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AIKE

Kaliningrad news

05 May: Russians are getting over radio-phobia
29 Apr: In January-February, Belarus-Kaliningrad region trade 4.5 times up
26 Apr: Kaliningrad: UNESCO world heritage site to develop tourism
25 Apr: Russia’s Land of Amber strives for industry revival
23 Apr: OLN: “The Spit of Glass and Concrete”
23 Apr: OLN: A 300 hectares golf course may appear in Kaliningrad region
23 Apr: Russia plans nuclear plant for Kaliningrad exclave
22 Apr: OLN: Avtotor’s future uncertain
22 Apr: Russian Casino Ban Could Be Delayed Until 2014
21 Apr: OLN: Governor Boos had a meeting with representative of Warmia-Mazury Voivodeship, Marian Podziewski

News: Russia & EU

08 May: EU expects deeper partnership with Medvedev-led Russia
07 May: Swedish Trade Minister urges Russia to stop raising tariffs on wood exports
05 May: Commissioner Piebalgs in Russia to discuss EU-Russia Energy Cooperation
05 May: Forget politics; what Russia and the EU need is a shared economic space
05 May: Russia calls for continuity in relations with EU
30 Apr: A New Euro-opponent of Russia
29 Apr: Better late than never - Russia and EU ready for new partnership
29 Apr: Russia, Netherlands sign joint action program
29 Apr: Lithuania blocks fresh Russia-EU talk
28 Apr: EU-Russia strategic treaty at stake at Luxembourg meeting

Articles

26 Feb: A grail with walls
20 Dec: Kaliningrad to be Putin’s Hong Kong
15 Oct: Niche Living
08 Aug: A principled EU approach to Russia
06 Aug: EU Optimistic About Cooperation with Russia

Documents

24 May: AGREEMENT between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission
24 May: AGREEMENT between the European Community and the Russian Federation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas to the citizens of the European Union and the Russian Federation
21 May: EU-Russia Relations, May 2007
24 Oct: RESOLUTION on the EU Policy of Issuing Visas to Citizens of the Neighbouring States
31 May: BSR INTERREG IIIB: Approved projects with Kaliningrad participation

Publications

Assessment of the Long-term Development Programme and Strategy (2007-2016) of Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation. Raimundas Lopata and a group of authors. / Added on January 10, 2008

Vinokurov, Evgeny (2007), A Theory of Enclaves, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books / Added on January 4, 2008

Between East and West: a study of the Kaliningrad region as a Russian exclave in the EU. Master thesis Public Administration. By Fred Balvert, The Faculty of Social Sciences of the Erasmus University Rotterdam / Added on December 10, 2007

Modernizing municipal finance of the Kaliningrad oblast: performance-based approach and regional development

Kaliningrad region: Economy heading for the future. By Alexey Ignatiev. The Bultic Club Magazine, Summer 2007