Press Release: Danuta Hübner: “European Regional Policy will continue to support the Baltic Sea Region”

Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner attends the conference "Prosperity and Sustainability" in Visby, Sweden, 17 August 2006, to deliver a key note speech on "Strengthening co-operation in the Baltic Sea region". Commissioner Hübner will meet the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, the Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen, and the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Gediminas Kirkilas. Organised by the Swedish Government, the conference brings together about 250 high representatives from national and regional administrations, international institutions, and civil society and business organisations in order to discuss issues of common concern as regards the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of the Baltic Sea Region.

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European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/06/509 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/509&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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