II BALTIC SEA GAMES

Newsletter No 4 - June/July 1997 BALTINFO News from the Region No 4 - June/July - 1997 II Baltic Sea Games in Lithuania June 25-July 6 Communications The history of the Baltic Sea Games started in 1988. Officially it was proposed by the representatives of Estonia who had invited the diplomatic representatives of the Baltic Sea countries to the UNESCO conference in Moscow. The I Baltic Sea Games took place in Estonia in 1993. The games included athletics, basketball, canoeing, cycling, fencing, wrestling, handball, gymnastics, judo, orienteering, shooting, sport dance, swimming and volleyball. The games take place every fourth year. Sweden is the candidate for III Baltic Sea Games in 2001. Interested? Please contact: The Directorate of the II Baltic Sea Games, Phone +370 2 26 17 13, Fax +370 2 23 32 21 or e-mail baltgames@sportinfo. lt. Eu Workshops During May - September the EU Regional Committee organise five workshops. One of them has in Norrköping, Sweden, in June 26-27, tackled transport problems in the Baltic Sea region. Participants from all the Baltic States have attended the meeting. More buses to the Baltic States SEK 40 million by the Swedish Government has been allocated to a project supporting collective transport in the Baltic States. The Visby Programme Support for scientific exchange and cooperation between Sweden and countries bordering the Baltic Sea. The purpose is t...