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The coordinators for the project "Active citizenship for social policies" met on 16th February in Milan to discuss upcoming events. Among others the Secretary General of Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG) Ms. Mudite Priede ...

Three strong voices, an acoustic guitar, a contrabass, drums, a saxophone and an accordion that is the set up of the Karuzela Gropu - a remarkable intercultural music project that allies some of the best Norwegian and Polish musicians.

First, the good news. In 2009 global emissions of CO2 fell. These findings come from the US Energy Information Administration. Next, the small print. He data only covers CO2 from use of energy – the fuel we use in our cars, on planes, in factories an...

Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany are the top innovators in the now published assessment Innovation Unions scoreboard 2010. All four countries are ranked as Innovation Leaders since they show a performance well above that of the EU27.

“The chairman of the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG) Mr. Andris Jaunsleinis and the Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Mr. Raimonds  Vējonis went to Azerbaijan on a work visit with a purpose to...

From February 2011 Lithuania invites its Local Action Groups (LAGs) to deliver applications for “Territorial and international cooperation” in order to stimulate Lithuanian rural development. This measure will be implemented under the LEADER method i...

On January 20-21, 2011 the representatives of Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania (LSA) were visiting Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments (LALRG) for the exchange of experience. During the visit the representatives met the...

Tuesday, the 12 January Suwalki and Notodden have signed an activity plan for 2011. The two Innovation Circle Network members have been cooperating for several years now and the activity plan for the next year promises cooperation will be continued. ...

Everybody wants higher education, but nobody wants to pay for it. This statement seems to hold true across many countries. The dilemma is very acute in the UK at present. The Conservative-led coalition government has decided that the people who shoul...

Alytus City has a new mayor. It happened after the former mayor of the city was accused of undertaking illegal procedures and dissmissed from the position in the middle of Autumn 2010. Now, when the election for the new period is approaching already ...