
on research into local human
behaviour when drawing up
plans and projects.
Such a focus would
strengthen understanding on
the ways in which habits, biases and collective impulses impact on interventions in, say,
health, education or encouraging personal savings. Today, most of the
diplomatic missions have left
Tripoli, except for those of Italy and Hungary.
A fragile balance
Moussa Harim is among the
Amazigh who seem to feel
not too uncomfortable siding with the government in
Tripoli. I?ll burn my
uniform and get back to my
work,. In
order to really know what
is working in a local context you need to keep testing
things, but we can?t spend
three-quarters of the development budget on research.
So we need to come up with
a better way to do research.?
The World Bank is now
hoping that by putting its
stamp of approval on this
body of research, and by using its global influence, it can
spur additional related research. that?s very good,?
Hans Bos, the Vice President
and Director of the International Development, Evaluation, and Research (IDER)
programme at the American
Institutes for Research, says
to IPS.
?What this report didn?t
do very well is to explain the
practical implications of following these approaches. their biases, their potential illogic . We are
all fully aware that, whoever
wins this war, they will attack
us immediately afterwards so
we are forced to defend our
land by any means necessary,?
laments Hassem between sips
of boja, the local firewater.
But can it be international
partnerships that hamper an
World Bank calls for development policy
?redesign. Meanwhile, NATO
officials are seemingly torn
between wanting to stay out
of the war, and watching anxiously as the violence goes out
of control. Kaushik
Basu, a Senior Vice President
and Chief Economist at the
bank, says to IPS.
Private sector lessons
Traditional economics views
human decision-making as
straightforward and rational, based on a clean mix of
self-interest and logic.
Yet the WDR cites copious research over the past
decade or more indicating
that, in fact, humans arrive
at decisions due to a variety of factors, many of which
are immediate and unrelated to the broader issue under
consideration.
The private sector, of
course, has known about and
directly exploited approaches offered by the behavioural and cognitive sciences for
years. Yet this is new territory for the bank, and for much
of the development world.
?The World Bank is quite
dogmatically wedded to the
idea of free markets, information about pricing, rational decision-making. However, weapons
are also on display among the
instruments, and most here
wear a camouflage uniform.
?The house belonged to a
former member of the secret
services of [Muammar] Gaddafi so we decided to squat it
for the local youth in Zwara
[an Amazigh enclave 120 km
west of Tripoli, on the border
with Tunisia],. Guari says.
?So to the extent that
these findings can have a
huge paradigm-shifting impact, it may be as a result of
policymakers
themselves
thinking through their own
biases, thinking through the
cognitive illusions they?re
under before they make policies for an entire country.?
This self-reflexive tone is
welcome, the American In-
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War knocks on the squat house in Zwara
Kaushik Basu, a Senior Vice
President and Chief Economist at the bank explained
that the World Development
Report ?redesign. The
bank emphasises that such
a focus is important for understanding the behavioural
peculiarities of not just poor
communities but also policymakers, including those within the World Bank itself.
These new prescriptions
come in the bank?s most
high-profile annual study, the
World Development Report
(WDR), which was formally
released on 4 December.
?[D]evelopment
policy
is due for its own redesign
based on careful consideration of human factors,. in Arabic), led by
the Misrata brigades controlling Tripoli, and Karama (?Dignity?) commanded by Khalifa
Haftar, a Tobruk-based former
army general.
?Here in Zwara we rely on
around 5000 men grouped
into different militias,. particularly lo-
Khalifa. Starting
with ourselves would be a far
better way of applying these
lessons.?. Indeed, rarely is a new
advertisement or product
publicly offered before being
extensively considered from
a variety of such perspectives. . tells Ben
Khalifa
?After all, one
of the key ideas was to show
to the general public that we
have a variety of great food
products which we should be
proud of,. This was
done by assessing the eating
habits of 5,024 people. ?The
Baltic Sea diet has the potential to be as successful as the
Mediterranean diet.?
Electronic cigarettes may contain up
to ten times more toxins than cigarettes
land, it?s possible to buy and
sell nicotine free e-cigarette
products, but not products
containing nicotine.
The World Health Organisation has called for tighter regulation on e-cigarettes,
including their prohibition
indoors and bans on advertising. According to her view, this action could be very efficient,
because Finnish chefs have a
good international reputation.
Greater consumption of
Nordic foods could also be
profitable for the Finnish
economy, as people would
spend their money on local-
ly produced products. Kanerva explained that if people
rely on one healthy food, but
the overall quality of the diet is low, all unhealthy foods
F I N N I s H D I A B E t E s A s s o C I At I o N
in the diet might compensate
for the positive effect of this
healthy food.
Healthy weight management is relevant in Finland,
as the rates of obesity have
doubled from the years of
1980 to 2000, and the National FINRISK 2012 Study
has showed that around 20
per cent of Finns are obese.
Kanerva is also continuing further with this study:
her team has just collected follow-up data to confirm these
results in a long-term perspective by seeing if people who
adhere to the Baltic Sea diet actually lost weight or waist circumference over seven years.
The Baltic Sea Diet pyramid
? How to adhere to the Nordic diet?
? Choose carrots, cabbages and beetroot when you shop or
eat out, especially during wintertime when locally grown tomatoes and cucumbers are not available.
? Vegetarian pea soup is a very good alternative for a meat
dish.
? Use barley as a side dish instead of rice. Boiled potatoes are
also good, but if you want to add a hint of salt, remember to
use iodized salt.
? In the summertime, eat a lot of berries and also freeze them
for the winter time to be used daily, for example, on top of
oatmeal in the morning.
? Always favour rye bread.
? Use rapeseed oil as salad dressing and rapeseed oil-based
margarine on top of bread and in cooking.
? Choose low-fat or fat free milk with lunch or dinner.
? Eat Nordic salmon or fresh-water fishes three times per
week to maintain good vitamin D status.
Nordic superfoods
Kanerva believes that as the
consumption of foreign foods
is already quite high here,
people should be encouraged to buy local products
by governmental regulation
of their taxation and support
of their production. HT
A RECENTLY published Japanese study has shown that ecigarettes may contain up to
ten times more toxins, such
as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, than conventional
cigarettes contain. However, she
claims, this might be hard to
adopt by Nordic people, because the food culture and resources are different.
Therefore, Kanerva and her
team started researching if a
suitable alternative could be
the Nordic Diet, based on the
Baltic Sea Diet Pyramid that
scientists designed in 2011 to
outline the healthier choices
of Nordic people. It is also low in red meat,
processed meat products and
alcohol. ?This diet could be
used in clinical practises and
schools to promote healthier
food habits and also to teach
about our own food culture,?
explains Kanerva.
The Baltic Sea diet could
be also adopted outside Nordic countries, but it is easier
in places that are located at
the same latitude and there
will always remain some cultural differences that make
it difficult for other nations
to accommodate.
On a global perspective,
Kanerva argues, it could be
beneficial for Nordic countries
Recommendations given by Noora Kanerva
to create a strong brand out
of the Baltic Sea diet for attracting tourism with specialised restaurants and boosting
the transport of superfoods,
like rye bread or berries. They enable the
consumer to inhale a nicotine
vapour, which doesn?t contain
carbon monoxide or tar as regular cigarettes do.
Researchers at the Japanese Ministry of Health
found a single e-cigarette to
contain ten times more carcinogens than a normal cigarette contains.
?More harmful substances are produced particularly
when the vaporizer overheats,. The WHO has wanted
to ban the sale of e-cigarettes
to children and young adults,
and has called for restrictions
on flavours used with e-cigarettes that may attract younger consumers in particular.
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Nordic eating habits top
favoured Mediterranean diet
Up TO NOw, the Mediterranean diet has been regarded
as one of most the health-improving diets; it?s rich in vegetables, legumes, fruits and
nuts, cereals, fish and seafood,
involves moderate alcohol
consumption and low consumption of meat and meat
products, explains Noora Kanerva. Kanerva defended her
dissertation The healthy Nordic diet, obesity and obesityrelated metabolic risk factors
at the University of Helsinki?s
Public Health Department on
28 November. The toxins are also
present in tobacco smoke.
E-cigarettes have been marketed as a healthy alternative
to conventional cigarettes, and
as an aid for those who want to
quit smoking. The consumption of local foods has various benefits over using foreign
foods, as growing them is
cheaper and better for the environment. Also vegetarians and
vegans can abide by the Baltic
Sea diet, as it includes peas for
protein and milk products that
can also be made of oat to replace cows. Formaldehyde, as an example, is
classified as a carcinogen.
Another earlier study has
declared that formaldehyde
and acetaldehyde have been
discovered in e-cigarette liquid and smoke emitted from ecigarettes. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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11 . The e-cigarette
market is already estimated
to be worth 2.4 billion euros.
As there are yet no undisputed studies regarding ecigarettes, many countries
have accepted the products with caution. In
other studies, where researchers have compared a group
who follows the Baltic Sea diet to a group with their habitual diet, the Baltic Sea diet has
been also beneficial to blood
cholesterol level and weight.
Swedish studies have related
the Nordic diet to reduced cardiovascular risk factors and
Danish researches have found
an association between the
consumption of Nordic foods
and reduced mortality.
Kanerva, who follows the
Baltic Sea diet herself, concludes that this study showed
that it is possible to construct a
healthy-weight diet with multiple good effects from local
Nordic foods. says Kanerva. adds Kanerva
The study has various applications. HS
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this diet might be useful for
avoiding excessive abdominal fat, as it is high in fibres
from rye, oats and barley and
low in alcohol consumption.
Finnish obesity
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Besides abdominal obesity,
scientists who researched the
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be beneficial for lowering inflammation, adds Kanerva. said researcher Naoki Kunugita according to
news agency AFP.
Defenders of the e-cigarette say ordinary cigarettes
are more dangerous to the
consumer?s health.
Critics on the other hand
point out that there have
been no studies regarding
the long term harms of using
e-cigarettes, so it?s impossible to ascertain their danger.
In Finland, the health and
welfare facility THL has stated
that the quality of studies assessing e-cigarettes has been
uneven, and that the composition of the liquids used in studies hasn?t corresponded to their
composition in reality. The study
showed a stronger association between the Baltic Sea
diet and abdominal obesity amongst the younger test
participants, which indicates
that they could benefit more
from following that.
It is also important to point
out that people need to change
their menu significantly to ensure good outcomes, not only
add a few healthy foods. According to THL, the concentration
of harmful substances in e-cigarettes is smaller than their
amount in tobacco smoke.
Conventional
tobacco
companies have lost profits to
a rapid increase in demand of
e-cigarettes. This diet consists of foods grown in the Nordic countries, such as apples
and berries, roots and cabbages, rye, oats and barley, low-fat
milk products, rapeseed oil and
fish. As these products
are also well-known, it is easier for people to adapt them to
their diet than foreign foods.
Although it might seem
that Nordic people already
adhere to this diet, Kanerva
argues that there is still room
for improvement when following it, especially among
younger people. milk.
Kanerva?s
research
was aimed at investigating
whether the Baltic Sea diet could be promoted as a
healthy weight diet. Their
adherence to the Baltic Sea
diet was studied, and it was
then deduced if and how this
is associated with general
obesity: body mass index and
abdominal obesity, which
means excessive fat around
the stomach and abdomen.
The study proved that
people whose menu was similar to the Baltic Sea diet
were less likely to be abdominally obese, although there
wasn?t any association between body mass index and
the Baltic Sea diet, as these
two features are independent. In FinS A M I K E RO
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9
Although e-cigarettes have been on the market for some time,
there are no undisputed studies on their harms.. ?The use
of Nordic foods could also
be favoured in school meals,
worksite canteens and other
places where food is served
publicly,. Apart
from finance, encouraging
consumption of, for example rapeseed oil, rye bread or
low-fat milk products, Nordic
countries would also promote
public health
10 special economic zones in various regions of the country provide
benefits such as exemption from
CIT, land tax, property tax, VAT for
goods and free rental of land for 10
years.
Kazakhstan?s
competitive
advantages with trade and investment include a favourable geographical location, which connects
the main transcontinental routes
of Asia-Pacific with Europe and the
Middle East, as well as proximity to
the world?s fastest growing markets . about
13,000 US dollars in 2013. These include exemption from
corporate income tax and land tax
for 10 years, and from property tax
for eight years. The Eurasian Economic Union, an upgraded CU, will enter
into force on 1 January 2015 and
opens a nationwide commodity
market with a total GDP of around
2 trillion US dollars and population
of about 170 million people, creating new opportunities for investors
and entrepreneurs in our country.
Kazakhstan is implementing
a number of strategic policy documents in the economic sphere,
such as the State program of industrial-innovative development for
2015-2019 (SPIID) and the concept
of transition to a ?green economy?.
For the implementation of the SPIID around 600 billion tenges from
the country?s budget will be allocated within five years and 1 trillion
tenge from the National Fund. He stressed the importance of teaching history to
the youth, especially the history of Ulytau, which was a
historical place for Kazakhs to
gather during summertime.
Today?s successes of Kazakhstan as an established
state have largely been
made possible by the fact
that from the very beginning
one of the important priorities of social development
was the unity of the people.
National unity in Kazakhstan was elevated to the
rank of state policy, with the
main aim being the continuous maintenance of harmony among all 140 ethnic
groups and the creation of
conditions for the formation
of patriotic Kazakh nation.
The major role in this
process belongs to the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan. This unique institution, born in 1995 in the heat
of the debate about the future of a unified nation, is
considered to be the result
of political innovation. We
are determined to strengthen cooperation in the legal field, including combating terrorism, the fight
against organised and transnational crime, and corruption. China, Russia and India. The stability of the law
in regards to increasing the rates
of all taxes and charges is guaranteed . This suggests that the
relationships have been raised to a
qualitatively new level, emphasising the strategic nature and maturity of the partnership. One might say
that it has become a unique
brand of the country and for
us it is a matter of pride.. This indicates a healthy
economic situation and the development of the country.
Kazakhstan is conducting deliberate policy in order to attract
foreign investments: a favourable
investment climate has been created, a simplified tax regime is in operation and national legislation is
improving year-by-year. institute have
been implemented when dealing
with government agencies, and in
order to protect the rights and interests of investors at the legislative level.
Further innovation
The Ambassador of Kazakhstan Galymzhan Koishybayev.
S
ince gaining its independence
23 years ago, Kazakhstan has
gone through the stages of
formation of the market-oriented national economy. Complex
measures that have been taken that
have allowed Kazakhstan to become
one of the 50 most competitive
countries of the world in 2013 and
take 10th place among 185 countries
globally via the ?investor protection?
indicator of Global Competitiveness Index. There
are already about 10,000 companies with foreign capital operating
in Kazakhstan, including companies from the Fortune-500 list, as
well as the necessary infrastructure
. During the first five-year plan of industrialisation, despite the difficulties
associated with the global economic crisis, Kazakhstan has managed
to create new jobs and attract investors in the manufacturing sector
of the economy. Also the
new agreement reflects regional cooperation and a modernised
trade section that will provide the
conditions for success of Kazakhstani and European entrepreneurs.
The agreement of the second
generation comprises some 280
pages and creates a legal basis for
enhanced cooperation between
Kazakhstan and the European Union. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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Kazakhstan: New investment
climate and economic policy in action
A message from the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Galymzhan Koishybayev
per cent of capital costs after starting operations, attracting a labour
force for the entire period of implementation of the investment
project and one year after commissioning without any quotas and
permits. The
integration processes within the
Customs Union also plays an important role. Diplomatic relations
between Kazakhstan and the EU
were established 20 years ago, and
during this time our interaction has
progressively developed.
The European Union is one of
the main political and economic partners of Kazakhstan. Furthermore, there
is State compensation of up to 30
Another innovation has been the
unilateral cancellation of Kazakhstan visa requirements for citizens
of ten states (the UK, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, UAE, USA,
Korea, France and Japan) actively investing in the economy. Half of
the country?s foreign trade and foreign direct investments belong to
the EU. Hosting EXPO-2017 provides additional
opportunities for infrastructure development in Kazakhstan?s young
capital, and it will give a new impetus to the development of the tourism sector, which will showcase
country?s investment opportunities.
I also would like to underline
the importance of the Agreement
on partnership and cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union signed in October this
year, as well as the document which
completed bilateral negotiations in
the framework of Kazakhstan?s accession to the World Trade Organization. Furthermore, Kazakh-
stan took 50th place in the updated
ranking of the ?Doing Business 2014?
of the World Bank and has the most
favourable position in comparison
with other Customs Union countries?
conditions for business.
Kazakhstan attracts appreciable foreign direct investments
in its economy: from 2005 to the
first quarter of 2014 the country
received 189.7 billion US dollars,
more than 120 billion of which was
attracted during the last five years.
Thus, even during the Global Financial Crisis the country?s investment
climate and macroeconomic situation remained stable and were
credible for investors.
We do not intend to stop here.
There is constant, ongoing work
with improving the package of investment preferences. A landmark
event occurred in June this year,
with the adoption of the new Act
aimed at improving the investment climate in the country. Very few countries
have managed to achieve it.
Over the years of independence, the citizens of
our state . technologies, I would like
to emphasise that the possibilities
of the EXPO-2017 complex could be
used to create a centre of learning
and implementing the best global
practices in the field of the energy
future and ?green economy?. Since independence there has not been any
serious ethnic conflict in Kazakhstan. It is
the most important mechanism of the prevention of
interethnic conflicts in the
country. Finally, the ?one
window. It covers
political dialogue, including the
promotion of international security
and stability, as well as education,
health, culture and innovation. other than value added tax
and excise duties. During this time,
there have been more than 650
projects introduced, and the creation of about 70,000 jobs.
EXPO-2017
It is expected that by 2050 up to 50
per cent of electricity will be provided by alternative and renewable
energy sources, with an additional
GDP growth of at least 3 per cent.
In the context of these ambitious
goals, the International Specialized
Exhibition EXPO-2017 in Astana becomes a crucial event.
By noting the relevance of the exhibition?s theme for the global community, and in particular for Finland,
which has rich experience in the field
of ?clean. According
to preliminary estimations, economic growth in 2014 will remain at last
year?s level. principle and the ?investment ombudsman. It provides the basic conditions
for enhanced political dialogue, cooperation in the field of the interior, justice and other areas, and in
promoting mutual trade and investment. 10
11 . This date became the starting point of
the modern history of the
country.
On the eve of the 550th
Kazakh Statehood anniversary to be celebrated next
year in Kazakhstan, independence remains the enduring political and spiritual value of Kazakhs, which
has determined the fate of
the country and the people.
A broad and in-depth list
of topics critical to the country has been covered during the Kazakhstan President
Nursultan Nazarbayev?s interview at the foothills of Ulytau,
a sacred mountain of Kazakh
lore. Kazakhstan has become the
leading Central Asian trade partner
of the united Europe. During the
period from 1991 to the first quarter of 2014, the inflow of direct investments from the EU into the
economy amounted to around 92.7
billion US dollars.
Kazakhstan is the only country in Central Asia to have signed
a document with the EU, the socalled agreement of the second
generation. were ensured absolute freedom of
religious belief.
Kazakhstan is one of the
first countries that has managed to make the idea of
spiritual accord a real force
in the difficult times of global conflicts.
Despite the difficulties of
its first years of independence, in 1992 the country
hosted the first World Congress of Spiritual Harmony.
Since that time 18 October
has been celebrated as the
Day of Spiritual Harmony in
Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan put forward
an idea to have the inter-religious dialogue at the highest level, which became a
reality in 2003 when the
First Congress of Leaders of
World and Traditional Religions took place in Astana.
The Kazakh model of interethnic and interreligious
harmony has gained the recognition of the international
community. Today,
despite weak economic growth
globally, Kazakhstan has demonstrated good growth of the gross domestic product (6 per cent) and has
one of the best indexes in terms of
GDP per capita among the Commonwealth Independent States . It will greatly expand
the scope of cooperation, including
the economic and financial spheres,
energy and transport, environment
and agriculture, employment and
social affairs, research and space
activities, consumer protection and
regional cooperation, as well as in
education and culture.
Independence Day
Kazakhstan celebrates its
23rd Independence Day on
16 December. This
new package involves the implementation of incentives for investors. Muslims, Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants,
Jews and others
11 . Furthermore, additional funds will be allocated to continue the construction
of EXPO-2017. Now, Nazarbyev said,
the money will be used to develop transport, energy, industrial and social infrastructure, and
businesses.
A decision was made in February to allocate money from the
fund to support economic growth
and employment in 2014-2015.
Half, Nazarbayev said, shall be used
for the following goals: issuing easy
loans to small, medium and large
businesses, with an aim to secure
the implementation of projects in
the food and chemical industries,
engineering, and the service sector.
Secondly, funds will be allocated
to revive the banking industry and
buy out ?bad. In this spirit, President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan launched the ATOM project (Abolish Testing. loans. Kazakhstan advocates creating a universal Global Nuclear Security System to combine effective observance
of nuclear weapons non-proliferation with clear international
norms for the peaceful and safe use of nuclear energy.
In this regard, Kazakhstan is currently negotiating an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for
the country to host the first multinational low enriched uranium
bank. of small nuclear arsenals and make them more attractive to acquire. Not alone, Belarus, Ukraine, and South Africa also gave
up their nuclear arsenals in the 1990s and showed that nuclear
weapons do not need to be the foundation of security as they
were during the bi-polar confrontation of the Cold War.
The country rejects the argument that reductions in the arsenals of the United States and Russia increase the ?marginal
utility. He drew attention
to the geopolitical crisis and sanctions policy that many leading
powers are pursuing, creating an
additional obstacle for the recovery
of the Third World economy. Yet this does not
serve as an argument to maintain nuclear weapons if the role they
had to play in a previous historical context has disappeared.
Long-term guarantees of security
Kazakhstan?s experience with successful nation-building over
the past two decades also tells us that real long-term guarantees of security result instead from sustainable social and economic national development along with peaceful and mutually-beneficial co-existence.
As the world?s largest uranium producer, the government also supports the peaceful use of nuclear technology to generate energy. The break-up of the USSR left Kazakhstan with the
world?s fourth largest nuclear arsenal in our territory.
A nuclear weapons-free country
Bank, private investors and funds
from the state. He
highlights their importance in
connecting cities and regions in
?strengthening trade and economic ties?. Nearly 500 nuclear explosions took place at Semipalatinsk, causing untold damage
to the environment and to the health of over 1.5 million people. Roads will allow for
safer and faster transit, connecting
corners of Kazakhstan to its core.
The new plan, he says, will increase
welfare and the quality life not only during the next few years, but for
future generations as well.
Actions speak louder than words: true to the commitment that
Kazakhstan should become a nuclear weapons-free country,
the country signed agreements for the withdrawal of these
weapons and their means of delivery.
In exchange, Kazakhstan gained the status of a non-nuclearweapon-state and firm international guarantees of security and
territorial integrity from the leading nuclear powers. The Path to the Future,
aimed to be countercyclical in nature and seeking to continue structural reforms in the economy.
?New Economic Policy . With the
assistance of Russia and the United States, Kazakhstan eliminated the entire nuclear weapons infrastructure on our territory.
Kazakhstan was also one of the initiators of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia that was formed in September
2006. The main goals
are to firstly connect regions to
Astana and to each other. The aim
is to cooperate with the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development
Bank, the Islamic Development
TExT BY AlICIA JENSEN
Each year, 29 August marks the UN International Day Against
Nuclear Tests and is a timely reminder of the need to maintain
international efforts in continuing nuclear disarmament. This
poses particular challenges to Kazakhstan in a geopolitical context,
given its location amidst political
tensions and negative influences
affecting economic growth.
As a result of unoptimistic twoyear forecast of the development of
the economy made by both the International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank, Nazarbayev stated that
the government has made adjustments to the plans for the upcoming
period. The power of these explosions was equal to 2,500 atomic
bombs dropped on Hiroshima. Countries wanting to buy from the reserve
would have to meet IAEA safeguards and refrain from operating
uranium enrichment or spent-fuel reprocessing facilities.
In addition, Kazakhstan believes that civil society around the
world has a key role to play in encouraging political decisionmakers to re-think the role of nuclear weapons. Finally, money will
be allocated to the construction
of a new terminal and reconstruction of the landing strip at capital
Astana?s airport.
With an aim to stimulate business and employment, Nazarbayev
also announced the Infrastructure
Development Plan, which he says
is core to the new economic policy.
It is a five-year plan, and intended
to run parallel to the next 5 years of
an ongoing programme of industrial and innovative development.
?Roads are lifelines for Kazakhstan,. The resolution commemorates
the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on 29 August
1991, with Kazakhstan being the first country in the world to
close a nuclear test site on its territory. Thus far
only 10 billion US dollars has been
used to divert the 2007-2009 crisis, and the rest has remained untouched. Their attraction at present is of a political nature because they are seen by many countries as a requirement for ?top table status. Social infrastructure
will also be developed, with additional funds allocated towards
education, from kindergartens to
institutions of higher education.
Lastly, support towards small and
medium businesses to foster economic growth will continue.
Ongoing projects that will continue are the education, health
care and agriculture development
programmes.
Between 2015-2017, 3 billion
US dollars will be used from the
National Fund, with a commission
overseeing that funds are used efficiently and effectively, and to
ensure that investments are accompanied by structural reforms.
This will be done in cooperation
with international financial organisations, such as the World Bank, the
Asian Development Bank, the EBRD
and the IDB. Kazakhstan believes that the use of nuclear weapons is inconceivable even without the constraints of
mutual assured destruction, and that these weapons have no
military value. The ultimate goal of this process should be to rid the world of its Cold
War legacy of nuclear weapons and the outdated psychology
of nuclear deterrence that underpins their continuing existence.
This is part of a vicious circle that makes countries with nuclear
weapons want to hold on to them and, in some cases, motivates
those without them to want to become nuclear powers.
Kazakhstan initiated the UN resolution that led to the international community marking August 29 as the day to reflect on
nuclear disarmament issues. Much can be
learned from the successful international efforts of the past to
develop the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention and the 1998
Mine Ban Treaty. Nazarbayev
observed. Thus the infrastructure
development plan includes development of transport and logistics infrastructure. he declared.
Funding
The National Fund will finance a
majority of the development agenda. The fund has been built over a
number of years, when the price of
oil and exports were high. Our Mission). This is an international petition campaign to unify global public opinion against nuclear weapons testing and support
the abolition of nuclear weapons.. Cooperation with such
organisations would support investment activities, prevent a drop
in income and stimulate creation of
new jobs, to result in sustainable
economic growth.
Nazarbayev predicts that
200,000 new jobs will be created
for the construction of roads, and
believes it will also help other sectors in the production of cement,
metal, machinery, bitumen and
equipment. The measures he described
in his speech are to be implemented commencing 1 January 2015. Attention, he pointed out, needs to be
given to those sectors which ?create a multiplier effect on economic
growth and employment?.
Thus, on 11 November, the
President announced a new devel-
opment programme, New Economic Policy . Housing infrastructure will also be strengthened to
meet demands of a population influx in cities. The radiation polluted an area
roughly the size of today?s Germany.
As a country that suffered so greatly from the ?peaceful. Thirdly, funds
shall be allocated to complete the
construction of infrastructure of
special economic zones. These
funds will focus on completing ongoing infrastructure projects and
new industrial zones in order to develop production facilities for small
to medium enterprises and raise
investments.
Additional focus
There will also be a focus on developing energy infrastructure, and on
modernising of housing and utilities infrastructure along with water
and heat supply networks. The
Path to the Future is our global step
on the path to become one of the
30 most developed countries in the
world,. This would begin to serve as a last-resort fuel reserve to
assure a guaranteed supply of low enriched uranium for the nuclear power markets. Secondly funds will be allocated to industrial infrastructure, which he says
will ?raise demand for construction
materials, products and services for
transport, communication, energy,
housing and utility areas.. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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of the international efforts
to promote nuclear safety
Address by the
President of
the Republic of
Kazakhstan
On 11 November, the President of
the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered an
address to the people of Kazakhstan regarding plans for reform.
Among those plans are economic
and structural changes.
The address, titled Nyrly Zhol
. The Path to the Future, outlined
detailed action that the government aims to take in terms of funding and how the economy will be
structured.
?The entire architecture of the
world is changing,. He highlighted the challenge that Kazakhstan faces given
that the global economy is still recovering from the recent fiscal and
economic crisis. Nazarbayev says. symbolised by the influence of the
?P5?nuclear powers in the UN Security Council, China, France,
Russia, the US and the UK.
It is true that while weapons can be destroyed, the technologies that support them cannot be ?disinvented?. development of nuclear weapons, Kazakhstan is strongly committed to the cause of nuclear disarmament. Becoming an
independent country as a result of the end of the Cold War,
Kazakhstan immediately saw nuclear weapons as a relic of
that period
He tells me that
they have flavours they like
from around the world, and
combine them on one plate.
Rather than going with original recipes, they create
their own. When we
sit down with Schneider, the
restaurant had just celebrated its eighth week.
Onda?s beginning came
with Line Café?s end. People enjoy the food
more when they listen to music, Schneider says. They called Schneider knowing he had also
dreamt of opening his own
restaurant, and thus began
project Onda.
The restaurant?s swift
start has in part been a community effort. Candles burn slowly in dark bottles and music is
trumped by talk.
The restaurant is owned
by three friends, Peter Schneider, Jussi Koski, and Maija Talas. Their
current challenges are about
developing their flavours,
their art gallery and bringing music in to the restaurant. One thing
to note, however, is that it?s
not a place to find a calm quiet corner. warmed through in this piquant mixture . cook for 3 minutes or until the
mixture starts to bubble and blip, then add the ground
coriander, crushed red pepper flakes, the tomatoes and
their juices and the black-eyed peas. When
we listen to music we get the
right spices.?
They have seen a lot of
happy customers over the
few weeks they?ve been
open. They want to
make their space a cultural
locale. cook for about 6
minutes or until heated through and close to bubbling.
? Use an immersion (stick) blender or a potato masher to
break down most of the black-eyed peas; that will thicken
the sauce.
? Stir in the turkey; cook until just warmed through. If the
mixture seems too thick, add up to ½ cup apple cider.
? Taste, and season with a good pinch of salt and a few
grinds of pepper. BENwICK . Adding to the global mix, Schneider and Koski
also took a Thai food course
together when they were in
Peru, which is also a clear staple in their ?international?
palate, with lemongrass, coriander and fish sauce.
?International. Schneider says. concludes Schnedier.
In the future they want to
introduce the internationality to their brunches. But
given the state of the restaurant, the trio have a lot to be
proud of already.
?It?s funny to do something on your own and people really like it,. the WA shing tOn POs t
P h O t O F O r t h e W A s h i n g t O n P O s t B y D E B L I N DS E y
Dinner in 30 minutes:
Turkey in the sauce
turkey or rotisserie chicken . Everything is also
handmade, he tells me.
?The menus have a little
bit of Turkish style, a little
bit from South America, and
a little bit from Asia,. Like a wave,
a good vibe has the ability
to defy the confines of time
and allow a moment to last.
In Helsinki, onda is a spacious room. It had the lighting and wall space. 12
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11 . He adds, ?We
don?t want to be exactly one
thing.?
They do have a Peruvian
Saturday brunch, however,
showing their respect to the
varied cuisine. The name was chosen
so as not to be attributable to
any language, holding true to
their international ?rule?.
?And we have four windows here at Onda,. ?We always
listen to Turkish music and
it evolves the food. When you
make the food and you listen to a certain kind of music it makes you in the mood,?
says Schneider. Their target audience, he tells me, is
anyone who appreciates the
food, music and mood.
At the moment, their concept is still evolving. admits
Schneider.
A good onda
The atmosphere is relaxed
yet energetic, and my plate
is full of colours. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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the cup of apple cider. stir in the tarragon.
? Serve hot.
Nutrition Per serving: 360 calories, 32 g protein, 48 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 55 mg cholesterol,
250 mg sodium, 9 g dietary fibre, 19 g sugar
Turkey (or chicken) in the sauce.. They agreed
on flavours and how things
should look. They?ll
invite their Syrian friend to
hold a Syrian brunch, and
other chefs to introduce food
from around the world.
From Turkey to Peru
Their website states that the
theme of the restaurant is
?international?, so I ask Schneider to explain this ambiguous description a little
bit more. It is turquoise water awoken by a lazy warm afternoon wind, its
surface the pinks and purples of the sunset, its composed movement reaching
for white sand. They have already begun with an art gallery, because the space was already
perfect for it. Its walls and
windows stretch high, a buffet table sits at its centre and
its tables are dressed in tablecloths woven in shades of
pomegranate, mandarin and
avocado. Schneider predicts that
in the future, the challenges
will be different, when their
customer base grows. Koski and Talas
have travelled a lot as well.
So, what do they want to
bring to the culinary scene in
Helsinki. We want freedom,. Schneider would like
to attribute this both to the
good food, music and the relaxed atmosphere. Other culinary
inspirations come from Syria and Turkey, Schneider himself having lived in Istanbul for
a few months. Talas
had been working at the declining café, when the owners, knowing her boyfriend
Koski was a chef, suggested that they start their own
restaurant. Why not, they
thought. laughs
Schneider. In short: good food.
Onda calls their food 'international' so as not to get tied to one
regional label.
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to pin down, the trio wants to
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2 or 3 cloves garlic
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mince the tarragon leaves. So, why not stick to Peruvian style, I wonder.
?Because then people
would come and say, ?no, this
is not Peruvian style?,. It may
also explain the eager culinary experimentation Onda has seen so far. A Syrian friend
helps them with the Syrian
cuisine. ?We take a lot from
the places we?ve been.?
He tells me the major influences are mostly from Peru, because the Peruvian
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a wave, or a vibe. The high ceiling,
which has a high probability
of being acoustically cooperative, amplifies chat from all
corners.
The buffet (9.70 euros)
had a variety of food: lamb
taghine, Caribbean black eye
stew (vegetarian, no milk, no
gluten), rice, garlic spinach
quinoa (vegan), marinated
red cabbage (vegan), southern fruits, apple lentils (vegan), smoked rice (vegan)
and kim chi (vegan).
Bueno onda means good
luck or karma, and it appears that is something this
restaurant has certainly enjoyed. That?s the
deal. Benwick, based on
a recipe by British food writer Anthony Worrall thompson.
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tures. From building the couch to painting
the walls, Schneider says
they have a lot to thank their
friends for.
Koski and Schneider had
attended chef school in Peru
in 2008, and have worked in
the same kitchen for a number of years. A relatively young
trio for having opened their
own restaurant, they are all
born between 1983 and 1985.
Their youth may be a factor in the restaurant?s easygoing atmosphere. if needed, cut the turkey into
thick slices or bite-size chunks.
? Heat the oil in a medium non-stick skillet over medium heat.
stir in the onion; cook for about 8 minutes, moving it about
as needed, so the onion softens and starts to brown a bit.
? Stir in the garlic (to taste); cook for 30 seconds, then
clear a space at the centre of the skillet and plop in the
tomato paste. He is passionate about the connection
between music and food.
?The music is actually
part of the food. In addition, the trio knew a lot of
artists who were looking for
a place to exhibit their work.
They would also like to host
a musical guest every Friday
evening. Schneider laughs.
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Until Sun 21 December
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Fredrikinkatu 43
MUSIC
Thu 11 December
YG (USA)
Rap
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Tickets ?27.50
www.thecircus.fi
Thu 11 December
Tundramatiks,
Kaveri Special
Folk rock
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Tickets ?7.50
www.barloose.com
Open:
Tue-Fri 11:00-17:00
Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00
Free entry
www.anhava.com
Fri 12 December
Jussi Fredriksson Trio: With a
thin brush
New Finnish jazz
Helsinki Music Centre
Black Box
Manneheimintie 13
Tickets ?6.50-17.50
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 12 & Tue 16 December
Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
One of the world?s most beloved
operas
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?21.50-107.50
www.opera.fi
Thu 11 December
Lost Society
Metal
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 13 December
Heimovalta, Riskibisnes
Rock/pop
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?7.50
www.semifinal.fi
Thu 11 December
Truckfighters (SWE)
Desert rock
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Tickets ?16.50/18
www.elmu.fi
Sat 13 December
Poets Of The Fall
Rock
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Tickets ?19
www.virginoil.fi
Fri 12 December
Buzzcocks (UK)
Punk
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Tickets ?28
www.thecircus.fi
Sat 13 December
Kotiteollisuus
Metal
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?21/22
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Fri 12 December
Mayhem / Nutty
Traxx Label Tour
Hard trance
Dusk & Dawn
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21
Tickets ?10.50
Sat 13 December
Haloo Helsinki!
Pop
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Tickets ?22.50
www.thecircus.fi
Fri 12 December
Olavi Uusivirta
Rock/pop
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?15.50/16
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 13 December
Dimebag Beyond Forever
Pantera tribute
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
Tickets ?22
www.elmu.fi
Fri 12 December
Dance Pon Di Corna
David Rodigan (UK)
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?12
www.kuudeslinja.com
Sat 13 December
We Jazz 2014: Jukka
Eskola Soul Trio
Jazz
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?16/23
www.wejazz.fi
Fri 12 December
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra
Clara Schumann?s Piano Concerto
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Manneheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?7.50-32.50
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 12 December
Cherry & The Vipers, Oliver
Rock
On The Rocks
Mikonkatu 15
Tickets ?7.50
www.ontherocks.fi
Sun 14 December
Raveonettes (DNK)
Garage/shoegaze/indie rock
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?26/27
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sun 14 December
Happoradio
Rock/pop
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?18
www.thecircus.fi
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Oil on board.
Mon 15 December
Run The Jewels (USA)
Rap
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?24
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Tue 16 December
Dying Fetus (USA),
Goatwhore (USA),
Fallujah (USA) &
Malevolence (UK)
Death metal
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Tickets ?24
www.elmu.fi
Tue 16 December
Chamber Choir Värinä
Christmas concert
Paavali Church
Sammatintie 5
Helsinki
Tickets
?11.50/16.50
www.kamarikuorovarina.fi
Wed 17 December
Tuomo
Soul
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?13.50/14
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Wed 17 December
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven´s Ode to Joy
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Manneheimintie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?7.50-32.50
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Wed 17 December
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Classic operetta with bubbly music
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?26.50-125.50
www.opera.fi
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Thu 11, Fri 12 & Sat 13 December
Cirque Alfonse: Timber
Brilliant Canadian circus
Espoo City Theatre
Tickets ?15/34/38
www.espoonteatteri.fi
Thu 11, Sat 13 & Mon 15 December
The Nutcracker
and the Mouse King
The traditional Christmas time ballet
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?21.50-107.50
www.opera.fi
Thu 11-Wed 17 December
Winter Circus Dream
Magical winter circus with acrobats, sleep walkers, magicians and
virtuosos of every kind
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth
Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1 A
Tickets ?15-32
www.hurjaruuth.fi
New damascus
collection arrived!
EXHIBITIONS
Until Sun 21 December
Anna Tuori: There Is No Place
Like Home
Captivating paintings by Anna Tuori
Galerie Anhava
Fredrikinkatu 43
Tue-Fri 11:00-17:00
Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00
Free entry
www.anhava.com
Until Sun 4 January
Artists 2014
The exhibition of Artists´
Association of Finland
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Open:
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/7/10
www.taidehalli.fi
UNION DESIGN
Eteläranta 14,Helsinki,
Opposite to the Old market Hall, inner courtyard
Mon-Fri 10-18 Sat 11-15
www.uniondesign.fi . Espoo Museum
of Modern Art
Ahertajantie 5
Open:
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/10/12
www.emma.museum
Until Sun 18 January
#snapshot
Photographs taken by ordinary
people, images sourced from the
internet, historic snapshots and
selfies as well as an overview of
the history of the selfie
The Finnish Museum
of Photography
Tallberginkatu 1 G
Open:
Tickets ?0/6/8
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Until Sun 22 March
Sibelius and the World of Art
Exhibition explores the links between the composer?s work and the
art scene of his time
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Open:
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 10:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/10/12
www.ateneum.fi
AIRPORT
Helsinki Airport Terminal 2
Open every day
+358 (0)9 586 5058, airport@moominshop.fi
FORUM
Mannerheimintie 20, Helsinki
Mon?Fri 9?21, Sat 9?18, Sun 12?18
+358 (0)40 192 0720, forum@moominshop.fi
ITIS
Itäkatu 1-5, Helsinki
Mon?Fri 9?21, Sat 9?18, Sun 12?18
+358 (0)44 971 9126, itis@moominshop.fi
All Things Moomin . Her works have been
on display at various private exhibitions, such as at Tampere Art Museum,
Helsinki Art Museum and Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova in Turku. In 2011, she was
awarded with the title of Young Artist of the Year.
According to the artist herself, the exhibition There Is No Place Like
Home at Galerie Anhava deals with the loss of a feeling of security, seeking, the notion of the home and homelessness. www.facebook.com/uniondesignoy
Until Sun 11 January
Ceramics & Space
Exhibition of contemporary
Finnish ceramics
Design Museum
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
Helsinki
Open:
Tue 11:00-20:00
Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00
Tickets ?0/5/8/10
www.designmuseum.fi
Until Sun 11 January
Tuomas A
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
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. ?Or choose non-material gifts, like tickets to cultural events, such as theatre or
movies.?
A good way to approach
Christmas presents would
be also considering what
you yourself are good at, like
baking or handicraft. The offer is valid until 20 December and for new subscriptions within Finland only.. Besides that, people can
find a thematic Christmas calendar consisting of cartoons
made by Helsinki Kuvataidelukio high-school students.
Supporting charities
Besides thinking about the
ecological impact of Christmas shopping, people should
also consider the ethical aspects of consumption. To avoid that, peo-
ple should adhere to ethical
consumption, which means
choosing products that are
socially and environmentally
sustainable.
With the campaign, Kepa gathers a list of organisations and companies which
provide this kind of products.
They started presenting this
list in 2005 when there were
around 25 gift sellers, whereas now the number has increased to over 80.
These gifts are mainly organic and fair trade products
or support charities. adds Kinnunen and explains that these posts will be
also linked to the Facebook
page. The subscription starts on 2 January 2015. For this
campaign, they have presented their own ideas for a
more ethical Christmas.
Leppäaho herself considers it very important that
the gifts that she makes are
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The campaign Älä osta mitään started with placing a Christmas
tree decorated with electronic scrap inside Helsinki Central Railway Station to attract people?s attention and make them think
about spending Christmas in a more sustainable way.
Ethical and nature-friendly gift ideas
? Non-material presents, like tickets to a movie or a theatre.
? Handmade gift cards for events that you and the receiver
could do together, like going on a trip or spending an evening.
? Do-it-yourself gifts.
? Supporting a charity, like buying something from Amnesty
Store, UNICEF, Save the Children or Red Cross.
? Blogger Noora Shingler recommends on Kepa web-page:
raw chocolate and tea from Ekolo, vegan cook-book from
Animalia web store, a bag by Mifuko.
? Blogger Jenni Rotonen suggests on Kepa web-page: Herb
Basics cosmetics and care products, People Tree pajama
found from the Karma Shop, knitwear or a shirt from Yalo,
toys by MUM.
not violating human rights
or causing damage to the
environment. Then, as
she emphasises, Christmas shopping shouldn?t be
done in a hurry but actually
by thinking it through. she added.
Besides presenting the
list of ethical present sellers, Kepa is cooperating with
two bloggers, Noora Shingler and Jenni Rotonen who
have been writing about ethical products before. ?Christmas
is the time of the year when
people consume the most
so it?s a good time to remind
them that their actions matter,. ?You
can use your own skills,?
says Kinnunen. ?Buy
something necessary,. she
adds. She thinks of
choosing something that the
receiver can use, like natural
cosmetics, organic delicacies
or charity gifts to support
conservation of nature.
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I, for example, didn?t buy
anything!?
Kinnunen adds that they
managed to attract people?s
attention with the Christmas
tree, as many stopped to take
a look and read the posters.
The tree will stay in the station until 11 December.
Whereas Älä osta mitään
Day, originating from Can-
ada, has been organised in
Finland for several years,
Luonto-Liitto has instigated
the Krääsätön Joulu (Trashfree Christmas) campaign
since 2013. says Suvi-Anne Kinnunen, the Älä
osta mitään Campaign Manager from Luonto-Liitto. Consumption, which usually increases
during Christmas, involves
problems like violations of
human rights and harming
nature. This is aimed at
making people think about
the large ecological impact of
buying gifts and other things
during Christmas time.
Non-material gifts
Kinnunen explains that it?s
possible to give presents
in a more nature-friendly way. People
can choose from sellers who
produce natural cosmetics to
designs that originate from
Kenya, supporting the Finnish Red Cross or UNICEF and
many others.
Leppäaho explains that
this action brings ethical gift
ideas in one place and offers
alterative ideas for presents,
that should make ethical
choices easier. But not everyone?s
heading to grab the shopping trolleys to get the best
out of the special discounts.
Several people have gathered at the Central Railway
Station to put up their own
Christmas tree . She usually thinks carefully about the
amount of gifts and doesn?t
give many herself, but the
ones that she will create will
be chosen by thinking about
the personality of this friend
or a family-member.
Apart from the Christmas
tree, Luonto-Liitto is continuing the campaign by updating the Facebook event
Älä osta mitään . decorated with electronic junk from
Helsinki?s recycling centre
and informative posters to
let people know that they are
celebrating Älä osta mitään
(Don?t buy anything) Day.
The message of this day
is to think of your consumption and avoid purchasing.
?Some people see that buying
food is not so bad,. Firstly, she says, it
is important to figure out
how many gifts you actually need to give. päivä:
Krääsätön joulu with informative posts.
?We have also made a challenge for bloggers to write
about their own Krääsätön
joulu,. 17
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Christmas presents can be
nature-friendly and ethical
Christmas gifts should be done by keeping the
ethical consumption and environment in mind,
believe the coordinators of two campaigns.
M E R L E M US T
HE L S INK I T I M E S
IT?S BLACK FRIDAy, 28 November, the day of consumption
heaven that started in the US
and has started to spread to
Finland. This
is the message of the campaign organised by Kepa, an
umbrella organisation for
more than 300 Finnish civil society organisations interested in global affairs and
development.
Kepa Communications
Assistant Iina Leppäaho explained that the idea behind
the ethical Christmas gifts
campaign is that each and
every one of us can make a
difference and help to reduce
global inequality
Directed by:
Richard Donner. Directed by: Mimi
Leder. Food
Shark Tank USA
MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
16.00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
17.00 Man vs. A budding romance with Carol
is threatened, however, by Melvin?s
obsessive neuroses. FILM
Directed by: Robert
Scheerer. Starring: Sean
Penn, Adrien Brody, James
Caviezel. Starring: Bradley
Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie
Jones. USA/2008.
02.00 Conspiracy Theory with
Jesse Ventura
03.00 American Pickers
TV5
06.30 Must Love Cats
07.25 Top 20 Funniest
08.15 Disappeared
12.10 Country Strong FILM
Directed by: Shana Feste.
Starring: Garrett Hedlund,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton
Meester, Tim McGraw.
USA/2010.
14.10 Dawson?s Creek
15.05 Gypsy Sisters
16.00 Sister Wives
16.30 My Crazy Obsession
17.00 Celeb, Brands and Fake
Fans
18.00 Top 20 Funniest
19.00 The Nutty Professor FILM
Directed by: Tom Shadyac.
Starring: Dave Chappelle,
Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett.
USA/1996.
21.00 Love Actually FILM
Directed by: Richard Curtis.
Starring: Alan Rickman,
Andrew Lincoln, Bill
Nighy, Billy Bob Thornton.
UK/2003.
23.50 Dracula
00.45 Drawn to the Flame (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Valerie
Landsburg. However, when Simon is hospitalised, it
falls to Melvin to look after his pet
dog, Verdell. USA/1997.
02.30 Knight Rider
03.25 Rules of Engagement
AVA
10.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
14.55 Jamie?s Family Christmas
16.00 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
17.00 Property Brothers
19.00 Grand Designs Australia
21.00 Crazy, Stupid, Love FILM
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra,
John Requa. USA/2001.
00.40 Mind Games
01.40 Homeland
SUB
14.00 Top Chef
14.55 Mythbusters
16.00 Walker, Texas Ranger
18.00 Top Chef
19.05 2 Broke Girls
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
Sheldon takes offense when
Leonard wants to attend
a party with Wil Wheaton,
while Bernadette tries to
block Howard?s opportunity
to go into outer space.
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Arrow
22.00 Extant
Sparks tries to quarantine
Molly, but she and her family
flee to a remote island with
her estranged father.
23.00 The 100 (K16)
00.00 2 Broke Girls
00.25 Supernatural
JIM
11.15
12.10
13.05
14.05
15.00
friday
11.12
Ink Master
Modern Marvels
Man vs. USA/1998.
01.35 Crisis (K16)
02.35 Homeland
SUB
14.00
14.55
16.00
18.00
Top Chef
Mythbusters
Walker, Texas Ranger
Anthony Bourdain: Parts
Unknown
19.05 How I Met Your Mother
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Dude, Where?s My Car?
FILM
Directed by: Danny Leiner.
Starring: Ashton Kutcher,
Seann William Scott, Kristy
Swanson. (K16)
00.15 Grimm (K16)
JIM
09.25 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
12.10 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff
Corwin
13.10 American Restoration
13.40 Ball Boys
A reality series focusing on
the buying and selling of
sports memorabilia at a shop
in Baltimore.
14.10 Ice Road Truckers
16.00 Gordon?s Great Escape
17.00 American Pickers
The show follows antique
and collectible pickers
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz
as they travel around the
United States.
18.00 Undercover Boss
19.00 Kitchen Nightmares
20.00 Posh Pawn
21.00 Guinness World Records
22.00 Aussie Pickers
23.00 Pawn Stars
03.00 Modern Marvels
07.30 Children?s Programming
08.30 Sea Rescue
10.10 Zoo
13.45 My Big Fat Gypsy
Christmas
14.45 How to be a Gentleman
16.45 The Ladykillers FILM
Directed by: Ethan & Joel
Coen. Starring: Michael
Douglas, Lee Purcell,
Joe Don Baker.
USA/1970.
02.15 Frasier
02.45 Castle
03.40 Ice Road Truckers
TV5
06.30 Dogs 101
07.25 MacGyver
08.20 Matlock
12.15 The King of Queens
13.10 Disappeared
14.00 MacGyver
15.00 Matlock
16.25 Everybody Loves Raymond
16.55 Married. Starring: Kevin Spacey,
Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment.
USA/2000.
TV5 21.00
Thursday 11.12.2014
AVA 21.00
Friday 12.12.2014. Starring:
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
Joe Pesci. Directed by: James
L. Starring: Aaron
Eckhart, Bridget Moynahan,
Jim Parrack.
USA/2011.
23.25 Spider-Man 2 FILM
Directed by: Sam Raimi.
Starring: Alfred Molina,
Tobey Maguire, Cliff
Robertson.
USA/2004.
01.55 As Good As It Gets FILM
Directed by: James L.
Brooks. Jamie
ventures further from home
to explore the enchanting
Moroccan city of Marrakesh.
17.30 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.40 Behind Enemy Lines (K16)
FILM
A Navy navigator is shot
down over enemy territory
and is ruthlessly pursued
by a secret police enforcer
and the opposing troops.
Directed by: John Moore.
Starring: Owen Wilson,
Gene Hackman, Gabriel
Macht. USA/1992.
23.15 C.S.I. Starring: Cuba
Gooding Jr., Greg Kinnear,
Helen Hunt.
USA/1997.
AVA
09.30 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
10.00 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
12.50 Doctors
14.40 Real Housewives of New
York City
15.40 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
16.30 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
18.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
21.00 Pay It Forward FILM
Directed by: Mimi Leder.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen
Hunt, Haley Joel Osment.
USA/2000.
23.25 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
00.20 First Dates
13.12.
MTV3
NELONEN
Lethal Weapon 3
Sub 21.00
08.05 Children?s Programming
16.20 Top Gear
Jeremy Clarkson takes a
look at the motoring world
with car news, reviews and
test track challenges.
21.00 Amazing Race
22.15 Lottery and Joker
00.30 Homeland (K16)
Homeland is a compelling
and contemporary US
thriller about a troubled
and unorthodox CIA agent,
starring Claire Danes.
SUB
11.00 Modern Family
12.00 Two and a Half Men
14.00 Undercover Boss USA
In this hidden-camera
show an executive goes
undercover in his or her own
company to get a raw look at
how people really work.
14.55 Top Chef
16.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
17.15 X Factor UK
19.05 Catching Hell
20.00 Top Gear
21.00 Lethal Weapon 3 (K16)
FILM
Two cops need to learn
to work with one another
to stop a gang of drug
smugglers. Starring: Cuba
Gooding Jr., Helen Hunt,
Jack Nicholson.
USA/1997.
00.20 Strippers
01.15 Score
01.45 Operation Repo
02.35 Rules of Engagement
03.00 Coupling
04.05 Rules of Engagement
AVA
09.30 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
10.00 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
12.50 Doctors
13.40 The Fashion Fund
14.40 Real Housewives of New
York City
15.40 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
16.30 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
18.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
22.00 Real Housewives of New
York City
23.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
23.55 House
An antisocial maverick
doctor who specialises in
diagnostic medicine does
whatever it takes to solve
puzzling cases that come his
way using his crack team of
doctors and his wits.
saturday
12.12.
MTV3
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Sub 18.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Double Your House For
Half The Money
14.35 Mike & Molly
15.15 The House That £100K
Built
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.40 The Thin Red Line (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Terrence
Malick. Hall, Marlon Wayans.
USA/2004.
19.00 Once Upon a Time
21.00 Assassination of a High
School President FILM
Directed by: Brett Simon.
Starring: Mischa Barton,
Reece Thompson, Bruce
Willis. In this
series we see some of
the most awful, hilarious,
grammatically-incorrect and
just plain weird tattoos.
20.00 Top 20 Funniest
21.00 As Good As It Gets FILM
Directed by: James L.
Brooks. Trevor?s
efforts to make good on his idea
bring a revolution not only in
the lives of himself, his alcoholic
mother and his physically and
emotionally scarred teacher, but
in those of an ever-widening
circle of people completely unknown to him. USA/2000.
22.35 Arrow
23.35 Cheaters
00.40 How I Met Your Mother
JIM
11.05 Ink Master
12.00 Dangerous Encounters
with Brady Barr
13.05 Man vs. An emotional thaw
begins to set in and when Carol
misses stints at the restaurant due
to her son?s asthma, Melvin pays for
him to have proper medical attention. Food
18.00 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
19.00 Shark Tank USA
21.55 Talent USA
23.45 Cajun Pawn Stars
00.45 Shark Tank USA
01.45 Guinness World Records
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.20 Wizards of Waverly Place
08.50 Animal ABC
09.50 Love Handles
13.50 For Rent
14.20 Bill?s Food
15.50 America?s Next Top Model
16.50 Pawn Stars
17.20 Frasier
17.50 Ramsay?s Best Restaurant
22.00 Another 48 Hours (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Walter Hill.
Starring: Eddie Murphy,
Nick Nolte, Brion James.
USA/1990.
00.00 Oz (K16)
01.10 Frasier
01.40 Conspiracy Theory with
Jesse Ventura
02.40 The Deadliest Roads
TV5
06.30 Bad Dog!
07.25 MacGyver
08.20 Matlock
12.15 The King of Queens
13.10 Disappeared
14.05 MacGyver
15.05 Matlock
16.00 Rules of Engagement
16.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
17.00 Married. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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Helsinki Times TV Guide offers a selection of English broadcasting on Finnish television.
thursday
MTV3
Behind Enemy Lines
MT V3 22.40
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Property Brothers
14.35 Ground Floor
15.15 Jamie?s Food Escapes
SERIES BEGINS. Both Nicholson
and Hunt won Oscars for their
wonderful performances in this
prickly comedy. With Children
18.00 The King of Queens
19.00 American Worst Tattoos
SERIES BEGINS. With Children
17.55 The King of Queens
18.55 Ghostbusters FILM
Directed by: Ivan Reitman.
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson,
Harold Ramis.
USA/1984.
21.00 Battle Los Angeles FILM
Directed by: Jonathan
Liebesman. USA/2008.
23.55 The Midnight Meat Train
(K18) FILM
Directed by: Ryuhei
Kitamura. Brooks. Starring: Tom Hanks,
Irma P. Food
18.00 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
19.00 Shark Tank USA
20.00 Hotel Hell
Gordon Ramsay travels
across the USA visiting
hopeless hotels, mediocre
motels and just plain bad
B&Bs, attempting to fix
their problems and turn
around the struggling
establishments.
22.00 Posh Pawn
23.00 Shark Tank USA
00.00 Last Chance Driving
School
00.30 Bad Ink
01.00 Cajun Pawn Stars
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.20 Wizards of Waverly Place
08.50 Animal ABC
09.50 Love Handles
13.50 For Rent
14.20 Bill?s Food
15.50 America?s Next Top Model
16.50 Pawn Stars
17.20 Frasier
17.50 Ramsay?s Best Restaurant
21.00 13 Going on 30 FILM
Directed by: Gary Winick.
Starring: Jennifer Garner,
Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer.
USA/2004.
00.05 Adam at 6 a.m. Starring: Cuba Gooding
Jr., Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson.
USA/1997.
Social studies teacher Eugene
Simonet (Kevin Spacey) gives his
class an intriguing assignment.
They need to devise and put into
action a plan that will change
the world for better. Eleven and
a half year old Trevor McKinney
(Haley Joel Osment) decides that
if he can do three good deeds for
someone and they in turn can
pay it forward and so forth, positive changes can occur. Food
14.05 Shark Tank USA
15.00 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
16.00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
17.00 Man vs. Starring: Steve
Carell, Julianne Moore,
Ryan Gosling.
USA/2011.
23.20 Modern Family
00.20 House
As Good As It Gets
Pay It Forward
An obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon romantic writer Melvin Udall
(Jack Nicholson) is a neurotic homophobic racist who enjoys insulting
his gay neighbour, artist Simon
Bishop and being rude to waitress
Carol at his local restaurant. 16
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11
Directed by: Chris
Columbus. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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sunday
monday
14.12.
MTV3
NELONEN
MTV3
NELONEN
07.30
12.30
13.00
14.00
15.00
16.00
17.00
21.00
Nanny McPhee
TV5 12.20
08.00 Children?s Programming
11.30 Jamie Cooks Christmas
14.45 Big FILM
When a boy wishes to be big
at a magic wish machine, he
wakes up the next morning
and finds himself in an adult
body. Food
14.10 Shark Tank USA
15.05 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
16.05 Modern Marvels
17.00 Man vs. While
rehearsing his concession speech,
David meets Elise and they share
a passionate kiss. Starring: Tom
Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins,
Robert Loggia. Food
Richman explores the ?big
food. Starring: Hilary Swank,
Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor.
USA/2009.
TV5 21.00
Sunday 14.12.2014
Sub 21.00
Tuesday 16.12.2014. Food
18.00 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
19.00 Shark Tank USA
20.00 American Pickers
21.00 Posh Pawn
22.00 Cajun Pawn Stars
22.30 Pawn Stars
23.00 Shark Tank USA
00.00 Ice Road Truckers
NELONEN
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.20 Wizards of Waverly Place
08.50 Animal ABC
09.50 Love Handles
13.50 For Rent
14.20 Bill?s Food
15.50 Beverly Hills Nannies
16.50 Pawn Star
17.20 Frasier
17.50 Ramsay?s Best Restaurant
Gordon Ramsay looks
for the best restaurant in
England, by first pitting
pairs of restaurants of the
same cuisine against each
other, and then the different
cuisines against each other
in brackets.
21.00 NCIS
23.00 Rescue Me
00.00 Frasier
01.00 Gang Life (K16)
02.00 The Deadliest Roads
TV5
06.45 Dogs 101
07.40 MacGyver
08.35 Matlock
12.30 The King of Queens
13.25 Disappeared
14.15 MacGyver
15.10 Matlock
16.05 Rules of Engagement
16.35 Everybody Loves Raymond
17.05 Married. USA/2006.
15.50 Sean Saves the World
16.20 Monk
17.15 Knight Rider
18.15 House
19.15 Beethoven FILM
Directed by: Brian Levant.
Starring: Charles Grodin,
Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones.
USA/1992.
21.00 The Adjustment Bureau
FILM
Directed by: George Nolfi.
Starring: Anthony Mackie,
Matt Damon, David Alan
Basche. USA/2011.
23.05 Suburgatory
23.30 Grimm
A supernatural crime drama
involving a police detective
who can see the dual nature
of creatures among us
hiding in human form.
00.30 Shameless (K16)
JIM
11.15 Ocean Mysteries with Jeff
Corwin
13.10 Man vs. USA/1988.
20.00 Christmas Concert
In Finnish.
00.00 Gates (K16)
02.00 Homeland (K16)
SUB
11.00 The Simpsons
14.00 How to Live with Your
Parents (for the Rest of
Your Life)
15.00 Ladies of London
16.00 Glee
17.00 Pretty Little Liars
18.00 X Factor UK
19.00 Anthony Bourdain: Parts
Unknown
20.00 Mythbusters
21.00 Percy Jackson & the
Olympians: The Lightning
Thief FILM
A teenager discovers that
he is the descendant of a
Greek god and sets out on
an adventure to settle an
on-going battle between
the gods. Their union was tested,
however, as Earhart developed
passionate feelings for Gene
Vidal and the couple?s marriage
faced the ultimate tragedy years
later, as Earhart?s fierce independent spirit spurred her to attempt to fly around the world - a
venture that infamously shrouded
her in mystery, as the pilot simply
vanished after crashing into the
Pacific Ocean. Directed by: Mira
Nair. TV GUIDE
HELSINKI TIMES
11 . USA/2009.
23.10 Raising Hope
23.35 Nikita (K16)
00.35 Shameless (K16)
JIM
12.10 JIM D Biography: Robert
Duvall
13.10 Man vs. New York (K16)
23.35 Person of Interest
Reese and Finch enlist the
help of Carter, Shaw and
Zoe Morgan, who use their
feminine wiles to bait a
handsome man who is either
a predator or someone else?s
imminent prey.
00.35 The Glades
01.35 Homeland (K16)
SUB
14.00 Explorers
14.30 The Capones
14.55 Mythbusters
16.00 Walker, Texas Ranger
18.00 Supersize vs Superskinny
19.05 Raising Hope
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
Amy is hurt when Bernadette
and Penny go bridesmaid
dress shopping without her,
so she turns to a reluctant
Sheldon for comfort.
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Amelia FILM
Directed by: Mira Nair.
Starring: Hilary Swank,
Richard Gere, Ewan
McGregor. Starring: Martin
Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John
C. Just as David realizes that
he is falling for Elise, mysterious
men from the Adjustment Bureau
conspire to keep the two apart and
do everything in their considerable
power to prevent David and Elise
from being together. Starring: Anthony
Mackie, Matt Damon, David Alan
Basche. offerings of a different
American city before facing off
against a pre-existing eating
challenge at a local restaurant.
18.00 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
19.00 Shark Tank USA
20.00 Kitchen Nightmares
21.00 Aussie Pickers
22.00 Cajun Pawn Stars
22.30 Pawn Stars
23.00 Shark Tank USA
01.00 Ice Road Truckers
01.55 Posh Pawn
02.50 MasterChef Australia:
All Stars
The Adjustment
Bureau
07.00 Children?s Programming
08.20 Wizards of Waverly Place
08.50 Animal ABC
09.50 Love Handles
13.50 For Rent
14.20 Bill?s Food
15.20 How to be a Gentleman
15.50 Once Upon a Time
16.50 Pawn Stars
17.20 Frasier
17.50 Ramsay?s Best Restaurant
21.00 Nothing to Lose FILM
Directed by: Steve
Oedekerk. Richard Gere co-stars as
her charismatic business partner
and adoring husband George
Putnam. Inspired by her,
David delivers an unusually candid
speech that is well-received, making him a favorite for the Senate
race. With Children
18.00 The King of Queens
19.00 Megalodon: The New
Evidence DOC
This documentary presents
the shocking new evidence
of the existence of
Megalodon, an enormous
prehistoric shark that could
still be roaming the oceans.
21.00 Julie & Julia
FILM
Directed by: Nora Ephron.
Starring: Meryl Streep,
Amy Adams, Chris Messina.
USA/2009.
23.20 Chicago Fire
02.00 Rules of Engagement
02.25 Bringing Ashley Home
FILM
Directed by: Nick Copus.
USA/2011.
AVA
09.30 Jamie?s Family Christmas
12.50 Doctors
13.40 Lily Cole?s Art Matters
14.40 Project Runway
17.00 Jamie?s Family Christmas
18.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
21.00 Dinner for Schmucks
FILM
A renowned publisher
encourages his friends
to find the most pathetic
guests possible for their
weekly dinner party.
Directed by: Jay Roach.
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul
Rudd, Zach Galifianakis.
USA/2010.
23.15 Cold Feet
00.15 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
Amelia
The Adjustment Bureau is a
romantic science fiction thriller
revolving around an ambitious
politician David Norris (Damon)
who is on the brink of winning
a seat in the US Senate. Food
14.10 Shark Tank USA
15.05 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
16.00 Modern Marvels
17.00 Man vs. USA/1997.
23.05 Oz (K16)
00.10 Frasier
00.40 Gang Life (K16)
TV5
06.45 Michaela?s Animal Road
Trip
07.40 MacGyver
08.35 Matlock
12.30 The King of Queens
13.25 Disappeared
14.15 MacGyver
15.10 Matlock
16.05 Rules of Engagement
16.35 Everybody Loves Raymond
17.05 Married. USA/2011.
Hilary Swank stars Amelia
Earhart, the legendary American
pilot who made history in 1932 by
becoming the first woman ever
to fly solo across the Atlantic
Ocean. USA/2011.
23.05 Spartacus: Vengeance
(K18)
00.20 Battle Los Angeles FILM
Directed by: Jonathan
Liebesman. Starring: Jude
Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate
Winslet. Starring: Angela
Lansbury, Colin Firth, Derek
Jacobi. Directed by: Kirk
Jones. Brown and
attempts to tame his seven
exceedingly bad behaving
children. McGinley. Jane
needs all his social skills if
he is to insinuate himself
into this insular group of the
rich and powerful.
22.35 Rizzoli & Isles (K16)
23.35 The Good Guys
00.35 Homeland (K16)
01.40 Super Fun Night
SUB
14.00 X Factor UK
19.05 Suburgatory
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Contagion FILM
Directed by: Steven
Soderbergh. With Children
18.00 The King of Queens
19.00 Top 20 Funniest
21.00 The Family Man FILM
Directed by: Brett Ratner.
Starring: Don Cheadle,
Jeremy Piven, Nicolas Cage.
USA/2000.
23.25 Best of Anna Nicole Smith
(K16)
00.45 Ghostbusters
FILM
Directed by: Ivan Reitman.
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson.
USA/1984.
02.35 Spartacus: Vengeance
(K18)
03.35 The Family Man FILM
Directed by: Brett Ratner.
USA/2000.
AVA
09.30 Jamie?s 30 Minute Meals
10.00 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
12.45 Doctors
13.40 Flipping Out
Flipping Out takes a look
at a peculiar real estate
speculator, Jeff Lewis who
buys houses and ?flips?
them, selling them for a
profit after fixing them up.
17.00 Jamie?s Family Christmas
18.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
British style experts Trinny
Woodall and Susannah
Constantine travel the globe
turning hapless fashion
failures into glamorous
catwalk queens.
19.00 Grand Designs Australia
20.00 Grand Designs
21.30 Welcome to Sweden!
23.00 Revenge
00.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
16.12.
MTV3
Megalodon: The New Evidence
T V5 19.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Undercover Boss USA
14.35 Modern Family
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
The drama set in the
glamorous world of the Los
Angeles fashion scene and
focusing on the wealthy and
powerful Forrest family.
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 The Mentalist
22.35 C.S.I. Starring: Aaron
Eckhart, Jim Parrack.
USA/2011.
02.30 The Adjustment Bureau
FILM
Directed by: George Nolfi.
USA/2011.
AVA
10.00 Marbella Mansions
12.00 You Deserve This House
13.00 Double Your House For
Half The Money
15.00 Lucky Dog
15.30 Auf Wiedersehen, My Pet
16.30 Real Housewives of New
York City
20.00 Reign
21.00 Revenge
Emily grows concerned
about Charlotte, fearing she
will not be able to climb out
of the dark place she has
landed.
22.00 Cold Feet
23.00 Welcome to Sweden!
23.30 Modern Family
tuesday
15.12.
The Mentalist
MT V3 21.00
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Amazing Race
14.35 The Millers
15.15 Vanity Fair?s Hollywood
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
21.00 The Mentalist
A woman has been found
murdered near a remote
men?s social club. (K16)
00.15 The Originals (K16)
JIM
09.35 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
11.25 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
13.25 Mountain Men
14.20 Talent USA
Singers, dancers, magicians,
comedians and other
performers compete for the
prize of one million dollars.
16.05 Kitchen Nightmares
20.00 Gordon?s Great Escape
22.00 Mountain Men
Eustace Conway lives on a
parcel of land in the Blue
Ridge Mountains and hosts
people to whom he teaches
basic wilderness survival
skills.
23.00 American Pickers
00.00 Strange or What
01.00 American Restoration
01.30 Ball Boys
Children?s Programming
Sea Rescue
Zoo
Animal ABC
Pawn Stars
Hoarders
The Body of Proof
King Arthur FILM
Arthur is the leader of a
select group of Sarmatian
knights who have been
incorporated into the elite
ranks of the Roman army.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua.
Starring: Clive Owen, Keira
Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen.
USA/Ireland/UK/2004.
00.00 American Pickers
TV5
06.40 Growing Up
07.35 Gypsy Sisters
08.30 Dawson?s Creek
12.20 Nanny McPhee FILM
Nanny McPhee enters the
household of the recently
widowed Mr. Starring: Logan
Lerman, Pierce Brosnan,
Alexandra Daddario.
USA/2010.
23.15 C.S.I. Directed by:
George Nolfi. Directed by: Penny
Marshall
Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. Dial 112. See www.posti.fi
Emergency Numbers. Operator number 118. Yliopiston apteekki (tel. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding regions
from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight. Finland?s international country
code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. For more information, see www.hsl.fi.
Tourist Information. Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. Food
Shark Tank USA
Shark Tank features business
pitches from aspiring
entrepreneurs to a panel of
potential investors.
15.00 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
16.00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
17.00 Man vs. USA/2000.
TV5 21.00
Wednesday 17.12.2014
Airport buses. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and metro. Starring: Chris
Cooper, Mel Gibson,
Heath Ledger.
USA/2000.
00.10 Deadly Affairs
01.05 Brooklyn 99
01.35 My Crazy Obsession
02.05 Nana (K18) FILM
Directed by: Dan Wolman.
Italy/1983.
03.45 Rules of Engagement
AVA
09.30 Jamie?s Family Christmas
12.50 Doctors
17.00 Jamie?s Family Christmas
18.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
20.00 Grand Designs
This series follows people
building their dream houses
and all the dilemmas that
come with it.
21.00 Reign
22.00 Real Housewives of New
York City
23.00 Trinny & Susannah?s
Makeover Mission
23.55 House
Weather
Banks and Bureaux de Change. 18
wednesday
Rules of Engagement
T V5 16.05
09.45 The Bold and the Beautiful
10.10 Emmerdale
11.10 Doctors
13.35 Cosmos
14.35 How I Met Your Mother
15.15 Double Your House For
Half The Money
17.25 The Bold and the Beautiful
18.00 Emmerdale
22.45 Mythbusters
23.50 Royal Pains
A down and out surgeon
has a chance to redeem
himself as a small town
physician in the wealthy
beach community of East
Hampton.
00.50 Revolution (K16)
01.50 Homeland
SUB
14.00
14.55
16.00
18.00
19.05
Jamie?s Dream School
Mythbusters
Walker, Texas Ranger
Kitchen Nightmares USA
New Girl
New Girl follows a group of
six friends, their somewhat
interconnected romantic
exploits and their often
hilariously misguided
attempts to find their
respective places in the world.
19.30 Two and a Half Men
20.00 Big Bang Theory
Sheldon faces his phobia
of birds, while Leonard and
Penny try going to a movie
just as friends.
20.30 The Simpsons
21.00 Top Chef
22.00 NCIS: New Orleans
00.00 New Girl
JIM
Ink Master
Modern Marvels
Man vs. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 8-20 and SatSun 10-14. 0300 20200, calls are
charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
Public Transport. Finnair?s airport bus operates daily between Helsinki Airport and Helsinki city centre (platform 30 at Helsinki Central
Railway Station, just beside the restaurant Vltava), 35 minutes, ?6.
On its way to the centre it stops several times but on the way to
the airport only at Scandic Hotel Continental, close to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
670,000
tonnes of municipal
waste was deposited
at landfills
in 2013
Statistics Finland
SOLUTION ON PAGE 23. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but
are closed on Sundays. With Children
18.00 The King of Queens
20.30 Brooklyn 99
21.00 The Patriot (K16) FILM
Directed by: Roland
Emmerich. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights.
Pharmacies. Single ticket
sudoku
The Patriot
In 1776 South Carolina, widower
and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds
himself thrust into the midst
of the American Revolutionary
War as he helplessly watches his
family torn apart by the savage
forces of the British Redcoats.
Unable to remain silent, he
recruits a band of reluctant
volunteers, including his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel (Heath
Ledger), to take up arms against
British. Both telephone cards and Finnish SIM cards for mobile
phones can be bought at R-kioski shops.
fares: Helsinki (one zone) ?2.80/?2.20 from ticket machine, Helsinki-Espoo or Helsinki-Vantaa (two zones) ?4.50 and whole area
(three zones) ?7.00. Public phones
are scarce. 09
471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
Post Offices. 09 100 23.
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Night buses have an extra fee. Hietaniemen kauppahalli (?Hietaniemi Market Hall?) holds until summer 2014 the majority shops from Wanha Kauppahalli.
Restaurants. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783
(between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and
6:00).
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Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of
what to do) . 09 3101 3300. Fighting to protect
his family?s freedom and his
country?s independence, Martin
discovers the pain of betrayal,
the redemption of revenge and
the passion of love. Health centres around the country are open
Mon-Fri 8-16. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
10-16:30 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is
open 6-22 daily. Food
17.30 MasterChef Australia: All
Stars
19.00 Shark Tank USA
20.00 Last Chance Driving
School
20.30 Bad Ink
22.00 Cajun Pawn Stars
22.30 Pawn Stars
23.00 Shark Tank USA
00.00 Mountain Men
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Finland inFo
17.12.
MTV3
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TV GUIDE
11 . In a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are
quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station
is open Mon-Fri 8-20 and Sat-Sun 9-19. Directed
by: Roland Emmerich. Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau
(Pohjoisesplanadi 19, Aleksanterinkatu 20) is open Mon-Fri 9-20
and Sat-Sun 9-18 between 15 May and 14 September; at other times
of the year, Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat-Sun 10-16, tel. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
tel. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. 09 4711.
Children in need of urgent medical treatment should be taken to
Lastenklinikka children?s hospital. Restaurants in the Helsinki area can be found from
the internet service www.eat.fi, which provides information on restaurants, their menus, opening hours and some user rating etc.
Internet. In the evenings and at weekends adults in need of urgent medical treatment in Helsinki should go to emergency health
centres at Haartman hospital (Haartmaninkatu 4) or Maria hospital
(Lapinlahdenkatu 16).
Emergency clinics in Helsinki and Uusimaa area hospitals that are
on call 24 hours a day: Helsinki: Meilahti hospital, 2nd floor, Haartmaninkatu 4, tel. 17 DECEMBER 2014
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07.00 Children?s Programming
08.20 Wizards of Waverly Place
08.50 Animal ABC
09.50 Love Handles
13.50 For Rent
14.20 Bill?s Food
15.50 America?s Next Top Model
16.50 Pawn Star
17.20 Frasier
23.00 Castle
A murder scene complete
with lots of blood but no
victim and high tech lifeextension science are all part
of the investigation as Castle
and Beckett try to solve a
murder without a body.
00.00 Frasier
00.30 Rescue Me
01.30 Gang Life (K16)
02.30 The Deadliest Roads
TV5
06.45 My Cat from Hell
07.40 MacGyver
08.35 Matlock
12.30 The King of Queens
13.25 Disappeared
This show follows the ups
and downs of missing
person cases, showing the
progression of cases that are
opened to try and find out
why people disappear.
14.15 MacGyver
15.10 Matlock
16.05 Rules of Engagement
Two couples and their single
friend, all at different stages
in their relationships, deal
with the complications of
dating, commitment and
marriage.
16.35 Everybody Loves Raymond
17.05 Married. Most
hotels as well as the Helsinki Tourist Office and Helsinki?s General
Post Office have a computer terminal. The currency exchange counter at the harbour in
Katajanokka, Helsinki is open everyday (Mon-Fri 15-17:30 Sat-Sun
10-11, 15-17:30). 09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge.
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Medical services. Starring:
Chris Cooper, Mel Gibson, Heath
Ledger. For non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.
Market halls
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XIE XIE . In Helsinki, I arrived to the station, the train
was late and when it arrived,
it was so packed with people that I was one of the last
ones to fit in. And people just
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no complaints or discussions
of how this could happen. I see this as a general concept of ?Going Finnish. I hope that Estonia
will one day reach an economic level that would allow people to support similar ideas.
After just a short while here,
it has become clear to me why
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as their home. the survey
by the Association of Finnish Work from 2014 showed
that 75 per cent of people see
it as a responsibility to favour
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Merle Must is doing her internship with Helsinki Times. I had
visited the city numerous
times before, because I lived
just across the Baltic Sea, but
only for touristic purposes.
As the actual life in Helsinki
is of course different, some
things have managed to surprise me.
I knew before arriving
that hordes of Estonians
come here for work, because
the wages are a few times
higher and the social system
and employers. I certainly hope that
something is done with these
issues and Finland will remain hospitable, as it is in
the benefit of foreigners and
also good for the country
which would need the growing number of migrants for
sustaining the economy.
Estonia and Finland aren?t
so different: I came to believe
that Finland is just a more organised and richer Estonia.
The Netherlands, my current
home country, on the other hand, gives a chance for
comparison. Still,
a few days ago I encountered
my first conversation with a
stranger in a Finnish metro ?
a pleasant young man asked
me where I had bought my
e-reader and how is it to use
that. Although the political stand
seems to be tolerant and the
people have been more than
helpful and nice to me, there
are also frightening stories,
like a recent case of beating
and threatening of a Somali-born taxi driver in North
Karelia. attitude to this extensive influx
of foreigners started to interest me immediately. (59?) 50 min
Meridian massage 56. which
could include also the recent
news that textile companies
moving their production back
to Finland. So, exceptions do occur!
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about Finland. approach to people
have claimed to be considerably better. was
the first idea that came to my
mind when I arrived in Helsinki for my internship. I wouldn?t mind
becoming one of them sometime in the future.
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Dutch trains people would
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