THE NORTH EUROPEAN GAS PIPELINE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC

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Contents

Part 1. The North European Gas Pipeline: Political and Economic Implications for Russia and the EU

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The NEGP: Estonian Perspective, Riivo Sinijärv 6

The NEGP and Growing Bilateralism Between Russia and the European Union, Hanna Smith 9

The NEGP: German and European Interests, Roland Götz 13

The NEGP and Russia’s Gas Diplomacy: Latvian Perspective, Andris Spruds. 15

The NEGP Drops Away Lithuania’s Hopes to Become Transit Country, Tomas Janeliūnas, Arūnas

Molis 20

The NEGP: Strategic Interests and a Number of Unknowns, Agata Loskot 24

The NEGP and the Global Strategy of Gazprom, Philip Kazin. 30

Part 2. Baltic Sea Region. Events and Tendencies . 35

DENMARK 35

Denmark and Gas Wars (20.01.06) .35

Gas Perspectives of Denmark and Gazprom (22.01.06)37

On Caricatures and Orient Trickery (13.02.06) 38

ESTONIA. 40

Kadriorgate or PR a la Estonia (31.01.06) 40

The “Black Oil” Scandal in Estonia (22.02.06) .41

Estonia and the NEGP (02.03.06) 43

FINLAND. 45

Flying over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The Presidential Elections (17.01.06) .45

The North European Gas Pipeline: View From Finland (03.03.06).46

A Crisis in the Left Ranks? (09.03.06) 48

GERMANY 49

Angela Merkel in Moscow: The Perspectives Take the Breath Away (23.01.06) .49

Germany and NEGP (13.02.06) .51

The German E.ON: A Rival or a Partner? (01.03.06) 52

LATVIA . 54

Changing the Latvian Position on the Issue of Building the NEGP (03.03.06).54

Why does Latvia Need a Nuclear Power Station? (20.03.2006)55

“Jurmalgate” Quarreled the Latvia First Party and the “New Era” (03.04.2006) .57

LITHUANIA . 59

The Gas Conflict of Russia and Ukraine in the Evaluations of Lithuanian Politicians and Mass Media

(23.01.06) .59

To Be or Not to Be – the Future of Nuclear Energy in Lithuania (20.02.06) .60

About Mohammed’s Caricatures, al Qaeda, Foreign Special Services, and the Pressure from Russia

(02.03.06).61

NORWAY. 63

Polar Lights. The Norwegian strategy on the Northern Region’s Development (11.01.06) .63

The Scandinavian Image of Prophet Mohammed (01.02.06) .65

Starwars I – “Pentagon’s Eye in Vardø” (17.02.06)67

POLAND 69

Parliamentary Games of the Kaczynskis’ Brothers (31.01.06)69

The Polish Project of Diversifying Natural Gas Supplies has been Renewed (01.02.06) .71

Poland and NEGP – in Search for an Alternative 72

SWEDEN 75

Forecast for Northern Sweden: Hail instead of Snow (31.01.06)75

The Swedish Government under the Blow of Tsunami. Second Wave (02.03.06) 76

Sense of Proportion as a Neutral Territory for Moslems and Europeans (09.03.06) 78