Visits: 57The article is addressing only some though quite vital changes concerning EU’s single market perspectives in line with the contemporary division of labour and more coordinated political economies in the member states. The idea of a so-called “smart growth” and member states’ “specialization” coined into the EU integration sphere a decade ago is not […]
Category: Baltic States’ issues
European common agricultural policy: present and future
Visits: 59In September 2019, the Commission issued analytical factsheets revealing in more details the perspectives (with nine specific objectives) for the common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2020. This analysis provides an overview of the agricultural sector and rural development in the EU member states (about 1,6 MB in each) based on the agreed specific objectives […]
Silver bullets for the states’ recovery and resilience: the role of education and training
Visits: 62EU member states’ future is rested on youth supplied with a proper education and training: knowledgeable youth is eager to follow government’s reforms in all levels of education and vocational training. European Commission urged the states to submit draft reform’s plans in the fall of 2020, with a final approval in spring-2021. The “educational […]
Energy issues and LNG in Europe and the Baltics (part II)
Visits: 41The second article in the series on European energy and LNG issues is devoted to contemporary situation around gas supply, diversification and consumption in the EU’s member states and the Baltic Sea area. Besides, we’d like to attract our readers’ attention to a new publication revealing complex LNG issues in the Baltic Sea region […]
Energy issues and LNG in Europe and the Baltics (part I)
Visits: 60Natural gas currently represents around a quarter of the EU’s overall energy consumption: about one third is used in power generation (including combined heat and power plants) and around 23 percent in industry; the rest is mostly used in the residential and other services sectors. The EU’s gas demand is around 485 billion cubic meters […]
Inequality and social exclusion in Europe and globally
Visits: 16The level and trends in inequality include numerous parameters, i.e. personal income before and after taxes/transfers, average and median household disposable incomes, relative poverty rates and poverty gaps, to name a few. Besides, there is another important part in combating inequality dealing with the “social exclusion”, i.e. inequality among different groups of citizens. So-called […]
First European PPP financing in the Baltics: improving transport facilities
Visits: 66The European Investment Bank, EIB decided to finance the design, construction and maintenance of a bypass of the 17.5 km to the stretch of the E67/A7 motorway that currently passes through the municipality of Kekava. The project also includes four major grade-separated interchanges and sections with lanes for local traffic; all the works are […]
Lithuanian RRP: the Commission’s assessment and approval
Visits: 99The European Commission has assessed the national recovery and resilience plan (RRP) based on main criteria set out in the EU regulation. A supporting staff-working document provides detailed documentation on the EU’s assessment of the Lithuania’s RRP in supporting the green and digital transition, in providing a balanced response to the socio-economic situation and […]
Baltic electro-energy issues: good for business and communities
Visits: 26As the so-called EU’s “energy island”, the Eastern-Baltic region consists of three EU member states; it is now being connected to other EU states through recently established electricity lines in Poland (LitPol Link), Sweden (NordBalt) and Finland (Estlink 1 and Estlink 2), all built with the EU support. For historical reasons, the Baltic States’ […]
European support for SMEs in Estonia and Lithuania
Visits: 129Additional financial support is being available for micro-enterprises in Estonia and Lithuania that are facing some economic fallout due to present post-pandemic crisis. A new transaction between the European Investment Fund (EIF) and financial intermediary Finora Capital is expected to support at least 100 micro borrowers in these two countries. The long-term working capital […]