These respected institutions, publications, and personalities echo the vision of dynamic, prosperous and exciting region around the Baltic Sea.
'Baltic Rim' Bids for Old Trading Glory
Reginald Dale (International Herald Tribune, June 11, 1999):In the late Middle Ages, Baltic region was the richest in Europe, if not the world. The 70 or so cities of the Hanseatic League operated an open trading system often seen as an early model for the European Union of today. Now the region once again claims to be Europe's fastest growing market, and there is much talk of recreating the prosperity of the old Hanseatic glory days - this time linked to the rest of the Continent - in what local boosters like to call the ''Baltic Rim.''
Amber Gateway Picks Up Where the Hanseatic League Left Off
Washington Post (November 7, 1997): Peter the Great opened up a window to the West through St. Petersburg and occupied the Baltics to secure sea lanes and access through their harbors, but nowadays Russia can be engaged in projects that are in its interest, so it does not need to capture any ports.
Sea of dreams
The Economist (April, 1998): It is the biggest, most complicated, and most promising piece of the new Europe...