Finnish
government bonds soared as investors sought a safe place to invest.
Russia?s President Vladimir Putin, who had already extended a 2.5
billion euro loan to Cyprus, called
the plan ?unfair, unprofessional and
dangerous.?
It soon became obvious that the
Cypriot parliament would not pass
the measure, and Eurozone of?cials
backtracked, releasing a statement
to say they ?reaf?rm the importance of fully guaranteeing deposits
below 100,000 euros.?
Cypriot of?cials are now negotiating other ways to raise the 5.8 billion, such as lowering or eliminating
the levy on small savers, but taking a higher percentage from larger
bank accounts.
Finland has been a strong advocate
of using bank accounts to help pay for
the bailout, but Prime Minister Jyrki
Katainen has refused to comment directly on the in?ammatory issue.
?It is essential that the solution
in Cyprus leads to debt sustainability,. The plan
CYPRUS
would have raised 5.8 billion euros,
which lowered the cost of the bailout
to 10 billion. HT
Cypriots protest against an EU bailout outside the parliament in Nicosia on 18 March.
REDUCTIONS in corporate taxes are
looking more likely, as the left wing
ministers showed a green light to
the tax cuts that the Confederation
of Finnish Industries (EK) is campaigning for. The plan to seize bank deposits was partly due to the amount of
Russian money in Cypriot banks, and
it is politically dif?cult to have EU tax
money protect Russian depositors.
Cypriots were shocked, because
the deal breached the once-sacrosanct protection of bank deposits
under the EU-standard 100,000 euros. But while Internet
shopping is easy and fun, don?t
go for dodgy deals. W W W.HELSINKITIMES.FI
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Corporate taxes and other tax
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have been negotiating a bailout for
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The proposed bailout included a
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NIINA WOOLLE Y . ISSUE 12 (294) . Equity markets fell around the
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Populist perhaps?
THESE kinds of labels obviously simplify, and I do not
claim that the new Pope
would have a deep appreciation or understanding of
Keynesian economic theories, or any other economic theories for that matter. While
still very small by European standards, the number
of Catholics has been growing in Finland. Apart from
the standard patriarchal position taken by the church,
some particularly misogynist statements have been
attributed to him.
FOR GAY
ONE OF THE messages carries
his picture, with a quote that
?Women are naturally un?t
for political of?ce. In many
countries where the Catholic Church is in?uential, rich
women can get a safe abortion relatively easily, whereas the poor have to face more
serious consequences.
THIS DOES not mean that all
Catholics would blindly obey
the Pope?s instructions. Some of these tendencies have been known as
liberation theology.
THE RECORD of the new Pope
in this regard is not clear.
Having been ordained as
a priest one year after the
Medellín meeting, he never
subscribed to the leftist tendencies within the church.
One of the main points of
controversy around his actions during the military
dictatorship comes from reports on his role in the torture of two fellow Jesuit
priests linked to liberation
theology. label.
and other
left-leaning economic-policy
observers, a promising sign
in Bergoglio is that the Cato
Institute folks seem worried.
Cato Institute is one of those
places where people defend
privileges based on proper-
ty rights and call themselves
economic liberals. For Benegas, the
concept of neoliberalism is
never used by true intellectuals and is mostly used by the
enemies of open society. Unlike some of
his Jesuit colleagues, however, Bergoglio was never part
of those radical tendencies of
?SPECULATION?
the church that used Marxist
theories as the basis of their
social and economic commentary. is also a central tenet
of the Keynesian approach in
economic analysis.
FOR KEYNESIANS
terminology can also be used by others
than Keynesians, especially Marxists. Benegas was also worried about
Bergoglio?s tendency to use
the concept ?social debt?.
FOR
OTHER concepts used by Ber-
goglio and detested by Benegas were ?social justice?
and ?speculation?. Both the
natural order and facts show
us that the political being par
excellence is male; that Scripture shows us that woman
has always been the helper of
man who thinks and does, but
nothing more.?
tion (gay rights) and at other times sounded like a leftist
opponent of the government
(distributive concerns of
economic policy). Therefore, for statistical purposes, a higher number
of priests involved in human
rights violations did not necessarily mean a higher percentage of involved priests per
victim.
APART FROM the catholic
priests who aided torture,
there were those who bravely
defended human rights during the military dictatorship
in Argentina, themselves at
times becoming victims of
persecution. It is headquartered in Washington DC,
but has af?liates in different
parts of Latin America and
elsewhere.
af?liates is Alberto Benegas who has
chaired the economics sections of the National Academy of Science in Argentina.
Last week I read his comments from December 2011
on Bergoglio?s speech given
when the current Pope was
still the archbishop of Buenos Aires.
ONE OF THE
BENEGAS, Bergoglio
seemed a well-meaning
priest who expressed a significant lack of understanding
of the meaning of property rights and free markets.
One sign of Bergoglio?s economic-policy ignorance, according to Benegas, was that
he attributed the causes of
the economic crisis to ?neoliberalism?. 2
VIEWPOINT
21 . The overall numbers of
people killed and missing were
much higher in Argentina than
in Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, or
Brazil. Why would the feminist
organisations of Argentina
not have made more noise
about such a statement, supposedly made some years ago
about the current president
Cristina Fernández?
relationship
with the current government in Argentina has included moments of tension
that re?ect his ambiguous
politics. He lived for years in South and North America,
and has field experience in over 100 countries. own and do not represent the official policy of the Helsinki Times.
Teivo Teivainen is Professor of World Politics at University of Helsinki. The interview was supposed to be
published only after Videla?s
death, but the magazine decided to break the deal after
Videla had given related interviews to other media.
THE COMPLICITY of the church
with violent crimes has thus
been clearly established in Argentina. Apart from abundant information gathered
by human rights organisations, the involvement was
con?rmed by one of the former dictators, Jorge Videla, in a 2010 interview with
the magazine El Sur. After
the name of the new Pope was
revealed last week, the role of
the church in his native Argentina has entered the spotlight.
ensuing debates, Bergoglio himself, now Pope
Francis I, has been accused
of various doings. I have
always been impressed by the
number of people in different
parts of the world who claim
to be devout Catholics but deviate from the anachronistic teachings of the church in
various ways, the use of condoms being one of the most
famous examples. He has on occasions
taken a conservative posi-
BERGOGLIO?S
For gay activists and feminists, Bergoglio is
likely to remain yet another reactionary Pope.
cident became more complicated when Jalic later stated
that he had reached a reconciliation with Bergoglio.
activists and feminists, Bergoglio is likely to
remain yet another reactionary Pope. In a regional comparison, Argentina was more
involved in human rights violations than the church in
some of the neighboring countries. His prominent
role in opposing gay rights
is clear, though less violent
than the role of some of his
African colleagues. With regards to women?s rights, it is
not reasonable to expect any
major initiatives that would
please feminists. He has worked for international agencies, governments and
social movements. With regards to the
military dictatorship, the new
Pope may have to ?ght some
of the shadows of the whole
Argentine church.
evidence exists of
both direct and indirect involvement of the Catholic Church leaders in grave
human rights violations in
MUCH
Argentina during the dictatorship. Others
have to do with his position on
women?s rights and non-traditional sexuality.
IN THE
AS THERE are many solid rea-
sons to criticise Bergoglio
from a human rights perspective, it is unfortunate
that some of the accusations
heard over the past days have
been based on unfounded rumors or Internet gossip. Helsinki Times reserves the right to accept or reject submissions, as well as to edit or shorten the text.
The opinions expressed in this section are the writers. It is possible to brand his sexual ethics
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priests had already been active in Movimiento de Sacerdotes para el Tercer Mundo,
which formed part of the
more general Latin American left-leaning Catholic tendencies boosted by the 1968
regional meeting of the continent?s bishops in Medellín,
Colombia. Despite
the tensions, some human
rights activists have accused
the current government of
an uncomfortably close alliance with Bergoglio and the
church.
WHILE the conservative politics of the new Pope on gay
rights, women and many
other questions is obvious,
his economic policy inclinations are less clear. Traditionally the Catholic community,
which today numbers slightly over twelve thousand, has
not been in the spotlight. Reading his commentaries from different
times, it is easy to conclude
that he is clearly not Marxist.
So should we settle for calling him a Keynesian. Together with neoliberalism and
social debt, all are concepts
that we can often ?nd in the
discourse of different kinds
of left-leaning social movements. This
makes some sense when one
listens to his sermons against
inequality. Based on
my initial reading of his earlier comments on distributive justice, social debt and
other economic-policy issues, for lack of a better term
I have been playing with the
?Keynesian Pope. His voice,
however, still counts.. Some of
the accusations are related to
atrocities that took place during the military dictatorship
between 1976-1983. One of them, Francisco Jalic, accused Bergoglio
?of effectively handing them
over to the death squads by
declining to tell the regime
that he endorsed their work?.
On the other hand, Bergoglio
seems to have played a role in
getting them out of prison.
The interpretation of the in-
I FIND it likely that this quote
is a hoax and its wide circulation immediately after his
election is an example of the
power of electronic media in
spreading dubious information. If we
analyse different aspects of
his public life, it is not always
easy to classify him in blackand-white terms. Sometimes he arranges World Political City Walks.
Ambiguous politics of the new Pope
T E I V O T E I VA I N E N
THE ELECTION of Jorge Mario
Bergoglio as the new Pope is
a good moment to re?ect on
the Catholic Church. His
constant contributions to
political debates in Argentina have been associated with
his Jesuit background.
BEYOND economic-policy labels, many have described
the Pope as pro-poor. Criticism of ?speculation. 27 MARCH 2013
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Viewpoints are commentaries written by experts and authorities about specific topics. It
can also be somewhat limited
to focus on a priest?s politics
without truly delving into
his theological arguments.
Then again, he does play a politically in?uential role. At the same time,
his stubborn denial of reproductive rights for women can
be considered a violent attack on poor women
The decisions
must bring on investment incentives without creating obstacles elsewhere.?
According to him, the government should not only look
into corporate taxes but also scrutinise the tax structure and its details, capital
and property taxes as well as
subsidies to businesses.
Petteri Orpo is an advocate of a competitive corporate tax rate.
No to
consumption tax hikes
Annika Lapintie (Left Alliance) and Jouni Backman
(SDP) also agree that reducing corporate taxes is acceptable if the loss of revenue can
be compensated for.
?Hikes in consumption
taxes are not the right way
to fund the changes,. We must decide
what we want to focus on and
then do it properly,. There is no snow
guard on this side of the roof
and when the heavy snow
falls from the third level it can
be fatal. We want to leave the
negotiations to the budget framework talks. In
order to avoid liability, it
is enough for the property
owners to demonstrate that
they have taken the necessary measures in performing
their duty.
Furuhjelm underlines that
it is not enough to place signs
that warn pedestrians about
the dangerous situation,
even though it may be the
?rst step. However, according to Furuhjelm, if
the maintenance is neglected,
the manager and in some cas-
es even the board, can be held
responsible. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
21 . I have informed the
board and the manager several times and the result is a couple of warning signs in spots
where there is no immediate
danger.?
According to Furuhjelm,
it is mandatory to have snow
guards on the roofs of new
buildings but they are also
used in old houses. This requires
for example that the housing
company has not formed an
agreement with the maintenance company or that it has
neglected to monitor the roof
during the winter.
A recent Court of Appeal
judgement con?rms that the
responsibility for the safety
of people who use the property can be transferred to a
party other than the owner, as long as the transfer is
done clearly. In addition, it
is dangerous to exercise the
spiritual point of view in an
immoral way, which damages the public image of the
Lutheran church,. Laajasalo
added.
Several Jalovaara?s scheduled appearances, including
the congregations of Kupio
and Varkaus, have been cancelled. Kallio
parish Teemu Laajasalo said
in a statement.
It is not the ?rst time
that Jalovaara, who in the
1990s appeared on MTV3
alongside Seppo Juntunen
and who currently hosts the
show Parantava rukous on
TV7, as well as a programme
on Radio Dei, has been criticised for releasing controversial statements. ?There have
already been three dangerous
situations during this winter
when snow fell from the roof
to my backyard where the entrance is. S T T
NIINA WOOLLE Y . Backman says.
There are limits as to how
far Backman is prepared to
go with tax cuts.
?According to the government platform, we have to
make sure that taxes are competitive. However, ?the problem can be that
when the spring sun is shining, ice starts to build up beneath the snow guards and
blocks of ice can drop down?
she explains. 27 MARCH 2013
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Preacher?s
comments cause
controversy
Pirkko Jalovaara?s statements on homosexuality and schizophrenia caused cancellations
of some of her appearances in churches
around Finland.
YA N N I C K I L U N G A
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congregations in
Finland have recently decided to cancel appearances by
L E H T I K U VA / A N T T I A I M O - KO I V I S T O
SEVERAL
preacher Pirkko Jalovaara.
After an episode of Yle?s programme MOT, broadcasted
at the end of February, Jalovaara has not been considered a welcome guest by
Preacher Pirkko Jalovaara was criticised over controversial comments she made during sermons.
numerous parishes around
the country. What we support is
discussing this as one possible
option if we can ?nd income
elsewhere. she says. The
changes must be such that
they have a real impact.
Half measures are not good
enough. says Orpo, noting that the government must also come up with
a way to fund the changes.
?We have to make sure
that, when we tighten the belt
somewhere, this will not hamper growth and employment
opportunities. But if an accident
happens, who is liable for
damages caused by snow
falling from roofs?
According to the lawyer
Marina Furuhjelm from the
Finnish Real Estate Management Federation, it is the real
estate owner or the housing
company that is primarily liable for damages caused by
snow falling from the roof.
?The housing company, its
board and manager are responsible for the safety of the
people living at the property but they can hire a maintenance company to take care
of this task. ?The housing com-
Kauppakartanonkatu 7, 00930 Helsinki
Puh. The TV-show
footage presented excerpts
from her sermons at the Helsinki Kallio Church.
?The programme highlighted Jalovaara?s judgement
that
questioned
medicine and spiritualised
diseases. meetings.
www.arvelin.?. Furuhjelm suggests that concerned shareholders discuss the issue at
shareholders. 09-2511 110, expo@arvelin.?
pany has to eliminate dangerous situations as soon as
they appear.?
Vappu Peltonen, a shareholder of a row house in Munkkivuori has been disappointed
with her housing company?s
ability to prevent potential
damage caused by snow falling from the roof. The judgement
also indicates that the responsibility for safety does
not mean expensive maintenance arrangements. One way would be
to cut down subsidies to businesses, raise capital taxes and
change the tax exemption on
dividends.?
Besides the changes to
corporate taxes, Lapintie is
prepared to lower the income
limit for paying the solidarity
tax from 100,000 to 50,000
euros.
Snow removal taking place in Helsiki?s Meilahti.
Responsibility for snow
removal unclear for many
The housing company is primarily liable for
damages caused by snow falling from roofs.
E VA P E LT O N E N
HEL SINKI TIMES
MELTING and falling snow
from roofs has caused numerous accidents and, following the death of two
people during the last two
years in Helsinki, the issue has entered public discussion. However,
in MOT, she expressed questionable opinions, such as
considering mental and
physical illnesses to be phenomena of evil roots, which
caused a debate among members of the church.
?This kind of teaching is
wrong from both the Lutheran doctrine and a human
point of view. She was scheduled
to appear there as a guest
speaker this month.
Corporate tax likely to be cut
SANNA NIKUL A ,
JANNE LEHIKOINEN . HT
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CHAIR of the National Coalition Party Parliamentary
Group, Petteri Orpo, believes
that the comments by Tuomioja and Arhinmäki prove that
the government on the whole
shares the concerns over jobs
and economic growth. Moreover, it has become evident that in her television-teaching there are
images, like the exorcism of
homosexuality and schizophrenia, that are not usually used by the church,. But we should not
enter an aggressive tax race.?
Lapintie does not subscribe to the view that employees have lost their bargaining
chip when even the traditional labour parties are openly supporting the EK policies:
?I don?t believe that the EK
policies are being openly supported. In his
view, the corporate tax rate
must be competitive, but no
agreement on tax cuts has
been made during the budget
framework talks.
?I won?t comment on the
actual rate of corporate taxes
Sinnemäki says.
?Bills are always discussed at length by the Parliament so that the MPs can
get all the necessary information. According
to the Secretary-General of
the Parliament, Seppo Tiitinen, the Speaker?s Council
has yet to decide how citizen
petitions will be processed.
He himself is in favour of the
regular practice applied on
bills by single MPs. Aku Varamäki, Finnair?s social media
manager, reveals the social
check-in service is directed especially at people who
enjoy meeting new people
on their travels. MP Sanni Grahn-Laaksonen of the
largest party in the Parliament, the National Coalition
Party, describes the situation among the ranks of her
party.
?Our members. Around
1.7 million mink furs,
1.8 million fox furs and
130,000 raccoon dog furs
are produced each year.
. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen has said that he saw no reason to speculate about Hautala?s position as minister. They are especially interested in Finnish fox
furs, which are very popular
in China.
While almost 300 million
euro worth of furs is being
auctioned in Vantaa, the Parliament?s plenary session will
hold a debate regarding the
bill on banning fur farming.
Executive Director of the
Finnish Fur Breeders. remains
open.
The move represents a
step in the government?s
plans to submit a revised
Act on the Autonomy of
Åland to the parliament
for consideration before
the 2019 parliamentary
elections. The petition called Turkistarhaton Suomi was handed
over to the Parliament, but
there is still a long and rough
road ahead before the petition can become part of the
legislation.
The petition was signed
by nealy 70,000 Finns in six
months, but the only parties supporting it are the
Greens and the Left Alliance.
The opinion of the rest of the
parties is either negative or
unsure.
?I dare say that there are
more people who consider
the fur farming industry to
be highly valuable,. Most of the fur farms are
family enterprises. 56,7%
M I K KO S T I G
View details and this week?s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi
Who:
Heidi Hautala
From:
Oulu
Famous for:
Causing scandal for hiring
black market labour for personal
cleaning and repair work.
Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala (The
Greens) caused public uproar after she admitted to hiring
black market labour for personal repair work and cleaning.
The minister?s misdeeds took place in 2009, but have
emerged only recently. A few
supporters also spoke when
the petition was handed over
to the Parliament. There are currently 960
fur farms in Finland, compared to around 5,000,
thirty years ago.
. At present
it seems that the petition will
be processed by at least the
Agriculture and Forestry
Committee.
STKL?s Hornborg would
like to see the Parliament
vote on the bill. United Kingdom, Austria,
Bulgaria and the Netherlands have already banned
fur farming.
. Citizen petition Turkistarhaton Suomi crafted
by the animal protection
association Animalia, nature association LuontoLiitto, animal rights association Oikeutta Eläimille
and the Finnish Federation for Animal Welfare
Associations (SEY) was
signed within six months
by almost 70,000 Finns
who are entitled to vote.
. STKL has actively presented itself to MPs by, for
example, arranging visits to
fur farms.. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . A transitional period that
precedes the ban on fur
farming is currently underway in Croatia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
. Some
members of opposition parties have called for Hautala?s resignation as minister.
In a different case, Hautala?s partner had been involved in
a legal battle with the same contractor for construction errors.
AN HISTORICAL moment
took place in the Finnish Parliament on 5 March as democratic processing of the
?rst ever citizen petition began. MP
Anneli Kiljunen of the Social
Democratic Party says.
In terms of the four largest parties, there is hardly
any support for the petition
from the Finns Party or the
Centre Party.
?The Finns as a party
has traditionally supported
fur farming as a legal livelihood,. said actress Satu Silvo.
?How many of you would
put your own dog into a
small cage. H T
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Recent reports show that local food is valued but not bought.
Have you bought local food this year,
even if it has cost more?
Yes . ?Putting animals
into cages so that people can
get fur is disgusting,. I?m still optimistic, however: if the case is
discussed in detail and people really study the justi?cation behind the petition,
they might have a change of
heart,. 4
DOMESTIC
21 . says Peter Östman,
chairperson of the Christian
Democrats parliamentary
faction.
. says chairperson
Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner of
the Finns Party?s parliamentary faction.
?A clear majority of our
members is of the opinion that
fur farming should continue.
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Fur farming
vs. He believes
that the politicians will give
their approval to his livelihood. Association (STKL), Michael
Hornborg, stands up for
his livelihood and believes
that most of the people who
the Government platform
should not be promoted at
all,. She will,
however, continue in her ministerial position; a decision that
has been backed by Ville Niinistö, chairman of the Green Party. opinions
differ a great deal. Denmark banned
fox farming in 2009, but
remains one of the largest
mink farming countries.
. Hautala admitted to the facts, apologised and resigned from a ministerial working group designed to combat the growth of shadow economy. The experts. essentially, the question of whether the opposition parties
will take part . MP Anni Sinnemäki of
the Greens, who leads the
Parliamentary network in favour of banning fur farming,
refuses to give up hope, even
though the messages from
the other parties have not
been encouraging.
?If the vote was tomorrow, the majority would
probably not vote in favour
of the petition. Everybody
agrees, however, that fur animals need to have an opportunity to act in a manner
typical to their species,. Sweden, Norway and
Denmark have discussed
a ban. Hornborg reminds people.
The bill still has a long way
to go before potentially being
approved by the Parliament
even though almost 70,000
people signed it. ?It is a biological fact
that a predator that is accustomed to a large territory
should not be kept in a small
cage. I don?t have to go and
see that for myself in order to
understand it.?
Hoping for a
change of heart
A Finland without fur farming seems to be a far-fetched
idea. According to Minister of Justice,
Anna-Maja Henriksson,
the composition of the
committee . Due to the act?s
constitutional nature,
the proposal must be considered by two elected
parliaments.
HT-STT
Kati Pulli from Animalia (left), Helena Yli-Sirniö, Leo Stranius from Luontoliitto and Aleksi Rossi delivered the fur farming petition to Parliament on 5 March. Nearly 70,000 Finns signed the petition
in six months.
Fur farming petition gets
a conflicting reception
in the Parliament
Opinions of small parties differ the most.
J A N N E L E H I KO I N E N . Sparks
were ?ying. H T
FUR COMPANY Saga Furs, list-
ed in OMX Helsinki, will arrange its ?rst yearly auction
next week. proposal will be presented to
Maria Guzenina-Richardson (NCP), the Minister of
Health and Social Services, on Tuesday. states MP Jari Leppä
of the Centre Party.
The Swedish People?s
Party and the Christian
Democrats will probably immediately shoot down the
petition.
?As a general rule, petitions that clearly go against
Chinese buy fox fur worth
hundreds of millions of euro
M I K KO N I E M E L Ä . Finland is the world?s largest producer of fox fur.
Sinnemäki points out that
lobbying by the fur farming
industry is strong, but she
has not visited a fur farm
herself. I believe that people
will start to back the petition once they obtain more
information.?
?Disgusting?
Sinnemäki says that there is a
whole new lobbying initiative
now: 70,000 citizens. Around 700 buyers from all over the world
will attend. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . autonomy
The government is set to
appoint a committee to
draft a proposal to develop the autonomy of the
Åland Islands. actor and writer Reidar
Palmgren asked.
On 12 March the Parliament decided to postpone
the processing of the bill until the end of April.
signed the petition have never visited a fur farm.
?We are mainly active in
rural areas and we directly
employ around 5,000 people.
Our exports add up to 400
million euro,. The voluntary ser-
vice is available to all Finnair passengers for free
and may be disabled at
any time. A cage is currently used to house foxes,
which are wild animals after
all,. animal rights
activists
Experts find
common ground
on health care
reform
The expert task force
mulling over the organisation of social and health
care services in Finland
has drafted a unanimous
proposal for new health
care districts.
The task force has settled on a model of 3040 health care districts
with population bases of
roughly 50,000 inhabitants, reveals Päivi Sillanaukee, a permanent
secretary at the Ministry of Social Affairs and
Health. 43,3%
No . HT-STT
Finnair
introduces social
check-in
Passengers on Finnair
?ights may enter their
Facebook details when
checking in, in order to see
who else is on the same
?ight and where they are
seated. HT-STT
Committee to
consider Åland
Islands
?The charges were brought while the
pre-trial investigation is
ongoing, because I will request a psychological evaluation on the detainee.?
The National Institute for Health and Welfare has requested that
in such cases the charges are brought before the
pre-trial investigation
on the basis of regulations issued by the Mental Health Act. negligence jeopardised the well-being of several
patients.
J A N N E H U U S KO N E N . HT-STT
The trio obtained personal information of dozens of people and used the details to purchase electronic appliances and other goods online.
Piles of forged
identity documents
Overall, sensitive information on roughly twenty companies and private traders
was discovered on the female suspect?s computer. S T T
The Finnish police are
scrambling to clear the
backlog of white-collar
crime cases pending investigation. homes revealed piles
of forged identity documents, an automatic ?rearm
and a sawn-off shotgun. In early March,
over 2,000 economic
crime cases were awaiting
investigation. The
superintendent, in contrast,
argues that the inspector
made the decision independently and never noti?ed him
of the suspicions.
Trio charged with identity thefts
TWO MEN and one woman stand accused of numerous frauds through identity
thefts in a trial, which began at the District Court of
North Karelia on 11 March.
According to the charges, the
trio obtained the personal information, including social
security numbers, of dozens of people from the Finnish Trade Register and used
the details to purchase electronic appliances and other
goods online. According
to police inspector Matti Rinne of the Police Administration, an economic
crime investigation takes
an average of one year.
Yet, Rinne is con?dent in
the police?s ability to cope
with the in?ow of new
cases and to conclude the
most urgent ones without
delay.
HT-STT
Several people have been
apprehended in relation to
a stabbing during an event
at the Kotiranta community hall in Vaasa on 10
March, the police reveal.
The victim, born in 1996,
sustained serious stab
wounds and remains in
hospital care. In the weeks that
preceded her death, the father and girlfriend regularly abused and force-fed the
child, often tying her up for
the nights.
HT-STT
Two men held
after assault on
cleaner
The Kainuu police have arrested two men on suspicion of assault on a
cleaning person in Kajaani
on 12 March.
The police have not revealed further details of
the incident, and are appealing for the public?s
assistance. Not eve-
ry attempt, however, was a
success, as web-shops often refused to ship to the
addresses provided and personnel at post of?ces, suspicious of the identi?cation
presented, refused to sign
away the parcels.
Police raids on the suspects. 27 MARCH 2013
C O M P I L E D B Y A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N
L E H T I K U VA / J A R N O M E L A
Police have their
hands full with
white-collar
crime
Jussi Holmalahti spoke to reporters ahead of the District Court?s hearing on 13 March.
Three Valvira
officials indicted on
negligence charges
The alleged pseudo-doctors will be tried at a later date.
for the three of?cials for violations of of?cial duties.
The three suspects . Holmalahti said.
One of the suspected
pseudo-doctors will face
charges of aggravated fraud
and aggravated forgery in a
trial scheduled to commence
in April. S T T
THREE of?cials of the National Supervisory Authority
for Welfare and Health (Valvira) have been indicted on
suspicions of negligence in a
scandal over unquali?ed doctors. Most of the information
was used to purchase highend smartphones, subscriber connections, televisions
and computers. Currently, prisoners in Finland principally
serve their sentences near
their homes in order to facilitate visits by friends
and relatives. Prosecutor Anja-Riitta
Rinkinen believes the of?cials neglected to suf?ciently
investigate the authenticity
of the diplomas presented by
the alleged pseudo-doctors,
despite a number of detailed
reports ?led to Valvira questioning their quali?cations.
She is demanding hefty ?nes
Excessive
Before appearing in court on
13 March, Holmalahti protested the fact that the of?cials were indicted before
the cases of the unquali?ed doctors were tried. The two men
suspected of the assault
have been released from
police custody. In
court, their defence counsels
suggested that, in any case,
the alleged violations would
be regarded as petty. HT-STT
Police seek
public?s
assistance in
home robbery
spree
The police have requested the public?s assistance
in the string of roughly 20 home robberies in
western Finland that saw
?ve foreign men arrested
two weeks ago in the Satakunta and Pirkanmaa
regions. Tied
up by the defendants, the
eight-year-old girl suffocated to death on Mother?s
Day last year. The police
have linked a dark blue
BMW sedan to the most
recent break-ins. were
indicted on roughly one
hundred criminal counts including fraud, aggravated
forgery, aggravated drug offence and aggravated ?rearms offence.
Daily: Task
force considers
maximumsecurity prisons
The Criminal Sanctions
Agency has set up a task
force to contemplate the
feasibility of establishing
two maximum-security
prisons in Finland, the daily Etelä-Suomen Sanomat
reports. Last year,
some 1,600 economic
crime investigations were
launched, while only a few
more investigations were
concluded. The goods were
then picked up from post of?ces with forged identity
documents and powers of
attorney.
Altogether, the suspects
. Meanwhile, the actions of Esa Laiho over his
nearly ten-year career in several hospital districts are under scrutiny in two separate
criminal investigations, one
conducted by the economic
crimes unit and the other by
the violent crimes unit of the
Helsinki police.
Blame game
The charges mounted against
Holmalahti stem from the
limited licence he granted
to the man who is to be tried
in April upon the senior inspector?s recommendation.
According to Holmalahti?s
defence, the suspicions reported by a senior medical of?cer were not attached to the
documents provided to Holmalahti for consideration.
Elsewhere, the senior
inspector and his superintendent are accused of neglecting to thoroughly assess
the authenticity of the diploma presented by Laiho, despite a recommendation to
do so by the Finnish National
Board of Education.
The senior inspector
claims the decision to conclude the enquiry was made
by his superintendent. Valvira?s director of licensing, Jussi
Holmalahti, a senior inspector and his superintendent
have contested all charges,
insisting that no deliberate
or negligent breaches of regulations have taken place. In addition,
placing the roughly 600
prisoners deemed dangerous into special correctional facilities is projected
to generate savings in prison personnel costs.
As part of the plans,
the 26 prisons in Finland
would be divided into 4-5
security classes. The task
force?s report is due in
May.
HT-STT
Stabbing in Vaasa
investigated
as attempted
manslaughter
L E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N
P I R K K A S I LTA R I . District Prosecutor Pasi Pälsi,
however, reminds that the
charges brought against
the suspect on 11 March are
only tentative. The argument was ?rmly refuted
by Rinkinen, who believes the
of?cials. ?It
feels slightly excessive,. The incident
is investigated as attempted manslaughter. In particular, the
police are interested in the
sightings of the men and
their dark blue Volkswagen Touran van between
1-8 March. CRIME
HELSINKI TIMES
21 . The main police stations also welcome
information on the new
robberies that took place
early last week in Rauma, Rymättylä, Jokioinen
and Pirkanmaa. HT-STT
Court finds father
and girlfriend
guilty of murder
The father and his girlfriend on trial for the death
of his daughter have been
sentenced to life imprisonment, after the District
Court of Helsinki found
them guilty of murder. a 24-year-old woman, her
25-year-old boyfriend and
a 34-year-old man . In its verdict,
the court underlined the
pre-meditated, cruel and
aggravated nature of the
homicide. The
woman and the older man
are also suspected of acquiring thousands of prescription pills from drugstores
with forged prescriptions.
During the district court?s
hearing on 11 March, the
defendants contested the
charges partially, while
shifting the blame to one another and outsiders.
Kotka slaying
results in murder
charge
The man detained on suspicion of the homicide of
a 60-year-old lawyer in
Kotka last November will
face murder charges. HT-STT
5
says Executive Director
of Cityshops, Jari Torvelainen.
The owner of the interior design shop BelArt, Raisa
Kouhia, points out that foreign thieves are clever. According to the
Russian President, The Soviet Union aimed to correct miscalculations made
during the Revolution.
Vihavainen, in turn,
considers Putin?s interpretation of history
?gratuitous?, especially concerning the events of 1917.?
Putin?s
statement
on the
Winter War
is criticised
in Finalnd
?A PROFESSOR of Russian
studies at Helsinki University Timo Vihavainen
considers the statement
on the Winter War made
by Putin to be ?some-
ILTALEHTI 16 March
Insolent foreign leagues
of thieves scare small shops
?SHOPKEEPERS in the Helsinki city centre are all too
conscious of groups targeting small shops.
?They are everywhere.
Stores with only one salesperson often become targets.
One of the group members dis-
tracts the salesperson while
others load bags with products,. ?First
someone makes sure that the
salesperson is there. Petersburg go to
Finland for health care?
?RUSSIANS
tend to travel abroad for a number of
reasons, but the main one
is a distrust of the local
medical system and a lack
of modern technology. For example, in manufacturing of?ces, roughly
half of the crime damages are
caused by fraud.
Combating
Internet
crimes in Finland is especially hindered by the fact that
authorities in preliminary investigations usually do not
have the jurisdiction or opportunity to investigate online frauds across borders.
Crimes against companies
are often executed with ?exible subcontracting chains,
which means that the criminal law does not apply to the
constituent elements of organised crime. Rumours abound,
though. It is not even
certain if the Finnish couple
and Austrian man are in the
same place. A little before closing a man and
a woman with a ten-year-old
child enter.
The salesperson attends
to them while the child is
left alone. Greenhouse
cucumbers are the second
most important greenhouse
vegetable in terms of area
and crop. 27 MARCH 2013
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T R A N S L AT E D B Y T O M M I N I E M I N E N
L E H T I K U VA / M O H A M M E D H U W A I S
KAUPPALEHTI 16 March
Online
crooks
stalk small
businesses
The Finnish couple kidnapped in Sanaa,Yemen is believed to be in the hands of al-Qaida.
HELSINGIN SANOMAT 17 March
Yemen believes
al-Qaida holds the Finns
?THEY ARE somewhere within the poor and beautiful, violent and hospitable country.
But where?
Nearly three months after
the kidnapping of a Finnish
couple and an Austrian man
in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen,
no accurate information on
their whereabouts or kidnappers is available. The EU Law Enforcement Agency, Europol,
emphasises that investigating
international organised crime
almost always necessitates
data network investigation.?
In the Russian media
812 ONLINE 15 March
Why should people from
St. Skilled investigation
leadership involves extensive tactical skills and knowledge of technical methods.
These are mostly matters
that cannot be learnt at
school?, Suomen Poliisipäällystöyhdistys expressed in a
statement.
According to the association, prosecutors would
not manage police tasks
with current resources. Through
them it receives information
on al-Qaida.
According to Barman he
was contacted by a former
Militant Islamist who would
be willing to aid in the discharge negotiations . The cucumber originates from Northern India
form the foot of the HimalaL E H T I K U VA / V E S A M O I L A N E N
?THE FIRST
Cucumber is one of the most popular vegetables in Finland.
yas. The majority of Yemenis who live in Sanaa believe
that the victims were kidnapped by one of the Yemeni
tribes and sold to al-Qaida. The bitter tasting wild cucumbers that grow there have
been re?ned into the currently grown mild cucumbers. The
idea of transferring investigation leadership to prosecutors
has been occasionally discussed due to the prosecutors?
superior juridical know-how.
?Investigation leadership
is more than law, it?s not just
?THE POLICE
things or papers. According to Finnmedi, which carried out a
survey in Russia last year,
Germany and Israel are the
most popular destinations
for medical tourism.
A survey conducted
among doctors demonstrates a lack of rehabilitation opportunities for
people of St. From
April to October, imported cucumbers are not available except for occasional batches.
In 2011 greenhouse cucumbers were grown by 312 companies in an area of 64 hectares,
while 28 companies had production with light exposure in
an area of 18 hectares.?
?FRAUDULENT invoicing, fundraising and marketing are
constant problems for most
small and medium-sized companies, says the Police.
Some sixty per cent of private entrepreneurs have faced
misleading marketing, according to a survey in 2010. At
the moment, there are no
?gures on how many Russians travel for health care.
Finland is interested in
the development of Russian medical tourism, and
according to some estimations, around 30,000 inhabitants of St.Petersburg
left the country to seek
health care last year. says Abdurrahman Barman, lawyer at the human
rights organisation Hood.
The organisation helps former Militant Islamists adjust to everyday life. Fraud crimes
targeting companies are a diverse and large phenomenon,
and the authorities have little
circumstantial information
on them. Finland welcomed only 1,000
of them. +372 6 645 250
www.hedman-attorneys.com. presence in everyday crime prevention. Within a moment the
salesperson notices that
products have disappeared.
The theft has been done by
the child,. From Vihavainen?s point of view,
Putin?s statement showcased a newly-designed,
patriotically-oriented Russian ideology.
Earlier, Putin confessed that the USSR resorted to war, but has now
added some ?reasons behind it?. Cucumbers are part of the melon
and pumpkin family.
Cucumbers are one of our
most popular vegetables.
Around 75 per cent of the cucumbers Finns eat during the
winter are domestic. and no
doubt have his share of the
ransom money.?
TURUN SANOMAT 16 March
Head of the Police would
not allow prosecutors to be
in charge of investigations
should remain
in charge of criminal investigations, believes Suomen
Poliisipäällystöyhdistys, an
association that consists of
Finnish Police superiors. 6
FROM FINNISH PRESS
21 . In
a video posted in February, the
Austrian man says that a tribe
has taken him hostage.
?I was told that al-Qaida
bought them for 17,800 euro,. Kouhia says.?
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Suvi Keituri, a spokesman
for Finnmedi, claims that
all medical services can be
obtained in Finland with
the same high quality as in
Germany and Israel.
The advantage of the
Finnish health care system,
according to the Finnish
company, is that big distances need not be travelled.?
ROSBALT 16 March
what surprising?. ?If
the prosecutors were to
lead preliminary investigations as the police currently
does, it would require double
the amount of prosecutors.
Where would we ?nd them,
who would train them and
who would pay them??, the
association wonders.?
MAASEUDUN TULEVAISUUS 15 March
Favourite Finnish plant ?
originating from the Himalayas
cucumbers produced with natural daylight
have hit the shops in the last
couple of weeks. Organised crime often uses data
network technology in frauds
to target companies, including
tender and order fraud.
The Police considers organized crime aimed at companies to be an increasing
threat in the EU. The couple leaves
without purchasing anything
are
today looking to create job
opportunities in agriculture,
using new technology and
farming techniques. Mary Bohman, an of?cial with the US
Department of Agriculture,
said at a panel discussion on
Thursday.
Fighting in Somalia and
Yemen, the civil war in Syria,
and unrest across the region
in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings was compounded by low rainfall. we?re talking about
water risks across the spectrum and skyrocketing food
prices.. 27 MARCH 2013
7
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / J O H N M A C D O U G A L L
Food policies failing
the world?s hungry
A number of policy changes are required to improve the food situation in the world.
WASHINGTON
JOE HITCHON
IPS
food security
remains vulnerable, new data suggests, with some 870
million people experiencing
sustained hunger and two
billion suffering from micronutrient de?ciencies.
The International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Washington think
tank, says such numbers are
unacceptably high, and warns
that anti-hunger programmes
have been piecemeal.
In an in?uential annual report on the state of the
world?s food policy, released
on Thursday, the organisation said there were some
positive achievements made
last year, but that a number
of policy changes are still
required.
The report identi?es agricultural development as an
THE WORLD?S
important potential job creator, particularly for young
people. with
further risks to food security.
?During the past year, it
has become generally accepted that the world will see a
two-degree increase in average temperature. But in order for
agriculture to be a technically dynamic and high-productivity sector that contributes
to food security, it will need
an in?ux of educated and
innovative young labour.?
Sheggen Fan, director-general of IFPRI, said.
Conflict fuelling hunger
IFPRI?s researchers identify
violent con?ict, particularly in Central Africa, as both
a cause and consequence of
food security.
?Violence in Central Africa, especially in Nigeria,
which accounts for more
than a quarter of agriculture
of sub-Saharan Africa, has
reduced output growth and
food security, and has had
dramatic social and economic
consequences,. among them Syrian refugees, pregnant women and
children . Danielle Nierenberg,
co-founder of Food Tank, a
think tank, said.
IFPRI?s director-general
Fan agrees that the status of
women is critical to poverty reduction, particularly in
bringing down levels of malnutrition. These buildings, as
former inmates like Alhamauun disclosed, are often
black holes for human rights.
Asylum-seekers are also
kept in local police departments. ?Women have higher standards, and have been
shown to better allocate the
household budget as well as
feed their families with more
nutritious food,. cells or other makeshift facilities throughout
the country. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HELSINKI TIMES
21 . Indeed,
at Thursday?s event, presenters exhibited particular excitement over this new
emphasis.
Over the past year, new
evidence on the role of gender in agricultural productivity has emerged, including
in the World Bank?s annual
World Development Report.
This new data indicates that
agricultural performance
and food security improve
through both agricultural
and non-agricultural reforms
that increase women?s access
to production resources.
Further, women?s contributions to agriculture in
developing countries have
been shown to bring overall gains in agricultural pro-
According to many environmentalists, such extremes will only be further
exacerbated as global climate
change progresses . In doing
so, they are hoping to encourage the young and innovative
emerging workforce in such
a way that they can have a
transformative impact on
both economic growth and
social development.
Higher production yields,
after all, would simultaneously create jobs, lower food
prices, and reduce hunger
and malnutrition.
?Agriculture in most developing countries is a labour-intensive sector and
makes up a big chunk of the
labour force,. a region with the
world?s youngest and fastest-growing population . said Andrew Steer,
president of the World Resource Institute (WRI), a
think tank.
Gender factor
Experts are increasingly focusing on the centrality of
ductivity as well as increased
nutritional bene?ts. Afterwards he was verbally and physically harassed
multiple times.
Alhamauun says he complained about his maltreatment to a delegation of
European of?cials who visited camp Fylakio where he
was detained last October.
?After they left I was
physically abused for talking
to them,. Some centres should be closed down
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / J U S S I N U K A R I
Officials turn blind eye to abuse of asylum seekers
The police checking the papers of a refugee on Athen?s Omonoia
Square (file photo).
entirely; others are newly
opened and quite OK.?
In August 2012, Doctors
Without Borders (MSF) described the conditions in these
new centres in Xanthi, Komotini and Korinthos as substandard. Despite these ?ndings by
experts and of?cials, migrants
have little access to redress.
Four Syrians arrested
with Alhamauun were found
guilty of initiating a riot inside Fylakio camp, for which
Alhamauun was acquitted.
Court cases against troublemakers, who are mostly
protesting conditions inside
detention camps, are a new
phenomenon in Greece, following implementation of
the migration policy put
forward by Police Minister
Nikos Dendias last August.
At the beginning of October 2012, ?fteen migrants
went to court in the northwestern coastal city of Igoumenitsa for escaping from a
camp that has lately gained
a reputation as ?the worst in
the country?.
After hearing that their
detention involved extremely harsh conditions, including
being locked up on a 24-hour
basis, the court ruled that the
situation was a violation of
the European Convention of
Human Rights and the European Returns Directive, and
acquitted them.. Lester Brown,
founder of the Earth Policy
Institute, a Washington advocacy group said.
?Africa?s agriculture can
absorb large numbers of new
job seekers. The market, which
closed following a suicide bombing and infiltration by Islamic militants, has just reopened, but is expected to close again for repair work.
gender equality in promoting agricultural growth
and food security. he says.
Reports show the violation of human rights against Syrian refugees in Greece?s camps.
ATHENS
APOSTOLIS FOTIADIS
IPS
FARAJ ALHAMAUUN,
a Syrian national now residing in
Istanbul, was detained while
crossing to Greece, in the
hopes of heading north, last
September.
An activist who cooperated with Human Rights Watch
(HRW) after the war broke
out in Syria, Alhamauun
was injured last summer in
a bombing outside the northwestern city of Aleppo.
Despite his serious leg injury, he was held in a detention
camp in Greece?s north-eastern Orestiada region, where
he claims his belongings and
money were con?scated upon
his arrest and never returned
to him. But even
then, food production, land
degradation, and deforestation are not the only problems . Such
contributions also improve
women?s access to education, technology and ?nancial services.
?When you look at statistics on the number of women farmers in the world, it
is anywhere from 40 to 80
per cent in developing countries,. Alhamauun went on a hunger strike in
protest of his plight, and was
hospitalised before ?nally
being returned to Turkey.
His story is not unique in
Greece, where funding from
the European Commission is
enabling massive migration
control operations that have
resulted in a slew of human
rights violations.
Funding extensions for
the coming months are being considered, despite European of?cials having full
knowledge of the indiscriminate detention of asylum
seekers, as well as the inhumane conditions in detention
centres across the country.
Meanwhile, the continuing country-wide Operation Xenios Zeus has led to
4,849 arrests of irregular migrants or refugees and over
90,000 apprehensions based
on heavy racial pro?ling by
authorities.
In order to accommodate
arrested migrants, the government has begun transferring detainees to improvised
camps that are former police academies and old army depots, such as Xanthi
and Komotini in northern
Greece, Korinthos in the
Peloponnese, and Paranesti in the northeastern region
of Drama. he said. Drought
in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the United States
has had a dramatic impact on
agricultural production and
supply throughout the world.
Young traders skew pieces of meat in Gao?s main market on 12 March 2013. in a 36-squaremetre wooden container in
the port.
Since last August at least
84 people, including Syrians,
have died in shipwrecks off
the coast of Turkey attempting to reach Greece.
It appears that the European Commission is aware
of the results of these operations, since it embarked on
a fast-track monitoring mission of the northern Greek
border and detention camps
last September.
Multiple delegations of
European of?cials and international organisations have
given negative testimony on
the situation in Greece.
On a visit to Greece between 28-30 October, a Civil
Liberties, Justice and Home
Affairs Committee (LIBE)
called for the closure of certain detention camps and encouraged Greece to speed up
the creation of a new asylum
system that would transfer
responsibility from the police to a civilian structure.
On 8 October, 2012, Home
Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom visited at least
one of the detention centres
in question.
In her personal blog the
Commissioner wrote that
she spoke with detained asylum seekers, adding, ?The
humanitarian conditions are
very basic, in some places
downright awful. The detention
period can last anywhere
from 12 to 18 months.
Lathra, a refugee rights
group based on Chios island, recently reported that
the coastal guard is holding
large numbers of migrants
. In developing countries, however, it warns that
youths are no longer seeing
agriculture as a viable career,
looking instead to urban areas for work.
Leaders in sub-Saharan
Africa
The lower price is
the result of extensive production and low marketing
costs.
Holmlund believes in the
Lähikauppa strategy. H T
SUOMEN LÄHIKAUPPA OY, the
owner of Siwa and Valintatalo stores, has decided not to
enter the store brand competition. Furthermore, not enough
space for stores is left during land use planning in population centres, which forces
companies to open stores
further away from the city
centre, Holmlund explains.
Fund wants to invest
In 2012, Lähikauppa was
pro?table for the ?rst time
in ?ve years. At the bea special
ginning of March the new
relationship.
governor of the Hungarian central bank, Gyorgy
Matolcsy, engineered what Reuters called a ?sweeping
takeover.. 27 MARCH 2013
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David J. The plan is to open 15-20 new stores by the end of 2013. An example of this is selling products
at an unreasonably high or
low prices.
Holmlund hopes that the
law reform will make market
competition fairer. Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja politely declined to name
which member states this letter alludes to, but everyone realises Hungary is a target.
Siwa grocery stores, part of Lähikauppa chain, are open late both on weekdays and weekends.
CEO of Suomen Lähikauppa
Oy calls for fair competition
Currently profitable, the company trusts in
brands and will open up new stores.
R I K U RO S L U N D . Based upon our relationship, it would be prudent to pay attention to what is
happening.
CRITICS have complained about the removal of checks
and balances between different branches of government, such as allowing the legislative assembly
undue in?uence over the judiciary. The result was a little over 6 million euro in the
black; in 2010, the company made a loss of 16 million euro.
. A law passed
two years ago caused the European Central Bank to
protest, saying it ?could be
used to in?uence the deciFinland and
sion-making process, to the
Hungary share
detriment of central bank
independence.. If prices become too low, wrong
decisions may be made elsewhere. When converted to full-time employees, it translates
to 3,400 people.
. languages were related. At the end of 2012, there were 665 Lähikauppa stores, of
which 495 were Siwas, 167 Valintatalos and three Euromarkets. Amnesty International has attacked the new constitution because
of consequences to human rights, including ?the unnecessarily restrictive de?nition of the family, which
discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation and
marital status.?
THERE has also been a troubling blurring of the line between ?scal and monetary authorities. A
company that uses its position to try to drive its competitors out, for instance, is
considered to be abusing its
dominant position. He dismissed the head of ?nancial analysis,
the head of research, and the chief economist, and replaced them with people loyal to the governing Fidesz
party.
SO FAR, Finland has disapproved in subtle ways. Seventy stores were closed and some employees were dismissed.
. He refers to the recent
uproar around horse meat.
?Perhaps the recent discussion in the media proved that
our choice was right.?
Stores in population
centres
Holmlund is pleased with the
reform of the Competition
Act that is currently being
processed by the Parliament.
The revised act should be
put into effect in September.
The reform will force Kesko
and S-Group to follow regulations that apply to companies in a dominant market
position.
Any retail store company with a market share of
more than 30 per cent is considered to be in a dominant
market position. What is going
on, and why should we care?
A SINGLE
FINLAND and Hungary share a special relationship.
This dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when it became apparent the two nations. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . What right do we have
to interfere in another country?s domestic affairs?
Fidesz was chosen by the people of Hungary, after all.
In the past, we had a foreign power intervene in our domestic policy, so we know how demeaning it is. When someone is worried about
a friend?s behaviour, it is only logical to discuss it. 8
BUSINESS
21 . says CEO of
Suomen Lähikauppa Oy, Ralf
Holmlund.
Store brands cover most
of the sales in Lidl stores.
Kesko has announced that its
goal for the sales of its store
brands is 25 per cent of total
sales, while the S-Group aims
at one ?fth of total sales.
Kesko?s store brand Pirkka
already includes more than
2,200 products, and about
one hundred new products
are added each year.
Store brand products are
often more affordable than
the corresponding brand
products. Cord david@helsinkitimes.fi
The writer is a journalist and columnist for Helsinki Times.
He is also a private investor with over ten years of experience.
What?s going on in Hungary?
Hungarian political party holds a supermajority of seats in parliament, and are using that power
to drastically rewrite their constitution. Holmlund says that Triton wants
to invest in the development
of the store network and
open around two dozen Lähikauppa stores in growth centres by the end of this year.. Even today
some tour operators market the Hungarian Grand Prix
as Finland?s ?home. And, to
be frank, we have not been champions of human rights
around the world throughout our history. Hungarian volunteers came to
?ght for Finland during the Winter War. The change was achieved by improving profitability and financing status of the store network and cutting costs. Yle
made it a point to publicise the views of Hungarian pianist András Schiff, who refuses to go back to Hungary because of the political climate. The
company focuses on small stores close to populated areas
instead of hypermarkets.
L E H T I K U VA / J U S S I N U K A R I
BUT should Finland do anything. I
have no idea what, if anything, diplomats are doing
out of the public view, but I believe we should discretely and respectfully bring up our concerns. We might not
have the moral authority to lecture others.
we do have, however, is a special relationship with Hungary. Suomen Lähikauppa Oy was profitable last year after five
years of losses. S-Group?s
market share is around 45
per cent and Kesko?s around
35 per cent, while the third
largest company Lähikauppa
only holds around 8 per cent.
The plan for the new Competition Act is to improve
competition and prevent
companies from abusing
their dominant position. F1 race. We should
talk about human rights, the independence of the central bank, and checks and balances in government.
We should also point out that even though Fidesz has
the power to change the Hungarian constitution, this
doesn?t mean it should.
WHAT
Ralf Holmlund, CEO of Lähikauppa.
the company?s total sales,
which is almost two times
less than the average store
brand sales of the Finnish
Grocery Trade Association?s
members.
?We focus on brand products that sell well and that
our customers expect to ?nd
in our stores,. While the largest Finnish store chains Kesko and
S-Group strive to increase
the share of store brands in
their total sales, Lähikauppa
sticks with the most important brand products.
Store brands sold by Lähikauppa stores include Eldorado and First Price, which
are brands offered by the
procurement and logistics
service provider, Tuko Logistics Cooperative. Their share
accounts for six per cent of
Lähikauppa closed
its stores and decreased its employee base
. This can
also be achieved by increasing regulation, for example.
Holmlund says that a
smaller company may not
be able to get as favourable deals with suppliers as a
buyer that is ?ve times larger. Savings were
achieved by, among other
things, improving the sales
margin and closing down
stores.
Last week, the Finnish
Competition and Consumer
Authority approved the sale
of Lähikauppa to investment
fund Triton Fund III. Its result was
more than 6 million euro
in the black, compared to
roughly the same amount in
the red in 2011. Finland just signed
a letter to the European Commission which warned of
members backsliding on basic principles and recommended EU funding be withheld in these cases
After 2014, the responsibility for security operations in Afghanistan will be transferred
from the ISAF troops, led by NATO under a UN mandate,
to the country?s own security authorities. 27 MARCH 2013
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KMS BALTICS 12 March
Finland
becomes
Estonia?s
biggest
export
partner
Katri Komi, Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry, has been a
Centre Party MP since 1999. JUHA REPO
Finland?s postcard filmed in
Kaskö and in the archipelago
?KRISTA Siegfrids, who will
sing Marry me for Finland in
Malmö, has been celebrated
in her home town of Kaskö
(Kaskinen in Finnish).
She returned to her native town in the Ostrobothnia region to be ?lmed for the
postcard by the team from
Swedish Television SVT.
The postcard will feature Krista amongst the
wooden villas of Kaskö and
on a lighthouse island of
Sälgrund.
THE VOICE OF RUSSIA 15 March. For some commentators, 2014 is approaching all too quickly.
PROGRESS
I VISITED Afghanistan a year ago. One of the leaders of the
Finns party, Juho Eerola has
suggested that Russia and
Finland should enter a strategic alliance, because such an
alliance would protect Finnish interests from undue interference of the European
Union, NATO and Sweden??
NOT MANY, however, will know or remember that the
Afghanistan of the 1960s and 1970s was a peaceful
and prospering country. After the fall of the Taliban in
2001, Afghanistan has taken steps towards becoming
a democratic society, enabling millions of refugees to
return home, with educational opportunities and the
health care situation in the country improving.
is taking place, albeit slowly. VALENTIN MÂNDRAESCU
Will Finland become a Russian Hong Kong?
several decades of
heavy-handed Eurocentric
and pro-American indoctrination, it is not surprising
that the popular opinion is
now swinging in the opposite
direction being fed up with
lies and unful?lled promises
?AFTER
made by the Eurocentric and
pro-American politicians.
For instance, in Finland,
the eurosceptics are turning
their eyes to Russia, in search
of a protector and a partner
to help the Finnish economy. work in Afghanistan has often been labelled as a failure. the country?s 30 million citizens have faith in a better future.. She is a Member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee and a Deputy Member of the Agriculture and Forestry Committee. Such a long time scale is a real test of
the resources and patience of the international community but we should not play down what has been achieved, or
lose our faith in the longevity of these achievements.
AS A REPORT
THERE is more to life in Afghanistan than hopelessness
. Maternal
and child mortality rates are among the highest in the
world. the country is one of the world?s
most notorious con?ict hotspots with over a third of
its population living in abject poverty.
Krista Siegfrids won New Music contest on 9 February 2013 to represent Finland in Eurovision.
ESCTODAY.COM 12 March. Conservative attitudes contribute to the common
practice of forced marriage in Afghanistan, with half of
the girls being married off before they turn 16. She is also active in the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
?FINLAND has emerged as the
INVEST IN EU 15 March
Dragon
Mining
discovers
more high
grade
gold in
Finland
subsidiary of Australian mining company has
so far produced 147,578 ounces of gold in concentrate.
Dragon Mining Oy, the
Finnish subsidiary of the
Australian company Dragon Mining Ltd, has intercepted further high grade gold
anomalies following underground diamond core drilling at the Orivesi Gold mine
in southern Finland??
?FINNISH
ELECTRIC LIGHT &
POWER 13 March
Vaskiluodon
Voima
inaugurates
world?s
largest
biogas plant
in Finland
and heat production ?rm Vaskiluodon Voima
has inaugurated the world?s
largest biomass gasi?cation
plant in Vaasa, Finland.
The 40 million euro,
140MW plant was developed
by global engineering and
technology ?rm Metso on the
site of the company?s existing 565MW Vaskiluoto 2 coal?red plant??
?POWER
Afghanistan
is not off the agenda
SUICIDE BOMBS,
asylum seekers, child brides and
forced marriages. Finland will work actively to guarantee that people in Afghanistan begin
to share the human rights and principles of a constitutional state, which we take for granted.
by the World Bank points out, rebuilding
and social change in societies blighted by violent con?icts
takes 25 to 40 years. Afghanistan?s image in the media is
brutal but not false . Finland has given the forces 1.5 million euros
in funding this year.
WE ARE also preparing to participate in an ISAF follow-
FOX NEWS 14 March
Finland brewery to make
beer inspired by bottles
found in shipwreck
?LOCAL authorities on the
Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea
say a local brewer will begin
producing a beer inspired by
bottles found in a 19th century shipwreck three years ago.
L E H T I K U VA
largest export and import
market in Estonia, the Baltic nation?s of?cial statistics
agency has revealed.
According to the latest data from Statistics Estonia,
the European country accounted for 26 per cent of Estonia?s total exports during
2012, followed by Sweden (15
per cent) and Latvia and Russia (eight per cent), reports
Baltic Business News??
Five bottles of beer, along
with 168 bottles of champagne, were pulled from a
submerged schooner that
experts believe sank in the
1840s??
up operation, which will place emphasis on training.
Our main focus, however, will shift to the development
cooperation and civilian crisis management.
FINLAND wants to aim its aid at promoting the education
of girls and increasing women?s participation in working
life, organisational activities and politics on a national
level. and women?s access to education has improved, only 20 per cent of the women and under half of the men are literate.
has also supported the development of Afghanistan?s business sector by offering its know-how
to the mining industry, with the goal of helping the Afghans utilise their natural resources for their own bene?t through infrastructure and business projects.
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POL operations in order to develop the Afghan police
force and prosecution system. Our delegation, headed by the Speaker of the Parliament, held meetings
with President Karzai, Defence and Foreign Ministers
as well as some of the female Members of Parliament.
The meetings served to reinforce my view on the complexity of the con?ict.
SOME of the key questions are whether the Afghan Security Forces will reach necessary performance levels
by the deadline and how their operations will be ?nanced. FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS
HELSINKI TIMES
21 . International
organisations. Even though girls
Black and white. Purchases by credit cards can be
risky, which is why the connection must always be secure when making a deal and
giving out credit card information. Harper?s Bazaar set out to ?nd out
what the new trends are.
According to the magazine, this year is all about
youthful hair and clear skin
without a doctor?s appointment. This is why many buy
clothes from the same sites
and companies.
If the conventional mode
of scurrying the stores is too
much to handle, easier ways
are to be found. Lacquer heavyweight
OPI has teamed up with Sephora to release GelShine,
an at-home system for setting and removing the UVcured polish that previously
required a trip to the salon.
With everything from
bows at Louis Vuitton to beekeeper hats at Alexander
McQueen on the recent runways, it looks like hair accessories will make a comeback
this year.
And ?nally, prepare for
the comeback of twentiesinspired bobs and Marcel
waves as the one Carey Mulligan sported at the release
of Baz Luhrmann?s The Great
Gatsby.
Carey Mulligan sports a twenties-inspired bob.
Picks of the spring
. Different colours of green dominate this spring?s
fashion.
Source. Those aged 55 to 64
made up a mere 14 per cent
Shopping online saves you from the trouble of walk around stores.
ration that operates in over
thirty countries. ?
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New beauty
trends of 2013
Specialised beauty bars and simple scents
are the next things to look for.
BANAFSHEH R ANJI
HEL SINKI TIMES
Young women are the most active online shoppers.
Fashion is just a click away
Clothes have never been this easy to get, with online purchases continually increasing.
A N N I K A R A U TA KO U R A
HEL SINKI TIMES
of the buyers, whereas 65to 74-year-olds amounted to
only 4 per cent.
Rebecca, 23, is a frequent
online buyer of clothes. Large prints remain in style.
. Keskisuomalainen. Young people
are much more active in online shopping than older age
groups.
The largest group of online shoppers was made up
of 16- to 24-year-olds, which
amounted to 50 per cent of
the whole group. Specialised beauty bars, devoted to singular
services such as blow-drying, makeup application and
highlights, continue to pop
up everywhere. Shopping online is so easy that once
you start, you may be clicking
away for years to come.
WHILE last year saw BB lotions, high buns and serums
becoming instant hits on the
global beauty market, what
will this year bring us. think clove, amber, lavender and all things warm and
nostalgic.
For hair treatments, companies like Pantene and
Nexxus are rolling out antiaging shampoos, conditioners and treatment sprays
with ingredients normally
found in age-reversing skin
creams, such as Argan oil, vitamin E and panthenol.
Colouring your hair has
never really been good for
your strands . Jeans are always a sure buy and denim tops make
their return.
. Batik-coloured textiles in tops, trousers and dresses.
. ?I
don?t want to walk around
stores trying on clothes and
spending several hours on it.
I order them online because
they are conveniently delivered to my house and I am
shaped so that most clothes
nearly always ?t me.?
For a demanding shopper,
the Internet may be the only way to go, as sometimes
certain products are only
offered online when stores
may have run out of sizes, or
if collections vary according
to different countries. You may end
up ?nding things online that
you have only dreamt of, but
there is a backlash to it. This is
one common issue when buying clothes online; you cannot be absolutely certain
that it will ?t until it is in your
hands. As
the sales transactions are
performed auction-style one
can make quite pro?table
deals.
Security is an issue that
needs to be taken into consideration when shopping
online. Green. Prints. Large reputable companies are always a safer option than shady websites run
by unknown vendors. Always in, but extra hot during this spring.
. Stripes. The newest
arrival is Clear Clinic, a fullservice, walk-in acne treatment centre created by top
New York-based dermatologist Eric Schweiger.
In terms of scents, perfume expert Frederick
Bouchardy of Joya predicts
a return to simple, uncomplicated and comforting scents
. 32 per cent
of the population bought
clothes or shoes online last
year. but that?s
about to change when Garnier releases Olia, a new line of
ammonia-free hair dye that
actually restores hair quality
and comes in 24 shiny shades.
Gel manicures have become a trend among polish devotees for the last few
years with that glossy ?nish that resists chips for two
weeks. Vertical and horizontal.
. This
is of course positive news for
those who look for a certain
piece of clothing.
EBay is a multi-billion
dollar American online consumer-to-consumer corpoL E H T I K U VA / S A R I GU S TA F S S O N
ALMOST anything can be
purchased online these days,
ranging from electronics
to stocks and medication.
Clothing and shoes can be
bought from clothing stores?
websites, and this has established online shopping for
fashion as a regular activity.
Statistics Finland has
been compiling data on online shopping for years, and
statistics on last year?s online
purchases show clothing and
shoes to be the fourth-largest of all the examined product groups. It is an online shopping and auction
website where people may
buy and sell products and
services.
Fashion is an important
part of what is sold on eBay,
and a whole range of brands
may be purchased there. Buying products
online has its bene?ts, such
as saving a trip to a clothing
store, but it is also a risk to
invest money in products you
cannot inspect hands-on.
Products come from
across the globe, which en-
ables the sales of exclusive
and rare items that cannot be
purchased at home, but this
increases shipping expenses and complicates matters
if something goes wrong in
the delivery process, or if the
product is somehow ?awed.
Women buy clothes and
shoes signi?cantly more often than men. Denim. According to
Statistics Finland, 41 per
cent of women and only 23
per cent of men shopped for
clothing online. With unknown websites, there is always a slight
chance that you are giving
money to establishments
that don?t actually exist.
Clothing sizes also vary
greatly amongst different
brands, and across countries.
What is often your usual size
small may turn out to be too
large, or vice versa
the perfect
dress is out there. Good luck!
Katariina Karppinen
www.sisidman.com
Isokatu 37
90100 Oulu. the biggest of your life in
fact! But while the groom
may be re?ecting on the
commitment he is about to
make, safe in the knowledge
that he wants to pledge the
rest of his life to his wonderful bride with all their friends
and family bearing witness,
for the bride it mostly means
one thing . the dress!
I?m sure she too appreciates all the meaningful importance of the day but, not only
wanting to feel and look the
best she ever has, the fact that
it will surely encounter microscopic scrutiny from the female guests means that the
dress absolutely must be right.
It?s one of the most stressfuelled out?ts you?ll ever buy
and can potentially be overwhelmingly dif?cult to ?nd.
This is either because there?s
too much choice, your budget
won?t stretch that far, or because you have the perfect
Something
old or something new?
Vintage dresses are very in
right now, with lace making a prominent appearance
on many of the dresses featured in bridal shop windows
and websites. Another
exclusive boutique, Seremonia now has its 2012 stock on
sale, and is currently showing off the world famous international collections such
as White One, Pronovias and
Maggie Sottero.
You might want to go with
a high end, home grown Finnish designer who can offer
custom made dresses. Ever-returning fashions seem
to be pushing out the strapless dress and we are seeing straps, and even sleeves,
making their comeback.
?ttings if you have a generous wedding budget.
Also at the top end of the
market, but sticking to Finnish designers, in Oulu you will
?nd award-winning Katariina Karppinen?s designer label Sis Idman, which freshens
and adapts classic style wedding dresses to create stunning gowns for your big day.
Whatever you?re looking
for, my advice would be to
start early, try lots on, and
shop around . plus you
could have a taste of the jet
set celebrity lifestyle, ?ying
into London for your dress
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Niinatar, situated on
Runeberginkatu, is a perfect
example of such a store. Although
not based in Finland, her
website is easily accessible
and will ship to anywhere in
the world for free . 27
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. So, a good place to start
is to take a look at what the
latest bridal fashions are. FASHION
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With friends and family bearing witness on the ?big day?, all eyes are bound to be on the bridal dress.
Here comes the bride
wedding day is commonly dubbed the ?big day?
. Keeping their stock up-to-date with
the latest trends and fashions,
they also have their outlet section at the main store, where
you will ?nd wedding dresses
at 50 per cent off. If this
is you then take a look at Teemu Muurimäki, who has returned to Helsinki to continue
his highly successful fashion
design career after designing
wedding dresses for the likes of
Armani and Dolce & Gabbana.
Minna Hepburn, a Finnish
designer with her own London label would also accom-
Mona-dress from Rembo Styling?s 3013 collection, stocked
by Stilissima in Finland.
Recommended
Helsinki boutiques
Niinatar
by appointment only
www.niinatar.fi
Runeberginkatu 40
00260, Helsinki
Stilissima
www.stilissima.fi
Runeberginkatu 42
00260, Helsinki
Seremonia
www.seremonia.fi
Kasarmitori Pohjoinen
Makasiinikatu 7
00130 Helsinki
Margarets Bridal
Boutique
www.margarets
bridalboutique.net
Ratavartijankatu 4
00520 Helsinki
High-end
Finnish designers
Minna Hepburn
www.minna.co.uk
Finding the right kind of bridal dress can be overwhelmingly
difficult.
FR ANK HOEFSMIT
Fashion goes bridal
for your big day.
picture of it in your mind ?
which is, unfortunately, the
only place where it seems to
exist. All under one
roof, you can book an appointment and enjoy the ?rst class
service of the attentive staff.
A few doors down you?ll
?nd the JLM Couture Retailer
Stilissima, the tax-free wedding dress shop stocking a
gorgeous range of Cymbeline
designer dresses. There will always be the timeless classics for those who want their
wedding photos to age well,
but they are being slowly
overshadowed by diamondstudded tulle materials and
feathers on some of the more
extravagant dresses, some
even so luxurious as to sport
a ?oor length skirt section
made entirely of feathers.
When it comes to the big
search, Helsinki can offer
many bridal boutiques, most
of which will be able to show
you a variety of styles and
prices, from high-end designers to beautiful choices
for brides on a budget.
MINNA HEPBURN
YOUR
London-based Minna Hepburn?s bridal collection also accommodates brides looking for custom made dresses with a bit of
originality.
modate brides looking for
custom made dresses with
a bit of originality
says Pynnönen.
Pynnönen explains that
captive breeding programmes
for endangered species are
run in close collaboration
with other zoos, to make sure
that zoo populations do not
become inbred. in spite of reduced
interest from the thoroughbred female Amur tiger in the
neighbouring enclosure.
Animal arks
In such programmes zoos do
not buy animals from each
other, but exchange animals while donating funds
to schemes that protect their
wild populations.
?In the Amur region, we?re
funding the Amur Leopard
and Tiger Alliance, whose
projects aim to preserve forests, prevent forest ?res,
combat poaching, and educate local people about the
animals and the potential
for nature tourism,. . The science centre
also effectively uses the outside area for different exhibitions, most of them, however,
available only in summertime. Fortunately, he remains
one of the zoo?s main attractions . says animal curator Kirsi Pynnönen.
?Because we?re here on
this rocky island location
with a long, cold, snowy winter, we specialise in northern and mountain species
that we can keep outdoors in
suitable enclosures all year
round.?
For this reason, crowdpleasing animals that would
be more at home in the warm,
open savannahs of Africa are
no longer brought to Korkeasaari. Miettinen.
The group of enthusiasts set
up several exhibitions on different sites, before ?nally getting a permanent space and
their futuristic-looking building in the City of Vantaa.
Now Heureca, with an
overall area of 8,200 square
metres, houses different
kinds of exhibitions from
practical explanations of
physics . an expression
of joy at scienti?c discovery.
Heureca?s simple mission: to
make science interesting for
everybody and let everyone
feel like a discoverer.
Heureca stems from an enthusiastic project by a group
of graduates from Helsinki
University, whose principal
architect was Assistant Professor Hannu I. This is a sure
sign that we?re looking after
them well,. But anyway, Heureca
is worth visiting any time of
the year for your own Eureka
moment. 12
LIFESTYLE & SOCIETY
21 . two big cats
that are vanishing from their
wild habitat in the RussianChinese borderlands of the Far
M A R I L E H M O N E N / KO R K E A S A A R I
WITH its picturesque location
on the island of Korkeasaari,
just a short boat or bus trip
from the city centre, Helsinki Zoo is one of the city?s top
year-round tourist attractions, especially for families.
These days the zoo is increasingly focusing its animal
collections on helping to conserve species threatened by
extinction in the wild.
?It?s important to attract
visitors, but our primary
goals are nature conservation and education,. for example, one
can experience how not to
fall from a bicycle whilst riding along a rope, by using momentum and counterbalance
. Instead the zoo provides a
refuge for many attractive arctic, alpine and steppe species
including bears, wolverines,
Bactrian camels, impressive
northern owls, wild reindeer,
bison and loveable red pandas.
When the island is covered
with snow, zoo-goers can enjoy seeing these animals in
their natural element.
Korkeasaari bears don?t mind the freezing weather.
A sorry
tiger?s tale
GENETIC analysis recently revealed that Helsinki?s
male tiger is not a pure-bred
Amur tiger, but a Bengal tiger
hybrid.
The unfortunate halfbreed consequently had to
be castrated, under sedation,
with his dangerous paws in
rubber boots to give additional reassurance to an understandably nervous zoo
vet. In the wild, markhors
are struggling due to hunting and habitat loss, but
these footsure animals and
their kids can be seen happily clambering around Korkeasaari?s snow-clad rocky
hillsides.
Other species bred in Helsinki with the aim of boosting
dwindling wild populations
include lynx released in Poland and Latvia, snowy owls
and golden eagles released
in Finland, and ibexes now
roaming the Austrian Alps.
THE HEUREKA Science Centre
took its name from famous
Archimedes?
exclamation
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Museums and galleries
agnosed or how our houses
will look in the future.
One mission of the science
museum is to explain in practical terms what is happening on Earth. Currently Heureka
hosts an international anatomy exhibition, Body Works.
Your own
Eureka!
Vantaa?s Heureca
museum makes
science a thrilling
experience.
The magnificent Amur leopard is one of Korkeasaari?s stars.
A Helsinki refuge for
endangered wildlife
Helsinki Zoo helps to preserve threatened wild animals from around
the world, with a focus on species well adapted to wintry conditions.
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East. explains
Pynnönen.
Helsinki Zoo looks after the international captive breeding stud book for
the markhor, a wild Himalayan goat with huge, spiralled
horns. she adds.
The international Amur
leopard breeding programme
is coordinated in London, aiming to provide animals that
can be sent to their native regions for acclimatisation in
semi-wild conditions before
eventually being released.
Northern stars
Korkeasaari?s stars include
magni?cent Amur leopards
and Amur tigers . riding bicycle
along a rope.
Heureca
Kuninkaalantie 7
01301 Vantaa
info@heureka.fi
Tel. For instance,
the concept of rising sea levels caused by global warning
sounds very abstract, before
you walk in gumboots in a
submerged room with a huge
melting ice cube and see for
yourself the changing map of
the world.
One of the most fascinating parts of Heureca is the
modern planetarium, with a
set of movies in different languages. ?There are only about 40
Amur leopards left in the wild,
and they are notoriously dif?cult to breed in zoos, but over
the years we?ve managed to
breed about 20. to truly experimental and
eye-opening things, such as
how some illnesses can be di-
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Practical explanations of
physics . ?One of our
male Amur leopards will soon
be sent to Rotterdam to mate
with a female,. (09) 85799
The futuristic-looking building also hosts a modern planetarium.
Do you know?
Eureka is the name of several cities in Canada, the USA,
Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
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He has been nominated
for a MOBO award in 2008 and
was awarded the 2005 Parliamentary Jazz Awards (in the
Best Ensemble category).
Ko. S U L L I VA N
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FOLLOWING such genre-de?n-
ing efforts as the Usual Suspects (1995) and X-Men 1 and
2 (2000, 2003), director Bryan Singer returns to the big
screen with his interpretation of the beloved fairy tale
Jack and the Beanstalk in Jack
the Giant Slayer. CULTURE
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21 . Either way the recent announcement of Singer
returning to the helm of the XMen series could also be seen
as a well-timed distraction
from the ho-hum (or should
that be fee-?-fo-fum?) word of
mouth the 3D ?ick arrives on
the back of.
After making considerable impressions on the world
stage with Nokia and Angry
Birds, along with the more left
of ?eld likes of boot throwing, anthill sitting and wife
carrying, Finland once again
shows how much it can punch
its way above its weight as a
nation, when the spectacular accordion skills of Kimmo
Pohjonen are immortalised
in the documentary Soundbreaker. Throw in
a damsel in distress, a coming of age story arc and you
may just feel a hint of intrigue.
Or maybe that is just a yawn
threatening to break through
the surface. At Jazz
Interlude Tony Ko. Formed by drummer
Maciej Szajkowski in Warsaw in 1997, the collective?s
?rst album, Hopsasa, was released the same year. Bridging the gap between experimental, rock,
folk and classical music, prepare to ride shotgun alongside the peerless creativity of
one of the country?s ?nest musicians. will be
joined on stage by a talented trio of musicians: pianist
Jussi Fredriksson, drummer
André Sumelius and bassist
Ville Huolman.
The Jazz Interlude will be
a chance to see a live show
by one of the most successful and critically acclaimed
contemporary UK-based jazz
saxophonists, playing jazz
classics and compositions by
the great Thelonious Monk:
saxophone?s ace Tony Ko?.
Jazz Interlude with Tony Kofi
Saturday 23 March
Koko Jazz Club
Hämeentie 3
00530 Helsinki
www.jazzinterlude.com
The
Village
Band
comes
to town
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Film
Slaying the box office?
J A M E S O . Having returned from a spate of
Australian dates earlier this
year, the band?s current tour
schedule will see them perform around Europe until
August.
The Warsaw Village Band
21 March
19:00
Tickets ?25-65
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki. It will then
be showed at the Itäkeskus
Library from 8 April to 20
April and at the Kontula Library from 22 April to 4 May.
The exhibition is organised
by the Helsinki Multicultural Education Services HELMO Project and the African
and African European Association, in cooperation with the
Finnish Thai Association and
Nusantara ry.
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award winning
British saxophonist Tony
Ko. S U L L I VA N
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THE WARSAW Village Band
brings its traditionalist
sounds with a modern twist
to the stage at Helsinki?s Savoy Theatre on Thursday 21
March. Audiences in
the US may have stayed away
in droves upon its recent release, yet this tale of a naïve
farm boy who attempts to rescue a beautiful princess from a
race of vengeful giants boasts
the likes of Ewan McGregor
and Stanley Tucci and some
eye-popping visuals. Inspiring a small following in their
own country, the band?s subsequent releases have seen
their popularity grow steadily globally, winning the BBC
Radio 3 Award for best newcomer in the world music category in 2004.
Having revived several musical traditions that had been
The Warsaw Village Band will perform in Finland for the first time on 21 March.
abandoned over time in Poland, the band?s career has
seen them incorporate the use
of various instruments that
reach into the country?s rich
history. Aside from their more
obvious cultural in?uences,
the band hasn?t been afraid to
embrace a wealth of eclectic
inspiration, incorporating the
likes of funk, soul, hip-hop,
rock, the blues, African music
and Indian raga into their musical cocktail over the years.
Performing in Finland for
the ?rst time on Thursday,
the Polish folk-rock band arrives on the back of their
sixth full-length release,
Nord. Having earned an impressive US box of?ce booty
and with Guillermo del Toro?s
name riding high in the producer?s chair, expectations
are high for this thriller from
director Andy Muschietti.
Finally, Jahti follows the
hysterical reaction of a small
Danish town when Mads
Mikkelsen?s nursery school
teacher is wrongly accused of
sexually abusing a child. Reaching third place on
World Music Charts Europe,
the album offers a collection
of sounds that seek to ?nd
common elements in the music of Slavs, Scandinavians
and the aboriginal peoples of
the North.
Renowned for their live
performances, the band has
performed more than 400
concerts in over 30 countries across four continents
since their inception. ?At ?rst they learn to
integrate into the Finnish society, crawling slowly, searchAN
EXHIBITION
demeanor. The
always-interesting Mikkelsen won Best Actor at Cannes
for his role last year, with director Thomas Vinterberg
following up his impressive
Submarine (2010) with one of
the most highly acclaimed releases of the year thus far.
Legendary saxophonist Tony Kofi is the special guest of March?s Jazz Interlude.
Jazz Interlude with Tony Kofi
Jack the Giant Slayer (K12)
Release Date: 22 March
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Nicholas Hoult,
Ewan McGregor
Soundbreaker (K7)
Release Date: 22 March
Director: Kimmo Koskela
Jahti
Release Date: 22 March
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen,
Thomas Bo Larsen
Mama (K16)
Release Date: 22 March
Director: Andy Muschietti
Starring: Jessica Chastain,
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
ing for the right angle to adjust
their lives. will be the special guest
of March?s Jazz Interlude.
The concert, organised
in collaboration with Jury
and Koko Jazz Club, will take
place at Koko Jazz Club on
Saturday 23 March, starting
from nine pm.
MULTIPLE
Nottingham-born
Ko?,
who is also a music instructor,
and a graduate of the legendary Berkley College of Music in
Boston, has won several prestigious prizes: the BBC Jazz
Award in 2005 (Best Ensemble) and 2008 (Album of the
Year). has performed with
Billy Higgins, Clifford Jarvis
and Byron Wallen. After leaving the
Oscars empty handed after
her sterling turn in Zero Dark
Thirty, here she plays one
half of a couple that comes
to learn that their two adopted nieces have brought a dark
secret with them into their
home. Having been screened
at many festivals around the
world over the past year, the
?lm was bestowed with the
Award for Best Creative Film
at FIFA 2012, the 30th Festival
International for Films on Art,
in Montréal.
Actress Jessica Chastain?s
moment in the spotlight
keeps on extending, with
this week?s Mama seeing her
shorn of her trademark red
locks in favour of a punkish
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entitled
Caterpillars to Butter?ies
(Toukista Perhosiksi), which
narrates the successful integration of eight Asian women into the Finnish society,
opened on Monday 18 March
at the Pasila Library.
?Eight ladies with different
education and background arriving in Finland are endowed
with certain abilities, skills and
knowledge?, tells Saana Hansen, project manager of the exhibition. Gradually they gather enough strength through
newly acquired skills, abilities
and knowledge that empower
them to make their own choices and be ready for the life in
this country?.
Caterpillars to Butter?ies
will remain in the Pasila Library until 6 April
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biggest gathering for beer
fans, will take place at the
Helsingin Kaapelitehtaalla (Helsinki Cable Factory)
on 19 and 20 April.
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Content of candy
different from
labels
Finland is the second
highest EU consumer of
sweets, behind Sweden. The timeframe to sell it fresh is rather
short, usually around 5 days
maximum,. creativity, sense of
taste and general knowledge through a written
part.
Seppä?s winning drink
Hokusai?s Tea, a cocktail inspired by Asian ?avours, and Japanese artist
Hokusai Katsumishu, was
served in traditional Japanese cups, which were
harmoniously laid out on
a tray with edible sand on
top. This year, 28
participants from 13 different countries took part
in the two-day event held
in Stockholm. Even
with small differences in
content, the sweets were
found to be safe.
The National Nutrition Council has been
recommending a reduction in candy intake since
the1980s, but the trend
has been going the other way. says Salomäki.
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Founded in 2007, Kitty?s
Public House follows the tradition of the United Kingdom?s most famous pubs.
First of all, the interior consists of red-bricked walls between dark wooden columns
and old-style benches. Patrick?s Day in March or
India Pale Ale Festival (until the end of March). Jarkko Issukka, bartender of Helsinki?s American Bar, also participated
in the competition.
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from around the
world
Each country has its own
culture, habits, traditional menus and?fat-burning
tricks. In addition, a few American ones are
hip at the moment. EAT & DRINK
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Greece and other Mediterranean countries, ideal culinary habits include
plenty of vegetables and
whole grains. Salomäki adds.
The pub regularly hosts
events and festivals, such as
St. During
these events, the bar serves
?limited edition beers?, that
cannot be found on its menu
during the rest of the year.
A place for both tourists
and regulars, Kitty?s Public House has a well-trained
staff, always ready to give
information and advice on
which drink to taste. ?It a natural ?living?
beer, without any additives,
which is pumped straight
from our cellar, where it
is stored,. In Spain,
eating slowly is emphasised. explained Marjo
Ranta-Nurminen, Director in legislative matters
of confectioner Leaf. The purpose of eating is not just to ?ll the
stomach, but to socialise
and relax. The summer season is more about
wheat beer and cider,. ?But in order to get the
award, the judges have to visit us, coming straight from
the UK,. Since 2001, Back
Door has been owned by
Delifox Ravintolat Oy. he continues.
?The sales of big beer
breweries are decreasing,
while those of small ones are
actually increasing. Helsingin
Sanomat recently conducted a test on a series of
irtokarkit, sweets that can
be found in supermarkets
across the country.
The analysis revealed
that some of the products contained a different amount of ingredients
than stated on the labels.
In the industry, manufactures are responsible for
the content of goods.
?In the production,
there might be some variations and the amount of
nutritional content may
slightly vary from batch
to batch,. Today,
there has been a change
of direction with popular music and live performances. ?Last year, the
market rose by two percent, but is still lower than
in 2010,. In addition to drinks, the pub also has a selection of paninis,
crisps and snacks.
Salomäki reveals that
Kitty?s is constantly improving its customer service and
that it is targeting the Cask
Marque, a British award
for pubs that serve great
ale. For
example, now is the time of
the year when stout and porter beers are popular. In particular,
they try to avoid buying
products that grow in
the summertime during
the winter because they
appear to be less nutritious, less tasty and more
expensive.
In France, people tend
to avoid eating in front of
the television, in order to
enjoy dining at its best.
Researches have shown
that eating while watching TV can increase the
amount of food intake by
as much as 71 per cent.
The French also plan their
meals in advance, thus
preventing the presence
of unnecessary calories at
their tables.
MTV3
Black Door named
beer restaurant of
the year
Helsinki?s Black Door is
the olutravintola (beer
restaurant) of 2013. The bar
opened its doors in 1992
and was one of the city?s
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Helsinki barman
wins bartender
competition
Kitty?s Public House, located in the Citycentre shopping mall?s indoor yard.
The real ale deal
Kitty?s Public House is known for its special Real Ale.
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big city, Helsinki has its fair share of bars
inspired by the British Isles.
Kitty?s Public House is a British-style pub located in the
Citycentre
(Citykäytävä)
shopping mall, right in front
of the Railway Square, in an
indoor courtyard. Hanging on the walls are several paintings and pictures,
some of which were drawn
by Pertti Jarla, author of the
popular comic strip Fingerpori. The
jury praised Black Door?s
selection of beers and
whiskeys, the skilled staff
members, and its lively
summer terrace. Studies from
the University of Rhode Island have shown that people who eat slowly have a
lower body mass index.
Italians
emphasise
quality, using as much
natural food and fresh ingredients as possible. explains, Markus
Salomäki, Kitty?s manager.
?However, we have a lot of
customers, especially tourists in the summer, who stop
by to our summer patio or
come inside for a drink after
shopping.?
ing from small breweries,?
adds Salomäki.
Kitty?s is one of the newest members of the HOKOluthuoneet (beer chambers)
chain that has been operating for two decades.
?Oluthuoneet includes 17 restaurants and bars in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and
one in Hyvinkää,. It
has been estimated that,
on average, a Finn eats 7.5
kg of candy and 30 kg of
sugar each year . During
those days, former owner Marja-Leena Kosken
chose classical music to
create atmosphere. Then there are the beverages on the menu: lagers
from Germany and Belgium,
French beers and, most importantly, English, Irish and
Scottish drinks.
?We have a selection of
single-malt whiskeys, traditional beers and others com-
?A speci?c amount of time
is needed before the ale is
ready to be served. This is
why our selection of beverages varies all the time. said Fazer?s Tom
Lindblad.
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Compiled by:
Yannick Ilunga. The judges evaluated the competitors. Finns, for example,
try to reduce the amount
of carbohydrates and eat
more Finnish ?super foods?
like blueberries. Latin Americans value fresh seasonal
ingredients. he laughs.
Kitty?s Public House
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Keskuskatu 6
00100 Helsinki
Open:
Mon-Thu 12-01
Fri-Sat 11-02
Sun 12-22
Kitty?s Public House?s special: Real Ale, a natural beer pumped straight from the pub?s cellar.
Patrick Seppä, bartender at the A21 Cocktail
Lounge in Helsinki, is the
winner of the 2013 Absolute Invite competition.
The bartender contest saw
barmen battling against
one another to win the
Absolute Invite title and
a fun-packed trip to the
Tales of Cocktails in New
Orleans (US). ?If you are
not familiar with Kitty?s, it
might be a little hard to spot
at ?rst. However, in 2011,
a tax was introduced after
warnings from the Dental
Association. Salomäki
explains. ?The ?rst William K
restaurant opened about 20
years ago.?
Among Kitty?s Public
House?s long list of drinks
there is Real Ale, the house?s
special
Compared to other tea varieties,
its leaves have undergone
minimal processing. Sun 2pm-10pm
Korkeavuorenkatu 47 . It is
appreciated not only for its
vivid green colour, but most
importantly for its considerable health bene?ts which
are thought to be even greater than commercially available green teas or other
known antioxidants.
Green tea hides significant health benefits.
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CHINESE people have used it
for centuries as a medicine,
Japanese drink it with every
meal. to the consumption of green tea could
be required, since Chinese or
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effects than their Western
counterparts.
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Green tea leaves have undergone minimal processing, resulting in the maximum amount of antioxidants.
Think green and drink tea
Despite all this, there
are still questions to be answered: among others, exactly how bene?cial is green
tea. Pour into an oven dish.
. 60ml milk
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Baking instructions
. As a result, maximum amounts of
antioxidants are present in
the ?nal product, accounting
for the impressive therapeutic qualities of green tea.
Green tea leaves steeping in a gaiwan, Chinese lidded bowl
used for the infusion of tea leaves.
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Recipe for green
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Ingredients
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2 tsp vanilla powder
1 beaten egg
125g butter
2 very ripe mashed
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21 . Remove from heat; add
mashed bananas and mix
well.
. not to
mention its positive effects
on the metabolism. Green tea has risen as
more than just a hot drink to
occupy the siege of a powerful anti-carcinogenic, which
also protects from heart attack and stroke . has yet to be
found, the Japanese seem
to have found an answer.
Matcha powder . Add the egg, mix well.
. Leave to cool before
cutting.
The following recipe is a
great example of how one can
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and signi?cantly increasing
its nutritional value.
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HELSINKI TIMES
COMPILED BY ANNA-MAIJA LAPPI
L I N DA S Ö D E R H O L M A N D E S S I O J A N P E R Ä
Dance on Screen
Loikka (Leap), the annual dance film festival is here! Between 21 and 24 March, Loikka
will be presenting a versatile selection of cinematic dance works of any genre, style, or
technique, with a program of nearly 80 films encompassing short and feature-length
films, documentaries and 3D dance films. The screenings are complemented by workshops, events and the famous
Loikka festival club with live performances.
The festival program has been planned and coordinated by Loikka?s artistic directors, Thomas Freundlich and Valtteri Raekallio, who believe that in a single short film
screening, one can enjoy everything from contemporary dance to tango and from music videos to animation.
The key film this year is Guy Maddin?s Dracula: Pages from a Virgin?s Diary, a sumptuous, erotically charged feast of dance, drama and shadow. Center for New Dance
Tallberginkatu 1B
Helsinki
Tickets ?14/22
www.zodiak.fi
EXHIBITIONS
Until Sun 7 April
Ivana Helsinki 15
A versatile selection on Ivana
Helsinki?s fashion and design.
Design Museum
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
Helsinki
Tue 11:00-20:00
Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00
Tickets ?0/3/8
www.designmuseum.fi
Until Sun 26 May
Marjatta Tapiola
Expressionist and passionate
art of Marjatta Tapiola.
Helsinki Art Museum
Tennis Palace
Salomonkatu 15
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
Until Sun 9 July
Per Maning
One of Norway?s most
appreciated modern artists.
EMMA . 1: Conan (UK)
Doom metal.
Bar Loose
Annankatu 21
Helsinki
Tickets ?13/15
www.barloose.com
Fri 22 March
Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra
FRSO with Manfred Honeck,
conductor.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?7-25
Helsinki
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Fri 22 March
Fields Of The Nephilim (UK)
Gothic rock.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Helsinki
Tickets ?32/35
www.virginoil.fi
Eerikinkatu 11
Tickets ?8-30
www.loikka.fi
Fri 22 March
Deep Space Helsinki:
Peter Van Hoese
Techno.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Helsinki
Tickets ?10
www.kuudeslinja.com
Fri 22 March
Samuli Laiho
Singer-songwriter.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Tickets ?6/8
www.korjaamo.fi
Fri 22 March
XIII
Metal.
Semifinal
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?6/7
www.semifinal.fi
Fri 22 March
Pojat & Luonteri Surf
Pop/rock.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?12/14
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Fri 22 March
Pearson Sound (UK)
Dub step/house.
Adams
Erottajankatu 15-17
Helsinki
Tickets ?11/13
www.ravintolaadams.fi
Fri 22 March
Ewert and The Two Dragons (EST)
Indie rock from Tallinn.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Helsinki
Tickets ?11/15
www.thecircus.fi
Fri 22-Tue 26 March
Linkola: Robin Hood
Adventure opera for the whole family.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?14-84
www.opera.fi
Sat 23 March
Example (UK)
Rap.
The Circus
Salomonkatu 1-3
Tickets ?29/49
www.thecircus.fi
Sat 23 March
Antonio Placer & Jean-Marie
Machado Republicalma + Veli Kujala Chansons solo
World music, chansons and jazz.
Sello Hall
Soittoniekanaukio 1A
Tickets ?17.50/18
www.sellosali.fi
Until Sun 19 May
Michelangelo and the Sistine
Chapel
Drawings and artworks from Casa
Buonarroti, Florence.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Bulevardi 40
Helsinki
Open:
Tue 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Fri 10:00-18:00
Sat 11:00-17:00
Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0-10
www.sinerbrychoffintaidemuseo.fi
Helsinki Freezing, B-girl Ramona directed by Linda Söderholm & Essi
Ojanperä.
Sat 23 March
Irina, Mikko Pohjola
Pop.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?15/18
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Tue 26 March
Club Hori Smoku: Kid Congo &
The Pink Monkey Birds (USA)
Pioneers of alternative rock.
Kuudes Linja
Hämeentie 13
Tickets ?15
www.kuudeslinja.com
Sat 23 March
Ahola
Rock.
On The Rocks
Mikonkatu 15
Helsinki
Tickets ?6/8
www.ontherocks.fi
Tue 26 March
Dead Prez (USA)
Rap.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?23/26
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Sat 23 March
Matti Johannes Koivu, Atlético
Kumpula
Acoustic folk pop.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Helsinki
Tickets ?12/14
www.korjaamo.fi
Sat 23 March
Juha Pekka Tapani Heikkinen &
Niin Edelleen, Rap-Mummo Eila
Singer-songwriter and Rap-Grandma Eila.
Korjaamo Culture Factory
Töölönkatu 51 B
Helsinki
Tickets ?10/12
www.korjaamo.fi
Sat 23 March
Telephones (NOR)
Berlin-based tropical techno.
Adams
Erottajankatu 15-17
Tickets ?8
www.ravintolaadams.fi
Sat 23 March
Hasta La Vista Social Club
Punk/hard rock.
Virgin Oil CO.
Mannerheimintie 5
Tickets ?8
www.virginoil.fi
Mon 25 March
Reel Big Fish (USA)
Ska punk from California.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Tickets ?18/20
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Tue 26 March
Melingo (ARG)
Thrilling tango.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Tickets ?32/34
www.savoyteatteri.fi
Tue 26 March
Halestorm (USA)
Rock.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
Tickets ?20
www.elmu.fi
Until Sun 28 April
Eero Järnefelt
One of the most important
painters of the golden age
of Finnish art.
Ateneum Art Museum
Kaivokatu 2
Helsinki
Open:
Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/6/8
www.ateneum.fi
Tue 26 March
Chamber Orchestra of Lapland
Recorder concertos
by Pier Adams (UK).
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Wed 27 March
Angelique Kidjo & Norrbotten
Big Band
Queen of African music.
Finlandia Hall
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?44/54/59
www.finlandiatalo.fi
Wed 27 March
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
One of the most popular and most
enjoyable operas of all time.
Finnish National Opera
Helsinginkatu 58
Tickets ?14-84
www.opera.fi
Wed 27 March
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
FRSO with Francois Xavier Roth,
conductor and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?7-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Wed 27 March
Tuomas Rounakari:
Shaman Violin
Genuine Siberian shaman songs for
violin, voice, and stomping.
Helsinki Music Centre
Camerata
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?5/10/15
www.musiikkitalo.fi
THEATRE & DANCE
Thu 21-Sat 23 March
Sonya Lindfors: Chorus Line 2013
Daring, versatile and fresh dance
piece on the relationship of the individual and the group.
Helsinki City Theatre
Studio Elsa
Ensi Linja 2
Tickets ?25-34
www.hkt.fi
Fri 22 March
Sarah Ruhl: Eurydice
New interpretation of the Orpheus
myth directed by Yana Ross. Surtitles in English.
Finnish National Theatre
Läntinen Teatterikuja 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?17-32
www.kansallisteatteri.fi
Until Wed 27 March
Jana Unmüßig: Colour, colour
Contemporary dance piece by
Berlin-based choreographer.
Zodiak . Movies on Movement- screening brings interesting international short films on screen. Espoo Museum of
Modern Art
Ahertajantie 5
Helsinki
Open:
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
www.emma.museum
Until Sat 27 July
ART DECO and the Arts
France-Finlande 1905-1935
Exhibition celebrates the art
deco period in art.
Amos Anderson
Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27
Helsinki
Open:
Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00
Wed 10:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/2/8/10
www.amosanderson.fi
Until Sun 14 April
Karelia!
Exhibition presenting works by ten
artists exploring their contemporary Karelian identity.
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
Helsinki
Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/5.50/8
www.taidehalli.fi
Until Sun 28 July
MAYA III?
Life ?Death-Time
Exhibition presents the
dualistic world view of the
Maya Indians in which life,
death and time are intimately
intertwined.
Didrichen
Art Museum
Kuusilahdenkuja 1
Helsinki
Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tickets ?0/3/7/10
www.didrichenmuseum.fi
Until Sun 21 April
Photography
Into Art . Easy Access-screening
is a good option for first-time viewers and experts alike. The movies from Indonesia to Argentina concentrate
on human movement in all its rawness, subtlety and emotion.
Thu 21-Sun 24 March
LOIKKA
Andorra
MUSIC
Thu 21 March
Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra
Concert dedicated to
Dmitri Shostakovich.
Helsinki Music Centre
Mannerheimintie 13
Tickets ?6-25
www.musiikkitalo.fi
Thu 21 March
Warsaw Village Band (POL)
One of Europe?s most fascinating
world music groups.
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
Tickets ?25/28
www.savoyteatteri.fi
Thu 21 March
Walk The Moon (USA)
Indie-pop fiesta.
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
Tickets ?17/20
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Thu 21 March
Metropolia pop/jazz
Soul, funk, jazz etc.
with live bands.
Le bonk
Yrjönkatu 24
Tickets ?5
www.lebonk.fi
Fri 22 March
Funeral For A Friend (UK)
Melancholic rock metal.
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8
Helsinki
Tickets ?25
www.elmu.fi
Fri 22 March
Slip Inside This Club
vol. End of
Innocence
Finnish contemporary
photographer.
Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2
Helsinki
Open:
Tue 10:00-17:00
Wed-Fri 10:00-20:30
Sat 10:00-18:00
Sun 10:00-17:00
Tickets ?0/8/10
www.kiasma.fi
Until Sun 21 April
Nelli Palomäki
Captivating portraits.
The Finnish Museum
of Photography
The Cable Factory
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tallberginkatu 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?0/4/6
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
OTHERS
Thu 21-Sun 24 March
LOIKKA
Annual dance film festival.
Andorra
Eerikinkatu 11
Helsinki
Tickets ?8-30
www.loikka.fi. The cavalcade of short films
in this screening lead the audiences from the romanticism of everyday life to B-Girls
dancing in wintry Helsinki. The varied program that will be shown at
Andorra and Orion offers moving experiences for both dance professionals and wider
audiences. The Hannula &
Hinkka Collection
The exhibition tells a unique story
of the Finnish photography art.
The Finnish Museum of Photography
The Cable Factory
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00
Wed 11:00-20:00
Tallberginkatu 1
Helsinki
Tickets ?0/4/6
www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
Until Sun 18 August
Jouko Lehtola
27 MARCH 2013
HELSINKI TIMES
thursday
friday
21.3.
TV1
10:00 Heartbeat
11:05 Yle News in English
12:35 As Time Goes By
The series follows the
relationship between two
former lovers who meet
unexpectedly after not
having been in contact for
48 years.
14:30 Det Nya Afrika
In Swedish.
17:08 Heartbeat
19:00 Benidorm
23:00 Monk
While investigating the case
of a murdered maid with
an unusual solicitous killer,
Monk meets an African
widower looking for the
killer of his wife.
TV2
06:53 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:50 Die Winzerkönig
In German.
16:30 Speedskating
Championships SPORT
In Finnish. Den Canada
Dinner Impossible
Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
New York Ink
Dragons. When Jenny?s
plan blows up in her face, her
lifelong friend Ryan is there to
pick up the pieces. Directed by:
Randal Kleiser. Starring:
Steven Seagal, Nick
Chinlund, Brendan Fletcher.
USA/2008.
22:50 C.S.I. Sochi, Russia.
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
22:05 Game of Thrones (K16)
YLE TEEMA
18:00 Titanic: The Mission DOC
In the final episode
of the series the engineers
explore the safety features
on board Titanic and the
heroic efforts of the engine
room staff who gave
their lives in their desperate
bid to help evacuate
the sinking ship and
summon help.
19:00 Lark Rise to Candleford
20:30 Cosmic Vistas DOC
Computer simulations can
help us see how galaxies
interact over millions of
years, and even how dark
matter structures the
universe.
21:00 The Code DOC
Marcus du Sautoy
reveals a hidden numerical
code that underpins all
nature. They have been earning
their living for years by travelling
around Germany from village to village defeating supernatural fiends.
One day, the brothers arrive in a
town and offer to help its people
drive away evil spirits, unaware that
the community is bordered by a
genuine enchanted forest, and that
young girls in the village have been
disappearing at a frightful rate. . Sochi, Russia.
17:00 Children?s Programming
20:30 Mr. USA/2005.
Matt Damon and Heath Ledger
team up to bring you one of the
year?s most fantastic adventures
in this magical tale based on the
lives of the legendary storytellers.
The brothers Grimm are famous for
vanquishing witches and demons
for a price. USA/2005.
22:50 Teenage Gambler DOC
Teenagers are allowed to
gamble in the UK and it is a
growing problem.
23:50 Navy NCIS
00:45 Harry Enfield Show
01:25 Jersey Shore
03:05 Britain?s Happy Hookers
DOC
19
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
As Time Goes By
Billy Conolly?s Route 66
The Big Yin turns Easy Rider
and follows a lifelong dream
as he makes the iconic 2488
mile journey from Chicago
to Santa Monica.
17:08 Heartbeat
19:00 Call the Midwife
When Peggy?s brother is
diagnosed with cancer, Jenny
and the nuns are called upon
to care for him. Starring: Lance
Bass, Jonathan Bennett, Amanda
Bynes. Jenny gets to
know the siblings better. Starring:
Christopher Walken, Dan
Fogler. Den Canada
18:00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
19:00 Pawn Stars
22:05 Beast (K16)
00:55 Cooks to Market
01:50 South Park
02:50 Naked and Funny (K16)
NELONEN
My Child is a Monkey
TV5 15.10
07:00 Children?s Programming
16:00 Bridezillas
17:00 Rules of Engagement
22:00 Scary Movie 2 (K16) FILM
Directed by: Keenen Ivory
Wayans. Miami (K16)
23:50 Entourage (K16)
00:20 30 Rock
00:50 It?s Always Sunny in
Philadelphia
JIM
11:20
12:20
13:15
14:10
MasterChef Australia
Dragons. Starring: Anna
Faris, Marlon Wayans,
Shawn Wayans. Spain-Finland.
00:50 Girls (K16)
YLE TEEMA
17:10 Arkitektens Hjem
In Danish.
19:00 Civilization: Is the West
History. Den Canada
The Opener
To Build or Not to Build
Scott and Emma meet
builder Scott Nichols, who
has embarked on a project
to construct an eco-cottage
for him and his girlfriend in
the village of Felmersham in
Bedfordshire.
15:05 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
16:05 New York Ink
17:00 Dragons. Things get even more
complicated when Jenny?s rival
Alexis pretends to be shipwrecked
too, and they both compete for
Jason?s affections. USA/2005.
TV5 21:00
Thursday 21.3.2013
TV5 18:45
Friday 22.3.2013. Starring:
Matt Damon, Harry Gilliam, Radim
Kalvoda. The
brothers must now learn how to
deal with real magic, with the help
of the lovely but fearless Angelika.
Directed by: Terry Gilliam. USA/2005.
01:50 Navy NCIS
02:40 The Magicians
Lovewrecked
The Brothers Grimm
Jenny Taylor finds that her favorite
rock star, Jason, is a guest at the
tropical resort where she is working for the summer. Miami (K16)
23:55 The Young Americans
(K16) FILM
The London police is having
trouble with organized
crime commited by juvenile
delinquents. Den Canada
Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
New York Ink
Guinness World Records
The programme that
brings together the
weird and wonderful
world of record-breaking.
22:00 Pawn Stars
23:05 South Park
23:35 Naked and Funny (K16)
00:05 Penn & Teller (K16)
00:40 JIM D: Ax Men
01:40 Border Security:
Australia?s Front Line
NELONEN
22.3.
TV1
MTV3
10:00
11:05
12:35
16:00
Mentalist
MTV3 21.00
07:00 Children?s Programming
16:00 Bridezillas
In this reality series we
always meet a new bride
who is more selfish and
controlling than the
previous one.
17:00 Melissa and Joey
21:00 Criminal Minds (K16)
22:00 Shaft (K16) FILM
New York City police
detective John Shaft goes
on a personal mission to
make sure the son of a real
estate tycoon is brought
to justice after a raciallymotivated murder.
Directed by: John Singleton.
Starring: Samuel L.Jackson,
Vanessa Williams,
Christian Bale.
Germany/USA/2000.
00:20 Frasier
00:50 Reaper
01:45 Lost
02:45 All in the Family
TV5
06:20 Beauty and the Geek
07:10 Everybody Loves Raymond
07:40 That ?70s Show
08:05 3rd Rock from the Sun
08:30 Matlock
14:10 Matlock
15:05 Beauty and the Geek
An unscripted program
that pairs MENSA-worthy
?geeks. with gorgeous
women.
16:00 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 Everybody Loves Raymond
17:30 3rd Rock from the Sun
18:00 That ?70s Show
19:00 Las Vegas
As they prepare their youth
football team for the Casino
League Championship game,
Danny and Mike search for
a missing casino employee
and aspiring inventor whose
hobby may have gotten him
into serious trouble.
20:00 Navy NCIS
21:00 Lovewrecked FILM
Directed by: Randal Kleiser.
Starring: Lance Bass,
Jonathan Bennett, Amanda
Bynes. When Jason
falls off a cruise ship, Jenny dives
in to save him, and the two raft
their way onto a nearby ?desert
island. Bean
21:00 Football World Cup 2014:
Qualification SPORT
In Finnish. USA/2007.
02:45 All in the Family
TV5
06:20 Everybody Loves Raymond
06:50 That ?70s Show
07:15 3rd Rock from the Sun
07:40 Matlock
11:35 Britain?s Biggest Spenders
DOC
Britain?s Biggest Spenders
is bursting with lavish
spending habits of some
of the world?s biggest
spenders. Their leader
is an American who is an
expert at turning young men
into ruthless gangsters.
Directed by: Danny Cannon.
Starring: Harvey Keitel,
Viggo Mortensen, Iain Glen.
UK/1993.
02:00 Miami Medical
SUB
09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 Cleveland Show
14:55 Masterchef USA
15:55 Oliver?s Twist
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
19:00 Two and a Half Men
19:30 Middle
20:00 The Simpsons
21:00 The Onion Movie
FILM
Directed by: Tom Kuntz,
Mike Maguire. However, Jenny wants to spend some
time alone with Jason, so she lets
him continue to believe that they
are desperate castaways . The
Nonnatus House residents
get involved in Fred?s latest
money-making scheme which
involves a pig called Evie
22:55 En Pilgrims Död (K16)
In Swedish.
TV2
06:52 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:50 Die Winzerkönig
In German.
11:40 Mitt in Naturenin
In Swedish.
13:00 Der Ingen Skulle Tru At
Nokon Kunne Bu
In Norwegian.
16:00 Speedskating
Championships SPORT
In Finnish. 21 . A code that has
the power to explain
everything, from the
numbers and shapes we
see all around us to the rules
that govern our own lives.
23:30 Poster Girl DOC
A documentary film
about an American
soldier?s experience with
posttraumatic stress
disorder after returning from
the Iraq War.
Programmes on Yle Teema
may be viewed in the original
language(s) by changing the
digital receiver?s settings.
MTV3
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
11:40 Doctors
14:10 Jamie at Home
Jamie uses his crop of
tomatoes for soup, multiperforming salad, and a
hearty sauce.
14:45 Oliver?s Twist
15:20 Middle
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18:00 Emmerdale
21:00 Mentalist
23:05 Shaun of the Dead (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Simon Pegg,
Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost.
UK/2004.
SUB
09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 Candid Camera
14:25 Sons of Tucson
14:55 Undercover Boss
Kevin Sheehan, President
and CEO of Norwegian
Cruise Line, finds himself in
uncharted territory when he
is asked to lead nearly 1,000
party-goers in a line dance,
and is later forced to reveal
his true identity after being
recognized by an employee.
15:55 Oliver?s Twist
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Supersize vs Superskinny
Emotions run high when
a food-hating woman
exchanges diets with a biker
who is a big eater.
19:00 Two and a Half Men
19:30 Raising Hope
20:00 The Simpsons
22:00 Nikita (K16)
23:00 House
00:00 Heroes
01:00 The Simpsons
01:30 Fringe (K16)
JIM
11:05
12:25
13:20
15:10
16:05
17:00
18:00
19:00
21:00
MasterChef Australia
Dragons. actually just a stone?s
throw from a luxury resort. Viewers will be
glued to their televisions to
see just what our shocking
spenders are going to
purchase next.
13:00 Packed to the Rafters
13:50 Matlock
14:45 My Child is a Monkey DOC
People who adopt monkeys
and treat them like their
babies are the subject of
this documentary which
examines the problems of
raising wild animals.
15:45 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
16:45 Everybody Loves Raymond
17:15 3rd Rock from the Sun
17:40 That ?70s Show
18:45 The Grim Brothers
FILM
Directed by: Terry Gilliam.
Starring: Matt Damon, Harry
Gilliam, Radim Kalvoda.
USA/2005.
21:00 Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines (K16)
FILM
Directed by: Jonathan
Mostow. at least
for now. USA/2001.
00:00 Balls of Fury FILM
Directed by: Robert
Ben Garant. Starring: Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl,
Kristanna Loken.
USA/UK/Germany/2003.
23:05 Spartacus: Blood and Sand
(K18)
00:10 Lovewrecked FILM
Directed by: Randal Kleiser.
Starring: Lance Bass,
Jonathan Bennett, Amanda
Bynes. DOC
The sixth element that
enabled the West to dominate
the rest was the work ethic.
Max Weber famously linked
it to Protestantism, but the
reality is that any culture,
regardless of religion, is
capable of embracing
the spirit of capitalism by
working hard, saving, and
accumulating capital.
22:00 Stardust Memories FILM
Directed by: Woody Allen.
Starring: Woody Allen,
Charlotte Rampling.
USA/1980.
23:25 British Invasion: Small
Faces
The Onion Movie
Sub 21.00
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
11:40 Doctors
14:15 Minute to Win It
15:20 Traffic Light
A comedy about how
friendships and romances
both enhance and
complicate our lives.
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
21:00 C.S.I
No pills, no
medicines, simply fasting.
14:30 The Great Famine DOC
15:25 Rosamunde Pilcher:
September
19:15 Nature Wonder Land
The striking scarlet macaw
inhabits the Amazon jungle
of South America. Directed
by: Neil Jordan. Directed by: Arthur
Hiller. Sochi, Russia.
19:30 Globe Trekker: Bangladesh
22:10 Wrestling: European
Championships SPORT
01:10 The Wire (K16)
YLE TEEMA
15:35 Yle Live: Example
16:25 The Code DOC
Marcus du Sautoy reveals
a hidden numerical code
that underpins all nature.
A code that has the power
to explain everything, from
the numbers and shapes we
see all around us to the rules
that govern our own lives.
17:25 The Dust Bowl DOC
This documentary chronicles
the worst manmade ecological
disaster in American history,
in which the frenzied wheat
boom of the ?Great PlowUp,. Food: Carnivore
Chronicles
13:20 Kung Fu Kitchen
13:50 The Delinquent Gourmet
14:20 Invite Mr. at the cost of
her own happiness. Danny and Mike play
detectives to determine the
motive and culprit behind
the theft.
02:30 Diary of a Mad Black
Woman FILM
Directed by: Darren Grant.
Starring: Kimberly Elise,
Steve Harris, Tyler Perry.
USA/2005.
Stepmom
Under Capricorn
Anna and Ben, the two children of
Jackie and Luke, have to cope with
the fact that their parents have
divorced and that there is a new
woman in their father?s life: Isabel,
a successful photographer. One meter
in length from head to tail, it
is sometimes called the ?king
of parrots. Starring: Ingrid
Bergman, Joseph Cotten,
Michael Wilding. Fortunately
for him, he meets a young
player on the women?s
circuit who helps him
recapture his focus for
Wimbledon.
Directed by: Richard
Loncraine.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst,
Paul Bettany,
Sam Neill.
UK/France/2004.
00:30 Saving Grace
SUB
TV2
07:48 Children?s Programming
15:35 Speedskating
Championships SPORT
In Finnish. followed by a decadelong drought during the
1930s nearly swept away the
breadbasket of the nation.
18:20 Polseres Vermelles
In Catalan.
19:10 Kicking the Notes the
Toradze Way
21:00 Musica Leggera: Les
Chansons Italiennes,
In French.
22:00 Passione
A bustling documentary
about the rich and varied
culture of song in Naples,
covering music dating back
to the 1200s.
Passione
Yle Teema 22.00
HELSINKI TIMES
15:00 Got to Dance
16:00 Jamie?s Food Escapes
In Athens, Jamie goes spear
fishing off a Mama Miastyle island and meets bee
keepers who produce the
most amazing honey.
17:00 Jamie. Starring: Tom Arnold,
David Paymer, Kim Coates.
USA/1996.
19:30 Justimus
20:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
21:00 Step Brothers FILM
Two aimless middle-aged
losers still living at home are
forced against their will to
become roommates when
their parents get married.
Directed by: Adam McKay.
Starring: Will Ferrell,
Ken Jeong, Ken Killen.
USA/2008.
23:00 Las Vegas
Sam has to jet off across
the country in search of
replacement lobsters when a
truckload she purchased for
a very important wedding, is
stolen. Starring:
Jodie Foster, Terrence
Howard, Naveen Andrews.
USA/2007.
23:35 Person of Interest
00:35 Nikita (K16)
01:35 Southland (K16)
JIM
08:30 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
11:30 Chuck?s Day Off
15:00 The Opener
Series where celebrity chef
and restaurateur David
Adjey goes on a mission to
help new restaurant owners
as they work to open their
new eateries
17:00 Guinness World Records
18:00 Cooks to Market
Amateur cooks get the
chance to turn their
homemade food products
into life-changing business.
20:00 Anthony Bourdain: The
Layover
21:35 JIM D Biography: Cameron
Diaz
22:35 Ink Master
23:25 Speeders
23:55 Unusual Suspects (K16)
00:55 JIM D Crime: A Hidden
City
01:50 Beast (K16)
NELONEN
The Brave One
Sub 21:00
08:25 Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition
11:25 Animal ABC
11:55 Dog Rescue
13:00 Animal Rescue
13:30 Melissa and Joey
14:30 Frasier
21:00 Spider-Man 3 FILM
A strange black entity
from another world bonds
with Peter Parker and
causes inner turmoil as he
contends with new villains,
temptations, and revenge.
Directed by: Sam Raimi.
Starring: Tobey Maguire,
Kirsten Dunst, James
Franco. Starring: Milla
Jovovich, Iain Glen,
Ali Larter.
France/Australia/Germany/
UK/USA/2007.
02:35 All in the Family
TV5
07:00 Matlock
11:45 Outsiders: Unga Mammor
DOC
In Swedish.
13:05 DC Cupcakes
14:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes
14:55 Tough Love
15:45 Painted Babies at 17 DOC
Former child beauty pageant
contestants, now seventeen
years old, take a look back
at their lives and discuss the
highs and lows over the years.
16:50 Crossed Over FILM
Directed by: Bobby Roth.
Starring: Diane Keaton,
Maury Chaykin, Jennifer
Jason Leigh.
USA/2002.
18:45 Diary of a Mad Black
Woman FILM
Directed by: Darren Grant.
Starring: Kimberly Elise,
Steve Harris, Tyler Perry.
USA/2005.
21:00 The Bounty Hunter FILM
A bounty hunter learns that
his next target is his exwife, a reporter working on a
murder cover-up.
Directed by: Andy Tennant.
Starring: Christine Baranski,
Gerard Butler,
Jennifer Aniston.
USA/2010.
23:10 Sexcetera (K18)
00:20 Fast Lane to Malibu (K18)
FILM
Directed by: Kelley Cauthen.
Starring: Tracy Ryan,
Steve Curtis, Renee Rea.
USA/2000.
02:10 Jersey Shore
24.3.
TV1
MTV3
10:00 De Nye Gamle
In Danish.
11:15 L?Instit
In French.
12:10 Jens Christian Hauge
In Norwegian.
13:00 Eat, Fast and Live Longer
DOC This documentary
explores the recently
accepted concept that fasting
is a key to longevity in the
human being. USA/2007.
00:05 Elementary
01:05 Mad Men
02:05 Lost (K16)
TV5
07:00 Everybody Loves Raymond
07:30 That ?70s Show
07:55 3rd Rock from the Sun
11:25 Matlock
13:10 Zoo Days
14:05 That ?70s Show
16:30 The Magicians
17:45 Carpool FILM
A man with an important
business meeting finds
himself having to take
care of the carpool for
the neighborhood school
children when his wife gets
sick. But Jackie, a
full-time mother, regards Isabel?s
efforts as offensively insufficient.
She cannot understand that work
can be important to her as well
as the kids. UK/1949.
21:15 The British Blues Explosion
22:15 Yle Live: Ed Sheeran
23:05 Musica Leggera: Les
Chansons Italiennes DOC
Nature Wonder Land
T V1 19:15
07:55 Children?s Programming
15:00 Happy Gilmore FILM
A rejected hockey player
puts his skills to the
golf course to save his
grandmother?s house.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan.
Starring: Adam Sandler,
Christopher McDonald, Julie
Bowen. how to sing, how to dance,
how to clap and how to eat.
16:10 Anthony Bourdain: The
Layover
22:00 Defenders
00:45 MTV?s Flash Pranks
01:15 South Park
02:10 Naked and Funny (K16)
03:10 Meet the Parents
NELONEN
Wimbledon
MT V3 22:35
12:00
13:00
13:30
14:00
Wild Life at the Zoo
Animal ABC
Animal Rescue
The Secret Life of the
American Teenager
15:00 Wizards of Waverly Place
15:30 10 Things I Hate About You
16:00 Rules of Engagement
21:00 Stepmom FILM
Directed by: Chris
Columbus.
Starring: Julia Roberts,
Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris.
USA/1998.
23:45 Legend of Seeker
00:45 Resident Evil: Extinction
(K16) FILM
Directed by: Russell
Mulcahy. USA/1998.
Set in Australia in the early 19th
century, the film concerns the
tribulations of Lady Henrietta, who
was driven out of her home in disgrace after eloping with unkempt
stableman Sam Flusky. Starring: Ingrid
Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael
Wilding. We
all have secrets, and the
aristocratic families living
in the Scottish village of
Strathcoy are no exception.
17:05 Call the Midwife
19:40 Midsomer Murders
20:45 Lottery
22:00 Veep
22:30 A Touch of Frost (K16)
08:00 Children?s Programming
13:15 Tonari No Totoro FILM
16:00 Formula 1: Malaysian
Grand Prix SPORT
21:00 Amazing Race
22:30 Lottery and Joker
22:35 Wimbledon FILM
A pro tennis player has lost
his ambition and has fallen
in rank to 119. Accused of
the murder of Henrietta?s brother,
Flusky has been transported to
Australia, where he starts life
anew as a prosperous businessman, even while his wife descends
further and further into alcoholism
and self-hatred. She
does her best to treat the kids in a
way that makes them still feel at
home when being with their dad,
but also loves her work and does
not plan to give it up. 1927/UK.
18:25 Under Capricorn FILM
Directed by: Alfred
Hitchcock. They all
have to learn a little in order to
grow together.
Directed by: Chris Columbus.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Susan
Sarandon, Ed Harris. 20
21 . Wright
Ian is the guest of Tito
Losada, the great flamenco
musician, and his large,
musical family in Madrid,
Spain. Starring. Directed by:
Alfred Hitchcock. UK/1949.
Nelonen 21:00
Saturday 23.3.2013
Yle Teema 18:25
Sunday 24.3.2013. Here science
takes the lead to discover
what can be done to change
the way we live. because of its
richly colored plumage.
21:55 Silent Witness (K16)
TV2
08:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
11:35 Skijumping: Finnish
Championship SPORT
13:25 Speedskating:
Championships SPORT
14:35 Destination Extreme
15:00 Speedskating:
Championships SPORT
15:45 Skijumping: Finnish
Championship SPORT
18:00 Wrestling: European
Championships SPORT
19:30 Der Alte
In German.
21:00 Luck (K16)
22:05 Girls (K16)
22:35 How to Make it in America
YLE TEEMA
13:25 Kicking the Notes the
Toradze Way
15:15 The Pill DOC
17:00 Dowhill FILM
Directed by: Alfred
Hitchcock. When her cousin
Charles Adare comes to visit,
Henrietta falls in love with him; she
also confides that it was she, and
not Flusky, who was responsible for
her brother?s death. 27 MARCH 2013
saturday
sunday
23.3.
TV1
MTV3
08:05 Billy Conolly?s Route 66
11:10 L?Instit
In French.
13:00 Senna DOC
A documentary on Brazilian
Formula One racing driver
Ayrton Senna, who won the F1
world championhip three times
before his death at age of 34.
15:25 Rosamunde Pilcher:
September
Whose lifeless body has
been found in the loch and
how did it get there. Tito shows Ian every
aspect of Gypsy life in Spain
. Walker preps
for his mission and Brody
gets ready for the Vice
President?s policy summit.
23:40 Without a Trace
SUB
10:00 The Simpsons
13:00 Don?t Trust the B**** in
Apartment 23
13:30 Big Bang Theory
14:00 2 Broke Girls
14:30 Raising Hope
15:00 Middle
15:30 Two and a Half Men
17:00 Gossip Girl
18:00 American Idol
20:00 Mythbusters
21:00 The Brave One (K16)
A woman struggles to
recover from a brutal attack
by setting out on a mission
for revenge. The operatic
climax finds Lady Henrietta doing
the ?right thing. New York (K16)
00:25 Grimm (K16)
01:25 Sons of Anarchy (K16)
JIM
08:30 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
11:20 Extreme Fishing
12:20 Travel Channel?s Man
vs. The conflict between
them is deepened by the sudden
diagnose of cancer, which might
may be deadly for Jackie. USA/1996.
16:50 Formula1: Malaysian Grad
Prix SPORT
21:00 Revenge
22:35 Homeland (K16)
While Carrie is
incapacitated, Saul
investigates the timeline
of her activities and begins
to discover the unsettling
implications. Kitchen
18:00 American Idol
21:00 Demolition Man (K16)
FILM
A cop is brought out
of suspended animation
in prison to pursue an
old ultra-violent enemy
who is loose in a nonviolent
future society.
Directed by:
Marco Brambilla.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone,
Wesley Snipes,
Sandra Bullock.
USA/1993.
23:30 C.S.I. Ivor
Novello, Robin Irvine, Isabel
Jeans
The series
follows a group of six students
about to embark on the most
exciting period of their lives
thus far - University.
23:45 Game of Thrones (K16)
YLE TEEMA
17:00 Surviving Hitler: A Love
Story
18:00 Sonderauftrag
Führermuseum
In German.
19:00 Cuéntame Cóso Pasó
In Spanish.
20:30 Arkitektens Hjem
In Danish.
22:00 Prisoners of War (K16)
22:50 Maggie in Wonderland
Programmed To Be Fat
TV1 19:00
NELONEN
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
15:20 Raising Hope
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18:00 Emmerdale
21:00 House
23:35 Human Target (K16)
Transsiberian
Sub 21:00
SUB
09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 One Born Every Minute
This series is focused on
providing helpful insights
into realities of giving birth,
especially in a hospital
environment.
14:55 ER
15:55 Oliver?s Twist
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Mythbusters
Can an exploding truck
tire kill. Directed
by: Shekhar Kapur. followed by a decadelong drought during the
1930s nearly swept away the
breadbasket of the nation.
22:55 Prisoners of War (K16)
The Dust Bowl
Yle Teema 21:00
Elizabeth
In 1554, England is ruled by the
fervently Catholic Queen Mary
(Kathy Burke), whose persecution of Protestants even extends
to her own half-sister, Elizabeth
(Cate Blanchett). One meter
in length from head to tail, it
is sometimes called the ?king
of parrots. What
about the Knight Rider like
scenario of driving inside
a truck while it is still in
motion?
19:00 Two and a Half Men
19:30 Don?t Trust the B**** in
Apartment 23
20:00 The Simpsons
20:30 Big Bang Theory
21:00 Transsiberian (K16) FILM
A Trans-Siberian train
journey from China to
Moscow becomes a thrilling
chase of deception and
murder when an American
couple encounters a
mysterious pair of fellow
travelers.
Directed by: Brad Anderson.
Starring: Woody Harrelson,
Emily Mortimer,
Ben Kingsley.
USA/2008.
23:10 C.S.I. UK/1998.
TV5 21:00
Monday 25.3.2013
21
NELONEN
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
11:40 Doctors
14:15 Harry?s Law
15:20 Better with You
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
18:00 Emmerdale
22:35 C.S.I. Directed by:
Lewis Gilbert. (K16)
00:05 Vampire Diaries (K16)
01:00 The Simpsons
01:30 Fringe (K16)
JIM
11:30
12:00
13:00
14:00
MasterChef Australia
To Build or Not to Build
Cooks to Market
Anthony Bourdain: The
Layover
15:00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
17:00 Travel Channel?s Man
v. Reilly.
USA/2008.
01:15 Jean-Claude Van Damme:
Behind the Closed Doors
02:10 Flashpoint
03:00 Navy NCIS. Luxemburg Finland.
YLE TEEMA
17:00 Sonderauftrag
Führermuseum
In German.
18:15 Palges Des Sixties
In French.
19:00 Cloudstreet
20:00 1800 Tallet På Vrangen
In Danish.
20:40 Peter Lund Madsen På
Dannelsesrejse
In Danish.
21:00 The Dust Bowl DOC
This documentary chronicles
the worst manmade ecological
disaster in American history,
in which the frenzied wheat
boom of the ?Great PlowUp,. And another
fuel efficiency myth, will
drafting reduce drag. Chemicals found
in plastics, cosmetics and
industry may be altering cells
in our bodies, making us more
likely to get fat.
21:30 China Heavyweight DOC
A documentary on rural
teenagers in southwestern
China who are recruited as
their country?s next Olympic
hopefuls, with a focus on the
coach Qi Moxiang.
TV2
06:53 Children?s Programming.
In Finnish.
11:45 Mitt I Nature Australien
In Swedish.
12:30 Solen Mat
In Swedish.
13:00 Nattugglor
In Swedish.
14:00 Spice med Price
In Danish.
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Heartland
22:35 Fresh Meat (K16)
SERIES BEGINS. Ami?s new shop will be
opening up right in the heart
of SoHo.
22:00 Pawn Stars
23:05 South Park
23:35 Naked and Funny (K16)
00:05 Penn & Teller (K16)
01:10 JIM D Crime: Crimestories
Around the World
02:10 Border Security:
Australia?s Front Line
The Fan
TV5 21:00
07:00 Children?s Programming
14:20 Nigella: Kitchen
With her winning mix of
passion, enthusiasm and
skill, Nigella Lawson is in
the kitchen cooking food
for modern living that you
can and will want to make
all the time, whatever the
situation.
21:00 Elementary
22:00 Secret Window FILM
A writer is accused for
plagiarism by a strange man,
who then starts haunting
him for ?justice.?
Directed by: David Koepp.
Starring: Johnny Depp,
John Turturro, Maria Bello
USA/2004.
00:15 Frasier
01:15 Pawn Stars
02:15 All in the Family
TV5
06:00 Beauty and the Geek
06:50 Everybody Loves Raymond
07:20 That ?70s Show
07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun
08:10 Matlock
13:50 Matlock
14:45 Beauty and the Geek
16:00 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
Series featuring home
videos of kids, adults and
animals during their most
spontaneous and hilarious
moments.
17:00 Everybody Loves Raymond
17:30 3rd Rock from the Sun
18:00 That ?70s Show
19:00 Las Vegas
20:00 Navy NCIS
21:00 The Fan (K16) FILM
An all star baseball player
becomes the unhealthy
focus of a down on his luck
salesman.
Directed by: Tony Scott.
Starring: Benicio Del Toro,
Ellen Barkin, Robert De Niro.
USA/1996.
23:25 Step Brothers FILM
Two aimless middle-aged
losers still living at home are
forced against their will to
become roommates when
their parents get married.
Directed by: Adam Mckay.
Starring: Will Ferrell, Ken
Jeong, Ken Killen, Logan
Manus, John C. Moonraker (K16)
FILM
James Bond must thwart Sir
Hugo Drax, who plans to
wipe out all of humankind
and replace it with a super
race that he has cultivated
in a massive space station.
A CIA agent and astronaut
Holly Goodhead joins Bond
and flies with him to Drax?s
space station, hopefully
early enough to save the
humankind. New York (K16)
23:35 Royal Pains
00:35 30 Rock
SUB
09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 One Born Every Minute
14:55 ER
15:55 Oliver?s Twist
Jamie shows to single
women how food can
help them attract a man.
Recipes include risotto,
grilled blue-fin tuna steak
with new potato salad, and
Portuguese tarts.
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
18:00 Jamie?s Kitchen
Jamie Oliver tries to turn a
team of young unemployed
people, with no previous
experience of cooking, into
chefs in the high-pressure
environment of a London
restaurant.
19:00 Two and a Half Men
19:30 How I Met Your Mother
20:00 The Simpsons
22:00 Grimm
23:00 House
00:00 Supernatural (K16)
01:00 The Simpsons
01:30 Fringe (K16)
JIM
09:35 MasterChef Australia
10:55 Dragons. When Mary dies,
Elizabeth succeeds to the throne,
but finds her country under threat
from the Scots, French and Spanish.
Although conducting an affair with
Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester
(Joseph Fiennes), Elizabeth is
urged by her advisors to wed and
produce an heir. Food: Carnivore
Chronicles
18:00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
19:00 New York Ink
21:30 NCIS Los Angeles
22:35 Pawn Stars
23:05 South Park
23:35 Naked and Funny (K16)
00:05 Penn & Teller (K16)
00:40 JIM D Biography: Cameron
Diaz
01:40 Border Security:
Australia?s Front Line
07:00 Children?s Programming
14:55 The Secret Life of the
American Teenager
15:55 Bridezillas
17:00 Animal ABC
20:00 America?s Next Topmodel
21:00 007 . 27 MARCH 2013
HELSINKI TIMES
monday
tuesday
25.3.
TV1
MTV3
09:30 Nature Wonder Land
The striking scarlet macaw
inhabits the Amazon jungle
of South America. Meanwhile, plots
against her are being hatched by
the Catholic bishops, and Elizabeth
soon becomes the target of an assassination attempt. Den Canada
11:50 Cooks to Market
The series champions
amateur chefs as they
attempt to turn their passion
for food into life-changing
businesses.
15:05 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
16:00 New York Ink
17:00 Dragons. because of its
richly colored plumage.
10:00 Heartbeat
11:05 Yle News in English
12:25 As Time Goes By
17:08 Heartbeat
19:00 Programmed To Be Fat
DOC
The documentary explores
controversial new science that
suggests being overweight is
not just the result of too much
food, too little exercise, and
genetics. Starring: Cate
Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston. 21 . Cate Blanchett
was nominated for a Best Actress
Oscar and won a BAFTA in recognition of her performance. Den Canada
18:00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
19:00 New York Ink
New York Ink follows tattoo
artist Ami James as he puts
it all on the line to become
the Tattoo King of New York
City. Chemicals found
in plastics, cosmetics and
industry may be altering cells
in our bodies, making us more
likely to get fat.
TV2
06:52 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
08:50 Die Winzerkönig
In German.
11:10 Heartland
12:30 Solen Mat
In Swedish.
13:00 Djursjukhuset
In Swedish.
14:00 AnneMad I New York
In Danish and English.
17:00 Children?s
Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Heartland
21:35 Football SPORT
In Finnish. Starring:
Roger Moore, Lois Chiles,
Michael Lonsdale.
UK/France/1979.
23:45 Frasier
00:15 Legend of Seeker
01:15 All in the Family
TV5
06:50 Tough Love
08:30 Matlock
12:25 Losing It With Jillian
Jillian Michaels stars in this
reality series that helps
people focus on losing
weight.
13:15 Junior MasterChef
Australia
14:10 Matlock
15:05 Beauty and the Geek
16:00 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 Everybody Loves Raymond
17:30 3rd Rock from the Sun
18:00 That ?70s Show
19:00 Las Vegas
20:00 Navy NCIS
21:00 Elizabeth (K16) FILM
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur.
Starring: Cate Blanchett,
Geoffrey Rush, Christopher
Eccleston.
Great-Britain/1998.
23:30 My Mum Is My Dad DOC
A poignant documentary
examines how families
cope when the man
about the house becomes
a woman.
00:35 Crossed Over FILM
Directed by: Bobby Roth.
Starring: Diane Keaton,
Nick Roth, Karl Pruner.
USA/2002.
02:15 Flashpoint
26.3.
TV1
10:00
11:05
11:10
12:05
12:35
17:08
19:00
21:00
22:10
23:10
MTV3
Heartbeat
Yle News in English
As Time Goes By
Faktor: Oddrun på Bjørnøya
In Norwegian.
Last of the Summer Wine
Heartbeat
Billy Connolly?s Route 66
Newsroom
America In Primetime (K16)
Programmed To Be Fat
DOC
The documentary explores
controversial new science that
suggests being overweight is
not just the result of too much
food, too little exercise, and
genetics
But how
should things smell and sound
in order to improve sales?
18:30 Cosmic Vistas DOC
19:00 Donna Leon
20:30 Tonårsliv
21:45 Eine Frau in Berlin (K16)
FILM
In German. is making a dating show,
but unlike Tila Tequila,
he is famous for his talent,
not his MySpace friends.
Thirteen women will vie
for the gorgeous man?s
attention.
14:55 Dirty Dancing
Eight couples compete in a
dance contest inspired by
the Eighties film, hoping to
win a year-long contract
with dance agency Block.
15:55 Oliver?s Twist
16:25 Eastenders
17:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
19:00 Two and a Half Men
19:30 2 Broke Girls
20:00 The Simpsons
23:00 House
00:00 Eureka
01:00 The Simpsons
01:30 Fringe (K16)
JIM
17:00 Why We Buy . Starring:
Nina Hoss, Irm Hermann.
Germany/2008.
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MasterChef Australia
Dragons. Directe by:
Max Fäberbök. Hale and Pace met
while in Teacher training
and bonded.
14:35 Matlock
15:30 Everybody Loves Raymond
16:00 America?s Funniest Home
Videos
17:00 3rd Rock from the Sun
17:30 The King of the Queens
18:00 That ?70s Show
19:00 Las Vegas
20:00 Navy NCIS
21:30 Resident Evil (K16) FILM
A special military unit
fights a powerful, out-ofcontrol supercomputer and
hundreds of scientists who
have mutated into flesheating creatures after
a laboratory accident.
Directed by: Russell
Mulcahy.
Starring: Ali Larter, Iain
Glen, Milla Jovovich.
USA/2007.
23:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
00:00 The Fan (K16) FILM
Directed by: Tony Scott:
Starring: Benicio Del Toro,
Ellen Barkin, Robert De Niro:
USA/1996.
02:10 Tough Love Couples (K16)
03:00 Navy NCIS
03:50 Jean-Claude Van Damme:
Behind the Closed Doors
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Heartbeat
Yle News in English
As Time Goes By
Heartbeat
Goering?s Last Secret DOC
Documentary following the
efforts of a historian to clear
the name of Albert Goering,
brother of Herman: Albert
strived to save Jews while
his brother masterminded
plans to exterminate them.
22:00 Treme
As New Orleans gears up for its
first Fat Tuesday since Katrina,
Albert is sent a less-thancelebratory message by the
NOPD. British
Comedy Series starring
Gareth Hale and Norman
Pace. Den Canada
Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
New York Ink
Dragons. Den Canada
Aspiring entrepreneurs pitch
business ideas to a panel
of venture capitalists in the
hopes of securing business
financing.
18:00 Gordon Ramsay?s F Word
19:00 New York Ink
20:00 Speeders
21:00 JIM D: Ax Men
A group of hardworking
loggers use both old and
new technology along with
a considerable amount of
muscle.
22:00 Pawn Stars
23:05 South Park
23:35 Naked and Funny (K16)
00:05 Penn & Teller (K16)
00:40 JIM D: Ancient Aliens
01:40 Border Security:
Australia?s Front Line
Eine Frau in Berlin
Yle Teema 21:45
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08:40 Nigella: Kitchen
14:20 Nigella: Kitchen
16:00 Bridezillas
17:00 Melissa and Joey
21:00 Grey?s Anatomy
The Seattle Grace doctors
are on edge when a new
medical professional
enters the hospital;
Arizona struggles with the
emotional and physical
pain of a phantom limb; and
while battling pregnancy
hormones, an overlyemotional Meredith is
confronted with her worst
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23:15 Frasier
23:45 Reaper
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01:45 All in the Family
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TV5
06:30 Beauty and the Geek
07:40 That ?70s Show
08:05 3rd Rock from the Sun
08:30 Matlock
13:15 You?re Cut Off
14:05 Hale and Pace
SERIES BEGINS. Sonny leaves Annie to
her own devices and LaDonna
puts her bad news on hold.
TV2
06:53 Children?s Programming
08:50 Die Winzerkönig
In German.
11:10 Heartland
12:30 Solen Mat
In Swedish.
13:00 Djursjukhuset
In Swedish.
14:00 Kongerigets Kager
In Danish.
17:00 Children?s Programming
In Finnish.
18:02 Heartland
22:10 An Idiot Abroad
Karl is not really prepared for
the arctic conditions in Alaska:
Ricky and Steve have also
planned some dog sledding,
a meeting with Innuits and a
visit to the North Pole.
23:25 Luck (K16)
Gus and Ace?s horse and
Walter?s horse compete in a
major race. TV GUIDE
21 . Meanwhile, Ace
manages to outmanoeuvre
Smythe and Leon?s loss
becomes being Rosie?s gain.
YLE TEEMA
09:45 The Young and the Restless
10:40 Emmerdale
11:40 Doctors
14:15 Smash
15:20 Last Man Standing
17:00 The Bold and the Beautiful
Two episodes.
18:00 Emmerdale
Two episodes.
21:00 Person of Interest
23:05 Mythbusters
Two Hollywood special
effects experts attempt to
debunk urban legends by
directly testing them.
00:10 Fringe (K16)
01:10 30 Rock
SUB
09:25 Eastenders
10:00 Sturm der Liebe
In German.
14:00 My Antonio
Actors need love too.
Antonio Sabato,
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Corporations are investing
millions in the sensual appeal
of their products
All with bathroom en suite.
Superb Tuscan foods and wines.
Medical services. 09 100 23.
Nine luxurious and very comfortable double rooms,
tel, fridge, air con. Helsinki?s General Post Office is also open at the weekend 10-18. Health centres around the country are open Mon-Fri
8-16. Grocery stores in the Helsinki Central Railway
Station tunnel are open Mon-Sat 7-22 and Sun 10-22.
. We offer a 150 ha
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Health advice and information call centre (if you are unsure of what
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Or visit us at: www.tuscanyrural.com
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Emergency clinics in Helsinki and Uusimaa area hospitals that are
on call 24 hours a day: Helsinki: Meilahti hospital, 2nd floor, Haartmaninkatu 4, tel. Wanha Kauppahalli (?Old Market Hall?) at the Market Square and Hakaniemen Kauppahalli (?Hakaniemi Market Hall?)
are the most popular. 0300 20200, calls are
charged), Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours; its branch at Mannerheimintie 5/Kaivopiha is open daily 7-24.
Telephone. Post offices are usually open Mon-Fri 10-18. From Helsinki to Turku, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Lahti, Kuopio
Helsinki Education and Research Area
Banks and Bureaux de Change. The currency exchange counter at the harbour
in Katajanokka, Helsinki is open every day (Mon-Sat 10-11:30, 1617:30 and 19:30-21:15, Sun 10-11:30, 16-17:30 and 6:30-8). Finland?s international country
code is +358 and to ring abroad from Finland dial 00. Banks are usually open Mon-Fri
9:15-16:15 except for the bank at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which
is open 6-22 daily. For
more information, see www.visithelsinki.fi. For non-urgent ambulance services, dial 09 394 600, and non-urgent police matters, dial 09 1891.
. Includes commuter trains, buses, trams and metro. In a number of Finnish towns public internet posts are
quite rare due to extensive per-person internet use at home. Operator number 118. Success of the largest chain
of spas in China, Liangtse, continues in Europe. Dial 112. Single ticket fares: Helsinki (one zone) ?2.50/?2 from ticket machine, Helsinki-Espoo or Helsinki-Vantaa (two zones) ?4 and whole area (three
zones) ?6.20. Most
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21 . Public phones
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Emergency Numbers. Tampere-Pori
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. 09 471 72432; Töölö hospital, Topeliuksenkatu 5,
tel. Night
buses have an extra fee. Yliopiston apteekki (tel. Stenbäckinkatu 11, 09 471 72783 (between 6:00 and 22:00), 09 471 72751 (between 22:00 and 6:00).
Golden Dust Cleaning Services offers
a comprehensive selection of cleaning services.
Golden Dust also offers snow plowing, elderly
assistance and baby sitting services.
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Service area: Capital area and surrounding municipalities
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Promoting clarity and contentment
one moment at a time www.mindful-finland.com
Hämeentie 5B, 00530 Helsinki, tel 044 364 1719
www.goldendust.fi
China Liangtse Wellness Oy
Open: Mon-Sat 10:00-21:00, Sun 12:00-20:00
Arkadiankatu 17 LH B, Helsinki
Tel: 09 454 6301 I info2@liangtse.fi
Iso Roobertinkatu 8, LH 1, Helsinki
Tel: 09 278 4201 I info@liangtse.fi
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For inquiries, registration and a free consultation:
info@mindful-finland.com. Turku-Tampere-Jyväskylä
. Most grocery stores are open Mon-Fri 7-21, Sat
7-18 and Sun 12-21. The Forex desk at Helsinki Central Railway Station is open Mon-Sun 8-21.
See www.forex.fi for more information.
Grocery stores. Turku-Ylläs
From only 3 euros! www.onnibus.fi
Market halls. 09
471 67371; Espoo: Jorvi hospital, Turuntie 150, tel. 09 471 87383; Vantaa: Peijas hospital, Sairaalakatu 1, tel. Public transport operates in Helsinki and its surrounding regions
from around 5:30 (6:30 at weekends) until midnight. Both are open Mon-Fri 8-18 and Sat 8-16 but
are closed on Sundays.
Restaurants. For more information, see www.hsl.fi.
Back and neck massage: 39?/30 min
Meridian massage: 69?/50 min
Full body massage: 75?/60 min
Also many other treatments...
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.
Tuscany . 09 4711.
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Our beautiful facility in Helsinki is a genuine Chinese oasis to
which you are heartfelt welcome. Both telephone cards and Finnish SIM cards for mobile
phones can be bought at R-kioski shops.
Tourist Information. Jyväskylä-Oulu
Post Offices. At these public terminals internet use is usually free of charge.
Enjoy Tuscany as the natives do. Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau
(Pohjoisesplanadi 19, Aleksanterinkatu 20) is open Mon-Fri 9-20
and Sat-Sun 10-18 between 15 May and 14 September; at other times
of the year, Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat-Sun 10-16, tel. Hundreds of customers visit our facility in Helsinki each month to receive holistic treatment and relaxing massage.
In 2013 you?ll be able to choose the one you want from two
facilities: Liangtse will open a second facility at Arkadiankatu
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Pharmacies. 09 3101 3300. Italy
Internet. The Tourist Bureau provides information about the city and its sights.
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