An International Economic forum begins today in Novgorod under the Hanse days, an annual complex of the different measures, which happens for the 29th time now. More than 250 mayors of Russian and North-European cities, businessmen and diplomatic officials have come to participate. The source of information is the administration of the Novgorod region.
      
      The main subject of the forum is: New league – new possibilities for the sustainable economic development. Among the questions the participants going to discuss are transfrontier co-operation, developing of the regional and sub-regional economic ties. One of the main subjects to be discussed will be economical and cultural potencies of the tourism development and increasing of the tourist interchange.
      
      Hanse is a medieval league of the European trading cities, mainly German ones. Novgorod was one of the members of the Hanse too. It was re-created in the year 1980 like a public association. Now 173 cities of 15 European countries are the members of the organization. There are 12 Russian cities among them. The ideology of the contemporary Hanse is maintaining tolerance, developing of the international co-operation through the education, tourism and public diplomacy.
      
      Source: www.velikiynovgorod.ru
      
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