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Growing Local

The annual Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is the leading venue for new urbanist education, collaboration, and networking. From 1st to 4th of June CNU members from around the world come to Madison / Wisconsin to discuss development practices and ...
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For active regional cooperations

In a meeting with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined Sweden was one of the key economic partners of Lithuania and the second largest foreign investor in the country.   
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Making Suwalki a better place

During an international workshop on development plans for the city of Suwalki drafts of a future road system were represented. The city managed to combine all different investments and improvements into one plan. So the reorganization of roads, r...
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29 votes for Culture House of Books and Blues

Finally, after years of discussions pro et contra a dream will come true. On March 10th Notodden’s Mayor Lise Wiik together with 29 other politicians casted their ballot to build the Culture House of Books and Blues. Only 12 politicians voted aga...
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Budget airlines and regional development

I use low cost airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet a lot. I find them cheap and convenient, and no less reliable than more traditional operators like SAS or British Airways. So I was fascinated to see that the French-language magazine “Constructif” cur...
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Concerns about EU 2020 Strategies

The Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG) hosted on 1st and 2nd of March the meeting of foreign affairs coordinators of local government associations from Nordic and Baltic countries in Riga. Amongst others attendees expre...
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Strengthen small businesses and drive growth

Europe's 2020 strategy and Europe’s economy heavily rely on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) achieving their potential. In the EU, some 23 million SMEs employ 67 percent of the private sector workforce. The Small Business Act (SBA) is the EU...
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A celebration of Blues

The fourth edition of Suwałki Blues Festival will be held between the 14th and 16th of July 2011. It will definitely be celebration of blues in this part of Europe. The list of top blues musicians who performed during previo...
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