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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9582

18 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social
Romania did not benefit from European structural fund in Nokia affair

Brussels, 17/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The world leader in mobile phones, Finnish giant, Nokia, announced on Tuesday 15 January that it would be closing its factory in Bochum, Germany, which employs 2300 workers. 1800 of these workers work directly in production and 500 in technical support, research, development and training. Nokia said that the decision was due to the site's lack of competitiveness. Labour and production costs in Germany were too high for Nokia to be able to obtain...

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