OREANDA-NEWS. November 28, 2007. In 2008, construction of a campus for 11,000 students will be launched in Prospekt Derzhinskogo of Minsk, Vice Premier of Belarus Alexander Kosinets reported at a joint session of the two houses of the Belarusian parliament, reported the Official website www.government.by.

“The campus will include residential areas,” Vice Premier specified. According to him, 53 Belarusian universities cannot provide accommodation for their students.

Alexander Kosinets admitted that it is very expensive to rent accommodation in Minsk. At the same time, students which are not provided places in student halls of residence receive financial assistance at the amount of 25% of base value. “This is quite a scanty sum and this issue needs to be reconsidered,” the Vice Premier noted.