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On 6th October the European Commission adopted a draft legislative package which will frame cohesion policy for 2014-2020.

On 26th September 2011 Euroregion Baltic (ERB) gathered its members in Gdansk for the 2nd Annual Forum entitled: “Untapping Regional Potential In The Baltic Sea Region”. 

During its meeting in Gdańsk on 27th September 2011 the Euroregion Baltic Executive Board adopted the Position Paper on the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region thus providing an important input to the ongoing revision process of the Strategy and the upcoming Second EUSBSR Annual Forum.

On 27th September 2011 the Euroregion Baltic Executive Board adopted the Position Paper on the future of the South Baltic Cross-border Cooperation Programme after 2013. Since Euroregion Baltic was an early supporter of establishing the Programme and later actively participated in its implementation and management, the ERB Executive Board decided to voice its unanimous support […]

On 29th July 2011 the European Commission presented the long awaited Report about the application of the Regulation (EC) 1082/2006 on European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation. The Report proposes a series of amendments and clarifications to the EGTC Regulation, but also identifies many improvements that could be implemented in other EU policies and actions, as […]

The September 2011 edition of the MOMENT project newsletter investigates innovative environmentally-friendly solutions for stormwater treatment in the Baltic Sea Region.

Regional Municipality of Bornholm has adopted the Strategy for Citizen Involvement whose objective will be to improve the engagement of the inhabitants of the island in the decision processes. The Strategy will enable the citizens to assist politicians and civil servants in the achivement of the vision that the Council of Bornholm adopted for 2010 […]

On 29th July 2011 the European Commission presented a proposal to amend the Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States by including the entire Kaliningrad Region and selected Polish administrative districts in the eligible border area including Gdynia, Gdańsk, Sopot, Olsztyn and […]

In an article published in the latest supplement issue of the Baltic Rim Economies Quarterly Review, Mr Radosław Sikorski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs presents main priorities and challenges of the first ever Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

According to new figures presented by the Statistics Sweden (SCB) agency, Växjö is currently the second Swedish city after Stockholm that has grown most over the past five years with an increase in the number of inhabitants at around 9,5 percent since 2005.