Press releases
13 Feb 2019
Belarusian diplomat named Ambassador of the Year by Egyptian magazineDiplomacy Awards top-25 ceremony was held for the first time...
12 Feb 2019
Vladimir Drachev to take part in Legends’ RaceAs BelTA reported earlier, the sport festival will feature eight-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, four-time Olympic champion Darya Domracheva and other outstanding biathletes...
12 Feb 2019
Belarusian Tourism Union joins AITOThe organization from Eastern Europe became a member of AITO, the UK’s largest tourism association, for the first time. AITO comprises more than 120 UK tour operators. The Belarusian Tourism Union became the 31st foreign associated member...
12 Feb 2019
Belarus’ Skateboarding Championship may make part of Slavianski Bazaar 2019“We would like to organize Belarus’ Skateboarding Championship as part of the Slavianski Bazaar. The possibility to host it is currently discussed,” the director of the festival said, noting that this interesting event will fit perfectly within the program of the festival...
12 Feb 2019
Minsk to host Mass Media in Belarus expo on 2-4 MayThe forum will include presentations of information and internet projects, autograph sessions, master classes, and other events...
12 Feb 2019
Slavianski Bazaar to revise song contest rulesAccording to him, the contest will put more emphasis on national selections which will be held in more than 20 countries. Some countries will introduce a new format of the selection...
12 Feb 2019
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen to feature in Legends Race in BelarusTwenty famous athletes who showed great results during their sports careers will take part in the festival. One of them is biathlon legend Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the husband of Darya Domracheva, the four-time Olympic biathlon champion from Belarus, the inspirer of the Legends Race...
11 Feb 2019
Minsk in Top 5 most romantic CIS citiesThe Top 5 features the capitals of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Moldova: Tbilisi scored 33% of votes, Astana, Baku and Minsk 14% and Chisinau 10%...
11 Feb 2019
Tourist signs in Minsk translated into ChineseThese signs are situated in the Upper Town, the Trinity Suburb, Privokzalnaya Square, Yakuba Kolasa Square, the surroundings of the Nemiga river, Nezavisimosti Avenue, Komarovsky Rynok marketplace...
11 Feb 2019
Two wins for Belarus at athletics tournaments in FranceAt the Meeting Elite de Metz in Eaubonne long jumper Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova made 6m67cm in her third attempt to place first with her best personal record this winter...
10 Feb 2019
Belarus blank Germany in Fed Cup quarterfinalAfter three singles rubbers which ended 3-0 in Belarus’ favor, it was decided not to hold the fourth singles rubber and finish the tie with a doubles match where Victoria Azarenka and Lidziya Marozava defeated Mona Barthel and Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1, 0-6, 11-9...
8 Feb 2019
BelTA’s project wins Belarusian book art contest awardBelTA’s photo album The Moments of the Century features over 250 photos to illustrate the country’s past and present. It has been published in Belarusian, Russian, and English...
8 Feb 2019
Minsk Dinamo Stadium nominated for Stadium of the Year 2018Apart from Minsk Dinamo Stadium, taking part in the vote for the Stadium of the year 2018 are 26 arenas from the United States, Australia, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and China...
7 Feb 2019
Minsk Airport to commission second runway in April-May“By 1 May, we plan to set up 10 Drop-Off luggage self-service stands which will be incorporated into the self-service network along with self-service check-in kiosks. We are also introducing the system of mobile boarding passes and the Fast Track service,” Artem Sikorsky added...
6 Feb 2019
Mobile exhibition of CIS contemporary literature presented in MinskThe presentation of a traveling exhibition of works of contemporary writers of the CIS member states “Reading Together – Getting to Know Each Other” took place on the sidelines of the 26th Minsk International Book Fair on 6 February...
6 Feb 2019
Book publishing described as Belarus’ trademark“For many years this forum has been a significant cultural event in the life of Belarus. It brought together famous publicists, writers and publishers from all over the world, strengthened professional and business ties between them"...
6 Feb 2019
Belarus to host international conference on children, SDGs in 2019The diplomat noted that this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and that Belarus has made visible progress in matters of child protection, reducing child mortality rate and expanding children’s access to education and healthcare...
6 Feb 2019
Partisan Chronicles: Hospitals in the Woods“Partisan Chronicles: Hospitals in the Woods” is a new page of the joint project of BelTA and the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History...
6 Feb 2019
CIS Capital of Culture 2019 logo chosen in BrestThe jury chose the design developed by a duo of Brest residents Vladimir Grishkut and Vladimir Lyubchuk. According to the designers, the logo contains elements symbolizing a heart, a human being, the sun and a flower. In the center of the logo is the coat of arms of Brest...
5 Feb 2019
German author Heike Sabel presents her third book about BelarusThe German writer is in Belarus to take part in the 26th Minsk International Book Fair. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus Peter Dettmar noted that Heike Sabel and he have a history of friendship and he highly values her literary and charity work...
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