Poland has won its bid to host the new EU agency for external borders.
The decision was taken at a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday (April 14).
Poland and Hungary have been the frontrunners for the new border unit, but Estonia, Slovenia and Malta had also thrown their hats into the ring.
"The talks were extremely long and complicated," Slovak Interior Minister Vladimir Palko told EUobserver.
"But in the final round, Poland rece...
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