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.
>Around 10.000 people in total participated in Folkemødet, a political festival organised on Bornholm between 15 and 18 June 2011. It was the first time for Folkemødet to have been organised but the next year’s edition is already being planned. Folkemødet follows the example of the well established Swedish Almedalsveckan (to be held in Visby between 4 […]
>Ms Vera Opacic, a political science student at the Linnaeus University in Växjö, has recently published a Master’s Thesis entitled “Euroregion Baltic (ERB) – A more dynamic and stronger Euroregion from a neoregionalistic perspective”.
>The third meeting of the ERB Water Working Group took place in Elbląg on 9th June 2011 and was presided over by Mr Åke Nilsson, Member of the ERB Executive Board, who assumed the chairmanship of the Water Working Group.
>The latest edition of the Baltic Master II project newsletter brings information about the recent developments and results achieved by the project so far.
>Yesterday, Poland presnted its programme for the EU Presidency in the second half of this year. It focuses on three main priorities: a) European integration as the source of growth (dealing with EU Budget and Single Market, b) Secure Europe (dealing with food, energy, and defence, and c) Europe benefiting from openness (Southern and Eastern […]
>The third meeting Euroregion Baltic Water Group within the MOMENT project will take place on 9th June 2011 in Elbląg and include a field trip to the Bauda river catchemt area.
>On 18th May 2011 members of Euroregion Baltic Executive Board gathered in Gdańsk, Poland to discuss problems of ERB youth cooperation and the organisation of this year’s Annual Forum of ERB Stakeholders.
>The public consultations on the Conclusions of the 5th Cohesion Report, organised by the European Commission between 12th November 2010 and 31st January 2011, received 444 contributions with variety of views and opinions on the future of Cohesion Policy.
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