In addition, the European Central Bank
Greens to roust veteran
politicians off their seats
Greens party looks to invigorate Finnish democracy
by introducing a parliamentary seat rotation scheme.
CULTURE
A L EK SI T EI VA INEN . Greece?s
debt currently is more than 170 per
cent of GDP and is expected to approach 200 per cent within two
years. Contrastively, the partial implementation of the
scheme could result in a situation of
unequal distribution of political experience among the parties of the
parliament.
In addition, the council proposes
that seats vacated upon ministerial
appointments would be ?lled by deputy members of parliament, while
ministers would have to relinquish
their seats on municipal councils.
Calls for transparency
In an attempt to promote transparency, the Greens party council demands the publication of
parliament committee documents
and the live online broadcasts of ex-
pert hearings. S T T
Mr Eurovision hits Helsinki
Ireland?s Johnny Logan, the most
successful artist ever at the Eurovision Song Contest, takes his
show to Savoy Theatre. Now that
those have been ful?lled, and the
IMF changed their sustainability requirement, Greece should receive almost 40 billion euros within
weeks. ?It
is vital that the power is not concentrated excessively among certain people,. meeting to decide on a fresh rescue loan for debt-stricken Greece.
will forego pro?ts on its holdings of
Greek debt.
need to approve the plan. To solve the problem, the
IMF changed its de?nition of ?sustainable. After three fruitless meetings in three weeks, the nation?s creditors have reached a deal
to change the terms of the bailout
and release the next tranche of cash.
The biggest problem had been
that the International Monetary
Fund is forbidden by its own rules
from loaning money to a country
they believe will be unable to pay
it back, such as Greece. H T
PEK K A P OH JOL A INEN . stresses
that all parties should comply with
the rotation scheme, as envisaged
by the party council. the
debt level is still too large.
The plan includes a cut in the interest rates Greece has to pay, a
suspension of interest payments
for a decade, lengthening the loan
period, and a bond buyback. C O R D
HEL SINKI TIMES
Finland celebrates 95 years
As Finland celebrates 95 years of
independence next week we take
a look at the cultural and artistic
revolution which saw the country
find its identity. Finance Minister Jutta
Urpilainen told Helsingin Sanomat.
?Finnish demands during negotiations were met. debt.
The political sleight-of-hand will
allow the Greek bailout program
to carry on for the time being, although according to the Wall Street
Journal an IMF of?cial admitted privately that ?everyone knows. explains Erkki Perälä, the chair of
the party?s democracy task force.
ECB president Mario Draghi (left) speaks with EU commissioner for Economic and
Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn (2nd left), Greek Finance Minister Ioannis Stournaras
(2nd right) and Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen before a Eurozone finance ministers. 5 DECEMBER 2012 . 29 NOVEMBER . W W W.HELSINKITIMES.FI
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / J O H N T H Y S
Things can only get better.
Vice-President of the European
Commission Olli Rehn believes
in slow recovery of the European
economy next year and claims
?states with deficits will have to
undergo a similar adjustment as
in Finland in the early 1990s.?
See page 8
Deal allows Greece
to avoid imminent
bankruptcy
Eurozone ministers and IMF reach agreement on urgently needed bailout for debt-laden southern state.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
DAV I D J . Also, we
take a look at Jessie Ware?s upcoming Tavastia gig, as well as
this week?s best cinema releases.
See page 18
THE GREENS are prepared to invigorate Finnish democracy by rousting veteran politicians off their
seats to make way for new faces.
During Sunday?s Greens party council meeting in Helsinki, the party
members agreed on a new democracy programme, which proposes
that elected members of the Finnish
parliament, the European parliament and municipal councils would
be limited to three terms in of?ce,
whereon a hiatus of a minimum of
one term would be necessary.
According to a statement issued
by the party council, the regulation
should apply to all political parties. With the revised bailout
terms, of?cials hope it will fall to
124 per cent by 2020.
?This solution will create the
conditions for Greece to cope with
its debt,. However,
some European countries, including Finland, Germany and the Netherlands, refused a debt write-off
which would allow Greece to service
its loans and IMF participation to
continue. New loans won?t be
granted to Greece.?
Conditions
The international creditors had delayed releasing the next tranche
of money since the summer because Greece had not met some of
the required conditions. The meetings of committees, boards, municipal councils
and the EU Council of Ministers
should, similarly, be open and available for online viewing.
Elsewhere, the party council draws
attention to issues of freedom of
speech by urging Finland and the European Union to promote the worldwide
eradication of internet censorship and
to abolish the article on blasphemy,
as freedom of speech also entails the
right to criticise religions.
L E H T I K U VA / K I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
BUSINESS
Tuija Brax of the Greens Party.
You?ll love the way we print it
www.iprint.fi. ISSUE 48 (279) . National parliaments still
Similarly, Tuija Brax (Greens) ?
who is into her 17th consecutive year
in the Finnish parliament . ?3 . Also, this year
Vantaa hosts an Independence
Day celebration which toasts Finland?s multiculturalism.
See pages 10-11
EDUCATION
Learning the international way
Our special education section
takes a look at the renowned Espoo International School, which
this year celebrated its 20th anniversary.
See pages 12-15
GREECE will be able to pay its bills
this Christmas
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Anka Mulder is the president of OpenCourseWare, a consortium of higher-education
institutions that advocates free online course materials. They videochat with each other via platforms such as Skype. They
use web-based forums to
search for and share useful
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all its educational materials available online, for free.
Since then, about 280 educational institutions have
joined, together providing
playing a pioneering role in
what amounts to a revolution
in higher learning.
DESPITE the bene?ts of providing educational materials
online, the movement is not
without its critics. Traditionalists justi?ably point out
that current online programs
are often not interactive and
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and that content cannot be
Content needs interactive processing ?
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21,000 courses in an effort to
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INSTEAD of trawling the Internet for snippets of information, students can now
access focused courses, along
with support materials such
as reading lists and sample
tests, that gather, assess,
and organis e information into blocks of knowledge. They
shop online and play games
together online. If students can ?nd topquality materials for free
online, why would they pay
high tuition fees for an education that may be of a lesser standard at a conventional
institution. But not all information is reliable, and even reliable information is only a
steppingstone to real knowledge. among students, and between students and expert teachers.
Yet, as the pressure on higher education increases, the
reality of campus-based education is that teachers often ?nd themselves in the
role of mere content providers to hundreds of students
in a lecture hall, particular-
ly at the undergraduate level.
The personalised, interactive
learning experience critics
of online education nostalgically uphold as an ideal is not
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open-education movement
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rapidly growing initiative is
equated with knowledge.
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traditional means of sharing
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estimates that, by
2025, there will be an additional 80 million students seeking higher education. 5 DECEMBER 2012
HELSINKI TIMES
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The Learning Revolution
Anka Mulder, president of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, says traditional universities
should embrace, rather than fear, the move towards online learning.
M ARK NE WS
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L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
Almost a quarter
resorting to food
aid are immigrants
Survey finds people visiting food aid centres
are often ordinary people like pensioners
and families with low incomes.
to a recent survey conducted by Socca, the
Centre of Excellence on Social
Welfare in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, almost a quarter of people receiving food
aid in the Helsinki metropolitan area are immigrants. This
time, students from the Omnia Vocational College in Espoo have been chosen for the
food service and assistant
duties.
JANI KOSKINEN, HANNA NISSINEN ?ST T
MARIA MANNER . A little less than half of
the interviewees were unemployed or had been laid off.
The survey gathered information from the cities of
Espoo, Vantaa and Helsinki between May and August. Nearly half of the interviewed families were left
to manage with only hundred
euro a month after mandatory expenses, and had no other
choice but to turn to food aid.
?It feels like families with
children are forgotten or just
thought to get along. The Of?ce
of the President of the Repub-
Gerdt expected to
be first to shake hands
A greater number of war veterans and Lotta Svärd members have been invited to the
reception this year. The 90-yearold Gerdt is therefore likely
to be the ?rst guest to shake
hands with Niinistö. Last
year, Gerdt did not attend the
reception on account of his
wife?s accident.
The guest list also places
an emphasis on those working with children and young
people.
?This theme has been
prominent in the President?s
starting season, and he has
worked on the topic himself,?
Heinonen says, referring
to Niinistö?s Ihan tavallisia
asioita (Completely Ordinary
Things) campaign.
According to Heinonen, greater weight has been
placed on accomplishments
through endeavour and labour in selecting cultural in?uencers and athletes.
Of those invited, the rapper
Cheek and the singer Kaija
Koo have been involved in Niinistö?s election campaign.
One cake never changes
In addition to the guests, the
theme of the reception can
be seen in the menu, which
highlights Finnish cuisine
and small-scale producers.
While President Tarja Halonen cherished organic food
at her receptions, the focus
has now shifted more to domestic local food. The
percentage of non-Finnish
speakers residing in the region is only a little more than
ten per cent of the population,
which makes the result significant. Heinonen says.
Among the guests are a
social worker, a special needs
teacher, a metal worker, a
bricklayer and a carpenter.
?Some of the guests are
people whom Niinistö has
met on his travels. The language
barrier may be an issue for
a non-Finnish speaker attempting to apply for or to
receive various social services and bene?ts. DOMESTIC
HELSINKI TIMES
29 NOVEMBER . The last
surviving knight of the Mannerheim Cross, Captain Tuomas Gerdt, is expected to
attend the festivities at the
Castle this year. From the buffet
table one can enjoy, among others, funnel chanterelle pockets,
vendace rolls and mutton pâté.
Almost all products have never
been seen at the Castle before,
but one has remained the same
throughout the years: the Ellen
Svinhufvud cake.
The produce of the President?s summer residence in
Kultaranta, Naantali, is represented by berries, apple
juice and ?owers.
As usual, in addition to
the small salty and sweet
treats, the Castle?s famous
punch will be served. We?re
the last ones to be considered?, said an interviewee
from the Vantaa region.
The common factor for respondents including all nationalities and social classes
was weak competence and
position in the labour market. The recipe remains a state secret.
L E H T I K U VA / J A R N O M E L A
ANNI R A JA S TO
HEL SINKI TIMES
Presidential Castle will this year see more entrepreneurs and everyday heroes as Sauli Niinistö hosts
the first Independence Day reception of his presidential term.. The research was carried out as a part
of a national study of food aid
in Finland, conducted by the
University of Eastern Finland.
Line for the food aid at Helsinginkatu often stretches for hundreds of metres.
Sauli Niinistö shakes hands with former President Tarja Halonen during last year?s Independence Day?s reception.
More everyday heroes and
entrepreneurs to attend
Independence Day reception
Fewer people than before received an invitation to the Castle based on their status.
lic has also done detective
work, and found particularly
accomplished employees all
over Finland.?
The Presidential Castle?s
celebration
cooperations
with educational institutions
have continued during President Niinistö?s term. The guest list
follows the theme of the
party, which is Finnish endeavour and labour. This is due
to the dif?culty that the producers have had in putting together ensembles in which all
the ingredients are organic.
This year, the focus is on savoury dishes. The same
theme was emphasised in Niinistö?s presidential election
campaigns.
The entrepreneurs invited to the reception represent
small business entrepreneurs, farmers and signi?cant employers, as well as
representatives of start-up
and growth companies.
This year, fewer invitations have been sent based
on the recipient?s status.
Instead, invitations have
been sent, among others,
to employees representing more than 50 different
professions.
?The idea was to invite
Finnish, hard-working everyday labourers, not just the
top dogs or big business leaders,. The research did not investigate which nationalities
were represented among the
immigrants receiving food aid.
Saija Turunen, senior researcher from Socca, says
that there are several reasons for this. Some immigrants might not be aware of
the options they are entitled
to, or how to claim them.
?They (immigrants) might
live in high-priced apartments, unaware of more
reasonably-priced options.
Large family sizes might alM ARK KU UL ANDER
ACCORDING
so have an effect in the background?, Turunen says.
The survey also shows
that against common beliefs,
many people resorting to food
aid are not invariably on the
margins of society, but are often ordinary people like pensioners and families with low
incomes. HT
ENTREPRENEURS from various ?elds and hard-working
everyday heroes will be more
visibly represented at the
President?s Independence
Day reception this year.
?The guests have contributed to the well-being of Finland and Finns through their
actions and work, and have
worked hard for Finland,?
says the Presidential Communications Chief, Veera
Heinonen.
President Sauli Niinistö
is hosting the reception for
the ?rst time
concern
staff members at Raahe
and Hämeenlinna mills.
According to the company, the reductions are
necessitated by the deteriorating market situation,
which has lowered utilisation rates at Rautaruukki
facilities.
HT-STT
Haglund
sees moral
justification for
Somali operations
The dispatch of Finnish
troops to ensure food aid
deliveries to Somalia would
principally be a humanitarian operation, views
Carl Haglund (SFP), Finland?s Minister of Defence.
?Some have speculated it
would be about ?ashing
the Finnish ?ag,. which
received strong criticism during Friday?s circulation for comments
. He thinks that some of
the liberal politicians in his native country, the Netherlands,
have led their parties in an immature way, which has affected the rise of populism.
?In Netherlands there has
been an absence of bounda-
ries. current peacekeeping mission has been accomplished.?
HT-STT
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Helsinki businessman Mikael Storsjö has received a 4-month
sentence for bringing 24 Chechens illegally to Finland.
The court acknowledged he acted out of humanitarian reasons
and not for personal gain.
Do you think his sentence is unfair?
Yes . which
are to be realised with lay-
offs, terminations of ?xed
contracts and pension arrangements . The millions
that need to be invested in
mental wellbeing are pro?table investments.?
Professor Pekka Himanen is one of the internationally bestknown researchers of the information age, whose works on
the subject have been published in 20 languages. It is a draft of
Finland?s sustainable development model and was based
on a study implemented by
Himanen together with an international researcher team.
Himanen describes the
crisis of the current growth
model as a remnant of the industrial age and says that the
current situation is similar to
that after the depression in
the 1930s, when both ?nan-
cial and wellbeing structures
had to be reformed.
The research project cost
around ?700,000 and was ?nanced in part by the Prime
Minister?s Of?ce. A
seminar, held last Wednesday, 21 November in the Old
Student House in Helsinki
. to the parliament is
simply not worthwhile. Frank Van
Mil, the executive director of
the Hans van Mierlo Foundation, is of the opinion that
liberal parties seldom gain
popularity despite of their
efforts, because people are
looking, not only for an administrative leader, but also
moral. In particular,
the redundancies . He
started his career as the secretary general in the Finnish Student
Sports Federation, leaving his duties in 1980, becoming the director of the Sports Museum Foundation of Finland. They
wonder how much they?ll pay
taxes and what kind of social security they?ll have in
the future, and especially the
young generations ask themselves whether they?ll be left
unemployed. H T
FOR THE past 50 years, we
have focused on how to reduce
malaise but what we need to
focus on during the next 50
years is how to promote wellbeing, says professor Pekka
Himanen in his latest book,
called Sininen kirja (Blue
Book) that was published earlier this month. 48,2%
No . offered a forum for the
topic. ?Mental health
problems cause us to lose
work input amounting to ?10
billion per year. It is based on
the three-aspect model for
sustainable growth: ecology, wellbeing and economy,?
Himanen says.
He says that Finland could
be a pioneer in this development: ?People all around the
world are attempting to create models for sustainable
development, but nobody has
really been able to combine
these three integral parts.?
The book consists of ten
theses, such as ?Pioneering
the creation of ecologically
sustainable ?nancial growth?
and ?The promise of psychological wellbeing, or the programme for healthy experts?.
Free therapy
Himanen says that Finland
could well be the ?rst country in the world to have an
ecologically-sustainable public sector: ?Public acquisitions
amount to ?30 million per
year. organised by the FinlandSwedish think-tank Magma . HT-STT
Rautaruukki
axes 250 jobs
The steel manufacturer Rautaruukki will reduce personnel by 250,
in accordance with estimations provided at the
launch of the co-determination talks. In
March, the government
agreed on temporary tax
deductions for private investors, who invest in unlisted start-ups. Magma?s
aim is to preserve and support
bilingualism and the FinnishSwedish culture in Finland independent from party politics.. In that situation it?s easy to lean on populism?, he says.
Magma is an organisation
run by the Finnish-Swedish Institute?s national federation.
Among other activities and
functions, Magma conducts
and publishes studies and riskanalyses, and organises conferences and seminars. 4
DOMESTIC
29 NOVEMBER . After that he returned to Veikkaus as the CEO and
landed a position in the World Lottery Association in 2010.
Pekka Himanen?s newest book is a draft of Finland?s sustainable development model.
Ecological purchases
and free therapy
Pekka Himanen would like everybody to have the prerequisites
needed for a valuable life.
S A N N A N I K U L A ?S T T
TA RU L A I H O . Johan Ekman, the
chairman of the Swedish People?s Party of Helsinki district
and an attendant at the seminar, supported Forsgård?s view.
?People choose nostalgia,
because their future is ?lled
with question marks. The former CEO of the Finnish gaming company Veikkaus ran against the former president
Roger Talermo and Jukka Rauhala, member of the board of directors. Populism has been
af?liated to political extremism in matters such as
resistance of economic globalisation and immigration,
and so the need for a discussion on liberal and conservative values has grown. They would have a huge
impact if they were directed
towards ecologically sustainable alternatives.?
He sees the same opportunity for change in a leadership culture that creatively
promotes mental wellbeing.
?One-?fth of the population are completely healthy
physically, but have experienced a mental malaise that
has led to a diagnosis of a
psychiatric disorder.?
The book states that society must provide free and
timely therapy for all those
who need it. The seminar looked into what liberalism is today,
and what kind of contradiction it bears with populism.
One of the topics in the
seminar was whether and
how liberalism should counterforce populism. 5 DECEMBER 2012
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L E H T I K U VA / K I M M O M Ä N T Y L Ä
COLUMN
Vapaavuori
demands
revision of
angel investors?
tax deduction
proposal
Jan Vapaavuori (NCP),
the Minister of Economic Affairs, demands revisions to the proposal for
tax deductions for angel
investors, drafted by the
Ministry of Finance. in Finland.
Seminar attempts to define the role
of liberalism amid today?s rising populism
ANNI R A JA S TO
HEL SINKI TIMES
MANY European countries
have recently witnessed the
increasing support for populism. A more
comprehensive international report of the results will be
published at a later date.
?The book aims at ensuring that everybody has the
prerequisites needed for a
valuable life. After nine years,
Nieminen started his career in Veikkaus as the communications
director, moving on in 2000 to become the CEO of Suomen urheilutelevisio Oy. Currently Himanen divides his time between being a professor at the
University of Art and Design Helsinki, a Visiting Professor at
the Oxford University, and a Principal Scientist at the HIIT
(Helsinki Institute for Information Technology).
Himanen completed his thesis on the philosophy of religion at the University of Helsinki in 1994 when only 20 years
old, becoming the youngest Ph.D. Haglund
acknowledged in Turku on
Monday, while stressing
that the operation would
be morally justi?ed by the
hunger in Somalia. Nieminen secured his victory in the first election round receiving over two thirds of the votes.
Nieminen has worked in several different positions of trust. ?The
Nordic countries have contemplated participating in
naval crisis management
operations in Lebanon.
They would take place after the year 2015, when the
Finns. Some people have been
doing whatever they please
under the guise of liberalism.
And when other people who
consider themselves as liberalists don?t stand up against,
they shouldn?t be surprised
that opposition occurs from
the other side.?
Nils Erik Forsgård, the director of Magma, stated that
the challenge for liberalism is
to ?nd ways to cope with nostalgia for an old culture and
traditions, in which populism
relies on. 51,8%
PEKK A SAKKI
View details and this week?s question at www.helsinkitimes.fi.
Who:
Risto Nieminen
From:
Vaasa
Known for:
Nieminen has been elected
as president of the Finnish
Olympic Committee.
Nieminen has been considered as one of the most significant and
influential people in Finnish sports. According to Vapaavuori,
presenting the dysfunctional proposal
a restaurant in
the Aikatalo shopping
centre, in central Helsinki . con?rms KRP inspector Kimmo Huhta-aho, who
in a statement issued on 23
November revealed that the
suspect was disguised at the
time of the killing. including a young female
police of?cer . and ?technical reasons?, the inspector stresses. ?He used a
scarf or a similar garment to
cover his face. They are of the opinion
that no crime has taken
place,. STT
Piracy suspicions
lodged against
9-year-old girl
rouse criticism
Copyright experts slam
the Copyright Information & Anti-Piracy Centre (TTVK) for piracy
suspicions lodged against
a nine-year-old girl.
The Electronic Frontier
Finland, E?, and the Pirate
Party of Finland are particularly appalled by the
police?s seizure of the laptop of the girl, who . 5 DECEMBER 2012
Supreme Court upholds
sentence in poison nurse case
Former nurse, Aino Nykopp-Koski, maintains her innocence despite being found guilty of
murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, theft and multiple drug offences.
THE SUPREME Court has dismissed the leave to appeal by
a Helsinki enrolled nurse, sentenced to imprisonment by
the District Court of Helsinki
for the poisoning of a number
of elderly patients, between
2004 and 2009. published in a local newspaper in Nokia in
late October . District prosecutor Eeva-Liisa
THE YOUNG
Olkinuora refuses to comment on the implications of
the preliminary investigation prior to the trial.
During police interrogations, the under 20-year-old
gunman admitted to ?ring
several bullets into a crowd
at random from the roof of a
building in central Hyvinkää,
leaving two dead and several . A psychological examination conducted before the trial ruled
the man insane at the time of
the incident.
The district court is
scheduled to announce its
verdict in the case on Friday.
Police search for young
man in relation to Kotka
murder investigation
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . primarily sedatives . The
young man confessed to
shooting his father in interrogations conducted by the
police during the preliminary investigation.
The gunman, according to the application for
a summons, arranged the
meeting with his father
and entered the crime
scene . which implied that voters have the
chance of winning ?something huge. The court also viewed that Nykopp-Koski took advantage of the
patients. In
the spring, the father received a letter from TTVK
demanding compensation
of 600 euro for the illegal
distribution of an audio
record.
HT . The men held two
victims captive in a hotel
room for nearly 24 hours,
during which they were
assaulted,
threatened
and forced to sexual acts.
In addition, attempts to
blackmail one of the victims were made.
Reiko Nömman, the
main perpetrator, was sentenced to eight years in
prison for, for instance, two
counts of aggravated rape,
aggravated
deprivation
of liberty and aggravated
robbery. When he left,
he may have been carrying a
Citymarket plastic bag.?
However, other details
of the investigation remain undisclosed due to
both ?humane. S T T
COLUMN
In a trial that began on Monday at the District Court
of Helsinki, the prosecution demands life imprisonment for the 20-year-old
suspect charged with the
murder of his father. On the basis
of the preliminary investigation and security camera footage, one of the two
16-year-olds apprehended
?eeing the scene toward
Rautatientori Square has
been tentatively identi?ed
as the main perpetrator,
reveals police inspector
Sampo Suomala. The
suspect has been ordered to a
psychological examination.
L E H T I K U VA / J U S S I N U K A R I
ly liable for her actions, but
exhibits, for example, a pronounced inclination to lie.
In addition, the nurse faces aggravated assault charges for, for instance, spiking
her co-worker?s coffee with
eye drops, and theft charges for stealing from the
victims of poisoning. His accomplice,
Toomas Piirma received a
sentence of two years. The victim was
shot four times, once in
the head at close range
while lying on the ground.
According to lawyer
Markku Fredman, the defence plead guilty to manslaughter but deny murder
charges. HT . STT
Victim sustains
life-threatening
wounds in
stabbing in
Helsinki Central
Station
A 16-year-old boy is suspected of stabbing two
young men, aged 19 and 20,
in the Helsinki Central Station, near the exit to Eliel
Square, in the small hours
of Saturday morning. citing the non-premeditated nature and the
lack of brutality of the act ?
views the homicide as less
culpable. H T
ST T
man who has
confessed May?s shootings
in Hyvinkää will be charged
with two murders, seven attempted murders and the
imperilment of the lives of
32. in an attempt to
preview an album by the
popular Finnish pop artist Chisu found herself at
the Pirate Bay website. According to the police, the
injuries sustained by one
of the victims are lifethreatening. H T
J A N N E H U U S KO N E N . ?She is currently considering all possible instances, where to lodge an appeal.?
The rejection of the leave to
appeal, however, was not a
surprise. to patients
in poor health. According to a psychological examination, the
defendant is fully criminal-
Aino Nykopp-Koski along with her defence counsel, Heikki Lampela.
Prosecutor
demands
murder
sentence
for Varkaus
stabbing
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . STT
Two men
jailed for rapes
The District Court of Pirkanmaa handed two men
prison sentences for a
slew of sex and other offences. STT
5. The incident, which according to
Suomala was preceded by
a verbal exchange, is investigated as two attempted
manslaughters, the motive
for which is yet to be determined.
HT . KRP
describe the suspect as a
Finnish-speaking young man
of normal build and urge the
public to report sightings
No surprises
Nykopp-Koski has consistently denied all accusations and
. The court?s decision on the defence?s request for a psychological
examination of the suspect is due next week,
MTV3 reports. The police also
refused to comment on a report by MTV3 on 20 November, which suggested that the
victim?s teenage son was in
the premises at the time of
the homicide.
Prosecutor
General to
consider Nokia
electoral bribery
case
Electoral bribery suspicions in the town of Nokia
have been referred to the
Of?ce of the Prosecutor
General for consideration
of charges, after the Pirkanmaa Police Department
concluded its preliminary
investigation into the matter on 23 November. This case would have
been about re-evaluating evidence,. HT . The
police seized roughly 1,800
pills from her during the
investigation.
Police investigators reconstruct the scene of the shooting in Hyvinkää which left two dead in May this year.
of people matching the description near Marimäentie
road on the evening of the
homicide.
?We are looking for a man
that matches our description,. The prosecution pursues a murder sentence for the 44-year-old
knife-man, whilst the defence . The
main perpetrators were also ordered to pay damages
of 43,000 euro to the victims.
HT . wounded. STT
L E H T I K U VA / P E K K A S A K K I
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . The trial proceedings are
scheduled to begin with a
two-day preparatory hearing
at the District Court of Hyvinkää on 19 December. according to the defence
counsel, Heikki Lampela ?
will not be satis?ed with anything but the dismissal of all
charges. CRIME
HELSINKI TIMES
29 NOVEMBER . The
suspicions stem from a municipal-election campaign
ad by a Finns Party candidate . trust in the medical staff. imprisonment, while an additional two were handed
shorter prison terms for
robbery and assault. According to the police,
the man, who has no prior
criminal record, but a history of mental problems, had
ceased the intake of his medication against the repeated
instructions of doctors and
other medical staff. During the preliminary investigation, the police
unearthed several graves of
Nykopp-Koski?s victims.
Prosecutor
demands life for
Aikatalo shooting
Hyvinkää gunman
faces murder charges
A L E K S I T E I VA I N E N . Lampela explains.
The case began to unravel after one of the victims
was taken to a hospital near
death. In a verdict
later af?rmed by the Helsinki Court of Appeal, the district
court sentenced the defendant, Aino Nykopp-Koski, to life
imprisonment for ?ve murders, ?ve attempted murders,
three aggravated assaults, two
aggravated thefts, two thefts
and two drug offences.
In its decision, the court
of appeal concluded that the
murders and attempted murders were committed in cold
blood, by administering nonprescribed drugs . by voting for
the candidate.
The police have also
questioned the editor-inchief of the newspaper
which published the ad
in suspicion of editorial misconduct, and two
other employees suspected of other misconducts.
?All suspects have been
very cooperative and discussed the matter openly. ?Essentially, the Su-
preme Court resolves cases,
which concern the interpretation of a particular legal provision. with a ri?e concealed
in a case. inspector Jari Kinnunen reveals. according to her father?s
account . H T
ST T
THE NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (KRP) is searching for a young man in
suspicion of the brutal
and unusual homicide of a
60-year-old lawyer in Kotka on 15 November. H T
ST T
in the case of the
stabbing of a 17-year-old girl
in Varkaus in July has comL E H T I K U VA / A N T E RO A L L I K A I N E N
THE TRIAL
The scene of the young girl?s
murder in Varkaus where she
had been cycling with friends.
menced at the District Court
of Pohjois-Savo. Relatives of the victim, meanwhile, have lodged
damages claims in the region
of 40,000 euro.
Police interrogations determined gaining admittance to treatment as the
motive for the random stabbing, which occurred when
the victim was bicycling with
her friends in central Varkaus
Research reveals that
the use of butter-vegetable
oil mixtures has almost doubled. Piipponen says.
The company that owns Estelle is registered in Finland.
The Managing Director of
the company is Swedish Dror
Feiler. Especially the euro membership is important,
as Catalan banks are entirely at the hands of fundings
from the European Central
Bank. The group that has seen
the most signi?cant decrease
is men of working age. Jämiä states??
EU-scale ?gure, but the ones
with the highest rates are
Eastern European countries.
The country with the most
annual suicides in the world
is South Korea.
Compared to the ?gures of
1990, the lives of 5.614 Finnish
men have been spared. 5 DECEMBER 2012
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HELSINGIN SANOMAT 25 November
Numbers of suicide
victims steadily decreasing
KAUPPALEHTI 25 November
Independent Catalonia would
be kicked out of the euro group
Catalonians vote for
independence, it may lead to
the detachment of the autonomous region from Spain. One important change
corresponds to the turn in
suicide rates: medication has
improved and they are consumed more than ever.?
UUSI SUOMI 24 November
Pekka Puska: ?Fortunately low-carb
nonsense seems to have passed?
?DIRECTOR GENERAL of the
National Institute for Health
and Welfare (THL) Pekka
Puska states one reason for
the Finns. ?We
would seem to need some
kind of North Karelia project
among the younger people,?
Puska says.?
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President of Catalonia and leader of the Catalan Convergence and Unity giving a speech on 25 November, after a defeat in regional elections.
?251 MEN. The most recent statistic is from 2010, when 954
Finns committed suicide ?
most of which were men.
Previously, Finland?s suicide ?gures were some of the
highest in the world and Finns
made ?rst place on the European scale with Hungarians.
In the early 1990s, the situation took a turn. According to Partonen, the ?suicide
gene. As for climate, it has not changed for
the better. Estelle?s captain Mika Jämiä reports to having
inquested after the ship recently. During the last 20 years, 281 less
men have taken their lives
than in 1990. Figures
proportioned with the size of
different population groups
reveal that suicides have become less common amongst
all age groups of women as
well as men, apart from girls
below 20.
There seems to be no special ?suicide age?. Butter is now used by
6 per cent of Finns, when in
2007 the corresponding ?gure was only 3 per cent. The
new state would also be detached from the euro group. Spain?s third largest
bank Caixabank which holds
its headquarters in Barcelona
has borrowed around 20 billion euro from ECB. He says that Estelle?s
owners have sent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Finnish Transport Safety Agency the request that
the authorities would collaborate with the owners to retrieve the vessel.
?If the owners set out to
retrieve the vessel on their
own, it will most likely not
work out,. The bank
could never pay this sum back
if Catalonia was forced to
leave from the euro.?
the owners,. The
use of salt has also increased.
Puska believes that previously, people held the belief that only old people use
butter, but hard fats seem to
have gained supporters. ?It would
seem that the low-carb diet nonsense is fading,. Suicide
?gures in Finland are somewhat higher than the average
Shops were running low on butter when low-carb diet boom reached its peak.. has been attempted to
?nd around the world, with
little result. 6
29 NOVEMBER . says Timo
Partonen, Chief Physician
of the National Institute for
Health and Welfare.
The reasons given for
pretty much everything are
genes and climate. According to statistics the Finnish man is
most likely to commit suicide during spring or summer. This is how many
more men survive each year.
Number of men?s suicides
has decreased, due in part to
medication.
The darkest year for suicides was 1990, when 1,198
Finnish men and 322 Finnish
women took their own lives.
Since then, the record-breaking ?gure of 1,520 of 1990 has
gone down signi?cantly in a
decade. Located in the northeastern part
of the currently economically
struggling Spain, the autonomous region Catalonia votes on
independence this week.
President of the region
Arturo Mas will see the ref?IF THE
erendum through, although
the EU has warned that
should the Catalans decide
to separate from Spain, the
new state has to plead for EU
membership from scratch.
That would also mean that
Catalonia would be thrown
out of the group of euro
countries.
Mas believes that Catalonia could well remain a member of both the EU and the
TURUN SANOMAT 25 November
The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs plans to demand
Estelle from Israel
?THE MINISTRY of Foreign Af-
fairs plans to contact Israel
and demand the return of supply vessel Estelle to Finland.
The vessel was con?scated by
Israel in late November, and is
still in Israel?s possession.
Risto Piipponen, Director
General of the Department
for Africa and the Middle East
of the Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs, con?rms that the ministry has received a plea letter
from Estelle?s owners, who
wish for the return of the
ship. Puska
told Uusi Suomi.
According to a recent Finriski survey by THL Finns in-
creasingly eat hard fat and
sugar. ?Figures are
high after puberty all the
way until death,. According to Piipponen, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs will approach Israel?s
corresponding ministry and
request the release of Estelle.
?Primary responsibility for
retrieving the vessel lies with
euro zone. deteriorated diet: a
low-carb diet or karppaus, as
the Finnish call it. The goal of
the project was to improve
national health by decreasing salt and hard fats. Finnish genes
don?t seem to have become
signi?cantly more healthy
within 20 years. This amounts to
almost 26 football teams in a
year. Puska lead the so-called North
Karelia project in from the
1970s to 1990s
We need to discuss free
trade in an open way, and I
think the next Doha round
on trade terms will show
which way we are heading.
Mr Yudhoyono, the US and
EU have been very local in
their support of democracy, but do you feel the EU
and US have done enough
to promote free trade as
well?
There are a number of forums that focus on economic matters, not only the upcoming Doha round, but
meetings of the G20, APEC
and ASEAN. 5 DECEMBER 2012
7
B A L I D E M O C R A C Y F O RU M
Opposition to
US bases reaches
turning point
TOKYO, JAPAN
Japan?s objection to
the presence of US
servicemen was
further strengthened by recent
cases of rape.
SUVENDRINI K AKUCHI
IPS
the largest of a
group of 60 sub-tropical islands forming Japan?s southernmost prefecture, has an
equable climate and preferential treatment for United States
servicemen under the Mutual Cooperation Security Treaty
between the US and Japan.
According to Chobin Zukeran, a member of the House
of Representatives from Okinawa, the archipelago is the
perfect US base because it
fans out into the Paci?c Ocean
towards Taiwan, making it a
L E H T I K U VA / A F P P H O T O / J E W E L S A M A D
OKINAWA,
US President Barack Obama
attends the East Asian Summit Plenary Session at the
Peace Palace in Phnom Penh
on 20 November, 2012 where
demilitarization in the region
was discussed.
vital bulwark for US military
strategists concerned with
containing China.
Here is where the bulk of
the US. Trade barriers are
not only erected by the EU,
which is basically promoting free trade, but trade barriers also exist within the region. At the moment
the economies of the region
are not integrated as such,
and we do need to integrate
them more in order to assist
the spread of democracy.
There are sharp differences of opinion between
some of the more developed and less developed regions, but I am optimistic
that we can be united. It is so
attractive that some people
call it ?the culmination of human accomplishments?. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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29 NOVEMBER . Download our
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Honoured guests and speakers pose for a group photograph at the fifth Bali Democracy Forum in Nusa Dua on 9 November, 2012. In other
words, the conference is not
as much a conversation between democracies, as about
democracy.
While the speeches of
Yudhoyono, Gillard and Lee
bookended the conference,
there was little doubt whom
the media were there to
see. The
US supported the dictator.
Democracy has raised a lot of
hope prompting wide-scale
struggles in the different
corners of the world. However the question is: have
the problems facing humanity been resolved, and have
human societies been able
to attain happiness, even in
countries who claim to be the
forerunners of democracy??
According to Ahmadinejad, the hegemony of capital
is coming to an end, and we
are approaching a period in
which international relations
will be based more on kindness, respect and honesty.
One area in which Ahmadinejad?s comments were
backed was in his call for reform of the United Nations,
which he described as a court
in which ?the criminal is also
the judge?.
Several leaders, most notably Mohammed Karzai,
noted that the UN is not in itself a democratic institution.
?How can it be, when there
are only a handful of largely
western countries on the security council?. Chaired by Australia?s Julia Gillard and South
Korea?s Lee Myung-bak, the
high points of the event were
undoubtedly the speeches of
Iran?s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Afghanistan?s Mohammed Karzai.
While the irony of Ahmadinejad speaking at a conference on democracy could
hardly be avoided, several speakers were at pains to
point out that the conference
is not only for established
democracies, but also to assist and encourage nations
such as Burma and Mongolia on the long road to stability and free elections. And when in 1979
we overthrew that dictator,
where was the US then. But it is also a two-way
street. any
concrete benefits will trickle down from that. We have
already heard today about
concrete actions the Indonesia government has taken in other countries (Mongolia and Burma) and that is
a sign that concrete actions
do come out of this.
What does
Finland have to offer?
Finland has a strong tradition in human rights, and
has been a democracy for
a long time, so we are happy to share our experiences.
We are open to partnership
in many fields.
at all. Any forum in which
leaders from established democracies such as Finland
and Australia rub shoulders
Is it possible to de-couple
trade terms and free trade
from the push for democracy. Now in its ?fth
year, the event this year attracted 11 heads of state, 42
ministers, and delegates from
some 83 countries, including
Finland. The
fifth Bali Democracy Forum has attracted record numbers of heads of state and government reflecting increasing international interest in Southeast Asia?s biggest economy, at a time of lethargic global growth.
The Bali Democracy Forum
Now in its fifth year the Bali Democracy Forum is hosted by the Indonesian government with the aim of being a meeting point for countries that shared common concerns about democracy and its development.
BALI, INDONESIA
DAVID BROWN
HEL SINKI TIMES
between the G20,
APEC, UN and assorted regional meetings, the Bali Democracy Forum has begun to
take on growing importance
as the only global conference
to focus more on political issues than economic or military ones. said Ryuichi
Hattori, a member of the Social Democratic Party that
has traditionally led political
demands to have the bases removed from Okinawa.
A 2010 survey conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun
and Ryukyu Shimpo newspapers found that 71 per cent of
the Okinawans polled felt that
the presence of US troops was
not necessary and 41 per cent
wanted the bases removed.
Okinawans say their daily lives are consumed with
gnawing fear of accidents
from US ?ghter airplanes that
also create deafening noise as
they ?y into US bases located
in densely crowded areas.
Professor Tsuneo Namihara, sociologist at the Okinawa
University, explained that
the recent territorial clashes between Japan and China over the Senkaku islands,
claimed by both countries,
have made it more dif?cult to
get rid of US bases.
Helsinki Times
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iPad just as it was printed. why is Finland
attending an event here
in Indonesia?
Of course we are strong advocates of democracy, and
this is probably the most important forum where democracy is discussed . Ahmadinejad bestrode
the conference like a rock
star, surrounded by security
guides and supporters.
His speech, and the
sprawling two-hour press
conference which followed
WEDGED
it, focused on each country?s
right to determine its own
path to democracy, interspersed with predictable attacks on the US.
?Iran used to be a dictatorship. Ahmadinejad complained.
Karzai also noted that
democracy does not have a
single form, but evolves differently in every country in
which it occurs.
What delegates took away
from the conference is dif?cult to gauge, particularly as
much of the real work took
place behind closed doors.
But the real value of the
Bali Democracy Forum may
not lie in conclusions, but in
the fact that it can take place
David Brown from Helsinki
Times spoke with the Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia, Kai Sauer, and the President of Indonesia, Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono, about
the link between trade barriers and democracy.
Mr Sauer . particularly in the Asia-Pacific
region.
We are supporting the forum and supporting the Indonesian government as hosts.
If you look at the list of participants, it is an extremely diverse list, and it is good
and important that issues like
democracy and human rights
are discussed.
Are there potential
benefits for Finland in this?
I think the main benefit is
that democracy is simply
on the agenda at all . 47,000 troops in Japan are based.
But Okinawans, who number roughly 1.4 million, have
long opposed US military
presence on their homeland.
Since the return of the islands to Japan in 1972, over
90 per cent of Okinawans ?
concerned about their personal safety and noise and
environmental pollution ?
have supported the demand
for a complete removal of the
bases, which occupy 18 per
cent of their land.
On 7 November, Christopher Browning and Skyler
Dozierwalker were charged
with raping and injuring a local woman on 16 October, in a
case that sparked widespread
protest across Okinawa.
?The rapes and a skewed
sense of justice when these
crimes involve US servicemen
is the worst form of violence
against women,. We
have to stick together, both
in the economic and political
spheres.
We also need to ensure
that as trade barriers are removed, we do not ignore environmental threats and civil
rights issues that tend to occur as a result of rapid development.
with the leaders of countries
like Nepal, Mongolia and Iran
can only reinforce the ideas
of peace and democracy.. In other words, aren?t
the political and economic
paths actually linked?
In a way I guess that they
are
In Finland, many have gravitated to the radical
economic left, such as the Greens, Left Alliance and the
Finns political party.
of the Finns party, across Europe many
young are becoming sceptical of immigration. The last few
recessions Europe went through in recent decades
have been relatively mild and soon overcome. Rehn said
on Thursday in Helsinki.
The economy of the EU
and the eurozone will be
somewhat reduced this year,
and only very moderate
growth will be achieved next
year. Our projections point to
a gradual improvement in Europe?s growth outlook from early next year. Overall, there are
3.5 million people under the age of 25 looking for work
in the Eurozone. Many more are
disgusted with all party politics, and would prefer to
drop out of the process entirely or to choose something
different, like an ideological anarchy.
SPEAKING
Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen arrives at the EU Headquarters on 23 November in Brussels, to take part in a two-day
European Union leaders summit called to agree a hotly-contested trillion-euro budget through 2020. 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.
Europe?s
radicalised generation
AS EUROPE?S economic crisis drags on year after year,
we are beginning to get some ideas about its long-term
impact. If their world view has been forged during this crisis, what sort of Europe will they create?
Living in an anarchic, extreme-left, or xenophobic society is not something I look forward to.
SOME progress
has been made on addressing the radicalised youth, at least in those countries that can
afford to do so, like Finland. 8
29 NOVEMBER . The crisis cost us four or ?ve years?
worth of growth,. The unemployment rate for Finns aged 15 to 24 was 20.1% in
2011, almost three times the rate for the entire population. The Greek party Golden Dawn,
which is often labelled as Neo-Nazi, was the second
most popular choice for young people. Rehn
stated that once growth has
been achieved, it will be more
sustainable than before.
?States with de?cits will
have to undergo a similar adjustment as in Finland in the
early 1990s.?
In economic adjustments,
internal devaluation will improve the competitive ability
and thus create the preconditions needed for growth.
Rehn says that the fastest progress among the EU
states in crisis has occurred
in Ireland where nominal
wages have decreased by
around 20 per cent, whereas nominal wages have decreased by around 10 per
cent in Spain and Greece.
The adjustment programme in Ireland is on the
right track: Irish exports
are good and the economy is
growing. An agreement was finally
reached this Monday, 26 November.
THESE are the same people who will inherit leadership
positions in business, politics and society in the decades to come. One of the most troubling aspects is its effect
upon the younger generation.
WHILE the situation is worrying for the youth in school,
it is even worse for those in the labour market. ?Europe is going through a difficult process of macroeconomic rebalancing, which will still last for some time. In Finland, various plans to charge foreign students tuition
have been proposed numerous times.
THE YOUTH, with a justi?able belief that they have been
let down by society, are becoming increasingly radicalised. 5 DECEMBER 2012
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David J. Rehn said.
Rehn believes in slow recovery of
the European economy next year
?There is no shortcut to happiness or sustainable growth for Europe?.
H E I K K I K A R K KO L A I N E N . Other positive developments include the
facts that the ?nancial mar-
ket is ?nally stabilising and
the reinforcement of the ?nancial and monetary union
promotes trust.
The Ministers of Finance
will meet again next Tuesday to discuss support for
Greece in the next few years.
Rehn says that the loan interest rate may be lowered as
part of the adjustment package, but the loan capital will
not be touched. Among
those who are employed,
Living in an anarchic, extreme-left, 42% are in temporary jobs
and 30% were only workor xenophobic
ing part-time.
society is not
something I look
forward to.
COMMONLY,
the young
have it worse during recessions. Those who want to participate in the political process are more likely to choose extreme political
parties. It has lasted years, and it is likely to get worse,
not better, during the foreseeable future. But a more permanent solution is to ?x the underlying rot, and address the fundamental problems of the European economy. The GDP-to-debt ratio of the Euro countries will
brie?y increase to 94 per cent
and then start to decrease.
?Several reforms have
been initiated in all ?nancial
sectors. If we do
that, the young will have a future to look forward to.
And so will those of us who are not so young.
Cosy hotel in the heart of Helsinki
Annankatu, 00120 Helsinki
tel. S T T
TA RU L A I H O . H T
DESPITE the continuing recession and crisis in some
countries, the ?nances of the
European Union are about to
start a period of slow growth
next year. If a company is
under ?nancial pressure,
they will be less likely to hire new graduates. The growth rate will increase to 1.4 per cent in the
eurozone and to 1.6 per cent
in the whole of the EU.
?The European GDP will
probably not be restored to
the level prior to the debt crisis until 2013 or 2014. Government debts will start to
decrease in a year or two, but
from a very high level.
The public-sector economic de?cits will be highest in
the next few years in Ireland,
Spain, Greece and Cyprus.
According to the Commission?s forecast, Greek government debt will increase to 189
per cent of its GDP, while Italy?s debt will increase to 128
per cent, and Portugal?s and
Spain?s to 123 per cent of their
respective GDPs.
Of the non-eurozone countries, the public-sector de?cit
of United Kingdom is closest to that of the EU states in
crisis. There is no shortcut to happiness or sustainable growth available for
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Europe, however,. about this issue.
Crisis states
are in big trouble
Despite the anticipated improvement of ?nancial indicators, the EU states
currently in crisis still have
a long and gruelling adjustment process ahead of them.
Balancing of the public economies will take years. The Eurozone average is 21.4%, and it is much
worse in some countries. Rehn noted.
Progress
fastest in Ireland
According to Rehn, corrections of the imbalance in the
European economy are becoming faster but the process
will take some time. Almost half of the youth in
Greece and Spain are without a job. This will lead to the UK
GDP-to-debt ratio exceeding
that of the eurozone states
in 2014 by increasing to more
than 95 per cent.
The United States and Japan continue to become more
indebted at the same rate as
the crisis states. According to VicePresident of the European
Commission Olli Rehn, there
have been improvements in
the management of the debt
crisis but a turn for the better will still take time.
Reorganisation
programmes and the budding
recovery will stop the increase of the eurozone debt
ratio next year and the economy will enter a period of slow
growth. US government debt will increase to
more than 113 per cent of its
GDP, while the Japanese government debt will exceed 250
per cent of GDP.. This one
is particularly brutal.
Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn holds a press conference on November 7, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. If it has
to cut staff, those with less seniority are normally the
?rst to go.
YET WHAT is different about this crisis is its depth and
breadth. Exports of Spain and
Portugal are also improving,
Rehn pointed out. Rehn says
that the parties are ?in strict
agreement
In addition, the
supplementary bus service 99
will operate between the Central
Railway Station and Itäkeskus
from approximately 11 to 18.
The 99M and 99V services will
mostly operate at ?ve-minute intervals. Trams 7A and
7B will operate through the Central
Railway Station instead of Kruununhaka.. In Eira,
trams will be replaced by the bus
service 3X, operating between Viiskulma and the Market Square.
The trams 4 and 4T will operate
to Kolmikulma, and the route Central Railway Station . Those traveling on
a season ticket will only be exempt
from the night fares from the beginning of 2013.
On Finland?s Independence Day, 6
December, the city will be hosting
events and processions, which will
cause exceptions to the tram routes
from about 17.30 to 21.30. Instead both will terminate on Pursimiehenkatu. During the busiest time, the
bus services between Itäkeskus
and the Central Railway Station
will run at 2 to 3 minute intervals.
The buses will have open fare
collection, so if you have a valid ticket, you may also enter
through the middle door. Katajanokka will be operated
by buses 4X and 4TX. During the morning and
evening off-peak times, the ser-
vices will operate every 10 minutes. The metro service
will be replaced by additional bus
and tram services.
Buses 99M to Mellunmäki and
99V to Vuosaari will operate between the Central Railway Station and East Helsinki on Saturday and Sunday. Tram services will not operate on Aleksanterinkatu or in Kruununhaka during
this time.
The trams 3B and 3T will not operate on Tehtaankatu or to the Market Square. Honkonen says.
Developers are free to utilize HSL?s open data, such as
the schedules on the Journey
Planner.
?Spreading information can
only be a good thing, as it promotes the use of public transport.?
A number of applications
have been built based on
schedule information, and
more are on the way. says HSL?s information services project manager Jari Honkonen.
The timetable and route
services are being updated
and will merge in the near future. Paavalin kirkko. People are more frequently sur?ng the net on the
move, for example while riding the bus.
No metro
service over the weekend
Due to the installation of a new
control system, the metro will not
be running over the weekend on
1?2 December. Sörnäinen (M) . The presentation
is simpli?ed and clear.
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for a mobile phone screen, and
load quickly. As usual, tickets can be purchased from
the driver, and a mobile phone
ticket will also be valid.
In the centre the metro will be
replaced by the additional tram
service 11, going through Ruoholahti (M) . For example, a Helsinki
night fare ticket purchased from the
driver costs 4 euros.
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Mobile services travel along
Smartphones and tablets are becoming increasingly
common. In the
future, your own routes and
stops can also be saved in
the mobile version.?
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be based on open data
?HSL provides services for
everyone. The tram service will
operate at 10 to 12 minute intervals.
HSL?s most important services, such as the Journey Planner, My Departures and Disruption Info are available in mobile
format at m.hsl.?. For example, after the
renewal, the Line Search and
My Departures can be found
under the Journey Planner.
?The usability of mobile
services will be improved.
Location services will be utilised in route planning. Additional buses will operate on several Helsinki internal bus
services, and on a few regional services on the nights between Friday
and Saturday, and Saturday and Sunday.
Additional buses will also operate
on the night of the eve of Independence Day, on Wednesday 5.12.
The night fares are in effect from
2.00 to 4.30. Others can develop applications for different
platforms, and smaller user
groups,. Kruununhaka . This
year HSL is taking part in the
Apps4Finland contest, which
speci?cally encourages the
development of a variety of
services that use open data.
The existing applications
have been assembled on
www.hsl.?, where they can
be found under the Timetables and routes link.
Extra night
Tram services on
services during the
diversion routes
Christmas party season
on Independence Day
The Christmas party season is underway, and weekend night services will
have additional departures until 15
December
Many were also fennomans, solid rooters
for Finnish independence,
which affected the creation
of Finlandia, Sibelius?s musical masterpiece. Väinö Lin-
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ets down to honour its independence day. Despite
the war, culture was still appreciated, as the only ones
gaining extra food ratios in the
country were soldiers battling
the frontlines and, surprisingly, dancers of the national
ballet. Especially
brilliant is Danielson-Gambogi?s After the Breakfast,
1890, in which a young girl
is casually leaning on a late
breakfast table, looking even
a bit hung-over while smoking a cigarette. It was
under Russian rule, when
Finnish culture started separating into its own, unique
phenomena in arts and literature in the 1800s. For some
foreigners, the wistfulness
may seem odd as the only
things marking the day are
the ?ags and the blue-andwhite candles in the windows.
But for celebrating Finnish cultural heritage, it is only natural to do it in a gentle
manner that grows from the
very core of Finnish history.
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. Koskenniemi wrote lyrics to the
hymn to encourage Finnish
war efforts, which came with
food shortages, bombing and
rationing foodstuffs. The characters of Kalevala often dismiss the advise
they get and challenge the
odds in acts such as catching
the Swan of Death or stealing
the fortune-making spinner.
They usually end in humiliation or hurting themselves
and more often than not, it is
the strong women of Kalevala who save the foolish men
after their unnecessary de?ance. Composed
in 1899 and 1900, the music
was a part of a national pic-
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The wistful
spirit under the
northern star
when it comes to the birth of
literature, the most important book is Aleksis Kivi?s
The Seven Brothers in 1870.
The story of seven peasant
brothers written in Finnish
was mocked and dismissed
when published, as the elite
were all Swedish speaking
and considered Finnish as
the language of the poor; it
was even said to be ?too ugly for poetry?. During the WWII, poet W.A. In 1849,
Elias Lönnrot published his
collection of Karelian folklore stories, which was to
become the Finnish national epoch Kalevala. And why not, since
the only reason for demanding
and protecting independence
is that people believe to have
enough culture of their own
to make a stand up different
from others. The book
and its stories still have massive effect on Finnish people
to this day, in everyday vocabulary, sayings and by the
attitude and the ideology it
holds. The government knew
physical demands of ballet
and considered it important
to keep the culture running
through the war, thus giving
the dancers fair share of food
to keep up. Interestingly
enough, however, Swedishspeaking poets such as J.L.
Runeberg created an idealistic, romantic version of
the Finnish common man, on
whom the author looks down
on, while Finns such as Kivi
presented Finnish people as
they realistically were; dirty,
illiterate peasants.
The realistic perspective
shocked also the art world,
by Albert Edelfelt?s and Akseli Gallen-Kallela?s rough,
realistic images of the Finnish countryside, portraying
the potato-nosed grannies
and little boys alone with
only a crow as their friend.
Especially stunning is the
Casque, 1893, by Eero Järnfelt, in which he portrays
the hard labour of burning
the casque with a small girl
in the middle, looking tired
and stooped to her faith with
her belly grown from hunger.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela?s Kalevala frescos decorate the ceiling of National Museum?s entrance hall.
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Raising the Finnish flag on the Tähtitorninmäki Hill is one of the Independence Day traditions.
From Agricola to Hanoi Rocks, the Finnish
culture lives on realism and languor.
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ON 6 DECEMBER, Finland qui-
torial picturing the awakening of Finnish culture against
the Russian oppression. Finnish culture
was also internationally recognised when Frans Emil Sillanpää won the literary Nobel
in 1939, for his exquisite description of Finnish countryside in such books as The Maid
Silja and People in the Summer
Night.
The decades of peace after the war to this day have
been years of growth and variety in culture. The epoch was written
in Finnish and completely in
the poetry verse of Kalevala,
a concept it created itself.
Finnish language has its
base in the 1543 The ABCBook by Mikael Agricola, but
The late 1800s is considered
as the golden age of Finnish
painting and it is notable that
the golden age included several female artists, such as
Helene Schjerfbeck and Elin
Danielson-Gambogi.
These strong female
painters are still current, as
they often painted female
subjects as independent and
modern types, instead of the
housewives women assumed
to be at the time. The girl?s attitude and actions in the
painting were all the most
unacceptable for women
in her days, but she clearly
doesn?t give a hoot.
The artists also formed
very tight social groups,
known to spend long hours
at the Restaurant Kappeli in Helsinki with such colleagues as Hugo Simberg and
Jean Sibelius
It is the same
spirit that shines from those
window candles and hums
over the silent streets in the
Independence Day, as it has
moulded, recreated and represented Finnish culture since
the days of Kalevala, with the
powers of seven men.
Dance group Etnica is one of the groups to bring multicultural
twist to traditional Independence day celebrations at Vantaa.
and choir performances
from all around the world
and also the presentation of
the Kulttuuriseppä (culture
smith) award. This
year, it is being organised by
the Hakunila International
Organisation.
The multicultural Independence Day was created to
strengthen the feeling of unity among people of foreign
backgrounds in Finland, and
to honour the values of independence that are common
to all, such as freedom, peace
and wellbeing.
In the course of the threehour programme, there will
be a performance of Jean
Sibelius?s classic Finlandia hymn, as well as a speech
by the head of the Vantaa
City council and a veteran?s
salute.
The multicultural aspect
of the programme will be
provided by different dance
na depicted both WWII and
the Civil War in his books The
Unknown Soldier and Under
the North Star, Hanoi Rocks
in?uenced rock?n?roll in the
1980s and Kaurismäki ?
brothers have gained reputation in cinema both in Finland
and abroad. It?s the look in
the eyes of Casque?s girl, in the
quiet passing of Maid Silja and
in between the lines of Kaurismäki?s ?lms. The art history of
Finland is rich and versatile,
but yet holds itself together
with certain spirit combining
gloominess and sort of calm
abundance in the face of set-
back that seem to underline
all Finnish art. One newer tradition
that has gained a steady following is the multicultural
Independence Day celebrations, this time held at Vantaa, in the auditorium of the
Tikkurila upper secondary
school.
The multicultural celebration has been held since
2006, in different locations
and by different hosts, such
as the cultural centre Caisa and the Multicultural
Women?s Assosication. The award
is given to a private person
or to a community that has
made a great contribution
in connecting different cultures in Finland.
The jubilee is open to everyone and is free of charge
with coffee and cake service.
The speech will be translated into English and the
For some foreigners it may seem that the only things marking the
Finnish Independence Day are the flags and the blue-and-white
candles in the windows.
Albert Edelfelt?s painting Boys Playing on the Shore was one of
the works that celebrated the Finnish realism.
Multicultural
Independence Day
6 December 13-16
Free admission.
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Secondary School
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Congratulations
Finland!
programme also has performances especially for
children.
Congratulations Finland!
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Best wishes from the staff of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq
Best wishes from the Embassy of Russia in Finland.
Happy
Birthday
Finland
Best wishes from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Finland.
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Birthday
Finland
Best wishes from the staff of the Embassy of Viet Nam
Kulosaarentie 12, 00570 Helsinki
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FINLAND celebrates its independence day on 6 december with traditional gestures
such as the Presidential Independence Day reception, and
by watching parades and The
Unknown Soldier on TV once
again
This exchange programme came into existence in 1987, and since
then, over 2.2 million students
have taken part in the Erasmus programme. The international students are active in taking part in various types of
events and trying out new
things. said Salha Hanna,
Vice President of ESN HYY
Helsinki and the President
elected of ESN Finland.
Apart from organising parties, trips and sauna evenings,
the organisation has a lot
more in store. lives. ESN
HYY Helsinki is one of the
four local sections responsible for the activities organised for more than 1000
incoming students each academic year in Helsinki.
?There has always been
a high interest towards ESN
activities. Currently,
the number of participating
institutions is over 4,000 in
the 33 countries involved
in the programme. ?In addition to
the events already mentioned,
we also organise excursions
to various organisations, such
as the Fazer chocolate factory
and the Finnish public broadcasting company YLE as well
as the Finnish Parliament,?
added Salha Hanna.
Once the applicants are
granted admission, the ?rst
thing they need to face is the
fact that an apartment is needed. Several events are
organised for exchange students throughout the year
that help incoming students
feel welcome.
ESN Finland plays a substantial role in maintaining
an enjoyable environment
for those who come to Finland as exchange students.
ESN Finland consists of 16 local sections all over Finland
and is part of the Erasmus
Student Network, which is
present in 36 countries. However, due to the high
demand for the programme,
their capacity is limited and
cannot provide apartments for
every incoming student.
However hard it is to ?nd
a place to stay or spend your
?rst few weeks away from
your family and friends, bear
in mind that ESN HYY Helsinki and their events are for
you. Today, the
Erasmus programme is more
than a simple exchange programme that involves courses taken at host universities;
it?s a lifelong experience that
affects both your private life
and academic career.
The programme was
named after the Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, who had
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Why EIS?
Why choose EIS. The grading is strict but
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At the end of the year, EIS
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children is the language barrier. This school?s ninth
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EIS was originally founded because of the growing
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The student council also
helps promote environmental consciousness and talent
recognition.
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is a leader in the in vitro diagnostic space with
unique global position in
the fast growing neonatal
screening and cardiac bio
markers screening areas.
Trivitron has acquired
all these four group compa-
nies and the merger is known
as Labsystems Diagnostics
OY- A Trivitron Group Company. The cold winters protect us from many plant diseases, and therefore herbicides and pesticides are little used in Finland.
IN THE EU membership negotiations, Finland was
granted the right to keep the country free from salmonella. We Finns have been entrusted with an exceptionally broad range of natural
resources: ?elds, forests, lakes and meadows, where
great ?avours grow, without forgetting the great
strength that comes from nature itself, its soothing silence. has
prompted specialists in Finland to assess their country?s
chances of achieving the
80 per cent greenhouse gas
emission reduction targets.
In their report, ?Low Carbon Finland 2050 . 16
FINLAND IN THE WORLD PRESS
29 NOVEMBER . said Fang Zhou
Chairperson of Zhongguancun ZPark Software Park??. Our conditions are very
challenging, but they also grant certain strengths to
Finnish food. For example, the sander could be developed into a
successful export product.
THE LASTING success of every nation is best built on
each country?s own strengths. We have no serious animal or
plant diseases. plans to build a dam.
IN THE livestock
Finland
PM says
positions
still very far
apart on EU
budget
industry, animal welfare is more important than ever, because only healthy animals produce a bene?t for their owner. I recommend enjoying Finnish nature by savoring its wild foods. The
foodstuff supply chain
is fully traceable from
Food safety is the
the farm to the consumer?s table. The grain and grass varieties have been
developed for resistance to the Finnish conditions: a
short growth season, low temperature and summer
frost. The ?sh in
our lakes and seas are a healthy, and above all, natural
food. Ani
Labsystems a group con-
sisting of Ani Biotech, Ani
Labsystems, Biopoint and
K3. This is bound to
lead to serious negative human rights and environmental impact in the region???
FINLAND is the northernmost country in the world
with an agricultural industry. VTT clean
energy technology strategies for society?, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
gathered together their technology experts in clean energy
production, smart energy infrastructures, transport, buildings, and industrial systems, as
well as experts in energy system modelling and foresight??
PHARMABIZ.COM 23 November
Trivitron acquires Finland-based
Ani Labsystems for 15.8 million euro
?TRIVITRON
HEALTHCARE
recently announced 100 per
cent acquisition of Ani Labsystems, a ?rst of its kind
for an Indian medical technology company, to acquire
a foreign company with
an investment of 15.8 million Euro in Finland. land
salmonella-free raw
eggs. Importing foodstuffs containing salmonella
to Finland is forbidden. KATIE CARRERA
Mathieu Perreault
to play in Finland
name to the
list of Capitals who have
sought work overseas during
the NHL lockout.
Mathieu Perreault is close
to ?nalising a deal to play with
HIFK Helsinki in Finland?s
?ADD ANOTHER
SM-liiga, his agent Paul Corbeil con?rmed last Friday. The others are
Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas
Backstrom, both with Dynamo Moscow in the KHL; Jason
Chimera with HK Chomutov
in the Czech Extraliga; Michal
Neuvirth with Sparta Praha
in the Czech Extraliga; Wojtek Wolski with KH Sanok
in Poland; Marcus Johansson
with BIK Karlskoga in Sweden; and Brooks Laich with
the Kloten Flyers in Switzerland?s National League...?
EURASIAREVIEW.COM 23 November
Finland aims to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions
by 80 per cent by 2050
?THE EUROPEAN Commission?s ?Roadmap for moving
to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050. In the middle of an increasingly technological world, people long for nature,
the true life, away from the hustle and bustle!
NASDAQ.COM 23 November.
ALESSANDRO TORELLO
positions among European Union countries are
still very far apart in talks
to agree on a multi-annual
budget for the bloc and it is
hard to say if an agreement
will be reached Friday, Finland?s prime minister said.
?It?s very dif?cult to say
how far we can go today, everything is open,. However, the report is
before Finnish authorities in
Helsinki after an ethics complaint was made against the
company over possible con?ict of interest.
Otto Bruun, Campaign
Manager of Friends of the
Earth Finland, noted that the
?company is fuelling a water con?ict. Animal
welfare issues are central to the designs of new livestock buildings.
THE LIGHT Finnish summer nights provide a distinctive
?avour to our wild mushrooms and berries. The berries, mushrooms and ?sh are wild food
at its best, produced by nature. Heavy metals are especially problematic for expectant mothers. This global joint venture brings forth access to
global manufacturing facility, a ?rst of its kind for an
Indian medical technology company to go abroad for
acquisition...?
SCANDASIA.COM 21 November
Chinese and Finnish companies sign
deal to open science and tech park
?ZHONGGUANCUN
zpark
software park located in Beijing, the FinChi Innovation
Centre and China-Finland
Golden Bridge have signed
a memorandum of under-
standing (MoU) to establish a
Chinese science and technology park in Espoo, Finland.
The three science centres will
also work correspondingly to
expand FinChi?s activities to
Beijing.
?Finland?s internationally
recognised ability for innovation, good business environment and strong government
support are the most important reasons for the cooperation,. The use of drugs and antibiotics is limited due to the good disease situation.
the foodstuff supply chain, we have a
strict self-control system, supervised by of?cials. These strengths should
be better utilised and enjoyed by us Finns. obligations to
them. In Finjoint effort of the
you can safely eat
entire supply chain. In the summer, you know the domestic strawberry by its taste, a
Finnish aroma that the imported strawberries do not
have! The fruits of our forests are indeed underutilised. Therefore,
the raw materials of our phosphatic fertilizers are
clean and free of heavy metals. ?There
are some opinions that are
very far from each other.?
EU leaders are Friday
morning resuming a meeting that started the previous day, aimed at getting an
agreement over a budget for
the 27-nation bloc between
2014 and 2020??
?SOME
HIFK is one the many European teams attracting stars from the locked-out NHL.
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ASIANEWS.IT 22 November
Finnish
firm in
hot water
over its
approval of
Xayaburi
dam
Sirkka-Liisa Anttila is a Centre Party MP from Forssa, from the
Tavastia Proper constituency.
The path of Finnish
food can be traced
from farm to table
?THE CONTROVERSY surrounding a report issued by a Finnish ?rm, Pöyry, continues unabated. Imported
fertilizers are monitored, because we have strict limits
on their heavy metal levels.
Pöyry, a firm has stirred the
waters among environmentalists with its decision concerning Laos. Food safety is the
joint effort of the entire supply chain.
L E H T I K U VA / M I K KO S T I G
THROUGHOUT
THE SOIL in the Finnish ?elds, where we produce food
raw materials, is the cleanest in the world in terms of
heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium. In Finland, an animal
welfare support payment is granted to those farms
that meet the highest requirements of the law. Jyrki Katainen said as he headed into the
second day of talks with other
EU leaders in Brussels. The study concluded
that Laos can go ahead with
the construction of the Xayaburi dam on the Laotian
section of the Mekong River,
despite opposition from other Mekong River Commission
(MRC) member-nations since
the project was in compliance with Laos. This
ensures the high quality and hygiene of our foods. It has a lot of untapped potential,
which should be bravely seized. The
24-year-old Quebec native will
travel to Finland next week,
Corbeil wrote in an e-mail.
Perreault is the eighth
Capital to leave for Europe
since the lockout began on
16 September
She speculated that as
the Swedish-speaking Finns
seem to live further apart
from each other, Swedishspeaking Finland might be
more of a network, rather
than a territory.
A survey conducted by
the Finland?s Swedish Think
Tank Magma, also allowed
a glimpse into the future as
it polled students from 26
Swedish-speaking schools.
The results indicate that
the future Finland Swede
will increasingly be someone who speaks both Finnish
and Swedish almost equally well, although this depended largely on the area in
question.
As the majority of the
students came from bilingual backgrounds and some
from Finnish-speaking backgrounds, the survey seemed
to indicate that their choice
to identify themselves with
the Swedish language had
more to do with fellowship
than linguistics.
L E H T I K U VA / H E I K K I S A U K KO M A A
SWEDISH-SPEAKING
ent Finnish municipalities,
with varying amounts of
Swedish-speakers
within them. The survey showed
that almost everyone saw
themselves as Swedishspeaking Finns, but the vast
majority af?liated themselves with being bilingual or
Finnish-speaking as well.
Anna Henning-Lindblom conducted a survey with ninth graders
attending Swedish-speaking schools.
Christine Stockmann and Sanna Venhomaa working at a soup kitchen during the Red Cross. Hunger Day in Helsinki.
Inside the Red
Cross . Amongst
the myriad of activities to
participate in, perhaps the
most demanding is the acceptance and care of asylum
seekers and refugees. The participants, who were made up of
a diverse range of academics and the editor-in-chief of
Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL),
all agreed that the Swedishspeaking population does not
have one identity but many.
This is helped explained
by some of the research that
was presented during the
discussion. 5 DECEMBER 2012
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The culture
of Swedish speaking Finns
The identity
of Swedishspeaking Finns
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Finns
make out around 5,5 per cent
of the Finnish population
and can be found settled (almost exclusively) around the
south, southwest and western shores of Finland. Such
tasks show that training and
dedication are required even
without departing for missions abroad.
During war, family members are often torn apart and
people ?ee con?ict zones to
places of less turmoil, such as
Finland. In fact, a true Red
Cross missionary must learn
to completely ignore any personal principles when faced
with wounded war victims,
despite the fact that the per-
son they are treating may be
a terrorist leader.
What?s more, the possibility of a hands-on, direct contribution is only offered to
the most dedicated members
of the Red Cross, who must
go through months of training and evaluation before being allowed to treat people in
Haiti or Sudan, working for
weeks in temporary tents
under demanding conditions.
These are the silent heroes
of humanitarian missions,
hidden behind the bright
cheery uniforms of volunteer workers. Panelist Anna
Henning-Lindblom had conducted a survey with ninth
graders attending Swedishspeaking schools, in differ-
More network
than territory
Second speaker on the podium was Kaisa Kepsu, who
had studied the geography
of Swedish-speaking Finns,
and how they came in contact with the rest of the population in the different areas.
In the Western area of Österbotten (Ostrobothbia), there
was a high language barrier
with their Finnish-speaking
counterparts, while Swedish-speakers lived increasingly integrated with the rest
of the population in Helsinki, and the areas surrounding it. Being a part of
the organisation or supporting their values represents a
lot more than the simple donations of money we are used
to; it is a long and gruelling effort to make a ravaged world a
better place to live in.
The Finnish Red Cross
Finland is lucky enough to be
one of nations with the oldest and largest contributions
to the Red Cross. A particularly popular activity is
?rst aid training, which is also organised by the Red Cross.
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and even help children with
homework or educate them in
becoming more tolerant members of society through imaginatively named programs
such as ?Reddie Kids?. Red Cross members
in such countries then work
to trace requests by these
families, arrange reunions
and care for the refugees who
must acclimatise to a completely alien environment.
However, if you feel particularly charitable but lack
the time to train to interact with asylum seekers,
there are possibilities of joining multicultural groups that
help foreigners integrate into the society, befriend senior
citizens in need of company
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FOR THE AVERAGE pedestrian in Helsinki, the image of
a bright red collection box is
hardly a revelation. But
what is it that unites them,
do they have a collective
identity or are they simply
attached by the use of same
language?
At the beginning of the
twentieth century, a unifying identity was created for
the Swedish-speaking population, and the Finland Swede
sprung to life. Or else, if you
simply cannot see yourself as
bearing the weight of the red
emblem, you can take comfort in the fact that your spare
change in the collection box
represents something far larger than you originally thought.
Take interest, take part
and make the world a better
place!
Finnish Red Cross
Tehtaankatu 1 a
00140 Helsinki
Finland
Phone 020 701 2000
Fax 020 701 2310
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29 NOVEMBER . This was due to
the Finnish language, spoken
by the majority of the people,
becoming an equal and of?cial language, together with
the previously dominant
Swedish language.
So to help save Swedish
from oblivion, as the highly
acclaimed author Zacharias
Topelius famously predicted at the time, the Swedish
speakers around the country
mobilised and with the help
of institutions driving the
Swedish-speaking agenda,
and the use of symbols (naturally connected with the sea),
a unifying bond was created.
But does it still exist today. The Finnish
Red Cross can connect people
to whatever activities they feel
they have the time and abilities for, each just as important as the next in the welfare
of the world. On 13 November, a panel discussion was organised
at the University of Helsinki, which set out to answer
this question. Not only can participants bene?t from an introduction into the basics of
?rst aid, they are introduced
to missionaries with years of
experience helping victims
of war and places ravaged by
disasters.
The Cross
and the Crescent
It is sobering to learn that the
symbol and namesake of one
of the oldest humanitarian
organisations in the world,
the Red Cross itself, must
often be replaced with the
Red Crescent, due to its religious signi?cance in several
countries. The annual Red Cross Hunger Day
provides an excellent opportunity to give up a few coins
in exchange for a warm feeling of occasional generosity.
However, while volunteer-focused events such as
Hunger Day are better advertised and tend to represent the Finnish Red Cross
in the eyes of many people,
much of the work carried out
by the organisation is hidden by sheer modesty and
brought about by extraordinary people.
Every once in a while, the
Finnish Red Cross organises
a course in its Helsinki headquarters in order to inform
the public of its inner workings and deep-seated principles. The six-hour meeting
reveals the history of an ideal and the stories of ordinary
people
Based
on a true story, this French
Legendary Irish singer-songwriter Johnny Logan plays the Savoy Theatre.
Visions of Glory (with Montserrat Caballé) and Back to
Where We Started have ensured he continues to make
waves around the world.
Adding to his considerable oeuvre, Logan also landed
another signi?cant hit with a
2001 update of his 1987 Eurovision winner, Hold Me Now
2001. Unsurprisingly, C. Portraits of great men and coats
of arms pressed in glass is
currently on display at the
Helsinki National Museum.
Exhibiting until 31 March next
year, Political protest?s glasses and saucers feature a number of great men and coats of
arms, representing a unique
expression of Finnish national spirit in a historical context.
OFFERING
Reality check
J A M E S O . S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
insight into the
depth of Finnish national pride during Russian rule
at the start of the 20th century, Political protest. Performing at the Savoy Theatre, Logan brings with
him the charm and charisma
that has seen him performing around the world during a
lengthy and celebrated career.
One of the most successful individuals in the history of
the Eurovision Song Contest,
Logan ?rst appeared at the
event in 1980, winning with
What?s Another Year. A collaboration with SBTRKT for
2010?s Nervous saw the singer?s star rise further, and she
appeared again on SBTRKT?s
debut album the following
year.
Currently in the midst of
a global tour, the 28-yearold will grace the stage in the
USA, New Zealand and Australia, before returning to
Europe in the new year.
Jessie Ware
4 December, 20:00
Tavastia
Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6
Helsinki
comedy drama has charmed
audiences around the world.
Making sure there is
enough machismo and
gunplay on display this week,
professional enforcer Jackie
Coogan, who investigates a
heist that went down during
a mob-protected poker game.
Throw in an alcoholic hitman,
incompetent gangsters and
the playboy host of the game
in question, and Coogan soon
?nds himself facing an uphill
task. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
the concept of
what actually constitutes a
document, the Reality Bites
collection at Kiasma poses
intriguing questions about
truth, authenticity and the
relationship between original
and copy, pondering the notion of power and authority in
the process.
Glancing back through
history, what information
that we are presented with
EXPLORING
World of
art at Amos
Anderson
J A M E S O . S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
BEST known for her 2012 sin-
R E N E PA S S E T
gle Wildest Moments, British
artist of the moment Jessie
Ware makes her debut on the
Finnish stage on Tuesday 4
December.
Drawing comparisons to
the likes of Sade, Adele and
Annie Lennox, her debut al-
Jessie Ware performing in January 2012.
bum Devotion dropped earlier this year to rave reviews
and a number ?ve spot in the
UK. by The
Guardian, the album was also shortlisted for the coveted
Mercury Prize.
Originally from South
London, the singer initially appeared across a diverse
range of genres, emerging
as a background vocalist for
Man Like Me and Jack Peñate
and taking the lead on RackNRuin?s Soundclash. With the likes of
executive producer Guillermo
Del Toro behind the scenes,
advance word has been strong.
Gallic smash hit af?uent
François
Cluzet,
who
develops an unexpectedly
close bond with his aide
(Omar Sy) in the aftermath
of a paragliding accident that
leaves him a paraplegic. Devoting themselves
to their 200-part colossus of
welded steel, cast aluminium
and bronze, plastic and charred
Manufactured by the Karhula, Iittala, Nuutajärvi, Wiiala
and Riihimäki glass factories,
these glass coffee-table items
were more affordable for the
middle class than silver and
crystal. Just in
case he hadn?t been successful
enough, a fourth Logan composition, Terminal Three (once
again performed by Martin)
took the runner-up position at
the competition in 1984.
While it was through Eurovision that Logan established his household name,
subsequent hits such as 24
Hours, A State of Happiness,
An Irish evening
with Johnny Logan
30 November, 19:00
Tickets ?39/ 110
Savoy Theatre
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
Latest Brit hit
J A M E S O . The Finnish lion was
a prominent feature, proudly
adorning sugar bowls, creamers and milk jugs.
The father of Finnish
sports, Ivar Wilskman, was
the ?rst living person to have
his likeness pressed on glass,
in 1914, after the honouring
of such notable ?gures as
Elias Lönnrot in 1903. How does this potential
for manipulation feed what is
documented?
The exhibition consists
mostly of works from Kiasma?s collections, featuring
both recently-acquired piec-
es and some that have been
made available on loan. Reality Bites challenges the
selectiveness of such material, exploring the relevance of
what is held in the eye of the
beholder as a broader representation of the wider community. archiving and documentation
. 5 DECEMBER 2012
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Film
Animated attempts
J A M E S O . In keeping with its life of transition and movement, after its
stint in Helsinki, The World
will shift its base once again,
heading to Norrtälje Art Hall
in Sweden.
The World Exhibition
30 November-1 February 2013
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27
Helsinki. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
BASED on the book by William
Joice, here Jack Frost (Chris
Pine), The Easter Bunny (Hugh
Jackman), The Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher), The Sandman and
Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin)
form one of the more amusing alliances in recent times
as they attempt to stop the
evil spirit Pitch (Jude Law)
from stealing the dreams of
children and taking control of
everything. E. S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
NOORA and Kimmo Schroderus bring The World to Amos
Anderson Art Museum from
30 November until 1 February
next year. Seeking to inspire visitors to re?ect upon their own attitudes
towards documents, memory
and historical events, the exhibition offers a perspective
on what constitutes the very
heart of Kiasma, and its vast
collection of works, pondering the notion whether reality
does bite in this instance.
wood, the duo have been working on the piece since 2009, updating the work in progress
between exhibitions.
Traversing darkened landscapes and accentuating grotesque details in shining
metal, The World utilises the
colour schemes of its materials either to present a gloomy
dystopian vision of the future,
or bring a smile to those with
a twisted sense of humour.
While its audiences. Directed by Andrew
Dominik (The Assassination
of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford, 2007), Pitt is
joined by a stellar cast that
includes Ray Liotta, James
Gandol?ni and Richard
Jenkins. Mannerheim?s likeness followed
in 1920 and quickly became a
sought-after collector?s item.
Originally assembled by
the Museum of Central Finland, the exhibition is drawn
from Ambassador Risto Rekola?s vast collection of glass
items, and was on display in
Jyväskylä from April to August this year.
is actually true and worth
communicating?
Turning the focus of the
exhibition to the founding
principles of a museum . Returning in 1987, Logan once again
was victorious, this time with
Hold Me Now. His performance on
Friday sees him reach deep
into a songbook that includes
close to 20 albums and 40
singles.
Still holding on
J A M E S O . However, this time
her characters meet up after
a 30-year break.
Rise of the Guardians (K7)
Release Date: 30 November
Directors: Peter Ramsey,
William Joyce
Starring: Chris Pine,
Alec Baldwin
Intouchables (K12)
Release Date: 30 November
Directors: Olivier Nakache,
Eric Toledano
Starring: François Cluzet,
Omar Sy
Killing Them Softly (K12)
Release Date: 30 November
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta
Finland?s past through the glass
J A M E S O . Based on the 1974
novel Cogan?s Trade by
George V. Five years later, he was a victor again, this
time penning Linda Martin?s
winning tune, Why Me. Higgins, the ?lm
has been warmly received,
yet at a sprightly 90-odd
minutes, is far more linear
and succinct in its storytelling
than Dominik?s hypnotic and
meandering Jesse James.
Meanwhile, summer romance and midlife crisis
intertwine in Paula Hernandez?s when people from different worlds are thrown
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29 NOVEMBER . S U L L I VA N
HEL SINKI TIMES
KNOWN to his mother as Seán
Patrick Michael Sherrard, yet
to countless others as Mr Eurovision, Australian-born Irish
singer Johnny Logan returns
to Helsinki on Friday 30 November. Portraits
of great men and coats of
arms pressed in glass
Until 31 March 2013
National Museum
Mannerheimintie 34
Helsinki
Reality Bites
Until 10 March 2013
Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2
Helsinki
Built on a 1:18 scale, The
World is an on-going work
that has been shown in various stages of development at
Jyväskylä Art Museum and
Turku Art Museum. reactions have often been divided, the piece continues to
showcase Noora?s strength
with sculpture and Kimmo?s
skill with miniature models.
Political protest. G. With her soulful pop described as ?sophisticated,
smooth and sensual
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Mon-Fri 12-22.30 . According to Alihaanperä, customers don?t
lean in any direction, and the
restaurant is visited by businessmen, tourists and Japanese people as well as Finnish
regular customers.
The personnel consist of
around ten people, and the
kitchen staff is Japanese. Sushi seems to be
the popular choice for most
lunch customers in the restaurant, but the lunch menu
also includes more substantial dishes, such as tonkatsu,
breaded pork ?llet with rice,
miso soup and salad.
The sushi plate contains
variety and ?avour, and it is
served with the traditional
ginger and wasabi. KITCHEN 11-24
SAT 12-02 . +358 9 7425 5588
Bulevardi 34
Tel. (09) 694 4207
Mon-Fri 10.30-21.00
Sat
10.30-19.00
Sun
11.00-19.00
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food is a thorough overview
of Japanese cuisine,. The lunch menu
does seem to offer a variety of
different sushi options, with
some more exotic dishes, such
as kaisou sarada, a seaweed
salad, or yasai tempura, a dish
of deep-fried vegetables.
The dinner menu is more
versatile with appetisers,
Japanese casseroles, group
meals, desserts and Koto
Special meals, which include
many different dishes and
require at least two choices. The dish was generous and came with a tasty
yet gently-?avoured miso soup. Sat 13-22.30
Eteläesplanadi 24
tel. EAT & DRINK
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J I M M Y L I TA R D O
29 NOVEMBER . Seasonality is an important aspect of Japanese cuisine, so
that the food is served at its
peak. says Managing Director Tommi Alihaanperä.
According to him lunch is
more intense, and dinner is
calmer, with more socialising
and a slow ?ow of food the
Japanese way.
I tried a Satsuki Sushi
with tuna, zander, giant river prawn, egg and California
rolls. +358 9 7425 5544
VAPIANO HELSINKI
MIKONKATU 15
tel. 09 646 080
www.koto.fi
Kellarikrouvi
TRADITIONAL FINNISH CELLAR RESTAURANT
Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 6,
00130 Helsinki, tel. Located on Lönnrotinkatu, the restaurant
abounds with customers
during lunchtime until two
o?clock, and closes down until
dinner at ?ve.
Traditional Japanese cuisine consists of gohan (white
rice), one or more okazu (main
dishes), and side dishes. +358 9 7425 5574
Christmas Lunches 10.12. KITCHEN 11-23
FRI 11-02 . ?
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A sushi plate, with wasabi and pickled ginger, and some of the other delicious foods available at Koto.
Koto: Japanese food for decades
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Restaurant has been
serving traditional Japanese
food in Helsinki since 1986,
amidst a warm Japanese atmosphere. Koto?s menu has not
varied much over the years,
but sticks closely to tradition.
?Our goal is to offer expressly traditional Japanese
KOTO
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Aleksanterinkatu 22
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Annankatu 22 . 00100 HELSINKI
Tel (09) 645 550 . The Japanese serve their
food so that each course item
has its own plate, and different-?avoured dishes usually
do not teach each other. f i. The Koto Special, for example offers an appetiser,
Japanese clear soup, salm-
on sashimi, tofu in tempura sauce, chicken on skewer,
beef, deep fried ?sh and vegetables, rice, ice cream and
coffee or tea. The small
California rolls kick up most
of the spiciness with plenty
of wasabi in them, while the
other options are milder.
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The interior consists of
wooden elements and minimalist Japanese art. We don?t follow the
latest trends with sushi, for
example,. +358 9 7425 5500
Tervasaari
Tel. Miso soup and tsukemono (preserved vegetables) are also
common features of Japanese
food. 09 6128 5100
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri 11-24, Sat 16-24
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Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 7
mon-thu 11-22 fri 11-02 sat 12-02
Tel. In the Eastern
style trying different options
provides as vast an array of
?avours as possible.
The Koto Cheffu Special
is a heavier and more exotic
option: it includes eel on cucumber and minced chicken
with seasoned vegetables.
At somewhat higher prices,
these main courses contain
many traditional Japanese
food elements within a single meal, basically providing
several small meals.
The Japanese green tea is
as fresh and soft as all the
other ?avours Koto offers.
Much like the soft Japanese
music that plays in the background, the visit is a sedate,
yet enjoyable one.
Japanese Restaurant Koto
Lönnrotinkatu 22
Helsinki
Tel. m a n h a t t a n s t e a k h o u s e . As long as we are running, we will stick to traditions. (09) 611 217
Mon-Tue
10.30-23.00
Wed-Sat
10.30-24.00
Sun
12.00-23.00
Forum Mannerheimintie 20
tel
nothing could ever compare to
the Åland pancake as an accompaniment to afternoon
coffee!
Åland?s pancake
(serves 4-6 people)
Ingredients
2 dl (4/5 cup) semolina
(or the same
amount of
pudding rice)
1 dl (2/5 cup) wheat flour
1 l (4 1/4 cups) whole milk
2 or 3
eggs
1 tsp
salt
1 dl (2/5 cup) sugar
2 tsp
cardamom
Cooking instructions
. Despite the number and variety of ?rst-class restaurants
offering exquisite gastronomic experiences in Åland,
it always occupies a special
place in the hearts of locals
and never ceases to impress
foreign visitors with its taste
and its appearance . 5 DECEMBER 2012
EAT & DRINK
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ROMAN LEGION Finnish foods
AT YOUR SERVICE Åland pancake . Serve hot or cold topped
with whipped cream and
stewed prunes or jam.
Popular jams in Åland
are made of local apples,
strawberries, rhubarb or
buckthorn berries.
Some claim that whoever invented this pancake
must have been a genius, but
thankfully no special culinary skills are required to
make this delicacy at home.
All it takes is to follow this
recipe and enjoy the mouthwatering result!
LET?S
ROLL
TO
Japanese Restaurant Koto
Lönnrotinkatu 22, Helsinki t. Later I found out that
Åland is connected to a multitude of fascinating things,
such as summer cycling, longlost champagne bottles buried
deep in its waters and, ?nally,
the Åland pancake.
Just like Åland differs
quite a lot from the Finnish
mainland, its trademark pancake is unlike any other conventional pancake in form,
texture and taste . stewed prunes.
An admittedly heavenly desert, popular with both locals
and tourists alike, it is also
an ideal snack for the cyclists
swarming the islands during
the summer months, search-
Serving traditional Japanese food
in Helsinki for 25 years
ing for a calorie re?ll during a
stop at one of the numerous
cafeterias.
Less a seasonal product
or fancy dessert and more a
part of the history of Åland,
it has long been established
as a culinary classic. Heat the semolina in the
milk for a few minutes to a
porridge consistency, and
let it cool down. for some
it even quali?es as ?baked
custard pie?! This delicious
dish in fact contains porridge (usually semolina, but
some islanders also use pudding rice) and is served with
a hearty dash of whipped
cream and . I dashed
to the deck and I looked at a
very placid, idyllic place, whose
natural beauty simply stunned
me. Pour the mixture into a
baking dish greased with
butter, and scatter a few
small knobs of butter over
the top of the pancake.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius until the surface of the
pancake is golden brown.
. an archipelago treasure
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The delicious and filling Åland pancake, topped with whipped cream, jam and the flag of Åland.
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6 6 00100
HELSINKI
SIMONKATU
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HELSINKI
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Filling treat, hearty dessert, or a great accompaniment to tea or coffee.
A N N A M A R I A A L E X A N D RO U
HEL SINKI TIMES
ON THE CRUISE ship from
Turku to Stockholm, I was gazing nonchalantly from the
ship?s round windows when the
captain suddenly announced
that we had arrived in Mariehamn, the capital of Åland (Ahvenanmaa in Finnish). c o m. Mix eggs,
sugar, salt and cardamom
separately, then stir this
mixture and the flour into
the semolina.
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29 NOVEMBER . the magic ingredient . 09 646 080
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