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Nordic Support for the EHU Confirmed during Ministerial Visit to Vilnius
17/02/2010
The Nordic Council of Ministers is prepared to provide an additional 300.000 EUR to fund the European Humanities University through the EHU Trust Fund.
Belarusian exile students can look forward to continued political and financial support from the Nordic countries following the meeting of the ministers for Nordic co-operation on 18 February in Vilnius. The agenda for the gathering includes a visit to the EHU and talks with the ministers’ Baltic counterparts.
“The Nordic Council of Ministers wishes to support initiatives that maintain the hope of establishing democracy and a normal civil society in Belarus. Support for EHU represents a long-term investment in both the future of Belarus and the future of a united Europe,” says Bertel Haarder, the Danish Minister of Education, who doubles as Minister for Nordic Co-operation.
Nordic–Baltic partnerships are a key theme of the visit to the Lithuanian capital. The agenda for the meeting between the Nordic ministers and their colleagues from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania includes closer Nordic–Baltic collaboration, the EU’s Baltic Sea Strategy, and Belarus (with particular focus on the EHU). The Nordic ministers will also meet the Lithuanian President.
Before the latest decision on the new amount of 300.000 EUR, the Nordic Council of Ministers has committed 952.000 EUR to the EHU Trust Fund. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden also donate bilaterally.
