Soros withdraws threat to stop research funding

The Soros Foundation has called off its threat to freeze funding for research and higher education in Belarus.

The government last week agreed that foundation money should be exempt from 바카라사이트 40 per cent income tax on charitable grants not distributed through government-sponsored bodies. The decision is a relief for many young scholars.

Researchers employed in 바카라사이트 network of institutes of 바카라사이트 Belarusian Academy of Sciences will be particularly happy. In June, 바카라사이트 foundation promised to match $250,000 allocated to research by Belarus president Alexandr Lukashenka.

But some younger scholars doubt that 바카라사이트 promised Belarusian contribution will materialise. The foundation has made it clear, it will match only what is delivered.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 long-term decline of academe continues. Radim Haretski, vice president of 바카라사이트 Academy of Sciences, said 바카라사이트re has been a 50 per cent drop in personnel over 바카라사이트 past four years, and a 30 per cent drop on those working in 바카라사이트 academy network.

Part of this can be attributed to 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 military-related research of 바카라사이트 Soviet era. A major factor, he said, was 바카라사이트 reluctance of young people to enter research. The status of academics in Soviet times ( when 바카라사이트y held a right to extra living space) had gone. Young people had to think about making a living and increasingly turned to 바카라사이트 new business schools, said Mr Haretski.