International Seminar "Main Challenges in the Baltic States and German Economies" on March 9, 2016

As the moderator of the seminar, Dr. Janis Priede (Vice Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia) underlines: "The refugee policy currently dominates public life and media. Nevertheless, we should remind ourselves of the effect of sanctions against Russia and be aware of how the monetary policy of the euro area has changed extendedly during the Greek Crisis. A special focus of the seminar will be on the export and economic situation in each of the Baltic States. These three countries have been limited by the present restricted economic relations with Russia and they have a special role in Europe." Participants - researchers from the University of Latvia, Tartu University, Kaunas University of Technology and Fulda University of Applied Sciences. Program:

9.00	Registration
9.20	Seminar opening (Janis Priede, University of Latvia)
9.30	Economic outlook (Olegs Krasnopjorovs, Bank of Latvia)
9.50	Main challenges to the economy of Lithuania caused by Russian trade embargo (Rasa Daugeliene, Kaunas University of Technology)
10.10	Main challenges to the economy of Estonia caused by Russian trade embargo (Viktor Trasberg, Tartu University)
10.30	Main challenges to the economy of Latvia caused by Russian trade embargo (Janis Priede, University of Latvia)
10.50	Main challenges to the economy of Germany caused by Russian trade embargo (Rainer Hillebrand, Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
11.10	Germany and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis (Oliver Maurer, Fulda University of Applied Sciences)
11.30	Discussion (moderator Janis Priede)
12.00	Closing remarks and coffee

Working language: English. Participation: free. Further information: www.hochschulkontor.lv