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Dear Ambassadors,

Dear Rector of European Humanities University Mr. Anatoli Arsenyevich Mikchailov

Dear professors,

Dear students!

First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the new academic year. This is the third year, when European Humanities University is teaching in Vilnius.

I am proud that a few years ago the unique European Humanities University Project was reopened in Vilnius.  I am happy to remember, that back then, the university found shelter at Mykolas Romeris University. In the meantime, the EHU became a fully fledged university: it was granted a Lithuanian university status, its diplomas are recognized in Lithuania and throughout the European Union. I am very pleased to know that EHU students and professors are learning the Lithuanian language and culture. It is very important that you find new friends in Lithuania and Europe and that you are starting to know our country.

From the very beginning the European and American international community financed the project and believed in its success. The support from the governments of European countries sends a strong signal to the people of Belarus, which should not allow them to forget that Belarus is in Europe and that Belarus is a friend of Europe. By providing this support to the EHU, the governments of European countries, first of all, promote common European principles and values. Today I am especially pleased to welcome another partner of the European Humanities University, which is the Government of the Republic of Hungary.

Dear Prime Minister, please accept my sincere thanks for your Government’s donation to European Humanities University. I am convinced that Hungary’s experience of its path to democracy is as much significant as the financial support. Hungary is an outstanding example of an invincible strength of mind in the history of liberation process throughout our entire region.

Dear students, professors and teachers,

I believe that your university will remain in Vilnius even having an opportunity to return in Minsk.

May I wish you every success with your studies in Vilnius which aim at educating responsible and loving their homeland citizens. Do not fear to think, do not be afraid to voice your ideas and bravely defend your own opinion. Be brave to realise your grand aspirations. Do not forget that being brave means being free and that being free means being brave.

In this endeavour, we will strive by common efforts to open Europe’s doors for you and your university as wide as is possible.

Gaudeamus igitur!