Baltic Rim Economies 4/2020
Published on the 22nd of December 2020
EU tourism: Through the crisis and beyond
“The free movement of persons is and will continue to be a valuable asset of the EU that must be preserved. Our efforts therefore remain focused on reducing travel restrictions to a necessary minimum. All measures taken with a view to containing the pandemic need to comply with the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination.”
Thomas Bareiß,
MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary,
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy,
Federal Republic of Germany
Towards the true Balticness
“The real meaning of our Baltic regional identity, “Balticness” for short, has been mastered over 30 years of regional cooperation. The true Baltic spirit allows us to be practical in working towards achieving our ideals. Our Balticness also helps us to be innovative not only in terms of technology and economics, but also in creating new organizations and cooperation platforms. The power of the Baltic networking skills cannot be overstated.”
Grzegorz M. Poznański,
Director General,
Permanent Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States,
Stockholm, Sweden
Emerging role of the Lithuanian LNG terminal
“Lithuania is also laying the foundations for the infrastructure of LNG heavy road transport refuelling points. In the next 2-3 years at least 4 LNG filling points will be operational in Lithuania, as the state provides subsidies for the establishment of such infrastructure. Klaipeda LNG terminal is among the most efficient terminals in Europe and the only terminal in the Baltic States.”
Mindaugas Navikas,
KN Chief Sales Officer,
Klaipėdos nafta,
Lithuania
Corona changes Germany – good news for Finland
“Interestingly, many of the areas that Germany will spend the 130 bn € stimulus launched this summer are areas where Finnish companies have innovations and products to offer. Be it artificial intelligence, quantum computing, smart energy solutions or the digitalisation of the health sector – significant market opportunities will arise over the next two years.”
Jan Feller,
Dr., Managing Director,
German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce (AHK Finnland / Saksalais-Suomalainen Kauppakamari),
Helsinki, Finland
Baltic Rim Economies 4/2020 includes the following Expert articles
Thomas Bareiß: EU tourism: Through the crisis and beyond
Catherine Trautmann: The EU Green Deal: A call for an ambitious TEN-T policy
Ville Tavio: Nordic EU criticism rising
Grzegorz M. Poznański: Towards the true Balticness
Dirk Schuebel: EU-Belarus relations in full crisis mode
Thomas Beyer: Wismar – aspiring world heritage city on the Baltic Sea coast
Marc Ozawa: Biden’s response to Russia
Julia Berghofer: A revival of transatlantic relations under Biden?
Alexander Graef: Enhancing military confidence between NATO and Russia
Juhana Aunesluoma: European security after Trump: Germany at the crossroads
Michael B. Petersen: The Baltic Sea in Russia’s maritime Strategy
Christian Bluth: The EU and weaponised economic interdependence
Julian Pawlak: The Baltic Sea region in another period of great power competition
Ben Hodges: Preventing great power conflict in the Black Sea region
Kurt-Christian Scheel: Automotive industry – challenged on three fronts
Tom Pippingsköld: EU state-aid – A hidden capital market anomaly
Alexander Ebner: Innovation in Germany: Strengths and challenges
Konrad Rojek: Germany’s international competitiveness – economy and innovation
Juha Kontio: Active RDI in Baltic Sea region – Case TUAS
Wolfgang Ketter: AI-automated energy markets and the EU Green Deal
Julia Kusznir & Karen Smith Stegen: The European Green Deal’s hydrogen strategy and EU energy issues
Pao-Yu Oei: Germany’s Coal Exit Law: Too late and too expansive
Lutz Mez: Status and perspectives of “Energiewende” in Germany
Johan Nordensvärd & Frauke Urban: Why the German energy transition keeps on stuttering
Mindaugas Navikas: Emerging role of Lithuanian LNG terminal
Anna Satovuori & Annika Kunnasvirta: Towards electric urban transport
Hilmar Schneider: At risk to get out of balance
Gisela Färber: The labour market integration of refugees in Germany
Jens Boysen-Hogrefe: Fiscal policy response during COVID-19 in Germany
Birgit Glorius: Covid19 and international migration
Thomas Straubhaar: Postcoronomics
Florian Schröder: Baltic innovations help to combat Covid-19
Hubert Ertl: Challenges and opportunities: The German training system in Corona times
Philipp Piroth & Edith Rüger-Muck: Online grocery shopping in Germany: From zero to hero?
Martin Keim & Henning Kehr: FDIs and the amended German foreign trade law
Sebastian Uhrich: Maintaining economic growth: The internationalization of Germany’s professional football
Max Hogeforster: Challenges and support of business transfers in the Baltic Sea Region
Jan Feller: Corona changes Germany – good news for Finland
Jarkko Heinonen: City of Uusikaupunki and its linkage with the German economy
Christopher M. Schmidt: Finnish challenges in doing business with Germany
Margit Breckle & Joachim Schlabach: Languages required for business contacts with Germany
Laura Hirvi: Fostering dialogue across the Baltic Sea
Luise Liefländer-Leskinen: Finland and Germany – let us empower their relations again…
Heidi Hein-Kircher: Historical legacies within a European conflict region
Mika Kallioinen: The medieval Hansa as a monopoly
Jürgen Matthes: More robust EU trade policy towards China needed
Anna-Sophie Maass: Tensions in EU-Russian diplomatic relations
Alexander Libman & Vladimir Kozlov: Historical roots of alcohol mortality in Russia
Peter Holicza: The effects of international learning mobility on Russian participants
Yoji Koyama: The Baltic States viewed from the Far East
Lars Fredrik Stöcker: “The East-Europeanization of Estonian Politics”
Kari Liuhto: Germany: A global trader with a European focus
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