Belarus

General country information

Country name: Republic of Belarus (Belarus)

Population: 9.689 mln. as of January 2009 (5th in the EECA region)

Area: 207.6 thous. sq. km (13th in Europe and 6th among the EECA countries)

Capital: Minsk

System of Government: Presidential republic. President of the Republic of Belarus is the head of the state and guarantor of the Constitution.

Head of the Government: Sergey Sydorsky, Prime Minister

Minister for Science & Technology: Prof. Igor Voytov (Chairman of the State Committee for Science and Technology)

Parliament: Belarusian Parliament - the National Assembly - is the representative and legislative body consisting of two Chambers, the Chamber of Representatives and the Council of the Republic

Administrative structure: Belarus consists of 6 regions which include118 administrative districts and the City of Minsk. The regions are named after their capital cities - Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev.

Geography: Belarus is located in Eastern Europe. In the West it shares borders with Poland, in the North-west - Lithuania, in the North - Latvia, in the North-East and East - Russia, in the South - Ukraine. The territory of Belarus is crossed by several European transport corridors providing the shortest communication routes from central and eastern districts of Russia to Western European countries, as well as between the Baltic and Black seas.

Source: BelISA
Last up-date: 20 July 2010

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  Research Structure

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  Research Policy

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  Co-operation

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  Belarus: Current Information

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  Belarus: Links/References

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