BNS: Lithuania's support to EHU contributes to Belarus' approach to EU - Adamkus
Updated 2009-06-04
VILNIUS, Jun 02, BNS - Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says that Lithuania's support to the academic community of the European Humanities University (EHU) contributes to closer contacts between Belarus and the European Union.
At a meeting with members of the EHU donor foundation, Nordic Council of Ministers' Secretary General Halldor Asgrimsson, EHU rector Professor Anatoly Mikhailov and Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Evaldas Ignatavicius, in Vilnius on Tuesday, Adamkus emphasized that EU's main achievement lied in its growth and reinforcement, as well as increasing popularity among Belarusian youth and persons willing to learn in the Russian language, the presidential press service reported. In the president's opinion, the support of Lithuania, other European nations, the United States, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the European Commission to the university in exile carries a special meaning by providing Belarus' young people studying in an EU member-state with scientific and living experience they can communicate to people back home. Adamkus said that EHU may rank among the top universities of humanities in the Eastern region by settling in Lithuania and constantly improving the quality of tuition. On Tuesday, Vilnius hosts the second conference of EHU donor foundation. The event is aimed at attracting donor funds to the university and discussing further donor actions to secure long-term financing of the European Humanities University.Our social media accounts in English
