Vyborg (Global Adventures): Construction on a Euro 8.8 billion ($11.95 billion) gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea officially started today. Eventually, the pipeline will transport 55 billion cubic meters gas per year from Vyborg in Russia to Greifswald in Germany. The pipeline, a joint project involving Germany’s BASF and E.ON, Russia’s Gazprom and Dutch firm [...]

Stockholm (Global Adventures): 12 well preserved shipwrecks have been discovered in the Baltic Sea by a gas consortium building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. While most of the ships are from the 17th and 18th centuries, some of them are believed to be up to 1,000 years old, the Swedish National Heritage Board [...]

Germany (Global Adventures): Germany is in – unfortunately not with foreign tourist. However, more Germans than ever look for local gateways, according to the German government. Germans did book 31.2 Million room-nights in Hotels, apartments for rent, and campsites in June 2009, a five percent increase over the same period last year. Cheaper alternatives such [...]