News and press releases
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19.09.2016
Midway Alignment Honoured with the International Sail of Papenburg Award
The project Midway Alignment of the Bothnian Corridor has won the international Sail of Papenburg Award.
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12.09.2016
European Cooperation Day 21 September
Botnia-Atlanticaprogrammet firar europeiskt samarbete på European Cooperation Day 21 september! För att visa vad samarbete över landsgränserna betyder i våra regioner kommer pågående Botnia-Atlanticaprojekt att presentera sin verksamhet för allmänheten.
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26.08.2016
Master’s Thesis Studying the Cooperation Opportunities Between Russian Companies and Kvarken Ports
An interesting Master’s Thesis studying the opportunities for cooperation between Northwestern Russian companies and Kvarken Ports, the port company jointly owned by the cities of Umeå and Vaasa, was presented last week.
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25.08.2016
World Heritage in Four Fantastic Courses
When the actors behind the Kvarken Council-owned cross-border project Spotlight High-Low Coast pondered how they could celebrate the World Heritage Site’s 10-year anniversary, the idea of a World Heritage Menu quickly surfaced. In other words, the idea took the form of a four-course menu consisting of ingredients from the High...
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22.08.2016
Launch of the World Heritage Menu Onboard Wasaline
Tartar on trout from Bergö with Ritgrund whitefish roe and Västerbotten cheese cream – a foretaste of the delicious World Heritage Menu that has been created by the renowned chef Michael Björklund. The menu, which will be served onboard Wasa Express in the ferry’s à la carte restaurant in September,...
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21.06.2016
World Heritage Tastes Good
Star Chef Plans Menu for the Spotlight High-Low Coast Project
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20.05.2016
Flying Start Towards International Markets
The Spotlight High-Low Coast project at the Swedish Workshop
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05.05.2016
Föreningen Norden Umeå inbjuder till en After Work-sammankomst onsdag den 11 maj 2016
Föreningen Norden Umeå inbjuder till en After Work-sammankomst på restaurang Allstar onsdag den 11 maj. På plats bl.a. direktör Mathias Lindström från Kvarkenrådet
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04.05.2016
The Kvarken Shipping Route Matters!
The KvarkenMoS conference, organized earlier this year on April 20th−22nd, visibly highlighted the fact that the Kvarken shipping route between Vaasa and Umeå connects much more than just the two neighbouring cities. The ferry connection in the Kvarken is a small but important part of the route, stretching in the...
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04.05.2016
May the Force be with You − Developing the Kvarken’s Transport System Takes Flexibility
When the participants of the Motorways of the Sea conference arrived at Bock’s Corner on the second day of the event, expectations were high after the first successful gathering in Umeå, Sweden. The excited murmur of the crowd revealed no signs of fatigue, although the participants had travelled from Umeå...
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