YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster has called a press conference for this Wednesday afternoon, 21 June to announce the host city of Eurovision 2007.

They are listing Helsinki (Hartwall) Arena, Helsinki Fair Centre, Pirkkahalli of Tampere, Turku Hall of Turku, Lappi Arena of Rovaniemi and Espoo and Esport Arenas as the candidates. Some more names have featured in some reports earlier, but these six seem to be the shortlist. yle.fi/eurovision.

The press conference will be broadcast live on digital news channel YLE24 at 14.30 Finnish time (GMT+2).

The City of Turku announces today (Tuesday), that they are giving an extra 835 000 EUR payment for the event, if they get to host it. www.turunsanomat.fi/

Turku was also announced as Finland’s candidate for the 2011 European capital of culture on Monday.Virtual.finland.fi.