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Euroregion Baltic supports continuation of South Baltic Programme

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 […]

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European Commission publishes Report on EGTC

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 […]

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MOMENT project focuses on stormwater treatment

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

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Strategy for Citizen Involvement

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 […]

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EC supports local border traffic in entire Kaliningrad Region

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 […]

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Polish FA Minister explain EU Presidency priorities and challenges

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.

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Växjö is second fastest growing city in Sweden

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.

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Political Festival on Bornholm

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 […]

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MA thesis about Euroregion Baltic

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”.

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ERB Water Working Group meeting in Elbląg

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.

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