| | THE NORTH EUROPEAN GAS PIPELINE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC |
| | 0,87 | | MB | IMPLICATIONS FOR RUSSIA AND THE EU |
| | 79 | | stron |
| | 6212 | | ID | Baltic Research Center |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | Part 1. The North European Gas Pipeline: Political and Economic Implications for Russia and the EU |
| | ..6 |
| | 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 |