The financially-strapped public broadcaster was to be one of the three financiers of the venture and pay 25 percent of the building costs. The City of Helsinki would also contribute […]
Danish dancer nominated for director post at National Ballet
Greve, who is 39, has previously worked as a dancer with, among others, the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theater, the Paris Opera Ballet, the Stuttgart Ballet and […]
Finnish musicians get “humiliating” treatment at U.S. airport
The ordeal took place on the 13th of September after Karjalainen and fellow musicians Ninni Poijärvi and Mika Kuokkanen had arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for a three week […]
Mika Kaurismäki opens Brazilian restaurant
The restaurant will have a capacity of about 300 people and will offer Brazilian food, wine, beer and other drinks. There will also be live music on offer at Bossa, […]
Next Bond theme by Ville Valo?
According to Daily Star columnist Kim Dawson, long-time Bond soundtrack writers Don Black and David Arnold have dumped British singer Amy Winehouse as their favourite to record the next 007 […]
New Finlandia prize for comics
The prize is partially funded by the City of Tampere‘s Luova Tampere (Creative Tampere) programme. The winner of the prize is chosen in the same way as the receiver of […]
Extensive Helene Schjerfbeck retrospective in Paris
The presentation, organised by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, is the first ever retrospective of Schjerfbeck’s art in France. It contains 125 paintings, watercolours and drawings as well as documentary material. Helene […]
Director Rauni Mollberg dead
Mollberg also worked as a radio and TV drama director with Finnish public broadcasting company YLE for nearly forty years. Between 1968-1986 he was the director of the theatrical department […]
Nightwish Nummer Eins in Germany
In Sweden the group currently stands at number 4, in Austria, the Netherlands and Greece at 5 and in Norway at number 7 of the official album charts. In the […]
And the Nordic Council Film Prize goes to… Denmark
Kunsten at græde i kor, Schønau Fog’s directoral debut, tells about an 11-year-old boy’s attempts to keep his dysfunctional family together. The prize money will be shared between the director, […]
PM Vanhanen to face former girlfriend in court
Vanhanen and (then) Kuronen had a nine-month relationship after the Prime Minister and his wife Merja had announced their divorce in April 2005. After their romance ended, Kuronen frequently appeared […]
Bob Geldof in Helsinki: trade vital for end to poverty
The world-famous activist also heavily criticized the ‘subsidies of surpluses’ in Europe, which, according to him, have a huge negative effect on the development of certain African countries. Geldof also […]
HIM sets Finnish record in U.S.
In the band’s home country, Venus Doom entered at number 2 in the official album chart, where it is currently standing at number 3, behind Tuhannen riemua by Lauri Tähkä […]
Surprise performance Sigur Rós in Helsinki
The previously announced screening of the documentary about Sigur Rós’ home coming tour on Thursday the 28th of September at Andorra cinema has been cancelled. Home – Sigur Rós will […]
Miehen Työ up for Nordic film prize and Oscar
The winner of the Nordic prize (worth 350,000 Danish crowns, or about 47,000 euros) is chosen from a total of nine nominated films from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland, […]