BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

13/12/2006

Exiled Belarusian University ReceivesS $6 Million From EU, Nordic Countries

The European Commission and the Nordic Council of Ministers have allocated 4.5 million euros ($6 million) to European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius, Belapan reported on December 12. EHU, a private institution established in Minsk in 1992, was stripped of its license by order of Belarusian Education Minister Alyaksandr Radzkou in July 2004. It was reestablished in Lithuania in 2005 as European Humanities University in Exile. EHU Rector Anatol Mikhaylau told Belapan that the received aid will be spent to pay housing rents and allowances for Belarusian students admitted to EHU in 2005 and 2006. Mikhaylau said the average monthly student allowance at EHU amounts to 100 euros ($133). JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/12/3-cee/cee-131206.asp