The Raw Story: Lithuania to host future EU institute for gender equality
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Lithuania to host future EU institute for gender equality
Brussels- European Union member states on Friday agreed to set up a new EU institute for gender equality in Vilnius, capital of the bloc's 2004 newcomer Lithuania. The future EU agency is expected to be up and running already next year, said Finnish minister for social affairs Tuula Haatainen, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency. The institute will be funded with a proposed budget of 52.5 million euros for 2007-2013.
The decision gives the EU's new member states the second decentralised EU agency. Poland hosts the bloc's body for external borders management (FRONTEX) situated in Warsaw.
