“This event will highlight not only the fixed link but also the business opportunities in this upcoming region. BDF actively supports and participates in Fehmarnbelt Days, utilizing our broad network among politicians and business leaders in the region”. Hans Skov Christensen, Chairman of Baltic Development Forum BDF is co-organizer of the Fehmarnbelt Days, a series of high-level events with focus…
Chairman of Baltic Development Forum, Hans Skov Christensen invites all strategic partners, members, sponsors, business partners and friends for a reception in order to mark the 50th birthday of BDF Director, Hans Brask and to kick-start the networking season after the summer break with an art exhibition. Join us for an enjoyable afternoon with drinks and jazz music. On this occasion the…
The interior ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland addressed the European Commission on Monday to draw attention to potential problems that may accompany a visa-free travel agreement between the EU and Russia, the Estonian national broadcasting corporation ERR reports referring to a press release from the Estonian Interior Ministry. The countries asked that the commission produce a proposal for…
Manmade climate change is the main driver behind the unexpected emergence of a group of bacteria in Northern Europe – especially in the Baltic Sea – which can cause gastroenteritis, new research by a group of international experts shows. The paper, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, provides some of the first firm evidence that the warming patterns of…
EU calls for unity in the Baltic States concerning a common LNG terminal. Head of the European Commission’s office in Latvia Inna Steinbuka said that the European Union will not co-finance the construction of a LNG terminal if an agreement is not reached for involving all Baltic States in the project, oilandgaseurasia.com reports. “The main idea for this terminal is…
Cross border barriers in the digital area cost at least 45 billion EUR in the Baltic Sea Region alone, according to estimates in a new report presented at the BDF Summit. Will the countries in the region be able to develop joint initiatives to release this huge growth potential? Concrete proposals that may show the way are put forward in…
The council has endorsed the revised Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and thereby given the green light to a long row of very important issues for the regional cooperation work. For instant it has agreed to the objective “Save the Sea”, supporting the various efforts to obtain good environmental status of and biodiversity in the sea. Agreed to the objective…
– I am deeply honoured. I think it is a very big prize and it is a general prize so it goes to science and research and development, said professor in Condensed Matter Physics Lars Börjesson upon receiving this year’s Baltic Sea Award at the Gala Dinner Moday evening during the Baltic Development Forum Summit in Copenhagen. Börjesson chairs the…
”The Baltic Sea Region has lost export market shares but solid foreign direct investment suggests that this is a reflection of firms choosing to internationalise differently, not the result of lost competitiveness.” Christian Ketels, Principal Associate Harvard Business School and Author of the State of the Region Series, in part one of the report tells where we stand in term…
Baltic Development Forum has now got the task to build a news exchage platform “newsWave” for the 10 countries around the Baltic Sea. A pilot project will be launched this autumn and run for two years. At the same time the European Commission, Baltic Sea Programme, has endorsed BDF to go on enhancing cooperation between investment promotion agencies in the…