Lithuanian parliament decided last week to increase the VAT with 2% to 21%. The national economy is expected to contract with 15-20 % this year according to Finance Minister Ingrida Simonyte. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis in Latvia expected in Ju...
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“The issue is not how to stop globalisation. The issue is how we use the power of community to combine it with justice…the alternative to globalisation is isolation”.
Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister, 2001
When people wake up in the morning, t...
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Last days of July there were some IC meetings in Pskov. I visited the city and had meetings with our IC project partners. I presented the final report from the IC project in Russia and there were talks about follow up cooperation. Several new ideas c...
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IC TACIS part final report for download!
Innovation Circle project part TACIS which was implemented in Russia held the last meeting in Pskov in May. All the results were presented and discussed. Senior Adviser Bjørn Opjordsmoen who was closely familiar with project ideas and performed as ex...
IC was an exciting project. It began soon after the Baltic States and Poland joined the EU, so it was a new beginning, not only for the IC Partners but for the EU itself. It grappled with the future of small towns in rural regions in Europe’s periphe...
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When I first learnt about the Innovation Circle project my understanding of innovation was shaped by sterile academic debates in economics, public administration, and political science. I had read about innovation but I had never seen how innovations...
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