Press Release: European Institute for Gender Equality opens its doors in Vilnius

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) will, for the first time, open its doors in Vilnius on 16 December 2009. The Presidents of Lithuania and Latvia, Dalia Grybauskaitė and Valdis Zatlers, along with Commissioner Vladimír Špidla, the Institute's Chair of the Management Board, Eva Welskop-Deffaa and the Director of the Institute, Virginija Langbakk will unveil the new premises at a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ceremony will honour the launch of one of the EU's youngest agencies whose aim is the promotion of gender equality issues.

European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: European Institute for Gender Equality http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=732&langId=en

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