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HELCOM Hot Spots: two Kaliningrad pollution sites get wiped off the list at key HELCOM meeting

​Two former pollution sites located in the Kaliningrad region in Russia were approved for removal from the HELCOM Hot Spot… Read More »

HELCOM’s Executive Secretary will change in August 2019

Rüdiger Strempel and Monika Stankiewicz, HELCOM Secretariat, Helsinki, 19 July 2019. © HELCOM  The current Executive Secretary of HELCOM, Ms Monika Stankiewicz, will step… Read More »

Maritime spatial planning in the Baltic Sea region just became easier with the web-based tool BASEMAPS

Why BASEMAPS? To make their plans, maritime spatial planning (MSP) practitioners need transboundary data that is up-to-date and reliable. Working… Read More »

HELCOM expert interview: Andris Andrusaitis and Karoliina Koho on BONUS, BANOS and research funding

A hydrobiologist by training and a scientist interested in functioning of aquatic systems, Andris Andrusaitis joined the BONUS Secretariat in 2008… Read More »

Halfway there: RETROUT project for promoting sustainable fishing and viable fish stocks convenes for its mid-term meeting

The project had its mid-term meeting in Gdańsk, Poland from 8 to 9 May 2019, looking at achievements so far… Read More »

On marine litter, a G7 workshop in France highlights the central role of Regional Seas Conventions

The central role of Regional Seas Conventions such as HELCOM in the fight against the global pressure of marine litter… Read More »

HELCOM expert interview: Jannica Haldin on biodiversity

What is biodiversity? Biodiversity refers to the variety and variability of all life on Earth, and, contrary to common perception,… Read More »

At PRESSURE 10-2019, the HELCOM group dealing with pressures on the Baltic Sea ploughs through nutrients, stormwater and microlitter

Nutrient reduction is central point of discussion at PRESSURE 10-2019.Kaliningrad city gets recommendation to be removed from HELCOM hotspot list… Read More »

​BALEX DELTA 2018 final report looks into one of the world's largest exercises on response to oil and chemical spills at sea

 With the now publicly available, insight is given into one of the world’s largest response exercises at sea dealing with… Read More »

At Interreg conference, HELCOM talks policy making, nutrient recycling and clean shipping

HELCOM shared its views on environmental policy making, nutrient recycling and clean shipping at the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme… Read More »