EU/NORTHERN DIMENSION : NEW NORTHERN DIMENSION POLICY LAUNCHED. From: European Report | Date: November 27, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Northern Dimension policy has been transformed into a common regional policy. At the Northern Dimension summit in Helsinki on 24 November, the EU, Iceland, Norway and Russia adopted two new documents replacing the Second Northern Dimension Action Plan, which expires at the end of 2006, i.e. the Northern Dimension Framework Policy Document and the Northern Dimension Political Declaration. These two documents lay the basis for the new permanent Northern Dimension policy to be joi...