Belarus' forest reserves are projected to increase by 5% within 1.5 years, Forestry Minister of Belarus Vitaly Drozhzha told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “Forest restoration might be done within three years after the felling. This is the deadline stipulated by law. In reality, everything is done faster. Reforestation should outpace deforestation. There is every reason to believe that we can increase our forest reserves by 5%. I think this will be done within a year and...

Georgian Airways has resumed flights from Tbilisi to Minsk and back, BelTA learned from the press service of Minsk National Airport. Flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout 25 March. Flights will leave Tbilisi at 5.00 and arrive in Minsk at 9.15. Return flights will depart from Minsk at 10.15 and land in Tbilisi at 14.45.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus has approved the results of the constitutional referendum, BelTA has learned. The Central Election Commission received all seven protocols of voting results from the oblast election commissions and the Minsk city election commission. In accordance with Article 121 of the Electoral Code, the results of the national referendum were summed up at a meeting of the Central Election Commission. In addition, copies of voting protocols of...

Belarus is taking part in the EURIE Eurasia Higher Education Summit in Istanbul on 2 March, BelTA learned from the Education Ministry. These are Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarusian State Technological University, Masherov Vitebsk State University, Brest State Technical University, Belarusian-Russian University, Sukhoi Gomel State Technical University, Skaryna Gomel State University and the Belarusian State Economic University. Chairman of the National Council of Rectors...

Some periods of Belarusian history have simply been privatized by other countries, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) Vladimir Gusakov told journalists prior to the meeting of the National Council for Historical Policy, BelTA has learned. “Some periods of our history have not been studied enough. Some periods have simply been privatized by others: by the Lithuanians as regards the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, or by the Poles as regards the...