Lukashenka: 2015 Year of Youth
The president signed an edict on October 16 to announce the year of 2015 as the Year of Youth.
"The document is aimed at the creative, scientific and professional potential of the youth and their active participation in social and economic reforms in Belarus. Young citizens should be patriots,” Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s press service reports.
The government, regional executive committees and Minsk City Executive Committee will need to create and approve the republican plan of events for the Year of Youth.
There were 2 million 185 thousand Belarusians aged 14-32 at the beginning of 2014 or 23.08% of the country’s population.
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