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9 Aug 2018
Belarus' team lifts Sniper Frontier Cup
In the total number of points the Belarusian team claimed the champion title, Kazakhstan was second. Russia and China sharing the third place...
9 Aug 2018
Belarus’ Vitaly Zhuk clinches decathlon bronze in Berlin
This is the third bronze medal won for Belarus at the 2018 European Athletics Championships...
9 Aug 2018
Shot put bronze for Belarus at 2018 European Athletics Championships
The Belarusian threw 18.81m to finish third. Paulina Guba of Poland took gold with her best attempt of 19.33m. Christina Schwanitz of Germany collected silver (19.19m)...
8 Aug 2018
Russia to join 11th Belarusian Antarctic expedition
“A Russian scientist will be sent to the Belarusian polar station for 1.5-2 months to carry out a joint research project related to climate change”...
8 Aug 2018
Belarus claims two wins at 2018 European Motoball Championships
The Belarusian national team won 4-2 against Germany and Lithuania...
8 Aug 2018
New Belarusian books to go on show in Tashkent
For example, the event will feature a presentation of the supplemented edition Francysk Skaryna in World’s Languages, which well-known foreword to the book Judith was published in 65 languages...
7 Aug 2018
Belarusian snipers victorious at International Army Games 2018
The event took place in an exercise area near Brest. The Belarusian team came in first followed by Kazakhstan. Russia and China split the third place...
7 Aug 2018
Volunteers for Junior Eurovision 2018 in Minsk to be trained in November
About 300 young people have volunteered to work at the Junior Eurovision. Applications will be accepted till 25 August...
7 Aug 2018
Race walking bronze for Belarus at 2018 European Athletics Championships
The Belarusian race walker clocked 3:47.59. Gold went to Maryan Zakalnitsky of Ukraine (3:46.32). Silver was collected by Slovakia’s Matej Toth (3:47.27)...
7 Aug 2018
TEART festival invites volunteers
Volunteers will have an opportunity to meet with talented people, find like-minded persons, try something new, learn more about the festival, and get unique experience, the organizers noted...
7 Aug 2018
Australia’s Traveller posts exciting three-minute guide to Minsk
The article titled “Tips and things to do in Minsk, Belarus: The three-minute guide” believes that with the introduction of the visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries (including Australia), it is perfect time to visit Belarus...
6 Aug 2018
Eight medals for Belarus at 2018 European Junior Wrestling Championship
Belarusian Alexander Leonchik won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman wrestling event (67kg)...
6 Aug 2018
Belarus wins three silver, one bronze awards at International Army Games 2018 so far
The Belarusian team won a silver award during the Engineering Formula event in the Russian city of Volzhsky where Russia won gold and China won bronze...
6 Aug 2018
Belarus victorious at World Logging Championship in Norway
In 2016 Belarus became the world champion for the first time ever. The team defended the title in Lillehammer in 2018...
6 Aug 2018
Azarenka, Lapko improve WTA standings
Victoria Azarenka jumped up 13 spots to place 95th. Last week the Belarusian reached the 2018 San Jose quarterfinal...
5 Aug 2018
Belarus clinches gold at 2018 European Rowing Championships
The Belarusian clocked 7:46.600 to secure the champion title. Second was Laura Tarantola of France (7:45.940). Italy’s Clara Guerra finished third (7:47.410)...
3 Aug 2018
Belarus to send 26-strong team for European Aquatics Championships in Glasgow
In the summer of 2018 Glasgow and Berlin will host the inaugural European Championships, an exciting new multi-sport event bringing together some of the continent’s leading sports...
3 Aug 2018
Kiev-Minsk-Vilnius-Riga train to debut on 28 September
The train will be operated by Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) by agreement with railway administrations of Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia...
3 Aug 2018
Thousand pilgrims to flock to Vitebsk Oblast to commemorate Rositsa martyrs
During the Great Patriotic War two Catholic priests were martyred together with their parish. They were beatified by the Catholic Church for their martyrdom. Events to commemorate the priests are held annually in February and August drawing pilgrims from Belarus and abroad...
2 Aug 2018
Korea University ready to arrange internships for Belarusian students at Samsung, LG
"Top on the agenda of the meeting were academic mobility programs in IT, medicine, biology, chemistry and public administration. In particular, representatives of the Korean University invited BSU staff to come to Korea to undertake English-language lecture courses in these areas"...
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