Eva: Finns’ trust in domestic media increased

Yle, STT and MTV are considered the most reliable news sources.

Finns trust the domestic media more than before, according to a survey by the Finnish Business Delegation Eva.

More than 60% of people feel that the Finnish media give them a comprehensive and truthful picture of world events. Finns have a more positive view of the media now than in the 1980s and 1990s.

Finns consider Yle to be the most reliable source of news, with 76% feeling that Yle’s news gives a true picture of events in Finland and the world.

69 % of the respondents and 65 per cent of the respondents rely on the Finnish Information Office in STT and 65 % of MTV News. 61 % of respondents are considered truthful about Helsingin Sanomat news.

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Juha Pulli is Theatre Actor of the Year – touring Finland in the award-winning role this spring

The Actors’ Guild awarded Pulli for his musical Murder for Two, in which the actor changes roles even in the middle of a sentence.

The recognition comes directly from Pulli’s colleagues, as the winner was voted for by the members of the Actors’ Guild.

– Pull has an original knack for being at once laconically declarative and flamboyantly restrained. His acting is a celebration of rhythm, comedy and musicality,” says the Actors’ Guild.

Reached by phone, Pulli says that the recognition is particularly warming because he has worked as a freelancer his whole career.

– I have not had a year -long work community, but all work is project -based. The fact that my colleagues give my voice to me to be lucky, the actor says.

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A postcard of a woman picking babies out of a tree – these are the picture postcards of a hundred years ago

At the turn of the 20th century, postcards were used to spread propaganda, among other things. In this article, we have collected some of the most interesting examples of historical picture postcards.

At the beginning of the 20th century, picture postcards were a real craze: millions of cards were sent in Finland, and they played a big role in social interaction in their time.

A large proportion of Finns were able to find out what the rest of Finland and the world looked like through picture postcards. In newspapers, for example, illustrations were very rare.

Picture postcards were also used to spread news, propaganda and surrealistic messages.

Olavi Hankimo’s world of cards news

The picture postcard could once run a social media post.

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KAJ’s sauna can no longer be heated for pennies – “We get 20-30 enquiries a day”, says the gig seller

KAJ, a hugely popular band, has performed at venues ranging from the Närpiö Swimming Pool to international festivals. Gig fees quickly rose to the level of the country’s top bands.

The Finnish trio KAJ, Sweden’s Eurovision favourite, have made a meteoric rise to the top of the summer’s domestic festival performers, both in terms of demand and gig fees.

In mid-March, the Vöyry-based band performed in the Närpiö swimming pool in Ostrobothnia, where the concert, organised by the band itself at the risk of the ticket price, attracted 500 people. The concert was sold out, but the venue was small.

Next summer will be different.

Regardless of the outcome of the May Eurovision Song Contest, Kaj has already been attached to several big festivals and top popular concert stages.

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Cultural influencers call for Israel out of the Eurovision Song Contest, or Yle out of the competition

The petition, launched by the Finnish Palestine Network, has been signed by nearly 500 music and cultural professionals and more than 10 000 citizens.

More than 10 000 citizens and hundreds of music and culture professionals call on YLE to exclude Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest.

The petition was handed over to Yle on Monday in the lobby of Yle’s Media House in Pasila.

– We demand that Yle demands that the EBU exclude genocidal and apartheid Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest or stay out. In practice, we demand that Yle does what it did with Russia in 2022,” actress-screenwriter Noora Dadu said in an interview with Yle at the handover ceremony.

According to Dadu, the situation in Gaza is hopeless.

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See what it’s like at hurlumhei rapper Petri Nygård’s party cake

Petri Nygård, known as a rapper with a wry tongue, celebrates his 25th anniversary as an artist. We went to see the atmosphere late Saturday night in Himos.

– I’ve heard from a few people that they would have been particularly disappointed if they *hadn’t* been mentioned in the song, Nygärd says.

In the domestic popular music canon, Nygård has become a perennial favourite over a quarter of a century, with his ambiguous lyrics focusing on sex and alcohol and pure joie de vivre and humour.

Nygård’s merit list includes the immortal slogans *Pannaan Suomi Kuntoon* and *Tuhansien Lärvien Maa*. In the artist’s online shop and at concerts, they sell fridge magnets with – how else – the words *Pill Magnets*.

The name of the latest song is *petrimalja *, and it doesn’t tell you about a bacterial culture: *Take a petrim and let it work, you will always notice how you can always get work *, the lyrics are rhymed.

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Yle’s TV announcers disappear from the screens – see how the announcers said goodbye to the nation

In the future, announcements will be made on TV1 in the same way as on TV2 and Yle Teema, i.e. using only the announcer’s voice.

This Sunday marks the end of a tradition that has been going on for decades, as Yle TV1’s announcers will no longer appear on the TV screen.

– A little wistful, but with good spirits, we look to the new winds. A warm thank you to you, the viewers, for these years. Thanks also to our small team, it’s been a real pleasure to work together on this project,” says Sevelius.

In future, announcements will be made on TV1 in the same way as on TV2 and Yle Teema, i.e. the announcer’s voice will be heard but not seen on screen.

Tilus will continue as TV1 as an announcer.

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Hannu Karpo criticises the social welfare system in his last TV appearance: he did not get help for his illness

Hannu Karpo’s last TV appearance will be shown today on Yle. The documentary series Money Finland will be broadcast on Yle Arena at midnight at 00:01.

In tonight’s midnight episode, Karpo criticises Finland’s social welfare system. Karpo says, among other things, that “there is work for the axe”.

– I got pretty sick a few weeks ago. And then there’s this social welfare system, which I don’t understand a damn thing about,” Karpo says in an interview.

In the programme, Karpo says he called the social services number.

– There was a telephone respondent who said we would contact you immediately. It’s been five weeks now. There hasn’t been any contact yet, Karpo says in the program.

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We asked readers if Alice Munro’s works became worse after the revelation about her life

Alice Munro’s daughter revealed that the author’s husband had abused her as a child. Many readers are now reconsidering their relationship with the author’s works.

Over the past year, the literary world has been shocked by a series of revelations.

According to Skinner, he had not told his mother until he grew up 16 years later. Munro had been shocked, but had remained by her husband’s side. The relationship between her daughter and Munro broke down.

We asked those familiar with Alice Munro’s work how their relationship with the beloved author’s works has changed since the revelations.

Indeed, the events of Munro’s own life have begun to resemble the subjects of his short stories in the readers’ mind.

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Rock musician Ville Malja sobered up, but doesn’t regret his drunken years: ‘I’m a fan of alcohol, what’s to deny’

Ville Malja has no hard feelings about his drunken years, because they were fun. But without getting sober, he would not have been able to write his debut novel.

– I knew it would always be waiting for me and accept me as I was.

Rock musician Ville Malja, 43, known for his bands Lapko and Moon Shot, has now been sober for five years. And he still has nothing bad to say about his former good friend.

– I would say that alcohol has played a big part in what I have achieved. Many contacts and job offers have been made at parties, more or less drunk.

One thing the cup would not have achieved if he had continued his binge life. Namely, the first novel.

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