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Number Of Newspapers And Magazines In Belarusian Declines In Belarus

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Number Of Newspapers And Magazines In Belarusian Declines In Belarus

Over the past five years, the number of magazines in the Belarusian language has decreased by approximately 30% and their circulation – by 35%.

As the press service of the National Statistical Committee reports, in 2015, in 1168 mother tongue books and brochures with a circulation of 3.7 million were published. Compared with the previous year, both the number (by 5.7%), and the circulation (by 1.8%) increased, ej.by informs.

Last year 135 magazines and 185 newspapers were published in Belarusian, their annual circulation amounted to a fifth of the total circulation of the republic’s print media.

The issue of magazines and newspapers in the Belarusian language

Studying of the Belarusian language is compulsory in our country, while getting the general secondary, vocational, special secondary and higher education.

41.3 thousand children (10.1% of the total number of pupils) of pre-school institutions were educated in the Belarusian language in the 2015/2016 academic year. 130.6 thousand students (13.7%) of the Ministry of Education general secondary education institutions (with the exception of special education institutions) were taught in Belarusian.

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