The elections will lead to a change of government in Helsinki. The former model country is experiencing a deep economic crisis. And afraid of Moscow.
A view of downtown Helsinki (blogforphotos.com)
There was a Once Oulu. Just under 150 000 inhabitants, 600 km north of Helsinki and 200 just south of the Arctic Circle, lies on the northern edge of the Gulf of Bothnia at the point where the Finnish coast starts to bend westward to Sweden, the city is been for a couple of decades a shining symbol of the technological miracle Finnish. Only Nokia, the giant national, employed 5000 workers specialized high schools churn out qualified engineers and there was big American company in the industry who do not feel the obligation to have a branch there, in the far north. Startups flourished and the motto “growth through training and innovation ‘seemed to have found its geographical center of gravity. Oulu is today, but its most recent history tells the end of the Scandinavian model of Information Technology and the beginning of a crisis not too different from that faced by Mediterranean countries.
When Sunday April 19 4 million Finns will go to the polls to elect the next four years 200 deputies and the new government, the latest news from Oulu will be the mirror in which they reflect the feelings of the voters. The Nokia has been absorbed by Microsoft that started to drastically cut jobs. Has suffered the armature, with a plague of small and medium businesses who lived in the ecosystem of Nokia and American homes have moved to Asian shores. Also suffers from the traditional paper industry, sunk by the advance of the digital universe. Finally closed its doors even the giant trade Stockmann.
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