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Oulu's technology experts are developing dual-use innovations for NATO markets. From ice rink LED displays to drone swarms - a €14 billion defense industry opportunity opens for Finnish tech companies.

What excites me about the year ahead is the sense that Oulu is not trying to distract us from the turbulence of our age, but to meet it with clarity.

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The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL says there have now been 5.327 laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus in Finland - an increase of 73 from the previous day.

Spring is bringing the common European adder out of hibernation in the Ritaharju neighborhood on the city's northern outskirts. When moving about in the area, an observant wayfarer might spy adders basking in the sun.