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Germany is one of the principal partners of the Russian Federation. The Kaliningrad region plays a significant role in the development of partnership between the two countries, but the existing opportunities for development are not fully exploited. This article analyses the development, current state and prospects of an increasing role of the region in Russian-German cooperation. The authors emphasize the role of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University as one of the leaders in the development...

This article analyses different aspects of the EU-Russia academic mobility. The authors pay special attention to visa and migration registration issues faced by foreign citizens in Russia. 1. Soglashenie mezhdu Rossijskoj Federaciej i Evropejskim soobwestvom ob uprowenii vydachi viz grazhdanam Rossijskoj Federacii i Evropejskogo sojuza ot 25 maja 2006 g. [The agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Community on the facilitation of issuance of visas to the citizens of the Russian...

... soob-westv i glavam gosudarstvchlenov Evrosojuza [The press service of the President of the Russian Federation of 27.08.2002, the Address of President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of the Commission of the European Communities and the heads of the EU member states], Izdanie Ministerstva inostrannyh del Rossijskoj Federacii [Publication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation], available at: http://www. academy-go.ru/Site/RussiaEC/News/Putin. shtml (accessed 11 April 2005)....

This article analyses the Erasmus Mundus programme run by the European Commission in terms of structured cooperation between the EU and third country universities. Special attention is paid to the implementation of Erasmus Mundus projects aimed at environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, reduction in the use of hazardous substances, and the improvement of the attractiveness ...

... innovative economy in Russia: an attempt at comprehension], Energopolis, no. 3, available at: http://energypolis.ru/portal/ 2010/347-stroitelstvo-innovacionnoj-yekonomiki-v-rossii.html (accessed 12 February 2011). 10. Eurostat, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat (accessed 20 January 2011). 11. Innovation union scoreboard 2010. 2011, Innovation Union's performance scoreboard for Research and Innovation, 1 Febr. 12. Innovation, Latvijas Statistika, available at: http://www.csb.gov. lv/en/statistikas-temas/innovation ...

After Lithuanian accession to the European Union and NATO, a cross-party political consensus has existed regarding the state’s foreign policy objectives. Against this background, the Žalgiris national resistance movement, which was established by eminent politicians, journalists, and public figures in 2009, posed a certain intellectual challenge. This article concentrates on the development of a new foreign policy philosophy — the focal point of the interviews, round tables and press conferences...

This article analyses the principal complex of economic and political motivations of the states of Central and Eastern Europe and the EU members related to the EU enlargement towards the East. Special attention is paid to the discussion on the reasonableness of the EU enlargement and the positions of certain EU members. 1. Borchardt K.-D. 1994, Azbuka prava Evropejskogo soobwestva ...

... regulations], Probleme der Angleichung des europäischen Rechts, Augsburger Rechtsstudien [Problems of harmonization of European law, Augsburg Legal Studies], Bd 1, p. 135. 30. Charter, D., Elliot, V. 2008, Reprieve for curvy cucumbers and crooked carrots as EU bends rules, The Times, November. 31. Geimer, R. 2002, Salut für die Verordnung (EG) N 44/2001 (Brüssel I-VO) [Salute to the Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 (Brussels I Regulation)]. In: Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts [Practice ...

.... 22. Jentin, M. L. 2007. V preddverii skoryh izmenenij. Moscow. 23. A Secure Europe in a Better World. European Security Strategy. Adopted at the European Council meeting in Brussels, December 12, 2003. P. 1. [online] Available at: <http://ue. eu. int/solana/docs/031208ESSIIEN. pdf > (Accessed 15 January 2011). 24. Arctic Window in the EU’s Northern Dimension. [online] Available at: <gh.gl/uk/news/govern/ arcticwin. htm > (Accessed 15 January 2011). 25. Foreign Ministers' Conference ...

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... Republic of Lithuania.[online] Available at: http://www.ukmin.lt/en/strat_prog/ino_strat/LT_Innovation_Strategy_2010—2020.pdf (Accessed 17 December 2010). 2. Innovacii i innovacionnaja politika Litvy. [online] Available at: http://www.proinno-euro pe.eu/page/innovation-and-innovation-policy-lithuania (Accessed 17 December 2010). 3. Vil'njusskij universitet. [online] Available at: http://www.vu.lt (Accessed 17 December 2010). 4. Vil'njusskij tehnicheskij universitet. [online] Available at: http://www....

... macroregion as a mechanism of managing the innovative development of regional economy. 1. Instrument Evropejskogo sosedstva i partnerstva. Prigranichnoe sotrudnichestvo. Strategija na 2007—2013 gg. [online] Available at: &lt;http://ec.europa. eu/world/enp/ pdf/enp_cross-border_cooperation_strategy_paper_ru(Accessed 22 Juny 2010). 2. Klemeshev, A. P., Fedorov, G. M. 2009. Baltijskij region, № 1, pp. 96—103. 3. Kompleksnaja nauchno-tehnicheskaja programma Severo-Zapadnogo federal'nogo ...

... statisticheskij sbornik. 2010. Moscow, Rosstat. 13. Federal'naja sluzhba gosudarstvennoj statistiki. [online] Available at:&lt;http://www. gks. ru&gt; (Accessed 20 January 2011). 14. Eurostat. [online] Available at: &lt;http://ec. europa. eu/eurostat&gt; (Accessed 20 January 2011). 15. European Patent Office. Annual Report 2009. [online] Available at: &lt;www.epo. org&gt; (Accessed 20 January 2011). 16. OECD Factbook 2010: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics. ...

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This article examines the current state of the groundwater system monitoring in the Novgorod region. The groundwater monitoring observations serve as the basis for prediction assessment of water resources. The efficiency of water resource management largely depends on the comprehensiveness and reliability of information on the groundwater condition.The existing groundwater monitoring system has proven to be incapable of fully implementing its functions. It requires a fundamental reorganization and...

The Baltic Sea is a unique ecological system, an integral part of the global ecological system, which is in urgent need of protection from destructive anthropogenic impact stemming from the production and consumption of nuclear energy and artificial radionuclides, agriculture, oil and oil product transportation, and sewage and solid waste treatment. The article outlines the main environmental problems of the Baltic Seas and the ways to solve them. 1. Emelyanov, E. M. 1995. Baltic Sea: geology, geochemistry...

This paper contains test results revealing norm and stress reactions of various life-form plants: trees — Betula pendula Roth, Tilia platyphyllos Scop., Pinus sylvetris L; water-plant -Galium palustre L.; grass — Solidago Canadensis; cereal — Secale cereal L. Collection and processing of the material was made in the area of Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany. Clark sensor-based method made it possible to determine the amount and rate of the oxygen evolution by plants in the dark and light phase. Under the...

Parliamentarism can be implemented in a few versions: parliamentary-cabinet,cabinet-parliamentary, parliamentary-presidential and parliamentary-committee. It is, thus, an internally diversified system. It is influenced by a number of factors, among others, the type of party system, the way of granting the non-confidence vote and dissolving the parliament, as well as the scope of so called delegated legislation.In contemporary parliamentary democracies aspirations to strengthen executives can be observed...

Globalisation creates favourable conditions for the formation of transborder regions through enhancing communication. This process involves industrial, transport, trade and other enterprises as well as education, culture and research institutions, which develop multiple links. The formation of cross-border regions is facilitated by the regional policy of the European Union, which encourages the development of connections between the transborder regions of different countries including non-EU members...

... Particular attention is paid to the influence of ethnic factors on the parameters and trends of demographic processes. The author comes to a conclusion about the achievement of demographic homeostasis in most ethnos-nations in the Baltic region. 1. The EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy Towards a Sustainable, Prosperous Future.2009. Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy. 2. Ronkina, A. (ed.) Baltic 21. Triennial Report 2006—2008. 2009. Stockholm. 3. Kaszmarczyk, P., Okólski,...

....gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook> [Accessed 8 Oktober 2010]. 6. Eurostat regional yearbook 2009. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, p. 158. 7. Urban Audit. [online] Available at: <http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/themes/urban/audit/ index_en.htm> [Accessed 8 Oktober 2010]. 8. Survey on perceptions of quality of life in 75 European. 2010. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL Policy development, pp. 16—18. Kosov Yuri, Mikheeva Natalia ...

Educational co-operation is one of the main aspects of the regional political agenda in the Baltic Sea Region. The article analyzes the political impact of the organizations, as perceived by the universities in the region and political decision-makers on national and regional levels. Based on the success of the OECD in becoming an influential actor in educational policies, this article discusses different strategies for the regional political organizations to enhance their influence. 1.  Aaviksoo...

This article analyzes the internationalization of universities, taking part in international cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic region. The case analysis focuses on the experience of Murmansk State Technical University in the Barents Cross-Border University international project implemented together with Murmansk State Pedagogical University, the oldest university in the region, specializing in the Humanities. 1.      Larionova, M. V (ed.). 2005. Aktual'nye voprosy razvitija obrazovanija...

... sociological research on national and supranational (civilizational) identity of the Pskov region population conducted in 1999—2010. The Pskov region is the only European region of Russia that shares borders with three states, two of which are members of the EU. The author defines the areas of the neighbouring countries' sociocultural influence on the lives of the border territory population. The article also describes the existing stereotypes about Russia and the neighbouring countries as well as the influence ...

The main goal of this article is to analyse the political risk of Russia with a special emphasis on Kaliningrad. In this study, political risks are assessed using the normative model of macro political risk assessment developed by Alon and Martin in 1998. In this model, political risks are divided into government-, society- and economy-related variables. 1.      Argus Ease foreign investment restrictions — Trutnev, Argus FSU Energy , July 31, 2009. 2.      BBC Views of China and Russia Decline...

... stimulate the development of both the regional economy and form cross-industry clusters including large, medium, and small enterprises. The region should become an increasingly important "development corridor" between Russian regions and the EU states situated on the Baltic Sea 1.        Зверев Ю.   М., Клемешев А.   П., Федоров Г.   М. Стратегия развития Кали­нинградской области в условиях расширения ...

..., first of all, those related to the export of Russian oil and oil products, the Nord Stream gas pipeline, and the construction of nuclear plants in Poland, the Kaliningrad region, Lithuania, and Belarus. The author shows that, though Russia and the EU occasionally pursue opposite goals, there is considerable interdependence between them, and a confrontation is disadvantageous for both parties. 1.        Крашаков А . От «Дружбы» к Балтике // Независимая ...

... conditions can be successful. The analysis is based on the author's empirical research and interviews with regional experts. Schielberg Silke 10.5922/2079-8555-2009-2-13 111-116 Kaliningrad region, cross-border cooperation, European Union (EU), TACIS programme, PHARE programme, Interreg programme.

The longstanding efforts of federal authorities aimed at the development of the Kaliningrad region did not meet the expectations. The region can be considered as depressed; it is characterised by the instability of the socioeconomic situation. The main reason for the reduced efficiency of state activity is the attempt to apply standard mechanisms of governmental regional development regulation that neglect the unique nature of this Russian territory: its enclave/exclave status, the settling history...

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.... Hakli J. Cross-border identities in the new Europe : Chost of the past or sign-post to the next millennium. URL: http://www.may.ie/staff/dpringle/ igu/hakli. pdf 10. Interreg IIC Baltic Sea Region. Region Policy Inforegio. URL: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/reg_prog/po/prog_664.htm 11. Johnson C. M. Cross-Border Regions and Territorial Restructuring in Cen­tral Europe: Room for More transboundary Space // European Urban and Regional Studies. 2009. № 16. Р. 177—191. 12. Keller ...

The article describes changes in the cross-border cooperation support in the framework of the EU Regional Policy. The author emphasises the role of the European Neighbourhood Policy in the development of cross-border cooperation with non-EU countries. The article outlines the main obstacles for the development of euroregions at the EU-Russia border ...

Since the accession of Poland and Lithuania to the EU, the nature, forms and content of their border cooperation with the Kaliningrad region have fundamentally changed. There is a tendency towards strengthening the neighborhood policy. The already gained extensive and varied experience of the participation ...

This article is devoted to the “Northern Dimension” initiative of the EU which also includes North-West Russia, Norway and Iceland. It is noted that the “Northern Dimension” in the theoretical perspective can be considered as part of strategic multi-level interactions between member-states of the EU and Russia. On ...

The article describes a framework conception of regional competitiveness. The notion of regional competitiveness as well as approaches to the classification of competitiveness factors are considered in detail. The author elaborates a set of indicators of regional competitiveness. The article also dis-cusses three groups of factors which can influence the competitiveness of any region. 1.      Алчян А. А., Демсетц Г. Производство, стоимость информации и эконо­мическая организация // Вехи экономической...