The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Belarus, the Minsk City Clinical Oncology Centre, and Beijing-based medical technology company GoBroad have signed a co-operation and partnership agreement.

It is not just people who feel uncomfortable in the conditions of global warming. We have consulted specialists from the Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources of Belarus’ National Academy of Sciences to find out which representatives of flora and fauna we have already lost, and who is next in line.

The people of Belarus endured a period of artificial disunity during the last century. Following the signing of a peace treaty in Riga on March 18th, 1921, between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine on one side and Poland on the other, half of the republic’s territory was ceded to its western neighbour. It was only in the autumn of 1939 that historical justice was restored. Pavel Trubchik, Deputy Director for Scientific Work at the Institute of History of Belarus’ National Academy of Sciences, has shared insights on the significance of that event.